The winter sun is shining, warming the cold and snow, but it can't dissolve the sadness of leaving people.

Long Shaocong, who had just escaped from danger, saw that the pothos who had saved him many times had already beaten his horse and left, and Master Miyamoto Wuji was also going to say goodbye, so he couldn't help but feel a strong sense of parting.

Maybe it's the deep love between master and apprentice, or maybe the experience of life and death, it will make people's hearts extremely fragile, and the current Long Shaocong actually has an urge to cry, and when he is about to cut his stomach, he has never felt this way.

On the contrary, Miyamoto Wuji smiled indifferently and comforted Long Shaocong: "There is a saying in the Ming Kingdom, there is no banquet in the world, although you and I are separated, but the fate is not over, there will be a chance to meet in the future." ”

Long Shaocong was emotional, and he wanted to leave with his master on an impulsive basis, but just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Miyamoto Wuji.

"Apprentice, the teacher knows that you are thinking about it, but there is still a mission waiting for you to complete, and then you have to learn more from this Taoist master, remember, there are some things that are destiny, and you can't hide from them......"

"Your Excellency Miyamoto, if you decide to go, you better leave quickly, this place is a flat avenue to the east." Miyamoto's words were not finished, but they were interrupted by Xiaoyaozi for no reason.

Long Shaocong saw that this was a posture to drive the master away, and he couldn't help but be a little angry, but Miyamoto Wuji didn't give him a chance to attack at all, but bowed to Xiaoyaozi and said, "Then thank you Dao Chang, there will be a period later." After speaking, he stopped looking at Long Shaocong, turned the dock, and went straight to the east.

Long Shaocong just wanted to stretch out his hand and shout, but the sound of horses' hooves was already broken, and the people were gone.

Now, only Long Shaocong, Xiaoyaozi, and Matsukura Shigenobu are left, Xiaoyaozi looked at Long Shaocong, and asked: "They are all gone, if you kid wants to go, please take care of yourself." ”

At this time, Long Shaocong was very well-behaved, and said respectfully: "Everything is subject to the arrangement of the Taoist leader." ”

Long Shaocong is no matter how stupid he is, he can guess that he can get out of danger today, although it is the credit of everyone's rescue, but the mainstay belongs to this Taoist priest who is not good-looking, but unfathomable, from the conversation between him and the master just now, Long Shaocong feels that the two must have reached an agreement in advance, and he will follow this Taoist in the future.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Long Shaocong has reached the point of desperation, he will naturally not be stupid enough to be alone, and Oda Nobunaga in Japan, the only way out is to find a place to hide, if you find another master, cover yourself, it is the best policy.

This person is far away in front of him, and he is undoubtedly Xiaoyaozi.

At this time, Matsukura Shigenobu, who had been silent, stepped forward, patted Long Shaocong's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Little brother, we will be together in the future, and we will never be separated, haha......"

When Long Shaocong heard this hearty laughter, and then tasted the taste of Matsukura Shigenobu's words just now, a layer of goosebumps suddenly appeared on his body, and he thought: Brother Chongxin, don't be too bold.

In order to hide the embarrassment in his heart, Long Shaocong asked, "Isn't it time for us to set off too?" ”

"We'll have to wait a little longer." Xiaoyaozi said unhurriedly, looking behind him from time to time, as if waiting for someone.

"Wait a moment? Is there anyone who can't come? ”

Xiaoyaozi glanced at Long Shaocong, who was full of doubts, snorted coldly, and did not speak.

Matsukura Shigenobu smiled and said, "Little brother guessed well, we are indeed waiting for someone." ”

"Wait for someone? Waiting for whom? ”

"Enemy!"

"Nani?" Because he was too surprised, Long Shaocong's "Nani" actually said an authentic Japanese local accent, and secretly said that these two people were not sick, standing here and not leaving, waiting for the enemy to come and arrest them.

Wait, no! Seeing Matsukura Shigenobu smiling and looking at himself, and not answering, Long Shaocong's mind turned, waiting for the enemy? It couldn't be that they changed their minds and wanted to hand me over, so they hurriedly opened only Master Miyamoto Wuji.

