Dirty mud dripped down the outer walls of the rammed-earth houses in the dripping rain. Many people with feathers on their heads and robes and feathers that didn't reach their knees were hiding under the eaves of each house, staring blankly at the scene. It rained a lot, and the rainwater gathered into a small stream on the path that was only big enough for three or four people walking side by side. It overflowed over the potholes on the muddy road and flowed forward.
Not far away, there is a hill with various sheds built around the hill-like rooms. The house, a natural cave on the hill, is occupied by the wealthy family of the village and becomes the residence of his family.
At this time, a 'carriage' passed by these hill-like houses.
The horse pulling the cart is not much bigger than a donkey, and the carriage it pulls behind it is completely made of straw woven into an umbrella top and supported on a wooden wheeled cart, which is far from a real carriage.
However, such a carriage was very rare in this small village. People who were hiding from the rain under the eaves and dressed like savages stretched their heads to take a look.
All the water flowing down the grass under the eaves was poured on the heads of these people, and they didn't care. They stood in the rain like animals, staring at the horse-drawn carriage going away.
In the carriage, there was a man who was dressed very differently from ordinary people.
The man was short in stature, looking at the small mounds that looked like graves around him, his eyes a little desperate: "Who doesn't want to swim across the sea and become a Tang Dynasty?
I heard that people in the Tang Dynasty could get two meals a day and wear clothes made of silk threads.
Most of them no longer wear clothes made of feathers and animal skins...
And how pitiful are we?
Now I have been relegated to such a "ghost place", where I can't even see a decent person around..."
The man's clothes were somewhat similar to those of the Tang Dynasty, but the materials used were very different. When he spoke, he couldn't help but wipe the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, lowered his head and began to cry.
He was originally a samurai born in Kyoto, but because he offended his master's family, he was sent to such a ghost place to be responsible for the development and construction of this place.
Except for Heian Kyo, Dongliu Island is full of such "ghost places" as the "Samurai Kai" sees now.
The Heian Dynasty is still unable to unify the entire island, and most of Hokkaido is currently dominated by the "Ezo natives".
There are still ‘savages’ haunting many areas on the island!
The nobles in Kyoto live in luxury, elegance and glitz, but in the "countryside" outside Kyoto, people are starving everywhere, and the lives of the people are actually no different from those of savages.
"Sir, the rain is getting heavier and heavier!
I can no longer see the way forward clearly!
Let's find a local residence to settle down in this village first, and then return to Numata Town after the rain!" The attendant who was running wildly with the carriage had his clothes soaked under the heavy rain. He was shivering and couldn't help it. He said to the 'Samurai Armor' who was sitting on the carriage and whose clothes were almost soaked by the rain.
This 'warrior armor' has no surname, and his attendant groom is just like him.
At present, there are still castes in Dongliu Island. Their surnames are all awarded by the "Emperor". It was not until the "Shogunate Era" that samurai were officially established to have the privilege of "Miao with sword". The so-called "Miao" is the right to name.
Meaning.
Therefore, the samurai armor does not have a surname, nor does he have a name. Because he is a powerful person in the family, he is often called "Ichiro".
When the 'Samurai Koichiro' heard what the groom said, his face suddenly filled with anger: "Do you want me to live with the savages and eat grass with them?!"
The groom looked at the road ahead that was obscured by thick mist, and then looked back at the owner with an angry look on his face. He hesitated and said: "Sir, if we continue to move forward, the rain will not stop and we can't see the way forward. It is very likely that we will...
Getting lost...encountering those evil creatures that often appear in the rain..."
As soon as he heard the words 'evil in the rain', Samurai Koichiro couldn't help but shudder.
He looked around.
The small village full of thatched houses became hazy in the mist, as if it was far away.
There are overgrown grasses all around, and the wild trees in the distance are swaying with their rugged branches, giving it a desolate and eerie feeling - in such torrential rain, the possibility of meeting the 'Rain Girl' greatly increases...
As soon as he thought of this, the anger in Samurai Koichiro's heart dissipated a lot.
It's just a matter of living in the same room with those savages, eating grass, drinking animal blood, and eating raw meat with them. Just be patient and endure it. It is much better than having your life taken away by the "Rain Girl".
