156 Murder (Medium)

I looked at the more than 50 ronins in front of me with knives and guns pointing at me, and asked loudly, "Who are you?" ”

One of the ronins standing at the front snorted coldly: "They are all people who are about to die!" That's a lot of nonsense! ”……

Whether you are a teacher or a disciple, it is only because of some wonderful karma that we can meet, in which there are infinite pathways of life.

As mentioned earlier, the Honmaru of Hino Castle was built on the basis of Ninshoji Temple.

Like many traditional emergency daimyo or local tyrants, successive governors of the Gamo family had the habit of paying homage to the Buddha and monks, and on a hill outside Hino Castle, there is also a Ninshoji Temple, which was built during the Gamo Joshu period.

Originally, human beings were born from the same root as the natural life of heaven and earth. Therefore, as long as we have a relationship with each other, we can get positive results; If you don't, you won't be able to meet a good teacher, and you will be like a dry grass in the dust. In fact, both the receiving party and the giving party are from the same source.

The abbot of Renzheng Temple is quite strange, and his name is: Befang.

After entering the temple, when I saw another master, I took out two checks for 50 yen from my bosom and handed them to him as incense money for coming to worship.

"Master, this is a little bit of heart, please smile."

I don't know, Master Fang looked at the amount written on the check, and then returned one of them to me.

Nani?!

The check was given to him by my own hand, is it still fake?

As the saying goes, money can make grinding ghosts, even if you are a disciple of the Buddha, you always have to eat, don't you?

There are almost no monks I have seen over the years who are not greedy for money, and I have heard from people outside that even masters like Asahi Yamamori or Kuaikawa Shoki also receive a large amount of gifts from their lords.

Could it be that 100 is too little, and you want to hint at me to increase the amount by returning the money? That's not right, incense money is usually so much, and when I visited Seiryoji Temple in Kyoto, I gave so much.

Incense money is different from the gift money for asking for errands, if I have something to ask for later, it will naturally give more.

Just as I was thinking about it myself, Master Fang smiled slightly.

"Renzheng Temple is just a small temple, the wise adults don't need to give too much, a hundred guan money is really killing us, and the poor monk will charge fifty guan as the cost of renovating the beam of the hall."

I looked up and took a bite, yo, but the beam was very rotten, it seems that the father and son of Gamo have taken too little care of Renzheng Temple over the years.

But I think it's a good opportunity to get close to the Buddha's doorway.

I looked around again, not only the beams, the windows, the floor tiles...... Even the Buddha statues, although clean, are old.

So he put his hand into his pocket.

"Although this temple is luxurious and solemn, it is already uninhabitable, if the master doesn't mind, I will pay to help rebuild the ......"

"The adult's heart, Renzheng Temple accepted it," the other monks were very happy to see that I, the "Kaizi", was willing to pay for them, but the words of the other abbot disappointed them, "But this is not appropriate, I'm afraid the lord of the city will not be happy." ”

City Lord?

That's right! It's really inappropriate to do this, this is the territory of the Gamo family, and if you want to build something here, you have to get the consent of the Gamo family, and Renzheng Temple can be said to be the "family temple" built by the Gamo family, and I, an outsider, are pointing fingers at this "family temple", so can the Gamo family as the owner be happy?

It's dangerous! It's dangerous! I almost made a mistake......

Actually, I don't believe in Buddhism, as I said before, and it's hard to say that I have a deep friendship with the Gamo clan, but now, I'm still sitting in front of the Buddha (Shakyamuni).

Actually, I have a question I want to ask.

I, who am not a disciple of Buddhism, pray for the blessing of the Gamo clan, can the Buddha receive my heart?

According to the general religion, only by believing in the religion they advocate can we get "divine blessing", but many religious scriptures say: God loves all people!

Isn't that a paradox?

Come to think of it, this seems to be similar to the paradox of "God created stones" mentioned by the French Enlighteners in the Age of Enlightenment.

The monks either chanted or chanted, but fortunately there were not many people who liked to knock on the wooden fish, otherwise my ears would have exploded.

I have words in my heart, of course, the content is nothing more than some words of blessing, Gamo Township get better as soon as possible, live a long life, the Gamo family is safe and sound, and the incense will be burned for all generations......

Of course, if I have to complain, then historically, neither of these requests has been fulfilled.

I don't believe much in Buddhism, but now I have to put my desire on him.

The Enlightenment Rousseau said: Nature has its own will, and this will will be combined with human life and then transmitted to the world. Regardless of the mode of transmission, it has a certain orbit; Once out of orbit, humanity will no longer be able to survive in the world.

Perhaps it is true that Rousseau said that the reason why I was able to survive in this Warring States era was because I had already gotten on the carriage and embarked on this path that did not belong to me in the first place.

After more than half an hour, the prayer was completed, and I got up to take my leave.

At this time, the abbot handed me a blank piece of paper.

"It's ......"

The white paper is not very large, the width is only about eight or nine centimeters, and there are three large characters in italics written on it in black ink:

Tian Ze shoes

"The poor monk had the courage to calculate his fate for the wise man, so he got these three words and dedicated them to the wise man."

