Chapter 248: The Willows and Flowers Are Bright
After a night of slaughter, Genji Cerberus finally showed its cruel fangs and slaughtered all the soldiers who resisted the mob and caused trouble, and a civil strife in Nara Castle was bloodily suppressed.
The plan of the Heavenly Demon King ultimately failed, and it failed temporarily under the thunderous means of the general manager, the sudden awakening of Minamoto Yoritomo, and the loyal protection of Miura Yoshisumi.
However, in Nara Castle, there is obviously a crack between the military and the people that can be torn apart at any time, and Izumo's Genyoshitsune is the doctor who can stitch this rift, and the later it comes, the more dangerous Nara Castle will be.
In fact, not only Nara Castle, but also the soldiers of the three cities outside the city have also produced an irreparable scar. Although the Heavenly Demon King sings with a white face, and the other leaders and generals sing with a red face, no one is a fool, the war is to the death, and if it can't be fought or can't be beaten, it can be withdrawn, if you rely on a slap and a date to fool the soldiers below, it can only last for a while, and it is not a long-term plan in the end.
In this way, both inside and outside the city are holding back their strength, wanting to consume each other, whoever loosens this string first will have to withdraw from the stage of history.
Clouds always hung over Nara Castle, just like Nara five years ago, and it was oppressive, dark, and breathless.
Eight days were spent in daily anxiety and killing, whether inside or outside the city, every day rioters and plagues were executed, corpses piled up in mass graves, blood stained all over the ground, flies, maggots and griffins, coming everywhere, plague rampant, stinking and smelling, the Heavenly Demon King was angry, and a fire burned the corpses clean.
The black smoke filled the sky, and the shouts of the soldiers of the three cities shook the sky, and they were on the verge of collapse.
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Far away to Nara, Izumo Province ninety miles to the east, in the vast forest, Kato-kun's face was pale, sweating profusely, and he couldn't stop shivering, but despite this, he gritted his teeth, his hands trembled and made a few handprints, he looked back with fear, turned into a strong wind again, and fled westward.
Not long after, in the position where Kato Junichi disappeared, a figure suddenly flashed, and I saw him combing a small braid on the back of his head and wearing a bright red robe, which was Yao Shuang, who was chasing all the way from Nara.
In the past eight days, Yao Shuang and Kato Junichi have always had the upper hand in the cat-and-mouse game, but if he wants to completely catch it, he is a little bit behind. Yao Shuang thought that he had comprehended the "Thousand Feet Divine Skill", which must be a lot faster than Kato Junichi five years ago, but he didn't know that while he was improving, others were also improving, Kato Junichi was played by Yao Shuang twice five years ago, and was shocked by the more high-end wind resistance of the mysterious man in Nara City. The middle-aged man never dared to show up to rescue Fallen Leaf Ruthless, and he, before Yao Shuang escaped from the Shadow Castle, also became the fastest person to enter the world.
If Kato-kunichi can go one step further, step over the moat that blocked many ninja ninjutsu, and learn the "Holy Dao Wind Technique", then he will really become synonymous with "coming and going like the wind", even if it is Yao Shuang's light skills, he may fall behind, but unfortunately, there is no if.
After all, the seal level is only the seal level, the wind ninja has been passed down for a long time, the secret technique of the white spirit ancestor is obscure, and the wind ninja lacks a genius race like the fire ninja, Kato Junichi, he is not a whirlpool long pill, he can come to this point, at such an age, although it is already good, but after all, it is still a little worse than Yao Shuang.
This is enough for Yao Shuang to catch up with Kato Junichi several times and fight with him, but his "Supreme Wind Seal" is sealed again, and it is another escape for several hours in a row, Yao Shuang finally caught Kato Junichi with his own hands, and can successfully prevent him from sealing again, it is only a matter of time, but this time is obviously not enough.
Izumo Province in the middle of the night, with its voices and voices, is like two extremes of the world.
Outside the East City Gate, a black shadow staggered forward, and not far behind him, Yao Shuang followed. In the blink of an eye, he swept in front of the man in front of him, and he drew a strange black long sword, and without asking a word, he swung it out to stab the black shadow in the neck.
