I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After kneeling in the middle of the open space, the two quietly waited for the officials who would negotiate with them to arrive.

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The surrounding area of ​​the clearing seemed to be cleared so that no one else could hear their conversation.Looking around, I didn't see anyone other than Zonghai and Matsumoto.

Zonghai and Matsumoto did not wait too long.

After a while, four people slowly appeared in front of Zonghai and Matsumoto from the side of the open space under the escort of some soldiers.

These 4 people are Matsudaira Sadanobu, Inamori, Kamiyama Koshinosuke, and Hanai Sogen.

Inamori originally thought that it would be enough for him to talk to Zong Hai and the others by himself.

It didn't come to fruition—Sakanobu Matsudaira showed a bit of interest after knowing that the islanders of Butterfly Island came to the door and said that there was important news about the ogre, and he took the initiative to come to see Zong Sea two.

After seeing these four people, Matsumoto, who was kneeling beside Zonghai, suddenly shouted excitedly:

"Teacher Banjing!"

"Huh?" Banjing was startled, and then ecstatically, "Matsumoto! Are you still alive?!"

"Oh?" Standing beside Banjing, Shenshan raised his eyebrows, "Master Banjing, do you know this person?"

"Yeah!" Banjing nodded vigorously, "It's one of the students below."

"It was one of the researchers who were responsible for landing on the island to study ogres."

"Matsumoto!" Tears flashed in Banjing's eyes, "I thought you were dead! I didn't expect you to be alive!"

"Yes!" Matsumoto's eyes were also filled with tears, "Students never thought that they would have the opportunity to meet you, teacher!"

Seeing that Banjing actually knew Matsumoto, Zonghai's face also showed a look of surprise.

While the look of surprise flashed, there was also a bit of joy.

The people on my side have a not-so-subtle relationship with the high-ranking shogunate officials on the opposite side-this is good news that will benefit their subsequent negotiations after all.

Matsudaira Sadanobu was not very interested in the reunion of Banai and his disciples.

After glancing at Zong Hai, he said in a neither salty nor bland tone:

"What's your name?"

"The name of the little monk is Zonghai. This time I came to your place to inform the shogunate of very important news about ogres."

"Master Zonghai, before that, please tell me what happened to the 150 soldiers who landed on the island." Sadanobu Matsudaira said softly, "And——how did your warship get here?"

To Matsudaira Sadanobu's question, Zonghai answered with the answer that he had discussed with Ogata and the others.

It is said that the generals and soldiers who landed on the island were all killed by 6 prisoners.

After killing all the soldiers who landed on the island and snatching the warship, they found that such a large warship could not be operated by six people, so they coerced them, the islanders, to assist in steering the ship.

After the six prisoners killed all the generals who landed on the island, they got the reason why they, the shogunate soldiers, landed on the island from the mouth of the remaining generals.

These six prisoners threatened them on the grounds that "the shogunate intends to kill all the living people on the island, and if they don't want to die, they will escape with them".

These unarmed civilians can only obediently submit to the despotic power of these six prisoners.

When the warship was halfway through the sea, the six prisoners suddenly discovered that the warship was still carrying a small boat.

So the six prisoners left them and went away in a small boat, leaving the warship to them, the islanders, to fend for themselves.

In order to enhance the credibility, Zong Hai also specially pretended not to know the names of the six prisoners, and only outlined their appearance.

Of course - Zong Hai's outline of the physical appearance of the six prisoners is complete nonsense.

Only some fairly general descriptions such as "one of the eyes is smaller" and "the other is stronger" were mentioned.

And Zong Hai's overview of the appearance of the six prisoners is also difficult to pick out mistakes-after all, it is really difficult to tell what a person looks like with just a mouth.

In order to increase the credibility of Zong Hai's words, Matsumoto on the side also echoed with a serious face, saying that what Zong Hai said was true.

After listening to Zonghai's narration, Matsudaira Sadanobu remained calm throughout the whole process.

But Inamori's expression changed.

After all, it was his soldiers who died.

"Hey!" Inamori shouted angrily, "Six people killed a hundred of our generals? Who are you lying to?!"

There are many doubts in Zong Hai's statement just now.

When Inamori was about to question Sokai one by one based on these doubts, Sadanobu Matsudaira raised his hand and waved at him.

Use gestures to signal Inamori not to talk too much.

Seeing Matsudaira Sadanobu making this gesture, Inamori could only hold back his full of resentment and doubts.

Matsudaira Sadanobu is different from Inamori—he actually doesn't care much about what happened to the 150 generals who landed on the island.

Who killed these generals, did these islanders participate in the attack on the generals who landed on the island? Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't care about these issues, and he didn't bother to pursue them.

He was more concerned about what Zong Hai, an islander who knew the shogunate was going to bloodbath Butterfly Island, dared to come to the shogunate.

He didn't believe that Zong Hai had come to them specially to tell them important information about the ogre.

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There is no way Inamori is as indifferent to the generals who landed on the island as Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Although Matsudaira Sadanobu raised his hand to signal him to be quiet, Inamori still whispered to Matsudaira Sadanobu with an unwilling face:

"My lord, there are many doubts about what this monk said just now."

"I think there should be more careful interrogation."

However, Matsudaira Sadanobu, who didn't feel that what happened to the generals who landed on the island, was so important, only said lightly:

"This kind of question will be discussed slowly in the future."

Hearing Matsudaira Sadanobu's words, Inamori's heart immediately sank.

He is too familiar with this kind of official language.

Coupled with Matsudaira Sadanobu's indifferent appearance, I am afraid that he will not spend too much energy in the future to find out the truth about the death of all the soldiers who landed on the island.

