On the shores of the lake, which was renamed "Tang Lake", twenty samurai soldiers lined up in two teams and practiced slashing in formations.

To correct them when fighting, you have teammates, even if it is a scuffle, a few people cooperate, it is much more efficient and safer than you rush to kill yourself.

It's still very strenuous.

Lu Ning was a little impatient in the end, and went to sit by the lake to enjoy the scenery of the turquoise lake.

Distant villages, hazy in the morning light.

On the Qianmo trail, a group of people came to Guhe Sixteen, leading several women, girls and girls to deliver food.

In the bamboo basket, there were taro and steamed fish again, Lu Ning looked helpless, as if he was so unparticular about it, he had eaten enough.

Of course, for the villagers, this is already a good meal, and now it is not a meal at all, it is the "class adult" who asks for three meals a day, which is the dining habit of Qi people.

"Here you go." Lu Ning beckoned to Guhe Sixteen.

Furukawa Sixteen hurriedly ran over.

Last night, seeing the sharpness of these Qi samurai swords, "Lord Ban" even slashed down a small tree, which shocked him, and gradually believed that it was Xiuxiang who sent people to retaliate, and the Ban adults could also repel them.

"I just received an order from the General Court of Literature to set up a village in Guhezha, and you will know the village and give the ancient surname." Lu Ning became more and more fluent in Dongying, and explained to him what the Central Plains pronunciation of "Zhizhai" does, and said with a smile: "From now on, you are the official of Daqi from the ninth grade, congratulations!" ”

In contact with this Qi person, Gu Sixteen vaguely knew that the Central Plains pronounced "Wen Zongyuan" was a big man, and he was the largest civil official in Dongying in the Central Plains.

It's just that how to crusade against Ezo in the northeast has become to attack Lord Xiuxiang, and Gu Sixteen doesn't quite understand, I heard that it was Lord Xiuxiang who attacked the Qi people first and killed the officials appointed by the Qi people, it sounds like Lord Xiuxiang, a wise man, seems to have done something very stupid.

"Ban-sama, you're not leaving, are you?" Gu Sixteen asked suddenly.

The people of the Central Plains, who are famous for keeping their promises, heard from the mouth of the class adults, that the credulous messenger did not spread the wrong word, and the payment of taxes in the future is indeed ten percent of the payment of two achievements, and this is still the holy oracle of the Emperor of the Central Plains, in the territory of the Central Plains, all the people are like this.

This is much more generous than when Lord Xiuxiang was the master.

Gu Sixteen was suddenly worried that this was just a sweet dream, and after the Qi people left, here, it would return to its original appearance, and he was just a slave to the adults who ruled Tangze Mountain City.

Lu Ning smiled: "As long as you want us to stay, we won't leave, and it's not you, us, the villagers of this ancient river village, they will all be Qi people in the future, and they will all be the people of the Central Plains Emperor." ”

Gu Sixteen smirked, although he didn't believe that he had really become a noble Qi person, but the words of the class master made people feel very comfortable listening to it, and said in a loud voice: "The villagers of Guhe all hope that the class adults will never leave." ”

Lu Ning smiled, in fact, think about it, if everything goes well, this New Tang City does not have to give up, then it has been a long time, the New Tang City is a special administrative region, the people are Qi people, taxes, etc., are all treated by Qi people, but the surrounding counties, the canonized city lord of this dynasty, the Dongying people under his rule are not so well treated, or most of the harvest is deprived by the city lord, plus New Tang City will inevitably become a nearby Central Plains commodity distribution place, with the passage of time, the gap between the lives of the two sides will become bigger and bigger, and when the time comes, there will inevitably be chaos.

However, these should be left to future generations to solve.

After pondering, Lu Ning said again: "In addition, you find someone to help me write a letter, and then send a trustworthy and clever messenger to send it to the head of the country." ”

Gu Sixteen was stunned, the country was guarded or something, in his eyes before, it was simply high and difficult to reach.

Lu Ning glanced at him, as if he understood what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Just say that it is a letter written by the two palace guards in Xintang City, and it can be delivered to him." ”

Gu Sixteen nodded slowly, "Yes, understood!" Only then did I realize more deeply that in the eyes of the Qi people, the local natives may be the ministers, and in their eyes there is nothing remarkable, so I said that this class is the lowest-ranking officer in the Qi people, and there are only ten soldiers in each class, but he, when he mentions the national guard, it is as if he is talking about any countryman.

Then Gu Sixteen secretly scolded himself for being stupid, Lord Xiuxiang, wasn't he a national guard before, so he was driven away by the Qi people and a group of city lords, right?

