Cao Cao crosses Wu Dalang

Chapter 373 My Son Is My Uncle

When Cao Cao heard someone calling him, he was startled at first, and then showed an expression of unbelievable ecstasy. He turned his head and saw a familiar figure struggling to get out of a hole in the left front of the giant whale's head.

"Brother Shiqian!"

Cao Cao's eyes turned red immediately, he strode forward, stretched out his hand to pull Shi Qian out, hugged him tightly, patted his back, and was overjoyed: "Brother, I thought you were gone!"

Shi Qian was mediocre in martial arts, and he was born as a thief. Other heroes might look down on him because of this, but Lao Cao was a man of meritocracy. He never paid attention to his background. He is extremely alert, and since he was with him, he has done everything properly when dispatched. He is actually one of the brothers that Lao Cao values ​​most in his heart.

It is also because of this that Lao Cao was so angry when he saw him fall into the water.

With an old and cunning heart like Lao Cao, he was willing to jump out of the ship's side and risk his life to stab the giant whale. Of course, the whale just exposed its eyes at that time, and the opportunity was fleeting. He was at a loss, but he didn't want to avenge Shi Qian.

Therefore, seeing that he is fine at this moment, it is really joyful from the bottom of my heart.

Seeing his brother's true feelings revealed, Shi Qian was also very excited, and said in tears, "What can I do, little brother? Dare to trouble my brother for being so concerned... Also, why was my brother also brought here by the giant whale?"

Lao Cao laughed and said, "At that time, the beast was knocked dizzy, and his eyes happened to be exposed. I flew up and stabbed him in the eye. The whale was frightened and brought me here. Why are you also on it?"

Shi Qian was stunned when he heard this, and murmured: "If you say that, the lives of all the brothers will be saved only by the brother's willingness to fight to the death."

After speaking, he wiped away his tears and told his own experience: after falling from the mast, he turned several somersaults in the air, pulled out the short blade and inserted it into the whale body, and hung himself on it. Unexpectedly, the whale suddenly abandoned the boat and swam into the deep sea, Shi Qian persisted for a while, and gradually became timid.

You must know that Lao Cao stabbed the whale with Xie Zhen's boring fork, and pierced the soft flesh of the eyeball, so the stab was deep.The handle of the fork was long, and it was hugged by him, so it could support it.Shi Qian only had one dagger handle, the penetration depth is limited, and it's a small handle, only enough for one hand, how can it hold it for a long time?
He clasped his hands alternately, his body was swayed by the strong waves, like a gourd baby after his grandfather was captured by a goblin, he might fall at any time. Just as he was in a hurry, he suddenly saw the front of the whale's big head breathing in a flesh hole. He spewed out a few streams of water, Shi Qian was overjoyed when he saw it, jumped desperately, and hid himself in it.

Cao Cao was amazed when he heard this, but he didn't know either of them. Only one of the giant whale's two nostrils can breathe. Dive deeper and longer than other species of whales.

And this jump in time happened to block its ventilation hole, making the giant whale unable to breathe smoothly, so it has been cruising on the sea surface. Otherwise, it only needs to dive to the bottom of the sea, and it will be a hundred "Wu Mengde , "The flea on the drum", also drowned the account.

After Shi Qian finished talking about his experience, the girl in front of Huan Yuzao laughed: "What do you think, Your Excellency? My family just said that your brother will be fine."

Seeing her bright eyes shining brightly, Cao Cao seemed to be genuinely happy for him, so he couldn't help but smile, nodded and said, "It's still a girl who sees far away. My brother will be safe in the sea. Other brothers have boats to rely on, so they must It’s safer! Come on, let me introduce you to—”

After introducing Shi Qian and his acquaintances, Nasakabe Ichiro saw that although Shi Qian was thin, he was slightly taller than Cao Cao, and he was a rare big man, so he couldn't help but said happily: "How lucky we are! We have two adults Help. When we arrive in the capital, my master will definitely thank you very much."

