"Ah, it's Miss Fang!" Chizuru Yijuin was indescribably surprised when she saw Fang Fenghuang suddenly appearing in front of her: "I was thinking about you a few days ago, but I didn't expect you to come so soon. You
Why didn't you say anything to me when you arrived at Tsurumaru Castle?"
Fang Fenghuang smiled slightly and said: "I am used to wandering on the sea and being wild. I am afraid that I will disturb my wife."
Ijuin Chizuru was a bit blaming: "What you said is wrong. You are my savior. How could I dislike you? Please don't say such things again in the future."
At this time, she called her sixteen-year-old daughter Ijuin Ayako over: "Ayako, come and see Aunt Fang."
"Aunt Fang." Ayako came over and called.
Fang Fenghuang was a little bit dumbfounded. He was a few years older than Ayako, but now he became her "Aunt Fang". It sounded a bit awkward...
After chatting there for a while, Fang Fenghuang wanted to ask several times about what the alliance leader told him, but he didn't know where to start. His eyes fell on a doll with a cat face and a human body, and he asked as if he didn't know: "Mrs. Yijuin.
,What's this?"
"This is called a puppet doll, have you never seen it before?" Ijuin Chizuru said strangely.
Fang Fenghuang shook his head, and Ijuin Chizuru sighed: "This doll is very famous in Japan... Legend has it that once upon a time, there was a girl named Kitamura Tamakami, who was the daughter of a general's wife.
The girl has been ugly since she was a child, and became even uglier when she got older. Therefore, her father never saw her, and Yuzi never had any feelings for her father... She did not want to see people. She became increasingly closed-off, even to herself.
Neither her mother nor her sister dared to get close to her... just because everyone at that time regarded her ugliness as a contagious plague. The only one who could accompany Yushang was a puppet doll with a smile on his face that would always be like this.
...... No matter day or night, Yushang hugged it... The sad Yushang finally hanged himself in his room when he was fifteen years old, out of self-sorrow and world-weariness.
Suicide... After telling this sad story, Ayako, who had heard this story countless times, couldn't help but shed tears again.
"Because Yuzi had been isolated since childhood, no one entered her room for a long time. Gradually, the body's hair grew from the waist to the floor, and the clothes changed from white to dark red, and she was discovered by her mother...
...My mother cried bitterly when she saw this. After settling the funeral affairs, her mother could not forget the scene at that time. She blamed it all on her mistake of favoring her second daughter. In this way, her mother also became weaker and weaker with grief, and finally became depressed.
And died... Before she left, she held her daughter's doll and murmured to herself that she would go with her daughter... As the mother and daughter died one after another, the story gradually became dull... Ijuin
Chizuru's voice gradually became trembling: "But every time the crow crows at night, there seems to be a faint voice coming from somewhere...'Mom! I'm really lonely'...
.'Mom! Why don't you always stay with me'... People followed the sound to find where it came from, and that was where their mother and daughter hanged themselves. And the only thing that belonged to them in the house was that
A puppet doll with a white face and a smile. In order to calm people's fears, the general sent carvers to carve the doll's face into a cat's face... But in order to stop it from making sounds, you have to know that the general has been holding the opposite side of the room.
The daughter's guilt... The general ordered people not to carve a mouth on the cat's face... In this way, the doll was placed in the ministry room for hundreds of years... During the Warring States Period in Japan
In a series of wars, the Kitamura family was massacred. Of course, everything was taken away... In this way, the ancient artifact of unknown origin, this puppet doll, was sold to various places...
After that, Ijuin Chizuru picked up the puppet doll with a cat face and human body and said: "This is just one of the fakes... In fact, Fang Fenghuang already knew the origin of this doll. Hearing this, she wiped her own
Eyes: "It turns out there is such a tragic story in it... Yes, every time I see this doll, I feel like crying." Ijuin Chizuru also said sadly.
Fang Fenghuang suddenly said: "It's a pity that although the mother and daughter are dead, they are still remembered by people. I have a good friend whose wife and child disappeared. But there is no news at all... Chizuru Ijuin hurriedly asked what happened
What happened? Fang Fenghuang sighed and said: "The mother and son went to sea, but there was no news anymore. He was going crazy and kept searching. I heard that the mother and son were captured by the Satsuma clan.
