"On such a snowy day, does Li Xiao still want to come?" A sneer escaped from Jiang Ma Shisheng's lips.

Kogen Suwa Castle.

There is an atmosphere of slaughter in the castle tower of the Eima family!

All around, samurai in armor went upstairs and downstairs, as if this was not a New Year's feast, but ready to fight at any time.

Jiangma Huisheng looked respectful, stood behind Jiangma Shisheng, and said: "Father, I know Li Xiao's temper, he will definitely come." ”

Jiangma Shisheng turned around and closed the pane heavily, because there was no cold wind blowing in, and the temperature in the house rose a lot in an instant with the burning of the charcoal brazier on the side.

The beating flames shook one after another, and the face of Jiangma Shisheng was gloomy, and when he looked at Jiangma Huisheng, he saw that half of his face was slightly flushed, but half of it was cold and cold.

Jiang Ma Shisheng shook the katana at his waist, and then said with a bit of force: "Very good, Rao is Li Xiao's tricks, and this time he also fell into my trap, how about it?" Are you all set? ”

Jiangma Huisheng lowered his head and said, "Everything is ready, now wait for Li Xiao and him to fall into our net." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng raised his head and smiled, nodded very happily and said, "Li Xiao, I can't think of it." The Kanto Governor, Huihu Gong has promised to reach an alliance with my Jiangma family. There is a sentence from Huihu Gong, the sister Xiaolu family, the inner island family will definitely not dare to send troops to my Jiangma family. In this way, there is no point in forming an alliance with the Takeda family. ”

Jiang Ma Shi waved his hand and said, "Since the alliance is meaningless, the Takeda family has nothing to use. It's ridiculous, but this Li Xiao doesn't know that this time he came to my plateau Suwa City, he is killing himself. His head is the best gift I can give to Lord Guan Ling to show the sincerity of my Jiangma family. ”

Jiangma Huisheng looked at Jiangma Shisheng with a confident look, and secretly shook his head, but he still said on his face: "Father, Li Xiao's martial arts skills are strong, and there is Island Shengmeng by his side, and a famous warrior like Shigang Yiyu is accompanied, I'm afraid it is not easy to kill them with only forty or fifty dead soldiers." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng showed an unfathomable smile and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I already have an arrangement." ”

Jiang Ma Hui Sheng saw Jiang Ma Shisheng looked like a bamboo in his chest, and couldn't help but secretly speculate in his heart about what he relied on.

Jiangma Huisheng still couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that my father, I have arranged other preparations, please forgive me for being blunt, if you ambush Li Xiao in the castle tower, the terrain here is narrow, but it is inconvenient, and no one will develop the advantage of a large number of people." If you rely on personal force, it is even more difficult to forcibly kill Li Xiao. I'm worried that if the ambush fails, but Li Xiao is asked to kill through the encirclement, it will be like letting the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles in the future. ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng raised his eyes and snorted: "Do you think I can't estimate it?" I've already arranged for the Xuanyuan people...... Forget it, you'll know when the time comes. You'd better step back and get ready. ”

Jiangma Huisheng nodded, and was about to go downstairs, when suddenly a warrior from the Jiangma family ran upstairs and said, "Report to the lord, Li Xiao of the Takeda family and his entourage have appeared outside the city." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng was stunned for a moment, then his eyes flashed, and he said with a sneer: "Li Xiao, he really came, very good, how many people did he bring?" ”

"There were only about eleven or two people, and they brought several pack horses, which should be packed as congratulatory gifts."

"Oh?"

Jiangma Shisheng was slightly surprised, and then walked quickly to the edge of the windowsill, opened the pane and looked out, and sure enough, not far from the highland Suwa Castle, a group of people and horses were slowly walking towards the castle in the snow.