Ichiro Sakabe was very anxious to go, and was about to set off immediately. Cao Cao looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "The law of war says, don't go into the forest at night. Now that there are enemies chasing after us, we should be more careful. It's already dark now." It’s too late, let’s spend a night on this beach, and it’s not too late to worry about it.”

Fortunately, Ichiro Sakabe was willing to listen to the persuasion, thought for a while, and agreed: "My lord is right, you are worthy of being the envoy of the upper kingdom! Then please sit down, and leave the rest to me."

He then ordered the few remaining subordinates to bury the corpses of their own companions first, and throw the corpses of the enemies into the sea; then he ordered them to collect firewood, set up a bonfire, bake the soaked clothes, and throw the whale After picking the meat, cut it and roast it on the fire for everyone to eat.

When the moon was in the middle of the sky, the whale meat had already been roasted, and everyone had a full meal. Yuzao apologized before returning to the sedan chair to rest, and the rest sat around the campfire. Fortunately, it was already June. Even though it's camping, it's not cold.

Cao Cao chatted with Ichiro Sakabe and learned that this place is in the area of ​​Echizen Country on Fuso Island. Sakabe and his party wanted to go southwest to Kyoto to send Tamamo to reunite with his biological father. Dedicate it to the current emperor as a concubine.

Cao Cao wondered, "Why doesn't she follow her father's surname?"

Sakabe smiled wryly, and said in a low voice: "It's a long story, and it can be regarded as a secret of the Fujiwara family, but you are foreigners, and you are generous to help us, so it's okay to talk about it..."

According to Ichiro Sakabe, it turned out that the Fujiwara family had intermarried with the royal family for generations. For hundreds of years, the empresses of all dynasties had left their families. The family dominates, but the top dignitaries of Fusang Kingdom.

However, although this kind of family is invincible from the outside, it is inevitable that there will be gaps inside, and it is not uncommon for the family to compete for power and power.Although they are all from the same line of Fujiwara, they often fight to the death.

The real name of Yuzaoqian is actually called Fujiwara Dezi. It is said that when he was born, the room was full of strange fragrance, and the luan danced in the sky. A monk made a divination for him, saying that it was the order of the concubine. Overwhelmed.

Unexpectedly, only a few days after the news came out, Fujiwara Tokuko, Tamamomae, suddenly disappeared. His father sent people to search around, and finally found his daughter sucking the milk of a white fox in a fox den.

According to Fujiwara Nagami's guess, someone in the clan did not want his daughter to become a queen, so they sent someone to steal it and throw it in the wild to feed the fox. Who knew that the fox had not given birth for a long time, but the little fox did not survive. Under his command, he never harmed Yuzao, but adopted him.

Not long after Fujiwara Changmi retrieved his daughter, another rumor gradually spread, saying that this girl is the reincarnation of the Chinese fox demon Su Daji, who will confuse the king and overthrow Fusang in the future.Fujiwara Nagami scoffed at this at first, but unexpectedly the rumor spread more and more widely, and even the famous onmyoji Abe Taiqin came to kill him, and kept saying that he wanted to strangle the monster in his infancy.

Fujiwara Nagami's strength is limited. After barely dealing with a few waves of enemies, he knew he was no match, so he secretly sent his loyal retainer Ichiro Sakabe to be his daughter's adoptive father, and took the child away from Kyoto to hide his identity. When his daughter grows up, Come back and recognize your ancestors.

Sakabe Ichiro took his wife and Yuzao to hide in the mountains and named her Zao Girl.

Zao girl is intelligent by nature, she has read a lot of books since she was a child, she dislikes the word Zao girl as mediocre, so she took the name of Yu Zaoqian.

