After Benqing refused Liang Chuan's undercover mission to gather information, following Liang Chuan's footsteps, the two began to carry out assassination operations in Kobe City like model workers.
Benqing's goal was the same as Liang Chuan's. They were to pick out these drunken samurai who were alone. They would also attack a man in well-dressed clothes with a long sword hanging from his waist. If these people were not samurai, they would not be good citizens. How many ordinary people would take a knife with them on the road?
The two men worked together for a while, both of them followed behind and attacked quietly, knocking down a person with one blow without even a trace of blood, and then pretended to help the person and dragged the person out of the city.
Kobe's city defense is also in name only, so entry and exit are relatively free, and no one checks or sets up cards.
Ten days passed, and the old forest was filled with forty or fifty corpses. The corpses were scattered everywhere, with arms and legs missing. The scene was very tragic, like a Shura field.
The weather was getting hotter, but unlike winter when the temperature was as low as an icehouse, the corpses decomposed much faster than expected. The two had no choice but to dispose of this batch of corpses first.
Benkei found a barrel of kerosene. This oil was shipped from the south by sea ship and was sold in large quantities at the port. Fire oil was poured on these corpses, a fire was lit, and hundreds of kilograms of pine branches were added. The fire was so raging that it could not be extinguished even if water was poured on it.
On the day when the corpses were destroyed, many people in Kobe City said they smelled a strange smell of barbecue, but the smell was a bit wrong. It should be that the meat was burnt.
There are many crows circling around Kobe. This bird, which symbolizes bad luck, is indeed regarded as a good omen in the island country. There is also a rumor among the people that it is a sign that the Taira clan will win.
The work efficiency of the two people was amazing. After burning a batch, they went to the streets diligently to find the next batch of targets. Two people can make nearly ten samurai disappear without warning in one day, without anyone noticing. Sometimes Benkei would do it more simply. He would put a sack on the person's head and drag it away.
These days, there is generally no concept of household registration, and no one notices the few people missing on the street. However, over the past few days, there have been more and more people missing, which has attracted some attention. Liang Chuan also realized this and gradually changed his strategy.
Liang Chuan and Benqing have not found any clues about Taira Kiyomori's travel route. They want to enter the Hoji Mountain Castle to assassinate Taira. However, the success rate is high. After killing someone, they have to pay for it. Liang Chuan will never do such a thing. Stupid thing.
Liang Chuan changed his strategy later. The samurai he brought back were tortured first. Liang Chuan took the sabers on their bodies and picked off their flesh piece by piece. Usually these alcoholics did not have firm beliefs and the will to endure humiliation. Personality, with one knife blow, he first roared like a slaughtered pig, and then confessed frankly.
Huangtian paid off and finally let Liang Chuan find out some extremely beneficial news about Ping's generals.
Among the important figures under the Ping family, the number one Ming Yun and Liang Chuan thought they were from the Song Dynasty when they heard the name. They had no surname, only a given name, and the national style was so strong. This man is the number one boss of the Ping clan who is in charge of political logistics. He specializes in providing logistical support and pre-war brainwashing and mobilization work for the Ping clan. The Ping clan's generals let him fool his brain and increase his combat effectiveness. It is extremely honorable to die on the battlefield.
The number two figure, Fujiwara Hidehiro, was Bi Mawen under the Taira clan. He had rich experience in leading cavalry in combat, and he himself was a superb martial artist. He set an example in battle, and his bold and domineering style was the number one factor in the Taira clan's foreign conquests. One relies on.
The third figure, Gao Tongxian, is a bit different. He is mainly engaged in public relations in the Ping clan. To put it bluntly, he is a relationship-building figure. The construction of the Ping clan's trading seaport and the early trade exchanges with southern merchants were all promoted by him. Unfortunately, the Ping clan destroyed the Great Wall and began to alienate the high-ranking officials after getting a small profit from the camp. Now the samurai are destroying the port in various ways. He even turned a blind eye, causing the relationship between the two to become even more subtle.
After Liang Chuan received the intelligence from the three people, he keenly realized that among the three, it was not Fujiwara, who was extremely powerful and could lead the army in war, who was the most terrifying, nor was it the brainwashed Ming Yun who was difficult to deal with. What frightened him was that This high-ranking person who was ranked last was the one whom the Ping clan paid the least attention to.
This person has an extremely unique vision. He can realize that the decisive factor in this war is not force but the economic foundation between the two families. If his maritime trade is allowed to continue to develop, Genji, who only knows how to farm, will be able to play well. There is no chance of a comeback.
The target was set, and the first person to be assassinated was this high-ranking Tongxian. The Ping clan would not fall until he died.
The high-ranking Tongxian loves to go out to romantic occasions, and he loves to make friends with these big businessmen in the south. In the eyes of the Taira family, he is not taken seriously at the moment. Mingyun and Fujihide, one is cunning and the other is a warrior, and his loyalty is incompatible with him. , my biggest hobby is to study the romance of the Tang and Song dynasties, recite poems and sing duets with the love songs of prostitutes and singers.
