Cao Cao was startled when he heard someone calling him, and then he showed a look of ecstasy in disbelief, and turned his head to look, only to see a familiar figure struggling to drill out of a flesh hole in the left front of the giant whale's head.

"Brother Shiqian!"

Cao Cao's eyes suddenly turned red, he strode forward, stretched out his hand to pull Shi Qian out, hugged him tightly, patted him on the back, and was overjoyed: "Brother, I thought you were gone!" ”

Shi Qian's martial arts are mediocre, and he is a thief, other heroes may look down on him because of this, but Lao Cao is a meritocracy, and has never been born again, he knows that Shi Qian is loyal to the liver and courage, and is a rare astute person, since he has been with him, where there is a dispatch, all of them are done properly, and he is one of the brothers who Lao Cao attaches the most importance to in his heart.

It is precisely because of this that when he saw him fall into the water, Lao Cao was so angry.

With such an old and cunning heart as Lao Cao, he was willing to jump out of the side of the ship and risk death to stab the giant whale, although the whale happened to expose its eyes at that time, and the opportunity was fleeting.

Therefore, seeing that he was okay at this moment, it was really joy from the bottom of my heart.

Shi Qian was also excited when he saw his brother's true feelings, and said in tears: "How can the little brother be virtuous? Brother Dare to work so concerned...... Also, how did my brother get brought by the whale? ”

Lao Cao smiled: "At that time, this beast was stunned, and it happened to show its eyes, and I flew to stab him, and the whale was frightened and brought me here." How do you also have it? ”

Shi Qian was stunned when he heard this, and muttered: "If you say that, the lives of all the brothers will be saved only if the brothers sacrifice their lives to fight." ”

After wiping away the tears, he also told his own experience: but after he fell from the mast, he turned a few somersaults in the air, pulled out a short blade and inserted it into the whale's body, hanging on it, and wanted to find an opportunity to return to the ship, but who knew that the whale suddenly abandoned the boat and swam into the deep sea.

You must know that Lao Cao stabbed the whale, so that it was Xie Zhen's boring fork, and it was pierced to the soft flesh of the eyeballs, so the stabbing was deep. The fork handle was long, and he held it well, so it could support it. Time has passed, but only a dagger, the depth of penetration is limited, and it is a small handle, only allowing one hand, how can it be supported for a long time?

He alternately held his hands, his body was swayed by the waves, just like the gourd baby after his grandfather was captured by the goblin, he could fall at any time, and when he was anxious, he suddenly saw the front end of the whale's big head, and a few streams of water spewed out of a meat hole.

Cao Cao was amazed when he heard it, but in fact, he didn't know that the giant whale had two nostrils, only one of which could breathe, and the other nostril was not ventilated, but communicated with the lungs, shaped like an air box, so when diving, it was deeper and deeper than other whales.

And this leap of time just blocked its ventilation hole, so that the giant whale could not breathe well, so it has been cruising on the surface of the sea, otherwise, it only has to dive to the bottom of the sea, it is a hundred "Wu Mengde", "drum flea", and also drowned.

After Shi Qian finished talking about the experience, the girl in front of the summoning Yuzao laughed: "Your Excellency, what do you think?" The slave family said that your brother's brother would be fine. ”

Cao Cao saw that her bright eyes were shining, but she seemed to be genuinely happy for him, and she couldn't help but nod and said, "It's still the girl who can see far." My brother will be safe if he falls into the sea, and the other brothers will be safer if they have a boat to rely on! Come, I'll introduce you—"

At the moment, Shi Qian was introduced to meet him, and Ichiro Sakabe saw that although Shi Qian was thin, he was slightly taller than Cao Cao, and he was a rare big man, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed: "How fortunate I am!" I can get the help of two adults. When I arrive in Kyoto, my lord will be grateful. ”

Sakabe Ichiro was in a hurry, and immediately wanted to set off, Cao Cao looked at the sky, shook his head and said: "The art of war, don't enter the forest at night, there are enemies in hot pursuit at the moment, and we should be more careful everywhere." If it's getting late today and you spend the night on this beach, it's never too late to do so. ”

