different warring states of japan

Chapter 2128: Dark and Windy Night, Time for Murder

Deep in the flower garden, against the wall, several figures were entangled.

"Your Highness, a grown woman can bend and stretch. Even for the sake of the saint's face today, this matter cannot be made a big deal. You just have to bear with it and get out of here."

"Damn it! Just because I'm afraid of that jealous husband! You actually want me to crawl through a dog hole! This is totally outrageous!"

When Ming Liyu saw the people in front of him clearly, especially Nagano Yoshimori, his dizzy head suddenly turned cold. His eyes were as cold as a sword, and he shrank into the flowers without saying a word.

Sanada Rin stood up from the dog hole and said.

"Master Qing Hai has already scouted outside and found that the wall has not yet been surrounded by male warriors. However, if it continues like this, it will be hard to say. Your Highness, please make a prompt decision."

Uesugi Kagetora blushed.

"Don't even think about it! I'm going to go back and fight that jealous husband right now!"

Uesugi Kagetora turned around and was about to leave, but the one who was most afraid was Nagano Yoshimori. She was the organizer of today's party, and if something big happened, she would be the first to suffer.

At this time, he didn't care about his decency. Nagano Yoshinori grabbed Uesugi Kagetora's sleeve, but was pulled down by the embarrassed and angry Uesugi Kagetora. He simply held Uesugi Kagetora's thigh and shouted.

"Your Highness! Even if you don't care about the face of the Uesugi family, you must consider the feelings of the saint!

This is Tobita Shinchi, and there are all kinds of people coming here to have fun, including a noble from the Ichijo family.

If you don't show up, we can still hide our secrets. But if you confront Kai-kun head-on here, how will you face Lord Uesugi and the Saint in the future? "

Nagano Yoshimori's ugly appearance made Mingli, who was hiding in the flowers, curl up the corners of her mouth and smile coldly, but her eyes were always lingering on Nagano Yoshimori's neck.

Sanada Rin and Harada Munetoki also didn't want to bring trouble to their family, so they stepped forward to persuade them. No one wanted Uesugi Kagetora to go out and provoke the Kanto lion and make the matter known to everyone.

Harada Sotoki gritted his teeth.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. We are all in this together. It's not just Your Highness who has to dig a hole and embarrass herself today. We all have to dig a hole.

Princess Sanada will go out first to investigate, and Your Highness will follow. Princess Nagano and I will follow. No one should be exempted. What do you think?"

Uesugi Kagetora was indeed a little hesitant after being howled at by Nagano Yoshinori.

Her identity is actually very embarrassing: she is the younger sister of Hojo Ujimasa, the adopted daughter of Uesugi Kenshin, and the adopted son of a saint.

It sounds high-sounding, but in fact, none of the relationships are solid. On the contrary, they are not as good as her tough husband Kai-kun, who has a solid family background and is not afraid of trouble.

Sekijuku Castle was the fief of Lord Kai, and Koga Castle was a gift from the saint to congratulate him on his wedding.

The Koga territory served as a buffer zone between the Uesugi and Hojo families, which was also something that Uesugi Kenshin and Hojo Ujimasa welcomed.

It is not a big deal for a woman to go out for pleasure, but Lord Kai’s status is different, and the territories of the adopted children of a saint have a special structure.

If this led to a scandal of marital discord, it would be embarrassing for the saint, Uesugi Kenshin, and Hojo Ujimasa.

Most importantly, the couple had a falling out, and Uesugi Kagetora suffered the greatest loss.

Sekijuku Castle was the fief of Lord Kai, and who had the final say on the wedding ceremony at Koga Castle? In any case, Uesugi Kagetora himself had no confidence.

Uesugi Kagetora considered herself to be both intelligent and brave, but as peace had been reigning in Kanto for a long time, she had no chance to display her talents. Instead, it was Kai-kun who was renowned for his bravery.

The samurai family values ​​military merit the most. Compared with Kai-kun, Uesugi Kagetora is a young girl who has never been on the battlefield. Everyone must understand Kai-kun better.

