Chapter 23 Chapter 22

The racecourse is full of cherry blossoms, and the ground has also been covered with a layer of falling cherry blossoms.Matsudaira Hiromada galloped three times back and forth among the flowers and trees without stopping.He hasn't gone out to falcon for a long time, and he hasn't been to the horse farm. He is panting and sweating profusely, but this is the only way to vent his depression. "Yami, continue!" He turned his horse's head and galloped along the moat towards Manxing Temple.The valet Iwamatsu Hayami was holding a spear, tripped over a rock, and staggered towards Hirochu's horse.Lian Qianwei Maoju, whom Guangzhong was proud of, was frightened and raised his front hooves high.I saw the waves of cherry blossoms dancing, and the cherry blossoms on the ground flew up.Hiromada fell to the side of Yami who was lying on the ground.

"My lord, your falling from the horse is really wonderful." "Bastard!" The whip in Hironata's hand fell on Yami's shoulder with a snap.Yaya's one eye stared at Hiromada with resentment. "It's good that you're not hurt." Guangzhong hurriedly stood up and patted the cherry blossom petals on his clothes. "Yaya!" "exist." "you hate me?" "How come... why did your lord say that?" "I took your Ah Chun." "It's absolutely nothing. The villain has nothing to do with Ah Chun. Today is the big day for the lord and the new wife, as long as you don't get hurt..."

The whip fell on Yami's head again, and Yami blinked her single eye, staring at Hirochu. "What's the joy? Shut up!" "Yes. The villain will stop talking." "She is not the one I want to marry. What do you and Ah Chun know? You hate me in your heart." "No, the villain never hates the city lord." "shut up!" "yes." "I took Achun from you. Your eyes tell me that since you took her away, you should treat her well." Guangzhong stopped looking at Yami.Holding the whip in both hands, he was agitated and paced up and down under the cherry blossoms anxiously.

After the horse threw Guangzhong off its back, it leisurely gnawed on the green grass on the ground.The little follower hadn't followed him yet.Iwamatsu Yaya stood up slowly and picked up the reins. "Are you still riding around?" Guangzhong didn't answer.Only then did Yami realize that there were tears in his eyes, and he could not stop wandering.Yaya wanted to cry too. Guangzhong's mood has improved recently, giving people hope.At this time, another sad news came: Kariya's Yu Da was about to remarry.Hisamatsu Yakuro Toshikatsu of Akoju who she is going to marry is a follower of Oda.When Nanny Suga told Guangzhong the news, Hirochu laughed like crazy: "Haha, Yu Da is about to become Jiusong's woman. It's ridiculous, haha..." Nanny Suga was worrying about his Uneasy laughter, Guangzhong had already thrown the teacup in his hand towards the stones in the yard.

After that, no one dared to mention big things again.Of course Guangzhong never mentioned it.But from that night on, he became very restless, and he didn't even go to Ah Chun who had just been taken in as a concubine.The veterans reprimanded Suga for this, and the marriage with the Toda family was also brought forward.Today is the day of the big wedding, and Yami was originally relieved, creating a chance for him to fall. "City Lord." Yami said in a voice that was almost pleading, "Let's ride again, and run again." Guangzhong stopped, turned his head and stared at Yami closely: "Yami, do you think people are trustworthy?"

"In this world, you cannot live without trust." "Oh, people say that life is like lightning, and life is like lightning. I have to believe it." "My lord, just run around and go back." "Yaya, shake the cherry blossoms down!" "what?" "Tie the horse to a tree and I'll shake it. You take off your clothes and wrap up the petals." "Yes." Yami took off her clothes in surprise. Guangzhong took the reins and tied the horse to a new cherry blossom tree. "Are you ready, Yaya?" "Okay." Yaya's right arm reached his chest, and there was a knife mark on the protruding muscle. Hirochu said "Okay" and raised the whip high.The first whip didn't fall on the horse's back, but on Yami's body.

"Yaya, are you unhappy?" "The villain is happy." The second whip hit the horse, the horse jumped wildly in fright, and petals fell on Yami's body like snowflakes. "Hahaha, Ma Zhuang's cherry blossoms are falling, this is true. Put the flowers away, put them away. Hahaha." Guangzhong whipped the horse, and raised his whip high to beat the cherry blossom branches.Why is he doing this?For Yami, no matter what, just make Hirochu happy. "A happy day, a happy day..." The cold March wind blew on Yaya's skin.He blinked his single eye, and hurriedly wrapped the petals with his clothes.

Probably because of the violent action just now, Guangzhong's face turned from red to white, beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, and a few petals were still stained.He's been getting tired easily lately.Smiling and laughing, Guangzhong suddenly coughed. He looked at the collected petals, and suddenly said sternly: "Okay! Take the horse, let's go back." "Yes." Yami carried the spear, with the petal-covered clothes in his arms, and untied the reins. The horse has not yet calmed down, and its eyes are shining.Guangzhong patted the horse's head, and jumped onto the horse's back. "Yaya, let's go!" But this time, he didn't run as fast as before, but walked along the river into the Sugao Garden and came to the gate of Sake Valley.From the main gate of the city to this place, everything is cleaned up.This is to welcome Zhenxi Ji who is about to pass the door.

