Waiting is not a pleasant thing, especially waiting on the edge of life and death, it is really unbearable.

Ah Guo struggled to control himself, "Why didn't Yanagi Shibei come out?" ”

"Maybe he'll come out soon."

"Coming out to you?"

"It's not." Wusheng sighed, "Come out and find a chance to escape." ”

Yanagi Shibei swept down from the roof of the teahouse, stopped on the street, looked at Wusheng, and then looked at the noodle restaurant, and slowly retreated.

He retreated to Wusheng, "You're right, I'm looking for a chance to escape. ”

"Do you know that the Fish Killer is in the noodle shop?"

"Yes." Yagyu Shibei smiled, "That may be an illusion, he may be ...... now." ”

His words were abruptly stopped, and a knife suddenly came out of the ground.

The knife is thin and sharp, cold and shiny.

Yanagi Shibei gritted his teeth, his face was like ashes, and he pulled out and swept up, shooting like arrows into the distance.

A man slowly crawled out, the tiredness on his cheeks thickened, his eyes dull and glazed, staring blankly in the direction of Yagyu Shibei's departure.

"This man is a fast runner."

Wusheng stared at the knife in the hand of the Fish Killing Emperor, he seemed to appreciate this knife, a strange, mysterious and terrifying knife.

"You're not chasing him anymore?"

"yes, I don't want to chase it."

"Are you tired? Don't want to duel with him? ”

The Fish Killing Emperor didn't want to speak, staring at Wusheng's cheeks, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help twitching slightly.

"You want to duel with me?"

"I can't duel with you." The Fish Killing Emperor's gaze became resentful and gloomy, "Anyone can duel with me, but you can't." ”

"Why?"

"Because I'm not going to duel you." The Fish Killing Emperor sneered, his smile was strange and weird, "I can kill people for you and solve troubles for you, but I must not kill you." ”

He gasped and stared at the knife in his hand, "I can't kill you either." ”

Sigh of nothingness.

His words also seemed to carry an indescribable sorrow and sorrow.

Ah Guo blinked and said with a smile, "You are not sure to kill him, so you don't want to do it?" ”

"No, it's not." The Fish Killer slowly raised his head and stared at Rouyang, "I am by no means a person who is afraid of death, and I am happy to die under his gun." ”

"You seem to have a hard time?"

The Fish Killer nodded and was silent.

"What's your problem? Why not speak up? ”

The Fish Killing Emperor was silent, he slowly turned around and slowly left, he looked so tired and weak.

Ah Guo's heart became sour and bitter.

Wusheng pulled Ah Guo and walked into the teahouse, the warm sunlight shone in, without a trace of softness.

"What are you doing in here?"

"See someone you don't want to see."

"Who?"

"It's me."

A man lifted the curtain on the back door and walked in slowly.

There was not a decent piece of flesh to be found on the thin cheeks, and the half-moon shaped bun was pulled up high, and it was extremely neatly combed.

A pair of eyes appeared gloomy and cold.

This person is Tachibana Soshige.

Tachibana Somo walked in softly, smiling and staring at Wusheng, "Don't you just want to see me?" ”

"Yes."

"You should see me, for you are in the city of Naguya."

"Why? You want to duel me? ”

"I will not fight you in a duel, and my life will never live for a duel." Tachibana Soshige's gaze seemed to have drifted into the distance, not only distant, but also extremely cruel.

What kind of place is that?

The country does not want to think that it is by no means a place of peace and happiness, nor will it be full of warmth and joy.

"Your opponent is the battlefield, and every opponent on the battlefield is your greatest joy?"

"Yes, so I hope to see you on the battlefield than here."

"I won't see you on the battlefield."

Tachibana Muneshige smiled, sour, "Why? ”

"I'm a duelist, not a Deadpool fighting for the country."

"So it's a pity." Tachibana Soshige regretted, "I want to see you on the battlefield and then fight you." ”

"You don't want me to join Oda Nobunaga?"

Tachibana Muneshige nodded, "I want you to take refuge in Takeda Shingen." ”

"Why?"

"The Miyoshi clan is not suitable for real martial artists to take refuge, they are also very vulnerable." Tachibana Munege stared at Wusheng, "So I want you to come to Takeda Shingen, and we will be able to ...... sooner or later." ”

He didn't finish his words, they were overshadowed by the sadness in his heart.