Now more than ten years have passed, before Tamazamo, that is, Fujiwara's son has been 15 years old. Ichiro Sakabe complied with the agreement and escorted her to Kyoto to recognize her ancestors.Unexpectedly, the news leaked out somehow, they were chased and killed along the way, they fled to this place in a panic, if it wasn't for the giant whale rushing to the shore, scaring off the pursuers, they would have suffered misfortune.

Sakabe Ichiro sighed, this place is in the area of ​​Echizen country on Fuso Island, and we have to travel li to the southwest to reach the capital of Heian-kyo.

At that time, the night was dark, the bonfire was on and off, the sound of the waves came rhythmically from the darkness, and the forest leaves rustled in the night wind like a tide. Ichiro Sakabe recounted the past and his worries about the future. There was a low sobbing sound, the sound was sad and sad.

Shi Qian only felt the blood rushing up, and said loudly: "Forget it, there is nothing wrong with fighting for power. It would be shameful to use a baby as a raft! If it hits my 'drum flea', I will kill you with a single knife." He paid for it!"

Sakabe Ichiro said with emotion: "As expected of a hero of the upper kingdom! If you can send Zao girl to her father, I would like to use this life to repay the great kindness."

Shi Qian waved his hand and said, "I see that you are also a loyal and righteous man. Don't you know that a man sees injustice and will draw his sword to help! Do you still expect you to wait for repayment?"

Cao Cao remained calm, pondered for a moment, and said, "The current ruler of Fusang, does he have a queen? If so, whose daughter is he? If not, whose daughter is expected to be her?"

Sakabe Ichiro hurriedly said: "Now the lord of the country is His Majesty the Emperor Toba, and the Empress Taixianmen, formerly known as Fujiwara Shoko, is the daughter of Dainagon Fujiwara Komi, who will have a son this year, but it is said..."

He gritted his teeth, and finally said in a low voice: "It is said that the Emperor intends to abolish the Empress."

Cao Cao wondered: "It's so good, why do you want to abolish the empress?"

Sakabe Ichiro showed a secretive expression, his voice was almost inaudible: "Some people say that the prince born in the Taixian School is, is born with His Majesty Shirakawa..."

Cao Cao became more and more puzzled: "What kind of thing is the emperor Baihe? Is the emperor bigger than the emperor?"

Ichiro Sakabe smiled wryly, "His Majesty Shirakawa is the grandfather of His Majesty Toba..."

Cao Cao and Shi Qian looked at each other, and they both felt it was ridiculous: "You mean, your king, uh, His Majesty the Emperor of Fusang Kingdom, his wife is pregnant with someone else's seed, and this other person is not an outsider, but the emperor's grandfather?"

Ichiro Sakabe nodded slowly.

Lao Cao couldn't help laughing: This country is really interesting.Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty fell in love with his daughter-in-law and took it away anyway, but this Fusang country is very interesting. Grandpa fell in love with his grandson-in-law and gave birth to a son for his grandson?

After laughing for a while, he asked curiously again: "Does the French Emperor mean the Supreme Emperor?"

After all, Ichiro Sakabe was just a samurai, and he didn't know much about the political system, so he couldn't explain it for a long time, obviously he himself was confused.But Yuzao said in a soft voice: "If the emperor abdicates, he is the emperor, which is the meaning of the emperor. If he becomes a monk, he is the emperor. The emperor is busy with etiquette and other matters, and has no time to manage politics, so he often abdicates as the emperor. Only then can we control the government.”

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this, and said with a smile: "So, the one who controls state affairs now is the emperor?"

Tamamozen replied: "Emperor Juhe has passed away for more than ten years. At present, the power of the country is in the hands of Emperor Shirakawa. The current empress was raised by Emperor Shirakawa since she was a child. Emperor Toba was two years old. She married two years ago. , Empress 16 years old, emperor 14 years old, gave birth to a son a month ago, it is said that the emperor privately called him 'uncle and son'."

Cao Cao laughed heartily, uncle and son, what do you mean?You were supposed to be my uncle, but you became my son!It seems that Emperor Toba has a lot of resentment in his heart.No wonder Yu Zaoqian's biological father knew that the emperor had a queen and wanted to send her into the palace.

