In the evening of the same day, in the twenty-ninth village, Nami Castle. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Nami Monk sat on the edge of the bed with a medicine-related book in his hand. Her eyes were fixed on the pages, but her heart was not on them.

"Layman, the messenger of the King of Yongshan asks for an audience."

The voice of the chief attendant rang out from outside the door, and she sighed and replied.

"Nope."

The messenger of the King of Yongshan has come nine times today, and this is the tenth. Nami knew that the purpose of his coming to see him was nothing more than to put forward various conditions for the twenty-nine villages to send a sufficient number of troops to help them fight.

Twenty-nine villages had not concluded any agreement with Nagayama Province, and the Nami monks sent troops this time to fulfill the covenant with Riya Shrine. She is ready to symbolically send a troop to the battlefield, led by Yu Changnian. Yu Changnian is a smart man, and he knows what to do on the battlefield in order to bring the troops back intact.

In fact, the conclusion of such a covenant between the Twenty-Nine Village and the Rimi Shrine was completely helpless. The Ira people all worship the god of Apose, and all their festivals require shrine maidens to officiate, as well as weddings and funerals. There are no shrine maidens in the twenty-nine villages, so they can only borrow from the shrine, and the price of borrowing the shrine maidens is to send troops to help them when the shrine needs them.

Before King Nagayama sent an envoy, Riya Shrine had already sent an envoy to urge him. The Great Shrine Maiden hopes that the Twenty-Nine Village will send the main force to the Great Bazaar and the troops of the Riya Shrine as soon as possible to assemble, otherwise she will withdraw the Shrine Maiden team stationed in the Twenty-Nine Village.

To the north of Kamijin Prefecture is a force of the Bujin, who are also a branch of the Ilibi, and have a very good relationship with the Zarles, so they will definitely participate in this war. In this way, Kamijin County, which is the de jure territory of Nagayama Province, will become the target of the Bujin people, and the preset battlefield between the two sides is mostly in the northern plains of Kamijin County.

In fact, the great witch didn't want to wade into this troubled water, but the relationship between Rimi Shrine and Kamijin Prefecture was a cold relationship, and it was impossible for her to leave Kamijin County alone. At first, the Great Witch sent a letter to the county governor of Kamijin County, hoping that he would try to be on the defensive in the war, and there was no need to lose his strength for the sake of King Yongsan. However, the county said that he would follow the instructions of the king of Yongshan and take the initiative to attack the Bujin.

If Kamijin Prefecture mobilizes with all its might, it will be able to assemble an offensive force of about 10,000 men in a short period of time. According to current intelligence, the Bujin had at least 20,000 troops, including a 500-man musket team. Thinking that the Ira people should not have much advantage in the Plains War, the Great Shrine Maiden wanted to sell the troops of Kamijin Prefecture, and when they were defeated by the Bujin people in the Plains War, she would send troops to Kamijin Prefecture to assist them in their defense.

Just when the Great Shrine Maiden made up her mind to make Kamijin Prefecture owe her a favor, the messenger of King Nagayama came to Rimi Shrine. The messenger made a lot of unrealistic promises to the Great Witch, how could the Great Witch fall into his trap? Directly sent him away with kind words. He didn't want to come to see him again after this, this time he hoped that the Great Witch could listen to the voices of the people below, and find several high-ranking and powerful long witches in the shrine.

As soon as the Great Witch heard this, she knew that she was going to finish. Today's Rimi Shrine is not the Ira Shrine where the big witch says anything. Those nominated long witches are all "former ministers of the dynasty", and they have won the trust of the previous great witches, so most of the military power in the shrine is now in their hands, and only a small part of the great witches can control.

Since the envoy asked her to find those long witches, it means that he has probably used some methods to entrap these people, and they will definitely help the envoy to speak and persuade the great witch to send troops. Without waiting for the Great Witch to make a decision, the Elder Witches took the initiative to ask for a meeting, hoping that the Great Witch would consider King Yongsan's request.

The shrine maidens repeatedly hinted that if she did not send troops, they would "might" send troops to help the shrine in their own name, taking into account the past offerings made to the shrine by Nagayama Province. In desperation, the Great Witch could only agree to send troops, and ordered to gather 500 war witches and 6,000 soldiers, and prepare to meet the troops in the 29th Village in the Great Bazaar, and then go to Kamijin County together.

