Just when Tanaka sent people to Zhao Hongyu's camp to meet Zhao Hongyu and them as envoys, another group of people, mainly Ming merchants, Portuguese merchants and Dutch merchants, were also heading towards Zhao Hongyu's camp, preparing to contact Zhao Hongyu and them in another way.

The two groups of people have their own goals, which Zhao Hongyu did not expect at all.

In addition to these two groups of people, in a hidden place in a small forest near Zhao Hongyu's camp, there was also another third group of people looking at Zhao Hongyu and them, preparing to come into contact with Zhao Hongyu and them.

This third group is different from Tanaka's merchant team, which is composed of Japanese people, and they are simply varied from the point of view of clothing.

The group, which looked to be made up of people from different classes of the Japanese people, was led by a girl in a dark blue kimono with a cherry blossom pattern, who looked to be no more than seventeen or eighteen years old.

Her hairstyle is very ordinary, that is, a long hair shawl, and her eyebrows are flowing to the sea, which is very common in the Wa Kingdom.

However, she didn't have powder on her face, but she didn't want to be disgusting like the others.

This girl is not very beautiful to say, but she is not ugly either.

In short, it's just a little fresh girl.

However, she has a pair of hooking eyes, which adds a bit of color to her.

This made her look a bit cute like a Japanese doll sold on the streets of Japan in later generations.

"Tokugawa-san, our stronghold in Osaka's commercial town has been destroyed, and we've lost a lot of manpower. Fortunately, all of our remaining people have been evacuated, and after counting the losses, they can bear it. ”

A girl in a ronin costume with a ponytail standing up is kneeling across from the girl and wants her to report her loss.

And judging from what this ronin girl just said, the kimono girl is actually surnamed Tokugawa.

You must know that the surname Tokugawa is a big taboo on the side of the Wa Kingdom.

Since the defeat of Tokugawa Ieyasu. The Tokugawa family was destroyed and captured.

But everyone with the surname Tokugawa was basically cut off by the head.

But this kimono girl still dares to call this surname, isn't she afraid of death?

"Alas, the stronghold we have been operating for so long has been destroyed like this. Could it be that this is the common saying of the Ming Dynasty, called the disaster of no reason. ”

The kimono girl looked helpless, showed a bitter expression, and looked at the ronin costume girl kneeling opposite her.

"Miss, I don't know what happened to those foreigners on the sea of Langdao, why did they suddenly bombard Osaka's commercial town. I don't know if Osaka Cheng's Ishida Aido offended people. ”

The girl in the ronin costume also looked very helpless after listening to the words of the girl named Tokugawa.

As they spoke, the men dressed as woodcutters or merchants and peddlers scattered around with all sorts of strange weapons in their hands with wary faces.

Judging by their movements, these people are definitely not as simple as they dress.

In the hands of these men, there are scythes with chains, flying claws. Shuriken and other weapons.

And their expressions are very gloomy, which makes people feel a little gloomy.

"What should we do now, the base of Osaka Commercial Town is already our worst base. Today, the Ishida shogunate has a growing grip on the country. We're getting tougher. ”

Wearing a dark blue kimono with cherry blossoms, the girl named Tokugawa looked at the girl opposite in distress and said.

"Miss, this stronghold is gone, so we're looking for a new stronghold. If that doesn't work, we'll go to Mt. Iga and live in seclusion. I, Chizuru Hattori, will definitely guarantee the safety of the young lady. ”

When the girl heard the words of this girl who was dressed in a ronin costume and claimed to be called Chizuru Hattori, her face showed a very happy look.

"If only I had said that earlier. Actually, I hate living outside, it's dangerous and not fun. I think it's better to live in seclusion so that I can live a carefree life, but I don't have much interest in rebelling against the Ishida shogunate, which is not what I hope for at all. ”

Looking at the girl with a happy face and clapping her little hands at the same time, Hattori Chizuru smiled bitterly.

"Miss, as the heir to the Tokugawa family, you have a lot of courage. Don't say that in the future, no matter what, please remember that our enemy is the Ishida shogunate. ”

After speaking, Hattori Chizuru slammed his head on the ground very solemnly.

The girl Tokugawa had a bitter expression on her face, and she wanted to open her mouth to say something several times, but after seeing the serious expression of Chizuru Hattori who got up, she swallowed back all the words she wanted to say.

