"You were so ...... just now I've never seen you so majestic! And you're so smart, you can tell at once which greedy boss put it away! "Leaving the izakaya, on the way home, Natsu looked at me with adoration on her face.

"Didn't scare you, did you? I was actually intimidating that boss. I laughed. Seeing Xiao Xia's admiration for me, I felt very comfortable.

I remember when I used to play football, if Zhang Hanlu was on the sidelines, I was always able to play extraordinarily. This is probably the behavior of all older brothers in front of their younger siblings.

"It's alright! I know you won't punish Natsu. ”

"Of course, Natsu said that in the izakaya! And I'm going to inherit the Shangchuan family in the future, how can I bear to punish you? "I'm in a good mood at the moment, and I can't help but joke.

"Oh, my lord, you are really ......" Xiao Xia's face turned red all of a sudden, and she hurriedly changed the topic and mentioned what she was most confused and concerned about, "How did you get out of danger?" ”

"That's right...... "I told her the whole thing.

"My lord! You're amazing! After listening to me, Xiao Xia looked at me again with admiration, and little stars seemed to shine in his eyes, "Even a samurai like Iwamatsu Jingding was easily impressed by your words!" ”

"Is he famous? Have you heard of him? I asked. Judging from words and deeds, I do think that Iwamatsu Jingding is very good.

"Xiao Xia hadn't heard of this name before." She answered honestly.

"Then you still say that!" Even Iwamatsu is a samurai like that'...... I thought he was famous! "I kind of couldn't laugh or cry.

"But his father has a great reputation!" Xiao Xia explained, "Yan Song Jingzhong is the leading military general of the Chi family. At the time of his death, my grandfather was still there. Grandfather said that because Yan Song was seriously opposed, the Changzong family could not subdue the Chi family, and later designed to kill him, and framed him for trying to subvert the Chi family, so as to eliminate his influence within the Chi family. ”

"Changzong's family is really ......," I shook my head. No wonder Iwamatsu Jingding said that he still has the reputation of being the son of a rebel. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that he agrees very much with my statement that "I can't die with my dishonor".

“…… Scheming! Xiao Xia took my words, "It's so hateful! ”

"The same cannot be said. In this era, either the other party is destroyed, or the other party is destroyed. The Chosō family has great ambitions, and the lord is also resourceful, so I think that sooner or later the Honyama family will be destroyed by the Chosō family, and the entire Tosa will eventually be in the hands of the Chozong family. ”

"But you are smarter than he is! If you go out of the mountain, you will definitely be able to stop the Changzong family. "Xiao Xia admires me so much now, just say it if you don't want to.

I don't even know what to say when she looks more confident in me than I am. The advantage of the Chosamune family in Tosa has been formed, and compared with other families, the two generations of the Nagasomune Ibu family are much more outstanding, and the retainers under him are even better, so far, they have the strength and prestige of the unified Tosa. Although the Benshan family is still able to compete now, the wealthy clan under the match will slowly move closer to the Changzong family, and their own city will retreat again and again, from Chaocang City to the capital Benshan City, and then retreat to Guashengye to sit and wait for death, and finally surrender. An Yi's family will also be destroyed later, and then he will guard a self-destructive Great Wall, and he will be driven out of Tuzuo by the Hao clan and the Changzong family under the match.

Although I know history, I don't think I have the prestige and the ability to save it all. The general trend is like this, and it is not something that can be countered by manpower.

And judging from the consistent behavior of the Nagazong family, I can only live in seclusion in the mountains almost all the time. Tosa is already destined to belong to the Chozong Ibu family, and once the news that I am still in Tosa is known by the Chozong Ibu family, judging from the precedent of the Chi family and the Xiangzong Ibu family, as well as the previous murder with a knife, it is a certain thing to be executed by a conspiracy. Then, in order to ensure that I survive and live more comfortably, I must fight against the Changzong family. But...... The outlook is really not optimistic. Tosa can still fight against the country's relatives at present, the Motoyama family is an enemy and don't think about it, the Aki family is cramped in the east, the direction of development has been blocked, and the head of the Ichijo family is so mediocre that he can execute his most loyal and powerful retainers.

That's right! Why do I have to be in Tosa? According to the tradition of the Warring States period, I had to fight in Tosa, but I am not a person from this era! Why do I have to follow traditions?

Even in this day and age, there are not without people who do not follow tradition...... The name of a "big fool" in the eyes of everyone jumped into my head, and I couldn't help but smile.

