Xu Ling'er stood outside the door of Ishikawa Goemon's house, waiting for Wen Tao, who was healing, while her horse ran somewhere.

Seeing that the sun was already in the west, Xu Ling'er was so anxious that she spun in place, and at this time, she heard the sound of a fight coming from the yard.

Xu Ling'er was startled, and hurriedly ran over to push the door, the door was locked inside, and suddenly, there was a woman's scream, and then, I heard the four big gourds let out a burst of frightened screams. So, she flew over the courtyard wall, and saw Ishikawa Goemon, whose hands were tied behind her back, kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy......

Wen Tao stood in front of Goemon and said sternly, "Mr. Ishikawa Goemon, please don't play tricks on me. ”

At this time, I suddenly heard the bewitching woman shouting loudly: "Little ones, quickly arrest this female doll for me." ”

The four big gourds shook their waists to attack Xu Ling'er, and Xu Ling'er hurriedly pulled out his sword and frightened the melons into taking a few steps back.

So, Ishikawa Goemon said, "Forget it, don't fight, I'll accompany him to Mt. Hiei." ”

"The one who knows the times is Junjie, Mr. Goemon, we have no grievances in the past, no hatred in the near future, and we don't want to hurt your apprentices and family, you follow us to finish a few things, go home and take your apprentices well, and never come to you again, otherwise, even if I let you go today, you will be in trouble, get up, come with us." Wen Tao preached.

"What are the things?" Ishikawa Goemon asked curiously.

"First take us to find Wasuka Koroku, and recover the treasures that originally belonged to Ishiyama Honganji, and then, you send me to Echizen to meet Asakura Yoshikage, and I will become a monk at Enryakuji Temple in Mt. Hiei." Wen Tao replied.

Ishikawa Goemon hesitated for a moment, then spoke cautiously: "I only know that Koroku Wasuka is a wild samurai, who is torn between the Oda family and the Saito family in Minokoku, using the Kiso River ferry port as a base to rob merchant ships, and also operates water transportation, and his whereabouts are erratic. ”

"Then take us to the Kiso River ferry first, and be sure to inquire about the whereabouts of Wasuka Koroku." Wen Tao replied.

In this way, Ishikawa Goemon had to give in and follow Wentao and Ling'er to Kiso River; At the same time, Hideyoshi picked up Toranosuke, and the two left Ishiyama Honganji Temple and were heading towards the Kiso River.

It was late at night when Hideyoshi arrived at the Kiso River ferry, and after a few whistles on the shore, he sat down with Toranosuke to rest.

"Toranosuke, how did you find those two assassins after crossing the river?"

"Lord Hui, at that time, I and Ichigui were lost, so we went our separate ways. He chased him in the direction of Omi, and I came towards Iga. Luckily, I found them again at an inn in Iga, and the next day, I followed them towards Settsu Province, where I met Xianru at the pass of Honganji Temple, where I learned that the assassin was actually a Ming Dynasty king. It can be seen that it is obvious that he has a good friendship with them. ”

"Toranosuke, you must remember that when you go back, you will say that those two assassins were lost, understand?" Hideyoshi instructed.

Toranosuke nodded and replied in a daze, "Please rest assured, this matter is rotten in my stomach." ”

At this time, torches were lit by the river, and someone asked, "Is it Hideyoshi-sama?" ”

"It's coming, it's coming." Hideyoshi said and hurriedly stood up.

They were picked up on the ferry, and the sailors rocked the boat and headed across the river.

In the middle of the river, a small boat suddenly appeared, and I saw Koroku Beesuka standing on the bow of the boat, laughing loudly at Hideyoshi.

"Little Liu, when did you come back?" Hideyoshi asked hurriedly.

Wasuka Koroku replied excitedly: "Lin Yiguan is indeed rich and rivals the country, we didn't go to Iki Island at all, on the isolated island off the coast of Kyushu, we found a 'golden mountain', a count, there are as many as 300,000 taels, after receiving the silver, I sent someone to send the couple to Ryukyu, and quickly reported the good news to the adults." ”

Hideyoshi, who was ecstatic, shouted, "Good, good! Hide it well, don't touch a penny, it will be of great use in the future; Xiaoliu, you, the king of Korea, are seated, haha......"

Suddenly, torches lit up at the ferry pier, startling Hideyoshi, Wasuka Koroku and the others.