After silently sighing, Inamori then said to Matsudaira:

"My lord, if what this monk said is true, then I think we should go after those who killed our generals immediately. They are still prisoners after all, and the six prisoners should not be allowed to get away with it like this."

Matsudaira Sadanobu did not object to Inamori's suggestion, and nodded slightly.

"Hey!" Inamori shouted at Zonghai, "Where did the six prisoners who escaped in the small boat go?"

Zong Hai pointed to the west: "Flee to that."

After glancing at the direction Zonghai pointed, Inamori immediately issued a military order to the general beside him, asking him to organize troops to chase in the direction Zonghai pointed.

Of course, Inamori was skeptical of what Zonghai said from beginning to end.

So Inamori didn't foolishly send pursuers only in the direction Zonghai pointed, he sent pursuers in all directions.

Of course, not only the number and appearance of the prisoners are nonsense, Zong Hailian's direction is indeed wrong.

Ogata and the others never fled west.

Inamori also wanted the soldiers to check the list of prisoners to see which prisoners matched the appearance characteristics Zonghai had just mentioned.

But after thinking about it, Inamori gave up his idea.

If we really check according to the extremely popular appearance characteristics that Zong Hai just mentioned, at least half of the prisoners on the prison list meet these characteristics.

As for Matsudaira Sadanobu, after agreeing to let Inamori send out pursuers to chase down the escaped prisoners, he said to Zonghai in a lightly joking tone:

"Since you have learned from the mouths of those prisoners that our shogunate has decided to bloodbath Butterfly Island, how dare you come to us?"

"You just said that you came here to tell us important information about ogres, isn't that probably a lie?"

"You came here to convince us to let you islanders live, am I right?"

After quietly listening to Matsudaira Sadanobu's words, the smile on Zong Hai's face was bitter.

"You are right. The monk came here in the hope of finding a way out for the common people of Butterfly Island."

"Then tell me." Matsudaira Sadanobu stood with his hands behind his back, "Try to tell me the reason why I can make up my mind to let you live."

"Ah, I forgot to introduce myself."

"It's really rude for me to delay introducing myself after talking for so long."

"My name is Matsudaira Sadanobu, please give me your advice."

After knowing the name of this middle-aged man, both Zonghai and Matsumoto's expressions changed.

Needless to say Matsumoto.

Even Zonghai, who lives in seclusion in a remote place, has heard of the daimyo of the new senior middleman of the shogunate.

Neither of them thought that the person they wanted to negotiate would be the senior middleman of the shogunate.

Although Matsumoto was a well-known doctor, it was the first time he saw such a high-level official. He was already a little nervous, and his face became even paler because of this.

Even Zong Hai felt his heart beat a little faster.

After taking a few deep breaths and trying to calm down his heartbeat a little, Zong Hai uttered the speech he had already prepared with fluent articulate.

Zong Hai briefly described to Matsudaira Sadanobu and others what happened to him before the "Ogre Rebellion" broke out.

From Heshi and Hezhi, the strange pair of masters and apprentices who moved to their Butterfly Island, all the way to the sudden departure of the two and Hezhi specifically warned him not to drink the water of the Linong River on the eve of departure.

However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zong Hai concealed the fact that "He Zhi also gave him the medicine that can suppress the immortal poison".

At the end of the story, Zong Hai came up with a conclusive evaluation:

"The instigator of this series of changes in Butterfly Island is most likely the mysterious pair of master and apprentice He Shi and He Zhi."

Speaking of this, Zong Hai paused, raised his eyes to observe the reaction of Matsudaira Sadanobu and others at this time.

Whether it was Matsudaira Sadanobu or the other important officials beside him, his face was full of astonishment at this moment.

Especially Matsudaira Joshin's expression on his face sank right now.

The difference between whether the riots on Butterfly Island were natural or man-made is vast.

If the riot on Butterfly Island was really caused by the suspicious pair of master and apprentice, then Matsudaira Sadanobu had to re-evaluate the degree of harm of this "ogre riot".

Seeing Matsudaira Sadanobu and these people all looking serious, Zong Hai felt a little relieved.

Giving Matsudaira Sadanobu and others a sense of crisis is a preliminary achievement of Zong Hai's expectations.

After clearing his throat, Zong Hai went on to say:

"If this ogre disaster is man-made, then the monk thinks that preparations must be made. Hurry up and study the ogre."

"And us islanders who will become ogres after death are the best subjects for research and observation!"

"Keep us, the research on ogres is absolutely beneficial and harmless!"

This is what Zonghai and the villagers headed by Konnosuke concluded after discussing, and they may persuade Matsudaira Sadanobu to give them a way out, so that Matsudaira Sadanobu kept them as the research and observation objects of the ogre research.

This is the only value in them.

Apart from this card, they have no cards to play.

It is better to be the research object of the experiment than to die without knowing why.

Although being the research object of the experiment, life may not be much better, and life may even be worse than death, but under the instinct of survival, the islanders headed by Konnosuke decided to go all out.

Matsudaira Sadanobu did not immediately respond to Zonghai's words.

Instead, he frowned slightly, pursed his lips, and thought.

At this moment, the famous doctor Hanai standing beside Matsudaira Sadanobu said in a deep voice:

"My lord, if the ogre rebellion in Butterfly Island is man-made, then I think that the research on ogres must be restarted."

"While keeping the islanders of Butterfly Island, thoroughly investigate the source of the Linong River."

"If the islanders of Butterfly Island became cannibals because they drank the water of the Linong River, then there must be something wrong with the source of the Linong River."

Seeing Banjing help them speak in disguise, Zonghai and Matsumoto Kiyohito showed joy on both sides.

However, Matsudaira Sadanobu still did not immediately express his position.

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who has been slow to make a statement, made Zong Hai gradually anxious.

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