Chapter 141: Mission to Japan (VI)

Kikuchi's appearance was beyond Li Weizheng's expectations. He did not expect that this old opponent in Guangdong would be Kenji Kondo, and she should be in Nagato, so why did she come to Osaka? Just when the Ming Dynasty military supplies were delivered to the Southern Dynasties, the subtleties of this are quite interesting.

Li Weizheng's surprise ended in an instant. He immediately stood up and bowed and smiled, "Where will we meet in life? I can see Miss Kikuchi again in Japan. The joy in my heart is hard to express."

"It's Miss Fengya!" Kikuchi Fengya interrupted him in a coquettish tone.

She poured a glass of wine, walked slowly to Li Wei, looked at him affectionately and said, "When you were in Guangzhou, you refused to drink my wine. You said that I was blinded by a leaf and could not see the forest. On the island of the South China Sea, thanks to Li Qianhu's decisiveness, I finally chose another way. It should be said that Li Qianhu is a guiding light in my life. This glass of wine is my wish. I hope you can drink it in Japan."

He chose to come to Li Weizheng again. In Kikuchi's elegant and ladylike outfit, gentle eyes and affectionate words, everyone hoped that Li Weizheng would drink this glass of gratitude to live up to the beauty's wishes. However, Li Weizheng's heart understood more than anyone else how he made a guiding light for Kikuchi Fengya. Maybe she really changed her destiny because of herself, but this destiny was not changed because of grace, but because of hatred. Li Weizheng knew very well how much hatred contained in this cup of wine. He pondered slightly and smiled at Kenji Kondo and said, "Mr. Kondo thought I should drink this glass of wine?"

Although Kenji Kondo couldn't understand what Kikuchi Fenga said to Li Weizheng, he knew that his adopted daughter never drank a pot of wine with a man, unless she loved this man deeply or wanted to kill this man, Li Weizheng obviously did not belong to the former. Although he could not be sure whether Kikuchi Fenga's cup was poisonous, Kenji Kondo suddenly became alert. He immediately stood up and said sternly to Fukuchi Fenga Kikuchi: "Fengya, this is not a place for you to get up. If you don't respect my guests, you go out."

Kikuchi Fengma has been adopted by Kenji Kondo since she was a child. Although she was unruly, in front of Kenji Kondo who was as strict as her father, she had to take back her wine glass and glanced at Li Weizheng and sneered: "I thought Li Qianhu was a man and dared to come to Kondo's house alone to attend the banquet. I didn't expect that he was also a coward at the critical moment, which made me disappointed again and again."

She raised her glass high and drank the wine in front of everyone, looking disdainful at Li Weizheng.

Li Weizheng smiled indifferently, waved his hand and said, "Miss Fengya, please sit down!"

Kikuchi Fengma suddenly smiled charmingly and sat down close to Li Weimai Yingying. Zhou Ming next to Li Weimai quickly gave up her position. She bowed slightly to Zhou Ming to express her gratitude, and continued to say to Li Weimai: "I will answer the question Li Qiango just now. Since Emperor Go Daigo retreated to Nara with the four major artifacts symbolizing the emperor, Japan has formed a confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, but most of Japan's territory is under the control of the Northern Dynasties. The Southern Dynasties only had a small piece of land south. However, last autumn, Prince Ryoseki defeated Ashikaga Yoshiman, causing the Northern Dynasties to fall into civil strife, and the Southern Dynasties got

In order to develop, in January this year, the Southern Dynasties army landed on Awaji Island and captured the Shikoku area, but compared with the Northern Dynasties, the power is still weak. Now most of the Honshu in Japan is controlled by the Northern Dynasties. The Four Dynasties are the territory of the Southern Dynasties, and only Hokkaido and Kyushu are still able to develop. It is undeniable that if the Southern Dynasties want to compete with the Northern Dynasties, they can only take these two places. Hokkaido is a bitter and cold place with a sparse population and little value, so the Southern Dynasties' focus is also placed on Kyushu, but you must transport troops by sea to Kyushu. This is the fundamental reason why the Kondo family is valued by the Southern Dynasties. It's a pity..."

Speaking of this, Kikuchi Fengma shook his head gently and stopped talking. Li Weizheng smiled and said, "It's a pity that I killed Eiyoshi Ouchi and Kenhei Ouchi, cleared the obstacles for Hirohiro Ouchi to advance to Kyushu. He began to march towards Kyushu, thus disrupting the situation in Kyushu. Is that true?"

