Chapter 42: Clear Beard
While Li Pan and Rama were chatting and educating all the way, the floating car slid through the field of the white greenhouse and arrived at a city like a landscape glass ball covered by a monomolecular film.
From a distance, it looks like a dew drop on a desolate land.
And among the dewdrops, there is a blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green waters, and the four seasons are like spring, like a dreamy future city-state.
That is Cheongju Castle. Or rather, Takamagahara's Titan-class colonial starship, the Kiyosu.
Not bad, Titan class.
The core of this Cheongju city is a huge starship in a barge, and all the facilities and factories on the outskirts of the city are the entire dockyard that assists in the maintenance of the Titans.
At the height of Takamagahara's heyday, the group had three Titan-class star destroyers under the umbrella of Kiyosu, Gifu, and Azuchi, and served as the flagships of Takamagahara's three full-fledged fleets.
However, in the company war, Gifu and Azuchi were down, and the fleet was completely annihilated. The Kiyosu fleet had been badly wounded earlier, and had escaped death only after returning to Hong Kong for overhaul.
It was also due to the loss of combat power of the three Titans and the basic destruction of the main force of the fleet, that Takamagahara had no choice but to announce surrender and the war ended.
The Kiyosu was also refitted under the supervision of the Security Bureau, dismantling all the weapons systems, transforming it into a colony ship, and refurbishing it into a space city.
However, with the extermination of the Oda gene carriers, the Titan has actually lost the owner of the captain's authority, and no one can lift it into the air.
The most obvious evidence is that the Monster Company's floating ship flew into Cheongju City without receiving any permission restrictions and no-fly zone warnings from the system.
Eighteen sent two coordinates,
"One coordinate is the location of the negotiation proposed by the other party, and the other is the location of Kotaro's chip that I searched."
Li Pan glanced at it, these two addresses were not the residences of those bigwig directors, and it seemed that the other party didn't want to reveal his identity for the time being.
"I'll meet them, Rama will check the chip coordinates, no need to sneak in, just take a look at the crystal ball from a distance, and see if Kotaro is there."
"Okay boss."
So Rama jumped out of the floating car, and Li Pan took the car directly to the meeting place proposed by the other party.
This seems to be some kind of high-end clubhouse, there is no sign on the map, there are private security patrols on the perimeter, and the security mercenary force even has a mecha, and the identification code provided by the other party can enter the defense circle.
Inside is a very elegant private courtyard, mountains and lakes, it looks like a park, the grass and flowers are real guys, priceless, the floating car is guided to descend into the parking lot, Li Pan directly took out the 'hair band' and put it in the inner pocket, and then got out of the car and followed the robot servant into the park.
Through the outer lake, the robot leads him to a bamboo forest and asks him to follow the path in the forest. There should be a powerful ECM device in the forest, Li Pan took less than two steps, and the Fuxi chip showed that the link was disconnected, and he temporarily lost contact with the big snake.
After walking a hundred and fifty steps along the cobblestone path in the forest, a small courtyard with a gentle breeze appeared in the middle of a wide white sandy field.
The plaque of the small building reads "Cao'an Hall. Today's Nunnery", an old man dressed as a monk, wearing a sea green and a hat, was waiting in front of the hall, and when he saw Li Pan coming, he bowed to him from afar.
Kuan...... Tea room......
Li Pan remembered that Kotaro had provided information in this regard.
The Oda clan seems to like the tea ceremony, and they give them a bowl or a pot to drink tea when they meet someone. The lord likes to drink soup so much, and the retainers and cadres of Gao Tianyuan naturally work hard to learn to wash the dishes, and they go both ways.
Of course, they are not really idle and have nothing to do or how elegant the tone is, in fact, most people are as vulgar as Li Pan, they like to eat meat and drink wine in large pieces, after all, this tea is so delicious and bitter that it is not rubbish.
But people don't come to this kind of place to enjoy, mainly to talk about business.
These tea ceremony masters are actually a kind of political brokers.
After all, politics is social, but between your retainers, civil ministers and military generals visit each other, in fact, it is very taboo, there are all kinds of ninjas in the imperial court to stare at in secret, and there are all kinds of electronic ghost hackers, some political consultations, and intelligence transactions cannot be carried out in the office on the table, so there is a chance to appear in the tea ceremony.
