Outside Okazaki Castle, Daishuji Temple in Kamoda Township, Mikawa people frequently come and go.

The temple gate is wide open, and the round top of the pagoda shimmers golden in the sun. Yoshiyoshi Kira, a deputy security officer, is visiting Motoyasu's grave. This was his first time at Daishu Temple.

In addition to Tanaka Jiro Uemon, the remaining military commander of Sunfu, Yoshiho Miura and the retainers left by Toyozen Iio were also stationed in the castle, and although the Okazaki army was under the old castle, they could not enter it.

On the 23rd day of the fifth month of the third year of Yongroku, Yoshimoto died in the battle of Tsukasasa.

While Ngee Ann was paying his respects at the tomb, the abbot Venerable Master was still looking up at the little owl practicing fighting under the ancient cedar. The owl cannot see clearly during the day, but when it spreads its wings, it can still show the true colors of a bird of prey. Its round face was reminiscent of Motoyasu, and the abbot couldn't help but grieve. Standing beside him and responsible for the safety of Nghe An is the brave monk Ancestral Cave of Dashu Temple.

"Life is like a dream!" When Nghe An turned around after his visit, the Venerable Master said, "The next thing is a dream. Then he said coldly: "You haven't reached the time of real hard work yet." ”

"Yes."

Ngee An nodded in agreement.

On the night of the nineteenth, the people of Okazaki quietly left Oyama Castle in a faint moonlight. If it dragged on until the morning of the 20th, Nobunaga would definitely go to attack. Therefore, the choice to abandon the city was to take action that night - Ngee An made a decisive decision and carefully chose a substitute. He ordered Torii Hiko, Emon Mototadashi to lead the main force. He was one step ahead of the main force, and ordered the secret envoy sent by the Mizuno family to guide Asai Michimoto and set off quietly. There are eighteen master and slave in total.

Thanks to Asai Michimoto's careful and cautious journey, the group finally arrived at Daishu Temple safe and sound. In front of the temple gate, Ngee An begged the Venerable Master to be honored: "I will die here." Please open the temple door. ”

Of course, Ngee An did not want to die here. The Venerable Master had already grasped the meaning of Nghe An's words, and hurried into it, and deliberately admonished Ngee Ann in front of the monks: "Cutting the abdomen in the temple makes it appear to be small. Such a stupid act, how can he be worthy of the spirit of the ancestors in the sky? ”

This statement is not so much addressed to Nghe Ann as it is to issue an order to nearly twenty monks to protect Nghe An. Ngee Ann is like a mirror to this. Just as he understood and nodded, a group of people approached the gate of the Great Tree Temple, and I don't know if it was someone from the Oda family or a wild samurai.

"Kira-sama, let's hide here. Open the door, or a fire will burn down the temple. ”

The monks hurried to the temple gate. Hearing the neighing of horses, Yi Andong felt his blood rushing to his head. The anger in his heart caused Motoyasu to encounter the biggest crisis since his expedition, and the blood that had been accumulated for a long time was about to gush out. Until then, he had always considered his retainers first, and thus abandoned his wife and children, like an old and well-known man. But now he couldn't bear it any longer.

"!" Anger burned Ngee An's brain, and he couldn't help himself, drew his sword, and ran towards the temple gate. "Everybody, come with me. Don't let them into the temple. He galloped through like a whirlwind, but was suddenly blocked by a wooden stick inside the door.

Ngee An raised his sword aloft, and someone scolded him: "Don't open the door." Let's take a look at the enemy's situation first. ”

"Get out of the way! If you don't dodge it again, you're welcome. Ngee Ann roared.

"Can't open the door. We don't know exactly how many people are out there, so don't rush it. ”

"—Who are you?"

"I am the ancestral cave of the monks of this temple. If you want to break in, kill me first. ”187

"!" Ngee An jerked up his sword. Zudong deftly dodged, and Motoyasu's sword slashed at the wooden stick, and the magic stick bounced the sword back instead.

"Open the temple door. If you don't open it again, you will kill it. "There was a loud banging on the temple door outside, and the temple door creaked. Zu Dong shouted loudly: "You don't have to be delusional. I am the ancestral cave of the Hercules of the Great Tree Temple. Don't die, just come in! ”

"Zudong, get out of the way! If you don't get out of the way, I'll kill you. ”

"Kill. Scoundrel. ”

"Ahh Ngee An slashed again. The ancestral cave still dodged slightly, and the wooden stick was intact.

"Wait a minute, I'll see!" Zudong leaned against the crack in the door and looked outside.

"Okay, come on!" He nodded, slamming the latch of the door. As a practitioner, the eyes of the ancestral cave have become accustomed to darkness, and his face is like that of the legendary Musashi monk Benkei. He rolled up his sleeves, fastened his belt, and swept the latch out of his hand. The first two people to rush in screamed and rolled to the ground.

"Come on!" Zu Dong screamed strangely and rushed out like a Shura Han, "I am the King Kong boy Hercules. How many of you are there? Come and suffer one by one! There was no answer outside, and the rest dispersed. Zu Dong held a six-foot-long wooden stick in his hand and looked around proudly.

Yuan Kang remembered the scene afterwards, and he was still in a cold sweat. If he didn't listen to Zudong's advice at that time and went out rashly, he would have been more than lucky. Thirteen years! Suffering and suffering, all the hard work was almost wasted by a momentary anger.

"Master Zudong, it's hard work!" Nghe An walked out of the temple and said to the ancestral cave.

"Haha......" Zu Dong laughed loudly, "If I were killed by adults, I might be in hell by now." Life is incredible! ”

"Oh, why did you go to hell?"

"I never leave a living mouth."

"You've ever killed someone?"

"So it's going to hell. But this time it was different, I used the wooden stick in my hand to save the adult's life. ”

"Thank you, thank you." Ngee An and the Venerable Master Deng Yu looked at each other and smiled, and together they returned to the guest hall where they were temporarily staying.

Zudong was still standing at the door with his back to everyone like a guard of Ngee An, vigilantly observing his surroundings.

The monk took the tea, and the Venerable Master took it and took a sip. "First of all, I would like to thank my grandfather, the ancestor of the Lord, who built this temple." Then he suddenly seemed to remember something, and said: "Fang Cai Zudong also said that those who kill people by force will go to hell, and the person who holds the sword that makes people live is the warrior allowed by the Buddha." ”

Nghe An nodded, and he looked at a flag hanging on the wall, on which was written in large letters: "Disgusted with the filthy land, and eager for the pure land". This flag is the flag that was raised by the monks of Dashu Temple and the Ngee An Lord when they fought together just now, and it is also the flag that the ancestors who built this temple often used when they galloped on the battlefield in person. "Disgusted with the filthy land, I seek the pure land." Nghe Ann muttered to himself, he didn't know if there was a Pure Land ahead.

Because of Zudong's unexpected move, Ngee An was able to be safe. However, the people of Okazaki still could not return to their own city, nor could they find a "pure land" to dock at. The Pure Land is 108,000 miles away, and Ngee An can't reach it!