The melodious sound of the bell floated from afar, and Inoichiro, who had finished unloading the sweet potato, looked up at the sky, and the sun was already at noon. Looking at the streets, people are walking much faster. Yin Ichiro pulled up the frame car and left, and the boss shouted in the back, "If you want to run a long way, come to me." ”

"Wait until you invite me to dinner!" Yin Ichiro answered without looking back. The bell came from the embassy of the Great Song Dynasty in Kamakura, and for several years the people of Kamakura were completely accustomed to relying on the bell to determine the time. The bell at twelve o'clock in the middle of the day has become the standard for people in the city to eat lunch, and the boss obviously has no intention of inviting Inoichiro to dinner.

Pulling the car through the hurried crowd, Inoichiro stopped in front of a tavern named Kikuruka. Entering through the kitchen door and then going around to the backyard where the owner lived, Inoichiro finally breathed a sigh of relief. He shouted, "I'm hungry, give me something to eat." ”

Not long after, a bowl of battered noodles was placed in front of Inoichiro. The shopkeeper sat down and said angrily: "You fought with the officers and soldiers yesterday?" ”

"They didn't see my face." After Inoichiro finished speaking, he picked up the starch noodles that have become popular in Kamakura in recent years and ate them.

The shopkeeper knew that it was not Yin Ichiro's fault, but that the upper echelons of the Japanese country were increasingly strict about the prohibition of eating meat, and the business of smuggling beef jerky was becoming more and more dangerous. After scolding a few words out of thin air, the shopkeeper couldn't help but accuse Kinichiro again, "If you let people see your face, what will you do in the future?" ”

Inoichiro snorted and ate all the noodles and looked at the shopkeeper in silence. The shopkeeper could only say: "This time I sent a ham to Fujii's house, eight small silver coins." ”

"How many do they come out of?"

"Twelve small silver coins." The shopkeeper replied calmly. Under the strict orders of the shogunate, the shopkeeper adopted the method of being bought out by the shipper. Sure enough, I saw Yin Ichiro take out a small money bag, take out eight silver coins from it and arrange them on the table.

Putting away the eight silver coins, the shopkeeper felt at ease. As long as the ham is handed over to Nichiro, how much Nichiro earns after that is his business, and losing it is also Nichiro's own business. The risk of not receiving payment is also borne by Inoichiro. The shopkeeper himself also has a background, as long as he is not deliberately caught by others, and he is caught offline, the shopkeeper has a way to get out.

Pull the car into the backyard and lift a wooden board on the shelf, revealing a hidden mezzanine underneath. Put the whole ham in just enough stuffing. Inoichiro asked for two bundles of straw, and when he closed the planks carefully, there was no trace of them. When you put the straw on it again, you can't see what is hidden.

"Alas, it's getting harder and harder to make money." The shopkeeper couldn't help but mumble again.

Nichiro remained silent. Eight small silver coins can buy one stone of rice at the Great Song Trading Point of Shikoku, and the income of two lowest-ranking warriors in a month is no more than that. The shopkeeper is not the only one who runs errands for Inoichiro himself, who is very disdainful of this kind of nagging.

Walking to the street, Inoichiro pulled up the rack car and set off quickly. There were still not many people on the street, and Inoichiro, who was familiar with the road, ran around Fujii's house twice before preparing to leave. However, when the main gate was wide open, some well-dressed servants walked out of the gate first. When the official went out, everyone else had to stand on the side of the road and not move. Yin Ichiro couldn't run to the area of the clean street in a hurry, so he could only stop honestly and stand on the side of the road.

The servants of the Fujii family didn't pay any attention to those people and swaggered to prepare the sedan chair. Yin Ichiro was puzzled, are those servants all fools? At this time, I saw a man in official uniform walking to the sedan chair, the maid opened the sedan curtain, and the man got in. The sedan chair was lifted and walked out of a section, and suddenly several people with weapons rushed out from the front, shouting and killing. The guards were frightened and stepped forward to meet the enemy in a panic. Just such a little gap, several people located behind the side of the sedan chair suddenly took out the guy, rushed to the side of the sedan chair, cut down the sedan chair man, threw another guy in, and then quickly retreated.

In a moment, the inside of the sedan exploded. Flames and smoke burst out from inside the sedan chair with a loud noise, and Fang Cai watched the gorgeous sedan chair explode in an instant. The left and right windows became black holes, and the top of the sedan chair also exploded twice.

Yin Ichiro pulled up the car and ran, but he still couldn't help but look back. Seeing that the assassin who threw the bomb did not run, they were probably afraid that the person in the sedan chair would not die, so they rushed up and stabbed their weapons through the black hole that had been blown up. This is a complete assassination mission.

