"So, you believe he's not a spy?" In the tent, Ye Sizhong asked me with a smile.

"Exactly." I replied with a smile.

"Why?" Ye Sizhong asked again.

I recounted to him in detail the ins and outs, including the interrogation of the Nine Demons Masataka, the sudden interrogation of the Hundred Ground Tanbo Hesheng when I came back, and my judgment. It's a complete fact, and there is not a single element of apocryphal invention, so I conclude that he is not a spy. Ye Sizhong was very interested in me being so familiar with Dongying's language and knowing the inside story of Dongying so well. I told him that my father died at the hands of the Japanese and that I knew myself and my opponent, and that I would not be defeated in a hundred battles, and he believed my reasons.

"So what? Do you think he should be released? Ye Sizhong still said with a smile.

"Exactly." I replied with a smile.

"What about the real reasons?" His smile did not diminish: "Don't tell me, you're in it for justice."

"I'm just for justice." I know that I can't fool this wise and brave general, so I can only tell the truth: "It's the justice I want."

"Be specific." He was interested.

I looked at Ye Sizhong, smiled, and made him believe in my sincerity in this way, and two minutes later, I suddenly asked him in a voice that only two people could hear: "After a hundred years, who can succeed Shoufu?" At the time, this sentence was definitely a heart-wrenching word, but I believe that he was a smart man who could understand what I was saying.

Ye Sizhong finally stopped laughing, he was very angry and wanted to scold me loudly, and his right hand even rested on the hilt of the knife. But when he saw my sincere smile, his heart suddenly moved. He let go of the hand that was pressing the hilt of the knife and began to think backwards along with my words, and after a long time asked, "Retreat?" That's why you don't want to join the army? ”

I nodded. Don't speak.

He was visibly depressed. It's good to talk to a smart person, you say a word, and he will know what's behind.

"However, Lord Qi is famous and has outstanding military achievements, even if there is no Shoufu ......" Originally, he still wanted to convince himself, but he suddenly remembered that before Shoufu lost his father and the saint won his love, in order to prevent Lord Qi from being frightened, Shoufu specially wrote a letter of consolation to Lord Qi, telling him that he had arranged for his protégé Liang Menglong to come to power in the local area, and suddenly even lost the courage to argue, and asked me a little blankly: "Shoufu is in the prime of life, why did he go?" Not to mention the imperial court...... The imperial court is also nostalgic for the old! The tone was already very uncertain.

"Adults should know that sea seals are treasures!" I suddenly said something that was out of touch. This sentence completely broke his will - the fur seal is the seal, and the men have counted what they can do with this animal and what they can do with its treasure. Lord Qi sent this specialty to Shoufu, and Ye Sizhong knew about it. Although he understood that this was forced by the situation, and he had indeed won trust, time and space for Qi Jiajun, he did not agree with this approach in his heart. So, he finally gave me a sentence: "Find a proper reason and let people go."

A good reason appeared two days later - Echigoya, a merchant group from Sakai Town, Japan, appeared at the gate of the barracks with a batch of goods and messengers, and they explained their intentions, and one was that the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit trade with Toei, they were merchants, and in order to express their friendship, all goods were sold at a discount for three days. Second, a few days ago, the legal heir of the merchant group came here to fight the front station, and was arrested as a spy by mistake, so he asked for mercy to release the person, and the merchant group was willing to pay tribute as a hostage.

As a result, a military misunderstanding was resolved in the mode of commercial cooperation. After all, it's useless to keep a person who doesn't know the so-called Dongying, but in exchange for a large amount of military funds, it's a real benefit, isn't it.

Baidi Tanbo Hesheng is gone, and he is gone. I don't care about this, but about the three sentences that the Nine Ghosts Masataka brought me next.

"Hyakuchi Tanba Mamoru "- well, the title of the title of the third prince of Hyakuchi - "I have great respect for you, Iga Zhong will always open the door to you!" ”

I wasn't too keen on this, but I know that the next year, in 1581, Oda Nobunaga, who had been defeated in the First Iga War, was furious, and after careful planning, he led his army to attack Iga again.

The Oda army, which numbered more than 40,000 men, attacked from multiple directions and broke through the defense line of the Iga side in one fell swoop. Immediately, the whole area of Iga was in flames, and the houses, shrines, temples, mountains and forests were all in ashes, although the Iga ninja was haunted, and the men and women fought desperately to resist and exchange blood for blood, but after the attack and defense of Kashiwahara Castle, the largest battle of the Great Chaos, the final whereabouts of the three Taifu of Hyakji became a mystery.

In this battle, more than 1,700 samurai, shinobi and civilians led by Hyakuchi Santaifu swore to resist Oda's attack to the death, and the battle was very fierce. Some people say that after a strong battle, the defenders of the hundred places were finally defeated by the large number of Oda troops, and the castle of Kashiwagen was breached, and all the defenders in the city were killed, including the three sons of the hundred lands. It is also said that the third Taifu of Hyakuchi fled to Kishu and lived until 1595. Either way, his promise is meaningless to me, I want practical benefits. So, I value his next sentence even more.

