After the Kawapengzhuang incident, Shuangxie and Keijiro traveled northeast for a few days before leaving the boundaries of Shimonoseki and approaching the Mine area.
Some people may say, it’s just such a short journey, how many days does it take to walk? According to the speed of their movement in Osamu before, it probably only takes more than half a month to walk from Nagasaki to Aomori.
Then you can take it for granted.
The Great Emperor of this universe is a dynasty that has lasted for more than 300 years and has been very stable for most of the time. However, Japan in the second year of Yuanhe was still in the long "Warring States Period" Among them, can it be the same?
In Dashu, basically all the state capitals located in the plains are connected by official roads, and there are many post houses on the way, plus there are abundant horse resources. , and the existence of the "high-speed rail gang" can theoretically travel very fast.
However, there were many unexpected situations in those years, and weather and public security had a great impact on the itinerary, so the lower limit of this "travel speed" was as exaggerated as the upper limit.
But in Japan, the upper limit is just like that.
It can be said that there are no roads and no horses here. Nearly 70% of the country is mountainous, not to mention the security problem. It is abnormal to be able to go fast.
What's more, don't forget, everyone, Sun Yixie was still suffering from wind pain when he left Chuanpengzhuang
To say that Keijiro's brother is also really loyal, after leaving the village, On the first day of the trip, because Huang Donglai was still recovering from diarrhea and his steps were wobbly, Keijiro basically carried Sun Yixie on his back that day. The next day, Brother Sun himself felt a little embarrassed. I went to get a piece of wood that night and whittled it into a simple crutch, and I walked on crutches for another day.
On the third day, Sun Yixie's gouty symptoms were almost gone, and he was able to resume his normal movement speed.
After that, the three of them were hungry and thirsty for food and drink. They traveled and stayed overnight. On the fifth day of their journey, they finally saw a village in the mountains south of Mine.
This village is not big, but there are dozens of households. There are no hotels in the village, let alone shops or anything like that. They are all residential buildings. Most of the villagers are old people and children. Most of them are in tattered clothes and have no food. , and the eyes of both adults and children reveal a kind of "turbidity".
There was two parts greed, three parts fear, and one part hostility in their eyes, as if you could be wiped out by them at any time at night as long as you reveal some flaw that would make people feel like you have an opportunity. neck.
Of course, this is also normal for people who have experienced successive years of war, especially those living in villages everywhere. This is generally the state.
It would be better if they lived in the castle town of the city where the daimyo is located, or in a more prosperous town or port, because those areas are relatively safe and the economy is more prosperous. But those who live in such remote villages The common people, because they had been robbed so many times by passing bandits and soldiers, they no longer believed in anyone, nor in the "goodness" of human nature.
Ordinary travelersPassing here, you have to face an adventure and game.
If you look fierce, strong, and powerful, most villagers will not dare to mess with you. You can even stay overnight without leaving a penny or saying thank you, just pat your butt. Walk.
But if you act kind and weak, you may become a new missing person in this world of cannibalism.
Fortunately, Shuang Xie and Keijiro looked like they were not easy to mess with, so when they came to this village, no one bothered them, and soon they found a family. I negotiated the price with the owner of the house and moved in.
That evening, they had some simple meals and rested in the house.
By the way, here in Japan, most of the time, there is no need to guard against being "poisoned" or "Sino-Mongolian sweat medicine".
Even if Huang Donglai, a poison expert, is not here today, they don't need to pay too much attention to this matter, because Japanese civilians in this era have no way to get decent poisons and intoxicants.
They do have things that can eat dead people, but if that kind of thing is mixed into food, dogs may not eat it. "Poisons or drugs that can be put into food without being immediately noticed by ordinary people", in At that time, it was a rare thing that only the famous people could get. If these villagers had this kind of thing on hand, instead of using it to kill people and make money, they might as well just use it to exchange money for food, and they might make more profits.
Back to business
It was night, Keijiro snored very early, Sun Yixie also slept half-way through, only Huang Donglai, half leaning against the wall, While meditating and adjusting the breath, I was alert.
Obviously, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai had agreed to take turns to watch the night. With the personalities of these two "Old Jianghu in the Central Plains", they saw the state of the villagers during the day, and they would It’s not surprising to do this either.
In this way, before we knew it, it was midnight.
Just when Huang Donglai was thinking that it was time to ask Sun Yixie to "change shifts", suddenly, in the silent night, there were several bird calls or, in other words, several pairs of bird calls made by people. A parody of.
Huang Donglai understood what this meant, so he immediately opened his eyes, walked to the wall in the dark, and looked out of the house along the gaps in the wooden boards.
Not long after, he saw six or seven figures gathering outside through the moonlight.
These people gathered together in the dark night through the sound of birds, and then sneaked towards the house next door.
Huang Donglai has good eyesight. He can see just from the outline of the shadow that each of these people holds weapons such as hatchets and short sticks in their hands. He thinks in his heart that this wave If he wasn't killing a pig in the middle of the night, he was going to kill someone.
However, he didn’t know what was going on in the house next door. He didn’t know whether he should take care of the business, or whether there was any business here, or whether it was considered a business or not.
Huang Donglai thought for a while.I decided to follow him first to explore the reality before making any calculations.
So, he immediately turned around, used a burst of gentle palm force, and slapped Sun Yixie awake with several silent slaps.
As for Brother Sun, because he was "well-trained", he returned another set of grappling skills along Brother Huang's arm while half asleep and half awake.
The two fought for a few moves. After Sun Yixie completely woke up, they separated with a tacit understanding and hit each other with a few moves that only they could understand, including giving the middle finger, winking, and blinding each other. Gestures composed of chicken gestures and other forms.
