Chapter 268 Japanese Samurai

Chapter 268 Japanese Samurai

Chapter 268 Japanese Samurai

The city has thousands of doors and windows, and the streets and alleys are crisscrossed, just like flowers and trees, withering and flourishing in spring and autumn. There are many abandoned alleys that even the locals of Fuzhou cannot clearly tell the location of, so careful exploration is required.

On the 14th, under the bridge, the full moon was rippling in the water.

Hexi was originally relatively quiet. Once the second half of the night arrived, even though there was no curfew, the bright lights all faded away. The long street was like an old scroll painting that was fading quickly. Shops and taverns stood silently. There was not a single pedestrian. Only the sea breeze blew up the banyan leaves all over the ground and rushed wildly through the street.

Zhang Yu lowered his hat, looked around, and walked onto the stone arch bridge.

"The spring insects are noisy. These Japanese devils are really haunting us!"

If he didn't send these people away, it would be difficult for him to go to the old house in the forest of Xiangyang Lane to look for Lin Yuantu's inheritance. If such a thing fell into the hands of the Japanese devils, given the Japanese nature of advocating strength and being cruel and shameless, they would naturally not hesitate to lose even a small amount of money and create a large number of masters in a short period of time, which would bring disaster to the Central Plains.

When he was about to reach the top of the bridge, his right hand reached for the Xuanyue Sword at his waist.

A leaf fell from the bridge and slowly landed on the river, creating ripples.

"suddenly!"

Zhang Yu tapped the ground with his left foot and flew four or five feet up.

The cold light came out of the sheath, like a white electric arc leaping into the air, and then slashed downwards, like a full moon falling from the sky.

"The moon sets and the crows cry!"

The woman in a white dress who was walking across the bridge looked at the cold blade that was slashing down on her head and was secretly surprised: "At such a young age, he has the strength of a Moon Warrior? The Central Plains is a gathering place of talents, which is really not comparable to the corner of Japan."

Japan also advocates martial arts, and divides the warriors into three levels: star, moon, and sun, which correspond to the three realms of qi sea, acquired, and innate in the Central Plains. A warrior of the level of the moon can easily become the lord of a city in Japan.

The full moon fell, the stone bridge became narrow, and if one took a step backward, even if one avoided the sharp blade, one would still be injured by the surging sword energy.

She stepped lightly to the left and jumped over the stone arch bridge. At the same time, she threw out the long silk hidden in her sleeve, tied it around the bridge railing, and leaped into the river, avoiding the sudden knife attack.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm here to make friends. How can you start a war before we even meet? Is this how the heroes of the Central Plains treat their guests?"

She spoke in stiff Central Plains dialect, shook her long silk scarf, flew back to the bridge, pressed the two samurai swords on her left waist with both hands, bent her body slightly as if gathering strength, and looked vigilantly at the man in black robe who was standing two meters away with a sword in his hand.

Zhang Yu said coldly: "They are just pirates, what kind of friends are they?"

The woman in the white dress laughed and said, "Japanese pirates? In Mr. Zhang's eyes, do all Japanese people are Japanese pirates?"

Zhang Yu asked back: "Isn't it?"

She shook her head and said, "In Japan, only low-ranking samurai, ronin, deserters, and pariahs become pirates, just like there are bad people in the Central Plains. Mr. Zhang, however, regards all Japanese as pirates. This is really inconsistent with the wisdom that a hero like you should possess."

Zhang Yu was a little surprised to hear the other party say this, and looked closely. The woman had a white cloth covering her face, revealing two cold eyes, and her chest was held high. She was worthy of being from the sea, the waves were so turbulent that it was rare in the Central Plains. She was wearing wooden clogs on her feet, revealing her snow-white ankles.

"My general also hates those idiots who only know how to plunder and destroy trade routes. Mr. Zhang, there is no disagreement between you and me."

