The small courtyard of eminent monk Meng Qing was already empty.
Yamazaki didn't feel any movement, and the guards brought by Hong Ming didn't warn him either.
Well, firstly, Meng Qing did not run away, but he was a fool; secondly, he ran away but was not discovered, and this would definitely require chakra, and he would not be unable to sense it.
Therefore, it should be another kind of secret passage, the secret passage of the Daming Mansion itself.
Yamazaki asked Heron and was taken to the pond in the mansion.
Heron opened the mechanism, revealing a hole in the ground with stairs inside.
Yamazaki lay on the ground at the entrance of the tunnel and listened, and vaguely heard footsteps.
"There's someone inside."
"That must be him." Mei Daizi said and was about to go in.
"Wait a minute." Yamazaki stopped Meidaizi, "It's been so long. There may be many traps set up here, so let's go from above."
Meidaizi asked: "What if he uses ninjutsu?"
Yamazaki smiled and said, "Then we can sense it."
"That's right." Mei Daizi asked Lu, "Where does this tunnel lead to?"
"An abandoned shrine in the outer city." Heron said...
Needless to say, if the person failed to guard, he must have opened another tunnel on the basis of the tunnel, and then used ordinary makeup to escape.
This is not easy to handle.
Yamazaki asked Heron to inform Hongming and seal off the whole city. There was no need to look for unknown people, because only ninjas could be found.
At the same time, Yamazaki and Meidai used earth attribute chakra to search the tunnel section by section to find the exit.
About twenty minutes later, two exits were found, one in a house in the outer city, and the other in the woods outside the city.
No one will clean the tunnels, so the footprints underground are very obvious, so it can be confirmed that people are still in the city.
This guy plans to wait until Yamazaki and Meidaizi leave before coming out to continue causing trouble.
The Iron Rat followed the scent and finally lost track of his target in the market. There were too many people in the market and he couldn't tell the difference.
Mei Daizi asked: "Brother, what should I do?"
Yamazaki thought for a while, "We can only lure him out."
Mei Daizi said in frustration: "The problem is how to lead."
Yamazaki said: "When Heron becomes the new daimyo, he will definitely come out and kill him, so that he can use Princess Toki to seize the Kingdom of Birds."
Mei Daizi said: "I know this, but we were all gone at that time."
Yamazaki smiled and said, "You can summon it using psychic skills."
Mei Daizi perked up and said, "Yes, let's try it then."...
Night, Daming Mansion.
Yamazaki, Meidaizi, Lu, and Hongming had a supper together to discuss things.
Hong Ming first apologized to Lu for sending Lu out of the Daming Mansion while Lu was sleeping. The reason was not to harm Lu, but to protect Lu. Hong Ming discovered that Meng Qing had a problem and was afraid that Meng Qing would harm Lu.
Hong Ming said: "I didn't expect that after they escorted His Highness out of the city, they were attacked. It should be the Liu Suozuo who was hiding outside my house. They tried their best to escape with Your Highness, but Your Highness fell into the water and floated away with the current.
The skin that contained your skin must have been picked up by slave traders, and they might as well have sold you along with it."
Heron said: "So that's it."
Hong Ming said: "I was negligent. I will wait until this matter subsides before I accept the punishment from His Highness."
"I can't blame you. Ninjas have extraordinary abilities and various methods, and they are hard to guard against." Lu asked, "But how did you find out that there was something wrong with Meng Qing? I also felt that there was something wrong, but I didn't know where it was."
"It's simple, because he doesn't look like an eminent monk at all." Hongming said with a smile, "Su Zhai can eat enough for two or three people at a time, and he is very fat."
Mei Daizi smiled and said: "So, he looks like a liar who specializes in cheating people out of food and drink."
Lu said: "But based on these, we can't say that he is not an eminent monk."
Hongming smiled and said: "It seems that he is not familiar with aristocratic etiquette, which is understandable, but your highness, have you heard him read the scriptures? No."
"That's right," Lu said, clapped his legs suddenly, "I just said there's something wrong, and that's it. This guy spends morning and evening classes silently reciting alone in his room, and he didn't attend his father's rituals. He said he was doing it in front of the gods.
Praying for my father, in fact, no one knows what he is thinking, and this guy has been here for so long, and he has never said that he wants to open a forum to teach the Dharma."
"Okay, let's talk about how to catch him out." Yamazaki said, "I thought of a plan and asked Mr. Hong Ming to complete it."
"I don't dare, please tell me, Your Highness," Hongming said...
The next day, August 29th.
With the support of Hong Ming, Lu summoned all the family elders as the legitimate son of the daimyo.
After gaining the approval of the family elders, Lu told the world about the crimes of Meng Qing and his party. At the same time, he announced that a ceremony would be held three days later on September 1st to become the new daimyo of the Bird Country, so as to end the current status quo of the Bird Country without a daimyo as soon as possible.
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In the afternoon, Heron took a legitimate son-level ox cart and drove Yamazaki and Meidaizi out of the city in full view of everyone. Yamazaki and Meidaizi took Ranwan and Beichen on their way home.
Meng Qing, who was dressed as a civilian, watched from a distance, angry at Beichen's betrayal, but also doubting whether Yamazaki and Mei Daizi were really gone...
Late at night, Yamazaki and Meidaizi took Ranwan and Beichen back to the country of Sichuan. They rushed to the mine and called the foreman to let him and Beichen get to know each other.
"Okay, Beichen, you are here to take charge for the time being." Yamazaki said, "Don't worry about anything else. Just prevent ninjas from causing trouble."
"Understood." Beichen asked, "But does it need a master like me to be in charge here? Is it just a gold mine, or does it have some secrets?"
"It's just a gold mine." Mei Daizi said, "The previous guards were killed by Lei Ya."
Beichen was surprised, "Thunder Fang in Kirigakure?"
"Yes, he is dead now." Mei Daizi said.
"Anyway, you stay here first. After the people from Toyama Township arrive, you can live in the city. At that time, you will guard Toyama Township's territory in Kawano Country." Yamazaki said, "I'll give you 100%.
One profit."
Beichen knelt down in joy, "Thank you, Your Highness, I will defend you to the death."...
On the morning of August 30, Yamazaki and Meidaizi took Ranmaru out of the mine, and then stuffed Yamazaki Ranmaru into the Iron Rat's space.
Then, Yamazaki and Meidaizi used the psychic beast Kangaroo to return to the country of rice, and then used Fire Lilac's psychic beast Kangaroo to return to Toyama Township...
Fushan Township.
Yamazaki and Meidaizi helped Ranmaru build a house, and asked Fukuda Misaki to send people to serve Ranmaru and help him exercise.
Next, Yamazaki and Meidaizi asked Ranmaru about the meridians...
September 1st, Bird Country, Holy Land Bird Lake.
The water source of the Holy Lake affects the harvest of the crops in the Kingdom of Birds. It can be said that the Kingdom of Birds only exists because of the Holy Lake. Therefore, the new daimyo of the Kingdom of Birds must come to worship the Holy Lake after they ascend the throne, and they cannot bring many people with them.
Herons are no exception.
When Lu rode an ox cart and came to the lake with twelve guards, Meng Qing, who had already been ambushing in the water, decided to take action...