After sighing, Xiuguang continued to ask the next question,

"Who is that 'teacher' in your mouth?"

"Hmm...... A teacher is a teacher, and he is a very powerful person~"

"I heard that the teacher used to be a subordinate of my father, and he was a great person~"

Listening to the ambiguous words of the two, Xiuguang didn't continue to ask. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info He roughly calculated the time, and thought to himself that the old man should almost come back.

So Xiuguang didn't continue to ask questions about this, but chatted casually with the brother and sister.

Sure enough, less than a quarter of an hour later, the figure of the old man and another person appeared in the courtyard.

"Hmph, look, the old man didn't lie to you. The two of you have already exposed yourself. ”

“……”

As soon as the old man came in, he saw the scene of Xiuguang talking with the brother and sister, and looked at the people on the side with a smile.

The man who returned with the old man was a middle-aged man of medium stature. He was dressed in burlap and looked very bitter and cold. His whole face was thin, and there was an old scar at the corner of his eye.

His face was pale, and he stared at the brother and sister with bloodshot eyes, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

Seeing the appearance of the middle-aged man, the brother and sister were so frightened that they trembled.

"Old, old, teacher......"

He seems to be the "teacher" in the mouth of the brother and sister.

The old man asked the middle-aged man to sit down in the house. The middle-aged man kept looking at Xiuguang and the three of them, but was silent.

"The old man asked you about that six days ago, and you said that you should think about it again. But I didn't expect that you two little ghosts couldn't be idle for a moment. Look, before you think about it, you've already put yourself on board. ”

The middle-aged man listened to the old man's words, and his face turned even bluer. He stared at the brother and sister and spoke slowly.

“…… Tsurunosuke, Tsukichiyo, what the hell is going on? ”

His hoarse, deep voice indicated his stern questioning of the siblings.

"Old, teacher...... I'm with Tsukichiyo...... I heard before, you, you, you talked to Grandpa Jianhao......"

"So, so, we just, just, very curious, then, and then ......"

The brother and sister were frightened by the middle-aged man's blue face and stern tone, and shrank in the corner, and cast a pitiful look of help at the old man.

“…… And then what? ”

The middle-aged man ignored the brother and sister's request for help at all, and continued to ask questions. As a result, the brother and sister were so frightened by him that they couldn't even speak.

"Old man, and this lord, can you let me explain what happened?"

Xiuguang saw that the scene was deadlocked, so he decided to take the initiative to come out and play a round.

The old man and his brother and sister both nodded, and the middle-aged man expressed his approval in silence.

Hidemitsu knew that the middle-aged man should have known his identity long ago, so he skipped the self-introduction. He explained in detail to the middle-aged man what had happened today.

The middle-aged man's brows tightened more and more, and he looked at the brother and sister after listening, with an expression that he didn't know what to say.

“…… Tsurunosuke, Tsukichiyo, is it true? ”

"Yes, yes, what Toyotomi-sama said and said is true."

In the face of the teacher's questioning, of course the brother and sister did not dare to lie and confessed honestly.

The middle-aged man sighed, turned to the old man and said:

“…… Yanliu, I didn't expect what you said to be true. ”

"How? What they ask for, do you want to stop thinking about it? Anyway, these two adults in your family have already been exposed by themselves, and you can't go on the thief ship if you don't want to. ”

"Alas......"

The middle-aged man thought for a moment and sighed. Then, he turned his gaze to the three of them.

"Your Excellency...... It's Toyotomi-sama. ”

He saluted Xiuguang, but the wariness in his eyes was still not removed.

"I heard, Toyotomi-sama...... Want to hire us? ”

"Yes. Since you said that, it means that you and the two people who have been following us this morning are both ninjas, right? ”

"Your Excellency has already guessed it...... Why bother asking at this time? ”

The middle-aged man looked at Xiuguang with scrutinizing eyes. Xiuguang also looked back at him with scrutinizing eyes.

"Toyotomi-sama wants to hire us, but I can't say yes."

"Oh? Why is that? ”

"We, with the Toyotomi family, have a past hatred. Even if Toyotomi-sama said that he didn't care if he was humble and didn't care if he had a big sin, we wouldn't believe it...... Because, the samurai have never kept their promises once. ”

The middle-aged man's deep voice revealed a strong sense of distrust of the Toyotomi family and the samurai.

"Judging from your words, you should have been beaten as a thief by your father, right? Did I guess right? ”

“…… Toyotomi-sama, you are so sensitive. ”

The middle-aged man raised his eyes slightly and looked at Xiuguang with some surprise.

“…… Tsuranosuke and Tsukichiyo are both children of the adult who has passed away. Before he died, I promised him that I would protect and take care of his children...... So for their safety, I can't risk myself. Toyotomi-sama must be able to understand this. ”

The middle-aged man silently grabbed the tied Tsuunosuke and Tsukichiyo and helped them untie the ropes. Tsuranosuke and Tsukichiyo tightly clung to his linen clothes and did not speak.

Xiuguang thought of Xiujia from his words, and he was a little shaken, but he still wanted to try his best.

At this time, the old man spoke.

"Don't you want to avenge him?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, his eyes instantly sharpened.

“…… Sooner or later, I will kill them myself. ”

"Sooner or later, what day is it? Twenty years from now, or thirty years from now? Do you think you'll live to that time? ”

“……”

"You are like this, pulling the two children all day long, worrying about your livelihood every day, how can you talk about avenging him?"

The old man seems to dislike the middle-aged man's current malaise.

"You might as well believe the Toyotomi family once, you all have the same enemy anyway, why can't you cooperate for the time being?"

When the middle-aged man heard this, he was still thinking about it.

"You and the old man are both frustrated people, the old man has cheered up, but you are still struggling with these small problems. It's really a disappointment for the old man. ”

Xiuguang didn't know what the old man had just said to the middle-aged man, so he asked:

"What the hell happened? If you don't trust us samurai, I don't care, whatever you think. However, if it is true that as the old man said, your enemy is also an enemy of our Toyotomi family, then I have reason to help you, after all, it is also our enemy. ”

Looking at Xiuguang's serious eyes, the middle-aged man was a little hesitant. Tsuranosuke tugged at his clothes and asked:

"Teacher, he said that he can help us avenge my father, and I want to avenge my father......"

Listening to Tsurunosuke and Tsukichiyo's request, the middle-aged man sighed and spoke.

“…… Toyotomi-sama, can you swear that even if I die, I will never do anything that will hurt these two children? ”

"Yes, I swear in the name of the Toyotomi family and in my own name that I will never do anything to you."

The middle-aged man nodded after receiving Xiuguang's solemn promise.

“…… We are the Wind Demon Ninjas who once served the Hojo family. ”

In a low, hoarse voice, he uttered this surprising truth.