Inoue Tamako was so frightened that her whole body collapsed. If the people behind her were not supporting her body, the dagger would have cut her throat due to the inertia. However, the dagger penetrated the flesh. Although the throat was not cut, blood still continued to flow out. The situation
Somewhat weird.
"Death is not scary, the scary thing is waiting for death." Canglong whispered softly in her ear. At this time, Inoue Tamako's face turned pale, as if she had a mental breakdown.
Ten minutes later, Soryu seemed to feel that enough was enough and was about to give Inoue Tamako a good beating. But at this moment, a loud roar came from the direction of the temple: "Stop!"
Canglong stopped what he was doing, because this was not Japanese, but pure Chinese, even with some local characteristics. Then a middle-aged man wearing Japanese-style hakama pleats ran over quickly, his steps were very light, and he was shocked.
The person feels as if he is not stepping on the wooden board of the plank road. His body is very strong and his air is majestic.
Behind him followed two men wrapped in green clothes. Their clothes were tightly wrapped, leaving only a pair of sharp eyes like eagles outside. When they looked at each other, they felt as if they were being stabbed.
Same, with a cold and murderous aura.
They carry three samurai swords in a cross pattern behind them, and there are some strange weapons hanging on various parts of their bodies. At a glance, people can guess their identities, ninjas.
A middle-aged man wearing hakama trousers came over and waved his hands to the two people behind him to stop. Then the two ninjas stood in awe, but their eyes were fixed on Canglong, as if they were considering how to rescue the trapped person from this narrow plank road.
This young man held Inoue Tamako in his hand.
But after they watched for a long time, they found that Soryu's position was the best, and the dagger in his hand only needed a slight cut, not even a tenth of a second, and Inoue Tamako would be gone.
Soryu felt threatened by the two ninjas, especially the middle-aged man wearing hakama pleats in front of him. He looked ordinary on the surface, but he was the most threatening among the three.
At that time, Soryu only had one idea: to kill Inoue Tamako, then kill these three people, and leave quickly. As for killing Inoue Tamako and escaping? No, this idea is a bit unrealistic. He is sure that these three people will definitely haunt him.
Rather than running away, it is better to kill the three of them to avoid being passive.
But what he didn't expect was that the most threatening middle-aged man glanced at Inoue Tamako, then his arms were naturally vertical, his five fingers spread apart, his lips were tightly closed, and the last five fingers were brought together and lowered vertically, and he naturally drooped in the direction of Canglong, making an exaggerated gesture.
He curtsied and said in pure Chinese: "I'm offended!"
Soryu still knew about the Japanese etiquette system, but this etiquette just now surprised Soryu. Every detail was seen by Soryu. He bent his body until his fingers touched his knees. This was the highest standard of body bending etiquette.
, only when they see someone they respect particularly, or express great gratitude and apology, will the Japanese give such a grand gift and marry for the third time as a concubine. Read the full text of the prince's scheming.
Although Soryu didn't know what he was doing, he still nodded. When Inoue Tamako saw this person coming, the trembling in her body disappeared for a bit, but it was obvious that the threat on her neck made her hope rise and disappear again.
After the middle-aged man saluted, he said, "We can negotiate a deal!"
"Deal?" Canglong looked at him strangely, but he was very wary, "She must die. Nothing can buy her life, even more money is useless."
Inoue Tamako's body trembled, her eyes full of despair, but the middle-aged man shook his head and said: "If you are willing to save my daughter's life, you can gain the friendship of the Hattori family. This friendship will allow the Hattori family to arrange a marriage for you."
thing."
"Friendship?" Canglong smiled sarcastically, "I have always talked about friendship with others. No one has ever talked about friendship with me, saying that I don't take the Hattori family seriously. If my mother dies, I
She will also kill everyone who has anything to do with her when she comes to Japan."
Soryu's tone was very cold, leaving no room for negotiation: "If you stop me now, then I don't mind taking action now and killing everyone in the Hattori family."
"Death!" The middle-aged man thought for a while and suddenly said, "The number one assassin in the Assassin League has never been defeated since his debut. It is indeed difficult to deal with you, but there are many ancient organizations in this world, and they also cultivate
We have met many outstanding people like you, and we in the Hattori family have such people. If you want to kill us all, I’m afraid it won’t be so easy.”
"Then you can try." A confident smile appeared on Canglong's face.
When the two ninjas heard this, they were a little ready to make a move, but the middle-aged man did not drive them to take action. He also smiled and said: "My name is Hattori Heiji, the head of the Hattori family. Of course, the deal I want to discuss with you is not
Exchange money for friendship, but exchange life for life!"
"How do I change it?" Canglong's cold eyes suddenly showed some emotion.
"Exchange your mother's life for the life of my daughter, and you can also gain the friendship of the Hattori family." Hattori Heiji said calmly, "Whenever you need it, we can send the best ninjas to work for you."
Hattori Heiji added more chips, but what Soryu cares about is not the conditions behind, but the conditions in front. His eyes suddenly turned cold and said: "My mother? What a joke, can you still control my mother's life and death?"
"Of course not." Hattori Heiji shook his head, "But we are sure to treat your mother's disease, and of course we have to add the flower of life behind you."
Hearing this, Canglong showed a surprised look on his face, but he still doubted: "Can cancer also be treated? Also, how do you know that the plant behind me can cooperate with the treatment?"
