Chapter 209 On the Eve of the Coup

"The Ghost Lantern Crescent Moon has entered the city?"

The eldest prince Shui Yayan was overjoyed when he heard the news.

As a foreign aid that Kusaka Masato had contacted for a long time, since the daimyo became seriously ill, it can be said that Shui Masahiko has been looking forward to the arrival of the new moon.

As a legitimate crown prince, Shui Yayan didn't need any crooked ways to inherit the position of Daimyo openly, so he never thought about launching a coup to seize the position of Daimyo.

It was precisely because of this that he was caught off guard by his younger brother Shui Dufu.

Since Shuidu had a plan to poison the daimyo, he naturally had to be fully prepared before he would do such a treacherous thing.

In addition to the necessary search for beauties and poisons, he also secretly used the funds on hand to contact a group of wandering ninjas and black market hired ninjas as foreign aid.

This was a trump card prepared to prevent his father from discovering his conspiracy and ordering the ninjas of the Yanagisawa clan to arrest him in a rage.

In addition, it was also to have the strength to contain the ninjas of the Yanagisawa clan just in case they besieged the castle tower.

As long as Shuidu Fu is given enough time to kill all the royal families with inheritance rights, then the Yanagisawa clan will not have anything to fear.

As ninjas who have been loyal to the royal family for hundreds of years, the Yanagisawa clan has always been loyal to the daimyo.

Regardless of how this daimyo came to power, as long as he is a daimyo, the Yanagisawa clan will obey his orders unconditionally. This is why the Yanagisawa clan has been able to exist as the daimyo's guards for hundreds of years.

Fortunately for Mizutomi, Sui Keita did not realize that this was his conspiracy, so the ninja power that was used to guard against the Yanagisawa clan was used by him to fight against his elder brother.

During this time, with the help of these ninjas, it can be said that Shui Yayan had the upper hand. That's why he was so excited after hearing the order of the arrival of Ghost Lantern Crescent Moon.

"Quick, send the order for him to come over!"

Shui Yayan hurriedly ordered someone to ask Gui Deng Xinyue to come over and protect him.

But after a while, Shui Yayan saw that the person who had sent the order had returned, but Guideng Xinyue did not come.

"Your Highness, Mr. Xinyue said that he is here to visit the Daimyo, so it is not convenient for him to come to you in a big way. Moreover, he said that he lives in the embassy area and has nothing to do with you. He can also hide it. Get up and act as a surprise force to sneak attack His Highness the Second Prince..."

Before Shui Yayan could speak, the messenger tremblingly repeated the original words of Ghost Lantern Xinyue.

"I see...it's a wonderful move."

When Shui Yayan heard this explanation, he was about to praise Guideng Xinyue when he suddenly thought of a question and immediately changed his face.

"No...bastard! If he doesn't come to protect me, what if I'm assassinated by that bastard Shui Dufu? Then he'll be nothing but a surprise soldier!"

As soon as he thought about this, he became angrier and angrier, "That bastard Shuidu Fu has a group of ninjas under his command. The bastard Gui Deng Xinyue here has the power of a ninja village but he only brought so few people here. Is it possible that he has already brought so many people here?" Just thought about surrendering to that bastard Shui Dufu?"

"The same goes for Kusaka Masato, that rabbit guy. Even at this time, he doesn't come over to think of a solution..."

Just when Shui Yayan was forced to vent madly under the tremendous pressure of life and death, a faint voice suddenly appeared in the room.

"Who said we didn't send someone here? Didn't I come to protect you, Your Highness?"

"who?"

Shui Yayan turned around and saw a young man wearing the Kirigakure Village's standard Jonin vest suddenly appeared in front of him.

Facing Shui Yayan's inquiry, the young man smiled and introduced himself.

"My name is Blood Pond Liangma, and in the name of Lord Xinyue, I am here to protect your safety."

As soon as he heard that it was the ninja sent by Kirigakure Village to protect him, Shui Yayan's face suddenly became better.

He was well aware of his brother's style, and he also knew that he was most in danger before he officially became a daimyo. So in order to save his life on the eve of dawn, he began to draw pie like crazy.

"A good horse in the blood pool? Very good... Before I become a daimyo, my safety depends entirely on you. As long as you perform well, when I become a daimyo, I will make you my close bodyguard and let your family From generation to generation, everyone is bathed in the king’s grace.”

"Based on the king's favor for generations to come?"

The Blood Pond Liangma's eyes flashed, and he couldn't help but think of the name of the Land of Thunder and the miserable days of his family in Hell Valley.

The smile on the Blood Pond Liangma's face gradually faded, "...If that's the case, then I would like to thank the prince...no, it was the reward from His Highness the Daimyo."

