90, Ji Ruozi's confusion (I)
"Lord, are you going out?" As I was about to leave the camp, I was confronted by the Takenaka Hanbei and the Gamo clan, and they were slightly taken aback when they saw me dressed like a wild samurai.
"The weather is nice and nothing, I want to get rid of two fish!" I answered with my hands behind my back and continued walking.
"Lord, this seems to be a little inappropriate!" The half-guard of Takenaka looked at me, and then at the stack of folds he was holding in his arm, which he had brought to me for instructions.
"I'm tired of talking with the major city lords and wealthy families in a row, so let's take a half-day vacation today, let's relax!" As soon as I looked down and saw the fold in his hand, I smiled and said, "This is the intermittent stage of the war, and no one can die if it is delayed." You two are also lazy once in a while, so you might as well go out and have fun when the weather is so nice. I'll put it first, and I'll watch it after dinner! ”
"Your Highness, do you need to be careful!" The Gamo clan looked at the entourage of less than ten people around me, and said worriedly: "Now that the Miyoshi family has just been destroyed, there are still many ronins who have fled nearby. You're just going out ......."
"I don't go far away, it's the river in front of me!" As I spoke, I pointed with my hand to the distance outside the camp gate, and then shook my cloth clothes and flicked the hat on my head and said, "Who can recognize me when I am dressed like this, and besides, Shinhachiro is following!" The remnants of Miyoshi Yoshitsugu are now frightened birds, and they have long avoided people when they see them. ”
"Please be careful!" When they saw that I had made up their minds, they dodged out of the way. I took a few retinues, including Ying, Ayuki, Shinhachiro, and Goto Matabei, out of the gate and headed south.
Miyoshi Yoshitsugu fell as scheduled, and in the end, Kagamihime's fire disrupted my steps a little. The fact that a woman can do this really makes me sigh a lot. But it's not anyone's fault, although such things are not common, but they also happen from time to time in the Warring States, I have a few words to appease the Ten Rivers Deposit Insurance and Jinshan Liquan, and secretly rewarded the still water Youhu, and the final rhetoric is also made up seamlessly, and the life has to go on.
The fire of Katsurui Castle burned the castle tower to the ground, but in terms of the castle foundation, it is still the best in Awa, and I arranged for someone to rebuild it, but it will not be able to live for a while. I continued to lead my army westward, and set up camp on the edge of the mountains bordering southern Iyo, where I remained silent for more than ten days.
It's a quiet little river, and you can't see the joint venture two miles away when you go downhill. It had been an unknown number of years since several boulders had fallen on the shore, and one of the attendants immediately spread a mat on top of the flattest one.
"Which of you will accompany me to fish!" I asked as I picked up a green bamboo fishing rod and hung an earthworm on the hook, and I did bring two fishing rods and two fishing baskets this time.
The attendants naturally didn't dare to sit side by side with me, and Ying and Xue shook their heads together after glancing at each other.
"Shinhachiro, what about you?" I threw the hook into the water, and the goose feather terrier floated a few times and a small sharp horn emerged.
"You know I like to hunt, I can't fish!" He was bored and fumbled around, and although he had changed into light armor, he still held the "Shura's Wrath" in his hand.
"If you don't want to accompany me, forget it, someone will come to accompany me anyway!" I didn't care about this reaction, I just watched my float intently.
Today I was not very lucky, and it took me half a day to catch two fish, one of which was less than a palm long, but when I took it off, I was stabbed with blood by the spike handle on its dorsal fin. The minutes passed like this, and in a blink of an eye it was almost noon, when the faint sound of horses' hooves came from the road to the southwest.
My eyes were still fixed on the water, but I focused all my attention on my ears, which should have been a galloping team approaching here, not a lot of people, only about a dozen. "The guy who fished with me is here!" With a shake of my hand, I pulled up a pound of heavy red carp. "Shinhachiro! Go and stop them, and bring to me the men who are their heads. I commanded as I put the fish in the basket.
"Yes! Leave it to me! When Shinhachiro encountered such an interesting thing, he immediately came to his senses, climbed uphill in three steps and two steps, and stood in the middle of the road.
I was sitting less than ten feet from the road, so I could hear the voices from there. The horse team is almost there, and I don't know if it will stop voluntarily to avoid pedestrians. In this era, a samurai's horse trampled on a civilian, and a wild samurai was no better, but what about a wild samurai armed with a huge spear?
"Stop!" A loud shout was followed by a deranged neighing of horses, which seemed to have caused a certain amount of confusion. Shinhachiro's voice was indeed not small, and I sat here with a buzzing sound in my ears.
"Where did the thief dare to block the uncle's horse's head, don't you want to live?" An imposing "uncle" scolded loudly, and from the frizz in his voice, he could conclude that this was not a big person.