A bright color flashed in Kikuchi Fenga's eyes. She nodded with appreciation and said with a smile: "Do you know? In fact, the real reason why Prince Ryoseki wants to meet you in person is that he hopes you can kill Yoshihiro Ouchi for them. It is said that Emperor Kameyama will also meet you for this."

Li Weizheng looked at her deeply, smiled faintly and said, "Don't Fengya want it?"

Kikuchi Fengya's face changed and suddenly coughed violently to cover up her guilt. She stretched out her slender fingers and touched Zhou Ming's leg quietly. She pinched her gently, meaning that he would not translate Li Weizheng's words. Zhou Ming was pinched by her and her whole body trembled, and his heart was pounding. He swallowed the words he was about to translate, laughed dryly, and said to the Kondo family who was puzzled in Japanese: "My master praised Miss Kikuchi for not only being beautiful and gentle, but also having outstanding knowledge, and even my master was moved."

Everyone clapped and laughed together. Amid the laughter, Kikuchi Fengya showed shyness on her face, but her eyes secretly glanced at Zhou Ming, with some thought in her eyes.

Li Weizheng's face was as calm as an ancient well, and he thought his last words should not cause such a burst of laughter...

The dinner at Kondo's family lasted for an hour. Although Kondo repeatedly tried to keep Li Weizheng and took out three youngest and beautiful maids to accompany him, Li Weizheng politely declined. Kikuchi Fengya kept sending Li Weizheng out of the door. She lowered her head gently, as if she was as shy as a lotus in the cool breeze.

"Sir Chiho, Feng Ya is going to Nara tomorrow, I hope to see you again."

Li Weizheng also smiled slightly and said, "I also hope to meet you in Nara, but I don't want to see you again in Daming. Does Fengya understand what I mean?"

Kikuchi Fengya stared at him and said word by word: "Mr. Qianhu, Fengya has tasted the deliciousness of sharks, how could she still take the grass carp in the river in the eyes?"

Li Wei was raising his head and smiling, "Okay, see you Nara!"

As soon as he pulled the war horse, a large group of cavalry surrounded him and drove towards the dock. Zhou Ming walked at the end. He had been secretly looking at the outstanding Kikuchi Fengya. Kikuchi Fengya's eyes turned and gave him a charming smile. Zhou Ming was drunk and reluctantly urged the horse to leave.

Just as dawn the next day, Prince Ryoseki's special envoy Hosokawa and Okama arrived at the dock on time, waiting for Li Weizheng to go to Nara together. Li Weizheng arranged military ships and cargo ships, and ordered Lai Yongguo to be fully responsible. He took Lu Siyuan and Zhou Ming's two aides, as well as Yang Fan, and others from Qiangu. Considering the importance of translation, he brought Li Yaoji, who had been renamed.

It is not far from Osaka to Nara, only fifty miles away. Hosokawa and Oka, and others were walking in front. Li Wei and his subordinates were walking along the rugged path under the tight escort of 500 soldiers. It was mid-spring. The road was full of green and dense trees, with large rice fields everywhere, all of which had been planted with seedlings. The paddy fields were like mirrors. There were big trees dozens of feet high everywhere, supporting the sky like giant umbrellas. Just under these big trees like sacred trees, it concealed villages, like a quiet and beautiful picture.

Li Wei was riding on a horse and looking at Japan six hundred years ago with interest. In his previous life, he had an accidental opportunity to visit Japan Akita Prefecture, which is one of the most backward and poorest prefectures in Japan, but it almost retains the oldest natural state of Japan, which is no different from Osaka six hundred years ago. Although he did not have a slight affection for Japan, he had to admit that the Japanese were far better than the later China in protecting their environment. This sense of protection comes from a sense of crisis that exists at all times, a sense of awe of nature, and a cherishment of tradition. Unfortunately, descendants of later generations almost threw away all their ancestors' things.

Li Weizheng's thoughts flew to the distant future. Zhou Ming, who was riding a horse in front, slowed down his horse speed intentionally or unintentionally and walked with Li Weizheng. He smiled respectfully and said, "Sir, how is Japan's landscapes compared to the Ming Dynasty?"

Li Weizheng smiled faintly and said, "My Ming Dynasty has thousands of miles of territory, including the mighty Mount Tai, the danger of Mount Hua, the wonder of Mount Huang, the broad mind of the Yangtze River, and the long history of the Yellow River. How could Japan, a palm-sized person, compare with it?"

