Warlords: Rising from the Northwest Border and Sweeping Across the Powers

Chapter 999 The irrefutable evidence

Soon, two hours passed quietly, and the clock had quietly pointed to two o'clock in the morning. The night was dark, and the occasional cry of nocturnal birds outside the warehouse added a bit of loneliness and desolation.

Fujita Ying stood aside, watching the busy figures of the uncut agents with a cold look, feeling mixed emotions. In order to break the dull atmosphere and show his calmness, he ordered his men to bring a wooden table and two chairs, and also had someone send a steaming hot oden. The oden was fragrant and steaming, with a variety of ingredients rolling in the bright red soup, which looked both tempting and warm.

Fujita Ying sat at the low table and invited his trusted men Kobayashi and Sanyang Zhong to sit down and enjoy a midnight snack. The hot mist rose up, forming a sharp contrast with the cold air in the warehouse. The fragrance seemed to have magical power, making everyone else in the warehouse involuntarily twitch their noses and cast envious glances.

At this moment, Asanogawa came uninvited and walked straight to an empty chair, intending to sit down. Seeing this, Fujita Ying immediately shouted angrily: "Asanogawa, what are you doing? I didn't prepare your share!" There was obvious displeasure and provocation in his voice.

Asanogawa was not angry. He shrugged and stood up with a playful smile on his face. He spoke slowly, his voice calm and powerful: "I didn't expect Mr. Ying, the heir of the Fujita family, to be so stingy. Could it be that this is the family education of the Fujita family, that they can't even give guests a midnight snack?"

Upon hearing this, Fujita Ying sneered, his face full of disdain: "Of course the Fujita family won't be so stingy, but that's for people, not for rough dogs. We in the Fujita family have always been clear about gratitude and resentment. To our friends, we are naturally generous; but to our enemies, we will not show mercy, let alone be friendly to them."

Hearing this, Asanogawa sneered. He walked up to Fujita Ying and looked at him with a sharp gaze: "Fujita Ying, you are wrong. In this world, there are no eternal enemies or eternal friends. There are only eternal interests. If you really want to do good for the Fujita family, you should learn to put aside your prejudices, cooperate with Pu Yu, and contribute to the prosperity of the empire. Instead of haggling over trivial matters here, and even sacrificing the family's reputation."

Upon hearing this, Fujita Ying's face turned pale. He slammed the table, stood up, and glared at him: "Asanogawa, stop preaching here! It's not your turn as an outsider to interfere in the affairs of our Fujita family! If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't blame me for being rude!"

Asanogawa didn't care. He smiled faintly, turned around and sat back in his chair, picked up his chopsticks, and picked up the ingredients in the oden. He said while eating: "Fujita Ying, if you really want to bring honor to the Fujita family, you should learn how to treat people and how to resolve conflicts. Instead of using anger and violence to solve problems like you do now."

Asanogawa picked up a meatball from the oden with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He squinted his eyes slightly, enjoying the warmth and satisfaction brought by the food. He exhaled hot air and talked to himself: "It's so cold, but eating a bite of oden warms my whole body. This steaming hot water makes me feel healed. If I can have a few glasses of sake with this delicious food, I will feel even more comfortable."

Fujita Ying looked at Asano Gawa's carefree appearance with anger and disdain in his heart. He clenched his teeth and almost squeezed out a voice from between his teeth: "I have never seen such a shameless person! Asano Gawa, do you really think I am afraid of you and will tolerate you running wild here?"

Asanogawa didn't care about Fujita Ying's anger. He continued to eat with a faint smile on his face, as if he was enjoying this invisible contest. While eating, he called Fujita Ying and others: "Come on, everyone, don't be polite, everyone, start eating. It's so cold, eat something hot to warm your body."

Fujita Ying stared at Asanogawa with an ugly face, his anger had reached its peak. He threw the chopsticks in his hand to the ground, and the chopsticks collided with the ground with a crisp sound, breaking the dull atmosphere in the warehouse.

At this moment, a hurried figure ran over. It was the captain of the first team of Pu Yu. He bowed and spoke to Asanogawa, with a hint of urgency and excitement in his voice: "Report to the commander, there is a new discovery in the dark warehouse!"

Hearing this, Asanogawa put down his chopsticks. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and slowly wiped his mouth, then raised his head and looked at the team leader, his eyes revealing a bit of seriousness and expectation: "Oh? Any new discoveries? Tell me quickly, what is it?"

Team leader Fujimoto Makoto continued to report their findings, his voice revealing a subtle nervousness and excitement: "Sir, in another corner of the dark warehouse, we found a large number of equipment tightly covered with oilcloth. After preliminary judgment, these should be printing equipment, and there are still traces of wet ink on them."

When Asanogawa heard this, his eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of brilliance. He leaned down and stared straight at Fujita Ying, with a tone of questioning and ridicule: "Mr. Ying, since this is a granary, why are there these printing equipment that shouldn't be there? Should you give us a reasonable explanation?"

Fujita Ying didn't react for a while. He was slightly startled, and a look of surprise and panic flashed across his face. But soon, he regained his composure and blurted out subconsciously: "How do I know why these devices are here?"

Hearing this, Asano Gawa sneered. He lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled the smoke. The smoke lingered in the air, as if carrying a bit of sarcasm and disdain. He sneered and spoke with a bit of coldness and determination in his voice: "Fujita Ying, you may not know why we, Pu Yu, are searching here. Because we are looking for the source of the Kyoto secret report. According to our investigation, this Kyoto secret report that disrupted the order of Kyoto and attempted to provoke conflicts between the people and the royal family came from the hands of your several major families."

At this point, Asanogawa's eyes became more fierce. He looked directly at Fujita Ying, questioning in his tone: "Now, printing equipment has been found here, and you say you had no idea. Is that reasonable? Do you want to tell us that these devices appeared out of thin air, or that someone deliberately put them here to frame you? Humph, do you think we will believe your nonsense?"