Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

Chapter 94 - Secret Meeting of the Shouli City

The battle between Xiang Shaolong and Xiang Shaolong was a spar between warriors without any achievements. As the inheritor of this generation of the New Underworld, Yepingtai had traveled across all the mountains and rivers of Japan and had seen many different types of people in the Japan.

When Yepingtai realized that it was difficult to advance on the path of martial arts in the Japan, he started to look overseas. He longed for China, longed for the Western Ocean, longed to use his eyes to observe the world and comprehend the way of nature.

Originally, Japan's martial arts had absorbed a lot of the essence of Zen Dao and paid great attention to sudden enlightenment. Travelers were also a type of cultivation. Just like this, Yepingtai arrived at that Ba, and just as he was about to raise funds to sneak over to Qing Province, he unexpectedly discovered this Qing Nation expert, Xiang Shaolong.

could feel Yepingtai's obsession towards the way of martial arts. Essentially, the two of them were the same type of people.

Dragon Lord said that this was a very private spar, and he did not want anyone to watch it, so Xiao Letian did not follow, and did not send anyone to protect Xiang Shaolong. What a joke, if even the Dragon Lord needed someone to protect them, then Xiao Letian's bodyguard search would have been a failure.

But he never thought that's number one expert, Xiang Shaolong, would actually be injured tonight, and from the looks of it, his injuries were not light at all.

"Where's the Dragon Lord? "How are your injuries …" "Xiao Letian started to yell the moment he entered the door, and when he saw that Xiang Shaolong, who had finished bandaging himself up, was still nodding and smiling at him, he was finally able to heave a sigh of relief. "Good boy, you scared me to death. In the future, we won't allow such martial arts competitions without my permission …"

Xiang Shaolong said with an ashamed look on his face, "It's not that we suffered injuries during this competition, but after I fought with Yepingtai, I met with an ambush from a group of ninjas. It's really hard to guard against them …"

It turned out that when Xiang Shaolong and Yepingtai were fighting, a group of Ninjas had surrounded them. They seemed to know that the two men were very hard to deal with, so they didn't get too close. This group of vicious ninjas actually secretly planted spikes all over the road that they had to pass.

It was an iron concealed weapon with four spikes. No matter how you threw it on the ground, there would always be a spike that would rush forward. In the Ancient China, a horse's hooves that were usually used to hurt war horses were a common weapon on the battlefield. But in Japan, because of the lagging of smelting technology and the scarcity of resources, no one on the battlefield was willing to use such a weapon.

But to ninjas, this weapon was a sharp weapon used for sneak attacks and assassinations. When Xiang Shaolong and Yepingtai returned to the city after their fight, Dragon Lord, who was walking at the front, was the first to suffer a loss.

"Ah …" An ambush! " Xiang Shaolong's right foot suddenly flew backwards, and following that, a Penetrating Bone Nail flew into the forest on both sides of the road. Yepingtai, who was behind Dragon Lord, pulled his blade and rushed into the forest, and immediately followed with a burst of dense sounds of weapons clashing.

"Yepingtai is different from other Japanese, he has good feelings towards China and this battle is a friendly spar. He even begged me to bring him back to China … This time, thanks to him, Japanese's wooden clogs were naturally the nemesis of this kind of concealed weapon. If it wasn't for him rushing to the front line to fight with these Ninjas, I might really not be able to make it back … "

Xiao Letian was so angry that he almost went crazy. Damn it, this bunch of bastards, they were even speaking kind words to me just now and in the blink of an eye, they had already set their hands on me, turning hostile faster than flipping a book? I, your father, will remember this grudge, and there will be a day when I will settle this debt. "

He pondered for a while and said, "I feel that this matter isn't that simple. Rather than say that this group of ninjas came to find trouble with me, I feel that they came to find trouble with Yepingtai, because after I was injured, only a masked female ninja was fighting with me. The remaining ten over ninjas all surrounded and attacked Yepingtai."

"Is the Japanese biting off more than she can chew? "We don't need to care about them. Let them kill each other …" Xiao Letian did not care about Yepingtai's life or death. Although he had a good impression of this young swordsman, it was only a good impression.

But Xiang Shaolong did not think so. He earnestly requested for Xiao Letian to send people to search for him. In the end, Xiao Letian was unable to control him, so he could only let Sima Yun and Xiao Hexin lead more than twenty guards to search, but unfortunately, they could not find Yepingtai and the rest even after half a night.

The sky gradually brightened, and Naha Harbor gradually recovered his popularity. Xiang Shaolong knew that in the middle of the day, the Ninjas would restrain themselves a little. If nothing happened to Yepingtai, then it should be very safe. The Dragon Lord knew that Xiao Letian was going to meet with Ryukyu King Shang Tai in secret today. This kind of dangerous mission couldn't be done without the protection of the Dragon Lord.

