Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 8 Arrested Before Last Month
Hachiro watched Xuanzhu walk up to Hachiro with a rib in hand, shaved off Hachiro's hair bit by bit, and found a small monk's robe for Hachiro to wear.Hachiro felt relieved.Looking at Qiu Shangjiu's family next to him, he asked, "Master Xuanzhu, what should I do with Yizhijie?"

Xuanzhu thought for a moment and said, "Take Yizhijie to the monk's room to choose a suitable Buddha body and monk's robe for him to change into. Yizhijie knows how to use a naginata, right? Next, I need to trouble you to pretend to be the guardian monk for the two of us." gone."

"Then where are you going?" "I still have some things to do, we will meet in the back mountain later."

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Hachiro, Xuanzhu, and Qiu Shangjiu's family left Guangzhen Temple in the dark.Passing through Okayama, we came to the port town under Okayama Castle at sunrise. "Huiming, take Huixin to the port to find a boatman bound for Harima, and I'll go buy something." Monk Xuanzhu instructed Hachiro and Qiugami Jiu's family.By the way, in order to be more authentic, Xuanzhu asked Qiu Shangjiu's family to temporarily change Huiming, and Hachiro changed Huixin to be his disciple "Yes, the disciple understands."

When Huiming and Huixin arrived at the port, the sun in the west had already risen. The morning sun entered the port from the Seto Inland Sea and shone on the Stone Mountain Castle on the hill behind.The port at this time is really the busiest in the day. When it is busy, because the conditions for night sailing are not satisfied, this is the critical period for fishing boats to set sail. For a time, the port is very magnificent due to the thousands of sails racing.Huiming asked several boat owners, but none of the boats went from Okayama to Himeji. Most of the boats were bound for Kaiko or Hirado.

I finally found a ship dealer who recently had a plan to go to Takamatsu in Shikoku to go to Harima.There may be a delay.But they finally found the boat, and the two of them boarded the boat together after Xuanzhu came back.After the boatman filled the cargo, he set sail.It's just that at this time there were two more civilian husbands in the trio, and they boarded the boat together carrying two loads of boxes.

"Master Xuanzhu, I want to ask, isn't it the fastest way to go to Shangyue from Guangzhen Temple? Why do we go to Harima by boat?" Hachiro and Xuanzhu couldn't help blowing the sea breeze of the Seto Inland Sea on the bow asked.

"At this time, the two countries are at war, and there may be a lot of troops arrested on the road. In addition, Muzuke and ninjas from various families may not be able to leave Bizen by land and they will be arrested as spies. But no matter how they fight, the daimyo and wealthy merchants The tacit understanding between them will not be disturbed too much, so it is safer to travel by land and water."

"Then what did you do just now, why did you bring two people with you when you came back? What's in the box?"

"Ah, by the way, I forgot to tell you. I have obtained a decree from the master of Guangxing Temple, and went to Settsu Shishan Imperial Square to meet the Master Xianru. There are gifts in the box." That's right, Guangzhen Temple is The Sanmon of the Nichiren Sect in Japan, and the upper gate temple in charge of the Sanyo Road in the Western Country, and the Jodo Shinshu as a branch of the Nichiren Sect have always been in contact with each other.

Hachiro didn't have any affection for the thieves and bald donkeys of Pure Land Shinzong.For their own selfish desires, the mob was incited, and the mob was killed in exchange for a word of Amitabha, but this group of monks established the so-called Buddhist kingdom on the ground and continued to dominate the tenant farmers, even worse than the landlords and warriors. To go too far.

From the attitudes of the people on the boat, it can be seen that the wealthy merchants, boatmen, porters who carried goods, or merchants who borrowed boats like Hui Xin all avoided them.By the way, when the boat owner saw that it was Buddha who came to borrow the boat, he didn't dare to fart. He let a few people board the boat without confiscating the boat money. At first, Hui Xin wondered if he might have boarded a black boat.

"1500 steps on the port side~ I found the Kumano Navy's closed ship!" A shout came from the upper floor of the boathouse, and everyone on the boat was in a mess.Some boatmen took out short knives from the lower level, and some even took out iron cannon bows and arrows. This posture looks like they are about to fight.

"What's the situation, take the young master to the upper floor. Hurry up." Xuanzhu was a little flustered, but quickly ordered Huiming to take Huixin to hide.Most of the merchant ships in Japan at this time are closed ships with similar structures. Huiming took advantage of the panic of the crew and handed Huixin to the merchant on the ship, and then turned to look for Xuanzhu.

Huixin took advantage of this moment to quickly find out the situation from the businessman. It turned out that the ship belonged to the Osakiya of the Maori family in the West Country. Because the Oda family was fighting with the Ishiyama Honganji Temple at this time, Oda Nobunaga ordered the Oda water army to intercept it with an iron-clad ship. Ishiyama Honganji is a sea grain road that connects Mori Terumoto of China (southwest of Honshu Island).And asked the Kumano Navy to be responsible for the clearance of other ships on the periphery.And now this ship belongs to the close ship of the Osakiya under the Maori family.Although he was not in charge of transporting food to Ishiyama Honganji Temple this time, he was still captured by the Kumano navy and came to his ship.

