Chapter 40: Friends

"Is there anything so amazing in the world?!"

Kojiro and the others were amazed, this kind of thing is not common for them, and the words on an ancient book seem to be alive, anyone will be surprised.

Sun Sheng took the book and looked at it carefully, only to see that the animal skin used to make the book had already cracked, and the golden font was integrated into the fine cracks, although there were also people in the antique market who would use some means to fake, but this trace could not be formed over time, which made him sure that this was an ancient book.

Moreover, the fox tail in front of the tamamo is a monster thing, and the medicinal properties are strong. And the more effective the herb, the more intense its medicinal properties. If this substance is used on the human body, it is necessary to use a warm substance to slowly introduce its medicinal power, so as to minimize the damage to the human body.

These 'Zhishen Grass' and 'Boundless Root' are demon world herbs, so it is quite medically reasonable to think that these two herbs need to be used as medicine to cooperate with the fox tail in front of Yuzao.

Thinking of this, Sun Sheng was even more sure in his heart, the two herbs recorded in this book were indeed the fox tail medicine of Yuzao, and then he bowed and said: "Thank you Lord Abe for your kindness, if this medicine saves my friend, Sun Sheng will never forget!"

Abe Xiaosan waved his hand and said, "What are you talking about, I'm doing this for myself." In the future, Lord Takeda will become a retainer of Toyotomi after detoxification, and I hope that Lord Takeda will remember the kindness of my Abe Mizo at that time. ”

I'm not afraid of hypocrites, I'm afraid of real villains! Abe Xiaosan is obviously a complete villain, but this villain will explain the cause and effect very clearly and carefully analyze the pros and cons for Kojiro, so put himself in the shoes of even the most indifferent people will be moved.

Seeing Kojiro's eyebrows raised, Abe Kosan felt a little more sure in his heart, and chuckled at the corner of his mouth: "Don't hesitate Takeda-sama, even if you worry about your friend, do I pay less? In my opinion, I have paid much more than you." ”

Kojiro sneered, "You just told us one thing, and it took some effort to find the classics, and your upper and lower lips moved again, what did you pay?"

"Lord Takeda, oh no, Kojiro Sasaki. Don't you forget, you burned the demon tree 'Blood Mist Forest' that our clan spent hundreds of years of hard work to plant, and you and your friends almost abolished the three personal disciples of my Abe family, aren't these losses? Even if these are nothing, then in the future, my own children will die with you, won't this be counted?!"

"Huh. ”

Kojiro sneered again and said, "Even if you send one of your three children to accompany me to the demon world, his life is not the same as that of my friend?

Abe Xiaosan smiled jerkyly, he really didn't expect that at this time he could still stay calm and fight against his own army. In addition to what he said, only when he was personally accompanied could he be considered sincere.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "'The Ghost of Azuchi Momoyama' is really a powerful character, and he has seen me so thoroughly, it's really hard to deal with." ”

He laughed dryly twice, rolled his eyes and said slowly: "How many monsters have my Abe family slaughtered for generations to eliminate demons? Many monsters also have relatives and friends, and they are all eager to eat the flesh of our people and sleep on the skin of our people. My son and son will accompany you, but it is even more dangerous than you. ”

He paused deliberately, looked at Kojiro's expression, and suddenly said with some sadness: "My child stepping into the demon world is tantamount to provoking the demon world! Even if some monsters are taken in my Abe family's century-old prestige, there are always some who are not afraid of death." At that time, hundreds of monsters will join forces to attack my Abe family, won't my Abe's century-old foundation be destroyed in one fell swoop?!"

"This ......"

Kojiro was speechless for a while, he never thought that Abe Xiaosan would actually plan to gamble with himself with the future of the Abe family, and immediately sat there at a loss and was stunned.

Abe Xiaosan knew that his heart had been shaken, and continued: "Many monsters have long wanted to take revenge on my Abe family, but they are suffering from the fact that my 'Blood Mist Forest' is too powerful, so they dare not attack rashly. Now that you have burned it to pieces, if I send someone to the demon realm again...... Do you think that the demon clan will attack on a large scale with such provocative behavior? How long do you think that with my Abe's inner gate and the earth royal gate, the two families can resist many monsters? ?"

Kojiro's mind flashed, and the thoughts of believing or not believing turned a thousand times in his heart, and he really didn't know how true and how false Abe's words were.

After saying so much, Abe Xiaosan suddenly didn't want to say anything, and sighed softly, "Since Kojiro-kun refuses to believe me, I won't say anything tonight." Everyone, I'll send you out early tomorrow morning. After speaking, he bowed deeply and turned around and left.

He said silently in his heart: "One, two, three...... Seven, eight......" Before he could read nine, Kojiro suddenly said, "Wait!"

A smile leaked from the corner of Abe's mouth, but he still turned his back and said to him, "What else does Lord Takeda have to say?"

"Are you really willing to block the fate of the entire Abe family and accompany me to the demon world to gamble?! What good will this do you? Is it better to be friendly with the owner than to offend the demon clan?"

