"Tap tap tap -" With neat and dense steps, Qing Shi, who had stayed outside before, led a group of subordinates in.
"What's going on?" One-eyed Ryuzaburo remained calm, even though the sea of fire screamed in the background. He asked the injured patrol leader to follow his maid to the other side of the room, and then looked at Qingshi.
"It's the eldest son of the Kaga family." The middle-aged leader bowed, lowered his head and replied, "What he was shouting about is that he wants to make the murderer of his brother pay for his life."
He said, then turned his attention to Henry and his group.
Mira still hadn't taken off her armor because she might have to pretend to be a knight on horseback. Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that the armor she is wearing is not her own, and even if it is temporarily painted with black paint, it still cannot cover up the gorgeousness of the armor itself.
"Click, click, click—!" The long knives from the wooden sheaths were pulled out one after another, and the warriors who had been sitting upright stood up with angry faces on their faces. Immediately afterwards, another line of heavy armored infantry armed with spears walked out from the darkness on both sides of the lobby.
More than 50 people surrounded Henry and others in the center, and then one of them said: "Lord, hand over these guys."
His statement attracted responses from a few people. Although the person who advocated this idea had a serious look and frowned, he was dripping with cold sweat. It was obvious that his heart was full of turmoil under his majestic appearance. Even if they die verbally, they will not admit it, but in their hearts they know that they are unable to compete with the real samurai forces, so they eagerly want to hand over the sage and others in exchange for their own survival.
However, the one-eyed dragon as the master did not speak, and the Qingshi brothers, who were obviously confidants, remained calm and did not panic, and the opinions of these people fell silent.
"Huh--" The woman sitting on the side seat took a last puff of cigarette, then stood up and walked down the steps leisurely.
"Are you going to take action?" He turned back and glanced at her, and the woman who was still very calm nodded gently and waved, and a group of women dressed similarly came out from behind.
Henry, Mira and others looked at this beautiful Kazuto whom they didn't even know the name in silence.
The fact that she can sit high on the side of the powerful person proves that her status is not low at least in this village. This place is illegal in the eyes of the superiors, but it can still survive tenaciously. In addition to keeping a low profile and not arousing suspicion, it also has a lot to do with the connections involved.
A market composed of down-and-out nobles. Although the expelled nobles have lost their status and reputation, some blood relationships are still retained.
She is now the leading courtesan of the Marsh Village brothel. But a long time ago, he was a noble cousin of the feudal king.
To survive, connections with people are essential. The underground rulers of Marsh Village have always understood this. They are unable to compete with the vassal kings of Xinjing and even the North, but they have the ability to infiltrate them.
Bribe with money and serve with women, so that the other party can't extricate himself from drunkenness and sex. Even if Xinjing notices this and removes the local families and replaces them with new ones, they can still repeat their old tricks.
This is why in the Moon Country, where women have low status, there is a woman in the Swamp Village who can sit next to the male leader.
She is not the plaything of One-Eyed Ryūsaburo. Today's village is built on women's skirts. It may not be an exaggeration to say that.
Mira noticed that Ling had been staring at each other closely.
She could more or less understand what Miss Doctor was thinking. Based on some previous exchanges, they were both women. Even though they were separated by a huge ocean, they were in similar situations in this male-dominated society.
Ling's status in Xinjing is indeed very high. As Dr. Xingyong, even high-ranking Chinese people have to bow and salute when they see her. This is what the Luoan girl learned during the exchange when traveling together. But this identity, combined with the fact that she came to the Northland alone, seemed somewhat contradictory.
She could see why.
This is being squeezed out. Even if what Ling said was unquestionably true, no matter how much evidence she could provide to prove her argument, it would still not be taken seriously. No matter how accomplished she was in her position, everyone in Aya's place could only see the fact that she was a young woman.
It was clear that she wanted to explore a new type of creature that might pose a threat to the country and the people, but what her instructor said the most to her was, "Don't be willful."
In the end, even if he stubbornly wanted to find out the answer and went on the road alone, no guards or helpers matching his identity had ever caught up with him. She is always alone.
She is viewed not as a doctor but as a willful little girl. In the eyes of other people who have taken the lead, she is just like a little girl who ran away from home after being wronged. After the trouble is over, she will go back by herself.
In all likelihood, there are still countless colleagues in the National Council who are waiting to see her go back crying after suffering a setback, so as to show off their inner sense of superiority.
This is why Henry shed tears after listening carefully to Aya's explanation about monsters; this is also why she quarreled loudly with this woman when she met this woman whose way of living was completely opposite to her own.
It was not a simple personal emotional conflict, but a more complex inner entanglement.
