Ye Suiyun looked around at the emptiness, and was even more surprised, I don't know who owns this wooden bird, how it can fly, and how it landed steadily on the branches. When he was observing the woodbirds on the tree with great interest, Tang Xiyao also walked over from the village and asked, "Brother Ye, what do you see so fascinating?" ”

Ye Suiyun stretched out his finger and said, "Look at the sparrow on the tree, it is actually made of bamboo and wood, and it is quite interesting to fly around." I tried to go up the tree and grab it, but it always felt like it would fly away if I got close. ”

Tang Xiyao grinned and said, "This is easy to do, you don't have to climb a tree." He reached out and took out a thumb-sized object from his waist, which was made by biting two specially shaped pieces of wood. Tang Xiyao pressed a few times on the wooden bird, only to see that the wooden bird seemed to be alive, fluttering and flying down, and stopped in Tang Xiyao's hand.

Ye Suiyun was dumbfounded, and said strangely: "This... What's going on? ”

Tang Xiyao took out a scroll of paper from the bird's body, unfolded it and read it a little, and said, "Oh, this is from my father, asking me to go to Chang'an on behalf of the Tang Sect to congratulate the emperor on his fiftieth birthday." ”

Ye Suiyun opened his eyes wide and said, "I'm not asking this, I'm asking what's going on with this bird?" ”

Tang Xiyao reacted at this time, and said with a smile: "It, this guy's name is 'Organ Skylark', it is from the hands of my uncle Tang Huaizhi, and he can fly at will within a range of more than ten miles, and it is equipped with a tractor. As he spoke, he spread out the small wooden box in his other hand and continued: "Echoing this 'contact fuse', it can fly to the designated person's side. Originally, it was used by the disciples of the Tang Sect to transmit information to each other in various actions. Later, after being improved by the masters of the 'Gongsheng' of Wanhua Valley, the flight distance can reach a distance of 100 miles. ”

Such a magical wooden bird, Ye Suiyun, was really unheard of, and asked with great interest: "That is to say, your father is now within a hundred miles of us?" ”

Tang Xiyao shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily, the secret points of the Tang Sect are all over the Central Plains, as long as my father sends a message in Tangjiabao, the Skylark will stop one stop after another, and the people from the dark point will wind up and release it until the information is delivered to me." ”

Only then did Ye Suiyun understand the truth and asked, "Will it only fall into the hands of the disciples of the Tang Sect?" ”

Tang Xiyao nodded, shook the thumb-sized wooden box in his hand again, and said, "Only this 'contact fuse' can attract the traction news of the trap lark." When I was eating just now, I felt it vibrate slightly, and I knew that a lark was coming, so I came out to look for it, but I didn't expect you to find it earlier. ”

Ye Suiyun felt extremely peculiar, breathtaking, and praised: "No wonder the Tang Sect has a great influence in the martial arts, it is indeed powerful." Who would have thought of such a superb means of communication, and who could compare with it. ”

Tang Xiyao was quite proud, and said: "So the last time I was in Baling, I told you that my father has his own way to find me, and you don't want to drive me away." Ye Suiyun was told by her, but she recalled the dilemma at that time. He had good intentions to persuade Tang Xiyao to go home, so as not to suffer with herself, but if she was very angry, she almost cried.

Thinking of this, Ye Suiyun couldn't help but soften his heart, held Tang Xiyao's hands, and said, "You have really worked hard these days. As Ye Suiyun grows day by day, his experience increases, and he gradually no longer feels as ignorant as a child. He knew that Tang Xiyaogui was the daughter of the master of the Tang Sect, and he followed him from place to place, wandering the rivers and lakes, but he never complained, how could he be indifferent to this intention.

Ye Suiyun has been like a big boy since he came, he has never behaved like this, Tang Xiyao's hands were held by him, his face was slightly crimson, and his heart was speechless.

Ye Suiyun suddenly said: "By the way, you just said that you were going to Chang'an to celebrate the emperor's birthday?" Tang Xiyao came back to her senses and nodded.

