Chapter 42 Qingxu
While Li Pan and Rama were chatting and educating, the floating vehicle slid across the field of white greenhouses and arrived at a city that looked like a landscape glass ball and was covered by a monomolecular film.
From a distance, it looks like a dewdrop dotted on the desolate land.
And among the dewdrops, there is a dreamlike future city-state with blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and green water, and spring-like weather all year round.
That is Cheongju City. In other words, Takamagahara's Titan-class colonial starship, Kiyosu.
Yes, Titan level.
The core of Qingzhou City is a huge starship in a barge, and all the facilities and factories outside the city are a complete set of docks that assist in the maintenance of Titan.
When Takamagahara was at its peak, the group owned three Titan-class Star Destroyers: Kiyosu, Gifu, and Azuchi, which served as the flagships of Takamagahara's three fully-equipped fleets.
However, during the company war, Gifu and Azuchi were shot down and the fleet was wiped out. The Kiyosu fleet had been severely damaged earlier and had to return to Hong Kong for overhaul.
Because the three Titans lost their combat effectiveness and the main force of the fleet was basically destroyed, Takamagahara had no choice but to announce his surrender and the war ended.
The Kiyosu was also refitted under the supervision of the Security Bureau. All weapon systems were dismantled, transformed into a colonial ship, and renovated into a space city. Probably the Oda family is also planning to use Kiyoshu City as a fulcrum in the future to become the capital of Japan and the night. A new economic and technological center to compete with, right?
However, as the Oda gene carriers were exterminated, the Titan actually lost its captain's authority, and no one could lift it into the air.
The most obvious evidence is that Monster Company's aerospace vessel flew into Qingzhou City without receiving any permission restrictions or no-fly zone warnings from the system.
Shiba sent two coordinates,
"One coordinate is the negotiation location proposed by the other party, and the other is the location of Kotaro's chip that I searched."
Li Pan glanced at it, and found that these two addresses were not those of the big boss directors. residence, it seems that the other party does not want to reveal his identity yet.
"I'll go meet them, and Rama will check the chip coordinates. There's no need to sneak in. Just use a crystal ball from a distance to see if Kotaro is there." "Okay,
boss."
So Rama jumped off the floating car, Li Pan took a car directly to the meeting place proposed by the other party.
This seems to be some kind of high-end club. There are no signs on the map. There are private security guards patrolling the perimeter. The security mercenary troops even have mechas. Only the identification code provided by the other party can enter the defensive circle.
Inside is a very elegant private courtyard, with mountains, rivers and lakes. It looks like a park. The plants, trees and flowers are all real and priceless. The aerial vehicle landed in the parking lot under the guidance. Li Pan took out the 'hairband' and put it in it. pocket, then get out of the car and follow the robot servant into the park.
Through the peripheral lake, the robot led him to a bamboo forest and asked him to move along the path in the forest. There should be a very powerful ECM device in the forest. Li Pan had not taken two steps when the Fuxi chip showed that the link was disconnected, temporarily losing contact with the big snake.
After walking a hundred and fifty steps along the cobblestone path in the forest, a small and gentle courtyard appeared in front of me, standing in the middle of the wide white sand.
The plaque of the small building reads "Cao'an Hall. Today's Hermitage". An old man dressed as a monk, wearing sea blue and a skullcap, was waiting in front of the hall. When he saw Li Pan coming, he bowed to him from a distance. .
Caoan...teahouse...
Li Pan remembered that Kotaro had provided information in this regard.
Mr. Oda seemed to like the tea ceremony very much. He would give everyone a bowl or basin for them to drink tea from. What is good for the superior must be the same for the inferior. The lord likes to drink soup so much. Naturally, the retainers and cadres of Gao Tianyuan also worked hard to learn to wash the dishes, and they rushed to the right place.
Of course, they don’t really have nothing to do or how elegant their tunes are. In fact, most people are just as vulgar as Li Pan. They just like to eat big chunks of meat and drink alcohol. After all, what’s so good about this tea? Is it bitter or rubbish? of.
But people don’t come to this kind of place to enjoy themselves, they mainly come to talk about business.
These tea ceremony masters are actually a kind of political brokers.
After all, politics is about social interaction, but it is actually very taboo for your retainers, civil servants and generals to visit and collude with each other. There are also various ninjas from the royal court watching secretly, as well as various electronic ghost hackers, and some political negotiations , intelligence transactions cannot be carried out in the office on the table, so there is an opportunity for the tea ceremony to appear.
