After saying that, Datou and others all turned around and looked around. They had fought fiercely with the Japanese pirates before, but the legendary ugly cow of the Earthly Branch did not show up.

"The Earthly Branches are not ghosts and ghosts. You can't see them even if you wear the Blood Spirit Bead." He said casually.

"Your Majesty, why don't we split up and look for him?" Datou asked.

"Don't worry, let me think about it." He waved his hand. This abandoned ancient city is not just a small area like the square. The mountain peak where everyone is currently located can be seen everywhere with ruins. This shows that this was a very large city back then.

's city.

Datou knew that he was worried about their safety, so he said, "Your Majesty, it's okay. If it was really hiding in the dark, it must have seen us killing the Japanese pirates. Even a fool should know that we are here to protect it."

"

"Are you sure it knows that the Japanese pirates are here to harm it?" he asked casually.

"It should know, right?" Big Head said casually.

"That's not necessarily true. After all, the Japanese pirates didn't take action immediately after they arrived here." He walked to the bonfire and sat down on a piece of bluestone. "Can you tell me why the ugly cow hasn't shown up yet?"

Previously, the Japanese pirates had moved a lot of square bluestones and placed them next to the bonfire in order to make it easier to warm up the fire. Now that the Japanese pirates were dead, Datou and others occupied the place and sat around the fire.

Datou was the first to speak, "The situation is unclear at the moment, and there is no distinction between ourselves and the enemy. Does it want to see the situation before talking about it?"

"It is indeed possible," he nodded. "Since this group of Japanese pirates blatantly lit a fire in the mountains, it means that they have no intention of hiding their whereabouts. If they do not hide their whereabouts, they are not afraid that the ugly cow will attack them. As for why the Japanese pirates are not afraid of the ugly cow's sneak attack? This

There are many possibilities, one of which is that they think Ugly Cow hasn’t figured out the situation yet and won’t attack them for the time being.”

"There is another possibility that the location where they lit the fire is beyond the activity range of the earthly branches." Shi Xuanming said.

"This is also possible," he nodded, "on such a small map, no matter how accurate the markings are, it is normal for the accuracy to be different than dozens of miles for a certain mountain, river, and river."

After saying that, Yang Kai answered, "The Japanese pirates we killed from Shenzhou made an agreement with the Japanese pirates here to arrive here before the third watch. Since we have agreed on a time, it means that the Japanese pirates have some understanding of Chou Niu, at least they know what time it is.

It is the weakest."

Yang Kai paused briefly when he said this, and waited for everyone to nod one after another before continuing, "The female Japanese pirate pretending to be Yu Yi was originally traveling with the Japanese pirates here. After arriving here, the female Japanese pirate went back to call people and lead them

Here comes a weapon that can harm the Earthly Branches. You must know that the Japanese pirates’ base camp is in the Jianghuai area.

It takes a long time to go back and forth. If they are not very sure that the weapon can hurt the Earthly Branches, they will not go back and forth in a laborious and time-consuming manner."

"You mean they saw the Earthly Branches after they came here and had a more detailed understanding of them?" Yu Yi asked.

"Yes, that's what I mean," Yang Kai nodded, "They must have known that the Earthly Branch here was the Chou Ox before they came here, and they must have made some preparations before leaving, but when they came here, they found that the situation of the Chou Ox was a bit unexpected.

They were not expecting it, and their previous preparations were not sufficient, so they temporarily sent people back to find someone to impersonate us and bring the weapon."

"It makes sense." He nodded. In fact, each of the five people on our side has the ability to think independently and make calm judgments. If you pick any one of them, he can stand alone. The reason why we sit around and talk is not to brainstorm when we have nothing to do, but to fill in the gaps.

, sort out your thoughts.

"What I mean is that we don't need to search around. Let's rest for a night before making any calculations," Yang Kai said. "Since the two groups of Japanese pirates agreed to meet here before the third watch, they naturally wanted to do it tonight. It can be seen from this that today

Sometime later is when the ugly cow is at its weakest. It is not wise to approach it rashly when it is at its weakest. Approaching it at this time will make it suspicious of our motives for approaching it, and it is likely to be hiding at this time. Instead of

It’s better to just sleep one night after the time-consuming and laborious search. After tonight, we can try to contact it again after it regains its strength. By then, it will naturally know that we have no ill intentions, and we will not have to waste our words on it.

It’s an expression of goodwill.”

"That's it. We're not going anywhere tonight. We'll just rest in the cave at the back." The decision was made, and the whistle was sent out to summon the black master at the bottom of the mountain.

Miss Bai has been hovering nearby, and she is sure that everyone will stay here tonight, so Datou calls out to summon them.

"Let your birds take the corpses of these Japanese pirates elsewhere." Shi Xuanming said.

Datou was not happy with Shi Xuanming calling his golden eagle a bird, "It's still too young to handle, so let your donkey handle it."

"Nothing is difficult in the world, only those who are willing to do so," Shi Xuanming explained helplessly, "These people were all killed by us. If we meet a careful opponent, we can judge our habit of attacking by observing the wounds on the corpse."

To make sure everything is safe, it’s better to throw it somewhere else.”

Although he knew that what Shi Xuanming said was indeed true, Datou still kept talking, "We have killed many people, not just these few."

