mountain chase

"Mr. Qiao, why are you here at this time?" When Fourth Master Qiao got out of the car, Noda Benichiro came over and asked enthusiastically.

"It's nothing." After taking off his coat, Fourth Master Qiao said, "Today I have something to discuss with you, General."

"Oh? Come in quickly, Mr. Qiao." Hearing what he said, Noda didn't ask in a hurry. He didn't let the servants take over, but helped take off the cloak on Fourth Master Qiao's shoulders and handed it over to the side. servant, and walked into the house together.

Entering the room, Fourth Master Qiao couldn't help being stunned for a moment—everything here has been completely decorated in Japanese style according to Noda's living habits in Japan.

Log-colored furniture, elegant carvings and partition windows with simple and neat lines, brocade woven and painted table cloth, and a tall neck bottle with glass shards placed on it.

tea room.

Sitting on the tatami, Fourth Master Qiao patiently waited for the woman in a white bathrobe to fill the purple sand cup with tea.

"I still remember that Mr. Qiao is very particular about the tea ceremony. This tea, Mr. Qiao, would you like to try it?" Sitting opposite Mr. Qiao, Noda gestured with his hand.

Picking up the cup, Fourth Master Qiao took a sip, closed his eyes slightly at random, and pinched his fingertips fiercely with the nails of his left hand hanging down.

"The scent is good, but what kind of spices are used in this room? It completely covers up the tea scent." Opening his eyes, Fourth Master Qiao commented.

"Oh, this is a spice unique to our Japan," Noda was stunned for a moment, not expecting Fourth Master Qiao to say such a thing. "Why, doesn't Mr. Joe like it?"

"The taste is really special." Said lightly, Fourth Master Qiao didn't show any expression on his face.

The last time he fainted, Dr. Li had already told him about the analysis report. This smell—was vaguely the same as the smell of spices and clothes on Noda’s body when he came to Qiao’s mansion that day. I’m afraid—this was triggering the toxicity in his body. something.

Without paying too much attention, Fourth Master Qiao just sneered in his heart. He thought that this Noda Benichiro was a different character. Did he actually think that he could tie himself up with just this small drug?

The Patriarch of the Qiao family is not so easy to deal with.

"Qiao came here this time mainly to ask for a favor from General Noda. I wonder if the general can save face?"

"Oh, Mr. Qiao, just say, as long as it is within my ability, I will definitely do it." Putting down his teacup, Noda looked at Fourth Master Qiao.

"Then Qiao will be straightforward." Fourth Master Qiao also raised his head, "I wonder if the general's subordinates have arrested a man surnamed Liu today?"

"Oh..." After pondering for a while, Noda asked, "I don't know what this person's full name is? You also know that it has only been less than a month since my imperial army took over Nanjing, and there are so many things going on. There are... naturally many people."

"His name is 'Liu Jingsheng'."

"Liu Jingsheng...Liu Jingsheng?" After reading both sides, Noda frowned, as if he didn't have any impression, "Mr. Qiao, wait a moment." He smiled at Fourth Master Qiao, and called his servants to bring a telephone over. Made a phone call.

"Hey, is that Matsumoto? It's me. Um... I have something to do with you, come over here... Um, just come to the tea room. Um."

Within a few minutes, a man in a black suit hurried in, "General Noda!"

"Well," Noda glanced at him, and extended his hand to Fourth Master Qiao, "This is Mr. Qiao from the Qiao family."

"Mr. Qiao - hello!" Glancing at Fourth Master Qiao, the man bowed deeply to Fourth Master Qiao very respectfully.

"Let me ask you, have you arrested a man named 'Liu Jingsheng' recently?" Noda asked him directly without talking nonsense.

"Liu Jingsheng..." The man thought for a moment and said, "Yes, he is the editor-in-chief of the 'Shenghua Daily', and he is the main perpetrator of our crackdown on various public opinion newspapers in Nanjing."

"Really?" Noda frowned, and pondered for a while, "Let's release that Liu Jingsheng, find another person, put his name on it, and then follow the original plan."

"Yes!"

The man nodded, then bowed deeply, and went down.

"Mr. Qiao, is this—is it possible?" Looking at Fourth Master Qiao, Noda said.

"I'm already very grateful to General Noda." Fourth Master Qiao raised his glass and said.This means that from then on—there is no such person as 'Liu Jingsheng' in the world.

But being able to get out alive from here is already a blessing in misfortune.

Whatever Noda does, he has his own purpose.To be able to do this for the sake of Fourth Master Qiao—what more could you ask for?

"Thank you for understanding." Smiling, Noda also raised his glass, "Actually, these things happened completely unnecessary." He sighed again, "Mr. Qiao, about the thing I told you last time , can't you think about it again? If you work for our imperial army, you are a friend of the imperial army, and we will definitely do our best to protect you, especially in such a chaotic world."

"Oh... what the general said was about letting Qiao be the spokesperson for Nanjing City?"

