After dark, Mou and Li sneaked into the Yuelai Inn in night clothes and floated down in the courtyard. They saw light coming from the upper room. Li Tianmu was responsible for keeping watch. Mou Rongtian crept over and found a gap in the window.
Peeping eyes inside.
I saw a low-legged table on the main bunk, and four people were sitting around it. One of them was Genjiro, who was playing chess with the person opposite. The other two were thin and the other was strong. The thin one was sitting facing the window, with a monkey-like look on his face.
The man Shuo was sitting on his knees with his back to the window, unable to see his face.
There was a sallow-skinned man sitting next to the shop, reading a book in his hands, while the little girl was pacing on the ground with an unhappy look on her face.
Mou Rongtian listened for a while, and then he realized that they were playing Japanese shogi. At this time, Genjiro called out "shogi" and then made a move. The man opposite him pondered for a moment, bowed and said, "My lord, I have lost."
Mou Rongtian was startled and thought: "It turns out those four people are not Genjiro's servants, but his retainers. Who is Genjiro?"
I just heard Genjiro say: "Umino-kun, let's play another game." The two of them arranged the chess pieces again.
At this time, the child said: "Teacher Sanada, I am tired, can I take a rest?"
Genjiro said seriously: "No, you can't rest until we finish playing this game."
The child said pitifully: "How long do you have to wait? I can't hold on any longer."
Genjiro said: "My little lord, you must always remind yourself that you are a descendant of the Toyotomi family. For the sake of the rejuvenation of the Toyotomi family, you must persevere no matter what."
As soon as the child heard this, he immediately became energetic, clenched his little fists tightly, and said, "Teacher Sanada is right, I must hold on for the sake of the family's great cause of rejuvenation."
Mou Rongtian was shocked and thought: "It turns out that this child is a descendant of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The old man's surname is Sanada. Could it be that he is the famous Yukimura Sanada?" After thinking about it, he felt that it was probably him.
He secretly thought to himself: "Last winter, Tokugawa Ieyasu attacked the Toyotomi family on the grounds that the inscription on the bell cast by Hohiroji Temple was disrespectful to him. The two sides fought several fierce battles, and finally negotiated a peace, and the Toyotomi family agreed to leave only
Main Maru, Ninomaru and Sannomaru were demolished, and Haogou was filled in.
"When my father-in-law learned the news, he thought that Tokugawa must have been running out of food and grass during the cold winter, so he was using a delaying strategy, and he would never give up.
"Sanada Yukimura is the general of the Toyotomi family, how could he come here? Could it be that he was tricked by his father-in-law, and the old Tokugawa conquered the Toyotomi family again, Osaka Castle was destroyed, and Sanada Yukimura went into exile here? It is very possible that this is the case.
"It seems that the old Tokugawa sent the three heavenly kings to eliminate Sanada Yukimura, a serious problem. It is said that Sanada Yukimura has many talents, the most famous of which is the Sanada Ten Warriors. These ten people are all extraordinary people with high martial arts skills.
The aliens are very difficult to deal with, and it would be difficult to control them unless Old Tokugawa sent a few generals."
But when I thought about it again, I felt something was wrong. I thought: "Suppressing the Sanada rebellious party is an aboveboard matter. Why should we use the resumption of Kankai trade as an excuse to cover up the public and do so many tricks? Is there something ulterior in this?
the goal of?
"The more than twenty Japanese people who came to Yingtian Mansion seemed to be coming for them. Tajima Mamoru, Hattori Hanzo and Honganji Kakuru were not seen among them. Not even Shinbei and Qian Dayu were among them. These
Where did the people go? Did they get off the boat again later? They were the ones who knocked me out?
"No, I clearly saw that the boat had sailed away. How did they get off the boat? But how did Ma Shou know that old Sanada would come to Yingtian Mansion? These kinds of mysteries are really puzzling."
After listening for a while, Mou Rongtian learned that the surname of the thin man was Sarutobi, the surname of the sturdy man was Aneshan, the surname of the yellow-faced man was Mochizuki, and the surname of the man playing chess with Tajima Mamoru was Umino.
The Kinkiwei intelligence department knew something about Sanada Yukimura and his retainers, so based on the surnames of these people, Mou Rongtian guessed that they were Sarutobi Sasuke, the Koga-ryu ninjutsu master, Anayama Kosuke, the best general of the Sanada family, and an expert in gunpowder firearms manufacturing.
Rokuro Mochizuki, Rokuro Umino, the first strategist of the Sanada family.
He said in his heart: "Is there no male in the Toyotomi family anymore? Why do you want this little girl to revive the Toyotomi family? What is the reason for this?"
At this time, Sanada Yukimura called out "Shogun!" and smiled: "Umino-kun, you lost again."
Rokuro Umino bowed and said: "My lord, your chess skills are superb, I admire you greatly."
Sanada Yukimura looked up to the sky and laughed, and said with a smile: "No more rain, that's the end of the day." He said to Haruko: "Little lord, you can rest now."
Qingzi walked on the horse for a long time, and her legs were weak. After hearing that she could rest, she slumped down on the ground and said childishly: "I'm exhausted."
Sanada Yukimura smiled and said: "There is a clear saying in China, which is: 'You can become a master only if you endure hardships.' My little lord must remember it."
Qingzi said: "I have written it down."
Sanada Yukimura said: "Umino stays, the others follow me."
Seeing that they were about to go out, Mou Rongtian hurriedly turned around and signaled to Li Tianmu. The two flew up to the room and found a thin, black-clothed and masked man lying on the slope of the back room. He was startled when he saw the two of them coming up.
