I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After several struggles, the Balrog lay heavily on his back.

"Did Yuan Yi lose to you again?"

The Balrog lying on the ground half-opened his eyes, looking at the blue sky above.

"It's an unexpected pleasure"

After all, the Balrog let out a soft laugh.

Lost to Genichi again, but Balrog didn't feel any resentment or unwillingness.

He had tried his best, exhausted all the tricks he could use, all he felt was the joy brought by the long-lost full-strength battle, and a sense of relief that he didn't know how to describe in words.

"Actually, you never thought about pulling Shiranui back from Huangquan, did you?" Yuan Yi said to Balrog in a tone without sadness or joy, "You just can't stand the obsession in your heart. Tortured, I returned to Shiranui because I wanted to seek relief. I want to give myself an explanation, and I also want to give an explanation to those who have always placed high hopes on you. Am I right?"

Balrog didn't answer Yuan Yi's question.

Just smiled.

The Balrog began to see an abyss-like darkness appearing from all around his field of vision, and then spread from all around to the middle until covering his entire field of vision

Lord Balrog?

The Balrog looked at the image that appeared in front of his eyes in astonishment.

A few beams of light suddenly appeared in the originally pitch-black field of vision.

These beams of light rapidly expanded and merged, and then transformed into a picture. The previous Balrog lying on the sickbed looked at him sideways, raised his hand and stretched out his somewhat withered hand in his direction: " From now on, you will be the 12th Balrog. I will leave Shiranui to you."

The Balrog remembered the scene.

This is the scene he has always remembered.

In a trance, the Balrog raised his hand subconsciously, and tightly held the hand of the previous Balrog.

"Lord Balrog, hand it over"

"Me"

Lying on the ground, the Balrog whose pupils had begun to spread tremblingly raised his right hand and stretched it towards the blue sky.

The movement of the right palm seems to be holding something.

Snapped.

The right hand, which seemed to be holding something, fell back to the ground.

The last trace of anger remaining in the pupils of the Balrog dissipated.

Genichi, who had put his sword back into its sheath, quietly looked at the Balrog who was in a trance and suddenly stretched out his hand to the sky, whispering something.

"Leave it to me?" Yuan Yi walked slowly, then knelt down on one knee next to Balrog's corpse, and repeated in a low voice what Balrog had murmured just now.

After staring at the Balrog with still calm eyes for a while, he said softly:

"This sentence has tortured you for the rest of your life."

"Until the last moment before you die, these words are what appear in your mind"

After finishing speaking, Yuan Yi raised his hand and gently covered the Balrog's eyes.

"Rest in peace, Ichitaro. You don't have to worry about Shiranui anymore."

Genichi gently swipe down the palm covering Balrog's eyes, closing Balrog's eyes.

Chapter 431 The Immortal Person 【7300 words】

Edo, Nihonbashi, Shinagawa-juku

As the most important traffic artery in Edo, Nihombashi is naturally one of the places with the largest flow of people in Edo.

In the afternoon, the flow of people in Nihonbashi was so high that it could be called "terrorist".

Now Nihonbashi is like a balloon full of air, if you add a little more air to it, it will burst.

People walking on the Japanese bridge can only squeeze me and I squeeze you, and when there is a little gap in front, they will climb up to fill it.It can only be squeezed, drilled, and moved forward bit by bit in this way.

In a certain room in Shinagawa-juku, a young man knelt on a tatami mat, arranging his clothes.

This young man's appearance can be regarded as handsome, he is about 25 years old, and has long hair.

He obviously looks like a young man in his 20s, but there is no trace of childishness on his face.

The scabbard of the sword placed on the tatami next to him was ordinary black, but the handle was a very beautiful purple.

From the handle to the handle, this sword is extremely exquisite. Even people who don't understand swords at all can see that this sword is not extraordinary.

An elderly man in his 50s who was sitting next to the young man showed a slight smile and said to the young man:

"Lord Toyotomi, you look even more heroic in formal clothes."