"Dai, spokesperson?" Noda was taken aback, and soon remembered the meaning of this new term, "Mr. Qiao is really humorous, but it does have the same meaning as 'spokesperson', I don't know what you think now? "

"General Noda," hearing this, Fourth Master Qiao still had no expression on his face, "Qiao is a person who is used to living in seclusion. This kind of thing should be left to a sweet and beautiful girl. Qiao is still Not very convenient."

"If that's the case...then it's too inconvenient for me to be too entangled." There was no expression of displeasure, and Noda didn't say anything else, the two of them just drank tea and had a simple conversation.

After a while, the door of the tea room was pushed open again. It was a woman in a Japanese military uniform, with willow eyebrows and almond eyes, a very heroic person. "General." The man gave a military salute.

Waving his hand, Noda signaled her to go out, and then smiled at Fourth Master Qiao, "Mr. Qiao, I have something to do next time, excuse me."

"Please feel free."

Holding the cup, Fourth Master Qiao spoke slowly.Now that Noda had agreed to let him go, Fourth Master Qiao naturally didn't have any worries. Now he was concentrating on restraining himself from rushing over and smashing the incense burner.

As for Noda, he was perfunctory at all.

When the people went out, Fourth Master Qiao looked around from the corner of his eyes to make sure that no one was watching outside the window, so he tapped his right hand into the sleeve of his left hand, and pulled out a small needle tube from it. The needle tube was only three About one centimeter long, filled with a light yellow liquid.

Aiming at the blood vessel, Fourth Master Qiao stuck the pillow in and quickly pushed the medicine into the blood vessel.

In an instant, his face turned pale.The whole body is shaking.

The medicine he gave himself this time was not the medicine that Dr. Li usually gave him. That kind of medicine was diluted and then slowly injected into his blood vessels bit by bit, but the medicine he used today, Since he knew that he was poisoned, he asked Dr. Li to prepare the super-concentrated liquid medicine in advance. Although the side effects are very strong and the damage to the body is great, but right now, he can't take care of so much.

"Mr. Qiao, Mr. Qiao! What's wrong with you?" Noda, who pushed open the door and walked in again, was shocked when he saw Fourth Master Qiao lying on the table, his body still trembling.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm not feeling well." Frowning, Fourth Master Qiao raised his pale face, his forehead was covered with sweat, his face was pale, and his lips were pale, even the blue blood vessels on his neck under his raised head , are all seen clearly.

Squinting his eyes, Noda put his arms around Fourth Master Qiao's waist calmly, and wrapped him in his arms, "If you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me, I have a better doctor here, if not, ask him to come and help you." Please prescribe some medicine."

"It's really nothing." Blinking his eyes, he quietly put the needle tube back into his underwear sleeve with his right hand, and Fourth Master Qiao pushed Noda away. "It's probably because the air isn't very well circulated here, so I'll just go out and get some fresh air." Keep away from this incense as much as possible—otherwise, even if you inject the antidote, it will be useless.

"Oh, it's cold outside," said Noda, but he still called a servant over, brought Mr. Qiao Fourth's fox fur cloak, put it on him gently, and fastened the belt.

The two of them didn't go out the door of the house, and went directly to the back garden of Noda Mansion through the side door beside the house.

"Whoa--"

"Snapped!"

The bamboo tube hits the stone crisply.

Thin water flow, meandering small canals, desolate grass, green and black hairy moss, and round and even stones are surrounded and closed. This is a unique stone garden in Japan.

"How is it?" Looking at the courtyard quite proudly, Noda waited for Fourth Master Qiao's evaluation.

He is an orthodox Japanese. Although he has great enthusiasm for oriental culture, his favorite is still the culture of his country.It was inevitable for the imperial army to enter China. In this case, Noda had already foreseen that he would live in Nanjing for a long time.The most important thing is - since seeing Fourth Master Qiao again at the banquet that day, Noda's mood has not been able to calm down.

So I personally sketched out this stone garden—just so that one day, I can walk in the middle with the people around me and appreciate the essence of Japanese culture.

"It's really good." A rare smile. Although Master Qiao studied abroad in his early years, he has only heard of this unique stone garden in Japan, or seen it in books and movies. Such a delicate, beautiful and majestic stone garden , he really saw it for the first time.

Seeing that Fourth Master Qiao liked it, Noda was naturally happy too.

But he suddenly put a smile on his face.

"Xuemei."

Hearing Noda calling himself like this, Fourth Master Qiao became a little unhappy. Looking back, he saw Noda's face of reading, and then Fourth Master Qiao calmed down again. The cold wind blew past, and the fiery heat in his body burned by the drugs finally returned. retreated.

"I have been deeply attracted to you since the first time I saw you. From the moment I left Shenyang, I have been thinking about you and have never forgotten. Although-I am a soldier, but for you , I have nothing to do. Xuemei, I love you! Can you accept me?"