After the assassination incident, Shuang Xie stayed at Nobunaga's place for free for several days. During this period, Sun Yi Xie also took some time to fetch their luggage that they had left elsewhere.
Of course, in addition to picking up the luggage, Sun Yixie also left a message for Xiaomei so that the latter could understand their current situation.
Then they stayed at the Flower Palace peacefully and waited for Huang Donglai to recover from his injuries.
Someone may have something to say after seeing this. As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break a muscle and bone. How long will it take for him to heal from this injury?
Then you have to worry too much - the reason why Huang Donglai asked Brother Sun to pick up the luggage is because after getting the luggage, he can "make medicine".
Today's Huang Donglai is no longer at the level where he was making pills randomly and daring to eat them in the Young Heroes Association. He can now combine the various toxicology and medical sciences he learned in Huangmen with the knowledge he learned in Xuanqi Sect, and use his
Some of the patent medicines that I carried in my luggage were used to make a very effective external wound medicine.
So within a few days, Huang Donglai's injury was 70% to 80% better.
Afterwards, Sun and Huang went to Nobunaga to resign... and what was somewhat surprising was that when Nobunaga heard that they were leaving, he did not retain them at all, but arranged for Mitsuhide Akechi to see them off on his behalf.
What's going on?
This is hidden in our book for two main reasons: First, Nobunaga himself will leave Beijing in two days. He has no more time to continue to observe Sun and Huang, so unless he makes an immediate decision now
Determined to ask Sun Huang to work for him and go with him, otherwise it is better not to say anything; secondly... after getting along with each other in the past few days, Nobunaga feels more and more that although these two guys are very capable, they are not so moral.
It is very problematic, and many of the things they have boasted about before, Nobunaga thought carefully afterwards, or checked, he can basically find that they are talking nonsense...
Combined with their previous money-grubbing looks, Nobunaga's evaluation of them gradually came to be positioned as "two charlatans from the Central Plains who have certain abilities but are too embarrassed to be useful."
Nobunaga thought it better not to use such a person, but it is a fact that the two people saved his life, so the etiquette must be fulfilled... It was you, Mitsuhide, who brought them in, and in the end, you, Mitsuhide, went to see them off. It is reasonable and reasonable.
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In this way, a few days later, Mitsuhide led several soldiers and personally escorted Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai to the outskirts of Kyoto.
When the two sides parted, Sun Yixie's habit of "loving to talk cheaply" broke out again, so he had to mention it and asked Mitsuhide to greet Nobunaga for them.
Of course, it doesn't matter just saying this, but he added another sentence: "Is it okay if he slapped you in public a few days ago? We are all brothers. It is probably a misunderstanding. Don't take it to heart."
You guys, look at how much he deserves a beating for trying to persuade others to be generous... His words may sound nice, but if they fall on the ears of the person involved, they will undoubtedly throw sparks into the frying pan.
Then why does Sun Yixie insist on supporting this fire?
Actually... he just wanted to point out "I know you and Nobunaga were acting to test us a few days ago" before they parted ways, and took the opportunity to show off that he had already seen through the other party's plan, and tease Mitsuhide by the way.
Anyway, if we say goodbye here, there is a high probability that the two parties will never meet again in this life, so this cheap talk is in vain.
However, after Akechi Mitsuhide heard this, his inner thoughts were different...
Yes, he and Nobunaga were acting that night, but according to the original plan, he should not have received that slap; more importantly, after the performance, Nobunaga should have explained the situation to other retainers. In this way, Mitsuhide not only
It doesn't look embarrassing, and it will be considered to be particularly trusted by the lord.
Unexpectedly, Sun Yixi's trick of making a fish with vinegar from the West Lake caused Mitsuhide to be forced into a fight for no apparent reason, and then the assassin suddenly attacked, causing Nobunaga to lose the opportunity to explain that they were acting.
Afterwards, Shuangxie helped Nobunaga get rid of the assassin, and Huang Donglai still took advantage of it. How could Nobunaga have the nerve to mention "Mitsuhide and I were playing you just now"?
