Chapter 39: A Thousand Things in the World (5)
Since the red lady was able to be pushed out by some people to fight with Mao Haifeng, she had her own ability, she didn't notice it just now, and after calming down a little, she was very keenly aware that the emotions of everyone present had changed slightly.
Everyone's attitude towards her seems to have changed, this is a bad sign, Mao Haifeng used to be lighter than her, this is her secret, is the fundamental reason why she had to embark on the road against Mao Haifeng, originally Wang Zhi was happy to see the red lady and Mao Haifeng fight each other in the ring, which is very beneficial for Wang Zhi to control the Japanese group.
With Wang Zhi being trapped, after the news of the beheading came out, Mao Haifeng's ascension seemed to be an unstoppable thing.
The red lady firmly believes that Wang Zhi was trapped, and Mao Haifeng played a role in betrayal. You must know that Wang Zhi and Hu Zongxian were connected through Mao Haifeng, that is, Mao Haifeng's line, without Mao Haifeng's matchmaking, how did Jiang and Chen, two scholars who were not familiar with each other, meet Wang Zhi.
Wang Zhi is the hero of the world, why would he knowingly commit a crime, landing, surveillance, and then trapping, and finally embarked on the road of no return, he was just self-righteous or daring, and there was the shadow of Mao Haifeng everywhere behind him, all of which made the red lady frightened.
Mao Haifeng obviously knew that the Ming court would not give in, and he would not know whether to live or harass the towns of the guards, looting wealth, due to Wang Zhi's arrest, many people withdrew from the battlefield, only he was still resisting, what the purpose is self-evident. The famous general of the Ming Dynasty, the chief military officer of Zhejiang, the governor of Tongzhi Yu Dayou, and the general Qi Jiguang, who guarded Ningbo, Shaoxing and Taizhou, two famous generals of the anti-Japanese army, personally commanded the Zhejiang guards to encircle and intercept the Japanese fleet, and blocked Mao Haifeng in Cen Gang to launch a fierce attack. He killed 1,200,000 Japanese invaders and almost quelled the troubles. Who would have thought that a butterfly wing of the Wa Kingdom flapped its wings, and Cen Gang suddenly increased four or five thousand reinforcements who dared to fight and kill, but it was broken through the encirclement of Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang and others, and suffered heavy casualties.
This result is incredible, and the series of political repercussions that result from this bizarre result are incredible. It's even more jaw-dropping. With Mao Haifeng's victory over the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers in Cen Gang, the Japanese who had originally left joined him one after another, and his strength increased day by day. At the same time, the ministers of the imperial court once again exerted the magical skills of their pig teammates and began to slander Hu Zongxian, who was the main opponent of the Japanese, and impeached Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang. In order to keep the black yarn hat, Hu Zongxian once again betrayed his promise, and even put the blame on Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang, and the emperor was furious. Ordered the arrest of Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang.
The Red Lady realized that it was difficult for Mao Haifeng to become the successor of the Wang Zhi Waikou group, and underestimated the behavior of the Ming Court's pig teammates, and underestimated the huge impact of Mao Haifeng's victory over the encirclement and suppression of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, all of which forced her to need an ally to bear the pressure together.
The first thing that came to the Red Lady's mind was Matsuura Takanobu, the leader of the Matsuura Party, who had always been inseparable from Meng of the Wang Zhi Waiko Group, and Matsuura Takashin was really unwilling to continue to be the puppet of Wang's father and son. He wanted to become a powerful man on his own, but Matsuura Takanobu bluntly told her that the Matsuura Party was not strong enough to deal with Mao Haifeng, and that Matsuura Takanobu was unwilling to become a puppet, on the contrary, most of the Matsuura Party members were willing to become vassals of the Japanese group. The attachment of the weak to the strong applies equally to the sea.
Matsuura Takanobu was outspoken, and the red lady immediately asked Matsuura Takanobu. Who is the most powerful hero in the country, that is, who is the so-called Warring States Daimyo, Matsuura Takanobu immediately said Date Masato, he believes that only Date Masato, who has 100,000 troops, is qualified to confront Mao Haifeng.
Most of the heroes and pirates in the western kingdom of Wakoku, Kyushu, Shikoku and other places are related to the Wangzhi Wako group, but Date Masahiro is an exception, and he has become the ruler of millions of people almost single-handedly. Supporting an army of 100,000 cannot be the truth in the eyes of the red lady, but there are still 30,000 or 50,000 troops. The Red Lady was confident that she could subdue Date Zhengheng, and she looked down on these so-called Warring States Daimyo of the Wa Kingdom from the bottom of her heart, and despised them like many Ming people, believing that they were barbarian natives.
