Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen Manslaughter

Outside the turret, the ancient maple stretched out its dense branches and leaves.Above the earth wall that has just been repaired, a bright moon hangs high, and the cry of frogs can be heard in the distance.Juami took off the fife from his waist and began to play.Thinking of disappearing from this city, he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion.There was still some time before the appointment, and he wanted to enjoy playing the flute while waiting.At this moment, there seemed to be movement in the vertebral bush opposite the maple tree.It is impossible for the Maori new assistant to come so early.Who on earth is it?Shi Amin walked over puzzled, "Who?"

"Juami?" Toshika's hearty voice came from the opposite side.It's not just Li Jia, there is a figure shaking beside him. "Who did you bring?" "A Song, the woman I haven't been married to." "You brought a woman here?" Juami looked towards the opposite bush in surprise.The eleven-year-old girl from the Li family was looking at this side blankly. "What are you thinking?" Li Jia was silent. "Are you going to bring the eleven-year-old little girl there?" "Is there even a need to ask?" "Oh. Is this how you fight back against me? You are too incompetent. Where are you going with a woman?" Ten Ami finally couldn't control his eloquence: "You don't mean to take her to Suruga, do you? If you want to clear your shame, you can do it in Owari, so why go to Mikawa, Enjiang, and Suruga? Are you planning to spread your shame throughout the Three Kingdoms?"

"Only a monkey like you who likes to play tricks would think so. Now that you are leaving, you have to take your wife with you. Have you ever heard of Mino's Senshi Juhei?" "Is it Mrs. Saito Michizane's nephew? What does he have to do with you?" "He travels around the world with his wife, and he can survive wherever he goes. He looks honest, but he is actually a spy of Saito Dozo. I will take my bride with me." "Oh." Shiami sighed blankly, "It's so ingenious, I admire it very much! Don't you think it's too rash to take such a bitch with you? It's really a dog. You..."

The woman couldn't bear it any longer and said, "Shut up." "Hmph! I'm mean by nature, please don't mind me." The gods often create things that human intellect cannot predict.Aichi Ten Ami is the strange creation of the gods.The appearance is like a flower, and the tongue is like a snake.His beauty makes even Nobunaga's concubine feel ashamed.Only Nohime and Nobunaga's little sister can barely match his appearance.But because of this, his harsh words were even more unbearable. "Even though it's you, I, A Song, can't let you go lightly." Although the eleven-year-old A Song is not tall enough, she is a well-known competitive girl in Qingzhou City.Since she served Noonghime, influenced by Nookhime, she gradually became less like a child.

"This girl will definitely become an indispensable helper for Inuchiyo in the future." Nohime often said this.At this time, A Song suddenly walked from the shade of the tree to the moonlight.Although she was only a young girl, her eyes radiated a frightening light. "So you're a dog, too?" "I, Juami, am not a dog. You are mistaken." "So, you are both a human and an animal. Have you forgotten that you once wrote a love letter to a bitch, but was flatly rejected?" "You...you..." Ten Ami was in a panic.He did not forget this matter, and heard that Nong Ji always praised Ah Song very much, and he once wrote a mocking love letter to Ah Song.And the 11-year-old girl, like an adult, replied a cold but measured letter. The general content is: I have betrothed to someone else. If I agree to your request, it is against women's morals and human ethics. Please cut off This thought and so on.

Ten Ami didn't know what to do for a while.The "Madam" of the Li family is really articulate. "Hmph!" Li Jiadao, "Not only are you insulting me, but you are also disrespectful to my wife. I am a dignified warrior. If I endure it any longer, what kind of face will I have to live in this world? Draw your sword, Juami!" Lijia seems to use this place as a stage for drama performances.The two opened up and confronted each other with knives in the moonlight. Just when Maori Shinsuke was about to come with the dead body, the ten Ami should have come out from the Bujingmen, and then disappeared in the dark; but when it was time to disappear, the ten Ami was still lingering here.Because Lijia belongs to the expelled people, it doesn't matter if they are seen.But if the ten Ami who should have died were seen by others, all previous efforts were wasted.

