Chapter 16 waif

Her wet nurse lived in Xiaoye Village from birth, and although she knew her previous life was nothing but a dream, she still lived the rest of her life quietly in a corner of the small wild leaves and grass, sowing wheat seeds in spring and spinning silk in autumn, and never left. "Miss, last night the nanny dreamed about the master who has gone away again... The master's expression is very worried." Nurse Azawa, next to the oil lamp at hand, which was so weak that she could only see her light, was continuing her day's work, sewing a man's underwear with a needle. "Say something like that again!" A-Tong's voice sounded like he was clucking his tongue.

Since childhood, Atong has always acted like a baby to her, making her both fond of and embarrassing, so until now, his tone of speech is completely different from others, and his manner and speech are naturally exactly the same as when he was a child. "My mother-in-law is really annoying. When she says something, she always refers to the dead. If she can't say anything, she blames the dead. She just wants Atong to return to Channi, right? I know this kind of thing very well." A-Tong made no effort to hide his displeasure, leaning against the dim broken window where the light could not reach, propping up his face in a fit of anger on purpose, looking up at the hazy moonlight at the end of the eaves.

Tears welled up in the nurse's eyes, and she stopped her needlework. Several days have passed since Atong suddenly knocked on the door of the thatched cottage in the middle of the night.Although it was only six or seven days, it felt extremely long to both Atong and the nurse, because the same words were repeated every day like now. For her leaving the Iwate Nunnery without permission, Azawa always blamed her for being ridiculous, how could she do such a thing, she didn't feel helpless and gave up at all, and she didn't smile at all for a few days.Even Atong wondered why her mother-in-law was so ruthless?But she still remembered the tenderness of Azawa's breasts, so she didn't feel the slightest fear.

Azawa's husband is no longer there.It was her husband who brought Atong to Iwate, where he was nurtured by Songqinni.Shortly thereafter, her husband died of illness. As soon as Ah Ze saw Ah Tong, he told himself in his heart that he could not be like before.Thinking of her husband's will, no, there is also the entrustment of Atong's father, Masahide Ono, to the couple: "Please, if there is any emergency, Atong will entrust you." Thinking of the master's will, Ah Ze Deciding to be hard-hearted, he completely hid his smiling face. "Mother-in-law, although you always ask me to go back, the nunnery is really not suitable for my temperament. Atong wants to go to Kyoto, even if you stop me, I will definitely go."

"Miss, when did you become so disobedient? Nurse, I... No, your dead father and my husband, Yuzhi Izumi, must be lamenting." "Hehehe, mother-in-law, there is no such thing as hell. So the nunnery is very boring." "Ah, how can you say that! Aren't you afraid that you will be punished by the Buddha?!" "The most terrible thing is to live ignorantly. The most terrible thing is to drift ignorantly in this world. Atong hates the country, and he hates the country people, because they are too stupid to be seen. I want to go to Kyoto and become a A woman who is as good as a samurai. In painting, singing, and other learning, aren't there many women who are also doing very well?"

Ah Hua's words were filled with a sense of triumph.As a daughter of Wumen, this is not surprising, but at this time it only made Ah Ze feel more sad.This is too far from the path that nurse Azawa believes in and the path of happiness that women should have. After the death of the Ono family, Ah Ze felt that the young lady had completely changed. Now hearing her speak in such a tone, Ah Ze felt even more sad thinking that Ah Tong had turned bad.After the war, not only here, but also in many villages and towns, a large number of homeless children appeared. These children soon became the subordinates of robbers, temple thieves, arson thieves or snatching post-war corpses. Summer flies keep breeding.Now, even the young lady is going to be like that.

It was all the fault of the war, too.Such a terrible disaster of war actually caused the young lady to experience it twice.After the death of the main Saito clan, Ono Castle was taken over by Nobunaga. After that, Masahide Ono followed Nobunaga for several years, but he was attacked by the Nagashima disciples of the last Honganji sect who had long held grudges against the Oda family. The local Oda family Almost all the officials were killed, and the houses were burned to the ground. The lady was only five years old then.Fleeing to the dark mountain at night, looking at the house that was burned by the war, the young lady called her father's name and cried all night, and that voice still echoed in Azawa's ears until now.

Azawa's husband, Hioki Oyaki, went all the way to find the young lady, and they have been raising the young lady who has lost her father, family and all support as her own daughter since then.When the lady was twelve years old, Nobunaga heard that Masahide Ono had an orphan, and out of pity, he brought her to Azuchi Ooku as a girl, but it brought even more misfortune to the lady. regret. Not long after, even the prosperous Azuchi City suffered the same karma, and Nobunaga's ending can be described as a real picture of hell.One can imagine the scene of girls fleeing everywhere, and the fifteen-year-old lady is one of them.How did such a young girl survive in exile? In any case, one night, the young lady finally found her way back to the nurse's house, and no matter what she asked, she just buried her head in tears.He fell into a drowsy sleep for several days, screaming like sleepwalking from time to time.

