"Let's start over, let time go back to the beginning!"
After Izanami's call, the entire stage fell silent instantly. Immediately afterwards, Aguo, who played Izanami, stood up in a stiff posture, and then quickly backed away. The actor who played Izanagi also retreated backwards to the Senkishi, and the Senkishi was also moved away by the venue staff. Izanami and Izanaki started chasing each other again, but this time it was reversed - both of them were walking backwards, Izanami walking in front and Izanaki following behind. The two people retreated the same number of circles around the stage in the opposite order, and then continued to retreat...
"Are you imitating going back in time? Everyone is doing the same actions in reverse." Imagawa Yoshimoto stared at the actors on the stage moving quickly, reversing the stage play they just performed and moving aside. ——The gods and islands that were born one by one were taken back one by one, until finally only the actor in Tian Zhi Zhong was left on the stage.
"Hey, is it reincarnation again?" Tianzhi Yuzhong sighed, but did not hesitate. He still silently repeated the same movements and dances in the order of the first performance. The High Emperor's Spiritual God and the Divine Emperor's Spiritual Lord appeared next and repeated "Hey, is it another reincarnation?" and then continued to dance. Gods were born one after another until Izanaki and Izanami both appeared on the stage.
"Did you turn back time?" the actor Izanagi asked Aguo, who played Izanami, while doing an exaggerated dance on the floor.
"Now that you see me again, why don't you run away?" Izanami sang as she came to Izanagi, "Because I have restored my former appearance?"
"Please forgive me, I will not repeat the same mistakes again, and I will not let you die again." Izanagi stood up and stepped forward, holding Izanami's hand, and swore sincerely: "Since there is a chance to do it again, I will definitely cherish the opportunity!”
"What do you mean?" Ginkgo looked confused under the stage and asked with her little head tilted: "Didn't time go back? How come they still remember what happened in their previous life?"
"It feels like everything in the world has gone back in time, but the memories and consciousness of several gods are still there? As time goes back, they all possessed themselves many years ago? Although the body has become younger, the memory has not gone back." Imagawa Yiyuan didn't understand what the stage play was about, so he struggled to understand.
"but……"
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Unexpectedly, while Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo were muttering, the stage play came to an end. Both of them missed the ending. They only saw a group of actors led by the masked Aguo girl taking the stage to take a curtain call, enjoying the cheers of the audience. . The court officials immediately came to the auditorium with trays to ask for some donations. The generous businessmen and warriors took out silver ingots, while ordinary people also collected a few copper plates and threw them into the trays.
"I'll give you some too." Imagawa Yoshimoto touched the silver coins in his pocket, then turned around and prepared to walk to the pavilion.
"Why, do you want to support your little fairy miko?" Ginkgo never forgets to bicker with Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"Why don't I just admit defeat? What we Ginkgo said is right." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled and rubbed Ginkgo's hair. Ginkgo was stunned by the sudden tenderness of Imagawa Yoshimoto. The old couple turned red and turned away. .bμtν
"Torachiyo, are you going to donate some money?" Imagawa Yoshimoto walked past Takeda Harunobu, but the latter was still stunned, looking in the direction of the stage with some confusion. Seeing that Takeda Harunobu still hadn't recovered from the sad memory just now, Imagawa Yoshimoto didn't wait for him anymore, patted his shoulder and left alone.
After getting off the pavilion and walking around a patch of green plants, Imagawa Yoshimoto thought he would come to the auditorium, but found that he accidentally walked in the opposite direction and went directly to the waiting area for the actors. What he met head-on was the girl from Aguo who had attracted much attention - the latter happened to be taking off her mask. Therefore, this true appearance that attracted thousands of men was accidentally revealed by Imagawa Yoshimoto.
But Imagawa Yoshimoto was stunned, because the appearance of this Aguo was exactly the same as the witch he saw yesterday who exorcised evil spirits for him - didn't he expect that she was the famous Aguo?
"I'm sorry." After realizing that he had been staring at other girls, Imagawa Yoshimoto came back to his senses and bowed apologetically, but suddenly recalled the rumors he heard in the casino a few days ago - not that Aguo Gu
Was your mother killed by Kizawa Nagamasa?
"My lord..." Aguo also recognized Imagawa Yoshimoto. After noticing doubts in the latter's eyes, he simply took the initiative and said, "But have you seen the true appearance of your predecessor, Izumo Aguo?" "
"Predecessor?" Imagawa Yoshimoto grasped the key point in Aguo's words.
"Yes, the predecessor 'Izumo Aguo' was killed by Sakyo Kizawa. "A Guo narrowed his eyes to hide his outburst of hatred and murderous intent, "But not many people know. "
"So... the lady inherited the name of 'Izumo Aguo'?" Anyway, Izumo Aguo always shows off his face with a mask, so it doesn’t matter if he changes people? "Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly understood.
