"stop!"
"Do you know who the person standing in front of you is, how dare you be so rude?" Hatayama Asanobu showed his good "dog leg" style very well, and his posture when saying this was very much like the kind of person who follows a villain. Followers around.
Endo Kyouyo even pulled out his sword and walked up to the woman, saying proudly, "I apologize to Saburo-den immediately, otherwise I will be killed on the spot!"
After all, this is Sakai Port, not Omi, the hometown of the Kyogoku family. Endo Kyouyo still doesn't want to cause trouble, otherwise this knife would have cut him off directly.
As a samurai, it is quite normal to kill one or two "untouchables".
Unexpectedly, after hearing the words of Endo Kyouyo, Hatayama Asanobu and others, the woman not only did not show any panic, but stood calmly on the spot, placed a few books in her hands casually behind her, and then slowly He said slowly, "I thought you guys were country bumpkins from some country, but now it seems that you are worse than country bumpkins!"
"These books, let alone you want to buy them, even if you don't want to buy them, you must buy them today!" As she said that, the woman quietly stretched out her hand hidden behind her back and waved it, and in an instant, people gathered outside the wine house. Twenty or thirty people surrounded Hatayama Chaobu and others.
Hatayama Asanobu and Endo Kyouyo involuntarily took a step back, then drew out their swords and shouted loudly, "Protect Saburo-den!"
Seeing that something was wrong, Akao Kiyosuna and others also drew their swords and surrounded Kyogoku Takamasa, looking around with wary expressions.
The people in the tavern had already fled in all directions, and only the owner of the tavern and a few waiters came over cautiously, carefully pulling Kyogoku Takamasa and saying, "My lord, these people have been around this generation all year round. Yes. The woman in charge is said to be a close confidant of a certain adult. Since you are just foreigners, you might as well just give me money and settle the matter!"
"What? Are these people well-connected?" Kyogoku Takamasa did not back down because of the bar owner's words. Now the Kyogoku family has fallen into the lap of Hosokawa Harumoto. Kyogoku Takamasa doesn't believe it now. Who else in Sakai has thicker thighs than Hosokawa Harumoto?
The owner of the wine shop was obviously a little worried about this, and said with a mysterious face, "According to everyone's private rumors, this is Master Takeno's adopted daughter, and she is not something that ordinary people can afford to offend!"
"Takeno-sama?" Kyogoku Takamasa had a question mark on his face. Among the big bosses in Sakai, there seemed to be no Takeno-sama.
Seeing that Kyogoku Takamasa had never even heard of the name "Takeno-sama", a fleeting smile flashed in the corner of the bar owner's eyes, and then continued, "Takeno-sama is a wealthy businessman from Sakai, the owner of the leather house, and once The practice of Japanese singing and tea ceremony at Sanjo Nishi Neifu Hall is not something that outsiders like you can offend."
"In my humble opinion, you'd better not provoke these people."
As soon as the bartender mentioned the title "Sanjo Nishi Neifuden", Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly thought of who the "Takeno-sama" mentioned earlier was.
If the guess is correct, this "Master Takeno" is Takeno Shoou, a wealthy businessman in Sakai Town, a big boss in the leather goods and weapons business, and also a famous "tea man".
Takeno Shoou is said to be from the Wakasa Takeda family, and his father is Takeda Nobuhisa. After running away from the Wakasa Takeda family, he wandered around. Later, with the help of the Awa Miyoshi family, he settled in the village of Kusatsu near Sakai and started running a "leather house", selling leather goods and weapons.
Nobuhisa Takeda changed the character for Miao to Takeno, which roughly means "from Takeda to the field".
Due to the years of war in the Kyoto area, there was a huge demand for weapons and armor and other goods. The Takeno family quickly became rich and became one of Sakai's wealthy merchants.
In order to get rid of the Takeno family's label of "untouchable origin", Takeno Shoou (known as Shingoro before becoming a monk, and Takeno Nakasai in Yuan Dynasty) publicized his origin everywhere, and actively made friends with ministers in Kyoto and daimyo from far and near, and suddenly became a member of the family. "upper class".
He even became a disciple of Sanjo Nishi Shitaka, a minister in the imperial court, and learned tea ceremony and Japanese songs. This not only confirmed the Takeno family's origins in the "Takeda clan", but also raised his own character to a certain level.
However, a new question emerged in Kyogoku Takamasa's mind. If the woman in front of me is really the adopted daughter of Takeno Shaoou, with the financial resources of the Takeno family, how could she still come out to play such dirty tricks?
"There's a fraud involved!" Thinking of the "enthusiastic" bartender next to him, and the bartenders running away in the blink of an eye, all of this was sending a message to Kyogoku Takamasa, "What's happening in front of me, It’s all a routine.”
After saying that, Kyogoku Takamasa calmly stood up from his position, pushed aside Akao Kiyosuna, Nomura Mototaka and others who were blocking him, then stood beside the woman, and slowly took off his clothes. Get dressed.
"What are you doing?" Kyogoku Takamasa's sudden operation made the woman stunned, and she actually took two steps back with a look of panic.
Kyogoku Takamasa didn't want to act like a gangster on the street, not to mention that the woman in front of him really couldn't arouse his sexual interest. When Kyogoku Takamasa took off his outermost casual clothes, he was still wearing a hunting coat underneath.
This is what I wore when I went to see Hosokawa Harumoto just now. When I came out of Hosokawa Harumoto's residence, I felt a little cold, so I put on another layer of clothing.
Kyogoku Takamasa, who was dressed in hunting clothes, was full of energy, and his temperament suddenly became different. The woman was stunned for a moment.
But what attracts more attention is the eye-catching "eye knot pattern" on Kyogoku Takamasa's hunting clothes. This is the Kyogoku family's "flat four-eye knot pattern".
"If you really think that I am just a country man, you have made a mistake!" Kyogoku Takamasa said proudly, "I am Kyogoku Sakyo Shinsaburo, the son of Omi Musashi Mamoru, the head of the Omi Kyogoku family! "
"Are you doing this because you want to openly attack the samurai of the Kyogoku family, one of the four families in Sakai Town?" Kyogoku Takamasa directly moved out the Kyogoku family's banner to deal with these bastards, Kyogoku The name of the family is still very useful.
Sure enough, when they heard that Kyogoku Takamasa was a samurai of the Kyogoku family and the son of the head of the Kyogoku family, the group of bastards who had been a little arrogant before suddenly panicked.
The woman in front of him also looked behind Kyogoku Takamasa with some confusion. Standing there was the owner of the bar.
"This sir turns out to be a samurai of the Kyogoku family. Oops, how disrespectful and disrespectful. Everyone, please put down your weapons. If you have something to say, speak it out. Speak it out!" The bar owner, who had been hiding behind Takamasa Kyogoku in a timid manner, suddenly became strong. He gained the courage and walked between Kyogoku Takamasa and the woman, acting as a peacemaker.
"Ah Rong, since these adults are samurai of the Kyogoku family, Master Takeno must not want to antagonize the Kyogoku family. In this case, one more thing is worse than one less thing. In my opinion, let's just let it go." The owner of the pub He winked at the woman and said.
"Hmph!" the woman snorted, "I count you lucky today, let's go!"
After saying that, the woman turned around and wanted to leave, but Kyogoku Takamasa smiled and said, "Stop, did I let you go?"
