Swallow Back

It may be that Liuyun didn't get more land because the Oda family didn't have much surplus food.But he was awarded 200 taels of gold, as well as luxury items such as black hat, feather weaving, Chengyu, tea utensils, complete sets, and famous horses.

These extravagances don't serve any purpose, but they are just a status symbol, which makes Liu Yun's seat sequence greatly advanced when he participates in many social activities.

The so-called social activities refer to these grand gatherings held in Kyoto this Spring Festival.

Tea parties, hawk hunting, Noh, renka, cuju, and the sumo wrestling tournament that is being watched now.

In this era of lack of entertainment means, it is not easy to enjoy these.

Oda Nobunaga's personal favorite should be sumo wrestling.

Not only did he watch with special concentration, but he also rewarded the participants generously.After three days of competition, seven or eight outstanding players have been included in the gate wall, and awarded the status of warrior and the knowledge of Baishi.

In the eyes of the public, this has almost entered the ranks of "middle body", and undoubtedly belongs to the group of "decent people".

People who can become sumo wrestlers cannot be from poor families, otherwise they will not have enough food.However, a samurai who has become a hundred-stone-knowledgeable warrior can still be described as a carp leaping over the dragon's gate.

Such an upward channel feels much better than working hard on the battlefield.

It is conceivable that every samurai with a serious background counts as one, and they all regard "Lucky Jin" who made his way through sumo wrestling as a thorn in his eyes.Especially the kind of people who have struggled for several generations before they get the bottom-level genealogy of Baibashishi Zhixing.

But this has nothing to do with Liuyun.

He simply doesn't understand sumo, so he can't understand the fun of the game.

Although sitting in a conspicuous position in the front row, you should pay attention to your image, but after a long time, you still can't help but yawn.

There is no way - two big and three thick men are screaming and hugging each other and rolling around. This kind of art does have a certain appreciation threshold.

As soon as he yawned, he was discovered by the brothers beside him.

Hashiba Hideyoshi chuckled, moved over quietly, and said in a low voice, "Brother Liuyun is not interested in this, is he? In fact, I am the same... I know the tricks of tea parties and songs, but Sumo really doesn't understand."

Liu Yun sighed helplessly: "Actually, I'm not as good as you, brother. I don't even understand the beauty of the tea party and even the songs. I don't even find it interesting, including Takakari Noh and Cuju."

Hashiba Hideyoshi was elated when he heard the words, and laughed out loud "ha". After being glared at by Oda Nobunaga, he quickly restrained himself and complained: "People used to say that I am a monkey who doesn't understand elegance at all. , it seems that this title is right for you."

Liu Yun rolled his eyes and was too lazy to answer.

After being silent for a while, Hashiba Hideyoshi suddenly approached again with great interest, winked and said, "But brother, you are very 'elegant' in some respects! It seems that I heard that you are going to marry your wife and sister as your concubine? Tsk tsk tsk You really know how to play! Brother, I really envy you! Unfortunately, Ningning and her sisters are already married, alas..."

Liu Yun couldn't help laughing at this, and sneered: "Although I really don't know how to be elegant, it's too vulgar to talk about private affairs in public, right?"

Hashiba Hideyoshi didn't take it seriously, shook his head and said, "What's the matter? Among the colleagues sitting around here, who isn't from ten or eight side rooms? Our two brothers are very restrained in this regard..."

At this time, there may be a fierce fight in the arena, and Oda Nobunaga glared over again, and scolded impatiently: "If you don't want to watch sumo, you can go out!"

After hearing this, Liu Yun didn't think too much about it, so he bowed to pay his respects, then really got up and left the table.

Hashiba Hideyoshi originally planned to plead guilty and continue to stay, but seeing this, he was stunned for a long time, hesitated for a moment, and then hurriedly followed.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga smiled instead of anger, stroked his beard and said, "Liuyun is a wonderful guy. Monkeys are also quite interesting."

Then his old man continued to concentrate on watching the sumo match.

……

After leaving the table, it happened to be meal time, and the two sat down in an ordinary bar near the arena.

Hashiba Hideyoshi brought a few very young bodyguards, called "Toranosuke", "Ichimatsu" and the like, probably because he had just debuted, and he didn't have the habit of being a veteran, so he stood guard outside conscientiously.

In fact, it is just a form.

With the strength of Liuyun and Hashiba Hideyoshi, generally speaking, they are not afraid of being troubled by others.

