I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

At that time, many daimyos actually used the paulownia pattern, so in order to show their dignity, Toyotomi Hideyoshi later transformed the paulownia pattern he obtained from the emperor into a new paulownia pattern.

And this new Tong pattern is called Taige Tong.

As soon as Iwakura's voice fell, Toyotomi smiled:

"That's right, the blood debt from 200 years ago." Toyotomi slowly clenched his hand that was stroking Qiancheng's gourd, "I want to get it back from the Tokugawa shogunate one by one!"

Toyotomi clenched his hand on Qiancheng's gourd tightly, as if he wanted to tear the flesh from his palm.

The face that was originally pretty is now grim due to the surge of energy and blood.

At this moment, a low notification sound suddenly sounded outside the room:

"Sir, it's me."

"Come in." Toyotomi said as he sat back to where he was sitting just now.

After Toyotomi gave permission to enter the door, a strong man slowly opened the door, and then quickly walked into the room.

"Gao Qing." Toyotomi asked the strong man, "What happened?"

The name of this strong man is Gao Qing. He is an old subordinate who has followed Toyotomi for many years, and he is also a trusted confidant of Toyotomi.

Gao Qing walked slowly to Toyotomi and knelt down on one knee, then said in a deep voice with a dark face:

"Lord Toyotomi, there seems to be an accident in Shiranui. Unknown people have attacked Shiranui. Now Shintaro and Keitaro are still alive and dead, and they cannot be contacted."

"What?!" Toyotomi's eyes widened, his face full of astonishment.

Edo, Shiranui

Those who have never been exhausted by the "Non-Self Realm" must not be able to imagine what it feels like to have all their physical strength drained by the "Non-Self Realm".

Ogata now felt that he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

The strong sense of fatigue combined with the dizziness caused by bleeding too much blood made Ogata extremely dizzy and sleepy now.

And that miraculous state seems to have side effects like the "Selfless Realm".

The side effect of "Selfless Realm" is that the user's physical strength will be exhausted rapidly.

And the side effect of that miraculous state seems to be that it will make the user extremely tired.

When he just came out of this miraculous state, Ogata didn't feel any discomfort.He can still speak and think normally.

But gradually, a strong sense of discomfort appeared slowly.

Ogata now feels like he hasn't slept for several days, his mind is muddy, and he is so tired that he can't think at all.

His head ached as if two armies were at war inside his head.

Ogata knelt on the ground on one knee, clutching his head, which was getting dizzy and painful.

That miraculous state really has side effects like the "Selfless Realm"

After Ogata simply sighed in his heart with a slightly bitter and helpless tone, he began to concentrate on fighting against the strong dizziness and pain that constantly emerged from the depths of his mind.

But this feeling of pain and dizziness is getting stronger and stronger, and soon its intensity exceeds the scope that people's willpower can fight.

Ogata finally felt his head getting dizzy and painful, and his eyelids began to fight uncontrollably.

Finally fell asleep unconsciously

The body is shaking.

Someone shook his body slightly.

"fast."

A voice came from afar.

"Awake."

The sound gradually approached.

"One knife fast."

It's a voice I've heard before.

"Yi Dao Zhai! Wake up!"

The dark world shines into white light.

"Ok?"

Ogata slowly opened his eyes as he regained consciousness.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Xu Bian saw Taifu's beautiful face.

At this time, Ogata was lying on the ground, and Taifu knelt beside him regardless of the dirtiness of the ground.

Did I just fall asleep?How long have you slept?

After taking a nap because he couldn't resist the strong side effects of that miraculous state, Ogata now felt that the dizziness and pain in his head were slightly relieved.

Ogata glanced at his body and some of the wounds on his body had been bandaged with cloth.

When Ogata looked at the wounds on his body that were simply bandaged, the Tai Fu who was beside him immediately said:

"I tore some clean cloth from the bastard who used the short gun to bandage you. I only have a superficial knowledge of healing, so maybe the bandage wasn't very good, please forgive me."

The bastard with a short gun that the Taifu said was undoubtedly Keitaro.

"It's okay." Ogata shook his head slightly, "Teacher, thank you for helping me heal my injuries. How did you escape? Where are the hemp ropes that tied you up?"

"It's Wuliu, no, Shuntaro helped me untie it." Taifu replied without thinking.

"Shuntaro?" Ogata frowned slightly.

Ogata turned his gaze to the ground not far away.

Keitaro's body was still lying there, almost drained of blood.The clothes on his body were torn in a mess, and the cloth that was not contaminated by blood and dust was torn off by the Taifu and used to bandage Ogata.

But at the place where Shuntaro should have been lying, there was no sign of Shuntaro at this time.

"Teacher, where's Shuntaro?"

"He escaped."

"Ran away?"

"Well, he still has a little strength left. After you fainted, Shuntaro got up, untied me, and ran away by himself."

The Taifu's tone was very calm, and he stared at Ogata's eyes the whole time.

It doesn't appear to be lying.

But Ogata still narrowed his eyes slightly, looking straight at the Taifu with a gaze that seemed to see through the Taifu's body.

Just when Ogata was about to say something to Tai Fu, a voice that was very familiar to Ogata, and at the same time, the voice that Ogata wanted to hear most now came from a distance.

"Ayi! Haha finally found you"

Ogata quickly turned his head to look.

