Tomorrow's Ark is too real

Chapter 1048
The more peaceful life is, the faster time will feel.

A few days later, the day of Dongguo Ghost Festival arrived.

These days, Xia Feng is not like a fool who only knows how to eat and sleep. Although he doesn't seem to be nervous, he has secretly planned a "retreat".

He didn't know whether Nishinomiya Ling had agreed to the "unequal treaties" from the major consortiums of Longmen at this point in time. The only thing he could be sure of was that if Xichuan fell, the warriors of the Sakurabu family would come here soon.

Once the Nishinomiya family loses, his fate depends on the attitude of the Sakura Takeshi family.

Reasonably speaking, even if the Sakura Takeshi family successfully captured the entire Xichuan, there is no reason for him to be expelled, because he is considered a foreign businessman on this coast.

To put it bluntly, as long as the head of the Ying Wu family is not squeezed by the door, then they will definitely be very friendly to him and strive for a win-win situation instead of confronting each other with swords.

After all, there is money to make together.

Without him, Sandworm Island is just an ordinary island. Only through his operation can Sandworm become money.

Of course, this is the result of normal logical deduction. He believes that the head of the Sakura Takeshi family, Sakuratake Yamao, is also a normal person.

However, there is an existence that cannot be understood by common sense in today's Yingwu family, and that is Yingwulan.

It is precisely because of the existence of Ying Wulan that he needs to think out a way out for himself, and the worst possibility he will face after Xichuan falls.

Amidst the anxiety in my heart, the day of Dongguo Ghost Festival has arrived.

According to Nishinomiya Ryo's previous prediction, this day is likely to be the day when the Sakura Takeshi family launches a general attack on Nishikawa.

Although Xia Feng had no intention of interfering, he still needed to grasp the situation on the front line as much as possible. According to his instructions, the scouts stationed at his place by Heigang were also collecting information on the border war.

However, what surprised him was that until the sun went down on Ghost Festival, the soldiers of the Yingwu family gathered at the border remained silent.

It seems that there is no plan to launch a general offensive on this day.

Weird, it's weird.

Xia Feng was not the only one who felt strange.

In the mansion of the Nishinomiya family, a room full of retainers and generals felt very strange.

As the head of the family, Nishinomiya Ryoben was ready to burn the boat, but who knew that there was no movement from the Sakura Takeshi family.

With the military level of Dongguo, the rigor of information could not be achieved at all. Soon, the eyeliner planted by the Nishinomiya family in Dongzhou sent back accurate information.

According to the intelligence, five days ago, the Sakura Takeshi family's mansion held a family banquet, which was also the last strategic meeting before the war, and all the big business owners in the Eastern Kingdom were invited.

Just in the middle of the banquet, the fortified mansion of the main family was attacked by assassins.

According to intelligence reports, the attack caused the entire banquet hall to collapse into ruins, and the distinguished guests fled in all directions.

It was also because of this that the generals gathered at the front line by the Sakura Takeshi family did not rashly order a general attack.

The family's mansion was attacked in the rear, so they dare not act rashly at this time.

Hearing this news, Nishinomiya Ling was dumbfounded, and Nishinomiya Hikoshi was dumbfounded.

Even General Long Ping, who came back from the front line overnight because he knew about the treaty, was stunned.

Ryuhei Nishinomiya is nearly 70 years old. Although he was brave and good at fighting when he was young, he is helpless. Now he is just a symbol of the soul of soldiers in the army.

On the front line, Nishinomiya Ryuhei knew about the meeting a few days ago, and knew that Nishinomiya Rei planned to sign the "unequal treaty" in order to resolve the family crisis, so he rushed back from the front line overnight.

Because for him who has the same surname as Nishinomiya, this is an extremely humiliating thing.

Although Rei Nishinomiya is the current head of the family, he is still too young, and has not considered some things thoroughly. As an elder, Ryuhei Nishinomiya is very worried that his nephew will make wrong decisions under irrational conditions.

