"A life-and-death agreement?" A slight smile appeared on Qi Ning's lips: "Have you Feichan clan surrendered your lives to the Dongqi people?" He looked around at the officers and soldiers and said, "Everyone, take a look. These Japanese people... Well, they were expelled from Japan. Now they are not even Japanese people. They should be said to be flying cicadas. These flying cicadas signed a life-and-death agreement with the Dongqi people and are loyal to the Dongqi people, even if they are We don’t care about the life or death of the whole clan, old and young. Doesn’t everyone feel touched by such loyalty?”
The officers and soldiers did not understand Qi Ning's deep meaning, but they did not dare to speak out easily.
"The so-called loyalty and filial piety cannot have both ends. Today, in order to fulfill your loyalty to the Dong Qi people, you don't care about the life and death of your clan members. I appreciate it very much and will help you." Qining sighed: "In fact, your life and death are not the same at all. There will be some people who care too much. By the way, it can’t be said that no one cares at all. If those sects like Japan’s Yegakure Koga hear that your Feichan clan is completely extinct, they will definitely be relieved.”
Feichan Danfu's eyes became even colder: "What?"
"Back then, your Feichan clan was expelled from Japan by several major ninja sects, and you were like a lost dog wandering outside." Qining said: "I know that your Feichan clan probably took refuge with the Dong Qi people, but at that time I only thought that you were relying on the Dong Qi people. Recuperate and recuperate, and when the time is right, return to Japan to take back what should belong to your Feichan clan."
A sharp look flashed in Feichan Danfu's eyes, and the eyes of the two ninjas beside him also showed strange colors.
"There is a saying in the Central Plains that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge." Qi Ning said slowly: "It must have been ten years since you were expelled from Japan, right? Ye Yinjiahe and other major factions must have been worried about your flight. The Cicada clan will make a comeback, and they will definitely be very happy if they know that all the Feichan clan have died in a foreign land."
"What do you mean?" Feichan Danfu said in a deep voice.
Qi Ning smiled and said: "Don't you understand what I mean? I guess you are living under the feet of the Dong Qi people, not only to survive, but maybe you have been recharging your strength, waiting for the opportunity, and one day you can fight back to Japan. But now you are willing to die here in order to be loyal to the Dong Qi people, regardless of whether you can still complete your revenge plan, so I really want to praise your loyalty."
Feichan Danfu's eyes flashed but he said nothing.
Qining sighed, raised his hand, and all the crossbowmen aimed their crossbow arrows at Feichan Danfu and the other three. As soon as Qining waved his arm, he immediately shot the three people dead. Feichan Danfu took two steps back and fiercely He raised his hand and said, "Wait a minute!"
Qining slowly lowered his arm and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Feichan Danfu pondered for a moment, then said: "I am the one who made a life-and-death agreement with the Dong Qi people, not my entire Feichan clan."
"Oh?" Qi Ning said with a smile: "Then who did you reach an agreement with? Emperor Dong Qi? Or someone else?"
Feichan Danfu shook his head and said, "I can't tell you."
"Since you can't say it, why should we continue talking?" Qin Ning raised his hand again, and Feichan Danfu immediately said: "As long as I die, or... the other party dies, the life-and-death contract will be terminated immediately. I can't Change the master, but the Feichan clan can."
"Oh?" Qi Ning said with interest: "How can I say this?"
"After I die, there will be a new leader." Feichan Danfu said: "He can find his master again and make a life-and-death agreement with the new master." He said in a deep voice: "Feichan Xiaotaro!"
A secret nin behind him bowed and said: "Here!"
"As the seventh-generation leader of the Feichan clan, I ask you to take over as the eighth-generation leader of the Feichan clan." Feichan Danfu's voice was extremely serious: "From now on, the fate of the Feichan clan will be entrusted to you. In your hands, our clan's mission will be accomplished by you and your clan members at all costs." He stood at attention and bowed deeply: "Please!"
The secret ninja Feichan Kotaro also bowed deeply.
Feichan Danfu then turned around and faced Qi Ning. He sat down cross-legged in front of everyone, clenched the short blade in his hand and raised his arm. Qining had a vague premonition of something, and only saw Feichan Danfu. The inverted short blade was actually aimed at his own throat and stabbed straight in without hesitation.
Blood spurted out, and the short blade pierced Feichan Danfu's throat. The two secret ninjas seemed unusually calm, and they both knelt down on one knee, bowing their heads and saying nothing.
Feichan Danfu's body fell to the ground, and everything happened in a moment.
The officers and soldiers present were stunned. They did not expect that Feichan Danfu would commit suicide in front of everyone so decisively and neatly.
Feichan Xiaotaro lowered his head for a long time, finally raised his head, stood up slowly, looked at Qining and said: "The Feichan clan is now free and has no agreement with Dong Qi anymore. The dispute between your country and Dong Qi will not be resolved by me." The Cicada clan will not be involved."
Qi Ning said: "Although the life-and-death agreement between you and Dong Qi has been terminated, your sneaking into Huize with the intention of burning food is naturally an unpardonable crime."
"You can shoot us immediately." Feichan Kotaro said.
