Chapter 9 Chapter 05

The Bentian family is not ordinary people, they have the identity of half peasant and half warrior, which is the so-called countryman. Youba's mother had a tough temper.Although he is nearly sixty years old, he is more diligent than young people or tenant farmers, working in the fields every day.She plowed the fields and threshed wheat, and when it was dark, she never went home empty-handed. She always carried the mulberry leaves that the spring silkworms wanted to eat. The heavy mulberry leaves made her bend her waist and her back. up!Sericulture as a sideline at home at night, this is Ashanpo.

"grandmother--" The grandson with a runny nose and bare feet ran over from the other side of the field. "Oh! It's Mrs. Bing? Have you been to the temple?" She straightened up from the mulberry field. Bing Taifei ran over. "went!" "Is Miss Atong here?" "Yes. Today! Grandma, Sister Atong is wearing a beautiful belt to participate in the flower presentation!" "Have you got the sweet tea and insect repellent?" "No." "why?" "Sister Ah Tong said don't take these things, go back and inform grandma!"

"Notify what?" "Musashi on the other side of the river! I also went to Yuhuatang today. Sister Atong said she saw it." "real?" "real!" "..." With tears in his eyes, Ah Shan looked around, as if his son Youba was nearby. "Bingtai, you pick mulberry leaves here for grandma." "Grandma, where are you going?" "I want to go home and have a look. Since Musashi from Shinmen's family is back, Mataka must be back too!" "I also need to go!" "Little fool, don't go!" Surrounded by huge trees, her house is a mansion.Ashan ran to the warehouse, and asked her married daughter and workers who were working, loudly:

"Are you back again?" Everyone was there, shaking their heads and answering: "No!" However, the old mother was too excited, and when she saw everyone's suspicion, she couldn't help but curse everywhere like a madman.Said that the son has returned to the village!Since Musashi from Shinmen's family appeared in the village, Mataka must have returned with him!She asked everyone to help find it quickly. She regarded the day of the Sekihara Battle as the anniversary of the death of her precious son, and she was very sad.Especially Ashan loves Youba very much, wishing to hold him in his hands and put him in his mouth.Youba's older sister is already married, and this son can be said to be a family heirloom.

"Did you find it?" Ashan kept coming in and out asking questions.Finally, when it was dark, she lit a lamp in front of the ancestral tablet, knelt down and prayed for the blessing of the ancestors. The family members were driven out to look for them without dinner.At night, these people still did not report the good news.A Shan walked to the dark door and stood there. A thin moon hangs over the treetops around the house.The mountain peaks in front of and behind the house are shrouded in white mist, and the fragrance of pear blossoms is in the air. Ashan saw someone walking from the border of the pear tree and knew it was his son's fiancée, so she raised her hand.

"...Is it Atong?" "aunt!" A Tong walked over on wet straw sandals. "A Tong, I heard that you saw Musashi, is it true?" "Yes. I did see Musashi in the Imperial Flower Hall of Qibao Temple." "Didn't you see Youba?" "I hurriedly called him to ask about it, but for some reason, he ran away. Musashi was a strange person, but why did he run away when I called him?" "Escape?..." A Shan tilted his head in deep thought. It was Musashi from Xinmen's family who abducted Youba to fight. This old mother often held a grudge, and now she didn't know what she was suspicious of!

"That villain... Maybe he let Youbayi die, and he was timid and came back with a cheeky face." "No way! Even if this is the case, I will bring back the relic!" "It's hard to tell." Ashanpo shook her head vigorously. "That guy has no feelings. Youba has made bad friends." "aunt!" "what?" "They are siblings, they will definitely meet!" "Just me and my aunt to see it!" "That elder sister is also true. She knew that her younger brother took my son to fight, but she never came to visit me. Now, she doesn't come to inform us that Musashi is back. I can't be the first to come forward in everything! Xinmeng Home should come first!"

"However, the situation is special now. I hope to see Brother Musashi as soon as possible, so that I can ask you clearly. When we get there, I will say hello. Auntie, please come with me!" Although A Shan was reluctant, he had to agree. Even so, in fact, she wants to know the whereabouts of her son more than Atong. Xinmeng's house is on the other side of the river, less than one and a half kilometers away.Across the river, Benbit Tian's family is a family of rural scholars, and Xinmian's family also has red pine blood.Before this happened, there was already a secret rivalry!

