After returning to the hotel, Imagawa Yoshimoto found that everyone did not rest, but gathered around the pier. So he looked over there and found that Taiyuan Xuezhai was leading a group of people to confront another group of fishermen at the port.
"What's wrong?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked as he walked beside Taiyuan Xuezhai.
"It's quite early to come back?" Taiyuan Xuezhai was a little surprised, "Madam is still a little anxious. I'm afraid that something might happen to you, so I sent Tuyuan there.
It seems I missed you."
"Haha, when we met Miyoshi Chikuzen, we had a close relationship. We didn't make things difficult for us." Imagawa Yoshimoto answered truthfully, and then pointed to the scene of the conflict, "What's going on there?"
"oh,
There are little mice following us." Taiyuan Xuezhai replied with a smile,
“Yesterday before the boat stopped, I felt someone following me behind me.
Now we are chasing him directly to the shore."
"Master, don't be ridiculous. We are just passing fishermen. Why are we surrounded here and not allowed to go ashore?" The young man in the lead obviously heard what Taiyuan Xuezhai said and immediately responded loudly.
"Haha, children are young after all. How can someone who lives on the water all day long have such thin skin and tender flesh like you?" Taiyuan Xuezhai said to the leading boy, "Go and tan your skin, and then you can dress up."
Hairen."
"Is the person here Yasuzaku Kantarou?" Imagawa Yoshimoto remembered Miyoshi Nagakei's previous instructions, so he took the initiative and said, "Here is the order from His Highness Chikuzen. We are the envoys of the Imagawa family. We are passing by on this trip and have already met with His Highness Chikuzen.
Say hello."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, An Zhai Dongkang hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "I'm really sorry for being so rude to you. I didn't know that you all came here with an appointment. I apologize to you."
"There is no need to be so polite." Imagawa Yoshimoto replied cheerfully,
While giving the order to Anzhai Dongkang.
After Anzhai Dongkang confirmed that it was correct,
I once again bowed to Taiyuan Xuezhai and others to apologize: "I made this master laugh. I will definitely practice hard in the future, and I will no longer shelter from the sun and rain, and make people laugh."
"Have ambition." Taiyuan Xuezhai encouraged him.
"Then let's say goodbye first and return to Settsu." Anzai Toyasu bowed his head to Imagawa Yoshimoto and said, "The boat is left at Lake Biwa. If you need it, you can use it as much as possible. The Miyoshi family has always treated envoys well, and you are an old acquaintance of my brother.
We should treat each other with courtesy."
"Thank you." Imagawa Yoshimoto also returned the gift with his hand, and motioned to his subordinates to get out of the way and let Anzhai Fuyang's people leave.
Most of these deployments were dressed like fishermen, with tanned skin and red hands, and calluses on their hands. However, among them, there was a boy in his early ten years who was incompatible with these rough guys. The boy was quiet, delicate, and taciturn.
He followed the team quietly, holding a kitten in his arms.
"Do you have a cat?" Imagawa Yoshimoto became curious and took the initiative to greet the boy.
The young man nodded,
There was no answer. The kitten seemed to be frightened by seeing a stranger and started to stir in his arms. The boy quickly gently rubbed the cat's neck.
Comfort it and calm it down.
"This is my brother-in-law,
Soon I will go to Shikoku Sanuki Country to inherit the Toga family business." Seeing that his younger brother did not salute, Anzhai Fuyasu quickly stepped forward and said, "Fourth brother, why don't you say hello to your lord?"
"Shi He Yicun, I have met you, sir." The young man replied briefly.
"This is your name after the Yuan Dynasty. How can you use it indiscriminately now?" Anzhai Fuyasu scolded in a dumbfounded voice, and once again apologized to Imagawa Yoshimoto for Tokawa Issun's rudeness.
"Sir, do you also have a cat?" Toga suddenly asked Imagawa Yoshimoto without knowing why.
"Yes." Imagawa Yoshimoto responded with a smile, "What's wrong, can you tell?"
"Well..." Tokawa Icun was obviously a little shy and failed to follow Imagawa Yoshimoto's conversation well. After hesitating for a moment with a frown, he decided to speak directly, "It's really rude. But I don't know.
, can I foster this cat with you? I'm going to Shikoku soon, and my eldest brother and second brother don't allow me to take the cat with me, saying that it will make the people of Toga's family laugh and look down on me. But there is no one around to raise it.
I don't want to take care of the cat, I think it's too childish and it's not what the Wu family should do."
"Of course." Before Imagawa Yoshimoto could answer, Ginkgo, who came over at some unknown time, answered first, "How cute is this cat? What's its name?"
"It's called Mo Qiu." Shihe Yicun gently touched the cat in his arms and mentioned it, with a slight smile on his face. "Although it is a white cat, there are three black spots on its back, like
The ink dots are the same, so they are called ink balls."
"No problem, Mo Qiu." Ginkgo then bent down with a smile and took the kitten from Shi He Yicun's hand - it looked to be less than a year old. Mo Qiu left its owner and kept saying nervously
Yelling, waving its little paws wildly to get back to its owner.
"Mo Qiu, be good." Shihe Yicun stepped forward, rubbed Mo Qiu's neck with both hands, and rubbed his face hard against him, his eyes full of reluctance, "Big brother said, wait for me later
Once I have made great achievements and established a firm foothold in Shihe's family, no one will gossip about me, and I can take you back when the time comes. Until then, you must take care of yourself in Dongguo and don't cause trouble for others."
