Chapter 5: The Puppet String Killer
The front yard is full of flowers and plants, and the light breeze hangs high in the moon, which makes the two reluctant to give up.
But at this moment, the lights of Xiandou Town have been extinguished, and it is too late to think that the time has to be said for a while.
Qin Yao just wanted to say some parting words, but was pushed by Kojiro, only to hear a "whoosh", a hidden weapon passed by, and then with a "ding" sound, the dark weapon was nailed to the pebbles in the courtyard, and it made a 'buzzing' sound.
Qin Yao broke out in a cold sweat on his back and shouted, "Who is ......?"
Halfway through this, he was interrupted by a hidden weapon, and Kojiro saw that she was powerless to parry, turned around and flashed in front of her, and threw a money bag to block the hidden weapon.
This throw is both ruthless and accurate, and the hidden weapon is impartially nailed to the silver taels in the money bag.
He squinted, and saw that the golden light of this hidden weapon was shining thin and long, not a golden needle or something?
Qin Yao thought to herself: "There is really no one else who can use a golden needle as a secret weapon in Dongying Japan except for Yui, the eldest lady of the Inoue family."
So she asked, "Is 'Mom' you?"
She asked tentatively, although the golden needle is Yui's fake, it doesn't mean that this secret weapon is Yui's shot.
I only heard a lazy voice replying: "Yao'er, it's me, why can't I even recognize my golden needle." ”
Qin Yao followed the sound and looked at a pretty figure slowly walking out of the darkness of the courtyard, this figure, this temperament, is it not Yui who accompanies day and night or who is it?
Qin Yao shook her head desperately, her heart was full of mixed feelings, she really couldn't imagine that her sister who cut off her head and changed her life would assassinate herself, so she asked, "You...... Why are you doing this, why are you harming both of us, are you being coerced?"
"Silly sister, why did someone threaten me. Yao'er, come here, don't hurt you. Yui said softly, unhurriedly.
Qin Yao's eyes widened and she asked in disbelief, "Why are you doing this, Gongzi is kind to us, and you want to kill him?!"
Who knew that Yui smiled, smiled very sadly, slowly put his hand on his waist and said: "The things of the world are not something you can think through, although my Inoue family is rich in the world, but in the final analysis, it is not a dog under Hideyoshi." Do you remember who treated you like a relative, who gave you food and clothes when you were hungry and cold?"
Qin Yao has encountered a lot of things in her life, but it is not as difficult to choose this time, it is said that Yui is more kind to her, but looking at Kojiro's handsome and innocent face, she can't hate it.
She weighed it in her heart for a long time and said firmly: "You saved my life and gave me food, the great kindness and great virtue Qin Yao is unforgettable." But Childe ...... He is also my benefactor, and I will protect him thoroughly, and I hope you will stop, otherwise...... Otherwise......"
She wanted to say that Yui would kill herself on the spot if she didn't stop, but she thought that her long-lost sister was still in Dongying, so she suffocated back in the second half of the sentence.
Yui glared angrily when she heard this, gritted her teeth and said fiercely: "Okay! You are really my good sister, since you have made up your mind to protect him, I will clean up the door today!" With a wave of his hand, a group of guards jumped out and surrounded the two.
This moment is a long time. Looking back on the past, she never imagined that Yui would be a killer......
Qin Yao was abducted to Dongying and sold to a brothel, but fortunately, she was clever enough to escape while the guards were unprepared.
People in a foreign land can't understand the language, she can only beg all day long to survive, so hungry and cold after more than half a year, her body finally can't stand a snowy day in front of the door of Xiandou Town.
Yui happened to find her when she went out that day, so that she was not frozen and starved to death.
Yui is a kind-hearted person, not only took Qin Yao in, but also taught her martial arts and never even let her accompany a guest, over the years, the two have treated each other with all sincerity, are like sisters, and snuggle up to each other.
Qin Yao never thought that she would disobey Yui, let alone that she would stand on the opposite side of Yui one day, who knows how ...... today
Thinking of this, she couldn't hold back her tears anymore, and cried: "Yui, you and I are sisters, and even I ...... Do you want to kill me? I inherited this life from you back then, and if you want to kill me, I will give you my life. ”
After all, he really stepped forward to die.
Kojiro dragged it back to Qin Yao and said in a low voice: "What are you looking for!? The situation is not right, this person may not be Yui." ”
Qin Yao wiped away her tears and said, "Why not, can't you see it?"