The only troublesome thing is that although this person has lost power, he still has countless followers around him. Who wants him to do business himself? Countless people rely on him to do business, and they all want to curry favor with him.
The brothel he went to was quite special. He liked to come to the prostitutes in Hyogo to have fun. The prostitutes here were run by samurai. They were surrounded by a large number of samurai and were heavily guarded. It was extremely difficult for idlers to enter. However, businessmen from the south liked Make friends with local people, most of whom are samurai, in order to get the protection of these samurai.
When Benqing saw that Liang Chuan had brought him to prostitute again, his face turned dark when he thought of the ugly scenes he had seen before.
But Liang Chuan taught him righteously, Comrade Benqing, have you forgotten the human tragedies we saw along the way? This is a great revolutionary task for the cause of the people, and there is no personal emotion involved!
Benkei had no choice but to follow his family master to this place again.
Two beggars disguised as beggars spent three days in front of a prostitute in Hyogo. When they were hungry, they only ate a few mouthfuls of wheat cakes. When they were thirsty, they drank a few sips of water. When they were sleepy, they took turns squinting for a while. Tozawa no samurai mysteriously disappears.
However, waiting did not lead to the opportunity for high-level Tongxian to be alone. This fox-like man was always protected by countless servants and warriors when traveling. If he went up to kill him rashly, his actions would be exposed.
Waiting like this was not the answer. Liang Chuan saw the vendors delivering wine and thought of a way.
Liang Chuan went to the wine shop at the port and bought a few bottles of rice wine imported from the Song Dynasty. Most of the rice wines brewed by the island countries have very low alcohol content, and the rice wine alcohol content will be even higher. Then he knocked out the hawker who was delivering alcohol to the prostitutes in Hyogo on the way. The hawker fainted without even knowing what happened.
Liang Chuan put the wine together, taught Benqing how to speak, and then asked Benqing to pretend to be a hawker delivering wine to prostitutes.
Vendors deliver wine through the back door, and there are several samurai guarding here with long swords. Seeing how the wine delivery man was different from the previous ones, the guards stopped him suspiciously.
Benkei's character was to do whatever he didn't accept. He had never pretended to be a grandson before, but it happened that he acted like a grandson. The two samurai looked at it as if Benkei was trembling because he was afraid of them.
The two warriors asked jokingly: "I haven't seen you before? Where is the wine delivery guy?"
Benqing said nervously: "It turns out that our boss invited him to drink. He was afraid of disturbing the elders, so he asked me to deliver it. In the evening, the high-ranking adults ordered Song wine to be drunk. Our boss knew that these gentlemen were working hard, so he asked him to drink it. I also gave two bottles to you two to try."
Everyone knows the custom of high-ranking Song people, but they have never drunk this Song wine. They took Benkei's wine domineeringly and took a sip. It really had a different flavor, and the alcohol content was much higher. .
Seeing how Benkei was afraid of death, he was so tall but so useless. He thought that he was not afraid of Benkei causing any harm, so he waved his hand and let Benkei join the prostitute.
Benkei entered the prostitute and went to the warehouse. He handed the wine to the turtle boy inside, pretended to need to relieve himself, hid out, and ran to the toilet.
According to what Liang Chuan taught him, anyone who drinks alcohol, except those with particularly good kidneys, will definitely come to the toilet. This is the time when people are most relaxed and their defenses are the most relaxed. No one will think about peeing themselves. He wants a warrior to follow him majestically and watch him.
What's more, this is inside a prostitute, how could the assassin get in?
Benkei stayed in the toilet all night, so he hid in one of the two toilets. Through the crack in the door, he saw countless people coming in and out, but there were no high-ranking people. Kame Gong finished collecting the wine and shouted for a long time, but he still couldn't find Benkei.
Just when Benqing thought Liang Chuan's plan was about to fail again, Gao Jie finally appeared. They had been guarding the door for three days and recognized this man as soon as they recognized him.
The tall man was extremely short, had a mustache, and had a very philistine appearance. He had taken off his pants and was about to drain the water when Benkei opened the restroom door. The senior man was so frightened that he couldn't scream. Benkei was so tall that he fainted without even making a move.
To be on the safe side, Benkei punched him hard again, causing Gao Jie to faint to the point of death. He put the high-end items into a sack, also put a lot of empty wine bottles, returned to the warehouse and pushed them out on the cart.
Seeing that Benkei came out very late this time, the guards opened the bag and took a look, only to see densely packed empty wine bottles.
Benkei smiled apologetically and said, "Today's wine was good, and the adults liked it very much, so we were delayed for a while."
Seeing that he had no more wine to drink, the warrior shouted: "Bring more bottles of wine next time. One bottle is not enough for each person? Get out!"
When Liang Chuan saw Ben Qing coming out safely, he immediately asked: "Did you succeed?"
Benkei nodded, and the two of them pulled Gao Jie to the front of a liquor store at the port. They killed the Taira clan's think tank with a knife, dumped his body in front of the store, robbed him of all his belongings, and then walked away.
