Ruzuki Saemon nodded and agreed, "Not bad." What's more, it's surrounded by mountains. Want to escape over the mountains without going through the main road? It's still possible for our ninjas in Koga Iga, but a samurai like Kenshin Uesugi can't do it. So...... He must have been hiding near this road. In this way, Leopard Horse, I will immediately go back to the makeshift camp and bring a few training haode ninja dogs. With them to help in the search, Uesugi Kenshin can't run away. ”

Muroga Leopard Ma said slowly: "Yes, this is a good idea. Then Saemon, please. ”

Ruzuki Saemon nodded, and immediately turned around. Standing in the evening breeze, the Muroga Leopard Horse sighed slightly, and muttered, "Uesugi-sama, Uesugi-sama." We, the Koga ninjas, originally had no grievances with you. To blame ...... I have to blame you, the Heavenly King of the Sword Eight Sects, who can't fight our Highness the Heavenly God Sect. ”

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Regarding everything that happened on the northern road, the Sword Shadow Demon Trace team, plus the blind girl Zatoichi, the wise Shibei Mitsuhide, Shimada Kanbei, Katayama Goroubei and a total of seven people, naturally did not know.

At around 7:30 p.m., they finally walked outside the town of Zenko-ji Temple. The town was not protected by a wall, so at most a fence was built around it and a shallow trench was dug to prevent wild animals such as boars from entering. But even if the fence and ditch were completely undefended in front of the regular army, and ordinary travelers had to enter and exit, there was no reason to climb over the wall casually. Therefore, there is an entrance and exit in the southeast, south, and northwest of Terasita Town for the use of travelers. Of course, according to the convention, this entrance and exit should be guarded by manpower. But now......

Next to the entrance, it was empty, and no one cared for it. Chen Sheng and the others drove straight into the stadium without encountering any obstruction. That's it. What makes people feel even more strange is that the "Secret Buddha Imperial Opening Ceremony", which is only held once in seven years, is about to begin, and good believers from all over the world gather here, and this temple town should have been very lively. But at the moment, the situation is very different from what I imagined.

Everyone looked at each other, and their hearts were vigilant. Chen Sheng did not hesitate at all, and strode forward, and he was about to take the lead in entering the town. But he had just stepped on the wooden bridge that crossed the ditch and connected the entrance and exit of the town, when he suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and looked sideways at the ditch under the bridge. Seeing it, he couldn't help but exhale softly with "huh~" immediately.

Akechi Mitsuhide and the three of them "guards", although they have made up their minds to rebel against the Celestial God Sect. But after all, the Heavenly God Sect has too much power. Therefore, the closer they got to Zenko-ji Temple, the stronger the uneasiness in their hearts. In the midst of anxiety, he suddenly heard Chen Sheng's voice, and the nerves that were tense to the extreme were almost broken. In an instant, the three of them were back to back, each holding the weapon in their hands tightly, and asked in unison, "Is the Heavenly God Sect here?" ”

Pu Guanshui glanced at them with a little disdain, and said, "Where is there anyone here?" You still say you're a samurai? It's just a human being. Then he stepped forward and asked, "Old Chen, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Sheng Xiangxia pointed and said in a condensed voice: "Over there." Under the trench lay a person. ”

"There's a man lying in the trench?" Pu Guanshui looked over in amazement. But it was black and rumbling, and I couldn't see anything clearly. It must be known that in the martial arts, after the innate true qi is cultivated to the realm of sympathy between heaven and man, it will naturally have the so-called "void room generating electricity" vision. Even if the night with no fingers in sight, it is still as bright as day for the innate martial artist. But Pu Guanshui doesn't have this ability.

However, to see in the dark, the Demon Sword King of Rhode Island also has another way. He shrugged, snapped his fingers with his right hand, and said in the language of the ancient Magic Kingdom, the so-called ancient language, "Light the lamp!" ”

The ancient magic kingdom is a great and incredible kingdom. All the languages spoken in this realm, even the simplest words, are associated with magic. As long as you are proficient in the language of the ancient magic kingdom, you can freely harness the magical energy and perform various miracles. Therefore, in the Rhode Island system, the magic of the ancient magic kingdom is called ancient magic, which is different from the divine magic that asks the gods to give liliang and the elven magic that summons the elves to help them.

However, in ancient languages, there is also a difference between superior and inferior. The ancient language of the upper rank is equivalent to the classical Chinese in the real shijie, and can only be used when performing certain high-level spells and performing large-scale magic rituals. As for the vernacular spoken language used in daily life, it is called the lower archaic. Can only be used to perform simple spells. And what Pu Guanshui used just now is the lower ancient mantra "bright".

