The boar forest was quiet - it should have been.

Today's wild boar forest, because of the arrival of a group of uninvited guests, has become noisy.

Matsudaira Gennai, who had just successfully hunted a wild dog with a bow and arrow, was now sitting contentedly beside a large rock, taking a sip of freshly brewed tea in his hand, and casually said to Nanahara, who was kneeling beside him on one knee:

"Nanahara, yesterday's contest between the couple was really interesting, I haven't seen such an interesting contest for a long time."

As soon as Matsudaira Genuchi's words fell, Nanahara immediately echoed:

"Yes! Yesterday's contest was indeed wonderful! ”

Yesterday, the concentrators of their Hirose clan caught a couple who made a living by stealing.

After learning the news, Matsudaira Gennai was overjoyed.

Because he's short of a new "toy".

Overjoyed, Matsudaira Gennai hurriedly summoned the couple, who had already been thrown into prison, into the city, and then brought them into his "jousting arena" to let the couple play his favorite "jousting game".

Matsudaira Gennai was quite satisfied with the "competition" that the couple had yesterday.

At the beginning of the "martial arts competition", his wife kept crying, saying that she couldn't do it.

Moved by his wife's tears, the husband threw away the knife in his hand and opened his arms to allow his wife to take his life.

Subsequently...... Before the husband could finish his sentence, the wife immediately stabbed her husband into a hedgehog with joy on her face......

Gennai Matsudaira likes this kind of dramatic "martial arts" the most, and until now, he is still reminiscing about the beauty of yesterday's "competition".

On Matsudaira Gennai's side, there are currently only 4 small surnames and 3 guards led by Nanahara.

The rest of the guards scattered in all directions, alerting them in all directions for thieves or wild beasts.

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"Ha ......"

A bearded warrior yawned heavily, then said to a companion with a short beard standing beside him:

"It's so boring, how long have we been standing here?"

The bearded samurai, as well as the short-bearded samurai, were among the many guards in Matsudaira Gen.

After resting in Matsudaira Gen, the two of them dispersed with the rest of their companions, guarding all directions.

The location of the two of them was in charge of guarding a certain corner in the northwest of the Matsudaira source.

After listening to the beard's complaints, the short-bearded warrior smiled bitterly, and then said:

"I think there are 2 sticks of incense too......"

As soon as Shortbeard's words fell, the beard sighed:

"I don't understand...... What is there to be wary of? It is impossible for a wild beast to come near a place with so many people, and there is no need to guard against wild beasts. ”

"We're mainly guarding against the Assassins." Short-bearded road.

"Assassins?" The corners of his mouth twitched, and he sneered, "Who has the ability to assassinate the daimyo who is protected by hundreds of samurai?" ”

"That's right." With that, Shortbeard adjusted his stance and shifted his weight from his left leg to his right leg so that his left leg, which had been bearing his full body weight, could rest, and then continued:

"But — there's always an 'what if' in the world, isn't it?"

"Don't talk any more nonsense, be on guard, if Lord Nanahara finds out that you are not on guard, I will definitely not spare you."

When he heard Shortbeard say the word "Nanahara-sama", his bearded shoulders shrank, and a few expressions of fear appeared on his face.

"Cut ......," said the bearded in a tone full of dissatisfaction, "I hate that Nanahara guy the most...... That guy is like a puppet without a heart, at the mercy of the lord...... To be honest, Nanahara's appearance as if he has no consciousness of his own and is at the mercy of his lord is really quite scary......

"What's wrong with that?" Shortbeard said lightly, "As samurai, aren't we all going to be loyal to the lord wholeheartedly?" ”

"That's true, but ...... Alas, forget it, don't talk about this. I went to pee and came back soon. ”

"Well, go and go back quickly, if Nanahara-sama finds out that you left your post without permission and ran to pee, maybe he will cut you with a sword."

"I know, I'll get rid of my urine quickly."

It is convenient to go to a large tree not far away.

Shortbeard, on the other hand, continued to hold the katana at his waist and looked around.

Because of the convenience of the beard, the roots of the short beard's ears were cleared at once.

Just as Shortbeard was intoxicated by the silence he hadn't seen for a long time, he suddenly heard a strange sound from his beard.

"Brother...... Shortbeard turned his head and cast a puzzled look at the beard, "What's wrong with you?" ”

The beard, who was supposed to be standing and peeing on his face facing the trunk of the tree, fell to his knees and pressed his forehead against the trunk.

"Brother? Brothers? Shortbeard called out several times in succession, but could not get any response from the beard.

The short beard with a sense of foreboding in his heart walked slowly towards the beard.

When he came to the side of the beard, the short-bearded eyes immediately opened in horror!

Lying on the ground, the large artery in the neck was cut.

Large strands of blood were spurting from his slashed wounds, quickly staining all the clothes below his beard and neck.

Anyone with a little common sense can see that the beard is now too dead to die, and even if there is still a breath now, it is not far from death.

The beard that had been cut to death had his throat cut to death, and his eyes were still open.

The bearded eyes, which had lost their brilliance, still had a bit of fear and confusion.

Looking at the beard that was in a miserable state of death, Shortbeard immediately felt his legs go limp, and he almost sat down on the ground.

However, Shortbeard was a samurai after all, and he reacted quickly and stabilized his body, which almost fell to the ground.

"There is ......"

Shortbeard immediately opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

However...... The phrase "there is a case! Before he could shout, he felt a large, extremely powerful hand reach out from behind him and cover his mouth tightly, preventing him from making any sound.

Then, Shortbeard felt a sharp blade close to his neck, and slashed ......

After feeling some sharp weapon slash through his neck, Shortbeard immediately felt a sharp pain coming from the place where he had just been slashed by the sharp weapon!

Although because of the viewing angle, he couldn't see the situation around his neck.

But Shortbeard was sure that his neck must have been cut open by now! Warm blood must have gushed out of the wound on his neck!

The strong desire to survive caused Shortbeard's body to burst out with amazing power, and he began to struggle frantically!

However, it was a lot of strength to stand behind Shortbeard to restrain him.

No matter how much Shortbeard struggled, he couldn't break free of control, let alone make a sound.

Within a few seconds, Shortbeard's strength slowly weakened.

The glow in his pupils slowly dissipated.

In the end, the hands hung down softly, and the whole person stopped struggling.

The man who was standing behind him and cut his throat, after making sure that Shortbeard was dead, gently laid him flat on the ground.