By taking the opportunity to learn tea ceremony or hold tea parties, cadres in Takamagahara can conduct private connections, conspiracies and political deals. And since there was a third person, the tea ceremony master, present, no matter how much they plotted, it was impossible to discuss the topic of rebellion.
These tea ceremony political brokers could not only help the Oda family conduct surveillance, but also pass messages on their behalf, conveying the Lord's wishes to subordinates, directly controlling all levels of the family and gathering secret reports.
It can be said that tea ceremony and ninja, one light and one dark, one civility and one martial arts, a knife and a bowl of tea, are the weapons that really put Takamagahara firmly in the hands of the Oda family.
So Li Pan also knew what the other party meant by blending and blending, nodded in return, and followed the monk into the teahouse.
There are wooden floors inside, which creak when you move around, and the paper doors are so thin that you can even see the shadow of people. Obviously, this is to prevent people from eavesdropping outside.
The tea room is not big, and can be regarded as a quite private space to show the sincerity of both parties who came to negotiate. On one side of the wall, there are four words "He Jing Qing Ji" hanging, and some flower arrangements and tea sets are placed neatly. No electronic equipment of any kind.
Asking Li Pan to sit down, the monk opened the side door, revealing the person waiting on the other side of the door.
"I'd like to thank you for coming to meet me. I'm Toudouemon."
This was a big man of 1.9 meters, with bulging muscles. Li Pan could tell at a glance that the other party should also have a fourth-level military prosthetic body, and the one he handed over The name on the business card is President of Todo Construction Industry Co., Ltd.
Li Pan checked the information given by Kotaro. The upstream company of Fujitang Construction was Kinoshita Trading, and Kinoshita Trading was a trading company funded by Hashiba Group. He knew that the other party was sincere and did not go around looking for a bunch of white gloves. He took the initiative to make contact with me.
So Li Pan stopped pretending and handed over his business card.
"TheM, Li Pan. I thought there were a lot of imperial ninjas waiting for me in the room." "You are
overthinking this. This board meeting is very important. All parties have agreed in advance that their ninjas are not allowed to enter the city, so the seal is closed. The young demon master attracted attention."
Toudouemon didn't look very surprised. He leaned over and said,
"Thanks to the introduction of the demon master, I am very honored. My master has ordered that the young master be properly settled. Please don't worry if I am being disrespectful or disrespectful."
Toudouemon said as he unlocked the black box beside him and pushed it to the monk.
The monk took the box and looked at Li Pan. When Li Pan nodded, he opened the box and showed it to him. There were eight encrypted data cards in the box.
Todoemon introduced,
"I heard that some people acted daringly and damaged your company's assets. These are the compensations my lord will give to your company on behalf of Takamagahara."
Li Pan smiled,
"Your lord can now represent you ." Takamagahara?"
"Takamagahara is leaderless, which leads to petty banditry and business affairs of various companies. But now that the traitor Akechi has been killed, my lord is determined to bring order to the chaos, reshape order, and restore order in the economic circle." Toudouemon said as he spoke
. Then he took out an envelope from his arms and pushed it in front of Li Pan,
"I have prepared a small gift, please accept it. If the manager can say a few kind words for our company, he will be my lord's honored guest."
Oh, and I'm here too. Zhang Ka is quite good.
"Well, I'll think about it..."
"Boom!"
A sudden loud noise interrupted Li Pan's words.
He frowned for a moment and stared at the expressionless Toudouemon in front of him and the frowning tea ceremony master beside him, as if the other party didn't know what was going on.
However, hearing the explosion, it seemed that it was some distance away, and it was not an attack on the teahouse.
"President Toudo, what do you mean, you have offered me a toast and you want me to see what the penalty drink looks like?"
Toudouemon asked,
"You misunderstood. I heard that someone acted privately. , the traitor Tenchu who colluded with Akechi and betrayed Takamagahara will attack the main city today. However,
Caoan Hall is very safe here, so you don’t need to worry. Before the matter is over, please have tea here."
As soon as he reminded him, the monk calmed down and served tea to Li Pan amidst the explosion of "Boom! Boom!"
Hehe, it seems that someone mentioned something to the Hashiba family. Today is the 'last day', so we should hurry up, right? The Yushiba family also acted very neatly. It seems that there is no intention to delay for too long, giving representatives of Zhutian Company like Li Pan too many opportunities to choose from.
"Well, that's really good tea."