Zhou Ming was a little embarrassed. He hesitated and pretended to be nothing, and asked, "I saw that Miss Kikuchi last night. She spoke Chinese so well. At first I thought she was a Han Chinese!"

Li Weizheng smiled and did not answer him. Zhou Ming secretly glanced at Li Weizheng's face and asked unwillingly: "Sir, it seems that she is very familiar with her?"

Li Wei glanced at him and said earnestly: "I used to work in the Jinyiwei, specializing in dealing with various demons and monsters. This Kikuchi Fengya is one of them. I haven't killed her twice, so of course I'm very familiar with her."

"No way! Miss Kikuchi is so gentle and charming, how could she be a demon?" Zhou Ming shook his head with a smile, obviously not very convinced by Li Weizheng's words.

Li Wei was smiling coldly and warned him implicitly: "Zhou Ming, I am a very easy-going person and easy to get along with. For example, when I put a prostitute on the boat last night, I know the suffering of my brothers, but I also have a bottom line. It is easy to say if I don't cross my bottom line, but if I cross this line, I will find the other side of me, nicknamed 'Li Bopi'."

Zhou Ming blushed and quickly whispered: "I don't dare. I am just curious about Miss Kikuchi's proficiency in Chinese, and I have no other intentions."

"It's good that there is no other meaning." Li Weizheng's tone calmed down again. He smiled gently: "This time we came to Japan to carry out the emperor's orders, but we should know why the emperor sold weapons to the Southern Dynasties? In fact, I hope that there will be no unified strong neighbor around the Ming Dynasty, but that they will continue to be internally fussed with each other forever. So I need to understand the situation in Japan and know what changes will be brought to the situation in Japan after selling weapons. This is why I went to Kondo's house to attend a banquet last night. It is not so easy to explore the way to meet Prince Ryoseki in Nara today.

Zhou Ming was amazed, "My destiny has made great contributions to his subordinates, so his subordinates will take their leave first."

Zhou Ming speeded up his horse and went to the front again. Li Wei was looking at his back and shook his head gently. He turned around and said a few words to a personal soldier. The personal soldier immediately went down. After a moment, Lu Siyuan hurried over.

"What's the matter with me, sir?"

"I'll give you a task." Li Wei glanced at Zhou Ming's back and told Lu Siyuan: "After arriving in Nara, you must follow Zhou Ming at all times and don't give him a chance to be alone."

"Why?" Lu Siyuan was stunned.

"It's nothing, I have to be careful with a knife on the head of the word "Se"."

In the afternoon, the group finally arrived at Nara. Nara is the ancient capital of Japan, built to imitate the Chang'an City of Tang. The legacy of the Tang Dynasty can be seen everywhere here. The roads are straight and wide, with square squares and green trees on both sides. Especially in the architecture, the style of the Tang Dynasty was almost completely preserved. Whether in the temple or the official office, there were buildings that supported the roof with complex large brackets and columns and beams. The tone was simple and solemn. Although the buildings of the Ming Dynasty were still white marble bases, red walls and green tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, the brackets were already very small and lost the function of the building and were just a decoration. Especially after the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Han civilization gradually declined, which was manifested in the decline and dilapidation of the buildings, and there was no magnificent spirit of the Han and Tang dynasties.

Li Weizheng and his party were placed in Yingbin Post in the Ministry of Justice. This is a complex of more than twenty houses. Next to it is the famous Tang Zhaoti Temple. It was designed and built by Jianzhen, who traveled to Japan during the Kaiyuan period. From the Yingbin Post, you can clearly see the magnificent roof of the most famous building in the Tang Zhaoti Temple, the most famous building in the Tang Zhaoti Temple.

As soon as Li Weizheng arrived at the inn, the Daisuke Officer of the Ministry of Justice came to invite him. Emperor Kameyama and Prince Ryoseki had been waiting for him for a long time and asked him to meet him.

Although he was not the envoy formally appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang, he was the supreme commander of the fleet. To some extent, he represented the Ming Dynasty. Li Weizheng did not dress up casually, but changed into a regular military uniform. After packing up, he followed the Dajiao to the palace. He did not take Zhou Ming. The Japanese officials told him that the translation had been prepared and only asked the commander to go alone.

It was not far from Yingbin Station to the palace, and it took a quarter of an hour to arrive in a carriage. Since Nara was occupied by Ashikaga Yoshiman last autumn, the Emperor Kameyama fled in a hurry. The Elders' House, including the palace guards, and many officials surrendered to the Northern Dynasties. The palace in the Southern Dynasties seemed very deserted and insufficient staff. Most of the palace was closed, using only a garden in the southeast corner.

