Walking alone in the mountainous woodland, it was not all smooth sailing when he fled last night.

Fan Zhuoyuan sent elite scouts to chase and kill along the way, and after a bloody battle, Jingjingren barely escaped from the dense mountain forest.

But he had already been hit by many arrows, stab wounds everywhere, bleeding nonstop, and the whole person looked pale and haggard.

However, the physical pain is not one-tenth of the inner pain.

Until now, he still flashed in front of his eyes the scenes that happened last night.

Under the encirclement and suppression of the Yuankou army, the dead soldiers who fell in despair one by one helped those ninjas and swordsmen who dragged Fan Zhuoyuan's relatives with their lives.

There is also Ye Xiuping, a friend who was kicked away by Fan Zhuoyuan and whose fate is unknown, and Ape Fei Sun and Moon, who did not hesitate to blow himself up and block the enemy in order to allow himself to escape.

What a good companion, what a brave warrior, all of them fell powerlessly under the fluttering fanzi flag!

Under the battle flag, there stood that tall, strong, hideous and terrifying figure, as if looking at himself with contempt.

Could it be that Fan Zhuoyuan, the evil ghost, is really invincible!

Kamikaze is still looking after us, but has Amaterasu already given up on us?

In agony of thought, he fell into a small stream, and down the stream, was washed up in a village in the middle of the mountains.

The information in the mountains and fields is blocked, and I still don't know what is happening in the outside world.

But when they saw a seriously injured samurai being rushed down, the villagers in the mountain village were frightened and hid back into their houses one by one, not daring to intervene.

In Japan, there was a barrier between the commoners and the samurai, who not only had the power to participate in politics, but also had the privilege of deciding the life and death of the common people.

If a samurai felt that a civilian had offended him, he could kill them at will without paying any price.

The peasants bear a very heavy tax, and they usually pay taxes according to 7 to 3 of the grain output.

That is to say, seventy percent of the grain in one acre of land must be handed over to the public, and thirty percent can be eaten by oneself.

It also does not include the liege's surtax on addition to the main tax, which is often a collection of money.

Therefore, ordinary farmers need to sell their grain for money and pay taxes, so that even eating a meal of rice is a luxury.

This is also the reason why many civilians did not dare to step forward and choose to flee quickly when they saw the injured samurai.

Only a woman who was washing clothes by the river, looked back at Jingren with glasses, her face was surprised, and she hurriedly ran back, and it took a lot of effort to fish Jingjing Ren ashore, and then carried it home.

The neighbors watched the girl's actions and were extremely puzzled.

An old woman next door said, "Hatsuhime, that person is a samurai, and if he is so badly injured, maybe other samurai are chasing him."

You've saved him now, and if any other samurai come to him, they'll probably kill you too. ”

Chu Ji turned her head and said firmly: "Grandma, this person saved me on the mountain before!" ”

The old grandmother was stunned for a moment and sighed, "Okay, Hatsuhime, then you must be careful, hide people well, don't be discovered." ”

Hatsuhime nodded vigorously and pulled out the arrows for Kagami Ren in the room, stitched up the wounds, and stopped the bleeding with herbs collected in the mountains.

This kind of mountain people who live in the mountains and sometimes have to live on the mountains often have some simple medical knowledge, but usually the chance of killing people is greater than that of treating the living.

Fortunately, Jingjing Ren was strong and strong, and after a high fever for three days and three nights, he finally crawled back from the ghost gate.

Lying on the unfamiliar tatami mat, he still felt drowsy, and he could faintly hear someone talking outside the room.

"Hatsuhime, they all say that they are Yuankou, but the bandits will only rob us of our wealth.

But those people from the Central Plains who crossed the sea bought and sold fairly, and never bullied the weak.

Daddy, although I was forcibly requisitioned by them to expand the castle town, I can still have two full meals a day, and all meals are white rice!

I can often eat delicious salted fish and kelp, but I have forgotten the last time I ate fish. ”

The girl also swallowed with envy, "Are they so good to the people who were forcibly recruited to work in the past?" ”

The man shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because they eat better and use it better, and they don't think that eating white rice and eating fish is too high-class enjoyment."

Because I was able to meet the deadline ahead of schedule, they rewarded me with two salted fish and a packet of coarse salt.

He also gave me a household badge and said that as long as I wanted, I could move to the castle town at any time! ”

"Huh? Is Yuankou so good? Last month, in the castle town of Miike-gun, the owners of the castle were worried about the fact that they were very brutal and slaughtered and looted the castle at every turn. ”

"Then I don't know, anyway, the ones in the south are not, but they seem to be very cruel to the relatives and cronies of the samurai lord and the lord of the city, and those who don't submit to them are all killed, and the heads are piled up into a capital temple and placed outside the city.

But I haven't seen them do anything to civilians and businessmen, and it seems that their brutality should have a choice. ”

The girl didn't speak, she noticed something, "Dad, where did you get the money to buy the cloth?" ”

"Oh, the walls have long been repaired, and I should have come back early.

However, some merchants from Middle-earth saw that my father could work hard, so they paid me to keep me and help them carry some goods.

I gave copper coins and silver in real terms, and I worked for a few days and made a lot of money. Thinking that you are also going to be of the age of marriage, I bought a roll of cloth and came back, how many years have you not had new clothes to wear. ”

The girl smiled sweetly: "Thank you, Daddy, there is a war going on in Chikugo Province now, so don't go out in the near future." ”

The girl's father took a few sips of water and said with a smile, "That's not good, although these people from Middle Earth are very powerful, but there are also a large number of samurai gathered over there in Chikugo."

I don't know if they'll be able to fight, but I'm going to go down the mountain more to help them while they're still there.

They are building bazaars and expanding towns everywhere, and they need a lot of help from them, so they don't want to make a fortune now.

In case they are defeated, and the samurai lord comes back in the future, I am afraid that he will increase his efforts to exploit us, and it is inevitable that we will have a hard time. ”

"Dad, I know, then I'll hide the money you earn. If you go down again, be careful. ”

"What are you afraid of, this time I will come back and rest for two days, and the men in the village will go out to work together the day after tomorrow.

But you also have to be careful, there are no men in the village, so you are afraid that wild thieves will come and rob them. ”

The man said, his eyes subconsciously noticed the house, and he wondered, "Who is in the house?" ”

"Ah, Dad, this ......"

"Don't stop me! Didn't you disobey the woman's way and bring the man back! Who taught you like this! ”

Syllable! A crisp slap sounded coming.

A middle-aged man with a thin figure but a very strong look dragged a firewood knife into the house and saw Kagami Ren who had just sat up.

His eyes froze, his whole body tensed, and he arched his back like an old cat that had encountered a natural predator.

"You?! You're a samurai! ”

Jingjing Ren coughed weakly, bowed slightly and said, "Under Jingjingren, thank you for saving me!" ”

The man turned his head and shouted, "Hatsuhime! What's going on? How did you save a samurai and go home, aren't you afraid of causing trouble to your family! ”