I saw Ah Ding limping and running towards him quickly.

Lin, Jian Gong and others followed behind her.

Without exception, they were all wounded.

Except for Mamiya and A-Ming, who were slightly injured, the injuries of the others were quite serious.

"Are you injured?" Ogata hurriedly asked A-Machi after seeing A-Machi walking with a limp.

"It's okay, just a small injury." After quickly running to Ogata's side and kneeling down on one knee, A-Ming looked up and down Ogata with complicated eyes, "Why did you get yourself covered in bruises again?"

"Although I look bloody now, there are actually no fatal injuries on my body." Ogata comforted.

Lin, who was a little slower than Ah-cho, also came to Ogata's side with the support of Mamiya: "How is Shuntaro? Who is this woman?"

The "this woman" in Lin's mouth naturally refers to Taifu Fengling, and Lin doesn't know Taifu.

Because she noticed that there was an outsider present, Lin deliberately did not use her usual name for Ogata: Yidaosai to refer to Ogata.

"That's a long story." Ogata smiled. "Let's talk about your affairs first. How about the attack on Shiranui? If Shiranui is successfully defeated, I think we should leave here as soon as possible." Well, the shogunate may have received news of what happened in Shiranui."

夜晚

Edo, Nihonbashi, Shinagawa-juku

At this moment, just as the moon was rising, the dark night became darker with the appearance of the moon.

The dots of lights all over Nihonbashi also dimmed suddenly due to the appearance of the moon, but the surrounding scenery stood out clearly.

The rubble on the houses, the trees planted on the street, and the pedestrians walking on the Japanese bridge were all covered with a thin layer of silver frost.

A certain room in Shinagawa Juku did not close the windows.

The bright moonlight shone through the open window into the room like a white blade, and shone on the face of a Toyotomi sitting by the window, illuminating Toyotomi's face.

Sitting by the window, Toyotomi crossed his left leg, propped his right leg up, rested his right hand on the propped up right leg, and held a glass full of wine in his hand.

Toyotomi just looked at the wine glass in his hand expressionlessly.

Because there is no expression or expression on his face, it is hard to figure out what he is thinking now.

Gao Qing respectfully knelt and sat not far from the young man, with her head slightly lowered, not daring to vent her breath.

Gao Qing has followed Toyotomi for many years, so he knows very well that if his lord puts on this appearance, it means that he is in a very bad mood now.

Once he is in a bad mood, he will put on an oppressive expressionless face like now.

At the same time, Gao Qing also knew how terrifying it would be for Toyotomi to get angry.

That's why Gao Qing unconsciously slowed down her breathing like now, for fear that she would accidentally touch Toyotomi who is in a bad mood.

"Gao Qing."

Toyotomi suddenly called the strong man's name softly.

"Yes!" Gao Qing responded quickly, "Lord Toyotomi, what are your orders?"

"Ask for me." Toyotomi said with a little impatience, "How long will it take to find out what happened in Shiranui?"

"Tell the group in charge of the investigation that I'm getting impatient."

"Yes!" Gao Qing replied without thinking, "This subordinate will do it immediately!"

Gao Qing understood why Toyotomi was in a bad mood, and why he felt impatient now.

In order for Shiranui to return to Toyotomi's command, Toyotomi began to make arrangements six years ago.

First, send 2 capable subordinates under his command to mix into Shiranui, and let these 2 subordinates get a high position in Shiranui little by little.

Those two people lived up to Toyotomi's expectations, and soon became the top management in Shiranui with their strong strength.

One of these two became Shintaro, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", and the other became Keitaro, who also had a considerable status among Jonin.

In addition to these two effective subordinates, Toyotomi has successively sent other subordinates to sneak into Shiranui in the past 2 years to help Shintaro and Keitaro.

In the past 6 years, counting Shintaro and Keitaro, the total number of people sent to infiltrate Shiranui was as many as 9 people.

So much time and energy have been spent, just to control Shiranui from the inside and let Shiranui return to Toyotomi's embrace.

After Shiranui returned to Toyotomi's command, what should the ninjas in Shiranui do, Toyotomi made a plan early on.

Let Shiranui continue to be a "good boy" who will do his best in front of the Tokugawa shogunate first, in exchange for the trust of the Tokugawa shogunate, and then slowly steal some important information from the Tokugawa shogunate.

Suggestion to Balrog to lead Shiranui to join the shogunate is actually what Toyotomi instructed Shintaro to do.

The purpose is to let Shiranui become Toyotomi's spy in the Tokugawa shogunate in the future, so that Toyotomi can obtain some important information through Shiranui in the future.

That's why Shintaro successfully persuaded Balrog to lead Shiranui to join the shogunate last year, and moved the base of Shiranui to Edo.

After 6 years of long preparations, the seizure of power in Shiranui finally officially started last night.

After killing the Balrog with poison, killing Ji Taro, and using Shun Taro's relatives and friends to control Shun Taro, everything went so smoothly.

However, this success only lasted for a few hours.

This afternoon, they received the news that Shiranui was attacked by unknown people, which was like a bolt from the blue to them, and they couldn't contact Shintaro, Keitaro and the others.

Upon hearing the news, Toyotomi hurriedly arranged for people to find out what happened.

The investigation continued from this afternoon to the night, and there was still no new information.

Let alone Toyotomi, even Gao Qing felt a little impatient.