As this command was heard, within a radius of ten meters, a blue-white light suddenly ignited at the same time, illuminating everything in detail. At this moment, everyone immediately saw it clearly. Under the trench, there was indeed a person half-lying in the water, unconscious. Although there are many tattered clothes on his body, his style and texture seem to be quite luxurious.

The appearance of such a person in such a place will inevitably make people vigilant. But the more this is the case, the more important it is to find out who the person is. Pu Guanshui thought for a while, turned back to Wise Guangxiu and said, "This person shouldn't be from the Heavenly God Sect. Now, let me bother you to make some effort to carry him up. Anyway, we can't die without help, can we? ”

The three "guards" agreed at the same time, and immediately rolled up their sleeves and trouser legs, and carried the man out of the trench with all their hands and feet. The crowd then gathered around him and took a closer look. Shimada Kanbei looked at it for a long time, frowned, and said, "Strange. What is this man...... Why do I feel so familiar? But...... For a while, I couldn't remember where I had seen it. ”

Chen Sheng reached out to catch the man's pulse, and after probing for a moment, he muttered, "He's not hurt." It's just that the physical exertion is too much, and the cold is cold, so I collapsed and fainted. As long as you take a good rest and eat some haode to replenish your strength, you will be fine. ”

Pu Guanshui sighed and said, "It's easy to say. But now it's a little difficult to do this kind of thing. First of all, we're not here to travel, we're here to fight with the Heavenly God Sect. At this time, if there is an extra burden around you, the critical moment is very fatal. ”

"Just find a hotel and put people down, you won't be embarrassed, right?" Su Ziling raised a counterargument and said, "No matter how fierce and evil the Heavenly God Sect is, it is impossible to kill everyone in the entire temple town." That's not good for him. ”

"That's all there is to it." Pu Guanshui shrugged his shoulders again and beckoned to Akechi Mitsuhide to put the unconscious man on horseback and fix it a little. Then he waved his hand to cancel the magic light, and led the horse through the entrance to the town made of wood, with only door frames and no door panels. The rest of the crowd followed, and they rushed in.

Dark and silent. In the whole town, except for the sound of the footsteps of a few of them and the hooves of the horses, there was only dead silence. Many of the houses on both sides of the street were open, but they were empty, and it was not known where the lord's house had gone. A cold wind blew, and naturally there was a whimper. In addition, the half-covered door panels and windows swayed left and right in the wind, and they kept making a "squeak~" sound. Such a scene is like a ghost crying at night.

It was clearly a densely populated place, but now, there is only a strange and desolate atmosphere filled it, which makes people feel like they are in a ghost land.

Everyone's heart is awe-inspiring. Each of them was on guard and continued to move forward for the camp step by step. It wasn't long before the crowd walked into a plaza in the center of Terashita. But I felt that between the cold mountain winds, there was suddenly a strange smell. Su Ziling subconsciously reached out to cover her mouth and nose, frowned, and said, "It stinks." What does it taste like? Naturally, they looked around. Zatoichi beside her twitched her small and beautiful nose slightly, and whispered, "Taste...... It seems to come from above. ”

The girl is blind and has a particularly sensitive sense of hearing and smell. She reminded them, and everyone naturally looked up at the night sky. Katayama Goroubei's sharp eyes were the first to discover the target he was searching for, and he immediately raised his red spear and pointed it diagonally at the sky, blurting out, "Hey, that's ...... What the? ”

Everyone turned back at the same time, following the direction pointed by the tip of the red gun. I saw a large flagpole about seven or eight meters high standing on the square. The top of the flagpole is nailed with a thick horizontal log, which forms a "ten" shape with the flagpole itself. Several black figures were hung on them like sausages. When the night wind blows, it keeps swaying from side to side. Su Ziling was taken aback and exclaimed, "That'...... That's people? Dead person? ”

“…… Celestial God Sect! No one would do such a thing except him. Chen Sheng snorted coldly, then strode forward, waved the Tiger Roar Treasure Knife, and cut the hemp rope on the flagpole. As soon as the hemp rope was broken, the black shadows lost their restraints, and immediately slid down with "sigh~", and smashed to the ground in an instant, causing dust to fly. And when he took a picture of the torches in his hands, they were all dead. The corpse was dressed in a robe and its hair was shaved and polished. Not only a dead man, but also a dead monk.

Shimada Kanbei has traveled all over the world and has seen a lot of things. Although I didn't know these monks, I immediately knew that they were monks and officials and that their status was quite low. If you see them on such an occasion and in this place, it goes without saying that they must be monks from Zenko-ji Temple. These monks and officials had distorted facial features, and it was obvious that they had suffered a great deal of pain and fear before they died under extremely cruel circumstances. After death, the corpse was still practiced in this way, and the commission taught people to have compassion. At that moment, Shimada Kanbei sighed and told everyone his guess.