Since the other party was ready and reasonable, Li Pan didn't mean to create any complications, so he took a sip of the tea.
Seeing that he was willing to drink tea, Toudouemon looked more relaxed and said,
"The tea at Soan-tang is always good, please try it." "
Haha, it was probably the first time that Mr. Li learned the tea ceremony, so he used this lamp to change his third eye. Come on."
Seeing that the two of them had reached an agreement, the monk also introduced the tea ceremony and refreshments to Li Pan.
I have to say that this monk is worthy of being a broker. He is indeed very cultured and well-spoken. He keeps silent about the clan and rests in peace and quiet. He is the representative of the Li Qian family.
The tea ceremony and culture that Qian Jingxiu talked about, anyway, he was blowing these bowls and cups. They had historical background and were famous things given by a certain Oda. Li Pan didn't understand it, so he just remembered these tea snacks and glutinous rice. The dumplings are each named Sakura Cake, Morning Dew, and Jinyu, and each one is composed of a poem, which is arty and elegant.
Made, it's so sweet. Maybe I know that this tea is too bitter.
The fighting was still going on outside, and the fighting became more and more intense. The two of them were still drinking tea leisurely, so Li Pan had to be patient and polite to them.
Then while chewing the dumplings, Li Pan suddenly felt a little choked. He took a sip of tea and suddenly felt that the tea tasted wrong. When he lowered his head, he saw that the green tea soup turned blood red.
"Ugh——!"
"Uh, Mr. Li, are you okay?"
"Manager, what are you..."
Toudouemon and Senjingkyu looked at Li Pan and said, "Whoa——!" They spit out a big mouthful of tea soup. For a moment, I thought he had choked, but upon closer inspection, I saw that the tea soup that Li Pan spurted out actually smelled of blood!
Looking down again, the tea bowls in their hands were clearly a bowl of blood! Immediately, they were so frightened that they threw away the famous things given by a certain father-in-law in their hands!
"Na! Nani! Jingxiu! You actually poisoned me!"
"Ah! This! Buddha! This! How is this possible... vomit!"
This guy reacted first and started to vomit with his throat down. Toudouemon also quickly started to sing his voice.
"Bah! Fuck you!"
Li Pan was about to take action, but seeing that their reactions were not quite right, he suddenly had an idea and reached out to touch it. Sure enough! The 'hair tie' in the inner pocket is missing!
"Mad! You are making trouble for me at this time! It's embarrassing for me! You don't know how to behave! Get out of here!"
Li Pan was so angry that he didn't care about his dignity. He jumped up and knocked over the tea bowl and stove. I searched everywhere in the tea can and tea room, and took apart the wooden boards of the surrounding door curtains, but not even a trace of the hairband was found.
"House, layman! Your eyes! Eyes!"
Eyes?
Li Pan also felt an itch in the corners of his eyes. He rubbed it and found that a strand of hair spilled out of the corners of his eyes. At the same time, his mouth and organs also felt fluffy, as if they were blocked by hair balls.
"Woo! Woo! Ugh!"
Then Toudouemon and Senjingkyu saw Li Pan kneeling on the ground. From his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, a large number of hairs were like wireworms, drilling through The broken skin and mucous membranes gushed out, as if a large number of parasites were sprayed out of his body. And Li Pan ignored the wriggling black lines on his face, knelt on the floor, and pulled out a handful of long hair from his throat!
He grabbed the hair in his mouth and pulled hard! He actually pulled out a piece of scalp from his stomach! Smashed it onto the tatami!
Toudou and Qian Jingxu hugged each other as the little girls screamed "Eaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"Amitabha! Amitabha!"
"Ah——! Ah——! Ah——!"
"Ahem! Ouch! Made! Ahem! Knife! Give me a knife! Ahem! Ugh——!"
Qian Jingxiu hugged He lowered his head and hid behind Todo, who was still screaming, but Li Pan reminded him, and two mantis knives burst out from his arms to block him, but his feet were weak and he couldn't get up.
Li Pan didn't care so much, he rushed over to hold Todo down, took a knife from his hand, quickly unbuttoned his formal shirt, inserted the knife into his abdomen, disemboweled him in front of the two of them, and reached out to insert it. I rummaged in my stomach for a while and took out the 'hair tie'.
Then he said "Wow!" He vomited again, and with the blood and stomach acid, he finally vomited out all the hair in his mouth, nose and esophagus.
"Ahhhhhhhh-"
In this tragic scene, Qian Jingxiu tilted her neck and fainted to see the Buddha.
