Chapter 27: Ready to Move
In the early morning, the deep blue sea in the distance gradually reveals a bright line, and the sun slowly rises from the sea. The entire Notaka Mountain is gradually bathed in a brilliant glow.
In a wooden house halfway up the wild high mountain, a naked bearded man was sleeping with a young woman in his arms, his rough eyebrows were constantly beating, as if he had entered a wonderful dream.
"My lord, my lord, it's not good......", suddenly there was a sharp knock at the door.
The bearded man's eyes suddenly opened, and after listening to the voice in a daze, he immediately scolded, "Damn thin man, do you want to die?" Loud noise outside so early? Didn't I tell you not to bother me at this time? ”
"My lord, it's not good, something happened to the young master," shouted the thin man outside the door.
"What?" , the bearded man was excited, and his brain gradually sobered up.
"It was Songsan who came down the mountain with the young master yesterday and came back, and he was injured all over his body, saying that the young master was captured", the thin man continued to shout outside.
"Huh? Taro! The bearded man pushed away the young woman who was still hugging him, put on the clothes next to the bed and rushed out.
"You, what did you say? What happened to Taro? Say it quickly", as soon as he walked out of the wooden house, the bearded man lifted the thin man in front of him with one hand and shouted.
"Ahem, ahem, my lord, the young master was caught by the untouchables under the mountain, you better ask Songsan specifically", the thin man was grabbed by the collar, his neck was tightened, and he said breathlessly.
"Hmph, what about Songsan?" , the bearded man threw the thin man on the ground, and then asked.
"In the council chamber, he was also very injured, and he hurried back to the cottage overnight to report the news", the thin man got up and said quickly. After all, Songsan is his nephew, and he still has to say good things, so as not to be clicked by Oishinoji's anger.
"Hmph", the bearded man snorted lightly and rushed to the council hall quickly, and the thin man behind him hurriedly trotted to follow.
"My lord, my lord, save the young master!" As soon as he saw Oishinoji walk into the council hall with an angry face, Songsan, who was lying on the ground, immediately rushed to Oishinoji's feet, hugged one of his feet, and cried loudly.
"Say, what the hell is going on?" , Oishino looked at Matsuzo at his feet with round eyes.
"My lord, according to your instructions, we followed the young master down the mountain to inquire about the situation in the town, and after arriving at the bottom of the mountain, the young master temporarily changed his mind and planned to attack the town at night. As a result, at night, in the woods next to the town, I fell into the trap of those untouchables, many of them were injured, and the small ones escaped by falling into the stream, and the others were taken away, so save the young master, woo woo woo ......", Matsuzo said crying.
"What?" , Oishinoji was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and stood there for a moment, and then quickly remembered something, kicked Matsuzo several meters away, and then pointed at Matsuzo and scolded, "You damn idiot, why don't you convince that guy Taro?" ”
The people who hurried after receiving the news couldn't help but secretly despise this scene, "Don't you look at your son's virtue?" If you can persuade him, then it is not your son." Songsan rolled on the ground several times, hit a wooden pillar before stopping, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and then passed out. Oishi Noji still didn't understand his hatred, and was about to rush over to make up for a few kicks, but the thin man hurriedly grabbed him in the back, and then shouted, "My lord, it's important to save the young man!" ”
Hearing this, Oishinoji stopped abruptly and shouted, "Yes, save Taro!" Quick, gather everyone, today we are going to set foot in the town at the foot of the mountain." The surrounding people immediately scattered and went to the town outside the cottage to gather people.
Seeing that Oishinoji finally stopped, the thin man exhaled loudly, and then secretly looked at his nephew lying on the ground, but fortunately he was only a little injured. In order to prevent Oishinoji from paying attention to his nephew again, the thin man hurried up to Oishinoji and whispered, "My lord, are we considering leaving some people here?" Now all of us are 24 people combined." …,
"Huh? Hmph, no, everyone go, I'm going to kill all those untouchables", Oishi Noji was already determined to send the untouchables under the mountain to hell immediately. That's his only son, although he robbed a lot of beautiful concubines, but he only gave birth to such a son, once he has three long and two short, he will ...... The thought of this burns with rage.