If it was really a big trouble, those young guards would be useless.

Other customers will definitely not come in after seeing this situation, but the consumption of two distinguished customers is enough to cover dozens of ordinary people, and the store is not losing money.

After sitting down, Liu Yun thought that Brother Monkey must be complaining again.

But I didn't expect Hashiba Hideyoshi to be smiling, quite proud, and said happily: "Brother! Thanks to you, I showed my face in front of the lord again! The timing just now was very clever, not only did I not offend Mr. Tansho ( Oda Nobunaga), on the contrary, it will impress him... Ah no, I can no longer be called Tansho-sama, my lord has now officially accepted the 'Shogunate', so I should be called Prime Minister! By the way, brother, I, I also got such a humble official position as 'Chikuzen Mamoru under the Sixth Commander', hehe..."

"Oh..." Liu Yun responded indifferently, even a little disdainfully.

It is such an atmosphere of thinking about fame and fortune all the time, which makes people feel troublesome!

Hashiba Hideyoshi did not feel disappointed in the slightest, and was still in high spirits: "Look, brother, people will call me Chikuzen-sama or Tsukushu-sama in the future, or Hashiba Chikuzen, or 'Hazuki' for short. Ah, use 'Hashiki' It’s really nice to build a painting as a pledge! It’s like a public official who has been an official for generations.”

Liu Yun was silent and indifferent.

Hashiba Hideyoshi ignored him and entertained himself.

In fact, if Takenaka Shigeharu, Hachisuka Masakatsu, Maeno Nagayasu, Hashiba Hidecho and others were present, they should flatter and compliment them a little politely.But today none of them got an invitation to watch a sumo match.

Only Liu Yun was lucky enough to attend.

But he didn't cherish this opportunity at all, and he didn't cooperate with Brother Monkey's boasting at all.

Hashiba Hideyoshi fancied himself for a long time before returning to normal.

The drinks and food for the two of them are based on the most expensive items on the store's menu, which may cost three or four hundred cash.Brother Houzi unquestionably wanted a treat, and Liuyun didn't bother to refuse.

After eating and drinking for a while, Hashiba Hideyoshi suddenly became serious, lowered his voice and said, "Brother, do you still remember that I told you a few days ago about going to the Ichiko Zong Land to find out the bottom line?"

"Of course." Liu Yun nodded: "No problem, I just want to meet that group of unique monks."

"That's good, but—" Hashiba Hideyoshi paused, and then slowly continued to explain: "The way things are going to change. It's not like hiding in Hieizan Enryakuji Temple quietly, but as an envoy, upright appeared on Long Island."

"What?" Liu Yun was greatly shocked: "Hongan Temple has caused such a huge riot of monsters in Kyoto, how can we still send envoys with them?"

"It's not surprising." Hashiba Hideyoshi shook his head in disapproval: "Although we all know that the gang of monks are responsible, after all, it has not been fully announced, so there is room for negotiation. It just so happens that our Oda family and them have always been with each other. There are a little more urgent things to deal with, and I don’t want to tear myself apart for the time being. And it just so happens that the court hopes that there will be no big disturbances during the period when the yuan was just changed... All in all, it’s just pretending to talk about it and delaying it for a few months.”

"So that's how it is..." Liu Yun sighed: "It's another matter of a dog camp. The people who died that night were really—by the way, aren't they afraid that the other party will kill the envoy?"

"No." Hashiba Hideyoshi said: "The envoys are sent to each other, which means they all have hostages. And our team here will be accompanied by officials with high official positions. Monk Xiangzong dare not kill officials. Look at that day The monsters rioted at night, and they didn't attack the royal family and the ministers much! You can't do anything to Xu Fu's descendants, this is a rule passed down from ancient times."

"Okay..." Liu Yun asked, "meaning, I'll go there as a messenger and find a way to investigate?"

"Please!" Hashiba Hideyoshi said seriously: "I actually wanted to go by myself, but my lord disagreed, saying that I had other tasks... After a lot of hard work, I got Takenakaden to join Niwa-sama's team to go to Shishan, brother. You will follow Master Takikawa to Long Island. When the time comes, Takikawa will tell you how to do it."

"Well. When are you leaving?"

"Soon, probably within ten days."

"How long will the peace last?"

"Maybe only three months... no more than half a year at most. During this time, we will try our best to find the weakness of Monk Yixiangzong, and the other party will definitely try his best to plot against us."

