[Comprehensive] Mirror of Death and Life

If drinking and reciting poems during the day is just an appetizer, then the main meal must be a banquet at night.

Flowing delicacies are constantly brought to the table, each dish is carefully cooked and beautifully presented by the chef, except for all kinds of fish and colorful vegetables, and even some rare pork meat, These are high-end dishes that ordinary civilians can't afford to eat for a year.But here, in the face of countless delicacies, the nobles just moved their chopsticks a little, most of the time they still drank mostly, and the dishes were served and then removed intact to make room for the next dishes.

A group of dancers specially raised by the nobles danced in the center of the room, accompanied by musicians.The nobles drank one cup after another of sake with the beauties and dances, and soon the temperature in the airtight room rose. The aromas of different dishes are mixed together to form a confusing and intoxicating atmosphere.

The lingering and elegant music didn't stop all night, countless dishes were brought up and taken down, and the dancers waved the wooden fans in their hands, hiding their red lips and white skin behind them, revealing only a pair of quiet and seductive eyes.

They showed off their dance skills that they have practiced hard for more than ten years and their slender figures that they have carefully cared for in daily life, eager to attract any man in the field, so as to get a chance to soar into the sky.Even the musicians who play shamisen and other instruments are handsome and beautiful young men. These entertainers who please others with their skills and appearance are essentially no different from ninjas, and they all serve the nobles through their bodies.

It's just that the human heart is insatiable.At the beginning, the nobles were still watching with great interest, but as time went by, more and more people were careless, some began to whisper to their companions, and some embraced the beautiful maid* who poured wine for them. No matter how superb the musicians' skills are, it is difficult to please and attract them again.

As the host of the banquet, the fire country daimyo and the thunder country daimyo exchanged a look, the two leaned together and said a few words, and decided to change to a fun show.

The fire country daimyo clapped his hands and signaled the dancers in the middle of the venue to stop, the sound of shamisen and chanting stopped abruptly, and the sudden silence caught the attention of the nobles.

"It seems that everyone is tired of dancing for the time being, let's change to a more interesting program." The fire country daimyo announced with a smile, signaling the dancers to step down.His gaze first turned to me, and then to Hyuga Chiki next to me, hesitating for a moment, and finally fixed his eyes on the white-eyed man: "Why don't you let this ninja from the Hyuga clan perform his tricks for us?" The family stunt rolls their eyes."

I caught a glimpse of Hinata Chiki's hands hanging on both sides clenched into fists.

Although I didn't mean much to him, I did breathe a sigh of relief. If the daimyo of Fire Country asked me to perform sharingan for these nobles just now?I imagined my own reaction - probably I will be drifting away for the rest of my life, being chased and killed by the new daimyo of Fire Nation.It is really possible for me to do something like massacre the nobles present.

Fortunately, Chiki Hinata is much calmer than me.He was silent for a while, and finally followed the words of Daimyo of the Fire Nation, walked out from behind him, knelt down on one knee in front of Daimyo and bowed his head in silence.

Everyone's eyes were on him, and they began to whisper, interest and excitement appeared on everyone's face, they were discussing the stunts of the Hyuga clan, and discussing their combat uniforms that were different from other ninjas.

trick?

It sounds a little insulting to me.

"I heard that your family's white eyes can see through objects in 360 degrees without any blind angle?" asked the daimyo of Fire Nation, smiling all over his face.

"Yes."

"Then let's perform for the adults present. You don't need to do 360 degrees, just see through what is in front of you." Daimyo clapped his hands, and immediately someone carried up a huge black wooden barrel according to his instructions.The wooden barrel is covered with a lid, and the wooden planks surrounding the body of the barrel are close to each other, making it airtight.

"Come and see, what's in here. Wait, why don't you guys come and take a gamble to see if our young ninja can see what's in the barrel." The last sentence was raised by the daimyo Suggestions from others.

The nobles were very excited, and immediately responded to his call. They took out their money and began to place bets, and the daimyos of the two countries were no exception.

Of course, the daimyo of the country of fire can be cast, but the daimyo of the kingdom of thunder is not able to vote.Facing the gaze of the former, the latter explained with a smile: "I always have a skeptical attitude towards such superhuman power."

In the end, half of the people thought it was okay, and half of the people thought it was not.

The fire country daimyo signaled Chiki Hinata to start his performance.

When the word was said, the breath of the white-haired man with his head down sank, but unfortunately he still endured it, stood up and turned around to roll his eyes.

Suddenly there was a sound of breathing around.

Although Hinata Chiki is facing away from me now, so I can't see his face, but I have seen the look of the white eyes when they are activated, and I know what a terrifying sight it is to have white eyeballs without pupils and exposed veins around the eye sockets.

No wonder some nobles covered their faces with fans and couldn't help showing expressions of fear and disgust.

"...It's a red and white kimono." Hinata Chiki answered quickly.

The attendant who had brought up the wooden barrel before stepped forward to open the lid of the wooden barrel, and took out the contents for everyone to see, which was exactly as Hinata Chiki said.

