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There are far more samurai in this tea house than Qingdeng originally expected, which makes Qingdeng even more suspicious of what is wrong with this tea house.

Fortunately, although there are many samurai guarding the tea house, their sentry posts are quite amateurish. Although they are standing there, each of them is either in a daze or sleepy, allowing Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai to smoothly Break them down one by one, and advance steadily all the way to the staircase connecting the third floor and the second floor.

At this time, there was no one around the stairway. Go down the stairs to the second floor of the tea house, and then pass through a corridor and turn around a corridor corner. The two came to a spacious room like a hall.

Before the tea house was abandoned, this hall room should be specially used for guests to go upstairs to drink tea and rest.

But now, all the low tables used for guests to sit and enjoy tea and snacks are gone, and only two "hills" that are higher than Qingdeng can be seen.

These two "hills" are covered with thick sackcloth, making it impossible to see what these two "hills" are.

Looking around - 4 warriors patrolling around these 2 "hills".

Qingdeng looked at Kinoshita Wu beside him, and Kinoshita Wu also raised his head to look at Qingdeng at the same time, and the two communicated silently through their eyes again.

Kinoshita Mai raised her hand, pointed to herself, and then pointed to the two samurai on her right.

Qingdeng nodded understandingly, and then walked out from the shadow of hiding with Kinoshita Mai.

Kinoshita Mai walked towards the two samurai she had just pointed out.

And Qingdeng's target was naturally the other two.

When he was still hiding in the shadow outside the living room, Qingdeng had already seen through the patrol tracks of the four people in the living room—these four people patrolled back and forth according to a certain track.

That being the case, Qingdeng decided to simply use their patrol tracks to bring them down one by one!

Qingdeng walked lightly to the "foot" of a certain "hill", with his back close to the "hill", using the "hill" to cover his figure.

The two "hills" standing in the center of this hall, which are slightly higher than Qingdeng, are perfect obstacles for Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai to cover their bodies.

Coincidentally, the two warriors that Qingdeng was in charge of solving happened to be fat and the other thin.

None of them expected that someone had already sneaked into their vicinity.

So—the thinner one, just holding the knife at his waist, swaggered past the "hill" where Qingdeng was hiding, and passed Qingdeng shoulder to shoulder.

Looking at this thin man who walked straight forward because he didn't see him hiding in the shadow behind the "hill", exposing his undefended back directly in front of his eyes... Qingdeng strode up unceremoniously forward.

Immediately afterwards, Qingdeng repeated the whole set of steps he used to stun the man tonight—covering the thin man's mouth with one hand from behind, and hitting the thin man's side of the neck hard with the other hand, knocking him unconscious.

At this time, an accident occurred.

When Qingdeng put the skinny man who had been successfully knocked unconscious by him onto the floor, he suddenly saw a figure flickering on his right—it was the fat and skinny pair of warriors that Qingdeng was in charge of solving. that fat man...

This guy, who was constantly patrolling back and forth along a fixed track, walked back to the position where he could see Qingdeng a little faster than Qingdeng expected.

Then, Qingdeng, who was still squatting on the ground because he was putting the skinny man who had just passed out, looked at the fat man through the thick darkness...

This unexpected stare at each other lasted less than half a second, and was interrupted by Qing Deng's quick reaction.

Qingdeng's figure, like a taut spring loosened in one breath, rushed towards the fat man at high speed!

After Qingdeng rushed towards him, the fat man belatedly stretched out his hand towards the saber hanging on his left waist, and opened his mouth wide, wanting to shout a warning.

Qingdeng, who has the talent of "taking the lead", how fast is the explosive power and speed of his legs?

As soon as the fat man opened his mouth, Qing Deng was already in front of him.

Qingdeng quickly raised his left hand to cover the man's mouth, and his right hand responded to the sound, chopping hard at the fat man's side neck.

Because this fat man has more layers of fat that can be used to defend against injuries than ordinary people, so Qingdeng put in extra effort.

Although this accident came suddenly, but luckily there was no danger.

Qingdeng's "physical shut-up method" successfully made this fat man do the same thing as other people who were knocked unconscious by Qingdeng tonight—the eyeballs were pulled upwards, he rolled his big eyes, and then passed out.

Kinoshita Mai was quicker than Qingdeng to get rid of the guards she was in charge of.

"It's all resolved at last..." Kinoshita Mai, who came out from Qingdeng's side, breathed a sigh of relief, and walked quickly towards Qingdeng who was letting go of the fainted fat man.