But the matter of Wei San and Liu Si. and de facto house arrest, like a basin of cold, poured down on her head, which made the red lady's self-confidence cool suddenly, and she couldn't help but shiver. Her negative words immediately caused a split within her small group.
The red lady knew that there was no way out, even if there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of her, she had to sacrifice herself to die, so she forced herself to calm down, groaned, and wanted to find a way to crack it, and then said: "Hiko-emon, what can you do for me to see him?" "There is a request for people, the red lady said a lot more politely to Imai Sohisa, and also had the meaning of asking for his opinion, who is the person she wants to see, everyone present knows it, and they all look at Imai Sojiu.
Imai Munehisa was called Hikoemon, and he first bowed and said, "Red lady, after the Awa evil party burned down Sakai Port and moved to Okayama, the past three years have not been easy. Although it can still be maintained, but the influence of Naya is not as good as before, and it is impossible to directly meet the lord of Okayama Castle, but there is still some face with Tsuda Soda of Tennojiya, and the largest store in South Street is the main store of Tennojiya, and I will go to Tennojiya in a while, and for the sake of my father-in-law, my father-in-law, Takeno Ichikansai Shaoou, is also his tea ceremony teacher. "Imai Munehisa's attitude looks very respectful, but when he speaks, he is neither humble nor arrogant, and he is no longer as humble and earnest as he was at the beginning.
The red lady nodded slowly, she knew that Imai Munehisa already had a different kind of mind, but now that Naya was surrounded by police and secret sentinels, she and her guards were afraid that they would be closely monitored as soon as they went out, but the owner of Naya, Imai Sohisa, was still able to accommodate one or two. She originally thought that more than a dozen people would come to Okayama Port by boat without knowing it, and no one would notice when they stayed in the house, but now she knew that it was just whimsical. The Date family's attention to the people who come and go is really close, and they were also affected by the Ming envoys, and they were not so strict in the first place. The red lady said in a deep voice: "What you said makes sense, I will write down this matter." ”
It turns out that being remembered by the Red Lady, an important figure in the Wang Zhi Wakou Group, is the surprise of every wealthy businessman in the country, and now I don't know how many surprises there are in it, whether it is a surprise or a lot, and I need to think about it. Munehisa Imai walked into the back room and opened a piece of the floor. He took out three delicate wooden boxes from the compartment under the floor, sighed, and said, "If Naya can't survive this catastrophe, it's useless to keep it!" He rebuilt the planks and called three family members, each holding a wooden box. Walk outside.
The red lady saw Imai Munehisa come out with three wooden boxes, her eyes were puzzled, she didn't know what kind of gift was in the three wooden boxes that Imai Munehisa brought, she didn't take the initiative to step forward and open it, and said to the leader of the guards: "Take out our Nanzhu and hand it over to Hikoemon." ”
The leader of the guards glanced up at the Red Lady, he took out a bag from his bosom, and then asked for a porcelain plate, when he opened the small cloth bag and poured it into the porcelain plate. Ding Ding's voice suddenly made the eyes of everyone in the room straighten.
Imai Sohisa is knowledgeable, and when he saw it, he immediately exclaimed: "Could it be that this is the Hepu Nanzhu with the reputation of the East Pearl is not as good as the West Pearl, and the West Pearl is not as good as the South Pearl." He traveled south and north, and naturally knew that this was the best of pearls, produced in the south of Hepu, Lianzhou.
The Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly happy with the South Pearl, and the most prosperous period of pearl diving was also the most serious period of destruction of Hepu pearl resources and the most serious oppression of the pearl people. Expropriation and looting jewelry. Every time the big harvest has to die tens of thousands, every three or four years of big picking, Lianzhou Hepu sea in the pearl snail is rare.
This plate of Nanzhu of the same size, if you take it out and sell it, I am afraid that it can be exchanged for a thousand gold. Imai Munehisa looked solemn, a moment later. Fang said slowly: "Miss, I will definitely ask for a handwritten letter from Tennoji Yazuda Soda and meet with Dazai as soon as possible." ”
The red lady barely squeezed out a smile, nodded and replied: "Be fast, you must be fast." Please also do your best to meet with Date Mashiro, as long as we meet, I will be sure to convince him. "She has no way out, she can only go to the dark step by step.
