Back in the village, Oda Nobumitsu had already led the ronin samurai to take control of the village, and cleared out the shrine ancient house at the highest point in the village as a place for Lucius to convene the people.

Walking in the village, Lucius could feel the awe of the villagers for him, and he could clearly feel that it was a kind of respect and fear for the strong, which showed that the samurai in Fuso had an unattainable status, and the people of Fusang had a reverence for the powerful samurai as if they were gods.

Lucius couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it seemed that Fuso was often at war, so the status of the samurai would be revered to a very high position.

Walking through the village, he walked to the ancient house at the top of the village, and what Lucius didn't expect was that there were several elderly people waiting in front of the ancient house.

Lucius looked at Oda Nobumitsu with some surprise, and the latter quickly explained to Lucius: "Lord, these people are the people in charge of this shrine in the village, and they heard that the Lord is going to requisition this shrine, so they have made a special trip to clean the shrine and wait for your arrival here. ”

"Shrine?" Lecius frowned slightly, looked at Oda Nobumitsu beside him, and said, "Do you mean, such a large building is dedicated to gods?"

Without waiting for Oda Nobumitsu to answer, Taiyuan Yukisai preemptively explained: "The Lord does not know that in Fuso Country, in order to be peaceful, every village will build this kind of shrine at the expense of the whole village, which is used for priests and to worship the ghosts and gods around the village, so as to ensure the peace and tranquility of the village. ”

Seeing Taiyuan Yukisai rushing to answer, Oda Nobumitsu was suddenly a little unhappy, and then rushed to say: "If the village doesn't build a shrine." The village is infested by the surrounding spirits. ”

After listening to Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai's explanations, Lucius couldn't help but shake his head and laughed: "It seems." The demons and gods you believe in will not bless you. On the contrary, it will cause you a lot of trouble. ”

Everyone in Fusang lowered their heads, obviously they were actually aware of the trouble caused by ghosts and gods, but they had not exposed it for so many years, and now that they were exposed by Lucius, they naturally felt a little embarrassed, but there was no way to argue anything.

After all, just like Lucius said, everyone who comes into contact with ghosts and gods in Fuso knows very well that while ghosts and gods protect them, they will also need the flesh and blood of living beings to sacrifice.

And a shrine was built in each village. In fact, it is to sacrifice the flesh and blood of living creatures to the ghosts and gods, and if the sacrifices are not carried out, the ghosts and gods will not only not protect the village, but will cause trouble to the people in the village.

Even if the oni god finds the host samurai, they still need the shrine to perform sacrifices, and they will draw flesh and blood power from the tribute sacrificed by the shrine, so that they can provide power to the samurai, and if there is no tribute for a long time, the samurai who are lodged will be devoured by the demons.

The reason why Lucius will meet ronins around the village. It is because the group of ronins led by Oda Nobumitsu and Soga Inamome want to use the shrine in the village to draw flesh and blood sacrifices to their ghosts.

Lucius stared at the shrine, then at the old people who were in charge of taking care of the shrine, smiled and saluted the old people, "It's really disturbing." ”

Those old people are in charge of the shrine though. And they are responsible for the sacrifice of the ghosts and gods in the shrine, but in fact, they are just a group of ordinary priests, and they do not have great strength. They have never been recognized by the ghosts and gods, so their status is not worth mentioning in front of the samurai.

Thus. Oda Nobumitsu wanted to requisition the shrine, and this group of old people did not dare to have any complaints. I can only obediently clean the shrine and prepare for the arrival of Lucius and others.

But what the old people didn't expect was that Lucius, who subdued Oda Nobumitsu and their group of ronin samurai, would actually salute them humbly, and seemed to be very approachable.

Several old men never thought that there would be a samurai to give them such a big salute, first stunned for a long time, and then quickly knelt down and said to Lucius: "Your Excellency does not have to be like this, to be able to be requisitioned by Your Excellency, this is the glory of our entire village, Your Excellency, rest assured, we will arrange the people in the village, and no one will come to disturb Your Excellency." ”

Seeing several old men kneeling down and kowtowing to him, Lucius hurriedly stepped forward to help them up and said, "You don't have to be like this, I should thank you." ”

After some politeness, Lucius and the others finally stepped into the shrine, which occupies the high place of the dirt slope where the village is located, and has a large space inside, not very high within the wall, it is a clean and tidy courtyard, and there are large, two, small and three houses in the courtyard.

The big house in the middle, needless to say, Lucius could guess that it must be the place where the shrine was enshrined, and what puzzled him was what the two houses next to him were used for?

Taiyuan Xuezhai, who followed Lu Xius closely, quickly explained to Lu Xius: "Lord, the middle house is the place of sacrifice, and the two rooms next to it are also called 'wing rooms', which are generally used to hold sacrificial offerings, and if there are monks who have traveled from afar, they can also live here." ”

Seeing that Taiyuan Xuezhai had robbed him again, Oda Nobumitsu hurriedly stepped forward and led Lucius and said, "Lord, let's go in first, the shrine has been cleaned." ”

Without saying much, Lucius followed Oda Nobumitsu and walked towards the big house in the middle, and when he came to the big house, everyone took off their shoes and went up the stairs into the house.

