On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the citizens of Sakai Town are immersed in the festive atmosphere, and in the evening, the bright moon rises, and the streets are bustling with activity, with lanterns hanging outside the doors of each house, and crowds of people supporting the old and young are heading to Naka-ku, where a lively lantern riddle is held.

At this time, a monkey dressed as a samurai is leading a group of ronin, going against the flow of people towards the geisha house not far from the pier.

The smiling shopkeeper of the geisha hall opened the door to welcome the monkeys and the others, and a group of courtesans dressed in kimonos with bright faces and light pink makeup, and a few maiko wearing Noh masks, respectfully lined up in the courtyard to greet them.

It turned out that this geisha shop was chartered by monkeys and others, who watched Noh dramas while eating, and were sometimes amused to laugh.

After they had eaten and drunk, they passed through the shrine hall and came to a garden where they returned to the pond spring, where the dry landscape was composed of stone islands, and the corridor was connected by a flat bridge, and the corridor was full of trees, so that even though it was winter, they could feel the atmosphere of a forest.

Not far from the geisha house is the Sakaicho wharf, where Hayashi is directing a large group of pirates to unload from the ship, transport bundles of arquebuses out of the dock, and find an inn to stay.

At this time, Lin Yiguan didn't know that Luo Wenlong and Yan Shifan had already subjugated the law, and since Xu Yihou and Zhu Junwang fled from Qiumupu, his heart was very unsteady, and he was especially afraid that his master would come to him for trouble, and he wanted to return to Qiumupu immediately after the transaction was completed.

This was the first time he had made a deal with Oda Nobunaga of Owari Province, so he asked the monkey to bring the silver to the inn, and he had to pay the full amount before he could deliver the goods.

Monkey, on the other hand, plans to entertain Hayashi at a geisha house, and he hopes to establish a good relationship with these Satsuma pirates so that he can contract the sale of muskets in the future and improve his status in the Oda family.

Lin Yiguan's subordinates connected with the monkey, and the monkey had no choice but to follow the other party's request and personally bring the silver to the inn.

The monkey and the others inspected the goods, and were very satisfied with the arquebus, and paid the full amount to Lin Yiguan, and when the other party had inspected the silver, the transaction between the two parties was completed, so they invited them to the geisha house to play.

Obviously, Lin Yiguan was not in this mood, thanked the monkey, and immediately packed his bags and prepared to return to Akimepo overnight.

On the way to the dock, Lin Yiguan and the others suddenly appeared and stopped them with masked men holding scimitars.

Because they were carrying a large sum of silver, Lin Yiguan and the others did not dare to fight, so they turned around, only to find that there were three black-clothed men with knives behind them, blocking their way.

When he found that someone had robbed the road, Lin Yiguan's first reaction was that the monkey and others were eating black in the dark, and scolded angrily: "The monkey who doesn't open his eyes, let you know the benefits and disadvantages of Lao Tzu today." Brothers, concentrate on fighting your way out. ”

The pirates nodded, surrounded Lin Yiguan in the middle, and started a fight with the man in black.

At this time, Lin Yiguan noticed that among the four people in front, there seemed to be two women, and he urgently ordered his subordinates to resist the attack from behind, and he wanted to break through from the front.

After a fierce battle, due to the large number of pirates, the four men in black who stood in front were gradually defeated.

At this time, Lin Yiguan hurriedly ordered: "Protect the silver, kill those two women, and run!" ”

So, a large group of pirates surrounded the four men in black, and Lin Yiguan and the others took the opportunity to flee to the dock.

Just as they were about to board the ship, a man in black suddenly caught up, and in the blink of an eye, he had already slashed his scimitar at Lin Yiguan.

The pirates hurriedly threw away the silver in their hands and protected Lin Yiguan with their bodies, only to see the scimitar of the man in black slashed, two of them fell in a pool of blood, and the rest of them all jumped into a small boat.

Suddenly, a group of Japanese shouted in the distance, and because the men in black were outnumbered, they had chased them to the dock.

The man in black who chased and killed Lin Yiguan also jumped onto the boat, and immediately ripped off the veil, it was Xu Ling'er, and then, the six warriors all followed her on the boat, Guo Yi struggled to cut the rope, Wang Chong and the others shook the boat and left the dock, only to see the tall masts on the merchant ships around, where is there any trace of Lin Yiguan and others?

The gang chased them to the shore, picked up the bags of silver that had fallen on the ground, and brought them to the monkeys.

The monkey shook his head and smiled, and shouted to everyone, "Let's go, wait for Lin Yiguan to come to us." ”

Not long after the monkey and the others left, the Seven Warriors also quietly went ashore and followed them separately to the geisha house.

Wang Chong judged that Lin Yiguan lost the payment, and he might not give up, and the biggest possibility was to return to the geisha house again to settle accounts with the monkeys, so the seven warriors decided to wait here, waiting to take Lin Yiguan's head.

Then, Wang Chong made a deployment and ordered Xu Ling'er and Guo Yi to be responsible for guarding the alley outside the geisha house, if Lin Yiguan and others arrived, don't alarm them first, and wait to cut off their back road; Pai Thunder and Gaidi Tiger stood guard outside the door of the geisha house, ready to intercept the enemy, while the Grass Flying brothers were responsible for patrolling the surrounding area, and he and Brithorn were responsible for hunting down Lin Yiguan.

