The 20th year of Yongtai, early winter.

Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai, and Wei Qian, who had been sailing on the sea for ten months, finally landed in Nagasaki Port.

At this time, the entire Kyushu Island is already the sphere of influence of the Shimazu clan, and the Nagasaki Port located in the western part of Kyushu, as a port containing the trade activities of China, Japan and Portugal, is undoubtedly a strategic center of the Shimazu clan.

Here, you can buy European opium and guns, as well as ingenious inventions like telescopes that were rare at the time, as well as large fabrics, artworks, and seeds of some rare crops. Of course, there are all kinds of things in Japan.

The most important thing is that in this chaotic "Japan Warring States Period", since the shogunate control of daimyos in various places was basically in name only, Nagasaki Port did not even have to pay overseas trade taxes to the shogunate.

This unique port has allowed Shimazu to achieve considerable economic, cultural and military development, and has also made Kyushu a place where other daimyos dare not rashly interfere.

On this day, the boat that Shuangxie and Wei Qian were on docked in the afternoon, and then they moved into a hotel run by locals under the leadership of Eunuch Wei.

During dinner, the hotel owner enthusiastically recommended some special services to them in pretty good Chinese, and said something... There are technicians from China, Japan, Europe and Africa, and the prices are fair, and the young and old are not bullied.

As a result, before Sun and Huang could speak, the eunuch Wei Qian actually rushed to agree.

So, at night, the two girls in kimono painted their faces and necks white and tied them with peach cuts (a hairstyle). The girls in kimono came to the door of the three of them.

The three of them lived in a room with a size of nine tatami tiles, which is equivalent to nine tatami flat-tiled rooms. Because the hotels are all sleeping on floors, this is already a very luxurious room, even five or six people can stay there.

After the two girls entered the house, they took the door and then knelt down and sat down.

Wei Qian exchanged glances with one of the girls holding Sanqian, and started playing without saying a word to Cong.

Then, the other girl spoke.

"May I ask... are you Eunuch Wei?" Although his voice was controlled very lightly and sounded no different from a female voice, Sun Huang could still hear that this "girl" was actually pretending to be a man.

Therefore, they were almost instinctively and immediately looked at the throats of the speaker and the "girl" who played the Sanqi next to them.

"That's right." Eunuch Wei responded, and then signaled Shuangxie on the side with his eyes, "These two are Sun Sang and Huang Sang."

Eunuch Wei did not use the title of "Young Hero", in order to prevent the other party from inferring more information from it.

Sun and Huang also understood this instantly, so they would definitely not mention it.

"Although I have received your code, can you check your waist card for safety?" said the man who dressed in a woman.

The "code" he mentioned was undoubtedly done by Eunuch Wei before entering the store.

The method is not complicated. I just picked up a few stones on the roadside somewhere not far from this store and placed them in a corner of the wall according to a certain method.

The streets back then were no longer as good as they are now. At that time, there were many things like stones and branches everywhere on the roadside, and there were a lot of them. Some small stones placed in the corners of the wall would not even look at them.

But for those who know the meaning of the code, after seeing these stones, you can know that the person you are waiting for has arrived and has already settled in the shop next to you.

Someone may ask if you see this, what if the stone code on the ground is accidentally destroyed by an irrelevant passerby or animal before being seen by the connector?

I'll do it again tomorrow.

Let's talk about the situation in the store...

The owner of the hotel they stayed in naturally collected money from the two associates, but he didn't know what they were doing and wouldn't ask more questions... Anyway, there are so many espionage activities in this port, so it's not bad for this one. Asking less questions will make it safer.

"Yes." After hearing the other party's request, Eunuch Wei did not hesitate, but responded calmly, and handed the other party a waist sign he was carrying close to him.

The other party took the waist card, looked at it carefully under the light for a few seconds, and then respectfully presented it back to Wei Qian.

"For the first time we meet, Yukigoro..." After Yukigoro returned the badge, he bowed his head and bowed, then turned his head slightly to signal the brother behind him who was using Sanmi to "speak for their conversation" and "This is Kenta, please take care of him."

Let me mention it here. When the Japanese say "Son Brother", they probably mean not their own brother, but their "righteous brother". If you have watched Japanese dramas with the theme of "extreme", they should have an impression. When their "big brother (aniki)" introduces their younger brother in front of outsiders, they often use the term "syatei".