Hum! Sister Chizuru is really, why is she always looking old-fashioned.

People don't want to live a life of being hunted down or killed by others.

The hatred of the ancestors, for what is the reason for me, must I inherit?

If you want me to say, wouldn't it be nice to go back to the mountains of Iga and live a happy life?

By that time, I'll be able to get a puppy.

The heir to the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Kayo, the leader of the current Iga ninja people, thought to himself.

It turned out that these people were the Tokugawa remnants mentioned by Ishida Aido.

And these people actually have a stronghold right under his nose, that is, Osaka Commercial Town.

For this kind of thing, Ishida Aido, as a lord, doesn't know anything about it.

I really don't understand how he is a lord.

If it weren't for Zhao Hongyu's shelling, it is estimated that Tokugawa Kayo and Hattori Chizuru with their men would definitely live a good life here in Osaka's commercial town.

And from time to time, I have the leisure to come out and assassinate someone.

Now, though, that's all in the past.

Zhao Hongyu's shelling destroyed all the efforts of Hattori Chizuru in half an hour.

If you want to persuade the Ministry of Chizuru not to feel distressed, that's fake, but what's the use of being distressed.

It can be said that this is really a disaster without reason.

"Sister Chizuru, why are those foreigners bombarding Osaka Commercial Town, do you know what's going on?"

Thinking of the scene where the overwhelming cannonballs fell on the commercial town and destroyed the buildings one by one, Tokugawa Kayo is still a small heart.

It's exciting!

Then there is a powerful shelling. I've never seen it myself.

It's really enjoyable!

If it weren't for the danger of his own life, Tokugawa Kayo would even be willing to take a look.

Fortunately, she was rescued by a group of ninjas at that time, otherwise her life might have been lost.

However, even so, she did not hate those foreigners, because she felt that the shelling of foreigners was to make her see things that she had never seen before.

It made her very happy.

I have to say that Tokugawa Kayo's personality is still very strange.

Hattori Chizuru shook his head when he heard this: "I don't know yet, Miss, what those foreigners are firing for, in fact, we don't know what to do." Everything came so suddenly, without the slightest warning. But don't worry, Miss. I've already sent a ninja to find out the news, and I think it won't be long before I get a little scared. ”

Tokugawa Kayo nodded when he heard this.

After chatting with Tokugawa Kayo for a while, Hattori Chizuru stood up.

When she stood up, she actually picked up three katana from the kneeling place and inserted them into her waist, Zhenzhen couldn't tell that this girl was not very old, and she could use six katanas.

It's just that I don't know how she will use these six katanas.

"Why hasn't this guy come back yet, it's been a long time. It's just a matter of asking for a little bit of news. He's not going to go to Osaka Castle. ”

Hattori Chizuru walked to his subordinates and asked in a low voice with a straight face.

In a darker place, there were also many people of different appearances, both old and young, sitting on their knees. And it looks weird.

They are all Iga ninjas, belonging to the subordinates of Hattori Chizuru and Tokugawa Kayo.

Now, the huge Tokugawa family has disappeared, and the only ones with her are these Iga ninjas.

These ninjas are still the same as the original Hattori Hanzo. After the death of Hattori Hanzo, it belonged to his daughters Hattori Chizuru and Tokugawa Kayo.

They belong to the most powerful of the Iga ninjas, known as the Iga Ten.

Everyone has very special abilities. The lethality is incredible.

It is precisely because of their existence that they will protect the bloodline of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Kayo, and grow up to such an age steadily.

And Hattori Chizuru is also one of the ten, and he is the most powerful one.

"Chizuru-san, I guess this guy Kikuchi must be careful. If those foreigners shelled Osaka Castle, it would definitely cause the idea of Osaka Castle and even send troops, so he would have to be careful if he wanted to inquire about the news, and Osaka Castle would definitely send ninjas to the foreigners, and if Kikuchi was not careful, it would be dangerous for Tokugawa-sama's safety if our whereabouts were revealed. ”

The one who spoke was a man dressed in monk's attire and sitting cross-legged on his head with a hat on his head, and an iron rod with an iron ring lay horizontally on his knees.

If it weren't for here, in fact, this guy would be no different from an ordinary wandering Japanese monk.

But he appeared here with the Iga ninja, so his identity is self-evident.

And if you look closely, this guy's gaze is out of focus, and his pupils are pale.

Dare to love, he is still a blind man.

