In Hirayama Village, Hasegawa's house is a partial house.

Hasegawa Hayato lifted the reed-woven curtain and looked out. The wind and rain were sudden, and the dense raindrops hit his head and face, and suddenly poured half of his body, cold and soaked his bones. He shuddered, hurriedly put down the straw curtain, shrank his body back, reached out to wipe the rain off his face, rubbed it on the cloth clothes he had just changed, and cursed two sentences in his mouth: "Thief God, a splash of rain is not enough, and the harm is that the public family will drink wind again this year!" ”

As soon as it rains, the weather is wet and cold. A bonfire was lit in the house to ward off the dampness and cold.

Seven or eight young men in shabby clothes, all gathered around the fire, two of whom had just arrived in the rain, had taken off their clothes, and were leaning in front of them to warm themselves by the fire.

One of them answered: "No, I haven't seen such a heavy rain for many years, I saw several small three-foot-long herring on the way I came just now, thanks to my quick eyes, I went up to give it a fork, you can still taste it today, even if you are stained with my light brother, you can still taste it!" ”

The one on the side stared at the soup pot on the fire, and couldn't help but chant the Buddha's name, saying, "Amitabha, sin!" What a sin! It is a sin for a living being to die for the sake of your and my appetites. "This man is a bald monk, named Ono Tadaaki, not from Hongo, originally a left-behind monk in the Changnian Temple of Ueno Province, and later suffered and fell to the distant river.

He is a foreigner, and he has no place to live, so he is simply ruthless, and he also joined the gang of people led by Hasegawa Hayato, and followed them around to help others, as long as he took care of the food, he did all the work without money, and he was one of the people who repaired the fence at the gate today.

Hasegawa Hayato knocked the lid of the pot with a spoon, and scolded viciously: "All day long, there is such nonsense, if you don't be hungry, you bald donkey will not eat later, and this pot of soup may not be enough for me to drink it myself!" ”

The other people around him were also booing, every time he ate meat, this dead bald donkey always had to recite the Buddha's name several times, and he always ate the most when he was done.

"Haven't I gotten used to it?" Ono Tadaaki touched his bald head, but he was not afraid, he had been in a different place all these years, he had no other skills, his courage had really increased a lot, he was not afraid of the soldiers who had been plundered by the Takeda family, and no matter how fierce Hasegawa Hayato wasten was, he naturally couldn't scare him.

A few years ago, during the Takeda Army's several invasions of Minowa Castle, Monk Ono was left alone in the temple, holding a system and reasoning with the soldiers.

At the beginning of Takeda Shingen's invasion of Ueno, he issued several notices prohibiting the military under his command, harassing the people, and plundering temples.

At the beginning of the Takeda Army, he could still restrain himself and dare not be too blatant.

Later, Kamishu Yellow Spot Nagano Yemasa led the "Minowa Crowd" led by the "Ueno Sixteen Guns" to clear the wall, defend the castle to the death, and under the tug-of-war, the Takeda sergeants went on an expedition, and the army was scattered.

The Takeda family sent thousands of troops, attacked Ueno, people ate horses and chewed every day, the cost was very large, Kai was barren, Shinano was not set for a long time, and the stalemate lasted for a long time, and the logistics supply was a little unable to last.

Sun Tzu's Battle Chapter: Therefore, the wise general will eat the enemy, eat the enemy for one minute, and be my twenty minutes; Avoid one stone, when I have twenty stones.

Sun Tzu concludes in the chapter on warfare: Therefore a wise general must settle grain and grass in the enemy's country, and the grain plundered from the enemy country for one hour is equivalent to twenty minutes when it is shipped from his own country, and one stone of fodder is obtained in the local area, which is equivalent to twenty stones when he is shipped from his own country.

Since Sun Tzu said that he would eat the enemy, Takeda Shingen naturally acted as good as a stream, and directly targeted the "Minowa people" to carry out reverse clearance, wantonly plundering villages, and taking people from the people, to force Nagano Yezheng to go out of the city to fight.

During this period, there were times when the temple became a battlefield, and on three occasions the clothes of Monk Ono were stripped off by the soldiers, and countless people and horses were taken away. In the past two years, in addition to those who died of starvation, more than 100 residents living outside the gate of Changnian Temple have fled to other places and died in other places.

Ono Tadaaki held it, even if he was the only one left, he would never quit the temple for half a step, and he would swear to live and die with the temple, and then the Takeda army, who was red-eyed, really fulfilled his wish, and the last person before Takeda Shingen withdrew took him, and he was also captured and sold to his ally Imagawa clan as a slave, and the temple was burned clean.

Later, the acting official of the Imagawa clan saw that he was a monk, and let him work as a coolie for a few months, and then let him go. There is no temple to go to, so he simply returned the vulgar with a ruthless heart, and gave himself the common name of Ono Tadaaki, as for the legal name, it is already a passing dust for him, so don't mention it.

