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Chapter 241 241
"Nikko, are you cold?"
"Daylight, are you cold?"
"Riguang, do you want to come over and warm up?"
When Yuna heard Izumi Mori Kanesada's question for the [-]th time, she finally turned around.
On the outskirts of Songjiang, the mountains and forests in autumn are dyed golden and red, and the blue and yellow waves are swaying on the ridges of the fields.Standing under an evergreen pine tree, Izumi Mori Kanesada pulled Haori away, indicating that she could come here.
……what happened.
Ever since Izumi Mori Kanesada got into his arms like a husky last night, he was out of control, and wanted to get together to keep warm when he had nothing to do.
It's true that autumn is cold, but it's not to the point where the two have to cuddle together during the day, right?
There is a wooden stake nearby, which should be used by woodcutters to rest their feet. The section is very smooth, and there is a embers of a campfire at the root of the tree.Yuna sat down on the wooden stake, looked up at the high and distant sky in late autumn, and murmured: "I came to Songjiang City for the purpose of extreme cultivation... Although I met Lord Zhongshi, I didn't feel that I What a big breakthrough in your spiritual power."
Hearing the words, Izumi Mori Kanesada let go of the haori that had been raised all the time, and said, "Didn't you feel 'Masai suddenly opened'? Or figured out something that you didn't think about before?"
Yuna was confused: "What do you mean?"
"For example--I used to be very worried about the loss of the former master, but now even the death of the former master is considered very ordinary, and naturally I don't care about a certain defeat." Izumi Mori pointed his finger up, explaining this.
She shook her head honestly: "If I have any feelings, I just feel that I am a useless guy who can't help me with anything."
"Don't say that!" Izumi patted her on the shoulder, "It would be strange if you did something. After all, we can't interfere in history, otherwise we will be chased and killed by the police."
Thinking of her painful experience of being shaved off by a police officer, Yuna smiled embarrassingly: "That's right..."
The autumn wind was blowing, and several maple leaves fell from the mountains and fell to Izumi Shou's feet in a twist.He stared at Maple Leaf, and suddenly said: "Daylight, shall I help you practice?"
"Huh?" She was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
"The ultimate goal of polarized practice is to improve your own strength." Izumi Shou clenched his fists, pointed to the road in the mountains, and said, "I am a polarized sword! Let me tell you what to do Bar!"
"...Then, what should I do?" She asked sincerely.
"First of all..." Izumi Mori held his chin, thought slowly, and then said seriously, "Give me your hand first."
"Ah...hand?" She was a little suspicious, but she stretched out her hand and stretched out her five fingers in front of Izumi Shou, "Is there anything you want to give me?"
But it is not.
Hearing a soft "pa", Izumi Shou held her palm and said solemnly: "In this way, you will be able to feel my spiritual power, right? This is good for polarized cultivation."
"...??" Yuna set her eyes on the hands that the two of them clasped, feeling something was wrong no matter how she looked at it.
Can this really help polarize the practice?Let her believe it for now.then
, she asked again: "What's next...?"
"Come with me." Izumi Mori turned around and walked down the mountain.
A few autumn birds were startled by his footsteps, and flapped their wings and flew into the distance.He walked quickly across the ridges of the field and stopped by a stream. "Come on, let's sit and watch this stream together." Said Izumi.
Yuna:?
She stared blankly at the stream in front of her, not understanding what was so special about this stream.The stream is very narrow, and you can see the smooth pebbles at the bottom of the water at a glance; the autumn red maple that can be seen everywhere also falls on the clear stream, and the sound of rushing water comes from among the moss-covered pebbles.
She was sitting on a big rock by the bank, and Izumi Mamoru lifted up Haori's clothes, and sat down beside her.The two just leaned side by side, looking at the gurgling stream under their feet, without saying a word, and still holding hands.
This pose...
Why is that weird?
It looks like a pair of lovers going out on a date and admiring the maple by the stream together.
Mr. Ke Jian is also kind, right?He did this to help himself practice polarization.It's just that she didn't understand the purpose of doing so.
"How do you feel? Looking at this beautiful autumn scenery, do you feel that your soul has been purified?" said Izumi Mori.
"...No." She answered honestly.
"No? Then continue to stare at the stream. Look at it without moving, and feel the beauty and power of nature and history!" Izumi said seriously, "No matter what happens, don't shake your heart!"
His tone was too solemn, like a declaration before the battle.Yuna was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the stream seriously, trying to feel the natural beauty in it.
Oh, take a closer look, this clear stream is accompanied by fallen leaves, it does have a classical charm, reminiscent of the stories in the monogatari, or the Waka of the Heian period.The so-called "seeing the scattered flowers in the spring morning, hearing the fallen leaves in the autumn evening, or seeing grass dew and water bubbles will startle me for a moment", but it is just like that.See the big from the small, realize your own way from this flower, one world, one leaf, one Bodhi...