Someone has been kidnapped. Madam, actually I am here this time to find out what news there is."
Ijuin Chizuru's expression suddenly changed.
Her expression completely fell into Fang Fenghuang's eyes, and she remained calm, but her face was full of sadness: "Now, my friend doesn't think about food and tea all day long, and sheds tears day and night. I'm afraid he will collapse sooner or later.
...Ijuin Chizuru gritted her teeth and said as if she had made up her mind: "Miss Fang, let me tell you something. You must not tell others. And you, Ayako, you must also keep it secret."
The two men nodded together.
Ijuin Chizuru then said: "That day, I went to my brother's place for business, but the door of my brother's house was closed. I heard someone talking inside, so I quietly eavesdropped. One was my brother's voice, and the other was
One was Mr. Kamikawa invited by his brother... The elder brother said: 'Why did you kidnap them?' Mr. Kamikawa said: 'A woman and a child, there is no big trouble', and the brother said:'
Even though they are a woman or a child, do you know who they are?' I was about to continue listening, but at this time someone came, so I could only leave in a hurry... Fang Fenghuang felt bright at this time,
There is no longer any doubt. This woman and child must be the people the alliance leader is looking for...
Ijuin Chizuru still felt uneasy after telling her. She repeatedly told Fang Fenghuang and Ayako not to leak the news, otherwise they might suffer the same consequences.
At the end, there was another long sigh: "Miss Fang, you always go back and tell your friend to forget his wife and children. I know my brother's character best, and the person he wants to catch... Speaking of this
He stopped talking, but Fang Fenghuang fully understood the meaning... The leader... Guan Qi hurried in, but before he uttered two words, he was interrupted by Shangchuanhu: "I told you
How many times. Don’t call me leader anymore, call me Lord Kamikawa."
"Yes, Mr. Kamikawa." Guan Qi said respectfully. Then he whispered: "Your Excellency asked me to secretly follow Hisao Shimazu. I have been secretly investigating. In the past two days, he has been visiting frequently from one house to another.
The inn, that's the Springfield family's inn, I was afraid of alerting someone, so I kept guard outside the inn, guess who I finally saw?"
"Who?" Shangchuanhu frowned: "Don't do it intermittently."
"Yes!" Guan Qi said, but his expression became more mysterious: "I saw Duan San'er!"
"Duan San'er?" Kamikawako was surprised: "Duan San'er followed Ding Yunyi after he betrayed Oniwang Maru. What did he come to Tsurumaru Castle for?"
Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something: "Could it be... Yes, your guess is not wrong at all." Guan Qi came closer: "Later, I bribed Chuntian with a lot of money, and made up like a waiter to pour water.
I saw it. Ding Yunyi!"
As soon as the word "Ding Yunyi" came out, Shangchuanhu's whole body shook. His face turned blue and white. Suddenly, he grabbed Guan Qi and said, "Are you sure it is Ding Yunyi you are seeing?"
"Yes, yes! I must have seen him!" Guan Qi said hurriedly: "He doesn't recognize me. But I recognize him. That day he fought with Liu Xiang, and he was very majestic. Anyone who saw it
I won’t forget it!”
Shangchuanhu was stunned for a while, then suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed: "Okay, okay, Ding Yunyi! If you don't take the road to heaven, there is no way to hell, so you will fall into it! I wanted to seek revenge from you, but you came here.
!”
The laughter stopped: "Guan Qi, go and summon all our brothers and say that the opportunity to avenge Liu Xiang has come. I will go to Shimazu Mitsuhisa and ask him to borrow some people. This time, Ding Yunyi will not be allowed to leave He alive."
Marujo!”
The excitement in Shangchuanhu's heart cannot be described in words. He attributed everything he had to Ding Yunyi.
However, when he saw Shimazu Mitsuhisa, something else came out of his mouth: "Master Governor, Hisao wants to rebel!"
"What?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa was shocked: "Are you sure?"
Shangchuanhu nodded firmly: "Yes, I am sure that my people have found evidence of his rebellion!"