When you see people living well in a way of living that you think is wrong and that you spend your whole life trying to reject. That emotion was not pure disgust, but mixed with bitterness, helplessness, and involuntary self-doubt.
Miss Doctor lowered her head. The oiran and a dozen or so similarly dressed women paused for a moment as they passed by her, but in the end they walked out of the door without saying anything.
While others were screaming and running away, these dozen women, dressed incompatible with the battlefield, walked towards the more than 2,000 warriors without fear.
"Okay, let's go." But less than 5 minutes after they went out, One-eyed Ryuzaburo said this with a nonchalant expression.
"Your Majesty?" Qingshi's younger brother said in a daze.
"That woman overestimated her own charm, thinking that the Chinese people who liked her would protect her from behind, and that she had a strong background. But she didn't realize that times had changed. In the coming troubled times, people like her would Women are no longer targets to please." He spoke without wavering, while Ling raised her head and looked at this man with a shocked face, while Mira turned her gaze to the sage.
Henry winked at her and signaled the Luoan girl to hold still. The spears were still pointed at them, and there was still a distance between the group of people and Temulun, Miss Doctor, and others. There are too many people who are unarmed and unable to resist. If they try to break out, there will inevitably be casualties.
"And ha, you may not know, but the eldest son of the Kaga family -" Saburo picked his nose and said: "It is said that he is a gentleman with the reputation of Long Yang."
"This -" Many of the warriors' expressions changed. As the second largest force in the swamp village, the oiran obviously had many connections with these people. But people always have to rush to survive. Although many people have pity in their hearts, Saburo plans to escape alone while the courtesan buys time. Naturally, they will not choose to pursue the person who will undoubtedly die.
"Everyone, please come with us. After all, I want the answer." The one-eyed dragon turned back, smiled coldly and tapped the side of his face with his index finger: "I haven't got it yet."
"Be more knowledgeable. Following me is your best choice. With the things you control, we can become a third-party force." He continued to speak, and the sage shrugged: "Even if you still Don’t even know what those are?”
"To make these people go to war in such a big way, there must be corresponding value."
"I am a businessman. Do you know what is the most important thing for a businessman?" Saburo continued to slap his face and said: "Intelligence, intelligence."
"With information, if you know where things are cheaper, you can make more profits. If you know which adults like what kind of beauties or antiques, you can cater to them and gain connections." This snake-like cold person The lean man continued: "I guess what you all have is some kind of information that is crucial to their plan. If Xinjing gets to know it, it will completely collapse their plan, right?"
"For example, the list of people involved in the rebellion -" "Ah!" Sometimes it is not a good thing to understand the language of the Moon Country. The stunned green Kaleva looked confused, but this time it was Aiji. This equally irritable and mentally unstable guy reacted under pressure.
"Oh." Saburo showed a playful smile, and Alfonso looked at Aggie with eyes that wanted to kill him.
"If Xinjing learns about it, then they can send troops to defeat them one by one before they are ready. And it is precisely because they realize this that they are unable to let you escape from the North. And secretly they have to speed up various plans. The process, even if the preparations have not been completely completed." Saburo continued to tap the side of his face: "Let me tell you, why have they made so much noise recently."
"And you who have obtained these things have made outstanding contributions, and you must be able to obtain great benefits." He leaned in front of Henry again: "What? Hand it over?"
The sage lowered his head, looked at the man who was much shorter than him, and smiled slightly: "No."
"You don't want this -" Then, when Saburo was about to say something, his hands shot up like lightning, grabbed him, turned around and held the man hostage.
"My lord!" The warriors and heavy infantry all reacted, but only Qingshi, the most acute, understood the situation and stepped forward, pulled out a dagger and placed it on Miss Doctor's delicate neck.
"Don't act rashly, outsiders!" The gray-haired team leader did not waver at all. He winked at his younger brother: "Ah Shui." The latter immediately led a group of people to the back and sealed the door.
All this happened in less than 10 minutes after the oiran left.
Qingshi and his younger brother Qingshui are worthy of elite background and practice.
It was completely as expected by Henry.
To confront each other while holding important targets hostage, in order to ensure that the other party does not dare to act rashly, he must show his threat - that is, he must stand directly opposite Henry.
In order to prevent them from hijacking the master and escaping, another person led the people on the left to retreat to the back and blocked the exit.
This makes the sage's path to Temulun, Ling and Lulu's place unimpeded.
"Dong - cough!" The sage used his elbow joint to knock Saburo's whole body to the side. Then he took a step forward and at the same time threw out a flying knife and hit the person closest to Lulu. Infantry front door.
"Wow!!" His speed was so fast that even Qingshi, who was an elite, couldn't react at all.
"Tsk—" But the older ninja leader did not slit Miss Doctor's throat. He pushed her away and stabbed the charging sage with a knife.
