It was late at night, and Imagawa Yoshimoto and others had already set up camp to rest, but the ninjas had no right to sleep. From time to time, there were rapid footsteps outside the camp, and a few commands with an Iga accent - those ninjas were obviously still sleeping.
Busy before and after busy.
The ginkgo in his arms was already sleeping soundly, and Imagawa Yoshimoto was about to fall asleep, but the voice of Tu Atomsutra in a low voice came from outside the tent. Imagawa Yoshimoto then carefully got out of the bed, for fear of disturbing the ginkgo next to him, and then came
Outside the account.
"Your Highness." Tsuchizumi took half a step back and motioned for Fujibayashi Aooka, who had followed him, to report to Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Highness." Fujibayashi Aooka knelt down respectfully and kowtowed heavily with his forehead on the muddy ground. "The situation has been found out. A large number of Koga ninjas are moving towards Iga on a large scale, but ours
The campsite is not on their route. My master suggested waiting here for a few days until they all enter Iga, and then quickly cross through the northern part of Iga."
"A large number?" Imagawa Yoshimoto became vigilant upon hearing this, "But has our whereabouts been leaked?"
"Repaying your highness, I guess not. Although we, Iga and Koga, are on the same page, there were sporadic exchanges of information before our friendship for many years. When the master learned that the large-scale Koga ninjas were coming,
, has immediately sent someone to inquire about the situation, and the other party said that this time it was to guard against collusion between the Miyoshi family and the Iga ninjas. If we had not contacted the Miyoshi family, it would have nothing to do with this matter." Fujibayashi Aooka did not hide anything, and said
Everything was told in detail, "No matter how many things there are, even the little ones don't know about them."
"The Miyoshi family?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was even more worried. As soon as he arrived in Iga, the Rokkaku family and the Miyoshi family were both involved. It was unusual no matter how you looked at it. Is it a coincidence? He and Ginkgo, and his subordinates, were both involved.
Does his safety depend on the so-called coincidence?
"Do you want to retreat?" Imagawa Yoshimoto turned his attention to the Earth Atomic Sutra, "Isn't the current situation no longer suitable for forced crossing?"
"For the safety of His Highness, this is the case, but doesn't the situation in Sanhe matter?" Tu Atomjing reminded uneasily.
At this time, Ohara Jinmai also came after hearing the news. After briefly listening to Fujibayashi Aooka's report, he admonished without hesitation: "Your Highness, withdraw. The situation is too complicated, and your safety is more important than anything else. As for Mikawa
Even in the worst situation, Yoshida Castle can be defended. At most, the Higashi Matsudaira clan will be forced to land by the Oda clan and Nishi Mikawa will be lost. Once the army returns to the territory, we can make further calculations."
"I promised you a good teacher before..." Imagawa Yoshimoto frowned, "How about some of you withdraw first, and I take a few of my personal guards and follow the ninjas to quickly pass through?"
"Absolutely not allowed." Obara Zhenmi categorically vetoed, "The last time His Highness was in danger on the Yuanjiang River, it was due to the inadvertent fault of a lower-ranking minister. Master Xue Zhai has given repeated orders not to allow a similar situation to happen again, and it is naturally impossible for me to do so.
Let His Highness do whatever you want."
"Your Highness is generous, I think there is no need to worry so much. Master thinks it's okay, so he must be sure to protect His Highness's safety." Seeing that everyone in the Imagawa family was about to decide to retreat, Fujibayashi Aooka finally couldn't help but whisper an admonishment.
, which immediately caused Ohara Zhenmi to roll his eyes and scold:
"You bastard, do you, a ninja, have the right to speak here? Shut up!"
Fujibayashi Aooka was still a half-grown child. He was scolded by Ohara Jinmi with murderous intent. He was immediately frightened and panicked, and he hurriedly kowtowed to apologize.
"No need." On the one hand, Imagawa Yoshimoto disliked the muddy ground being too dirty, and on the other hand, he couldn't bear to bully the young Fujibayashi Aooka, so he waved his hand to signal him to get up: "I wonder what Fujibayashi has to say?"
"What kind of advice? It's just because if we cancel the commission now, we only need to pay them part of the ninja's deposit, and the bulk of the employment fee will not be given to them. These rats are reluctant to part with money, and would rather leave their customers to die.
He refused to cancel the breach of contract." Ohara Jinmi snorted coldly from his nostrils, and the murderous intention revealed in the corner of his eyes made Fujibayashi Aooka's soul fly away. He had just raised his body and knelt down again in an instant.
"After all, in order to accept this big breach of contract from the Imagawa family, the Ninjas may have put down other businesses for several months. If they were cancelled, I'm afraid the pot would not be opened." Tsuchi Atonsune understands the ecology of ninjas, so he
Ohara Jinmi explained, but immediately added his own position: "But Your Highness does not need to worry about this, which will affect your judgment. I know that you are kind-hearted, so in the worst case, you can just pay an extra subsidy.
Risks are necessary.”
"Yes." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded, and then patted the back of Fujibayashi Aooka, who was still kneeling in the dirt, "Get up, I don't blame you. When Fujibayashi Nagatomomo comes back later, I will tell him personally."