"Hisao, Hisao!" Mitsuhisa Shimazu stamped his feet repeatedly. He had never doubted Kamikawako's words: "I don't want to hurt him yet, but he wants to hurt me instead? I'm going to take his life right now!"
"Master, please be patient." Shangchuanhu said calmly: "If a brother kills his brother, it will not be very good for your reputation if word spreads about it, right?"
"Am I just going to let him go?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa said angrily.
Kamikawako smiled slightly: "Although the Governor cannot come forward, can't Kamikawako also come forward? I am willing to take action for the Governor. In the future, you will just push all the responsibilities on me... Shimazu Mitsuhisa suddenly became angry.
For gratitude.
He knew very well what this meant. He could get rid of his brother, whom he regarded as a thorn in his side, without having to bear any infamy. However, Shangchuanhu might be criticized by others.
However, Shangchuan Lake seemed to be in peace: "I have some people under my command, please lend me another hundred people... Ding Yunyi in the Springfield Inn did not notice the danger coming. No matter how smart he was, he did not
He would think that an enemy he didn't even recognize would appear in Tsurumaru Castle.
The only thing he is interested in now is the information brought by Fang Fenghuang.
With Ijuin Chizuru's words, it can basically be confirmed that Zheng Zhilong, sister-in-law Tagawa Yuki and son Tagawa Shizaemon have indeed fallen into the hands of Shimazu Mitsuhisa.
The only thing that Ding Yunyi couldn't figure out was why Mitsuhisa Shimazu kidnapped Zheng Zhilong's family?
Also, even if you know where Tagawa Yuki and Tagawa Nanaemon are, how can you rescue them with just a few people at your disposal?
Ding Yunyi thought for a long time but couldn't think of a way, so he asked Duan Saner to bring the sketched map and looked at it carefully for a long time.
Tsurumaru Castle is a castle built by the Ichirai family in the 2nd year of Kangen in Japan. The castle is located on a mountain with an altitude of more than 100 meters. Since the city is surrounded by cliffs, Tsurumaru Castle is a solid city that takes advantage of the natural terrain.
Later, in the second year of the Engen era of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, under the order of Shimazu Sadahisa, the fifth generation guardian of the Northern Dynasty Fang Shimazu family, Shimazu Yorihisa, the eldest son of the concubine, began to attack the Ichirai family belonging to the Southern Dynasties. After a fierce battle, two
After a month, Laijiu retreated.
In the third year of Kansho's reign, Tsurumaru Castle was captured by Shimazu Tatsuhisa, and the Ichirai clan finally perished. On June 17, the eighth year of Tenmon, Shimazu Minoru formed an alliance with Shimazu Echizen Mori and Shinna Hitachi Mori Tadanae.
He defended Tsurumaru Castle and rebelled. Later, under the joint efforts of the fifteenth generation guardian Shimazu Takahisa and his father Tadayoshi, Tsurumaru Castle was captured and surrendered. After the war, Yamada Yutori took charge of the land of Ichirai.
From the topographic point of view, Tsurumaru Castle has a natural geographical advantage. Unless you mobilize the elite Tiger Guards to come here, you can only conquer it.
When he was thinking hard, Lang Lifan suddenly came in and said: "Leader, Hisao Shimazu is here."
"Why is he here again?" Ding Yunyi frowned. He repeatedly told him that in order to prevent exposure, he should come here as little as possible, but Hisao Shimazu came here almost every day.
"Duan San, go outside and look out to see if there are any suspicious people following you nearby." Ding Yunyi felt helpless: "Call Hisao Shimazu in."
As soon as Hisao Shimazu came in, he just reported the progress of the matter to Ding Yunyi in a routine manner, and repeatedly said that people nowadays are timid and ungrateful. It is very difficult to recruit people.
Ding Yunyi couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this. He really couldn't do anything with these Japanese dwarfs. Did he do this to let the entire Satsuma clan know that he wanted to rebel against his brother?
But now that I want to use him again, I have no choice but to encourage him a few words. While he was talking, Duan Saner suddenly walked in, looking a little nervous:
"Sir, there are a large number of unidentified people approaching here. They are all armed. I'm afraid something is going to happen."
Ding Yunyi suddenly stood up and raised "Dragon Teeth"!