"The lord of the castle has been captured! The lord of the castle has been captured! Go and rescue the city lord! ”

Hearing the shouting sound coming from the distance of the military formation, Honda Xingxuan sharpened his back molars hatefully, glanced at Nie Zhan, who was knocked to the ground by himself, and silently clenched the spear in his hand.

Since the city lord of Zhuzhong was coerced by thieves and has become a hostage, it is better for him to follow suit and take these Taoist priests who are still trapped in the military formation as hostages, so that the Taoist priest who was beaten away by himself will not dare to attack the city lord.

As soon as he made up his mind and was about to make a move, he saw Nie Zhan, who was lying on the ground vomiting blood, put the ribs in his hand on his neck with a "poof", and mocked: "Come, you can try whether your gun is fast or my knife is fast." If we die here, my brother will definitely not let go of your city lord, there is a city lord of Fenglan Prefecture to accompany us Taoist priests on the road, Jin Que may have to posthumously give us a 'earth' character skill. ”

Ben Duo Xingxuan was stunned, and immediately looked around, and found that the Taoist priests in the military formation had already put their knives on their vital parts, and they could take their own lives without saying a word.

Even Zheng Yi, the principal who was injured by himself, put a handcuff against his head.

Honda Yugen's anger surged, and he threw the spear in his hand to the ground as if venting, and then reluctantly accepted the fact that he was defeated, and ordered Ashigaru beside him: "Stop it all!" Do you want to kill the lord of Takenaka Castle? ”

Hearing the order, Ashigaru had no choice but to stop, feeling aggrieved in his heart.

It has always been their Fenglan Prefecture that is rich in this kind of madman who is not afraid of death, why are these Taoist priests he meets now all look like they are not dying.

Because overseas Taoist governments do not tolerate flower garden Taoists. Even if it is a flower garden Taoist, after being tempered by the environment of Fenglin Continent, he will grow rapidly.

……

Outside the Ashigaru Army.

Seeing that the ashigaru who surrounded him didn't dare to step forward easily, the stone in Ran Hegui's heart finally fell to the ground - it seems that this city lord is indeed a very useful hostage.

As early as when they arrived at the Atsuta Shrine, Ran Hegui revealed his hole card to Zheng Yi, that is, the flying sword "Cold Bone White" in his hand, so Zheng Yi came up with this way to turn the tables as soon as he was defeated by Honda Yugen.

All the plans and all the consensus were formulated when Zheng Yi was defeated and everyone from the Daomen came to check on his injuries. Zheng Yi also handed over the "Phoenix Eye Jiajiu", "Dragon Eye Yisan" and "Shenlong Handcuff" to Ran Hegui at that time.

Controlling the flying sword to hold Mitsutoshi Takenaka hostage, Ran Hegui quickly put a "Dragon Eye Armor Three" into the "Divine Dragon Handcuff", and then held the handcuff in his left hand and put it on the back of his heart, and took the flying sword that consumed true qi back into his sleeve, and then held the ribs with his right hand, and pressed it to Takenaka Mitsutoshi's neck.

His true qi is limited, and he can't use the flying sword as a conventional weapon.

After completing the weapon conversion, Ran Hegui shouted in a circle around him in the Japanese language: "All of them back for me, and call me the one named Honda!" ”

After a while, Honda Kogen, who had already vented his anger, hurried over and said in an anxious tone, "Lord Takenaka, this shameless man didn't hurt you, did he?" ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka's neck had been cut by the ribs, and a drop of blood slid down his neck into his robe.