"Then go back...
Let’s go back quickly!” Samurai Koichiro urged the groom.
Except for the 'Shanghuang Lineage', no family on Dongliu Island has mastered the method of communicating with the 'spirits' and avoiding death under the 'divine power'.
Most people nowadays can only wait to die when they encounter Li Wei.
Those who are lucky enough to survive and master the method of communicating with the gods will immediately gain the appreciation of the emperor, marry the princes and princesses of the emperor's lineage, and become new nobles.
The samurai Koichiro was obviously not among them. He tightened the iron sword at his waist and watched the coachman steering the carriage and turning back to the small village in the distance.
At this time, he seemed to be touched and glanced behind him——
In the misty sky and earth, several figures suddenly appeared, and then they approached the carriage he was riding in!
He watched helplessly as those figures suddenly appeared, and then approached him. Samurai Koichiro had no thoughts in his mind, he only felt that he had no chance of survival at the moment!
Those 'people' suddenly appeared, I'm afraid it was something weird!
Not a living person!
When you meet Li Jui, what else can you do except wait for death?!
Samurai Koichiro thought so in his mind, but no sound came out of his throat. Those figures were extremely fast and stopped what he called the carriage in the blink of an eye. The coachman was so frightened that he fell into the rain with a thud——
She was so frightened that she fainted!
“Eating raw meat frequently will cause hundreds of insects to invade the body, and the foundation will be weak.
At the moment, he was splashed by rain again, and he was on the verge of tipping over his internal balance. When he suddenly saw us appearing, he fainted." The tall, strong, white-haired old man glanced at the horseman who fell on the ground, and turned around.
He said a few words, "It's okay, he won't die."
As he spoke, he took out a black ball from somewhere, squatted down, and stuffed it into the groom's mouth.
The samurai Koichiro listened to the white-haired figure like a mountain speaking words he couldn't understand. He was even more frightened and could not react.
On the side of the mountain-like white-haired figure, there are two high mountains, and a monk wearing a rich red plaid clothes and a shaved head.
Behind these figures, there is a goddess-like woman holding a bird with extremely long tail feathers, like a pheasant.
Should that bird be a ‘phoenix’?
Samurai Koichiro's dull thinking suddenly started to change.
The mountain-like young man cast his gaze at him and asked him: "Where are you going, your Excellency? Maybe you can find a temporary place for us to stay?"
Samurai Koichiro still couldn't understand the young man's words, but he strangely understood the meaning of the young man's words.
He nodded stupidly.
The few people in front of him were dressed in gorgeous clothes. Although they were not as good as the nobles in Kyoto, they were not far behind. Since they could communicate and were not 'ghosts', the samurai Koichiro could barely restrain his inner fear, especially when he saw After his groom ate a black meatball from the white-haired old man, and now he was getting up from the muddy water, he realized that the people at the moment had no bad intentions towards him.
He swallowed and then heard the young man continue to say: "We have traveled across the ocean from the Tang Dynasty. I wonder if you know about the Tang Dynasty?
If you don't understand, it doesn't matter, just treat us as travelers from a foreign country."
When the samurai Koichiro heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice. He nodded and swallowed, and after a while he organized his words: "I know about the Tang Dynasty, and I have a good friend who once served as The 'Envoy to the Tang Dynasty' took a boat to the Tang Dynasty.
According to the envoys who accompanied him to the Tang Dynasty, he arrived in the Tang Dynasty, encountered a storm when returning by boat, and died in the sea...
You are actually from the Tang Dynasty? How did you end up in such a ghost place?
Shouldn't a noble person like you go to Kyoto?"
When it came to the Tang Dynasty, the samurai Kaichiro seemed to have endless questions. Contrary to his previous sluggish appearance, he asked Su Wu and his party several questions in succession. Until the end, he suddenly realized that he had asked too abruptly. After asking too many questions, he looked timid again and lowered his head like a quail.
Su Wu looked at the haggard Jianzhen next to him, then smiled and said to the samurai Kaichiro: "We encountered the sea breeze on the boat, and were blown by the wind until we were close to the coast here. After we found the opportunity to go ashore, we stopped and walked all the way. Got here.”