"My lord, there are still 7 or 8 people on the side of Saburo Banshi, once we leave, they are likely to take advantage of the situation", although he was afraid of being angered by Oishino Er, the thin man still swallowed his saliva and continued to persuade in a low voice.
"How dare they? I'll kill them all when I get back", Oishinoji was furious.
"My lord, once they close the gate of the cottage, even if we can snatch it down, we will suffer a lot of losses, those guys on the other side of Zhanggaoshan have been eyeing us, once we lose a lot of strength, then they will hit our territory, after all, our territory is still relatively oily," said the thin man.
"Hmm", Oishinoji was obviously moved by the thin man's last words, and he had also fought with those fellow Taoists on the side of Sengao Mountain several times, which was indeed more difficult, "Okay, you take 6 people to stay, and the remaining 17 people will go down the mountain with me, and I will kill everything that is alive there", and finally Oishino agreed to the thin man's suggestion.
Soon, all the bandits were assembled, and Oishinoji promised that everything would belong to these bandits after the town, and there would be rewards after returning to the cottage, and then 17 bandits were selected to go down the mountain in a menacing manner. The thin man was left behind with 6 bandits who were frustrated because they were not selected.
In the middle of the Wild Mountain Bandit Cottage, in the highest wooden house at this time, a thief with a moon head was looking at a middle-aged thief lying on the tatami mat in front of him with a dull face. The middle-aged thief's eyes were closed, and if it weren't for his nostrils and breathing, it was estimated that everyone would mistakenly think that he was dead. This is the leader of the scar-faced bandits who attacked the town that night, Isaishi Dairo, who has been in a coma since he was injured by Masara Roshi that day. And the head of the moon generation is the son of Banshi Dalang, Banshi Zuozaburo.
"Your Highness, Your Highness", Sbanshi Zuo Saburo, who was in a stupor, suddenly heard someone calling softly behind him, he slowly turned his head, it was the most elite thief left by his father's side, his name was Yo Six.
Banshi Saburo stood up, walked to the door softly, and looked at Yo Liudao, "Yo Six." Can I help you? In the past few days, I have been suppressed by Oishinoji, and there is bad news basically every day, and it is estimated that it will not be a good thing this time.
"Good news, Your Highness," Yoroku said with excitement on his face, "I just saw Oishi Noji go down the mountain with more than a dozen people, and it is said that Oishi Taro was caught by the untouchables under the mountain. ”
"Oh!" , Banshi Zuo Saburo replied lightly, what kind of good news can this be? It would be good news if my father could wake up. Even if Oishi Taro is caught, as long as Oishino is fine, his current predicament will still not be solved.
"Your Highness, there are only 6 or 7 people left in the Dashi family now, we ......", and the six wanted to stop.
"So what, what can we do?" , Banshi Saburo replied lightly.
"Your Highness, we should immediately gather our men and take the opportunity to kill those who are left behind!" , and Liu saw that the young master hadn't understood yet, so he had to suggest directly.
"What? This...... Isn't that good, there are 6 or 7 of them, and there are only 8 of us, and there are Tadajiro who hasn't said anything? Sateshi Saburo was taken aback by Yo-Liu's words and exclaimed.
"Your Highness, don't worry about those guys in Tadajiro, as long as we don't touch the people in the town outside the cottage, they won't be silent. This is our best chance, once Oishinoji eradicates the town under the mountain, the power will increase greatly, and he will be able to sit in the position of the leader clearly, and the few wall grasses of Tadajiro will also choose to join them, then it will really be time for us to perish", and said anxiously with six expressions. …,
"This ...... This ......", Slate Zuo Saburo was difficult to decide for a while.