The seven warriors waited until midnight at their posts, when the streets were sparsely populated and there was still no movement in the vicinity of the geisha house.

Suddenly, Wang Chong realized that Lin Yiguan might have entered the geisha hall before them, so he quickly gathered everyone together and decided to climb over the wall and enter the courtyard during the fourth watch.

The round moon hung diagonally to the southwest, and most of the lanterns in the geisha house were extinguished, except for a hermitage-style teahouse with candlelight.

On the tatami mats in the tea room, there are two straw mats, a tea stove made of rubble stone, a window lattice made of round bamboo, a barrier screen made of reed mats, wooden pillars, grass roofs, mud walls and paper lattice fans, rendering a natural atmosphere.

At this moment, Lin Yiguan and the monkey sat opposite each other, and in this small space, the distance between the two was very close.

The monkey had returned Lin Yiguan's lost silver to him, but one bag was missing.

Confirming that it was not a monkey eating black made Lin Yiguan feel a little relieved, who intercepted and killed him, and made him quite sad.

It's been nearly three watches, and the monkey sometimes makes tea and pours water, and sometimes tells a few jokes, but Lin Yiguan is always silent, and he doesn't seem to be uninterested in him, but when he finds that the monkey has six fingers, he can't help but smile.

The monkey knew that Lin Yiguan looked down on him, so he took the initiative to find a way to talk and said: "After today's catastrophe, you and I should be commensurate with brothers." In the future, you are a brother, I am a brother, you and I will cooperate sincerely to transport muskets for Lord Oda's family, and so Lord Oda has laid down the world, and then you and my brothers will join hands to conquer the Ming Dynasty, descend to India, and send troops overseas to the world, how about? ”

Lin Yiguan looked at him with disdain, and thought to himself, I was greedy for a bag of silver when I picked up my money, how could such a greedy villain cooperate?

Finding that Lin Yiguan was still silent, the monkey smiled, and then asked: "My brother knows that it is not easy for you to be in the Satsuma Domain, and I can't let you suffer. ”

Hearing this, Lin Yiguan no longer looked down on him, and replied politely: "Thank you Mr. Kinoshita for your kindness, no need." Please send us back to Akimeura, there are still many things to do. ”

According to the agreement between him and Luo Wenlong, Yan Shifan should have sent someone to pick up Xu Yi and return to Beijing, so he was very worried that if he was really blamed by Yan Shifan, his head might not be able to be saved.

The monkey shook his head and replied, "I judge that the man who killed you has not left, and may come here in the middle of the night, don't you want to know who it is?" ”

Lin Yiguan was still quite grateful for the monkey's help, but replied insincerely: "I know it in my heart." In his opinion, the Assassin was supposed to be from the Shimazu family, probably because of the trafficking of muskets to Sakai Town, which caused Shimazu Takahisa to be dissatisfied.

"Do you mean the samurai of the Shimazu family?" The monkey asked.

Lin Yiguan didn't want to admit that he guessed his thoughts, so he shook his head.

After the third watch, the monkey found that he was about to fall asleep and asked, "Your Excellency, do you want to go to sleep for a while?" ”

Seeing that the monkey was still in good spirits, Lin Yiguan unconsciously straightened up, and suddenly felt completely sleepy, so he replied: "No, I still want to see who the assassin is?" ”

"You and I are partners, perfect combination, in the future, we will join hands to conquer the Ming Dynasty, descend to India, and enter Europa all the time, can Your Excellency have such ambitions?"

At that time, Wang Zhi, Xu Hai and others were strongly supported by the Japanese daimyo lords Matsuura Takanobu, Shimazu Takahisa and others, and led the Japanese to invade the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, this monkey opened and closed his mouth to conquer the Ming Dynasty and descend to India, although his ambition was not small, after all, he was just an ashigaru samurai under Oda Nobunaga.

Thinking of this, Lin Yiguan asked, "I heard that Nobunaga is preparing for war again, may I ask if Your Excellency has ever fought for Nobunaga?" ”

The monkey could hear that Lin Yiguan looked down on him, but he didn't care, and replied seriously: "Yes, Nobunaga is about to prepare to attack Mino, do you know what it means to attack Mino?" ”

Lin Yiguan looked at this monkey face with interest, forced a smile, and said nothing.

"There has been a legend in Japan since ancient times that whoever gets the beauty wins the world. After the defeat of Mino, Nobunaga will change the name of Inabayama Castle to 'Gifu', learn from your Ming Dynasty, Zhou Li after Qishan, overthrow the Yin Dynasty, unify the world, you should know this allusion, right? As long as Your Excellency continues to send me muskets, I will ensure that Your Excellency will become the general of the expeditionary force under the command of Nobunaga, and we will join forces to conquer the Ming Dynasty and surrender to India in the near future! ”

The monkey laughed loudly, looking confident.

At this time, the drums beat the fourth watch, and the monkey began to be alert, and suddenly, he heard shouts of killing one after another.

Lin Yiguan just wanted to get up and go outside to take a look, but was stopped by the monkey.

"Hehe, Your Excellency, just sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, I have already laid an ambush on all sides." With that, the monkey walked out of the tearoom alone.