42. Help! Benefactor?
I felt as if I had a dream, a terrible nightmare! In this dream, all the people and things I love and cherish have left me, and I want to chase them, but I can't take a step; I wanted to shout but I couldn't make a sound! I was enclosed in a huge block of ice, unable to move but able to see clearly.
First Niwa Nagahide, Maeda Toshiie, and Ikeda Tsuneko came to me, they looked at me in the ice, sighed helplessly, and shook their heads and walked away. Then Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu came hand in hand, and they looked at me as if they were looking at an animal in a cage, and then they talked about something and turned away; Somehow, Hideyoshi Hashiba, Mitsuhide Akechi, and Hidehide Matsunaga actually came together, and they pointed at me and made a few regretful expressions to each other, and then they scattered to find what I had left outside! Hideyoshi Hashiba put on my armor; Akechi Mitsuhide picked up my saber; Matsunaga Shu took my money bag in his arms ...... "These are mine!" No one is allowed to move! I screamed and struggled, but instead of breaking through, my hands and feet were tightened tighter and tighter.
Gradually, I felt like I couldn't breathe, and my mind gradually lost consciousness as I felt like I was going to suffocate...... "I don't want to die like this!" I finally mustered up all my strength and shouted, and the man woke up from his coma.
I don't know if it's more cloudy or because it's already night, but it's darker anyway! The north wind howled and swept walnut-sized snowflakes flying all over the sky, and the scenery ten paces away had become a blur. In such weather, I would not have survived for 20 minutes with my physical fitness, but I am still alive because I am not outside.
It was a dark cave, and from time to time snowflakes were thrown from the hole and landed on my hands and face. The whole cave body is a trumpet shape that is wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, and the scale of the opening is two zhang high and four zhang wide, and after extending seven or eight zhang inward, only the width and narrowness of the zhang remain. A bonfire burned farther back to me, and the flickering flames, which were half a foot high, did not serve to illuminate them, but only added a vague and strange shadow to the cave walls.
I felt a chill hit me, and my limbs, which had been wearing thick clothes, were stiffening. Now even a little heat could have lasted my life, and I turned sideways and crawled two steps towards the fire, which was not much bigger than a pot of mutton shabu. Normally, even people who know that they are going to die will not give up their lives easily!
"I didn't expect you to wake up so soon, the hope of survival is really strong!" A voice suddenly sounded in the cave, not loud, but it was thrilling enough at this time.
"Who is it?!" I sat up straight and drank vigilantly, searching the cave for the source of the sound. (Actually, I wanted to stand up with my back against the cave wall, but my sore legs were really not good!) )
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, although it seems alert enough, the reaction is too exaggerated! It really affects your image in my heart......" As he spoke, a person walked out of the dark shadow inside, holding a long sword with a vermilion scabbard in his arms. In fact, whether he can be counted as a "person" is really up for debate, his figure and face clearly show that his real age is at most ten years old, although his face is still very "cute", thick eyebrows and big eyes are still far from the word "handsome". But the knife in his hand is really a real guy, and when I looked at it, I mistakenly thought it was Maeda Keiji's "Great Ceremony" that changed hands. "I really didn't expect it to be like this, it's really different from what I expected!" He shook his head and sighed as he tried to look disdainful, but he couldn't pretend to be like that immature countenance.
"Did ...... 'Venerable Driver' save me?" I hesitated to ask, looking at the scene in front of me, this is undoubtedly the most reasonable explanation. It's just that everything seems very unbelievable, how did I come here and save him? It has also become a big problem to address the only person on the other side, "Lord", "Your Highness", "Sir" are obviously inappropriate, but for this person who may be his "benefactor", he should have a respectful attitude, so the nondescript honorific word of "respect" is also out of the cage!
"Sort of...... At least I dug you out of the snowdrift and brought you here! He nodded very affirmatively, without the slightest hint of modesty or politeness. …… In this sense, I am indeed your life-saver, so even receiving a big gift from you cannot be said to be such an excessive thing! ”
"So...... Please accept my worship! I struggled to stand up against the wall, and prepared to bow down to him.
Judging from the tone of his voice, this kid should be a spoiled child of a family, and may think highly of himself because of some talent! There must have been a very unusual reason why the two of us were here in such a bizarre way, so I decided to sacrifice some "self-esteem" to please him, and by all indications it certainly wouldn't hurt to do so.
