"Oh, although this man is just a warrior, his appearance and bearing look extraordinary. If he appeared at the banquet, I would think he was a young minister."
"Such a person must be a smart man. I'm really not sure how I should treat him." Prince Weizun tapped his fan on his palms, showing a look of embarrassment.
If his appearance and demeanor look extraordinary, does that mean he is a smart person
If Pei Ziyun heard this, he would be so speechless, but Captain Ukon thought it was just a compliment to the prince, but he was secretly unhappy in his heart, and his impression of the young man suddenly became a bit bad.
"But we cannot let this young man get close to His Highness." Captain Ukon pondered for a moment and then suggested: "It is better to intimidate him and drive him out of Heian Kyo. If he is not here, even if he is smart, he will not get useful information."
"I think so too, but who should I send?"
"It's better to send Haruno Teng. He is smart and should be able to respond immediately."
Prince Weizun glanced at one of the guards not far away and nodded: "That's him. Let him come over. I will give you some instructions."
Although Ukon Wei felt that the prince was too interested in Yamada Shinichi, but when he thought that although the other party was just the young master of a small family, Tachibana Michizada was standing behind him, and the prince was worried that the other party would go back and talk nonsense to Tachibana Michizada. understand.
"Hey! Haruno-kun!" Captain Ukon walked over and called to the young samurai, "The prince has assigned you a task. This is an opportunity to show your ability. Come with me quickly!"
"Yes, Captain Ukon-sama!" Haruno Fuji immediately responded respectfully, holding back the excitement in his heart, and followed behind him to the bullock cart.
"Haruno, I have something to ask you to do. This matter is related to my reputation, and it is also related to my relationship with Tachibana Michizada. Therefore, you must not be reckless and adapt to circumstances. You only need to drive Yamada Shinichi out of Heian Kyo. That’s it, do you understand?” Prince Weizun said.
Haruno Fuji immediately responded respectfully: "I understand, please rest assured, Prince, I will successfully invite that Yamada out of Heian-kyo. I will not let Yamada feel neglected and talk nonsense when he goes back, nor will I allow him to continue to stay in Heian-kyo."
He emphasized the word "please".
Sure enough, Prince Weizun was very satisfied with his understanding: "Very good, that's it. You go find Yamada now. It is said that he is at the Asaoka Hotel."
"Hi!" Haruno Teng bowed deeply and did not follow, watching the prince's ox cart leave.
Since the collapse of the class-field system and the "one for three generations" policy has been changed to "no one can take it forever", local families who own land have "sent" their land to local or central dignitaries, and pay a certain amount of annual tribute every year.
As a result, the power of the Fujiwara family expanded. Fujiwara no Michinaga alone had an income of 70,000 koku, which was twice that of Emperor Ichijo (37,000 koku).
But Fujiwara is only the largest representative. Prince Taizun also has some families who have taken refuge, and the Haruno family is one of them, and it is not only Haruno Fuji himself who comes, but also several lower-level samurai.
Seeing Haruno Teng standing thoughtfully, a junior samurai came over and asked: "Young Master, is it difficult to do what the prince has assigned you to do? Why do you look so embarrassed?"
Haruno Teng sighed: "Things are indeed a bit difficult to handle. The prince asked me to find Yamada Shinichi and drive him to leave Heianjing immediately, but I didn't want him to hold a grudge. I agreed in front of the prince. After all, the prince asked me to do something. This is You trust me, but now I’m a little worried that I won’t be able to handle it well and will displease the prince.”
"What's so difficult about this?" said the junior warrior.
Haruno Teng looked over immediately: "Oh, what's your plan?"
"I just heard that Yamada was not alone when he came. There were two samurai accompanying him. However, one died on the way and another one died in the hotel last night. Who knows if this kind of weird thing will continue? ? If you use this to persuade the other party to leave Heianjing immediately, it might have a miraculous effect."
Haruno Teng frowned: "You reminded me. This matter is indeed a bit strange. Don't mention him, I felt creepy when I heard about it."
"It's morning now, why don't we go find Yamada immediately? If we go now, even if there is bad luck on the other side, it won't affect the young master." The junior samurai said as if he saw the young master's concerns.
"I think Yamada has just experienced a strange thing and is feeling uneasy. If we exaggerate a little and make the situation in Heian Kyoto night more terrifying, he will definitely be frightened and run away immediately!"
Haruno Teng looked at the sky. The snow had stopped. Although the sunshine was dim, it was still morning. He nodded: "You are right, this is the right time."
The two simply didn't go back, and took advantage of this moment to walk to the Asaoka Hotel.
When Heianjing was built, it was modeled after Luoyang and Chang'an. There were stone slabs on the road. But now, the stone slabs are uneven. Although the snow has stopped, it is very cold when the wind blows. Their lips are frozen. Both of them are under the eaves or walls. While walking, I turned around and found Haruno Teng deep in thought.
"A samurai who joins the Tachibana family? They are very similar to my family. Maybe we can talk."
Just then I thought about it, and saw a scarecrow in my field of vision: "Hey, what is this? Who dumped it here? It's really rude!"
Just thinking about it, the scarecrow suddenly smiled, and Haruno Teng felt a chill coming up from his back. He wanted to open his mouth and scream, but he couldn't.
In the eyes of the lower-level warriors, their young master was just walking and suddenly stopped.
Looking at the young master, his expression was deep, as if he had thought of something.
"Young Master?" the lower-level warrior called hesitantly.
