The year of Yonglu is to take the troubled times one step further.

Eiroku 3rd year: Oda Nobunaga kills Imagawa Yoshimoto in Tsubasasa, and the Oda family begins to rise.

Yonglu 4th year: Haruhisa, the male lord of the Nizi family, died of illness and was succeeded by his son Nizi Yoshihisa, who surrendered to the Maori family five years later in the midst of the rebellion; The Nizi family, which dominates yin and yang, officially perished, and the "wolf of Yunzhou" Nizi has been known for a long time, and I don't know how to feel.

Eiroku 8th year: Matsunaga Shu and Miyoshi led the crowd to besiege the shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshiteru, and Yoshiteru died in battle; It is for the "eternal rebellion".

Tenth year of Eiroku: Oda Nobunaga annexes Mino and plays the banner of the world's Buwu......

In the 11th year of Eiroku (1568), the Oda family supported Ashikaga Yoshiaki Kamirakimaku Kyoto.

【Kyoto Tofukuji Temple】

More than a dozen monks were fighting each other with sticks, and the most eye-catching of them was a young monk of about fifteen or sixteen years old.

The fierce fight between the two of them also aroused the attention of the brothers and sisters around them, and from time to time someone stopped training and applauded loudly.

"Uncle Shi's disciples, they are really talented!"

It was a monk wearing a white scarf who looked to be in his thirties, and he smiled and sighed to the man beside him.

The elder monk beside him shook his head:

"Shengxin, this child, although he is gifted and intelligent, but his heart is irritable, if he can be completely detached, he may be a generation of great virtues."

The monk nodded, after all, he was just casually boasting, since everyone said so, there was no need for him to say more; So he changed the subject:

"The disciple is here to take the substitute teacher to greet his uncle, and secondly, to find out the truth about the Oda family, which requires the help of the uncle's ears and eyes."

His actual name is Hui Qiong, he is from Anyi Guoanguo Temple, and he has also practiced at Dongfu Temple for several years; After returning to Ankokuji Temple three years ago, he was recommended by his mentor Huixin to become a diplomatic monk of the Maori family, and often wandered among the daimyos of various countries.

The uncle in front of him is the senior monk Keikatsu in Tofukuji Temple in Kyoto;

"The Maori family is far away in the western country, and they also want to meddle in the affairs of Gyeonggi?"

Hui Sheng's rhetorical question made Hui Qiong smile bitterly and shook her head:

"Heartlessness! If there is chaos today, the Maori family has a strong enemy in Kyushu on the side, and it is really powerless to look east; It's just that the Rokkaku family is dead, and the Oda army invades Kinai; And the Miyoshi family is still killing each other, and I am afraid that time is running out, and after all, we need to take precautions. ”

Hye Seung didn't seem to be very interested in what Hye Joan said, and he saw that the fight between Katsushin and Seungjeong had stopped, and walked towards him.

"Teacher."

"Teacher, Senior Brother Shengxin's art of war is already above me."

The two saluted Hui Sheng obediently, and Hui Sheng smiled and patted Sheng Xin's shoulder:

"Although the art of war is strong, it is difficult to defeat the enemy's heart, I hope you will participate in more meditation and enlightenment in the future, so as to be able to restrain your heart."

"Yes, disciple knows."

Seeing this, Hui Qiong had to stand aside awkwardly, but she didn't dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction with Hui Sheng on her face.

"Well, this is Master Huixin's senior disciple Huiqiong, see you quickly."

"I've seen Senior Brother."

"The two junior disciples are talented, and it is a blessing for my Buddhism."

"Senior brother praised it falsely."

After Shengzheng and Shengxin were polite again, Shengneng pulled Shengxin and left, he knew that the teacher must have something serious to talk about; Sure enough, a moment later, Hui Sheng brought Hui Qiong into the tea room, not knowing what to talk about.

Shengxin was thinking about Hui Qiong in his heart, how could this name be familiar? I didn't think about it anymore, and after rinsing myself with water, I made accommodations (money) with the monk on duty, changed into a short coat and put on a headscarf, and left the temple from the small door.

Along the way, there are unclothed refugees everywhere, especially around the temple, and except for certain days, the temple will give alms, and at other times these people can only fend for themselves; Because there are heavily armed monks patrolling and guarding at all times, these refugees do not dare to make trouble; Buddhism doesn't kill, but it doesn't say it doesn't kill people!