But instead of yelling in a panic and asking his men to quickly free him from the hands of this Taoist priest, he was quite calm, and replied in a steady voice: "Don't worry, this warrior won't do anything to me, after all, he still wants to take me hostage to blackmail you to release his companions." ”

Ran Hegui took over Mitsutoshi Takenaka's words and shouted at Honda Xingxuan: "You also heard what your city lord said, let my brothers go, otherwise I will take your city lord to Huangquan Road together!" ”

Honda Xingxuan turned his head and looked at the "Divine Dragon Handcuff" on Ran Hegui's left hand, and ordered: "The ashigaru samurai obeyed the order, all retreated behind me, and made way for those Taoist priests trapped in the military formation!" ”

The ashigaru who was surrounding Ran Hegui and Mitsutoshi Takenaka slowly retreated, and then surrounded Honda Kogen again, refusing to put down the big bag gun in his hand.

With this order from the Ashigaru generals and the leaders of the Ashigaru group to the ashigaru, Nie Zhan and the others finally passed through the encirclement of the military formation and appeared by Honda Kogen's side.

Looking at these Taoist priests in front of him who were holding ribs and handcuffs aimed at their vital parts, Mitsutoshi Takenaka was still in the mood to joke at Ran Hegui: "It's really a death and a later life, they are afraid that they will be taken hostage by General Honda to blackmail you." ”

Ran Hegui ignored him, and shouted at Honda Xingxuan: "Let them go!" ”

"Yes, we'll release people on both sides at the same time!"

"Are you a fool for me? As soon as I release this lord, you iron-cannon warriors with long guns and bows will shoot us into a sieve at once! ”

"I swear in the honor of a samurai that I will not ......"

"I don't listen to your fart! Even if you invite your Amaterasu here, I won't believe you! ”

"If Asumasu is here, you can still be presumptuous here?!" Honda Yukigen shouted frantically in his heart, but he still suppressed his anger and asked in as calm a tone as possible, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

Ran Hegui looked at Honda Xingxuan's eyes, and said in a slow tone: "It's very simple, let your cavalry prepare a few fast horses, let my brothers ride away, and when they are safe, I will release your city lord." ”

Honda Xingxuan still wanted to continue the discussion, and replied: "Let you Taoist priests leave, this is a crime of dereliction of duty on the battlefield......

Ran Hegui didn't talk nonsense with him at all, and interrupted: "This city lord died here, and you also have to apologize." ”

Honda Xingxuan glanced at Takenaka Mitsutoshi with some weakness, but still stubbornly said, "We are not all retainers of the lord of Takenaka Castle, there is no need to apologize for the Takenaka family, if I can kill all of you Taoist priests here, I will also be considered a merit!" ”

Naturally, the samurai who were retainers of the Takenaka family launched a serious protest against Honda Kogen's words - why do you have to offset your merits and demerits, and we go to apologize for our seppuku?

Honda Yukigen's side, an Ashigaru general from the Takenaka family, jumped to his feet and scolded: "Honda Yukigen! Where has your honor as a samurai been lost? Could it be that the Lord would be able to tolerate the shame of being killed by the enemy in front of his eyes, a worthy samurai?! If something really happens to the lord of Takenaka Castle, I will definitely report your cowardly behavior to the lord of the domain before I apologize for my seppuku, and let the lord send you to guard the tomb for His Royal Highness Xiuxiang to apologize! ”

Another samurai, who was a retainer of the Takenaka family, looked at the deer pocket on Honda Yukigen's head that had a horn cut off, and said in the same yin and yang weird manner: "I heard that Tadakatsu has never watched the 'great feats' of the Lord being killed by the enemy, Honda Shogun, as a descendant of Tadakatsu, is how you 'admire' your ancestors?" ”

I have to say that "going down and going up" is indeed a tradition in Fenglan Prefecture.

Honda Yugengen looked at the samurai who were protesting around him, touched the deer pocket with only one horn left on his head, and thought of letting go of the enemy's sins, but he still hesitated and couldn't make a decision.

At this time, Mitsutoshi Takenaka, who had been silent, suddenly spoke: "General Honda, everyone, it is better to listen to it. ”

The commotion suddenly fell silent, and the noisy samurai wanted to hear what orders their lord would give.