Yao Shuang's eyes were red, angry, I thought it was a crushing pursuit, but it turned into a cat-and-mouse game, and let Kato-kunichi escape to the gate of Izumo Kingdom, which under his proud light skills, obviously lost a lot of face, this time, let you die in front of the gate of Izumo Kingdom in your heart, let you leave this world with eternal regrets!
"Die! Kenichi Kato! ”
Seeing that Kato Jun is about to die under the poisonous centipede sword, Nara City's hope for help is about to fail, just at this critical moment, a knife shadow suddenly appeared on the city wall, its knife momentum is as dim as ink, sharp as the wind, stabbing Yao Shuang's back, Yao Shuang felt bad, this sword down, even if Kato Jun can die, but he is not immune to this knife to Kato Jun Yi to be buried, and the emergency document in Kato's arms still has to fall into the hands of Yuan Yoshijing, after a moment of weighing the pros and cons, Yao Shuang drew his sword and flew back, Glancing back at a strong figure that jumped down from the city wall, an invisible pressure made him feel extremely dangerous, this person's majestic momentum was even better than that of the sect leader who slaughtered the shadow ninja that day. Despite his reluctance, Yao Shuang, who was born as an assassin, chose the wisest path, and after several consecutive vertical jumps, he soon disappeared into the vast night.
"Patriarch Kato, why are you here in Izumo?" The man slowly lifted Kato's body and asked.
"Gen-sama...... Save Nara...... Save Nara...... "Kato-kunichi took out an urgent document from his arms with trembling hands, and after saying a sentence weakly, he spurted a mouthful of blood, his eyes burst out, and he died of exhaustion.
Gen Yoshitsune slowly put down Kato Junichi's body, and at this time, a large number of soldiers suddenly poured out of the city, led by a burly man, walked behind Gen Yoshijing, bowed his head and said respectfully: "My lord, but Nara is in danger?" ”
Yuan Yijing didn't answer, I saw him move the document to the firelight, read it carefully, sighed, looked at the east and said abruptly: "Third brother, he still hasn't forgotten me after all." ”
"My lord, is it worth it?" The burly man asked.
"Nothing is worth it, the third brother said a word, I will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire!" Yuan Yijing said with emotion.
"But, the Imperial Front, she ......"
"Don't tell her, Musashibo Muqing, I warn you, if Ah Jing knows about this, I will definitely ask you!"
"Yes, my subordinates understand!"
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The night was silent, but the undercurrent of Izumo was surging, early in the morning, the source of the palace Yoshijing dressed up the hunting outfit, said goodbye to the Jing Yuqian who was pregnant with Rokka, out of the palace inner palace, ordered his soldiers to close the palace door, and then took off the hunter's outfit, entered the side hall, less than a moment, the source Yoshitsune was dressed in black armor, wearing a nine-pointed helmet, sat down on a snow black horse, and galloped to the outside of the palace.
Three poles on the sun, Izumo abroad, 200,000 soldiers were assembled, the armor was distinct, the swords and guns were numerous, and with the order of Musashibo Mu Qing, the army rushed to the east.
At this time, Yao Shuang, who was hiding in the crowd of people in Izumo Country, had already changed her appearance, changed her clothes, and watched Gen Yoshijing's whole army go out of the city, so anxious that she was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing back and forth.
If the army of Gen Yoshitsune arrives and joins forces with Nara City, the army of the three cities is afraid that the whole army will be wiped out, and Genji will not die, even if the sect leader has three heads and six arms, it will be difficult to rescue the fallen leaves from the heavily guarded prison, and that Gen Yoshitsune is a powerful person like the sect leader, if he is in power, the lives of the soldiers and people of the three cities will not all fall into his hands? Even the leader of the Moonlight Gang and the head of the silver have to avoid its edge, and when the port is closed, it will be difficult to return to the sea if you want to go to sea, and after five years of hard work, it will come to naught!