"Adults can understand this. This is not a taboo in our troupe or shrine." Aguo hesitated for a moment, and finally felt that it didn't matter if he said it. "'Izumo Aguo" is not so much a person. It's just a position. The key members of the Aguni Song and Dance Troupe are all shrine maidens of Izumo Shrine, and they raise funds for Izumo Shrine performances in various places. The oiran of the song and dance troupe will be called 'Izumo Aguo'. There have been many generations before me, and I am just the successor of the new generation."
"I see." Imagawa Yoshimoto finally understood the connection here.
"I hope you won't talk too much. Although it doesn't hurt to talk too much, this secret is probably known to many people, and it has long been no longer a 'secret'. That's why I told you openly to avoid arousing your suspicion." "Aguo smiled at Imagawa Yoshimoto and bowed Yingying: "Your Excellency does not seem to be a small person. If you are a respectable samurai from Kinki, I hope you will take more care of the song and dance troupe in the future. "
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On March 6, the twelfth year of Tenmon (1543), the three of them went to the beach in Sakai Town to relax Takeda Harunobu, who had been distracted after watching the stage play. But as soon as the greedy Ginkgo arrived at the beach, he was quickly attracted by the snails sold by the vendors. He dragged Imagawa Yoshimoto to eat anyway, but threw Takeda Harunobu aside.
"It was just caught from the paddy field on the Yodo River. I don't know why it was brought to the beach for sale. Those who didn't know thought it was seafood." Ginkgo held a small plate of delicious and juicy snails and happily ate them in his little head. He sat down on the stool, "This doesn't violate the meat ban, does it?"
"Hmm... probably." Imagawa Yoshimoto thought for a moment, nodded reluctantly, and then turned to the vendor: "I'm sorry, why don't you have chopsticks?"
"Chopsticks?" Both Ginkgo and the vendor looked puzzled.
"Yes, please give me some chopsticks." Imagawa Yoshimoto thought that his rhetoric was too elegant, so he said in a more popular grammar. But the vendor was still confused after hearing this, and finally pulled out a pair of chopsticks for Imagawa Yoshimoto from the bottom of the box with a puzzled look on his face.
Imagawa Yoshimoto stared at the chopsticks that had not been used or washed for who knows how long. He felt a little disgusted, but he was too embarrassed to clean the tableware in front of the vendor, so he quietly wiped it with a handkerchief with a hidden movement. Then, he picked up the chopsticks, put a snail to his mouth, and tried to pick out the meat from the snail - but he couldn't bite it anyway, and his lip was even slightly pricked.
"Sir, are you afraid you've never eaten snails?" Ginkgo was amused by Imagawa Yoshimoto's actions.
"That's right." Imagawa Yoshimoto nodded honestly, "So how should we eat it?"
Ginkgo then rolled up her sleeves, picked up the snail shell covered in oil, water and seasonings with her hands, brought it to her mouth and sucked out the meat in one gulp, chewing it with relish regardless of the oil stains on her chin and lips. stand up.
"I refuse." Imagawa Yoshimoto said decisively. He picked up two chopsticks, crossed them in front of him, and made an "X" decisively - he just wanted to put Ginkgo's hand into the sea water and wash it clean right now. , then wiped Ginkgo's face with a handkerchief - and then washed the handkerchief for half an hour.
"How do you eat, sir?" Ginkgo rolled her eyes at Imagawa Yoshimoto.
Imagawa Yoshimoto sighed, looked at the difficult snail in front of him with some embarrassment, and finally decided to use chopsticks to pull the snail meat out of the snail and eat it. But the snail was so oily that it was swaying on the plate, and I couldn't make it work. However, due to table manners, Imagawa Yoshimoto could not do anything too rude, so he could only use strong force in a very small range. In the end, he accidentally pushed the snail away and fell to the ground.
There was a pool of oil stains on Kawa Yoshimoto's white pants in an instant.
Imagawa Yoshimoto was so angry that he wiped his clothes for a long time, then started working hard again, and finally picked out half a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, "It's not that good, it just tastes like ordinary meat."
"Humph, you pampered germaphobe, what's wrong with you when I ask you to eat with your hands?" Ginkgo pouted and continued to eat the snail happily, "You just have to take a sip like this to get the flavor, why do you spend so much time like that? Will it be delicious?"
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Finally ending the snail farce, Imagawa Yoshimoto went to see Takeda Harunobu again and wanted to have some conversations between men - but it was probably too difficult for a bold and rough mountain man like Takeda Harunobu to interact with another grown man. It was too disgusting to express one's heartfelt feelings - Imagawa Yoshimoto failed to successfully strike up a conversation with him.