Even so, the Ira were still at a disadvantage in terms of troops. So the envoys and the chief witches "begged" the great witch to find a way to let the twenty-nine villages send more soldiers. In order to reduce the loss of the shrine, the Great Witch can only threaten the Nami monks, hoping that she can send more troops over.

The pact between the 29 villages and the shrine states that "the 29 villages will send 'sufficient troops' to support the shrine when military assistance is needed", and sufficient is a subjective concept, not a specific number of troops. If the shrine thinks that the troops sent by the 29 villages are "insufficient", they have the right to think that the 29 villages have not complied with the contents of the covenant and unilaterally break the covenant, and the fault lies with the 29 villages.

But even so, Nami still didn't want to send troops into the war, because she didn't want her people to die in vain. But she knew that the Ira people couldn't do without the shrine maiden, and once the shrine removed the shrine maiden, the twenty-nine village would fall into chaos. This put Nami in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat.

Fortunately, compared to the Rimi Shrine, the high-ranking people in the Twenty-Nine Village are barely monolithic, and the envoy of the King of Eiyama cannot deal with the Nami monks like they do with the Great Witch. He could only comfort himself with the thought that "Nami Monk should be shaken by the letter of the Great Witch", and then kept asking for a meeting.

It was getting late, and when the messenger saw that Nami was avoided, he could only go back to rest first, and then come back tomorrow to harass her.

That night, Yan He came to the bedroom of Nami Layman. When Nami heard the unceremonious sound of pushing the door, he knew that the person who came must be Yan He, and with the friendship between the two, Yan He, the bedroom of Nami Jushi, could come and leave whenever he wanted, and he didn't need to be informed by the chief attendant at all. And looking at the entire Nami Castle, no one dared to do this except Yan He.

Unlike the slender and quiet Nami monks, Yanhe is tall and plump, with long orange hair like fire, and always looks full of vitality. She likes to carry a flask with her, but Nami doesn't like the smell of alcohol, so every time she comes to her friend's bedroom, she throws it on the windowsill at the door.

"Are you still worried?"

Yan He pulled the chair in front of the table and sat down with Erlang's legs crossed. Nami was still sitting on the bed, not turning a page of the medical book in his hand.

"Hmm."

In front of her friends, Nami never hides her thoughts.

"I don't want to bother you anymore, but it's my job."

Yan He took out a letter from his cuff, which was written by the Great Witch to Nami Layman. The messenger had arrived at Nami Castle just ten minutes earlier, and while he was reining in his horse, the horse was exhausted.

Nanyi Jushi frowned, looked at the letter in Yan He's hand in disgust, but finally took it open and read the contents of the letter.

The Great Shrine Maiden said that because the prefectural priest of Kamijin Prefecture had been urging, the troops of Riya Shrine had already moved to Kamijin Prefecture five days earlier, and informed Nami Jushi that the meeting place of the two armies had been changed from the Great Bazaar to Kamijin County. The Great Witch also said that the coalition forces should not take the initiative to attack until the troops in the Twenty-Nine Village arrived.

In terms of straight-line distance, it is closer from Twenty-nine Village to Shangjin County, and it can save about a day when marching. Of course, Nami would not be happy about such a thing, because she didn't want to fight at all.

Yan He hadn't read the contents of the letter, but as long as she saw Nami Layman's expression now, she could roughly guess the contents of the letter. She sighed, got up and dragged her chair in front of Nami Layman, and sat down with her legs open.

"Didn't we fight before? Why did you hesitate to do so this time? ”

"It's because I've fought in the past that I don't want the soldiers to die in vain." "War is meaningless to us, what we need in the Twenty-Nine Village is peace and tranquility, not treaties and shrine maidens. ”

"No, Xiao Nan." Yan He smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I bet with you, if I had to choose between you and the shrine maiden, the Ira people would definitely choose the shrine maiden. They are this kind of elm pimple, no matter how good they are, it is useless. ”

"But they respect me......"