, hurriedly flew away.
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "This guy is most likely a member of the Tokugawa family. It seems that Ma Shou has discovered the whereabouts of Sanada and his gang."
Li Tianmu looked at Mou Rongtian. His eyes seemed to ask whether he should pursue him or not. Mou Rongtian shook his head.
At this time, Sanada Yukimura and others came out of the house. Mou Rongtian saw that they were covered with black cloth and carrying not only weapons, but also hoes, shovels and soil baskets. What did they want?
Sanada and others left the inn and ran along the street in the southwest direction. Mou and Li followed behind. After following for a long time, they saw the four people running outside a house and jumping over the wall.
Mou Rongtian felt that this place was very familiar, and suddenly he remembered that this was the home of the music member who was brutally wiped out. He thought to himself: "Why are they here?" He and Li Tianmu followed in.
This house is not small, with hundreds of houses and all kinds of pavilions and pavilions. Sanada and others passed through several courtyards and came to the back garden, where there was a pavilion with a fish pond in front of the pavilion and a flower garden behind the pavilion.
Sanada and others stopped in the flower garden. Mou and Li saw an attic to the east. They quietly jumped up to the roof, lay down on it, and peeped secretly. They saw Sanada and others digging in the flower garden with hoes and shovels.
Mou Rongtian said to himself: "What are they trying to dig for? Is it possible that there is treasure down there? It's probably true." After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized and thought to himself: "They must be the real culprits who killed this family, and robbing the property is just to hide their identity.
The real intention was to dig for treasure here. In order to achieve his goal, old Sanada used any means to brutally kill sixteen members of the Qu family. How vicious was his method? It is outrageous."
Sanada and others were quick with their hands and feet. Under the moonlight, they dug a deep pit in a short time, jumped up and down, and used soil baskets to unload soil. The mounds of soil beside the pit gradually rose. After about half an hour, suddenly,
I heard someone shout: "Lord, we found it."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "We found a treasure? What is it?" Since the four people were in a deep pit, Mou and Li could not see what they dug up.
Mou Rongtianxin said: "We will find out when they take out the things."
At this moment, a whistle suddenly sounded. Mou and Li were startled. They looked around and saw a thin man in black standing on the slope opposite.
As soon as the whistle blew, more than 20 people rushed into the garden from the Moon Gate in the south. They were all wearing short jackets and holding shiny things in their hands. A dozen of them were bald, most of them were holding razors, and only one was holding a razor.
Jumonji Spear. Except for these bald heads, three of them used ninja swords, and the rest were all carrying tachi.
Mou Rongtian recognized this group of people as the more than 20 Japanese people who got off the boat.
At this time, Sanada and others jumped out of the pit and showed their weapons. Anayama Xiaosuke picked up the big razor lying on the ground. The group of people surrounded them. The four people were ready, and Sanada Yukimura shouted loudly:
"Are you from the Tokugawa family?"
The old man at the head held a tachi and sneered: "Sanada Yukimura, don't you recognize me?"
Sanada Yukimura recognized his voice and shouted: "Taimamomo, it's you? You used the disguise technique."
The old man said: "Yes, it's me. Hattori-kun's disguise skills are pretty good, right?"
It turned out that the old man was Tajima Mamoru, wearing a human skin mask on his face, so Mou Rongtian could not recognize him.
But Ma Shou had long known that Jin Yiwei was following and monitoring him. If Li Tianmu and Shi Yi were to take action, Ma Shou might not notice it. But at that time, Shi Yi was far away in the capital, and Li Tianmu had to monitor Yan Jun and others. Mou Rongtian could only
Let the people from the Ningbo branch do this.
However, in order to avoid the surveillance of Jin Yiwei, Ma Shou pretended to return to the country by boat, but in fact he was going to Yingtian Mansion. Hattori Hanzo was proficient in the art of disguise, but Ma Shou and others disembarked from the ship wearing the human skin mask he made, and deceived Mou Rongtian.
eyes.
But Ma Shou was cautious. After getting off the boat that day, he asked Hattori Hanzo to hide in the dark to see if anyone was following him. Hattori Hanzo found Mou Rongtian and knocked him out. The thin man that Mou and Li saw just now on Sanada's house
The man in black and the man who just whistled is Hattori Hanzo.
Sanada Yukimura said: "Taima Mamoru, I didn't expect you to chase us here. How did you know we were coming to the Ming Dynasty?"
But Ma Shoudao said: "If you want others to know nothing, you have to do it yourself. That day you led the crowd to break out, and Aicha and Kunimatsumaru's mother and son were captured. In order to save the life of this little kid Kunimatsumaru, Aicha told you all about your intentions.
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Sanada Yukimura thought to himself: "It turns out that Aichicha betrayed us, this bitch."
Taimashou said: "Sanada-kun, have you found the treasure?"
Sanada Yukimura said: "We dug it, it's in the pit."
Mou Rongtian thought to himself: "It turns out there is a treasure buried here. It's really strange. How could the Japanese know that there is a treasure here? Who buried it?"
I just heard Tajima Shomo say: "My lord respects you as a man and has made a promise. As long as you are willing to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side, my lord will let bygones be bygones."
Sanada Yukimura looked up to the sky and laughed, and said: "Sanada Yukimura was born as a member of the Toyotomi family and died as a ghost of the Toyotomi family. How can he be the lackey of the old Tokugawa turtle?"
But Ma Shou said coldly: "Since you are stubborn, don't blame me for being ruthless." With a shout, everyone rushed forward, and the two sides started a fierce battle in the garden.