Toyotomi Chiyo looked at Miyaji, who was fixed to the pillar by iron cables: "Is it necessary to ask such questions?" ”

Xu Kou said calmly: "If you are so cowardly, you don't need some means, forgive me." ”

Toyotomi Chiyo frowned slightly: "I'm afraid this goes against the instructions of the real person in charge." Before the start of the February offensive, the commander of the army had made it clear that the main thing to pacify was to be gentle and gentle, and that violence should not be used at will, let alone mass killing. The real person in charge of the army also quoted a sentence from a Confucian sage, and if people from afar are not satisfied and cannot come, they will cultivate Wende. If it comes, it will be safe. ”

Xu Kou said expressionlessly: "Of course I obeyed the instructions of the real person in charge of the army, and I mainly appeased Huairou. ”

"That's how you soothed me?" Toyotomi Chiyo asked.

"Or else?" Xu Kou asked rhetorically, "If there is no instruction from the real person in charge of the army, then at least more than half of them will be dead, and their heads will be suspended above the city gate, even if they are still alive, they will not be so well-dressed." And now, they can still stand here well, but their freedom is restricted, isn't this a kind of gentleness and comfort?

"You!" Toyotomi Chiyo said angrily.

Xu Kou said indifferently: "Miss Toyotomi, don't forget, now ???????????????? It's a war, not a child's house. ”

Both of them talked in the official dialect of the Central Plains, and Toyotomi Chiyo was dressed as a female Taoist, and everyone at the shrine thought she was a Taoist.

Until Toyotomi Chiyo turned to look at the two ninjas and ordered them to stop with a Japanese shout.

One of the ninjas hesitated, "Your Royal Highness ...... Princess"

The other ninja was unmoved: "Your Highness, we are only loyal to the current Guan Bai, and the current Guan Bai is His Royal Highness Xiu Mao. ”

Only then did the people at the shrine realize that this female Taoist priest turned out to be the princess of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Although the daughters of ordinary daimyo feudal lords are also honored as princesses, the princess in the mouth of the Hattori clan, the royal ninja of the Prime Minister's Mansion, can only be the princess of the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion.

Xu Kou didn't embarrass the two ninjas: "Okay, since Miss Toyotomi has objections, then you can step down, it's a big deal that I'll come in person, I used to serve in Qingluanwei, and I have a little experience in this way." ”

Toyotomi Chiyo took a deep breath: "Master Xu, how can you let them go?" ”

Xu Kou said: "It's very simple, as long as they explain the hiding place of the Daoist Sect in Duoyu County, I can let them leave this place safe and sound." Miss Toyotomi, don't forget that the last generation of Guan Bai, that is, your dearest brother, died at the hands of these Taoist sects. Eldest brother is like a father, he raised you, and he also sent you to Fenglinzhou Daofu, but he died like this, died in the hands of these traitors, don't you want to take revenge? ”

Toyotomi Chiyo was silent, his eyes gradually hardened, and he whispered, "I know." ”

"And now?" Xu Kou asked.

Toyotomi Chiyo said: "Give me half an hour, I'll talk to them, if not, it's not too late for you to do it." ”

"Okay." Xu Kou nodded, "That's it." ”

With that, Xu Kou turned around and walked out, while the rest of the people still stood still, sticking to their posts.

Toyotomi Chiyo suddenly said, "Master Xu." ”

Xu Kou stopped: "Is there anything else that Miss Toyotomi has to do?" ”

Toyotomi Chiyo said: "I'm from a family, and I once read a sentence in a book and want to give it to you." ”

"Please." Xu Kou turned around.

Toyotomi Chiyo looked at Xu Kou and said slowly: "The centuries-old family in the world is nothing more than accumulating virtue, and the first good thing in the world is to study." ”

Xu Kou smiled: "Teachable, it's a pity that I have done this job, and I am no longer an ordinary person, if necessary, I must discard that big and round compassion at any time." There is no way, someone has to do the dirty work, and someone has to carry the infamy. ”

"But it's not rude to come. I also sent a few words to the Toyotomi girl, after all, the Toyotomi girl is no longer the princess of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but the Taoist priest of my Daomen, and she is also going up. ”

"Learning and excellence is a master, reading books is for the sake of display, but if you want to show your strengths, if you don't have the ability to mention the three-foot sword to make immortal achievements, you will inevitably be sophistication and light with the dust."

"For example, Deputy Hall Master Zhang, Deputy Hall Master Qi, Deputy Hall Master Li, and Yao Fuli are naturally different, they want to make great contributions, make miraculous achievements, and show their ambitions in their chests, which is something that ordinary people can't do. But we are just ordinary people, we don't have such capital, and we don't have such ability, so we can't generalize. So I sent Miss Toyotomi half a word: Don't talk about current affairs and be a hero, blindly mellow, blindly humble. The Taoist economy is calm, don't show miraculous skills, don't say loyalty. All kinds of personnel should be hazy, there is no refutation, and there is no mediocrity in discussion. ”

Xu Kou didn't stay any longer, turned around and strode away.

Toyotomi Chiyo ???????????????? Xu Kou left this place and turned to look at the people at the shrine, his gaze just met with the shai bell.

"Are you...... Princess Chiyo? Asai asked cautiously.

Toyotomi Chiyo said softly: "As Lord Xu said, I am no longer a princess. ”

Asai asked boldly, "Why does Your Highness want to be a female Taoist?" ”

Toyotomi Chiyo said: "Because only the Daomen can help me avenge." ”

Asai stopped talking.

