The bamboo forest is swaying, this secret soup hall is in the dense forest area northeast of Omiya Town, and it should be Omiya Park in the future, of course, the secret soup and the like can only become a relic.

Pulling open the grille gate to the north from Lu Ning's residence, there is a dense bamboo forest and a hot spring outside.

The Musashi family took great care to build this secret hot spring restaurant, and the hot spring area was even divided into an open-air special bath with a high temperature and an indoor hot spring, that is, a wooden house was built at the hot spring, with a stone pond and a stone where you could lie down and soak in the hot spring.

However, the main area is in the east courtyard where Lu Ning and others lived.

Lu Ning simply lived in the Secret Soup Hut, the original purpose of this cottage built by the Musashi family was to wash and rest a little before going to the Secret Soup area, and now it has become Lu Ning's residence, because Lu Ning likes the tranquility surrounded by this bamboo forest.

The nine pawns who followed Lu Ning were replaced by the nine people who followed Lu Ning at the earliest, and they have all been rewarded for marriage, and Madashan is naturally among them.

However, the wives of the nine of them are all in New Tang City, after all, this outpost, where the forces of all parties are intricate, is still relatively dangerous.

However, Madong Ji and Kyoko Fukada also followed Lu Ning to the big palace.

After all, a ninja, a dancing girl, and a witch with a suspicious heart, and a mysterious young woman whose identity is unknown, Lu Ningling is also considered a waste when she is around, and she does some maid things, so as not to raise them for nothing and not be able to come up with any tricks.

Even if it was abandoned in the war, there was nothing to care about.

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With a bustling crowd and shouting vendors everywhere, this is the first market in Kanto that lives up to its name.

But that's all, the merchants are all hawkers who set up stalls, and there are very few shops, and the Central Plains city is completely different concepts.

When Lu Ning was walking in Japanese-style clothes, he was not conspicuous.

The nine soldiers were strictly forbidden to go out on the street without permission, lest they be assassinated or the like.

The fifty warriors under the heavy command of Wang Sheng often appeared on the street in twos and threes, tying the "Yuan knot" with stick-like buns and embroidering the word "Qi", they were very proud, wishing that everyone knew that they were now a vassal army of the Qi people, and it was very likely that they would be able to enter the New Tang City or the big cities of Deyu and Mutsu in the future and become the people of Qi.

Lu Ning walked around the more lively stalls, and also watched the white beats dancing on the street for a while, and was even attracted by the soup lady in front of the Mitang Lodge.

Finally, I came to the lodging where Wang Shengzhong and others lived.

The messenger sent by Yuan Manji is waiting for him, it is Yuan Manji's fifth brother Yuan Mankuai, and Yuan Manji has the same father and mother, it seems that he is not on good terms with Yuan Manzhong, and he has been following his sibling brother to make a living.

Lu Ning's main request was to demarcate the nearest block to the shrine to be directly managed by the Qi people, with Wang Shengzhong and others staying as the center, so as to guard the peace of the shrine.

Mo said that for Musashi, that is, Shimono, Xiazong, Changlu and other countries, Lu Ning has no territorial ambitions, and if these regions are really included in Qi Tu, it is difficult to ensure that there will be no wave of separatism in the future, and now they bother to improve their living standards, but they are only raising tigers, because in this area, there is no room for a large number of immigrants, and if the Central Plains ethnic minorities are in trouble, they will always be troublesome in the future.

On the contrary, plundering their resources and creating surplus value is the greatest benefit that the Central Plains tribes can obtain.

As for this Omiya Town, as an inland market, it is actually like this, and it will inevitably be replaced by Edo Town in the future, and there is no need to create any concession to lease land again.

But as the most outpost today, it is very important to get the right to speak here, otherwise whether it is the Qi people or these samurai, they belong to the sojourn here, and they will not be able to play the role of the outpost at all.

It was proposed by Lu Ningcai that the lodging ground where Wang Shengzhong and other samurai lived was the center, and a public security palace was set up in the lodging to manage this block.

In fact, this proposal is equivalent to setting up a separation zone established by the Qi people in the area in front of Omiya Shrine, which greatly reduces the influence of Omiya Shrine on Honmachi.

Gen Manji forcibly changed the main god of the shrine, and even invited Qi people to come here to "guard" the shrine, which shows how much he dislikes the power of the temple and shrine here, and the Musashi family.

Of course, in any case, this guy's current seemingly angry behavior is not for his mental problems; is wise and foolish, in an ingenious way, not only related to the Qi people, but also did not break with Kyoto, in the future, depending on the direction of the wind, which side it falls, there is a way to retreat.

And if he just tricked the Qi people into coming here, just to kill a few Qi people, then he was afraid that he would not be able to do this Musashi Kunamori.

And his proposal naturally fits his intention to suppress Omiya Shrine.

Sure enough, this source seemed to understand his brother's thoughts, and after listening to Lu Ning's proposal, he agreed on behalf of his brother, and said that he would bring the appointment order of Wang Shengzhong as the pursuit envoy of the palace security palace tomorrow.

According to the original Kyoto order system, the pursuit envoys were all foreign officials who could be appointed by the national guards of various countries.

Not to mention, the current Musashi Province bears the brunt and has also become one of the eastern Zhixing countries.

The so-called Zhixing State is to give the control of a country to the minister, and even taxes, etc., are also collected by the minister, and now, this power is given to each national guard.

The old feud between Gen Manji and the Musashi family at Omiya Shrine seems to be very deep, so he took the opportunity of changing his country to Zhixing Country to collude with the Qi people and suppress the Musashi clan.