"Dragon Lord, your leg is injured. You should rest in your room to recuperate." Xiao Letian didn't want Xiang Shaolong to follow him no matter what, but he didn't expect that when the temper of the Dragon Lord came up, no one would be able to stop him. " "Isn't it just a few holes in my leg? It's not like it's a fatal injury. Even if I don't use my two legs, I can protect you with my concealed weapons …"

With that, Xiang Shaolong forced his injured leg into his shoes and jumped off the bed, walking a few rounds around the house. He didn't know how he managed to endure it, but he didn't seem to be injured at all. Xiao Letian let out a long sigh, and said while nodding his head, "It's all my fault. How could I forget about this?

At that moment Mike suddenly said, "That ba has boots, and it's an American one!" He saw that Xiao Letian was a little confused and quickly explained, "The civil war in the United States just ended. A large amount of military goods lost the market, and many companies had a lot of equipment accumulated. Do you think the Americans would ship Spencer to Asia to sell it? "This is just a test of luck …"

"There is an arms dealer who came to Asia from the United States to try her luck on the ship that Na Ba is riding. However, his main target is auxiliary military goods, not musket cannons. He is almost out of money to eat right now, so as long as we give him a price, she will definitely buy quite a lot of military goods …"

Xiao Letian's eyes lit up, his mind immediately recalling the classic American civil war scenes. Rows upon rows of neat and tidy lines, the soldiers were all dressed in clean tweed uniforms, capes, calfskin belts, with high boots beneath their feet, and the officers were even wearing military boot s that went past their knees.

There were ammunition, first aid supplies, field rations, and even a sturdy and warm blanket. It was not a decoration to wear a big hat on top of his head. In the torrential rain, the cap would block the rain from falling into his eyes to protect his vision.

War had never been won by relying solely on guns, and overall combat power was manifested in every detail.

"Good, good, good. Mike, bring some deposit and see how much he has. It's best if you arm our group first. Tell him that as long as the price is reasonable, I'll eat as much military goods as he has …"

After the mission was arranged for Mike, Xiao Letian and the rest finally started their journey. The time they had set up with Ryukyu King Shang Tai was very short, so they could only take advantage of the time that the royal family had spent to go on a tour to secretly hold the meeting. In order to complete the meeting, had already done too much preparations.

This meeting had to succeed, if they failed, then the last batch of pro-Chinese school s in the hall would all be exposed, Shimadzu Family would definitely not allow this kind of situation to exist, and would kill them one by one by assassinations.

On the observation platform outside the Shouli City, in a clearing near the cliff, the temporarily set up tatami s were the venue for this picnic. From 9 in the morning, the monarchs would gather here to recite poems and watch the beautiful scenery of the distant Naha Harbor and the Pacific Ocean.

Two hours later, the banquet officially began, and the monarchs drank and enjoyed themselves until the afternoon. During this period, only Ryukyu King Shang Tai would go out of her way to meet him in private, which was when she needed to go to the toilet. The pro-Chinese school had already made arrangements. At noon, when everyone was in high spirits, the pro-Chinese school would hold back the pro-Japanese faction, allowing to leave the banquet alone.

The location of the secret meeting was in the nearest row of warehouses from Shouli City. This was the property of the imperial guards' great general, Cai Mao, who was an iron rod from the pro-Chinese school.

The salty sea breeze blew across everyone's faces, making them extremely refreshed. Shang Tai was just 22 years old, and was in high spirits, so he did not have much time to think. At the banquet, he would smile from time to time, which made him look extremely weird.

"Your Majesty seems to be in a good mood today. This subject invites you to drink to your heart's content …" The one who spoke was the Minister of Rites, Jin Changsen. He was recognized as a good person in the imperial court and had never participated in the internal strife of the various sects.

didn't care about the expression and gesture of the Minister of Revenue, Lin Yuanmiao. He raised his wine cup and laughed, "Such a beautiful scene and wine, how can you not drink this cup?

The Ryukyu Kingdom inherited the political system of the Ming Dynasty. Although the Six Division and Nine Sisters all had it, it was a small kingdom after all. There were only about ten or so powerful officials in the imperial court. The hukou, ceremonial, and official departments were all relatively important departments, while the work department and the military departments were much weaker.

One of the ministers in charge of the entire banquet was the great general of the imperial guards, Cai Mao, and he was in charge of the few military forces of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The second was the Minister of Revenue, Lin Yuanmiao. A Minister in charge of money was always very important. The third heavyweight was the Minister of Rites, Jin Changsen.

For a country like the Ryukyu Kingdom that relied heavily on the Ocean trade, diplomacy was one of the most important work of the imperial government. And the Ministry of Rites had always been in charge of diplomacy.

In comparison, the work department, the Military Department, the Department of Public Affairs and so on were all so weak that they could be disregarded.

Jin Changsen looked at the excited in confusion, his heart was beating at the low level of nineties. He couldn't figure out the situation no matter how he tried to guess. Not long later, one of the pro-Japanese officials used the excuse of peeing to get out and leak the news, but they never would have thought that the area around the observation deck was already surrounded by Cai Mao's soldiers.

These soldiers courteously led their ministers out to pay their respects. Moreover, they were standing guard on the side, so it was impossible for them to leave.

At this point, all the Japanese officials panicked. They finally understood that there was definitely something wrong with the banquet.