"Rubbish!"

Looking at the rice rope Shusuke who was hit by several ninja darts on his body, Murakami Yoshikiyo scolded and scolded,

"Who attacked you? Just the dozen or so ninjas of the Tohermit? ”

"Of course not."

The breath of Iirope Shusuke was a little short, and the several ninja darts on his shoulders were fed with poison, although he was using a secret medicine powder to stop the poison, but it would take him several months to recuperate.

"Our ninjas, at least a hundred ninjas, if I guessed correctly, they are none other than Yokotani Yukishige and his Azuma Shinobu who are familiar with the terrain in this area."

Murakami Yoshikiyo snorted heavily and asked, "Yokotani Yukishige is really so powerful?" ”

Isato Shusuke only felt the burning pain of the wound, and took a breath and said: "Very powerful, he is proficient in flying and assassination, not to mention that this time he joined forces with the Togakure ninja Deura Morikiyo, and thirty of my subordinates died in their hands, and the dart on my shoulder was also shot by him." And I heard that he dressed up as a void monk and covered his face with a canopy hat, so no one had ever seen his true face. ”

As soon as Zhou Suke finished speaking, at this time, a very desolate and vast music suddenly sounded between the mountains and forests, and in this silent mountain forest, it seemed to wash away the complicated Zen sound of people's hearts.

Shusuke Izuna's color changed, he stood up and stared at a small hill to the east, and said, "This is the 'void' that Yokotani Yushige played with shakuhachi, damn it, he is provoking me." ”

The shakuhachi was introduced from the Tang Dynasty in China, and it was carried forward by the Zen master of the Rinzai sect, who integrated the shakuhachi into the practice of meditation with shakuhachi blowing, called blowing meditation, and founded the Puhua sect. Therefore, shakuhachi is also known as generalized shakuhachi. The original of Puhuazong is 'sit on the two ends of light and dark, and penetrate the light and dark, and then you can have a bamboo flute and turn **-wheel'.

So at that time, shakuhachi was used as a ritual instrument, not as a musical instrument. And the 'void' played by Yokotani Yuki, when he was learning Zen at the Huguo Niwang Zen Temple in Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty, he learned from his fellow disciple Zhang Shen, the earliest shakuhachi ancient song.

Seeing Murakami's pale face, Izuri Shusuke said: "Lord Murakami, you can't get into Yokotani Yukishige's plan, he just wants to lead us to send someone to kill him, the number is small, he can only be sent to death in vain, the number of people is too much, he has already fled from that mountain." ”

"Hmph, I understand what you said," Murakami Yoshikiyo rode on his war horse and said, "Since Yokotani Yukishige can't solve it, then let's speed up and catch up with Sanada Masayuki and Li Xiao's Takeda army, eradicate them in one fell swoop, and relieve my evil spirit." ”

"My lord, no," Izuna Shusuke advised, "Right now, my Isato people have suffered a lot of casualties, and we can't go to investigate anymore, if the Takeda army takes this opportunity to ambush our army and can't detect it in advance, have you forgotten the lesson of the Nagano army outside Hamao Castle?" ”

"Bastard," Murakami said angrily with his horsewhip on Shusuke Iirope's face, "Am I Nagano Yegu, such an incompetent person?" Just rely on Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki, I don't care about them yet. ”

In this regard, Iirope Shusuke shook his head and retreated, it was not that he couldn't block the horsewhip, but he didn't resist.

Murakami Yoshikiyo shouted the order and said: "Order the whole army to speed up its advance, and catch up with the Takeda army today." ”

"Oh!"

The ashigaru soldiers of the Murakami Army replied in unison.

Half an hour later, it was on a hillside less than half a mile away from Murakami's army, which was marching rapidly.

Li Xiao and Sanada Masayuki decided to ambush Murakami Yoshikiyo here, which is a necessary place for Murakami Yoshikiyo, and the terrain is very favorable to the Takeda army.

At this time, Yokotani Yukishige, who was still dressed as a void monk, rushed here, held the shakuhachi, came to Li Xiao, and said: "Lord Li Xiao, what you want our wife to do has been done, and the rice rope ninja has been ambushed by us More than 50 people, and now Murakami Yoshikiyo has no one to scout and explore the way for him, and he has completely become deaf and blind." ”

"Well done." Li Xiao nodded at Yokotani and expressed his appreciation.