"Iwakura." The young man called "Lord Toyotomi" by the old man smiled, "Although this formal suit is very handsome, it is also extremely uncomfortable to wear."

The young man or Toyotomi said, while straightening the haori on his body again.

He doesn't like to wear formal clothes very much, and he has forgotten the last time he wore formal clothes.

Putting on formal clothes for the first time in a long time now made Toyotomi feel uncomfortable, as if there were many ants crawling on his body.

"Master Toyotomi." The old man who was just called "Iwakura" by Toyotomi continued, "You don't need to change into a formal suit. Lin Ziping is not the kind of person who pays attention to etiquette."

As soon as Iwakura's voice fell, Toyotomi immediately answered:

"That's not okay. Even if the other party is not the kind of person who pays attention to etiquette, you still have to have the etiquette you should have."

After all, Toyotomi straightened Haori on his body again.

"Yancang, you and Lin Ziping are good friends. When Lin Ziping comes, remember to say a few more good words for me."

"Naturally!" Iwakura responded without thinking, "I will definitely try my best to persuade Lin Ziping to join your command!"

"Whether I want to invite Lin Ziping to my command or not, I have to wait until I meet him and test what kind of person he is." Toyotomi said with a smile.

"Lord Toyotomi." Iwakura's face was full of confidence, "Lin Ziping will never let you down!"

"Although his behavior and personality are a bit weird, he is undoubtedly a great talent!"

"You are so confident in Lin Ziping, I am looking forward to meeting Lin Ziping more and more." The smile on Feng Chen's face became stronger, "It seems that the relationship between you and Lin Ziping is really very good. Well, I highly recommend him all the time.”

"The reason why I strongly recommend him to you is mainly because I don't want his talent to be buried." Iwakura smiled wryly, "He is a rare talent in a hundred years. His talent may directly change this situation. nation."

"If his talent is allowed to be buried, I really can't bear it."

"And letting him join your command can also protect him in a disguised form."

"Counting this time this year, this is already the third time he has been imprisoned."

"And the severity of the three prison sentences was higher than the one"

"If it wasn't because we rescued him in time this time, he might be executed in a month or two."

After that, Iwakura let out a long sigh.

About a year ago, Toyotomi took a fancy to Iwakura's talent in building the castle, and sent an invitation to Iwakura to come under his command and become his retainer.

At that time, Iwakura, who happened to be depressed and living a poor life, was ecstatic after receiving Toyotomi's invitation. He accepted Toyotomi's invitation and became the new retainer of Toyotomi's family.

Not long after joining Toyotomi, Iwakura recommended "Lin Ziping" to Toyotomi.

Iwakura gave Feng Chen a book when he recommended Lin Ziping to Feng Chen.

This book is called the Three Kingdoms Tour,

It is a military topography that describes the hydrology, geography, and meteorology of Korea, Ryukyu, and Ezo.

Just turning over the first page of this Three Kingdoms Guide, Toyotomi is full of interest in this military topography.

After presenting this book to Toyotomi, Iwakura immediately explained to Toyotomi that this book was compiled by Lin Ziping in Tianming 5.

Because Iwakura and Lin Ziping have a good relationship, after successfully compiling the illustrated book of Three Kingdoms, Lin Ziping presented a copy of it to Iwakura.

After Iwakura showed Toyotomi this book written by Lin Ziping, Toyotomi immediately became interested in Lin Ziping, so he asked Iwakura to tell him more about Lin Ziping.

And Iwakura also told Feng Chen all the information he knew about Lin Ziping in detail.

From Lin Ziping's weird character, to his strange propositions.Such as: opening the sea ban, reorganizing the military system, developing the Ezo land, and using force to curb Lucia's attempt to invade the Ezo land

These propositions of Lin Ziping may be very weird and unreasonable in the eyes of others, but for Toyotomi, these propositions of Lin Ziping are very appetizing to him.

Toyotomi also became interested in Lin Ziping.

Want to meet this guy and see if he lives up to his expectations.

So Feng Chen spent a lot of effort to investigate Lin Ziping's whereabouts.