After a little half an hour, and after turning two more streets, the situation here is a little better, at least there are still some fireworks here; He stopped in front of a liquor shop called Shingu House and walked inside.

"Chief, you're here!"

"Well, call Evil Hachiro to come to me."

"Oh, he's in the Sea Butterfly House, I'll call him."

Shengxin walked straight through the atrium where the rice was steaming and walked into a small separate room; He took off his turban and sat down on his knees, drank to himself, and happened to see the small wooden horse placed on the box, and fell into memory again.

Katsushin's real name is Sun Shiro, the son of Izumo Niko Seihisa; More precisely, he is a time-traveler who had an accident on his birthday in his previous life, and when he woke up again, he had become an infant baby;

I had no choice but to accept my fate, but fortunately, the family situation seems to be good, and the days are passing day by day, I thought that I could at least be a small landlord when I grow up and live a stable life, but I didn't expect an accident at the age of two, and the whole family was killed; His father's samurai died trying to save him, and his nurse took him to exile.

Finally arrived at Yongyuan Temple, but was chased and killed by the people sent by Nizi Haruhisa, and the nurse fled with him to Bigo Kokutokubu Temple, but fortunately, Nizi Haruhisa suddenly died violently, and spent a few years in Bigo peacefully.

Who knew that the Izumo family was destroyed by the Mori family in the ninth year of Eiroku (1566), and the Mori family also began to search for the descendants of the Niko family in the Yin and Yang Paths; Now it's okay, and he has to run away again, and Sun Shiro was also separated from his nurse in this escape, and later wandered to Kyoto to be taken in by the teacher.

"A monstrous achievement in life, a handful of soil after death."

What kind of fame is just vain, think that the two generations of the Nizi family are heroic, and finally the eight countries will protect millions of stones, but the three generations will quickly fall.

Katsushin picked up the wine cup and drank it all, Niko Harumu has long been an ancient, Izumo Niko has perished, who can he seek revenge?

In fact, there is nothing wrong with living like this, at least there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and there is no need for Japanese monks;

After a while, go to Izumo Matsue, find the descendants of Nakamura Takakuni, give the little wooden horse to his son, or bring him to Kyoto to follow him, but this is a knot; Another knot in my heart is to find the nursing mother Sakurai knot.

"Boss, boss! Hey, it's me Hachiro, I'm here! I'm coming! ”

If you hear it before you see it, it must be the bastard Hachiro; Speaking of Katsushin's ability to open this small shop, Evil Hachiro still made a lot of effort.

The reputation of the bastard Hachiro is well-known in the poor circle of Kyoto, although the thirty or so brothers under his hand do all kinds of evil, but this guy is quite principled, saying that as long as you pay fifty dollars for tea, if you give him an extra penny, he will beat you; Although he robbed the people's daughter, he actually gave money after he finished the matter, which is not strong?

blocked the road and robbed the merchant, and others gave him a few silver sentences, but he said that as long as the brothers' food money today, he would never take anything more, and he would really return it to others.

It's no wonder that other people's organizations are in a good situation, but the brothers under him are still in tatters, and it wasn't until they were taught a lesson by Shengxin that everyone's lives improved;

But this guy also has advantages, he can really be blessed and share hardships, and a group of righteous brothers are also willing to follow him.

Evil Hachiro walked in with a grin, not pretending to be vicious outside at all, he rubbed his hands and smiled:

"Hehe, does the boss have any work to do? I've been staring at this shop all day, and I'm going crazy. ”

Katsushin looked at Hachiro's shameless appearance and scolded with a smile:

"Are you staring at the shop? You're staring at the breasts of the women in the Sea Butterfly House all day long! ”

"This ......"

Evil Hachiro also scratched his head a little embarrassed:

"Isn't this a little more generous in your hands after following the boss! But boss, let me tell you, there are a few new Kansai Wandering Girls in the Sea Butterfly House, and I haven't touched them yet! Why don't I take you to relax? ”

"We'll talk about it in a few days."

Although Shengxin was also a little moved, he still held back; Pointing to the ledger, he asked:

"In addition to the sixty percent profit handed over to the temple, there are still seven hundred and fifty percent left this month, an increase of nearly two percent from last month."

At present, the average price of liquor in the capital is between 400 and 500 wen per bucket, and due to the intensification of the war, the grain output is still decreasing, and it is conceivable that the price will rise sharply from the end of the year to the spring of next year. Shengxin thought that the scale had to be expanded, and the division of labor would improve efficiency.

"That is, with my Hachiro here, all the water tea houses (prostitutes) still have to give some face."