Ten Ami became anxious: they must decide their respective destinations as soon as possible.If Toshiie, who was supposed to be expelled, and Juami, who was supposed to be killed, met under Okazaki Castle, they would become a laughing stock.He held the knife and said: "Since the bride is so precious, don't show it casually in front of others. Hide her tightly under your armpit." "Stop talking nonsense. I will never spare you. Now that I have made up my mind, I will kill you. I, Zaemon, are by no means a quick-talking person like you." "Since you can kill me, go for it. Where will you flee with your beloved bride? It's Hisamatsu Satomori of Akoju..."

The ten Ami hinted at Toshika to go to Sado's guard, but Toshika suddenly raised his sword and approached, saying: "If you want to escape, why go to your allies. I want to go to Owari's enemy." The ten Ami couldn't help being very embarrassed.The Li family's idea is not unreasonable. It is common sense for those who kill the lord's favorite and are expelled to hide with the enemy.Li Jia is honest and stubborn. Once he has made a decision, he may not be able to change it easily.Juami's heart was very heavy. "I," Toshika whispered, "I am very familiar with Matsudaira Motoyasu, and I also know the people around Yuanyasu. Using this relationship, Okazaki will definitely have a place for me."

Having said that, there are also opposite reasons and grounds. Juami wanted to tell Toshiie the opposite possibility, and said with a serious face: "Dog, you are still a stupid person in the final analysis. But if even the dog of the Maeda family goes to Motoyasu's retainer to seek Asylum, that can only hinder the progress of things. What stupidity!" "Stop talking nonsense. Come!" "Come on!" Juami gripped the sword tightly, and suddenly stabbed hard. Maeda Matazaemon Toshiie gently moved Juami's sword to the left, and raised the giant sword that had been practiced with Nobunaga's sword, Cut hard to the right.But he was too surprised by the feel, so he jumped aside and bent over to check.

Shi Ami had studied under the Hirata three, and his swordsmanship was extraordinary. He should know that Toshika would push his katana away and fight back, but he seemed to have stepped on something under his feet, and his body was horizontal to Toshika's menacing katana. Down. "Dog... are you really chopping?" Ten Ami snorted and fell to the ground suddenly. "Tu Ami..." Toshika quickly moved closer to Shi Ami, and then moaned in a low voice: "Oops!" Asong had already returned to the shade of the tree, staring at the two of them closely.Although Li's family didn't reveal any inside information to her in advance, with her keen mind, she already guessed the meaning of today's duel.

