The calmer life is, the more it feels like time flies.

A few days later, the day of the Eastern Halloween Festival arrived.

....

These days, Xia Feng is not like a fool who only knows how to eat and sleep, although he doesn't seem to be nervous, he has secretly planned a "retreat".

He didn't know if Nishigong Ling had agreed to those "unequal treaties" from the major consortia of the Dragon Gate at this point in time, the only thing he could be sure of was that if Nishikawa was lost, the samurai of the Sakura Sakura clan would soon be here.

Once the Nishinomiya family loses, then his stay depends on the attitude of the Sakura Warriors.

To be reasonable, even if the Sakura Sakura family succeeded in conquering the entire Nishikawa, he would have no reason to be expelled, because on this coast, he was considered a foreign businessman.

To put it bluntly, as long as the head of the Sakura Takeshi family is not squeezed by the door, then he will definitely be very friendly to him and strive for a win-win situation, instead of swords facing each other.

After all, there is money to be made together.

Without him, Sandworm Island would be an ordinary island, and it is only through his operation that Sandworm can become money.

Of course, this is the result of deduction based on normal logic, and he believes that the head of the Sakura Takeshi family, Sakuratake Yamao, is also a normal person.

However, today's Sakura Takeshi has an existence that cannot be measured with common sense, and that is Sakura Takeran.

It is precisely because of the existence of Sakura Wulan that he needs to think of a way out for himself, as well as the worst possibility he will face after the loss of Nishikawa.

....

In the midst of a lot of anxiety in my heart, the day of Halloween in the East Country has arrived.

According to Xigong Ling's prediction before, this day is likely to be the day when the Sakura Sakura Sakura family launched a general attack on Xichuan.

Although Xia Feng didn't intend to interfere, he still needed to grasp the situation on the front line as much as possible, and according to his orders, the scouts stationed here by Black Steel were also collecting information on the border war.

However, to his surprise, until the sun set on Halloween, the soldiers gathered at the border of the Sakura Sakura family did not move.

It seems that there was no intention of launching a general offensive on this day at all.

It's weird, it's weird.

....

Xia Feng is not the only one who finds it strange.

In the mansion of the Nishinomiya family, a room full of retainers and generals felt very strange.

As the head of the family, Xigong Ling was ready to break the cauldron, but who knew that the Sakura Martial Family actually didn't move.

With the military level of the Eastern Kingdom, it was impossible to achieve the rigor of the intelligence at all, and soon, the eyes of the Xigong family in the territory of Dongzhou transmitted accurate information.

According to the intelligence, 5 days ago, the Sakura Sakura's mansion held a family banquet, and it was also the last strategic meeting before the war, and the invitees were all big merchants in the eastern country.

In the middle of the banquet, the solemn mansion was attacked by the Assassins.

According to intelligence, the attack caused the entire banquet hall to collapse into ruins, the nobles scattered and fled, and the samurai of the courtyard were killed and wounded, including the head of the family, Sakuratakeyama, who was injured.

Because of this, the generals gathered on the front line of the Sakura samurai family did not hastily order a general attack.

The mansion of the family in the rear was attacked, and they did not dare to act rashly at this time.

....

Hearing this news, Xigong Ling was stunned, and Xigong Yanshi was stupid.

Even General Long Ping, who had rushed back from the front line overnight because he learned about the treaty, was stunned.

Nishigong Ryuhei is nearly 70 years old, although he was brave and good at fighting when he was young, but the years are unforgiving, and now he is just a symbol of the soul of the soldiers in the army.

At the front line, Xigong Ryuhei learned about the meeting a few days ago, and knew that Xigong Ling planned to sign an "unequal treaty" to resolve this family crisis, so he rushed back from the front line overnight.

Because for him, who also has the surname Xigong, this is an extremely humiliating thing.

Although Xigong Ling is the current head of the family, he is still too young, and some things are not well considered, as an elder, Xigong Ryuhei is very worried that his nephew will make a wrong decision if he is irrational.

