Leaving Kono Town, Hidemitsu and his party, who were walking back, were still on the road at this time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The snow that had been falling for the past few days had stopped, but the snow on the ground showed no signs of melting.

Now they have just left Kono Town and walked on the road to Kudo Mountain Town.

Yamijiro, who likes to play, soon gets close to Hidemitsu and his party, pestering Hidemitsu and Hidemune along the way to tell them what the outside world is like. And Sangoro has always been carried by Irizawa Shinnai, who is used to taking children.

By the way, Yashiro was born in the sixth year of Keicho (1601) and just turned five years old this year. Sangoro was born in the summer of the ninth year of Keicho (1604) last year, and is now just two years old, but in fact he is not yet a year old, and he is still a baby waiting to be fed.

Because of these two children, Xiuguang and his party had to walk for a while to rest for a while, and let the two children play around. Sangoro couldn't walk yet, so he kept opening his hand and patting on Irizawa's back.

It was already close to noon, and Hidemitsu decided to stop for a moment and rest in the shade of a tree next to the trail.

Irizawa took out a few people's dry food from his luggage and distributed it among several people. Xiuguang nibbled on dry food while looking around at his surroundings.

"I think there's a village over there......"

Hidemitsu, who has a good eyesight, discovers a small village at the foot of the Koyasan mountains. Although the village is not very large, it looks like there are at least a dozen families. Judging from the houses where the families lived, the village was not very wealthy.

"Let's go over and have a look. Ah, by the way, put away the katana. ”

Hidemitsu finished the lunch in his hand in two by three, handed over the wakicha around his waist to Hidemune, and then jumped off the big stone he was sitting on and walked towards the village.

Hidemune watched Hidemitsu leave, and immediately put Wakicha in his luggage, entrusted Yamitsuro to Irizawa Shinnai to take care of, and ran to the village with Hidemitsu.

Although Irizawa Shinnai thought that it was too dangerous to let the young Hidemitsu and Hidemune run to an unfamiliar village, he wanted to follow. But there were still two children by his side, which made him busy and difficult to get out.

"It's a nice village."

Hidemitsu and Hidejong walk around the edge of the village, while also taking care to hide their figures in case they are discovered by the unsuspecting villagers, and it will be very troublesome if something happens. What's more, Hidemitsu saw a sentry set up next to a certain house in the village, but fortunately, it was far away from their direction and was almost invisible. But no matter what, you have to keep an eye on your surroundings all the time.

Although there is some noise in the village now, there is no one on the village road. I guess they all went home for lunch.

"By the way, Xiuzong, what's the name of this village?"

"Your Highness, how could I possibly know that this is Kishu that I have never been to, and I am not a map like Shang Chang."

Hearing Xiuguang's inquiry, Xiuzong shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know.

"Wait, Xiuzong, there's a voice over there."

Hearing the commotion, Xiuguang told Xiuzong to shut up for a moment and listen to the voice coming from the front.

"How...... It seems to be a child's voice, and there is more than one. I guess it's the children of the villagers......"

After listening for a while, Xiuguang made a judgment.

"Your Highness, do you want to go over and take a look, it doesn't seem to be very far, look, those children in front of you should be the owners of these voices."

Xiuzong pointed to the edge of the village less than a few dozen meters away from them in front of him. There was a group of kids, a bunch of people gathered around and didn't know what they were doing.

"Okay, let's take a look."

Xiuguang nodded and agreed.

They crept behind a tree behind the group of children and watched.

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Children are innocent and innocent. But it also means that they can't tell if something can be done and what they shouldn't do.

In this way, they can appear very cruel when dealing with certain peers who do not conform to their ideas.

That's the way it is now.

These children are the sons of villagers who were born and raised in this village. Their average age is about seven or eight years old, and some of the older ones are in their teens. They sat in a circle, not to discuss anything, but simply to make fun of and taunt the skinny boy they had surrounded in the center.

The bold older sturdy children kept throwing clods of dirt at the boy, while the others gathered around and made verbal teases.

The boy who was being bullied in the center was probably only about four or five years old, and he stood with his head bowed and silent, allowing the other children to abuse and make fun of him.

This scene made Xiuguang and Xiuzong, who were watching from behind, very angry, especially Xiuzong.

"Your Highness, let me beat them up!"

"I'll allow you to stop them, but don't overdo it, and be careful of being spotted by the village adults."

After getting Hidemitsu's permission, Hidemune walked out from behind the tree empty-handed.

"What are you guys doing?!"

Xiuzong wanted to shout and scare these little kids. But because he was worried that he would be discovered by the villagers, he just let out a vicious roar.

The children also immediately discovered Xiuzong's existence, and the younger children took a few steps back a little timidly. The older children gathered around.

"Who are you? Is it from the next village, don't be nosy! ”

"Be careful, I let my father beat you!"

Those children were about twelve or thirteen years old, a little younger than Xiuzong, but they were more than a head behind Xiuzong in terms of height. Although they were a little afraid of Xiuzong's height, because they relied on their nearby parents, they were rude to Xiuzong, and asked him not to get involved in this matter.

Although Xiuzong didn't use his words, the coercion of his eyes was always just right. His sharp eyes kept looking directly at the child in the lead.

The boy who had been bullied by the siege also raised his head, which had been smashed to the ground by clods of dirt, and looked in amazement at what was happening ahead.

Xiuguang walked out from behind, tugged at Xiuzong's sleeve, and motioned for him to stand back for the time being.

"What village are you from?! Don't worry about so much nosy! ”

The children saw that another child who didn't know which family it was, so they continued to besiege Xiuguang and them.

Hidemitsu ignored them, and his gaze turned to the timid boy standing in the center who had been smashed all over by clods of dirt.

"Why are you being treated like this?"

Ignoring the existence of the other children, Xiuguang went straight to the boy and asked him.

The boy lowered his head, not daring to respond to Xiuguang's question.