097 An unhappy banquet
No matter how arrogant the Japanese are, they cannot change the fact that this is the Ryukyu Kingdom, and in front of the public law of all nations, the Ryukyus were first an independent state, and the second was a subject state of the Qing Dynasty, and the relationship between Japan and the Ryukyus for the past 200 years was not recognized by any country.
In this delicate relationship, the Japanese can intimidate the Ryukyuan people by force, but once the Ryukyuan people are more serious, these arrogant Japanese will also think twice. Especially now, if there is really a conflict with Cai Mao because of the banquet, it will not be good for the Shimazu family to make things bigger.
"Yamamoto-san, that's enough...... We are guests, we should respect the wishes of the host, you are really rude......" The old man of the birch mountain family finally spoke, and Yamamoto Qing stared at Cai Mao viciously, as if staring at a dead person.
"Yaga, you're dead...... Yamamoto Kiyoshi suddenly whispered the moment he let go of his hand, turned around and walked behind Kayama Kuriyan.
Cai Mao knew that these Japanese would not be joking, and if this incident failed, none of their exposed pro-China factions would be alive. But Cai Mao has her own pride in her heart, the shame of two hundred years needs to be erased, and the dream of two hundred years of investment in the mainland needs to be realized, and now may be the only chance.
Cai Mao faced the elder of the Huashan family with his hands behind his back, and just nodded rudely, and then he turned back to the chamberlain and said, "Go and report to Your Majesty, just say that there is a Japanese guest visiting......
Kayama Kurigen's heart was full of shame, and his eyes were about to erupt as he looked at the chamberlain who was slowly walking towards Shuri Castle. When did the Shimazu family suffer such a humiliation when they had been in control of Ryukyu for 250 years?
Kajiyama Kuriren was scolding in his heart, and Yamamoto Kiyoshi was also scolding, but he hit a wider area. In his eyes, the Qing slaves are the bane, and these Chinese businessmen in Naha Port are crazy to make money one by one by relying on their relationship with the mainland, and they are crooked in collecting some protection money, a bullshit scholar from the Qing Kingdom actually made the Chinese in a city crazy, this Xiao Le is really damned.
Corresponding to the two of them was Takenaka Inoue's calmness, he stood at the back of the team and carefully analyzed the situation in front of him, his heart was full of powerlessness, his influence was too small, if only the leaders of the reformers were here, they would definitely be able to come up with a complete solution.
Time passed minute by minute, but the vanished chamberlain never appeared, and the patience of the Japanese present was running out. Half an hour later, Kiyoshi Yamamoto was the first to jump up, "Yaga! Is it going to take so long to make a report? You pigs ...... it."
Just when the situation was very tense, suddenly a voice came from the bottom of the mountain road that made the Japanese very disgusted: "Is this really the land of the Japanese? Shurijo Castle, you can break into it if you want? Why don't you Shimazu family send a document to the nations, saying that the Ryukyu Kingdom is already under the rule of your Shimazu, and you are waiting for someone else's report......"
It's Xiao Letian, and now only Xiao Lotian dares to sneer at the Japanese, when he appeared in front of everyone, the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the Japanese soldiers present looked at the Spencer serial guns on the shoulders of Luo Huo's men, and grabbed their bamboo guns one by one in horror, and subconsciously wanted to form a defense.
The legend of Spencer is now circulating throughout Naha, and this famous American gun has been infused with mythology, and the completely different operating style and unique shape of the front-loading gun make this gun a nightmare in the hearts of all Japanese.
The old man of Kayama Liyuan blushed slightly, he was very ashamed of the timidity of the soldiers under him, but he still had to be polite. He bowed slightly to Xiao Lotian, "We meet again, I don't know what Mr. Xiao has to do when he comes to Shuri Castle?"
"I've been fascinated by the banquet of the Ryukyu royal family for a long time, I don't know which waiter can inform me......?
From the moment Xiao Lotian appeared, Huashan Liyuan knew that all their plans were in vain, Xiao Lotian dared to appear in front of them so swaggeringly, which shows that he has been in contact with the Ryukyu royal family, at least the caliber of the two sides is unified, so that his appearance is meaningless.
"This Chinese inviter is really scheming, and he is domineering and evil, and he doesn't give us any flaws......" Just when the old man of the Huashan family frowned and pondered, Xiao Lotian suddenly spoke.
"This is General Cai Mao, I don't know what kind of crime it is to trespass into people's houses and inquire's privacy according to the laws of the Ryukyu Kingdom?" Cai Mao was stunned for a moment and quickly said, "Breaking into people's houses and snooping on others will be punished as theft according to the law, and the heaviest crime of theft in the Ryukyu Kingdom will be forty ...... of the whip."
"Okay, I'll take a look at General Cai's law enforcement today...... Push people up!" Before the words fell, two Japanese who were tied up by the five flowers were pushed up, and Yamamoto Kiyoshi saw that this was not a ninja under the hands of the foggy imp?
"Yaga, this is our Japanese, you have no right to insult ......"
"Oh! This is funny, what does the Ryukyu Kingdom have to do with the criminal's punishment of which country he is? Even if he is a citizen of the Great Qing Dynasty, if he breaks the law, he will be punished......" Xiao Letian glanced at Yamamoto Qing, turned back to Cai Mao and said, "This is the confession of the two Diao people, they have all been detained, you see, I have interrogated them for you, let's execute them directly......"