The servants of Hachiman Garden came to them with wide eyes.They saw Yaya naked and thought something had happened.Guangzhong dismounted silently, threw the reins to the attendants, and walked into the gate. "Yaya, come in!" Walking naked in the city is already weird enough, but Guangzhong didn't go to the vestibule. He walked through the large corridor and turned directly to the inner courtyard.Yami hesitated. "Come in!" Guangzhong ordered. They came to the room of Takechiyo, who had just moved to this city and was raised by Aunt Hirochu, Mrs. Hisa's Nursing Home, listened to the movement inside, and then walked away.Where will Hirochu take the naked Yami?

"City Lord. You..." Yami couldn't help but said when she saw that there were women all around her. "Follow me!" Guangzhong didn't stop. Passing through the room where Yuda lived before, and turning to the right along the atrium, Yami let out an exclamation.Guangzhong is walking to the room of his cousin Ah Chun, who is now called Mrs. Ah Chun. Hiromada glanced back at Yami at the entrance.Yami can only resign himself to fate, no matter what he says, he can't make the city lord angry.When he came to the door with the clothes wrapped with cherry blossoms, Ah Chun and the maid in the room were very surprised.

"Achun, bring a straw." Guangzhong said, "Bring a cherry blossom. Don't let Yami freeze, go!" Ah Chun looked at Yami, feeling sad and panicked.Hiromada's mood doesn't seem to be as bad as Yami imagined.Yami was already prepared to be punished, but Guangzhong only said indifferently: "Put the flowers in the strainer, and you can put on your clothes." Ah Chun brought the strainer, and Guangzhong had a happy smile on his face. "Is it interesting, Yaya?" "Yes. What is Your Excellency going to do with these flowers?" "I want to use this to wash away my jealous heart." "Wash your heart..." "Okay, okay, put on your clothes quickly and go down." Hearing this, Yaya breathed a sigh of relief, put on his clothes hastily and withdrew. "Congratulations to the city lord." After Yami withdrew, Ah Chun said to Hirochu with trepidation. "What congratulations... Where does the joy come from? Hmph!" "yes." "Who taught you to say such things...I'm not blaming you. Don't be so trembling. I just want to be naughty today and don't think about anything." He stared at Ah Chun and continued, "Really picture……" Ah Chun understands Guangzhong's meaning, what he likes is not her, but regards her as Mrs. Yu. "Hisamatsu Yakuro that..." "What did your lord say?" "Well, you don't understand. Take those flowers and come with me." "Where are you going to take these flowers...?" "Bathroom. Is the water ready?" "yes." "I'll go right away and bring the flowers." "yes." "It's not a steam bath, it's a cherry blossom bath. Put these flowers in the tub." Ah Chun followed behind Guangzhong in confusion.Today is the big wedding day, I ran around on the racecourse, it is not unusual to take a shower and comb, but why put some flowers in the tub?For Ah Chun, following Guangzhong to take a bath is a very painful thing.How would those little maids who served Guangzhong with her look at her?Thinking of this, Ah Chun shuddered. "Use this to confuse the city lord, this woman is really capable!" Before Ah Chun was accepted as a concubine, she had heard these gossips, which made her feel ashamed. "Cherry blossoms always bloom together and fall together. They are pure flowers." "yes." "It is the flower of loyalty." "yes." "Life is like dew like electricity. Well, you can take your clothes too." "Huh? But..." Only then did Ah Chun notice that the two maids were still kneeling at the door of the bathroom.Guangzhong didn't even look at her. "Let's take a cherry blossom bath. I want to wash my heart and compare it with the cherry blossoms with the integrity of a samurai. Come, come in!" Because of fear and shame, Ah Chun even forgot to let the two maids kneeling at the door step down.Guangzhong took off his clothes suddenly, the maid hastily picked it up and retreated behind Ah Chun. "Ah..." Ah Chun exclaimed.The cry was not from shame, but from fear. "Quick!" Guangzhong, who only had one piece of underwear left on his body, grabbed the straw with cherry blossoms from Achun's hand and opened the door of the bathroom. A white steam came out of it, but Guangzhong's body seemed to be paler than that steam, and he quickly jumped into the bathtub in the corner of the bathroom.Generally, there is no bathtub in the bathroom.Putting a bathtub here is a habit left by my father who fought all his life.There is no bathroom on the battlefield, so you can only pour the boiled water into the tub, and while listening to the gongs and drums of the battle, you can immerse your whole body in the tub. "The so-called Paradise of Paradise is nothing more than that! Hahaha." My father even moved this hobby into the bathroom. Guangzhong has never washed in this bathtub, and just left it aside.Today, however, he poured the cherry blossoms into the bucket, and entered the bucket himself.The water in the bucket overflowed with the cherry blossoms. "Haha..." Guangzhong's abnormal laughter was mixed with the aroma of cherry blossoms, echoing in the small bathroom, "Come here. This is a cherry blossom. There are so