Takato-no-machi, Enshoji Temple.

Enshoji Temple is located on Mt. Tsubu, next to Takato Town, and from the top of the mountain, you can see the entire Ina Basin, including Takato Castle.

Today, it is said that it is the temple festival of Yuanzhao Temple, so there is an endless stream of people on the mountain road.

The breeze gently lifted the city girl's hat covered with transparent light gauze, and looked at the hazy morning light after the mist on the distant mountain, and the girl's lips unconsciously hooked a smile.

"Miss, today's temple festival is really lively." A maid spoke to the maiden.

The girl nodded and said, "Yes, there are so many people today. ”

After saying that, the girl hung down the light veil of the city girl's hat, wrapped straw shoes around the soles of her feet, dressed in thin clothes, and walked lightly down the mountain.

The maid asked, "Miss, this Yuanzhao Temple is a long way and difficult to walk, why do you come to this temple every time to pray for blessings?" ”

The girl hummed and said directly: "Well, I want to pray for others, hoping that they will be safe." ”

The maid suddenly became interested and asked, "I don't know who is so taken to heart by the young lady, who is the one who can be blessed by the young lady's wish?" ”

The girl looked at the overlapping mountains in the distance and said, "It's my brother." ”

But then, the girl's eyes were hazy, and she said another sentence in an almost inaudible voice, "There is another person." ”

The maid showed a look of sudden realization and said, "I see. I heard that Childe is fighting in Hida for the Lord, and it is extremely dangerous, so I have to ask the gods and Buddhas to protect him and let him be more careful. ”

The girl's heart tightened when she heard this, and asked, "Do you say that it is really dangerous to fight on the battlefield?" ”

The maid nodded and said, "Of course, when I was a child, I went out with my father once, and I happened to encounter a fight between samurai, and my father and I were so frightened that we hid in the grass and did not dare to come out, and we could only cry tears, not make a sound, and we didn't rush out until it was dark, and we saw corpses everywhere. ”

"Really? Is the fight really so cruel? The girl was obviously a little unearthly, and asked innocently.

The maid nodded heavily and said, "Of course, miss, I heard that you are from a martial arts family, haven't you heard of this?" ”

The girl shook her head and said, "I've heard a little, but I was relatively young at the time, and I don't remember too many things, I only remember that when the city was broken, there were men's roars and screams everywhere, and the maids in the building committed suicide with their knives, and ...... The father and mother also committed suicide. I didn't know anything at the time, I just felt so scared that I hid in my sister's arms and cried. ”

The maid couldn't help sighing, and said in her heart: I often envy the fate of the young lady, I think she is young and beautiful, she has not lacked food and clothing since she was a child, and my sister can marry a famous samurai of the Takeda family like the lord, but as a samurai, she also has the bitterness and painful past that she can't speak. It's better for us ordinary women to carry so much.

As if recalling the unpleasantness of the past, the girl sighed faintly and said, "It's useless to talk about this, let's hurry back to the ramen restaurant, today I say that there is a new soup stock, I don't know if the guests will be satisfied." ”

When the maid heard the girl say this, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Then you don't have to worry, Miss, you still need to talk more about your skills." The Mingguo ramen restaurant that the Lord gave you at the beginning can produce such results, and on the contrary, there are few men who can compare to you. ”

The girl couldn't help but be very happy when she heard this, and smiled: "Really? ”

Such a girl is naturally Yumi Kohata's sister, Yuzhen Kohata.

When Yusada Kohata and the maid returned to Takato no Machi, suddenly the children at the gate of the town ran around and shouted, "Come and see the Nanbanians." ”

"The Nanban people are so scary, even more scary than the little tengu."

Kohata Yusada was surprised and thought to himself, where did Takato no Town get the southern barbarians.

When Kohata Yusadayaki arrived at the door of the Meikoku ramen restaurant, he saw a large row of war horses tied to the door.

