Xiao Shan Qian didn't know anything about what Zhang Heng was going to do at night.

The latter just told her before leaving the house, "You have to go to work, you don't have to leave me food." Then he walked out of the dojo with his knife in his hand.

Xiao Shanqian only thought it was an ordinary job, because Zhang Heng had also gone out to work at night before, although there were not many times, in Xiao Shanqian's opinion, this time should be no different.

In fact, she doesn't care about worrying about this kind of thing now, after that trip to Qingshui Temple, she looked at Zhang Heng again, and seemed to have a little different feeling from before, hazy, Xiao Shanqian herself couldn't tell what the reason was, or she vaguely guessed something and didn't want to admit it.

The girl's heart was already unpredictable in the reflection of the full moon in the water.

In addition, in addition to the relationship with Zhang Heng, she also has other troubles, the most important is the survival and development of the Xiaoshan Dojo, because she couldn't recruit students before, she had to offer free teaching and lunch preferential conditions to recruit disciples from the children of poor families, so that her money was even tighter.

Although Zhang Heng then rejected her proposal to reduce or reduce the rent, even if the rent is counted, it can't support so many mouths in the dojo, and Xiao Shanqian has been struggling with how to increase her source of income recently.

As a result, at this moment, a strange-looking guy was looking at something outside the door of the dojo, and the next moment a wooden knife was already pointed at his chest.

"Who sent you?" Xiao Shan Qian frowned and shouted.

"Huh?!" The visitor seemed to be taken aback, took half a step back, wiped his nose and said, "Is this a small mountain dojo?" ”

"Isn't the plaque outside the door clearly written?" Xiao Shan Qian did not let her guard down.

"I ...... I saw it, but I didn't expect it to be so ...... inside the dojo Naive. So said the comer.

"You're here, are you here to beg for a fight?" Xiao Shanqian didn't expect this guy with thief eyebrows to be embarrassed to dislike other people's dojos, and couldn't help but be angry.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Seeing that the wooden knife in Xiao Shanqian's hand was about to slash at him, the visitor hurriedly apologized, "I know that real masters outside the world don't like to chase fame and fortune, and this is just the right place...... To tell you the truth, I actually came to learn from my teacher. He hurriedly said what he meant.

"Huh?" Xiao Shan Qian put away the wooden knife in her hand at the last moment, and looked at the visitor with a suspicious look, "Why did you come to the Xiaoshan Dojo to apprentice?" ”

The guy outside the door was also a little dumbfounded, he didn't expect that there would be a dojo to ask such a question, and Xiao Shanqian looked like he didn't believe that someone was here to apprentice.

"Because...... I want to be the best swordsman in the world? The visitor replied cautiously.

This bold sentence is a bit ridiculous with his somewhat obscene appearance, not to mention the fact that he wants to become the number one swordsman in the world but comes to the Xiaoshan Dojo who is about to be poor and can't open the pot to apprentice.

At this point, Xiao Shanqian has been sure that this guy in front of her is here to have fun.

So she raised the wooden knife in her hand again and angrily rebuked, "Bold fanatics, be enlightened!" ”

"Huh?!" The person who came wanted to cry without tears, and he didn't know why he was going to be cut again to tell the truth, was this the trial before joining Xiaoshan Ming's heart? Sure enough, the people from this genre are very fierce.

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On the other side, Zhang Heng had already met with the French businessman Gabriel at the meeting place, the latter was wearing a tuxedo today, his hair was also meticulously combed, and the whole person looked refreshed, seeing Zhang Heng beckoning to him, he finally announced the mystery, "Hi, Mr. Yuta, let's go to Gion tonight." ”

Gion is located east of the Kamogawa River, originally a street in front of Yasaka Shrine, where the Edo Shogunate allowed the opening of a teahouse in 1665, and has since developed into Kyoto's famous flower street.

The man who invited Gabriel tonight set up his place there, apparently knowing the penchant of the French merchant as well.

However, Gabriel didn't seem to be in a hurry, he pulled Zhang Heng to go to the side of the road to eat something casually to pad his stomach, and then waited until it was completely dark, and then the two of them set off, slowly and leisurely to Gion, and this also strengthened Zhang Heng's previous judgment from another side.

It was obviously not convenient for the French merchant to meet tonight to appear in public, so he postponed the banquet until this time, and then came to Gion under the cover of night to avoid being bumped into by others.

Could it be the Hanjiro Nakamura that everyone in Kyoto is looking for right now?

Although Zhang Heng hoped that this was the answer, on the other hand, he also knew very well that Gabriel, a cunning French businessman, must have contacted the Fallen Curtain faction to discuss business, and the executioner of Nakamura Hanjiro did not understand business at all, of course, this did not mean that he would not come tonight, if he was not the host of tonight's banquet but just a bodyguard, it was still possible, so Zhang Heng did not completely give up hope.

Zhang Heng followed Gabriel into a teahouse named Youji, he could clearly feel the difference of this teahouse, from the waiter in charge of reception at the entrance, the maiko passing by in the corridor to the smiling proprietress there, there was a faint feeling of martial arts.

Zhang Heng knew in his heart, his previous thoughts might be a little wrong, the reason why the host of the banquet placed the location here was not to satisfy Gabriel's basic demands as a man, but because this was a secret stronghold of the Fallen Curtain Sect in Kyoto.

Zhang Heng couldn't help but be more curious about the identity of the host of tonight's banquet, and if the confidentiality and security measures were achieved to this extent, the other party's origin was probably not small, but he was still indifferent on the outside.

It wasn't until he passed through a cloister and came to the middle of the courtyard that a maid stopped his way.

The other party bowed respectfully to him, and said politely, "This guest, Youji is a place to seek pleasure, and please untie the knife." ”

"But I'm not here to have fun." Zhang Heng said lightly.

The maid smiled and said nothing, but she didn't move away, and was stuck in the middle of the road, which was enough to explain her position.

Seeing that the atmosphere became a little tense, Gabriel hurriedly asked Zhang Heng about the reason for the matter, and then persuaded, "It's okay, you can just keep the knife for them, it's just a banquet at night, there is no danger, just take it back after eating." ”

"This knife is a relic of the ancestors, and I dare not leave it." Zhang Heng also came as soon as he opened his mouth, in fact, this knife was just borrowed by him the day before yesterday, it was the sharpest and strongest, and he brought it to deal with the big battle that might happen at night.