Mitsutoshi Takenaka did not give a direct order, but looked at Zheng Yi who was being supported, and said to him: "Master Zheng, those Taoist priests who died in battle are brave and fearless warriors, I pay deep respect to them, but the deceased is gone, and you don't have to grieve too much." ”

Zheng Yi snorted coldly: "The cat cries and the mouse is fake compassion." ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka didn't care either, and continued: "Regardless of true compassion or false compassion, Chief Zheng should understand that the living are more important than the dead. ”

Zheng Yi frowned and asked, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka smiled and proposed, "Actually, our purpose is the same, you want to leave alive, and I don't want to die here." Then we might as well cooperate, I will let you go, you will leave the bodies of the Taoist priests who died in battle, and then I will find a few more corpses and report to the lord that you have been slaughtered - so that you can return to the Taoist Mansion safely, and I will not have to suffer the crime of defeat and dereliction of duty, isn't this a win-win situation? ”

After that, he glanced at Honda Kogen and smiled, "I don't think Honda Shogun and these ashigaru soldiers and samurai will not let go of this low-hanging fruit, right?" ”

Honda Xingxuan nodded again and again, and wiped out eleven Taoist priests, which was an achievement that even his ancestor Zhongsheng Gong had not done - after all, Zhongsheng Gong had not yet invaded the Daomen at that time.

Zheng Yi lowered his head and thought about it, and finally sighed, nodded and said, "Your proposal is feasible." ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka regained his trademark squinting smile and said to Honda Yugen, "In that case, then there is a general who goes and brings the horse quickly." ”

Honda Xingxuan hurriedly asked his cavalry to contribute four tall horses - Zheng Yi was injured, so he could only share one horse with Nie Zhan.

Everyone in the Daomen who was riding on the horse looked at Ran Hegui who was holding the hostages worriedly, and Nie Zhan couldn't help but speak: "Xuan Lang, what should you do if we leave?" Why don't I stay with you, so that I can take care of you. ”

Ran Hegui smiled confidently: "Brother Zhan, brothers, everyone relax, you all know my luck, and I believe that the city lord of Zhuzhong does not want to die with a little pawn like me." You better leave quickly, the main wound can not be delayed. ”

Nie Zhan licked his chapped lips, looked at Zheng Yi, who was seriously injured in front of him, hesitated, and said, "Okay!" We are waiting for you at the old meeting point! Be sure to come back safely! ”

With the sound of the reins being whipped, everyone in the Daomen rode their horses and galloped away.

The smoke and dust dissipated, and only Ran Hegui was left alone to face the group of Ashigaru samurai.

Honda Xingxuan looked in the direction where everyone in the Daomen was far away and asked, "Look, they have all run away, can you let go of the Takechu Castle Lord?" ”

Ran Hegui moved his left hand holding the "Divine Dragon Handcuff", and kept holding a thing weighing dozens of pounds, and his hand was already sore.

"Don't worry, I'll release them when they run a little farther away, otherwise what if you cavalry chase after you," Ran He said slowly.

Honda Yugengen glanced at Mitsutoshi Takenaka, who was also not in a hurry, and could only continue to wait patiently.

After a cup of tea, there was no longer any sign of those Taoist priests who had gone away, and Honda Xingxuan asked again: "Look, we must not be able to catch up now, you quickly release the lord of Takenaka City!" ”

Ran Hegui pretended to glance into the distance, nodded, and instructed Honda Kogen: "Okay, you go and find me a boat to come over, once the lord of Takenaka City and I row to the other side of the Jinchuan River, I will immediately let the people go." ”

Honda Yukigen was furious and shouted, "What a shameless request! What if you get to the other side and don't let the lord of Takenaka leave? Are you playing with us! ”

Ran Hegui raised his eyebrows, pressed the ribs on his right hand against Mitsutoshi Takenaka's Adam's apple, and threatened: "Then how about killing your city lord here now?" ”

Honda was extremely angry, and shouted loudly: "You swear in the name of your Dao Ancestor!" ”

"I'm sorry, I can't do it."