Imai Munehisa stepped out of the gate of Naya, the harsh sunlight made him squint for a while before he got used to it, he looked at the police patrolling around, and the townspeople on the street all knew that something was wrong with Naya, and no one wanted to harm the pond fish, even if they had to pass through Naya, they would stay away. Seeing that his master was standing still at the crossroads, and the people around him were hiding far away, an old servant walked quickly to the master's side with a wooden box in his hand, and asked in a low voice: "Master, are we really going to the Tennoji House?" ”
Imai Munehisa smiled self-deprecatingly, glanced at the old servant, the red lady and the others couldn't see his mind clearly, or an old servant in the family understood, slowly shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, go to the mansion of the diplomatic minister Miyahara Tanba." ”
Miyahara Tanba Mamoru was originally just a small number of Chinese people who could not be smaller, seven or eight years ago, he had a discerning eye, invested in Date Masahiro early, and also gave his only granddaughter to Masahiro as a side wife, and now he has an heir, and he said that he would inherit the family business for the Miyahara family. Seven or eight years have passed, Miyahara Masashige has become the big man of the Date family, and the price is as high as 27,000 stones, if it is still Imai Munehisa in Sakai Port, he will not go to see him in a low voice, at most when he has a tea party, he can send an invitation letter to make Miyahara Masashige rush to the banquet, who makes the current Imai Munehisa down, but there are still some family treasures around him who can make Naya rise again.
Imai Munehisa is already a figure in the merchant class, Sakai Port is ruined, his connections are still there, as long as he is given an opportunity, he can start again, but a merchant is a merchant, and he is still humble in the eyes of the samurai.
Miyahara Masashige's mansion is adjacent to the Okayama Commissioner's Hall and the Okayama Police Headquarters, and is located under Okayama Castle, which is considered a prime area, and high-ranking samurai such as Noyama Masashi, Ishikawa Hissataka, Iga Kutaka, and Katayama Morinaga all built mansions nearby.
Standing at the door of the Miyahara family's mansion, with the Miyahara family's crest painted on the door, Imai Munehisa handed over the prayer note and waited in the shadow outside the door. Imai Munehisa didn't wait too long, the side door of Miyahara Mansion opened, and a middle-aged lame housekeeper and two sturdy nursing homes appeared in front of Imai Munehisa, and hurriedly walked into the side hall with him.
Imai Munehisa did not dare to slack off on this lame housekeeper, he knew that the Date family had the habit of taking in injured retainers, and this lame housekeeper should be the old man next to Miyahara Masashige, it is rumored that Miyahara Masashige was born in the country, and he was wiped out before his career.
Miyahara Masashi looked at Imai Munehisa, he had already learned from the lord about the Red Lady's residence in Naya, today Imai Sohisa came to see him with gifts, it should be a request for him, he put down the book in his hand, and said, "Boss Imai? ”
Looking at Miyahara Masashige sitting in the side hall, Imai Munehisa frowned slightly, this is an old fox that is not easy to deal with. He walked slowly into the side hall, knelt opposite Miyahara Masashige, and respectfully saluted: "Naya Imai Hiko Uemon Sohisa, I have seen Tanba Shou Miyahara Masashige. ”
Nodding slightly, Miyahara Masashi smiled slightly and said, "Boss Imai, what is the matter with coming here today, I already know that the water here is too deep, and if you are not careful, you will fall down, you shouldn't wade into this troubled water, you go back." ”
Imai Munehisa's whole person suddenly stiffened, and his heart was like being hit by five thunders, Miyahara Masashige should have known that he came with a generous gift, and pushed him out without saying a word, why is this, is it really in the catastrophe. No, if there is really no room for manoeuvre, Miyahara Masashige will not let him enter the door, and he will eat closed doors when he is at the door.
Imai Munehisa forced himself to calm down and quickly think about countermeasures, he suddenly fell to the ground and said loudly: "I also ask Lord Tanba to tell Dazai Daji that the villain is willing to sacrifice the house, and if he wants to kill or kill him, he will follow His Highness, and I only ask His Highness to spare my family's life." ”
Miyahara was stunned for a moment, but he never thought that Imai Munehisa would be so decisive, he thought about it, smiled, nodded, and said: "You are still saved, if you say something else today, then you will not be saved." ”
Hearing this, Imai Munehisa breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that he had passed the most dangerous level, because he knew that the so-called dedication of the house was actually a gamble, because with Imai Sohisa, there would be a house, and without Imai Sohisa's house, there would only be an empty shell. Hurriedly calmed down, Imai Sojiu hurriedly put the three wooden boxes and a bag of Nanzhu in front of him, and said: "The villain is honestly afraid, this is a gift from the villain to the Dazai Daji Palace, and this bag of real pearls is dedicated to you." (To be continued.) )