Yin Ichiro was sighing at the ruthlessness of these people, but when he saw that these people didn't run away, he wanted to chase him in his direction after killing them. At this time, Yin Ichiro didn't dare to stop, and his steps were like flying legs. Finally got rid of the assassins. He didn't dare to go out of the city, so he hid in another house.

The owner of the house, dressed in the clothes of a more decent ordinary person, saw Yin Ichiro and hurriedly asked what was going on. Inoichiro then told his master about the assassination of Fujii-sama in the street. After talking about what happened, Yin Ichiro asked his master, "Fifty-six, do you have a way to send me out of the city?" ”

Fifty-six was also frightened by the brutality of killing the minister in the street. Listening to Yin Ichiro's question, he hurriedly shook his head, "At this time, the city gate must be blocked and suspicious people are caught along the street." Where can I get you out. ”

After hearing this, Inoichiro also felt that this was right, and the shogunate smuggled beef was a major crime, and it was to be convicted after being caught. The murder of the minister is not a matter of conviction, and every suspicious person who is caught will be severely tortured. At this time, he could only hide until the wind passed.

In the same way that Inoichiro thought, the Fujii family's princess was killed in the street, and the entire Kamakura Castle was shaken. All the officials in charge of law and order were called, and the minister in charge of the garrison first scolded the gang and then told them: "If you can't catch the murderer, you will be punished!" ”

After scolding, the sheriffs were kicked out and told them to hurry up. Sheriff Mitsui, who was originally in charge of catching the butcher, followed the team with his head a little dejected, and he did not believe that the murderer could be caught easily. The sheriff at the head did not let everyone disperse, but called everyone to his office and held a meeting. When everyone sat down, he asked, "Who do you think might be the murderer?" ”

"Could it be a thief from Shikoku?" Immediately a comment was made. In these years, the shogunate sent troops to exterminate the Iyo naval forces of Shikoku every year, and each time they were killed without leaving a piece of armor. The various forces of the Wa Kingdom knew that the former commander of the Iyo Water Army was a person who had been given the surname by the official family of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Song Dynasty cultivated pearls in Shikoku, where would the Kamakura Shogunate take Shikoku. There must be support behind it.

Those who were lucky enough to flee and come back from the crusade army included the shogunate army, and there were also troops sent by local guards, and they all said that the Shikoku mountain ghosts, who could only wear crotch cloths, both men and women, wore clothes, and the women even had long skirts. They took the weapons rewarded by the Song Kingdom, and when they went into battle, they were more terrible than ghosts. It is very likely that the person who attacked Fujii-sama in broad daylight this time was a native of Shikoku.

Based on the impression that Shikoku has formed on the island over the years, about half of the people think that this is true. Mitsui is very disapproving, what is the benefit of the people of Shikoku doing this? At least he can't see it. If Shikoku's Iyo naval forces really wanted to attack the Kamakura shogunate, they would rely on their powerful naval forces to blockade the coast and attack the cities on the island of Honshu.

It is to carry out assassination, kill a Fujii-sama with many enemies, it is better to assassinate the head of the Hojo family. The unfortunate death, Lord Fujii, was not in charge of the army in Kamakura, and he had never heard of anything to do with Shikoku. Fujii-sama's fame comes from his habit of playing with women, and if he wants to entrust him with errands, giving money is secondary, and offering women, or even his wife and daughter, to spend the night with Fujii-sama is the most effective means. Mitsui himself has heard more than once that people say, 'I'm going to kill Fujii.'" Those people were all officials of the Kamakura shogunate.

Judging from everyone's expressions, about half of the sheriffs felt the same way. So those people looked helpless, just in Kamakura Castle, I don't know how many officials were rejoicing at the death of Fujii-sama. Among these people, those who are capable of assassination are all big shots that the sheriffs can't offend at all.

As Mitsui thought, the paper door of Matsuoka Keiji's house facing the courtyard was completely open, and the three ministers who had already made extremely disrespectful remarks about the deceased such as 'God has eyes' sat in the living room and drank tea while watching the scenery. After fully venting their resentment, the three adults looked very happy. Keiji Matsuoka, as the master, excitedly told the maid to bring the things.

It didn't take long for several plates of food to be served. The Great Song spirits, which had drunk one-fifth, also fell on the table. The amount of wine in the Japanese people is very poor, and the wine glass of half a tael is full of wine, and the three of them smell the wine a little smoky. After a sip, the blood on his face increased a lot.