"I understand you."

"I know you'll understand." Tachibana Somao stared at Wusheng quietly, his gaze equally full of respect and admiration.

This reminds Ah Guo of Honda Tadakatsu, isn't he also looking at him like this?

They also kept staring at each other like this, and did not run away.

Isn't this also heart-to-heart?

This kind of sympathy is different from Honda Tadakatsu, who can go against Tokugawa Ieyasu's orders to find Musheng to duel, while Tachibana Muneshige hopes that Musheng can appear in the enemy camp and then fight.

If Honda Tadakatsu is a samurai, then what is Tachibana Soshige?

Isn't he a real samurai?

Samurai are dignified? As if he hadn't, he gently poured the tea from the pot into the cup, and both cups were filled.

He picked up a cup and handed it another one.

"I know you don't drink, so I've prepared tea."

Wusheng took the tea and stared at Tachibana Zongmao, "You have been waiting for me here for a long time?" ”

"Yes, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"You want to get me out of here?" Wusheng stared at the tea.

The heat of the tea is gentle and understanding, and the soft smoke waves are slowly swaying.

"If it weren't for the departure of the army, I might not have found a chance to meet you."

Wusheng drank the tea in one gulp, "Good tea." ”

Tachibana Muneshige nodded, his eyes flashing with gratitude and admiration.

"Why can't you duel me?"

"I am a samurai, destined to die on the battlefield, not for personal pleasure and hobby to duel." Tachibana Somo slowly lowered his head, but his hands were clenched tightly, "I'm not Honda Tadashige, I'm Tachibana Soshige, so I hope to see you on the battlefield." ”

Silent without life.

Just stared at Tachibana Muneshige quietly, staring at his hands.

The green tendons on the back of the man's hand rose high, but he never touched the hilt of the sword.

"So I hope you can understand that if we have a duel day, it must be on the battlefield."

Wusheng nodded, "I understand everything." ”

Tachibana Muneshige nodded and smiled.

"I understand that Rookie Takahashi put me in a cage and sent me to the cemetery."

"Since I can't duel with you, the only way to fill in my regrets is to find an opponent for you." Tachibana Muneshige's head hung lower, and his heart seemed to ache deeper, "I hope you won't be so lonely and lonely." ”

There is no life to understand, and there is no life to sigh.

Ah Guo is deeply saddened.

"I hope Your Excellency can smile and understand Tachibana Soshige's thoughts."

Wusheng nodded.

Tachibana Somao smiled, his sword suddenly unsheathed, and the tip of the sword suddenly fell into the teacup, and the tea in the cup suddenly condensed into ice, cold, hard ice.

The sword was not sheathed, but the eyes were bright and cold.

Wusheng's hand suddenly touched the teacup, his hand held the teacup tightly, and there was suddenly another change in it.

The cold, hard ice suddenly turned into smoke and drifted away.

The tea inside was gone.

The sword is in the sheath, and the man stands solemnly.

Tachibana Somao's eyes were even more respectful and admiring, and he suddenly said, "Your Excellency is so precious. ”

He finished and left from behind.

The room was quiet, dead and dreary, disgusting.

Add new tea to the cup.

Ah Guo gently put down the teapot and stared at Wusheng, "You don't blame him at all?" ”

"Why should I blame him?"

"He's got you an extremely strong opponent, aren't you sure you'll win?"

"That's exactly what I wanted."

Ah Guo smiled, "Isn't it a pity that you didn't duel with Tachibana Somao?" ”

Wusheng nodded.

"He didn't duel you, and maybe sorry too."

"Yes."

Ah Guo rubbed his nose and smiled, "I don't understand a little. ”

"Tell me about it."

"There's no reason for Tachibana Soshige to let you go."

"Why?"

"Because we're going to Kita-Shinano to see Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin, you promised Ashikaga Yoshiteru to stop them from fighting."

"We passed, and the chances of stopping it were not great."

Ah Guo was silent, waiting for Wusheng to continue.

"They've been fighting for years, and there's not much chance we'll have to stop it."

"So we really used to just save people?"

"Maybe."

"And we're still going to go?"

"Yes."