Kojiro said: "Yui's internal strength is not strong, and the hidden weapon can't be thrown with such power, besides, the two hidden weapons just now were shot at you, she shouldn't be so vicious." In my opinion, there may be twists and turns. ”
Qin Yao said happily: "You didn't lie to me, there is really a secret here?"
"Yes!"
While the two were talking, many guards surrounded each with their swords.
Kojiro drew his sword and swept out with one move, and the sword qi scattered and forced everyone back dozens of steps.
He sneered, "Yui, if you want to kill me, use these people, is it enough to eat my sword?"
Qin Yao was shocked in his heart and said loudly: "Son, be careful, don't hurt their lives!"
Kojiro was dumbfounded, he really didn't know what was going on in the mind of this soft-looking woman, how to turn her elbow outward at this time.
He said, "Now it's not me who wants to kill them, it's they who want to kill us." ”
Qin Yao was a little embarrassed by what Kojiro said, and muttered: "You are almost the martial arts of the superior of Shenshen, where are the guards in the town who are your opponents, they treat me well on weekdays, you better be merciful." ”
Although the voice was small, but the two of them were so close that they couldn't hear it clearly, Kojiro wondered: "What kind of mess are you talking about, what are you talking about, what are the things that are not miserable, Shen Ginseng?"
Qin Yao was surprised: "You don't even know? This is the division of strength on the rivers and lakes. ”
"Do you still need to divide the strength? You and I tell me in detail, what kind of mess is this. ”
Qin Yao replied: "This strength level is divided by the Wind Demon, which is the number one force in the rivers and lakes, and its leader, Wind Demon Kotaro, is the peak master of the Mystery Demon, and the first person in the martial arts recommended by the rivers and lakes. ”
Kojiro only heard the first four words of martial arts, and interrupted in his heart: "Is it so powerful?" I don't believe that I can beat my master, and one day I will defeat him." ”
Qin Yao saw that there was a sense of arrogance on his face, although he wanted to laugh at his arrogance in his heart, but after thinking about it, he admired him even more, he should have such a spirit at his age!
She continued, "Wind Demon no Sato was originally a ninja group, and they divided ninjas into five levels: lower ninja, middle ninja, special upper ninja, upper ninja, and Ukuyi all skun. In order to clarify their strength, the people in the rivers and lakes applied it and created five titles: Ten Chops, Xuanren, No Misery, Divine Ginseng, and the End of All Things, which are used by everyone in our rivers and lakes. ”
"Fart, so many people in the world use these ranks?
Qin Yao was speechless, she didn't know why Kojiro was so angry.
Kojiro forced everyone back several times in the process of Qin Yao's explanation, and he thought to himself: "These people are very wasteful, can't you see that I haven't changed my tricks, it's pitiful to kill them with such poor martial arts, let's leave them a small life." ”
Kojiro danced a sword flower on his chest and put the sword in his sheath, not attacking or defending, closing his eyes and listening, as if he wanted to give up resistance.
When everyone attacked again, it was easy to get within half a step, and they saw that the blade was about to be cut.
Qin Yao was in a hurry, and shouted in his mouth: "Son, don't be angry, I won't talk nonsense, don't be like this." ”
Yui snorted coldly and said, "Immovable as a mountain!Good boy, do you really think you can stop it?"
In this extremely short moment, a black light suddenly appeared when the wind and clouds met.
Drawing swords, galloping, and slashing diagonally, the figures shuttled back and forth between the people, and the people seemed to be still, and in an instant their tendons were cut off.
After doing all this, Kojiro took the ghost blade and said to Yui: "Auntie, how is it, my secret sword system-Yan Hui is still enough to see?"
Yui closed her mouth, which couldn't be more wide, stroked her palms and smiled: "Yes, yes, the 'Ghost of Azuchi Momoyama' is really powerful, but it's just ......"
"But what?"
Yui smiled and said, "It's just that your death is not far off." ”
Kojiro was shocked, and was so frightened by her red mouth and white teeth that he pretended to be casual and said, "You fart! It's too early for me to die!"
"Do you see if your palms are black, and your chest is suffocating?" said Yui.
Kojiro has always felt that his chest is tight, just because he has slept for too long, he looked down and saw that the dark and shiny palm of his palm extended through the meridians to his arm, and exclaimed: "This and this, how do you know?"
