Reeds Castle, the remains of the mound.

Yongzhen, who was dressed in a big red feather weave and wore a black coat inside, pulled out the weeds here, silently offered a fine incense in front of him, and lit it with a fire sickle.

There were no offerings in front of the tombstones.

Now the whole city of Ashina is under martial law, and it is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, and Ashina is a mountain city, and its self-sufficiency is far less than that of ordinary villages.

If you put an offering here, you may be stolen and eaten if you are not careful.

After cleaning the tomb in front of him, Yongzhen knelt down in front of the tombstone and folded his hands.

Beside him, Miko also knelt in front of the mound, his small body straightened in front of the tombstone, his hands folded, and his eyes closed.

'I hope you can bless the wolf...... Mr. Zhang. ’

Opening his eyes, Miko looked at the tomb of Zhang and Ba in front of him.

There is no decoration, just a simple remnant monument and mound, and there are weeds growing around it.

Ordinary people, you can't tell that this is the tomb of the previous generation of royal princes.

However, the size of the tomb after death sometimes does not accurately reflect the status of a person during his or her lifetime.

Unlike Kuro, the declining prince, when the previous generation of the prince was alive, his status converged with that of Isshin and others, and he was the object of everyone's respect, and even the castle tower where the prince now lives, the 'Imperial Son's Room', was built for the prince.

It was a man who was frail and sickly, but he was a hero, and naturally he was also an excellent dragon yin royal son.

Jiurou looked at the tombstone in front of him, inexplicably yearning.

If I were a boy, would I be like my father-in-law?' ’

While thinking, the little hand unconsciously touched his heart.

'Listening to Yongzhen, that Ba Da seems to be a great guard...... A strong man who is praised even by an adult with one heart. ’

Thinking about it this way, being a girl doesn't seem like a thing. ’

It's just that I'm still a little unwilling. ’

If only I could protect the wolves...... He doesn't have to go back and forth like that, does he? ’

Miko bowed her head slightly.

Yongzhen next to him seemed to notice something, and turned his head to look at her, but he didn't break it.

When the incense burned for a small half, Eijin stood up with Miko and turned back to the castle tower.

"Yongzhen, is the war situation out there still very bad? Yesterday, Tsunichiro-sama began martial law in the inner city. ”

"Your judgment is accurate, Lady Kuro. Beware of enemies in the shadows these days. ”

Yongzhen lowered his head slightly, holding a knife in one hand and holding Miko's small hand in the other, and strode towards the castle tower.

"But who is the enemy? Lonely shadows? Or is it a chaotic crowd? Hasn't the Naifu been repelled the day before yesterday? ”

Miko looked up at Yongzhen with some puzzlement.

Yongzhen patiently explained to her:

"That's just the first offensive of the Inner House, Lord Jiulang-the Inner Mansion has very many troops, and there are also a lot of supplies."

"The outside world is very big, and the inner government, which rules most of Yingzhou, wants to defeat Ashina is actually very simple, but because the resistance of Lord Isshin and Lord Ichiro is too tenacious, Ashina can support until now."

Speaking of this, Yongzhen seemed to hesitate,

“...... If Isshin Lord and Ichiro-sama are defeated, Ashina ...... Maybe it's going back to what it was like a few decades ago, right? ”

"Ruled by the Inner Government?"

Miko said thoughtfully.

"Yes, Lady Kuro."

Yongzhen smiled wryly, feeling that he had said a little too much, especially in the face of a child.

"Are the people in the inner house bad? Massive taxation of civilians for forced servitude? ”

Jiurou finally caught a person who was willing to explain to her and knew something about the inner house, so he grabbed Yongzhen's sleeve and asked curiously.

"Bad...... There are good and bad, right? ”

Yongzhen, who had been by Ashina's side for more than ten years, thought for a moment and recalled the historical records he had read in the study of the castle tower.

"The guardian daimyo everywhere need to abide by the opinions of the lord of the inner government in office, but due to the particularity of the reed, this place has never become a fief of a certain daimyo before, and the guardian daimyo come here to serve, and they will be transferred after a few years or ten years."

"As for what the next daimyo will look like, no one knows."

Yongzhen doesn't have too many reservations about the information she knows and doesn't need to keep secret, and Miko tells it when she asks, and she can't remember it herself if she doesn't ask.

"Hmm, is that so...... Miko blinked and his eyes widened, "What did everyone eat when the Uchifu ruled Reina?" ”

"What to eat?" Yongzhen was hugged by Miko's arm, his fingertips on his lower lip, and he looked up and recalled, "I remember, before the start of the war of thieves, it seemed that my family had good food...... You can usually eat millet, radish, and wild vegetables, but you can also eat rice occasionally! However, it is very expensive, and you can only buy a little bit of aged rice. ”

"Huh...... Can you eat rice? ”

Miko hooked Yongzhen with one hand, and her eyes widened.

Rice is a very precious staple food in Yingzhou, and few of the nobles of Weiming can afford to eat it.

"Yes, but it's very young, and the war hasn't started yet." Yongjin smiled and looked down at Miko, "It's just that the daimyo of that generation issued a ban on the source of water, and then the war started......"

"Oh! That's right! ”

Yongzhen seemed to remember something, and the small light bulb on his head lit up: "The first person to start rebelling against the ban on Source Water back then seems to be Lord Zhang." ”

As he spoke, Yongzhen's voice seemed a little lonely:

"Well...... After all, it's the water of the source, and there's no way to start a war for this - it's all the fault of the daimyo of the inner government, if there is no ban......"

Miko raised her head and looked at Youngjin, listening to her voice get weaker and weaker.

'O ...... of the source'

She was also a little silent in her heart.

As the oldest belief inherited from the Ashina, Miko is also well aware of the weight of the source of water in the hearts of the people of Ashina, which is not only a faith, but also a part of the life of the Ashina celebrity, which cannot be taken away.

Only, is faith really that important?

More important than a good life, the days when civilians can eat rice?

Kuro, who has only eaten peony cakes a few times since he was born, has doubts about this.

But there is no answer.

She also doesn't know whether it was right or wrong for the first lord to rebel against the contemporary daimyo for the sake of the source of water.

However, she is a witty child, and she will not let Yongzhen immerse herself in this sad topic for too long, so she picks up the conversation with a twist of her mind.

"It's been more than half a day, and I don't know what's going on with the wolf, if only I could cut off Long Yin immediately when I come back this time...... That big liar! ”

Kuro pretended to be angry.

Yongjin covered her mouth and chuckled.

Obviously, Jiu Lang was still a little angry about Han Baiyi's 'misjudgment' - she had been exercising for more than half a month, and the muscles in her arms were bulging!

In Yingzhou, where women are beautiful with their slenderness, such 'thick' arms are obviously ugly.

"No, Lady Kuro. Although Xianfeng Temple is not far from Reed, you have to ...... back and forth."

As he spoke, a ghost Buddha in front of the castle tower suddenly burst into flames, and the blue flames spread out like a wall, and sparks flew everywhere.

The time for Yongzhen, who was smiling and smiling, to turn from smiling to vigilant was only a short moment, and Yuzi only felt that as soon as the vision in front of her turned, she was carried around, one hand behind him, and the other hand held the handle of the knife, and his eyes were locked tightly in front of him.

This is a woman who can seamlessly switch from feminine and gentle to feminine.

Before she could draw her knife, she saw a sloppy man step out of the firelight, with a grass root in his mouth and two knives, one red and one black, pinned to his waist.

As soon as he raised his eyes, Han Baiyi saw the two of them waiting for him at the door, and immediately waved his hand with a smile.

"I'm back."