Chapter 181: Endless Anger
"I see." Yao Shuang made a sudden realization, and at the same time secretly guessed the true purpose of Kitajima Youxiang's words.
Is this a co-optation? Enlist the support of the Wind Ninja clan? There's no need, you don't need to look at other people's faces between the six ninjas!
So what was the purpose of his words?
"Kato-kun, what do you want?"
Beidao Youxiang interrupted Yao Shuang's thoughts with a question, and after Yao Shuang took the glass of wine he had poured down, he spoke: "I was thinking about what Brother Youxiang meant by informing me of the differences within your Shadow Ninja Clan?" ”
Yao Shuang couldn't figure it out, so she asked the reason directly, and if she asked as Kato Yingjun, they shouldn't be suspicious.
"Hey...... I mean, Kato-kun may have to stay in Shadow Castle for a while longer, because the differences between the eight elders are too great, and they can't decide whether to accept Gendasu's employment for a while, and this matter will ultimately have to wait for my father's decision......" Kitajima Yusho sighed one after another, frowned, and drank two glasses of stuffy wine in a row, and that look really seemed to be distressed by the split of the Kage ninja clan.
Although Yao Shuang felt that this reason was a bit far-fetched, it was not good to ask anything carefully, so she could only smirk a few times, and opened her mouth to comfort: "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, whether it is ordinary people or the imperial family, it is inevitable to fight within the clan, Brother Youxiang and relieved, I came with the orders of Lord Yuan and the patriarch this time, and there is no way to explain to the two adults without getting the result, so it doesn't hurt for me to stay here for a little longer, but I want to disturb the two brothers." Yao Shuang said that when Yuan Yorichao and Kato-kun were temporary, they would inevitably salute to the East, and he would not forget this kind of identity detail.
Kitajima Yuxiang heard Yao Shuang say this, and only then did a slight smile appear on his face, only to see him smile and salute, and apologized sincerely: "Brother Kato is polite, I hope Brother Kato can say a few more kind words in front of Lord Yuan, my Shadow Ninja clan received this great order, and failed to make a quick decision, so that it delayed Lord Yuan's plan, here, on behalf of the Shadow Ninja clan, I would like to humble myself to Lord Yuan, but I also ask Lord Yuan to understand the difficulties, we do have some of our own difficulties." ”
Yao Shuang pretended to be magnificently waved his hand, saying that it was all a trivial matter, and he would explain it to Lord Yuan, Beidao Youxiang thanked him again, and after the two exchanged a glass of wine, Yao Shuang changed the topic very wisely and did not mention it again.
The three of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp, staggered, you and I chatted, and unconsciously drank a wine when it was approaching, the three of them did not drink too much this night, so there was no drunkenness the night before.
Yao Shuang chatted and chatted and also developed a strong interest in the Shadow Ninja clan, and at this time, he suddenly remembered that there was no handwriting in the Shadow Castle, and he was puzzled, so he opened his mouth and asked.
"Handsome and dare to ask, I don't know why since I entered the Shadow Castle, I haven't seen any inscriptions and plaques around, not even pen, ink, paper and inkstone, is this some rule of the Shadow Ninja clan?" Yao Shuang has been holding back this question for a long time, and today I finally have the opportunity to ask it clearly.
When Beidao Youxiang heard Yao Shuang talk about this, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then lowered his head and drank the stuffy wine himself. Regarding this matter, he didn't want to be mentioned, and the entire shadow ninja clan didn't want to recall, so he could only let the honest and simple Kitajima Yuzhen solve Yao Shuang's doubts.
Kitajima Yuzhen also looked gloomy at this time, sighed quietly, and said: "This matter has always been a scar on our Shadow Ninja clan. Therefore, many people in the clan are reluctant to be mentioned about this matter, but Brother Kato is also a brother of the Six Ways of Shinobi, and he is also the secret envoy of Lord Yuan, so if you want to know these past events, the two of us are naturally obliged to tell them. ”
When Yao Shuang heard this, he suddenly felt a little wrong, what was wrong, he couldn't say it clearly for a while, so he could only frown slightly, and continued to listen to Kitajima Yuzhen.
And Kitajima Yuzhen glanced at Kitajima Yuxiang after saying a word, and saw that his brother was still drinking with his head down, but he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a hint of honest smile on his face.
Ever since Yao Shuang entered the Shadow Castle under the identity of Wind Ninja, every word she said and every action she did was all cautious and extremely cautious. In addition, he also observed every shadow ninja he saw during this time, figuring out his psychology, no way, breaking into the enemy's nest alone, and watching and listening to all directions at any time, in case he noticed that something was wrong, he had to get out as soon as possible, so as not to put himself in a dangerous situation.
And the slightest inappropriateness that Yao Shuang just noticed was Kitajima Yuzhen's way of speaking and performance.
From the first time they met to before Kitajima Yuzhen spoke, his performance was always in a simple and straightforward state, which was not comparable to his brother Kitajima Yuxiang at all, but just now Yuzhen opened his mouth to say such a polite word with a beginning and an end, clear organization, chewing words, and one go, which is not in line with Youzhen's image at all, if this kind of words are spoken by Youxiang, maybe Yao Shuang can understand, but from the mouth of Youzhen, who has the image of a "fool" in his eyes, it completely changes the taste.