Although if the Qi people are unfavorable in the war, they can justify to Kyoto as delaying the westward invasion of the Qi people, and if they fight back, Dongying is different from the Central Plains civilization concept, and it will not attract any disaster.

However, if he did this, it was really thoughtful, obviously he didn't have much confidence in Dongying's fight against the Qi people, after all, he was very close to the battlefield, the battle of Kashima, how his half-brother Gen Manzhong was defeated miserably, he should have heard the rumors, and those rumors were ten times more exaggerated than the actual battle of Chiba Zha.

In short, the closer the Dongying people are to the northeast, the more likely the Qi people are invincible and war-fearing.

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After discussing with Yuanman, Lu Ning returned to the east courtyard of the Secret Soup Pavilion, which is now known as the "Mansion of Qi Wu".

Seeing some horses outside, Lu Ning couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Entering the small courtyard, Ma Dashan had already walked up quickly, and his eyes were extremely strange, and Lu Ning's scalp was numb for a while.

"Boss, you're terrible, you're terrible!" Ma Dashan's expression was really weird, which made the second monk Lu Ning puzzled.

"You'll know when you go in, and the Commander of the Early Strike is waiting for you." Madashan rolled his eyes.

Lu Ning didn't bother to pay attention to him and went to the backyard.

On the bank of the bamboo forest, Lu Lihua stood with two small figures.

Lu Ning walked over, and then he was slightly stunned, standing with Lu Lihua were two bald little nuns, both of whom were in their teens, also beautiful and refined, and both had a very indifferent atmosphere, but they were both wearing pale white kimonos, not monk clothes, and when they heard the footsteps and looked back at themselves, they immediately bowed their heads in fear.

Lu Lihua took two steps, this sturdy woman who is a descendant of Ezo but has completely integrated into the Central Plains, did not know that Lu Ning was the General Academy of Literature, and said lightly: "You are Lu Dalang?" There is an order in Lijing Palace, the prince of Dongying Jizi and the prince of Zizi are not allowed to lose their hair, and they are worthy of being your wife with your hard work. However, this matter is kept secret, and I have told you that the nine pawns under your command must not be divulged to the public. ”

Only then did Lu Ning know who the two were, that is, the princess who was picked up by the ministers to be a fasting official in Kashima Shrine, and at the same time, Prince Zizinai was also going to be sent to Ise Shrine as a fasting official, so he was a companion to see the etiquette.

But he didn't want to, Xia was always isolated, and the sea route was also blocked by the Qi people's navy, and Prince Zizi was forced to stay in Kashima Shrine for a while.

When the news of the defeat of Yuan Manzhong reached the Divine Palace, Jizi and Zizi were all sent out of the house, so as not to be tainted by the rebels.

In fact, they will not be able to remarry for the rest of their lives, that is, one day they will no longer be able to serve the gods when they are young, and they will usually become monks.

Moreover, the Imperial Maiden Zhaiguan, who was usually revered in later generations as the Ashingin Temple, was the lord of the shrine, but was usually sent to serve the gods at a very young age, so that it was more pure, usually around the age of ten.

Lu Ning, who caught these two milky little hairy children who had not dried up, knew it, but he didn't want to be lazy to hit the women's camp early and send him here, and what else was worthy of being a "flat wife" for himself, it was obviously playing tricks on himself.

She, a prairie woman, can really say anything, the etiquette of the Central Plains, but there is nothing to say about a flat wife.

Of course, in this land of Dongying, when the war was raging, no one would delve into whether Lijing Palace's move violated the laws of Qi.

"I'm leaving!" Lu Lihua arched his hand, but he was actually very curious to look at the young man with a pitted face.

She has been integrated into the Central Plains for several years, but she knows that it is not common sense at all to give a foreign princess to the lowest-level officer, this low-level officer must have something extraordinary, at least, it may be the same as the General Academy of Literature, and it is a relative of the emperor.

Lu Ning now knew what the strange expression on Ma Dashan's face meant, envy, jealousy, hatred, and disbelief.

Of course, as a steppe tribe, Madashan will not think too much, but if this news reaches the ears of the commanders of the original battalion of the Zhendong Army, I am afraid that everyone will guess that his small squad leader may be the emperor's relatives and even the crown prince.

didn't go to send Lu Lihua, Lu Ning looked at these two bald little hairy girls, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Jizi and Zizi also lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak.

The atmosphere is a little awkward.

With a cough, Lu Ning raised his voice, "Kyoko, come, take them to rest!" ”

Jizi and Zizi were surprised when they heard that the Qi people in front of them could speak Dongying's language, but they still didn't dare to look up at Lu Ning.

Gongzi walked out slowly, Lu Ning was slightly stunned, Gongzi looked at Jizi and Zizi for the first time, and it was clear that there was hatred in his eyes, although he quickly disappeared, but Lu Ning was sure that he was not mistaken.

Speaking of which, the courtyard is not big, and Lu Ning knows that Zhen Dongji and Kyoko can hear the conversation between themselves and Lu Lihua, but they don't understand the Central Plains language, so naturally they don't know what they and Lu Lihua are talking about.

So, why is Kyoko hostile to Jiko and Ziko? Is it hostility after knowing their identity? Or do you think the two of them will affect her schemes?

If she knew their identities, why did Kyoko hate them, hating the emperor and the royal family?

In short, she is definitely not jealous.

Thinking about it, Lu Ning didn't say anything, turned around and left, the residence was really chaotic, so he still went to the public security office to take a turn, it happened that the office was newly established in the past two days, and he went to keep an eye on it, so there was nothing wrong.