The four of them disguised themselves as merchants and went to Ishiyama Honganji Temple to find Xianru to ask for the return of the national treasure, and passed through the cemetery on the outskirts of Sakai Town, where they found the cemetery of the Lin family and held a solemn memorial ceremony.

The sad Lin Wenjing howled and cried bitterly, knelt down, Lu Yunlong saw that it was not early, pulled him up and helped him onto the horse, and everyone continued to hurry, and then walked further into the territory of Settsu Country.

Not long after they left, Shimazu Yoshihiro and others escorted Lin Liuguan to the Sakai Town Cemetery, and Lin Liuguan suddenly proposed to pay tribute to his uncle's family.

Although Shimazu Yoshihiro agreed to his request, he said viciously: "It's rare that you still have this filial piety, go ahead, if you dare to play tricks, I will kill you." ”

Lin Liuguan thanked Shimazu Yoshihiro and walked into the cemetery alone, only to find that his uncle's grave was full of pine branches and dried flowers, and fresh offerings and fruits were placed in front of the tombstone, and the freshly burned paper was still burning with ashes.

So, Lin Liuguan, whose face was full of tears, looked around, but did not find a single figure, quickly climbed up the high slope and looked into the distance, only to see the four horses heading in the direction of Settsu, so he closed his eyes and prayed silently in his heart......

At this time, he suddenly felt a chill in his neck, and when he opened his eyes, he found a scimitar right under his nose.

At this moment, looking at the four horses in front of him, Lin Liuguan wanted to catch up and ask, who was paying tribute to his uncle? He pushed away the steel knife in front of him reservedly, and said, "Let's continue on our journey, and when I am a monk at Honganji, it will not be too late to come back to pay respects." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro didn't want to delay the work, so they left the cemetery together, Lin Liuguan took the lead and ran fast, just stepped into the eastern part of the country, suddenly found that there was a sentry in front of him, and a group of half-bald moon leaders came out, and intercepted the four horses.

Shimazu Yoshihiro knew that he had now entered the territory of Matsunaga Xiu, and hurriedly ordered Lin Liuguan to stop advanging.

Of course, Lin Liuguan also understood that the Settsu Kingdom in the Gyeonggi region was not peaceful, and Ishiyama Honganji Temple was right on the main road to Kyoto.

The hereditary lords of Settsu Province came from the Hosokawa clan, and since the Onin War, the Hosokawa clan gradually weakened, and in the 18th year of Astronomi (28th year of Jiajing, 1549 AD), the Miyoshi clan gradually rose to power and grasped the power of Settsu Province, and its family governor Miyoshi Chokei took the opportunity to expand the scope of the territory.

(During the tenure of Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, there was a struggle between the guardian daimyo such as Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Mochitoyo for several years, which led to the decline of the Muromachi shogunate)

By the time of Eiroku, in addition to owning the Settsu Province, the Miyoshi clan also controlled the territories of Yamashiro, Kawachi, Izumi, Yamato, Tanba, Awaji, Awa, and Harima, and was very powerful.

In the 6th year of Eiroku (the 42nd year of Jiajing, 1563 AD), Miyoshi Chokei actually drove the Muromachi shogunate Ashikaga Yoshiteru and his commander Hosokawa Harumoto and other important ministers out of Kyoto, and took control of the shogunate himself.

In the seventh year of Yonglu, Miyoshi Changqing listened to the slander of his retainer Matsu Nagashi Xiu and killed his third brother, and the rest of the younger brothers died of illness one after another, and the long-planned conspirator Matsu Nagahide bought off his sister-in-law Miyoshi Yixing's cronies, poisoned Yixing's meal, and killed him, unable to withstand this series of blows, Miyoshi Changqing was ill and decided to set up an heir, Miyoshi Yoshitsugi, as the heir of the family governor.

After all, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu did not have enough prestige, and from then on, the Miyoshi family fell into internal strife, and the power of Settsu Province fell into the hands of Matsunaga Hide.

In order to suppress Matsunaga Hide, the sick Miyoshi Nagakei had to make peace with the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and took the shogun Yoshiki back to Kyoto, but put the head Hosokawa Harumoto and others under house arrest in Fumonji Temple.

After the death of Miyoshi Nagakei, there was an open and secret battle between Matsunaga Shu and Miyoshi Yoshitsugu, and over the years, the Settsu Province was constantly at war, and any samurai who tried to go to Kyoto would be severely interrogated.

The four were intercepted in front of the sentry post, and Guo Guoqiang hurriedly came forward to negotiate, claiming to be a merchant from Sakai Town, who wanted to go to Ishiyama Honganji Temple to repay his wishes, and took out some broken silver and stuffed it to the group of samurai.

But this group of warriors didn't buy it at all, they gathered around Lu Yunlong to take a closer look, and the more calm Lu Yunlong was, the more suspicious he was about his identity.