Looking at her sleeping face, Azawa couldn't help crying when he thought that there would definitely be wild samurai and villains haunting the mountains after the war. Miss was caught by them on the way and didn't know what happened to her.Speaking of which, when Miss returned here, her snow-white skin was covered with bruises and scars, and she didn't know if all the clothes on her body had been stripped off, leaving only some cloth covering the girl's shame and a thin clothesline . But the victorious lady would never tell anyone about the terrible experience she encountered on the way, not even to Azawa.But when people noticed, they found that the young lady's temperament seemed to have changed drastically since then, and there was even a worrying sign for the future.Azawa's husband, Hiki Daisho, managed to make ends meet by doing some hunting work, but he still enlisted the help of his acquaintances to leave Atong with Songqinni: "I will not be sorry if I send the young lady to the nunnery now." Her future will be beneficial, and the deceased master will feel at ease. If she is left alone like this, it is not difficult to foresee what kind of bad woman she will become in the future."

However, Songqinni wrote in advance before the death of Dashuo, clearly telling Atong that he did not have the temperament to stay in the nunnery, saying: "About this child, the poor nun can't guarantee the whole story, and he is not qualified to be a teacher. If you If there is no objection, the poor nun will temporarily take her in, but only as the son of an acquaintance to live here temporarily." But everything seems to have calmed down, and two years have passed before he knew it. Just recently, Azawa was thinking that if he continued like this, he would be at ease.It's a pity that the buds of vines will always extend out.If her husband Dazhuo was still alive, and if I were Miss's real mother, I definitely wouldn't allow her to behave like this: "Thinking of this makes Ah Ze feel very sad."

