18. Attack the geisha house

When the monkey came to the cloister, he saw that the seven warriors were fighting desperately with the ronins, and when he looked carefully through the moonlight, he found that his subordinates were no opponents at all, and he was inevitably a little disappointed, so in order not to let the assassins find out, he hid behind the rockery.

Suddenly, he recognized Guo Yi, and was immediately surprised and delighted, and immediately climbed the rockery, and shouted sharply: "The chivalrous woman who drilled through the straw stack in front of the building, and our warriors in Owari, you all stop." ”

The sassy and heroic Guo Yi hurriedly put away the scimitar, retreated a few steps back, and turned to Wang Chong's approach, feeling very nervous.

When the ronins of Owari Province heard the monkey's order, they all had no intention of fighting and retreated to the vicinity of the rockery.

"What's going on?" Wang Chong asked in a low voice.

Guo Yi pointed to the monkey on the rockery and replied, "That person once saved me in Chikuzen Country." ”

At this time, I heard the monkey ask, "Seven warriors, who are you?" What the hell do you want to do? ”

After discussing with Wang Chong, Guo Yi replied loudly: "We are the retainers of Lord Shimazu Takahisa, and we were ordered to capture the robbers from Satsuma. ”

"Please greet Lord Kihisa on my behalf, Lord Yoshihisa is a friend of life and death, it seems that this is a misunderstanding, and I will never harbor the robbers from Satsuma." The monkey preached in a loud voice.

"What now?" Guo Yi asked in a low voice.

"The instructions of Lord Lu Yunlong, the Fusi of Weibei Town, that the soldiers of the Flying Fish Battalion should not disturb the people or offend the government and local daimyo for no reason during the period of suppressing bandits overseas, telling him that this was a misunderstanding." Wang Chong replied helplessly.

So, Guo Yi said loudly: "Maybe our wire report is wrong, I'm really sorry." If you find a robber from Satsuma, please help us arrest it, and I thank you on behalf of Lord Kiku, and I will take my leave, and we will see a date later. With that, the seven warriors climbed over the wall together.

At dawn, the grass flew to report to Wang Chong, and as soon as the sky was hazy, the monkey walked out of the geisha house alone, so Wang Chong ordered Xu Ling'er to follow him.

The others took their places according to Wang Chong's arrangement, and Xu Ling'er quietly followed the monkey to the western district of Sakai Town, where most of the mansions built by wealthy merchants and magnates were located.

Outside the door of a high-walled courtyard, the monkey shouted, "Mr. Konishi, is Mr. Konishi at home?" ”

Someone opened a crack in the door and asked, "Who are you?" Is there something wrong with Mr. Konishi? ”

"Please go and inform Master Konishi, just say that Fujiyoshiro from Nakamura in Aichi County, Owari Province is here, hehe, I want to tell him that I borrowed money." The monkey replied bluntly.

"Master Konishi is not at home." The man inside said and closed the door.

So, the helpless monkey nested outside Xiaoxi's house, humming a little song in his mouth, basking in the warm sun, and squinting his eyes after a while.

Xu Ling'er watched from a distance, and felt more and more that this person was very funny, listening to his music getting quieter and quieter, and then he snored, and said in his heart: Who is this person? It's clearly an ape!

Looking at this monkey sleeping in the winter sun, I don't know how long I have to wait, just when Xu Ling'er was in a hurry, she suddenly found that an old man with a young Western woman was walking past her.

Xu Ling'er carefully observed the Western woman, only to see that her head was wrapped in a black scarf, her golden hair was hanging down on her shoulders, she was dressed in a black robe, and a big gold cross was hung on her chest, which was a whole head taller than the old man, and she thought to herself, this is the legendary nun.

The two talked and laughed and laughed outside the door of Xiaoxi's house, and the old man immediately ran to the monkey and pulled him up.

The monkey awoke from his sleep, and when he saw the man clearly, he put his hand in the old man and laughed.

"Kinoshita-sama, it turns out that you are here, why didn't you let me know in advance? Please forgive me, I got up early in the morning to go to Mass, maybe the next person is slow to treat you, I'm really sorry, please. The old man said, and took Fujiyoshiro to knock on the door.

"Ronzo, I'm going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and I'm looking for you to borrow money." The monkey replied straight to the point.

The door opened, and little Nishironzo invited him into the house, and greeted the smiling Western woman, "Dear Louise? Floys, please. ”

Xu Linger heard that the monkey was here to borrow money, so she realized that there must be a reason, and waited outside Xiaoxi's house for another quarter of an hour, only to see that Xiaoxi Longzuo sent the monkey and Louise out of the door together.

So, Xu Linger followed them to a church, and after waiting for a quarter of an hour, she saw more than 20 people coming out of the church, all armed with muskets, tall Westerners and skinny Japanese, led by monkeys, proudly heading towards the geisha house.

The monkey returned to the geisha hall with the church's musket team and handed over the borrowed silver to Lin Yiguan.

Lin Yiguan shook it, it was indeed double the weight, and he couldn't help but have a sense of admiration for the monkey in his heart, and bowed down to express his gratitude.

The monkey patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I have something to tell you, according to my observation, the assassin last night was not from the Shimazu family, but like you samurai of the Ming Dynasty, you should be more careful in the future, if there is anything difficult, come to Owari Province to find me, you are welcome." ”

Lin Yiguan sighed and replied, "Since the eighteenth year of astronomy, St. Francis. Xavier landed on the island to preach, there were many Christians on Kyushu Island, various forces were mixed, and there were also the Shimazu clan, the Otomo clan and the Ryuzoji Temple, the situation was very different from before, Shimazu Takahisa was suspicious of us, and sooner or later we would be driven out of Akimepo. ”

"If you can't stay in Akimeura any longer, come to Owari Province to find me." The monkey said, giving him a golden hair cover and a nun's dress.