"It's so deceitful! Iron cannon samurai prepare, shoot this bastard for me! ”

Ran Hegui was not afraid at all, and muttered in his mouth: "Apologize for seppuku, family honor ......"

Seeing Honda's angry appearance, Mitsutoshi Takenaka sighed lightly and said to him, "Honda, go and prepare a ship for him, I believe he can't run away with me all the time." ”

Honda glared at Ran Hegui several times with hatred, and led his men to find the ship.

A quarter of an hour later, a fishing boat had been released into the gentle river on the east bank of the Jinchuan River, rising and falling with the flow of the water.

Ran Hegui took Mitsutoshi Takenaka and slowly boarded the boat, repelled the samurai who wanted to row together, and ordered: "If this rowing samurai suddenly becomes troubled, won't it be my life?" Give the oars to your lord and let him row. ”

Now those warriors of the Takenaka family stopped doing it, and they all shouted and scolded "disrespectful city lords" and "shameless people" or something.

Ran Hegui didn't answer, and directly pushed the "Divine Dragon Handcuff" to the back of Takenaka Mitsujun's head, and said to those warriors: "Guess it, is it your city lord's hard head, or is the 'Dragon Eye Yisan' in my gun powerful?" ”

Honda Yukigen, who had been numbed by the toss, could only retreat again.

Mitsutoshi Takenaka still looked as usual, rowed the boat away from the shore, and under the gaze of the samurai on the shore, he smoothly rowed the boat to the opposite side.

In order to let Mitsutoshi Takenaka row, Ran Hegui sat at both ends of the boat with him, and threw away the ribs in his hand, changed the "Shenlong Handcuff" to his right hand, and still pointed at Mitsutoshi Takenaka's head.

The two sat in silence face to face until the boat reached the center of the river.

Mitsutoshi Takenaka suddenly asked, "...... this warrior?"

Ran Hegui raised his hand to interrupt him and introduced himself: "My name is Ran Hegui." ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka smiled and continued, "Okay, I'll call you Brother Tsuru." Brother Tsuru Gui is not curious why I know that you are in Atsuta County? ”

Ran Hegui rolled his eyes: "Do you still need to guess?" It must have been the innkeeper who told the story. ”

Mitsujun Takenaka shook his head, squinted and smiled, "That boss is also under the orders of Atsuta Shrine, and he doesn't have such good eyesight. ”

Ran He returned to be interested and asked, "Then how did you know our whereabouts?" ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka stopped rowing, stretched out his index finger with his right hand, and explained, "First, although not all of our Fengliang Prefecture samurai like to shave the 'moon head', it is not very common for a group of warriors like you to have a long ponytail. ”

"This is a helpless move, after all, we can't cut our hair buns, not to mention the set of parents who suffer from the hair and skin of the Confucian body, which is undoubtedly a shame for us Taoist people. Moreover, there are also many people in your Fenglu Prefecture who have been influenced by the culture of the Celestial Empire, and they have never shaved the 'Moon Dynasty Head', so we don't think this is too big a loophole. ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka didn't answer, stretched out the middle finger of his right hand, and continued: "Second, your accent is wrong, Owari Province is located in Kanto, and you have a Kansai accent. ”

"What? You Owari Domain doesn't welcome outsiders, do you? ”

"But you told the shrine maiden that you were a samurai under Katagiri Nobuyo."

Ran Hegui turned his head unnaturally and asked, "...... that witch?"

Mitsutoshi Takenaka chuckled: "Don't worry, the Atsuta Shrine doesn't know about that witch's informant, they only know that it was the secret revealed by Quan Miyi, who was bought by you - if they know that you have found out that the Tiancong Cloud Sword is not in the Divine Palace, I am afraid that the Qianqiu Quan lawsuit will personally deal with you, and you will definitely have no possibility of escaping." ”

Ran Hegui instinctively felt that something was wrong, and just as he was about to ask a question, he saw Mitsutoshi Takenaka stretch out his ring finger and continued: "Third, and most importantly, since Katagiri Nobuyo can betray the feudal lord because of his brother's persuasion, then how can you be sure that there is no one like Katagiri Shinkyo in the Prime Minister's Mansion? ”

"So, you knew about it when we first landed in Haidong County?"