Suddenly, I heard someone shouting, "Matsunaga-sama has arrived." ”

Immediately afterwards, a group of men and horses galloped over, and the flag was painted with a family crest surrounded by ivy, and the leader of the military generals was Matsunaga Xiu.

In front of Lu Yunlong and the others, Matsunaga Xiu carefully looked him up and down, and thought to himself: This person must be a nobleman in Kyoto!

"Who are you, do you want to go to Luo?" Someone asked in a loud voice.

(Kamiraku, referring to the pilgrimage to Kyoto to worship the shogun)

Guo Guoqiang knew that Lu Yunlong didn't understand, so he hurried over to explain to Song Yongxiu.

Song Yongxiu waved his knife at Guo Guoqiang and scolded: "I didn't ask you now!" ”

At this moment, Lu Yunlong smiled slightly, looked up at the sky, and did not take these people in front of him in his eyes.

Matsunaga Shu brandished his scimitar and shouted, "I just received a report that a group of samurai have also arrived from the Shimazu family in Satsuma Province. Now, tie them all up for me, these are the people of the shogunate, and Yoshiki Koji sent them to contact the daimyo Kamiraku in various places to deal with us. ”

At this time, a group of warriors came over to tie them up, Xu Ling'er immediately began to resist, Lu Yunlong came to her side smartly, knocked over a few soldiers who captured her with a wave of his palm, and motioned for her to take the opportunity to hurry away.

Xu Ling'er understood, jumped over, dragged a person off the horse, and in the blink of an eye, she stepped onto the horse and urged the horse to go in the direction of Sakai Town.

Lin Liuguan, who was parked on the side of the road, suddenly found that there was a horse in the distance, and the person on the horse was a girl in white.

As the horse gradually approached, Lin Liuguan took a closer look, and saw that this girl was about sixteen or seventeen years old, her white face looked very elegant, and her big eyes were full of watery aura.

Shimazu Yoshihiro pointed his saber at Lin Liuguan and asked, "Are you stupid?" ”

Lin Liuguan woke up like a dream, and asked loudly in the official dialect of the Ming Dynasty: "Girl, do you know the shopkeeper Lin who is doing the medicinal herb business in Sakai Town?" ”

The girl had already run out of ten zhang away, and suddenly, a voice like a silver bell floated in the wind: "Acquaintance, we have just paid tribute to the old shopkeeper." ”

Lin Liuguan suddenly came to his senses when he heard this, and took advantage of Shimazu Yoshihiro's unpreparedness to suddenly snatch the scimitar in his hand, and at this time, the pursuers happened to be close to them.

So, Lin Liuguan rushed forward brandishing a scimitar, and without saying a word, he came up and killed two pursuers, and then fought with the oncoming samurai......

Shimazu Yoshihiro hurriedly turned his horse and took a few steps back, and scolded angrily: "Bastard! What do you want? ”

Finding that Lin Liuguan had already killed his eyes, Shimazu Yoshihiro was very anxious and shouted loudly: "Bastard, come back to me quickly!" ”

ran out of more than two miles in one go, Xu Linger turned around and found that someone had intercepted the pursuers, so he quickly reined in the reins of the horse and stopped to watch.

Shimazu Yoshihiro didn't dare to enter the war easily, and at this time, he noticed that Matsunaga Shu was also coming, so he wanted to go up and explain to him.

Unexpectedly, I heard Matsunaga Shu shouting: "Arrest these Satsuma people for me, they are Ashikaga Yoshiki to deal with us." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro and his soldiers were forced to participate in the battle, and immediately revealed the fierce nature of the Satsuma people, and sure enough, they killed Matsunaga Xiu and others with a kung fu of one or ten, and the one who rushed to the front was Lin Liuguan, who scared all the guards of the post away.

Lin Liuguan threw the stirrup off the saddle and got off the horse, untying Lu Yunlong and the others, Lin Wenjing shouted "Sixth Brother ......", and threw himself into his arms, and at this moment, Xu Ling'er also came back.

"Wen Jing, don't be afraid, with the sixth brother here, I won't let you have any more accidents." Lin Liuguan comforted.

Although I don't know who Wen Jing is with, it is certain that these three must have saved Wen Jing, and they erected a stone tablet in front of their uncle's tomb, so in Lin Liuguan's opinion, they are all his benefactors, so he hurriedly bowed down and said: "The three graces are above, and they are worshiped by Lin Liuguan of Qiumupu." ”

The person in front of him is Lin Liuguan of Qiumupu, Lu Yunlong smiled slightly, but he didn't say anything.

The samurai of the Shimazu family were afraid that Lin Liuguan had run away, so they quickly followed, and before they could dismount, they found that Matsunaga Shu had returned with a large group of samurai, and they happened to meet them opposite.

