Chapter 366: Does Young Master Li Have This Kind of Ability?

"It doesn't matter," Yamada Ichiro said. "You don't need to worry about these matters. I have already reported the matter of the Beijiang Goddess to General Tokugawa. The General intends to dispatch a group of ninjas, about fifty or so, all of whom are elites among the Samurai. Find a way to insert these ninjas into the Northern Frontier Army. They are well-trained and are first-class experts. As long as they are inserted into the Northern Frontier Army, they will naturally help me find clues about the Goddess."

"Insert your spies into the Northern Frontier Army?" Young Master Li asked with concern. "But the Northern Frontier Army is not only brave and skilled in battle, but they are also united as one from top to bottom. Moreover, the Prince of Northern Suppression who leads them is even harder to deal with. If these Samurai are discovered, the Prince of Northern Suppression might turn his anger against my Li Family."

"No need to worry," Yamada Ichiro said. "These Samurai are all from the Death Squad. If their tracks are exposed, they will commit seppuku on their own and will never leak a single word. You just handle the arrangements; leave the rest to me. Our operation this time is only to find out who the Goddess is, not to engage in a major conflict with the Northern Frontier Army. Once the matter is accomplished, General Tokugawa will provide ten thousand taels of gold as a reward."

"Ten thousand taels of gold?" Young Master Li was stirred with excitement. "General Tokugawa is truly generous."

He beamed with joy and fawned over him with constant flattery, "Yamada-kun, you truly live up to your reputation! First, you have the spies infiltrate the Northern Frontier Army, then you find out the identity of the Goddess and news of the Northern Frontier Army, and finally, you grasp the intelligence and get the Goddess into your hands! Every step is a stroke of genius..."

"That's enough, no need for the flattery," Yamada Ichiro interrupted impatiently. "Give me the portrait of that female owner of the Baiji Grocery Store; I will arrange for people to assassinate her."

"Thank you, Yamada-kun." Young Master Li was overjoyed and hurriedly beckoned to Manager Liu. "Quick, take out the portrait."

After saying this, he turned back to Yamada Ichiro and said, "Yamada-kun, this female owner of the Baiji Firm has always worn a veil, so no one has seen what she looks like. However, I have already had a painter draw her general outline."

He took the scroll handed over by Manager Liu and bowed to hand it to Yamada Ichiro.

Bai Wei squatted to the side, watching the bustling Young Master Li with cold eyes.

She really hadn't expected that this human-looking, dog-acting rich second generation was actually a great traitor.

Not only did Young Master Li want to borrow the hands of the Fusang People to get rid of her, but he even wanted to help the Fusang People insert spies into the Northern Frontier Army!

This profiteering Fuji Trading Firm was truly hidden deep!

If she hadn't disguised herself and snuck into the Dye House today to poison them, she really wouldn't have been able to expose this fence-sitting, great traitor!

However...

Bai Wei looked at Yamada Ichiro, and alarm bells rang in her heart.

The news of the "Beijiang Goddess" had already spread long ago, but almost everyone treated it as a legend and didn't believe it at all. Even Yuan Canghai didn't believe there was any Goddess, thinking it was all nonsense.

But among the Fusang People, there were "Shrine Maidens" with the same abilities as her, so Yamada Ichiro knew the inside story and had set his sights on her.

It was just that Bai Wei found it strange.

Clearly, the "Shrine Maidens" of Fusang could also teleport items across time and space, having whatever they wanted. Even firearms, which were hard for her to obtain, could be easily acquired by their "Shrine Maidens." Logically speaking, these Fusang People shouldn't need her abilities at all.

But why were they making such a big fuss, even going so far as to send a large group of first-class elite Samurai to lurk into the Northern Frontier Army, just to find clues about her?

The Northern Frontier Army led by Xiao Moting was very powerful; if these Samurai were the least bit careless, their tracks would be exposed, leading to certain death.

The Fusang People were risking the loss of a large group of elites just to find out her identity; the price was too high.

At this moment, Yamada Ichiro turned around and shouted at the Fusang Ronin sitting on their knees on both sides of the hall.

"That Goddess in Beijiang is very important to our Fusang Kingdom; we must capture her at any cost."

The Fusang Ronin on both sides roared in unison.

"Yes."

Yamada Ichiro said these words in the Fusang language, which Young Master Li could not understand.

But Bai Wei had quietly put on a translator, which translated his words.

She was deeply puzzled.

Since the Fusang Kingdom had Shrine Maidens, why did they still need to capture her?

Wasn't this just being idle and bored?

They wanted to capture her so badly, even at any cost; could it be that...

Some of her abilities were things their "Shrine Maidens" did not possess?

Yamada Ichiro lifted his chin at Young Master Li, "Alright, we will help you kill the people at the Baiji Grocery Store; you can go now."

"Yamada-kun, then I'll leave it to you." Young Master Li bowed and scraped, his face blooming with smiles, wishing he could kneel on the ground.

However, no matter how fawning he was, Yamada Ichiro wouldn't even give him a straight look, not even lifting his eyelids.

Betraying one's own people was looked down upon in any country.

Although Yamada Ichiro and Young Master Li were cooperating, it was all for the sake of profit, and he felt disdain in his heart.

Young Master Li turned and walked toward the door.

Bai Wei breathed a sigh of relief, planning to tell Xiao Moting the news she had heard as soon as she went out.

Since the Fusang People had discovered her existence, they would definitely arrange spies. Perhaps they had already sent ninjas to infiltrate Beijiang. She had to let Xiao Moting investigate thoroughly to prevent spies from mixing into the Northern Frontier Army.

Suddenly, Bai Wei felt a gaze fixed on her.

She looked up and was instantly stunned.

Young Master Li, who had originally walked to the door, had inexplicably gone mad and was staring straight at her.

"Young Master, what's wrong?" Manager Liu, who was beside him, saw this and hurried over to pull him.

As soon as Manager Liu looked up and saw her, he immediately screamed, "You... you are..."

"Shopkeeper Bai?" Young Master Li roared, pointing at her in shock.

Bai Wei instantly held her breath, her mind going blank.

She had worn a veil before, and now her face was smeared with coal ash; could she still be recognized by Young Master Li?

At this time, Manager Liu came to his senses and hurriedly pulled Young Master Li.

"Young Master, you've recognized the wrong person; this is not the owner of the Baiji Grocery Store."

"No, I remember those eyes of hers." Young Master Li roared, breaking free from Manager Liu, gritting his teeth, "I remember clearly, those eyes of hers were black and bright, like crystals, and they were sparkling. They were different from the eyes of all the women in the Daliang Kingdom!"

In Bai Wei's heart, ten thousand grass-mud horses galloped past in an instant.

This is heaven-defying!

She really didn't expect that this Young Master Li had such an ability!

He recognized her just by a pair of eyes!

Since this rich second generation had such a strong ability to recognize people, why was he such a big failure at doing business?

"The female owner of the Baiji Grocery Store?" Yamada Ichiro looked at Bai Wei suspiciously, then looked up and said to Young Master Li, "This woman is a kitchen helper working here; you must have remembered wrong, right?"