many cherry blossoms. What are you doing?" "Ah... yes." Ah Chun staggered in, closed the door behind his back, covered his chest with both hands, bent down, and breathed a sigh of relief.It was dark in the bathroom.The golden mesh lanterns on the roof glowed faintly amidst the thick steam. Gradually, I can see the surrounding situation clearly.The petals were scattered at Ah Chun's feet, like mother-of-pearl.There is still a layer of cherry blossoms floating on the surface of the water in the bathtub, which are white and white. Guangzhong's head floated on the white petals, his eyes fixed on Ah Chun.Achhun felt terrified.Probably because of fear, Guangzhong's head reminded her of a severed head she had seen in a certain painting.Ah Chun hurriedly suppressed this delusion, how could such an ominous association arise on such a happy day? "Chun, stand up." "yes." "I'll make you stand up!" "Yes." Ah Chun desperately controlled the distorted expression, and stood up tremblingly.Before, she always thought that for a woman, being loved was a kind of happiness.Sometimes she even thought that she had accepted the love of an unexpected person on an unexpected occasion, and this was a blessing destined by heaven.But this blessing is always accompanied by the feeling of walking on thin ice, with fear and anxiety all the time.She didn't have time to think about why, but at the moment when she stood naked at the door, she seemed to realize: she was too humble, how could Guangzhong take her feelings into consideration?She is nothing but a doll. Ah Chun stood up, Guangzhong still stared at her body closely.What was he thinking about?Even though his eyes were full of affection, Ah Chun felt very uncomfortable, as if he was being whipped.The petals in the water were fragrant, and Guangzhong suddenly coughed violently. "Achun," he stopped coughing, but Guangzhong was full of anger.He stared at Ah Chun, flapping the petals on the water. "Laugh! Why do you have to cry, I will make you laugh!" Ah Chun smiled.Although she also knew how stiff this smile was, she still smiled desperately.Guangzhong turned away his face. Ah Chun's eyes darkened for a while.She didn't know in what form Guangzhong's anger would erupt, she couldn't help but feel sad, tears poured down uncontrollably, and finally cried. Guangzhong still kept his face away and did not speak. After a long time, Fang whispered, "Ah Chun." "Hmm... yes." Ah Chun hurriedly raised his head.Guangzhong had already stood up, covered in petals. "Come on, rub my back! It's in the tub." "Yes." Ah Chun felt finally relieved, hurriedly scooped up water, and rubbed his back. "Achun, are you afraid of me?" Guangzhong asked, "Am I that scary?" "Yes...no." "Do you know why I bathe like this?" "I don't know." "I want to be reborn from now on." Ah Chun was afraid that his temper would change again, so he dared not speak. "Since I came to this world, I have not lived a day according to my own will. But from today onwards, I have to change myself to use the bathtub that my father often used on the battlefield." "yes." "I want you to wash with this water, so that you laugh, but you cry..." Ah Chun suddenly felt that something was wrong with Guang Zhong, took a peek at him, and found that he was crying, so he tremblingly said: "City Lord, please be at ease!" "Is it true?" "Yes. I'm stupid, and I don't understand the thoughts of the castellan..." Ah Chun suddenly felt that Guangzhong was much more friendly, stroked his thin shoulders, and said, "I thought that people like the castellan would not be sad... ..." "Oh, you thought I could do whatever I wanted?" "yes." The two didn't speak for a long time.Ah Chun cares for Guang Zhong like a child.He sat there, motionless.Ah Chun said: "City Master, can you stand up, your feet..." "Yeah." Guangzhong stood up and stretched out his feet.Ah Chun hugged his feet and scrubbed him, she suddenly felt that he was quite pitiful.It doesn't matter if I am the lady's substitute, as long as it can make the city owner happy... Thinking of this, Zhen Xiji, who is about to pass the door, made her worry again, not out of hostility, nor jealousy, but fear. "Ah Chun." Guang Zhong said, "I have made up my mind, and I will never change my mind for the rest of my life." "My lord means..." "Hugh tell people that I won't approach the new wife." "Ah... this..." "I can show you, but it's not about being angry." Ah Chun suddenly held her breath, she already vaguely knew what Guangzhong was thinking.Although he said he wasn't angry, his tone was obviously angry. "I will never change my mind easily due to changes in the outside world. No matter who it is, Hirochu Matsudaira will not change!" As he said, he suddenly put his hand on Ah Chun's shoulder, "Your skin is so cold. " Ah Chun was taken aback and stopped.She felt that Guangzhong's hands were a little hot, and her eyes were shining.Ah Chun felt fear and shame, just like the day Guangzhong favored her at first.She is the shadow of Mrs. Yu, Ah Chun does not deny this.However, she was afraid that she would have a quarrel with the new wife because she had a face similar to Mrs. Yu's. The floor is covered with cherry blossoms, and the scent of flowers is all around.Achun put his face on Guangzhong's thin chest...