"Aiya, although this person is just a warrior, his looks and aura are extraordinary. If he were to appear at the banquet, I would think that he is a young official."
"Such a person must be an intelligent person. I am not sure how to deal with him." The Prince tapped his fan on his palm, revealing a troubled expression.
Just because he looks extraordinary, does that mean he is intelligent?
If Pei Zi Yun had heard this, he would have been speechless. However, the Right Commandant was not happy with the Prince's compliment. His impression of this young man had worsened significantly.
"But we cannot let this young man get close to His Highness." The Right Commandant pondered for a moment before suggesting, "Why don't we send someone to threaten him and chase him out of the Peace Capital? If he is not here, even if he is intelligent, he will not be able to obtain any useful information."
"That's what I was thinking, but who should we send?"
"Why don't we send Haruno Teng? He is quick-witted and should be able to adapt to the situation."
The Prince looked at one of the guards not far away and nodded, "Him. Let him come over, I still need to give him some instructions."
Although the Right Commandant felt that the Prince was overly concerned about Yamada Shinichi, he thought that although Yamada Shinichi was just a young master of a small clan, he had the backing of Tachibana Daozhen. It was understandable that the Prince was worried that Yamada Shinichi would spread the news to Tachibana Daozhen.
"Ai! Haruno-kun! " The Right Commandant walked over and called out to the young warrior. "The Prince has a mission for you. This is a chance for you to show off your abilities. Hurry up and follow me!"
"Yes, Right Commandant!" Haruno Teng replied respectfully. Suppressing the excitement in his heart, he followed the Prince to the ox-cart.
"Haruno, I have something for you to do. This matter concerns my reputation, as well as my relationship with Tachibana Daozhen. Hence, do not be rash and act according to the situation. All you need to do is to chase Yamada Shinichi out of the Peace Capital. Do you understand?" The Prince said.
Haruno Teng immediately replied respectfully, "I understand. Rest assured, Prince. I will definitely get that Yamada Shinichi out of the Peace Capital. I will not let him feel that he has been neglected and spread the news. I will not allow him to continue staying in the Peace Capital."
He emphasized the word 'invite'.
Sure enough, the honorable prince was very satisfied with his understanding. "Very well, that's it. Go and find Yamada. I heard that he's at the Asaoka Hotel."
"Yes!" Haruto bowed deeply and didn't follow. He watched as the prince's ox cart left.
Ever since the collapse of the Bantou system, the "Three Generations in One" had been changed to "Eternal Life". Local families that owned land had all "sent" their land to the local or central dignitaries and paid a certain amount of annual tribute every year.
As a result, the Fujiwara family's power swelled. Fujiwara Daoist alone had an income of 70,000 stones, which was twice as much as the Mikado (37,000 stones).
However, Fujiwara was only the most powerful representative. As a prince, there were also some families that had pledged their allegiance to him. The Haruno Family was one of them. Not only did Haruno Tendo himself come, but several low-ranked samurai also came with him.
A low-ranked warrior saw Haruno Tendo standing there with a pensive look on his face, so he came over and asked, "Young master, what is it that the prince wants you to do? Is it difficult? Why do you look so troubled? "
Haruno Tendo sighed. "It's indeed difficult. The prince wants me to find Yamada Shinichi and drive him out of Heian City immediately. However, I don't want him to bear a grudge against me, so I agreed to it in front of the prince. After all, the prince has asked me to do this, which means that he trusts me. But now, I'm worried that I can't do it well and make the prince unhappy."
"What's so difficult about it?" The low-ranked samurai said.
Haruno Tendo immediately looked at him. "Oh, what's your plan?"
"I just heard that Yamada didn't come alone. There were two accompanying samurai. However, one died on the road, and the other died in the hotel last night. Who knows if this kind of strange thing will continue? If we use this to persuade him to leave Heian City immediately, it might have a miraculous effect. "
Haruno Tendo frowned. "You reminded me. This matter is indeed a bit strange. Not to mention him, even I feel creeped out when I hear about it. "
"It's morning now. Why don't we look for Yamada immediately? If we go now, even if he has bad luck on him, it won't affect the young master." The low-ranked samurai seemed to have seen through the young master's concerns.
"Yamada must have just experienced something strange and is feeling uneasy. If we exaggerate the situation in Heian City at night, he will definitely run away in fear!"
Haruno Tendo looked at the sky. The snow had stopped, and although the sun was dim, it was still morning. He nodded. "You're right, this is the right time."
The two of them decided not to go back. Taking advantage of this time, they walked to the Asagaoka Hotel.
When Heian City was built, it was modeled after Luoyang and Chang 'an. The roads were paved with stone slabs, but now, the slabs were uneven. Although the snow had stopped, the wind was very cold, and even their lips were frozen. The two of them walked under the eaves and walls. After turning a corner, Haruno Tendo was deep in thought.
"A samurai who defected to the Tachibana family? It's very similar to my home. Maybe we can talk. "
Just as he was thinking, he saw a scarecrow. "Eh, what's this? Who abandoned it here? How rude! "
Just as he was thinking, the scarecrow laughed. Haruno Tendo felt a chill run down his spine. He wanted to scream, but couldn't open his mouth.
In the eyes of the low-ranked samurai, his young master had only stopped in his tracks.
Looking at his young master's expression, he seemed to have thought of something.
"Young master?" The low-ranked samurai called out hesitantly.
Haruno Tendo slowly turned his head around. Under the sunlight, his eyes seemed to glow red, scaring the low-ranked samurai. But when he rubbed his eyes, where was the red glow?
