Konoha Ninja Samurai

Chapter 15 The Matsuda Clan

The three travel-stained people finally arrived at Jiang Ren Village within three days, and finally they did not delay their mission.

Taking off the cloak and dusting off his body, Pingqing Jikang complained: "It's all Yukimura's fault. It turns out that we could spend three days traveling slowly in a carriage instead of marching quickly in one day like now. Ah, the bones need to be It fell apart."

"You're too impolite, please apologize to Mr. Yukimura!" Hira Kiyoshi fixed his eyes.

"Okay, okay, it was indeed my mistake, but we don't have time to play around, it's not good to miss the mission." Tokugawa Yukimura said.

After entering Craftsman Ninja Village, the three of them asked passers-by at random, and they easily found the mansion of the Matsuda clan.Perhaps it was an illusion, but Tokugawa Yukimura always felt that the villager who was guiding the way had a strange look on his face when he heard the Matsuda clan.

Although the Matsuda family is a well-known forging family in the country of craftsmen, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and the number of people has become less and less. In this generation, it has become a small family with only a few people. Perhaps this is also the tragedy of the family. The solidified class The xenophobic attitude will always decline with the passage of time. There is no such thing as a thousand-year-old family here.

"That's it, Jikang, go knock on the door." Tokugawa Yukimura was a little puzzled when he saw the tall house. The mission said that the Matsuda clan might be targeted, but this is the bustling suburb of Takumi Ninja Village, so it's not a big deal. Keep the door shut in broad daylight.

After knocking on the door and waiting for a short time, the door opened, and an old man in his 50s appeared behind the door, and asked blankly, "This is the Matsuda family, who are you here?"

"That's right, we are the warriors of the Iron Country who have accepted the commission of the Matsuda clan, and we are here to carry out the mission." Tokugawa Yukimura replied.

"Well, I am Matsuda Akira, the housekeeper of the Matsuda clan. Come in with us, and I will take you to see the Patriarch." Matsuda Akira looked at them, opened the door and led the way.

"Thank you." Tokugawa Yukimura replied.Then the three of them followed into the house.The courtyard of the house is a typical courtyard with a mountain garden pattern, with ponds, creeks, mountains, stones, trees, flowers, bridges, and the natural scenery miniaturized in a small world.It's just that the flowers and plants in the courtyard seem to be neglected, and they grow a little wanton and lush.

After passing through the winding road and entering the inner house, I finally met the head of the Matsuda clan, Masao Matsuda. He is quite burly in his 40s, perhaps because he is worried about his opponent, his face is a bit haggard.Seeing the three of Tokugawa Yukimura coming in after the butler, he asked, "Who are these?"

"These are samurai who have accepted protection missions from the Iron Country," the steward Matsuda Akira replied.

"Samurai Tokugawa Yukimura of the Iron Country, these two are my teammates Hiraki Yoshisada and Hiraki Yoshiyasu. We will be responsible for the security work during the next seven days of ninja forging. This is our task list." Tokugawa Yukimura replied.

"Oh, it's yours, it's really fast." Matsuda Masao smiled, "When I was young, I often went to the Iron Country to do business. This time, it's all up to you to take care of it. How about it, I will hold a banquet to entertain you in the evening For a moment, it’s also a way of expressing your feelings.”

"Don't bother," Tokugawa Yukimura refused, "We have come a long way and need to rest, and we need to check the terrain and understand the situation, so there is no need for a banquet."

"Your Excellency Tokugawa is also dedicated." Masao Matsuda nodded, "So Akira, take the guests down to rest and help them understand the situation."

"Yes, Patriarch." The butler Matsuda Akira paused and replied, "Everyone, please follow me."

It was night, and the three people who had completed the preliminary investigation met at the side house. "Then tell me what you have learned." Tokugawa Yukimura said.

"Then let me talk about it first." Hirakiyoshi Ding first said, "In addition to the Patriarch Masao Matsuda and the housekeeper Akira Matsuda that we saw during the day, the Matsuda clan also has a pair of children of Masao Matsuda, Rentaro Matsuda and Naoko Matsuda. They His mother, Matsuda Chiharu, was ill in bed according to the housekeeper, so I didn’t see her. In addition, Matsuda Hibiki, who had a bad reputation and was addicted to gambling, was also the younger brother of Matsuda Masao.

"I went to the neighborhood to ask the residents, and based on the account of the housekeeper, I learned that the Matsuda family's finances are not good recently. It is said that the order of this ninja world war was snatched by competitors, and Matsuda Hibiki also owed a large amount of debt because of gambling. This is also the main reason why the courtyard is not well maintained and there are not many servants." Pingqing Jikang also shared the information he had inquired.

"In this way, our opponents may come from two parties. It may be that the competitors are afraid that the Matsuda clan will develop new ninja tools and instruct people to destroy them, or they may be debt collectors from the casino." Tokugawa Yukimura rubbed his chin Said.

"Speaking of debt collection, the neighbor told me that there were people coming to make noise a few days ago, but there has been no movement at all these days, and I don't know why."

"That's it, it's also strange. Could it be that the Matsuda family has money all of a sudden?" Tokugawa Yukimura said, "But our goal is to protect the safety of people, and it's not up to us to take care of other people's housework. But, you have to pay attention to that housekeeper, He has problems."

"What's wrong with the housekeeper? As far as I know, he has served the Matsuda family for decades." Pingqing Jikang asked puzzled.

"Hmph, when he looked at us today, he subconsciously fixed his eyes on our throats, hearts and other vitals. Although he quickly looked away, it was clearly an instinctive reaction to killing too many people. How could a butler kill people?" experience."

"Then what should we do? Take him directly?" Pingqing Jikang looked eager to try.

"No, I'm not sure if it's an enemy yet," Hirakiyoshi decided against, "And I don't think Patriarch Masao Matsuda knows, if this housekeeper is a backhand trained by the Matsuda clan to secretly protect his family, why don't we separate like this? Catch him indiscriminately?"

Faced with this situation, Tokugawa Yukimura felt as if he had been involved in a whirlpool. He could only pray that there would be no accidents within these seven days. After the mission protection period passed, what would happen to the Matsuda clan had nothing to do with him.

"How about this, Jikang, from tomorrow onwards, you will keep an eye on the foundry, and don't let anyone destroy it, especially when new ninja tools are being cast, Ji Ding, please pay attention to that housekeeper, and don't let him out of your sight."

"Yes!" Brother Pingqing replied.

"As for me, I have to have a good talk with our Patriarch Matsuda to see what he is hiding from us. Maybe this task exceeds the assessment of a C-level task," Tokugawa Yukimura said looking at Mingyue outside the window, "If If that's the case, I will let him know what will happen to the warriors who deceive the Iron Kingdom."

(End of this chapter)