By learning the tea ceremony, or holding a tea party, Takamagahara cadres could engage in private conspiracies, conspiracies, and political deals. And because there is a third person, the tea ceremony master, in the presence of a third person, it is naturally impossible to talk about the topic of rebellion, no matter how much he conspires.
And these tea ceremony political brokers can not only help the Oda clan to monitor, but also pass on the word on their behalf, convey the meaning of the Lord to their subordinates, and play a role in directly controlling all strata of the family and reporting secrets.
It can be said that the tea ceremony and the ninja, one light and one dark, one literary and one martial, a knife and a bowl of tea, are really the sharp weapons that firmly hold Takamagahara in the hands of the Oda clan.
So Li Pan also knew the meaning of the other party's blending, nodded and returned the salute, and followed the monk into the tea room.
The interior has wooden floors that creak when you walk around, and the paper doors are so thin that you can even see people, apparently to prevent anyone from eavesdropping outside.
And the tea room is not big, it is a very private space, in order to show the sincerity of the two sides to negotiate, on the wall on one side, hanging "and respect for the silence" four words, put some flower arrangements and tea sets, clean, no electronic equipment.
Please Li Pan sit down, and the monk opened the side door, revealing the people who had been waiting on the other side of the door.
"I am grateful to come to the meeting, and I am in the next, Fujido Uemon."
This is a big man of 1.9 meters, with bulging muscles, Li Pan saw at a glance that the other party should also have a fourth-level military prosthesis, and the business card handed over by the other party was written as the president of Fujido Construction Industry Co., Ltd.
Li Pan checked the information given by Kotaro, the upstream of the construction of this Fujido is Kinoshita Trade, and Kinoshita Trade is the capital injection business of Yuchai Group, so he knew that the other party was sincere, and did not go around to find a bunch of white gloves, and he had already taken the initiative to come to contact.
So Li Pan didn't pretend anymore and handed over the business card.
"TheM, Li Pan. I thought there were a lot of ninjas waiting for me in the house. ”
"You are too worried, this board meeting is not trivial, all parties have agreed in advance to restrain the ninjas under their command from entering the city, so the young master of the demon is eye-catching."
Fujido Uemon didn't look surprised, and leaned down and said,
"This time, thanks to the introduction of the young master of the demon, it is a great honor. My master has instructed that the young master should be properly settled, and there must be no negligence and rudeness, so please don't worry. ”
Fujido Uemon said as he unlocked the black box beside him and pushed it to the monk.
The monk took the box, looked at Li Pan, and saw Li Pan nodding, so he opened the box and turned it to him, and there were eight encrypted data cards in the box.
Fujido Uemon introduced,
"I heard that some people have the audacity to damage your company's assets, and these are the compensation given to your company by my father-in-law, Gao Tianyuan."
Li Pan smiled,
"Your father-in-law, can you represent Takamagahara now?"
"The lack of a leader in the Takamahara group led to the petty bandits, which affected the business affairs of each family. However, now that the wise traitor has been ambushed, my lord has the intention to set things right, reshape order, and restore order in the economic circle. ”
Fujido Uemon said, took out an envelope from his arms, and pushed it in front of Li Pan,
"A little polite, please smile. If the manager can say a few good words for us, he will be the guest of the lord. ”
Oh, there's also a card from Lao Tzu, it's quite good.
"Well, I'm thinking about thinking about ......"
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a loud bang interrupted Li Pan's words.
He frowned for a moment, staring at the expressionless Fujido Uemon in front of him, and the tea ceremony master frowning on the side, as if the other party didn't know what was going on.
However, listening to the explosion, there was some distance, and it was not an attack on the tea room.
"President Fujido, what do you mean by this, you have a toast, and you want me to see what the punishment is like?"
Fujido Uemon worships,
"You misunderstood, I heard that someone acted privately and wanted to collude with Akezhi to betray the traitor Tianfu Tianfu, so he will attack the main city today.
However, the hermitage is very safe here, so you don't need to worry. Until that's over, let's have a cup of tea here. ”
As soon as he reminded him, the monk also calmed down, and he was in "Boom!" Bang! In the explosion, Li Pan was served tea.
Oh, it seems that someone mentioned the Yuchai family, today is the 'last day', so you have to hurry up, right? The Yuchai family is also quite neat. It seems that I don't plan to delay it for too long, giving representatives of Zhutian Company like Li Pan too many opportunities to choose from.
"Well, it's really good tea."
Since the other party was ready, and it was considered the upper way, Li Pan didn't mean to be sideways, so he took a sip of tea.