Li Jia bent down to examine the wound.Amazingly accurate.From the left neck to the chest, the surrounding grass has been dyed red. "Tuami, alas!" Juami's father was martyred in the Battle of Shodozaka, and he became an orphan since he was a child.After finally growing into an adult, if he can successfully complete the task this time, he will probably be rewarded generously and revive his family reputation, but he did not expect to end his life like this.I don't know if I heard Toshika's voice, but Juami exhausted her last strength and clung to the grass around her, twitching like a grasshopper being stepped on. "Dog... hurry up..." He tried hard to say something, but the following words became more and more blurred, and soon, there was no response from that handsome and fair face. "Quick, run away. Someone is coming this way." Ah Song saw that all this seemed to be arranged in advance, so he walked over quickly and urged Li Jia who was still kneeling on one knee. Lijia stood up abruptly, clasped his hands together, bowed to Shi Ami, and then quickly wiped the sword clean.How can life be so coincidental and so unpredictable!An angry Toshie tried to kill the sharp-tongued Juami on more than one occasion.Toshika's favorite sword, Koji Akasaka Senjuin, seemed to know his master's mind and killed him on his own initiative. Li Jia retracted the sword into its sheath, and silently knelt down in front of Asong.Asong obediently lay on his back.The Li family carried her on their backs and walked around the turret to the left. Mori Xin helped a person come to the maple bush.But he was still a little worried, so he took a few steps back, raised his ears and fixed his eyes, and walked to the place where Juami fell. "I'm so impatient, I'm dead." He said to himself, "Well, put away the corpse, cover it with a mat, and move the corpse away." It was not the serfs who carried the prisoners' bodies.Fearing that the matter would be exposed, he selected someone from among the lower-ranking samurai, and that person was undoubtedly Tokichiro Kinoshita.Tokichiro threw the moved corpse into the grass, covered it with a mat, and walked towards Juami's corpse: "Oh, so much blood has flowed." "It's actually bleeding, pretending to be real." Standing there, Shinsuke said with a wry smile.He still thinks it's all acting. "Who killed whom?" "It was Maeda Matazuki who killed the lord's beloved Aichi Juami..." "Master Maeda... something bad happened! I'm afraid he will be expelled." Mori Shinsuke smiled lightly and kicked the stone beside his feet. "Why did Mr. Maeda kill Juami-kun? He is not a small-minded person..." Fujikichiro said, "This knife cut really hard. It was wiped from the left side of the neck to the chest." "Don't be verbose, quickly wrap the corpse in a mat. If anyone asks, you must strictly keep it a secret. Ten Ami relied on the love of the lord, regardless of the occasion, regardless of the status, and spoke harshly. It finally ended up like this. Alas!" Shinsuke thought that Juami was playing dead, and wanted to kick him when he was inconvenient to speak, so as to take the shame of being humiliated on a daily basis. "Yes, yes. I will keep it a secret. But, please forgive me, why do you want to replace the body?" "No need to ask." "But, it's so tragic... the neck fell off. The neck... the neck was almost severed." "What?" Maori Shinsuke leaned forward. "Broken neck? What's going on?" He walked closer, bent down to see Juami in Tokichirou's arms, and suddenly screamed.By the silver-gray moonlight, he clearly saw that Shi Ami's lips were tightly closed, and he had completely died of breath.A thick black blood clot sticks to the cheek against the grass.Mao Li's new assistant patted his head in panic, and said in a low voice: "Put it down, there's no need to move it." Because of the deep grievances on weekdays, Maeda Matazaemon really killed Juami.Although Mr. Nobunaga earnestly urged, but...Mori Shinsuke felt that he had to tell Nobunaga truthfully. "Quick! Bring the corpse back to the unclean gate, and close the city gate quickly!" Li Jia disobeyed his orders and killed his friend, so he must not be allowed to escape easily.He probably hasn't escaped from the city yet, so he must immediately close the gates of the city and search for Li's family.As for how Nobunaga made the ruling, it was no longer his Maori new assistant's business. Fujikichiro and another junior samurai obediently put the prisoner's body back on the car and ran away. Maeda Matazaemon blankly watched the three people disappear before his eyes.Asong on his back seemed to be unable to comprehend what was happening in front of him. "Ah, meteor." She put her mouth to Li's ear and pointed to the sky. Li Jia slowly carried Ah Song on his back and said, "A Song." "Ok." "Go back to Mrs. Nong by yourself." "No." Asong shook his head, "I'm not my wife's maid, I'm the wife of Maeda Matazaemon Toshika." "But I made a mistake and I was about to be beheaded. You don't know, I...killed Juami by mistake." "what?" Ah Song opened his eyes wide and stared at Li's face from behind. "Did you really kill Juami?" Li Jia felt Ah Song's gaze and nodded. "So, go back by yourself. My lord will not blame you. Do you understand?" "No," Ah Song shook his head, "If you are killed, Ah Song will