Finally entering the inside of the shrine, to Lucius's surprise, there were no imaginary statues of gods in the house, and there were no scenes of various sacrifices and offerings, but it was just a clean and tidy room, but in the middle of the room, some tributes and a copper incense burner were placed.

Lucius was stunned for a moment, Oda Nobumitsu didn't give Taiyuan Xuezhai a chance to speak, and quickly came to Lucius's side and explained: "Lord, this is the orthodox decoration of Fuso Shrine......"

Who knew that Taiyuan Xuezhai then took over and said: "Because most of the ghosts and gods worshiped in the shrine will choose the samurai as the host, so most of the time it will not be in the shrine, so there will be no statues in the shrine, just incense candles and tributes, if necessary, some fresh flesh and blood tributes will also be placed." ”

Seeing that Taiyuan Xuezhai had snatched his words again, Oda Nobumitsu couldn't bear it, and directly reprimanded Taiyuan Xuezhai: "You, what kind of thing are you?

Taiyuan Yukisai glanced at Oda Nobumitsu, he didn't care about the other party's annoyance at all, he didn't bother with the other party at all, just stood calmly beside Lucius.

Oda Nobumitsu didn't expect that Taiyuan Xuezhai, the ronin under the original command of Soga Inamo, not only dared to grab credit in front of him, but also dared to be so disdainful of himself, and even dared to ignore what he said, which made Oda Nobumitsu suddenly annoyed and angry, and he shouted and wanted to ask Taiyuan Xuezhai for an explanation.

But without waiting for Oda Nobumitsu to make a move, Mingtang suddenly stood up, glanced indifferently at Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Xuezhai and the others and said: "You all give me a little peace, don't think that if you follow the master, you can fight here at will, if you annoy the master, you don't need the master's order, I will get rid of you first." ”

Mingtang's warning made Oda Nobumitsu settle down, and Taiyuan Xuezhai also hurriedly bowed down to Mingtang, saying that he would never have a battle of will with Oda Nobumitsu.

Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai fought in secret, and they were all watched by Lucius, but he never stopped the two, as if he deliberately let the two fight endlessly.

Seeing Mingtang shouting and warning the two, Lucius smiled slightly, and whispered to Mingtang: "Actually, you don't dare to warn them, let them fight, I look forward to them making a move, and then the defeated side, I can justifiably get rid of him." ”

Lucius's words were undisguised, and although his voice was lowered, they were clearly heard by Oda Nobumitsu, Taiyuan Yukisai, as well as Ichisei Monk and Soga Inamo.

Hearing that Lucius said this, Mingtang bowed to Lucius and said, "Your Highness, I made my own opinion, and I hope that Your Highness can forgive me." ”

Lucius waved his hand and said to Mingtang: "Don't get in the way, you warn them, and you can also make them understand that your identity is here with me, you are my attendant and steward, and they are only my retainers now, your status is naturally higher than them, and you have the right to reprimand them." ”

As soon as Lucius said this, Oda Nobumitsu, Taiyuan Xuezhai and others hurriedly bowed to Lucius and said in unison: "Lord forgiveness, we will not make today's mistakes." ”

"Alright, don't make a gesture here, I don't mean to reproach you, get up, get ready to arrange for everyone to sit down, I have some things to ask. ”

When Oda Nobumitsu and Taiyuan Yukisai and others heard this, they immediately went to negotiate with a few old people at the shrine, and soon arranged the interior of the shrine and let Lucius and the others sit down in a spacious room.

Du Liniang was very satisfied with the efficiency of the Fusang people, and quietly approached Lu Xius and said: "Lu Xius, it seems that you are very powerful now, and it is really a bit unexpected to be able to control this group of people from the Fusang Kingdom in such a short time." ”

Hearing this, Lucius smiled and said: "Hehe, auntie, don't laugh at me anymore, in fact, I'm just growing up slowly, if I really have the consciousness of the so-called superiors, I'm afraid that in the Misty Forest and the Grass Sea Plain, I won't make so much trouble." ”

Konstantin took the words and shook his head and said, "No, you are indeed growing, and growth requires a process, so some things cannot be rushed." ”

Du Liniang nodded again and agreed: "Yes, growth takes a process, you have grown from the Misty Forest to the Grass Sea Plain, and now after experiencing the Grass Sea Plain, you have grown again, which is very good." ”

Lucius couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "If you don't grow, the enemy you are about to face may be even stronger, especially the descendant of the Royal Clan of Hearts, I am afraid that he has already entered the Eastern Middle-earth, so there is not much time left for me, I must make myself strong enough to be able to face that guy head-on." (To be continued......)