"Kill me, Kuhide, this bastard, he thinks we are Ashikaga Yoshiki's men!" With a shout from Yoshihiro Shimazu, Satsuma Bing and Matsunaga Shu and others started another scuffle.

Because Shimazu Yoshihiro was very fierce and became more and more brave the more he fought, Matsunaga didn't look good and fled again.

Repelled Matsunaga Hide's attack, the angry Shimazu Yoshihiro urged the horse to the front of Lin Liuguan, came up and kicked him to the ground, and scolded: "Bastard, you have caused a lot of trouble!" ”

When Lin Liuguan just got up from the ground, Shimazu Yoshihiro turned over and dismounted, raised his scimitar and was about to kill him, but at this time, his arm was tightly grasped by Lu Yunlong.

Shimazu Yoshihiro secretly tried his best, very strange, he couldn't bend his arm down, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart, and marveled at the infinite amount of manpower.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and Xu Ling'er shouted loudly: "It's not good, let's go quickly, another large group of reinforcements are coming." ”

Everyone looked up and saw dust in the distance, and Matsunaga Xiu led a large group of men and horses, roaring all over the world......

So, Lu Yunlong let go of Shimazu Yoshihiro and nodded at him with that irresistible look.

Shimazu Yoshihiro shrugged his nose, still a little dissatisfied in his heart, hurriedly got on his horse, and shouted to his subordinates: "Prepare to fight!" ”

Lu Yunlong said: "It seems that today is not going to pass, Ling'er, you take Master Guo and Lin Wenjing to go first, and I will break it off." ”

"Please be careful, Lord Lu." Xu Ling'er said, and the three of them urged the horse to go back together.

Shimazu Yoshihiro looked at Lu Yunlong with expectant eyes, and found that the other party was nodding at him, and the two understood, and when the Biao men and horses were about to arrive, they led the Satsuma soldiers into the enemy group, and started a more fierce melee.

Lu Yunlong and Lin Liuguan rode horses to stand on the road, the soldiers came to block, the water came to cover, to prevent them from chasing and killing Xu Ling'er and others, as Matsunaga Xiu's reinforcements increased, they were divided and surrounded by the enemy, after a bloody melee, the fierce Satsuma soldiers were almost all killed.

Lu Yunlong and Lin Liuguan didn't dare to fight, so they fought their way out of the encirclement and found that someone was already chasing Xu Ling'er.

At this moment, Shimazu Yoshihiro has already killed red eyes, although he is surrounded by groups, he is also becoming more and more courageous.

Lu Yunlong couldn't bear to leave him alone, and shouted loudly: "Liuguan, you quickly go to the front to protect Lin Wenjing, and wait for me to relieve this warrior." ”

Lin Liuguan agreed, and then chased after him with his horse, galloping all the way and slashing more than ten pursuers.

So, Lu Yunlong once again entered the enemy group to rescue Shimazu Yoshihiro, but found that he had no intention of retreating.

After killing all the enemy troops behind Shimazu Yoshihiro, Lu Yunlong hoped that he could retreat with him, but Shimazu Yoshihiro still continued to chase the enemy army until Lu Yunlong rushed in front of him again, made eye contact with him, and signaled him not to chase anymore.

At this time, Shimazu Yoshihiro understood that this person was helping him, so he roared and slashed several enemy soldiers who were running slowly, so that he could turn the horse's head side by side with Lu Yunlong.

Xu Ling'er not only had to protect Wen Jing and Guo Guoqiang, but also had to fight with the pursuers behind him, which seemed powerless, thanks to Lin Liuguan's help, and finally killed all the pursuers.

When Lin Liuguan came closer, Xu Ling'er hugged his fist, and before the words of thanks could be spoken, a cold arrow suddenly flew in the distance, and Lin Liuguan instantly fell under the horse.

Holding back the pain in his back, Lin Liuguan shouted loudly: "Please girl, leave me alone, I am a damned person, you guys run quickly." ”

Xu Ling'er hurriedly jumped off the horse and came to check the arrow wound on Lin Liuguan's body, and at this time, Shimazu Yoshihiro, who had just withdrawn, also came to him.

Lin Liuguan, who was covered in blood, lay on the ground, with a smile on his face, and said intermittently: "Girl, you, you are the bodhisattva in my heart, the incarnation of Mazu, I, I may not be able to do it, but I don't know your name yet......"

"Xu Ling'er."

"Xu, Ling'er, I have already made a wish, and on the day I abandon evil and follow good, Mazu Bodhisattva, will come to see me, Xu Ling'er, Xu Ling'er ......, my mother's wish has finally come true, it has come true, Mazu Bodhisattva sees me coming......"

As he spoke, Lin Liuguan slowly closed his eyes and a smile appeared on his face......