In the closed and dim room, a pair of scarlet blood eyes slowly opened.

The Blood Dragon Eye, once known as the "hypnotic eye" together with the Sharingan, has once again bloomed in the ninja world after disappearing for decades.

Here, when Blood Pond Ryoma and Shui Yayan were having an in-depth exchange.

Over there, Shui Dufu and Kusaka Masato also received news that Ghost Lantern Crescent Moon had entered the city.

"Master Kusaka, what do you mean when you say that Ghost Lantern and Crescent Moon are entering the city at this time? Could he be a helper brought in by the boss?"

Shui Dufu asked Kusaka Masato who was sitting at the bottom.

Originally, Shui Dufu was full of hatred for Kusaka Masato, because Kusaka Masato had spoken for Ghost Lantern Crescent Moon many times before in the court.

Since Mizutsufu had been full of resentment towards Hozuki Shingetsu due to many things that happened before, his relationship with Kusaka Masato was definitely not friendly.

But all this turned around not long ago. Kusaka Masato offered a plan to Mizutsufu and found the beauty who was willing to sacrifice herself for this matter. This time, Mizutsufu's "great cause" had hope.

"Hozuki Shingetsu is the adopted son of the daimyo after all. It is reasonable for him to come here after hearing that the daimyo was critically ill."

Kusaka Masato explained to Mizutsufu in a calm tone: "From the fact that he has been living in the embassy building and has not gone to the prince's mansion, it can be seen that there should be no connection between him and the prince."

"It's okay if it's not the reinforcements called by the boss... In this case, I will temporarily hide from that bastard for a while, and wait until I ascend to the daimyo position, and then I will deal with him properly."

In his opinion, Hozuki Shingetsu, this lowly servant, has lost his face twice before and after, which is simply an unbearable humiliation for him who is narrow-minded.

Now, for the sake of the big things, I will not provoke him for the time being. When he ascends to the position of daimyo as he wishes, he will let Hozuki Shingetsu know what "the majesty of the daimyo" is!

"Still waiting for you to become a daimyo? Maybe in the next life!"

Seeing Mizutsuto like this, Kusaka Masato sneered in his heart, but on the surface he nodded very politely, with a look of agreement.

"However, perhaps because he heard about the relationship between you and me, Hozuki Shingetsu wrote me a letter before coming. In the letter, he regretted his previous actions to offend your Highness, and in order to make up for it, he was willing to solve the troubles of the Yanagisawa clan for you at the critical moment."

As Kusaka Masato said, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Mizutsuto.

"Oh? That lowly person actually said such a thing? It seems that it is the will of the people and the trend of the times for me to inherit the position of the daimyo!"

"But doesn't he think it's too late to curry favor with me now!"

When Shui Dufu heard this, he immediately became interested and took the letter from Kusaka Masato and opened it.

In his opinion, this is because Hozuki Shingetsu has seen that he has a great chance of winning, and is worried that he will settle accounts with him later, so he rushed to burn the cold stove to show his loyalty at this time.

"But if it is really as Kusaka Masato said, I can give him a verbal promise first, and then deal with him after I have used him up."

Shui Dufu thought so while opening the letter.

Although he hated Hozuki Shingetsu to the bone, he had to admit that Hozuki Shingetsu still had some strength.

After all, he saw with his own eyes that the senior ninja of the Yanagisawa clan could not last more than three moves in front of Hozuki Shingetsu.

Anyway, it is impossible to ask him to forgive, but he can use verbal promises to keep Hozuki Shingetsu hanging first, and then take revenge later.

He opened the letter and saw that it was just as Kusaka Masato had said. At the beginning, Kizuki Shingetsu regretted offending Mizutsu Fu and felt sad for her own blindness.

Mizutsu Fu took a quick look at it. Even though he was full of hatred for him, he couldn't help but be moved by Kizuki Shingetsu's "sincerity".

Before he saw the rest of the letter, Kizuki Shingetsu wrote several thousand words at the beginning. His words were full of regret for his past words and deeds, and he expressed his sincere apology to Mizutsu Fu, and hoped that he would not bear grudges and give him a chance to make up for his mistakes.

Then he wrote at the end that he was willing to be an insider, and when Mizutsu Fu had ideas about the castle tower, he would help contain the Yanagisawa clan so that Mizutsu Fu could successfully bring people to the daimyo's bedroom.

"...Well, it's okay to make amends in this way."

Sui Dufu touched his chin, suppressed his inner excitement, and said to Kusaka Masato: "Since he has this intention, then allow him to make amends! When we launch the plan, we will notify him!"

"Tell him that as long as he can contain the Yanagisawa clan at that time, then I will forgive him and allow him to continue to control the Hidden Mist Village!"