On the east bank of the Kanegawa River, Honda Yukigen and the samurai looked at each other, they didn't know what was going on in the small boat in the river, and they couldn't hear anything clearly from such a distance.

Mitsutoshi Takenaka smiled and put away his three fingers, and continued to row the boat and said: "Correct, it's not 'you', but 'me', the person who revealed your whereabouts is a brother in my family, he only revealed this news to me, and I didn't reveal the details of the number of you who came over to the Qianqiu Quan lawsuit - of course, don't think about finding out who told the secret after you go back, my brother has secretly returned to the family after leaking the secret." ”

Ran Hegui looked at Mitsutoshi Takenaka like a fool, and asked suspiciously: "You are so confident, you think that you can arrest all of us Taoist priests with the power of one city?" ”

Mitsujun Takenaka helplessly held his forehead, and also looked at Ran Hegui like a fool, and said, "If you Zheng is here, I will definitely not let you ask such a stupid question." ”

Ran Hegui's eyes rolled slightly, and he suddenly realized: "You deliberately didn't reveal it to the feudal lord, so that we would have a chance to evacuate after getting the information." ”

But then he denied this speculation: "Then why do you want to bring people to block us here, if you want to take refuge in Daomen and Xiangfu, wouldn't it be better to let us go directly?" ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka rowed the boat and replied, "I need this credit, only then can I get close to Atsuta Jingu and get more valuable information." Even if you hadn't put a knife to my neck today, I would have found an opportunity to sneak you away. ”

Ran Hegui was extremely uncomfortable in his heart, and asked, "What about my brothers who died here?" Didn't they lose their lives in vain? ”

Mitsujun Takenaka stopped smiling, stared at Ran Hegui's eyes, and said seriously: "What do you think Daomen and Tianmen are doing now?" Is it a playhouse? This is war, and war requires sacrifice, not the kindness of a woman. ”

Ran Hegui lowered his head in frustration, and said mockingly: "That's right, people like you definitely don't care about such a trivial matter as dying a few low-grade Taoist priests." ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka squinted his eyes, didn't even row the boat, and said to Ran Hegui in an unkind tone: "I don't like your evaluation, 'people like me', do you think that 'traitors' like me don't know what loyalty is?" Don't know what heroic sacrifice is? All I have in my eyes is conspiracy? ”

Before Ran Hegui could say anything, Mitsujun Takenaka said in an excited tone: "If His Royal Highness Xiuxiang is still alive, I will definitely not do such a thing to betray the lord!" I will wholeheartedly assist His Royal Highness Xiuxiang and make him the best Guan Bai in the history of Fenglan Prefecture! ”

Ran Hegui was surprised by what he said, and couldn't help asking, "Toyotomi Hidesho?" The underage child who was selected to serve as Guan Bai before? I remember he was already ......"

Mitsutoshi Takenaka let out a long sigh and said in a lonely tone: "I was assassinated by thieves, just the day before I was ready to leave for Xiujing City to give him advice." ”

"I grew up with His Royal Highness Xiuxiang since childhood, and I knew very well that he would definitely become an excellent Guan Bai, but I didn't expect him to be miserably ......"

"Our Shigeji Gong of the Takenaka family and the Takako Gong of the Kuroda family are called "Toyotomi Ryobei", and they were genius military advisors in the Warring States period. At the beginning, the two of them assisted His Royal Highness Hideyoshi, who was born as a commoner, to unify the Phoenix Prefecture and establish the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion, making immortal contributions. ”

"I pride myself on having a bit of intelligence, and I have boasted to His Royal Highness Hidesho since I was a child, saying that when I grow up, if he can ascend to the position of Guan Bai, then I will be his 'Takenaka Half-Guard', assist him in clearing the chaos in Fenglan Prefecture, and help him make achievements that are not inferior to His Royal Highness Hideyoshi......"

