The contest between Xiang Shaolong and Noheita is a martial arts competition without any utilitarianism, as the successor of the new Yinliu generation, Noheita has traveled all over the mountains and rivers of Japan, seen countless customs and customs, and has also learned from many Japanese martial arts masters.

When Noheita found that it was difficult to advance his own martial arts path in Japan, he began to look overseas, he longed for China, longed for the West, longed for the world with his own eyes, and understood the way of heaven and earth.

Originally, Japanese martial arts absorbed a lot of the essence of Zen Taoism, and it was very particular about epiphany, and the traveler itself was also a kind of practice. In this way, Noheita came to Naha, and just as he was raising funds and preparing to smuggle to the Qing Kingdom, he accidentally discovered Xiang Shaolong, a master of the Qing Kingdom.

There is always sympathy between masters, Xiang Shaolong can feel Yepingtai's dedication to martial arts, in essence, the two of them are actually the same kind of people.

Long Ye said that this was a very personal discussion, and he didn't want anyone to watch, so Xiao Letian didn't follow him, and he didn't send anyone to protect Xiang Shaolong. It's really a joke, if Master Long needs someone to protect him, then Xiao Letian's bodyguard will be too unsuccessful.

But I never thought that what I was afraid of, Xiang Shaolong, the number one master under Xiao Letian, was really injured tonight, and it seems that the injury is not light.

"What about Master Long, how is the injury......" Xiao Letian shouted nervously as soon as he entered the door, and when he saw that Xiang Shaolong, who had finished bandaging, could still nod and smile at him, he was finally relieved. "Obediently, I'm scared to death, and I'm not allowed to go to this kind of competition without my permission in the future......"

Xiang Shaolong said with a face full of shame, "It's not the injury I was injured in this competition, I encountered an ambush by a group of ninjas after I fought with Ye Heitai, and I couldn't prevent it......"

It turned out that when Xiang Shaolong and Ye Pingtai were facing off, a group of ninjas secretly surrounded them, and they seemed to know that these two men were very difficult, so they didn't get too close. This group of vicious ninjas actually secretly sprinkled ground thorns all over the way.

This is a dark iron weapon with four spikes, no matter how you throw it on the ground, there will always be a spike rushing up, in ancient China this was generally used to hurt the hooves of war horses, is a common weapon on the battlefield. However, in Japan, due to the backwardness of smelting technology and the lack of resources, no one was willing to use such weapons on the battlefield.

But for ninjas, this weapon is a sharp weapon for sneak attacks and assassinations, when Xiang Shaolong and Ye Pingtai were ready to return to the city after the duel, the dragon master who walked in the front was the first to suffer a dark loss, and the cloth shoes with a thousand layers of soles were pierced by three iron thorns, and his left foot was in sharp pain.

"Ah...... There is an ambush!" Xiang Shaolong's right foot flew backwards, and then a bone nail flew into the woods on both sides of the road. Ye Pingtai, who was behind Long Ye, drew his knife and rushed into the woods, and then a dense sound of blade collision came out.

"Noheita is different from ordinary Japanese, he has a good impression of China, and this gladiatorial fight was a friendly exchange, and he even begged me to take him back to China...... Thanks to him this time, the geta worn by the Japanese is naturally the nemesis of this hidden weapon, and if he hadn't rushed to the front line to fight with these ninjas, I might not have been able to come back......"

Xiao Letian became mad when he heard this, "Damn, these bastards, just said kind words to Lao Tzu, and in the blink of an eye, they made a black hand, turning their faces faster than turning a book? ”

The injured Xiang Shaolong was unusually calm, he pondered for a while and said, "I feel that this matter is not so simple, not so much that this group of ninjas came to trouble me, I feel that they came to find Nohei too troublesome, because after I was injured, only a masked female ninja entangled with me, and the remaining more than ten ninjas all went to besiege Nohei......"

"Do the Japanese eat dogs themselves? let's not care about them, let them kill each other......" Xiao Lotian didn't have time to care about the life or death of Heita No, although he had a good impression of this young swordsman, but it was only a good impression.

However, Xiang Shaolong didn't think so, he asked Xiao Letian very earnestly to let him send someone to search for Ye Pingtai. Xiao Lotian couldn't screw him in the end, so he had to let Sima Yun and Xiao Hexin go to search with more than 20 guards, but unfortunately they couldn't find Ye Pingtai and them in the middle of the night.

The sky is gradually getting brighter, and Naha Port is gradually regaining its popularity, Xiang Shaolong knows that the ninjas will be a little more restrained in broad daylight, and if Nohei Tai didn't have an accident, then it should be safe now. Long Ye knew that Xiao Lotian was going to secretly meet with Ryukyu King Shangtai today, and this kind of dangerous mission could not be done without the protection of Long Ye, and God knows what other conspiracies the Japanese had.

"Master Long, your foot is injured, it's better to recuperate in the dormitory. Xiao Lotian said that he wouldn't let Xiang Shaolong follow, but he didn't expect that as soon as Master Long's temper came up, no one could stop him. "Isn't it just a few holes in my feet, and it's not a fatal injury, even if I don't use my two legs, I can protect the safety of Mr. with my secret weapon alone......"

