Chapter 542: Secret
"I'm going?"
After Yu Qiuping let out this exclamation, he lost his ability to speak for a long time because he was too shocked. He looked at Hagu Suizi's eyes and found that the smile in them did not seem to be fake. This naΓ―ve girl must not tell lies.
This secret of his own, but the world should only be known to him and Imagawa Kaede. But how could someone like Kaede Imagawa not understand what this secret meant to Yu Qiuping, and he would definitely not tell it. Rather than making Yu Qiuping suspect that it was Kaede Imagawa who told the news to others, it is better to let Yu Qiuping wonder if he had slipped out of his mouth.
Yu Qiuping also wondered if this little girl said it casually. But she not only accurately said that she was a traverser, but also said the exact point in time more than 400 years later, which was not blinded at first glance. But when and what kind of opportunity did you slip out? How is this possible?
"Do you know what this secret means?" Yu Qiuping's expression gradually became gloomy, and his body once again unconsciously exuded the murderous aura that only a samurai who had been on the battlefield for many years. However, to his surprise, the girl was not intimidated by his murderous aura, but only slightly uneasy.
"The little woman doesn't know very well, after all, the little girl has only seen these stories in myths and legends." Haguyi Suizi replied a little uncertainly, "So His Highness is really a traverser!" Before, the little woman thought that His Highness was teasing me! β
"Oh Xie Te..." Yu Qiuping only felt that talking to the girl in front of him, his IQ was also straight towards the stupid pig, and he was too panicked to be directly talked by the other party.
The secret that he is a traverser, once it is known by others, the consequences are unimaginable. However, for the innocent girl in front of him, Yu Qiuping couldn't move the murderous intent, and even if he killed her, it would be useless. Because her highness, who was hiding in the shadows, obviously knew Yu Qiuping's background - and Yu Qiuping didn't know who he was.
"Who is that Your Highness..."Yu Qiuping was already in turmoil at the moment, and asked in a cold voice.
"Can't say. And to be honest, the little girl doesn't know who that Highness is, and I always call him His Highness. Hearing this, Haya Suiko still shook her head firmly, "But His Highness said that when the time comes, if he is in a good mood, he may be able to meet His Highness." β
"Feeling good?" When Yu Qiuping heard this, he was even more stunned and speechless, what kind of mysterious character is this. "Then apart from you and that Highness, who else knows the secret that I am a traverser!"
"The little girl doesn't know, anyway, His Highness told me that I can't tell this secret to anyone except His Highness Momiji." Ye Gu Suizi nodded with a smile, and then looked at Yu Qiuping with a wistful expression, "Your Highness!" You really are a traverser! Can you predict the future, just like those onmyoji! Can you still tell fortunes? Can you calculate a hexagram for Suizi! And what will the world be like in 400 years? β
Yu Qiuping swallowed his saliva, not knowing how to answer for a while. The girl's reaction was obviously not aware of the serious problems that the identity of the "time-traveler" would bring, but was as curious as a child. So, what should I do with her? If she is placed under house arrest, will it anger her highness and reveal her identity to the world? How many people know his identity?
"Ahh That's right! As if she suddenly remembered something, Haguyi Suizi suddenly spoke, "Your Highness also said that if the little woman told you that he knew that you were a traverser, His Highness would never let the little girl leave." So His Highness said, let me be His Highness's maid! β
"This..."Yu Qiuping was hesitating what to do, but he didn't expect Hatani Suizi to have already told the answer in his heart. Who is the highness behind her? How could so many things have been predicted so accurately?
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So, when I went to bed at night, there was an extra girl in Yu Qiuping's cabin. Yu Qiuping gave him his own bed, and he slept on Mori Kolong's bed, asking Mori Kolong to squeeze with Mori Lan Maru.
Both Honda Tadakatsu and Morikolo asked Yu Qiuping about the identity of Hatani Suiko, but Yu Qiuping didn't know how to explain, so he had to prevaricate with "the daughter of the deceased, entrusted to take care of it".
Yu Qiuping now only felt that there was a conspiracy unfolding around him, and the unfathomable highness behind Haya Suizi was the key person. He didn't know who that highness was, and he didn't know how many followers he had, so he didn't dare to act rashly, but chose to accept the latter's suggestion - let Haya Suizi be his maid. He didn't understand what His Highness was giving such a suggestion and arrangement, but now that the enemy was in the open and I was in the dark, Yu Qiuping could only honestly accept his arrangement.
However, Yu Qiuping had a vague feeling that His Highness didn't seem to have any ill will towards him. If he really wants to cause him trouble, just make the news public. However, this highness did not say it explicitly, but sent someone to tell Yu Qiuping that he knew the secret. Such a hint should be that he wants to trade or cooperate with Yu Qiuping, or coerce Yu Qiuping to agree to him.
And the candidate he sent was an innocent girl who was not deeply involved in the world, and had almost no scheming at all. After saying this, Hatani Suiko seemed to have completely forgotten that she was a person with a mission and knew the big secret, but like an ordinary girl.
"Confused." Yu Qiuping lay on the bed tossing and turning, trying to figure out what happened to him today, but in the end he found nothing. The fantasy experience he encountered today is probably only found in fairy tales. This situation made him very uncomfortable, he was like a marionette at the mercy of others, and he had no way to gather information about His Highness. Because she wants his intelligence and ninjas to get their hands dirty, she always needs a clue that they can use to investigate. But the only clue at the moment is that His Highness knows the secret that Yu Qiuping is a traverser - this clue is impossible for Yu Qiuping to tell his subordinates. Therefore, Yu Qiuping had actually fallen into a dead end, and could only passively wait for His Highness to make a move.