We killed six to seven hundred people in Qilin Town, and we didn't see any Japanese pirates figure out our moves."

Seeing Da Tou's mess, Shi Xuanming became a little anxious, "How can this be the same? Qilin Town is just a mob, but these are masters who can fight us head-on. The wounds on their bodies..."

Before Shi Xuanming could finish speaking, he waved his hand and interrupted him, "It's cold here at night, so go find some dry firewood. Datou, let Miss Bai move these corpses away."

After giving orders, Young Master Hei also ran up from the mountain with three sweaty horses, and together with Yang Kai and Yu Yi, they took off the bedding from the horses and moved them into the stone room to the north.

The beddings of Mitsubishi Mori and others were still in the stone room. They hated the Japanese pirates and took out their beddings and threw them into the fire.

When he was moving the Japanese pirate's bedding, he found a thick little book. He was the only one in his party who knew Japanese. He flipped through it and found it was a diary. Worried that there were valuable clues in it, he didn't burn it, but just put it away.

Arrived aside.

Since they had eaten at the inn before setting off, everyone was not very hungry at this time. After the water was heated, they each drank some. Then they piled a lot of firewood on the bonfire and went into the stone room to lie down and rest.

There was no one keeping vigil at night. Everyone's horses were outside. If there was any unexpected situation, they would sound the alarm.

Although Shi Xuanming and Yu Yi could not help but eat meat and kill decisively, they never wavered in their devotion to the Buddha. Whenever possible, they would meditate and recite sutras, but they only recited silently and did not make a sound. .??.

Datou and Yang Kai fell asleep quickly after lying down. The four of them had rushed from Hanzhong to Shenzhou and were all very tired after running around for days.

The place where the bedding is placed is located in the northwest corner, far away from the four people. The main reason why the bedding is placed here is to clearly see the situation outside the stone room. In addition, it is also to prevent Datou and others from discovering abnormalities, even though they are covered with quilts. , but Zhang Mo’s unique orchid fragrance still lingers on the bedding.

After lying down, he picked up the diary and started to read it. This diary originally belonged to the female Japanese pirate who used the double sword. The diary was written four years ago. Although it was written in Japanese, it was about the Tang Dynasty. It turned out that This person was also the envoy sent by Japan to the Tang Dynasty.

Although the diary was written four years ago, this person has been in Middle-earth for more than four years. He does not write every day. Will feel emotional.

I had taken a nap during the day, and I wasn't very sleepy at this time.

He casually flipped through the diary. He was not interested in the privacy of this female Japanese pirate, but was curious about how the envoy to the Tang Dynasty viewed the Tang Dynasty.

The things recorded in the diary are very complicated. There are two main things that are often mentioned. One is the person's various experiences and feelings in the Tang Dynasty, and the other is the longing for his sweetheart Taro Miyamoto. The Japanese are people from Qin that Xu Fu brought there. There is no doubt that he is a mixed-race descendant of the Japanese aboriginal people. People in China often use the term "Bo Zhong Shu Ji" to represent several sons in the family. The Japanese also have this habit, but they use the comparisons of Taro, Erlang, Sanlang, and Shiro. A plain name.

In fact, during the Qin Dynasty, people also called the eldest son Dalang. However, the Japanese words Tailang and Dalang actually mean the same thing. Even the pronunciation of these two words is the same, and they are both pronounced "dai."

Four years ago was the period of Huang Chao's rebellion. At first, this female Japanese pirate expressed her worries about the war in the Tang Dynasty in her diary. It was obvious that she still had deep feelings for the Tang Dynasty. The Tang court would give them some money to subsidize their lives. However, in the later period, the female Japanese pirate's attitude towards the Tang Dynasty changed subtly, gradually turning from worry to indifference. The reason for this change was that she had a man named Juzi. A good friend of hers told her some truths. The general idea was that the reason why the Tang Dynasty accepted the Japanese envoys to the Tang Dynasty was not out of justice and kindness, but to instill in the envoys to the Tang Dynasty the idea of ​​slavery that the Tang Dynasty was the king and Japan was the minister, and through them, this idea was transferred to them. This idea was brought back to Japan to enslave Japan forever.

In the end, the female Japanese pirate's thoughts became more and more extreme. She changed her previous attitude of gratitude and began to hate the Tang Dynasty. The most ridiculous thing was that the female Japanese pirate even listed many so-called facts to prove that her mentality had not changed. , but Datang had no good intentions from the beginning.

The experience of the Japanese named Taro Miyamoto was the same as that of the Tang Dynasty. At first, the female Japanese pirate often mentioned in her diary how affectionate Miyamoto Taro was and how good he was to her, but later her good friend Juzi introduced him to her.

A Japanese ronin named Tomoda. After Tomoda appeared, the female Japanese pirate mentioned Taro Miyamoto less and less in her diary. Eventually, she gradually fell in love with him and missed Tomoda instead. There were more and more records in her diary.

Tomoda's various words and deeds that moved her, as well as all the incompetence of Miyamoto Taro compared to Tomoda.

The more I watched, the angrier I became. This female Japanese pirate was ungrateful and could only drift away from her. The most hateful thing was that she actually found many excuses and reasons for her ingratitude and drifting away from her.
Chapter completed!