In fact, Xigong Ryuhei came back this time to discuss another plan with his family.

That is to shrink the defenses and give up the sixteen large cities on the periphery in order to satisfy the appetite of the Sakura samurai family.

Although this seems to be more humiliating, if you take a long-term view, you will know that it is actually better than letting foreign merchants on the Longmen side set foot in Xichuan and continue to exploit this land.

.....

For this reason, Nishinomiya Ryuhei returned.

As long as Nishinomiya Ling agrees, he will immediately order the front line to shrink the line of defense and give up the city before the Sakura Sakura Sakura's general attack.

However, before the result of this matter could be discussed, the melons on the Sakura Takeshi side were the first to emerge.

At such a critical moment, the Sakura Warrior family's main mansion was actually attacked by assassins, which was outrageous for Nima.

If a reporter were to take a microphone and interview anyone randomly in any city in the eastern part of the country and ask them, "Who do you think sent the assassins to attack the Sakura family?" ”

Then 99 out of 100 people will answer "Nishinomiya family" with a very positive answer.

As for the only person whose answer is different from the mainstream crowd, he won't say much.

This person will only reply in a hurry, "I'm not from the East, I don't know what's going on here, by the way, may I ask, do you know how to get along the south coast of Xichuan?" ”

.....

On the south coast of Nishikawa, in the pavilion of the cherry blossom forest.

After getting the news, Xia Feng's thoughts at this time were the same as those 99 people, thinking that the Xigong family had sent assassins, preparing to come to the ultimate circle, trying to gain time.

Of course, he didn't know if it was good news for him.

According to the intelligence, although the mansion was very embarrassed, the head of the family, Sakuratakeyama, did not die, and as for the samurai who were killed, they could only be regarded as a drop in the bucket of the Sakura Sakura family's troops.

The reason why the generals on the front line have concerns is only because they have not figured out the situation.

If there is only one wave of attacks, it won't be long before the Sakura Sakura's general attack will still be launched.

.....

At night, the temperature plummets, and the cold wind outside can freeze people out of their noses, and everyone, including Lapland, stays in the house to keep warm.

While Xia Feng was meditating in the face of this information, the red knife who was sitting at the door with his eyes closed suddenly opened his eyes.

The next second, there was a knock on the door.

"Knock knock!"

Faced with this abrupt knock on the door, Xia Feng was stunned for a moment.

Including Xiaohui and others, everyone will not knock on the door when they come to the house, he is not particular about this person, and his own people always push the door in and out.

However, if the person who came was an outsider, the Black Steel Brothers, who were in charge of guarding the periphery, did not report it, and even the Fengbao in the courtyard did not warn, which was a bit weird.

Obviously, this person is not an "acquaintance" who lives here, and at the same time, he can hide all the warnings, and he can even hide his aura from Feng Bao.

....

"Knock knock!"

The knock on the door continued.

"Click!"

The red knife closest to the door held his hand on the hilt of the knife, and the blade was pulled out, and it was obvious that the red knife had the same idea as Xia Feng.

With this knock on the door, the haggling Lapland pricked up his ears, and the bagpipes that were sweeping the floor stopped moving, and Ifrit raised his eyebrows, and even the turtle pursed his lips without making a sound.

Seeing the red knife's look at him, Xia Feng stood up from the stool and held the Shenyue knife on the table.

In the somewhat solemn atmosphere in the room, he stepped to the door and asked aloud through the door.

"Who?"

An old, familiar voice loomed from the other side of the door.

"Summer Breeze, it's me."

Hearing this voice, everyone in the room was stunned at the same time, and the next second, a happy expression was revealed.

Obviously, everyone heard who this voice was!

"Bang!"

Xia Feng pulled the door open without hesitation.

For him, this voice does not need to be vigilant, because the owner of this voice represents an absolute sense of security.

....

The door was opened, and standing at the door was an old man in plain clothes who looked a little tired.

Seeing this friend who he hadn't seen for nearly 1 year, Xia Feng shouted happily.

"Xiao Ye!"