This is the twenty-sixth day after the fall of Taizhou, with dark clouds and thunder rolling.

All the residents in the city who could evacuate were evacuated, and the remaining people were either unable to evacuate or had nowhere to go.

The doors and windows of every house were closed, and the streets and alleys were deserted, as if a plague had just passed through.

Only the blue-gray bricks and tiles bear witness to the living human tragedy in the city.

Unlike the situation when the two armies are at war and occupy the enemy's city, the Japanese pirates do not need to consider the public support and prestige necessary to rule this place for a long time. What they want is nothing more than to plunder the coast to the greatest extent before Emperor Jianwen or King Yan is free to deal with them.

various prefectures and counties in the region to satisfy their most desired interests as invaders.

They occupied the prefect's Yamen, which had long been deserted, and then began to plunder the people's property in the name of collecting "security taxes," which was almost the same as robbery.

It would be fine if the people who were robbed were willing to offer money and food obediently, but if they did not comply, the lighter ones would be injured and disabled, and the worst cases would even be killed directly.

There were thousands of Japanese pirates entering the city, and the prefect's Yamen couldn't accommodate them. Of course, for the sake of convenience, they did whatever they wanted, so they unscrupulously occupied the houses that were visible to them. If that family wanted to avoid being expelled, they had to endure and serve these untouchables.

A strong man.

In such a harsh environment, the people all sealed their doors and windows and prayed anxiously at home, praying that bad luck would not befall them.

In order to create the illusion that their homes are empty, some people not only make the courtyard extremely dilapidated, they even dare not light a fire or cook rice, and only live on cold and hard dry food for fear that the smoke will attract thieves.

In such an environment, human life is truly worthless.

For these Japanese pirates who live on islands or boats all year round, women are a more precious resource than food. From old women to girls, they are all fat in their eyes. Sometimes, in order to compete for women, Japanese pirates even

Will fight with his companions.

Seizing people's property, seizing their homes, and seizing their women have become the three most common tragedies in Taizhou City.

And these remnants who were unable to evacuate during the war were mainly the old, weak, women and children who were unable to resist, and had to be bullied by the Japanese pirates. People talked about the Japanese pirates and became so frightened that they wanted to dig a hole in the ground to avoid the Japanese pirates.

, hide yourself deeply.

However, a thin figure chose to take to the streets at this time.

This person was dressed in black. Although he covered his mouth and nose with a veil and wrapped his hair with a scarf, it was still easy to tell from his figure and the big exposed eyes that he was a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old.

The girl carefully observed her surroundings. When she walked to a street corner, she would often poke her head out to take a look. After confirming that no one was around, she would step out and quickly walk to the next corner.

It's not that she doesn't know how scary Japanese pirates are, it's just that her mother, who depends on her for life, is in bed with a high fever. If she can't buy medicine as soon as possible, her life may be in danger at any time.

Fortunately, the drug store was not far away, only two streets away from home. The girl found the door of the drug store without any danger and knocked twice on the door that had been nailed shut with wooden boards.

No one answered the door.

"Shopkeeper Qi, Uncle Qi." The girl called in a low voice, tears welling up in her eyes, "It's Niannian, my mother has a fever again."

She took out two copper coins from her arms, stuffed them one by one into the crack of the door and said: "Uncle Qi, please give me some medicine. If you don't take the medicine, my mother may..."

Hearing the silence inside the door for a long time, the girl's tears fell down her cheeks. Just as she was about to leave in despair, the door suddenly moved, and a packet of medicine spit out from the gap below.

"Thank you, Uncle Qi." The girl hurriedly wiped away her tears, picked up the medicine bag and hurried home.

She was so excited that when she passed the street corner, she forgot to check the situation on the other side first, and bumped into a young samurai wearing a bamboo hat and carrying a Japanese sword at his waist.

"This..." The girl knew that a disaster was coming. Her legs went weak and she knelt down. She kept kowtowing to the man: "I'm sorry, sir, but I'm blind. I..." She saw that the medicine bag she had just bought was knocked away.

There was something on the ground not far away, so I stretched out my hand to grab it.

The young warrior stepped on it.

The girl's tears immediately started flowing down again, and she said in a trembling voice: "This is the life-saving medicine for my mother. Please give it back to me."

The young warrior's throat moved, but he still did not speak. He only slowly drew out the sharp Japanese sword.

The tip of the knife lifted off the girl's scarf, and the girl's black hair fell down like a waterfall. The cold blade touched the girl's cheek, and when the girl trembled, she took off the veil covering her mouth and nose.

When he saw the girl's delicate face, the young warrior's eyes lit up.

"Give me the medicine, whatever happens to me..." The girl bit her lip and endured the humiliation, "I can do anything for you..."

The young warrior's chest began to rise and fall violently, and his breathing became rapid. The Japanese sword went down along the girl's neck and gently opened her skirt.

The girl was frightened and angry, but she could only continue to beg: "Don't be here, okay? Come home with me, I...I will do what you want."

"Lead the way." The warrior finally said the first sentence in broken Chinese, but still did not return the medicine to the girl. Obviously, he realized that his good luck had come, and as long as he held on to the package of medicine, he would

You can make this girl obey your words.

The girl held the loose skirt of her clothes with one hand, stood up with the other hand on the ground, and walked home silently. She hated herself for being so complacent that she forgot to observe the dangerous environment when she first got the medicine, and now it fell into the hands of the Japanese pirates.

Here, your future destiny will no longer be under your control.

After returning home, the young warrior sat on the girl's bed like a master and played with the medicine bag in his hand.

The girl gritted her teeth and poured a bowl of cold water for him: "Drink some water first."

When she was pouring water, she saw a pair of big scissors by the stove, and she kept them silently in her sleeves, thinking that after giving her mother the medicine, she would use the scissors to commit suicide to end her unclean life.

The warrior drank the water, patted the bed next to him, and motioned for the girl to come over.

The girl understood what he meant and sat beside the bed.

The warrior held the girl's soft body in his arms, and the girl had a strange thought at this moment.

Rather than committing suicide, I might as well take the opportunity to kill him first.

She took out the scissors while the samurai's hands were groping her body, and stabbed the samurai in the heart.

Unfortunately, she was too weak after all, and her position was not completely correct. The samurai roared, jumped up with a strange cry, drew out his Japanese sword, and slashed at the girl.

As the chill came over her, the girl closed her eyes and waited for death, but suddenly she heard the sound of another sharp blade cutting through the wind past her ears. A long sword faster than a Japanese sword turned into a white rainbow and pierced the warrior's throat like lightning.

The warrior looked extremely horrified, and kept making a "gurgling" sound in his throat, as if he couldn't believe that anyone could have such a fast sword.

Then he fell.
Chapter completed!