Before the "Bengpengpeng" businessman had finished introducing the situation, the sound of iron cannons firing came from outside, and the high-speed flying lead pellets directly pierced the flat plate of the ship and shot into the cabin, causing the people hiding in the cabin to exclaim.Fortunately, the iron cannon fired two salvos in total, and stopped shooting, but there were shouts of killing outside again, the sound of swords hitting, yelling, and cursing.

The unarmed traveling merchants in the cabin huddled together tremblingly.Some chanted 'Namo Amitabha Buddha' while meditating and prayed for the blessing of the Buddha.

"Bengpeng" suddenly another burst of iron cannons sounded.A few bullets shot into the cabin and hit the crowd snuggling together. The bullets shot into the body of a businessman who was praying for the blessing of gods and Buddhas.

Hachiro looked at the portraits of all living beings in the warehouse and couldn't help but regret in his heart. If he hadn't been so naughty and had stayed in Guangzhen Temple, wouldn't this situation have happened.The Xiu family in history has achieved the position of Da Nayan.And he was about to die mysteriously in just a few years after traveling here.Do you think you are playing more badly than the show players in history?
After a moment of hustle and bustle, it returned to calm. Everyone looked at the door as if waiting for judgment, as if praying for hope.The door opened, dazzling eyes shone into the cabin, Hachiro didn't know who came, and looked at the wealthy businessman hiding behind everyone. "My lord, my lord, are you okay? We repelled the opponent, thanks to the two Buddhas. You are indeed a person blessed by gods and Buddhas. By the way, is there a doctor? One of the Buddhas was injured."

Fortunately, we won, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.Hachiro will not be inexplicably captured by the Kumano Navy, and he will sell his ass to Nobunaga with Mori Ranmaru.But Hachiro also heard that a monk was injured. There were only three fake monks on board, ah, not all of them.It is not known which teacher was injured. "May I ask which master was injured?" Hachiro asked timidly.

"Hmm~ that short one in the big cassock" the person who came was probably talking about Master Xuanzhu. Hachiro heard the news and was about to go out to check, but he found that Master Xuanzhu had already been carried in from behind.Hachiro hurried forward to check the injury, Master Xuanzhu's injury was not very good, there was a bullet hole in the back, and there was still blood.

Hachiro looked at the wound that should have been shot by the iron cannon, and was thinking about how to treat Master Xuanzhu. The businessman in the boat found a healer. He looked at Master Xuanzhu's injury and tore off the rags casually. It was about to be tied up, and Hachiro saw it and hurriedly organized it. This is probably a barefoot doctor who doesn't understand anything. If he is cured, I am good at medicine, but if he is not cured, his life will be bad.

Balang asked the boatman for a basin of clear water, a small knife and gunpowder for the iron cannon, and after asking for an oil lamp, he prepared to go into battle to help Master Xuanzhu treat the wound himself.He washed the knife first, then burned the oil lamp and stabbed it into the bulge just touched, picked out the projectile, rinsed the wound with clean water, and then lit it with the oil lamp with gunpowder powder. Gritting his teeth tightly.

Finally, I found a clean monk's towel from the salute to help Xuanzhu Bashi's wound. Due to limited conditions, I had to deal with it in this way after the ship docked.Because the ship was attacked by the Kumano navy, although the Kumano navy was repelled, the ship was damaged after all, so they had to stop at Takamatsu Town as soon as possible for repairs. Huiming and Huixin had to hire someone to carry the injured Xuanzhu to the dormitory. Take a break, and call a doctor to see a doctor. Facts have proved that those who have permanent labor have perseverance. went.

Fortunately, Master Xuanzhu is in good health.After being in a coma for a day, Master Xuan Zhu woke up and heard that it was Hui Xin who saved him. After he was busy with the case, he said two words over and over again: Thank you.Due to Master Xuanzhu's injury, Huiming and Huixin could only temporarily stay in Takamatsu Town.And inquire about the news of Shangyue City.Fortunately, as the transportation hub of the West Country, it is very close to Harima and Bizen, and the battle situation of last month will come from time to time.

It turned out that the city fell again last month, and Jingzhen begged for death (last month, Jingzhen finally did not escape her fate).Hideyoshi was going to give up Shang Yuecheng, but Shikanosuke strongly demanded to keep it.Hideyoshi considered that the city of last month is an important strategic location, and it is equally important to the Maori side. If the other side cannot get it, it is better to abandon the city.However, Shikanosuke, who persistently maintained the idea of ​​reviving the Nizi clan, finally persuaded Hideyoshi to keep the Kazuki Castle. Considering that the Niko family had just experienced a war and suffered a lot of losses, he arranged for Horio Yoshiharu to lead the civilians to build the Kazuki Castle. This made Shangyue City more fortified than in history, and supported 500 people from Nizi's family to defend.