At this moment, Imagawa Yoshimoto was standing on the beach, looking at the endless Seto Inland Sea, intoxicated by it. There are occasional seagulls passing by on the calm sea, and bright white spots dot the blue sea and sky, as if a beautiful scroll is unfolding in front of your eyes, and the salty sea breeze blows in your face. The sun is splashing with the warmth of spring, and the waves splashed by the sun become golden, brighter than the color of the beach. The boats coming and going were not in a hurry, for fear that the waves would disturb this beautiful poetry.
But next to Imagawa Yoshimoto, Takeda Harunobu, who was standing side by side, was a little lost in thought, as if in a daze. Imagawa Yoshimoto, who noticed Takeda Harunobu's expression, couldn't help but make a joke, trying to lighten his best friend's mood:
"Torachiyo, who grew up in Kairi surrounded by mountains, must have seen such a sea for the first time." (A tribute to Fuulin Kaori, Yoshimoto is the most handsome in the Taiga drama hahaha)
Takeda Harunobu was stunned for a moment after hearing the sound, and looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto with a speechless expression: "I saw it when I came to Suruga."
"Oh, haha." Imagawa Yoshimoto laughed awkwardly, feeling depressed that he failed to provoke the topic, "But you really don't see the sea that often."
"After annihilating Hojo together, there are many cities near the sea. You can see them as long as you want." Takeda Harunobu laughed boldly, as if the original gloom would be swept away as soon as he mentioned the military strategy of conquest: "One day, I will I can walk out of the mountains and reach the sea with my own hands!"
"You're not here to see Suruga's sea, are you?" Imagawa Yoshimoto was so stifled by the stench of fighting spirit emanating from Takeda Harunobu that he covered his mouth and nose.
Takeda Harunobu and Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at each other, saying nothing, and then burst into laughter.
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At this moment, in the harmonious coastal picture in front of Imagawa Yoshimoto, a sudden touch of yellow suddenly broke into it. Imagawa Yoshimoto looked closely and found a ginkgo-shaped kite flying in the sea breeze. Looking down along the looming kite string, you can see a pair of slender white hands, and the beautiful woman holding the kite and walking slowly towards him in the wind - it is Ginkgo.
"Where did you find the paper kite?" Imagawa Yoshimoto asked as he took the thread from Ginkgo.
"I bought it over there. It's said to be Suruga's kite." Ginkgo tucked her hair that was messed up by the sea breeze behind her ears and pointed at the vendor in the distance with a smile, "How do you think it looks, sir?"
"It's so beautiful. As expected of Suruga's kite, it flies so high." Imagawa Yoshimoto raised his head and looked at the ginkgo-shaped kite hovering in the sky, and then looked at the woman beside him , "The ginkgo is so beautiful."
Ginkgo snorted softly, pouted her little mouth and reluctantly accepted Imagawa Yoshimoto's compliment. The faint blush on her cheeks was so beautiful that it seemed to make the whole beach eclipse.
"How much did it cost?" Takeda Harunobu is always concerned about practical issues.
arts. "Ginkgo reported a somewhat exaggerated number.
arts? "Takeda Harunobu suddenly laughed angrily, "Can these things worth a few pennies be sold? "
"The workmanship is exquisite, and it's Suruga's kite, so you get what you pay for." Ginkgo retorted confidently with her hands on her hips.
"Why don't you buy a Suruga kite from Suruga? Come to Kinki to buy a Suruga kite?" Takeda Harunobu had no idea how to deal with his sister. "My sister has lived a good life and has forgotten the poor days when we were young in Kai." Is it already? Where is the money wasted like this?"
"I want you to take care of it, really." Ginkgo rolled her eyes at Takeda Harunobu and said,
At the same time, he took Imagawa Yoshimoto's arm and said, "My husband is willing to spend money on me."
"Take it." Imagawa Yoshimoto then pushed the kite handle to Ginkgo.
"Hold it for me for a while, I'm tired of holding it." Ginkgo shook her head in protest, even wanting to be lazy when flying a kite.
"Don't you regret it?" Imagawa Yoshimoto showed a sly smile. Ginkgo glanced at Imagawa Yoshimoto suspiciously with her watery eyes, then reluctantly took the handle and felt a small thing in her hand.
Ginkgo spread her hands in confusion, and then realized that Imagawa Yoshimoto had stuffed a Jinpei candy wrapped in blue candy paper into the gap in the handle.
"Sugar!" Ginkgo suddenly became as happy as a little girl who got a doll, and the smile between her brows and eyes made Imagawa Yoshimoto's heart melt.
"When I met, the vendor had already closed the stall, and this was the only one left." Imagawa Yoshimoto said with a regretful smile, "You can eat it."
