A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Xiao Pingtai has been standing at the wind vent at the highest point of the slope of Cangsheng Mountain for almost two days. Most of the others were arguing and did not notice Xiao Pingtai's movements. Only uncle Tsunaliang and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu noticed what Xiaopingta seemed to be waiting for.

Uncle Tsunaliang grew up watching Mrs. Xiaoping. He didn't see anything when he was a child. Later, after Mrs. Xiaoping's father died and his mother died, he became a lot more determined. Now he is even more of a person with ideas. Uncle Tsunaliang felt that there was no need to interfere in Xiaopingtai's affairs, and he was relatively reserved. He felt that he was old (only forty), and he should not get involved in the affairs of young people like Xiaopingtai, so he asked his family to give him a kapok. The jacket is for Xiao Pingtai. He told Xiaopingtai not to catch a cold (after all, if you catch a cold in this era, you may be sentenced to death by a bad life) and avoid the wind.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu has been hanging out with Xiaoping Tai for several years. When Xiaopingtai went to Beijing for the first time, he couldn't afford Wu clothes because of poverty. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu secretly gave his old clothes to Xiaoping Tai. After such a short encounter in Kyoto, many things happened. The relationship between the two became better and better, and they spoke without any scruples. He saw that Xiaoping was looking into the distance with a heavy heart, waiting for something. So I took a look, found Xiao Pingtai, and handed Xiao Pingtai a small bamboo tube.

"Take a sip of the freshly brewed wine." Yamauchi Yoshikatsu raised the bamboo tube in his hand and signaled to Xiao Heita. Then he raised his neck and took a big sip of hot wine, his face turned red.

"Taro, do you think the Kai Takeda family can be killed with one blow?" Koheta gently took the small bamboo tube handed over by Yamauchi Yoshikatsu, shook it, and felt the heat from the bamboo tube that had been scalded with boiling water. It was very uncomfortable. He asked confidently.

Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was inexplicably stunned. No one had called him that for a long time except his father and mother. His father now also called him Zuoma or Zuomatou. It is estimated that Xiaopingta is the only one besides his mother who has called him that for many months. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu was immediately stopped.

But Xiaopingtai didn't talk to him about anything serious, but he still screamed so strangely. What Xiaopingtai asked was just something that everyone has been arguing about for the past two days.

"Huh?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu didn't answer immediately. He had been hanging out with Xiaoping Tai a lot in the past few years, and he knew that Xiaoping Tai was not a random person, so it was impossible for him to ask a question without a purpose. Since Xiaopingta asked, there must be something profound. Of course, Xiaopingtai also has the bad taste of a poor scholar who says half of it and keeps the other half. In short, Xiaopingtai’s words cannot be taken at face value.

"What you are waiting for, Koheita, must be related to the demise of the Takeda clan, right?" Yamauchi Yoshikatsu just thought about it for a moment and immediately turned around and asked Koheita. After all, it's obvious that a bald man has lice on his head. The current war is the only thing that can make Xiaoping worry about it for a long time. There can be nothing more important than this.

"It has something to do with it." Xiao Pingtai took a sip of wine. The warm wine passed through his throat, with a spicy feeling, and his whole body became warmer. So Xiaopingta took advantage of the situation and started to move his frozen hands and feet, pacing slowly around Yamauchi Yoshikatsu. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu just drank wine and looked at Xiaopingta with a smile without saying anything.

The two of them stayed together quietly for a while, except for the sound of swallowing wine and scattered footsteps, there was no other sound. Xiao Pingtai had no intention of continuing to answer or ask questions. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu didn't force anything.

It seems that Koheita will not answer him directly in detail, and Yamauchi Yoshikatsu is no longer prepared to stay (after all, there is no shelter on the top of the mountain, and drinking hot wine will still be cold). He knows that Koheta is a Someone with an idea. He took off his cloak and tied it for Xiao Pingtai. Then he held up the bamboo tube and left humming a song.

Putting aside the fact that the two of them were still thinking about their little episode, Xiaoping stayed bored on the top of Cangsheng Mountain for more than two hours. In the end, I waited for a whole day and got no news. It gets dark very early in early spring, and the days are short and the nights are long. Aji came over and urged Xiaoping to eat and rest early.

Xiao Pingtai looked at the sky. The sun was already setting in the west and would completely set in half an hour at most. In this day and age, few people would be active outdoors at night. No matter what happens, we have to wait until dawn. So Xiaoping was too helpless and had to turn around and prepare to leave.

As the setting sun slowly sets on the horizon, there is no light pollution in the wilderness of the old days. Without the sun, it is almost impossible to see (the light of the moon is not very effective for Japanese people with night blindness). The earth, which had lost its only source of heat, was quickly occupied by the cold wind, and all the heat in the wilderness was plundered by this wind.

Xiaopingta had no choice but to tighten the cloak tightly to prevent the biting wind from penetrating into the clothes through the gaps. Looking at Aji wearing a thick cotton coat, the kapok inside was stuffed by Xiao Nai years ago. It is really good to have a sister who can do handicrafts.

The two of them had only taken two steps when Xiao Pingtai suddenly stopped and grabbed Aji, who was happily jumping back to camp for dinner.

"Aggie, did you hear anything?"

"What? Nothing."

"Listen carefully!" Xiao Pingtai asked Aji softly and urgently.

"There seemed to be the sound of horse hooves, but it was windy and I couldn't hear it clearly." Seeing that Mrs. Xiaoping seemed anxious, Aji had no choice but to raise his ears and listen hard.

"Hahahahahaha, it's the sound of horse hooves, it's definitely the sound of horse hooves, it's unmistakable, it's unmistakable." Xiaopingtai took Aji's hand and jumped up.

Sure enough, through the heavy darkness, the sound of the horse's hooves became clearer and clearer, and the sound of the horse's hooves hitting the muddy ground was tapping. Every sound that came to Xiao Pingtai's ears sounded so clear and sweet, so warm and sweet.

Getting closer, the sound got closer and closer, and it sounded very urgent.

Soon, a messenger suddenly appeared from the dusk with two flags on his back, rushed to the top of the slope, and jumped off his horse. He took out a bamboo tube from his arms and ran towards the shogunate.

Mrs. Xiaoping couldn't let him go, so she rushed forward to intercept him, "I am serving the General Tiepao to serve the Zikoji Tsuna family, but there is news about Shinano."

When the man saw the obstruction, he was about to draw his sword, but stopped when he heard Xiao Pingtai's identity.

"It's indeed news from Shinano!"

"Okay, okay, go and report it to His Highness. His Highness will definitely be pleasantly surprised."

Xiaoping was as happy as a three-year-old child.