Walking out of the Nijo Imperial Palace, Ji Qin walked slowly, as if thinking about something, Yajiro behind him hesitated again and again, but still came to Ji Qin's side, and said in a low voice: "My lord, although the general said that the winner has the supreme honor, but I have already contacted the royal family and the nobles, no matter whether you are victorious or auxiliary when you arrive, the emperor will crown you with the title of Heavenly Ninja." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Ji Qin paused, and said with a calm face to Yajiro, who was stunned by Ji Qin and suddenly stopped in place, a little embarrassed: "Yajiro, I received your intention to do this, but you must know that this title, for me, is only meaningful after winning, and others will agree from the heart, and if you lose, even if you get this title, it will have no effect, do you understand?" ”

Yajiro was stunned, and after a long time, he bowed apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, my lord." ”

"It's okay, let's go, let's go back, in the past half a month, you continue to contact those ministers and nobles and deepen the relationship with them, although they don't have much effect, they can even be called moths, but moths also have the effect of moths."

Ji Qin looked at the Kyoto Imperial Palace, which was showing a corner in the distance, and said calmly. Ji Qin is not wrong, the nobles of this era can be said to be of little use except for eating, drinking and having fun, but they have one of the most important roles, that is, to influence the royal family, which is what Ji Qin values.

Although everyone in the world knows that the imperial family has declined, some very powerful daimyo even think about Shangluo controlling the royal family every day, why do they do this, it is because the imperial family represents orthodoxy, no matter how weak it is, he represents orthodoxy.

"Yes, Yajiro understands."

Yajiro bowed in response, Ji Qin smiled, and walked towards the dormitory where he lived, Yajiro also hurriedly followed, asking Ji Qin some of his doubts.

Between a mountain pass in Ueno Province, a middle-aged samurai was galloping on a warhorse with several young samurai. The middle-aged samurai on horseback looked up at the sky, then at the surrounding environment, and shouted, "Take a break." ”

After saying that, he reined in his war horse, jumped off the horse, found a place with shade, sat down, took out a rice ball from his arms, and ate it slowly. When the young men who followed behind heard this, they hurriedly reined in their war horses, followed the example of a middle-aged samurai, and sat under the shade of a tree with the middle-aged samurai, resting while eating dry food.

After eating two bites, a young samurai looked in the direction he came, and asked the middle-aged samurai in confusion: "Lord Kamiizumi Isemori, why did we accept the invitation of the shogun to go to Kyoto to compete with that ninja named Hagi or something!" After speaking, he also took a bite of the dry food in his hand, looking at his appearance, he should have enjoyed his life in the original place.

The middle-aged samurai known as Kamiizumi Isemoru glanced at the talking samurai expressionlessly, so frightened that the young man didn't dare to take a breath, Kamiizumi Isemoru ignored him, but said as if talking to himself: "I have been in the way of the sword all my life, proficient in swordsmanship, loyal to the way of the sword, when I heard that the flag Ki Yoshitsuna and the head of the enemy's general among the ten thousand armies, I was itchy and unbearable, and now the general invited me to fight with the flag Ki Yoshitsuna in front of the emperor, if I lose, I Kamizumi Hidetsuna will die in the way of the sword, and I have no regrets in this life." ”

It turned out that this person was Ji Qin's opponent, Shangquan Xiugang, who was known as the sword saint among the people, at this time, his eyes seemed to be godless looking at the blue sky, and his thoughts were flying.

"Kamiizumi Ise-samaru, what if you win?"

Everyone originally looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance with Shangquan Xiugang, and their thoughts kept flying, but an inopportune voice suddenly appeared, interrupting everyone's feelings.