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Yu Qiuping, who was troubled, couldn't sleep on the boat anyway, and in the middle of the night, he suddenly heard Haya Suizi seemed to be rummaging for something. He got up slightly, looked over there by the moonlight, and saw that Hatani Suiko was rummaging through his luggage.
"What's wrong? Suiko girl, what are you looking for? Yu Qiuping asked in a low voice very politely. Although Ye Gu Suizi is already her own maid in name, Yu Qiuping doesn't dare to really treat her as a maid, her identity is not simple.
"The little woman's painting is gone." Hatani Suizi whispered in an incredulous tone, "It's really strange, it's still here before going to bed." β
"What painting, the portrait that someone asked you to paint for me?" Yu Qiuping got up and put on a few clothes with his gloves.
After seeing Ye Gu Suizi nodded, Yu Qiuping slowly got up from the bed, straightened his clothes, and said in a low voice, "Let's go to the deck to find it, your painting is good, I feel sorry for losing it." β
Yu Qiuping and Hatani Suiko searched on the deck where they met before, but they still couldn't find the missing painting. Hatani Suiko bit her fingers a little dejectedly and looked around the deck in amazement.
"Ah, the habit of losing things hasn't changed since I was a child." Ye Gu Suizi complained with great annoyance, "The little woman has lost the silver taels, lost the clothes, lost the bracelet, lost the key, anyway, His Highness has lost any little woman he can think of." β
"Hahahaha..."Yu Qiuping laughed, "You are such a loser, don't your parents beat you?" β
"Ah, of course not." Ye Gu Suizi smiled lightly when she heard this, "Because the little woman has no parents." β
"Huh? Yes... I'm sorry. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and then reacted, and lowered his head apologetically.
"It's okay, I've seen it a long time ago." Ye Gu Suizi shook her head nonchalantly, "For as long as I can remember, it has always been His Highness who has been raising me. His Highness treats me very well, like a daughter, so there is nothing to be dissatisfied with. β
"That's it..."Yu Qiuping nodded with some relief, "Speaking of which, where are you and that Highness from?" β
"Ahh I shouldn't be anywhere, I don't know where Your Highness is from. Haya Suizi smiled and shook her head, "Wherever Your Highness goes, you will take Suizi wherever she goes, and I have been to many places all over the country." β
"Is that so?" Yu Qiuping secretly got a little bit of news from His Highness in his heart - it seems that he has no fixed place, and he doesn't seem to be a big name, but more like a ronin?
"How old is Your Highness, running around with you all day long, can you afford to eat physically?" Yu Qiuping asked again with a knock on the side, and the unsuspecting Ye Gu Suizi immediately retorted with some dissatisfaction: "Nonsense, although Your Highness is in his fifties, his body is tough and young, and some people believe that he is in his early forties." β
"Hahaha, that's pretty good." Yu Qiuping replied with a smile.
"Ah, it's frustrating that I can't find the painting." Hatani Suizi finally glanced at the deck unwillingly, but there was still no shadow of the painting, "That painting, the little woman is very satisfied." β
"Then draw another one, the real person is here anyway." Yu Qiuping patted his chest.
"No, the eyebrows of that painting, the little woman felt very good when she painted them, and the lines were better than usual, and there may not be such an opportunity in the future." Hatani Suizi shook her head with some regret and said.
"Speaking of which, who did you learn your drawing skills from? How can it be so powerful? Yu Qiuping thought of the girl's realistic painting skills, and couldn't help but admire.
"At first, His Highness taught me, and later when I was eight or nine years old, His Highness said that the little girl was very talented, and he couldn't teach me anymore, so he sent me to Kyoto to teach the little girl." Hatani Suiko replied quite solemnly, "Master Kano is very powerful, and his character is also very good, if only the little girl could become a person like him." β
"Master Kano?" Yu Qiuping was shocked when he heard this, but he didn't expect that the girl in front of him actually studied under the head of the Kano School, the famous painting school in Japan, Kano Yongde, who is also the greatest screen painter in Japan. His screens often served as precious gifts among the daimyos. Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi asked him to paint when they built Azuchi Castle and Osaka Castle in their previous lives.
"Yes, but after teaching the little girl for a few years, Master Kano felt that the little girl's painting style would be restricted in his school, so His Highness hired a Southern Barbarian painter to teach me. The sketch I helped His Highness draw is the technique of the Southern Barbarians. Hoko Haya replied with a smile, "The little girl thinks that Japanese painting and Nanban painting have their own merits, and if she has time in the future, she wants to try to combine them, and then open a class to accept apprentices like Master Kano." β
"Okay, if Suizi has any results, remember to come to me, and I'll pay to help you start the class." Since the girl in front of her is a person who even Kano Eitoku appreciates, she must be an unborn genius. Although I don't know why she didn't leave a name in the history of her previous life, Yu Qiuping is naturally willing to do such a thing that has made great merit to the development of culture and art.
"Really!" Hearing this, Ye Gu Suizi turned around in surprise and joy, "Your Highness, you are really a good person!" β