"A few days ago, you were poisoned by the left near and it has not been completely removed, and today you are poisoned again, this poison is poisoned on top of poison, do you say that your death is not far away? Besides, your true qi runs to accelerate the circulation of toxins in your body, as long as this black qi attacks the heart vein, even the Daluo Immortal will not be able to save you. ”
It turned out that the money that Fang Yui gave to Qin Yao was poisoned, and Kojiro touched it with his hand.
It is said that if you care, you will be in chaos, Qin Yao heard what Yui said and was worried, so she grabbed Kojiro's hand and said, "Childe, let's run away, it's important to save your life." ”
Yui was afraid of Kojiro's desperate efforts, but after listening to Qin Yao's hard persuasion, he put his heart down and said, "Do you want to escape?
Kojiro has always refused to admit defeat, and he didn't even spare people in return: "What you said is really old-fashioned and consistent with your age, just see who wants whom!"
Although he said it easily on his lips, he secretly complained in his heart, his martial arts all relied on internal force to explode, and now he doesn't know what kind of poison he has in his body, how can he dare to use real power again? But he doesn't know anything about the fierce foreign kung fu, how can he beat her?
Fortunately, Yui's martial arts are not very powerful, and Kojiro can get by using his sword to block a few moves.
He handed over a few more moves in succession, and actually beat Yui back again and again, secretly proud in his heart, he didn't expect that his swordsmanship would be so powerful without internal force.
Who knew that Yui deliberately did not leak the real kung fu to make Kojiro have such a light enemy mentality, and when he was arrogant and proud, he suddenly cast a secret weapon in his fist and foot kung fu.
Kojiro didn't notice for a while and almost hit the trick, but Qin Yao was always vigilant and blocked another shot with his money bag.
Kojiro panicked and hurriedly said, "Thank you, what is the number of this Yui, you can tell me."
This scene was the last thing Qin Yao wanted to see, and it wasn't until the two benefactors really fought that they knew that the wood was irretrievable.
She pressed her remorse into her heart and said, "Yui her...... She is good at using poisons and hidden weapons, and with her ability to face the enemy, she can fight with Shen Shen at the intermediate level. ”
After hearing this, Yui sneered and said, "What's the use of what you say? Since the old lady dares to fight, she has made all the plans, and today she will let your sweetheart turn a fake ghost into a real ghost."
If you want to talk about the experience of facing the enemy, Kojiro is invincible, but if you want to talk about ingenuity, his reputation as the 'ghost of Azuchi Momoyama' is not all nonsense from the people of the rivers and lakes.
At this moment, he stared at his eyes and observed carefully, and suddenly found that Yui had a thin line condensed by internal force, and combined with the experience of dealing with the puppet near the left some time ago, it was suddenly transparent.
I saw that he suddenly ran wildly, running faster and farther around Yui, and in a few breaths, he turned into an afterimage.
I heard him roar again: "Mystery - Sakura Snow Falling Blade." Everywhere he went, the sword aura was formidable, and the black long sword swung like the wind, just like countless sword blades falling from the sky, and the cold moonlight shone on it like cherry blossoms falling on it.
After this move, the surrounding trees were cut off, and the swords on the cut trees were scarred vertically and horizontally.
After the sword wind passed, Kojiro stuck his sword on the ground, clutched his chest and gasped, holding Yui in his right arm and shaking his true qi......
An extremely hot internal force poured into his body, and after a while, Yui's eyes regained their aura and asked, "Where am I? Why are you so haggard?" ”
"You're finally sober, do you still have an impression of what happened just now?"
Yui said slowly, "Just now...... A tall and thin man came to the town just now, and I couldn't remember anything when I looked at him. Could it be that ...... 'puppet string killer' is close to the right?"
"Not bad, not bad. It is said that Xiandou Town is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's intelligence agency, and it really lives up to its reputation, and even the old man's name is known. An old, gloomy voice came from nowhere, and the person who spoke was the right nearer.
"It's really him, don't look at it!" Yui hurriedly covered Kojiro's eyes.
She added: "This person has a double pupil in his right eye, and he can hypnotize!"
Kojiro closed his eyes tightly and asked Yui, "No wonder you want to kill Qin Yao, didn't you be hypnotized by him?"
Yui was shocked when she heard this: "What? This bastard wants me to kill Yao'er with my own hands, it's really vicious." ”
Seeing that Yui had recovered as if he was standing up, Kojiro said, "Not only kill Qin Yao, but also kill me." ”
Yui looked at Kojiro's tone and said apologetically, "...... I'm sorry, Yao'er?"