After making the gesture, Huang Donglai walked out of the house, while Sun Yixie stayed in the house and continued to be on guard.
Everyone knows about Brother Huang's Qing Kung. If he wanted to sneak around, ordinary characters in the world would not be able to detect him, let alone civilians who don't know martial arts, so it only took him less than a minute. , and quietly touched the backs of the six or seven villagers.
As for the villagers, because they were afraid of being discovered, they did not light candles or torches at all, and only relied on the moonlight to reach the door of the house next door.
The book here implies that the family next door also has tourists staying in the house, and the owner of the house is among the six or seven people at the moment.
However, the two residents next door arrived earlier than Shuanghe and Keijiro, and they had not been out and about during the day, so Huang Donglai did not know about it.
Right now, this group of villagers is planning to kill the two tourists staying in the house next door at night, in order to gain money and kill them.
But what they didn't expect was that Huang Donglai, who was secretly following them here, hadn't figured out the situation and hadn't decided whether to take action, so their plan encountered a bigger surprise
Snoring, snoring
Just as the villager standing at the front gently opened the Japanese-style sliding door, a muffled sound sounded in the darkness.
If you want to describe this movement, it is like someone using a hammer to knock a hole in the watermelon.
Two seconds later, before the villagers at the back understood what was happening, the man who opened the door fell straight backwards.
When he fell on his back, everyone looked down and saw that the fallen man had a blood hole on his forehead that was as big as a fist and penetrated deep into his brain.
The villagers had never seen this kind of injury, but Huang Donglai had an impression.
Previously, the back of Kawabozhuang's head and Takeda Kuranosuke's head was shattered by a very similar impact to this.
Huang Donglai was no longer sleepy now. He immediately cheered up and paid close attention to what was going on in the room.
Pop
Sure enough, after another two seconds, before the villagers outside the house could recover from the shock, the people inside the house took action again.
At that moment, a swift black shadow penetrated the wooden wall and hit another villager on the head like a poisonous snake spitting a message, killing him with another blow.
This time Huang Dong saw clearly, inside the houseThe weapon used by the man was an iron weight tied to a chain, and his method of killing was to grab the chain, throw the iron weight out, crush the head of the enemy in the distance, and then use the chain to smash the iron weight. Take back.
Similar weapons are also found in the martial arts of the Central Plains, but not many people use them. The reason we have mentioned before is that the more unpopular and exotic weapons are, the higher the threshold for getting started; most of the people who use these strange weapons People who are familiar with weapons must have practiced at least two or more common weapons before practicing such a thing, and have reached a good level.
In other words, the upper limit of a person who uses this type of weapon may not be high, but the lower limit is certainly not low. If placed in the Central Plains martial arts world, this person would be at least a second-rate master.
Huang Donglai didn't dare to be too embarrassed when he saw this. After a breath, he moved a few steps in the opposite direction to the house almost out of instinct.
During this period, with the death of the second person, the remaining villagers finally screamed in horror and fled in all directions.
In a blink of an eye, there were only two corpses left outside the house, and Huang Donglai, who stood in the shadows and never made a sound.
Crack
After a short period of calm, another piece of wood on the wall of the house was broken.
The iron weight flying out of the house this time was undoubtedly directed at Huang Dong.
Huang Donglai was not surprised by this. He just moved half a step and easily dodged the blow. Then before the iron weight was retracted, he quickly reached out and grabbed the chain connected to the iron weight. .
The people in the house didn’t know that besides the villagers, there was also a master outside. When he threw out the third blow, he thought he was going to attack someone who was "already frightened to the point where he couldn't even run away." Guys who can’t do it”.
So, when he was about to take back the iron weight, he was surprised when he found a stagnation force coming from his hand.
But this surprise soon turned into a kind of indifferent excitement.
"Haha, I didn't expect that someone could catch me in a place like this." The brother sneered and said to himself in the room, thinking of saying something like "Interesting, then I Just be more serious and play with you" and other lines.
Unexpectedly, the next second, he felt an indescribable force coming from the chain in his hand, and he was pulled forward.
"Uh-huh!" So, his lines that were supposed to enhance his fashionableness were suddenly interrupted and turned into a fishy look.
Peng
Since part of the chain was wrapped around his body, and there was a short sickle on the other end of the chain, it was difficult to let go of the weapon and to take it off. So the user of Qimen Weapon was dragged outward by Huang Donglai, smashed through the not-so-thick wooden wall of the house and flew out.
When the other party came outside the house, Huang Donglai could clearly see that the user of the "lock sickle, a weapon composed of a short sickle, iron weights and chains" was a thin man with an old face. man.
Of courseNow, "old" only refers to appearance. In fact, he is only about fifty years old. Today, this is called the prime of life. However, the nutritional and medical conditions in ancient times were not as good as today. In addition, the situation in Japan at that time was compared to that of the Great Depression. It's even worse, so many people here who are not even fifty yet look like our contemporary 60- or 70-year-olds.
"Who are you?" Suo Siannan soon saw Huang Donglai's face clearly and asked.
"I still want to ask you. You called me all of a sudden and you're going to kill me, right?" Huang Donglai responded unceremoniously.
"Nonsense, who came to whom first?" It seems that Suo Siman has not come to his senses yet. Huang Donglai and the group of villagers who want money and death are not the same group. .
Fortunately, there is an understanding person in this room.
"Wait a minute." The man spoke up in time, preventing the situation outside the house from escalating further, and he quickly walked out. tercss"cear",,