"Bang!!" Henry clasped his hands together and caught the dagger accurately, then flew up and kicked Qingshi. "Boom!" The ninja leader punched the sage's leg in an attempt to offset the force with active attacks, but Henry's strength was several times greater than his, so he was still kicked away and rolled out several times. His left hand dropped weakly.
"Damn outsiders!" the warriors shouted, raising their swords high. "Ahem." Ling and Saburo who were being held hostage coughed at the same time, and the sage who rushed in front of Ling, Lulu and others used his toes to pick up the spear dropped by the infantry who had just been stabbed to death by a flying knife, and threw it Gave it to Temulun.
"Everyone, follow me!" the Yi tribe leader yelled, raising his spear and rushing towards the infantry surrounding women and children on the left, and Henry had already stepped forward before him.
Then.
He pulled out the big sword from behind.
"Bang!!!" A simple one-handed swing, but under that, the three spears in the lead were broken.
He stopped everyone here alone, while the Yi men quickly grabbed the fallen weapons and armed themselves after joining the women and children.
Qingshui and others who had sealed the door on the other side saw this and killed Galeva and others who were still in the center at a loss. However, Mira, who also reacted the moment the sage set out, rushed to this group first. In front of the warrior.
"Qiang!!" The Luoan girl wearing armor pulled out a knife in an instant and cut off the fixed rope on the side to remove the heavy armor on her body. Then he took over the one-handed sword and small shield hidden under the priest's robe from Alfonso.
"Koumu Smei (little girl)!" Kazuto always raised his long sword high and slashed down with a dash. The first warrior despised the Luoan girl's gender, but did not know her gender. I'm afraid I have more actual combat experience than myself.
"Ka--" Mila, who fisted the shield with her left hand and held the one-handed knife in her right hand, put their hands together tightly and used the small shield to block the opponent's attack route before the long knife fell.
"Uh--!" The warrior who was only accustomed to long sword fights in the Moon Kingdom was unable to react for a moment when he saw the swordsmanship of a foreign country. He followed the common practice of swordsmanship in the Moon Kingdom and drew his sword backwards, intending to use it from another angle. Attack, but Mira had already turned the one-handed knife in her hand and took the initiative.
"Oh no! (Damn it)!" The warrior yelled loudly and planned to draw the sword again - the sword technique of the Moon Country emphasizes fast in and quick out, and he is considered to be an expert among the warriors here.
But what he encountered was Rigar's swordsmanship.
"Crack——!" The long guard on Rigar's sword is different from the round guard in the Kingdom of the Moon, which only has passive protection function. It is also an integral part of countless sword skills.
"at the same time."
This technique is called this in the swordsmanship tutorials of the Padrosi Empire. It jams the opponent's weapon with the guard, restricting the opponent's attack to complete self-defense, and at the same time thrusting forward to attack.
Attack and defense are carried out simultaneously, a veritable skill.
"Ahem -" Mira pierced the throat of this man who was as tall as her but twice as strong, and then stepped back: "Galaiva!" she shouted loudly, and came back to her senses. The young man had experienced some battles and was somewhat calmer than the three missionaries.
He picked up the weapon that fell on the ground, and the Luoan girl quickly opened her mouth and pointed: "Point the sword to the enemy, keep moving."
"Don't be afraid, there are fewer of them!" Qingshui said, but he forgot that the sage and his party had a companion.
"Hiss—" Mira took a deep breath, then flipped her wrist and held the knife in her backhand, freeing up two fingers to stuff into her mouth, and then blew quickly:
"Beep——!!"
"Hissing-"
“Dong dong dong dong——!!”
"Bang!!!!" "Wow!" The people standing at the gate were pressed under the fallen wooden door, and the figure who kicked the door away stepped on it and ran into the lobby. middle.
A knight's most powerful weapon is not his lance or sword, but his trusted companion, the horse.
"Hiss--!!" "Come here, little guy!" Mira called the little unicorn, then took off the light crossbow and arrows from it and threw them to Galeva and Lulu who ran over. The arrogance of Saburo and others did not check and disarm everyone, which became their opportunity to make a comeback, but Kazuto's usual light wooden door was not enough to cause real crushing injuries.
Except for a few people who were stepped on by the little unicorn, everyone got up again.
"Seal the door, don't let them escape!" Qing Shui, who was so embarrassed that his ponytail spread out and still had blood on his face, said loudly, but the other side, with the cooperation of Temulun and others, had already controlled all the spear infantry. The dry sage glanced at them lightly and raised his feet.
"Bang!!!!"
The gray wall was kicked straight through, which was Henry's usual way of breaking through - there was no door.
Then open one.
