There were far more samurai in this teahouse than Qingnobo had originally expected, which made Qingnobo increasingly suspicious of what was so fishy about this teahouse.
Fortunately, although there are many samurai guarding the teahouse, their sentry posts are quite amateurish. Although people are there, everyone is either in a daze or sleepy, which allows Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai to go smoothly.
Defeat them one by one and advance safely to the staircase connecting the third and second floors.
There happened to be no one around the stairway at this time. They went down the stairs to the second floor of the tea house, then passed through a corridor and turned a corner. After that, the two came to a spacious room like a living room.
When this tea house was still abandoned, this hall room was probably used exclusively for guests to go upstairs to drink tea and rest.
But now, all the low tables used for guests to sit and enjoy tea and snacks are gone, and only two "hills" that are higher than Qingdeng can be seen.
These two "hills" are covered with thick linen, making it impossible to see clearly what these two "hills" are.
Look around - four samurai patrolling back and forth around these two "hills".
Aoto looked at Mai Kinoshita beside him, and at the same time, Mai raised her head and looked at Aoto, and the two once again started a silent communication through their eyes.
Kinoshita Mai raised her hand, pointed at herself, and then pointed at the two samurai on her right.
Qingto nodded understandingly, and then walked out of the shadows hiding in the shadows with Mai Kinoshita.
Kinoshita Mai walked towards the two samurai she just pointed out.
Qingdeng's target was naturally the other two people.
While still hiding in the shadows outside the hall, Qingdeng had already seen through the patrol tracks of the four people in the hall - these four people were patrolling back and forth according to a certain track.
In this case, Qingdeng decided to simply use their patrol tracks to knock them down one by one!
Qingdeng walked lightly to the "foot" of a certain "hill", pressed his back against the "hill", and used the "hill" to cover his figure.
The two "hills" standing in the center of this hall, which are slightly higher than Aoto, are perfect obstacles for Aoto and Mai Kinoshita to cover their bodies.
It happened to be a coincidence that the two warriors Qingteng was responsible for solving happened to be fat and thin.
They didn't expect that someone had already sneaked into their vicinity.
So - the thinner one, holding the knife at his waist, walked swaggeringly past the "hill" where Qingdeng was hiding, and passed by Qingdeng.
Looking at this thin man who walked straight forward because he didn't see him hiding in the shadow behind the "hill", exposing his undefended back directly in front of his eyes... Qingdeng stepped forward without ceremony.
forward.
Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng repeated the entire set of steps he had used to knock people unconscious tonight - covering the thin man's mouth from behind with one hand, and hitting the side of the thin man's neck hard with the other hand, knocking him unconscious.
At this time, an accident occurred.
When Qingteng lowered the thin man who had been successfully knocked unconscious by him to the floor, he suddenly saw a figure flashing to his right - one of the fat and one thin samurai pair that Qingteng was responsible for solving.
That fat man...
This guy, who was constantly patrolling back and forth along a fixed track, returned to the position where Qingdeng could see him faster than Qingdeng expected.
Therefore, Qingdeng, who was still half-crouching on the ground as he was lowering the newly stunned thin man to the ground, looked at each other through the thick darkness with the fat man...
This unexpected gaze lasted for less than half a second and was interrupted by Qingdeng's quick reaction.
Qingdeng's figure was like a tight spring that was released in one breath, and he rushed towards the fat man quickly!
After Qingdeng rushed towards him, the fat man belatedly reached out for the saber hanging on his left waist and opened his mouth wide, wanting to shout a warning.
Qingdeng, who has the talent of "taking the lead", is so explosive and fast with his legs?
As soon as the fat man opened his mouth, Qingdeng was already in front of him.
Qingdeng quickly raised his left hand and covered the man's mouth. His right hand responded and struck hard at the side of the fat man's neck.
Because this fat man had more layers of fat than ordinary people that could be used to defend against damage, Qingden specially used more strength.
Although this accident happened suddenly, fortunately, it was a near miss.
Qingdeng's "physical shut-up method" successfully made the fat man do the same thing as the others who were knocked unconscious by Qingdeng tonight - his eyeballs were raised upwards, he rolled his eyes wide, and then passed out.
