"My lord, my lord's wrong!" The attendant who had been sent as an envoy ran back to Nancheng Castle in disgrace, and shouted at a long distance from Shigeharu Takenaka: "Saito Ryuko has refused to negotiate!" He said that he would kill His Highness Yuqiu! ”

When everyone heard this, there was an uproar, and Shigeharu Takenaka also stood up suddenly. Several attendants standing beside him looked at his expression and were stunned for a moment. This was the first time in the years they had followed their master that the owner showed a panicked expression.

At the moment when this person was stunned, Imagawa Kaede didn't say a word, drew his knife in his hand and rushed straight in the direction of the dungeon, followed by Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko. When Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing understood the situation, they immediately rushed over with a few of their samurai. Shigeharu Takenaka also entrusted the task of coordinating and commanding the forces of the four wealthy clans to Koroku Beesuka, and without saying a word, he rushed to the direction of the prison with his attendants.

At this time, inside the prison.

"Qingxin, you take a few people to slaughter Yu Qiuping," Saito Ryuxing scolded fiercely in a low voice, "cut off his head and bring it back, and his body will be chopped up by Lao Tzu, and then follow the team!" ”

"Yes!" The samurai, who had been called Keishin, saluted, and then took the order to leave, heading straight for the dungeon. Saito Ryuko took his subordinates and retreated towards the north gate, which was still under his control, intending to escape from Inabayama Castle. He was going to find a way to command the army to defeat Ando Mamoru first after leaving the city, and then wait for the 3,000 troops who went to Nishimino to come back and recapture Inabayama Castle in one fell swoop.

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At this time, Yu Qiuping, who was in the dungeon, also noticed that something seemed to be happening outside.

Although the jailer is low, it is naturally impossible for him to participate in such a core plan as the Saito family. But martial law has been imposed on the whole city since the evening today, and all these jailers who were supposed to go home from shifts have been blocked in the dungeon. Jiro once quietly went up to take a look, and was driven back underground by the samurai on the first floor of the prison to let them watch Yu Qiuping carefully.

At first, Yu Qiuping thought that he was facing a great enemy because tomorrow was the time to execute himself. But later, he realized that something was wrong. Because from a small skylight in the dungeon, he could see the faint flickering of fire in Inabayama Castle, and the sound of noisy shouts and hurried footsteps.

"There's chaos in the city." This was Yu Qiuping's judgment immediately. At the same time, he also began to try to plot an escape. The guards were so kind to him that they wouldn't shackle him when no one came to check on him, giving him a chance to escape.

However, before he could come up with any solution, a series of hurried footsteps came from the door of the dungeon, and immediately after, the iron door of the dungeon was pushed open, and several heavily armed samurai exuded murderous aura and strode towards Yu Qiuping.

"My lord," Jiro asked, with a hurried bow as he saw that he was not good, "but what do you command?" ”

"There's nothing to order," Qingxin pushed away a few jailers who were half-in front of him, and sneered, "The lord asked me to execute this Yuqiuping, and the corpse was broken into ten thousand pieces!" ”

Qingxin's words were out, and Yu Qiuping realized that something was wrong. In a flash of light, he immediately put the untied handcuffs on his hands, pretending that he was handcuffed.

The rest of the samurai stood at the gate, and Keishinobu walked to the door of Akihei's room and asked the right emon to open Akihei's cell. Uemon looked at Keishinobu's katana, which had been unsheathed by half an inch, his eyes were red, and he was unwilling to do so. Angry, Keishinobu kicked the Uemon to the ground, snatched the key from his hand, and opened the prison of Yuqiupei.

"I'm sorry, Yuqiu and red leaves," Qingxin slowly drew his knife out of its sheath, "The person who came to save you will come soon, uncle, I am still in a hurry to retreat." If you have any last words, say them quickly. ”

Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Someone came to my rescue? Is there someone who has come to save me in the chaos in the city? He brought a few people to kill me in the cell on the spot, which may mean that the chaos is very serious, and the Saito family can't take care of me anymore, so they have to send a few people to kill me by the way.

In that case...

"Say it quickly, what are your last words." Qingxin slowly raised the knife too high, and urged a little impatiently, "I will relay your last words to the people of the Yuqiu family." ”

"This kind of thing happens, and no one wants it to happen." Yu Qiuping shook his head with regret.

"My last words are that even if a person is about to die, never despise him, let alone leak important information to him."

As soon as Yu Qiuping's words fell, he suddenly ejected himself and smashed the shackles in his hand into Qingxin's face. Qingxin was caught off guard, and his face was hit hard by the iron shackles, and he was bleeding all of a sudden.

Before he could react, Yu Qiuping pounced on him again with shackles and smashed his head and face.

However, Keishinobu was also a battle-hardened samurai, and after trying to cover his face with his hands, he kicked Yu Qiuping out with a slam and slammed into the iron fence. He picked up a carp, picked up the knife on the ground and slashed at Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping originally wanted to pick up the ribs under the straw, but it was too late at the moment, so he had to rush forward with a dodge, holding the hilt of Qingxin's knife and blocking his blow. Two men wrestle in a narrow corridor in the middle of the cell, fighting for control of the Blade.

