Chapter 44 Chapter 08

"I said Uncle Quan!" "What's up?" "Aren't you tired?" "Feeling a bit tired." "I think you are tired too. I, an old woman, have walked enough today. Look at this, it is worthy of Sumiyoshi's shrine, how majestic it is... Hey! Is this the orange tree known as Wakamiya Hachiman Mysterious Tree? " "probably!" "I heard that when Empress Shengong crossed the sea to Sanhan, among the eighty tribute ships, this was the most precious item." "Grandma, I heard that the horse in the horse hut is the best! If you let it participate in the Kamo horse race, it will definitely win the championship."

"Hmm! It's a bloody horse!" "There seems to be a sign over there." "It says on the sign: If you fry the beans from this horse, it can cure the symptoms of crying and grinding your teeth at night. Uncle Quan! Would you like to fry them?" "You're joking!" The two looked around while talking and laughing. "Yeah! What about another eight?" "Where did you eight go?" "There, he is resting under the Kagura Hall!" "Ouch! Ouch—" The old woman held up her hands. "From there, we will turn back to the archway of the shrine. Now we are going to the high lantern!" She called out loudly.

You Ba walked over slowly, taking the two old people for a wandering aimlessly every day, I am afraid it will take a lot of patience!If it's just a five-day or ten-day trip, that's fine!But when he thought that the purpose of this trip was to chase after the enemy Miyamoto Musashi, he felt so depressed that he didn't want to speak. He once suggested that it would not be effective for the three of them to search everywhere together, but it would be better to search separately, the effect would be better.But my mother objected: "The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and our mother and son finally got together. At least during the Chinese New Year, we will drink Tusu wine together. Maybe this is the last reunion! At least we should spend this year's Spring Festival together."

He couldn't go against his mother's wishes, but he secretly planned to leave them after the second day of the first lunar month.Mother and Uncle Quan didn’t know whether it was because they were afraid of death or because of their beliefs. Whenever they saw shrines and Buddhist halls, they would go in and offer sesame oil money, and they would spend a long time worshiping and praying. sky. "Aren't you coming soon?" Youba pouted and walked over slowly, making A Shanpo stamp her feet anxiously. "Don't keep ordering others around!" He talked back eight times, but didn't quicken his pace at all, and added another sentence:

"You yourself have been kept waiting for a long time." "See what you're saying? Worshiping the gods is what mortals should do. I've never seen you worshiping the gods with your palms together. You will be punished for this." Youba turned his face aside. "Whispering!" As soon as grandma heard this, she would accuse her even more. "Who are you talking about?" In the first two or three days when mother and son met, they still showed a strong affection for each other. After a long time, they often contradicted everything and deliberately violated the mother's wishes. Therefore, as soon as they returned to the hotel, Ashanpo would definitely call her son to her. Listen to her court training every night.

Seeing that the court training was about to start again, Uncle Quan felt that it would be indecent to speak here. "OK OK!" As he walked, he comforted the emotions of the mother and son. Uncle Quan thought to himself that this mother and son were really troublesome. He wanted to appease Grandma's emotions but also took into account Youba's feelings, and kept paying attention to the changes in both sides along the way. "Oh! It smells so good! It turns out that the teahouse is roasting clams. Old woman! Let's go have a drink!" A teahouse located on the seaside near the high lantern.Uncle Quan saw that the two of them were not motivated, so he went in first by himself.

"Shopkeeper, do you have any wine?" Then he took his glass and said: "Come on! Take it easy again, Grandma was a bit talkative just now." Ashanpo turned her face aside and said: "I don't drink." Uncle Quan's persuasion was ineffective, so he had to hold the cup and say: "Then let's have another drink!" He poured him a glass of wine. He drank it in big gulps, and drank two or three pots in a row. Of course, he drank it because he was sick with his mother. "Hey! Another pot." Regardless of Uncle Quan's obstruction, he ordered a fourth jug of wine.

"Don't take it too far." Grandma scolded angrily. "Our journey is not for sightseeing or drinking. Uncle Quan, you should also restrain yourself. You are the same as You Ba, and you don't even think about how old you are." Uncle Quan blushed when he was reprimanded, and lost his position. In order to save face, he had no choice but to touch his nose and say: "Indeed, you are right." Knowing that he was bored, he stepped out of the house. The lesson was staged again, and Ashanpo grabbed Youbaer and ordered him to face him.Her motherly love was both strong and fragile, and once it erupted, she couldn't wait to go back to the hotel, and ignored whether there was anyone else—and stared at her sideways, making silent resistance.

After the mother has finished training. "My lord," This time, I opened another eight mouths. "So, in my mother's eyes, I'm an unworthy person with no ambition!" "Yes, up to this day have you shown your determination in what we should do?" "I did not stand idly by, mother, as you should know." "Do you think I don't know? Zhizi Mo Ruomu, I have a son like you, it is our native Tian family's misfortune." "Just wait and see. I'm still young, and when I do something, don't regret that you once called me incompetent!"

"Oh! I really wish I could regret it! But I'm afraid I won't have the chance to regret it in another hundred years! It's really sad to think about it!" "I have a sad son, but I can't help it. I have no choice but to leave you." Youba stood up angrily and strode out. Grandma shouted anxiously: "Hey! Come back!" And eight did not look back.Originally, Uncle Quan could have prevented this from happening, but he just looked at the sea leisurely without moving. Grandma wanted to stand up, but sat back down again. "Uncle Quan, don't pull him, just let him go!"