As for why Yukigoro only said his name and his younger brother when introducing him and his brother, it was actually very simple... they didn't have it at all.

At that time, most of the Japanese civilians did not have surnames. "Secrets" and "Clans" were only found by the ruling class or the declining nobles. The latter had the so-called child names before adulthood, and there was also a difference between "names" and "Clans". Of course, I won't go into detail about this.

In short, if the common people want to obtain a surname, they usually have to become a samurai class first and then be rewarded by the ruling class.

You may understand that this is the case when you see this: Although Terajima Yasuhiro and Taro appeared in the previous article: Although Terajima is just a lower-level samurai in a weak small vassal country, it is also a samurai class after all, so he has a surname; and Taro is just a child from a civilian family, so he only has a name.

Also, the Onmyoji "Hamo Hayato", who is quite close to Brother Sun, is a descendant of a famous family. Even though his family is in a downturn, his surname is still not lost.

Return to the main text...

At present, Kogoro and Kenta are undoubtedly the so-called Japanese traitors, who make money by serving the Dazhi court.

They have their own channels to contact the other side on weekdays, so this time they have learned about Eunuch Wei and "Sun Sang" in advance. "Huang Sang" is going to come here for a walk and are ready to respond.

However, the court will definitely not let these two Japanese traitors know what the specific tasks of these three people are, so Eunuch Wei needs to stay in Nagasaki and report the content of this mission through another intelligence line established with Zhao General Qi in Ningbo.

"Well...Yuguro, our family wants to stay here for a while. If you have a long stay in a hotel, you may have inconvenience. Can you arrange a clean place for our family elsewhere?" After the other party gave the introduction, Eunuch Wei directly began to make requests.

Some people may wonder why the other party checked the waist card of Eunuch Wei, but Eunuch Wei did not ask the other party to show some token or prove his identity as a Japanese traitor in some ways?

In fact, you can understand it with a little thought - it doesn't make sense.

Since the other party can use the secret code left by Eunuch Wei to connect with them and know about the badge, it means two possibilities: one is the real controller; the other party catches the real controller, force him to confess everything the latter knows, and then impersonates him to join him.

If it is the former situation, there is nothing to say, so you should do it.

If it is the latter case, Wei Qian has no reliable way to verify the authenticity of the other party... Because the other party has asked everything the real contactor knows, if there is any token on the contactor, they will definitely get it. If you ask him to show it, he will definitely have it. It's just an extra measure.

The key is that these days, the traitors have never been fully trusted by the court and do not know much core information. They just use money to do things, so they don’t care about being replaced.

There are only two things that fakes can do, either they can get information from Eunuch Wei, or they can be ordered by a master to assassinate these three major spies.

And these two things are impossible in front of Eunuch Wei.

If they are fakes, they will be exposed when they try to do these two things.

"Okay, let's make arrangements for you." Yukigoro thought for a few seconds before agreeing, and then asked, "Do you know if Sun Sang and Huang Sang need a place to live?"

"No, they won't live." But Eunuch Wei replied, "They will set off to the east tomorrow. You'd better prepare what they need tonight."

"I understand." Yukigoro didn't ask any more questions when he heard this, but just replied, "It must be done."

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Later, they talked about other not-so-important trivial matters and arrangements. After the song played by Sanwei Line changed two, the joint was over this time.

After Yukigoro and Kenta left, Sun Yixie asked Wei Qian: "Dadfather-in-law, let us leave tomorrow, are you so anxious?"

"Ha..." Eunuch Wei smiled, "You two are the emperor's will. Do you think you are here to play?" He continued sarcastically, "Do you really want to ask a few girls to drink wine with you, and then take a break in this store for ten or eight days?"

In fact, it is understandable that Eunuch Wei was anxious. Due to the previous episode of encountering pirates, the ship they were riding lost more than a dozen crew members, including the bow. Although the remaining crew members finally managed to drive the ship to Nagasaki, the itinerary was much slower than normal.

Overseas tasks like this should not be delayed for a long time, as they will change. It is good for everyone to finish things early and return home.

"Okay, tomorrow will be tomorrow." Sun Yixie said, "Hey? But... Eunuch Wei, you are here alone and can't speak Japanese. Isn't it inconvenient to stay here?"

He was just getting stuck, so it would be better to pull it back and forth and let Eunuch Wei say something like "Why don't I go with you two?"