"Yeah." Qingdeng, who nodded slightly, let out a breath like Mai Kinoshita, then stood up and looked at the two "hills" beside him.

Kinoshita Mai, who noticed the change in Qingdeng's gaze, followed Qingdeng's gaze to the two "hills".

"What is this?" Kinoshita Mai blinked suspiciously.

In this spacious hall, there is nothing but the two "hills" placed in the center.

So it's obvious—the four warriors who were subdued by Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai just now were guarding these two "hills".

Can be guarded by a full 4 warriors... Whether it is Qingdeng or Kinoshita Mai, they are all very curious about what these two "hills" are.

"...Turn it off and you'll know." Qingdeng said lightly, then walked forward quickly, raising his hand to remove the sackcloth on the "hill" closest to him.

The sackcloth was lifted, and the "hill" under the sackcloth turned out to be a large number of wooden boxes stacked one on top of the other.

Qingdeng frowned slightly, and lifted the sackcloth covering another "hill"—under the sackcloth, there were also a large number of wooden boxes...

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at the same time--

Outside the teahouse——

A middle-aged man with a huge birthmark on his face led two followers with no expression on his face, and galloped quickly in the dark without a lantern in the deserted street. After turning several intersections, he strode into this place. Jian Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai are currently infiltrating the deserted tea house inside.

As soon as he opened the door of the tea house and entered the first floor of the tea house, two samurai who were guarding the entrance immediately rushed forward.

"Get ready." Birthmark Face said coldly to the warriors who came up, "Prepare to take all the goods to the delivery place...huh?"

Before Birthmark Face could finish speaking, his voice suddenly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, he raised his head solemnly and looked at the ceiling above his head.

"Boss?" The samurai standing directly in front of him looked puzzled, and when he was about to ask what happened to Birthmark Face, Birthmark Face raised his hand and made a "silence" motion.

"I need to be quiet now..." the birthmark said in a deep voice, "the sound on the second floor... something is not quite right..."

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There are hundreds of these wooden boxes piled up into two hills, and all the wooden boxes are tightly bound with hemp rope, making it impossible for people to open these boxes easily.

Looking at these tightly bundled wooden boxes, Qingdeng frowned and silently raised the suspicious level of this tea house to the highest level.

Without any hesitation, Qingdeng pulled out the wakizawa around his waist, cut off the "locking" hemp rope on a certain box at hand, and then opened the box.

I saw that the box contained... a large number of porcelain bottles.

Qingdeng casually took out a certain porcelain vase from the box, and after he fixed his eyes to see clearly what the porcelain vase was, Qingdeng's pupils shrank slightly for an instant.

Kinoshita Mai who was on the side also showed surprise the next moment after seeing clearly what the porcelain vase was.

This porcelain bottle... is the kerosene that can be seen everywhere in the market.

Qingdeng quickly put the bottle of kerosene in his hand back to its original position, then grabbed Wakizawa again, and opened all the boxes next to him.

This one too, that one too... All the boxes are full of kerosene!

——These boxes... are all kerosene?

Qingdeng stared blankly at the hundreds of wooden boxes in this living room...

Standing next to Qingdeng, Kinoshita Wu, her expression changes were more exaggerated than Qingdeng's, her red lips hidden under the scarf were slightly parted, and there was an unstoppable smoldering look between her beautiful round eyes.

Not long ago, on the night of the attack on Fanshudiao, more than a dozen cities and towns in Edo suffered from the wanton arson of the Kobari group.

And now, at the moment when Edo was set on fire on a large scale by the barbarian group, this deserted tea house actually stored such a large amount of kerosene...

All kinds of bad associations began to climb into Qingdeng's mind.

As these bad associations flashed through his mind one by one, Qingdeng's eyes narrowed, and his expression gradually became extremely solemn...

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Whether it was cutting the hemp rope on the box or opening the box, Qingdeng deliberately made his movements extremely gentle.

But he didn't know—even though the movements had been made so gently, the sound of these movements was still heard by the birthmark face who was still waiting at the entrance on the first floor.

Birthmark face's complexion darkened instantly: "You guys, what do you eat? Someone broke into the 'warehouse' on the second floor, and you didn't even notice it?!"

After finishing speaking, Birthmark Face flicked his sleeves and strode towards the stairs leading to the second floor.

While rushing straight to the second floor, Birthmark Face kept shouting at a volume that could cover the entire tea house:

"Someone broke into the 'warehouse' on the second floor! Everyone come to the second floor!"

The tea house, which was originally very quiet, suddenly became noisy and noisy.

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Both Qingdeng and Kinoxia Wu on the second floor immediately heard the noisy movement on the first floor and the sound of footsteps coming towards them.

