The Shimada Family's Ninja Journey

Back home, Shinen, Hitomi and his younger brother Genji were already having dinner.

The Warring States Period was no different than later generations, productivity was low, and electric lights did not exist.

Although there are braziers and candles, generally speaking, normal people are used to resting at sunset, and it is already too late to have dinner in the evening.

Hanzo didn't pay too much attention, so he sat down and prepared to eat after saying hello.

At this time, Chong Nian was feeding his struggling young son with a sad face.

Genji, who is more than one year old, has just been weaned and is still very resistant to eating. A pair of fleshy hands made a gesture of "begging for a hug" towards his mother, babbling, turning a blind eye to the spoon that Chung Nian handed to his mouth .

"My little ancestor, just take a bite, ah, be good"

"Humph" the little guy turned his head, not giving his father any face.

Hanzo couldn't help laughing while eating his rice.

"Why are you laughing at that brat?" Zhongnian naturally noticed Hanzo's snickering and immediately straightened his face.

"Have you learned everything Dad taught you today?" Chong Nian said with a ferocious expression.

"Of course." Hanzo said helplessly, looking at his fierce father.

"You're pretty good, kid." Chong Nian snorted.

However, his ferocious look did not frighten Hanzo. Instead, it frightened the little son in his arms. Genji curled his lips.

"Wow"

"Oh, oh, darling," Hitomi took her son from her husband's arms with a look of disgust.

In just a few seconds, Genji burst into tears and laughed, making Chung Nian jealous.

"Hanzo, this brat, has been precocious since he was a child, and now even Genji is discriminating against me," Chongnian muttered in a low voice.

Hanzo carefully lowered his presence

Let him act like a real child

Spare him

Just as the family was laughing and laughing, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"What's the matter."

The smile on Chong Nian's face faded in an instant, and under his serious expression, the aura of a rich patriarch emerged spontaneously, and he did not look like the unreliable middle-aged son Uncle Nu just now.

"Reporting to the patriarch, the great elder held an emergency meeting."

"Understood." Chongnian replied.

The ninja outside the door disappeared without a sound.

Zhongnian said to Renmei with an apologetic look: "Mrs."

"Well, let's go." As the patriarch's wife, Hitomi also took care of the overall situation.

Shinen immediately stood up, patted Hanzo on the head, and disappeared into the room.

"Big elder."

When Chung Nian arrived at the meeting hall, all the high-ranking members of the clan had already arrived.

Including the patriarch Shimada Shinen, the nine elders headed by the great elder Shimada Hidecho, and the "steward" Shimada Yoshito who sits at the bottom.

It is said to be a housekeeper, but it is actually completely different from the head of the domestic servants in Hanzo's previous impression, and more similar to the "big boss" under the daimyo.

That is, the chief official in charge of internal affairs.

The housekeepers are all ordinary clansmen with no talent for cultivation. Compared with the family's military affairs, they are led by the patriarch and the great elder, and the other eight elders are counselors.

As far as internal affairs are concerned, the power of the "housekeeper" who only needs to be responsible to the patriarch is not insignificant.

However, in the Warring States period, the military of the ninja clan came first, so even if the steward worked hard, he could only be the last seat in this high-level meeting.

"Since the patriarch is here, the old man will speak directly." The elderly Great Elder said.

In the Warring States Period, the average life expectancy was more than 20 years old, and the elders who had passed the age of sixty were undoubtedly the existence of living fossils. Even in their senior years, they respected the experienced elders very much.

"Today, the Daming Mansion of the Land of Fire sent people to contact us, hoping that we would accept their employment." The Great Elder said slowly.

Everyone didn't say a word, because hiring was just a trivial matter. As a ninja, it is a mercenary group. Since the elders hurriedly called a high-level meeting, there must be something else to say.

Sure enough, the Great Elder said: "People from the Daming Mansion told us that the opponents this time are Uchiha and the Yuyi clan."

"Uchiha"

"The Hagoromo Clan"

All the elders were in an uproar.

Zhongnian frowned and said: "We, the Shimada clan, are naturally not afraid of facing the Hagoromo clan alone, but our opponent is Uchiha. As long as the price is right, we can negotiate, but we can face these two clans at the same time."

Chong Nian exhaled and said, "I'm afraid we are beyond our strength."

Against the Yuyi clan, the Shimada family is not afraid at all, and Uchiha is stronger than the Shimada clan, but the ninja duel is not just a confrontation of strength on paper. As long as it is done properly, it is nothing more than taking some risks. The bid was right, and the Shimada clan also dared to accept it.

But to deal with the two races at the same time, the hope of success is too low. This ninja clan takes money to do things, not to take money to die.

Seeing this, the Great Elder explained: "A few days ago, the general hired the Yuyi clan to smuggle valuables. The Daming House hired the Senshou clan to investigate and recover them, but who knew that the general also hired Uchiha secretly, Now that the Qianshou clan is in trouble, that's why the Daming Mansion came to us."

"General" is also an official position in the Daming Mansion, but due to its excessive power, it is in charge of the ninja forces belonging to the Daming Mansion, and now it is already too big to lose. If it weren't for the many ninja clans outside, the daimyo would have been overtaken by the general.

However, the daimyo did not dare to rashly introduce ninjas to destroy the general. First, the general would hire ninjas. Second, if the power of the ninjas in the general's hands were eliminated, the daimyo would probably become the plaything of the ninjas.

Anyway, to the outside world, the general is still the minister of the Daming Mansion, and the two can be regarded as fighting without breaking.

Hearing what the Great Elder said, the atmosphere in the hall immediately relaxed again.

With the Qianshou Clan as Olympic aid, the Shimada Clan will naturally not give in.

"So it's the daimyo and the general's mess again, hahaha." The Fourth Elder laughed.

Several other elders also echoed, only housekeeper Yi Teng and Chong Nian still looked at the first elder.

"However," the great elder looked around and said: "The Senju clan was surrounded by Uchiha and Hagoromo a day ago. If the Senju clan has been wiped out when we rush there, we may be a sheep in the tiger's mouth."

There was a sudden silence around.

"However, the commission offered by the Daming Mansion is very generous. There are both risks and benefits in this employment. It is really difficult for me to decide whether to trust the Thousand Hands Clan, take a gamble, or preserve your strength. That's why I called everyone to come and discuss together. "

After that, he looked at the crowd.

The third elder said: "Everyone, I think it's worth a try. The Thousand Hands clan is also a big clan, and it's not so easy to eliminate. I don't think it's worth shrinking from the risk."

"But" another person said.

Everyone discussed for a long time, but no consensus was reached.

The second elder suddenly said: "What does the patriarch think?"

Seeing this, Chong Nian got up slowly, and all the elders also fell silent.

"That guy in the Buddha Room is not so easy to eliminate." Zhongnian suddenly laughed, "Daming Mansion sent money, how can we refuse to accept it?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood that the patriarch decided to take over the task, and they stopped refuting.

Chong Nian looked around for a week, and said: "The elders obey the order, go back and order the clansmen to prepare for the night, and tomorrow I will go to meet Uchiha Tajima and Yu Yilan."