Half of the nobles lost in this way. They were very unconvinced and asked to do it again, this time they came to put the things in themselves.

The name of the Kingdom of Fire was Xin Yun, and the group of nobles elected a person as a representative, and the attendant carrying the barrel followed him to the next room.

After a while, they return and the game restarts.

Without any suspense, Hinata Chiki guessed right again, this time it was a wooden fan, exactly the one that the nobleman was holding just now.

In the next few times, the unconvinced nobles put things in person and tried again, but Chiki Hinata guessed correctly every time.

Until the end, no one raised any objections, and everyone seemed to be convinced. At this moment, the daimyo of the Land of Thunder who had been sitting silently said suddenly: "Let me prepare this time."

The Fire Nation daimyo turned to look at him with a smile: "Master Gu Chuan, don't you give up?"

Before that, every time other people tried, the daimyo of the country of thunder failed to bet, and lost every time, so the daimyo of the country of fire had this joke.

As we all know, he prefers the traditional samurai power over the ninja Daimyo of the Land of Thunder, and his subordinates have gathered the most skilled samurai in the world. Even this time, the team he brought to protect him is mostly samurai.

It's a pity that I didn't see the old warrior holding the famous sword Shang Ten Commandments, otherwise I would like to learn some sword skills from him.

"It's not time to give up yet." Said the Lei Zhiguo daimyo, stood up, and motioned for the attendant in charge of the barrel to follow him.

This time it took a while before he came back, and this time even the attendants guarding the barrel were replaced by the warriors he brought.

Hinata Chiki opened his eyes for the first time tonight, and the blue blood vessels and meridians around the eye sockets were exposed. He said, "There is a dancer inside, she is the third in the second row in the dance just now."

Everyone sighed one after another, seeing Hinata Chiki's determined look, they felt that the daimyo of Thunder Country had lost again this time.

Unexpectedly, the adult who sat down again gave a strange smile, and asked, "Then did you see this dancer alive or dead?"

Hinata Chiki was stunned for a moment, puzzled: "Of course it's alive."

The smile on the face of the daimyo of the land of thunder widened, and my heart skipped a beat.

The next second, as expected, the samurai standing by the barrel drew out his knife, and without hesitation pierced through the cracks in the wooden planks of the barrel, only to hear a blocked slap, and I smelled the air There was a pungent smell of blood.

Only then did everyone realize what Lei Zhiguo daimyo meant. No one was afraid, and no one accused him of cheating, but they all applauded, praising the wit of Lei Zhiguo daimyo.

Even the daimyo of Fire Nation in front of me smiled and shook his head helplessly: "This time, Hinata Ninja lost."

Chiki Hinata's body stiffened, and his hands clenched into fists again.

The samurai who performed his master's task drew out the sword, and the front end of the sword was soaked in blood, but the samurai put the sword back into the sheath without blinking or expression, as if no life had passed away in his hands just now.

However, one person did die just now.

In this lavishly furnished room, at this feast of nobles, just for another to show off his ingenuity, a man died.

If the dancing girl knew that she would be carried out with such an end, she would not have come here even if she died.

It's just that besides her, there will be others instead.

The nobles were finally rekindled by this episode, and in the following time, they let Hinata Chiki perform their family's unique soft fist, and the samurai from the land of thunder showed their sword drawing skills.

Originally, someone proposed to let Chiki Hinata fight that samurai, but the daimyo of the two countries refused on the grounds that the venue was narrow and it would be bad if any nobleman was accidentally injured.

Such a banquet did not end until the middle of the month.

The nobles had had enough to drink, and were helped back to the house to rest. Before leaving, Daimyo of the Fire Country patted Chiki Hinata on the shoulder and said to him that he had worked hard.

It's just that such belated consolation is useless in my opinion. As soon as the nobles left, Chiki Hinata's face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot.

I sympathize with him very much. If he hadn't stood in front of me, I would have been treated like a monkey tonight.

Thinking of this, I walked up to him and whispered, "Are you okay?"

He lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then shook his head.

I let out a breath, the open door finally let out the stale air in the room, including the insignificant and extremely pungent smell of blood mixed in various smells, the servants began to clean the banquet site, Chiki Hinata and I walked out.

Standing in the corridor, you can see the full moon in the dark blue sky, and the moonlight is falling like mercury, illuminating the bushes in the courtyard.

A gaze fell on me from the side. If I felt something, I looked over there, but it was a maid. Seeing that I noticed her, she bowed slowly and then raised her hand to let me pass.

Hinata Chiki also saw it, and he raised his chin at me: "You go, I'll go back first."

I saw the unconcealable exhaustion between his brows, and I knew it wasn't physical, so I couldn't help but feel more sympathetic.

Watching the black-haired and white-clothed man disappear into the depths of the corridor, I walked towards the maid who was quietly waiting for me.She waited for me to approach, and bowed again: "Mrs. Aokiji invites you to come for a while."