"Well, Xiao Xia, let me tell you a story."

"Okay." Xiao Xia nodded vigorously.

"One day, Natsu went out hunting and found a badger in front of her......"

Xiao Xia looked at me in surprise, as if she wanted to say something, but she still listened obediently.

“…… Xiao Xia just wanted to shoot it, but suddenly the bowstring broke, Xiao Xia repaired it, but it was not repaired, so he had to pull out his ribs and chase after it. But at this time, the badger had already taken the opportunity to run away, although Xiao Xia felt that he was running faster than the dog badger, but the dog badger was so far ahead, and when Xiao Xia caught up, the dog badger might have already drilled back into the hole! So, what now? ”

"yes, what should I do?" Xiao Xia also thought about it.

"So Xiao Xia quickly rode a thousand-mile horse, and then quickly rushed to the front of the badger, jumped off the horse and stabbed the badger with his ribs!"

"Lord, horses can't run fast in the mountains!" Natsu reminded me.

"Why in the mountains? I didn't say I was going to chase badgers in the mountains! I said.

"Oh...... But, my lord, where did we get the horses? ”

"Why don't we go find it now?" I laughed.

"You have this story...... Not as interesting as it used to be. I'm confused. Xiao Xia commented. I think so, she certainly doesn't know what I'm talking about.

"Konatsu. I've decided! I said solemnly.

"What have you decided...... Kindness! Be! Xiao Xia suddenly came back to her senses and looked at me seriously.

"I've decided to fight as a samurai! Will you follow me? ”

"Xiao Xia swears to follow the lord to the death!" Xiao Xia bowed to the ground. When I looked up, I saw that her eyes were already red.

"Get up!" I pulled Xiao Xia up, "What do you want you to do, we all have to live and live well." ”

"Yes, Natsu obeys." She stood up, "Lord, after I go back, Xiao Xia wants to go and pay homage to my grandfather and mother first." ”

"Of course. By the way, Xiao Xia, you never seem to have mentioned to me where your mother and grandfather are buried? ”

"My grandfather has a will, so I must follow the lord to restore the family, but I have not been sure before, so I feel ashamed of the expectations of my grandfather and mother......"

"Then, I'll go with you!" I say.

"Thank you, my lord!"

……，……

That night, I thought about it so much that I didn't fall asleep until the second half of the night. By the time I woke up the next day, the sun had already risen. Xiao Xia has already baked breakfast, packed up her belongings, and is ready to go out of the mountain with me.

After breakfast, Natsu held my samurai dress in both hands and brought it to me. The clothes had been washed, but they weren't neatly folded. Sure enough, it's Xiao Xia's technique.

"Lord, please change your clothes!"

"Isn't it okay to have a family crest on your clothes?" I remembered what happened to me at an izakaya.

"It's okay to wear it out in public."

"Oh!" I nodded.

The Kira family is a large family, and its origins can be traced back to before the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate. The ancestor of the family, Yuan Xiyi, is the fifth son of the Yuan Yi Dynasty and the sibling brother of the first general Yuan Yorichao. Later, he was sealed in Tosa and lived in Kiraso, so he changed his surname to Kira. At the beginning of the Yuanping two gates to compete for the world, the Hei family held the red flag, the source family held the white flag, and during the Oshu war, the source Yorito saw that the Tokishi Satake family of the source family who came to support was the same flag as himself, and he felt uncomfortable, so he gave them the military fan in his hand and asked them to draw on the white flag. Since then, many Genji clans have used the fan, and many variants have appeared. Since the ancestor of the Tosa Yoshira family is the fifth son, the family crest uses a five-bone fan. There are many families that use this family crest, and even in Tosa, in addition to the Kira family and its clan, there are other families that have the same family crest.

Kira Hiroshi once told me about these things, and now I think about them one by one. In that case, I'm relieved. I was just about to put it on, but I suddenly had an idea.

"Xiao Xia, you can wear this dress!" I say.

"Lord, how can this be ......" Xiao Xia hurriedly refused.

"I'm going to go to Arakawa Shrine to meet my mother first, and if I go in this dress, it will be a bit of an eyesore anyway. In the eyes of those who have a heart, it will be troublesome. "It was my decision to go to see my nominal mother, after much consideration. As a time-traveler, there may be some family secrets that I don't know yet. For the sake of the future, I had to figure it all out. And after going on this trip, my identity will be more confirmed in the future.

"That's just as well." Xiao Xia nodded.