"Ha, ha, ha......" He suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, he didn't expect that a child could also make people have such a strong sense of oppression, with a kind of momentum that looked down on the world, people couldn't help but forget his age, clothes and identity. In the end, it is a heroic hero on Xuanhe's side, a world-famous general, who is not only quick to adapt but also able to bend and stretch! Yes, yes, I finally didn't pick the wrong person! ”
"Your great kindness will not be forgotten, and you must repay it with a grass ring! Although I have a low status but I also have thin assets, if you ...... "I have a cloud and mountain fog in my mouth, but my heart has been shocked. This mysterious child actually knows my identity, what could be more disturbing than this in the case of my micro-service travel? Linked to a series of bizarre events, I already smelled "conspiracy" very clearly in my nose! Although I knew that I couldn't just fool the past, I still pretended to be a fool in order to clarify the situation (and also to stall for time).
"Don't put on that boring stupid look! I'm sure you know it yourself, you can't get through this......" He shrugged his shoulders with an indifferent attitude, and held the knife he had been holding in his left hand. "Since you are a martial artist, you should have the consciousness you deserve, but this is detrimental to your consistent prestige - Dango, Danma Guardian, His Royal Highness the Chengqing Clan of the Star Soldier Department!"
"What are you talking about?!" I put on an innocent face and decided to pretend to the end with the spirit of "dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water". “…… Below is one of the owners of the Sakai Town Sanyue House, Daraku Sojing, although there are some insignificant assets, but it is just a grass people! How can you be with the wisdom and martial arts of His Highness Zhuxing, and how can he strategize mighty、...... (500 words omitted here) on a par? You're too whimsical...... "I vividly expressed the "innocence and sincerity" I learned from the still water ghost fox guy in the past two years, with the intention of confusing him and then trying to find out his true intentions. But what surprised me was that he was not in a hurry, impatient, or moved, and quietly watched me "perform" without saying a word, with a pair of big black eyes full of "I have seen through you" smile. What else do you want me to do in this atmosphere? The voice grew lower and lower, and finally stopped.
"What! Are you finally done? "Seeing that I closed my mouth and he began to speak, I think I have the quality to be the main force in the pre-trial department of the Public Security Bureau." If you have any plans or want to know something, you can say it bluntly, there is no need to pretend to be so ghostly! Although we have only met for the first time, I have heard of the resourcefulness and eloquence of His Highness Zhuxing. We can talk to each other in an open and honest manner, and it's not good to play such a little trick that doesn't help! And it's very bad......"
"If you have to think so, I have nothing to say!" I said with an aggrieved face. "Even though I was mistaken for a big figure like His Highness the Stars, it was a very decent thing for a businessman like me! But I'm obviously the owner of Sankugakuya, so why don't you want to believe such a truth? ”
"You're really wrong!" He shook his head quickly and said with a smile: "I still don't doubt the identity you mentioned later!" The elite division of the Zhuxing family is famous all over the world, this is by no means something that a few small territories can support, and no one will believe it without strong economic strength! Many people know that His Highness has a close relationship with wealthy merchants from all over, and it is concluded that they are behind the support of the Stars family. This kind of thinking seems very reasonable, but as everyone knows, businessmen are the most realistic group of people in the world, and one or two 'alternatives' who are righteous and squandered money may have, but as a group to fully support an unincorporated character who doesn't know when it will bring returns, do you think this kind of thing can happen? ”
Little by little, the smile disappeared from my face, and I looked at the person in front of me with extreme shock. It was shocking and frightening that a teenager could have such an observational power, even if it was not as good as Gamo Fuxiu back then. Judging by his age, there is a certain gap between him and the Sanada brothers and Date Masamune, so who is he?
"I heard that His Highness Zhuxing was originally a small businessman, so I made a bold guess...... "Seeing that I didn't speak, he continued." At that time, His Highness Zhuxing was not a 'small businessman' as everyone thought, but a generation of wealthy businessmen with great wealth and unknown generations! After leaving the Oda family, he was still secretly manipulating the business system of the past, so I don't know if it was Mitsugatakeya, or if it was Naya or Tennoji House! ”
Even if you don't win, it's not far away! The scheming and mystique of this young man put more and more pressure on me, and I didn't know what his purpose was, so I decided to ask bluntly. "Since you must 'think' that I am His Highness the Stars Qing Clan, then what exactly do you want from this Highness the Stars?" I looked him straight in the eye as I spoke.
"Not bad! These are subsections, interesting but irrelevant. Let's get down to business! He also gradually put away the smile on his face, and said word by word: "I'm here to get your ~item~up~person~head!" ”