Although it is not clear how their tracks were exposed, the two of them reacted quite quickly—after their expressions changed slightly, they immediately evacuated to the outside of the hall full of kerosene without the slightest hesitation.

If possible, no matter whether it is Qingdeng or Kinoshita Mai, they would try to avoid confrontation with the person guarding the tea house until they fully figure out the true identity of the person guarding the kerosene.

However, things in the world often backfire.

Qing Deng and Kinoxia Wu had just evacuated from the living room, and when they came to the corridor outside the living room, they saw a large number of figures emerging from the front of the corridor.

At almost the same time, the back of the corridor was also blocked by a large number of figures.

Birthmark Face's yell just now woke up all the guards in the tea house from the chaos and rushed to the "warehouse" on the second floor.

There are 8 people in the front of the corridor, and 4 people in the back of the corridor—the guards in the tea house who have not been stunned by Qingdeng and the others are all here now.

Qingdeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and like a professional habit, his gaze swept quickly, looking at the positions and distances of the guards blocking the front and back of him and Kinoshita Mai.

At this moment, a puzzled murmur came from in front of him:

"Black fox mask, black face scarf..."

The owner of this grunt... was that birthmarked face.

Birthmark Face was one of the eight people blocking the corridor ahead.

Seeing Qingdeng and Kinoshita Wu who had been surrounded by them, Birthmark Face first frowned, and the color of remembrance flashed in his pupils.

After a while, his tightly knit brows slowly relaxed:

"I remembered...you are the pair of strange thieves: Little Monk Mao and Little Monk Fox?"

After all, Birthmark's eyelids sank, and after glancing at the hall next to where a large amount of kerosene was stored, his tone became extremely cold.

"Hmph, although I don't know why you two big celebrities who are causing trouble everywhere appear here."

"But since you have already entered our 'warehouse'... we can't just let you go!"

Bass—with a birthmarked face that didn't sloppy, and didn't talk nonsense to Qingdeng and the others, he pulled out the wakizasa around his waist.

The drawing of the knife on the face of the birthmark seemed to be a signal.

After receiving this "signal" from the birthmarked face, his subordinates also drew out their weapons one after another.

The sound of swords being drawn one after another made the atmosphere in this corridor instantly tense!

Kinoshita Mai looked solemnly at the enemies who blocked the front and rear ends of the corridor.

There is no way to advance, and there is no way to retreat—there is only one battle!

Kinoshita Mai with a touch of heroism flying from the brows, spread her feet, clenched her right hand into a fist in front, and clenched her left hand into a palm behind her, forming a stance.

At this time, she suddenly heard Qing Deng beside her asking her softly in a volume that only the two of them could hear clearly:

"...Can you deal with the four people behind?"

Kinoshita Mai was startled when she heard this, and then glanced at the four warriors who blocked their back.

"If you only deal with the four people behind... no problem." Mai Kinoshita nodded firmly.

Hearing Kinoshita Wu's simple but powerful answer, a smile appeared on Qingdeng's face hidden under the mask: "Then——I will leave my back to you."

"I'll be in charge of dealing with the 8 people in front, and you'll be in charge of dealing with the 4 people in the back."

"...Well." Kinoshita Mai did not engage in any "bargaining" with Qingdeng on this issue.

She turned her face slightly and cast a trusting look at Qingdeng.

She believed that she could deal with the four warriors in the rear.

He also believed that Qingdeng could deal with the 8 people in front of him.

"Then I will give you my back."

After all, Kinoshita Mai adjusted her position.

Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai faced the enemies they were responsible for dealing with, back to back.

The two backs, one generous and the other petite, are tightly attached to each other.

The corridor they were in was rather narrow.

It is extremely disadvantageous to use a long weapon such as a knife in such a narrow environment.

So Qingdeng didn't take out his orange juice, but pulled out the wakizashi which he rarely used in normal times.

Wakizashi, the secondary weapon of the samurai, was originally intended for use in narrow areas.

The enemies are on the move!

In the darkness, the Taoist priest approached Qingdeng and Kinoshita Wu like ink blurs.

Qingdeng moved his body half a step sideways—he knew that this narrow environment was beneficial to him and Kinoshita Mai who were outnumbered, and the enemy was afraid of accidentally injuring their comrades, so they dared not move forward decisively.

It was just as Qingdeng expected: although the enemies had pushed over, they still dared not take the initiative to attack.

Qingdeng raised his gaze to observe the positions of the enemies in front of him.

There are 3 enemies standing in front of Qingdeng.