She was contemplating, when Izumi Mori Kanesada came over and hugged her quickly.He spread his arms around her shoulders, and quickly retracted them.
Yuna froze for a moment and asked, "What happened...?"
"Ahem!" Izumi Shou said, "I am testing whether you are shaken! If you are not concentrating when meditating, the effect will be greatly reduced! Besides, you are very afraid of the cold, so I will help you warm up... ...hahahahahaha..."
At the end of the sentence, it seemed a little guilty.
Yuna's eyes were full of doubts, and a word had already surfaced in her heart: In?Are you going to make mistakes too?
"Don't worry about me, you have to concentrate." Izumi Mori Kanesada said seriously, "Continue to look at this stream, meditate carefully, and understand your way. This is very useful! When I was in the Shinsengumi, I faced the backyard I have been thinking about the well in the sand for a long, long time, and I have been thinking about whether the trick of "blindfolding eyes with sand" is useful, and I have realized a lot of things!"
She nodded dubiously, and looked at the stream again.
The maple leaves floating on the stream drifted with the current, uncertain whether to stay or not, and could not be autonomous at all.The fate of people in this era is also so precarious, like duckweed in the water.either Hori
Whether it is a famous owner like the Otada clan, or an ordinary peasant or peasant, they are all just a speck of dust suspended in the water.Wherever the stream went, they went, powerless against the turbulence of the waves—
She was thinking about something cheerful, when she suddenly felt a heat source approaching her ear.Izumi Mori Kanesada turned sideways, put his nose to the side of her face, and searched, as if he was sniffing for something.
"Mr. Jian, what's the matter with you?" she asked.
"No, don't get distracted!" Izumi Shou looked like a thief who had been caught, he straightened up nervously, and stammered, "Didn't I say that? If you distract your mind during meditation, the results of your practice will be great. Discount!"
Yuna: ...
Are you a child?And Mr.?
No, I will call you Xiaojian in the future.Kane sauce, it's you!
She sighed, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jian, the method you said is really useful. I just watched the autumn stream, and I figured out a lot of things, and I became enlightened."
"Huh?" Izumi Mori Kanesada blinked his eyes in disbelief.
——Did he just talk about it? !Did Changguang really believe it? !How fat four? !
Looking at the stream, Yuna murmured: "I am very sorry about Mr. Zhong, but he and I are just a floating leaf on this stream, and will only go away with the stream, unable to change the direction of the stream. Where to go...Sitting here quietly looking at the stream is also like quietly watching everyone's fate."
A few question marks floated out of Izumi Mori Kanesada's little head.
——What, can you realize so many things by looking at a stream?It is indeed a long daylight!So much potential!
"So..." She smiled slowly, turned her gaze to Izumi Mori Kanesada, and said, "As a reward, I would like to give Mr. Kanesada something that might not be very pleasing."
"Oh... what did you give me?" Izumi Mori tilted his head and began to guess what the gift was.Did she pick the flowers?Or a girl's handkerchief or something?Ah—speaking of which, he shouldn't have accepted this gift.After all, the so-called "staring at the stream and meditating" is just something he said casually and used to deceive people.
"Mr. Jian, can you also stare at the stream and meditate?" she asked.
"Okay." Izumi Shou turned his eyes away and stared at the stream in a daze.
It’s so boring—what’s the point of this stream? It’s more interesting than wrestling with the horses in the stable.I don't know what Kunihiro is doing?He has come out to practice by himself, he must be bored!Did you get along well with Yamato Shou and California?Oh, the deep-fried steamed buns that Candlestick Cut made last time tasted really good, when are you going to eat two more...
He was thinking wildly, and the shadow of the person beside him moved slightly.A pair of cool hands reached up, held his cheeks, and turned his gaze to the side.
"Don't be distracted... meditate well." The woman's voice contained a gentle smile.
Then, her face moved closer, and she pecked lightly on the corner of his lips.
When she backed away, that soft smile was still blooming.This smile is as pleasing to the eye as the maple leaves in autumn being gently washed by the stream, which makes people unable to help staring at it, thinking of the beautiful scenery of spring and autumn.
Izumi Shou stared at her blankly, motionless, a little silly.
Did he... was kissed by Sunshine Changguang?
Yuna sat back and asked with a smile: "Xiao Jian, did you realize anything from this stream?"
Izumi Mori: ……………
Enlightenment, what enlightenment?
Have you figured out the way of polarization?He didn't know, there was a fight going on in his head.
"Huh? What's the matter?" She smiled sweeter, "Have you figured out something? Xiaojian."
