Located on the banks of the Yoshii River, from here to Ono Castle, there is a large fertile alluvial plain with many villages, and it is a densely populated area of Bizen Province, or rather, the real population of the entire Bizen Province, and most other areas are inaccessible.

This is the case today, where most of the land is made up of mountains and uncultivated jungles, and the population is concentrated in the main plains of each country, so it is easy to form independent kingdoms one after another.

When Lu Ning and the others arrived at a village three miles west of Guanyin Temple, it was the time of the child, and the jade plate hung high in the sky.

The whole village was clearly shrouded in great shadows, and few people could sleep in peace, and from time to time there was a slight cry.

There were several ruins in the village where the black smoke had not yet drifted, and it was clear that they were burned thatched huts, and the pirates had apparently been here.

The sound of Lu Ning and others walking outside obviously caused panic again, the conversation in some grass huts disappeared immediately, some people peeked out secretly through the crack in the door, and most of them may have immediately hid in the corner of the house and shivered.

Walking on the muddy village road, Matsuda Shiping, who was walking side by side with Lu Ning, was a little helpless.

Hearing that the "Ban-sama" was going to conquer the pirates, Matsuda Sehei didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

Happily, if this is the case, it is likely to alarm Kyoto, so that Kyoto will pay attention to the thieves here and report it many times, but there is no response from the mud cow entering the sea.

The worry is that if "Ban-sama" is victimized by pirates, he may be greatly implicated.

Hearing that the Qi people are now popular in Kyoto, Ono Yoshiko, who had been conquering Qi, refused to return to Kyoto after the defeat and fled to Echizen Province, and took the national division himself, although he still vowed to drive out all the invading Qi people sooner or later under the banner of supporting the emperor, but he was already greatly condemned.

In such an atmosphere, if dozens of Qi people were killed locally, Matsuda Shihei didn't know what would happen to him.

It's just that this "Ban-sama" and Ben didn't listen to his suggestion to report to Kyoto first, and insisted on taking a hundred Qi guards to go to Saidaiji Temple to suppress bandits.

Matsuda Sehei had no choice but to recruit volunteers from the city to accompany him, after all, this gesture was a must.

Although, the volunteers who may be recruited are just going to die.

The pirates are all murderers and arsonists, and they cut off a few heads without blinking, so how can the peasants in the city be their opponents?

To Matsuda's surprise, "Ban-sama" said that a hundred soldiers were enough to exterminate the pirates, and it would be a burden to bring some peasants.

Matsuda Shihei persuaded again, but the "Banda" had already gathered all the people to prepare for the expedition, and they assembled very quickly, and they all had horses, and it was indeed not at all that "Ashigaru" could catch up.

In the end, Matsuda Sehei could only lead a few samurai on horseback.

To say that he has more than 100 standing soldiers to maintain law and order, but there are only a few horses, and they are all purchased and ridden by the children of several small local manor owners.

Nowadays, it seems that the Dongying is like this, the owners of the manor, in order to protect their land, more and more like to resort to force, generation after generation, gradually formed a special warrior class.

This is the case in the Kanto region, while the western part of the country is slowly changing.

Because the Qi people gathered too quickly, Matsuda Shihei didn't even have time to put on his big armor, so he could only change into a tighter and narrower robe and pants in a slightly embarrassed way, and hurriedly followed.

And now, looking at the "Ban-sama" walking beside him and the two beautiful girls who followed him, Matsuda Sehei's face was silent, but he had already made up his mind in his heart that he would never give this arrogant and unaware of the so-called Qi people to the funeral, and before being surrounded by pirates, he would flee with his subordinates.

In this way, he is also considered to have fulfilled his benevolence and righteousness.

When he reported to Kyoto, he also personally participated in the war, persuaded him bitterly, and followed, but he did not die in battle, so he could only say that his life was great, and he could not blame himself for all the serious consequences.

There is one point, Matsuda Shihei was very surprised, when he followed the Qi cavalry team out of the city, he didn't see this class master all the way, I don't know, why, he went to this village to wait, and there were two beautiful girls beside him, as if they followed him all the way from Kyoto.

At this time, Lu Ning was also feeling that the strength of his whole body was gradually rising again.

Carrying one person on the left and right, running for dozens of miles, it still took some effort.

Although, the cavalry is just jogging, it is not difficult to run ahead of them.

Fuko innocently asked, can she help in any way? For example, prepare some food for the fighting army.

Madong Ji rolled her eyes, thinking that this stupid girl didn't know what war was.

Lu Ning thought it was funny, so he simply brought them, of course, in order to use them to appease the people after expelling the pirates, and at the same time, morally, to further make the Qi people become the saviors who were invited by the local magnates to attack the pirates legitimately and reasonably.

And walking beside Lu Ning, Zhendong Ji and Fuzi were also a little dizzy, soaring through the clouds, an unbelievable experience, being carried by a nepota and running wildly, in mythological stories, there is such a strong man, right?

"In this family, the father, mother, children, and grandfather are all there, the people are relatively complete, and the father is also very bold, you can go in and ask for details." Lu Ning suddenly stopped beside a thatched hut.

The villages of Dongying are not as neat and tidy as many villages in the Central Plains today, with rows and rows of houses, just say that this small village is very scattered, and there are dozens of families sparsely on the soil slope.

"Zhendong, you come and ask them questions." Lu Ning said to Zhen Dongji.

Zhendong Ji's mind didn't belong, Lu Ning said again, as if he had just come back to his senses, "Okay, I know, Brother Ban." ”

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Matsuda Shihei felt even more incredible that this family was really as the "class lord" said, three generations were in the same house, and they were not slaughtered by water thieves.

It's just that when Lu Ning, Matsuda Sehei, Madonghime and Fuko knocked on the door outside and called everyone out, they obviously struggled inside, and in the end, they all cowered and walked out.

The ragged family is barefoot, their legs are full of mud, each bone is as thin as wood, and their faces are dirty, and they don't know how many days they haven't washed properly.

"You don't have to be afraid...... Before Zhendong Ji finished speaking, Lu Ning leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear.

Zhendong Ji pointed at Fuzi, "This is the younger sister of His Majesty the Emperor, Prince Fukonai, my name is Zhendong, I am an envoy from the Andong Road of the Qi State, and this Ban Master is the commander of the officers and soldiers of the Qi State. ”

The words of Zhen Dongji's introduction of identity not only made those villagers at a loss, but they couldn't digest this lot of information for a while, and they didn't know who Qi Ren was.

It was Matsuda Shihei, who was also stunned, and looked at Fuzi in shock, and then at Lu Ning.

And Zhen Dong Ji is still continuing, but the first question is not what Lu Ning taught her to ask, but: "Are the pirates still in the Saida Temple?" Why didn't you run away? Obviously, she was a little confused about this.

In Kanto, she had seen the people of the villages, before the outbreak of the war, fleeing with their families and hiding in the mountains and forests, and the temporary escape was not nowhere to go, and when the war was over, they would return.