at home
"Don't be afraid, I'm still alive." Here, there is only a wick and thin cheeks that are illuminated by the light. Yuuki has just put his two daughters to sleep and is talking to his wife. A firelight shines outside the window. Liang, stretched out his hand to take a look, his face changed, he thought about something, but also felt a little unbelievable, and murmured: "What is going on, is it possible?"
Hito Yuyuki thought of a terrible guess.
"But that man saved our village!"
Feituyou was in disbelief. He felt a burst of anger and immediately got up from the bed. Regardless of his wife's obstruction and complaining eyes, he comforted: "Don't worry, it's okay. I'll be right back!"
After saying that, he immediately left outside.
shrine
The shrine is very simple, but it is very large. Land is not valuable in this world. It is a small hill, several hundred meters away from the houses. Most of the houses at the foot of the hill are low.
The most difficult time has passed. Masuda Mayumi smiled and swept the floor. She was in a good mood: "Every time there is an attack, there will be a gap of at least half a year, and the village can work and harvest."
"If this warrior could stay, the village would be saved. We have sacrificed too much now."
Masuda Mayumi was wearing a thin miko uniform, cleaning the dirt on the stone steps. She hummed softly, cleaning step by step, and did some work. Her body was a little sore after moving, and she couldn't help but feel a little more hopeful. I kept standing on the stone steps and looking into a certain room of the shrine, but unfortunately... I didn't see any samurai.
At this moment, she looked down casually, and the beacon was lit.
"..." Seeing this scene, the shrine maiden Mayumi Masuda frowned, her expression changed drastically, and she immediately thought of something, dropped her broom in a hurry, and arrived at the room in the shrine.
"Your Excellency!" Mayumi Masuda opened the door and was about to wake Pei Ziyun up.
But at this time, Pei Ziyun had opened his eyes and woke up.
Seeing Pei Ziyun awake, Masuda Mayumi was shocked, but she quickly said: "Please run away quickly, the city lord will send someone soon!"
"Well, what's going on?" Pei Ziyun was lying lazily on the straw mat. There were wooden boards under the straw mat, but the wood was soft, moss-covered, and dim in color. But this was already the best room in the shrine. He was not shocked at this time. I just asked and took a look outside the open door. I could clearly see that at this time, the village was illuminated by a beacon fire.
"Sir, you'd better hide. I'll tell you about this later!!" Mayumi Masuda said hurriedly. At this moment, there were footsteps again, which aroused her vigilance: "Haitou, what do you want to do?"
The person who came up was Hito Tomoyuki. He came up quickly and gasped: "Samurai-sama, please leave quickly. The Zamu family has lit the beacon fire, and the city lord will send someone quickly."
"You saved our village, we can't repay you with kindness."
"...I wanted to go on a killing spree, but now it seems like forget it." Looking at the two of them, Pei Ziyun stood up, put on his clothes, and walked down the hill in silence. The hill was only 20 meters away, and it was only a few steps away. Next, it’s time to follow the road.
"Stop!" At this time, seven or eight people suddenly stopped Pei Ziyun.
Pei Ziyun looked at the villagers holding weapons in front of him with some impatience in his eyes and said, "What, you want to stop me?"
Jamuliming, who took the lead, said: "No, sir, we don't mean to embarrass you, because according to the custom of this village, today is the festival of God. As long as today is over, you can leave!"
"Now, I just want you to rest in our village for a while - you don't want to conflict with the gods!"
Zamu Liming immediately stated this reason. He was mature and did not want to start a war with Pei Ziyun.
"Nonsense, today is not God's festival at all, Zamu, I know what you are thinking, but the samurai saved us, let him go!" Mayumi Masuda said loudly.
"Asshole!" Jamu Qinglong, who was behind Jamu Liming, lit the beacon at this time and made up his mind. After hearing this, he was furious: "It must be you, the witch, who tipped off the news, so he suddenly thought of leaving. You should Go to hell like Tatsuya Asaga who escaped!"
"Yes, you are the one who is spreading the news!" Others also accused Mayumi Masuda: "You betrayed our village."
"Noisy!" Pei Ziyun looked at the absurd scene in front of him. He slashed with the wooden sword, and the light of the sword emerged. Jamu Liming, who was standing in front, was still talking. His whole person was divided into two parts, and Jamu Qinglong, who was scolding loudly behind him, also appeared. Wounds deep enough to show bone.
"Ah!" The blood sprayed onto the surrounding crowd, causing people to scream in horror.
"Killing!" When the other villagers saw the bloody scene, they immediately spread their legs and fled quickly. Pei Ziyun stepped forward and was about to continue killing with the wooden sword.
But Mayumi Masuda immediately begged for mercy: "Sir, please don't continue to attack. These people have no choice but to do it because of the order of the Lord of the City!"
"There is nothing they can do. If the city lord discovers that they did not report it, everyone in the village will die!"
"Please forgive me!"
"Since you're begging for mercy, let's leave it like this for now." After hearing Mayumi Masuda's words, Pei Ziyun withdrew the knife and went outside.
At this time, the people who fled realized that Pei Ziyun did not continue to pursue them, so they all stopped and looked at the witch and Pei Ziyun with hatred.