The more Yao Shuang thought about it, the more scared he became, and the more he thought about it, the more ashamed and remorseful he felt, if he had been able to break through to the third layer of the "Thousand Feet Divine Skill" in Stonehenge, and then he was a little faster, only a little bit, he could have stopped Kato-kun from sealing and killing him halfway, and there would have been so many things.
Regret, it's useless, Yao Shuang is not the kind of person who can't extricate himself from his mistakes, the only way at present is to quickly notify the sect leader before the army of Gen Yoshijing arrives in Nara, so that the soldiers of the three cities can withdraw from Chiba Town, retain their strength, and fight again in the autumn harvest.
Yao Shuang made up her mind, so she buried her head and walked into a restaurant quickly, and asked Xiao Er for a large plate of cooked pork and a glass of water.
Yao Shuang was so anxious that he couldn't help but gobble it up, swallowing it quickly, stuck in his throat, coughing violently, he hurriedly smoothed his chest, picked up the glass of water and poured it into it, but he choked on his throat in a hurry, hurriedly bent down and sprayed, and coughed again.
Originally, there were many noisy people in the restaurant, and Yao Shuang had no intention of listening around, but when she bent over and coughed, she inadvertently heard the conversation of the guests at the next table, which involved what "afraid of wife" and "ninth brother", Yao Shuang couldn't help but hold her breath and listen carefully.
One of the guests pointed his fingers, poured a sip of wine, and began to boast: "Don't believe it, Brother Jiu is afraid of his wife, that is something that everyone in the palace knows, I have a cousin who is on duty in the palace and serves the emperor, how can what she told me be fake?" ”
Another guest gave a disdainful "phew", interrupted the man's boasting, and mocked: "Xiaotai, don't brag, you and I grew up together, how many acres of land do you have in Chize's family mountain, how many people do you have in your family, can I not know?" Where did you come from such a cousin who worked as an errand in the palace, how did I not know, huh? ”
After hearing this, the last guest nodded in a sudden realization, and glanced at the one who spoke before very obscenely, and said with a lewd smile: "I'm afraid it wasn't some rumors that I heard in the mouth of which brothel and which bitch...... Hahaha......"
"Fart! I, Ikezawa Xiaotai, dare to swear to the sky, there is no half a lie in what labor and management say, you turtles, labor and management will tell you a palace secret again, to see if labor and management are bragging! Brother Jiu led his troops out of the city this morning, why did he close the palace gate? is afraid that the royal front will know that he is leading troops to fight, and I am afraid that she will be unhappy! Ikezawa Kota blushed and said indignantly.
"Why is the Imperial Front so unhappy with the Ninth Brother fighting?" The other two finally got a little interested.
"You turtles! Isn't it unbelieving? Ikezawa Takata tugged at the corners of his mouth, looking like a villain.
"What nonsense, say it quickly! Not to mention that you invited this meal today! The other two were getting impatient.
"Humph! Tell you about this group of turtles, Brother Jiu has long wanted to send troops to attack the traitors in Silver Fire and Cold Frost City, half a month ago, when the soldiers and horses were mobilized, you also know, right? ”
"Know...... Know"
"That time, somehow it was ......known to the Imperial Front," Speaking of this, Ikezawa Kota glanced around, leaned on the table and lowered his voice and continued: "The Imperial Front knew that the anger was rising, and I don't know when there was an extra dagger in his arms, and he was about to kill himself when he took out the dagger, so frightened that the ninth brother hurriedly knelt in place, and kept praying, saying that he would never send troops again, only stay with her in the paradise of Izumo, and be a carefree prince, these are all what my cousin has seen with his own eyes, how can I deliberately make up the matter of my wife to deceive you?" ”
"Yes, yes, you're right, we shouldn't disbelieve you, go to the gambling house tonight, I'll please, just when I apologize to you, how about it?"
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Yao Shuang, the idle nonsense in the back, has been automatically ignored, he heard what he wanted to hear, just as the so-called mountains and rivers are doubtful, and there is another village!
Obviously, he had a better way to stop the rescue of Gen Yoshijing.
Yao Shuang took two bites indiscriminately, stopped eating, took a sip of water and rinsed his mouth, dropped two gold coins and quickly got up and left.
(End of chapter)