"This is my fate?" I was amazed.

"Yes, have wise adults read the I Ching?"

"Read."

"Tianze is the tenth hexagram in the Book of Changes, that is, the hexagram."

"So what does that mean?" I asked eagerly.

"Heaven must not be divulged."

“……”……

No matter how much I have a grudge against the old monk who "pretends to be B", there is nothing I can do.

I read this white paper with Tian Ze written on it many times, and I didn't understand what these three words meant, so I couldn't help it, so I went back to borrow a copy of the Book of Changes from the Gamo clan to take a look.

When I think of the obscure text of the I Ching, I feel a big head.

But then again, could it be that the old monk is playing tricks on me? But why did he do that?

"Lady Akechi has been very unhappy since he came out of Ninshoji Temple."

Mori Shinsuke outside the sedan chair looked at me like this, a little confused, but he didn't stick his head into the sedan chair and asked me what was going on.

I left the pine forest of Renshoji Temple and set foot on the land of returning to the city.

Because of the last attack on the castle lord, almost all the people in Hino Castle were soldiers.

The heavily armed guards and palanquin bearers all watched at their feet with extreme nervousness. Mori Shinsuke was so infected by this atmosphere that he unconsciously walked into my palanquin, pressing the sword in one hand while watching his feet so as not to slip. After walking on the smoother road again, he casually raised his head and looked ahead.

At this moment, several black shadows suddenly flashed through the trees.

Strange - Mori Shinsuke thought to himself, but he didn't suspect it. It's clear in broad daylight, and now it's only a mile away from Hino Castle, and in addition to himself, there are also guards such as Kiyota Mitsuken who are familiar with the terrain in this area. The hazel forest in front of me was black and oppressive, forming a barrier. Are there hunters or farmers living in the neighborhood? He thought as he walked.

"Stop." A figure suddenly flashed from the bushes next to it.

"Who?!"

I woke up when I was wandering into the world.

He stuck his head out of the sedan and shouted.

Mori Shinsuke and Kiyota Mitsuken had already unsheathed their knives and protected the sedan chair. The line stopped, but I didn't seem to be planning to get out of the sedan chair.

"Sitting in the sedan chair, but His Royal Highness Wise Kogoro Nobumitsu?" A calm voice came from the darkness.

"It's just that I'm not wrong, I'm returning to Hino Castle from Ninshoji Temple, I don't know what Your Excellency has to say?"

I roughly counted the number of people on the other side, good guy, it seems that there are more than 50 people on the other side!

"Teaching? Hahaha......" The person over there laughed wildly: "That's right, that's right! Definitely wise, Your Highness, that's right! Ah...... In the end, he is a cultural person who has read books, and he is quite polite when he speaks...... Since you have asked, Your Highness, I will answer you—we are the ones who have come to take your dog's life! ”

Want to kill me?

I looked at the more than 50 ronins in front of me with knives and guns pointing at me, and asked loudly, "What a bold man...... Who are you? Get your name in! ”

One of the ronins standing at the front snorted coldly: "They are all people who are about to die!" That's a lot of nonsense! ”

"Oh? It turned out to be a group of shrunken-headed turtles, cowards who didn't even dare to reveal their names, alas, what a misfortune," I pretended, "I have to fight a group of men who have no seeds...... Hey, no man, you were the one who assassinated His Highness Gamo last time, right? ”

"You're a non-male man, are you?" The leader snorted coldly: "Wise Xinguang, you don't want to use my crooked brains here, and you want to use the agitation method to get out of Lao Tzu, phew!" No way! Lao Tzu has been mixed for so many years, will he give you this little white face to calculate? ”

Little white face? Who is it? Is that me? (Nonsense!) ）

"Alas......" I sighed again, "judging by the iron cannon in your hand, you must be a famous Zaga people." ”

"......" The leader was slightly stunned, sneered and did not speak.

"The Saga people are really amazing, the three generations of the Suzuki family are called 'Saga Sun City', not only the iron cannon is good, but the art of war and martial arts are not to be said, especially the Suzuki Shigexiu, it is the dragon and phoenix among the people, hey...... This Lord, are you Shigehide Suzuki? ”

"It's not!" The leader replied unkindly, and winked at me, signaling that I had guessed wrong.

I pretended not to see his eyes, and continued: "Oh, that's a pity, although they are enemies, but I have a lot of respect for the Saga people, their tenacity, so that Oda Uchifu is also amazed, it is my infinite glory to die in their hands today, they are really good men, compared to those inferior ninjas, they are really ......"

"You're the next three people!" The leader finally couldn't help it, but then again, he obviously hadn't read a book, and he didn't have any education at all, so he opened his mouth and closed his mouth to greet other people's mothers, "Open your dog eyes and take a good look, Lao Tzu is an unknown number of times stronger than the Sakaga people...... Yes! ”

He suddenly realized in horror that under the calculation of the other party, he actually took the initiative to report his name, what a fool!

"Wise Shinko! I want your life! ”