"I...enlightened...out..." Izumi Mori Kanesada gritted his teeth, unable to speak.His mind was really blank and he didn't know anything.In the end, he could only take a sudden breath, and then kissed back, blocking the possibility of the other party asking another question.
He did this on impulse, and when he came back to his senses, he had already kissed him.
When he realized that he had done something rude, a sense of intense regret surged in his heart instantly.
Finished!
This time, he will definitely be hunted down by Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada!
This is so rude!Oops!Otherwise, just use an excuse to practice, travel for a while, and don't go back to Honmaru!This is not something that "accidentally" can explain the past, he really kissed until the sun shines!
Izumi Mori Kanesada looked at Yuna nervously, but saw that she didn't seem to be offended and was still looking at her with a smile.After a while, Izumi Shou's hands and feet were stiff and her eyes shrank back in embarrassment, while she asked with a smile, "How is it? Is Mr. Kane satisfied with this gift in return?"
Izumi Mori nodded, not daring to speak.
He is so cowardly now, he feels that he has no courage at all.
Damn, he is obviously such a strong and handsome man——
Izumi Mori Kanesada was still in place annoyed, Yuna had already stood up, brushed off her sleeves, and walked towards Matsue Castle.
"Mr. Kan—don't be in a daze. Sitting there alone, you will catch a cold—"
/ / /
The night in Songjiang City will soon come again.
Yuna and Izumi Shou originally planned to find a place to rest nearby, but when they were at the edge of the field, she heard a traveler on the road say: "Master Zhong's condition seems to be getting worse."
"How could this happen... Lord Zhongshi is so kind and kind, why didn't the gods bless him?"
She was stunned, followed the traveler's footsteps, and eavesdropped all the way, only to realize that Lord Zhong's condition suddenly worsened during the day, so the castle tower sent people out of the city to invite a famous doctor from Kyoto.
The traveler walked quickly, carrying a bag and leading a horse, and disappeared into the vast night in a short while.She looked at Izumi Mori Kanesada beside her, and said, "Sorry, Mr. Kanesada, I still want to visit the castle tower."
Hequan watched her with a worried expression, and said with some hesitation: "Don't worry too much, history is what has happened."
"I understand." Yuna nodded, looking at the five-story castle tower, "But, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you will always be a little worried."
"...then you go." He Quanshou folded his arms and said, "I'll wait for you here....If you need anything, come to me anytime, I will definitely help you! I will always wait You came out."
Yuna replied "Okay", turned around and walked towards the Horio family's house full of red maples.
Because she had already been here once last night, she was quite familiar with the way, and soon found
The road leading to Ninomaru.The moonlight tonight seems to be cooler than last night, but the red maple in the courtyard looks more colorful.The white sand under the moon showed a dull color, like a dying monk, motionless, without ripples.
She walked through the corridor, the hem of her clothes rustling against the wooden floor.After a few steps, she saw her predecessor standing at the place where she met her predecessor last night.
"...Master Zhongshi?" She looked at the man standing silently under the eaves with some surprise.Horio Tadashi was wearing a feather-colored haori with curly grass patterns, holding a jug in his hand, and was looking at Kaede Ichiba; hearing her surprised voice, Tadashi turned sideways and said, "You Sure enough, it's here."
"'Sure enough'...?" She was a little puzzled by Zhongshi's words, and asked, "How is your health? I heard that your condition suddenly worsened, so that I had to send someone to the capital to find a famous doctor. Since your health is not good , then you should stay in bed instead of secretly drinking..."
Zhongshi was slightly startled, and subconsciously hid the jug behind his back.He smiled frankly and said, "My condition hasn't changed much. The people I sent to Kyoto didn't seek famous doctors, but asked the general to arbitrate domestic affairs."
"But, I heard from travelers..."
"That's just an excuse for me to attract you." Zhongshi smiled, with a soft smile on his brows and eyes, "I guess, you heard that I was seriously ill, so you will definitely come here."
Yuna was silent.
……
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such a thing.
That's right, once she heard that Zhongshi was seriously ill, she immediately panicked and came here in a hurry.What is the reason why Mr. Zhongshi did this?
"You...are the guardian of the sword." Zhong's gaze quietly fell on the saber at her waist, "In other words, it is my 'Sunshine Changguang', right?"
She was stunned, unable to speak for a long time.
The man in front of her was looking at her with peaceful and gentle eyes, and on his sickly cheeks, there was a moonlight-like tranquility and gentleness.In a daze, she actually felt that the expression of the man opposite her was somewhat similar to her own, and they both loved to smile like this.
"Why do you say that?" She lowered her head.