As soon as the words fell, I heard Qin Yao say: "I'm here, you can be considered awake, you really scared me to death just now." ”
The boss in Yui's heart felt guilty and said: "Yao'er, you and I have a deep sisterhood, don't take it to heart what I have done that can't help you, it's not out of my own heart, don't blame me." ”
Qin Yao's voice suddenly became cold, and she replied, "Where are you, don't mind what you want me to do." ”
Suddenly, he turned his head and pulled out the ghost blade and said, "Childe, your sword is very sharp, I don't know if someone of my skill can pierce your heart with a sword?"
Hearing only a "poof" sound, the ghost blade pierced through the chest and pierced through the left ribs, Kojiro stood unsteadily, and his knees fell soft.
Qin Yao smiled sadly: "The ghost of Antu Peach Mountain, which of the old man's puppet technique is more exquisite than your swordsmanship?"
"Old thing, I don't ...... today Oops, Yui, slow down...... The sword is still on me. ”
Yui flew up and kicked Qin Yao, and tried her best to pick up Kojiro and run wildly. It's just that the ghost blade is still stuck in Kojiro's body, and Kojiro, who was bumpy and painful all the way, rolled his eyes.
Yui ran to the back room of the town with Kojiro in her arms, turned the coffee table at the bedside, and turned the bed board over with a few "Kaka" sounds.
It turned out that there was another secret room in the back of the house, and Yui flashed into it with Kojiro in his arms and lit a torch with a fire fold, but he saw that the secret room was full of files and all kinds of daily necessities.
Kojiro was surprised: "I didn't expect you to have a cave in your house." ”
"No, Xiandou Town is a place of confidential information. There are so many things in the rivers and lakes, and I still rely on my head to remember. I'll help you pull out the sword first, you bear with it. ”
She casually took out a few golden needles from her waist and sealed several big points on Kojiro's body, and then held the hilt of the sword and pulled it outward, "poof", and a ball of blood came out in response.
"Oops, it hurts me. What are you doing in a daze, give me the sword. Kojiro glanced at Yui and snatched the ghost blade.
Yui gasped and said, "This sword ...... There are quirks. When I took the sword, I felt as if I had fallen into an endless abyss, which was cold and lonely, and I even heard the cry of evil spirits. ”
"It's nonsense, this sword was given to me by a high monk when I was a child, and I often don't feel like you say when I hold it. By the way, you tell me about the martial arts of the right near, I want to think about how to deal with it. ”
Speaking of the characters in the rivers and lakes, it is what Yui is best at, took out a book from the corner of the secret room, patted the thick dust and said: "If you ask the person on the right, you may not be able to answer the reason, and if you ask me, it can be regarded as the right person." ”
"According to the script, what are you selling and boasting about. ”
Yui said embarrassedly: "Okay, okay, the old lady doesn't boast about it." However, the right near does not often walk around the rivers and lakes, and the file has not been touched for several years, so the record here may not be complete. ”
"Let's take a look first, and you'll know a little bit about it. ”
Yui opened the dossier and wrote on the yellowed paper: Kudo Youjin, a peak level master of Ginseng, whose birth year is unknown, and his younger brother Kudo Zuojin studied under the Kurosaki clan of Myogiyama, and moved the rivers and lakes with a puppet in the early days of Nobunaga. It can use internal force to turn into thin lines to manipulate living people, corpses, and puppets, make good use of poison, and use internal force lines to affect every inch of the human body's musculoskeletal, making it no different from usual.
Kojiro was surprised: "No wonder you were manipulated as usual, I didn't expect the puppeteer to be so unbelievable." ”
"The thin line knife formed by this internal force is constantly chopping and chopping, how did you save me?"
Kojiro said with a smug face: "I used internal force to urge the sword qi to break off, it's very simple." ”
"You...... Your internal strength is more amazing than his manipulation of a puppet. ”
Kojiro said proudly: "No, I used the tricks of the Upanishi system." ”
Yui teased, "Your boastful skills are also quick to learn." ”
Kojiro was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "Let's continue to look down." ”
The book reads: The right eye is born with a different pupil, and seeing it can confuse the mind. Its internal force line is extremely tough, often in the dark with its neck to carry out assassination, the people of the time called it 'puppet string killer', and then put into the Takechiyo Gate into the wind demon, after the change of Honganji with puppet art to assassinate Toyotomi Hideyoshi was injured by Sarutobi Sasuke, and has since disappeared.
"That's all? ”
Yui said: "This person is very mysterious, and he can only remember a page of such a thick book......