It's just that I don't know why this blind man became one of the Ten Iga people, so I think he must have some means.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be one of the ten most powerful people in Iga.

After hearing the blind monk's words, Hattori Chizuru nodded.

"Uncle is right, if a foreigner does this, Osaka Castle will definitely not give up. I guess I've already started to gather troops at this time, so Ishida's Koga ninja will definitely have to be dispatched, and Kikuchi really needs to be careful. ”

Reminded by the blind monk, Hattori Chizuru immediately came to his senses.

"Chizuru, my brother handed over Iga and Miss to you, let you pick up this burden, you can no longer be as arrogant as before, you must think carefully about doing things, reckless will make mistakes."

The blind monk said a word to Hattori Chizuru in the tone of an elder.

From these words, it can be heard that this monk called Hattori Chizuru's father an older brother.

And Hattori Chizuru is the daughter of the deceased Hattori Hanzo. So isn't this blind monk the younger brother of Hattori Hanzo?

No wonder Hattori Chizuru called this blind monk his uncle.

I see.

The people around him were not surprised, and they looked disapproving, obviously they knew Hattori Chizuru's character very well.

At this time, a fat guy who looked like a ball of meat spoke: "You know Qianzuru's character, she has been like a boy since she was a child, even if she wants to change, it will take a little time, you always say that she is too much." ”

The blind monk smiled wryly.

"I'm also doing this for her good, like us people, we can't follow her for the rest of our lives. Koga's guys are not easy to deal with, if something happens. Miss is going to rely on her. So she really has to think about things in the future, otherwise something happens to the young lady, how can we have the face to face Lord Tokugawa in the underworld. ”——

Dividing Line –

Tanaka sent his men to take Takeuchi and his men to Osaka Castle, while he himself led them away to Zhao Hongyu's temporary camp.

When they left, a middle-aged man with a katana sword and hair in a mess looked like a chicken coop jumped from the towering tree on the side of the path they had been on.

This middle-aged man has a sloppy beard, a small grass root in the corner of his mouth, and a cynical expression makes people look like Lai Yangyang, as if he doesn't care about anything.

A middle-aged samurai like this. There are many in Osaka commercial towns.

These people basically don't pay for drinking, and they don't pay for courtesans, so they can be described as a large pest group in the commercial town.

At this time, Tanaka had been away for a while. The middle-aged man who jumped from the tree looked at the direction in which Tanaka had disappeared, and his eyes flickered.

"Hehe, it turns out that those foreigners shelled Osaka Commercial Town for this reason, and this Takeuchi is really unlucky. But we're also out of luck. What a big moldy god. ”

The middle-aged man muttered to himself for a while.

"Well, now that I know the reason, I'll go back and tell Miss right now. Tanaka has a good plan. He actually wanted to stabilize those foreigners and buy time for the shogunate. ”

Tanaka's self-talk when he left was also heard by the middle-aged man.

Therefore, for Tanaka's plan, this middle-aged man did not leave it in mind at all.

"It won't be long before this place becomes a battlefield. The guys from Koga will definitely come here too, and it will be very dangerous for us to stay any longer, so I'll need to convince Miss to get out of here right away. ”

Soon, the middle-aged man had a plan.

At this time, the middle-aged man's originally cynical expression suddenly became cold, and then he didn't know how he moved, and suddenly retreated more than ten meters away from the place, and then kept running into the forest.

Tuk tuk!

Just after he flew away, where he stood, dozens of crosses (shurikens) fell.

Ha Lu Ha! The guys of Koga, Lao Tzu is no longer accompanied.

In a short moment, the middle-aged man had disappeared, leaving behind only a series of very provocative words.

Then, where the middle-aged man was standing just now, three ninjas dressed in black and black pants appeared out of thin air, and at the same time, on the branches of several towering ancient trees on the side of the road, there were also many people dressed like this.

"Which one is the Iga ninja just now, he is very strong, and he is definitely not something we can deal with. It's one of the Ten Iga people, so it seems that we have to tell the shogunate the news immediately. ”

Several ninjas who appeared out of thin air discussed for a moment, and then disappeared out of thin air.

Zhao Hongyu didn't know what to say at this moment, because his appearance distorted the history of this time and space, and he really made some characters that shocked him.

I don't know if he will be able to cope with it if he meets a ninja.

At least, judging from the side of Iga and Koga, they are really powerful. (To be continued......)