The weather in June is like a hot sun.

A hundred miles north of Nara Castle, a small mountain village stands against a hill with a crystal clear stream at the foot of the mountain. At this time, it was lunchtime, and the farmers in the village could not stand the scorching sun, so they squinted under the sun and returned to their respective homes on the mountain, ready to eat a full meal and take a nap, and wait for the sun to set in the afternoon before going down to work.

People came home in groups of three and five, and walked to a corner at the foot of the mountain, only to find a man lying on the side of the stream, with a large pool of bright red blood flowing around him, and a pair of bloody hands struggling to hold a mouthful of the stream to drink, but they couldn't reach it and couldn't use their strength.

The villagers were simple, not suspicious of him, only felt that he should be injured by the wolves, tigers and leopards around him, three villagers who were traveling together hurriedly walked to his side, one of them gently lifted the man's body and turned it over, so that he lay in a comfortable position, and the other person took out the wooden scoop he carried with him and scooped half a scoop of stream water and handed it to his mouth, carefully fed a little water, but the man suddenly coughed violently a few times, and actually squirted out a mouthful of water mixed with blood.

"What should I do?" One of the villagers was a little anxious, this person was seriously injured, and it was estimated that it was difficult to survive.

The villager holding the injured man's head frowned tightly at this time, it stands to reason that this person was so seriously injured, if he were an ordinary person, he would have died a long time ago, but he can survive until now, he is definitely not an ordinary person, could it be said that he is also the same as the deacon in the village, a respected samurai?

"Now you go back to the village and inform the deacon of this, and we will wait here to listen to your orders......" Apparently this man is the leader of the three.

The man answered and hurried up the hill, and soon came to a hut in the far corner of the village, bowed his head and asked respectfully, "Is the deacon at home?" ”

"What's the matter?" A cold answer from inside the house made the villager shiver in the heat of June.

"Lord Deacon, on the way back, we found a very badly injured man lying beside the stream, I don't know what ......" The villager was still very respectful, as if he was accustomed to the deacon's cold tone.

"Are you still alive?" The people in the house asked directly, interrupting the villagers.

"Alive, alive...... But it seems to be dying......"

"What does it look like?" Lord Deacon's words were still short and cold.

"He had a cloak and couldn't see his face clearly, but he was covered in blood, and his arms were bruised and bruised...... "The villager struggled to remember the man's appearance, and suddenly remembered that the clothes he was wearing were very characteristic and strange, so he hurriedly continued: "Oh...... By the way, he was wearing a strange red robe, and there seemed to be a black thousand-foot embroidered on the chest of his clothes, and he also had a robe in his arms, as if he was carrying a weapon......"

Before the villager finished speaking, he heard the door of the grass hut burst, and a black shadow instantly pierced through the door and disappeared, the villager touched his nose and was in a trance, was that the deacon just now? I've never seen him in such a hurry these days, huh? It's weird...... The villagers shook their heads, ignored the exploding grass gate, and quickly ran down the mountain.

……

Yan Lengfeng looked at Yao Shuang, who was swollen all over his body, he had already passed out, his injuries were too serious, and it was not easy to support him until now.

"Last time, you tried your best to protect me from drowning, and this time, it's my turn......" Yan Lengfeng said coldly, then picked up Yao Shuang from the villager's hand and flew quickly towards the mountain.

"Hurry, hurry...... Gather all the chickens and ducks in the village and present them to the deacon, and in addition, call the skin-peeling doctor as well, so that he must be healed, the injured man should be a friend of the deacon, the deacon has helped us through this before, and we must also help him save his friend! The leading villager said.

The other two nodded, and the three quickly ran back to the village to inform the other villagers.

……

Exposed to the scorching sun, a large group of people surrounded the entrance of the vegetable market in Nara City.

In the center of the entrance to the vegetable market, a captive prisoner wearing a white prison uniform was tied to the beheading platform.

"It's noon, slash!" As soon as the overseer gave the order, the masked man in yellow raised the long knife in his hand, and the knife fell, a cavity of blood sprinkled on the ground, and a round head with open eyes rolled down.

Yao Shuang looked at the masked man in yellow, but the man sneered at him, and suddenly his face changed unpredictably, turning into a white-haired old man, and suddenly his face was blurred, and his wrinkled skin turned into a young man with a full beard...... But no matter how the person changed, he always sneered at Yao Shuang, and his laughter was as strange as a baby, and it was extremely ugly.

"Don't ...... No! Yao Shuang was instantly awakened by the laughter, cold sweat broke out, and he hurriedly opened his eyes hard, and when he looked up, he saw a pale yellow thatched roof, and the sun was shining outside......

"You're awake and you're having nightmares, aren't you?" Yan Lengfeng, who was beside him, saw Yao Shuang wake up from his sleep, and couldn't help but be concerned.

"Cold Protector...... How are you? I, how did I get here, where was this? Yao Shuang struggled to sit up, but he couldn't bear the pain all over his body, and his head instantly exploded in pain, he finally gave up the struggle and lay down quietly.

Yan Lengfeng picked up a bowl of chicken soup that had already been prepared and put it at the head of the bed, but then felt that Yao Shuang didn't seem to have the strength to drink the soup by himself, so he had no choice but to scoop a spoonful and gently hand it to Yao Shuang's mouth.