Qi Ning pondered for a moment before asking: "Did you follow Shen Tuluo's order to sneak into the city and prepare to burn food?"
"Not getting involved means that no matter what you want to know, we won't say a word." Feichan Kotaro said in blunt Central Plains dialect: "You can kill us, but you cannot threaten us. You would rather die than surrender!"
Qi Ning sighed: "Although the Feichan clan has become free, they are still rootless duckweeds... In other words, without the master, can you still survive?" Putting his hands on his back, he said: "I told Fei Chan The clan needs a new master, and I, the Great Chu, will eventually rule the world. Even if you just want to survive on the islands in the East China Sea, you still need to bow at the feet of my Great Chu Empire."
Feichan Kotaro said solemnly: "I can sign a life-and-death contract with you, but you must agree to my conditions."
"Conditions?" Qi Ning sighed: "With your current situation, you still want to make conditions with me?"
"Otherwise, I would rather die than surrender." Feichan Kotaro's voice was firm.
Qi Ning smiled slightly and said, "I would like to hear what conditions you are planning to put forward."
Hichan Kotaro thought for a moment and then said: "After signing the life-and-death contract, you must help us return to Japan's main island and assist us in attacking the three tribes of Hagakure, Kirigakure and Koga."
"Oh?" Qi Ning smiled and said, "Is it just this condition?"
"Before we return to the main island of Japan, the island we live on now will belong to us." Feichan Kotaro said: "We have the right to use that island and the surrounding seas, and you need to provide us with five hundred taels of gold every year. Ensure that the Feichan clan can survive." Staring at Qin Ning's eyes: "If you can agree to my conditions, I can make a life-and-death agreement with you and obey your orders."
When Qi Ning heard the conditions he proposed, he knew in his heart that this was the agreement reached between Feichan Danfu and Dong Qi.
Before Hichan Tanfu committed suicide, he ordered Hichan Kotaro to succeed him as the leader. Although it may have been a hasty decision, it was definitely not a random appointment of a successor.
Feichan Danfu did not care about his own life and committed suicide in public. The reason was to protect the Feichan clan from continuing to survive. Therefore, this person at least cared about the future of the Feichan clan. Because of this, even in a hurry, Next, Feichan Danfu will not let a person who cannot shoulder the future of the Feichan clan to lead the clan.
At this time, Feichan Kotaro proposed these conditions without too much hesitation. Qining believed that these conditions were not improvised by Feichan Kotaro. It must be that Kotaro had already known the conditions for Feichan Danfu to reach a life-and-death agreement with the Dongqi people. That's why it was brought up so quickly.
Since Feichan Kotaro knows the contents of the agreement, then naturally he is also very clear about many things Feichan Minin has been involved in before.
The ninja world has its own rules. Feichan Danfu is obviously a ninja who strictly adheres to the way of ninja. He would rather die than destroy the way of ninja. His purpose of committing suicide is naturally because he has judged that Dong Qi cannot continue to provide the Feichan clan. To protect the Feichan clan, if they want to complete the mission of survival and revenge, they have no choice but to change their families. Therefore, they use their own death to lift Dong Qi's restraint on the Feichan clan, and let the new leader reach a new agreement.
"There is a saying in the Central Plains, which is to beat the dog to see its master." Qining said: "If you become the subjects of my Great Chu Empire, and Ye Yin and other schools are your enemies, the master will always help you vent your anger. As long as the war in the Central Plains ends, I can support you in fighting back to Japan, and I can even assist you in wiping out Ye Yin and other factions."
Feichan Kotaro's eyes flashed: "Is this really true?"
The Feichan clan was forced by the situation and reached a life-and-death agreement with Dong Qi. Naturally, they hoped that Dong Qi could help the Feichan clan return to Japan. Although Dong Qi is a small country in the Central Plains, its strength is not as strong as Japan. Under this, the Feichan clan also placed their hopes on Dong Qi.
But now that the Eastern Qi Kingdom has been destroyed and it is difficult to protect itself, it is simply a foolish dream for the Feichan clan to rely on the Eastern Qi Kingdom to fight back to Japan. Both Feichan Danfu and Feichan Kotaro know this very well, but Dong Qi As long as the state of Qi is not completely destroyed, the covenant of life and death cannot be completely dissolved. Therefore, Feichan Danfu cannot break the agreement and can only terminate the covenant of life and death with his own death.
At this moment, Qi Ning promised to consider helping the Feichan clan to fight back to Japan. Feichan Xiaotaro was naturally very happy. Compared to Dong Qi, the strength of the Chu Empire was far superior to it. If the Feichan clan could get the support of the Chu Empire, the Feichan clan would be very happy. The possibility of success in returning to Japan for revenge will be greatly increased.
"It's just that the island where the Feichan clan lives, as long as it is on the East China Sea, it will not belong to you at any time." Qining said lightly: "I, the Great Chu, can let you live on the island temporarily, but you are not interested in it." It is impossible to have ownership of that island, let alone the sea area around the island. Everything on the East China Sea belongs to the Central Plains Empire. Even if it is a piece of seaweed, you have no ownership. I wonder if you understand?"