At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting, "Boatman, can you come back again?" We need to cross the river. ”

"Someone else is crossing the river so late?" Koroku muttered, leaned on the boat gang and looked at the opposite shore, and was suddenly taken aback, hurriedly jumped onto Hideyoshi's ferry, and asked, "My lord, on the pier is the troubled Ishikawa Goemon of Mt. Hiei, could it be that he followed you?" ”

Hideyoshi thought it was a samurai from the Oda Nobunaga family, but when he heard that it was Ranami Ishikawa Goemon, he suddenly remembered what Xianru had just said, and thought that this guy was very likely to follow him, so he replied viciously: "Little Liu, when we cross the river, you send someone back to pick them up again, and throw all the three people on the other bank into the river to feed the fish!" ”

Koroku Beesuka nodded, jumped back into his boat, whistled a few times, and another boat emerged from the reeds on the riverbank.

When the boat arrived at the ferry terminal, the boatman shouted, "Come on, officer, I'll take you across the river." ”

Xu Ling'er stood on the shore with a torch, and Wen Tao was behind Ishikawa Goemon, always on guard against him, and the three of them were not in a hurry to board the ship.

Ishikawa Goemon, whose hands were tied, moved a few steps forward and asked, "Funa, are you a subordinate of Koroku Wasuka?" ”

The boatman replied: "Beesuka Koroku has long stopped robbing the Kiso River, and the current Kiso River is safe under the management of Oda Kamisuke-sama, please get on the boat." ”

Xu Ling'er took a step closer and said: "The boatman misunderstood, we have a batch of valuable items, to be transported through the Kiso River overnight, your small boat can't be loaded, since you are here to make a living, I believe you will be able to find Wasuka Koroku, we only trust his family's ferry, these items are ready to be given to Oda Kamisuke-sama, please help find Mr. Wasuka." ”

"Wasuka Koroku became a samurai at Master Oda's house, and he has long since quit, isn't it the same who sent you across the river?" The boatman asked.

"It's different, we only trust Wasuka Xiaoliu, reward you with a tael of silver first, please help us." Xu Ling'er said, and threw a piece of silver into the cabin.

At this time, there were a few more whistles, and the boatman heard the meaning of Bee Suka Koroku, who wanted to kill these three people, and saw that they were not on the boat, but kept looking for Bee Suka, and threw out a tael of silver casually, not understanding what the purpose was.

Immediately afterwards, there was a whistle, which meant that the robbers hiding in the reeds were ordered to work together to kill the three people on the dock.

By this time, Hideyoshi had already crossed the river, and when he got out of the boat, he was given a horse, and he shouted to the robbers in the river, "Kill them, and don't leave another one alive!" ”

Koroku Beesuka jumped onto a large boat and continued to whistle differently to command.

Listening to the whistles, I mistakenly thought that the boatman was helping to contact Wasuka Koroku, and was looking forward to it on the shore, when suddenly the lantern torches were lit, and a group of bare-faced and fanged wild samurai came running, some with scimitars in their hands, some with bows and arrows, and a few with muskets were aiming......

"Not good! Get down, they have muskets! Xu Ling'er shouted, then jumped into the water, Wen Tao pushed Ishikawa Goemon to the ground, and he also lay on the ground.

At this time, the arrows flew like raindrops, and immediately after, the arquebus also rang out, and Wen Tao and Goemon rolled and fell into the river.

"Untie my ropes, now we're going to deal with the enemy together." Goemon preached.

So, Wen Tao released Ishikawa Goemon, and the two followed Xu Ling'er downstream......

Koroku Beesuka sat on top of the big boat and continued to command with a whistle, and after a while, more than a dozen small boats appeared in the river and began to attack them.

Ishikawa Goemon and Fumitao overturned several small boats in succession and fought the enemy in the water......

"Ling'er, run, leave us alone." Wen Tao shouted loudly.

Xu Ling'er went down the water, and the wild warriors on the shore kept throwing arrows into the water, and they pursued along the riverbank, and sometimes some people jumped into the river.

Suddenly, Wen Tao heard Xu Ling'er's voice and said to Ishikawa Goemon: "Please do it yourself, I will go to rescue Miss Ling'er." ”

Full of hatred in his arms, Ishikawa Goemon replied: "You go, leave it to me here, I must kill the bastard Suga Koroku and avenge my senior brothers and junior brothers!" ”

"Good! Mr. Ishikawa Goemon, take out the blood of a man, and when I rescue Miss Ling'er, I will help you. ”

Hearing Wen Tao's voice, Ishikawa Goemon surfaced and replied loudly: "In this life, I am inseparable from Owari Province!" So, he became more and more courageous, overturned all the surrounding boats, and started a life-and-death battle with the enemy in the water......

