Sword Raiders II

"Spring is slowly leaving, and summer is here again. There are countless spots of white clothes, and the mountain of incense sticks is hung to dry."

With a deep and light voice, she sang the song of summer coming.

The gray-haired Wen Dao still had the leisurely demeanor of chanting leisurely in the busy scene of Honmaru, which made Yu Li, who was passing by with a basin of clothes, burst out laughing.

"Although Honmaru is not Xianggu Mountain, and the clothes we wash and dry during the big change of seasons are not white cloth clothes soaked with divine water, but it seems to be quite suitable for the occasion."

This waka tells the story that at the turn of spring and summer every year, a god named Kanshou Myojin would come to the Xianggu Mountain with the legend of "the sacred mountain descended from heaven", soak the white cloth clothes with the divine water from the mountain, and then Dry in the sun.At this time, the sun shines on the white clothes and reflects white light, thus filling the whole mountain with white light.

Although Honmaru does not have the name of a sacred mountain, the fusangshen who live here happened to clean up today. Taking advantage of the sun, the laundry and drying yards are not usually busy. All the work of changing and washing has been done, and it can be regarded as "the gods hang plain clothes".

Because Yu Li was going back to Tokyo to spend the Dragon Boat Festival with his family, and he didn't bring his attendants with him, in order to appease the small grievances of these gods, he simply rolled up his sleeves and joined the big bustle.

Wendao, who sang poetry, actually had a basin of wet clothes in his arms and was about to go to the clothes drying field, but it really didn't hinder his interest in singing at all.After hearing the meaning of his chant immediately understood by his own god judge, and after taking over the words easily, a smile could not help but appear on the slender Taidao's face: "The wet clothes are heavy, right? Let me help you."

Just as Yu Li was about to say no, the other party has already gently and quickly took the wooden basin from her arms with one hand, and then stacked it with his own basin and placed it in the crook of his arm—that was the opposite of his slender and gentle strength. .

"Ancient and modern..." It wasn't until this time that Yu Li realized that the other party was a sword Fusangshen who couldn't be judged by appearance, appearance and body were not equal to their strength, "Really, you can actually join the 'lazy team' of."

Every time there is a big event in Quanhongwan, there are always some "regular guests" who take it for granted and feel at ease and just sit and watch.

There are old swords in the Heian era, such as Mikayue, Yingmaru and other swords who "do everything as soon as they do housework", as well as a guardian sent by a certain person who is simply lazy and "I would rather not eat if I have to work", and "This kind of work shouldn't be done by a noble samurai like me." He has an upright temper.

Although the latter two types of blades mentioned above were basically dealt with severely, and finally worked honestly with the large army, the former is really a "stubborn cancer", and it is not a waste of help if you are clumsy, and they are better than the other. Putting on an innocent face, coupled with high status and old qualifications, makes it hard for people to say much. Over time, a "lazy team" with fixed personnel is formed, and everyone turns a blind eye to this.

Yu Li thinks that the Taidao taught by ancient and modern times can also join.

This is a genuine Wendao, even if it is on the battlefield, I want the enemy to use songs to decide the victory or defeat with him. If I am a horse on a normal day, I think they should be used to enjoy singing, and the human form is so pale and slender. Thin, with a literati temperament "as if his hands are powerless", if he enters those swords, I believe no one will object.

Taidao understood Yu Li's meaning, but just shook his head with a smile, and the ponytail that was specially tied high because of being an insider swayed slightly behind his head: "I want to help too."

Although it is different from the black eye whites of all the knives in Honmaru, the ancient and modern Taidao also has a pair of golden pupils with soft contours, and when the eyes look at Yuli, there is a gentle smile from the heart.

It can be seen that Wendao likes this master very much.

This liking is not out of other reasons, but purely glad that this master can talk to him, and can easily talk about things on Waka Haiku.

But even so, it would still be embarrassing to be stared at by him like this. Yu Li was about to speak, when a violent quarrel came from the clothes drying yard not far in front.