"I don't want to live for a long time, but no one has been able to 'fulfill' me so far!" Shinhachiro's voice this time was not loud but firm and cold, but I could still hear the excitement of eagerness to try it from inside.
"You kid!" "Uncle" was annoyed all of a sudden, judging from the rapid snort of the war horse, he should have rushed up to make a move.
"Don't do it!" A middle-aged man's voice sounded at this moment, and it seemed that there was some authority. "Young people don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick. This place is not far from the camp of His Royal Highness Zhuxing Yuzhou's army, and you will be in trouble if you encounter his samurai! "This man's character seems to be good, although it is a reprimand, it sounds like a loving and kind guide of the elderly.
"It's useless whoever is here, tell your leader to come out and speak!" It's a pity that this time I met a stunned young man like Shinhachiro, not only did he not receive good intentions, but he was aggressive.
"The bold fanatic is so presumptuous, watch me take your life!" A young man's voice burst out, and there was a crisp sound of drawing a knife.
"Don't be in a hurry!" The middle-aged man still stopped the fight, and instead of being angry, he seemed to have a kind of appreciation. "Young man! I think you also have a great ability, why bother to do such a path cutting business. It's better to join my family, not only can you block the official samurai, but you will also have a good family business after making meritorious contributions! ”
"Don't talk nonsense, who the hell is the leader of you!" Shinhachiro was impatient with this act of just talking and not doing anything.
"The leader is me, you can consider my suggestion......" The middle-aged man didn't care about his rudeness, it seemed that the wild samurai who had not been disciplined in his opinion was like this!
"You? You don't deserve it! Shinhachiro's snort came out of his nose, and his tone was tinged with contempt. Although he is sometimes a little tendoned, his eyesight is still quite sharp. Among many people, he is very good at picking out those with extraordinary temperament, which is why he has such a high chance of success when he breaks into the enemy line and captures the flag.
There was another chaotic sound of drawing swords and the sound of war horses, and it seemed that many people wanted to do it. The lonely wild samurai stopped on the road and made a big noise, this matter is already weird, and it may be okay to persuade with good words, but why can't you let your lord face such a risk, right? It would be too many hundred and five to do that!
This time, Shinhachiro was silent, and it seemed that he might be about to make a move. Now his temperament is better than before, but he is still keen on martial arts. As far as I can guess, he didn't make it clear what happened, and he did it on purpose.
"Stand down!" At this moment, another middle-aged man's voice sounded, stopping the chaos, although not high-pitched, but with a majesty.
"Lord (Father)! ......" exclaimed the middle-aged and young man just now, obviously trying to prevent something from happening.
"Pro-Thai, pro-Thai, you all step down!" The second middle-aged man insisted on his opinion, and judging by the fact that no one else raised any more objections, he had absolute authority in the home. After that, there was a few soft sounds, and it was possible that he had come to Shinhachiro. "I'm the leader of these people, just say anything!"
"You?" Shinhachiro questioned, and then probably looked up and down. "Very well, my lord would like to invite you to come and talk!" He finally recognized the man.
"In the past? ...... "This middle-aged man may have hesitated and looked around, and then he should have seen a few of us at the bottom of the slope." "Very well, I'll talk to you!" Then he immediately added: "Pro-Thailand, pro-Tai, you don't need to say much, you are all waiting here!" Then he dismounted.
This person should not be wearing heavy armor, not only is there no sound of the armor and the footsteps are not heavy, only he and Shinhachiro are walking here, and the others really did not follow.
Although I have been fighting for so many years, it is indeed not so easy to say exactly what "murderous" is, it may be the feeling of being cold and like a pinprick, which makes people's hearts unconsciously become cold and sink downward. This person made me feel this way at this moment, and I couldn't help but move my back slightly, hoping not to be despised by him because of this.
"His Royal Highness Yuzhou is really good Yaxing!" The man finally came up behind me, and when he spoke, his tone didn't look like a greeting. My attendant kept his eyes on him, but didn't react aggressively.
"Your Highness Changzong, do you like fishing?" My eyes were still fixed on the float on the water, but I couldn't concentrate anymore.
"Thank you, Your Highness Yuzhou, for your concern!" He took another step forward and came to another boulder beside me. "I'm a Tosa person, and everyone in Shikoku has something to do with fishing. When I was a kid, I used to go to the sea, but at that time I used trawls, and there were more fish than here! ”
"The creek and the sea have their own style, and the taste of them can only be experienced by those who are in them!" I straightened up and raised my hand, but there was no fish on the hook. "Fortunately, His Royal Highness Changzong and my ministry don't hate this, can you sit with me for a while?"
"It seems that His Royal Highness Yuzhou has already prepared for me, so you're welcome!" He sat on another large stone covered with a reed mat and began to arrange the fishing rod that was still unused.