"What is this? Do you want me to dress up like that? Lin Yiguan asked in surprise.

The monkey nodded earnestly and replied, "The people who are chasing you haven't left yet, and Sakai Town is not our territory, so it's safer to pretend to be a nun." ”

Lin Yiguan was a little unacceptable to flee pretending to be a woman, and sighed: "A dignified seven-foot man, how can he dress up like this?" ”

"Hehe, I have followed Nobunaga over the years, I have really gained a lot of knowledge, I know that there was a Sima Yi in the Three Kingdoms, who was always bullied by Zhuge Liang, one day, Zhuge Liang sent him a woman's rouge and a woman's clothes, Sima Yi not only did not get angry, but also smeared rouge, put on a woman's clothes, and performed to his subordinates, I heard that later Sima Yi won the world, and Zhuge Liang was angry to death."

Lin Yiguan glanced at him and replied helplessly, "Okay." However, you are wrong, Zhuge Liang is not angry, but tired, Your Excellency Fujijiro, you should also be careful, don't be too tired. ”

Someone helped Lin Yiguan dress up, so he took the silver and went to the sedan chair, and his pirates pretended to be sedan chair drivers, escorted by the musket team sent by the church, and went out of the geisha house together.

The monkey following them shouted loudly, "Be careful escort, use the boat of the Konishi family to send His Excellency Lin Yiguan to Akimeura." ”

On the way to the Sakaicho pier, the musketeers were stopped by the Seven Warriors of the Flying Fish Battalion.

Xu Ling'er shouted loudly: "On the orders of Lord Shimazu Takahisa, to capture the robbers from Satsuma, may I ask who is sitting in your sedan chair?" ”

The palanquin stopped, and the captain of the musket team replied: "Don't use Shimazu Takahisa to press us, Sakai Town is autonomous and not under the jurisdiction of any daimyo, please get out of the way quickly, otherwise, the muskets will wait." ”

The musketeers half-crouched down, ready to shoot.

Wang Chong asked, "Ling'er, can you still remember Lin Yiguan's appearance?" ”

Xu Ling'er nodded and replied, "I almost failed to take his head last night, and I can recognize it when he turns into ashes." ”

"Okay, negotiate with them, just let me see the people in the sedan chair, if it's not Lin Yiguan, we'll let them go. Now everyone disperses and prepares for battle. ”

"Do you want to go against Shimazu-sama? We were ordered to arrest the bandits, where it is our duty, not to force us to do it, just let me see the people in the sedan chair, if it is not the bandits, we will let us go immediately. ”

The captain of the musket team asked, "So, do you have to see it?" Well, I'll tell you, it's Duke Francisco. Mr. Sabiel's widow, it is better not to disturb such a noble lady of the West. ”

"I don't dare to disturb this lady, but we must make sure that the person in the sedan chair is not a bandit, please understand! I'm also a woman, so what's the harm in taking a look? Otherwise, we'll have to fight to the death! Xu Ling'er said and walked over.

"Okay, you're the only one to come."

Xu Linger ran to the sedan chair, and a Japanese maid opened the sedan curtain, only to see a "noble lady" wearing a Western dress and blonde hair sitting inside, and the sedan curtain was quickly closed again.

Seeing this scene, Xu Ling'er was very disappointed, turned around and returned to Wang Chong, and asked, "There is a Western woman inside, Brother Chong, what should we do now?" ”

"Is this a ploy to divert the tiger from the mountain? Luckily, Kusakami is still scouting at the geisha house, so let's go and have a look. Wang Chong replied.

On the way back to the geisha house, he met Kusakami Fei and learned that shortly after the musket team left, the monkey led all the people away, and there was no Lin Yiguan among them.

Everyone chased to the dock again, only to see the noisy dock where merchants gathered, and there was still a trace of the musket team.

Xu Ling'er said regretfully: "Could it be that Lin Yiguan made up a Western woman, and blamed me for ......", and wiped her tears as she spoke.

Wang Chong comforted: "I don't blame you. Ling'er, it's the enemy who is too cunning, let's go back and discuss with Shopkeeper Lin, and prepare to go to Kyushu Island to hoe and rape. ”

When the Seven Warriors returned to the Lin family's shop, it was lunch time.

Shopkeeper Lin saw that the seven people were tired and had no joy on their faces, but he knew that Lin Yiguan had not been caught, so he smiled and said: "Wang Qianhu, all the warriors, I have prepared a banquet, please." ”

Wang Chong and the others seemed to be a little uncomfortable, and shouted in unison: "Xie Lin's shopkeeper! ”

Shopkeeper Lin took Wang Chong's hand and said: "Wang Qianhu, the monk can't run away from the temple, the coming day is long, all the warriors are invited to the table." ”

In order to create a festive atmosphere, Shopkeeper Lin raised his glass and said: "Warriors, our first action today, no matter what the result is, is worth celebrating, and I salute all the warriors. ”

Everyone toasted a glass of wine together, and the shopkeeper Lin persuaded again: "Let's eat, drink, and chat, don't be restrained, don't you want to know the origin of my Lin?" If you want to hear it, then eat these plates of fish fillets first, hehe. ”

Briton said with a smile: "I'm used to eating meat, and I wanted to vomit when I smelled this fish fillet and dried fish a few days ago, not to mention, I've really been addicted to eating it for the past two days." As soon as he took the lead, everyone began to eat.

After a while, Shopkeeper Lin picked up his wine glass and persuaded again: "Come, let's have a drink, and tell me about the origin of someone in Lin." ”