"Let's go!" the Luoan girl shouted loudly, while the young porter and the Yi girl shot an arrow at Saburo, Qingshui and others to buy time.
"Hide!" Qing Shui shouted and fell down.
"My lord!" The injured Qingshi rushed forward and blocked Saburo's arrow with his body.
"Bang——!" After the sage and his party broke out from the side, they saw the raging fire in the distance, and there were screams and shouts everywhere. With such chaos, it is no wonder that Saburo's other men failed to arrive in time.
"Hurry, hurry up and get to the river embankment, lest the boats be burned or all the boats escape." Temulun eagerly wanted to take this opportunity to escape, but at this time Ling grabbed the hem of the sage's clothes.
"Oiran..." She seemed hesitant to speak. It was obviously stupid to care about a stranger she met by chance when she was in a difficult situation.
But for some reason, Ling felt a little clogged in her heart.
Completely opposite to her way of survival, she relied on being dependent on men to gain a position that was considered second place here. But when the changes of the times were not taken seriously, she was ruthlessly abandoned by her subordinates and partners.
In Miss Doctor's heart, there is no disdain or gloating about the other person's misfortune because of the opposition between their positions and lifestyles.
She just felt a little bitter and a little bored.
"She knows the snake-like man very well. After all, they are both important figures in the swamp village. Even if this village is destroyed, there may be other connections in the north." Mira also spoke to the sage, although she understood My teacher must have seen deeper than myself.
"Well, then you go first." Henry didn't hesitate for too long. He glanced at his disciples and Ling's pleading eyes, turned back and spoke to Temulun and others.
"Then I also -" "Get out of here." As soon as Galeva opened her mouth, the Luoan girl pushed her back: "You just look tall, you don't know how to fight at all. Take care of her."
"Hiss." The little unicorn came closer, and Mira touched its cheek: "It's okay, I'll be here."
"There's no time to talk, let's go!" Only 20 minutes after the fire started, Mira and Henry left the team.
The large force running towards the river embankment quickly found a large boat. Because most of the people who escaped were running for faster boats, the large boat with six cables tied to it just blended into the night scene motionless. among.
"Haha——!!" The tall Galeva was stunned again. He forgot that he was still holding a long knife in his hand. As soon as he inserted the knife, he pulled the stake out of the river embankment. Come out and see others stunned.
"Knife, knife!" He didn't react until Temulun reminded him. While others were getting on the boat, he chopped randomly to cut off the remaining cables, and then accidentally hit the wooden pile. So he threw the bent long knife aside and climbed onto the boat.
"How, how to drive this!" It was supposed to be taught by a sage, but Henry is not here now. Fortunately, the young man who has been a porter on the ship in Porusaro for many years has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs running. He took a look and saw the oars stacked on both sides of the ship, but he was unable to explain because of the language barrier. After explaining it in Laman for a long time, the doctor finally translated it and asked the young and middle-aged laborer to pick up the oars and stuff them into the side of the ship. In the pothole.
"Don't row too fast, recite the slogan, and be consistent! Uh-huh -" While Ling was translating again, Galeva used a bamboo pole to push the boat away from the shore.
"Crash!!" The uprooted wooden pile fell into the river along the cable due to the movement of the boat, causing a splash of waves. Temulun and others, who started shouting slogans, started paddling one after another in a chaotic manner. , it took a while to find the right rhythm and let the ship enter the center of the wide river.
"Then, and then." The dull young man quickly used his mind for the first time in a long time. He desperately recalled what he had seen other people control the ship: "Rudder! Rudder!" Then he turned around. He turned around and found the rudder, which had the same purpose. He grabbed it and began to carefully control the ship.
"Ahhhhh!" Just a few dozen meters away from the shore, screams and the sound of horse hooves spread nearby, and then several torches were thrown into the tall mansion where Saburo was.
"It's not fast enough!" Aggie shouted nervously.
"Do you want to use a sail?" Miss Doctor, whose legs were weak and sitting on the board, looked up and suddenly discovered the mast of the ship standing high in the night.
"Ah!" The group of people who finally reacted hurriedly raised and fixed the sail. As the wind on the river blew, the ship finally picked up speed and sailed slowly into the darkness.
"Don't light the lanterns! Otherwise, you won't be discovered." Priest Alfonso stopped the barbarian women from trying to light the lanterns after finding them on the boat. Ling and Lulu walked to the stern rudder of the boat where Galeva was, and looked towards them together. After getting dressed, he gradually looked away from the flaming swamp village.
"The two of them." Miss Doctor hesitated to speak, while Lulu stared at the young man in silence.
"It will be fine." Galeva said in a rare and steady tone.
"They are the most powerful people I have ever seen."