Ye Suiyun said with a sigh: "I didn't expect the emperor to invite the martial arts sect on his birthday, I don't know if my beggar gang is among the invitees." When Tang Xiyao heard him say this, she couldn't help but laugh non-stop. Ye Suiyunqi said: "What are you laughing at?" ”

Tang Xiyao said with a smile: "Yes, yes, the emperor also wants to give everyone in our big beggar gang a golden bowl, and when he wants something to eat in the future, he will have to save face." ”

Ye Suiyun was even more strange, and said, "Really? ”

Tang Xiyao glanced at him, stopped joking, and said: "The biggest headache for being an emperor is those people from the Jianghu sect and the martial arts. How could they be invited? ”

Ye Suiyun said: "Why is this? ”

Tang Xiyao said: "What the emperor values most is that the world is in his hands and the power is monopolized. But the people in the rivers and lakes have their own system and are not controlled by the imperial court, do you say the emperor can like them? Not only do you not like it, but you must always be vigilant and monitored, otherwise Tiance Mansion will not become a big faction in martial arts. ”

Ye Suiyun suddenly said: "I see." But why was Tangmen invited? ”

Tang Xiyao said: "Although my Tangjiabao is in the martial arts, I have another identity as the Shuzhong Wang clan, in the final analysis, we are not a gang, but a family. In addition, the Tang Sect operates a lot of weapons manufacturing, transportation bodyguards and other businesses, and has always had dealings with the imperial court, so he was invited. ”

Ye Suiyun finally understood, and said with a smile: "In this way, you are not invited as a person in the martial arts, but as a local noble family, then it seems that our beggar gang will definitely have no share." Both of them couldn't help but laugh.

Ye Suiyun suddenly said a little worried: "Chang'an is the place where the emperor lives, and it must be well guarded. I'm a notorious fugitive now, and if I get there, what if someone recognizes me? ”

Tang Xiyao raised the wooden bird in his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, I will inform the person who responds in Chang'an to prepare everything properly, and no one will recognize you for safekeeping." ”

Ye Suiyun saw that Tang Xiyao was confident, and he really wanted to see it, so he was immediately full of pride, and said loudly: "Okay, when the matter here is resolved, let's go together to see what the Chang'an City where the emperor lives is like." Tang Xiyao agreed with a smile, thinking that he had already been there when he was a child, and seeing that Ye Suiyun looked interested, he didn't say anything more.

In the early morning of the next day, Ruan Mei specially arranged a big boat for them, which was still in charge of Chang Qiaozi, carrying Ye Suiyun, Tang Xiyao and Xuanzi Erqi to Kou Island. On the way, Erqi took out the clothes that had been changed and changed them for the two of them.

Tang Xiyao was slender, put on samurai armor, looked quite thin, and said, "Do I look like a guard?" ”

Erqi smiled and said: "The widow is short, although the girl is thin, but the size is not inferior to their man, and then the hair is coiled in the helmet, it will never be exposed." After speaking, he said to Ye Suiyun: "Shaoxia's size is higher than that of Prince Anji, but fortunately, no one has seen the prince, so it is not a problem." But although he didn't see it, he heard about it, and everyone knew that An Ji was the younger brother of the current Emperor Xiaolian, and he was already forty years old, so he still needed to do some work on the face of the young man. After that, he took out the fake beard that he had prepared a long time ago, and glued one on each of Ye Suiyun's cheeks and chin. Finally, he handed a folding fan to Ye Suiyun and said, "When you want to speak, open this 'Seven Bone Fan' and block it on your face, and say it in my ear." ”

Ye Suiyun and Tang Xiyao both asked curiously, "Why is this?" ”

Erqi said: "The noble imperial family of Japan and the DPRK believes that not only can they not talk directly to their subordinates, but it is even an insult to be seen by lowly people when they speak. Haha, you say these little devils are funny, but this is just right, in this way, it gives us better cover. ”

The three of them talked about what kind of person the ghost red deer was the leader of Liumengbin who they were about to meet. Erqi said: "My main task over the years has been to monitor and listen to Rilun Mountain City, so I know a little bit about the distribution of the power of the Japanese Kou on Kou Island. As the bridgehead of Japan in the Tang Dynasty, Rilun Mountain Castle is the first stop to enter the Central Plains. It has a pivotal position both militarily and politically, and it is very important. Therefore, no matter who controls the Rilun Mountain Castle, it is equivalent to choking the choke point of China and Japan. The key is to loosen up, that is, this person has decided on a whim. ”

Tang Xiyao suddenly asked, "You said, 'No matter who controls Rilun Mountain City'?" Could it be that there are others besides Japan who are making trouble? ”

Erqi said: "That's not going to happen, except for the Dongying Wakou, no one has this intention, and they don't have the ability to fight for Rilun Mountain City." I'm referring to the two forces that have been fighting for years within the mountain castle. ”

Ye Suiyun said: "Why are the Japanese also fighting each other by themselves?" ”

Erqi nodded and said: "There are two factions in the mountain city, and they have been fighting openly and secretly for many years for the control of the Japanese wheel. ”

"Why is that, not of the same nation?" Tang Xiyao asked.