After thinking it over, Uesugi Kagetora no longer wanted to turn back and fight his own lion to the death. He nodded dejectedly and said in self-abandonment.

"That's it. I'll just drill it."

The other three women also breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Kai-kun surrender.

Climbing through a dog hole during an emergency is considered to be an indecent act.

But when the saint went to Kanto with Uesugi Kenshin and was betrayed by the Shiina family in Echizen and had to escape from the city through a dog hole, the nature of this behavior changed.

  If crawling through a dog hole is not decent, then what is Lord Uesugi? What is a saint?

So everyone can only admire extraordinary people for doing extraordinary things, and things like crawling through dog holes become less shameful.

If it were not for this, Uesugi Kagetora would never have been willing to drill through it, let alone have three respectable high-ranking warriors present to accompany him.

It is true that the farts of saints are all fragrant, the dog holes they crawl through are all clean, and the rulers of the feudal era have people licking and washing whatever they do.

Therefore, the emperor who was on the throne was unwilling to step down. He shamelessly tried every possible means to keep on ruling for fifteen or twenty years, wishing he could live forever.

Sanada Rin nodded at the three of them, turned around and went in without hesitation, as decisively as if she was afraid that Uesugi Kagetora would change his mind.

Harada Munetoki and Nagano Yoshimori were blocking Uesugi Kagetora behind him. Uesugi Kagetora had no choice but to follow the example of Sanada Rin and follow them out.

Seeing that Uesugi Kagetora really drilled in, Harada Munetoshi and Nagano Yoshimori both breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to each other.

Harada Sotoki crawled in first, and when she disappeared into the dog hole, Nagano Yoshinori lowered his body and was ready to crawl into the hole and leave.

At this moment, Nagano Yoshimori suddenly felt a chill on her back. The intuition she developed on the battlefield made her subconsciously give way and save her life.

Just as Nagano Yoshinori moved aside, a katana pierced into the dog hole like a poisonous snake, and penetrated three-quarters into the ground.

If Nagano Yoshimori had not subconsciously moved out of the way, he would have been nailed in the dog hole by now, and his life would have been in danger.

The frightened Nagano Yoshimori quickly rolled over. After she was at a safe distance, she raised her head with a dusty face and squinted her eyes to identify the attacker in the dark.

"Ariyu, it's you!"

Mingli's killing intent became even more intense after he failed to hit the target with his first strike.

Nagano Yoshimori has already seen through his own situation. If he lets her escape today, his future will be ruined.

The furious Ming Liyou said nothing, and stabbed the middle of the knife straight into Nagano Yoshimori's throat.

Nagano Yoshimori had no time to call for help as he rolled over and further away, hastily pulling out his katana and holding it across his face.

Unable to thrust, Ming Liyou changed his stabbing to a sweeping move, and the two katanas collided with each other, making a sharp and piercing groan.

The Japanese swords are long and thin, and are not suitable for blade collision. The damage to the swords is too great. After just a few hits, several cuts will appear on the blades.

The two men were stuck together, upper and lower, and could no longer use sword skills. They were simply fighting with strength.

Mingli exerted all her strength from top to bottom, and the intersecting blades slowly pressed towards Nagano Yoshimori below, and were about to reach her throat.

Nagano Yoshimori was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. Calling for help at this moment would drain his strength and make him die faster. He could only grit his teeth and persevere.

At the critical moment, Mingli heard a scream from behind.

"Nagano-hime!"

It turned out that Harada Munetoki saw that Nagano Yoshimori had not come out for a long time, so he crawled back and wanted to see what was going on.

Ming Liyou's mind was in chaos, and the strength in her hands loosened, so she was pushed down by Nagano Yoshimori and fell to the ground.

Nagano Yoshimori rolled and crawled to Harada Sotoki, laughing loudly.

  "Ariyu, you're done!

Princess Harada, help me take down this villain who is trying to overthrow the powerful. I want to see how Matsukami Sae can argue this time."

