Hanamakan, the place where Tadashi Abe last met with Ranpo Eleven.

On the tatami mats, Tsunasaburo Kato and Tadashi Abe sat on their knees opposite each other, their hands propped on their thighs, their heads slightly bowed, and their postures were exactly the same.

The difference is that Tsunazaburo Kato has an anxious face, while Tadashi Abe has a calm face and does not have the slightest ripple.

"Your Excellency Abe, Saburo came to visit rashly, really because he couldn't see through what Chu Fan Chu Yixian was going to do, please forgive me." Tsunazaburo bowed.

Although he and Abe Tadamoto are both members of Kinoshitamaru and are in the same place as Nagasaki Castle, they have never met because they are not in the same system.

If it weren't for Tsunasaburo who couldn't figure out what he wanted to do this time, he wouldn't have rashly come to Abe Tadamoto, the spy leader.

Abe Tadamoto was not as distracted as him, Okitsuna Saburo made a gesture of please, slowly picked up the tea on the low table in front of him, and took a sip slowly before he spoke, "Your Excellency Kato, don't be impatient, according to Tadamoto's observation, Chu Fan is planning a big thing." ”

"Hay! Saburo also speculated...... It has been three days since the day he was searched by Ashigaru, and Chu Fan still hasn't given me an accurate word, when will he set sail, San Lang really has no bottom in his heart. Tsunazaburo's anxiety is even worse - Chu Fan is now the largest supplier of the Kato family, and he can't let go of his mind if he doesn't leave for a day, in case something happens to Chu Fan in Nagasaki, Kato Tadaji has to make him apologize.

"I don't know when Chu Fan set sail," Abe Zhongben still said in an unhurried tone, "But Zhongben knows that Chu Fan's major incident is related to the Chezhidan Sect that was exterminated a few days ago...... The Kiritan cultists who had escaped the net fled into Hoshitori Sanso, and the shogunate's spies were already watching. ”

"Didn't Ashigaru find anyone that day? Why is this not over yet? Tsunazaburo suddenly felt that his head was extremely big - the extermination of the Chechi Dan cult was one of the most important major events of the shogunate at present, and if Chu Fan was targeted by the shogunate because of this matter, even if the Kato family came forward, he might not dare to guarantee that he would get out safely.

"Your Excellency Kato, please rest assured, Tadamoto has already reminded them, and they are very cautious now," Abe Tadamoto's words finally made Tsunazaburo breathe a sigh of relief, but the latter sentence made his heart rise to his throat, "But those few Kiritan disciples who slipped through the net have never left Hoshitori Mountain Villa, so Tadamoto only deduced that Chu Fan's major incident is related to this, and Tadamoto speculates that Chu Fan most likely wants to help those Kiritan disciples do something." ”

"Yaga!" Tsunazaburo gritted his teeth and scolded, "This Chu Fan looks shrewd, he is simply a fool...... If you don't do good business, why do you have to provoke the Chezhi Dan disciples! ”

A trace of disdain flashed in Abe's eyes, and he said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Kato underestimates this Ming Guo Xiucai...... In Zhongben's opinion, Chu Fan did this for two reasons, one was the Miss Yan beside him, and the other was ......"

Speaking of this, Abe Tadashimoto's eyes widened, "He probably wants to make the fire of Chezhitan burn more vigorously!" ”

"Why?" Tsunazaburo couldn't react at once.

"The more the fire burned, the less his tobacco business attracted the attention of the shogunate...... Your Excellency Kato, Chu Fan is helping your Kato family. Tadashi Abe reminded him.

Tsunazaburo is also a smart person, but his eyes have always been limited to business, and he can't think of it so deeply, but now that Abe is a little bit of Tadashimoto, he immediately reacted, and immediately sneered at each other, "Your Excellency Abe's words are wrong, Chu Fan is not our Kato family, but Kinoshita Maru!" ”

Tadashi Abe didn't argue, smiled faintly and stopped talking.

After reflexively fighting back at Abe Tadamoto, Tsunazaburo fell into even greater anxiety, "So many Chezhi Dan disciples are finished, what else can he Chu Fan do?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a report came from outside the door, "Lord Abe, the subordinate Ranbo Nineteen Lang's mission has been completed, and I am here to return to my life." ”

Abe Tadamoto raised his eyebrows and said indifferently, "It's hard work, please come in." ”

The wooden door covered with white paper was opened, and a man dressed as a fishmonger walked in, and he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Tsunazaburo Kato.

"Nineteen Lang, let's talk about it, what is Chu Fan's goal." Abe Tadamoto said this to mean that the heart of Anranha Jujuro was to let him report truthfully.

"Hay!"

Ranbo Jujuro knelt down and bowed to Tsunazaburo Kato before starting to report.

"The subordinates were ordered by Lord Abe to investigate the intentions of the Ming people, and found that one of Chu Fan's subordinates went out in disguise every day these days and acted secretly, so his subordinates followed him...... According to the judgment of his subordinates, this person is definitely a veteran in the battle array, and it is estimated that the Ming army does not collect it at night, and his subordinates have almost been discovered by him several times...... His subordinates followed him for three days, but fortunately, they finally knew where their goal was. ”

Speaking of this, Ranbo Nineteen Lang raised his head and said, "Sanjingtai Camp!" ”

"Huh? Samgyodae Camp? Tsunazaburo almost fainted, "My Amaterasu! ”

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Sakai Kiyoya Yukio slept soundly, to be exact, with the prostitute from Edo in his arms.

He is the chief officer of the Sanjingtai camp and the city lord of Qingjian City, and he has a food seal of 20,000 stones.

However, as a capable commander who had followed Tokugawa Ieyasu for many years, he was now assigned to the position of deputy guard of Nagasaki Uemon, commanding the Sansenashigaru of the Sankeidai Battalion.

Three days ago, in the extermination operation against the Kinodan, he, the deputy guard of the right emon, made a great contribution.

Even if due to the mistake of the shogunate's secret agent, he alarmed the Saemon Yashiro Yoshinomaru in advance, but thanks to Yukio's usual command of the army and solid training, his Sankeidai battalion reacted very quickly, and in the southern part of Nagasaki Town, which he was in charge of, almost none of the people on the list to be arrested ran away, most of them died under the guns of the ashigaru, and the only surviving big boss was from the Satsuma Domain, and now he is being held in the prison in the eastern half of the camp, and there is a warehouse in the prison where the spoils of this war are piled up, all of which belong to the criminal department under the management, The Sanjingdae Battalion was only responsible for defense.

For his great service, Yukio received a commendation from Matsudaira Hironobu, the chief assistant of the Criminal Department in charge of the operation, and promised to take credit for him when he returned to Edo.

Listening to Matsudaira-sama's meaning, this time Yukio is not only expected to ascend to the high position of Nagasaki Mamoru, but also has the possibility of increasing the food seal.

This made Yukio very happy, and when he came back, he gave the whole camp three days off, and of course he had to treat himself even more, and invited a number of prostitutes from the Flower House to come over and relax with his cronies.

"Tom! …… Tong! ……”

Yukio was drooling and sleeping soundly, and the slightly dull sound of a huge cannon woke him up at once.

"Yaga! Did the bastard set the powder magazine on fire? ”

After sitting up in a daze, Yukio cursed while touching the candle in the dark.

At this moment, a panicked shout sounded outside the door.

"Sakai-sama! Sakai-sama is not good! Someone is attacking Nagasaki Castle! ”