Chapter 153 Chapter 06

Yoshino's cherry blossoms are gone.Both sides of the road are full of thistles, although walking a little will make the whole body hot, but there is a smell of cow dung in the air, which makes people nostalgic for the quiet trails and the constant flow of the past, so it will not make people feel tired. "Uncle, uncle." Iori tugged on Gonnosuke's sleeve and told him repeatedly. "Yesterday's mountain monk followed." he whispered. Quan Zhisuke deliberately pretended not to hear, and walked straight forward. "Don't look, just pretend not to know."

"But, it's so strange!" "why?" "Yagyuso's Hyogo-san has been following us since we parted ways at Kofukuji yesterday." "That's normal! People go whichever way they like." "But, he even chose the same inn as us!" "Don't worry about him, we don't have any money on us anyway, so don't worry." "But, we have life, we can't say it's empty!" "Hahaha! I will take good care of my life, Iori, and you will too!" "certainly." The more he said not to look, the more curious Iori wanted to look back.He kept holding the knife in his left hand.

Quan Zhisuke was also uncomfortable.He has seen this mountain monk.It was the mountain monk who was rejected during the martial arts competition at Baozangyuan yesterday.But Quan Zhisuke never thought that this person would entangle him. "Oh! He disappeared at some point." Iori looked back again, and Gonnosuke also looked back. "I'm probably tired of it! Now I'm relieved." That night, they stayed at a folk house in Gemu Village.Early the next morning, they entered Amano Township in Nanhanoi, along the stream, surrounded by low eaves on both sides. "There is a girl named Ann. Does anyone know the alcoholic Toshi who married here from Narai in Kiso?"

They searched as they walked. Miss A'an was known by Quan Zhisuke when he was in his hometown.I heard that she married near Kongoji Temple on Mt. Amano.If you can find her, you can entrust her to enshrine the tablet and hair of your deceased mother in the King Kong Temple. If he didn't find this girl, he was going to Gaoye.Koya is a shrine for the nobles, and the enshrinements are all famous and big families. Although Gonnosuke is a poor traveler, if it doesn't work here, he has to be sent to Mount Koya. When he was thinking so. "Ah! Are you looking for Ms. An? Ms. A'an is at Du's house."

Soon, they got the news. A proprietress on Menqian Street told them kindly: "After entering this gate, the fourth house on the right is Mr. Tengliu's house of the Du family. Tengliu is Ah'an's husband." Originally, eating meat and drinking alcohol was not allowed in the temple, but Kongoji Temple in Mount Amano was actually brewing alcohol. These wines have not been sold on the market. It is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi likes to drink the wine brewed in this temple the most.Everyone knows the name of "Amano wine" among the princes.After Hideyoshi's death, this legacy has been abolished, but the temple still brews it every year and distributes it to the benefactors.

"Because of this, I and ten other people were hired to make wine here." Miss A'an's husband, Du Tengliu, solved Quan Zhisuke's doubts that night. Hearing Quannosuke's request, Fujiroku said: "It's easy. It's rare that you have such filial piety. I'll ask the abbot for you tomorrow." When I woke up the next day, Tengliu was nowhere to be seen.After noon, Toroku appeared. "The abbot quickly agreed, please follow me." Gonnosuke followed Fujiroku, and Iori followed Gonnosuke.Surrounded by green peaks and emerald valleys, the surrounding area is quiet, the scenery is pleasant, and the breathtaking mountain cherry blossoms have begun to fall, Qitangjia.

Lan is located in a valley surrounded by Amano River streams. They passed an earthen bridge and arrived at the mountain gate. They saw cherry blossom petals floating on the water under the bridge. Iori unconsciously tightened his collar. Gonnosuke also shrank his body, the air of misty mountains was colder, and the solemnity of the shrine added to the chill. Although they were a little nervous, they heard a friendly voice from the main hall. "Are you the ones who want to enshrine the mother's relic?" The monk was fat and tall with big feet.Originally they thought that the abbot must be wearing a cassock inlaid with Xin thread, full of majesty, but they didn't expect the abbot to wear a broken bamboo hat and a cane. Even if he stood in front of the world, he didn't feel anything wrong.

"Yes, the person to ask is him." Fujiroku crawled under the hall to answer instead of Gonnosuke.It seems that this is indeed the abbot. "..." Gonnosuke, like Fujiroku, was about to kowtow to please, when the abbot's big feet were already wearing the dirty straw sandals under the steps. "Then, please follow me to the Great Sun Buddhist Hall." He said, walking ahead with a rosary in his hand. They passed the Hall of Five Buddhas, the Hall of Pharmacists, the cafeteria, bypassed the huts between the halls and towers, and came near the Golden Hall and the Duobao Tower.

Several monk disciples chased after him. "Do you want to open the door?" they asked.The abbot nodded, and these disciples took the big key and opened the gate of the golden hall. "Please sit down." Sitting in the huge temple, Gonnosuke and Iori looked up, and saw a golden Tathagata Buddha more than ten feet high in front of him, which was as high as the flowering board, smiling. After a while, the abbot came out wearing cassock, sat in front of the Buddha and began to chant sutras. Just now, the monk looked like a poor mountain monk, but now that he was seated, the background was awe-inspiring, not at all inferior to the Buddha statue carved by Yunqing.