Shi Qian groaned strangely: "What kind of bird is this emperor? He is deceiving people too much! He even insulted his own grandson like this."

Sakabe Ichiro sighed: "When Pope Shirakawa was the emperor in the past, there was a year of continuous rain, which made him dissatisfied. He was filled with rainwater in a basin and thrown into a prison. He was called 'prisoner'. His temperament can be seen."

"Prisoner?" Cao Cao was amazed when he heard that, "It's really lamentable and ridiculous..."

He was about to say: It seems that those who make things difficult for you are the people of the Emperor's family.Before the words could be uttered, someone yelled: "Hmph! Stepping on the land of our country, how dare you insult the nobles of our country! Arrogant Tang people, suffer death!"

Three short black shadows climbed onto the body of the whale at some point, and at this moment they rushed down, and shot a little bit of cold light from their hands.

Just as Cao Cao was about to draw his sword, Shi Qian had already soared into the sky, and shouted, "Brother, sit still, and younger brother, come and clean up these little ones!"

He rushed towards the three of them, with a wave of his hands, the cold light disappeared immediately, but Shi Qian said with a smile: "My son, do you want to release An Qingzi? Give it back to you!"

With a shake of both hands, he threw back the received concealed weapon. The three people screamed in unison, and were immediately shot down to the ground.

Shi Qian somersaulted back to the distance, still kept a hidden weapon in his hand, looked at it, handed it to Cao Cao, and said, "An Qingzi from Fusang has a clever mind."

Cao Cao took it and looked at it, but saw that the hidden weapon was shaped like a cross, flat and flat, with sharp corners. Once thrown out, no matter where it touched a limb, it could cause death or injury.

Ichiro Sakabe jumped up and exclaimed, "Shuriken! Oh, these are scouts! These people are elusive and full of tricks, and they are the most difficult to deal with."

He said and looked at Shi Qian with admiration: "My lord, I didn't expect you to be so tall and so agile."

Shi Qian smiled and said: "It's easy to say, do you think these people are haunted? Brother, it seems that it may not be!"

As he spoke, he took out a slingshot from his belt, stood by the fire, and shot while looking at the big tree not far away. Every time it popped out, there would be a scream or muffled groan, and black shadows fell from the tree.

At this time, there was a rustling sound in the forest, Shi Qian moved his ears, and said with a sneer, "Hehe, there are quite a few people here! It's just that they are fighting in the dark in the forest, but today they bumped into their ancestors."

His dagger had already fallen into the sea, and now when he looked around, he saw two knives around his waist, one long and one short, and he pulled out the short knives, which were about a foot long, and said: "Brother, sit still, little brother go Come as you go."

Immediately performing lightness kung fu, he rushed into the dense forest like a wisp of light smoke, only heard the screams incessantly, within less than a stick of incense kung fu, time moved back, handed back the short knife to Ichiro Sakabe, and threw away many strange instruments Beside the fire, playing with one piece after another, murmured: "These Fusang people like to use strange weapons!"

Sakabe Ichiro and the rest of his subordinates were stunned for a long time: "D-Did you drive them away?"

Shi Qian shook his head: "No, there were eighteen of them in total, and they were all killed. Hehe, these sneaky fighting routines are hitting my palm!"

Ichiro Sakabe stared at him in shock for a while, then said in a daze, "Unexpectedly, there is such a powerful scout like you in the world!"

There are different teachings: when Shi Qian showed his edge in the first battle, Sakabe felt weak in his legs and feet.Xiudao Dongying Ninja Cow, Ann and Middle Earth Thieves Volume.

　Ninja was called "Shinohen" in the Asuka period, "Scout" in the Nara period, and there were many names in the Warring States period, and the most widely spread was "Ranba". It was called "Ninja" in the Edo period.

　　
　
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