At this time, Haruno Fuji slowly turned his head. Under the sunlight, there seemed to be a flash of red light in his eyes, which startled the lower-ranking samurai. But when he rubbed his eyes, there was no red light
Young Master Haruno Tomasa looked at him in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
"No, it's okay!" The warrior was a little flustered and didn't dare to speak directly. He couldn't even remember why he stopped just now. When he saw the young master walking forward, he could only suppress his uneasy feeling and quickly followed him.
At this time, Pei Ziyun returned to the hotel. When he came back, the boss had bought a coffin and asked help to carry Yamazaki Ichiro in.
The death in the store still had an impact, and some guests had checked out early.
As soon as Pei Ziyun entered the hotel, he saw the innkeeper with a sad face standing in the hall and sighing. When he came back, he forced a smile and said to Pei Ziyun: "Sir, the matter has been settled."
Pei Ziyun's eyes fell on the coffin, and he felt a little sad.
Although his identity as Young Master Yamada was fake and it was unknown whether Yamazaki Ichiro was alive or not, he still called himself Young Master and died in such an unclear manner. This was a secret force provoking him.
"What happened last night? If you don't believe me, you don't know my strength, but you only sent a few demons here. It's more of a provocation than a test."
"Looking at it this way, Yaozi may not be in the opponent's hands. If he is, this is not the method."
Sensing the "emptiness" behind the other party's provocation and temptation, Pei Ziyun sneered and said, "Boss, please find a temple to store the coffin. I can arrange it after I finish handling the matters at hand."
There are some temples in Heianjing, and Pei Ziyun plans to have Yamazaki Ichiro's body temporarily stored there.
Don't worry about anything, just leave it to the hotel owner.
What can the innkeeper do
I'm lucky that I won't be offended by this incident, so I can only agree.
But thinking about what happened last night, I was still a little scared. I was afraid that something might happen to the Yamada samurai in his shop. I wanted to persuade him to leave, but he didn't dare. I could only remind him tactfully: "Sir, should I change the hotel tonight or change the room?" ?”
Pei Ziyun said calmly: "No need to go to such trouble, just stay in the original house!"
When I saw the hotel owner, I still wanted to say something: "Even if I don't live here, he may not come tonight. If he attacks others at night, someone may be killed."
"Ah, what can we do?" The innkeeper looked scared when he heard this.
If people die one after another in the store, the store will really not be able to stay open.
"That's why I said that staying is the best solution." Pei Ziyun said, frowning suddenly, looking around and saw someone coming in at the door. Before he entered, he shouted: "Yamada Shinichi, Yamada Do you live here?”
The tone was quite arrogant, Pei Ziyun frowned, the visitors had already entered the door, there were two of them, one young man, handsome, but at this time the corner of his mouth was lowered, showing an arrogant look.
Judging from their clothes, both of them are samurai. Behind them there should be a lower-level samurai, a middle-aged man, holding a sword.
It looked like someone was coming here with bad intentions. The innkeeper felt uneasy. Seeing this scene, his body couldn't help but tremble and he opened his mouth to murmur.
"I'm Yamada Shinichi, do you have anything to do with me?" Pei Ziyun responded before the boss could speak.
The young man said coldly: "I am Haruno Fuji, a samurai who respects the prince, and you are Yamada Shinichi? In this case, you know what I want from you!"
"So what if it's clear, so what if it's not clear?" Pei Ziyun didn't like the young man's attitude.
Haruno Teng snorted coldly: "If you know better, you should commit seppuku immediately. You know something you shouldn't know. Even if you go back with the news, it will only make your master feel embarrassed. This is not what a samurai should do. In order to keep the secret and protect the dignity of your master and the reputation of your wife, you should commit seppuku. This way, even if you seek death, you can still make your military name known to your descendants."
Pei Ziyun raised his eyebrows. Although he was a little surprised to show respect to the prince, it was not incomprehensible.
This method of handling seems absurd to many people, but in Japan at this time, it makes sense, and for the dignified prince, it only takes one sentence to order a small family samurai to commit suicide.
But Pei Ziyun is not the real Yamada Shinichi. Even if it is the real Yamada Shinichi, at this time, he may not agree to commit suicide to save his master's reputation.
So he just sneered: "What if I don't agree?"
"Then you are just a coward, so I can only deal with it!" As he said that, Haruno Teng pulled out his sword and chopped it off.
The samurai who followed Haruno Fuji looked surprised when he entered the door, as if he did not expect that his young master would suddenly change his mind and order Yamada to commit suicide.
At this time, I wanted to stop him, but I didn't.
Then I heard a scream, and when I looked over, blood suddenly rushed to my head, and my eyes were red. It turned out that Haruno Teng had just taken a step forward, and with a flash of cold light, a wooden knife slashed from his shoulder, cutting a big wound, and blood and Guts spilled out.
This Yamada has no scruples and no mercy.
"Young Master!" the warrior yelled, and without thinking too much, he drew his sword and rushed forward. His face was particularly ferocious.
But in the next moment, with just one wrong step, the wooden sword sank, and with a "pop" sound, it stabbed into the chest and abdomen. With another thrust, the body of this low-level warrior suddenly fell to the ground.
"Kill, kill!" The shopkeeper was so frightened that his body trembled and his lips trembled, but he didn't even dare to run, for fear that if he moved, he would be silenced.
Pei Ziyun killed two people in a row without panicking. He looked at Chun Yeteng's body, and his eyes reflected flames that were difficult for ordinary people to see.
"It's a monster again. I may not find you the first time, but I won't let you off the second time."
The shopkeeper was confused by these words, and Pei Ziyun didn't explain. He really despised monsters and ghosts, and it was really punishable to have such low-level offenders repeatedly offend him.
(End of chapter)