But as soon as this idea was born, Long Shaocong immediately vetoed it in his heart, if the two of them wanted to kill themselves, why bother to rescue themselves, could it be an invitation, in the early stage of acting, it was to take refuge in Oda Nobunaga and accept the name?

However, he didn't have the heart to ask himself, Long Shaocong felt that he didn't have that weight, strong enough to take it out and exchange chips with Oda Nobunaga.

Just when Long Shaocong was thinking wildly, Xiaoyaozi suddenly said: "Here, let's go!" After saying that, as soon as he lifted the reins, the four hooves of the mount under his crotch were slashed, and his tail trembled, and he galloped away due north.

Immediately afterwards, Matsukura Shigenobu also jumped on his horse and followed, and when he left, he didn't forget to remind Long Shaocong, "Keep up, little brother." ”

Long Shaocong didn't know why for a while, but he didn't have time to think about it, and then he whipped him hard on the horse's buttocks, and followed......

When the three of them went for a short time, the luan bell rang behind them, the dust was flying, and several war horses galloped like flying, scattering the snow and frozen soil on the ground. The people who were sitting upright immediately, all wearing ninja clothes, arrived at the position where the three of them were standing just now in the blink of an eye, and did not stop for a moment, and went straight to the north.

The group stopped at a bamboo forest in front, and Chongming said to Shanzhi Zhongyue: "Master, the horseshoe prints are gone here, they must have entered the bamboo forest, should I chase them or not?" ”

Obviously, if you rush into it, you will be easily ambushed.

Shanzhi Zhongyue looked at the decaying bamboo forest in front of him, and said lightly: "Enter the forest, inform everyone to be more careful." ”

After speaking, he urged his mount and took the lead in entering the bamboo forest. This time, because of his carelessness, he did not send a ninja to keep an eye on Long Shaocong's seppuku, but Long Shaocong was rescued by someone, and was blamed by Oda Nobunaga, not to mention, he was also remorseful, and he thought that the cooked duck actually flew.

Blame yourself for believing too much in Wise Guangxiu, it seems that although this person has some ability, but it is still difficult to take on a big responsibility, if you want to achieve great things, it seems that you can't put all your chips on this golden and jade surface, but there are some defeats in it.

Shanzhi Zhongyue and his entourage marched cautiously in the bamboo forest, and walked for about an hour, feeling that the sun had turned west, but they had not yet come out of the bamboo forest.

"That's not right." Chongming suddenly reminded, "Master, we have been to this place, and it seems that this bamboo forest has made people do tricks, and we have been going around in circles. ”

Sanji Zhongyue took the horse with him, and since Chongming had seen the clues, he naturally felt it, and it was abnormal.

"Master, I have a way, let's make marks along the way, so that we won't go back......"

Shanzhi Zhongyue waved his hand, interrupted Chongming's words, and said with a slight smile: "You only saw the strange in it, but you don't understand the power in this forest, even if you make a mark on the way you came, you will still come back here." ”

When Chongming heard this, he looked puzzled and hurriedly asked the reason.

Shanzhi Zhongyue sighed and said: "We were trapped in the formation, only to blame the division for being careless for a while, chasing too quickly, and letting the enemy take advantage of the loophole, but also because of our speed of chasing, this formation was too hasty, and it was not difficult to break it." ”

"This ...... What is the array? Shigeaki asked.

Shanzhi Zhongyue glanced at his apprentice and said: "This is the Bagua Array, which originated in Middle Earth, and you don't know it, so it's understandable. ”

Hearing Master's words, Chongming's ashamed expression improved.

Shanzhi Zhongyue continued: "This array originated from the thought of the I Ching in Middle Earth, the so-called Taiji gives birth to two yi, two yi gives birth to four elephants, and four elephants give birth to gossip, taking the number of nine palaces, and then evolving into sixty-four hexagrams, the cycle repeats, and the changes are ruthless. Back then, during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu, once set up a gossip array to trap Lu Xun's pursuers of Eastern Wu, which can be said to be very powerful. ”

Hearing this, Chongming couldn't help but worry in his heart, and asked, "In this way, how can we get out of this formation." ”

Shanzhi Zhongyue laughed, and said confidently: "As a teacher, I will take you out of this bamboo forest now......"

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