"I tracked the footprints of Taro Tochigi and others last night, they should have fled to Shimokoku, my letter is to order Tachibana Nakaren to search for these murderers, but it is your messenger, don't delay all the way, don't rest all the way, go directly to Tachibana Nakaren's town to guard the city."

When Lu Ning said "order", Dongying didn't think of appropriate words in Dongying's language for a while, but used words with meanings such as orders.

Gu Sixteen was even more secretly speechless, nodded and said, "Okay, Master Ban, I'll look for someone to help you write a letter." ”

"Ojisan, I'll write it!" Next to the cedar tree by the lake, a small figure flashed.

Lu Ning had already seen her slowly approaching, but he didn't pay attention to it.

This is a little girl about ten years old, although she is wearing a Dongying cloth skirt, she is beautiful and a little beauty embryo.

"Don't mess around!" Gu Sixteen blew his beard and stared at his eyes, but then his eyes lit up.

Lu Ning also knew who this little girl was, she must be Gu Sixteen's niece, the only daughter of his eleventh brother, named Chunxiang, who was just ten years old this year.

Because she was smart and cute when she was a child, Hidego's eldest son, that is, Tochigi Taro's father, Misayuki, liked her very much when he saw her, and asked the psychics of Honmaru Shrine to teach her, and it seems that she didn't just want her to serve Honmaru Shrine, but also told the Furukawa family that she hoped to send Haruka to the shrine in Kyoto, and once she could be chosen as a god son and serve the main god of Kyoto Shrine, Hidego-sama would also be grateful to her.

Lu Ning now also has a certain understanding of the customs of Nandongying, the son of God, that is, commonly known as the witch, nowadays, the lower-class witches, because of the difficulty of begging for food, many of them have become witch prostitutes, because witches and dances are indistinguishable, and they communicate with the gods through dance.

Even in ancient myths and legends, the most famous witch Tiandian Nu Ming has stories similar to the stories of dancing with a sexual performance in the ceremony of inviting the sun god to cause the gods to laugh, and it can also be seen that the witch's dance is not so solemn and sacred. Nowadays, many lower-class witches are no different from dancing girls.

It is not uncommon for low-ranking shrine maidens sent to Kyoto to become the playthings of the powerful.

In fact, in ancient times, the birth of the Dongying witch was inseparable from sex, in the past, the Dongying people generally believed that women have spiritual power, as long as the daughter of the family is an adult, she will automatically obtain the qualification to serve their own gods to become a witch, they lead the family gods of the sacrifice activities, but also listen to the oracle, and the oracle to the family, the most important obligation of the witch at that time is to welcome the guests in the large-scale sacrifice activities, and spend a good night with them, the "soul" obtained by serving the gods on weekdays is given to the guests, and pray for a good harvest in the village in the coming year.

Of course, those witches in the big shrines that even have royal daughters serving the gods as officials are naturally pure and jade, witch prostitutes, mainly those women who have embarked on this profession in order to make a living.

And Fujiwara Hidego's eldest son, of course, is not so kind and generous, but I'm afraid that he was also going to train Haruka to be a witch, and when she develops into a slim and slim girl, she will be sent to Kyoto to make friends with powerful people.

Taro Tochigi led the warriors to the ancient river village, causing the villagers to migrate and also wanted to take Haruka with him, and after killing and injuring people, the angry villagers led by the ancient sixteen drove them away.

These detailed experiences, after Lu Ning revealed that he understood and could speak the local language, he made Gu Sixteen tell everything in detail, and only then did he know that there was this Chunxiang.

And the little girl in front of her, although the Dongying cloth skirt is a little old and patched, it is very neat and clean, the little girl is also very clean, and her teeth are all snow-white, which is extremely rare in the Dongying countryside, if she is not that Xiao Chunxiang, who can she be?

"Master Ban, Chunxiang's handwriting is very beautiful, and there are only two people in the village who can write." Gu Sixteen looked at Lu Ning in embarrassment, a little worried, this class master thought his niece was small, he couldn't trust her, he thought he was like a child's play.

"Lord Ban, Uncle Chengtian in the village who can write, but it stinks, if Lord Ban doesn't believe me, I'll call Uncle Narita!" Haruka smiled mischievously, revealing a pair of small tiger teeth.

Lu Ning smiled, this little thing, obviously noticed that he was clean, and naturally knew that he must be the same as her, and he didn't like to do things with stinky people.

"Chunxiang ......" saw that this niece, who had always been lively and active, spoke without scruples, and Gu Sixteen wanted to reprimand her.

Lu Ning had already smiled and said, "Okay, you can help me write it." ”