"Miss," Ah Ze reorganized his mood, and comforted the man who had been angry by the window: "Go to sleep tonight, maybe your mind will change tomorrow." "..." Ah Tong didn't answer anymore. Chunyue was far away from the eaves at this time, and the wild cherry blossoms exuded a slight fragrance somewhere.Thinking that he would spend this spring night empty-handed, Ah Tong's young blood couldn't help feeling regretful and depressed. With its gloomy old crones, its soot-stained walls, and its dim night lights like coals buried in ashes, it was an unbearable cellar.Is this the cellar that fate gave him?impossible.It is by no means a bad thing for people to pursue free life forms.I not only inherited a good bloodline, have a good background, but also have talents superior to others, and more importantly, I have a beautiful appearance. Why do I have to stay in a cold nunnery when I can't see the flowers blooming?Why do you have to sleep in this thatched hut overgrown with weeds when you walk out there?This is not the fault of man, destiny can only move forward if it is pioneered.Even if you stay by the dark bed and complain about injustice, who will bring the car of luck from outside to welcome you? "Hey, Mom... Mom! Open the door. Are you asleep?" At this moment, someone creaked and pushed the wooden window outside the door, making constant noise. "Open the door for me! Hey, why don't you get up, mom! Your son Sanzang is back... Hahahaha, even if you don't let me in, this is my home, and I can't not go in!" It seemed that this person was very drunk, and although he was in a good mood, he kept talking nonsense, and the sound seemed likely to break the window. The waif has come home.There was another layer of distress on Ah Ze's face.When his father was alive, this son was extremely restless and didn't know what he was doing in the world. This person is Sanzang of Qinglu. "What, you haven't slept yet." Sanzang sat down next to the stove, reeking of alcohol, and pressed his mother's withered wrist. "Don't do it, mom. So what if you're old and dizzy and go through needles and threads? Isn't everything in this world turned upside down in just one night at the Honnoji Temple? Everyone is pushed and beaten up and down by the big waves, just be an upright Zhengbei There is no way to survive, everything must be smart and tactful, that is, to be courageous enough, able to respond to changes, and never let go of what you grasp... Mom, a wandering son will do his filial piety occasionally, but don’t He reprimanded me angrily." Saying that, Sanzang threw a gold coin into his mother's lap.Ah Ze didn't even look at it, but tears were in his eyes, as if he wanted to forget the pain of reality, he just kept running the needle and thread in his hands. "Hurry up and take it! Now, mom, there should be wine... Where is it? Wine." As soon as Sanzang lifted half of his knees, Ah Ze looked at his son for the first time and said sharply: "You can't see the offerings. Buddhist altar!" Sanzang smiled disdainfully: "You don't need to bring out the dead father. Speaking of father, I have heard enough when I was alive. Mom, you are so upright and stupid, and father is also the most incompetent person in the world. I don’t know how to live harmoniously. On the contrary, I, Sanzang, am not like my parents, but I am a remarkable person. Yesterday, I was personally commended by Mr. Ikeda for entering the Tao... If tonight’s matter goes smoothly, I will be allowed to join the vassal clan List." He seemed to be very complacent, and he didn't care what his mother said about the things that others needed absolute secrecy, and he started bragging without asking questions. "Those people in the world think that the Qinglu of Daheng is a cleaner in the city, a construction laborer, etc., but Qinglu is also divided into two types: the saber group and the one who knows nothing but earns daily commissions. Don't look at me. In this way, I got a special allowance from the castle. I was both an infiltrator and a hermit, and I was also the leader. The one who killed Kanemon Nakagawa in Inuyama on Ise Road a while ago, I have nothing to hide, it was me, Sanzang-sama! Then, Yesterday, together with two treasurers and four veterans of the Ikeda family, they carried a package containing a thousand taels of gold and distributed it to the people under the Inuyama Castle, until last night, how proud! And they all dispersed in just one day and midnight!" He said it as if it was his own gold: "The master died suddenly, and the samurai in Inuyama Castle were only busy with the aftermath and the funeral. But Ikeda's veterans and us took this opportunity to talk to the small businessmen, wild samurai, and people in the city. Choose the smart ones from the vassals and ashigaru, and distribute the gold to them. Of course, it’s not for free, but to cooperate with the strategy here..." The drunk man was also a little thirsty when he said this, so he got up quickly and went to the kitchen, and took a gulp of water from a bamboo handle ladle. "Huh?" After returning, Sanzang noticed for the first time Atong who had been looking at this side by the dark window, and walked up to him, "Is there anyone there? Who is it..." A Tong was afraid that the drunk would make trouble, so he immediately sat up straight.Sanzang stared at her closely through the faint moonlight falling from the bamboo window, and his drunkenness disappeared immediately. "Well...it's really surprising that she is such a beautiful woman. Are you Miss Atong?" "Yes, Sanzang, do you still remember?" "How could I forget it, but I almost misread it, the change is too great." "So, what have I become?" "Well, how should I put it... It seems that I have reached the age of Shui Lingling." "I will grow too." "That's true. It seems that my mother is the only one who won't grow up, hahahaha... But Miss Atong, what are you doing here?" "I'm thinking about going to Kyoto." "Going to Kyoto... Isn't it very simple? What does my mother say?" "They always tell me to go back to the nunnery, but they don't understand my feelings at all." "It's a pity, it's a pity!" Sanzang shook his head vigorously, a serious light flashed in his pupils, and he thought to himself in the lingering smell of alcohol after waking up: "How can such a fairy let her wander in the wild, and can't let her be my wife?" Isn't this incredible?" So he began to try to seduce her with her wishes.It would definitely be troublesome for his mother to be here, so he told Atong that he wanted to discuss something outside, you are the daughter of the old master, why bother about mother-in-law, the moonlight is hazy outside, and we can discuss it under the cherry tree. Seeing that Ah Tong believed his words and walked out of the door with his waif, Ah Ze ran barefoot to the muddy ground in front of the door, grabbed her sleeve and