After listening to Tsugawa Soji's words, Jiro's mother put down the bowl and sighed, saying, "As soon as I heard your words, I came from a foreign country." Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoWho can afford to eat now, it's a life-saving thing, who will be willing to eat rice until the last resort?"

"The samurai lord who ruled here before collected the agricultural tax from us poor peasants, but it was eight gongs and two peasants, and even if the harvest was good, there would be no extra grain to feed us. It's a blessing not to starve. Jiro's mother said slowly, "However, the samurai lord who rules here a few days ago sent two people to post a notice, saying that they will collect agricultural taxes from the six princes and four people in the future. What does it seem to be the Kakegawa family? ”

"Mother, it's the Tsugawa family!" Jiro on the side corrected his mother's words.

"That's right, Tsugawa family!" Jiro's mother smiled and said, "If it's really like what this new samurai master said, then we people will have a better life in the future." ”

"By the way, the guests have been here for so long that they still don't know what to call you?" Jiro's mother asked suddenly.

Soji Tsugawa hurriedly replied, "Oh, in Shimotoki Jiro, this is Jiro Takahashi, Kojuro Matsui, Jiro Izumigo, and Taro Sakamoto. "Tsugawa Soji didn't dare to say his real name, you must know that the name Tsugawa Soji is not a household name in the current Yugo area, but it is also famous. Until the specific situation is clarified, Soji Tsugawa is still reluctant to reveal his identity.

"So many Jiro?" Jiro's mother also exclaimed.

Jiro also opened his mouth and said with a smile, "Mother, they all have surnames, and they are all samurai masters, but they are not comparable to my Jiro." ”

Yes, yes, yes. Jiro's mother said with a smile.

At this point, the house suddenly fell silent, and Jiro said at this time, "By the way, the guests still haven't fed the horses, I'll feed the horses." ”

Jiro's mother hurriedly grabbed Jiro and said, "Jiro, you stay here with the guests, and I'll just feed the horses." ”

"Okay, mother, slow down." Jiro nodded and said.

After Jiro's mother left, Jiro said to Soji Tsugawa and the others, "Toki Jiro, right?" It's a nice name, come with me, and arrange for you to stay tonight. ”

"Uh-huh!" Soji Tsugawa stood up and said.

Under the leadership of Jiro, Tsugawa Soji and others came to a small house, and Jiro said embarrassedly, "It's a little simple, just a few of them." ”

Looking at the empty room, Soji Tsugawa said disapprehantly, "It's okay, just have a place to shelter from the wind and rain." "It's June, and it's not hot or cold, and although there is no bedding, it can barely be done.

"It's not too early, let's rest early." Jiro was about to turn around and leave as he spoke.

"Wait!" Soji Tsugawa hurriedly stopped Jiro.

"What? Anything else? Jiro paused and asked suspiciously.

"Hehe," Soharu Tsugawa said with a smile, "It's fine, it's just that when I came to the village just now, I found that some people in the village don't seem to be farmers." ”

"Toki Jiro, why are you asking this?" Jiro said puzzled.

Soji Tsugawa smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just a little curious." ”

Jiro looked Soji Tsugawa up and down, then sat down and said, "Hi! Actually, it's nothing, since you asked, then I'll tell you about it. ”

Soji Tsugawa and the others hurriedly sat down on the spot, looking deaf to their ears.

Jiro thought for a moment, then said, "Actually, these people are not ordinary farmers, they are all ninjas. As he spoke, Jiro looked around cautiously, but it didn't make any real sense, because there were walls all around............

"Ninja?" Soji Tsugawa pretended to be surprised and said, "How did the ninja appear here?"

Jiro hurriedly replied, "Actually, these people have only moved to our Yamashita Village in recent years. Many of the men in our Yamashita village had died in a great war a few years earlier, and my father had died at that time. ”

"Because so many men died, a lot of the land near the village was abandoned because there was no one to cultivate it. Later, these people came to settle in the village one after another. Jiro said slowly.

"But why did these ninjas come to Yamashita Village to be farmers?" Soji Tsugawa then asked.

Jiro replied, "I don't know, but I heard from the village chief's grandfather that these people seem to be tired of the ninja life and want to live a peaceful life, so they came to our Yamashita Village." And these people are good at asking us to keep it a secret and not to tell these things. I don't think you want to be a bad person, I just told you, you must keep what I just said secret, "Jiro has a look of believing in you, you can't lie to me."

"Well, don't worry!" Soji Tsugawa said affirmatively.

"Do you know these people?" Soji Tsugawa continued to ask.

Jiro said without thinking, "Actually, these people are also very enthusiastic, they are very good to us, sometimes which family does not have enough people to cultivate the land, and they come back to help." ”

"One of them, Koichiro, was very familiar to me, and we often went into the mountains to hunt together. I know other people, but I don't know them very well. Jiro continued, "Well, it doesn't matter anyway, you can rest in peace, there will be no accident at my house." Jiro thought that Soharu Tsugawa and the others were worried about their safety before asking this.

"Well, thank you very much. It's not too early, so Jiro, you should rest early. Soji Tsugawa said with a smile.

"Well, then I'll go back to sleep." After Jiro finished speaking, he stood up and strode away.

After Jiro left, Soji Tsugawa closed the door and whispered to Takahashi Xingke and the others, "It seems that there are really ninjas in this village, but it is unknown whether they are really as Jiro said or have ulterior motives." ”

"In the evening, we take turns keeping vigil, and we will be vigilant, and we will talk about it tomorrow."

"Lord, you can rest well, and we will take care of such things as the vigil." Takahashi Xingjia hurriedly said, and Izumi Gojiro and the others on the side also nodded in agreement. Just kidding, how could it be possible to let the noble lord Soji Tsugawa go to the vigil. Let's not talk about the question of whether it is okay or not, even if Soji Tsugawa really has to keep vigil, I'm afraid that Takahashi Xingjia and others won't be able to sleep peacefully at that time.

Soji Tsugawa nodded and said, "It's okay, then I'll sleep first, be careful!" ”

"Hah!" Takahashi Xingjia and the others hurriedly replied.

Soji Tsugawa was really a little tired, and there were Koji Takahashi and others who didn't worry much about Soji Tsugawa, so he fell asleep after a while. And Takahashi Xingjia and others also discussed the details of the next vigil, and then Takahashi Xingjia started the vigil first, and the others rested first, and then rotated in order when it was time.

Soji Tsugawa and the others slept soundly, but unexpectedly, on the roof of the room where Soji Tsugawa and the others were, a person in a dark blue night suit was close to the roof and watched the situation in the room closely, looking at the way he was dressed, it was the purpose of Soji Tsugawa and the others' trip - ninja!