Abe Kozo turned around, bowed and said, "Exactly! If it is recommended by Lord Takeda, Sekihaku Hideyoshi will report to the emperor, and then I can operate from it to become a daimyo of one party." At that time, what do you want for the territory, soldiers and horses, grain and grass, and what is behind Bai Xiuji's sitting, what is the fear of the demon clan at that time?!"

"Well, I believe you!"

"Really?"

"Seriously!"

Playing with human nature Kojiro is really not his opponent, Abe Kozo looked at Kojiro lightly, his eyes full of disdain. For many years, no one has been able to break through these ten numbers, and no one has been able to fight his calculations.

Disdain, satisfaction, mockery? These are not good, Abe Kozo only knows that he has mastered Kojiro's heart.

He squinted his eyes and smiled softly, and said very seriously: "Lord Takeda, don't blame me for saying ugly things ahead." Even if you believe in me at this moment, I can't fully trust you. ”

"Why? Am I still not going to be able to find an antidote to the poison for myself? Or do you think that we are not qualified enough?"

"No, you're too kind-hearted, and these so-called friends of yours may ...... It's going to drag you down!"

They just want to use themselves, so how can they be willing to contribute? Kojiro's face turned red and suddenly turned angry, and he said: "Lord Abe, I won't talk about it, otherwise I won't do this deal!"

"Forgive me, it's just that I'm not sure if you're qualified enough to get out of the demon world, so you still have to continue the trial!"

"How to test?!"

Kojiro's eyes shot out and looked at Abe Kozo and the four eyes, Abe Kosan saw that his originally empty eyes suddenly had a strong desire, is it unwilling? or ...... Wrath.

It seems that in the bottom of his heart, he still has a trace of anger towards his so-called friends, which is not strong but extremely pure.

It seems that it is not easy to trust some people wholeheartedly, and Kojiro is still blaming his friends in the end. Is it to blame that their purpose in contacting him is not pure? Or is it to blame Abe for not allowing himself to understand this? He can't think through it, and he doesn't want to think about it thoroughly.

"It's enough to keep these suspicions, there is still a long way to go in the future, it's not rare to have friends for a while, and how many friends can do it in a lifetime?" Abe Xiaosan thought in his heart and then turned his mouth and said: "In the future trials, I will still send the elite disciples of the Abe family to compete with the mentality of killing you, if the three of you can go to the end, you are qualified!"

Kojiro stood up and saluted: "Thank you Abe-sama for your great kindness, if you want to kill or chop, you can come, we will stop when we click!"

"Thank you!"

Immediately, Abe's three small sleeves flicked off, and he took a step and disappeared into the long night.

In fact, Abe Xiaosan also knows in his heart that in addition to his three children, the rest of the inner disciples who can test the strength of Kojiro and others are rarely able to match them. However, since Kojiro had already made it clear that he would stop at the point, he didn't have to worry too much about the lives of other inner disciples.

After Abe left, Kojiro also stood up, he really didn't know what to say to these so-called 'friends', and his heart was so upset that maybe he was talking about his current mood.

The filthy greasy cook had already prepared the meal, but he didn't dare to disturb when he saw Abe Kosan and Kojiro talking in the room.

Kojiro walked away from the jar full of wine he brought, drank a jug, and went back to his room by himself.

Until now, Yui hadn't spoken, and she kept her head down, not knowing what she was thinking. Is it sadness, is it guilt, or is it some emotion that I can't even explain.

But if you want to say that she has any bad intentions for Kojiro, she dares to vouch for her personality, her dignity and even her own life.

But if you want to talk about whether Kojiro is used or not, she is no different from Abe Xiaosan, and even Abe Xiaosan is more upright than her.

She was so worried that she really didn't know how to explain to Kojiro, whether to tell him that this world was like this or admit that she was wrong.

It is good for a person to have useful value, which proves that this person is at least somewhat useful. But what about those who are sincere and sincere? Is it true that their so-called friends are only used for use because of two words, 'friends', and their wholeheartedness, their lack of fear of life and death?

Perhaps in their eyes, the mere idea of exploiting insults the meaning of the word 'friend'.

Yui was sad, sad that she had insulted the meaning of the word 'friend' in Kojiro's heart.

She felt guilty, guilty that she had used him in the first place.

She couldn't tell whether she was sad because she violated Kojiro's meaning of 'friend' or if she was sad because she was not trusted by Kojiro.

Yui looked at the white moonlight, and suddenly thought of a poem that Qin Yao often recited: "Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadow becomes a trio." ’

Loneliness, very lonely, this loneliness is not because there are no friends, this loneliness is because of my guilt towards my friends.

It's the same with Ji Shizo, why didn't he accompany Kojiro with the mission given by Sasuke. Although his purpose is not pure, he is more calm than Yui, and he does whatever Sasuke says, which is understandable.

Although many emotions such as bonds and recognition generated in the process of getting along with Kojiro have a purpose at the beginning, they also come from the bottom of their hearts without any impurities.

Sun Sheng and Qin Yao glanced at each other, the Chinese did things but begged to be worthy of heaven and earth, and asked themselves if they really hadn't done anything to be sorry for Kojiro, and even Ning sacrificed his life to protect him.