tried to stop her. "You are so annoying! You are not a bird in a cage. The young lady is so big. Mom, you are so anxious to make the young lady what you want. It is impossible. The old man should go to bed early, and we will be back soon " Sanzang forcibly pulled Ah Ze's hand away from Atong's sleeve, and closed the door from the outside. "...He came after her. Miss Atong, let's run!" Seeing Sanzang running, she didn't have time to ask where she was going, so she just started running. The night in Xiaoye Township was getting darker and darker. Suddenly, Atong's rationality told himself that he could not go too far away from people. "San Zang, enough is enough." "Ah, it doesn't matter anymore... But, by the way, let's go another ten blocks." "...Then, where are you going?" "Aren't we going to Kawara in Nagara? We can already see Mt. Inaba." "Well, that's right. I used to come here to play with Sanzang when I was young." Sanzang shuddered for a while, feeling that his body was instantly surrounded by a fiery excitement that he had never felt before.He thought that this matter seemed to be possible, and he couldn't help being intoxicated with self-forgetfulness. Arriving at Nakagawara on the Nagara River, Atong looked around for a place to rest, but Sanzo was already crossing the bridge.So Atong quickly chased after him and asked, "Sanzang, where are you going?" "Come here! The night is pleasant, and it's nice to walk around, isn't it?" "But always keep walking..." "I know, you want to go to Kyoto, don't you? Then don't talk and come with me. Although the world is not good now, and the rogue is in power, I, Sanzang, is also the son of Hioki Taisho. I accepted the request of the old master's daughter, so naturally I won't Treating it perfunctorily...While walking like this, I was thinking whether to go to Beijing with Miss or something else." "Will you go to Beijing with me? I don't have the money to go to Beijing, and I don't have any acquaintances, and I don't know that there are many wild warriors and bad guys on the mountain road ahead and the long Jiangzhou road. After the fall of Antu the year before last, I got lost there and encountered terrible things. I still have lingering fears about the matter, and I may not be able to walk to Kyoto alone..." "It's not about staying for a few nights, as long as I follow you, it will be easy... However, Sanzang still has a life-and-death task until the early morning (six o'clock in the morning). If I don't complete this task, I will go anywhere No." "But didn't you drink leisurely just now, have you already wobbled?" "Where is that!" Sanzang proudly blew: "I drink because the first task of sneaking into Inuyama to buy people's hearts has been successfully completed with the power of a large amount of gold, and the only thing left is tonight at 10 o'clock in the evening. In the end, I informed Mr. Ikeda Katsunuri about this matter... I thought there was still a lot of time anyway, so I had a drink and went home to surprise my mother." Before they knew it, the two of them had already crossed the Funabashi and boarded the mountain road leading from Hino to the ancient market in Inaba Houshan. During the conversation along the way, Atong could clearly imagine what Sanzang and the samurai who received the secret orders of the Ikeda family were secretly doing in Inuyama.No, it should be said that Sanzang had no intention of hiding it, but hoped that she would know so that she would feel that he was a capable and promising man. This operation Inuyama went smoother than expected.Sanzang's other task is to rush to Ikeda Katsuki, who is marching from Daheng to Inushan tonight, and report to him that the matter is successful: "Everything is going smoothly as planned by your lord, and you are fully prepared for the internal response. The veterans and other The two are still lurking under the city, waiting for the arrival of the army, please feel at ease and send your troops to Inushan." In this way, the task is over. "Just be patient until the morning. Miss, please wait for me here. I have already prepared meals, and Inuyama will be captured before dawn. When I welcome Mr. Winner back triumphantly and receive the agreed reward, I will immediately Accompany you to Kyoto, okay? After the event is over, I also want to visit Kyoto and relax..." When he came to the top of the mountain and chose a place to sit down, Sanzang frequently catered to Atong's wishes.Because I still have a mission, I will go to the street at the foot of the mountain to wait for the arrival of Ikeda Jun. I will definitely come back tomorrow morning, so I hope Atong can sleep under the eaves of the temple over there and wait for him to return. There was no doubt between Atong's eyebrows, but he didn't completely believe his words and was intoxicated in his dream.The rationality and intelligent judgment in her cold and beautiful eyes all reflect the Shiba in her heart. "Well... I'll wait." She nodded. Sanzang immediately got up and accompanied her to the mountain temple or other ancient roofs, and for the sake of caution, he once again told her not to change the location. "Ah, it seems to be very late, maybe the time has passed unknowingly. Then, listen carefully, Ms. Atong, if you betray the agreement, Sanzang will hate you forever. Please be sure to wait for me here until tomorrow morning." After leaving there, Sanzang's feet flew up as if traveling through the universe. Running from No Isshiki at the foot of the mountain to Kakamigahara, Sanzang looked back and forth at the Inuyama Street that runs straight from east to west. "Well, have they passed here already? Or haven't they?" There was a farmhouse on the opposite side with lights still on. Sanzang approached the back door and asked, "Uncle, did a large group of horses and warriors pass by here just now?" There was a bleat from the bullpen, and someone turned around.It sounded like a cow was answering. "Yes, it seems to have passed by. What are they doing? They are running very fast. Although it is not very clear, it seems that many people are indeed galloping towards the east." Then another female voice, who may be a villager's wife, said: "Speaking of which, there is something more eye-catching. When it was still light, someone was driving 20 or 30 fishing boats on a bullock cart to the east. The pelicans were raised. It's still too early for people to go to the river, could it be that there are sacrifices in Inushan?" Sanzang didn't know whether he was answering or reprimanding himself. He thought it was a bad idea, so he turned around and said, "That's right, the priest! It's Inuyama's blood sacrifice! If one is bad, then it will be my death sacrifice!" As he said that, he ran desperately eastward on the streets of Inuyama.The moonlight is hazy, the road is dark, and the first watch has passed by this time.