The gate of Ah Yin's house was closed, and the trees were so lush that there were hardly any lights to be seen.Atong was about to go around to the back door, but Ashan stood still. "The old mother of the Tian family came to visit Xinmeng's house. How can there be any reason to enter from the back?" There was no other way, A Tong had to go around to the back by himself.After a while, a light was lit at the gate, and Ah Yin came out to greet her. Now, Ashanpo looks completely different from the way she looked when she was working in the field. "It's impossible to drive us away in the middle of the night, so you came out to open the door! Thank you so much!"

She is arrogant and speaks unforgivingly.After finishing speaking, he went straight into Xinmeng's house. Like a kitchen god, Ashan sat down on the upper seat without saying a word.Ah Yin greeted her, she was perfunctory, and immediately asked: "I heard that your evil hideout is back, tell him to come out!" Ah Yin was confused, and asked her back: "Who is Evil Cang?" "Heh, heh, heh! Now I can say that I slipped my tongue! Everyone in the village says so, my old woman is also infected! Ezang is Musashi. I heard that he is back, so he must be hiding here."

"No……" Hearing that her biological brother was scolded so badly, Ah Yin bit her lip, her face pale.Atong was very guilty, and told her that she saw Musashi appearing at the Buddha Bathing Meeting today. "It's strange that he hasn't come back here either!" She tried to smooth things over for both parties. Ah Yin said with a bitter face: "...He didn't come back. If he came back, I would definitely take him to your place." As soon as he finished speaking, Ashan slapped the tatami with his hands, like a vicious mother-in-law, and cursed: "What is this? Saying 'I will definitely take him to your place!' Is that enough? At the beginning, it was not your family's villain who encouraged our son to go to war. Another eight to our native Tian family For me, it is the only incense! However, he abducted him behind my back, and now he comes back alone, can he explain it... It doesn't matter, why don't you come to say hello? Originally, your Xinmeng family sister My brother is very annoying. What do you think of me as an old woman...Since your Musashi is back, you have to return Matahachi. If it doesn’t work, ask Ezo to kneel in front of me and report to me, an old woman Another eight's whereabouts!" "But Musashi didn't come back!" "Nonsense! There's no way you don't know!" "You are embarrassing me!" Ah Yin lay on the ground and wept.I suddenly thought in my heart, if my father Wuerzhai was still there, this would not be the case! At this time, the corridor door suddenly rang.It wasn't the wind, it was obviously the sound of human footsteps. "what?" A Shan's eyes lit up, and A Tong was about to stand up. At this moment, there was a scream outside the door, which was the closest to the moan of a beast among the sounds made by humans. Then someone yelled: "Ah! Capture him!" There were hurried and heavy footsteps around the house, followed by the sound of branches snapping and grass being trampled. It definitely sounded like more than one or two people. "It's Musashi!" Ash stood up immediately.Staring at Ah Yin who was crying on the ground, he said: "I knew he was there! How dare you lie to me, an old woman! It's really unreasonable, you remember it!" After speaking, he opened the corridor door and looked out, his face suddenly turned pale. It turned out that there was a young man in armor, who died there on all fours.Blood continued to flow from the mouth and nose, which was horrible.It looked as if he had been beaten to death with a wooden sword. "Yes... who... who was killed here?" Ashan's trembling voice was unusual. "what?" Atong came to the corridor with a lantern.Ah Yin also peeped out tremblingly. That corpse was neither Musashi nor Matahachi, but a strange samurai.Although A Shan was taken aback, she was also relieved. "Who did it?" She talked to herself, and then hurriedly said to Atong, it would be a disaster if she was involved, so go back quickly.Ah Tong thought, this old mother loves her son Youba blindly, and has come here and said so many ugly things, Ah Yin is already pitiful enough!In case something happened, she would stay to comfort Ah Yin, so she said she would go back later. "Is that so? It's up to you." Ashan was very straightforward and left alone! "Bring the lantern!" Ah Yin kindly reminded her.She said: "The old mother of the Tian family is not old enough to walk with a lantern!" "Grandma! Please wait!" As soon as he left Xinmeng's house, he was stopped by someone.She is most afraid of being involved, but