Fortunately, Sakabe Ichiro was also willing to listen to persuasion, thought for a while, and agreed: "What my lord said is good, he is worthy of being an envoy of the kingdom!" Then sit still, and leave the rest to you. ”

He ordered the few remaining men to bury the bodies of their companions first, and as for the corpses of the enemy, they were all thrown into the sea; Then he told them to gather firewood, to raise a bonfire, to bake their soaked clothes, and to cut the whale's flesh, and to roast it on the fire, so that they could eat it.

Wait until the middle of the moon, the whale meat has been roasted, everyone has a full meal, Yuzao confessed in front of him, and rested in the sedan chair, and the rest sat around the bonfire, fortunately, it was June at this time, although it was not cold.

Cao Cao talked with Ichiro Sakabe, and learned that this place was the area of Echizen Province on Fuso Island, and Sakabe and his entourage wanted to go southwest to Kyoto, and reunite with his biological father before sending Tamamo, and then his biological father Nagashi Fujiwara Nagashi and dedicated it to the current emperor as a concubine.

Cao Cao Qi said: "Why doesn't she follow her father's surname?" ”

Sakabe smiled bitterly and whispered: "This matter is a long story, and it can be regarded as a secret story of the Fujiwara family, but you are foreigners, and you are righteous to help us and others, so it doesn't hurt to talk about it......"

According to Sakabe Ichiro, it turned out that the Fujiwara clan had intermarried with the royal family for generations, and for hundreds of years, successive queens had left their homes, and Fuso prominent positions such as regent, Sekihaku, Taisei ministers, left and right ministers, etc., were all dominated by the Fujiwara clan, and they were the top magnates of Fuso country.

However, although such families are invincible on the outside, they are inevitably born on the inside, and it is not uncommon for their own families to compete for power. Although they are all in the same vein as Fujiwara, they often fight to the death.

The real name of this tamamo before, in fact, is called Fujiwara Tokuko, it is said that when he was born, the strange fragrance filled the room, Luan danced in the sky, there were monks for its divination, saying that it was the life of the concubine, and his father Fujiwara Nagami heard about it, and was overjoyed.

Who knew that only a few days after the news came out, Fujiwara Tokuko, that is, Tamamo, suddenly disappeared, and his father sent people to search around, and finally found his daughter who was sucking the milk of a white fox in a fox den.

According to Fujiwara Nagami's speculation, when someone in the clan did not want his daughter to become the queen, so he sent someone to steal it and throw it in the wild to feed the fox.

Not long after Fujiwara Nagami found his daughter, another rumor gradually spread that this woman was the reincarnation of the Chinese fox demon Su Daji, and that she would confuse the king and overthrow Fuso in the future. Fujiwara Nagami originally scoffed at this, but the rumors spread more and more, and even the famous onmyoji Yasushi Abe came to the door, saying that he wanted to strangle the big demon in infancy.

Fujiwara Nagami's strength was limited, and after barely coping with several waves of enemies, he knew that he was not an opponent, so he secretly sent his loyal retainer Ichiro Sakabe to make him his daughter's father-in-law, and left Kyoto incognito with the child, and when his daughter grew up in the future, he would come back to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors.

Sakabe Ichiro then took his wife and Tamamo to hide in the mountains and forests, and named her Zaomei.

The algae girl is smart by nature, she has read a lot of books since she was a child, and she dislikes the ordinary word algae girl, so she took the name of this jade algae.

Now more than ten years have passed, and Tamamo, that is, Fujiwara Tokuko, is fifteen years old, and Sakabe Ichiro obeys the agreement and escorts her to Kyoto to recognize her ancestors and return to her ancestors. Unexpectedly, the news leaked somehow, and they were chased and killed along the way, and fled to this place in a panic, if it weren't for the giant whale rushing to the shore and scaring off the pursuers, they would have suffered misfortune.