Young master Haruno Tendo looked at him in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
"No, nothing!" The samurai was flustered and didn't dare to speak his mind. He couldn't even remember why he had stopped in his tracks. Seeing his young master walking away, he could only suppress the uneasiness in his heart and follow him.
At this point, Pei Zi Yun had returned to the hotel. When he returned, the boss had already bought a coffin. He then asked someone to help carry Yamazaki Ichiro inside.
Since someone had died in the hotel, there was still some repercussions. Some of the guests had already checked out and left.
When Pei Zi Yun entered the hotel, he saw the bitter expression on the boss's face. He was sighing as he stood in the middle of the hall. When he saw Pei Zi Yun, he forced a smile and said, "Your excellency, everything has been done."
Pei Zi Yun looked at the coffin and sighed in his heart.
Although his identity as the Young Master of Yamada was fake, and Yamazaki Ichiro wasn't even alive, he had at least addressed him as Young Master. For him to have died so mysteriously, it was obvious that they were trying to provoke him.
'Last night, I don't believe that they didn't know my strength. Yet they only sent a few demonic spirits over. Rather than saying that they were testing me, they were trying to provoke me.'
'From the looks of it, Yamazaki Ichiro isn't in their hands. If he was, they wouldn't have used such methods.'
Pei Zi Yun could feel that the other party was trying to provoke him. He laughed coldly and said, "Boss, find a temple to store the coffin in. Wait till I'm done with what I have to do, then I'll make arrangements."
There were several temples in the Peace Capital. Pei Zi Yun planned to store Yamazaki Ichiro's corpse there.
He didn't want to trouble two people for the same matter. Hence, he decided to leave it to the boss of the hotel.
What could the boss of the hotel do?
He was already lucky that he wasn't implicated in this matter. He could only agree.
But when he thought about what happened last night, he was still afraid. He was afraid that something would happen to the Yamada family warrior in his hotel. He wanted to persuade him to leave, but didn't dare to do so. He could only remind him, "Your Excellency, do you want to change to a different hotel or a different room tonight?"
Pei Zi Yun replied plainly, "There's no need to go through so much trouble. Stay in your original room!"
Seeing that the boss wanted to say more, he reminded him, "Even if I don't stay here, the other party might still come tonight. If they attack someone in the middle of the night, someone might die."
"Ah, what should we do!" The boss of the hotel revealed a look of fear when he heard this.
If people were to die one after another in the hotel, this hotel would really have to close down.
"That's why I said that staying here is the best solution." Pei Zi Yun said as he frowned. He turned around and saw someone walking in from the door. Before he even entered, he shouted, "Yamada Shinji, is Yamada staying here?"
His tone was arrogant. Pei Zi Yun frowned and saw that the person had already entered. There were two of them. One was a young man with delicate features. However, his lips were curled up in an arrogant manner.
Looking at their attire, both of them were warriors. The one behind them was a middle-aged man with a sword in his hand.
It was obvious that they had come with ill intentions. The boss of the hotel was already feeling uneasy. When he saw this scene, his body trembled and he opened his mouth to speak.
"I am Yamada Shinji. What's the matter?" Before the boss could speak, Pei Zi Yun replied.
The young man said coldly, "I am Haruto, a warrior of the Prince. You are Yamada Shinji? Since that's the case, you should know why I'm looking for you! "
"So what if I know? So what if I don't?" The attitude of the young man made Pei Zi Yun unhappy.
Haruto snorted coldly, "If you know, you should commit suicide immediately. You know what you shouldn't know. Even if you bring the news back, it will only bring shame to your master. This is not what a warrior should do. In order to keep the secret and protect your master's dignity, as well as the reputation of his wife, you should commit suicide. Although you are seeking death, you can still spread the name of a warrior to your descendants."
Pei Zi Yun raised his eyebrows. Although he was surprised by the actions of the Prince, he could understand it.
This way of handling things was absurd to many people. However, in Japan, it made sense. To a Prince, ordering a warrior of a small family to commit suicide was indeed something he only needed to say.
However, Pei Zi Yun was not the real Yamada Shinji. Even if he was the real Yamada Shinji, he might not agree to commit suicide to protect his master's reputation.
Hence, he only laughed coldly, "What if I don't agree?"
"Then you are just a cowardly person. I will deal with you!" As he said this, Haruto pulled out his sword and slashed at the man.
When Haruto entered the room, his face was full of surprise. He did not expect his young master to suddenly change his mind and order Yamada to commit suicide.
He wanted to stop Haruto, but failed.
Then, he heard a scream of agony. When he looked over, blood rushed to his head, and his eyes turned bloodshot. It turned out that Haruno Teng had just taken a step forward when a wooden saber had chopped down from his shoulder, creating a large gash. Blood and internal organs were splattering out.
This Yamada had no qualms and was merciless.
"Young master!" The warrior shouted. Without thinking too much, he pulled out his sword and rushed forward. His face was extremely ferocious.
In the next moment, he took a wrong step and the wooden sword sank. With a 'pu' sound, it pierced through the warrior's chest. With another pull, the warrior's corpse fell to the ground.
"He, he's killed!" The shopkeeper was trembling in fear. His lips trembled, but he did not dare to run. He was afraid that if he moved, he would be killed.
Pei Zi Yun had killed two people in a row, but he did not panic. He looked at Haruto's corpse. His eyes were filled with a fire that normal people would not be able to see.
"It's a demon again. The first time, I might not have found you. The second time, I will not forgive you."
These words made the shopkeeper confused. Pei Zi Yun did not bother to explain. He really despised demons and ghosts. He did not expect that there would be such a low level demon who would offend him again and again.
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