[Hokage] Summer Festival

Daming Mansion is located in the center of the capital, surrounded by moats on three sides.Probably because the daimyo was about to hold a birthday banquet, there was a lot of traffic in front of the mansion, and complicated supplies were transported over in an endless stream.

The sound of horseshoes, the yelling of coachmen, and the sound of accidentally dropping materials when they were carrying them made the noise like a market.

Along the way, there are children playing and laughing on the streets decorated with lights from time to time, and the adults are busy trimming the branches and leaves protruding from the wall in the front yard.

On the day we arrived, we couldn't see the daimyo. The manager of the mansion said that the daimyo was receiving important guests and he should not be disturbed.While talking to us, he was stroking his goatee, and his demeanor was not unkind, reminding him of Konoha's Third Hokage.

Then he said:

"The journey has been exhausting. Let's take a rest first. Later, we will guide you to familiarize yourself with the environment in the Daming Mansion."

We were taken to a spacious and indoor room, and the maid who led the way nodded her head and nodded the sandalwood, but looked at us curiously from the corner of her eyes from time to time, maybe she had never seen a ninja from an orthodox ninja village.

There are also more than a dozen ninjas in the guard directly under the daimyo, but they are not affiliated to any ninja village.

Hanging on the wall is a beautiful Ukiyo-e painting with a four-line waka inscribed on it. Unfortunately, it is in cursive script, so I don't understand it very well.There are a few white hibiscus in full bloom in the alcove, and there are still dewdrops on the petals.

Compared with the rough tent on the battlefield that can only shelter from the wind and rain, this elegant Japanese room makes you feel as if you are in another world.

The maid's absent-minded movement finally made a mistake. The back of her hand inadvertently knocked down the glass vase filled with calamus on the cabinet. Fortunately, Hatake Sakumo caught the vase before it fell to the ground, and put it firmly Back to the original position.

The maid bowed to him in embarrassment, her cheeks flushed slightly.

The paper door was half open, she knelt and retreated outside the door, still lowered her head, and said softly:

"If Ninja-san needs anything, please just ask."

Hatake Sakumo nodded:

"Thank you."

She bowed to them, and then slowly closed the paper door from the outside.

There were only four of us left in the room, and Shinya stared at the small teacup in his hand and said:

"As expected of a famous mansion, such a random set of tea sets is worth five years' expenses of an ordinary family."

Picking up the tea cup and looking at it twice, I really can't see that it is such a precious treasure.

Haruna leaned against the window, staring intently at the half-red and half-yellow maple leaves in the yard outside, and suddenly said:

"At this time, Konoha and Yunyin should start fighting again."

Hearing this, Shinya and Hatake Sakumo's eyes darkened, and they didn't speak for a long while.

Walking the streets of the capital before, I really didn't feel the atmosphere of war at all.Sitting with him indoors, he could hear the sound of preparing a banquet outside from time to time.

The front line is full of corpses, and Konoha has a family to hold funerals almost every few days, and here, the Daming Mansion, 2000 kilometers away from the battlefield and 800 kilometers away from Konoha, is as noisy and festive as it is in a prosperous and prosperous age.

They counted the number of poultry waiting to be slaughtered, and recorded the case conscientiously and unambiguously.But they definitely don't know, and probably don't want to know, how many ninjas died on the battlefield every day, how many Konoha's families were destroyed, and how many children became orphans without relatives or reasons overnight.

Xiaochun once told me that Konoha is the strongest line of defense in the Kingdom of Fire.As long as there are Konoha's ninjas, the Kingdom of Fire will always stand above other countries.

But the ninjas of Konoha, who went forward one by one, died one by one in the war, and the city wall piled up with their bones was filled with the illusion of ignorant people singing and dancing in the besieged city.

I don't know why, although I am far away from the harsh and cruel battlefield, I can finally sit and drink tea and watch the maple leaves in peace, but at this moment I feel a kind of unexplainable discomfort and sadness.

The maple leaves blown off the branches by the wind fell from the wide open window onto the tatami mats. When I looked up, I suddenly found a bald man standing outside the window.But he seemed to turn a blind eye to them.They mean, Haruna, and Shinya.

His gaze fell directly on Hatake Sakumo, sharp and arrogant, like a knife shining with a cold light.

"Be safe, Konoha White Fang."

He lifted his chin, which was as smooth as the top of his head, and said.

Hatake Sakumo was not affected by his provocative tone at all, still smiling in a gentle manner:

"Thank you, Sanzang-kun."

His tone was very gentle, and his enunciation was clear. Compared with the sharp sword-like expression of the Sanzang Lord, although he was a bit gentle, he did not lose his momentum.

It turns out that some people really have aura in them.

It has been observed that Hatake Sakumo is far less aggressive and sharp than the knife in his hand, and he is much more humble and low-key than his "super genius" title.

The man named Sanzang just stared straight at Hatake Sakumo for several seconds without saying a word, his eyes were full of unknown meaning that made his back tense, it couldn't be called hostility, but it wasn't good intentions either. .