Yao Shuang thanked him, then opened his chapped lips and swallowed hard, but there was always a strange feeling, Yao Shuang had traveled since she was a child, and naturally she had seen a lot of strange things, but men still couldn't accept feeding men soup.

Yan Lengfeng opened his mouth at this time to break the slightly embarrassing atmosphere, only to see him scoop another spoonful and hand it to Yao Shuang's mouth, and said: "You have been in a coma for five days, this is a very remote mountain village, it is very safe, you can rest assured that you can recuperate." ”

After Yao Shuang took another sip, he felt that his lips were no longer dry, so he shook his fingers slightly, signaling that Yan Lengfeng didn't need to feed him anymore, and instead asked, "Why did the Cold Protector appear here?" ”

Yan Lengfeng naturally put down the bowl of chicken soup in his hand, breathed a long sigh of relief, and replied: "After you left that day, in the afternoon, a general under Yuan Laichao came to arrest me, saying that it was a wanted criminal in the Celestial Empire, I naturally didn't obey, and I fought with him, that person was not my opponent, and he was directly gassed into my body and injured his internal organs, I'm afraid it will be difficult to live." Later, there were five people from the Celestial Empire, I felt that two of them had a very deep internal force, and they might not be able to win by hard fighting, so I jumped directly to the roof and escaped from Nara City, and those people did not chase again, I thought to myself that if you get the news, you will inevitably go north, after all, the north is the junction of the Hando range and the Genji range, and this way I came to this small mountain village by detouring the path, and there was a group of robbers who were about to do evil, so I shot and killed this group of people, and this group of villagers thanked me for my kindness, and insisted on letting me live here, Eat and drink naturally every day and offer it to me, and I have nowhere else to go but to live here with peace of mind, and this place is not far from Nara Castle, and by the way, you can also inquire about Nara Castle. ”

Yao Shuang frowned when she heard this, and suddenly asked, "How long have you been here?" ”

"Half a month is two days away."

"That is, I escaped on the road for eight days? Isn't that ruthless brother dangerous?! Yao Shuang remembered the scene in her dream, and hurriedly struggled to sit up, but couldn't help but feel a burst of blood in her heart, and a violent cough spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Ruthless brother? How could he? According to our speculation that night, shouldn't Ruthless and Fire be imprisoned? Yan Lengfeng hurriedly helped Yao Shuang to lie down, and then asked with some doubts.

Yao Shuang saw her physical condition at this time, even if she went to Nara City, what could she do? What's more, his escape was something he fought so hard for, and if he rushed to go again, wouldn't it be in vain to waste his kindness? Thinking like this, Yao Shuang could only sigh, Sect Master, where are you at this time? ……

Yao Shuang sighed with emotion, and could only hope that the scene in the dream was really just a dream.

Yao Shuang sorted out some sad emotions, and turned to Yan Lengfeng to talk about what happened that day.

"A lot happened that day, and I found out ...... first"

……

Yao Shuang soon said that he met with Fallen Leaf Ruthless and Yan Huo'er that night, Yan Huo'er was persuaded to leave by the two first, and soon after, three more Celestial Empire people rushed to support, a total of five Celestial Dynasty people plus Kato Junichi and Miura Yoshisumi A total of seven people launched a siege on the two of them, among them, an old man, a masked man in yellow, and the fierce man with an axe, and Miura Yoshisumi and Kato Junichi were the most difficult, and the two quickly couldn't resist their respective injuries and defeated.

After that, Falling Leaves ruthlessly tried her best to stop these five people and wanted Yao Shuang to escape, Yao Shuang naturally couldn't bear to abandon her companions and live alone, but at this time, Falling Leaves Ruthless shouted and said a long list of words.

"Master Yao, you and I have different identities, you are a wanted criminal, if you are caught, you will only die and have no life, I am just a trialist, even if I die, I will just change my name and start all over again, you are different, your life is only once, you must cherish it, living is hope!"

Yao Shuang saw that there was no hope, so he could only fly and retreat, but the fierce man shouted at the masked man in yellow: "Master Hantang, I will take care of this person from the Falling Leaves family, you go after that person, but that person is extremely high, a head taller than you, you must not let him run!" After the fierce man said this, Kato-kun turned into a whirlwind and chased after him early in the morning, and what the masked man in yellow said later, Yao Shuang never heard it again.

Running all the way, Yao Shuang was terrified and thrilling, Kato Junichi was able to distinguish where his position was, he was hit by the old man's palm before, and the internal injuries were very serious, but he didn't dare to repeat the old tricks, and then he went to catch a living creature to deceive Kato Junichi, because Kato was still closely following the man in yellow, and he couldn't hide from Kato. The three of you chased after me, and after several fights and evacuations, Yao Shuang's injuries became more and more serious, and his speed gradually slowed down, and finally he was still exhausted, fell from mid-air, and fell into the bushes.

Seeing that Yao Shuang was about to be discovered by Kato, Yao Shuang could only secretly breathe at this time, and kept praying in his heart, hoping that Kato-kun would not feel his breath, but as the patriarch of the Wind Ninja clan, after being deceived once, can he be deceived again?

Apparently yes......