Because Wen Tao was beaten all over his body by the four big nest melons, he soaked in the water, and felt the pain all over his body, seeing that the wild warriors in front of him were besieging Ling'er, he silently recited in his heart: "Bodhisattva bless!" Even if you die here, you have to save Ling'er girl. ”

Wen Tao plunged into the water with a fierce son, and when he got out of the water, he saw that Ling'er was being dragged to the shore by three wild warriors, and he couldn't help but be angry, and hurriedly swam to the shore, jumping out of the water, but because of the pain all over his body, he fell to the ground at once, and failed to get up.

On the embankment, a group of black-clothed men with black cloth masks suddenly appeared, and they rushed down the embankment quickly, and without saying a word, they cut down the three wild warriors to the ground.

At this moment, Wen Tao was still silently chanting the Bodhisattva's blessing in his heart......

Due to the increasing number of wild warriors on the shore, after the man in black rescued Xu Ling'er, he quickly rushed to the river embankment and fought with the enemy......

Xu Ling'er, who was exhausted, came to the river and pulled Wen Tao up, only to see him shake his body and fall to the ground again, with a smile on his face.

"How are you?" Xu Ling'er asked.

"Bodhisattva bless, Ling'er girl, you go quickly, pick up your father and go back to your hometown immediately, this is not a place for people to stay."

"I'm afraid we won't be able to go back for the time being, Wen Tao, you have to take care of yourself."

"Don't call me Wen Tao anymore, Wen Tao is dead, I am now known as Nanguangfang."

"Nanguang Fang!" Xu Ling'er said softly: "You may not know that the Dharma King Xianru has given you the Dharma name, fluttering paradise, misty journey, I wish the sky and the sea, and send it to the Buddha." Nanguangfang Tianhai, everyone has high hopes for you. ”

At this time, on the embankment, the man in black had killed the ronin of Owari Province, and the shouting of killing gradually stopped.

Wen Tao suddenly noticed that someone was swimming over and shouted loudly: "Miss Ling'er, you should leave quickly." ”

Looking at the scarred Wen Tao, Xu Ling'er thought of Rusong, Rong'er, the group of people who lost their relatives in Qiumupu, her father who had a rough life, and her mother who died tragically, and couldn't help but cover her face with her hands and cry bitterly......

"Haha......" With a burst of crazy laughter, a large group of wild warriors were about to come ashore, close to Wen Tao lying on the river.

"Miss Ling'er, go quickly!" Wen Tao held back the pain and stood up, blocking in front of her.

Touching the sword he was carrying, he found that it had been thrown into the river, standing side by side beside Wen Tao, Xu Ling'er replied firmly: "No, I can't leave you alone, we can still deal with these people." ”

Suddenly, a big boat suddenly appeared in the middle of the river, and there were a large group of wild warriors on it, jumping into the water and swimming over, and the anxious Wen Tao pushed Xu Ling'er back a few times, and then rushed to the enemy desperately......

Xu Ling'er was about to jump into the river to help, but was knocked to the ground by the men in black who suddenly rushed in, and they assisted Wen Tao in fighting with the robbers......

Someone helped Xu Ling'er up and pulled her up on the river embankment, but as more and more wild warriors jumped into the water, she also jumped into the water to participate in the battle, but was pushed back to the shore by the man in black......

So, Xu Linger wiped her tears, shouted loudly in the shallow water, turned over the corpses that drifted downstream, and prayed silently in her heart that there would be no Wen Tao......

Shunshui searched for more than a mile, seeing more and more corpses floating in, and before he knew it, Xu Linger swam to the middle of the river......

The man in black finally repelled the robbers of the Kiso River, and the big ship of Wasuka Koroku also fled, at this time, someone swam to Xu Ling'er and said: "Miss Ling'er, don't look for it anymore, while we are fighting with the enemy, your two companions have already left." ”

"Who are you?"

"Master Quan Seng asked me to tell you, now that I have found the Dharma Buddha shrine, and there is still a bronze mirror missing, I believe that I can find it back soon, girl, please hurry ashore, we will protect you to Omi Kotani Castle."