"Hmph, I'm afraid that because of the war, wine from other places can't be transported into Beijing for the time being!"

"It should have something to do with it, but boss, you put bamboo charcoal in the wine to make the wine clear, I didn't expect this method, those girls all said that our wine is good, and it is stronger than other families, and what do you say...... Saccharification... Fired... Distillation...... It's still something, I don't understand it anyway, it's awesome anyway. ”

Katsushin wanted to laugh when he saw Evil Hachiro deliberately bragging about him; But then again, the temple took sixty percent, and he only had forty percent of the profit left, and he could still have so much, which was already very good; I can't spend much money anyway, but it's just in case I need it.

The temple that Shengxin said naturally refers to Tofukuji Temple, and there is a relationship between Huisheng, Shiniyaya buys brown rice from Tofukuji Temple for processing and sale, and hangs Shinnomiya under the name of Tofukuji Temple to be protected, and the price is 60% profit; Although the cost is high, the benefits are also many, not only do they avoid harassment by various samurai and associations, but they can also obtain a stable supply of brown rice; Even if there is a famine in most areas, the major temples can still eat rice, this is not bragging, this is a very real problem, the stomach can be hungry, faith can not be lost.

Katsushin smiled at Hachiro:

"Find Sheng Feng and take twenty pieces to flower! Even if it is a reward for you, I will ask Sheng Feng to send the brothers' money too, and the Oda army should enter Kyoto, and tell the brothers to be honest, otherwise no one will be able to save them. ”

"Haha, don't worry, boss, just give me the money to play in the Sea Butterfly House once, just two or three times! I don't want more, and I don't need it. ”

"Then what if you want to go again tomorrow!"

"Look for you again ......"

Katsushin looked at Evil Hachiro's brainless appearance, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he got up and yelled:

"Get out! Sheng Feng, give him twenty times. ”

Akutagawa Moritoyo, who seemed to be a little weak in the next room, hurriedly ran out, only to see Evil Hachiro running out of Katsushin's room with a crawl.

"Hachiro, are you being beaten again......?"

"The boss asked you to give me a reward of twenty times, and I said that I don't need so much, he wants to give it to me."

Sheng Feng understood when he heard this, and it was estimated that it was Evil Hachiro's old problem of missing heart and eyes that made the boss angry, but the word lack of heart and eye that the boss said was indeed very compatible with Evil Hachiro.

After staying here for a while, Shengxin got up and prepared to leave, and had to go back to the monastery to do the homework and chanting assigned by the teacher; He touched his big bald head, in his opinion, the bald head is much more pleasing to the eye than the moon head of those Western samurai, and it is comfortable and does not need to be taken care of, mainly because there will be no more troubles about hair loss.

He put on his turban and walked to the front hall, and a subordinate hurriedly greeted:

"Chief, don't you need to eat before leaving?"

"It's okay, you eat, eat more after working hard."

"Yes, Chief, go slowly."

When Shengxin walked through Higashijiutiao Street, a few down-and-out samurai came up to him, and looking at the messy appearance, it was obvious that he had suffered a lot.

Katsushin didn't pay much attention to them, there are many such ronins in Kyoto; When they passed by Shengxin, one of them's knife touched Shengxin's knife, Shengxin turned his head to look at the man expressionlessly, and the man also saw Shengxin's beaten expression and roared:

"Stop!"

The man held the hilt of the knife and shouted at Shengxin, Shengxin sighed and shook his head, obviously it was not the first time he had encountered this kind of thing, the moment he turned around, he bowed slightly, his hand held the handle tightly, and looked at the ronin indifferently.

When the other party saw Shengxin's posture, he was also about to draw his sword, but was stopped by one of them.

"Kasuke let go, I'm going to kill this rude bald donkey."

The ronin called Shikasuke still grabbed his hand:

"Don't make trouble!"

Then he bowed slightly to Shengxin and said apologetically:

"Little Master, I'm sorry I was rude."

Shengxin was stunned for a moment, it was the first time he had met such a person, he had clashed with the ronin twice before, and the grass grew on the graves of those two people.

Seeing that the other party was like this, Shengxin didn't want to be troublesome, so he nodded in return and left quickly.

"Why are you stopping me, I have long seen these domineering bald asses unpleasant."

Shikasuke made him look at a group of monks not far away:

"It's not far from Tofukuji Temple, it's us who suffers, let's go!"

Then the man put away the knife and spat in the direction where Shengxin left.