"Can respect be eaten?" Yan He smiled contemptuously, "Can respect ease a little burden for you?" You have protected their ancestors, they should respect you, and you don't need to be compassionate for their respect. If 2,000 years ago, the people of Ira were food for you and me, so why bother with their affairs? ”

"But 2,000 years ago, there was no you and me!"

"But our ancestors are there." Yan He shrugged his shoulders, "The Ira people were originally the evil species banished to our world by the Great God of the Apocalypse, and they were specially used as fodder for us. Later, if it weren't for the great god of the world who was moved by compassion because of that girl, how could there be any Ira shrine maiden? After all, everything about the Ira people is given by the great god of the apocalypse, but they regard the shrine maiden as more important than the great god of the apose, I don't understand, Xiaonan, why would you be willing to protect such an ungrateful race. ”

"Because...... Because ......"

Nami bit her lip. She was impressed by the sincerity of the villagers, so she agreed to protect them. Irayokai takes commitment very seriously, so since then, Nami has been doing his best to protect the twenty-nine villages.

But that was a long time ago. The villagers who built the castle are long gone, and the current Twenty-Nine Village is no longer the Twenty-Nine Village of the past. Nami has not promised to protect the descendants of the villagers, so even if she leaves now, it will not be a broken promise.

The current Nami monks have no reason to protect the Twenty-Nine Village, and there are no people who need to be protected, at least from the perspective of the Ira Youkai. If she insisted on saying that there was, Nami would only need to take the people she needed to protect from the Twenty-Nine Village and protect them specifically, and there was no need to protect everyone in this land.

"I prefer Taeyong fairies to Irato."

Yan He ignored Nam Yi's tangled expression and continued.

"It is said that Taeyong goblins are all popping out of a flower called 'Mother of Fairies', and they sound cute. Actually, I've always wanted to find this flower called the 'Mother of Fairies', but unfortunately before I acted, you became the leader here. How could I bear to let you suffer here alone? So I can only give up my desire and come here to help you. ”

In fact, Yan He had said these things to Nami many times, but she never mentioned leaving, and she never persuaded Nami to leave—at least she never said it explicitly.

"The Iraites are complex creatures." Yan He continued, "Actually, it's not just the Ira people, the Tairong people, the Dugu people, the Ilibi people, the Leting people, the Mingji people, and other races, it's all quite complicated. I can't understand them, just like I can't understand Yu Mingli...... Well, Yu Meili is also from Ira. ”

The conflict between Yan He and Yu Mingli began from the time the two met. At that time, Yu Mingli was still a six-year-old child, and when Yan He went to Yu's house as a guest, he ate the maltose that Yu Mingli put on the table because of his greed, and refused to apologize. After that, the two would quarrel almost when they met, and only when they were in front of Nami would they be a little more restrained.

It's just a few pieces of maltose, as far as it goes?

Yu Mingli's unsmiling face appeared in front of Yan He's eyes, and she let out an unhappy "tsk" and continued.

"Well, all in all, we must be self-aware as youkai, and we don't decide what the Ira people think, and there is no need to worry about their thoughts. The twenty-nine villages are theirs twenty-nine villages, not ours. Whether they want war or witches, they have to choose for themselves, and then let them bear the consequences. As for you, Xiao Nan, if you torture yourself like this in the future and make me feel distressed, I will leave Nami Castle and never see you again. ”

"Hmm......" Nanyi nodded with a blushing face, "That'...... Then do as you say......"

The next day, Nami summoned the officials of the twenty-nine villages and told them the Great Witch's request. She asked the officials to inform all the villagers of the incident and ask for their opinions. As soon as the villagers heard that the shrine maiden might be evacuated, they gathered outside Nami Castle in a panic and petitioned the Nami monks.

They hoped that Nami Jushi and Yan He would personally lead the main force of the Twenty-Nine Villages to the battle. This result was beyond the expectations of Nami Layman, but it was expected by Yan He.

So 8,000 soldiers were gathered in the 29th village, and under the leadership of Nanyi Jushi and Yan He, they set out in the direction of Shangjin County. In the absence of Nami Layman, the affairs of Nami Castle and the 29th Village were temporarily handed over to the management of Yu Mingli, and his father Yu Changnian was in charge.