"So, what happened to your grandfather after he passed away?"

"It's not good," Natsu said sadly, "a lot of people are staring at our house. Yoshizo was the most noisy of them all. Fortunately, the god of Kuwata Shrine announced that her mother was a shrine maiden favored by Kuwata Damyojin. If you dare to touch her, God will be angry. So the villagers didn't dare to do anything. ”

"So, what happened next?" Xu Changqing felt puzzled, "You just said that your mother was ......"

"It was half a month ago," Xiao Xia said, her eyes still full of fear, "Half a month ago in the evening-"

More than a month ago, an expedition team composed of foreigners came to the village. They stayed at a small inn in Miri and used it as a base to explore the mountains every day. Natsu served their meals, and once heard one of them drunk, revealing that they were searching for a piece of gold left over from ancient times. It is said that he was a great prince, and after being defeated in battle, he was unwilling to let his wealth be plundered by the victors, so he quietly transported it to the mountains. The samurai who escorted the gold slaughtered the entire village of Jita, leaving behind some of the soldiers and ordering them to guard Mt. Kumanta for generations. The current villagers should be the descendants of those soldiers back then.

The people of Jida Village have believed in the Kuwata Daimyojin for generations, believing that the summit of Mount Kuwata is sacred and not to be desecrated by mortals. However, these foreigners don't care. In search of gold, they even brought explosives. Because foreigners have guns, the people of Zhitian Village can only endure even if they are dissatisfied. It wasn't until half a month ago that the opportunity came. The foreigner didn't know what he had found, celebrated and drank in the dark. Originally, every time they drank, they would leave a few people as guards, but after living in the village for more than a month, the vigilance of foreigners gradually became numb, thinking that the villagers did not dare to do anything to them. That night, something happened.

I don't know how the news got out. Taking advantage of the drunkenness of the foreigners, the crazy villagers smashed open the door of the inn and rushed in to slaughter them one by one. The first was the hall, where the drunken people couldn't even stand up, and they were hacked to death without knowing what was going on. Occasionally, a few can resist a little, but they are no match for many knives and axes. After killing the people in the hall, they rushed up the stairs and searched room by room. The members of the expedition who went back to sleep were beheaded on tatami mats, their heads thrown through the windows and rolled all over the street.

"Mom told me to hide in the dark compartment of the counter. I kept cowering inside, biting my fingers and not letting myself cry. When there was no movement outside, I quietly came out to see. Mom was lying on the counter, out of breath. My sister walked up and down the door, laughing loud and louder, louder than the usual crows on the roof. I smiled at her, and she smiled at me. I called her sister, but she wouldn't answer......"

Choked by tears, Xiao Xia couldn't say any more, leaning on Xu Changqing's shoulder and crying one after another.

"If there is such a big incident, the god of the shrine doesn't care?"

Xiao Xia shook his head: "I don't know why, in the past half a month, no one has come down to the shrine." Vegetables and rice are only picked up on a regular basis. Bring a note and write down what you want. ”

"Speaking of which, your father ......," Xu Changqing considered his words, "he shouldn't be a local, right?" ”

"Yes, every day when I look in the mirror, I know that my father must be a foreigner," said Natsu, "because of this, my sister and I have suffered a lot in the village." I remember when I was a child, there were many times when I was bullied by those kids, crying and going home crying and asking my mother: Where is Daddy? My mother always hugged me, but she didn't answer a word. I hate these people in the village, I want them all to die! ”

At this time, it was getting late, and in the streets of the small mountain village, the dotted torches gradually gathered.

Xu Changqing glanced out the window. "The people from the village," he said to Natsu, "seem to have come looking for trouble." ”

Xiao Xia moved uneasily. Because of lying in her arms, Xu Changqing clearly felt her trembling in horror. "Those wicked people are coming again," she said in a panic, "it must be Yoshizo!" ”

With a deafening sound, a stone flew up the slope and smashed into the door of the inn. The stone was the size of a fist, and it must have been thrown by someone who took aim at it. Then there was a rumbling sound two or three more times. The rocks kept flying down, getting denser and denser, and one even smashed into the window of room 204.

The streets were red at both ends, and torches were converging both above and below. Stones rained down and smashed into the wooden house. Just looking at the torches, it was like two dragons entrenched in the street, about to rush towards this small inn.

Xiao Xia almost jumped up from Xu Changqing's arms. Her face was so frightened that her face was distorted, and she cried out with all her strength: "Oh no! Sir, run away! No matter how good you are, you can't deal with so many people, right? They're going to kill you! The previous expedition team was killed by them one by one. The foreigners, all of whom were tall and strong, were also very good at fighting. But it didn't work at all. One by one, they died and were buried in the fields outside the village. If you don't leave, you'll die too, so run away! ”

"But why did they kill me?" Xu Changqing showed a thoughtful expression, "It's just that I beat that Jizang, so I shouldn't be killed, right?" ”

"You can't think like that, absolutely not! How can they reason with you? They've killed someone once, they've tasted the sweetness. You're a human being, and they're never going to reason with you! ”

"But what will you do if I run away now?"

"At least I'm still a member of the village," Natsu said with a sad face, "I've got a torch ready." If they dare to force me, I will burn down the inn and kill myself. ”

At this time, the two fire dragons were getting closer and closer, and they were almost converging outside the inn. Outside the house, there was a lot of shouting and swearing. Xiao Xia's face was already white with fright, and tears couldn't stop sliding down her cheeks. "The door to the inn is unlocked, and they will break in. Sir, run away! She shouted at Xu Changqing in almost despair, "Don't you believe me? Do you think they'll treat you fairly? They will just tie you up, stone you to death, or drown in the Wind Lotus Lake. Let's go! Let's go! Listen to me! ”

Xu Changqing probed outward and opened one. Yoshizo's ugly face fell right into his sight.

The bald middle-aged man's face was so distorted that he didn't dare to look at it directly. The eyeballs bulged, the nose opened and inhaled excitedly, and the chin chewed from time to time, as if gnawing on a bone. The ferocious appearance is indescribable. This is the expression of a murderer, ferocious and vicious.

Xu Changqing stood up and helped Xiaoxia sit in the corner of the house. "Wait for me here," he comforted Natsu, "Don't worry, I'll be back." ”

Pushing open the door, he walked out of the room. Unconsciously, a trace of mist rose from his body, getting thicker and thicker.

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