In fact, when Nishinomiya Ryuhei came back this time, he planned to discuss another plan with his family.

That is to shrink the defense and give up the sixteen large cities in the periphery, in order to satisfy the appetite of the Sakurabu family.

Although it seems more humiliating, if you take a long-term view, you will know that this is actually better than letting foreign businessmen from Longmen step into Xichuan and continue to exploit this land.

For this reason, Nishinomiya Ryuhei came back.

As long as Rei Nishinomiya agrees, he will immediately send an order to the front line to shrink the line of defense and give up the city before the Sakura Takeshi family attacks.

However, before the discussion on this matter came to a conclusion, the melons from Ying Wu's house came out first.

At this critical moment, the main residence of the Sakura Takeshi family was attacked by assassins, which is outrageous.

If a reporter interviews random people in any city in the Eastern Kingdom with a microphone at this time, ask them, "Who do you think sent assassins to attack Sakura Takeshi's house?"

Then 100 out of 99 people would definitely answer "Nishimiya".

As for the only person whose answer is different from the mainstream crowd, he will not say much.

This person will only reply in a hurry, "I'm not from Dongguo, so I don't know what happened here. By the way, may I ask, do you know how to get to the south coast of Xichuan?"

On the south coast of Xichuan, in the pavilion of the cherry blossom forest.

After getting this news, Xia Feng thought the same as those 99 people at this time, they all thought that the Nishinomiya family sent assassins, and they were going to come back with a wave of ultimate detours, trying to buy time.

Of course, he didn't know if this was good news for him.

According to intelligence, although the mansion was messed up, the head of the family, Yamao Sakurabu, was not dead. As for the samurai who were killed, they could only be regarded as a drop in the bucket of the Sakurabu family's strength.

The reason why the military generals on the front line had concerns was because they didn't understand the situation.

If the attack is only this wave, it won't be long before the Sakura Takeshi family's general attack will still be launched.

The temperature dropped sharply at night, and the cold wind outside could make people snot bubble. Everyone, including Laplande, stayed in the house obediently to keep warm.

While Xia Feng was thinking hard about this information, Hong Dao, who was sitting at the door with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes.

The next second, there was a knock on the door.

"Boom boom boom!"

Faced with this sudden knock on the door, Xia Feng was stunned for a moment.

Including Xiaohui and others, everyone would not knock on the door when they came to the house. He was not particular about it, and his own people always pushed the door when they came in and out.

However, if the visitor was an outsider, then Brother Heigang, who was in charge of guarding outside, did not report, and even the Fengbao in the yard did not give an early warning, which is really weird.

Obviously, this person is not an "acquaintance" living here, and at the same time, he can hide from all vigilance, even hide his breath from Feng Bao.

"Boom boom boom!"

The knock on the door continued.

"Crack!"

The red knife closest to the door held his hand on the handle, and pulled out a section of the blade. Obviously, the red knife had the same idea as Xia Feng.

Accompanied by this knock on the door, the snorting Laplande pricked up his ears, the bagpipe that was sweeping the floor stopped moving, Ifrit raised his eyebrows, and even the tortoise pursed his mouth and did not say anything. sound.

Seeing the wink from Hong Dao, Xia Feng stood up from the stool and grabbed the Shenyue Dao on the table.

Under the somewhat dignified atmosphere in the room, he moved lightly to the door and asked through the door.

"Who?"

An old and familiar voice came faintly from the other side of the door.

"Xia Feng, it's me."

Hearing this voice, everyone in the room was stunned at the same time, and the next second, expressions of joy were revealed.

Obviously, everyone recognized who the voice was!

"boom!"

Xia Feng pulled the door open without hesitation.

For him, this voice does not need to be vigilant, because the owner of this voice represents an absolute sense of security.

The door was opened, and standing at the door was an old man in plain clothes with a tired expression.

Seeing this friend whom he hadn't seen for nearly a year, Xia Feng shouted joyfully.

"Master Xiao!"

(End of this chapter)