Erqidao: "This brings us to the political situation in Japan. Although the current Emperor Koren is called the head of the country, in fact, many of the ministers below him are self-respecting people. However, fortunately, the emperor's military strength was still the strongest, so although the powerful feudal clans were ready to move, no one had the courage to openly rebel. The most powerful of these people was the Japanese Dazai 'Fujiwara Hiroji', who is said to be a great man of great appearance and eloquence, and who is also familiar with the art of war and Buddhism. Of course, he was also the one who was most dissatisfied with the emperor, and other princes with different intentions also faintly took this person as the head. ”

Tang Xiyao listened interestingly, and said: "This official position in Dongying Japan is really interesting, what is it called'Dazai', is it possible that there are 'second slaughter, third slaughter', it is like killing pigs." Ye Suiyun couldn't help but laugh when she said it.

Erqi said: "We don't know how big an official it is." In short, it's against the emperor everywhere. This situation continued to the Rilun Mountain Castle, causing the mountain castle to be divided into two factions. The faction is headed by the deputy castle lord 'Nomura Ichiro', and he is a Fujiwara person. ”

"The other faction, led by the Lord of the Divine Wheel, is the Emperor's forces, right?" Ye Suiyun asked. Erqi nodded and said, "Exactly." ”

"No wonder." Ye Suiyun suddenly thought of the secret letter he found from Prince An Ji, and as soon as it was confirmed at this moment, he understood the reason for it, and said: "Prince An Ji will take this secret letter to kill Nomura. It's a pity that he died before the letter arrived. ”

Tang Xiyao said thoughtfully: "From this point of view, it was the people sent by Nomura Ichiro who attacked the cargo ship of Dongli Village, and its real purpose was to kill An Ji and prevent the secret letter from falling into the hands of the Rilun City Lord. ”

Ye Suiyun slapped his head and said, "This also explains why they didn't leave immediately after they succeeded, but kept salvaging and looking for them on the water, but they were rushed by Duan Baosheng and beat them up." Just because they were looking for An Ji's body, they had to make sure he was dead. ”

Tang Xiyao said: "It's a pity that these guys didn't get their wish, so until now, Nomura still can't be sure whether Prince Anji is dead or alive." ”

Erqi nodded and said: "It seems that this is the case, fortunately they didn't find the body, otherwise we would not have thrown ourselves into the net." ”

Tang Xiyao grinned and said, "Brother Ye, if you stand in front of these people for a while, what kind of expression should be on their faces, it's funny to think about it." ”

Ye Suiyun thought for a moment and asked Erqi: "You said that right now in Kou Island, only the Rilun City Lord himself knows Prince Anji, what is the origin of this person?" ”

Erqi said: "The master of Hirinyama Castle has always been appointed by the emperor himself, and six years ago, the previous lord of the castle, Abe Funamori, suddenly died, and it stands to reason that Nomura should have taken over as the lord of the castle. Unexpectedly, on the same day, the crown prince of Japan arrived at Kokushima with a letter of appointment from the emperor and became the new lord of the city. Even though Nomura is unwilling, he is helpless. You must know that although his backer is Fujiwara Hiroji, after all, the emperor is the master of a country, and he does not dare to rebel openly, so he can only silently accept the result of continuing to be the second child. “

Tang Xiyao said: "You mean, the current city lord is the son of the emperor?" ”

"Yes, this person's name is 'Yuan Mingya', he is extremely mysterious and never appears in public. I have been exploring for six years, but I have never been able to see his true face. "Twenty-seven ways.

The two of them were stunned, Tang Xiyao said: "No wonder he recognizes An Ji, it turns out to be a family." ”

Erqi said: "This person is not only the son of Emperor Tachiro, but also said to be the most outstanding onmyoji in Japan. ”

"Onmyoji?" Tang Xiyao blinked and said, "What's that?" ”

"It is said to be a person with special abilities, and this kind of person is collectively known as Yinyang-do. It seems to have originated in the Spring and Autumn Period of our Central Plains, and evolved from the Yin and Yang Five Elements Theory of the Yin and Yang family at that time. These people are equipped with psychic skills, and it is said that high-level onmyoji can also master the ability to manipulate others and predict the future. It sounds very mysterious, whether there is such a legend as magical, the small one has never seen it with his own eyes, and he dare not say it. However, this kind of thing is spread by falsehood, and eighty percent of it is made up by people, and it is not enough to believe it. "Twenty-seven returns.