Closing the pane, Jiang Ma Shisheng walked to the edge of the brazier, stretched out his hands to bake the fire on it, thought for a while, and said: "Li Xiao, these dozen or so entourage, must be elite warriors with extraordinary martial arts, you have to entertain well, you might as well prepare a few beautiful women to accompany them with wine, and when they are half drunk, they will ......." ”

Speaking of this, Jiangma Shisheng stretched out his hand and slashed down, and suddenly made a killing move.

"Oh!"

The samurai was ordered to retreat.

After the arrangements were made, Jiang Ma Shi put on a whole coat and said to Jiang Ma Hui: "Let's go, let's see this Lord Li Xiao, let's see each other for the last time." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng was full of confidence, smiled loudly, and then strode out.

Jiangma Huisheng followed Jiangma Shisheng's back, looking at his back, and there was also a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth.

In the wind and snow, Li Xiao wore a big cloak and looked at the towering plateau Suwa Castle.

Li Xiao laughed disdainfully, and said to Shima Shengmeng and Shigang Kazuyu: "Unexpectedly, I underestimated Jiangma Shisheng's ambition and determination. I hadn't done it yet, but he set up a feast. ”

Dao Shengmeng rode side by side with Li Xiao on the horse, and said: "Lord, this Jiangma Shisheng is really not self-sufficient, with the samurai of his Jiangma family, it is not enough to kill us." ”

Li Xiao shook his head and said, "No, that's not the case, you look down on Jiang Ma Shisheng." ”

Hearing this, Shima Katsu was slightly stunned.

When I come to Kogen Suwa Castle Honmaru.

Jiangma Shisheng, Jiangma Huisheng, and six or seven retainers of the Jiangma family have been waiting there, including the only surviving god generation among the original four ministers, and the two heads of the Yoshimura family.

Seeing Li Xiao, Jiang Ma Shisheng had a very hearty smile on his face, as if he had not seen a friend for many years, and he almost hooked his shoulders.

Li Xiao was secretly surprised by the other party's acting skills, but he was also very good, and staged a touching scene of meeting and laughing.

"Lord Changlu, I heard that you are sick, I don't know how well you have been lately, the lord has entrusted me to greet your lordship, and you are in good health. This time, I brought ginseng and a little nourishing herbs, and I asked Hitachi-sama to take care of his body. ”

"Meng Xin Xuangong asked, thank you very much, I have recovered in the past few days." Jiang Ma Shisheng said sincerely.

After finishing speaking, Jiangma Shisheng accepted Li Xiao's gift. Li Xiao's entourage was led by Jiang Ma's family to another place to set up a banquet to entertain them.

And on Li Xiao's side, only Shima Katsu Takeshi, Shigang and Ichiyu and the three of them entered the castle tower in Honmaru.

In front of the entrance of the castle tower, Li Xiao and the three of them first untied the knife in the entrance and carried it into the castle tower with their right hand.

The katana is a samurai's belongings, and it is not necessary to remove the samurai unless it is absolutely necessary, even if the samurai is a guest at someone's house.

However, in order to show respect to the host, guests must enter the house with their right hand holding the katana scabbard.

The reason is that in addition to left-handers, the use of the scabbard in the left hand means that the samurai can draw the sword from the sheath at any time with the right hand of the sword, which is a sign of extreme distrust of the master.

The guests and hosts of both sides sat down in the assessment room on the second floor of the castle tower.

The assessment room is about 50 square meters, and both sides are separated by heavy paper sliding doors, so you can't see the situation behind it.

Both sides are on their knees, and in front of them is a small wooden table full of dishes, but everyone is not interested in eating, and in the center of the banquet, two entertainers are performing Noh theater.

At that time, the martial artists, who did not understand Noh theater, were ridiculed as people who had no taste for appreciation, and were especially regarded as uneducated by the ministers in Kyoto.

But at the time, in the eyes of most samurai, these Noh performers, holding fans and reciting meaningless lines in their mouths, had no fun at all.

