Chapter 122 Chapter 32 Weeds on the Street

Kosuke's wife was cooking porridge. It was intended for the patients in the back room. Iori looked at the kitchen. "Auntie, the plums are already ripe." Kosuke's wife said: "Ah! The plums are already ripe, and the cicadas have begun to sing." She didn't seem to feel it. "Auntie, why don't you pickle plums?" "The family has a small population, and it takes a lot of salt to pickle so many plums." "Salt will not go bad, but if you don't pickle the plums, they will all rot. You can't ignore the needs of wars and floods because of the small number of people in the family-Auntie, you are too busy taking care of people, let me pickle for you! "

"Oh! This kid even thinks about the flood. It's not like a child!" Iori went to the warehouse to take out the empty urn and looked at the plum tree. Iori has the ability to be self-reliant, and even housewives feel inferior to housework.Even so, he was now attracted by a cicada perched on a tree. Iori approached quietly and grabbed the cicada.The cicada was in his palm, screaming like an old man. Iori looked at his fist, and suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart.Because although cicadas have no blood, their bodies are hotter than the palms of their hands. Maybe a cicada without blood will burn like a fire when it faces life and death!Although Yizhi didn't think about it, he suddenly felt terrible and pitiful, so he let it go.

The cicada hit the roof next door and bounced back into the street. ——Iori immediately climbed up the plum tree. This tree is huge.There was a colorful caterpillar on the tree, along with beetles and little tadpoles curled up in the leaves.The little butterfly was sleeping, and the gadfly was flying about. As if in a paradise, Yizhi was dumbfounded.He couldn't bear to shake the plum tree, so as not to frighten the gentlemen and ladies in the insect kingdom.So he picked a plum first and bit it in his mouth. Then he began to shake from nearby branches and leaves.I thought the plums looked easy to shake off, but they were not.So he had to pick the plums around him first and throw them into the empty urn on the ground.

"—Ah! Beast." Yizhi saw something, angrily scolded, and threw three or four plums at the open space of the house. The clothes pole that was originally placed on the wall suddenly fell to the ground with a thud as the plums flew over.Then, hurried footsteps ran from the open space to the road. At this time, Musashi happened to be away from home. Kosuke, who was concentrating on sharpening knives in the processing factory, heard the voice, peeped out of the window, and asked with wide eyes: "What was that sound just now?" Iori immediately jumped down from the tree.

"Uncle, there was another strange man hiding in the open space just now. I beat him away with plums. If we don't pay attention, I'm afraid he will come again!" He was talking to Kosuke in the knife sharpening room. Kosuke wiped his hands and walked outside the door. "Who is it?" "A rascal." "A subordinate of the Banwa family?" "That person looks like the person who made trouble in the store a few nights ago." "Someone who looks like a cat?" "What is his purpose?" "He came to seek revenge on the wounded behind!"

"Ah! Are you looking for Mr. Hojo?" Iori looked back at the patient's room. The patient is eating porridge in his room. The wound on Hojo Shinzo's hand no longer needs to be bandaged. "--boss." That's Xinzang's call. Kosuke walked to the door. "How is it? Are you feeling better?" Xinzang cleaned up the dishes and sat down again. "Mr. Kosuke, thank you very much for your care." "You're welcome, I can't take care of you because I have to work." "I have been under your care, and I have caused you trouble. People from the Banwa family keep coming here to harass me, wanting to seek revenge on me. If I stay here for a long time, I'm afraid it will cause you more trouble, and I will feel even more sorry."

"You don't have to worry about this..." "No, I have almost recovered, and I want to say goodbye to you today." "Are you going back?" "I'll thank you another day." "...Please wait a moment, it happens that Musashi is not here today, let's wait until he comes back!" "I have been taken care of by Mr. Musashi a lot, so please thank him on my behalf! I can move freely now." "However, some scoundrels from Banwa's family will seek revenge for killing Gu Shilang and the boy Xiaoliu. As soon as you walk out of this house, I'm afraid they have already waited outside. Now that I know, I can't let you go back alone .”