Seeing that everyone was just looking at themselves, especially Hidetsuna Kamizumi did not answer him, the young samurai who had asked the question before continued to ask: "My lord, is it that after victory, the emperor will personally crown the Lord as the Sword Saint, and then we will also be disciples of the Sword Saint, alas, it will definitely be recorded in the history books, that is great!" ”

The young samurai said that he was up, and he danced on the spot, but his companions around him ripped him off, and Ueizumi Hidetsuna looked at everyone expressionlessly, and said lightly: "Maybe." ”

Unbeknownst to both Yoshiqin and Hidetsuna Ueizumi, the news that the two were going to duel in front of the emperor had already spread, and by the day Yoshiqin arrived in Kyoto, the news had already spread to Kyushu Island and the northernmost area of Honshu Island. Anyone who was more concerned about the duel between the two, after asking the source and confirming the accuracy, either came in person or sent someone to watch the battle.

As a result, all the people from all over Japan who had some ability began to converge on Kyoto, and for a time Kyoto was also mixed, and the most high-profile of them were no wonder that some ronins and descendants of various schools rushed to hear the news, they were strong-blooded, and they were not as low-key as the big forces, Kyoto can be said to be a street fight every day, and bloodshed can be seen everywhere.

Of course, all of this was told by Yajiro to Ji Qin, and in the past half a month, Ji Qin has been in his room, occasionally coming to the backyard of the dormitory, practicing all the gun moves he knows, and the rest of the time, most of the time in the room, studying the use of the sword, just to learn more about Ueizumi Hidetsuna.

On January 28, the fourth year of Eiroku, Umizumi Hidetsuna and his party finally entered Kyoto before it was dark in the evening, and compared to Yoshiqin, Umiizumi Hidetsuna was treated much better, at least they were led by the general's family to stay in the Nijo Imperial Palace. The arrival of Kamiizumi Hidetsuna did not change Ji Qin's life, Ji Qin was still in the dormitory, what should he do, but on the 29th, a report came to Ji Qin, and along with this report, there were Inutaro and Tahiro and fifty ninjas.

"My lord, this report is from Yamagataya, and it is clearly stated that the Rokkaku family has begun to mobilize troops and prepare to destroy our Qimu Castle, and I would like to ask your Excellency to show me."

Inutaro looked at Ji Qin worriedly, Duo Guang also looked like he wanted to say something on the side, but Ji Qin put down the report in his hand, his face was very calm, when he learned that the news of his duel with Umiizumi Hidetsuna had traveled all over Japan, he had already expected this day, so he had already made preparations, and now was the time to uncover these preparations.

"I expected this day for a long time, so some time ago I sent someone to deliver a letter to Shinkuro, thinking that it will be a few days, he will send troops into Inugami County to make a posture of attacking the Rokkaku, but he is just buying time for your evacuation."

"Yajiro!"

"Yes!" Yajiro, who had been waiting quietly on the sidelines, hurriedly answered.

"You go back now and preside over the evacuation, and the townspeople who are willing to follow us must be kind, and if they don't want to, leave a little money and let them fend for themselves. The evacuation route has been arranged for you, go east, and when you get to Owari Province, Oda Uesuke-sama will help you, I have already written to him, and then you will stay in Owari for the time being, and wait for me to send someone to pick you up, be careful on the way to evacuate, understand? ”

"Yes!"

Yajiro replied and took a few steps back, while Ji Qin looked at Inutaro and Tahiro, "Inutaro, Tahiro, after the two of you go back, each of you will lead fifty people, Tahiro will go to Mino to monitor the movements of the Saito family; Inutaro, you're taking someone to Shinkuro, and you're going to listen to him for what to do. Alright, leave me fifty men, and all three of you will go back!" ”

"Take care, my lord!"

The three of them are all ninjas, so they don't need to worry about parting, and after taking the task, they leave without leaving with water. Fifty people scattered to Kyoto, and the three of Yajiro left, and at this time, Yoshiqin returned to his old life.

(PS: There are still a few chapters in volume 1 that are about to end, and there are wooden tickets for the recommendation, come and smash me to death!) Is there a collection or not, come and kill me! Thank you all for your support)