Hashiba Hideyoshi's more than 2 people and the Mori family's 6 people began to worry under the city last month.It was difficult to tell the winner for a while, and at this moment, the Miki Castle Bessho family didn't know if their brains were broken, and those who surrendered to the Oda family insisted on rebelling, directly cutting off the retreat of Hashiba's army, and Hashiba Hideyoshi had to dispatch Half of the troops went to negotiate, and the situation on the front line turned more and more unfavorable to Hashiba.

In order to be able to catch up with the final battle, Xuanzhu, who has recovered more than half of her body, took Huiming and Huixin to Harima again.Due to the death of two porters on board, Xuanzhu had to find two porters in Gaosong to fight the box.And the five people did not go to Harima on a merchant ship, and found a fishing boatman to help them ferry to Akakicho on the other side.

The five hurriedly rushed to a village that night to prepare for a night's rest before going to watch the battle last month.At night, suddenly there was a noise and scattered footsteps outside.After being woken up, the three Huixin went to the door to observe secretly. Judging from the flags and pointers of the soldiers outside the door, it seemed that they were the defeated soldiers of the Oda Army.I am afraid that the battle situation on the front line has already been decided in this situation, and the three of them finally failed to catch up.However, the situation of the battle is always in Ukita's favor, and Hachiro can finally rest assured.

At this moment, Hui Xin noticed a short, skinny warrior outside the door, running away alone, but the armor on his body could be seen to be expensive, and there were chasing soldiers behind him.The samurai looked back in horror and ran towards the front house where Hui Xin and the others were staying.For unknown reasons, Hui Xin suddenly overflowed with compassion and wanted to save the warrior, so she opened a crack in the door and pulled him in.This action frightened the warrior, and also frightened Huiming and Xuanzhu monk beside him.

The samurai looked at the environment in the house, and then at Hui Xin and the other three as if he wanted to say something.This is the pursuers from outside the village, led by several Maori warriors, followed by warriors from the Uki family. "We must not let him run away, Mori Zuomatou ordered the person who caught Hideyoshi Hashiba to be the lord of 1000 stones."

"Roar~" The rebellious soldiers were very excited when they heard the reward, shouting and rushing into the houses in the village to search and arrest, some of them robbed the villagers' finances in the name of searching and arrest, and some directly raped women in the villagers' homes. This was a common random arrest in the Warring States Period However, the leading samurai didn't seem to be surprised. Instead, they laughed and beat and scolded, allowing the innocent villagers to be looted, insulted, and trampled.This is troubled times.

Seeing this situation, master Xuanzhu said silently after living in Amitabha Buddha, and then recited the scriptures of transcendence.Huixin looked at the rebellious soldiers getting closer and got an idea. She found Xuanzhu's replacement monk's robe to put on the warrior, and found a monk's scarf to wrap around his face. The wooden stick as a gift was given to him to hold. Fortunately, it was dark and the dark environment in the house might not be able to tell that it was a fake.As soon as these preparations were completed, the door of the house was opened.

Huiming, who was standing at the door, was the first to react. He picked up the naginata and pointed at the door, and directly pushed the Ashgaru who was about to come in, and fell to the ground.

Outside the house, Ashgaru was a little surprised to see the four people in the house, but he didn't expect that there were still a few Buddhas in the house, and he didn't know what to do for a while.Not far away, a Ukido samurai who was leading the army saw the situation, and while cursing what was going on standing at the door, he was a little dazed when he saw the four people in the house.After thinking about it for a moment, he asked in the Buddha's name, "I just asked the master's name, why are you here, and where are you going?" There was no such arrogance as he had just treated the villagers.

"Amitabha, under the command of the abbot, I went to see Master Xianru on Shishan. This is my disciple Huixin, and these two monks, Huiming and Huiyi, are responsible for protecting us. "Master Xuanzhu explained the situation calmly, and even temporarily helped the warrior make up a name, and then took out the document and the monk's disc from the interlayer of the cassock on his chest to the warrior who was interrogating at the door.Perhaps there was a special situation in this room, and more and more warriors gradually gathered around.

Hui Xin looked at the blushing result monk plate and document issued by the interrogating warrior in front of her, and made a gesture to look at the content on it, as if she was comparing the appearance of Master Xuanzhu.He nodded and said, "That's right, it's the letter from Guangzhen Temple of our family. Rest well, masters. We are searching for the rebels of the Oda Army, so we won't disturb you." Stand guard at the door.

It seemed that he didn't want the four people in the house to be disturbed by the hellish scene outside the house, disturbing Buddha's interest.Then he turned around and told the more senior warriors behind him.But Hui Xin clearly saw that the warrior stood upright and read the two discs directly, and even knocked them down. Not only did he doubt whether he had read the words on it, but he actually said that the document was correct.

Xuanzhu finished two dishes, closed the door, and told everyone to leave the entrance to rest on the tatami mats. After arranging Huiming's vigil, everyone gradually fell asleep with the shouts outside the house.

(End of this chapter)