Liu Xing really didn't expect that someone would set up a barbecue stall in the temporary headquarters of the martial arts faction.

But one thing to say, Liu Xing found that he was really a little hungry, after all, he had been busy outside all night.

At this time, Yin En came over and said: "Although the name of the guy who is barbecuing is not very clear, the people around him call him the fifth child, it seems that he is an old family from the island country - the Ouchi family, but unfortunately the Ouchi family fell too early, and the territory was basically divided by other families, so now the Ouchi family is an empty shell, and it can be said that there is no one who can fight; And this old five is also a wonder, simply put, he likes to cook very much, and the dishes he makes are also very delicious, so many people will come over to have a meal when they arrive. ”

Liu Xing nodded, this old fifth is indeed a wonder, but this is also a good way to survive, after all, in a place like the martial arts faction, you still have to find your own position, not everyone can play soy sauce.

But I don't know why, Liu Xing always felt that this fifth brother was not simple, because Liu Xing felt that no one would be idle and have nothing to do to come to the martial arts faction to be a cook, not to mention that this fifth child should be a member of the Ouchi family.

Under normal circumstances, after the daimyo of the Warring States period defeated another daimyo, unless there is a deep grudge between the two, they will not cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so there are so many samurai families in the island country until now, but most of the samurai families are not as good as before, after all, they began to collapse after the defeat, and the family property is only enough for daily expenses.

Therefore, Liu Xing still remembers that when he first came to the island country, he heard that a member of the Takeda family went to a large company that sold routers as a composer... To put it bluntly, it is still a social animal.

However, the members of these big families in the island countries like to put the names of their ancestors on their lips, saying that the best thing is not to forget the glory of their own family, and the bad thing is that they are dead ducks with hard mouths, and only their ancestors are left with a little name, but because of this, the descendants of these down-and-out families will not do those service industries that are inferior in their eyes.

Therefore, a member of the Ouchi family who is very good at cooking should have some secrets hidden in him.

Liu Xing thought as he walked to a tent under the leadership of Yin En.

"Because we came here in such a hurry, this underground base didn't have time to be renovated, so we could only divide the garrison areas of each force according to tents." Yin En opened his mouth to explain: "There should be a meeting when Momota Shengren returns, so let's hurry up and rest for a while, and we will take care of running around this night, especially since a few of you have gone around the mirage." ”

Zhang Wenbing, who was on the side, continued: "By the way, Liu Xing, you still have to prepare a speech, and in a while, Baitian Shengren will ask you to get up and introduce the current situation to everyone, you remember to say that the situation you encountered in the mirage is as bad as possible, so that we can get more benefits." ”

Liu Xing nodded, and said with a smile: "No problem, I have already finished the draft here, although it can't be said to be extravagant, but it is enough for Baitian Shengren to send us a medal." ”

After finding a tent with the sign "Sawada Family", Liu Xing and the others each found a sleeping bag and fell asleep, because it was already three or four o'clock in the middle of the night.

As a result, I slept until twelve o'clock at noon, but fortunately this place was underground, so Liu Xing and the others would not be exposed to the sun on their buttocks.

Liu Xing hit a halche, and saw that there were still people sleeping soundly around him, so he tiptoed outside the tent and found Ding Kun sitting on a plastic stool eating noodles.

Seeing Liu Xing come out, Ding Kun pointed to the side and said, "There are a few tables over there, and the food on the tables is all taken by yourself." ”

Liu Xing looked in the direction pointed by Ding Kun, and saw a group of people gathering around to eat, so he nodded and said, "Now that there are a lot of people, it's better for me to wait a while, but then again, why didn't I see Brother Zhang and them?" Did they go to fetch food too? ”

Ding Kun shook his head and said, "They have all gone to see the people of the Shimazu family, and I will stay here to help you guard the door, so that you don't know what the situation is when you wake up." ”

"The Shimazu family? Was it Shimazu Nakano or someone sent by Shimazu Hiromichi? Liu Xing said with a frown.