Fujido Uemon saw that he was willing to drink tea, and his expression was a little more relaxed.
"The refreshments at the hermitage hall are always good, so please try them."
"Hehe, Li Jushi is probably the first time to meet the tea ceremony, so he will use this light to change the eyes of the sky."
The monk saw that the two of them had talked about it, and he also opened his mouth to introduce those tea ceremony refreshments and teach Li Pan.
I have to say that this monk is worthy of being a broker, he is indeed very cultured, and his export is a chapter.
This Qian Jingxiu said that those tea ceremonies and culture or something, anyway, they are blowing these bowls and cups, there is a historical background is a famous thing given by a certain Oda, Li Pan can't understand it, just remember these refreshments glutinous rice dumplings, one by one they are also named what cherry cakes, morning dew, brocade jade, each of them has to give a poem, vassal elegance.
Made, it's so sweet, probably people themselves know that this tea is too bitter.
Outside was still crackling and banging, the more intense the fight became, the two of them were still drinking tea leisurely, Li Pan had to be patient and polite with them.
Then chewing the dumplings, Li Pan suddenly felt a little choked and panicked, took a sip of tea, and suddenly felt that the tea tasted wrong, and looked down to see that the green tea soup actually turned blood red.
"Vomit ——!"
"Uh, Li Jushi, you don't matter, right?"
"Manager, ...... you"
Fujido Uemon and Chi Jing Xiu looked at Li Pan, "Wow——! "I have to squirt out a big mouthful of tea soup, and he was choked for a while, but if you look closely, the tea soup squirted out by Li Pan actually smells of blood!
Looking down again, the tea bowl in their hands is clearly a bowl of blood! When they were frightened, the two of them threw aside the famous things given by a certain father-in-law in their hands!
"Na! Nani! Rest! You're poisoned! ”
"Ahh This! Buddha! This, this! How is this possible...... Vomit! ”
This guy reacted first, and began to vomit with his throat in his throat. Fujido Uemon also hurriedly began to snap his throat.
"Phew! Dry Nyima's! ”
Li Pan originally wanted to do it, but seeing the reaction of the two of them, he had a flash of inspiration, reached out and touched it, sure enough! The 'headband' in the inner pocket is gone!
"Made! Make a fuss for Lao Tzu at this time! Shame on Lao Tzu, right! I don't know how to lift! Get out of here! ”
Li Pan was furious, and he didn't care about decency, he jumped up, knocked over the tea bowl and tea stove, searched around the tea cans and tea rooms, and dismantled the wooden planks of the surrounding door curtains, but he didn't even see the shadow of the hairband.
"Dwell, layman! Your eyes! Eye! ”
Eye?
Li Pan also felt an itch at the corner of his eyes, rubbed it, and found that a strand of hair overflowed from the corner of his eye, and at the same time, his mouth and organs were also fluffy, as if they were blocked by a hair ball.
"Woohoo! Whining! Vomiting ——! ”
Then Fujido Uemon and Chi Jingxiu saw Li Pan kneeling on the ground, and from his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, a large number of hair strands were like iron worms, drilling through the skin and mucous membranes and gushing out, as if a large number of parasites were spewing out of his body. And Li Pan didn't care about the wriggling black lines on his face, knelt on the floor, and pulled out a handful of long hair from his throat!
He grabbed the hair in his mouth and tugged at it hard! Actually pulled a piece of scalp out of the stomach! Smash it on the tatami mat!
Fujido and Chijingxiu let out "Ahh The little girl's screams huddled together.
"Amitabha! Amitabha! ”
"Ah——! Ah——!h Ah——!h ”
"Ahem! Vomit! Made! Ahem! Knife! Give Lao Tzu a knife! Ahem! Vomiting ——! ”
Qian Jingxiu hid behind Fujitang with his head in his hands, and Fujitang was still screaming, but Li Pan reminded him, and two mantis knives burst out from his arms to block in front of him, but his feet were weak and he couldn't get up.
Li Pan didn't care so much, pounced over and held Fujitang down, forcefully broke a knife from his hand, quickly untied the dress shirt, inserted a knife into the abdomen, disemboweled it in front of the two of them, reached out and inserted it into the stomach for a while, and took out the 'hairband'.
And then he was "wow——! "I vomited for a while, and the blood and stomach acid, and finally vomited all the hair in my mouth, nose, and esophagus.
"Ahhh
In this tragic scene, Qian Jingxiu crooked his neck and fainted to see the Buddha.
