Chapter Ninety-Nine: Passers-by
Although the war has been over for more than two or three years, the outside times are still not so stable. Displaced people often take risks when they cannot find life, fall into the grass and become thieves, and rely on looting to survive in this world. Coupled with the ninjas who left the village to escape the war and never returned, the concept of security and power has always stayed within the border walls of major cities and villages.
Even a few sparsely populated small villages, even with border walls, do not necessarily mean security. Those robbers and thieves who have long regarded murder as food and water have really reached the point of exhaustion, and it is common to attack small villages.
The sun casts dappled shadows on the ground through the dense trees, and when the wind stirs the green leaves of the vegetation, you can occasionally see a motorcade of carriages walking on the official road. There were nine cars in front of them, twenty or thirty guards with spears, and on the roof of the carriage at the front, a ninja sat cross-legged. Most of the time, this is a must-have configuration when traveling in the wilderness, guards, and ninjas, to deter bandits and bandits who are more daring than the sky.
The ninja looked to be in his thirties, with long black bangs covering half of his cheeks, revealing only the other half of his face. He doesn't look like a treacherous person, but appearance is always the most unreliable thing in this world, let alone it. As the carriage reached this point, he suddenly raised his right hand, and the coachman was startled, and tightened his grip on the reins, and the horse raised its head and struggled to stop.
The curtain of the third carriage was slightly opened, and a servant lowered his head by the window and listened for a moment, then trotted under the first carriage, tilted his head and asked, "Lord Sanzo, is there any danger ahead?" ”
Yamazo is the name of this ninja, half a name, and it's a kana. Since leaving the village in fear of dying in battle, his name has changed many times. He wanted to go back, but he knew he couldn't. Ninja Village's attitude towards escape ninja is by no means as magnanimous as they say, for the sake of himself and his family, he has long regarded himself as a dead man who does not exist.
Sanzo nodded slightly, "I'm not sure if it's dangerous, but there's a very strong smell of blood, do you understand?" He lowered his head and glanced at the servant on the side of the carriage, looking down at him condescendingly, "It's like the smell of a slaughterhouse!" ”
The servant's face turned three points pale, and he immediately returned to the carriage where the lord was sitting behind, and returned the words of Sanzo to the lord's house.
Through the curtain of the car, a figure could be faintly seen flashing away in the window, "Please tell me what to do next, Lord Sanzo." ”
This tone was not very worried, but there was an inexplicable worry on the faces of the surrounding guards, once the killing began, people's lives would not be their own.
After a few words, Yamazo immediately jumped from the roof of the car onto the canopy, and quickly ran towards the front with the help of the dense leaves of the canopy as cover. It wasn't long before the atmosphere of the entire convoy became extra solemn, and Yamazo returned. He didn't know what to say, but he understood that there was no danger ahead. The clumsy explanation is not clear for a long time, and it is better to let the employer see it with his own eyes.
At the signal of Yamazo, the convoy drove again, but this time the speed of the car was not required by anyone, and it was a little faster than before.
When they had run about 300 meters around a corner, the carriage stopped again.
It's not that the driver wants to stop, it's that the road is blocked.
A carriage lay across the middle of the road, and the horses that pulled the power snorted from time to time, as if the pungent smell around it was making it feel uncomfortable. If it hadn't been for the uncomfortable reins and rack locks that confined it to the carriage, it would have run away long ago.
At the command of the master, the servant ran to the front again, and before he could speak, Sanzo pointed to the carriage in the middle of the road, and to a child sitting beside the carriage.
When the child saw them, he immediately jumped off the frame with a smile, ran to the front of the convoy and bowed deeply, "Hello, I am the Renwuyue Holy Kingdom of the Renwuyue family of Konoha Village, and I met a group of bandits on the way back to Konoha Village from the Daimyo Mansion. My coachman was killed by the bandits, and it just so happened that a kind ninja passing by saved my life and killed the bandits. ”
"It's just that because that respected ninja-sama still has something to do, he can't help me take me to Konoha and I can't catch the car, so I have to ask for help on the side of the road."
He straightened up, examined the carriage, and after a moment withdrew his gaze, "If you can, please lend me a coachman, I would be grateful for it, and I will triple the money!" ”
Simply and directly told these people everything that happened, and put forward their own demands and compensation, and the eyes of the people with children in the convoy were almost staring, can such a child of this age say it? When they arrive at this place, they can also smell the fishy stench that cannot be dispersed, and it only takes more than half an hour to an hour, and the bacteria inside the organs that have lost their vital function will multiply in large numbers and produce this stench.