What "Six Ninja Brothers", what "Yuan-sama's secret envoy", what "has the obligation to inform", this kind of thing can be said by a simple-minded person?
In Yao Shuang's heart, if Kitajima Yuzhen says this, it may be in line with his character.
"This matter has always been something that our clan is reluctant to mention, but since Brother Kato wants to know, why should we tell you if our brothers are so temperamental?"
Although Yao Shuang was suspicious in his heart, Kitajima Yuzhen's performance in the back still dispelled Yao Shuang's doubts.
After Kitajima Yuzhen finished saying that, he secretly glanced at Youxiang, obviously peeking at his brother's face, and after getting Youxiang's acquiescence, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and he could still laugh, it was this smile that made Yao Shuang understand his concerns and then dispelled them.
In Yao Shuang's eyes, Kitajima Yuzhen's smile is nothing more than two explanations, one is that his brother didn't blame himself for talking too much, he felt very lucky, so he laughed; The second is that he feels that he finally has a chance to speak, and he has the opportunity to show his "eloquence" in front of the guests, so he feels a little proud, so he laughs, as for the face of the Kage Shinobi clan, in his opinion, it has nothing to do with him at all, isn't the past just for talking about? Besides, hundreds of years have passed, and the parties involved have all been buried in the past, and it is finally their turn to tell a story at the wine table, even if this story is a scar of the Shadow Ninja clan, so what's the matter?
This is Yao Shuang's thoughts, I have to say that Yao Shuang's mind is delicate, in just one sentence, he has thought of so many possible doubts and concerns, but obviously he has thought too much, Yao Shuang comforted himself so much in his heart, so he didn't care about the previous details, and began to listen carefully to Kitajima Yuzhen's story.
In fact, the Shadow Castle also had characters before, every courtyard, every floor of the pavilion, and every garden had its own name, and there were also stone tablets or plaques, and every Shadow Ninja was knowledgeable and literate, and even every stone in the Shadow Castle was engraved with crooked and immature fonts, which was a very rare thing, but all of this became unusual after the arrival of that person.
That person is the "Sixth Heavenly Demon King" Oda Nobunaga.
At that time, Oda Nobunaga was the only overlord of Dongying, coupled with his prestige of killing the Yaki Snake, his status was even more unshakable, but because of his violent and indiscriminate character behavior, he also made a lot of enemies, at that time, one of the enemies offered the Changheng Mustache Tiger as a gift, and hired the Shadow Ninja clan to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, this task is exactly the same as the source Yoritomo contributed the poisonous centipede sword to hire the Shadow Ninja to assassinate the source Yoshitsune, or even more difficult, the source Yoshitsune is only one overlord no matter how you say it, and what about Oda Nobunaga? In that era, it was Qin Shi Huang of Dongying.
Originally, the patriarch of the Shadow Ninja at the time, Kitajima Yasei clearly refused this task, but as a lifelong companion, the knife is the soul sustenance of the Dongying people, and Changheng Mustache Tiger, one of the top ten treasure knives of the Toei, anyone who sees it will be moved, human nature is greedy, ** prompted the Shadow Ninja in the Shadow Ninja to accept this task, and the person who secretly took over this task at that time was Kitajima Yasei's cousin, Kitajima Temple Makoto.
Kitajima Makoto is a person, not only strong and bold in martial arts, but also strong enough **, he fantasizes that he has a Changheng Mustache Tiger and can compete with Kitajima Ancheng for the position of patriarch, and even lead the six ninjas, and then dominate the whole Dongying, but a person's ** must always match his own strength, not to mention whether he is qualified to fight with Oda Nobunaga, just saying that he has a fatal flaw is enough for him to bear the eternal crime that the Shadow Ninja clan was almost wiped out.
Kitajima Temple Makoto is not a drinker, not good at gambling, not close to women, there is only one interest, that is, celebrity calligraphy and painting and poetry and songs, this person was engaged in assassination missions before every time he killed the bitter master, he had to find famous paintings in his home to collect, this is not counted, when he was in high spirits, he also had to write a poem with the blood of the bitter lord, inscribed on the wall, and called himself a murder poem. This kind of behavior is the same as Wu Song in "Water Margin" in reality, except that he doesn't have Wu Erlang's heroic courage, Wu Erlang kills people to keep his name, he doesn't dare to leave his name, he just writes a poem.
But it was this poem that harmed him, and it also harmed the entire Kage Shinobi clan.
At that time, after he sneaked into Oda Nobunaga's house, he saw two black shadows lying on the side of the bed, and without saying a word, he raised his knife and slashed, one knife pierced the chest and abdomen, and directly pierced the two of them, and after pulling out the knife, another knife passed through the black blood hole again, and both of them fell asleep on the bed. The successful assassination of Oda Nobunaga, the sixth day demon king, made him very excited, and immediately stained the blood dance text with ink and pen inscription, and then drifted away.
But would Oda Nobunaga die so easily? Obviously not, since he has the prestige of the demon king, how can he be killed with two knives?
Oda Nobunaga was lucky that night, lying next to him was his beloved wife Saito Guidie, and he was different from ordinary people, his heart was on the right side, and after being pierced that night, he pretended to be dead, hiding from the complacent Kitajima Temple Makoto, but his beloved wife left him forever.
After that, a bloody storm broke out in the Dongying rivers and lakes, and the six ninjas also ushered in the endless anger of the demon king on the sixth day.