Li Xiao looked at Yokotani Yushige's whole body with a strong smell of blood, but there was not a trace of blood on his clothes, and he was still dressed in white, spotless.

Li Xiao knew how difficult this was, and couldn't help but say: This Yokoya is lucky, and he is really a master.

At that time, the so-called ninjutsu of ninjas was nothing more than illusion and flying art. The so-called illusion is similar to today's magic, such as the modern magician David Copperfield, who can "disappear" the huge Statue of Liberty in front of the eyes of the people of New York City.

Ninjas also use various light angles and human optical illusions to hide their tracks for eavesdropping, sneaking or assassination. Under the command of Uesugi Kenshin, the first ninjutsu master, Kato Duanzo, known as 'Flying Kato', once performed the illusion of swallowing cattle under the mountain castle in the spring. Swallow a cow alive in front of many people.

And the flying technique can be compared to China's light skills, and even the current parkour, unlike the current steel forest city, ninjas are shuttling in the mountains and forests, long-term training, and practicing a good skill.

"Lord Li Xiao, you can give us the other half of the honorarium you promised."

Hearing Yokotani Yukishige say this, Li Xiao laughed and said, "Of course we can, we are people who keep our promises." ”

After speaking, Li Xiao took out a deerskin bag from his waist, which contained the Jiazhou Jin Xiaoju.

After Yokotani Yukishige took it, he checked it and said, "Lord Li Xiao, this seems to be more than we expected. ”

"Well, you've done a good job of this, and the excess is for you."

Yokotani Yukishige laughed, shook his head, took out the excess small judgment from the deerskin bag, returned it to Li Xiao, and said, "Lord Li Xiao, it's polite, we only take what we should get, and we won't ask for the excess." ”

Li Xiao glanced at the other party, nodded and took the little judgment money, and then said, "Your Excellency, are you interested in being my ninja?" ”

Li Xiao knew how important it was to have the assistance of a group of ninjas, in addition to the use on the battlefield, it was the source of information, in the era when it was inconvenient to transmit information in the Warring States, the daimyo family used ninjas to spy on the military information of other families, as well as the customs and customs of other places.

Li Xiao knew that if Sanada Masayuki had the ability to predict the future, and knew that he was planning to dig up the ninja leader under him in the future, he would definitely have the intention of killing him. But for Li Xiao, there is no guilt at all.

Anyway, he used to play Taige, so he often shamelessly and boringly, personally visited the famous generals who had dozens of generals under him, and brought them back to bed one by one, so that the generals in the other party's family were only two or three big cats and kittens, and the other party's big names wanted to cry without tears.

So digging up Yokotani Yushige is really nothing.

Hearing Li Xiao say this, Yokotani sighed and said with a smile, "Our wife is asking for a very high price, Lord Li Xiao, I'm afraid you can't afford this price with your money." ”

The ninjas are mercenaries of this era, and they can do whatever they can do as long as they can afford it. At the same time, the ninjas are still very credible, compared to some of the daimyo families, those who are loyal all day long, and the retainers who are always ready to go down to the throne.

The ninjas' surname of buying and selling is a little more secure.

"How much do you say?"

"Fifteen hundred a year." Yukishige Yokotani reported this number.

Li Xiao's Mingguo ramen restaurant now earns at least 1,800 guan a year, so Li Xiao can still afford this 1,500 guan. Moreover, the hiring of Yokotani Yukishige and nearly 100 of his subordinates is also very suitable, so there is no need to bargain.

"It's not expensive, I promised. But there is one condition, your Azuma Shinobu can only serve me alone. In the meantime, I want a hostage with me. Li Xiao said loudly.

Yokotani Yushige hesitated for a moment and said, "No problem, I let my brother be by your side as a hostage, and at the same time, he is also a good ninja and can protect you with me." ”

Li Xiao laughed and said, "Okay, so we'll make up our minds." ”

Yokotani Yukishige immediately bowed down and said solemnly: "Your Majesty Yokotani Yukige sees the lord. ”

Li Xiao stepped forward to help him up, took out a letter instead, handed it to Yokotani Xing, and said: "Very good, this is the first task I have given you, and as soon as Ming Yu passes, you will open this letter and act according to what is said above." ”

Yokotani saw that Li Xiao was serious, so he solemnly accepted it and said, "I understand." ”