President Toudo was still screaming "Ahhh——! Yeahhh——! Yeahhh——!"
"Ha! Poof! Poof! Poof!"
Li Pan quickly recovered, threw the blade to the ground, found a tea can, threw the hair tie in and covered it, covered the bloody mouth on his abdomen and stood up, "
Hey "President Toudo, as you can see, I feel a little unwell, so I have to leave first."
"Ah, ah..."
Toudouemon's pupils dilated, veins popped up all over his face, sweat flowed wildly, and his eyes were dull, probably In fact, he wanted to faint for a long time, but the prosthetic body kept stimulating his adrenal glands, and he couldn't pass out, just shaking there.
Li Pan didn't bother to pay attention to him. He put the envelope given to him in his arms, held the tea can to cover the wound on his abdomen, picked up the box and opened the door. He saw a woman in red with long hair covering her face standing there. outside the house.
This time he saw clearly that the woman was wearing a bright red wedding dress, which was a very old-fashioned Hanfu. Her bare feet were half floating, and her hair was scattered on her shoulders. She looked like she was facing the teahouse with her back to the courtyard.
There was a muffled "thud" behind him, the screaming stopped, and Toudouemon seemed to have finally fainted.
"Get out! A good dog doesn't block the way!"
Li Pan roared angrily without looking back, and the woman in red seemed to understand, and suddenly floated towards the door. The moment he passed by, Li Pan chased him out and took a look. The corridor was empty, and no ghosts could be seen.
"Made, you are pretending to be a ghost! Bah!"
So Li Pan picked up the box and walked out of the bamboo forest all the way back to the floating car. He took the 'hair tie' out of the tea can and sealed it in the company suitcase. Then take a staple gun from the first aid kit and staple the cut stomach pouch shut.
Eighteen, "Good guy, boss, how many people have you killed? Are you covered in blood?"
"Shit, I'm just going to drink tea, okay! Rama! How are you doing over there? Has Kotaro been rescued?"
Rama , "Well, I found Kotaro, but he seems to be inconvenient..."
Then Rama sent back a video with his prosthetic eye.
Li Pan took a closer look and became furious,
"Mad! I came all the way to save him! He had a caesarean section! He is actually driving an impa!"
Shiba reminded him,
"He is not the young master who sealed the demon. Well, maybe the other party wants to get his genetic son and give birth to an heir."
Li Pan thought about it. Kotaro mentioned that the Feng Demon Family has a lot of secret ninja tools. If there is no heir, they will destroy themselves. It seems that the solution is It's quite simple. Now that he is out of prison, the entire court is probably coveting his body.
"Okay, Rama, go and pull him out. I'll pick you up."
Li Pan closed his eyes to rest, and focused his attention on the wound on his abdomen to heal quickly. Soon the wound healed and formed a scab.
Thanks for upgrading to the second turn. Otherwise, a stitch on this wound would cost several thousand yuan. He would have to treat Chengzi to drink two more drinks...
Then Li Pan opened his eyes and saw the woman in red sitting on her opposite.
……what happened?
Li Pan opened the suitcase and took a look. The hair tie was still in good condition, the box was in good condition, and the seal should be fine...
But as soon as he raised his eyes, the woman came close to him, as if she was directly behind her long hair. Gou De stared at him.
Li Pan frowned, closed the suitcase, and turned to look at her,
"What do you want!?"
Shiba, "What? Boss, you called me?"
Li Pan, "I'm not talking to you."
Rama, "Boss" What's the matter?"
Li Pan said, "...It's okay. Clear your throat."
Li Pan was helpless. Naturally, the surveillance camera couldn't capture anything. The woman in red was probably only visible to him and the people nearby, although she was directly visible. Gou Gou stood beside him and stared without making any movement, but judging from his two experiences of using it, it should have some negative mental impact on people.
I don’t know how Rama Kotaro will react later. Maybe she would be frightened and faint...
Suddenly the woman in red stretched out her hand and pointed outside.
"Huh? What the hell?"
Li Pan turned his head and saw a red line flashing in the distance. It seemed like someone was shining a laser pointer on his floating ship. Oh, it was laser positioning, laser guidance... huh? ! grass!
Li Pan jumped up, kicked open the hatch and jumped out of the float boat. The next moment, he caught a glimpse of bright stars flashing in the foothills in the distance, and then "Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the company's float truck was hit by high-energy The laser weapon exploded.
(End of chapter)