"You are so annoying, Kasen Kanesada! These are my clothes, don't worry about whether they are cleaned or not!"

It's Hizen!

Yu Li recognized who it was all at once, subconsciously quickened his pace and rushed over there.

At this time, in the clothes drying yard, Kasen Kanesada and Hizen Tadahiro competed with each other for a bucket of wet clothes.

The song fairy with a cleanliness got even angrier when she heard Feiqian's irresponsible words: "What's the point of doing laundry if it can't be cleaned! I will never accept unwashed dirty clothes in the laundry yard! Put it down, you If you don’t know how to wash it, let me do it, and I’ll wash it for you!” As he spoke, he exerted more force on his hands.

Sensing the opponent's increasing strength to win the pot, Hizen became more rebellious: "It's so noisy, I said this is fine!"

When the two blades were in a stalemate, Yu Li also happened to be there: "Gexian, Feiqian, you all calm down, did you not hear the sound of the wooden basin being broken by the two of you? Why...be careful!"

It was almost as soon as she arrived at the scene, and before she even finished her smoothing, Hizen Tadahiro suddenly gave up the wet clothestub that she was holding on to, and turned around with Wakizashi's high mobility and left the scene.

And Ge Xian, who lost the pulling force on the opposite side, was caught off guard and almost fell to the ground with a basin. Fortunately, Yu Li pulled him quickly, which saved the indecent tragedy of the Fengya Blade.

"This guy Feiqian...!" The self-proclaimed Wendao Gexian almost wanted to swear, but because of something, the Daoist who had beheaded 36 vassals suddenly restrained his temper, "...cough, it's okay, Thank you, my lord."

Seeing that Song Xian returned to his gentle and gentle posture, Yu Li did not show a relaxed look, but looked in the direction where Feiqian disappeared with a worried expression on his face: "Feiqian, what's wrong?"

Everyone in Honmaru can see that Hizen Tadahiro has been in a very bad mood these past few days, and his face that has never had a soft expression has become more and more gloomy recently, and it has intensified.

The most important thing is that he is avoiding the examiner in almost all directions.

Because he is in a bad mood, he can be irritable and talk to anyone, but once the owner arrives, this bad temper cowards faster than anyone else, and runs away almost as soon as they meet.

"At first I thought I was hated by him, but looking at it now, it doesn't seem to be the case."

In one day, she will go back to Tokyo for the Dragon Boat Festival, but Honmaru Hizen's appearance really makes Yuli unable to go home for the holiday with peace of mind.

So she had no choice but to find Mutsu Mamoru, who was very familiar with Hizen, and also the first sword she trusted to talk and ask about this matter.

"Mutsu Mori, what happened to Hizen? Do you know why? It's hard for me to feel at ease if I don't figure it out."

Hearing the master's questioning, Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki, who has always been cheerful and generous, also looked confused at the moment: "Uh... ah, this..."

Hesitating and indecisive, and his eyes wandering as if trying to find an excuse to prevaricate, Yu Li still can't see the problem.

"You really know." She squinted her eyes, stretched out her hand to grab the front of the knife and moved towards it dissatisfied, "If you know, you still refuse to tell me, are we still close comrades in arms? We agreed to look forward to the future together... Wait, the future?"

Yu Li, who suddenly realized some key points, got stuck. She remembered the abnormal reaction shown by the swordsmen when Qiushui had an accident before. Same purpose.

Yu Li raised his head and looked at his initial knife in disbelief: "So, so..."

Ahhh, sure enough!Things can't get over it!

Mutsumori yelled in his heart, almost unable to bear the pressure of his master's eyes and nodding his head to admit it, an emergency call from the real world interrupted Yuli's busy work in Honmaru.

No, it's not so much an emergency call as a sudden drop of bad news.

"What are you talking about!? Mom was kidnapped—!?"

A voiceless scream that was directly deformed by shock and panic resounded in the Xinggong mansion.

