Return of the Swallow

Jingzhe, Xiaoxue, Liao Zhibing and Gao Delai never fell asleep. As night fell, the four of them lit a qi-sitingfeng and stood or sat waiting on the deck.

Jingzhe and Xiaoxue were the most alert. Although they did not hear the footsteps, their alertness as spies made them immediately aware that someone was approaching.

The two walked quietly to the side of the ship. Under the light and moonlight, they saw a thin figure dressed in black and holding a knife handle. He crouched like a panther and moved around on the beach, avoiding the sleeping defenders quickly. near.

Just by looking at this stretched out hand, you can tell that the person coming is a master who is not weaker than them!

The two of them were shocked, and immediately turned around and whispered to Liao Zhibing and Gao Delai: "Someone is coming! Tell them to be on guard."

While they were talking, the other party was already in front of them, and the four of them were ready. After a soft sound, I saw an iron claw hooked on the bow of the ship, followed by a slight rustling of clothing, and in the blink of an eye, the black shadow rushed across the deck.

Several people immediately felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were on guard.

The black figure jumped onto the bow of the ship and immediately saw four people surrounding him. He was shocked for a moment.

But when he saw Gao Delai and Liao Zhibing, the man let go of the hand holding the knife and pulled off the black cloth covering his face.

The visitor is none other than Hirazawa Na.

Gao Delai hurriedly whispered to Zheng Jingzhe and Xiaoxue: "Don't do anything, this is Sakurai's friend. Master said he would find him, and he did."

Jingzhe and Xiaoxue have not completely let down their guard. Their posture and position are still full of defensiveness, and they may break out and subdue them at any time.

Hirasawa Na was also keenly aware of the hostility between the two and looked over with narrowed eyes.

Gao Delai hurriedly lowered his voice and said in Japanese: "These two are our Lord's guards. They are so defensive because they don't recognize you." He turned around and said to Jingzhe and Xiaoxue, "This is not the place to talk. Let’s talk inside.”

Jingzhe and Xiaoxue hesitated for a moment, then thought of Qin Yining's instructions and had no choice but to step aside.

Hirasawa Naya bravely followed Gao Delai into the cabin surrounded by several people.

The lights in the cabin were bright and the lobby was spacious. At this time, the guards who had received the news arrived, but they did not show up immediately, but stood in the shadows.

Liao Zhibing said: "Ask him what he is here for."

Gao Delai asked Hirasawa.

Hirasawa retracted her gaze from looking around, and said with a tense voice: "The woman I saw in the tavern today is Hideaki's new mistress as you mentioned? How could she be on good terms with that shameless Man'o Adachi! If not Adachi Manyo has devised a cunning plan, and the daimyo will not betray Hideaki!"

Gao Delai said: "As soon as our ship docked, we met that Adachi Manyo. Do you think we are willing to deal with him? That Adachi Manyo was hung on our master. The master wanted to bury Sakurai back. I just came here from my hometown, but I can’t give up all my efforts and can’t even land on the shore, so I have to fight with Adachi Manyoshi.”

Hirasawa was stunned and said in surprise: "Aren't you a merchant ship? I see that you have been busy doing business."

"Hongshang is just a cover. If our master hadn't repaid Sakurai for saving his life, how could he have left his family and career to travel across the ocean to come here?"

Hearing this, Hirasawa immediately stood in awe and sighed: "Hideaki finally found a master who will not let him down. Your master is worthy of trust." He lowered his head deeply as he spoke.

These words were communicated between Gao Delai and Hirazana in Japanese, so Gao Delai had to explain to Liao Zhibing, Jingzhe and Xiaoxue.

The tense atmosphere between the two parties no longer existed. Gao De came to invite Hirazana to take a seat, but Hirazana said: "I want to see your lord, I don't know if it is convenient."

"You want to see my master?"

"Yes." Hirasawa nodded heavily, and then said: "I want to know Hideaki's final situation."

Gao Delai turned to Liao Zhibing and Jingzhe to talk.

Jingzhe said: "Madam should be willing to meet this little brother. Madam values ​​friendship very much. She must be willing to meet Sakurai's friends, otherwise she wouldn't come here."

"It's just that the night is already deep..." Liao Zhibing hesitated.

Xiaoxue said: "Madam won't care."

When she thought about how Qin Yining had to deal with Adachi Manyo for so long in order to successfully land in Mizusawa Country, she knew that she would not care.

Xiaoxue stood up and said, "I'll go ask Madam to come out."

Everyone nodded, and Gao Delai invited Hirazawa to sit down and brought tea.

Ji Yun was resting outside Qin Yining's bedroom. When he heard footsteps approaching, he immediately jumped up and asked in a low voice: "Who!"

"It's me," Xiaoxue said, "Hirasawa Na is here and wants to see Madam."

Qin Yining had already woken up when Ji Yun made a sound. After hearing this, he sat up and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "Please wait a moment, I'll be right back."

"Yes." Xiaoxue agreed and quickly went to the hall.

Ji Yun lit the lamp and served Qin Yining to change clothes. After a simple arrangement, Qin Yining walked out quickly with the lamp in hand. As soon as he arrived in front of the hall, he heard several people talking to a Japanese man with the help of Gao Delai. The clear and young voice was very familiar, it was the person she met in the tavern.

Xiaoxue spotted Qin Yining at the door and said with a smile, "Madam is here."

Everyone stood up to greet him.

Qin Yining and Ji Yun entered the door one after another, their beautiful eyes fell on Hirazawa Na, and they looked at her unabashedly.

Hirasawa only saw a beautiful woman wearing a honey-colored brocade robe walk in. Out of courtesy, he immediately lowered his head and did not look at her appearance.

Qin Yining smiled: "Please sit down."

Gao Delai immediately translated this to Hirazawa.

Qin Yining sat at the head of the table, while the others stood behind her on both sides.

Hirazawa sat in her original position. Seeing that everyone treated Qin Yining with respect and showed great loyalty, she became a little more curious about this woman.

This woman must be a noble. Ordinary businesswomen would not have such magnanimity as her.

"This brother is here late at night. I wonder if you have any advice?"

"I saw you sitting with that shameless man Adachi Manyo in the pub today, and I thought you were his friend. But I saw Mr. Gao and Mr. Liao standing behind you, and I remembered the last time I met them After meeting, they returned to Mizusawa Country with Hideaki's ashes, hoping to bury him, but they did not get the daimyo's permission and were driven away by the people. They said at the time that their master would be very angry if he knew about it. So I wondered at that time whether you were Xiu Ming’s master.”

Listening to Gao Delai translate Hirazawa's words to her, Qin Yining couldn't help but said: "So his name is Sakurai Hideaki." With a sigh, Qin Yining slowed down and let Gao Delai translate her words to Hirasawa.

"I can't be considered Sakurai's master. Because I couldn't do anything for him, and I even caused him to lose his life."