"Haha... you won't bother you." Eunuch Wei saw through Sun Yixi's little bit of the little one at a glance, and smiled at the time, "As far as I know in advance, and the time I have observed before and after staying in the hotel, at least there are quite a few people who can speak our big words in the Nagasaki Port area, and Yukigoro must have considered that our family can't speak Japanese. There will be an 80% landlord who knows the official language of various countries in the residence he arranged for me." He paused again when he said this, "I think you should worry about yourself."

"Well..." Sun Yixiu saw that there was no chance to fool him, so he looked at Huang Donglai again, "Brother Huang, what my father-in-law said makes sense... When we set out tomorrow, we will not only be unfamiliar with the place, but we can't even understand the words here. What should we do?"

"Ha!" Huang Dong looked at it, but he looked quite relaxed and joked, "Brother Sun... Oh no, Sun Sang, don't you often talk about the hometown dialect like "what or more" and "none"? Why do you come here to ask me what to do?"

"Get out! Your hometown is Osaka!" Sun Yixie said unhappy.

"I didn't even fucking say where your hometown is, just report Osaka yourself, right?" Huang Donglai said with a smile.

"Mom! I know if you don't tell me!" Sun Yixi's tone became taller again at that time.

"Ha... forget it, I'm serious." Huang Donglai saw that Eunuch Wei next to them had already cast doubtful eyes at them, so he stopped talking nonsense at the right time, and continued, "I actually considered this matter when I left the capital, so some time ago, I re-studied the 'Twelve Truths' and successfully understood a new Taoist technique called 'Jiu Xun Saurus' during the journey, which can solve the problem of language barriers."

"That means that as long as you use this or something to slander me, I can understand each other's words with the Japanese, right?" Sun Yixie understood it very quickly.

"That's right." Huang Donglai said, "When the other party listens to you, they will hear Japanese. When you listen to the other party speaks, they will hear Chinese."

"Oh, how convenient?" Sun Yixie said, "Then is there a time limit for this Taoist technique?"

"It's definitely not for me. After all, I have the power of Tao, and the consumption required to maintain this magic is extremely low. You..." Huang Donglai said this and paused, while his eyes looked at Sun Yixie. Soon, he stopped his eyes on the ring in the latter's hand. "Hey, there is, I inject a small amount of Taoist force into your ring and seal it. This is enough that the BUFF on your body will last for seven or eight days."

"What about seven or eight days later?" Sun Yixii said.

"Will I just recharge it again in seven or eight days?" Huang Donglai said.

"Hiss... Yes, right..." Sun Yixie frowned and said, "What if we separate for some reason and cannot meet for the time being, and I happened to catch up with the BUFF at a critical moment?"

"Then you just think of a way." Huang Donglai said with confidence, "Where are there so many things to do?"

They were talking about each other, and some of them were like "BUFF" and Eunuch Wei couldn't understand them, but he still understood the general meaning.

Originally, when he heard that Huang Donglai could use Taoism to overcome his language barrier, Eunuch Wei wanted him to give him one, but then he heard that there were time limits and needed to maintain them, so he swallowed the words he said.

In this way, the three of them chatted for a while, then turned off the lights and took a break.

That night, in order to allow Shuangxi to have a "safe sleep on land" that he had been missing for a long time, Eunuch Wei almost didn't fall asleep and was always working as a guard. He also greeted Sun and Huang and let them sleep steadily. Anyway, he didn't have much other things to do except stay there. There was time to rest, so it didn't matter if he stayed for one more night today.

One night passed, and early the next morning, the hotel owner sent a few bags to their door.

The things in the bag were prepared by Yukigoro and Kenta overnight, mainly several sets of local clothes, boots and other items needed for disguise.

In addition, there is a note.

There is only one place name and one person name on the note. Obviously, this is the clue to tracking the previous "tributary envoy group".

At around nine o'clock in the morning, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai, who had a comfortable sleep, had a lot of energy, finally got up. After changing their clothes, they went out with Eunuch Wei for breakfast.

During this period, the two tried to talk to some roadside shops in Japanese, which proved that Huang Donglai's newly understood Taoism was indeed effective, but... I don't know why, maybe it was because Huang Donglai's technique was not skilled at first learning. Anyway, when Sun Yixiu spoke, the other party sounded a strong Guanxi accent, but Huang Donglai himself had no problem with speaking... Of course, it's fine if he could understand it, it was not important.
Chapter completed!