As for the side dishes, the two ministers ate a slice and asked in surprise, "What is this?" ”

"Dried ginseng." Matsuoka laughed. The Wa Kingdom called the radish ginseng, and the dried ginseng was the dried radish. But as a minister, where would you not know what dried radish tastes like. The so-called gathering of like things, Matsuoka-sama's friends are also gluttons, and the two showed a tacit smile and praised in unison, "This dried ginseng tastes good, delicious, delicious!" ”

After half a tael of wine, Matsuoka only felt dizzy and wanted to have fun. It's just that he's greedy, he hasn't eaten 'dried ginseng' for a long time, and yesterday he secretly made most of it alone. How can such a good thing as Fujii's death not be enjoyable. Call over and explain a few words, and leave quickly.

In the afternoon, Fifty-Six woke up from the straw bunk, looked at Nichiro's confused face, and Fifty-six asked, "Hey, do you have any goods in your hand?" ”

About more than half of Inoichiro's customers are fifty-six introductions, and hearing this question, Inichiro yawned, "Yes." ”

"I went to Matsuoka-sama's house yesterday, and he asked for goods."

"How much?"

"As much as you want."

Hearing the news, Inoichiro was completely sleepy. He also stuffed the whole ham in his car that was supposed to be sold to Fujii-sama, and he was afraid that he would not be able to return it, and the ham could not be stored in this environment for a long time. It would be great if it could be sold. Although they were worried that it would not be safe to go out, now that the streets were catching assassins, butchers were no longer something for the officers and soldiers to consider.

After thinking about it in his heart, Inoichiro set off. Wear a mask, hat and hat. Hiding the ham in a wide linen coat, Eiichiro followed the servants of the Matsuoka family.

As Eichiro expected, the officers and soldiers went to guard the city gates, no one was allowed to go out, and the streets had not yet begun a full inventory. On the way to Fujii's house, he was not questioned in any way. Delivering the goods at the back door, Matsuoka looked at a whole ham weighing almost twenty catties, and did not doubt the price of fourteen small silver coins, he asked a question: "How does this thing make a dish?" ”

"Good question!" Ichiro said in a deep voice, "The taste of each part of the whole ham is different, and if you want to taste it, you have to use different methods. ”

Matsuoka frowned slightly after hearing this, and the guy in front of him, wrapped in a rag cloth, spoke elegantly and decently. Yesterday, he was overjoyed when he got the food he wanted, and he didn't think much of it at the time. Later, when I thought of this person, I felt that the mysterious man's words and sentences were very different from the appearance of a civilian.

As an official, Matsuoka did not immediately question it. He smiled and said, "In that case, please help me with the ham." ”

Inoichiro felt that it was inappropriate. A large-scale search has not yet begun in the city, and this may not be the case at night. What to do after cooking a meal, and get caught after going out?

Just as he was thinking about it, he listened to Matsuoka continue: "Your Excellency don't worry, if your food is done well, I will send someone to send your Excellency out of the city." ”

Inoichiro didn't want to have anything to do with high-ranking officials, but he felt that he wanted to get out of the city as soon as possible, and perhaps he could only rely on the power of this Matsuoka-sama. Moreover, this Matsuoka-sama is still a current offender of meat-eating, and the Kamakura Imperial Court's punishment of meat-eating officials is also true. Matsuoka was also imprisoned after being convicted. In this matter, the two did not conflict. Struggling in his heart, Inoichiro decided to take a risk.

The ministers drank tea in the living room to relieve their hangover, and Matsuoka began to cook in the kitchen. The ham is very hard, and there are only three kitchen knives in the kitchen of Matsuoka's house, and it is not possible to cut the radish very evenly, and it is even more useless to deal with fermented ham. After trying a few times, Inoichiro sighed and gave up on his plans to treat the ham with these rags.

At this time, the chefs and maids of Matsuoka's family were waiting to learn how to cook a layer of dark green strange things outside, and seeing that ordinary knives did not work, their vigilant eyes fell on Inoichiro's face that was half covered by masks. Yin Ichiro also knew that he couldn't go on like this, so he took off his mask with a heart. There was a low exclamation in the kitchen. The cook and the maid didn't expect that the guy who was dressed ordinarily and had a suspicious mask would have a handsome face.

Inoichiro took out a short knife from his arms, and the handle made of antlers felt comfortable in his hand. The knife was pulled out of the scabbard, and the back of the knife was inscribed with the four Chinese characters 'Myoho Masamune'. Thinking that the flesh that this masterpiece of the master of Shikoku came into contact with for the first time turned out to be ham, a feeling of helplessness rose from his heart.

There is no other choice now, no matter how sorry I am. Inoichiro washed the blade with water and began to cut the ham. The ham that had been hard was succumbed to the sharp blade, but under the steady and powerful operation of Inoichiro, it was cut into different shapes according to different parts.

The three ministers were a little dizzy after eating 'dried ginseng', drinking tea, talking about government politics, and their minds gradually cleared up. As the sun began to set in the west, the three of them suddenly stopped talking. I don't know who started first, but the three adults couldn't help but swallow when they smelled the smell wafting in the air.