"Why are you still stunned! Come and help! Qingxin saw that this Yu Qiuping had a lot of strength, and he couldn't take him in a hurry. If he delays too long, he won't have time to retreat. So, he pulled his neck and shouted at a dozen or so jailers of his stunned companions, "Don't come and help!" ”

"What did you guys do!" A samurai hurriedly drew his sword in his hand, and while roaring at the jailer, he squeezed towards Yu Qiuping, "Why are people not handcuffed well!" What does this mean! ”

"Wait, you guys, and I'll punish you for your capital crimes later!" Another samurai slapped Jiro, who was standing aside, hard, "The handcuffs are not good, what do you want!" ”

The corridor was narrow, and three of the samurai who came with Keishin were blocked outside, and only one came in with a knife to help Keishin. Yu Qiuping saw that person getting closer and closer, and knew in his heart that he was probably going to confess here. At the dying moment, he looked at the red-eyed jailers around him, and suddenly felt a little moved.

"Jiro, Uemon!" Yu Qiuping shouted, "You guys go quickly!" Later, they will punish you with death. ”

"Now it's chaos outside, and someone has come to save me! Run out, these warriors won't be able to catch up with you! Yu Qiuping watched the other warrior getting closer and closer, and couldn't help but speed up his speech: "Those paper red leaves that I folded at the door, you all bring them to a conspicuous position on your body!" If it's one of my people, you'll know you're allies when you see this! ”

The samurai had already squeezed to Yu Qiuping's side, drew his knife in his hand, and slammed into Yu Qiuping's blow.

"Run!" Yu Qiuping closed his eyes and shouted hoarsely.

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However, the knife did not cut at Yu Qiuping's body. A moment later, the sharp metal collided and the loud sound rang in my ears. Yu Qiuping opened his eyes blankly, only to see Jiro get up at some point, with a paper red leaf in his mouth, and slammed the samurai to the iron fence on the side.

"I'm not running!" Jiro held Momiji in his mouth and shouted indistinctly, "His Highness Momiji is a good person!" I won't let these miscellaneous pieces kill His Highness Momiji! ”

The other dozen or so jailers woke up like a dream and rushed up, and Keishinobu, who was trembling with Yu Qiuping, was grabbed by the waist by the right emon and fell to the ground. Yu Qiuping snatched the knife from him, killed him with a backhand, and hacked to death the samurai who was pounced on by Jiro.

At this time, the three samurai at the door were also caught off guard. They didn't expect that a dozen jailers would suddenly mutiny! They were beaten to the ground at first, but when they reacted, the jailer was no match for them. Two or three jailers were kicked and slashed to the ground, and they were about to be hacked to death with their knives drawn.

At the critical moment, Yu Qiuping hurriedly felt it. After briefly forcing the three samurai back a few steps in succession, he immediately asked the remaining jailers to drag the wounded three back to the room at the edge of the narrow corridor. Then Akira retreated into the hallway, leaving Jiro with a knife at his side, leaving the unarmed jailers to hide behind them. Although those three samurai were far stronger than Yu Qiuhei and Jiro, the corridor was narrow at the moment, and they couldn't use it at all when they rushed in, and they had no choice but to block the door.

"Damn, you can't drag it out like this!" A samurai scolded in a deep voice, "We won't have time to retreat later!" ”

"But if you can't bring back Yu Qiuping's head, the lord will definitely kill us!" The other samurai said worriedly.

"Then fight with them!" The first warrior snorted coldly again, "Anyway, Lao Tzu has a thick armor, don't be afraid!" I'll be the first to rush in, and you'll get on with me!" ”

Yu Qiuping took a deep breath and understood that the decisive battle was coming. The samurai was well-dressed and difficult to penetrate with Yu Qiuping's sword skills. You'll have to find a way to cut off his unprotected face to have a chance!

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At this moment, another series of hurried footsteps sounded at the door. When Yu Qiuping and the three samurai didn't react, they saw Imagawa Kaede rushing into the dungeon quickly, and under the quick sword, the three samurai were immediately cut down. Imagawa Kaede's eyes swept and saw the Saito family jailer holding a knife next to Yu Qiuping. Without saying a word, she stepped forward and stabbed Jiro.

Jiro panicked and screamed all at once. The red leaves that were originally in his mouth were blown out at once. Imagawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, realized that it seemed to be a friendly army, and suddenly withdrew his knife, but his body crashed directly into Yu Qiuping's arms because of inertia. Yu Qiuping looked at Kaede Imagawa in his arms with some disbelief, only to find that the latter also raised his head and looked at him with disbelief in his eyes.

Before Yu Qiuping could ask the sentence "Why are you here," Imagawa Kaede's eyes suddenly filled with tears. She tried to hold back the first whimper, but the cry still came out of her mouth disobediently. She hugged Yu Qiuping and buried her head in Yu Qiuping's arms, crying loudly.

"I thought it was too late... I'm afraid..."Imagawa Kaede whispered silently, his body trembling uncontrollably, "I'm so scared..."

"Silly girl, what are you afraid of?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly smiled. At this moment, he was suddenly not so anxious to ask why Kaede Imagawa came, not in a hurry to understand the current situation, and not in a hurry to escape from this dangerous place of right and wrong.

He just wanted to coax the crying girl in his arms.

"Didn't I promise you that I would guard you for the rest of my life?" Yu Qiuping chuckled, but tears welled up in his eyes. He gently put his arm around Kaede Imagawa and patted her on the back, letting her gradually calm down.

"I'm not going to break my word."