Kinoshita Mai eliminated the guards she was responsible for faster than Aoto.
"Finally everything has been resolved..." Mai Kinoshita stepped out from Qingto's side, let out a long breath, and walked quickly towards Qingto who was letting go of the unconscious fat man.
"Yeah." Qingden nodded slightly, and like Kinoshita Mai, he took a deep breath, then stood up and looked at the two "hills" beside him.
Mai Kinoshita, who noticed the change in Aoto's gaze, also followed Aoto and turned her attention to these two "hills".
"What is this?" Kinoshita Mai blinked in confusion.
There is nothing else in this spacious living room except the two "hills" placed in the center.
So it is obvious that the four samurai who were just subdued by Aoto and Mai Kinoshita are guarding these two "hills".
Being guarded by four samurai warriors... Both Aoto and Mai Kinoshita were extremely curious about what these two "hills" were.
"... Just open it and you will know." Qingdeng said lightly, then walked forward quickly and raised his hand to peel off the linen cloth on the "hill" closest to him.
When the linen was uncovered, the "hill" underneath the linen turned out to be a large number of wooden boxes stacked one on top of another.
Qingdeng, who frowned slightly, also lifted the linen cloth covering another "hill" - under the linen cloth, there were also a large number of wooden boxes...
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at the same time--
Outside the teahouse——
A middle-aged man with a huge birthmark on his face led two followers with no expression on his face, speeding through the deserted streets in the dark without lighting a lantern. After turning several intersections, he strode into this place.
The abandoned tea house that Ma Qingnobo and Kinoshita Mai are currently sneaking into.
As soon as I opened the door of the tea house and entered the first floor of the tea house, two samurai who were guarding the entrance immediately came quickly to greet me.
"Get everything ready." Birthmark's face said coldly to the warriors who came up to him without any courtesy, "Get ready to take all the goods to the delivery location... huh?"
Before Birthmark Face finished speaking, his voice suddenly stopped.
Immediately afterwards, he was seen raising his head with a solemn expression and looking at the ceiling above his head.
"Boss?" The warrior standing directly in front of him looked confused. When he was about to ask what happened to Birthmark Face, Birthmark Face raised his hand and made a "silence" gesture.
"I need to be quiet now..." The birthmark face said solemnly, "The sound on the second floor... is a little bit wrong..."
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There are roughly hundreds of these wooden boxes piled into two hills. All wooden boxes are tightly tied with hemp ropes, making it impossible to open these boxes easily.
Looking at these tightly tied wooden boxes, Qingden, who frowned, had silently raised the suspicion level of this teahouse to the highest level.
Without any hesitation, Qingden pulled out his wakizashi from his waist, cut the hemp rope used to "lock" a box at hand, and then opened the box.
What was inside the box was a large number of porcelain bottles.
Qingdeng casually took out a certain porcelain bottle from the box. After taking a closer look at what the porcelain bottle was, Qingdeng's pupils shrank slightly.
Mai Kinoshita on the side also looked shocked the next moment after she saw clearly what the porcelain bottle was.
This porcelain bottle... is the kerosene that can be seen everywhere on the market.
Qingden quickly put the bottle of kerosene in his hand back to its original position, then grabbed the wakizashi again and opened all the boxes next to it.
This one is the same, that one is the same... all the boxes are full of kerosene!
——These boxes...are all kerosene?
Qingdeng stared at the hundreds of wooden boxes in this hall...
Mai Kinoshita stood next to Aoto. Her expression changes were more exaggerated than Aoto's. The red lips hidden under the scarf were slightly open, and there was an unstoppable look of jealousy in her wide-open beautiful eyes.
Not long ago, on the night when the Fanshu Diao Station was attacked, more than a dozen cities and towns in Edo suffered a tragedy due to wanton arson by the anti-barbarian group.
And now, when Edo has just been set on fire in large areas by the anti-barbarian group, this abandoned tea house actually stores such a large amount of kerosene...
All kinds of bad associations began to creep into Qingdeng's mind.
As these bad associations ran through his mind one by one, Qingden's eyes narrowed and his expression gradually became extremely solemn...
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To be continued...