it seems that she has already been involved!The man held a broadsword horizontally and wore short helmets on his hands and feet. He was a mighty warrior that could not be found in the village. "Did you come out from Xinmeng's house just now?" "Yes, that's right." "Are you from Xinmeng's family?" "no no!" She shook her hand hastily. "I'm an old man from a rural family on the other side of the river." "Then, are you the mother of Matahachi who went to fight with Shinmen Musashi in Sekigahara?" "Yes...but it's not my son who wants to go, he was tricked by that evil place!" "Who is Eizang?" "That guy Musashi." "It seems that he is not well received in the village either." "As you know, he has turned into a hot-handed rioter. My stupid son actually associates with that kind of person. We don't know how many tears we shed because of this!" "Your son seems to have died in the battle of Guanyuan. But don't be sad, I will avenge you!" "who are you?" "I am the Tokugawa Army who participated in the siege of Himeji Castle after the war. I was ordered to set up a checkpoint on the border of Banzhou to check people coming and going. Here—" He pointed to the dirt wall behind. "The guy named Musashi broke through and escaped! We knew that he used to be a member of Shinmen Igamori and played for Ukita, so we chased him to this Miyamoto village—but, that man was very tenacious, and we chased him for a long time. It’s been a few days, now I have to wait until he’s tired before catching him, but it’s not easy.” "Ah...so that's the case." Ashan understands!She finally knew why Musashi didn't stay in Qibao Temple and didn't return to her sister.At the same time, when she thought that her son hadn't come back again, and he was the only one who came back alive, she was filled with anger. "This uncle... no matter how strong Musashi is, it's not easy to catch him?" "However, our number is too small. Just now, one person was beaten to death..." "My old woman has a clever plan, lean your ears..." What kind of idea did A Shan have with him? "Well! That's how it is!" The samurai who came to the frontier from Himeji City was very appreciative of her plan. "You have to do a good job!" Ashanpo also fanned the flames and added a sentence before leaving. Not long after, the samurai gathered fourteen or fifteen men behind Xinmeng's house.After secretly confessing some things to them, this group of people climbed over the wall and sneaked into the house. In the room, two young women—A Tong and A Yin—were telling each other their misfortunes, and in the dim candlelight, they helped each other dry their tears.Barefoot, these people suddenly rushed in through the opened doors on both sides, and the room was full of people all of a sudden. "……what?" A Tong was so frightened that his face turned pale and he kept trembling.As expected of Wuerzhai's daughter, Ah Yin glared at these people with sharp eyes. "Which one is Musashi's older sister?" someone asked. "I am." Ah Yin went on to say: "What's your business if you break into my house casually? Don't think that women are easy to bully. If someone dares to mess around, I won't spare him!" Just after scolding, the samurai captain who had talked with Ashan before pointed at her: "This is Ayin!" Immediately there was a commotion in the room, and the candles were extinguished.A Tong screamed and fell into the yard.The incident happened suddenly, and this group of people was unreasonable. A dozen big men approached Ah Yin with ropes, trying to tie her up.Ah Yin strongly resisted and refused to let the man.However, in less than a moment, she was twisted on the ground, as if she had been punched. Oops! Ah Tong didn't know where he was, he just ran along the night road and ran in the direction of Qibao Temple.She was barefoot and her mind was empty.The turmoil in this world is impacting on this girl who is used to a peaceful life. She came to the foot of Qibao Temple. "Hey! Isn't this Atong?" There was a man sitting on a rock under the tree. Seeing A Tong, the man stood up immediately.It turned out to be Zong Pengze'an. "You have never returned so late, I am very worried, I am looking for you! Huh? You are barefoot..." He looked at her white feet, while A Tong cried and threw himself into his arms. "Master Ze'an, it's too bad! What should I do?" Ze'an still does not change his style. "What's wrong?... What can go wrong in the world? Come on, calm down first and tell me what happened." "Sister Ayin from Xinmeng's family was taken away... Youba hasn't come back yet, so kind sister Ayin was taken away again... What, what should I do in the future?" She kept crying, leaning against Zean's chest, trembling constantly.