Ran Hegui listened to Mitsutoshi Takenaka say these words as if venting, silently took the oars in his hand, rowed the boat with the oars in his left hand, and the "Shenlong Handcuff" in his right hand still did not let go.

A leader of the Ashigaru group who was watching from a distance noticed this and asked Honda Kogen, "General Wait, you see that Taoist priest is actually helping the city lord row, what is he trying to do?" ”

Honda Xingxuan glanced at it and said angrily: "How do I know, that Taoist priest is a madman, and the thinking of a madman is not something we can guess clearly." ”

After Mitsujun Takenaka finished venting, he calmed down, continued to paddle with his right hand, and his empty left hand took out a piece of magatama like a trick, and said to Ran Hegui: "I know you don't believe my words - according to your standards, this is a spiritual object, and after injecting true qi, it can be turned into a circular light mask, and it will definitely not be able to break it with your cultivation at the jade void stage, so even if you have a flying sword, you will definitely not be able to catch me." ”

He paused and continued: "And as the city generation of Nakono Castle, I can mobilize two thousand troops, if I really want to kill you all, I will definitely not send only five hundred ashigaru, let alone an idiot like Honda Yugen, who thinks about fighting in front of the battle." ”

Ran Hegui felt the piece of magatama with his true qi, and found that it was indeed a spiritual artifact protective gear, but he still didn't put down the "Divine Dragon Handcuff" in his hand, explaining: "If you have such a spiritual object, then it is indeed impossible for me to take you hostage, but those subordinates of yours are still watching from a distance, so I can't put the handcuff down, forgive me." ”

Mitsujun Takenaka glanced at Ran Hegui and said with a smile: "It seems that you are not too stupid." ”

While saying this, the boat finally rowed to the west bank of Jinchuan.

Mitsutoshi Takenaka pretended to be threatened, followed Ran He back to the shore, blocked the sight of the other side with his body, secretly took out a sheepskin map from his arms, handed it to Ran Hegui, and said: "The defense map of the Owari Domain, I took a lot of effort to get it, and it is absolutely credible. ”

Ran Hegui also approached Mitsutoshi Takenaka, quietly put away the map, and quickly distanced himself from him, so as not to be suspicious of the people on the other side.

"Takenaka, my brothers who died here ......"

"Don't worry, I'll put them in the ground."

After Ran He returned and thanked him, he prepared to withdraw to the meeting place.

At the time of parting, Ran Hegui still couldn't hold back the question in his heart, and asked Mitsutoshi Takenaka again: "Did you help us just to take revenge on the Tooe Toyotomi family who killed Toyotomi Hidesho?" How do you know that our Daomen will not let Toyotomi Hidekei of the Yuanjiang family succeed him to the position of Guan Bai? ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka chuckled: "Daomen will definitely not let His Royal Highness Xiuqing succeed Guan Bai - now that the situation in our Fenglin Continent is unstable, and the people of the Toyotomi Prime Minister's Mansion are scattered, at this time, what you Daomen need is not a puppet who obeys orders, but an ally or subordinate who can play a certain role." ”

"At the time of the previous infighting, our Owari domain and the Enoe domain had already formed a mortal enmity, and no matter which domain succeeded us, it would be strongly opposed by the other domain, and it would not serve the purpose of stabilizing the situation. In this case, the Domen will definitely choose the Omi Domain, which has not been involved in infighting before, to take over the position of Sekihaku, that is, let His Royal Highness Omi Hidemo succeed Sekihaku. ”

Ran Hegui listened to the big head, but he felt that this was reasonable, so he could only sigh lightly: "If Toyotomi Hidesho is still alive, you must be the key person of the Daomen,"

Mitsutoshi Takenaka also sighed: "If His Royal Highness Xiuxiang still has an heir, I will definitely not vote for the Jiang family, but unfortunately His Royal Highness Xiuxiang is still a minor...... In fact, it is also the family's decision to take refuge in His Royal Highness Xiumao, and if our Takenaka family wants to protect the family in this chaos, we must rely on your Daomen and Guan Baixiangfu, and I can't resist the family's decision......"

