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Chapter 4199 4201 [Yagyu Tajima no Kami]

After leaving Dongchang, Xiang Nanyu used his flying sword to rush to the Giant Whale Gang.

The reason why he went there was to secretly help Shangguan Haitang and Duan Tianya, because they were going to face two masters, Yagyu Tajima-no-Mori and Yagyu Piaoxu.

Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami is stronger than Duan Tianya. His Killing God Blade, Snow Drifting in the World, Bone-Breaking Palm, etc. are all very powerful killing moves, and they are hard to defend against. And Yagyu Piaoxu is also 90% of his strength, so he is almost certain to defeat Shangguan Haitang.

If Liu Sheng Piao Xu had not fallen in love with Duan Tianya and turned against them, then this mission would have been doomed for both of them. At that time, the only outcome would have been death.

The reason why the God of War sent them there even though he knew they were going to die was very simple.

Haitang, Duan Tianya, and Gui Hai Yidao are nominally secret agents of Tian, ​​Di, and Xuan. It sounds glorious, but in fact they are just tools of the gods.

They died, and the gods didn't feel sad.

On the one hand, he is a sinister, hypocritical, cold-blooded person. He doesn't care about anyone except Su Xin.

On the one hand, he had invited the Four Ghosts of Western Hunan to train the Thirty-Six Heavenly Gangs, Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends, and One Hundred and Eight Death Warriors in Qingcheng Mountain many years ago. So the death of the three major spies did not matter to him.

Moreover, their death could even earn more impression points for the God Candidate.

After all, his adopted son and daughter were dead, how much more could the emperor demand of him? At that time, not only would the Hulong Villa not be disbanded, but the Emperor would even provide generous compensation to the Divine Marquis.

That's the balance in politics.

It was really naive and ridiculous for Cao Zhengchun to think that the emperor would really disband the Hulong Villa after the one-month deadline.

Therefore, the sacrifice of Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang was completely acceptable to Shen Hou.

But for Xiang Nan, it was totally unacceptable.

So in order to prevent Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang from being sacrificed, he had to go to the Giant Whale Gang for help.

However, he did not follow orders this time, so he could only act in secret.

Fortunately, Shen Hou assigned him a task to find Cheng Shifei, so his absence would not be discovered for a short period of time.

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Xiang Nan rode on a flying sword, and his speed was much faster than Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang.

It took him less than an hour to reach the Giant Whale Gang in Minzhou.

Duan Tianya and Shangguan Haitang took three days just to travel, traveling day and night, before they finally arrived in Minzhou.

Therefore Xiang Nanke is much faster than them.

Simply incomparable.

After Xiang Nan arrived at the Giant Whale Gang ahead of time, he quickly found out the details of the Giant Whale Gang.

The Giant Whale Gang was founded by the grandfather of the current gang leader Li Zhengkai. He once helped Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, transport military supplies and soldiers, and also helped him defeat Han Wang Chen Youliang in the Battle of Poyang Lake.

Therefore, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he also rewarded the Giant Whale Gang, which made the Giant Whale Gang grow rapidly and established a good relationship with the court.

The Giant Whale Gang not only sent people to work together with the imperial navy to fight pirates at sea, but also helped the imperial court open warehouses to release grain, provide free medical care and medicine, and provide relief to disaster victims.

It can be said that in Minzhou, the Giant Whale Gang has a very high status and reputation and is deeply loved by the common people.

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The Giant Whale Gang was passed down to Li Zhengkai's generation. Li Zhengkai was fond of writing, poetry and songs, but was not keen on the organization and management of the gang, so power fell into the hands of others, and most of the gang affairs were handled by Deputy Gang Leader Li Fangen and Elder Li Tianhao.

In addition, the coal, salt, iron and rice businesses under the Giant Whale Gang are managed by the Ling family, the Dong family and the Yan family respectively. They have a complementary relationship with the Giant Whale Gang.

They make money with the help of the Giant Whale Gang's protection, and the Giant Whale Gang takes commissions from their business. They have been cooperating with each other for a hundred years and have been living in peace.

However, Elder Li Tianhao was not satisfied with this.

He believed that the Giant Whale Gang should no longer stand with the imperial court, open its warehouses to release grain, provide free medical care and medicine, and provide relief to disaster victims, and even more so, should not hand over so many profitable businesses to outsiders.

He wanted to monopolize power and interests, so he secretly colluded with Yagyu Tajima no Kami and Tiedan Shenhou, intending to seize Li Zhengkai's position as the leader of the gang.

By then, he will not only have all the power in his hands, but also have the credit of following the dragon.

In this way, he would be able to enjoy the exclusive trade route from Fuso to the East, with profits of more than millions.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami and Tiedan Shenhou also took a fancy to the strength of the Giant Whale Gang, so they were willing to support him behind the scenes.

Yagyu Tajima-no-kami is the head of the Yagyu Shinin school, and his attainments in swordsmanship are only slightly inferior to those of Miankyou Shiro, the creator of the phantom sword.

In order to expand their own power and pass on the Shinin faction, the Yagyu family has always been loyal to Shogun Tokugawa, hoping to grow and become stronger with the support of the Shogun.

That's why he came to Middle-earth under the dispatch of General Tokugawa to help Tiedan Shenhou.

"Three years ago, Yagyu Tajima-no-kami came to the Giant Whale Gang, which shows that they have been colluding with each other for a long time." Xiang Nan analyzed based on the information he had obtained.

He then sneaked into the courtyard where Yagyu Tajima-no-kami was staying.

Yagyu Tajima has been with the Giant Whale Gang for three years, helping train the guards of the Giant Whale Gang as a guest official and instructor. But in fact, he is training death warriors for Li Tianhao to help him take over the Giant Whale Gang in the future.

As a guest official and instructor, he naturally had his own courtyard.

The courtyard is not very big, but it is decorated in a very Japanese style. There are not only winding streams but also startled deer, stone lanterns and thousands of paper cranes.

After Xiang Nan sneaked in, he saw Yagyu Tajima Morimasa talking to his disciples.

"I have received news that Prince Chengliang and Songyong Takanobu failed in their attempt to assassinate the emperor and have died for their country." Yagyu Tajima no Kami said to his disciples, "and the court has also sent secret spies to Minzhou, who will arrive soon. You must be prepared."

"Yes." All the disciples said in unison.

"Father, which secret agent did the court send here?" asked a very beautiful girl.

Xiang Nan knew that she was Liu Sheng Piaoxu.

"The Tian-level secret agent is Duan Tianya, and the Xuan-level secret agent is Shangguan Haitang." Yagyu Tajima no Kami said gritting his teeth.

"Is it him?!" Liu Sheng Piaoxu said in surprise.

"That's right." Yagyu Tajima no Kami nodded, "Piaoxu, the time for revenge has come! Your father is counting on you!"

The rule of the Yagyu family is that the son will avenge his father, and the sister will avenge her brother.

When Duan Tianya went to Fuso to learn ninjutsu, he killed Yagyu Jubei, the son of Yagyu Tajima no Kami.

Although Yagyu Tadama no Kami is better than him in martial arts, due to the rules of the Yagyu family, the father cannot avenge his son and can only rely on his daughter.

The eldest daughter, Yukihime, fell in love with Duan Tianya and couldn't bear to kill him, so now she can only look after the second daughter, Yuki Piaoxu.

"As you wish, my daughter." Liu Sheng Piaoxu agreed, but there was no murderous intent in her eyes. Instead, there was some affection in them.