It was from the side door that Li Wei entered the garden. Two elderly servants wearing tall hats and straight white robes respectfully led the way forward. After walking through a stone bridge, he came to a wooden building surrounded by dozens of green willows. The building was very exquisite and elegant, and a corridor behind the house connected more than a dozen rooms.

Li Wei was waiting outside the house for a while, suddenly a burst of rapid footsteps came, and two people appeared in front of him. Li Wei was first seen at first sight. Master Mingru, the master of the Honan Temple who went to the dock to greet him yesterday. It turned out that the translation was him. In front of him was a man about fifty years old. He was of medium figure, wearing a gray kimono, a black crown, and a piece of long jade jade in his hand. His nose was very long, his lips were thin and angular, his nose was high and straight, and his eyebrows were extremely thick, just like two brushes. A pair of slender eyes were always squinted, but his eyes were filled with a terrifying light, which made people dare not look directly at him. He was Prince Liangcheng, the minister of Taizheng, who held the real power of the Southern Dynasty, and was also the nephew of Emperor Guishan.

But Prince Liangcheng smiled sincerely and kindly at this time, stepped forward and bowed to Li Weizheng and said, "I am Prince Liangcheng, welcome Commander Li to Japan."

Master Mingru translated with a smile, and Li Weizheng also bowed and returned the courtesy: "Li Weizheng was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to transport supplies to Japan. Although the road was overwhelming, he was fortunately not humiliating his fate."

Prince Liangcheng laughed and stepped forward to take Li Weizheng's hand and said, "The Ming Dynasty's weapons are like the dew of spring rain. I have been eager for a long time. It was finally delivered at the most critical moment. This is a major event that will make our court celebrate. Even His Majesty, who is sick, wants to meet you. This shows our sincerity for the Ming Dynasty. Please ask Commander Li to return to the court and convey it to His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty."

Li Weizheng nodded slightly and smiled: "I will definitely convey the sincerity of the Southern Dynasty."

"His Majesty the Emperor has been waiting for General Li for a long time, please follow me!"

Prince Liangcheng was like a reunion of old friends who had been separated for many years. He was extremely intimate with Li Wei. He took Li Weizheng's hand and walked into the house with a smile. Surprisingly, the house was decorated very simply. The floor was covered with tatami straw mats, and there was no furniture. There was only a picture of the flying birds and snow mountain hanging beside the window, which was the only decoration. There were three people in the room, two servants knelt on the side, and in the middle was a very thin old man, about seventy years old, and his body was as small as a child. Although he was sick, his smile was very kind. He was the Emperor of Guishan in the Southern Dynasty.

Prince Liangcheng stepped forward and knelt down and said, "His Majesty the Emperor, Commander Li of the Ming Dynasty is here."

Emperor Guishan’s voice was very thin and light, and he needed to concentrate his attention to hear it. “You are the minister of the Celestial Empire, representing the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. It must be difficult to kneel down to me, so don’t force it. General Li, please sit down!”

Seeing that he was understanding, Li Wei couldn't help but feel a little fond of him. He bowed and said, "I am the commander of Weihai Guard. He escorted the cargo ship to Japan. In fact, he was not the envoy of the Ming Emperor."

This is where Li Weizheng needs to be cleared. The envoy represents diplomacy between the two countries, which is of great significance. Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him a feud, so he could not misunderstand the Southern Dynasties of Japan. Master Mingru translated in the emperor's ear. Emperor Guishan nodded and said softly: "I received you as a thank you for General Li's hard escort, and also respect for the Ming Dynasty. However, I am old and have no energy to ask about military and national affairs. You can discuss specific matters with Prince Liangcheng!"

He said a little too much. Emperor Guishan coughed and almost couldn't breathe. After a long time, he waved his hand and gasped and said, "I'm sorry, General Li, I'm going to rest."

The two attendants stepped forward, helped the Emperor up and slowly retreated. Prince Liangcheng quickly knelt down and said, "I respectfully send you to the Emperor."

Li Weizheng also bowed and sent the Japanese Emperor down. When Emperor Kameyama went down, the three people in the room sat down again, and the atmosphere became lighter. Prince Liangcheng took out a book from his arms and smiled and said, "Although I have talked to the envoy sent by the general, I still need to personally confirm the quantity and price of military goods with General Li. This time, the Ming Dynasty sold us armor in total..."
Chapter completed!