After sighing, Mitsujun Takenaka said to Ran Hegui: "You Daomen must be careful, the 'Zun Zheng Sect' will transfer the three major artifacts, and it must be preparing for the divine descent of the three main gods." And tell you the real people of the Daomen, I have heard that those ghosts and gods are not at peace now. ”

Ran Hegui nodded, and then ran to the meeting place without looking back.

Seeing Ran Hegui leaving, Honda Kogen and a group of Ashigaru samurai also breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately rowed the surplus fishing boats they had collected before to the other side.

Honda Kogen, who got off the fishing boat, came to Takenaka Mitsutoshi in three steps and two steps, and when he saw that the castle lord was fine, he finally settled down and suggested to Takenaka Mitsutoshi: "Lord Castle Lord, I will immediately take the cavalry to chase this shameless Taoist priest, and I will definitely tie him up in front of you!" ”

Mitsutoshi Takenaka looked at him with some amusement, waved his hand and said, "General Honda, save your efforts, let's think about how to report the credit to the lord of the domain."

……

Kaito County, Owari Province, the gathering place of the people of the Domen.

Nie Zhan anxiously looked in the direction of Retian County, it had been so long, and he didn't know if Xuan Lang was safe now.

Suddenly, he noticed a figure running towards them in the distance, and when he looked at it intently, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Lord! Xuanlang: He's back! ”

Zheng Yi, who was lying on the ground recuperating from his injuries, let out a sullen breath and ordered to the Taoist priests around him: "Since everything has been assembled, let's prepare to go home." ”

……

Da Xuan has been seen for forty-three years, and the thirteenth day of the first month.

Fengliang Prefecture Huashengtang Branch.

Ran He, who was lying on the bed to recuperate from his injuries, waited for the deputy lord of Cao, who came to visit him.

Stretched out his hand to suppress Ran Hegui, who wanted to get up and salute, Deputy Mansion Master Cao looked him up and down, and suddenly smiled: "Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, you kid not only played the 'Xuansheng card' well, but also a good hand on the battlefield, if you didn't sacrifice your life and death to drag the enemy, your group would have to sacrifice yourself for the Daomen." ”

Ran Hegui waved his hand and denied: "The deputy mansion master has won the award, I have already reported it, we can get out because that Takenaka Mitsujun has the intention of taking refuge in the Daomen, I am just a variable under the framework of his plan, and if there is no 'Xuanxuan jar' given to me by the deputy mansion master, I don't have the strength to hold him hostage." ”

Deputy Mansion Master Cao didn't buy it: "Come on, who knows that when he makes a move, you still have a few people who can live, credit is credit, and what should be yours is yours." ”

When Ran Hegui heard the word "merit", he immediately became interested and asked: "Deputy Mansion Master, has my merit been settled, I don't know if it is ......?"

Deputy Mansion Master Cao didn't sell Guan Zi either, and counted his fingers: "I spied on the important information of the 'Tiancong Cloud Sword' in the Atsuta Shrine, and after I broke it alone, I got the defense map of the Owari Domain, although there is a plan by Mitsutoshi Takenaka in it, but your credit is not small, and our several deputy mansion masters have a total of one or two, and decided to report to you a 'Dizi Gong'." ”

He Gui couldn't be surprised, and Deputy Mansion Master Cao said again: "Now that it's a war, it is estimated that Jin Que will soon complete the approval and issuance of your merits, and the process on Ziwei Hall's side will be faster, and it is estimated that you will be officially promoted to a six-grade Taoist priest in no time." I remember that you are not yet thirty years old, then you can still be a preparatory sacrificial wine, which will be a great help for your future promotion - it's a pity that you are only a seventh-grade Taoist, otherwise you can directly take a 'Dizi Gong', which is enough for you to be promoted to a fifth-grade Taoist. ”

