After listening to Xia Shang's words, Ji Zi tilted his head slightly, a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes.
Jizi did not answer, but Xia Shang's words seemed to be heard by the Japanese pirate boy on the side. He walked over in a few steps, grabbed Jizi's arm with one hand, stared at Xia Shang and said: "Miss, you must leave with me!"
Xia Shang also stood up and looked at the Japanese boy up and down with a rather disdainful expression.
04's expression became ugly, because this look was the look he showed when he looked at a Chinese man, but today he was looked at by a Chinese man like this.
"Damn Chinese, watch your eyes!"
"Forgot how you were trapped before?"
"court death!"
"That's enough, stop arguing!" Yoshiko calmed down the two of them and said to 04, "I've told you many times that he is my benefactor, he has saved me many times, and he is also the person I trust most. I hope you will
You can respect him!"
The pirate boy looked unhappy and nodded reluctantly: "Yes, Miss. But you must leave with me. Only by my side can you ensure your safety."
"What a joke, could it be that my protection for so many days has injured your lady? When it comes to protection, it is much safer to follow me than to follow you."
"Now, you are in front of me and I can kill you in an instant. How can you protect Miss?"
"If your lady hadn't wanted to see you, do you think you could see us now? By this time, we had already disappeared without a trace, and you are still trapped here."
"Your magic won't hold me back for long!"
"You're still being tough!"
"you!"
Jizi frowned: "What? Are you starting again?"
04 turned his head to the side and felt uncomfortable with his hand on the handle of the knife.
"Si, your current mission is to find the psychic talisman. It is inconvenient for me to follow you."
"But……"
"What else?" Xia Shang was a little impatient, "If you really want to help your lady, just go find the psychic talisman honestly. Even your lady said she doesn't want to be with you, why are you a little brat?
Don’t you understand people’s words? Don’t worry, your lady will not be in any danger following me.”
Ji Zi also advised: "Don't worry, I believe he can protect me."
04 What else do you want to say? Look at Yoshiko finally sighing
: "If the lady refuses to leave with my subordinate, then where should I meet the lady after I get the psychic talisman?"
Jizi looked back at Xia Shang.
Xia Shang also frowned.
This is a rather troublesome thing.
First of all, I don’t know how long it will take for this person to bring back what he needs. Xia Shang can’t stay in one place all the time. If something happens, he may move at any time, so he needs to agree on the meeting place in advance.
Not easy to handle.
You cannot go back to Xuzhou City. Only the few people in front of you know that Yoshiko is still alive. Returning to Xuzhou is relatively safe, but it also increases the risk of the news leaking.
Once the news spreads that Yoshiko is still alive, it will trigger a series of immeasurable changes.
Judging from the current situation, as long as this Japanese pirate boy can bring back what Jizi needs, the development of the entire war situation is what Xia Shang is willing to see.
That's why Xia Shang took Jizi to hide in the area occupied by the Japanese pirates.
Apart from these abandoned villages, the rest of this area are some villages, towns and cities that are being occupied by Japanese pirates. Such places are obviously more dangerous and should naturally be avoided.
Xia Shang hesitated and did not answer for a long time.
At this time, a voice came from the other end of the room: "Pindao's Qingshui Temple can give you a temporary refuge."
Xia Shang looked at the old Taoist curiously: "Qingshui Temple?"
"Pindao practiced Taoism in Qingshui Temple on Wanghaifeng in Siyang Mountain in Xuzhou in his early years. He has lived here for fifty years. But ten years ago, he began to travel around the world, returning every three years. This year is the time when Pindao returns home.
In the year of my home, my first purpose of coming to Xuzhou this time was to return to Qingshui Temple. Unexpectedly, I encountered the invasion of Japanese pirates. The two apprentices were very energetic and insisted on killing the bandits here, so their return home was delayed.
Since my little friend needs a place to stay temporarily, Pindao’s Qingshui Temple is naturally the best place to go.”
"I wonder where Siyang Mountain is?"
The old Taoist pointed in one direction: "It's thirty miles to the east."
"We're walking thirty miles? Isn't it close to the seaside?"
"The so-called Wanghai Peak means that you can see the ocean from the top."
"Now that we have arrived at the seaside, aren't there more Japanese pirates there? Wouldn't this be more dangerous?"
"Siyang Mountain is steep and there are few people inhabiting it. Even Japanese pirates cannot find their way into the mountain."
The Tao, so in Pindao’s view of clear water, there is no doubt that it is safe.”
Xia Shang did not hesitate: "Then I won't disturb the Taoist priest."
The old Taoist smiled and looked outside: "The rain has stopped, let's leave early."
"Master, do you really want to take them to Qingshui Temple?" Lu Lu caught up and asked, with a very worried look on her face.
The old Taoist waved his hand: "They have saved us, why don't we do something? Master's Qingshui Temple is huge and can accommodate so many people."
"I think their identities are..."
"Okay, go and carry your senior brother on your back. Speaking of which, you haven't even seen Master's hometown."
The old Taoist didn't want to continue arguing with his apprentice, so he changed the subject.
Seeing that her opinion was not taken seriously, Lu Lu looked helpless and turned back to help her senior brother on the armrest.
At this time, Xia Shang saw that Yu Qing's arm had been bandaged and the bleeding had stopped.
Although he seemed to have lost half his life, the fact that he was able to treat the wound in such a short period of time showed that his medical skills were definitely extraordinary.
A group of six people set off for Siyang Mountain, deeper in Xuzhou.
04 He had to follow him to Qingshui Temple and then leave, so that he could give it to Yoshiko after he found the psychic talisman.
The atmosphere in the team was very depressed along the way, and there was not much communication.
We did encounter some scattered Japanese pirates on the way, but they were all avoided by Xia Shang and his party.
After walking for thirty miles for a day, we finally arrived at the foot of Siyang Mountain.
At the foot of the mountain is a deserted village. The scene is even bleaker than the deserted villages we encountered before, with stinking corpses everywhere.
Before entering the mountain, Xia Shang insisted on getting rid of all the corpses he could see.
This incident made Lu Lu become much friendlier towards Xia Shang, and what was even more unexpected was that when burning all the rotting corpses, the Japanese pirate boy actually took out a string of Buddhist beads to save these people.
The fire burned for two full hours, and there was no telling how many corpses were piled up.
The Japanese pirate boy was very serious about his salvation. He put his samurai sword aside on the ground, closed his eyes tightly, and recited scriptures that no one could understand.
"Pretentious, hypocritical!" Lu Lu whispered from the side.
This Japanese pirate boy was naturally the most disliked one. In addition, he chopped off one of Yu Qing's arms, so the masters and disciples were eager to find an opportunity to kill him.