And several fierce samurai are standing guard at the door of the Ming Ramen Restaurant with samurai swords in hand.

"Are there any new customers in the store?" The maid couldn't help but ask in surprise.

Yusada Kohata was tethered to a row of horses in front of the ramen noodle restaurant and saw a war horse with a black silk body.

When he saw this war horse, Yusada Kohata couldn't help but tremble, and the black war horse seemed to recognize Yusada Kohata and snorted at her happily.

Yuzhen took a step back as if frightened, turned around, and flicked his forehead bangs with his hand, trying to calm his mind.

Only the maid on the side felt strange and asked in surprise, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" Is the person uncomfortable? ”

Yuzhen Kohata took a deep breath and said indifferently, "It's okay, let's go in." ”

Ming Kokuk ramen restaurant.

Li Xiao is sitting on the tatami mat at the moment, with a small wooden table on his face, holding a bowl of ramen honorably produced by the Ming Guo Ramen Restaurant.

The rich aroma wafting from the soup bowl made his index finger flutter, and the Portuguese missionary beside him couldn't help it, so Father Torres hurriedly made a cross on his chest, and then skillfully picked up his chopsticks, forked the ramen noodles and sent them to his mouth.

These Portuguese people have lived in Yuben for many years, and in terms of living habits, they have long adapted to the way of Yuben, and even learned to use chopsticks.

On the other hand, Rui Costa's turtle, holding a chopstick in each hand, picks up the noodles one by one in the same way as eating Western food, and eats them in his mouth, causing the soup to splash on the wooden table.

Such a funny scene made the maids in the Mingguo ramen restaurant on the side cover their mouths and snicker.

And Li Xiao, Honda Masanobu, Shioka Kazuyu and several others directly faced Rui Costa, raised their heads and laughed.

Li Xiao shook his head, originally as soon as he entered Takato Town, he was going to go home to see his wife and children first, but unexpectedly, a group of Portuguese, in the gossip on the way, heard that Li Xiao opened a Mingguo ramen restaurant.

So these people couldn't help but want to taste exotic flavors, so Li Xiao had no choice but to take this group of Nanban people to his ramen restaurant for a full meal first, and then go home.

Li Xiao raised his chopsticks and tasted the long-lost taste of ramen, and couldn't help but praise in his heart, Xiaohata Yuzhen's craftsmanship has grown again.

At this moment, the curtain at the entrance of the ramen restaurant was lifted, and a beautiful woman walked into the room.

Li Xiao immediately recognized the other party, it was Yuzhen Kohata. She is much taller than two years ago, and her appearance has taken off that childishness, but it has become a little more beautiful.

Li Xiao saw Xiao Wan Yuzhen walking towards him, his face showed joy, he stood up, and was about to speak.

But seeing that Xiaohata Yuzhen took the first step to salute Li Xiao slightly, and said, "Brother-in-law, you are back." ”

Li Xiao was stunned in place, Xiaohata Yuzhen's tone was calm, but gentle but revealing a faint distance.

Thinking about two years, it was also in this Ming country ramen restaurant that he had just returned from a bloody battle with Kenshin Uesugi from Mt. Shirane.

At that time, Yuzhen Kohata saw that he was safe and sound, and threw himself into his arms with excitement, and tears wet the placket of his chest.

At that time, she pestered herself all day long and told the story of Ming Guolai, and she could always coax her very happy, and the crisp laughter was still in her ears.

And now two years have not seen, she has grown into a slim girl, and at the same time, she has faded away from the undisguised attachment to herself in the past, and now she knows how to be self-controlled.

Li Xiao couldn't help but feel sincerely pleased with her growth and changes, but she felt a sense of loss in her heart.

Maybe since she has married her sister, the hazy relationship between the two will start to be buried in her heart now.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao smiled slightly, and said to Xiaohata Yuzhen: "Yes, I'm back, how are you?" ”

(To be continued)