When a person is old, wrinkled, and sleepy, under the dusty sun of an afternoon, when he picks up a portrait drawn by someone when he was young and slowly reminisces, the black cat next to his feet suddenly barks strangely and sadly, and quietly escapes. Perhaps, at this time, I found out that the person in the portrait is not you at all!

Leaving Happy Island, he sat on the boat carefully prepared by the owner of Qinglong, and slowly headed towards the northeast of the sea under the joint helm of the boatman Xiao Yu'er and Yu Laohan's father and son.

The mainland of Dongying Country is in the northeast of Happy Island, not far from Happy Island, and it is calm on the way under the helm of the old boatmen Xiao Yuer and Yu Laohan. Ye Zi and Yanagi Saburo were still studying the trick "Yan Hui", and Xiong Yu's mind just kept recalling the picture of meeting Wu Xiaoyu in Qinglong Lake. And the Blue Dragon Messenger is looking at the direction of Happy Island in a daze every day.

After a few days like this, it lasted for half a month, and the boat finally arrived at Irabu Island in the Eastern Ying Kingdom.

Irabu Island can be said to be the most southerly island in Toei Province, because it is extremely remote, and the authorities of Toei Province do not pay much attention to Irabu Island, but they only assign Irabu Island to the Miyako Islands in Okinawa Prefecture. There is only one simple yamen on the entire island of Irabu Island.

In the beginning, there would be one or two errand officials in the yamen. But after a long time, these officials couldn't stand the loneliness of Irabu Island and quietly slipped away. For forty or fifty years, the yamen of Irabu Island has become an empty yamen, with barren grass everywhere and moss growing in front and behind the court.

Kuma, Hazu, Yagyu Saburo and other six people drove the ship to make supplies for the next voyage on Irabu Island, and originally thought it would go smoothly. However, when I landed on the shore, I found that Irabu Island was deserted, and there were no houses within a radius of 100 meters. The sky was full of bed bugs and flies, and the ground was full of strange snakes, earthworms, maggots and other reptiles.

In short, Irabu Island doesn't look like an already inhabited island at all!

Xiao Yu'er was young after all, and she didn't know martial arts, so she said in horror: "Lord Messenger, why don't we go." It's not like it's inhabited!"

After hearing this, the Qinglong envoy snorted coldly and said: "I'm afraid of this little thing, how can I go to the rivers and lakes with this envoy in the future?"

After hearing this, Xiao Yu'er stood stunned and was speechless.

The Qinglong envoy continued: "You must know that walking on the rivers and lakes in the future will be a day when blood is added to the knife edge, and it will be even more terrible than here. ”

Xiao Yu'er was frightened by the Qinglong messenger, and immediately sobbed quietly, Yu Laohan hurriedly patted Xiao Yu'er's shoulder and comforted: "Xiao Yu'er is not afraid, for his father is here, it will be fine." ”

Xiao Yu'er looked up at the elderly Yu Laohan, and was very moved in her heart, but when she thought that her father Yu Laohan didn't know martial arts, she suddenly became even more sad, and cried: "Dad, I knew I wouldn't come with you!"

"I said Xiao Yu'er, if you don't come with your father, can you bear to put your father in danger?" Ye Zi teased Xiao Yu'er.

Xiao Yu'er replied, "If I don't come, at least I'll leave our old Yu family behind!, right, Dad-" Xiao Yu'er thought that what she said was very reasonable.

"You little rabbit, see how Lao Tzu cleans you up!"

It is justified and reasonable, but the words cannot be said so. Yu Laohan suddenly feigned anger, and was about to slap Xiao Yu'er, but fortunately, Xiao Yu'er was smart and clever, and quickly dodged Yu Laohan's slap, and walked to the front softly and quickly. Throwing off Yu Laohan, the naughty little fish seemed to have forgotten Fang Cai's fear, and turned around and made a grimace at Ye Zi, which made everyone laugh.

The group walked slowly along the obscure official road towards the center of the island, and along the way, in addition to the flies and bed bugs that could be seen everywhere, there was also the rotten smell of the dead bodies of wild beasts, poisonous snakes and other animals. The smell was so pungent that everyone quickened their pace and walked for half an hour before they saw a small wooden house not far away, and there were two or three people sitting or lying scattered outside the wooden house of each house, and they were skinny and skinny.

When Xiong Yu and the others walked to these people's side, they slowly turned around and stared at these uninvited guests with deep eyes.

With a sad face, Yagyu Saburo walked up to the nearest woman, who was about sixty years old, squatted down, spoke fluent Japanese, and asked, "Why is this happening, and where have they gone?"

Such a scrawny old woman's eyes stared at Yagyu Saburo tightly, her lips kept trembling, and it took a long time to say in Japanese with an Irabe Island accent: "Resentful spirits, they are all resentful spirits-" The old woman said very terrifyingly, and her whole body kept pumping back and forth, curled up on the ground.

"What kind of resentful soul old man-" Yanagi Saburo tried to hold down the crazy old woman, but at this time, the scrawny old woman seemed to have infinite strength, broke free from Yanagi Saburo's hand, got up and ran to the depths of the ancient village. At the moment when the old woman ran away, the other villagers also stood up one after another, looked at Yanagi Saburo with fearful eyes, and then looked at Xiong Yu and the others next to Yanagi Saburo! They also seemed to have seen the devil, and they walked to the depths of the ancient village desperately.

"This group of Dongying people, why are they so mysterious," Xiong said as he walked to Yagyu Saburo's side.

"Resentful souls, resentful souls, resentful souls," Yagyu Saburo muttered incessantly.

"What kind of resentful soul are you talking about," Xiong sneered, "If it's so boring, you, the Dongying Sword God, will believe it."