Looking at the green eyes of those people, Mayumi Masuda showed a hint of bitterness. She thought about it and followed a few steps: "Sir, where are you going? Please let me show you the way!"
Not far away from the village, the mist was looming among the trees. It was not clear from more than ten meters away. As Pei Ziyun walked, he saw the body lying on the side of the road.
It looked like he was a woodcutter. The body was infested with maggots, but it did not rot further. Pei Ziyun glanced at it casually and passed by expressionlessly.
"Samurai-sama, this is a zombie, it will turn into a walking corpse." Before Masuda Mayumi could finish her words, she suddenly saw a light point explode on the corpse, and then a white flame ignited on the corpse, and it melted in the blink of an eye. Ash.
“…”
"Mayumi, keep talking!" Pei Ziyun said, asking about the situation along the way.
"Hey, this place used to be very good, but something suddenly changed 350 years ago. Walking corpses appeared on the land. At first there were just a few, but then there were more and more."
"Not only that, there are monsters, real monsters."
"The leader of the walking corpses, Yao Gui, is actually a type of monster. It can be said to be the monster of corpses!"
"The villages that were originally able to fight against the walking corpses were gradually attacked by monsters, and there were fewer and fewer." Mayumi Masuda said bitterly.
"350 years!" That's not what Pei Ziyun cared about. If he remembered correctly, it was the time when the general rose and history changed.
If you put it this way, does it have something to do with the general? Pei Ziyun was thoughtful, suddenly stopped, pointed to the mountains in the distance and asked, "What is there?"
"That is the castle of the castle lord!" Masuda Mayumi responded with envy and longing without any hesitation: "Only the castle of the castle lord is a safe place."
"Everyone wants to go to the city, but it's too difficult."
"Really?" Pei Ziyun's eyes saw a different scene.
At the City Lord's Mansion, a murderous aura shot straight into the sky. This murderous aura was so powerful that the surrounding space was distorted. This was a force that even he felt threatened. Pei Ziyun couldn't help but squint his eyes, revealing the murderous aura.
"Ah!" With a soft cry, Mayumi Masuda couldn't help but cover her mouth, looking at Pei Ziyun, not daring to speak.
After a while, Pei Ziyun turned around and asked, "How much do you know about the city lord's city?"
"Um?"
"I'm very sorry. In fact, I don't know much about the Lord's city." Mayumi Masuda looked a little shy and her cheeks turned red: "Because I have only entered the city once. What I know is from other people's mouths. Of course, the most important thing is I still learned about it from Tatsuya Asami.”
"Asami Tatsuya was once recruited as a samurai by the lord of the city and lived in the city for a while." As she spoke, Mayumi Masuda's eyes showed a trace of sadness and nostalgia, and she cheered up again.
"The castle of the castle lord is called Okayama Castle. Asami Tatsuya said that Okayama Castle has existed for a very long time. It is not clear when it was built. But according to the information he checked, Okayama Castle was originally owned by the owner of 120,000 koku. The city has been established for at least several hundred years and is very prosperous."
"It's just that now only one-third of the villages in the territory are left, and they are becoming more and more desolate."
"Even so, there are still very powerful warriors in the city who can kill terrifying monsters with one hand, so no monsters nearby dare to attack. All monsters within ten miles of Okayama Castle will be eliminated."
"Is there really such a powerful person in the world?" Masuda Mayumi glanced at the city in the distance, a little unbelievable. She suddenly thought of Pei Ziyun's powerful force and the city lord's request for all villages to pay attention to "outsiders", and she glanced at it in a blink of an eye. , something strange appeared in his eyes, and he said: "Are you related to Okayama Castle?"
Is it an escaping samurai or a failed branch of the family head
As soon as Masuda Mayumi asked, she couldn't help but think of this, her face turned pale, and she hurriedly said: "Ah, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean to pry on you!"
Pei Ziyun listened, smiled nonchalantly, and said softly: "Lead the way from the front."
We were led by Mayumi Masuda along the way, but something very strange was that although it looked like Okayama Castle was not far away, after walking for a long time, I found that the distance was not much closer.
Mayumi Masuda noticed the confusion and bowed quickly: "Ah, sir, I'm sorry, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you!"
"That is, although Okayama Castle looks not far away, in reality, it is a very long distance away."
"There was a samurai in our village who tried to see how long it would take to reach Okayama Castle. However, he walked for two or three days and then came back alone. He also failed and his arms and legs were injured. In the village Someone once asked, but he didn’t say anything, only that it was very far away.”
"From now on, the village will never have this idea again."
"But the strange thing is that the people sent by the city lord are very fast and can often arrive in one day. Similarly, those led by people with city status can also arrive in one day."
Pei Ziyun listened without saying a word, but just observed silently. After walking for a long time, it seemed that the distance to Gangshan City had not changed, but as he went deeper, the surrounding fog became thicker.
"Sir, ahead is Luomu Village." Mayumi Masuda was very happy.
“…”
"It seems that Luomu Village is not peaceful either." Pei Ziyun said, calming down and tilting his ears. He could faintly hear the shouts of death and screams in the distance.
(End of chapter)