On May 10th, the Kujo family had successfully used money to buy off the Mino Guardian and many local forces, and although the local daimyo were all castle lords, the soldiers were all under their noses and in their hands. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The shogunate also knew about the tricks of the Kujo family, and hurriedly co-opted the two daimyos around Mino, just in case the elderly Mino was guarded by the old Mino and his brain was hot, and he raised troops to rebel. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has given up on the Mino guardian who stupidly cooperated with the killer, and he also has his own considerations. The use of military power is the most direct and effective, but it is by no means the best choice, and it can even be said that it is perfect to eliminate the Kujo family through unconventional means without soldiers.

It was also on this day that another uninvited guest came to the closed Kujo Mansion.

"That's how you Kujo family entertain visitors?" Before the guards guarding the door could defend themselves, the strangely dressed monk waved his scepter and smashed half of the gate. With human strength, it is unimaginable that the main entrance of the Kujo Mansion is 12 centimeters thick, and theoretically the carriage cannot be knocked open.

It was also thanks to Tsunesuke Yamada who was walking around the front door, and when he heard the noise, he rushed to the main gate as soon as possible.

"I don't know that the master has arrived, and I am far away. Tsunesuke Yamada had learned from Takanobu Kujou that the guests would not arrive until tomorrow evening, and he didn't greet the other guards in advance for the sake of secrecy. It is said that he is a person from Kurobe Tateyama, and Yamada Tsunesuke saw the simple dress of the other party's wandering monk, and naturally thought that he was a practicing monk, so he called the other party "master".

"Master, this is the first time anyone has called me. The other party saw that Yamada Hengsuke had been thoughtful for a few weeks, and his temper instantly turned one hundred and eighty degrees, and he lost his previous menacing appearance. "Just call me Ringo. Our people are not as polite as you. ”

"What about Kujou Takashin?"

Yamada Hengsuke has lived in the mountains for a long time, and his personality is very casual, and he didn't pursue the other party's smashing of the gate. He hurriedly led the way and brought this monk with a strange personality to the North Courtyard.

"You don't seem to have an unclean snake here?" the man asked Yamada Tsunesuke without taking a few steps. "What did the shogunate do?"

After hesitating for a moment, Yamada Tsunesuke still told the other party, including the incident that was just broken through the back door by a group of mercenaries a few days ago. "In Shimoyamada Tsunesuke, he is the chief of the guard in the mansion, and that's all he knows. Lord Hyoshin is in the study of the North Courtyard. ”

"He still likes living in the house to the north so much, it hasn't changed at all. ”

The two didn't walk long before they arrived at the study in the north courtyard, and it happened that Kujou Takashin finished processing the letter with the local guard and came out to breathe.

"Oh. I haven't seen you for fifteen years, and I'm already taller than me. Filial piety, it's very powerful. I can fight with the shogunate. When the man saw Xiaoxin by the door, he walked quickly and patted Xiaoxin on the shoulder, and the latter was startled. "China has learned a lot, right? If you have time, tell me a little bit, we people in the mountains like to hear new things about the outside world. ”

"Doesn't it mean that the genius has arrived?" Kujou Takanobu was happy, but also a little puzzled.

"Tateyama is only a few hundred miles from Kyoto, so it's enough to walk for two days. "The monk who calls himself Lin Yi is strange, he seems to be very familiar with Xiaoxin, and at first glance he is a mountain man with a bad character, but in fact he is not bad-hearted, and even his speech has a thick local flavor.

Kujou Takashin hurriedly invited the other party into the study to discuss, and called the servant to ask the kitchen to cook more good dishes to entertain Ringo.

"Excuse me, I can't get used to your so-called delicacies of the mountains and seas. Just serve a fresh fish and a plate of pickled melon. Lin Yi also ignored the stunned expressions of the servant and Tsunesuke Yamada, and thought about it and added. "Bring more wine, your wine here is good. Hyoshin, can you drink? You and I have a drink tonight. ”

Kujou Takanobu nodded in agreement, and glanced at the servant by the way, meaning to do as the guest requested.

When the three of them entered the house, Kujou Takanobu brought two cushions, knelt on them, and poured two cups of tea himself, and Yamada Hengsuke stood respectfully behind Kujou Takanobu as a background. However, Ringo threw the cushion aside and sat cross-legged on the tatami mat with a big grin.

"This is the tea powder I brought from Daming......"

The other party doesn't care about a set of etiquette for drinking tea, and when he took off his hat, he picked up the teacup and looked at it. "It's indeed the tea powder of the Ming Kingdom, I haven't drunk it for a long time. Ringo took off the black veil, revealing the red-faced monster mask that permeated inside, and then drank it dry in one gulp.

"Yes, let's get down to business. Lin Yi looked at the letter that Jiujo had finished writing and let out a smack. "People, even if they are greedy for fame and fortune, they jump into the fire pit knowing it. In Lin Ye's eyes, these local guards who are connected with Jiujo Xiaoxin are all unrighteous people who chase fame and fortune, and they are not trustworthy at all, since they can rebel once for fame and fortune, why is it difficult to rebel a second time?