"I killed Gujuro and Xiaoliu for a legitimate reason. They hate me, and I hate them too. I have a clear conscience." "Even so, I still worry about your body." "Thank you very much for your concern, but I'm fine. Where is Mrs. Zun, I want to thank her..." Xinzang was about to leave and stood up. The couple thought that no matter how hard they tried to keep him, it would be of no avail, so they sent him out.They walked into the store just as Musashi came back from outside sweating profusely. Seeing Hojo, Musashi widened his eyes and asked: "Oh! Mr. Hojo, where are you going? - What? Going home - I am very happy to see you regain your strength, but going back alone, you may encounter accidents halfway. I will take you to Pinghe Tenjin!"

Hojo politely declined Musashi's offer. "Don't be so polite!" Musashi persisted. Hojo Shinzo accepted Musashi's kindness and left Kosuke's house. "You haven't walked for a long time, are you tired?" "It seems a little top-heavy and wobbly." "Don't be too reluctant, there is still a long way to Pinghe Tianshen, it's best to go back in a sedan chair." Musashi said so. "I didn't make it clear to you just now, I can no longer go back to Xiaobanbing Academy." "Then where are you going?" "...I really lose face."

Xinzang lowered his head and said. "I want to go back to my father for a while." After speaking, he told Musashi: "It's in Niulan Town." Musashi found a sedan chair and insisted that Xinzang take it.The bearer also asked Musashi to sit with him, but Musashi refused and walked beside Xinzang's sedan chair. "Ah! He got into the sedan chair." "He saw us!" "Don't make a fuss, it's not here yet!" When the bearers and Musashi came to the outer ditch and turned right, a group of scoundrels followed them on the corner of the street, some with their trousers and sleeves rolled up.