Suddenly received a phone call from home, and my younger brother's panic-stricken crying voice proved that it was not a joke: [When I went to school in the morning, my aunt said that I would go out to buy materials for making zongzi and cypress cakes, but at night she had no one. Come back... I called my dad who came back to work overtime, and an anonymous text message was suddenly sent to my dad's mobile phone, saying that there was an important email for him to read...]

Yu Li soon received a forwarded email with the same content, which contained a video of less than 3 minutes, but the content of the video made her whole face turn cold.

It was her mother in the video, but she was tied up in a dimly lit room, and she couldn’t see the surrounding layout and scenery clearly. Only the pale light above her head illuminated her body tied behind her hands and feet on a chair, struggling in vain .

【who are you?Why did you bring me here?If you want money... Mmmmm! 】

The woman's hair was in a mess, her makeup was a bit messy, her voice was panicked, and she was almost crying with fear, but she just had time to say these few words before she was brutalized by a big man in black who couldn't see her face because of the shooting angle. Covered his mouth with a cloth.

Another man whose face couldn't be photographed appeared in the camera, only his upper body below the neck could be seen to completely block the picture, and then he started talking with a low smile.

【Sorry to contact you in this way, Master Xinggong.But we can't help it, who made the security measures around you too strong, we didn't find a chance to intrude several times secretly, so we can only find another way to contact you. 】

【Your mother, Mrs. Rumiko, is really a great beauty. No wonder she gave birth to an even more beautiful you.If you don't want something to happen to this beautiful lady, it's best not to do such a stupid thing as calling the police. 】

[No, no, please don't be angry, we don't intend to hurt your family.Especially for a national treasure like you, it is the truth to cherish and take care of it carefully.We just want Mrs. Zun to guide you over here. We have a big banquet and need your help, so we have to use a little trick as a last resort. Please don't mind. 】

Seemingly humble but arrogant words, with respectful titles but always ordering.Perhaps because he felt satisfied with the performance, the tone of the people in the video changed, and they completely restored their original aloofness.

[At twelve o'clock tonight, Kamakura No.13 Pier, you come alone.If you find any other small actions...]

Behind the man came the muffled groan of the woman being slapped, and he laughed happily.

[You must understand the consequences. 】

The video ends here completely.

"My lord!" Hasebe, who had been staring at Yu Li, screamed, and immediately grabbed her hand, "Please calm down, there will be a solution! It is your words that must have a solution! So please don't hurt yourself!"

Hasebe opened that hand forcefully and carefully, and in the palm was a small wound that was pinched into the flesh by the nail, and blood was continuously overflowing at this moment.

"I'll do it." When Hasebe looked distressed, Baishan Yoshimitsu took a step forward, a little white light overflowed from the fingers of Lingjian, and quickly repaired the wound on the palm of the master.

Yu Li didn't care about these things, her eyes were always fixed on the last frame of the video screen, only her voice was cold: "Mutsu Mamoru."

"... here! We are here!" The initial knife who was called was shocked, and immediately answered loudly.

"This is what Hizen and you guys have been hiding from me, right?"

The scene suddenly fell silent, they really didn't know what to say.

Only Baishan Yoshimitsu raised his head at this moment, and frankly admitted: "Yes, because history cannot be changed, so we cannot tell you the future." The young man's appearance was exquisite, but his voice lacked human touch, and he just said to her naturally, "My lord My lord, please protect the original history."

The author has something to say:

The poem at the beginning of the chapter is from "One Hundred Poems of Xiaocang", the whole poem is——

The incense and the mountains are beautiful, who hangs plain clothes.The summer wind is full of sleeves, so there is no need to call spring back.

Spring is gone, and summer is here again.There are countless spots on the white clothes, and the mountain of incense sticks is hung to dry.

Basically, if there are waka in the text, they are all from "Anthology of Waka" and "One Hundred Poems of Xiaocang".