A group of people came here to look for the traces of the 'Ten Destruction Swords', but they didn't need to cross the sea by boat.
They used the breath of the underworld to travel through various places, from Ganzhou in Hexi to Dongliu Island, and the trip took only a moment.
After entering Dongliu Island, Jianzhen did not see what Jianzhen had previously said: "The entire Dongliu Island is covered with corpses, and most of the islanders were killed or injured," and the "Candlelight Witch Maid" was nowhere to be seen.
Therefore, it is necessary to temporarily find a place to stay. After settling down, we will try to find the "Zhuzhao Shrine" to see if there is any trace of this shrine today.
If you can find Zhuzhao Shrine, Zhuzhao Shrine Maid, Rashomon, Ten Destroyer Swords, etc., you will have clues.
Su Wu smiled and pointed at the dripping rain everywhere, and then asked the samurai Kaichiro: "Then can you find a place for us to stay temporarily?
We won't disturb you too much, we will stay for two or three days and then start again."
The Dongliu Islander on the carriage must have some status. Su Wu came to ask for help in settling his group because he seemed to have a higher status than those islanders who drank raw hair and drank blood.
After all, most people in the surrounding small villages cannot communicate with each other.
It's not because of the language barrier, but even if Su Wu directly plants his thoughts in their minds and conveys his thoughts to them, they resist Su Wu with more fear than curiosity, and they often yell and yell.
To drive Su Wu away.
Su Wu and his party were really unable to communicate with them, so they turned their attention to this local "official" who was touring the villages and preparing to return.
Samurai Koichiro followed Su Wu's gaze and saw the raindrops falling continuously. He turned his eyes back to Su Wu and others, and then realized that although these people were in the heavy rain, they were still wearing the same clothes.
, the shoes and boots on the feet showed no trace of getting wet by the rain!
Everything the other party said and did revealed to Samurai Koichiro the extraordinary feelings of these people.
But even so, he didn't have any extra thoughts, and just nodded to Su Wu: "This is what should be done, but the rain is too heavy now, and we dare not go any further and return to our residence in the town...
...But it would be really rude to place you in a nearby village..."
He looked a little embarrassed.
Su Wu smiled and said, "We will accompany you back to the town."
"Ah... there will be rain girls in this rain. If we encounter a rain girl, it will be even more dangerous. You and I might as well wait for the rain to stop in a nearby village before we set off to Numata Town.
,Is this okay?" Samurai Kaichiro asked with some anxiety.
"When we were in the Tang Dynasty, we once learned the method of suppressing ghosts and gods.
Don't worry about Rain Girl, where are you going?
Just give me directions." Hong Renkun, a middle-aged man with a square face, looked at the troubled samurai Koichiro and suddenly said.
He was getting a little bored waiting.
When he spoke now, he already had his own sexual intention attached to it, leading the samurai Koichiro to nod in agreement.
Then the horseman showed the way, and everyone followed the carriage all the way to Numata Town.
Compared with those villages, Numata Town only has more houses with grass and rattan walls. Surrounded by these grass houses surrounded by sewage, there are several houses made of wood and rammed earth. The samurai
Koichiro's residence is one of the houses.
He led everyone back to a house to the west.
There were many servants in feathered clothes coming and going in the house, making a lot of noise. When they saw the master leading a group of "gorgeously dressed" guests who were tall and stooped to walk through the courtyard gate, they were immediately stunned.
It became even more noisy.
Most of the servants were so frightened that they hid in corners.
The few who were not afraid also stood there blankly, staring directly at Su Wu and the others. When the master came back, they did not know how to avoid or salute.
"Bastard savages!" Looking at these stupid servants, Samurai Koichiro's face was so angry that he almost twisted his face. He strode over on straw sandals and kicked them one by one into the mud. Then he turned back and looked at
The expressions of Su Wu and the others became apologetic again, "These are all servants and soldiers I recruited locally. These pig-dog-like people are ignorant of etiquette and education. I hope that you, our distinguished guests, will forgive me.
I will discipline them well and not let them bother you."
"It doesn't matter."
Su Wu looked at the servants who were kicked down in the mud and simply lay in the mud, staring blankly at his servants. He sighed lowly, shook his head and said to the samurai Koichiro.