They are from the Banwa family, and they look like they have come to seek revenge.Everyone's eyes were fixed on Musashi's back and sedan chair. When they came to Niuyuan, a stone was hit on the frame of the sedan chair, and then the group of rascals who followed shouted: "Hey! Wait a minute!" "Beast, don't run." "Don't run away!" "Wait a minute!" The bearer was frightened, so he abandoned the sedan chair and fled away.Then, two or three more stones flew towards Musashi. Hojo Shinzo didn't want others to think he was timid, so he walked out of the sedan chair with a knife in hand. "Looking for me?" He posed, ready to fight.Musashi protects him. "What's the matter with you?" He said to the people throwing stones. The rascals approached step by step as if they were exploring the shallows. "You asked knowingly." The rascals said bitterly. "Give that animal to us. If you dare to act rashly, don't blame us for killing you too." The rascals were high-spirited and murderous. But there was a lot of thunder and little rain, and no one dared to pick up a big knife and chop it over.It may also be because Musashi's gaze frightened them and kept them at a certain distance, while Musashi and Xinzang just stared at them silently. "Is there a rogue boss named Banwa in your group? If he is here, invite him out." Musashi suddenly said this, and one of the rascals answered: "Our boss is not here. When he is not here, I, an old man, will be in charge of everything. My name is Nenbutsu Taizuemon. If you have any last words, just tell me the same." The old man was dressed in a white coat and had a string of beads around his neck.He went to Musashi and reported his name. Musashi said: "Why do you seek revenge on Mr. Hojo Shinzo?" Nianfo Taizaemon answered on behalf of everyone: "Two of our brothers were killed by him, how can we just sit back and watch, it's a loss of face for us." "However, Hojo said that Gujuro and the young boy Xiaoliu helped Sasaki Kojiro go to Xiaobata's house to attack the doorman before." "At one time and another, since our brother was killed, we must take revenge, or are we still men?" "I see." Musashi agreed with them, but added: "It is true in your world. But it is not the case in the world of samurai. The world of samurai must be reasonable and anger is not allowed. The samurai especially respects morality and allows revenge for the sake of reputation, but when will the vengeance be repaid? It will be laughed at .And that's how you do it." "What? How dare you laugh at us?" "Don't use Sasaki Kojiro as a backer. If you challenge as samurai, I can accept it. But you are just running errands for others. It is simply not advisable to make such a commotion." "I don't care if you are samurai or not, we are rogues, and rogues also behave like rogues." "In the same world, if you want to distinguish between warriors and rogues, it may not stop here. There will be bloodstains everywhere on the streets. We have to go to the Yamen to judge, Mr. Nian Buddha." "what?" "Let's go to the yamen. Let them judge right from wrong!" "Don't daydream. If we want to go to the Yamen, we don't have to go through so much trouble." "Are you expensive?" "what?" "It's a waste of your age to lead young people to do such things." "You don't have to talk big. You look good on me. I, Tazaemon, won't lose to young people in a fight!" Seeing him pull out the saber from his waist, the rascal behind Tazaemon hurriedly echoed: "kill him!" "Master, don't lose." Saying that, he attacked Musashi. When it was too late, Musashi grabbed Tazaemon's armpit with one hand and his white hair with the other, walked about ten steps, and threw him into the ditch outside the city. Musashi turned to the rascals again, hugged Hojo Shinzo amidst their chaos, and ran across the Niuyuan Grassland at high speed while they ran to the hillside of Jiuduanpo, Musashi's figure became smaller and smaller. Niuyuan and Jiuduanpo are place names that were taken later.At that time, there were lush ancient trees, steep cliffs, outer moats and inner abysses, steep streams and canyons everywhere, and wetlands formed by many swamps. The name at that time was very simple, and it was once called Cricket Bridge or Woodpecker Slope. Musashi ignored the stunned rogues and walked to the middle of the ramp. "Okay. Hojo-san, let's go!" Musashi put down Xinzang, seeing his hesitation, he hurriedly urged him to run. Only then did the rogues come to their senses. "Ah! Escaped." As soon as he called out, he immediately said aggressively: "Don't let him get away." They climbed up from the bottom of the mountain and chased up, cursing incessantly. "coward." "It doesn't look very powerful!" "Shameless!" "Is that what you call a warrior?" "How dare you throw us Tazaemon into the ditch, beast, give us justice." "Even Musashi is our enemy now." "You two stop for me." "coward." "Shameless fellow." "Stinky Samurai!" "Stop for us!" All kinds of curses and slanders came from my ears, and Musashi urged Hojo Shinzo to leave quickly without looking back. "Now there is only escape." After Musashi finished speaking, he ran away. "It's not easy to escape!" Musashi laughed as he ran, almost throwing off the group of rascals. After running for a while, when I looked back, no one was chasing me.Xinzang, who had just recovered from a serious illness, had already run this distance, his face was pale and he was out of breath. "You are tired." "No, no, not that tired." "Don't you think it's a pity to let them yell at you so much and not talk back?" "..." "Hahaha! You'll understand when you calm down. Sometimes it's nice to run away...there's a river there, go wash yourself, and then I'll take you back." You can already see the forest of Akagi from here.Hojo Shinzo's home is near the temple of Akagi Myojin. "You must come to my house and see my father." Shinzo said so, but Musashi was standing by the red clay wall. "We will meet later, please heal well." After saying goodbye, he left. Because of this incident, the name of Musashi spread throughout Edo Castle overnight. —He is a coward. —He is a coward. ——He is shameless and insults the spirit of Bushido.That guy defeated Yoshioka in Kyoto, not because Yoshioka was too weak, but because Musashi was good at escaping and gaining fame. Musashi was notorious, and no one defended him. In addition to the Banwa people spreading rumors everywhere, notices were actually posted at the intersections of the streets, which read: Warn Miyamoto Musashi who ran away behind our backs, the old woman who was originally Matahachi is seeking revenge on you.Our brothers will not spare you, if you dare not show up, you are not worthy of being a warrior.