After the performance of the Noh drama, it has taken almost an hour, and all the retainers of the Jiangma family are sitting upright, not moving at all, and they are already impatient.

Jiang Ma Shisheng looked, but saw that Li Xiao and the three of them were also in the same spirits, sitting in the seat seriously, but he felt slightly surprised.

Jiangma Shisheng looked at Li Xiao and asked, "Lord Li Xiao, is this drama exciting?" ”

Li Xiao twisted his neck, this move was obviously very rude.

He bluntly said, "It's boring. ”

The smile on Jiang Ma Shisheng's face had disappeared, he stood up and said, "Oh, it seems that such an elegant thing as Noh drama is really not something that can be appreciated by a countryman from Jiafei." It's normal that Master Li Xiao can't understand it. ”

Li Xiao looked at Jiangma Shisheng, only to see his eyes looking directly at Li Xiao unceremoniously.

"Oh, it seems that Master Jiangma is very, very impatient, and can't wait to tear his face," Li Xiao looked at Jiangma's stunned expression, and said sarcastically, "I originally thought that this play would be played for a while." ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng's body shook slightly, and his face showed a little panic, but then he settled down again, and then suddenly stood up, stretched out his foot and kicked, and the entire wooden table was kicked over by him.

Then there was a banging footsteps, and the paper sliding doors on both sides were suddenly opened, and dozens of Jiangma family warriors were armed with Taidao and Yetai Dao, surrounding Li Xiao and the three of them.

Li Xiao, Shima Shengmeng, and Shigang Yiyu each stood up, holding a knife in their hands, with a disdainful smile on their faces, obviously not taking these people in their eyes.

Li Xiao smiled sarcastically: "Master Jiangma, you really have no new ideas, last time you used this method of the back knife and axe, and this time you repeat the old tricks, I really feel sorry for Your Excellency's IQ, oh no, it's wisdom." ”

"Really?" Jiang Ma snorted, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

As soon as Jiang Ma's voice fell, Li Xiao suddenly realized that something was wrong, and then his body moved, and he suddenly took a step back.

Just as Li Xiao had just taken half a step back, under the small wooden table in front of Li Xiao that was holding the dishes, a short sword suddenly shot out, shooting straight up from the bottom up.

Li Xiao narrowly avoided it, only to feel a cold sword light pass through the tip of his nose, and then the short sword slammed directly into the beam of the castle tower above his head, and the hilt of the sword shook with a buzz.

Li Xiao was shocked by a cold sweat, if he took a step back, this short sword would directly shoot himself in the head.

Li Xiao instantly pulled out the knife from the sheath, turned over his hand and slashed it down, only to see a loud bang, and then the small wooden table in front of him was torn apart, and the dishes on it were scattered all over the ground.

Then an inconspicuous piece of metal shrapnel fell to the ground, and this is the mechanism that fires the short sword.

Li Xiao suddenly felt shocked and angry, he almost died under this small mechanism, he was still too big, he was brave, and he underestimated Jiang Ma Shi Sheng and did it.

didn't expect that in addition to setting up ambushes, the other party also prepared a hidden weapon to hurt people.

Li Xiao looked at Jiangma and said, "Your Excellency, as a martial artist, actually made such a deceitful plot, and the face of the eighteenth generation of your Jiangma family ancestors has been disgraced to you. ”

Jiang Ma Shisheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, what is the eighteenth generation of ancestors, but then he reacted, this is Li Xiao scolding people in the way of Mingguo's mantra.

Jiangma Shi Sheng said angrily: "Your Takeda family is plotting to seize my Jiangma territory, this is a more despicable and shameless thing can be done, and I Jiangma Shi Sheng used a few tricks, what is it." The warriors of the Jiangma family obeyed the order, killed them all for me, and took down the first rank with a bounty of 100 yuan. ”

Seeing that Jiangma Shi was rewarded, the warriors of the Jiangma family let out a sigh and hugged Li Xiao and the three of them from both sides.

(To be continued)