Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 455 Revenge
"Stop talking, I know!" Wang Wenzuo interrupted Cao Sengnu. Although he was used to killing and destroying after he came to this world, it is one thing to kill an enemy with a weapon, and there is no resistance to killing. Children with abilities are another matter, let alone tortured and killed like this.He took a deep breath, suppressed the disgust in his heart, and asked, "What else did you hear?"

Just as Cao Sengnu was about to speak, he heard footsteps outside, so he had to shut up.At this time, Shoujun Dashi came in from the outside. He bowed to Wang Wenzuo and saluted. The maid who led him in bowed to Wang Wenzuo and left as if fleeing for his life.

"Shoujun Dashi, what do you want?" Wang Wenzuo suppressed the disgust in his heart and asked, "I don't remember sending someone to summon you back!"

"This subordinate has something important to report to His Highness! Since the matter is extremely urgent, I rushed back, and please forgive me, Your Highness!" Shoujun Dashi didn't notice Wang Wenzuo's emotions, and said "forgive me" on his mouth, and his face was only slack. The words "quickly praise me" were not written.

"Urgent?" Wang Wenzuo glanced at Shoujun Dashi: "Someone started a rebellion?"

"That's not true!" Shoujun Dashi was taken aback, thinking to himself, isn't this nonsense?If someone started a rebellion and I ran back, wouldn't that mean I was running away?That is a great sin.

"No one is making trouble, so what's the urgency!" Wang Wenzuo said coldly.

Shoujun Dashi was stunned by Wang Wenzuo's words, so he didn't dare to say more, so he quickly lowered his head.

"Let me ask you, someone said that in Tanba country, you put a child in a cape filled with fish oil and then set it on fire. Is there such a thing?"

Shoujun Dashi was stunned, subconsciously looked at Cao Sengnu who was sitting next to him, and quickly explained: "Your Highness, please listen to my explanation!"

"I asked you yes or no, you just answer yes or no, no need to explain!"

At this time, Shoujun Dashi realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly said: "There is such a thing, but the situation is like this—"

"You bastard, you bastard!" Wang Wenzuo kicked the desk flying, pulled out the folding fan from his waist, and hit his head and face, scolding while beating: "I asked you to go to Danbo country to track down the matter of the real Mishima, what are you doing?" Killing children? Is it true that children are also rebellious? Killing children is fine, but you still kill like this? Don't you have a heart in your heart?"

Wang Wenzuo beat him while cursing, but Shoujun Dashi didn't dare to dodge, so he knelt on the ground and hugged his head to be beaten. Suddenly, he heard a soft sound, but it was Wang Wenzuo who used too much force, and the folding fan in his hand was broken.He threw away the folding fan casually, took a sip of water, saw the blood-stained face of the Shoujun Dashi kneeling on the ground, and his miserable state finally subsided, and said: "What else do you want to say? Say it!"

"When my subordinates were investigating Mishima Masato's treason in Danba, they discovered that someone was secretly buying children, and they were children with special birth dates!"

"Oh? Does this have anything to do with Masato Mishima's conspiracy?"

"That's how it is. There are some esoteric methods in the Shinto religion of the country that can kill people from a distance. Many of these esoteric methods that can kill people first use children born on special days as sacrifices, so— —”

"You mean witchcraft?" Wang Wenzuo's attention was immediately attracted: "Then who are they trying to kill?"

"Judging from the confession obtained under forced interrogation, it should be His Majesty and the child in her womb!"

"Dog thief!" Wang Wenzuo was furious when he heard that the thief's target was Qiyu and his own children. He was originally a very smart person, but he was just dizzy just now, and immediately understood: "Then you burned to death Those kids are-"

"Your Highness guessed right. Those were the children of thieves. My subordinates interrogated them at the time, but no matter how they tortured them, those guys never said anything. Seeing that they used children as sacrifices, my subordinates thought about using them as sacrifices." The Tao was given back to others, so they took their own children and copied the law, and they confessed immediately!"

"What kind of people are my enemies! There is no lower limit!" Wang Wenzuo felt more and more sad when he heard Shoujun Dashi's narration. Dealing with the scum of one's own lover and child.He sighed: "Then you went back to Asuka Capital to report this matter to me?"

