I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After shouting in his heart, Zong Hai gritted his teeth and said loudly to Matsudaira Dingxin:

"My lord! Don't you want the shogunate to have the power to make people immortal?"

Zong Hai's words made everyone present look astonished.

After hearing Zong Hai's words, Matsudaira Sadanobu even raised his eyebrows, and a strange light shone in his eyes.

"Although the little monk doesn't know much about ogres."

Zong Hai continued.

"But I am sure that the culprit that turns the islanders of Butterfly Island into cannibals is not a disease!"

"Ordinary diseases don't have such a great ability to make people immortal!"

"The little monk here boldly speculates that the culprit that caused the islanders of Butterfly Island to become cannibals is a special power!"

"Similar to the special power of mermaid meat that can make eight hundred bhikkhunis immortal."

"A special power that can rival the power of gods, devils and Buddhas!"

"Don't you want to hold this powerful force in your hands, my lord, so that the Edo Shogunate can last forever?"

This set of rhetoric was just improvised by Zong Hai.

Although Zong Hai didn't know much about the new old Nakamatsudaira, he had heard some rumors about him.

As far as Zonghai knows, Matsudaira Sadanobu is a person who is extremely loyal to the general and the Edo shogunate

He is a person who can do whatever it takes to protect the Edo shogunate.

The major reforms he is now carrying out in full swing with the general are to revitalize the Edo shogunate.

So Zong Hai temporarily came up with this set of rhetoric to persuade Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The chief culprit that caused the islanders of Butterfly Island to become cannibals was a special power, which was actually Zong Hai's nonsense.

The reason why he casually said that it was a special force that led to the "ogre rebellion" was just to facilitate him to persuade Matsudaira Sadanobu to make up his mind to study ogres and leave them, the islanders of Butterfly Island, a way out.

After saying these words, Zong Hai couldn't wait to observe the change of Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression.

Although it was very subtle, Zonghai really noticed that after listening to what he said just now, Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression was a little different from that just now.

Matsudaira Sadanobu cast meaningful eyes on Sokai.

After a long while, Matsudaira Sadanobu finally slightly opened his mouth that had been tightly closed since just now.

In a state of apprehension, Zong Hai finally waited for Matsudaira Sadanobu's answer

After Zonghai and Matsumoto Kiyohito set off to negotiate with the shogunate, Konnosuke and others all lay on the fence of the warship, waiting for Zonghai and the others to return.

After waiting anxiously for nearly an hour, they finally saw Zonghai and Matsumoto reappearing within their field of vision.

The two returned to the warship in the small boat in which they had set out.

As soon as they boarded the deck of the warship, Konnosuke and others surrounded Zonghai and the others nervously.

"Zonghai" Konnosuke took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, "What did the shogunate say?"

Zong Hai did not immediately answer Konnosuke's question.

Instead, he looked around at the surrounding islanders expressionlessly.

then

Smile.

"Fortunately not humiliated."

Following Zong Hai's words, cheers that seemed to lift the entire sky erupted on the deck.

Zong Hai simply told everyone that the conditions given to them by Xia Songping Dingxin would let them live.

But they will be placed on an uninhabited desert island not far from Butterfly Island.

Although there is no freedom, the shogunate will guarantee their daily food and safety.

And what they have to do is to obediently obey the arrangement of the shogunate, not to leave the island without the permission of the shogunate, and at the same time obediently cooperate with their research on ogres.

For Konnosuke and the others, as long as they can continue to live.

Even if it may be very aggrieved to live, as long as you can continue to live.

As long as you can live, these obligations are not a problem at all.

Because of being too excited, Konnosuke hugged Zong Hai directly.

"Zong Hai has worked hard for you"

Regarding Konnosuke's gratitude, Zong Hai just smiled and did not speak.

Zong Hai raised his head.

I looked at the sky that had been dyed orange by the sunset.

Then he said in a low voice that only he could hear clearly:

"Lord Ogata, we survived"

After the warships of Konnosuke, Zonghai and the islanders left Butterfly Island, Ogata and the others parted ways with Konnosuke and the others on one of the small boats carried on the warship.

Ogata and the others were heading south towards the depths of the sea.

It was Ogata's plan to make a big circle near the sea and land away from the shogunate barracks before landing.

But after parting with Konnosuke and the others, Ogata and the others did not leave immediately.

Instead, they have kept a distance from the warship that Konnosuke and the others were on, so that they can always see the figure of the warship.

The reason why they didn't leave immediately was mainly because Ogata and the others wanted to know whether Konnosuke and the others had succeeded in persuading the officials of the shogunate.

Even though they were far away, Ogata and the others could clearly hear the loud cheers from the warship.

Hearing the cheers, Mucun had a gratified smile on his face, and said:

"It seems that Jinzhi helped them succeed."

"Yes." Mamiya also sighed, and then took the two oars next to him, "Then let's go too."

After dipping the two oars into the sea, Mamiya rowed the boat with extreme skill, and the boat moved quickly on the sea at a frighteningly fast speed.

"Mamiya, do you know how to row a boat?" Ogata couldn't help asking Jiangong.

"I have learned the methods and skills of rowing a canoe in Satsuma before."

"I don't know if the shogunate will really keep their promise and won't take Konnosuke's life again." A-cho, who was sitting next to Ogata, couldn't help muttering like this.

"Who knows?" Ogata couldn't help but shrugged, "This kind of thing is beyond our control."

"I can only hope that the officials of the shogunate will really keep their promises, and I hope that they will have good luck."

Speaking of this, Ogata couldn't help turning his head, and glanced at the warship that was rapidly shrinking from his field of vision.

"I feel that Konnosuke and Zonghai are a bit pitiful."

Ogata said softly.

"If you want to survive, you have to negotiate with people in a low voice."

"I have to say something about using us as experimental observation objects to find a way out of my life."

Zong Hai had told Ogata and the others about the rhetoric that Zong Hai was going to use to persuade the shogunate to let them live.

"I can't help it." Mu Cun said blankly, "No matter how the times develop, this kind of helpless common people will always be the most miserable people."

"For helpless ordinary people like Konnosuke and Zonghai, if they want to live, they have to do their best, and even have to discard self-esteem and freedom, which are incomparably precious to others."

After hearing Mucun's words, Ogata couldn't help lowering his eyes to his calloused hands.

"To what extent do I have to become stronger so that I don't humbly beg for help like Konnosuke and Zonghai?"

The tone of Ogata's words seems to be asking others, but also seems to be asking himself.

"Become unparalleled in the world!"

Mamiya, who was sitting in Ogata's seat and steered the boat seriously, said casually.

"Whenever you reach the level of Genda-sama who is unparalleled in the world, when you can fight thousands of troops with one man's strength, you will be able to treat the shogunate as nothing."

"Unparalleled in the world?"

Ogata chewed on the word Mamiya just spit out, looked up at the orange sky.

A thoughtful look appeared on his face.

But I just don't know what he was thinking.

Chapter 261 "Become unparalleled in the world!"

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

"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.

With Matsudaira Sadanobu's indifferent appearance, I am afraid that in the future he will not spend too much energy to investigate 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 everything Sokai said from start to finish.

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, but the direction Zong Hailian is pointing is indeed the wrong direction.

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 allow Inamori to send troops to pursue the escaped prisoners, he said to Zonghai in a slightly 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 the ogre - I'm afraid it's a lie?"

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

After quietly listening to Matsudaira Sadanobu's words, Zong Hai's face showed a bitter smile.

"...You are right. The reason why the monk came here is to seek a way out for the common people of Butterfly Island."

"...Then tell me about it." 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.