Sakabe Ichiro sighed and said that this place is the area of Echizen Province on Fuso Island, and it is necessary to travel 200 miles southwest to reach the national capital Heiankyo, and along the way, I don't know how many tribulations I will encounter.

At that time, the night was deep, the bonfire was bright and extinguished, the sound of the waves came rhythmically from the darkness, the forest leaves were sassy in the night wind, Sakabe Ichiro told the past in a low voice, talking about the worries about the future, and in the sedan chair on the side, there was a low sobbing, and its voice was mournful and sad.

Shi Qian only felt the blood surging upward, and said loudly: "That's it, there is nothing wrong with fighting for power, if you take a baby as a raft, it will be shameful!" If it hits my 'drum flea' hand, Lao Tzu will let him settle the account with a knife! ”

Sakabe Ichiro said movingly: "He is worthy of being a good man in the country!" If she can send the algae girl to her father, she will repay the great favor with this life. ”

Shi Qian waved his hand and said: "I think you are also a loyal and righteous man, don't you know that the eldest husband sees that the road is uneven, and he wants to draw a sword to help!" Do you still expect you to be repaid? ”

Cao Cao didn't move, pondered for a moment, and said, "Today's Fusang country lord, is there a queen?" If so, whose daughter is it, and if not, whose daughter is expected to do it? ”

Sakabe Ichiro hurriedly said: "Now the lord of the country is His Majesty Emperor Toba, the queen is treated by the Kenmon Temple, formerly known as Fujiwara Shoko, is the daughter of Fujiwara Gongshi, and this year Fang gave birth to a son, but it is said that ......"

He gritted his teeth and finally whispered, "It is said that the emperor has the intention of abolishing the queen. ”

Cao Cao Qi said: "It's good, why do you want to abolish it?" “

Ichiro Sakabe showed a mysterious expression, and his voice was almost inaudible: "Some people say that the prince born in the temple of the Kenmon Temple is, and he was born to His Majesty the Emperor Shirakawa......"

Cao Cao became more and more puzzled: "What is this Laoshizi Baihe Emperor?" Is the Emperor older than the Emperor? ”

Ichiro Sakabe smiled bitterly and said, "His Majesty Emperor Shirakawa is the grandfather of His Majesty Emperor Toba......"

Cao Cao and Shi Qian glanced at each other, and they both felt ridiculous: "You mean, your king, uh, His Majesty the Emperor of Fusang Kingdom, his wife is pregnant with someone else's species, and this other person is not an outsider, but the emperor's grandfather?" ”

Ichiro Sakabe nodded slowly.

Lao Cao couldn't help laughing: This country is really interesting. Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty fell in love with his daughter-in-law, but he took it away, but this Fusang country is particularly interesting, his grandfather fell in love with his granddaughter-in-law and gave birth to a son to his grandson?

smiled for a while, and said curiously: "Is the Emperor the Emperor's intention?" ”

Sakabe Ichiro is just a samurai after all, and he doesn't know much about the political system, so he didn't explain it for a long time, obviously he himself was confused. But it was Yuzao who said softly: "If the emperor is abdicated, he is the emperor, and it is the intention of the emperor." If he is a family, he is the emperor. The emperor was too busy with ceremonial matters to manage the government, so he often abdicated the throne as the emperor in order to control the government. ”

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "In this way, the one who controls the state politics now is the emperor?" ”

Yuzao replied: "It has been more than ten years since the death of Emperor Dihe, and the current authority of the country is in the hands of Emperor Baihe. The current empress, raised by Emperor Shirakawa since childhood, Emperor Nagasoba was two years old, married two years ago, when the marriage was completed, the empress was sixteen years old, the emperor was fourteen years old, and gave birth to a son a month ago, and it is said that the emperor privately called him "uncle and father". ”

Cao Cao laughed, uncle and son, what do you mean? You should have been my uncle, but you became my son! It seems that this Emperor Toba has a lot of resentment in his heart. It's no wonder that Tamamo's former biological father knew that the emperor had an empress, and he wanted to send her to the palace.