"I can't imagine, if you are a human woman, what kind of identity should you have to be worthy of your appearance and bearing." Zhong's gaze fell peacefully, "I think, you are not a soul that belongs to this world and the common world. ..."
The girl in front of her is really rare and beautiful, and she is as ethereal and ethereal as a mist that never existed.It only takes a blink of an eye, the moment when the morning flowers wither and the autumn evening dissipates, she will disappear into the night.
A common name doesn't seem to match her like this.
Tadashi raised Haori lightly, revealing the saber at his waist.Tonight, he took out his favorite knife, Sunshine Changguang, from the hidden knife room, and tied it around his waist. "If you really are the guardian of the sword... please, please protect my Horio clan and my people." Tadashi's eyes became more and more loving, "That's why I invited you here tonight."
Yuna listened, her eyes trembling slightly.
——Protect the Horio clan, protect the people of Mr. Tadashi...
Sorry, she can't do such a thing.
Not only that, but she also had to witness the Tadashi-sama die of illness, the Horio clan was cut off, and the Izumo Kingdom was changed to other feudal clans.
She opened her mouth, but she couldn't express this fact, she could only
He stared at the former master in front of him with sad eyes.
"Can you promise me? The sun will shine forever." Tadashi Horio frowned and asked seriously.
"...Yes." After all, she couldn't bear to break the illusion of the former master, so she agreed in a low voice, "I will do my best."
"Then, as a witness of the agreement..." Zhongshi smiled slowly, his eyebrows stretched.His appearance is peaceful and handsome. The family governor of the Horio clan has always been famous for his outstanding appearance.Even with a few wisps of sickness on his body, he is still a gentle and handsome patriarch.He turned sideways and said to Yuna, "Sunshine Changguang Palace, please follow me."
She nodded.
He coughed slightly, and slowly opened the curtains in the house.A scroll is spread on the ground, on which a piece of fierce red maple is depicted.The cinnabar pigment used to trace the red color of maple leaves was placed in a small dish half the size of a palm.Zhongshi lifted up his cuffs, dipped a bit of cinnabar with a pen and ink, and stepped back in front of her.
Immediately, he lifted the hair on the woman's forehead with his left hand, and gently lowered the tip of the pen to trace slowly on her forehead.
He painted very delicately and slowly, as if he was painting the last golden paint on the statue of God.
It was quiet all around, only the long breathing of the two of them.The pen tip with the cinnabar paint brushed over the skin on her forehead, and the coolness came in, and she slowly closed her eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, she heard Horio Tadashi's voice: "Okay."
When she opened her eyes, Zhongshi took out a plum blossom mirror and said to her with a smile: "I have nothing outstanding, but I know a thing or two about painting. Whether it's maple or plum, I can trace some outlines." …Looking at the Sunshine Changguang Palace, you won’t dislike the incompetence of my lord.”
She lifted the hair on her forehead and looked into the mirror.On the center of her forehead, Tadashi painted a red gentian flower with cinnabar, which is the family crest of the Horio clan, symbolizing "longevity" and "toughness".The layered petals unfold slowly, and the flower posture is even more gorgeous than peony and cherry blossoms.
Tadashi Horio put down the mirror and said with a smile, "Please protect our family, the sun is always shining."
/ / /
When she left the Tianshou Pavilion, she was a little dazed, lost in thought all the way.
After finally returning to the meeting place agreed with Izumi Mori Kanesada, she was still in a daze.Izumi Shouta started waving to her from afar, but she didn't seem to have heard of it.
"Riguang—what's the matter with you?" Izumi Shou looked at her in a daze, wondering, "Are you sad about the matter of the former Lord? This is not okay! After all, that is all in the past..."
Before she finished speaking, she plunged into Izumi Mamoru's arms with a sullen head.
"Mr. And..."
She wrapped her arms around Izumi Mamoru's shoulders, her hands brushed over the white feathers, her voice choked with sobs.
"Eh? Ah? What's wrong?! Looks like he's about to cry?!" Izumi Mori panicked for a moment, not knowing what to do.In desperation, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and began to pat her on the back, "Don't be sad! Sunshine, don't cry?! What should I do...I'll sing for you, don't you cry, is it okay?"
However, the woman just hugged him without saying a word, which made Izumi even more at a loss.
It's over, how can a girl coax her! ?He won't at all!Kunihiro, where are you-
Izumi gritted his teeth, and began to sing the popular ballad of his time: "Go to sleep—go to sleep, if you don't go to sleep, the deputy head of the ghost will come and take you away and eat you—"
"Stop." The woman in his arms raised her head quietly.
"Huh?" Izumi blinked.
"If you have something to say, don't sing." from Yuna.
"...???"
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It was too late to work overtime yesterday, so I have to rest first if I have no code words when I come back.
Sorry for the late update!