"Young man, this world is very big, and there are some big things that you don't know." Hattori Heiji's face was deep, like the towering Mount Yueqiang, which made people unable to see clearly, "If you are willing to trade with me,
I will tell you everything, it’s useless if I don’t want to tell you.”
Hearing this, Soryu hesitated. Hattori Heiji had indeed grasped his own weakness. Although he might not be able to cure his mother now that he had retrieved the Flower of Life and returned to China, but if Hattori Heiji really had a way,
He was definitely willing to trade Inoue Tamako's life, but he was worried...
"If you are worried that we will break our promise if you let Tamako go, it's because you don't believe in your own ability." Hattori Heiji seemed to see what Soryu was thinking, "If you believe that you are better than us, even if we break the contract, you will be afraid
You can come back for revenge, and it won't be too late to kill us when the time comes. We are not absolutely sure to keep you, and we are also not absolutely sure to deal with your revenge. This is the premise for me to negotiate a deal with you. Of course, because of Yuzi's life
It’s in your hands.”
"Okay." Soryu nodded, took the dagger from Inoue Tamako's neck, and took a step back.
Without Soryu's support, Inoue Tamako collapsed directly to the ground, her body still shaking. Hattori Heiji motioned to the two ninjas not to move, and he walked over to help his daughter. When Hattori Tamako held her father's hand, her face immediately revealed
With a bit of resentment, he finally stood up, but hid behind Canglong. Even ignoring the wound on his neck, he pointed at Canglong and shouted loudly: "Kill him, father, kill him, he is the one who killed one person, it's him
......."
Soryu was alert for a while, but what he didn't expect was that Hattori Heiji had not made any illegal promises, so he turned around and slapped Inoue Tamako, leaving a five-fingerprint on Inoue Tamako's face. It was obvious how angry Hattori Heiji was. Inoue Tamako came back to her senses and was confused.
Looking at his father, he was at a loss and indulged in the latest chapter of the best concubine.
"Take the young lady back and lock her up in the wall-facing pavilion!" Hattori Heiji said calmly, as if he were dealing with cats and dogs.
The two ninjas nodded and took Inoue Tamako away. Only Hattori Heiji was left on the plank road. Seeing the surprise on Soryu's face, he smiled and said: "Do you think I will break my promise?"
"Yes." Canglong said with a smile, "I don't like troublesome things. If it weren't for my mother, I think it would be better to kill you all than to play tricks with you."
"It's a pity to disappoint you." Hattori Heiji didn't care, and then made a gesture of invitation, "Let's talk while walking!"
"No need." Canglong shook his head. He would definitely not agree to such a dangerous person asking him to enter this temple. "Tell me, how did you know that my mother is critically ill!"
Hattori Heiji didn't force it, nodded and said: "It's very simple. You only need to pay attention to Yuzi to find out. Yuzi thought that her intelligence network could conceal the truth, but in fact I know some things better than him, and to treat your mother's illness
, an ancient medical technique must be applied, which is also the medical technique passed down by our Hattori family from generation to generation."
"What kind of medical skills?" Canglong asked nervously.
"Japanese traditional medicine." Hattori Heiji said.
"Does Japan also have traditional medical skills?" Soryu asked curiously.
"No, so it also has another name, traditional Chinese medicine." Hattori Heiji said, "Among Japan's neighboring countries, China has the greatest influence on culture, etiquette, and even medical skills. In Japan, traditional Chinese medicine is still flourishing, and
Compared with the historical changes in China, Japan has inherited the essence of traditional Chinese medicine. You should know that China has a history that despises traditional Chinese medicine. Especially in this era of economic development and westernization, traditional Chinese medicine is not taken very seriously.
"
Soryu nodded. He had also heard that Chinese medicine was effective in treating cancer, but no one had ever actually used Chinese medicine to cure cancer patients. What Hattori Heiji said made sense. Basically, everything abandoned by the Chinese was picked up by the Japanese.
It has emerged and is widely used.
"And our Hattori family has an ancient heritage, or our ancestors are not actually natives of Japan." Hattori Heiji smiled and said, "You should be surprised that I can speak Chinese so fluently, even with a strong Chinese accent.
Local color, this is because our ancestors are originally Chinese. The surname Hattori is inherited from the Yuqin family. A strong color in China's history is Qin Shihuang's search for the elixir of immortality, and Xu Fu taking five hundred boys and girls to sea.
He didn’t return in the end.”
"There is no record that can prove this is true." Canglong said calmly, but his guard was much lower.
"But what I want to talk about is not this period of history, but the Warring States Period before China was officially unified. At that time, a group of people from the Wu Kingdom traveled east to Japan. These are my ancestors and the ancestors of the Hattori family. We give
Japan brought production technology and advanced textile technology. Later, the arrival of Xu Fu further prospered Japan." Hattori Hanzo said, "So there have always been people of pure Chinese descent in Japan. Although they have been diluted for thousands of years, they
According to the records in the genealogy, our ancestors are Chinese."
"I'm afraid many people don't want to agree with this." Canglong smiled.
"But this is a fact. There have been a lot of frictions between China and Japan in modern times, but our Hattori family has actually been trying to avoid such frictions and larger-scale wars. It's a pity..." Hattori Heiji
Sighing, "At least until now, our Hattori family has not done anything to invade our homeland. Even when Japan invaded China during World War II, the children of the Hattori family all stayed in Japan. Even if someone entered China, they were all killed by my grandfather.
As a result, we also paid a heavy price. Until the end of the war, our Hattori family was hunted down by the left wing of the military."