Toyotomi Chiyo suddenly stretched out his hands and pressed Asai Gong's shoulders, still looking her in the eyes: "My brother, my only relative, died in Ise, at the hands of the Dao Langshi. I am not commanding you as a princess, nor am I threatening you as a priest, I am just begging you as a sister who has lost her brother, please tell me where those murderers are hiding, I want to avenge my dead brother and let his soul rest in heaven. In return, I can guarantee your safety. ”

……

Ise is close to Omi, and although Ise was the main battlefield of the February offensive, Omi was also captured by the Domon Gate, after all, there was also a swordsman affiliated with the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion who personally sat in Hikone Castle, and the forces of Asahi Jingu, Nishoji Temple, and Koga Ninja were severely damaged in the previous battle.

The two sides are bounded by Lake Biwa and face each other from afar.

Renzheng Temple has been abandoned and has become the garrison of the Daomen army.

In fact, the name of Ninshoji Temple is a temple, but in fact, it is like a castle, and it can also be called "Inshoji Domain".

As a result, the area of Inshoji Temple is very large, and in addition to the common treasure halls, pagodas, and stele forests, there is also a man-made lake that is said to be connected to Lake Biwa by a ditch.

After the Daomen occupied the area, the monks who did not choose to flee were only guarded and restricted in their freedom, but they were not shackled or killed.

A "Zijiao" flying boat landed slowly, stirring up a light rain with a spring breath on the lake, and the water vapor was filled.

On the line of the lake embankment, there is a row of black-armored spirit officers with tall postures.

Next to the gangway, in addition to a second-rank spirit officer, it was a Fenglinzhou warrior wearing a boat-shaped black hat and a plain jacket.

A Taoist man who looked to be about thirty years old stepped down the gangway.

All the spirit officials and Taoist priests saluted, and the warriors also leaned forward to show respect.

The Taoist man wears a black crane, wears a wisdom sword, and wears a white jade lotus crown.

He clearly didn't smile, but he always gave the illusion that he was smiling. After signaling everyone to be exempt, his eyes fixed on the samurai's body, and he walked over: "I've heard the name of Shizhouzhai for a long time. ”

Liu Sheng Zongzheng saluted and said, "Zongzheng has seen Li Zhenren. ”

In the Daomen, there are not a few real people with the surname Li, precisely because there are too many Li Zhenren, but it is not easy to use the surname to call, many times to distinguish by name, or simply call the position. If someone honorifies Li Zhenren without any distinction, it generally refers to one person, that is, Li Wujian, the second person in the Li family.

As for the national teacher, it is Li Dazhen.

Qingwei is really humane: "This time Daomen can successfully win most of the Omijiang, and Shizhou Zhai has made great contributions." I got straight to the point, Shi Zhouzhai felt that the monk's statement was somewhat credible? ”

Liu Sheng Zongzheng pondered for a moment and said: "About seventy percent, he doesn't dare to deceive Li Zhenren with nonsense, but he may have reservations, or nine truths and one falsehood." ”

???????????????? Qi Qingwei Zhenren smiled lightly: "It's already very high." ”

Then he instructed the second-rank spirit officer, "Take us to the monk." ”

Under the leadership of the second-rank spirit officer, he came to a monk's room.

Here there is a tall nihilistic monk, wearing a large canopy and a pair of flat, large feet exposed.

This monk smells of danger from the inside out.

However, after seeing Qingwei Zhenren, the monk immediately became humble and tame, and took the initiative to take off the canopy on his head, revealing his true face.

Not only does he have only one eye, but his skin is cyan all over his body, which is very terrifying, not so much a human as a demon.

Erpin Lingguan said: "He was recruited by Deputy Hall Master Zhang, called 'Qingfang Master', considering that he is a monk, so we arranged him in Renzheng Temple." ”

Qingwei Zhenren nodded slightly, signaling the second-grade spirit official to retreat.

"I heard Qingxiao say that you want to talk to me and say that you know the secret about Fenglin Continent." Qingwei Zhenren looked at the Qingfang owner.

The owner of the Qingfang replied: "Before I became a monster, I used to be a monk, wandering around, and I would call people home, and I would give lectures to people and persuade them to ascend to Bliss early, but they didn't want to ascend Bliss early, so I sent them to ascend Bliss early." I also debate the Dharma with people, and if someone can answer my doubts, I will reward them, and many people think that I am a vow-breaking monk, or even call me a Buddha, and I don't object to that. The world says to me, in the midst of turmoil, how can there be happiness when you are suffering? Ghosts are rampant, white bones are everywhere, and Buddhism is pure but vain. I thought about it for a long time, and finally came to my senses. The robe is stained with blood, the Zen staff subdues the demons, and the time is approaching, and it will be classified into the mortal world. Enlighten the Dharma and bear the green light, break the precepts to help the people, in order to prove the Zen heart. ”

Qingwei Zhenren said noncommittally: "Our Taoist sect has no class, tolerance and inclusiveness. In Daomen, there are Shunshun Central Plains Buddhist disciples, and there are also Shunshun demons, and we have always treated everyone equally, so I don't care if you are a Buddha demon or a monk. ”

The owner of the Qingfang folded his hands and said: "I don't want to prove my identity, because I am indeed a demon, after I turned into a demon, I have a murderous heart, a demon heart, but I lost my heart, only by suppressing the Dharma, can I get a moment of clarity." According to the standards of the Daomen, I am only at the immeasurable stage of cultivation now, but if there is no suppression of the Dharma, I can have the cultivation of the creation stage, which is exactly the change that incarnation has brought to me. ”