This smell is very special, and if you smell it once, you will know what it represents.
Whether it was a convoy of guards or a convoy, they often walked in the wilderness, and they had also encountered battles and fights, and they could not understand what the strong smell represented.
It's really remarkable that a precocious, brave, and intelligent child can still maintain his emotions in such an environment.
After a while, an ordinary coachman walked out of the horse team, "Hello, I will drive you to Konoha Village, and I don't need your payment, I just hope that you can send someone to escort us back after arriving in Konoha Village." At the same time, four guards came out of the queue and walked to the side of the carriage of the Holy Kingdom, looking at the posture that they were also going to walk with the Holy Kingdom.
If only one coachman is sent, the Holy Kingdom will not think about anything else, at most it will give enough money. But when the other party also sent four guards, this was not a simple help, but an act of "rescue". The leader of this convoy was worried about the comfort of the Holy Kingdom on the road, and deliberately returned it to the guards, which was a favor, not a charity, nor a transaction.
The smile on his face was a little sincere, and he nodded again, "Thank you very much for your generous gift, I owe you a favor within the scope of my ability." ”
A loud voice suddenly came from the convoy, "It's just a gesture, I'll help you once today, I'm just so that one day in the future, if I am in trouble, someone can help me once!" The voice was filled with an open-minded mentality, "Alright, young man, we still have to hurry!" ”
With the help of the coachman, the carriage in the middle of the road came along and let the convoy pass, and the carriage of the Holy Kingdom followed them for almost half a day before parting at a fork.
On the way back to Konoha, the Holy Kingdom was a little curious about the owner of the convoy, and after asking a few words, he learned that the destination of the convoy was the country of waves. Although the country of waves hangs alone overseas, the country of waves is richer than other countries. Coupled with the unique geographical location and environment, the seafood of Ha no Kuni has become a popular product in the inland area.
The owner of the team is called Duff, who runs several companies, and is a new business family in the country of Waves.
With this understanding, it was not surprising that when he reported his family's name, the other party would be indifferent.
They don't even know about the Ren Wuyue family!
On the other road, the convoy came to a halt during mealtime, and Duff stepped out of the carriage with a little girl in his hand, who looked to be only about eight or nine years old. She looked particularly cute in a small dress, this is Duff's youngest daughter.
During the meal, Dafu, Sanzo, and Dafu's daughter enjoyed a small dining table alone, and at the dinner table, Dafu smiled and shook his head, "That little ghost is very calm, quite interesting." As he spoke, he looked at his well-behaved daughter beside him, and raised his eyebrows, "Go back and ask people to go to Konoha Village to inquire, what is the situation of Ren Wuyue's family." ”
He doesn't care about money or status, he is also a rich man who has risen from the grassroots class, twenty years ago he was like an ordinary child in the city, he had nothing, he can have today's status and wealth, not relying on the strength of the family, but on himself.
He does not look at these hypocritical and meaningless things, but he looks at character, virtue and ability. The composure shown by the Holy Kingdom, the courage to not change in the face of such a drastic change as the killing, and the wisdom to explain things in an orderly and simple way, are what he valued.
No matter how good he is, one day he will not be able to continue working and continue to manage the family company he has created. It would be great if there was a very good son-in-law who could help him at this time. Even in Duff's heart, he hoped that the Ren Wuyue family would be a down-and-out small family, preferably with a few populations, so that he could tie the little guy called the Holy Country to his carriage and bring it back to the Land of Waves.
The corners of Yamazo's mouth twitched, he saw it, he saw the killing field like Shura's hell. There were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and there was not even a single intact person. The most complete were probably the headless corpses, and the others were cut into several pieces, and even his face turned a little pale when he saw it.
What made him feel a little unbelievable and a little frightened was the moment he saw the Holy Kingdom.
In his perception, the strong killing intent fluctuating around the Holy Kingdom's body was extremely obvious.
Perhaps, those people were not killed by some ninja passing by, but by him!
Thinking of this, Sanzo couldn't help but shudder, he felt the need to tell Duff that the family that could cultivate such a powerful child was definitely not something that a new family like Duff with no background could contaminate.