But this time, Jian Shizang didn't understand Yui and didn't understand, they couldn't comfort them, Qin Yao took Yui and quietly retreated back to the room.

Kojiro returned to the back of the room with his head banging, he didn't know what to think or what to think. Whether to continue to say goodbye to yourself or accept everything calmly, until I think of dizziness and I don't figure it out. In the end, it turned into a glass of spirits.

Wine is a good thing, a piping hot stomach and the rest of the rest are left alone.

Just looking at the bright moon as white as the sky, but only a corner is missing, there is an indescribable sadness in my heart.

I don't know how long it took for Kojiro to fall asleep in a daze, and in his dream he came to a white world, where a hot girl in a black tights was waiting for him.

The woman was the 'Oni Blade', and Kojiro stretched out his right hand to drink a little more, but found that the flask in his hand was long gone, and then realized that there was no wine in this world.

Although there is no wine at the moment, it is good to take a dry sip, but his posture is less heroic and more melancholy.

'Ghost Blade' asked, "What's bothering you?"

Kojiro still took a dry sip, as if he wanted to drink all his sorrows into his stomach. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve, there was no wine on his mouth, but he still wiped it as if he had finished drinking.

"What's so worrying, a manly husband can't be a daughter!"

The 'Ghost Blade' shook his body, looked at him and asked, "You said that a manly man stands up to the sky, do you want to say that he will do it?"

"Naturally, a manly husband will say whatever he wants, and he will do whatever he wants, and he will not look forward to his mother-in-law and mother-in-law. ”

Ghost Blade chuckled, and the silver bell-like laughter resounded throughout the world. "A manly man doesn't deceive, does he?"

"Yes! Either you don't say it, or if you want to tell the truth, tell the truth!"

"So you're not a manly man, you're just a daughter. ”

Kojiro squinted his eyebrows slightly, and suddenly sighed and said, "I'm really not a manly man, I just lied." ”

"You're still a little self-aware. ”

Kojiro took another sip and said, "How do you know that I am worried? You are really like the roundworm in my stomach, do you really know what I think?"

"I've told you this many times, but this time I can guess what you're thinking?"

"Oh? That's a strange thing, how do you guess. ”

The Ghost Blade stretched out its fingers like white onions, pointed to the sky, and said, "Oh, this is your heart, and it is raining in your heart. ”

Kojiro was so sad that he didn't notice it, but at this moment, he saw a light rain in the sky as soon as he said 'Ghost Blade'.

"This is my heart?"

"Yes, it's not in the sword, it's in your heart. At this moment, it is raining in your heart, which means that you are worried in your heart. ”

Kojiro said, "Yes, I can't hide anything from you." Indeed, there is something in my heart that is full of trouble, and you know it, and then you can solve it for me. ”

"Is it you and your friends?"

Kojiro sighed again and said, "Yes, it's them." They were very nice to me and have been nice to me since I met them. We have been born and died several times, and we have shared hardships and hardships several times, but today we ......"

"Today, you heard from the person named Abe Xiaosan, and you think they are not sincere to you?"

Kojiro thought about it, nodded and shook his head, and at this moment the rain in the sky was even heavier.

"I'm sure they mean it, it's just ...... This sincerity is true to me and to their respective purposes. ”

'Ghost Blade' smiled, she didn't know much about human affairs, although she had lived for a long, long time, she had no friends, and naturally she didn't know the bitterness in Kojiro's heart. But it's a good thing to live long enough, even if she doesn't understand it, she has seen it, and she can still help at this moment.

'Ghost Blade' asked, "Are you happy together?"

Kojiro thought about it, they didn't get along for a long time, but they experienced a lot of things, although there were stumbles, but overall they were much happier, and then nodded firmly.

"Then you can't be wrong, you know, even if you get along with you with a purpose, but if you don't have the same interests, you won't be happy. If you are sincere and open-minded to get along with them, you can feel their sadness, sadness, happiness, and pain at the same time. ”

"So you mean ......"

'Ghost Blade' nodded, "So I'm saying that even if they get close to you and get to know you for their own purposes, the feelings you feel when you get along with them are real. ”

Kojiro reminisces about the past, and at this moment he also firmly believes in the love with his friends. As soon as he thought of this, the sky cleared.

Suddenly, I don't know what Kojiro was thinking, and the sky was full of dark clouds, and it seemed that it was going to rain again.

'Ghost Blade' asked, "Are you afraid that there is no affection between you, there is only habit?"

"Yes, even if two people who are married have never met, they can still be together for a lifetime. What is love for them? They may never experience it in their lifetime, so my friends have been with me for purpose from the beginning, and after a long time, I don't know if there is such a friendship between us. ”

'Ghost Blade' shook his head and said to him very helplessly: "You are really a stubborn donkey, if Abe Xiaosan hadn't looked for you today, you would have this kind of thought?"

"No!"

"So you don't think he looked for you, and I don't think he's a good person. ”

Kojiro wanted to ask again, but heard the 'Ghost Blade' hurriedly say, "Hurry up!