"But it doesn't matter what you're wearing. Then, as your entourage, it will be less likely for me to reveal my identity. When it comes to walking, safety is paramount at the moment. I said.

"That'...... Xiao Xia is disrespectful. Natsu took the clothes and began to take them off her body.

"This ......" I hurriedly turned my back, and I heard a burst of Suo Suo behind me, and then Xiao Xia's voice came: "Lord, Xiao Xia has changed!" ”

I turned around and looked at Xiao Xia, and couldn't help but sigh in admiration. My height is 1.75 meters, and Xiao Xia is about 1.65 meters. The hem of the dress was cut off, and it was just right to wear it on her. Xiao Natsu was already very beautiful, but she was even better when she wore a bright silk samurai dress. Although it is a little bigger, after tightening the sleeves and tying the waist, the curvaceous figure is also revealed.

"The cloth shoes are yours too."

"Yes!" It's almost just right. Although it was said that it was bought for me, I must not be comfortable wearing it at this size. Doesn't she know that men's feet are bigger than women's? Never mind.

"Bring this with you, and let me carry the bow and arrows." I handed Haiyue to Natsu.

Xiao Xia didn't answer this time: "Xiao Xia doesn't dare!" ”

"Xiao Xia, you know my martial arts. In case of a fight on the road, it's not up to you to make a move. Will I not hand you the knife until that time of emergency? ”

"Let me carry the bow and arrows on my back!" Xiao Xia said.

"An attendant should have the appearance of an attendant. If it weren't hunting and fighting, which samurai traveled with a bow and arrows on his back? ”

Hearing me say this, Xiao Xia had no choice but to take Haiyue and seriously insert it on the belt around her waist.

I put away Xiao Xia's changed clothes and put them in my luggage, then carried the bow and arrows on my back, and lifted the sackcloth baggage: "Let's go, go and worship your grandfather and mother first." ”

Natsu's mother died early after giving birth and was buried by Natsu's grandfather. Later, when his grandfather died, Xiao Xia buried his grandfather in his mother's head. In front of the two graves, because I was there, Xiao Xia just sobbed silently. I didn't say anything, but secretly prayed in my heart: "Although I am not really Kira Nobukei, since I have decided to live as this samurai and accepted the allegiance of Konatsu, then, whether it is for myself or for Konatsu, I will work hard to do something......"

……，……

In the town of Takajo, I came forward to exchange the remaining furs for more than 900 copper coins. According to the arithmetic, it is equivalent to about a quarter of the usual Yongle money, which is more than Kinoshita Toyoshiro when he left, and there are two of us...... However, the monkey's Yongle money is an inheritance left to him by his own father, and we naturally can't compare it. However, when it comes to my nominal mother, there will always be some gift.

In this book, Yongle money is the most used and most accepted small currency. Since the time of Kenbun, the shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty many times, and received a large number of rewards, and then reached a peak in the Yongle period, and he was also canonized as the king of the name. Chengzu is very happy, each time the reward is extremely rich, only Yongle five years (AD 1407), Chengzu to the general Yiman only one copper coin is 15,000 yuan, and brocade, spinning, yarn, Luo, silk 494 horses, 24,700 yuan, plus - 1,250 taels of silver totaling more than 40,000 guan, the rest of the items have not been counted. In addition, in addition to paying tribute, Yue Fang also transported a large number of goods to trade with the Ming Dynasty in exchange for a large number of copper coins. This is known as the exploration trade. Through these, Yueben imported a large amount of Yongle money from the Ming Dynasty. This money is called ferry money, and it is a high-quality circulating currency. It is said that the country also made its own copper coins, for example, the Shimazu family privately minted Hongwu Tongbao, and the money minted was called Kajiki Hongwu. These coins are collectively referred to as Yongle coins and are worth much less than Yongle coins. In 1601, the Tokugawa family established the Gold Seat and the Ginza to be responsible for the exchange of various currencies. Seven years later, the Edo shogunate officially stipulated that 1 tael of gold = 50 taels of silver = 1 kanbun of Yongraku money = 4 kanbun of iron money.

Well, now, there's one more reason to head to Arakawa Shrine.

It is said that Takajo is a small town, and the castle town is not big, much smaller than Hasuike Town, but basic food, clothing, and housing can be provided. Accustomed to seeing the hustle and bustle of modern cities, I don't think I would feel anything even when I saw Sakaicho, the most prosperous town in Yumoto. However, at the current world average, this area is very densely populated.