"Your Highness, the crane has been captured by them for four days, if we don't think about it, it is estimated that it will be ......", seeing that Banshi Zuo Saburo was still hesitating, he and Liu decided to take another fierce medicine.
"Humph!" , Sure enough, Banshi Zuozaburo was full of anger when he heard it. Tsuru is the daughter of Kosuke, the first beauty in the cottage, and it was the unpassed concubine who forced Kosuke to agree to marry to Banshi Saburo many times under coercion and temptation. As a result, he was forcibly arrested by Oishino two four days ago, and at that time Kosuke asked Banshi Saburo for help, but in order to avoid too much loss due to hard encounters, Banshi Saburo chose to swallow his anger and did not go to ask for people. But Banshi Zuo Saburo is furious every time he thinks of it, this is a naked slap in the face, the woman he has set up has been robbed, and he hasn't rescued him yet, is this still a man? Therefore, in the past few days, rumors have spread in the cottage that "Banshi Zuo Saburo is not a man". What he didn't expect was that some of his subordinates thought that Banshi Saburo was ruthless and unjust, and threw themselves into Oishinoji's camp.
"With Six, secretly gather all the people, we have to catch them off guard", Banshi Saburo punched the doorpost, and shouted with a hideous face.
"Yes, Your Highness", bowed to the sixth.
At the same time, in a small grass hut in the outer town outside the cottage, nine thieves were crowded here.
"Tadajiro, what do you think we should do?" , said a thief who looked older.
"Well, don't underestimate the town under the mountain, I think what the guys who carried Banshi Daro back last time may be true, even if Oishi Taro is an idiot, he won't make only one person escape back, so Oishi Noji is likely to run into a hard nail when he goes down the mountain this time", a bald man said in a rough voice.
"Now the cottage is empty, although the slate stone Zuo Saburo is more cowardly, but with the six guys will definitely not be willing to be lonely, hahaha, this time we have a good show", the bald man continued.
"You mean, there will be a fight in the cottage?" , someone asked.
"Hahaha, if Yoroku doesn't want to kill Oishi Noji after he returns to the cottage again, he will definitely gamble this time, this is their last chance", the bald man replied affirmatively.
"But, didn't you just say that Oishino Er would run into a hard nail under the mountain? When he came back, he was still looking for trouble with Banshi Zuo Saburo and them? Someone else questioned.
"The injured wild boar is still a wild boar, and the more injured the wild boar is, the more ferocious it is, although it will touch the nail at the bottom of the mountain, but after returning here, it is still the strongest among us, as for the two of them, sooner or later, they will meet each other, otherwise it will be troublesome if the Banshi Dalang suddenly wakes up, so after the big stone Noji comes back, he will definitely take the Banshi Zuo Saburo to open the knife to improve morale", the bald man touched the bald head and said.
"Anyway, Kosuke, that guy hasn't come back yet?" , someone said.
"yes, that's pathetic," someone quickly chimed in.
"Have you found a place where Kosuke's wife and daughter are being held?" , the bald man suddenly asked.
"I think I'm locked up in the dungeon of the Oishi family," said an emaciated bandit.
"Hey! The people who followed the old leader at the beginning, there were only us left, and we couldn't survive to become bandits, and when the old leader was there, at least he only robbed the local tyrants, but now he always robs the peasants", the older bandit sighed.
There was silence in the hut for a moment.
"Now we have to wait, see the results of their fight, if we can lose both before Oishi Noji comes back, it would be best, we take the opportunity to sneak into the dungeon of Oishi's house to save Yusuke's wife and daughter, and it can be regarded as repaying Yusuke for secretly relieving us in the past few years", in the end, the bald man spoke. Everyone nodded silently when they heard this.
So, as Oishi Noji led the bandits down the mountain, all the forces in the bandit cottage were immediately ready to move.