As a result, Mitsuhide had no choice but to suffer the loss of being dumb and suffered a huge humiliation in front of all his colleagues.
In the past few days, he originally felt that this matter was a knot in his mind. Now that Sun Yixie was so little, Guangxiu became more and more angry as he thought about it, and there was already a bit of hatred in his anger, but on the surface he still had to force himself to be calm.
, replying to the previous sentence: "No...it's okay, I don't take it to heart."
The more he said this, the more resentful Mitsuhide felt. He could even feel that when he replied this sentence, the soldiers behind him looked at him with ridicule.
"Oh, ok, see you later." But Sun Yixie didn't care what he did, he replied in a mean tone, and then ran away.
As he watched Sun Huang walk away, Guangxiu said nothing and stood silently, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart.
After the two of them were completely out of sight, Mitsuhide returned to his usual calm demeanor, turned around and led the soldiers back to the city.
It was mid-morning, the sun was shining brightly, and it was a good time to go on a journey.
After bidding farewell to Guangxiu, Shuangxi walked out for a mile in a blink of an eye. At this time, three more people approached them on the road.
These three are all acquaintances, they are Xiaomei, Azhi and Xiaosuke respectively.
"Hey, we haven't seen each other for a few days, why are you three getting together?" Huang Donglai asked, "Is Brother Chongzang nearby too?"
Unexpectedly, this question made the three people look a little sad.
After a brief silence, Azhi finally replied: "Lord Juzo... committed seppuku and committed suicide not long ago."
"Ah?" Although Shuangxie and Chongzang didn't have a deep friendship before, they were still quite surprised to hear the news.
At this time, Xiaomei took over and explained that the assassination operation that night was launched by Juzo as the commander-in-chief...
After the operation failed, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was very angry. He immediately put pressure on the daimyo who participated in the operation, saying that he would find someone to take responsibility.
Although everyone knows that this kind of assassination operation has a high risk of failure, and it is not a glorious thing, it is very unpopular to embarrass the surviving assassins at such a huge sacrifice... But Ashikaga at least
He is still a general in name only. He wants to find someone to vent his anger and gain authority, so those famous people can only cooperate.
After all, those who participated in the operation were just pawns. In the eyes of this group of warlords, their own families could be betrayed when necessary, let alone some of their subordinates who "did the dirty work".
At this point, Ma Shanzhongzang, the "action planner" and "on-site commander", cannot escape his responsibility.
Therefore, when Juzo faced the people sent by his superiors to hold him accountable, he simply proposed that one person should bear all the responsibilities. He said that as long as his superiors could let other participants in the action go, he would commit suicide.
The matter of seppuku is not very sacred, but it is considered a kind of dignity and an indispensable decoration on the hypocritical facade of Bushido.
So when the messengers brought Juzo's request to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, the latter thought about it and agreed.
Ma Shanjuzo's sacrifice saved the lives of some people and gave those big shots the dignity they wanted, so he was properly buried after committing seppuku.
Throughout his life, he can never be said to be a good person, but he cannot be said to be very bad either. He is just a ninja in troubled times, chasing his ideal righteousness and going with the flow, until the last moment, it becomes a political conspiracy in an understatement.
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After hearing this, Shuang Xie was also filled with sadness.
"So where are you three now?" After chatting for a few more words, Sun Yixie asked about Xiaomei's current situation.
"Now that you two have found the clues you need, my mission is completed. I am here to say goodbye to you today." Xiaomei replied, "Now that Brother Chongzang is no longer here, Azhi and Xiaosuke are also here.
I am not planning to go back to Takeda anymore. From now on, they will join my 'Ninja House' and act with me."
"Very good, then I wish you a prosperous business." Huang Donglai answered.
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Xiaomei cupped her fists and smiled.
"Then we will meet again later." Sun Yixie then said goodbye to the other party with clasped fists.
At this point, Shuang Xie's journey to Japan is finally about to begin its final chapter. Their next stop is Sawuan Country.
There, it will be staged - Sun Yixie's clever fight against the sick swordsman, and Huang Donglai's fight against the aliens.