Although everything is normal in the Shimazu family at this time, those in the know understand that the Shimazu family at this time can be regarded as a separation, because Shimazu Hiromichi is no longer under the control of Shimazu Nakano.

On top of that, after the Kagoshima Incident, Shimazu Hiromichi began to build a new Shimadzu Mansion in Kagoshima City, and at the same time spun off a number of family companies belonging to the Shimazu family and reorganized them into a group called Kyushu Daiye.

And Shimazu Nakano has no response to this, either Shimazu Nakano doesn't care, or Shimazu Nakano has acquiesced to Shimazu Hiromichi splitting the Shimazu family in two.

Therefore, the members of the samurai faction have now divided the Shimazu family into two different forces, one is the old Shimazu in charge of Shimazu Nakano, and the other is the new Shimazu in charge of Shimazu Hiromichi.

Because the Sawada family, where Liu Xing and the others are located, has a very good relationship with the new Shimazu and the old Shimazu, so Liu Xing is not sure which Shimazu is coming to find his group at this time?

Of course, Liu Xing thinks that the possibility of the old Shimazu is relatively high, after all, Shimazu Nakano is in Osaka, not far from Nagoya, and even if the Shimazu family is divided into two, it does not affect Shimazu Nakano's status in the samurai faction, he is still the honorary president of the samurai faction, so it is normal for Shimazu Nakano to send people to care about Nagoya now.

The most important thing is that Shimazu Hiromichi seems to have turned on super autistic mode recently, so he has been busy with his business in Kagoshima City during this time, and the members of the Shimazu family who followed him to "start a business" have never left Kyushu.

It's a pity that Liu Xing was slapped in the face soon, because it was Shinshimazu who came to find his group this time.

"Although the envoy sent by Shimazu Nakano is already in place and is discussing matters with Momota Ikuhito and others, it is Shimazu Kiyomichi's elder brother who has come to us, Shimazu Kiyomichi, who claims to have come on the orders of Shimazu Hiromichi and has a very important matter to discuss with us." Ding Kun said with some doubts: "At the beginning, we all thought that it was Jing Yi Naoraku and they were ready to start acting, but Shimazu Jingdao said that Jing Yi Naoraku was still under their surveillance, and it didn't seem that there was any big move at the moment. ”

Hearing Ding Kun say this, a trace of doubt also rose in Liu Xing's heart, and he didn't know what the situation was.

"Did Hiromichi Shimazu know so quickly that I was fine? So you're going to get me back the compensation you gave before? Liu Xing touched his chin and said, "But Shimazu Hiromichi is not so stingy." ”

At this moment, Liu Xing saw Zhang Jingxu and the others walking back with solemn faces.

Before Liu Xing and Ding Kun could speak, Zhang Wenbing, who was walking in the front, said directly: "Be careful that the wall has ears, let's go in and talk about it." ”

Liu Xing and Ding Kun nodded, and followed Zhang Wenbing and the others into the tent, but fortunately, Li Hanxing and the others had already woken up at this time.

After experiencing the special mod, Liu Xing already has a lot of trust in Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen, so Li Hanxing and Sun Huiwen can be regarded as truly integrated into this small team.

"Shimazu Hiromichi sent his brother here for a simple purpose, that is, he hopes that we can be the mouthpiece between him and Shimazu Nakano."

As soon as Yin En's words came out, Liu Xing and the others began to look solemn.

After a while, Liu Xing spoke: "This shouldn't be?" Although the Kagoshima incident was full of twists and turns, it was resolved perfectly in the end, so the relationship between Shimazu Hiromichi and Shimazu Nakano should not have reached that irreconcilable point, right? And Shimazu Nakano has now made a big step forward, so that Shimazu Hiromichi can do things like the head of the Shimazu family, this Shimazu Hiromichi will not be so faceless, and he doesn't even plan to contact Shimazu Nakano directly, and need us to help them match in the middle? ”