He didn't even lift his eyelids, and disappeared out of the window in an instant.

Shen also hesitated and said:

"Captain Shuo Mao..."

"That's the ninja Sanzang who is directly under the guard of the daimyo."

Hatake Sakumo looked at them and said.

"Vulture Tripitaka?!" Haruna said in surprise.

Known as a vulture, his eyes are indeed as sharp as a vulture.

I just don't know if the bald young man named Sanzang can also recite the mantra, subdued the three apprentices Wukong, Bajie and Drifting Monk, and rode a white dragon horse to the west to get scriptures. — Just kidding.

Not long after Sanzang left, the paper door of the Japanese room was pulled open with a "wow."Appearing in front of them was a young girl in a flowery kimono, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, white lips and red lips, and a smile on her face that seemed to be flying, but her demeanor was even more arrogant and domineering than Sanzang just now.

Her voice was as loud as a taiko drum:

"Are you Konoha's ninjas?"

Before we could answer, she stretched out her index finger, pointed at Haruna again, raised her chin and said:

"The two of you come and play with me!"

Unaware of the identity of this costumed girl who appeared out of nowhere, Haruna and Haruna couldn't help but look at each other.

And the voice of the maid on the veranda outside called "Princess is big", the girl looked down impatiently, pouted and said:

"Really annoying!"

Then he walked in without even taking off his shoes, and closed the paper door with a bang.

Haruna gave him a wink, and turned her head as if nothing had happened, as if she didn't see anything.

Although she didn't say it, but from the battlefield to the Daming Mansion, every time she mentioned this escort mission, her face was like that gloomy rainy day.Sometimes Shen also talked about a certain famous dignitary in the capital, but she was also doing other things without interest.

On the way, I heard a lot of interesting unofficial history and rumors.

The voice of the maid outside gradually approached, her lips squirmed, and the girl suddenly rushed over to cover her mouth.The girl, or princess, glared angrily and lowered her voice and said:

"Don't call!"

After being stunned for a moment, she realized that she probably thought she wanted to inform the maid of her whereabouts.

In fact, it was just to remind her that her skirt was caught by the door.

The girl didn't look fat, but she was quite heavy unexpectedly, so she rushed over without warning, her heels were unstable for a while, and she staggered several steps backward.

Fortunately, there was a big hand behind him supporting his back in time, so that he barely stabilized his center of gravity.The princess still tightly covered her mouth, before he had time to thank him, he let go of his hand, and turned his head to let Shen Ye open the door.

The Princess' angry gaze shifted from her face to his.

"The crimes of abducting Her Royal Highness the princess can't afford it, the princess should go back."

He spoke gently, neither humble nor overbearing.

Four or five maids came here in a short while, trying to persuade the princess not to sneak out of the etiquette training class anymore.

The princess had a temper tantrum for a while, and finally walked away angrily surrounded by the maids.Before leaving, he snorted towards them, as if deliberately putting on a high-spirited look and swaggered away.But that look was too childish to be annoying.

One of the older maids hurriedly bowed to them and helped to close the paper door.

After the room became quiet, Shinya smiled and said:

"It is rumored that the princess of the Daming Mansion looks like a fairy, and she can't see it with her own eyes. There are too many girls with such looks in Konoha."

Haruna also smiled:

"Don't forget that there is an alias in Konoha Ninja World called "Beautiful Ninja Village". "

This is really the first time I have heard of the name "Beautiful Ninja Village".Thinking about it carefully, most of the Yunyin female ninjas I have seen on the battlefield before have ordinary appearances, but the Konoha female ninjas are more pleasing to the eye in comparison.

Among the female ninjas I know, Tsunade, Haruna, and Miki are even more beautiful.In the class I used to lead in the ninja school, there are also several beauties who will bloom in full bloom in time.

Water and soil on one side.

"Konoha is indeed a good place to raise all kinds of beauty."

Hatake Sakumo smiled and said:

"Whether a woman is beautiful or not depends not only on her appearance."

His words made Shinya and Haruna who were just joking look at each other and smiled.The two of them are quite kind, if Ah Liang, they would definitely tease him and say something like "everything is so serious, it's really boring".

How should I put it, although Sakumo Hatake has a good temper and is easy to get along with, he is too serious to enliven the atmosphere. If there are more of them in the room, it will probably be really boring.

***

The day before the banquet, while walking in the courtyard of a daimyo mansion, an old woman who had been sitting quietly on the porch basking in the sun suddenly rushed over with her hands clasped tightly, tears glistened in her muddy eyes, and she said in a trembling voice: :

"Qiu E, why don't you go home, Qiu E?"

Immediately, I felt thunder and lightning flashing in my mind, and many things came rolling in like mountains and seas, and my nose suddenly felt sore, but I couldn't speak for a long time.

autumn painting.

It's a very familiar name, but it's been a long time since I heard it. Don't call it that.

Ah, before I became Natsuko Kato, I was always called Akie.

The author has something to say: Happy Dragon Boat Festival, girls~~=333=

Two tears begging for zongzi o(≧v≦)o