In the blink of an eye, the soup pot was opened, and the lid was lifted, and the hen and herring were mixed and boiled, and the stew was sloppy. The room was full of an indescribable greasy and strange smell, most of the people who changed Gao Shisheng couldn't smell it, but the people present were all from a bitter haha background, and they couldn't see the oil star a few times a year, and they still cared about this.

The fish were freshly caught, and the hens were crushed by mudslides. When Gao Shisheng came to visit, he deliberately left an extra hundred yuan for the affected people's families, and the other party had nothing to thank, so he simply sent the dead chicken, Gao Shisheng was very moved and did not refuse, but he was about to go to the next village, and it was inconvenient to bring this dead thing, so he cheapened Hasegawa Hayato and his gang.

Hasegawa Hayato first filled two large bowls, put them on a wooden plate, brought the soup with meat, and broke off a chicken leg and put it next to him, causing a swallowing sound around him.

"You eat first, I have to serve the adults in the family first." After giving the command, he picked up and walked out. Originally, his wife was serving her parents' meals, but today there are too many outsiders at home, and it is inconvenient to come.

Tadaaki Ono got up, took the lid of the pot and helped cover it, so as not to go out for a while, the broth was drenched in the rain, lifted the curtain and let Hasegawa go first, and then went out with him.

The two houses are very close to each other, three or two steps away, Ono Tadaaki has no place to live, most of the time is spent at Hasegawa's house, meeting every day, there is nothing to avoid, push the door and enter.

I saw Hasegawa's father wearing new clothes and sitting upright in the house, and his grandson sitting next to him, Hasegawa Hayato's son Yajiro, and his female dependents were not present.

Hasegawa Hayato followed, placing the wooden plate in front of his father and kneeling to serve.

Ono Tadaaki felt that the atmosphere was wrong, a little too serious, and said, "Little monk, meet Lord Yuanzhong!" Seeing the other party's movements, he bowed consciously, and went out backwards, closing the door carefully.

Hasegawa Mototada didn't move his chopsticks, was silent for a moment, pointed to the soup and meat in the bowl in front of the table, and asked his son: "Today, you, my ancestors and grandchildren, why can you have meat for your meal?" ”

Hasegawa Hayato didn't understand why his father suddenly said such a sentence, but he still replied honestly: "This meat is a gift from the head of the village!" ”

"My family is poor, why hasn't it leaked this time?" Hasegawa Mototada stroked his grandson's head, motioned for him to eat meat first, and asked a seemingly irrelevant word.

"Because of the money given by the head of the village, I was able to renovate the house." Hasegawa's house was dilapidated, and it was because of Gao Shisheng's hundreds of dollars that he had the spare strength to find someone to help re-paste the ceiling.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that this house would have been leaking through the wind and rain a long time ago, and it would not be able to stay with people.

Hasegawa Motozhong bowed his head, signaled that he understood, and asked for the third time: "You, I, father, son, and grandson, where did the new clothes come from?" ”

"It's still from the head of the village!"

When Gao Shisheng visited for the first time, he saw Hasegawa Hayato's father's clothes shabby, so he remembered it. This time I came back to the village to visit, and deliberately brought a few pieces of clothes that I had changed and washed, and those that I had not worn a few times were carefully wrapped in a rain cloth and brought to Yuan Zhong and his son.

"That's good! I wonder how you plan to repay this courtesy and kindness? Hasegawa Mototada didn't need him to speak, and replied for him: "I'm afraid that you and my father and son alone can't repay it at all." ”

"I know that you must not be convinced, thinking that these three are just small favors, so why have you never seen others willing to favor you, you unfilial beast involved in the "sect case", isn't it this Zhuang head with other plans, raise your noble hand, spare your life! Hasegawa Motozhong's tone was calm, and his face did not show joy and anger, if it weren't for the fact that it was his own father and son kneeling in front of him, he wouldn't have asked a word today.

"Zhuang Tou is doing this, and what he has watched is probably the life of his son and your Lang Party!" Hasegawa Hayato is just rude and straight, and he can't control his words and deeds, but he is not stupid, and he has seen through the plot of this new head early on, so he deliberately avoids it and does not deal with the other party.

"Of course, apart from this brute courage and this rotten life, what else do you have now, something worthy of someone else's plan." Hasegawa Motozhong picked up the bamboo cane in his hand and lifted it, and then put it down as if he was deflated, knowing that his son was Mo Ruo's father, didn't this son just follow himself to be so stubborn, and he took the righteous anger that he couldn't see or touch as a treasure.

The Hasegawa family has declined, and only Yoshiri is left to unite the Lang party.

"There's nothing else to be gained!" Yajiro, who was eating with a mouthful of oil, suddenly opened his mouth and said loudly.