"understood."

"Yeah... Brother Liuyun, considering your force, this may be redundant, but I still have to say, take care! Whether you can complete the task or not is not a big deal, so don't get into trouble with yourself. gone."

"Oh... good."

Chapter 190 Make Iori Incarnate into a Sword?

The panic caused by the youkai riot in Kyoto quickly calmed down.

In fact, most of the monsters were under the control of the magic circle that night and focused on attacking Oda Nobunaga. Only a very small number of monsters who had the ability to maintain self-awareness would take the opportunity to do some private work.Therefore, not many streets, houses and warehouses were damaged.

On the contrary, many thieves took advantage of this opportunity to carry out activities, burning, killing and looting.Human casualties are much greater than infrastructure losses.

But these days, everything is valuable, except human life.

The general layout of the streets has not collapsed, and the money and food of the nobles have been preserved. As long as they leak a little from their pockets, are they afraid that there will be no cheap labor to grab them?

At first, because many townspeople were killed, and many Tao Zhiyao never came back, the labor costs nearby increased sharply, and the daily wages of servants and waiters increased by as much as five cents.Immediately after hearing the news, many refugees flooded in to fill the manpower gap.

For the common people who have not personally experienced the turmoil, the monster siege is just a legend that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, but the copper coins in their hands are real.

Besides, what if you have experienced it yourself?

Where can there be a paradise in troubled times, it might be more dangerous to move to another place.

Life is alive, isn't it just living a life together!

After wiping off the blood and burying the body, the eminent monk recited Buddhist scriptures and performed a good ceremony, which is another day of singing and dancing.

……

In February of the second year of Tianzheng, Liuyun left Kyoto with his family and returned to his hometown in Omi Inugami County.

Affected by the youkai riots, the purpose of traveling and playing is completely ruined.The only harvest is to bring back a sister-in-law in a witch costume.

Sha Luo's recent reaction is a bit strange.

Before, she always put on a posture of flowers blooming and budding, trying her best to seduce "Master Yi Brother". It can be said that she was insane and corrupted the morals. How could she look like a lady from a big family at all?

Now due to various reasons, he has already obtained informal private promises, and finally his wish has been fulfilled, but he suddenly becomes reserved and shy.Not to mention showing off his jerky and immature style like before, even if he saw Liu Yun from a distance, he would immediately turn away with a blushing face and dare not say a word.

With such a strong contrast, I don't know if it is a "play hard to get" battle?

If it's true——Sara's strategy has had an effect.

Seeing her evasive posture, Liu Yun was not used to it, and involuntarily felt some inhumane emotion in his heart.

……

Of course, he has no intention of putting this emotion into practice for the time being.

The main reason is that time is running out and there are other urgent matters that need to be dealt with.

That is, go to the Long Island Wanzheng Temple and perform the task of talking and laughing with the monk Yixiangzong.

On the surface, the official envoy was someone else, and the team also had noble officials from the imperial court. Liu Yun only needed to act as a guard.But in fact, Hashiba Hideyoshi expects him to collect as much information as possible to avoid being clueless in future battles.

This obviously cannot be said to be an easy task.

I heard that the ninjas who sneaked into Ishiyama Honganji Temple and Nagashima Ganshoji Temple before were either dead or dead, or lost their mind after they escaped by chance.From this, it can be seen that those monks from Yixiangzong must have mastered some powerful methods.

Besides, Liu Yun has personally experienced the strength of the other party.Honganji appears as a doppelgänger, and the power of the technique is something I have seen with my own eyes.Will the main body be more powerful?

Not to be underestimated.

Therefore, Liuyun needs to be well prepared to deal with possible dangerous situations.

Needless to say, "Long Captain Changguang" naturally returned to the form of a knife, so he had to bring it with him.

Then the so-called "one-eyed lord" has been killed, and there are no more bewitched monsters to attack frequently, so the Taimanin team does not need to wait at home, they can hide and sneak into the team pretending to be maids or female soldiers.

Liu Yun originally thought that such an arrangement might take a lot of talking.

After all, the reason for hiring the Taimanin team is actually just to resist incoming monsters and protect the people in the territory, and does not include other tasks.

But in fact, Ms. Ikawa Asagi agreed very happily after hearing the new errand arrangement.

So much so that Liu Yun had to emphatically remind him of the danger of this mission.