Yagyu Saburo said: "Of course I don't believe it! But didn't you see the way they looked at us, their eyes showed fear, fear, in addition to these, there was also a desire, a desire to be rescued." ”

"Hearing you say that, we really have to go and see what makes these residents like this." ”

Xiong said that he and Yanagi Saburo were about to chase forward, but the Qinglong envoy did not agree. "Our mission is to find the meteor cone and not cause trouble," she said. ”

Saburo Yanagi said dissatisfiedly: "This Irabu Island is an island very far south of my Eastern Ying Country, although there are not many people living here, and the development is not very rapid. But the indigenous people here are all kind. I have received their kindness, and I cannot leave them behind. ”

It turns out that when Saburo Yagyu traveled to Irabu Island in his early years, he was deeply helped by a farmer named Matsumoto Taro on Irabu Island. If it weren't for Taro Matsumoto's help, Saburo Yagyu would have died in the wild grass off Irabe Island.

The Blue Dragon Envoy sighed and did not speak.

Xiao Yu'er pleaded with the Blue Dragon Emissary, "Lord Emissary, let's go and help these poor residents."

The Blue Dragon Envoy snorted coldly, "Do you know that this matter must not be simple. If we're going to take care of this, we're going to have to spend a long time here. Track down the meteor cone"

Xiong Yu came over and scolded: "You bullshit messenger, the matter of tracking down the meteor cone is the matter of me and Yezi, you love to stay or not, we are not reluctant." The master of the green dragon blames it, and I am on top of the leaves! You can shirk the blame!" Xiong said this, looking at the leaves, "You said yes, leaves-"

Ye Zi just smiled lightly, but did not answer, he was thinking about the unusual behavior of these indigenous people.

The Green Dragon Envoy was very annoyed when he heard Xiong Yu's words, and scolded: "You bear boy, you say it again, I will say it again" The Blue Dragon Envoy did not say anything, because she saw the leaves squatting outside a small wooden house not far away, and seemed to have found something.

The Qinglong Messenger, Xiong Yu, Yanagi Saburo, and Yu Laohan's father and son walked over one after another. Yanagi Saburo saw that Ye Zi was holding a small wooden stick and kept stirring the dust, and asked puzzledly, "Ye San, what are you doing?"

"Shhhh

Everyone didn't dare to make a sound, and quietly watched the leaves stirring the dust, and the sound of the little heart beating could be heard clearly.

After a long time, I saw Ye Zi pull out a lovely cricket from the dust, and Ye Zi happily grabbed the cricket from the dust, and the cricket made a "grasshopper" sound. Ye Zi was overjoyed and said, "I heard your voice a long time ago, haha, I can't escape from the palm of my hand."

The leaves are so mysteriously stirring up the dust, it is actually to find an ordinary cricket!

"Cut-" The crowd dispersed in dissatisfaction.

"I said Yezi, why are you so mysterious about catching crickets," Xiong asked dissatisfied.

Ye Zi smiled: "Isn't this cricket cute?"

Xiong said with a gloomy face: "I don't know how much time you delayed us by doing this, and now I don't know if you can catch up with those residents of Irabu Island!"

Xiong was too lazy to pay attention to the boring leaves, walked to Yagyu Saburo's side, and ran to the depths of the ancient village of Irabu Island with Yanagi Saburo and the two of them.

Xiong Yu and Yanagi Saburo were impatient, and the two of them left the others far behind. When he came to an intersection in the center of the ancient village, Yagyu Saburo stopped, pointed to a slightly better wooden house not far away, and said, "We'll go to that house and ask later." ”

"What's that for?" said Xiong suspiciously.

Yagyu Saburo said: "That's Matsumoto Taro-kun's home, I don't know if Sakurako is still here, how is she." "Saburo Yanagi said that he was very happy, very longing, and his face was full of joy.

When he was about to approach Taro Matsumoto's house, Saburo Yanagi also deliberately tidied up his outfits, and then slowly approached Xiong Yu.

Matsumoto Taro's family is also considered a large family, and there is a large yard in front of the house, and the courtyard gate is locked. Yagyu Saburo knocked politely three times, but no one necessarily answered. When Yagyu Saburo struck the third three times, a crisp and pleasant sweet woman said in Japanese, "It's coming, please wait." ”

After a while, the courtyard door opened, and what greeted Xiong and Yagyu Saburo was a graceful and slim Japanese woman.

When the Japanese woman saw Saburo Yanagi, she was overjoyed and said, "Uncle Yanagi, is it you, you're back?"

Yagyu Saburo was stunned for a moment, but he didn't come back to his senses, and after hearing the words "Uncle Yanagi" of the Japanese woman, he realized that the slim and beautiful woman in front of him was Matsumoto Sakurako, the daughter of his friend Taro Matsumoto!

Saburo Yanagi said happily: "You are Sakurako's crying Sakura"

Sakurako feigned anger and said: "Uncle Yanagi, I haven't seen you for a few years, you don't know me anymore, you are really a noble person, how forgetful you are!"

Yanagi Saburo smiled: "You can't blame me for this! I haven't seen you for a few years, and you have grown from that crying little Sakura to a slim girl, what a female college has changed!"

Sakurako's face turned red, and she said shyly, "Uncle Yanagi, you're making fun of me again." As soon as Sakurako finished speaking, a middle-aged man dressed as a farmer appeared behind her. The middle-aged man also held a firewood knife for chopping firewood in his hand.

Sakurako looked back and smiled: "Second uncle, look, Uncle Yanagi is here." ”

This middle-aged farmer is not Matsumoto Taro, but Matsumoto Taro's younger brother, Matsumoto.

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