"My lord! Where are we going? Keiji Maeda asked me as he drank tea, and at this moment we had come to the border between Owari and Ise. Because of the tension between Oda and the Saito family, we chose this path.

"What do you think?" I asked rhetorically.

"In my opinion, I should go to Sakai Town! Tanegashima is too far away, and the people of Imasa don't necessarily trust us. Now the only way to try your luck is to go to the Nanban merchants in Sakai Town! His insights are not simple.

"You're right! This is the general direction of our actions. But ...... said, "I tried to recall the flow of "Taiko Lizhi". "I want to go to Kyoto first, maybe I can find some of my past relationships! Then we'll go back to Sakai Town, which will be more secure. ”

"That's great!" He looked excited. "I didn't expect that I could play two places in one mission this time!"

“…… Boss! Hurry up, please! I reluctantly turned around and shouted, I really don't know what to say about this "subordinate".

I turned my head and looked at the tea house on the side of the road. Including us, there are only four tables of customers here, but it's not bad for such a small restaurant. In addition to us, there was a samurai seated at each of the two tables, and there were five or six vendors around one table. The samurai at the table to our right had his back to us, wearing a hat with a folded brim so that his face could not be seen clearly. Diagonally at his hand sat a primitive plain spear with a sharp head shaped like a sharp knife but with only one blade. The samurai at the table at the counter looked like he was eighteen or nineteen years old, with a long sword at his waist. His face is very delicate, but his face is full of vegetables, and his clothes look a little shabby. At the moment he was gobbling it up, fighting a white rice ball.

"It's been a chaotic year! There were samurai there. But it seems that their life is not easy either. "I can't help but feel a little emotional. I pushed the burden on the table and felt the pain on my shoulders again. It's not that my injuries haven't healed yet, it's that these have been weighed down by gold for the past two days! I don't dare to ask Keiji Maeda to carry it, I can't tell when it will turn into wine! So he only took a few of my clothes and what Senshiba brought to Shinhachiro for me (I wanted to stop by Nara).

At this time, the boss brought our meal, 6 rice balls, 1 plate of sweet radish, and half a stewed chicken. This trip brought 20 yuan of travel expenses, and I still haven't fully adapted to this difficult era. only vetoed Keiji's suggestion, and resolutely did not ask for wine. Joke! He's so big I can't carry him.

"How...... How so?! "Just as I was about to dine amid Keiji's complaints, I heard the boss's excited voice on the side.

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! The young samurai with the sword on his shoulder apologized with a flushed face and kept bowing to his boss. I'm ...... Really rich! Only...... I can't find it now! His hands kept rolling in his arms.

"In this troubled world, there are still samurai who apologize to the civilians?" I became interested in him.

"Yes...... But I can't afford it! The boss said with a sad face. Looking at this shed made of cloth and bamboo poles, he is telling the truth.

"Yes...... ...... like this," the young man looked at his knife and then at the boss, as if he had made up his mind, and the boss's face immediately turned earthy yellow. In this day and age, it was not uncommon for samurai to kill civilians. "This knife is a relic of my father, so I can't give it to you!" He picked up a wooden stick with a thick bowl from the corner of the table and handed it to the boss. "Please give me a beating to get rid of my anger! I am willing to work with you to pay off the food I owe. ”

"There is still such a samurai!! Hearing his words, I sat down on the ground. "Ahem! Cough! Cough! I paid the boss's account together! "I shouldn't let such an ancient man be embarrassed, I grabbed a handful of copper coins from my bosom and put them on the table.

"Thank you for your kindness! Please give me a high name, and I will repay you in the future! "After the boss thanked me for leaving, the young samurai came to my desk.

"It's just a meal, and it's not worth mentioning!"

"Nope! It's not a matter of one meal. He shook his head resolutely. You saved my reputation more than my life! If it weren't for what I still had to do, I would rather die than suffer such humiliation! ”

"Then sit with us for a while!" I'm getting more and more interested in him.

"Again by your hospitality......" his face turned red again.

"Are you looking down on me? Then not reluctantly. You don't have to be gracious! "I pretended to be angry.

"So it bothered!" He finally sat down.

"My name is Star Loyalty! This is my retainer Keiji Maeda. What is your name? I said as I put a pair of chopsticks in his hand. It was evident that he had been hungry for days, and that he had not eaten enough.

"That's right......" He looked at us in amazement, especially Keiji Maeda (Keiji didn't pay attention to it and stuffed the only chicken leg into his mouth. ）。 "Under the West Country. Because the cost of the road was exhausted, I worked all the way to here. Don't want to...... I lost my money bag today, but I'm glad I met you here. But...... I can't tell you my name, so please forgive me......"

"You're the 'Izumo no Deer', aren't you?" Keiji Maeda, who was munching on chicken legs, came out with a sentence.

"How do you know?!" The young samurai changed color.

"You're pretty much the same as the legend is, and you're ......," Keiji pointed to the young man's saber with the chicken leg bone that was no longer a little gone. This is the 'Three Days and Moon Sect', right? ”

"Not bad! Down there is the mountain deer no suke Yumori. The young man said word by word, and at the same time pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife. So you're Māori? ”

A huge murderous aura spread around......

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Bear in Winter: I read the book review of Xiashan Fox today, and I want to make a little confession. The protagonist's words are undoubtedly made up, this is to pave the way for the old man and Xianzhi to see it later, otherwise it is also impossible for someone to do nothing after experiencing a shipwreck, and walk a hundred and ten miles with a body of sea water to the mountains and pass out and wait for someone to save him.

The old man Miao Le Zhai is a wise man who is exaggerated and somewhat mythical, and his plot is a little unreal! But the protagonist who has just changed the environment really needs to have such a person to give him guidance on a certain direction in life, and I will arrange for him to leave as soon as possible.