"That's right, when my subordinates inspected the Danba country, they found that there were far more children who were bought than those who were sacrificed. After asking, they found out that those children had all been sent to Asuka, so my subordinate returned to Asuka! "

"That's right, there are more people in Jingzhong who want me and Qiyu to die!" Wang Wenzuo sneered: "Shoujun Dashi, this matter must be investigated to the end, and I allow you to use any means you think necessary!"

"Subordinates obey!"

"Also!" Wang Wenzuo looked a little hesitant: "The injury on your face was my fault just now. I really lost my head because of anger. You wait for a while, and I will call the doctor to take a look at it for you!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Shoujun Dashi laughed: "Actually, I was very happy when my subordinate was beaten!"

"Very happy? Why do you say that?" Wang Wenzuo was stunned.

"Your highness is so angry. He just hit me with a folding fan and didn't draw his sword. He is really kind. If it were someone else, his subordinates would lose a hundred lives!"

Shoujun Dashi's injury looked scary, but in fact it was just scratched. The doctor prepared some plaster for him and left.As soon as he left, Cao Sengnu knelt on the ground: "Your subordinates are just talking nonsense, please punish Minggong!"

"Get up! You didn't do anything wrong, Shoujun Dashi did what you said!" Wang Wenzuo was a little depressed: "I was so angry that I didn't listen to his defense and beat people. It shouldn't!"

"I can't really blame you Minggong? These Japanese people are really too much. They even used witchcraft to assassinate His Majesty and your child. You must not let them go!"

"No!" Wang Wenzuo shook his head: "It's the job of these Japanese people to harm me and Qiyu, and the technique of witchcraft will not be of much use, but it is really wrong to involve children who have nothing to do with it as sacrifices." I have lost my conscience, I thought it would be enough to show my prestige and be virtuous, but now it seems that I am still too naive, some people are really stubborn, if they are not eradicated, this country will not be peaceful!"

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Asuka in late autumn is the most beautiful season of the year. There are reed rafts and flat boats everywhere on Nara Lake. Japanese girls deftly drive these buoys that can only accommodate two or three people to shuttle between the ports and pick up the fish they set. dump the fish, shrimps and crabs that got into it on the deck, and then throw the empty bamboo cages back into the water. After a day or two, new fish and shrimps will get in, even if the cages are empty, They will not return empty-handed either, the leeks floating on the lake and the water chestnuts under the water can be seen everywhere, and the hillside in the distance shows a piece of orange, which is a large chestnut forest and oak forest, ripe chestnuts and acorns The branches had been bent, and the ground was littered with cracked acorns.In this season of abundance, even low-status tribesmen and slaves can easily obtain sufficient food, with a happy smile on their faces.

But for the nobles in Asuka, the late autumn of 666 AD was a completely different autumn.In the autumn of this year, not only rice, fish catches, persimmons, and dates were harvested, but also a special life, that is, the queen's child.

Although there is no Internet and street tabloids, no one in Asuka knows who the real father of the queen's child is. In fact, this is not too derailed in Japan. After all, under the system of visiting wives and marriages, the queen has not formally married anyone else. It is completely her personal freedom to live with anyone and have children. There is a similar situation in the history of the Japanese royal family. The children they gave birth also grew up normally, and some even became the originators of famous clans.

But what is special this time is the special identity of the child’s father and the meaning behind the child—in the process of defeating the eldest brother, nearly two thousand Japanese were awarded land, names, and some due to their martial arts and military exploits. They were even given official positions. These newcomers were called "upstarts" by the Japanese, which was different from the original nobles.For this canonization, the original nobles harbored resentment, but dared not speak out; while the upstarts were like hounds, vigilantly protecting the food in their bowls, whining from time to time, warning potential enemy.