Ye Suiyun was always pondering on the side, but he didn't listen to the two of them, but thought of something else, and suddenly said: "As soon as the front foot of the previous city lord died, Yuan Mingya's back foot arrived?" There is such a clever thing in the world. ”

Erqi was slightly stunned and said approvingly: "Shaoxia has thought of the key. In fact, since the death of Abe Funamori, it has been rumored that he was killed by Yuan Mingya, otherwise it would be impossible for the docking time to be so tight. ”

"It's also possible that Nomura did it, according to the normal procedure, it should be his turn as soon as the previous city lord dies, isn't it?" Tang Xiyao also expressed his opinion.

Erqi nodded and said, "Yes, there is also that." It's just that Abefune's death is bizarre, no matter how you look at it, it looks like he died of a sudden illness, not killed by others. Therefore, people don't talk about it anymore. ”

Ye Suiyun asked, "Who is the power of Liumengbin that we are going to now?" ”

"Good question, that's exactly what I'm going to say. Captain Liumenghama's 'Ghost Red Deer' is Gen Mingya's subordinate. And the 'Onimura Kamiki' of Kamiihama is Nomura's henchman, and these two troops are stationed in the north and south of Koshima, fighting all year round, and there are constant frictions between large and small sizes, and no one obeys anyone. But fortunately, Prince Anji has a noble status and is a special envoy of the emperor, so presumably both sides will have to buy it, so our trip is a big success. "Twenty-seven ways.

The three of them talked all the way, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived at Ko Island. When he got off the boat, Tang Xiyao said to Chang Qiaozi: "I didn't prepare a disguise for you, you should stay here obediently and wait for us to come back." Chang Qiaozi smiled: "Don't worry, if I don't see you, I won't leave until the ship sinks." ”

The three of them did not walk on the path in the forest, but were led by Xuanzi Erqi, and walked along the main road, and soon saw a thatched cottage camp, which looked not small from a distance, and it was the camp of Liumengbin.

Erqi frowned and muttered: "It's really strange, on weekdays, there are many Japanese warriors on Kou Island, and ordinary people are here, and they are robbed after walking a few steps." Today we all arrived in front of the camp, but there was still no one to see. ”

When the three of them came to the gate in front of the wooden wall of the camp, they found that there were no guards. Erqi was even more strange, and turned around and said: "Today is really unusual, you wait, I will go in and ask them to come out to greet them." As he spoke, he was about to walk in.

Ye Suiyun suddenly felt a murderous aura and shouted, "Be careful." Rushing forward, he dragged the Xuanzi Erqi in front of him. At the same time, in the gap of the gate that was tied by the trunk, a bright light flashed, just past the position of Erqi just now, if it wasn't for Ye Suiyun's pull just now, Xuanzi Erqi was afraid that he would have already split up at this time.

Ye Suiyun turned around towards the gap in the gate, and with a bang, the gate fell in response. From within, a man wrapped in a gray cloth jumped out, and even his head and face were tightly wrapped, revealing only his eyes. The color of this person's whole body is like the same as the wooden door, no wonder the three of them didn't notice it just now. Seeing that the blow missed, the man didn't wait for Ye Suiyun to get closer, waved his arm, and he didn't know what was thrown, and the air in front of him exploded, and the smoke was filled. Ye Suiyun was afraid that the white smoke would be poisonous, so he hurriedly retreated. When the smoke cleared, he realized that the man in gray had long since disappeared.

Tang Xiyao was shocked and said, "What's going on?" Could it be that our identities have been revealed? ”

Erqi was shocked, wiped a handful of sweat, shook his head and said, "No, this guy just now didn't look like a person who stayed in Mengbin." ”

Ye Suiyun said: "This person is not simple, he can completely hide the breath on his body until the moment before he makes a move, and I almost can't save you." "Erqi escaped death, still a little frightened.

Tang Xiyao walked to the wooden door that was knocked down by Ye Suiyun, took a closer look, and couldn't help but reach out into the gap between the two pieces of wood, and found that it was just enough to fit his palm, turned his head to look back at the two, and said incredulously: "Could it be... Could it be that the man just now was hiding in this little crevice? He... How did he get in? ”

Hearing this, Erqi stepped forward to take a closer look, and replied in a daze: "Possibly, because he is not an ordinary samurai, but a ninja." ”

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