Chapter 100: Chapter 19: Amaterasu (4)

The palace of Hatohiko in the morning incense palace has a green tile roof, white walls and brown copper pillars, the town beast on the roof ridge is the body of a dragon head and a fish, and the gate is carved with a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum pattern. Built in the 18th year of Tensho, it is located on the foundation of a huge stone several zhang high above the ground, and the stones rarely have a standard cube, but the blocks are tightly fitted with each other, and the stones are all paid tribute to the daimyo from all sides, and the family crest of the daimyo can be seen on each stone.

Seeing that there was no one on duty outside the palace, Muren's heart was full of doubts, and he hesitated for a moment, and pushed the door open, not wanting the gate to open by itself. Muren stepped forward to look over, but there was still no one in the house. Muren settled, raised his legs across the threshold, and walked towards the house.

When I entered the house, I realized that I had stepped into a forest. The mist in the forest is entangled, there are no birds and beasts, the silence is abnormal, only the footsteps on the fallen leaves can be heard. The trees in the forest grow luxuriantly, high and low, and the sparse sunlight flows down through the branches and leaves, setting off the mottled shadows on the ground, like smoke and mist, full of dream-like poetry. The emerald and clear stream, crisscrossed in the green forest, the breeze blows, and the petals of various colors fall with the wind, and it is really a fairyland. Muren walked in the forest, and the air gradually soaked his whole body, making him feel that his whole body was clear. As I walked, I came to a meadow deep in the forest, and the blades of grass were full of crystal clear dewdrops, reflecting the light of the sky, shining. As soon as he stepped on it, the dew bounced in all directions, disappearing into the grass like elves...... Muren was lingering here, and suddenly with a "whoosh", a feather arrow was shot, and he couldn't dodge, hitting his right arm.

"Sister, your archery skills have regressed a lot. A voice like a silver bell came from the woods.

"All the birds and beasts in this forest have been shot by me, and today a living creature has finally come, but I don't want to regress so much in archery, and if it is injured, would you like to draw your sword with your sister and go forward and cut it?" asked the elder sister.

"Okay!" Before the silver bell-like voice fell, Muhito saw a red figure shooting towards him, hurriedly dodged, and looked at it, it turned out to be a girl wearing a red kimono, about twelve years old, waist-high and bangs. His hands were clutching his ribs, his little face was flushed, and he was glaring at himself.

"You ......" As soon as Muren opened his mouth, he felt a chill on his neck, and the voice called his sister sounded in his ears: "Zhanzi, why are you still so slow?

"People have worked hard. The little girl named Zhanzi put away her ribs and said.

"Alright, don't be angry, I'll leave this living creature to you. After calling her sister, she kicked Muren over, and the letter in Muren's arms also fell.

"Zhanzi, don't do it yet, wait for me to see what this is?" said the elder sister, picking up the letter on the ground.

Muren lay on the ground, secretly observing the woman whom Zhanzi called her sister. I saw that she was wearing a cyan floral Xiaowen kimono, like her sister Zhanzi, waist-high, bangs, looking down at the letter in her hand, although she couldn't see her face under the bangs, but she could clearly see her cheeks on both sides and her slender and white neck, and couldn't help but think of the famous dish enjoyed at Matsui Ishone's house - Amaterasu Daigojin.

"I can't imagine that you are a dwarf or a samurai. After reading the letter, I called my sister and said to Muren.

"Since you have read the letter and know my identity, then please ask the young lady to quickly lead me to Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace. Muren said.

"Let it get up. "Call it my sister to Zhanzi.

"Sister, are you going to let it go, what if it tells my father that it was my sister who shot it?" asked Zhanzi.

"Well, take it to Suwa Tea House to heal first. "Call it my sister to Zhanzi.

At the end of the meadow, the Suwa Tea House was originally used by Hatohiko Asakanomiya to receive and entertain guests, and after the end of the brutal war in eight years ago, it became known as the playroom for his two daughters.

"Miss should know that my task is heavy, so take me to Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace. The feather arrow on Muren's right arm has been pulled out and bandaged with medicine.

"Then you have to swear that you will not say that my sister set you up. Zhanzi said.

"But I don't know your sister's name yet. Muren said to Zhanzi.

"My name is Kikuko Asakanomiya, and this is my sister Asakanomiya Zhanzi. The elder sister said, "I'm sorry to mistake your Excellency for a beast and shoot you." ”

"Who told you to be so short?" said Asamiya Zhanzi.

"Zhanzi, don't be rude to the samurai who oversaw the Imperial Shimuhito!" shouted Kikuko Asakanomiya.