"You gave birth to a smart son, why did I give birth to you fool!" Hasegawa Motozhong was relieved when he heard his grandson's words, and then scolded with hatred: "Three-foot child, you are not afraid of others, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Of course I'm afraid of death!" Hasegawa Hayato replied confidently that there is another person in the world who is really not afraid of death.

"You're going to die?"

"My lord also said just now, this kind of kindness is difficult for you and my father and son to repay, I am afraid that after serving this noble family, it will not be long before he will fight to the death for him, and if he dies, he will die, but at that time, who can support my parents and raise my wife and children for me."

The martial arts exist in troubled times, or rely on cunning, or rely on change, but more rely on the word loyalty, cunning change can only be a momentary power, only loyalty and courage are the foundation of being able to live for a long time.

Hasegawa Hayato has parents and a wife and children, not to mention a group of brothers who follow him to beg for food, but they are unwilling to do a life-selling business for others.

"If you really want to be a righteous person, you don't have to look ahead and backward, the name of the family is the real filial piety. My Hasegawa family, originally a samurai from Yoshino County in Yamato Province, moved to Enoe for only a hundred years, and now not only has he lost his status as a samurai, but even Nada is difficult to preserve, and the family name is waiting for you to revive, so why be subject to your parents, wife and children! "Hasegawa Mototada's indecision and heartache for his son, this kind of corrupting martial arts is really enough.

Pingshan Village was originally the Wanxing of the Hasegawa family, and the military service people in the village used to be the Lang Party in the past, because of the inaction of successive generations, and now the family business has been ruined, and it has completely reduced to an ordinary military service.

Since the seventeenth year of astronomy, when Imagawa Yoshimoto and Oda Nobuhide fought together in Kodozaka in Mikawa Province, the Imagawa family has hardly used swords. It was a great joy that ordinary people in the Three Kingdoms, including Hasegawa Hayato, were exempted from military service, but it was difficult for Hasegawa Mototada, who was eager to fight for martial arts on the battlefield to revive his family's reputation.

If you can't rely on bravery to get rewards, it is not a good way out to go under other powerful families and seek the rank of advancement. It's just that he can't find a way, and when the Hasegawa family was down, he was just an ordinary samurai, and he was not a native of Yuanjiang, so he didn't know any powerful and famous families at all.

Asahina Tanba Mamoru selected the West Yuanjiang military service, compiled the flag book, he had led the Hirayama people, served under his command several times, so he took his son to Sakujo City to join the army, I thought that for the sake of the past incense, I didn't dare to say that I was looking for a way out, and I could always mix the identity of the flag book and serve in front of the army.

Unexpectedly, he didn't even see him, he was stopped at the gate, and he was driven back with a few words, and then Hasegawa Mototada woke up like a dream, and his family had fallen to the point that no one paid attention to it. After comforting his son, and at the same time comforting himself, he went to the barracks again to join the army, and as a result, he was eliminated at the level of Mingtian.

What Junfu wants is a land warrior with a clean net worth and a field and a business, and the Hasegawa family, a declining family, is not qualified to be selected at all, so he has to take his son back home in frustration.

This is also why after seeing Gao Shisheng take the initiative to show goodwill, Hasegawa Motozhong felt that the opportunity to revive his family name had come again, and he was really forced to have no way out, and he was even willing to accept the solicitation of an acting official of the village.

Moreover, the Gao family is also a wealthy man in Yuanjiang, and his reputation and official career in Junfu are not inferior to the Asahina family.

"Then I'll go to the village tomorrow?" Hasegawa Hayabusa weighed the pros and cons repeatedly in his heart, and finally did not dare to disobey his father's orders, and asked, "Or take our Lang Party with you?" ”

"Bring someone with you, of course!" Hasegawa Yuanzhong stood up with a cane, his steps were a little staggering, he was in the army in his early years, and he had suffered more than one knife wound on his leg, and said in a calm tone: "Could it be that this head of the village really takes a fancy to your bravery?" He has a crush on this group of Lang Party of my Nagagugawa family, as long as he can afford the price, what if he sells it to him? ”

Hasegawa was shocked when he heard this, he had never seen his father like this, but he didn't dare to refute it, so he had to retreat.

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Back in the side room, everyone sat around the campfire and waited, and when Hasegawa Hayato returned, they hurriedly gave up a vacant seat for him to sit down, and waited for him to open the table.

Before he left, he said that he let the Lang party eat first, but the head of the deed was not there, and no one moved first, Hasegawa is a filial son, and the companions around him are naturally righteous.

Hasegawa picked up the somewhat cold soup bowl, looked around at everyone, and settled down: "Eat and drink enough today, go home and sleep well, and give all the spirit and energy to Naigong!" Following the example of his father Yuanzhong, he encouraged loudly: "Tomorrow, I will take you to a good future!" ”

Note: The Takeda Army's plundering of Ueno is from the Chonenji Document, which records the Takeda Army's plundering of Ueno Province over a seven-year period.