The time shifter shouted: "What kind of bird emperor is this, he is too deceitful!" Even his own grandson was so insulted. ”

Sakabe Ichiro sighed: "When Emperor Shirakawa was emperor in the past, there was a year of continuous rain, which made him dissatisfied, so that people put rainwater in a basin and put him in prison, known as 'Prison Heaven', his temperament can be known. ”

"Prisoner?" Cao Cao was amazed when he heard it: "It's a small country, the boss is pompous, it's really ridiculous......

He was about to say, "It seems that the person who is embarrassed by you is the figure of the Emperor's line." Before he could say anything, he heard someone shouting, "Humph! Stepping on the land of my country, I dare to insult the nobles of my country! Arrogant Tang people, suffer death! ”

Three short black shadows climbed up the whale's body at some point, and at this moment they swooped down, shooting out a little cold light from their hands.

Cao Cao was about to draw his sword, but Shi Qian had already risen to the sky, and shouted: "Brother sit quietly, little brother will clean up these little ones!" ”

He swept towards the three of them, his hands danced, and the cold light was suddenly extinguished, but when he heard it, he smiled and said, "My son, do you want to let the dark Qingzi go?" Give you back! ”

With a shake of both hands, he threw the hidden weapon back upside down, and the three of them screamed in unison, and they were immediately shot to the ground.

Shi Qian turned a somersault back into the distance, still with a hidden weapon in his hand, looked at it, handed it to Cao Cao and said: "The dark green son of the Fusang people is also clever. ”

Cao Cao took it and looked at it, but saw that the hidden weapon was cross-shaped, flat and flat, with sharp corners, once thrown out, no matter where it touched the limbs, it could cause death and injury.

Ichiro Sakabe jumped up and exclaimed, "Shuriken!" Oops, it's a scout! These people are elusive and full of methods, and they are the most difficult to deal with. ”

He said and looked at Shi Qian with admiration: "My lord, I didn't expect you to be so tall and agile." ”

Shi Qian smiled: "It's easy to say, do you say that these people are ghostly?" Brother, not necessarily! ”

As he spoke, he took out a slingshot from his belt, stood by the fire, looked at the big tree not far away, and shot, and every time he popped out, there would be a scream or a muffled grunt, and black shadows fell from the trees.

At this time, there was a rustling sound in the forest, Shi Qian's ears moved, and he sneered: "Hehe, there are a lot of people coming!" It's just that they are fighting in the dark in the woods like this, but today they bumped into their ancestors. ”

His dagger had already fallen in the sea, and now he looked around, but saw two knives on Sakabe Ichiro's waist, one long and one short, and he pulled out the short knife, which was about a foot long, and said: "Brother and sit quietly, and the younger brother will come when he goes." ”

At the moment, he performed light skills, rushed into the dense forest like a wisp of light smoke, only to hear the screams endlessly, less than a stick of incense, time moved back, handed the short knife back to Sakabe Ichiro, and threw many strange instruments beside the fire, playing with them one by one, and muttered: "These Fusang people love to use Qimen blades!" ”

Sakabe Ichiro and his subordinates were already stunned: "Drive them away, drive them away?" ”

Shi Qian shook his head: "No, there are eighteen in total, and they have all been killed." Hehe, these sneaky fighting routines are crashing into the palm of my 'drum flea'! ”

Sakabe Ichiro looked at him in shock for a long time, and said dumbfounded: "I didn't expect there to be such a strong scout as you in the world!" ”

There is a division of teaching: the first battle of the time is sharp, and Sakabe can see that his legs are weak. Hugh Dao Dongying Ninja Cow, Ann and Middle-earth Thieves Volume.

Ninjas, known as "Shinoben" in the Asuka period, "scouts" in the Nara period, and many names in the Sengoku period, the most widespread being "Ranba", and in the Edo period, it was called "ninja".

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