Ming Liyu clenched her teeth, her heart sank, she knew that she was really finished this time.

At this point, she put aside all distractions, no longer had any scruples, and stared at the two of them coldly.

Although Harada Munetoshi and Nagano Yoshimori seemed to have the advantage in numbers, they actually had no way out.

Without capturing Akariyuu, the two men dared not turn around and leave through the hole, exposing their backs to the young warrior girl with murderous intent on her face.

Harada Sotoki took a deep breath, drew his katana, and cooperated with Nagano Yoshimori to move forward together.

As the two men pressed on, Ming Liyou could only retreat and finally backed into a corner. Seeing that Ming Liyou had nowhere to retreat, Nagano Yoshimori's new and old hatreds surged into his heart, and he took the lead in stabbing Ming Liyou in the chest and abdomen with a knife.

Akari used the blade of his sword to deflect Nagano Yoshimori's sword, but was entangled by Nagano Yoshimori's sword. Harada Munetoki took the opportunity to step forward and was about to cut off Akari's arm with one blow.

Ming Liyu sighed inwardly, he lost, but even if he lost, he couldn't be captured alive and humiliated.

In a flash, Mingli did not block or resist, and rushed forward ignoring Harada Munetoki's blade.

Harada Munetoki was shocked. She was not Nagano Yoshimori and did not want to make a mortal enemy with the students, so she swung the blade at Akariyu's arm just because she did not want to kill anyone.

But with this rush from Mingli, she was simply seeking death by using her chest to hit the blade of Harada Sotoki.

In an instant, Harada Sotoki quickly moved away from the knife and avoided the vital parts, but he still didn't have time to dodge completely. The knife scraped across Akariyu's left forearm, spurting out a line of blood.

Taking advantage of this moment to escape, Ming Liyou threw away her knife and went straight to Nagano Yoshimori, hitting her in the face with a headbutt, hitting her right on the nose.

Nagano Yoshimori was hit so hard that her head was dizzy and her face was bleeding from her nose. She couldn't help but take a few steps back. When she touched her face and saw the blood, she immediately became ferocious.

  Why leave him alive at this time? Just kill this ungrateful brat!

Nagano Yoshinori raised his katana high and was about to swing it to kill someone.

Ming Liyou had no weapons in her hands, and her left forearm was injured and bleeding. She no longer resisted, but simply looked at Nagano Yoshimori coldly, waiting for her death.

At this moment, a loud shout came from behind the three of them.

"Don't kill my senior!"

It turned out that it was Matsumoto Kaori who came looking for her because she was worried about Akariyu. She happened to see the two men blocking Akariyu and were about to kill her.

Matsumoto Kaori had no idea that Nagano Yoshimori and Harada Munetoki were thinking the two wanted Akari Yu dead, so she rushed over with her sword drawn in a hurry.

Harada Munetoki naturally didn't want Nagano Yoshimori to kill anyone, so he turned around and put his hand on Nagano Yoshimori's wrist. He was about to say something when he saw a flash of a knife in front of him.

Matsumoto Kaori's knife swept directly across Harada Sotoki's throat and cut her trachea.

Harada Sotoki covered his throat with both hands, trying desperately to make a sound and breathe air, but only blood splattered out.

Her legs went limp and she fell to her knees. She raised her head and opened her mouth, spitting out traces of blood foam. She finally fell to the ground and died with her eyes open.

Matsumoto Kaori did not intend to kill Harada Sotoki, but the incident happened suddenly and she was in a hurry to save people and accidentally took their lives.

She knew Harada Sotoki's identity and realized that she had caused a big disaster, so she was immediately panicked and at a loss.

When Nagano Yoshimori saw Harada Munetoki being killed, she was so scared that she ran away. Before, it was two of them against one, but now the situation was reversed, so she was naturally afraid that Mingli would kill her to silence her.

Sure enough, Ming Liyu saw Nagano Yoshimori running out with a frightened look on his face, grabbing the knife on the ground and shouting at Matsumoto Kaoru.