Zhang Yu sneered and pointed out, "As far as I know, there is only one general in Japan, who issued a national isolation order more than ten years ago. Which general do you, the wandering souls in a foreign land who can't return home, support?"

The woman in the white dress was a little surprised: "I didn't expect Mr. Zhang to know so much about Japan."

More than 20 years ago, the Warring States Period in Japan ended and the world was under the rule of the Tokugawa family. Many samurai retainers whose families and countries were destroyed were unwilling to submit to their former enemies, so they sailed out to sea and settled on uninhabited islands near the outer waters of the Ming Dynasty, forming large and small pirate and smuggling gangs.

Zhang Yu gently raised the blade and asked, "Who are you working for?"

"General Kirigakure!"

"Is it really Kirigakure Raizo?" "That's right."

When Zhang Yu heard this answer, he was secretly shocked.

He once heard Sima Da, the master of Changjing Island, say that Wuyin Leizang's reputation in the ocean was as great as that of Dongfang Bubai in the Central Plains martial arts world, even more so, and he was an extremely dangerous person.

Let’s look back at the history.

When the Toyotomi castle in Japan fell, Kirigakure Raizo, as the trusted minister, led the young master out of the vast army, seized a ship and went out to sea, gathered a large group of Toyotomi remnants who were loyal to their former master, occupied several large islands in the East China Sea, forged weapons, trained horses, and gradually became more powerful.

There are rumors that the Tokugawa shogunate once offered peace to Kirigakure Raizo with the title of 3 million koku daimyo, but was rejected. They then announced a national isolation because they were afraid of this top master in Japan.

The woman in the white dress chuckled and said, "Since Mr. Zhang knows General Wuyin, I can speak frankly about some of my matters."

"what do you want to say in the end?"

No matter how powerful Wuyin Leizang is, they are still based overseas and dare not easily set foot in the Central Plains. Zhang Yu has nothing to be afraid of, but it is really troublesome to be watched by this group of little ghosts who are good at tracking.

"My name is Qian Tengyue, and I want to make friends with Mr. Zhang."

"Make friends? I have many friends, including martial arts friends, wine and meat friends, and bed friends. Miss Qian Teng, do you want to be a friend like that?"

The cold eyes of the woman in the white dress seemed to be smiling: "If Mr. Zhang is interested, I can accompany you, but tonight, it is better to talk about business first. The friends I am talking about are allies with the same interests and each getting what they need."

Zhang Yu smiled and asked, "Miss Qian Teng, you want to form an alliance with Zhang? Who is your opponent?"

"Fuwei Escort Agency."

"Don't you know that I have been hired as a guest of the Fuwei Escort Agency?"

"But Mr. Zhang and Fuwei Escort Agency do not trust each other. To be frank, you approached Fuwei Escort Agency not to be a guest official, but for other purposes. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the small temple cannot accommodate a true god like Mr. Zhang."

"You make it sound so vivid, so what am I doing this for?"

"This is Mr. Zhang's own business. I will not peek in. As long as Mr. Zhang agrees, we can completely not interfere with each other and each take what we need. How do you think?"

Zhang Yu thought for a moment, but still couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, so he asked tentatively: "Is it difficult for General Wuyin to destroy a mere Fuwei Escort Agency?"

"Mr. Zhang is trying to find out my background?"

"You can't tell?"

Qian Tengyue thought for a moment and said, "To show my sincerity, I can tell you that the general is attracted by the Fuwei Escort Agency and its nine branches throughout the Central Plains. With this team, the weapons and ammunition on the Kirigakure Island can be sold throughout the Ming Kingdom."

"I see."

Zhang Yu believed it about 70% of the time. He heard from Sima Da that Wuyin Leizang had been selling weapons to the Central Plains for a long time in order to raise military funds, and had even cooperated secretly with some military leaders of the Ming Dynasty.

"Does Mr. Zhang agree?"

"If I agree, then you should remove those little devils following me."

Qian Tengyue smiled and said, "Of course!"

(End of this chapter)