The city lord hesitated for a moment. None of his subordinates could discuss it, but the owner of a hot spring hotel in Aichi County had some knowledge.
Now he urgently needed someone to give him some advice, so he handed the letter in his hand to Tang Ping.
"Don't you want money?" Tang Ping said a little strangely after reading the letter.
The content of the letter was very simple, but unlike what they thought at first, the other party was not asking for money, but asked the city lord to go alone at the address they wrote at night.
Then he looked at the city lord and said: "So their target is actually the city lord!"
The city lord nodded, and after a long silence, he finally said: "Thank you for today's matter, let me handle the rest by myself."
After saying this, he was about to issue an order to expel the guests. Upon seeing this, Tang Ping could only say tentatively: "It was Lord Inugami Mita who asked us to come."
"What?" The city lord, who had always been calm even when his daughter was missing, shook his hand slightly and then put his strength on the edge of the table behind him.
Looking at his reaction, Tang Ping knew that he had found the right person.
"You guys go down first." The city lord waved his hands and asked his men to leave. Then he looked at Tang Ping and asked, "Is it really Inugami Mita-sama who asked you to come?"
After finishing speaking, without waiting for Tang Ping to answer, he answered by himself: "That's right, no one except him should know that I am still alive in Aichi Prefecture."
"Isn't your lord the chamberlain of Emperor Suiko? Why..."
"You want to ask me how I became the city lord, right?" The city lord smiled bitterly: "I knew too many secrets back then. Soga Ezo wanted to kill me, and I was prepared for it. At that time, the imperial court was preparing to enshrine the declining Sakamoto family. Sakamoto Qingyuan is the lord of Aichi Prefecture, and I have in my hand a report that Sakamoto Qingyuan was killed by bandits when he went to Nara to report on his duties."
"So I secretly destroyed the report, intending to change my name to Sakamoto Keigen and go to Aichi Prefecture to take office, but I was still a step too late and was assassinated by Soga clan's Shinō. Fortunately, I was killed by Inugami-sama when I was about to die. I was saved, but the Soga clan was too powerful at that time. If my secret were told to Inugami-sama, even Inugami-sama would be in danger."
The castle owner who went by the pseudonym Sakamoto Keigen continued to recall: "Later, when my injury got better, I asked Inugami-sama to send me to Aichi Prefecture, and then I paid for someone to live in the place arranged by Inugami-sama for me. As for my residence, I myself pretended that Sakamoto Qingyuan took office. Even if the Soga clan knew that I was alive, they would never have imagined that I would become the lord of the city in Aichi Prefecture."
"Not long after I became the city lord, in order to hide my identity as a chamberlain, I found an orphan girl and claimed that she was my daughter."
"Wait a minute, you think you can do what you want?" Yamabei's eldest brother, Wang, stopped Sakamoto Qingyuan and asked.
"Yes, the person who assassinated me at that time was Shi Nengbian of the Suga clan."
Tang Ping asked with some confusion: "What is this Zhineng?"
Shanbei's eldest brother Wang said: "My father has a great companion who is willing to do what he can. This is a secret army founded by my father."
Then Shanbei's eldest brother Wang explained, and Tang Ping was surprised to find that the Shi Neng Bian he mentioned was actually the prototype of Fuso Ninja.
Although there are no fancy ninjutsu, the things he does are basically the things that ninjas would do as described in later generations.
Tang Ping's conjecture is indeed correct. Prince Shotoku is known as the "Eight-Eared Prince" because of the secret agent led by Otomo Shinoto, who can get information on everything from princes and nobles to traffickers and pawns. master.
I just don’t know how this Zhineng fell into the hands of the Suga family after his death.
Sakamoto Keigen was also very surprised when he learned the identity of Yamabeko's eldest brother: "Back then, I told Inugami-sama that if you can overthrow the Soga clan, you will come to me again. Now it seems that you are well prepared for this."
The eldest brother Yamabei nodded and said: "The Soga family has committed many evil deeds, and the world of Fuso can no longer be controlled by such people, so I ask Lord Sakamoto Keigen to help me."
Sakamoto Qingyuan looked at the eldest brother Yamabei, took out a bunch of keys from his arms and handed them to him: "I don't know what will happen to me after tonight. With this key, you can open the secret door under the bed where I sleep." Ge, there is something you want in it."
Tang Ping read the letter again, and then asked: "Is it possible that these people also come here for these things?"
Sakamoto Qingyuan said with some disbelief: "My identity has always been secret, how could they know?"
"There is no airtight wall in this world." Tang Ping shook his head and said, "Otherwise I can't explain why they came to you and used your daughter to force you to go alone."
Sakamoto Qingyuan smiled miserably: "No matter what their reasons are, I can't let Rumiko get hurt."
Over the years, he has long regarded Rumiko as his own daughter, so he made up his mind to save his daughter Rumiko even if he was personally involved in danger.
"I think we can have a long-term plan for tonight's matter." Tang Ping looked around, and finally his eyes fell on the eldest brother, King Shanbei: "How about you pretend to be the Lord of Sakamoto City?"
"Me?" Yamaback's eldest brother Wang looked at himself and then at Lord Sakamoto: "The Lord is taller and fatter than me, I'm afraid I can't hide it from others, right?"
He also saw that among them, only he and Sakamoto Qingyuan had a similar figure. The others, whether it was Lao Cui Lao Du or Li Bai Tang Ping, were all much taller.
"It's just because you are thinner and shorter that you can pretend to be Lord Sakamoto."
"No!" Before Tang Ping could finish his words, he was interrupted by Sakamoto Qigen: "Since Prince Yamakabe is the emperor chosen by Inugami-sama, how can he take risks for Rumiko?"
"Why not?" Shanbei's eldest brother Wang asked strangely: "If a monarch can't save even one common person or is unwilling to save it, how can he possibly save this country?"
Sakamoto Qingyuan was stunned for a moment by the words of Yamabeko's elder brother, and then said with relief: "No wonder Inugami-sama chose the current Prince Yamabeko."
Tang Ping reassured the two of them with a smile: "It's because Prince Shanbei is smaller in stature that he can wear the protective clothing we prepared for him. Don't worry, we will protect him from behind. He will be fine."
Sakamoto Keigen's force value is simply 0. Although Yamabei's elder brother is a scumbag at best, he can at least hold on a little longer.
The other party asked Sakamoto to go out alone. There must be their spies along the way. If he were to go in person, Tang Ping was really afraid that he would be dealt with immediately.
I got a stab-proof suit and wrapped it tightly around Shan Bei. Shan Bei didn't take it seriously at first, but after cutting it twice with Lao Cui's long knife, he never wanted to take it off again.
And pestered Tang Ping to give him this set of clothes.