President Fujido is still "——!ahh Whoa——! Whoa——! "Gotta scream.
"Huh! Burst! Bah! Phew! ”
Li Pan hurried up, threw the blade to the ground, found a tea can, threw the hairband in it and covered it, and stood up covering the blood in his abdomen.
"Hey, President Fujido, as you can see, I'm a little unwell, so I'll retire first."
"Ahh......h
Fujido Uemon's pupils dilated, his face was full of bruises, sweat flowed wildly, and his eyes were blank, probably he actually wanted to faint a long time ago, but the prosthetic body gave him a stimulant adrenal gland, and he couldn't faint, just trembling there.
Li Pan didn't bother to pay attention to him, he held the envelope given to him by the other party in his arms, covered the wound on his abdomen with a teacan, and opened the door with a suitcase, and saw a woman in red with long hair covering her face standing outside the house.
This time he saw clearly, the woman was wearing a bright red wedding dress, a very old-fashioned Hanfu, barefoot and half-floating, her hair scattered over her shoulders, and she looked like she was facing away from the tea room, looking at the courtyard.
There was a muffled "bang" behind him, and the screaming stopped, and Fujido Uemon seemed to have finally fainted.
"Get out! Good dogs don't get in the way! ”
Li Pan didn't look back, and with an angry roar, the woman in red seemed to understand, and suddenly floated towards the door. At the moment when he staggered by, Li Pan chased out to take a look, and the corridor was empty, and there was no ghost in sight.
"Made, pretend to be a ghost! Bah! ”
So Li Pan carried the box, walked all the way out of the bamboo forest to the floating car, took out the 'hair band' from the tea can and sealed it with the company's suitcase. Then take out the nail gun from the first aid kit and nail the cut stomach pouch up.
Eighteen, "Good guy, boss, how many people have you killed, and you are covered in blood?" ”
", I'm just going to have tea, okay! Lamar! How's it going over there! Did Kotaro get rescued? ”
Rama, "Uh, I found Kotaro, but he doesn't seem to be very convenient......"
Rama then sent back a video with his prosthetic eye.
Li Pan looked at it fixedly, and was furious,
"Made! Lao Tzu came all the way to save him! It's all caesarean section! He's actually driving an impa! ”
Eighteen reminded,
"Isn't he the young master of the demon seal, probably the other party wants to get his genetic son and give birth to an heir."
Li Pan thought about it, Kotaro mentioned a lot of secret ninja equipment of the Demon Sealing Family, and no heir will self-destruct, it seems that the cracking method is quite simple, now that he is out of prison, probably the entire imperial court is greedy for him.
"All right, Rama, go and drag him out. I'll pick you up. ”
Li Pan closed his eyes and recuperated, and quickly healed himself on the wound on his abdomen, and soon the wound healed and blood scabs.
Thanks to the upgrade of the second turn, otherwise the size of this wound is thousands of pieces, and you have to ask the orange to drink two more cups......
Then Li Pan opened his eyes and saw the woman in red sitting opposite him.
…… What's going on?
Li Pan opened the suitcase and took a look, the hairband was fine, the box was also in good condition, and the seal should be fine......
But as soon as she raised her eyes, the woman came up to him, as if she was staring straight at him behind her long hair.
Li Pan frowned, closed the suitcase, turned his head to look at her,
"What the hell do you want!?"
XVIII, "What? Boss, you call me? ”
Li Pan, "I'm not talking to you. ”
Rama, "What's the matter with the boss?" ”
Li Pan, "...... It's okay, clear your throat. ”
Li Pan was also helpless, the surveillance naturally couldn't shoot anything, the woman in red was probably only visible to him and the people nearby, although she just stood by her side and stared, there was no movement, but judging from the experience of these two uses, it should have a little negative mental impact on people.
I don't know what Rama Kotaro's reaction will be later. Maybe you'll be scared too......
Suddenly, the woman in red stretched out her hand and pointed outside.
"Huh? What's that? ”
Li Pan turned his head and saw a red line flashing in the distance, as if someone was using a laser pointer to illuminate his floating boat, oh, it was laser positioning, laser guidance...... Well?! !
Li Pan jumped up, kicked open the hatch and jumped off the floating boat, and the next moment, he caught a glimpse of the bright starlight in the foothills in the distance, and then "Boom!" With a loud bang, the company's floating car was blown up by high-energy laser weapons.
(End of chapter)