"Thank you so much for your great kindness, His Highness Jibu!" Fujibayashi Aooka kowtowed deeply again.
The waiting time was a little longer. Although Ginkgo still slept peacefully, Imagawa Yoshimoto thought of the danger that might come at any time, but he couldn't sleep anyway and chose to sit outside the tent. And the vine forest Aooka was meticulously vigilant.
Surrounding the tent, even if there were soldiers from the Imagawa family and other ninjas from the Fujibayashi family further away, he did not relax his vigilance.
"Fujibayashi." Imagawa Yoshimoto was a little curious and called out.
"May I ask what your Majesty's orders are?" Fujibayashi Aooka immediately knelt down as if facing a formidable enemy. Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded, not bothering to correct the ninjas' excessive inferiority complex.
"No instructions, just a casual chat." Yoshimoto Imagawa glanced at Fujibayashi Aooka's immature beard - to be precise, it should be velvet. "You came out to be a ninja at a young age. Your family doesn't
Are you worried?"
"Your Highness, my family members are all dead." Fujibayashi Aooka replied tremblingly. There was not much sadness in his tone, only a slight fear of upsetting Imagawa Yoshimoto.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Is that so? Sorry." Imagawa Yoshimoto was a little surprised and apologetic, and then explained for himself: "I just discovered that you seemed to be carrying a dough fan on your back, I thought
My family brought it to you, so I am rude to ask such a question."
"Ah, this." Fujibayashi Aooka said this, and a faint smile appeared on his face - it is obviously a smile that children of this age should have on their faces all the time.
For the vicissitudes of Fujibayashi Aooka, it seemed so rare. He took out the fan from his back and showed it to Imagawa Yoshimoto under the firelight. The upper part was red and the lower part was white.
Very classic round fan:
"This is a gift from my sweetheart to my little one. Her parents and mine are old acquaintances. Her mother died early, and our fathers both died on missions, so my mother took her with her.
He said that he would arrange marriages for us when we were older. Later, my mother also died. She was still young and could not go to the battlefield, so she relied on me to support her. She could only do some sewing at home to help me.
I made this round fan and asked me to carry it with me, saying it can bless me with peace."
"Well..." Imagawa Yoshimoto wanted to say "It's great", but these two dependent children were both burdened with the fate of losing their father and mother when they were young. Saying "It's great" is somewhat inappropriate anyway.
"It's just that she has been seriously ill recently. I'm just waiting for this time to perform well, get more reward money, and go back to see the doctor and get medicine for her. That's why I uttered arrogant words just now and bumped into His Highness and several samurai masters. It's really a sin.
You deserve to die!" Thinking of this, Fujibayashi Aooka kowtowed again. It seemed that he was worried about the girl's condition, and even his voice trembled.
"Don't worry, the cancellation of the commission this time was unexpected and has nothing to do with Fujibayashi Ninjari. You are all working hard, and you will be rewarded every cent." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded and promised, and at the same time took out some from his waist.
Broken Silver said, "If you need it urgently, you can also advance some of it back to prescribe medicine. Your health is still important."
I didn't expect that after so many years, I would still feel compassion for the health of other people's relatives... If my fifth brother knew about it, I'm afraid he would be laughed at again.
"This..." Fujibayashi Aooka looked at the white silver in Imagawa Yoshimoto's hand, his eyes were stunned, "How does this make..."
"It doesn't matter, if you think it's too much, our Imagawa family will hire you a few more times in the future." Imagawa Yoshimoto couldn't help but put the broken silver into Fujibayashi Aooka's palm, and naturally it was stained with some dirt and mud.
"Thank you, Your Highness! Thank you, Your Highness! This is a great kindness that I will never be able to repay in my lifetime!" Fujibayashi Aooka kowtowed as if he was pounding garlic, racking his brains to dig out words of gratitude from his meager vocabulary. But he kept saying it.
Then, he suddenly stopped. The next moment, he stood up suddenly and rushed towards Imagawa Yoshimoto, frightening Kentaro Tian Shen who was behind Yoshimoto Imagawa so much that he hurriedly drew his sword out of its sheath——
Then there was the sound of kunai being shot, and Imagawa Yoshimoto was thrown to the ground by Fujibayashi Aooka. After rolling several times and stopping, Imagawa Yoshimoto discovered that a kunai was stuck in Fujibayashi Aooka's neck, and there was blood.
It has already begun to flow - he swooped over just now just to make this sneak attack for him.
"Enemy attack! Alert!"
The Imagawa family's camp instantly became agitated.
"How come I didn't find anyone until I was touched here?" Tutonsuke, who came in a hurry, ordered people to cover Imagawa Yoshimoto, and thought quickly: "There are so many warning lines inside and outside, even a jounin can't do it.
penetration."
Or……
"I'm afraid that the enemy has been waiting here early in the morning, waiting inside the cordon, watching us set up camp, and waiting for a sneak attack at night."
Imagawa Yoshimoto reminded him in a low voice, and then he suddenly understood the Sutra.
"Search the grass, shrubs, and hills around you!" Tsuchizune ordered sharply, and the Fujibayashi family ninjas immediately took action, only to be greeted by a sudden ambush.