However, both the new rich and the old aristocrats have a common view, that is, their fate will be maintained on the child who is about to be born.In the eyes of the upstarts, they once shed blood for his parents and put his mother on the throne. His parents also met, fell in love, and had him during this war.Then I naturally have an innate fate with this child, and he is also my undisputed master and protector.In the eyes of the old nobles, the birth of this child is tantamount to the fact that the queen already has an heir. Even if the queen did not leave the throne to this child, she will definitely give this child a large part of her original political resources. Considering his father, the child would be a very horrific character, so it would be a very ideal ending for the horrific child to be aborted, and even better if he could die with his mother.

Under these two completely different hopes, Asuka in 666 A.D. formed a very strange scene. As the date of the Queen's birth got closer, more and more warriors on horseback and swords came to Asuka. They came to the temples and shrines in groups, prayed devoutly, and offered gifts, hoping that the queen would give birth to a child safely, preferably a boy, a brave and resourceful hero like Zuo Fudian, who could continue to lead them defeat the enemy.After praying and kneeling, these warriors came to the Shitennoji Temple in Nanbajin. Those who had the conditions rented houses, and those who did not simply slept in the open. Do your best, hold a bow and arrow, frighten the monsters, and protect the birth of His Royal Highness!"

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Four Tennoji Temple, Jingshe.

"These people are really interesting!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "Qiyu gave birth to a child, and they were outside with swords, bows and arrows, saying that they would do their little bit, and it would be great if they didn't help!"

"Your Highness doesn't know anything!" Fujiwara Bubi smiled and said, "There is a legend in the country that when a woman gives birth, her yin energy is too strong and it is easy to attract ghosts and gods. Therefore, warriors with bows and arrows should be guarded in all directions to shoot and kill those troublemakers. These people are all favored by His Majesty and you, and they came here to express their loyalty. Besides, with your blood and your Majesty's blood, the children they will give birth to must be extraordinary people, and everyone hopes to be blessed by Your Majesty !"

It turns out that like many ancient peoples, the ancient Japanese believed that children, especially noble children, possessed magical powers, and even the most rebellious warriors were willing to succumb to childish children.For example, when Takashi Ashikaga overthrew the Hojo shogunate in Kamakura, he himself led the army to revolt in Kinki, and turned against Liupoluo Tanti in Kyoto, and let his young son King Senju serve as a signboard to raise troops, and let the new Tian Yizhen actually commanded the army as the surrogate of his own son-in-law. Sure enough, the Genji from Kanto flocked to Kamakura soon, forcing the Hojo clan to set himself on fire.These samurai gathered around the Shitennoji Temple, hoping to get a little "spirit" from the child who was about to be born.

"These Japanese people are really superstitious!" Wang Wenzuo shook his head with a smile, but it reminded himself of the importance of the child who was about to be born. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case, it's better to be more careful.

"Wen Zong, doctor, are the midwives and maids ready?" Wang Wenzuo asked.

"Everything is ready, all carefully selected from Dengzhou!" Cao Wenzong said: "When Your Majesty gives birth, all the Japanese are not allowed to come within a hundred steps of the delivery room, otherwise they will be dealt with as assassins!"

"Okay!" Wang Wenzuo nodded in satisfaction. In order to avoid being bought by the Japanese nobles, he simply replaced all the maids around Qiyu with Tang people, so that even if the Japanese nobles wanted to play tricks, it was not convenient to buy them. Curse from the air, if they really have this ability, even if they have a hundred lives, they can still live until now?
"Your Highness, Shoujun Dashi is outside and said he has something important to report!"

"Let him in!" Wang Wenzuo nodded. Since hitting this person by mistake that time, his impression of Shoujun Dashi has improved a lot. Not to mention anything else, just this work attitude is hard to come by, the more loyal dogs there are, the better.

"The Palace of the Left Mansion! This subordinate has something important to report!"

"Speak! These few are my confidantes, don't avoid them!"

"Yes!" Shoujun Dashi took out a list from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands: "These are all related to the witchcraft and curse. Please show me how to deal with it!"

Wang Wenzuo glanced at the list hastily, and then returned it: "Take them all first, and interrogate them carefully, but don't die, everything will be discussed after His Majesty's delivery!"

　Routinely ask for tickets, ask for subscriptions, ask for rewards, and the results have been dismal recently!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)