"That's not all, the real person in charge heard about your 'feats', praised you for your courage and resourcefulness, and said that he would focus on cultivating you, and immediately made a decision to promote you to the position of 'deacon'. Deacon Ran Hegui, your future is bright! ”

Waiting for Deputy Mansion Master Cao to finish speaking, Ran Hegui had already recovered from the shock, and asked in an eager tone: "That Deputy Mansion Master, I still have two 'Xuanzi Gong' left, can I still convert this credit into a pill spiritual object?" ”

Deputy Mansion Master Cao nodded and smiled, "What do you want?" I have a bit of affection with the directors of the Huasheng Hall and the Tianji Hall, and I can help you 'cut the price' and intercede. ”

Ran He pondered for a moment or two, and replied: "My current realm cultivation is still too low, so I want a 'Blood Pill' and a bottle of 'Jade Liquid Wine' to improve my cultivation, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Deputy Mansion Master Cao nodded and responded, "It's not difficult, I'll help you ask for it." ”

……

Da Xuan has been seen for forty-three years, and the second day of February.

Fenglan Prefecture Provincial Government.

Today's Fenglan Prefecture Provincial Mansion is extremely lively, because Qingwei Zhenren, the second deputy governor Li Tiangang, Ding Weilingguan and his party returned to Xiujing City safely on the "Ying Dragon", and successfully took the successor of Qingwei Zhenren, Guan Bai Toyotomi Xiumao, back to the camp.

"Xuan Lang, have you heard, Deputy Mansion Master Li and Ding Weiling have made a great contribution this time! Safely take back the successor Guan Bai, the thief in the stage of creation and immeasurable will kill if he says kill, I heard that the real person in charge of the army also killed a pseudo-immortal cultivator Shangnin......" Nie Zhan, who was also promoted to deacon, chattered around Ran Hegui, with an eager look, as if he was the one who went to pick up Toyotomi Hideshige.

Ran Hegui didn't listen to his nagging, but said to himself: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, it was really Toyotomi Hidemao who succeeded Guan Bai, and that kid was right......

"Deacon Ran, Vice Mansion Master Li is looking for you." Just when Nie Zhan wanted to continue to say something, a voice took Ran Hegui away from the "Sea of Bitterness"

Coming to Li Tiangang's signing room, Ran He prescribed concentration, knocked on the door, and after getting a reply, Ran He pushed the door and entered the room.

Li Tiangang was sitting at a table in the outer hall, and opposite him was also sitting a young man - because his back was to the door, Ran Hegui didn't see his face clearly, but judging from the "Zhongji Sutra" on his body, this was a three-grade Youyi Taoist priest.

With such achievements at such a young age, and being treated so courteously by Deputy Mansion Lord Li, is this Li Changge, who was praised as the head of the "Three Shows of Taoism"?

"Deputy Hall Master Qi, when you first come to our Fenglan Prefecture Provincial Mansion, you definitely need someone to be a guide, this Ran Hegui Deacon is very good, just let him take you around and familiarize yourself with the Provincial Mansion."

Before Ran Hegui could react, he saw that the young man had turned to look at him eagerly, and a familiar face appeared in front of him.

"Sure enough, it's Xuanlang! When I saw the name, I guessed it would be you...... Why, don't you remember my classmate? ”

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In the early period of the Great Qi Dynasty, Mr. Wuliu's "Postscript to Sou Shen" contains: Ding Lingwei, a native of Liaodong, learned the Tao in Lingxu Mountain, and later returned to Liao. Later, "returning to the crane" refers to the people who do not forget their hometown, and "returning to the crane" refers to the "Liaodong crane", which means that they have returned after a long absence with the feeling of nostalgia for their hometown, and sigh that their hometown is still the same, and the world has changed greatly.

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