Before he finished speaking, the samurai in front of Gonzaburo fell to the ground, with a rib piercing his chest. It was obvious that he would not survive.
Looking at Inuhachiro Yamaoka with a fierce look in his eyes, Gonzaburo swallowed.
"Madam, run quickly and hold him down!"
Gonzaburo pushed the woman beside him away, and then rushed towards Yamaoka Inuhachiro with his sword raised high.
"Go to hell!"
Gonzaburo used all his strength to chop at Yamaoka Inuhachiro's head.
Yamaoka Inuhachiro showed a disdainful expression, and then suddenly took a step forward, and a sword appeared on Yamaoka Inuhachiro's left hand without knowing when.
Silver light flashed, and Quan Sanlang fell down unwillingly with disbelief in his eyes.
"Idiot, don't you know that I am good at using my left hand?"
After dealing with several samurai, Yamaoka Inuhachiro glanced at the woman standing there with her big mouth, and then looked at the boy who was still squatting in the corner crying, and he suddenly became very angry.
"If you offend me, there is no way you can escape unscathed!"
One punch will make a middle-aged boy, and one punch will make a cute girl!
Yamaoka Inuhachiro carried the woman and boy who had been knocked unconscious by him and walked as fast as flying, as if the two hundred kilograms on his shoulders did not exist. Is this the legendary Kirin Arm?
Soon, Yamaoka Inuhachiro disappeared deep into the street.
However, since then, the legend of "a wretched samurai who abused women and children" has been left in the castle town of Inabayama Castle...
...
Inabayama Castle, an accommodation in the castle town.
Looking at the two people carried back by Yamaoka Inuhachiro, Kyogoku Takamasa suddenly felt a pain in his head.
"Inuhachiro, what are you doing?"
"Lord, we don't have time to talk about this anymore. We have to leave the castle town as soon as possible. If it's later, it'll be too late!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro said loudly without waiting for Kyogoku Takamasa to continue.
Kyogoku Takamasa didn't bother to ask other questions at this time. Seeing that Yamaoka Inuhachiro didn't look like he was joking, he quickly greeted the others and prepared to leave.
Fortunately, Kyogoku Takamasa and others did not bring many salutes. In a short time, Kyogoku Takamasa and others disappeared into the castle town.
After running for an unknown distance in one breath, Kyogoku Takamasa and others stopped in a small forest.
After all, he took two people and ran so far, and he really couldn't run anymore.
"Inuhachiro, can you tell us what's going on now?"
Leaning against a tree, Kyogoku Takamasa took out a water bottle and took a deep sip, then slowly turned his gaze to Yamaoka Inuhachiro beside him.
Yamaoka Inuhachiro suddenly felt nervous, but he still truthfully explained to Kyogoku Takamasa what happened in the castle town just now.
"So, you just attacked Nagai's samurai in the castle town of Inabayama Castle and killed them?"
"And this woman you abducted is most likely the wife of an important minister of the Nagai family?"
After hearing what Inuhachirou Yamaoka said, Kyogoku Takamasa was simply stunned.
Isn't this a plot that only appears in mentally retarded people?
"My Lord, this is a mistake made by a villain, please punish me!" Yamaoka Inuhachiro's attitude of admitting his mistakes is still good. At least looking at Yamaoka Inuhachiro's pitiful appearance, Kyogoku Takamasa no longer wants to go too far. After all, Yamaoka Inuhachiro's original intention was for his own good, but he was a little careless.
Moreover, the matter was irreversible. Even if he cut Yamaoka Inuhachiro with a knife, it would not help. After thinking about it, he might as well forget it.
"Well, now that this matter has happened, the top priority now is to find a way to solve it."
"The Nagai family is very powerful in Mino. We are now in the hinterland of the Nagai family's territory. I'm afraid someone is already searching for us everywhere."
"The best way to deal with the misunderstanding is to explain it to the Nagai family, but before that we have to find out the true identity of this woman!"
Kyogoku Takamasa first calmed the emotions of the retainers, then turned to Inuhachiro Yamaoka and said: "Inuhachiro, wake her up!"
"ha!"
Yamaoka Inuhachiro quickly removed the water bag from his waist and poured it directly on the woman's head.
"Well... I feel dizzy..."
After being doused with cold water, the woman slowly opened her eyes.
After waking up, the woman's first reaction was that she felt dizzy, and her second reaction was that there was someone next to her.
Raising her head, when the woman saw clearly Yamaoka Inuhachiro standing in front of her, her pupils suddenly enlarged, and then she fainted again...
Yamaoka Inuhachiro suddenly fell silent, then turned his head and looked helplessly at Kyogoku Takamasa and said: "My lord, she fainted again."
Kyogoku Takamasa was also speechless for a while, so he could only say: "Wake this boy up first so that we can ask about the situation."
Considering that his group did not know much about Inabayama Castle and the Nagai family, Kyogoku Takamasa decided to get some useful information from this boy first, so as not to be confused later.
Soon, using the same method, the boy who was knocked unconscious slowly opened his eyes.
Compared to the woman before, although the young man was a little panicked by the scene in front of him, at least he would not faint again.
Seeing a young man slowly approaching him, the boy couldn't help but take two steps back, seeming a little scared.
Kyogoku Takamasa came to the boy's side and squatted down slowly, then said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, we actually have no ill intentions."
"I know you took my money today, but that doesn't matter anymore."
Hearing Kyogoku Takamasa's words, the young man slowly raised his head and said cautiously: "Then... will you let me go, sir?"
"certainly!"
Kyogoku Takamasa replied affirmatively: "Not only that, you can also take the money away, but you have to answer a few questions from me first, and you must answer them truthfully."
"Otherwise, not only will you not get the money, but there will probably be another nameless corpse in this barren mountain. You should understand what I mean, right?" Kyogoku Takamasa threatened, holding a few strings of copper coins in one hand.
The young man nodded hurriedly, "I understand!"
"Very good!" Kyogoku Takamasa nodded with satisfaction, then continued to look at the boy and said, "Who are you?"
"Sanzaemon."
"Residents of the castle town?"
"no."
"Then do you know the woman in the back?"
After a few seconds of silence, the boy nodded.
Kyogoku Takamasa breathed a sigh of relief. It's good to know him. Since he knows him, he can continue to ask.
"Why did you steal my money today? Was it someone else's instigation or what?" Kyogoku Gaozheng wanted to make sure that no one was trying to fight against him. It was better to be careful when going out.
Kyogoku Takamasa was worried that this young man was being instigated by others, and deliberately allowed Kyogoku Takamasa and others to cause trouble within the Nagai family, hoping to use the Nagai family's hand to harm him.
If this is the case, then Kyogoku Takamasa and others are in a bad situation now.
Sanzaemon shook his head, "I...well...actually, okay, I'll tell the truth now."
"In fact, I didn't intend to steal your money. I just wanted to cause havoc within the Nagai family's territory to make my father happy because my father has many conflicts with the Nagai family."
Seeing the young man suddenly calling himself "I," Kyogoku Takamasa's ominous premonition deepened.
"So who is your true identity?"
"I am from the Mino Kingdom's Mori clan, and my father is the Toki clan's retainer Mori Echigo Mamoru! Because of my father's political disagreement with Nagai Shinkuro, the relationship between the two families has been very bad recently."
"Because of this, I would think of going to Inabayama Castle to cause destruction."
"Please forgive me for offending you!"