/

/

Dusk, mass graves.

The earth was as red as blood.

A man, with a sword, stands in front of the tomb, a new tomb.

The lifeless stone statue stood not far away, staring and poking at this person with empty eyes.

The man clutched the hilt of his sword tightly, his eyes cold, gloomy and desolate.

"You're here."

"Yes, I'm here."

"You're very punctual, and you don't like people waiting."

"Yes, I've never liked to have people wait."

"Good."

Silent, let go of Ah Guo, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

Ah Guo barely squeezed out a sentence, "You still owe me a wish, you can't play tricks." ”

Wusheng nodded.

Ah Guo suddenly covered his face and ran to the fir tree not far away, clinging to the cedar tree, unwilling to leave for a moment.

"You're Watermelon Taro?"

The man suddenly turned around, and his face was round and large, and his eyes were small and round, "I'm Watermelon Taro." ”

Speechless, empty eyes stared and poked at the sword in his palm.

The hand holding the sword did not touch the hilt.

"The gun god is lifeless?" The small, round eyes suddenly emitted a sharp and cold light.

Wusheng nodded.

"Did your gun kill a lot of masters?"

"Maybe."

"So is my sword." Watermelon Taro stroked the sword in his hand, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were filled with an indescribable look of arrogance, "If you are not a master, I will never kill." ”

"Even if he kneels in front of you and begs you to kill, you won't kill?"

"Yes, even if you put a knife on my neck, I won't kill it."

"You seem to be very particular about killing."

Watermelon Taro nodded and sneered proudly, "If you weren't for the spear god, I wouldn't have come out." ”

The sword slowly emerged from its sheath, and the cold light flashed, and the heavens and the earth were suddenly filled with coldness.

The look of arrogance on his cheeks was even stronger, "You're a good opponent, so I'm going to kill you well." ”

"How are you going to kill me?"

Watermelon Taro stared at the tip of the sword and smiled coldly, he didn't answer this sentence, but said something he didn't want to do.

"Do you know why my name is Watermelon Taro?"

"I don't know."

"My name is not Watermelon, my name is Taro." He smiled coldly, and continued, "The surname Watermelon was given to you by Nobunaga. ”

Silent without life.

He didn't know why Watermelon Taro said this, why he told his secret, there was no need to say it, but he said it anyway.

"In the past, Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto in the barrel narrow, and after passing through my melon field, I gave away all the melons in the field, so he gave the surname Watermelon."

Silent without life.

He vaguely guessed what Watermelon Taro was trying to say.

"Do you understand what I'm trying to say?" Watermelon Taro stared at the gun in Wusheng's hand and sneered.

"Are you the killer Oda Nobunaga found?"

Watermelon Taro nodded and admitted, "So if you don't go to Kita-Shinano, I'll ......." ”

Wusheng sighed and said three deaths, "Please help." ”

When this sentence was said, Wusheng had arrived in front of him, and when he came to Watermelon Taro, he slowly retracted the gun, and the retraction was very slow, very slow.

Blood drifted from the tip of the spear.

A man, with a sword, suddenly fell with a scream.

Watermelon Taro clenched his sword tightly, and cold sweat slid down his forehead like rain.

When he turned around, he saw a man lying on the ground, his chest splattering with blood, a foot away.

"Why did you save me?"

"I hate it when people kill my opponents, especially in dueling."

"If you saved me, I'll still kill you."

When the word "kill" was spoken, Watermelon Taro's sword suddenly swung out, and the sword light flashed, stabbing straight into Wusheng's chest.

The break of the sword "ding".

The man suddenly fell two feet away, and fell heavily to the ground.

Wusheng grabbed a piece of the broken sword, walked over like a stone statue, stopped not far from him, and stared at his other piece of broken sword, "Your sword is broken." ”

Watermelon Taro gasped and stood up, "Yes." ”

"You're defeated."

"Yes." Watermelon Taro gritted his teeth, and suddenly held the sword in his backhand, and the sword flashed and stabbed into the chest, but he found that he was holding the hilt of the knife in his hand.

Wusheng slowly retracted his hand, "You want to cut your stomach?" ”

Watermelon Taro nodded, staring coldly at the hilt of the sword, "I'm going to cut my stomach because I'm defeated." ”

"You're going to kill yourself if you fail?" Wusheng's hand suddenly waved, and the two remnant swords turned into two sword lights, shooting into the sky.