"..." Quan Zhisu clasped his palms together, recalling the kindly figure of his deceased mother during her lifetime. A white cloud floated in his mind—the grasslands of Mt. Shioo and Mt. Koya came to mind—Musashi drew his sword in the wind, and he confronted him with a stick in his hand. The old mother is sitting under a cedar tree like Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. There was a look of worry in the mother's eyes, and her eyes seemed to jump between the sword and the stick. This is the look of loving children.Quan Zhizhu also recalled the "mother-in-law staff" that his mother asked him to point out in desperation.

"...Mother, now you can see my future under the Nine Springs. Please rest assured that Mr. Musashi has agreed to my request and taught me martial arts. It is still too early for me to start a family. I swear that no matter what happens in the world No matter how chaotic, you must be a person who stands upright." Quan Zhisuke concentrated on praying silently, and gradually he felt that the Tathagata Buddha towering in front of him looked like his mother, and even his smile was lifelike. "what!" When he came back to his senses, he found that the abbot had finished chanting and left.Iori beside him stared blankly at the Buddha statue, and Gonnosuke woke him up. "Why are you staring in a daze?" Only then did Iori wake up. "This Da Ri Tathagata Buddha looks very much like my sister!" Quan Zhisuke couldn't help laughing, Yizhi had never seen Atong, so how could he know what she looked like.What's more, the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha is the Great Sun Tathagata Buddha. In this world, no one can achieve such compassion and perfection like him.Moreover, this Buddha statue is a miracle that Yunqing, a unique sculptor, won by chance with his superb technology.It is definitely not the face of ordinary people. When Quannosuke said this, Iori still insisted: "But, but..." He protested vigorously. "Once I delivered a letter to Yagyu Castle in Edo. When I lost my way in the middle of the night, I met Atong girl. At that time, I didn't know that she was my sister. When the abbot was chanting just now, I put my palms together and listened, and suddenly felt a big day. The Tathagata seems to have turned into the face of my sister, and her expression seems to have something to say to me." "Ok……" Quan Zhisuke no longer denied it.He also likes here, and really wants to stay under this golden hall forever. It gets dark early in the valley.The sun had already set, and the roof of the Duobao Pagoda covered the mountains, reflecting the brilliant sunset, which looked like it was inlaid with colorful jewels. "Ah! Dead mother, I can no longer take care of you. Today I have a very meaningful life... The bloody mundane seems to be far away from us." The two of them sat under the eaves, admiring the beautiful evening sun. I don't know the sound of rustling, as if someone is sweeping the fallen leaves. "Oh?" Gonnosuke looked up at the cliff on the right.I saw a quaint sun-watching pavilion and temple on it, which is a building from the Muromachi period.Moss-grown narrow stone steps lead up to green hills. A group of elegant old nuns were there. The other one was fatter, with a short knife on his waist. He didn't look like a samurai or a businessman. He didn't know where he came from, but he seemed to be a man of style. He was standing there with a bamboo broom stretching. The old nun wore a white silk turban on her head and held a bamboo broom in her hand. "Much cleaner." He looked back at the sweeping mountain road. There are few people here, and no one cares about it.There is often snow, rotting fallen leaves, and the carcasses of small birds on the ground, like farm compost, without the breath of spring. "Mother, are you tired! It's getting dark soon, I'll clean up the rest, please go back first." The fat man said so. It turned out that the old nun was the man's mother, and she felt amused when she heard her son's release. "I can't stay idle at home, and I'm not tired at all. You're so fat, and you haven't done this kind of rough work. Look, your hands are already blistered." "Mom, you are right. I cleaned it all day today, and blisters appeared on my palms." "Hehehe... This is a good gift." "Even so, today is very meaningful. Our mother and son make this kind of dedication, the world has a heart, and the gods will definitely understand." "Anyway, we have to stay in the temple for another night today, and we will do the rest tomorrow. It's time to go back!" "It's getting dark, please be careful when you walk..." Holding his mother's hand, the son walked from the small path of Kantsuki Pavilion back to the Kando where Gonnosuke and Iori were resting. The old nun and her son thought that there was no one here, but at dusk, they saw someone sitting under the eaves. "Who?" They startled and stopped.But the old nun smiled immediately. "Are you here to say goodbye? How are you doing today?" She saw that the other party was a traveler, so she greeted him first. Quan Zhisuke also returned the gift. "Yes. I'm here to honor my mother's ashes. The sunset here is charming and quiet, and I'm fascinated by it." "It's rare that you have such filial piety." The old nun said, looking at Yizhi again. "This kid looks really good... Is it your brother?" She stroked Iori's head and said to her son: "Guangyue, I ate some of the biscuits we brought on the mountain just now, and there should be some left over. Give it to this kid!"