The enemy on the right is impatient and too forward. There is a little distance between the front and the enemy on the left, and the enemy on the left has been retreating behind.

After simply observing the positions of the enemies in the circle, Qingdeng took the lead in attacking!

He first took a step forward, swung his wakizawa, and slashed at the samurai on the right who was standing too far in front, beheading him to the ground.

Then turn around and face the enemy with a knife in the center.

Before formally fighting this enemy, Qingdeng already saw that this guy had made a fatal mistake—he drew the wrong weapon, and shouldn't have used a knife.

This person is very tall, a little taller than Qingdeng, close to 1.8 meters tall, with such a height, he still uses a knife in such a narrow corridor...

Sure enough, this person quickly ate the bitter fruit of "using a long weapon in a narrow place".

"Wow, yah, yah, yah, yah, yah!" This guy let out a piercing chirp while raising his upper body, ready to strike at Qingdeng.

However, as soon as he raised the knife, he heard a muffled "boom", the blade cut to the ceiling above his head, and the tip of the knife was directly stuck on the ceiling.

The knife hit the ceiling... Qingdeng would not let go of such a good opportunity.

Qingdeng dodges, and at the same time as he passed this person, he swung his saber across the waist of this person from his lower body. Immediately afterwards, Qing Deng didn't even look at the guy who fell on the ground, and rushed towards the new opponent.

Not as many people as Birthmark Face and others... This is both a disadvantage and an advantage for Qingdeng.

As early as just now, his "lonely courage" talent has been activated!

Qingdeng, whose strength has risen sharply due to having more than one enemy, fell into the herd like a tiger, beheading 4 enemies in the blink of an eye!

When Qingdeng knocked down the fourth enemy, suddenly, a Wakizawa stabbed Qingdeng with a straight line - it was the birthmarked face!

Qingdeng used the corner of his eye to confirm the sword path of Wakizawa stabbing towards him, then he lowered his body and dodged the fierce attack of Wakizawa, but the birthmarked face that was missed by the blow persisted again and again. Pounce on Qingdeng, launch a new round of attack on Qingdeng

The martial arts used by Birthmark Face...Qingdeng happens to recognize it.

He had caught thieves who used the same martial arts on the street before.

It's a little trick!

Xiaojuzushu: A martial art that combines unarmed and wakizashi spread in the Warring States Period.

In the Warring States Period more than 300 years ago, in order to effectively counter the generals wearing armor, people created a martial arts method——

First throw the enemy to the ground with bare hands, then pull out Wakizawa, stab the gap in the armor, and stab the enemy to death.

This martial art is the prototype of Xiaojuzu.

Because it is a martial art born in the battlefield, Xiaojuzushu has extremely powerful power. Once it is knocked to the ground by a master who uses Xiaojuzushu, it will be over.

Judging from the various movements of the birthmarked face, it is not difficult to see that he has practiced well with his little feet.

He cooperated with the remaining few subordinates, you attack the left and I attack the right, you attack the ground and I attack the ground, and together they launched a continuous and violent counterattack towards Qingdeng.

Relying on a fair level of foot skills and the coordinated assists of the surrounding subordinates, Birthmark Face successfully stopped Qingdeng's offensive—of course, it was only temporarily.

Qingdeng is currently in a "lonely" state, and his strength is not strong enough to surpass Qingdeng's Birthmark Face and others. Their counterattack is destined to be short-lived.

Birthmark Face once again raised Wakizawa in his hand, and rushed towards Qingdeng in a volleying posture, like a wall.

Although his movement was full of momentum, it made Qingdeng see the flaws in his lower body.

This time, Qingdeng didn't defend or dodge, but directly bent his knees and went straight to the bottom of the birthmark face!

The inertia of the pounce caused Birthmark Face to suffer a lot. Although the wakizashi in his hand slashed down, he couldn't hold back.

Qingdeng stabbed the knife into Birthmark Face's right hand holding the knife from below, causing Birthmark Face to let go of his hand due to the pain, and at the same time, his left hand grabbed Birthmark Face's left foot and lifted it up vigorously.

Immediately afterwards, the face with the birthmark turned somersault on top of Qingdeng's head, and with a bang, he fell headfirst behind Qingdeng.

Birthmark Face saw the floor stained gray by the darkness rushing towards him, and then countless gold stars began to dance in front of his eyes, and a crushing pain spread all over his body.

He fell heavily to the ground and tried to get up, but he couldn't even support his upper body, and the strong dizziness overcame his rationality—his eyes went dark, and he passed out completely.

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