After speaking, Xiang Shaolong stuffed his injured foot into his shoes, jumped out of bed, and walked around the house several times. I don't know how he endured it, but he didn't look hurt at all. Xiao Lotian sighed and knew that it would be impossible not to take him there, so he had to nod and said, "It's all my fault, how did I forget this stubble, I knew that I would change all of you into leather boots in the country, this kind of cloth shoes is really not used for war......"

At this time, Mike suddenly spoke, "Naha has leather boots, and they are American!" He saw that Xiao Lotian was a little confused, and quickly explained, "The American Civil War has just ended, a large number of military products have lost the market, many companies have a backlog of equipment, and some small companies are even about to go bankrupt." Do you think the Americans are going to ship Spencer to Asia and sell it? It's just a matter of luck......"

"On the boat that came to Naha from the United States, there was an arms dealer who came to Asia to try his luck, but his main business was auxiliary military products, not muskets and cannons, and he was almost out of money to eat now, as long as we gave a cost price, we would definitely be able to buy a lot of military products......"

Xiao Letian's eyes lit up, and his mind suddenly recalled the classic war scenes of the American Civil War, rows of neat queues, soldiers wearing neat tweed uniforms, capes, calfskin armed belts, high leather boots under their feet, and officers even wore military boots that reached the knee.

The armed backpack on the back contains ammunition, first-aid medicines, field rations, and even a sturdy and warm blanket.

A war can never be won by relying only on muskets, and comprehensive combat strength must be reflected in every detail.

"Okay, Mike, you bring some deposit first, see how much he has in his hand, it's best to arm our group of people first, you tell him that as long as the price is reasonable, he can eat as many military products as he wants......"

After arranging the task for Mike, Xiao Lotian and his party finally began to set off, and the time agreed with the Ryukyu King Shangtai was very short, only to take advantage of the royal tour to play, secretly meeting, for this meeting The two sides have done too much preparations, and King Shangtai even activated all the secret pro-China factions in the court to cover for him.

This meeting must be successful, if it fails, then the last pro-China faction in the Ryukyu court will be exposed, and the Shimazu family will never allow this situation to exist, even if they use assassination methods, they will get rid of them one by one.

On the observation deck outside Shuri Castle, in an open space near a cliff, a makeshift tatami mat was the venue for the picnic, and from 9 a.m., the monarchs and ministers gathered here to chant poems and enjoy the beautiful scenery of Naha Port and the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

Two hours later, the banquet officially began, and the monarchs and ministers drank and enjoyed themselves together until the afternoon. During this period, only the Ryukyu king Shotai was out of courtesy, that is, when he went to the toilet, it was the opportunity to meet in private. The pro-Chinese faction had already arranged for it to be at twelve o'clock in the middle of noon, when everyone was slightly drunk, the pro-Chinese faction entangled the pro-Japanese faction so that King Shang Tai could leave the banquet alone.

The location of the secret meeting was in the row of warehouses closest to Shurijo Castle, which was the property of Cai Mao, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, and Cai Mao was a die-hard member of the pro-China faction.

The salty and wet sea breeze blows on people's faces, King Shangtai is just 22 years old this year, it is the age of high spirits, at this time his heart can not hold anything, in the banquet from time to time will smile up, look at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military is very weird.

"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today, please drink this cup to your ......" The speaker was Jin Changsen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was recognized as a good man in the court, who never participated in the internal fighting of various factions, and belonged to the outright neutral faction.

King Shangtai ignored the distant eyes of the Tobe Shangshu Lin next to him, raised his wine glass and said with a smile, "Such a beautiful scenery with wine, how can you not drink this cup slowly, come, all Aiqing will raise a glass together to congratulate my Ryukyu country......"

The Ryukyu Kingdom inherited the political system of the Ming Dynasty, although there are six ministries and nine kings, but after all, this is a small kingdom, and there are only about a dozen powerful ministers in the court. The Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Officials are all relatively important departments, while the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War are much weaker, and the chief officer comes here purely to make up the numbers.

One of the heavyweight ministers at the banquet was Cai Mao, the general of the Imperial Forest Army, who was in charge of one of the few military forces in the Ryukyu Kingdom. The second is that the head of the household is still far away, and the minister in charge of money has always been very important. And the third heavyweight minister is Jin Changsen, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

For a country like the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was strictly dependent on ocean trade, diplomatic work was one of the most important tasks of the imperial court, and the Ministry of Rites has always been responsible for diplomacy.

In comparison, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Officials are all already weak and negligible.

Jin Changsen looked at the excited King Shangtai with confused eyes, and kept playing Xiao Jiujiu in his heart, he couldn't figure out the situation even after guessing. And the pro-Japanese officials at the banquet were also aware of the strange atmosphere, and after a while, a pro-Japanese official wanted to go out to report the news under the pretext of urinating, but he never expected that the observation deck was surrounded by Cai Mao's soldiers.

These soldiers politely took the minister to Gong, and they also stood guard on the side, it was impossible to leave.

At this time, all the pro-Japanese officials panicked, and they finally understood that there was definitely something wrong with this banquet. K