In modern times, when it comes to the Warring States period, many people in China have a misunderstanding, thinking that it is really ridiculous that it is so small that it is divided into sixty-six countries, and the so-called war between the Warring States Daimyo is just a fight between several county and township heads. However, in fact, the total population of this era has reached 16 million, which is more than the total population of the whole country during the Three Kingdoms period of our country, and almost more than doubled.

My current idea is to leave Tosa Province first. In the past, I used to worry about food and shelter on the road, but after seeing the castle town in this era, I was only worried about not having enough money.

Thanks to Konatsu's samurai outfit, we walked fairly smoothly on the road. I now have a different understanding of samurai. I think that the samurai of this book are the same as the ancient scholars of our country, and they are a group of educated people. Although the "profession" is different, as a social group, the status is also at the highest level in a country, and there are some privileges. With such an analogy, I no longer have any rejection of my samurai identity.

When we arrived at Arakawa Shrine, we asked where Hoshin-in was located, and Natsu and I went to visit.

expressed her intention to the maid at the door, but the maid bowed her head and replied, "I'm really sorry, my wife is devoted to cultivation, and it is inconvenient to meet outsiders." ”

She still calls her "Madam", and presumably served her before she became a monk.

"It's a member of the Kira family!" Xiao Xia emphasized.

"This, Lord Hayama Yasunokei of the Kira family came to visit twice before, and Mrs. did not receive it."

"But......" Xiao Xia glanced at me, and stopped talking. I knew she was trying to identify me, but she was concerned about my safety.

"There's something down there, please present it to your wife. If your wife still doesn't want to meet you after seeing it, we won't bother you more. Please borrow a pen and paper. ”

The maid looked at me, as if guessing my identity. I looked at him with a smile, a look of composure and composure.

"Well, wait a minute." The maid pondered for a moment, and then went into the house to get pen and ink.

"What are you?" Xiao Xia asked in a low voice.

"If you write the inscription on the body of the Haiyue sword, I think my mother will definitely recognize it." I replied in a low voice.

"That's right!" Xiao Xia suddenly realized.

As a family treasure, Haiyue has always been kept in the hands of the head of the Kira family. After Motoyama Shigechen returned to his family to inherit the family business, Haiyue was kept by the old Katsugano Nobunshin of the Kira family. Therefore, the only people who were able to write the inscription on the body of the sea moon sword in its entirety, except for Motoyama Shigeta, were Katsugano Nobun, who sent the sea to Saiyoji Temple, and Kira Keijiro, who accepted the sea moon. Of course, now there is another Xiao Xia.

I think my mother, though she may not remember all the inscriptions, can definitely tell the truth from the fake, just like when Natsu first saw me before. Well, after seeing the inscription, she should be willing to see us.

Sure enough, after sending the inscription in, the maid soon came out.

"My wife is invited." She said.

Natsu and I looked at each other and smiled, and followed the maid into the living room.

"My wife invites the two inner chambers to meet." The maid said again. She looked at me puzzled, probably wondering why her wife had to meet a young male attendant in the inner room.

"As a subordinate person, it's inconvenient, just wait in the living room!" I winked at Natsu, then sat down cross-legged by the living room door. I want Xiao Xia and my mother to explain, and I, first, want to avoid attracting the attention of people who have a heart - after I said what I just said, Xiao Xia will explain the conspiracy of the alliance between the Changzong and my family, and Baoxinyuan will definitely make such an understanding and agree with my approach; The second is that for this mother, if I get close to it, I don't know how to face it for the time being. I'm not really Kira Nobuyei after all.

About half an hour later, Xiao Xia and the maid came out of the inner room. Then, a middle-aged woman with a white headscarf also entered the living room.

"That's probably my mother." I bowed my head deeply.

“…… Adults, please be exempt. Mother said.

"Yes!" I replied respectfully, then looked up. She looked at me with pity in her eyes, the kind of look I had seen many times in the eyes of my true mother. The corners of her eyes were slightly red, probably from crying before. Looking at it, it seemed that tears were about to flow from her eyes again.

"Please take care!" Looking at her gaze, I was full of emotion in my heart, and hurriedly comforted her like this, and bowed my head again, "I have always admired you." I can't express the emotion of being able to see you. ”

"Please take care, sir." She choked up and said, "The surviving people are concentrating on cultivation and can't keep guests, so please take care of yourself." Xiao Ming, send off. ”

"Yes, ma'am." The maid named Xiao Ming answered, and then sent me and Xiao Xia to the door. I felt the gaze behind me follow me until I disappeared around the corner at the end of the road.

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