"I, the Nine Demons Masataka, Iga Nakashinobi, lead the five shinobi and be loyal to you!" He continued, and then knelt down in front of him with a ninja prostration, followed by three men and two women, a total of five shinobi kneeling on the ground.

I believe in their allegiance, the ninjas are a strange group that seems to have no personal mind, but they are extremely faithful. They say that if you are allegiance, you will die unto death. So I accepted their allegiance. And I know that the almost prophetic ability I showed in this matter has planted a deep awe in the heart of the Nine Ghosts, and it has been proven that this awe will grow deeper and deeper with time.

"Lord!" The Nine Ghosts Masataka has changed his name, and I interrupted him, and such a title will cause me trouble - because I don't have the corresponding strength now, I told him that in the future, he and the other shinobi will call me - sir. And this title will also accompany them for the rest of their lives for decades to come.

"Sir!" The Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao was very sensible, and immediately changed his words: "The leader of the hundred lands has another gift for you!" So, I saw the outline of the Iga ninja method that I wanted. This is a secret that will not be passed on, but the third Taifu of Hyakchi knows that the future of his Iga people is over, and it is considered to leave a piece of incense for me to give me a rough extension of ninjutsu. I'm not very useful myself, but I already have six ninja men, and it's extremely useful for them.

Finally, it was a surprise - "The previous time Iga received a commission to steal the Oda family's treasure sword, Kagehide, but the client was the Oda family, and the two sides are currently at war, and the contract is null and void, so the head of Hyakchi will give you this sword as a symbol of friendship." ”

Oh! I took it immediately, drew the knife and looked closely, I practiced the arc knife hard in my previous life, but I didn't have a weapon to take advantage of. I know that this is Date Masamune's saber, also known as "saddle slash", and it is said that in history, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded the dynasty a few years later, Date Masamune used this knife to cut off a man and a horse at once! Definitely a good knife! Definitely for me, too! I couldn't help but be overjoyed! The third wife of Baidi kept this knife just one more funeral item and gave it to me, but it was not necessarily a cause and effect. Wise man!

There are also 500 taels of silver thanks. I left 100 taels, and the rest was given to the nine ghosts and filial piety, so that they could do the activity funds.

Arrange for the nine ghosts to live temporarily in the Land Temple, and this matter will be over. I have arranged a long-term task for the Nine Ghosts Masataka, that is, from now on, to open up a stable, ready-to-use, and retreat to Dongying. He was commanded to go.

The matter of spies was basically solved at this point, and a large number of special supplies were purchased at low prices in the barracks, such as plum wine, which was quite popular with the officers and soldiers, so the whole camp was jubilant for a while, after all, the Ming Dynasty had been closed to the country for many years, and this kind of imported goods were not common. After Ye Sizhong reported the incident, I was slightly promoted because of my meritorious work - from clerk to manager. In fact, the steward is not in charge of things at all, that is, it is better to listen to and more expensive. But who cares?

There is also a tail in this matter, that is, he caught a traitor at the beginning, which is also the fundamental reason why Ye Sizhong and I staged a bitter plan. That night, when I took two people to hunt down the nine ghosts, the other two went to the camp, and it was not difficult to arrest people in a closed place, so I quickly caught Lu Zeping, a traitor who was greedy for small profits and bad things.

When the man was brought to the tent, he insisted that he hadn't done it—even though he had been caught. At that time, the nine ghosts Zhengxiao used 50 taels of silver, and he exchanged the information of guarding the emptiness twice from Lu Zeping, who was the duty officer, and he also appeared as an internal agent, and he was the one who learned to bark that night. It is definitely a difficult thing for such a person to stay in the barracks, because the barracks are the most loyal, and he doesn't have such a thing, and you don't know when he will betray you until you die.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the enemy should be killed, and the relatives should sit together. But when dealing with it, it was found that the resistance was too great - the reason is very simple, this kid's father is actually the Taishou of the neighboring state capital! In the era of the Ming Dynasty, when the emphasis was on literature and light on military force, the military attache offended the civil officials in power, and you definitely had no place to stand, and you definitely couldn't get along! So even though this kid was making a lot of noise in the court, there was nothing anyone could do about him. I can only hold it for the time being, and then discuss it later.

After going to bed at night, I quietly came to Ye Sizhong's military tent. He knew I was coming, so he waited for me.

"You want to live? Or is it dead? I asked him with a smile.

After the incident of Baidi Danbo Hesheng, Ye Sizhong knew that I had the ability to do this, absolutely yes, so I spoke much more simply and directly. "His immortality is not enough to appease the anger of the masses." He said.

"Okay, then let him go." I said with a smile.

He looked at me with a blazing fire in his eyes. I know that it is his pride and reality at war between heaven and man.

"He's going to die." I promise again.

Ye Sizhong looked at me fixedly, for a long time, and nodded.