Chapter 31: The Duel in front of the Emperor
"Kujo-sama!" Coming out of the crowd of onlookers was a heroic woman with a mask on her head.
Listening to what everyone around her called her, Anping also looked at her a few more times. The people of the Kujo family... Appearing at this time, are you here to help yourself?
"As an Okushi, your words and deeds represent the face of the general, why are you embarrassed by a stranger here?" Every pronunciation and every step of Kujou Sara is like a general standard measured by a ruler, and there is a natural exemplary temperament.
"No, Lord Kujo! This person has the token of Miyaji-sama on his body, and this thing is very important, maybe this person infiltrated the Narukami Shrine and stole it from Miyaji-sama! Seeing Kujou Sara coming, several members of the Okuja tribe immediately bowed their waists, and the leader hurriedly explained.
"Miyaji-sama's token?" Kujou Sara turned his head to look at Anhei.
"Can you show me? Don't worry, with so many people watching, I won't do anything tricky. ”
"No problem." Anhei pursed his lips and handed the token to Kujou Sara. Kujou Sara took the token and looked at it twice in his hand, and then returned it to Anping.
"It's indeed Miyaji-sama's token, can you tell me how it got to you?"
"A hundred thousand Mora bought." Anping told the truth.
"Nonsense! Do you know what this token is?! How is it possible that Miyaji-sama..."Yuta raised his head and before he could refute a word, Kujou Sara stopped him with a look.
"I believe what you said, since the token was traded to you by Lord Miyaji, then you should keep it." Kujou Sara knew a lot more about the Yae Miyaji than the average person.
Knowing that 100,000 Mora would sell the tokens, she really did it.
"Kujo-sama..."Yuta still wanted to argue.
"Presumptuous!" Kujou Sara drank coldly, and Yuta finally closed his mouth unwillingly.
"If you think something is wrong, you should go to Yae Miyaji, who treats the shogun's token as a child's play, instead of embarrassing a law-abiding stranger in Inazuma Castle. Do you think I can't see what's going on in your heart? Kujou-sama's sharp gaze swept over Yuta, Yuta trembled all over, but still gritted his teeth and hardened: "Kujo-sama, as an Okujo-sama, it is also within my scope of duty to maintain the reputation of the shogun..."
"Nonsense! The so-called rumors are nothing more than false rumors, and the general's good conduct and all rumors are self-defeating. And as an obsessed servant, you have embarrassed a foreign merchant by listening to rumors, and what you are doing now has brought shame to the general! Kujou Sara was clearly organized and spoke loudly, attracting applause from the surrounding people.
But Anpei, who has seen too many cunning Inazuma people, can't help but start to wonder if Kujou Sara will be the inner ghost of the Heavenly Domain, and this time he also saw through his identity and came to help him out of the siege.
Even Raiden Shogun's imperial guards were deeply jealous of her, and this woman probably had a high status in front of both the Kujo family and Raiden Shogun.
It is quite in line with the identity of the ghost in the shogunate army that Anhei guessed. Yuta didn't have the courage to look at Kujou Sara, and his head sank deeply.
But he didn't have the slightest intention of introspection.
"Even if it's a rumor, it still damages the majesty of the general, not to mention that this person is very similar to the person who spread the rumor... I have reason to believe that he is the spreader of rumors, a spy sent by other countries in order to sabotage the Shogun's quest for eternity..."You Raiden Shogun have nothing left but the inner ghost... What more spies do you need? An Ping couldn't help but complain in his heart.
"What about the evidence?" Kujou Sara looked at Yuta coldly.
"If you can't produce evidence, then tomorrow I will report to the Shogun what happened today, and ask the Shogun to reconsider your identity as an Okushi." Yuta's head suddenly lifted and he looked at Kujou Sara in panic.
"Kujo-sama! Everything I do is for the sake of the General..."
"But you have in fact stained the eternal glory of the Shogun, and the Ombudsman, who are the Shogun's personal guards, will not allow any stain to exist." Kujou Sara's merciless tone directly shattered Yuta's sanity.
"Kujo-sama... You can't do this! I'm thinking about the Shogun with all my heart, and I'm here to maintain the Shogun's majesty... You can't do this to me..."Seeing that Yuta even wanted to rush up and reason with Kujou Sara, several colleagues around him hurriedly grabbed him and persuaded him.
"Sorry for making you laugh." Kujou Sara no longer pays attention to the collapsed Yuta, and turns to Anhei to apologize to him very rigidly.
"It's okay, I've gotten used to it since I came to Inazuma Castle." An Ping's tone was somewhat sarcastic. failed to teach this occult a lesson with his own hands, and he still had some resentment in his heart that he couldn't let out.
Kujou Sara heard the mockery in Anping's mouth, but she had no reason to refute it.
It is an objective fact that foreigners who have lost the support of the original state are bullied in Inazuma after the lockdown of the country, and although the shogun has repeatedly issued five orders to prohibit such behavior, it is still impossible to completely eradicate it in terms of results.
"Everything I do is for the sake of the General... You can't do this to me..."Yuta, who didn't fall to the ground with the support of his colleagues, had almost lost his mind, and his eyes were distracted, and he would only repeat this sentence over and over again.
Until the afterglow of his gaze regained a glimpse of Anping. A nameless hatred welled up in my heart. If it weren't for this person... How could I be dismissed...
"I'm going to launch a duel in front of you!" Yuta suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Anping. Yes? Anping was worried that he had no chance to take revenge, but he didn't expect Yuta to immediately give him a step.
But what is a dueling in front of the Gozen? Duel in front of Raiden Shogun?
"Ridiculous! Do you think the Imperial Duel is a play?! How could the Shogun approve such a trivial matter?! Take him down and calm down! "If it weren't for the fact that Okujo was a direct subordinate of the Shogun, Kujou Sara would have dealt with him according to military law based on this sentence alone.
"I'm going to start a dueling in front of the king! As long as the general sees it, he will definitely understand that I am sincerely defending her... I'm going to start a dueling in front of the Gozen! Yuta, who was dragged away by the rest of the Okushi, was still shouting, and the few people didn't have time to cover his mouth.
Kujou Sara felt a headache.
"I agree to a duel with you." However, at this time, Anping suddenly added a new drama to this drama that was about to end.
"Rude! Do you think that the Duel in front of the Imperial Court can be started with your consent?! Kujou Sara also scolded Anhei.
"Of course it's not a duel in front of the emperor, I know that the general has a lot of opportunities, and he definitely won't have the time to witness this kind of duel of ours."
"So—" Anhei looked at Kujou Sara.
"Why don't you just have a fair and open duel with him under the witness of Lord Kujo, but how about this grudge?"