"Don't let her get away!"

But it was too late. By the time Mingliyu got up and Matsumoto Kaoru came to her senses, Nagano Yoshimori had already taken four or five steps and it was obvious that she could not catch up.

Nagano Yoshinori kept walking and turned to look at Ming Liyou and Matsumoto Xiang who were full of fear, and sneered.

You two can just wait to commit seppuku to apologize.

At this moment, Nagano Yoshimori was punched hard in the abdomen. Just as she was retching in pain, a wakizashi avoided her ribs and went straight into her heart.

Nagano Yoshimori was unable to make a sound. She used all her strength to look at the person who killed her, and saw Matsukami Sae with a cold face.

Nagano Yoshinori tried to grab Matsue Sae's clothes with his hands, but he was too weak and slowly fell to the ground and died.

Matsukami Sae looked at the dead Nagano Yoshimori and sighed. If she had arrived earlier, things would not have turned out like this.

She just wanted to follow the footsteps of Uesugi Kenshin and others to find the back door, but she accidentally took the wrong path and lost them.

If she were there, she would definitely hold Akari back and stop her from taking action.

But now, Harada Munetoki is dead and Nagano Yoshimori is about to escape, so Matsue Sae can only kill Nagano Yoshimori.

Originally, Date Masamune had a prejudice against Matsukami Sae, and now the director of the Date family's Beijing office, Harada Munetoki, had died a violent death.

If Nagano Yoshimori were allowed to gossip in front of the saint and Date Masamune, Matsugami Sae didn't know what the outcome would be.

Whether for the sake of her personal friendship with Akari Yu, for the future of the cadets, or for her own future, Matsugami Sae cannot let Nagano Yoshimori leave alive.

Watching Matsue Sae dragging Nagano Yoshimori's body back to the corner, the pale faces of Akari Yu and Matsumoto Kaoru finally showed a hint of color.

Ming Liyu looked at the body of Harada Munetoki, then at the body of Nagano Yoshimori, and said through gritted teeth.

"Princess Matsuue, Princess Matsumoto, the two of you should leave quickly. Leave this to me."

Matsue Sae closed Harada Sotoki's eyes, which were still open in his death, and said coldly.

"What do you want to do about it?"

Ming Liyou laughed miserably.

"Everyone is responsible for their own actions, and I won't implicate you."

Matsukami Sae scolded.

  "Confused!

Nagano Yoshimori is not bad at swordsmanship, and Harada Munetoki is a fierce general of the Date family. The two of them are against one of you. How can you kill them alone? How do you explain this?"

Ming Liyu gritted her teeth.

"Just say I was a sneak attack."

Matsukami Sae sneered.

"Then what?

  Let the saint know that the conflict between the student soldiers and the elders of the Tongxin Secretariat has reached the point where they are drawing swords against each other?

Make His Highness Date Masamune furious and target the student soldiers from now on?

Or maybe you just can't hold on until that time, and are forced to tell the whole truth."

Ming Liyou said angrily.

"I won't betray my friends!"

Matsue Sae sighed.

"I didn't say you wanted to betray us, but the torture methods used by the Iga clan of the Secret Service are appalling. Even an iron man could pry your mouth open. I'm afraid you can't survive this.

Don't tell me you can definitely get through this. It's not important. What's important is that the students have just had a bright future. You can't ruin the future of your sisters."

Ming Liyou said sadly.

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Just as Matsukami Sae was about to speak, a voice came from behind that made Matsukami Sae, Akari and Matsumoto Kaoru's hearts palpitate at the same time.

"What are you doing?"

The three of them turned around together and saw the old nun who followed Sanada Rin. Miyoshi Kiyomi was back again.

Dog hole. . If Harada Sotoki could crawl back, then others could too. .

Matsue Sae and Akari closed their eyes in pain, there is always a loophole.

And Matsumoto Kaori stared at Miyoshi Kiyomi's face, as if she was identifying something.

(End of this chapter)