Chapter 4 fourth quarter

The bustle of the Xuande Temple casino gradually turned into a killing atmosphere, and at the same time, this killing atmosphere spread to nearby villages. In the beginning, when big players who kept losing money appeared one after another in the casino, it really attracted many people.But along with the spectacle came professional gamblers, swindlers, and robbers who robbed ordinary people of their money. On the other hand, there are rumors in the town that "No one dares to walk on Dazuban Street even in the daytime".Originally, only hooligans who lost money would hide in the corner and ambush the people passing by.But later, even the common people who were red-eyed by losing also followed suit.

Slowly, all the people who gambled in Xuande Temple became vicious.Even Fujisuke, who has always been timid, has a bad idea of ​​"better to be a robber".From the time I met Genzo, Hussey told me that I would become a bad person.As if unconsciously, an invisible hand led him to an ending he didn't know. On this day, Fujisuke went to Xuande Temple as usual, and accidentally saw Huxi and Genzo sneaking around and talking outside the warehouse.Fujisuke hid in the shade curiously, peeping at them. Suddenly, Monk Huxi looked around vigilantly, and then took out a bunch of copper coins and handed them to Yuanzang.

Fujisuke froze.He had already noticed that there was a problem with the source of Yuanzang's money, but he never thought it would come from Monk Huxi.From the looks of it, Hussey returned the money earned by the casino to the gamblers through Genzo. (But why?) Isn't this situation inconsistent with what Monk Hughesy himself said: opening a casino is for the purpose of rebuilding a temple?Thinking further, would Hughesy be the eminent monk who preached the Tao, but secretly the chief culprit who made the neighborhood of Langgang full of robbers, thieves, and chaos? Although Fujisuke didn't understand Hughesy's real intentions, he knew that Hughesy was by no means an ordinary monk.

(Hmph! It really is a vicious donkey!) Fujisuke cursed secretly. Bandits and bandits are rampant in Langgang Town, and the people are all in fear, and they can't sleep peacefully at night. No one knew what was wrong with Huxi Monk.Everyone believes in Hughesy's character, and thinks that he opened the casino purely for the purpose of building temples, and he took his grievances out on the Beibata Imperial Palace. ——The hateful Kitabata Imperial Palace. --yes!He is so rich, but he is reluctant to rebuild Xuande Temple.It was all his fault that Xuande Temple opened a casino! ——The common people like to gamble, but it is not because of poverty.

——The common people pay taxes and pay poverty.All these taxes went into Beibata's pocket for him to enjoy a luxurious life. As a result, the residents of Beibata Territory became extremely dissatisfied and indignant at the lord's harsh taxation, and gradually rose up. Finally one day…… What Fujisuke feared happened. Genzo ran to him and said: "Yobei called me to urge you to pay back the money. Also, my money is also very tight recently..." Although Genzo's tone was very gentle, the pressure of long-term borrowing and gambling still made Fujisuke startled as if he had been stung by a bee.

"Tell me to pay back the money..." Fujisuke simply gave up. "But, I don't remember ever borrowing money from you." "what?" Genzo opened his mouth wide in disbelief. "I lent you money more than once..." "No, I don't remember borrowing money from you." Fujisuke said stubbornly. "Aren't you awake? I..." "Didn't you understand? I said I don't remember borrowing money from you, but I did borrow money from Monk Hughesy." "..." After a moment of silence, Genzo asked in a low voice, "What do you mean?"

"Your money was actually given by Monk Hussey, right? I saw Monk Hussey give you money..." "You see?" A gleam flashed in Genzo's eyes. "See! That's why I say, you didn't lend me any money. If Hughesy came to collect it from me, of course I'd pay it--" Fujisuke took a breath, and continued, "It's just that if that stinky monk dares to ask me for money, he will be exposed." "Ok!" Genzo folded his hands on his chest and looked at Fujisuke carefully. "So you're not stupid." "Nonsense! You don't want to play me!"

"Hmm! You are so smart, you should have heard of it..." Genzo said, licking his lips. "Yubei is not easy to mess with. My money can be counted, but his money can't be counted. If you don't pay back the money, he will kill you!" "..." This time it was Fujisuke's turn to be silent. "How about it?" "..." "Hey, what's going on?" Fujisuke didn't answer. "You're so stubborn." Genzo said, "What are you going to do?" "I'll pay back the money." Fujisuke answered with a trembling voice.

"Even if I'm asked to steal and rob, I'm not afraid. I will definitely find a way to pay back the money." "real?" "of course it's true." "Then..." Genzo put down his crossed hands, and suddenly said, "As long as you have the courage to steal and rob, you don't have to be a thief or a robber. You can be a samurai." "warrior?" "yes." "I don't want to be a samurai." Fujisuke shook his head. "why?" "Are you going to persuade me to be a samurai of the Kitabata family? I hate Kitabata."

Fujisuke is also very dissatisfied with the tyranny of Kitabata Akira Village who sucks human blood and eats human flesh. "Oh, not Kitabata." Genzo said. "It's Dapu, be Dapu's bodyguard." Fujisuke had heard Oura's name before.Oura Yashiro betrayed his master Nambu a while ago, conquered Ishikawa, Hetoku, and Daikoji along the way, and he emerged and became famous. "But..." Fujisuke asked. "Can I?" "Of course. Oura is currently short of manpower. If you can become a samurai, you will have money, and you can pay back the money to Heibei. And once you become a samurai in Oura, Heibei will not dare to do anything to you .Anyway, I want to go too, so let’s go together.”

"when are we leaving?" "Now." "But..." Fujisuke hesitated, he couldn't help but tell his wife Ami. "Let's go quickly." Genzo urged. "Otherwise, I will run into Yubei later, and I won't be able to leave even if I want to." "Okay, let's go." Fujisuke made up his mind.The fear of being killed by Yobei far outweighs everything else, besides, there seems to be no difference in that family with him or without him. They left Langgang and walked for about five miles along Dazuzaka Street before they arrived at Oura Castle, which is next to Rockwood Mountain. Dusk was shrouding the city wall. Genzo asked Fujisuke to wait at the door, and ran to whisper to the guard about something. The door opened. Fujisuke followed Genzo into the city.But as soon as he entered the city, Fujisuke was immediately raised from both sides. "Genzo, Genzo!" Fujisuke yelled in astonishment, but Genzo didn't even look at him, allowing him to be dragged into the dungeon in the city by several soldiers. Fujisuke was locked up in such a daze.After a while, he heard the footsteps of many people, and then a tall general appeared at the door of the cell.Fujisuke looked up, his mouth was speechless in fright, and his body was shivering as if he was too cold to stand it. In the darkness, the guard held a candle to reflect a thoughtful face, which was Yubei.