Watermelon Taro gasped, "It's my business, it's none of your business." ”

Wusheng sighed and helped him up, "You are a swordsman, I respect a real swordsman, you can live a good life, you can practice swordsmanship for ten years, and then try with me." ”

"Will you wait for me for ten years?"

"Yes." Wusheng no longer looked at him and walked towards Ah Guo.

Ah Guo stared at Wusheng in surprise, and a happy smile appeared on his cheeks, "You won?" ”

"Yes."

Ah Guo looked at Watermelon Taro and smiled, "Why did you win so easily?" ”

Silent without life.

"You seem to have forgotten something."

"What's the matter?"

"You seem to have forgotten to kill Watermelon Taro, this is your usual style."

Silent without life.

He pulled Ah Guo and stared at the hilt of the sword in Watermelon Taro's hand, "I don't kill him, I just hope he can practice his sword well, and then come and kill me." ”

Ah Guo was stunned.

"Do you want him to practice his sword and then find you to duel?"

"Yes." Wusheng sighed deeply, "Because this kind of person can practice the sword well, which is very good for me." ”

Ah Guo smiled bitterly, "The only good thing is to find you to duel?" ”

"Yes, that's enough."

The blood-red earth grew dark, dull and gloomy.

Ah Guo stroked Wusheng's cheek, "You are really strange, it's just weird." ”

Silent without life.

He suddenly floated up like a light smoke in his arms and flew in the direction of Naguye City.

"We're going to the city of Naguya?"

"No, let's go to Kita-Shinano."

"Maybe the cherry blossoms are more beautiful there?" Ah Guo smiled, "Do you like the splendor and brilliance of cherry blossoms?" ”

Silent without life.

Rows of rooftops galloped back in the twilight, like galloping horses.

When passing through the ancient castle, Wusheng flew a little slower, "You like to see this beautiful cherry blossom?" ”

Ah Guo smiled and nodded.

"Then look at it, we're about to leave here." Wusheng rested on the ridge of the roof, standing like a stone statue.

Night covers the land, and every cherry blossom becomes dark and desolate.

Ah Guo smiled, "I've seen enough." ”

Drifting into the distance like a light smoke, the cherry blossoms below flutter backwards, as if they were swimming ghosts.

Although she said that she had seen enough, her eyes were still staring at the cherry blossoms fluttering below.

Her smile is more beautiful and pure than the cherry blossoms, and the girl's smile is one of the most beautiful scenery in the world.

"You seem familiar with Fuso's path?"

"Yes."

"Did you give you a map?" Ah Guo stretched his neck long, enjoying the excitement and pleasure of the cold wind.

"Yes."

"Where are we going?"

Silent without life.

He suddenly fell like a light smoke, "This is it." ”

Ah Guo looked around and smiled.

A bluestone path, stretching forward in a zigzag way, eyes fall to the end of the trail, only to find that you can't see anything?

She pursed her lips and gently held Wusheng's hand, as light as the spring breeze in the night, light and gentle.

Such an amorous girl, in such a lonely night, when she meets a man she likes so much, isn't it easy to fall in love?

Ah Guo suddenly leaned softly towards the lifeless body, "Do you like a woman like me?" ”

Silent without life.

Ah Guo snake-like wrapped around the lifeless body, "We can find a place where no one is there to live well, and start anew, okay?" ”

Her eyes flowed, and she smiled softly, and her smile was indescribably affectionate and gentle.

Silent and deeply sighed.

He pulled Ah Guo to walk on the path, and the cool mountain breeze carried the fragrance of plants and flowers in the distance, which made people feel extremely happy.

"What's up there?"

"It's a ruined temple." Wusheng looked down the mountain and continued, "It's not far. ”

"Is it a lonely temple where you don't live?" Ah Guo blinked and smiled.

Wusheng nodded, "Yes, maybe only the mountaineers who hunt will go to live there." ”

"Have you been?" Ah Guo pouted slightly, "How can you be so sure that there is such a temple up there?" ”

"It's clearly marked on the map."

He was not wrong, among the cedar trees stood a dilapidated and secluded temple.