follow you." Li Jia smiled wryly and stepped forward.He didn't take young Asong's words to heart at all.He was going to carry Ah Song back to the inner court, put him down after a reprimand, and then go to the letter chief, let the letter chief decide, even if he beheaded, he would have no complaints. "You are born smart, but you should not be arrogant because of your talents. You must love others with a broad mind." "yes." "Good boy. A Song, I..." "Listen, what's the sound?" "I'm being hunted. Listen, they're running to the gates of the city... Do you understand? The gates are closed and I can't get out. It would be a great disgrace to me if I escaped. So be obedient and go to Madam go there." But Asong couldn't listen at all.In the vast night, the light of the stars floated up. "Traitor..." someone shouted from behind. A dark shadow flickered in the nearby clover bushes.Lijia couldn't help but took a step back, posing for a fight, "I, Maeda Youzuo, neither run nor hide. Who are you?" The black shadow suddenly "shushed", as if to signal Li Jia to keep quiet.Li Jia asked again: "Who?" "Know astronomy at the top, geography at the bottom..." "It's Fujikichiro. Don't get involved." "I'm not a newcomer. If you think I'm a newcomer, you're short-sighted. Last September, I already had a heart-to-heart relationship with my lord." "Shut up! I don't have time to listen to your nonsense right now." "I really don't know what is good or bad! Come down here. I don't have time to talk to you." "Where are you going?" "For Nobunaga-sama, I will lead you to escape through the unclean door." "No!" "Bastard, if you send it to your door now, that fierce horse will kill you immediately." "I'm ready to be beheaded." "That's so stupid... Lord Nobunaga has already lost one of his confidantes. If you are also killed, the lord will lose two of his favorite generals, and the loss will be doubled. You don't even understand this principle, what an idiot. Get out quickly. If you kill you, Nobunaga will regret it afterwards. It is not an act of loyalty to let the lord regret it. You escape first, and if you can complete the tasks that belonged to you two, you are worthy Ten Ami." After Fujikichiro finished speaking in one breath, Asong immediately agreed in a low voice: "Although I don't know who he is, he is reasonable. Let's run away." Toshika stood up and saw more and more flames gathering in the city. "If you kill Lijia, my lord will regret it afterwards..." These words stabbed Lijia's heart like a steel needle.He is well aware of his lord's love for him, so running away is really difficult for the honest Lijia. Seeing Toshika lost in thought, Fujikichiro suddenly ran over and grabbed his hand. "Don't think too much, there's only one way out. Is there, girl?" "Yes." Asong said, "Double loss to the lord is the greatest disloyalty. Let's go!" After finishing speaking, she seemed to remember something, patted Toshika on the shoulder suddenly, stared at Fujikichiro and said, "Although I don't know who you are, I want to ask you one thing." "Just say it. I and Young Master You Zuo once swore in private to be bosom friends." "After we escaped, don't tell the lord that You Zuo killed Shi Ami by mistake. You just say that Shi Ami fell in love with me, Asong, and You Zuo killed him on impulse...you have to completely conceal the truth!" "Okay." Fujikichiro responded, couldn't help laughing, and almost laughed out loud, he quickly covered his mouth.With such an innocent and cheerful girl by his side, it seems to dilute Lijia's bleak regret. "I understand. If that's the case, Mr. Zuo is really unbearable. Okay, let's go." Fujikichiro waved his hand and left, and Lijia quickly followed.He squeezed his lips together, weeping. "The situation is getting more and more tense, and Mr. Nobunaga still relies on us to do a lot. It is a critical juncture. How can Inuchiyo, who is indispensable to the Oda clan, die at this time?" "good." "Young lady understands this. It's amazing. As long as Mazaemon Toshiie is alive, he and Juami-kun will be able to complete their mission. Isn't that right, young lady?" "Of course. The three Lords of Hirata also said that Youzuo is the strongest person." The three groped across the dry valley in the dark.On the way, he encountered a group of searchers, but instead, Fujikichiro stepped forward and shouted back at them. "We are Fujii Youemon's subordinates. We are here to inspect the road leading to the unclean gate. Whoever is coming, report your name immediately!" The other party quickly replied: "New here, we are also under Fujii." Then, they turned to the military grain depot in Erdao City. "Quick, it's here. You have to open your mind to observe the world." I don't know what Fujikichiro wants to say.The unclean door locked from the inside was left unguarded.Fujikichiro opened the lock neatly and removed the wooden peg. Meteors continued to streak across the sky, and the paddy fields outside the city were filled with the sound of frogs. "Fujikichi!" Toshika looked out of the city and whispered to himself, "Maeda Matazaemon Toshika has owed you favors since the day I saw you. As long as I live, I will never forget it." .” "You're welcome...at such a critical time. Then, don't let it go. Please take care..." Fujikichiro also shed tears.