At this time, a ninja who was beaten and covered in blood suddenly opened his mouth and shouted in Japanese, "Shameless Qingguo slave, your confession is fake...... It was you who pinched my hand and pressed the handprint, and you insulted the dignity of our Japanese nation......" After saying that, the ninja bit hard, and half of his tongue and blood were spit out.
"Bite your tongue and kill yourself! Look at it, this guy committed suicide in fear of crime......" Xiao Lotian shouted loudly as he pointed to the ninja who was spurting blood all over his mouth.
The scene was a little out of control at this time, and even the elder of the Birch Mountain family, who had always been calm, was not calm, and his eyes were full of hostility when he looked at Xiao Letian.
Xiao Letian knew that today's mortal feud was settled, but he had his reasons. First, these ninjas are really difficult, and if they are not eliminated, they will have no secrets to speak of. Second, this is also to avenge Xiang Shaolong, if he dares to use yin tricks to harm Long Ye, then don't blame Xiao Letian for using ruthless moves.
And the third is to cover the return of King Shangtai to the banquet, the time is extremely urgent, and now the atmosphere at the banquet is a little weird, King Shangtai has not come back for half a day, the pro-Japanese faction has already shouted, and the Hubu Shangshu Lin Yuanmiao and his subordinates are already a little unable to suppress.
In addition, the Japanese tried to break through under Shuri Castle, and Cai Mao also had a hard time coping with it, if Xiao Lotian didn't make a mess and come out to divert his attention, today's secret meeting would definitely be exposed.
Xiao Letian's arrogance exhausted the last patience of the Japanese, and now even the elders of the Birch Mountain family are angry. Under the signal of his eyes, dozens of ashigaru rushed up to grab people.
"We Japanese, even if we commit a crime, we should punish it, and we will ......whip it ourselves."
"You fart, this is the territory of the Ryukyu Kingdom, how old are you ......"
Luo Huo went up with the musketeers, and the two sides formed a line, huddled together and pushed desperately with their bodies. Some grumpy ones clenched their fists and began to smash.
Cai Mao was now covered in sweat, and he led the Imperial Forest Army to desperately squeeze between the two groups of people, but as a result, he received countless fists in vain, but no one dared to fight back.
Xiao Lotian sneered and stared at Huashan Liyuan, and the elder of the Huashan family was also looking at him, and for a long time, Huashan Liyuan spoke: "Mr. Xiao, does this have to be the enemy of our Japanese country? Such a rude behavior makes it difficult for me to attend tomorrow's luncheon!"
Xiao Letian pouted: "Can you represent Japan? Who else can you represent besides the Shimazu family......?
Yamamoto Qing is now close to madness, he is already sweating from the handle of the knife in his right hand, he really wants to pull out the knife fiercely and halve this annoying Chinese person, but he didn't dare to do it with Xiang Shaolong's murderous gaze behind this Chinese person.
Xiang Shaolong held three bone-piercing nails in his hands, and he still had the Lincoln 'Imperial Gift' revolver in his arms, as long as anyone dared to be unfavorable to Xiao Letian, he would definitely dare to kill people on the spot.
At the height of the chaos, a group of people came from the direction of the main gate of Shuri Castle, and in front of him was King Sangtai, who was out of the way, and he finally arrived on a detour.
"You are all honored guests of my Ryukyu royal family, why did there be a dispute? This is so unseemly, the banquet was originally held to nourish the body and mind, but now it has become a bazaar fight, what a real scene...... The two distinguished guests should go back, and after they are calm, Xiao Wang will naturally hold a banquet again to entertain the two...... "After speaking, Ryukyu King Shangtai turned his head and left, and he didn't care about the two sides at all.
"Look, look, make Your Majesty angry, right? It's really a disappointment to waste a good day in autumn......" Xiao Letian saw that the play was over, turned around and left, and didn't bother to deal with Huashan Liyuan and his party at all.
The old man of the birch mountain family looked at the two ninjas who were killed and injured on the ground, and then looked at the backs of the people who were gradually disappearing in the distance, and the roots of his teeth rattled with anger.
Xiao Lotian and his entourage quickly returned to Sakura-no-yaku, as soon as they entered the room, the secret meeting was urgently held under heavy protection, Shi Dakai said excitedly, "What we want has arrived, we will return to China tomorrow, as long as we have the edict of the Ryukyu royal family, we can naturally do business with the United States, and the plan of the military division is unstoppable......"
Xiao Hexin and Sima Yun, who were sitting on the lower hand, looked at the clothes and ribbons spread out on the tatami mats, looked at the dark red blood characters and the Ryukyu royal seal, and the two couldn't stop laughing. "I really didn't expect it, Mr. made a slaughter as soon as he made a move, as long as we operate for a few years, Ryukyu must not be impregnable, there was Prime Minister Cao Cheng in the past, and now there is Prime Minister Xiao, and the power is overwhelming all over the world......"
Xiao Lotian snorted and laughed, ", they all equate me with Cao Cao, do you look up to me? or do you look up to this Ryukyu Kingdom? Don't talk nonsense, you two quickly took the Green Forest brothers into the city, and paid close attention to the movements of the Japanese in the past two days......"
"Hey, what do you mean by Mr. these two days, aren't we leaving? Still spending time with the Japanese?" Xiao Hexin and the two were very puzzled.
Xiao Lotian frowned and whispered, "I have a bad premonition, these crazy Japanese seem to be about to make a move, although we have obtained the name of this prime minister, but can we protect it?"
At this moment, an eager female voice came from outside the sliding door, "Uncle Guest, I'm Qianxia, I have something important to report to you, my brother has rescued Uncle Nohira......" K