"Woo--" Mo Qiu muttered in grievance and lowered his head pitifully, but he also calmed down and stopped making noises.
"Please." Tokawa Yisun bowed deeply to Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo.
"Don't worry." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled and comforted the boy in front of him, "I wish you success as soon as possible and bring Mo Qiu home."
After Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo returned to the house with the ink balls, they happened to meet Takeda Harunobu who came for a spin, and immediately incurred sharp complaints from the latter:
"Why is there another cat? Will there be another cat every time you two come out?"
"It was fostered by someone else." Ginkgo explained to Takeda Harunobu, "It seems that his name is... Toga Ichin? He said that he was going to Shikoku and adopted someone else's home, so he could only entrust the cat he raised to someone else."
"Hey, that child is such a gentle warrior, so good to cats." Imagawa Yoshimoto thought back to the young and shy boy just now, and couldn't help but sigh: "It would be great if such a child was born in peacetime.
Reciting poems, composing poems, playing the flute and reciting songs, he can be regarded as a talented man and a beautiful woman of a generation. But he must suffer the consequences of being born in this troubled world. Going to a strange environment and a strange home, he may encounter a lot of troubles, and may even go to the battlefield in the future. He even
If you can’t even let go of the cat, how can you be so cruel as to kill someone? It’s so cruel..."
"Don't be so sentimental and think of others as weak." Takeda Harunobu ridiculed Imagawa Yoshimoto, "Do you think everyone is like you, Goro? That kid might end up chasing a fierce general like a demon in the future.
I'll kill you until you cry for father and mother."
"How is it possible?" Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't believe this.
At the same time, on Seta's carriage heading towards Kyoto, Toga Ichimori kept looking at the way to the west reluctantly, pursed his lips tightly, and his eyes were slightly red.
"Think about Mo Qiu?" The considerate Anzhai Dongkang naturally understood what Shihe Yicun was thinking. Shihe Yicun did not answer, but nodded quietly.
"It's okay. The elder of the Imagawa family also said that after the fourth brother has established a firm foothold in the Shihe family, he can take Mo Qiu back." Anzhai Fuyukang touched his brother's head gently.
He comforted.
"The Imagawa family... is on the other side of the Suruga River. It's hundreds of miles away from us. It's so far away." Juga Yisun muttered softly, and his eyes gradually dimmed. "The war is chaotic, life and death are uncertain, and there may not be anything like this."
Goodbye opportunity."
"That's how troubled times are." An Zhai Dongkang also sighed, but remained as optimistic as ever in front of his younger brother, "It's okay. Look, that couple are both very gentle people and will take good care of Mo Qiu.
."
Shihe Yicun curled his lips silently.
On February 25, the twelfth year of Tianwen (1543), a group of people settled down in the Kennin Temple in Kyoto, the mountain city, and finally started their mission to Luo - to manage the relationship between the two families in Kyoto, and to create a better future for Imagawa Yoshi
Yuan and Takeda Harunobu sought two official positions in the imperial court to show their prestige.
Kenninji Temple is located east of Kyoto. It is the third of the famous Five Mountains of Kyoto. The mountain name is Higashiyama, and it is also the headquarters of the Kenninji sect of the Rinzai Sect. It is said that its founder was the second generation shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.
Lai Family. During the Yingren Rebellion, most of the Jianren Temple was destroyed by the war. After generations of repairs, it was restored to its original appearance.
When Imagawa Yoshimoto was young, he followed Taiyuan Xuezhai to practice in Kyoto's Kennin Temple, and his Buddhist title, Yue Chengfang, was given to him by the abbot of Kennin Temple at that time, Changan Ryuchong. Unfortunately, Changan Ryuchong
Having died of illness a few years ago, Imagawa Yoshimoto has no chance to visit his childhood mentor again.
"Master, I have had breakfast before going to visit various dignitaries. Mrs. Sanjo has already arranged the itinerary. How about you, Chengfang?" Taiyuan Xuezhai drank rice porridge in large gulps and wiped it with his sleeves.
He opened his mouth and said casually to Imagawa Yoshimoto: "You are not going to Luolai with me as your teacher, just to watch the show without doing anything?"
"Old man, you are going to wear this suit to meet people later." Imagawa Yoshimoto couldn't bear to look at the water stains and rice grains on Taiyuan Xuezhai's sleeves, and said with disgust on his face: "Take care of yourself first, like this
How can we have a relationship when we go out?"
"You're a well-dressed kid. Who can see you if you're hiding in the temple?" Taiyuan Xuezhai stood up angrily. He wanted to wipe his mouth with his sleeve again, but he got annoyed after being glared at by Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Instead, he wiped it with his hands - and then wiped it on the hem of his clothes with his backhand.
"I will also go out, old man, everyone has made an appointment." Imagawa Yoshimoto impatiently took out the green-edged folding fan, opened it with a swipe, and fanned Taiyuan Xuezhai as he walked in.
"Oh? Who are you dating?" Taiyuan Xuezhai's smile was full of doubt, "Is this brat meeting a girl by chance again?"
"They are all powerful ministers of the dynasty, okay?" Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head helplessly, "There is really nothing we can do, you stinky old man."