"If I can support my Kujo family now, there will be one less potential enemy. I don't ask those people to help me, I just want them to be a problem for the shogunate. The shogunate would not believe these people either. ”

Obviously, Lin Yi didn't understand Xiaoxin's set of tricks, so he just let out an oh and put the letter aside.

"I heard that you also brought two helpers from Daming Kingdom? What do you look like? I have lived for such a long time and have not seen Chinese. ”

On the same day, Elias carried out a new assassination mission, and Emmivi was also in the mansion due to a leg injury.

It was also the first time that Emmivi had seen a pure Japanese native yokai, and although she was dressed as a practicing monk, she could see the power of the yokai hidden under the robe.

Similarly, Lin Yi also saw Emie walking by outside the door for the first time, and immediately became alert, "Who is that?" Lin Ye couldn't see Lin Ye's expression under the ghost mask, but he didn't think it was friendly.

"This is the friend I made in Daming Kingdom, sixteen nights of love. Kujou Takanshin beckoned to Emmivi and motioned for her to come in and sit down.

"You're a Western witch, aren't you? I've only heard about it. Hearing that it was Xiaoxin's friend, Lin Yi lifted his guard, "Xiaoxin had a friendship with me when I was a child, and this time I came to help him." In the next, shoot the life of the pill Ringo. Please advise. ”

Red-faced, black-gauze hat, wearing a white-bottomed blue forging monk's robe, with broken trousers and leggings, a string of peachwood Buddhist beads the size of a walnut on his shoulders, and a bronze monk's staff placed at his feet. If you change to someone else, you will think that Lin Ye is a wandering monk, but unfortunately Emmiwei can see at a glance that he is not a human, and with the faint smell of bird feathers, nine times out of ten it is an ancient yokai of birds in Japan.

"I'm a witch, so ...... you"

"There is no need to be honorific, since I am a friend of filial piety, I will not hide it. After Lin Yi finished speaking, he took off his ghost mask and revealed his true face. "I'm the captain of the Kurobe Tachiyama Tengu Guard, the Shomeimaru Ringo. It's about 700 years old. ”

Crow Tengu is considered a noble youkai in Japan, and Emmiwei originally thought it was a youkai like Yakuro.

The appearance behind the mask surprised both Emmiway and Tsunesuke Yamada, both of them thought that Lin Ye was a man, even if a person as sharp as Emmi Wei did not realize that Lin Ye under the mask was actually a woman.

Ringo (りんご) means ancient brocade apple, and it is indeed a female name. Neither Emmi nor Tsunesuke Yamada noticed this, but because of the other party's vague self-claim and rough voice, coupled with outfits such as red-faced ghost masks, the first impression was that Ringo was a man.

"Oh, we have lived for two thousand years, and I don't need to be surprised that I look young. Ryshino, who didn't seem to know why Emmivi and Tsunesuke Yamada were surprised, took off her mask and her voice was a little better, with a slightly hoarse middle-aged female voice.

There is a big gap with the big monster in Emmiwei's impression, and Lin Yi is a standard village woman, without the slightest attention to etiquette, but she cares about the actions of others. This may be a problem with the tengu's habits.

"Speaking of Miss Ringo, why do you dress like a monk?" Emmivi still couldn't understand this, because history records that Tengu was eventually expelled from Japanese Buddhism, lost his territory of existence, and was reduced to a life of seclusion, and the war began in the Edo period.

Mahayana Buddhism is also very popular among our tengu people, and Shinto still has many tengu beliefs. Anyway, what you believe in, the big tengu will never interfere. ”

Many people will not believe Ringo's statement, after all, Buddhism is now the mainstream in Japan, and the monks of large temples can compete with the nobility. Tengu may really be just a bunch of casual youkai who live deep in the mountains and forests. They have not yet seen what kind of extreme existence Buddhism has become in this land.

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"Which gust of wind invited the captain of Tateyama's guard? Xiaoxin, this little ghost really can't be underestimated, and he can actually have a friendship with a big monster like you. ”

At night, under the shadow of the trees, the water reflects the moonlight. Fujiwara Meihong, dressed in a male hunting suit, appeared on the treetops, and the ghost masked monk resting under the tree was none other than the newly arrived Shomei Maru Ringo.

"I'm not interested in the struggle for power in human beings, I came out this time, just to repay my filial piety. You and I belong to the same camp now, why be wary of me?" Holding a wine gourd, Lin Yi hadn't drunk enough during the night banquet, and drank heavily, completely ignoring the undead who appeared behind him.

"Alert, how can it be? I know you Tengu clan have always been trustworthy. I just saw you visiting, and came out to say hello. Don't be surprised. ”

Lin Yi suddenly turned around, squinting slightly, and the ghost mask was taken off by her. "Penglai people, you have committed a crime after all, and you have killed too many people and monsters that do not deserve to die. Now that he has appeared, there is no Fujiwara family in the past in this world. Why should you?"

"The Kujou family is also a descendant of the Fujiwara family, so of course I have to take care of it. This is a battle related to the survival of the Fujiwara family. ”

Lin Yi didn't listen to Mei Hong's words, and she seemed to expect that Fujiwara Mei Hong would not tell the truth. "Whatever you say, I can state in advance that I'm here to help Kujo Takashin, not the Kujo family as you say. Do what you want to do as soon as possible. ”