When Uncle Quan heard this, he turned his head and said: "Old woman!" What he said next was not answering Grandma. "You see that woman is a bit strange. Hey! Wait!" After Uncle Quan finished speaking, he immediately threw the bamboo hat under the eaves of the teahouse and went straight to the beach. The old woman was startled. "You idiot, where are you going? It's not in that direction—" Grandma also ran behind him for about 60 feet. She tripped over seaweed and fell forward. "Bastard, bastard!" Grandma got up, her face and shoulders covered with sand. She searched for Uncle Quan angrily, and suddenly she opened her eyes wide and shouted: "You idiot! Idiot!" "Are you crazy? Where are you going! Uncle Quan!" She yelled loudly, wondering if she was going crazy too, and followed Uncle Quan all the way to the beach. Take a closer look—— Uncle Quan threw himself into the sea, because the area is full of shoals and the water is only ankle deep, so he ran into the sea with all his heart.The splashing waves covered his body, and a layer of white mist appeared. And in front of Uncle Quan, there was a young woman running desperately into the sea. At first, when Uncle Quan found the woman, she was just standing under the pine forest, looking at the blue sea and blue sky, but when Uncle Quan yelled "Ah", the woman with disheveled hair had already stepped on the waves and went straight to the sea. Because the shoals in this area are very wide, the woman who ran in front was only submerged in sea water up to her knees. She was stepping on white water splashes, revealing her red sleeves, and her girdle woven with gold threads gleamed. It looked like the scene of Ping Dunsheng riding a horse and wading through the water. "Girl... girl... hello..." Uncle Quan finally caught up with her and yelled at her. At this moment, the shoal suddenly dropped suddenly, leaving a splash on the water surface, and the woman was swallowed by the big waves. "What's your reason, you have to commit suicide!" At the same time, Uncle Quan sank into the water with a grunt. Grandma was running around in a hurry on the beach. When she saw the woman and Uncle Quan being swallowed by the waves at the same time, she immediately yelled: "Oh! Someone! Hurry up and save someone! It will be too late, and these two people will drown!" Her tone seemed to be blaming others. "Hurry up and save people! People on the shore! People on the shore!" She scrambled and waved vigorously, calling for help as if she was about to die. "Is it martyrdom?" "how is this possible……" The fishermen who came to rescue couldn't help laughing when they saw the two people lying on the beach. Uncle Quan's hand tightly held the young woman's belt, and it seemed that both of them were out of breath. Although the young woman's hair is disheveled, her heavy makeup is very eye-catching. She bites her blue lips and smiles. "Oh! I have seen this woman." "Didn't she just pick up shells at the beach?" "By the way, she lives in that inn." Even so, no one came to report, and four or five inn guests came from afar, and Seijuro Yoshioka was among them. Seijuro ran towards the crowd out of breath: "Ah! It's Zhu Shi." Seijuro turned pale.But he didn't dare to stand in front of people, he just shrank and stood behind the crowd. "Samurai, is this your companion?" "No, that's right." "Quickly let her spit out the sea water." "This...is this useful?" "Stop talking nonsense, act quickly!" The fishermen pressed and patted the backs of Uncle Quan and Zhu Shi respectively, giving first aid. Zhu Shi woke up, and Seijuro asked the inn clerk to carry her on his back, eager to escape everyone's sight and return to the hotel. "Uncle Quan...Uncle Quan..." Ashanpo has been pressing her face to Uncle Quan's ear since just now, crying non-stop. Young Zhu Shi was saved.But Uncle Quan was getting old and drank some wine, it seemed that he had no chance of surviving, no matter how much Ashanpo shouted, he no longer opened his eyes. The fishermen have tried their best, but there is no way to recover. "The old man is hopeless." After hearing what they said, the old woman stopped crying and said to the fishermen who were eager to save lives: "What are you talking about? It's hopeless. Hasn't that woman been saved? Could it be that the old man can't be saved?" She gritted her teeth and scolded them sharply. Some people stretched out their hands to continue the first aid, but the old woman pushed them away. "I must revive him and show you." She desperately tried every means. Everyone was very moved when they saw how she was doing all she could, but because Grandma used these people like servants, saying that the method of suppression was wrong, that it would not work, and that she was going to make a fire, fetch medicine, etc., and her tone was very domineering. So those who have nothing to do with it can't help being annoyed. "What is this? Smelly old woman." "A dead person is different from a person in temporary shock. If you say it can be saved, then go for it!" Everyone was chattering, and it didn't take long for them to leave in twos and threes. It was dusk by the seaside, and the night sky was low with only orange clouds reflecting the afterglow of the setting sun. The old woman still didn't give up. She lit a fire and dragged Uncle Quan to the fire. "Hello, Uncle Quan...Uncle Quan..." The waves gradually calmed down. No matter how much the fire burns, it can't warm Uncle Quan's body that is getting colder and colder, but Ashanpo still doesn't give up. She thinks that Uncle Quan will talk to her at any time, so she dangles the pills in the box with her lips Feed Uncle Quan, and keep shaking his body while holding him. "Open your eyes and look, you speak... Oh! What the hell is going on, you actually left without me, an old woman—we haven't found Musashi, and we haven't punished that woman Atong yet!"