It took more than two months for Toyotomi to finally find out where Lin Tzu-ping was in the Joto Prison in Edo.

The reason for being imprisoned was that he made political proposals to the shogunate that made the officials of the shogunate very angry, and severely criticized some policies of the shogunate, which angered the officials of the shogunate.

Therefore, the officials of the shogunate imprisoned Lin Ziping in a fit of anger, and asked Lin Ziping to reflect in prison.

According to Iwakura, this should be Lin Ziping's third imprisonment.

The three times he was imprisoned, the reasons for his imprisonment were exactly the same, because he proposed to the shogunate that officials found it unreasonable, and severely criticized the various policies of the shogunate, including the policy of locking the country, and was then angry. Ordered to be imprisoned.

According to Fengchen's investigation, Lin Ziping's third imprisonment was far more serious than the previous two.

Lin Ziping is imprisoned this time, not only should he not be able to get out, but he is also very likely to be executed.

Toyotomi didn't want this talented person who had finally been found to be of great use to be executed by the shogunate just like that.

So Toyotomi handed over the task of "rescuing Lin Ziping" to his subordinate Shintaro who was lurking in Shiranui.

If you want to rob the prison without making a big fuss, you have to rely on these subordinates who know ninjutsu.

But Joto Prison was one of the few large prisons in Edo after all, and it was impossible to sneak into it and rob people without enough manpower.

So after receiving the task of "rescuing Lin Ziping" from Toyotomi, Shintaro has been waiting for the best time to save people.

Then, in order to wait for the best opportunity in the early morning of this morning, Shuntaro was controlled by them.

With the help of Shuntaro, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings", going to Chengdong Prison to rob people will be more effective.

So after controlling Shuntaro through Taifu Fengling, the first task Shintaro entrusted to Shuntaro was to cooperate with Huitaro to rescue Lin Ziping from prison.

Although there were some accidents due to Lin Ziping's sudden yelling during the robbery, the overall situation went smoothly, and Lin Ziping was successfully rescued and brought to Shiranui.

After rescuing Lin Ziping, Shintaro immediately reported to Toyotomi, told Toyotomi the great news, and made an appointment with Toyotomi to bring Lin Ziping to see him this afternoon.

That's why Toyotomi put on the long-lost formal suit now, just to meet Lin Ziping later.

Toyotomi turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window.

"Why hasn't Shintaro brought Lin Ziping here?" Toyotomi frowned slightly.

Now it's past the agreed time to send Lin Ziping over.

Shintaro has always been a capable subordinate whom Toyotomi trusts very much and who has been reused by Toyotomi.

He's always been a pretty punctual guy and rarely acts as unpunctual as he is now.

"Maybe it's because there are too many people in Nihonbashi now." Iwakura said, "So it took more time on the road."

"Maybe."

Toyotomi looked away from the window.

When he looked away from the window, he caught a glimpse of something placed in the corner of the room out of the corner of his eye.

Toyotomi was stunned for a while, then turned his head to the side, looking directly at the thing he placed in the corner of the room.

It's a gourd of thousands.

Looking at the thousands of gourds, Toyotomi's face and eyes showed a little tenderness.

It's like looking at your own wife.

Toyotomi stood up, walked slowly to the thousands of gourds, and then sat down cross-legged.

After raising his hand to touch the thousands of gourds, his movements were as gentle as touching something fragile that would break when touched.

Looking at Toyotomi who was stroking the thousand-tenth gourd with gentle movements, Iwakura heaved a sigh of relief, and then said with emotion:

"For the first time in 200 years, Toyotomi's thousand-year-old gourd will finally be erected on the battlefield again, and the flag with the Taiko tree will finally fly in the wind again."

The family crest of Taiko Kiritoyotomi.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed his dominance of the world, the emperor not only gave Toyotomi Hideyoshi the surname "Toyotomi", but also gave Toyotomi Hideyoshi "Tongwen", allowing Toyotomi Hideyoshi to use "Tongwen" as their Fengshen. Chen's family crest.