Zhang Jingxu sighed, shook his head and said: "This is also something we can't figure out, Liu Xing and you were not at the scene at the time, so I don't know the situation at that time, simply put, although there are some small problems, but the two sides still reached a consensus in a relatively peaceful atmosphere, and then we left Kagoshima with Shimazu Nakano, and Shimazu Hiromichi has stayed in Kagoshima without moving the nest, so we felt that this matter was over like this, and both sides could be regarded as taking a step back, A result was obtained that was acceptable to both parties. ”

"As a result, this result is not the result we imagined, and a series of operations after Shimazu Hiromichi are unexpected, but this is also reasonable, after all, Shimazu Takeshi is no longer here, so the next head of the Shimazu family is basically Shimazu Hiromichi did not run, so Shimazu Nakano now has no problem letting Shimazu Hiromichi intern in advance, but the problem is that Shimazu Hiromichi's actions in Kagoshima are nine times out of ten that they have not been recognized by Shimazu Nakano, So many people heard that Shimazu Nakano was furious about it. ”

"But no matter how they say it, they are also a family, and the Shimazu family is also a big family, and the sum of the descendants and concubines has exceeded three digits, so it is not difficult to choose a middleman who is satisfactory to both parties from these hundreds of people, so we didn't expect that Shimazu Hiromichi would choose to let us be this middleman, and we can also hear a hint from Shimazu Jodo's words, that is, Shimazu Nakano will definitely agree to let us be the middleman, And when the time comes, Shimazu Hiromichi and Shimazu Nakano will give us a suitable commission. ”

As soon as Zhang Jingxu's voice fell, Liu Xing couldn't help but say: "I still think there is something strange about this matter, because if you just want to find a middleman who can act as a microphone, then there are too many choices between Shimazu Nakano and Shimazu Hiromichi, and even they can let their cronies communicate through the phone, or even design a special chat software to communicate through the air, there is no need to find us at all, and although we have some contact with Shimazu Hirodo and Shimazu Nakano, but to put it bluntly, it is an employment relationship, I can't even make friends, so it's a bit strange that Hiromichi Shimazu asked us to be the middleman. ”

"Another point, this is less than a month since the Kagoshima incident, how can Shimazu Hiromichi and Shimazu Nakano get into trouble to the point of not getting along with each other? This is a bit unscientific, and Shimazu Nakano is still the nominal and substantive head of the Shimazu family, so although he wants to deal with Shimazu Hiromichi, it should not be difficult; So I now think that Hiromichi Shimazu and Shimazu Nakano don't want us to be a simple mouthpiece, but want to make us consciously upgrade from intermediaries to mediators. ”

"That's right."

Ding Kun said seriously: "Judging from the current situation, Shimazu Hiromichi and Shimazu Nakano obviously hope that we can play a more role, because we are also regarded as witnesses of the Kagoshima incident and a relatively neutral third party, so it is reasonable for us to be responsible for mediating the conflicts caused by the Kagoshima incident, but it is difficult for Qing officials to decide family affairs, and the problem they are facing now is the problem of the Shimazu family, and it is better for us outsiders not to participate. lest we end up with both sides blaming us. ”

"I think so too, but Shimazu Hiromichi has made a condition that we can't refuse - if we agree to be the middleman, then Shimazu Hiromichi will give us something, something that may be able to help Liu Xing."

As soon as Zhang Wenbing's words came out, everyone present turned their attention to Liu Xing.

This made Liu Xing a little restless, because Liu Xing really didn't expect that he would have anything to do with himself in this matter.

"Wait, how did Shimazu Hiromichi know about Liu Xing's problem?"

Alice said suddenly: "Although this night is enough time for Shimazu Hiromichi to hear that Liu Xing is still alive, he shouldn't know what happened to Liu Xing now, right?" ”

Zhang Wenbing shrugged his shoulders and said: "Maybe this is a coincidence, the reward that Shimazu Hiromichi intends to give us is a cloak, this cloak was excavated by the Shimazu family from a gold mine more than two hundred years ago, and the material of this cloak cannot be analyzed yet, but this cloak can effectively reduce the attention of others to the wearer, especially for strangers!" ”