Chapter 506 The Hunting Festival of the Red Moon Fortress [6600 words]
Aisuma dragged her somewhat tired body on her way home.
She had successfully returned to life just now and reported the news of "successfully wiping out the gold diggers" and all the necessary reports she encountered on the way back and forth to an old man named "Peleshinope".
This old man is also one of the elders of their Red Moon Fortress. Her status and prestige in the Red Moon Fortress are extremely high, and she is often entrusted with important tasks by her father, Chanup.
After discovering the gold thieves, Chanup gave full responsibility to Peleshinope to exterminate the gold thieves.
Who should be sent to exterminate the gold thieves, and when to set off... these things are all decided by Pelleshinope.
Pelleshinope originally planned to lead Aisuma and the others to deal with the gold diggers. However, Aisuma and others considered that Pelleshinope was already 64 years old this year, so for safety reasons, Aisuma and others decided to
Suma and others spent a lot of effort to persuade Peleshinope to stay in the fortress and not wander around like young people like them.
After successfully reporting the "big victory" and "everyone is safe" to Pelleshinope, Esuma, who was walking on a certain road in the fortress, noticed that the surrounding residents were discussing in low voices that they had just arrived.
The villagers of Qina Village, as well as Ogata, Atachi and the others.
Asuma has been learning various hunting techniques for as long as she can remember. She started hunting when she was 12 years old.
In this hunt after hunt, Aisuma developed good eyesight and hearing.
Isuma, who was somewhat interested in the discussions of Ogata and others among the surrounding residents, pricked up her ears and quietly listened to the discussions of the people around her.
Thanks to her good hearing, the discussions of the people around her reached Aisuma's ears clearly.
"It is said that people from the village named Qina Village arrived here just now."
"Really?"
"Yeah. It's true. I just went along to join in the fun and took a look at the villagers in Qina Village. As rumored, it is a village with very few men. I counted the young people in their village.
There seem to be only about ten men..."
"It's so miserable...there are not many men in the village...it must be very hard..."
"I have heard something about that village before. It is said that a few years ago, many men in their village disappeared inexplicably and have not returned yet."
"It's so scary...how can a perfectly good person disappear..."
"I don't know what happened. After the 'disappearance' incident, there were very few men in that village. They were attacked by white-skinned men some time ago... Sigh..."
"No wonder the whole village has to move into our place. There are only so many men left in the village... Even self-protection is a problem..."
"Those white-skinned people are indeed just like the Japanese, they are not good people."
"Tao Kazuto...did you know? It seems that two Kazuto followed the villagers of Qina Village and came to our Heye Zhe."
"Really? Two Kazuto?!"
"Well, there's a man and a woman. The man has two swords hanging on his waist. He should be a samurai among Kazuto."
"Samurai... why did two Kazuto follow the villagers of Qina Village into our Heye Zhe?"
"Those two Kazuto seemed to be the saviors of the villagers in Qina Village. The two of them were particularly skilled. After Qina Village was attacked by the white-skinned people, those two Kazuto helped the villagers in Qina Village.
They repelled the white-skinned men who came, but...why those two Kazuto came to us, I don't know..."
"Kazuto...I hate Kazuto the most...It's because of them that my husband's hometown was burned down..."
"I don't like Heren either. Heren never thought about living in peace with us from the beginning to the end."
"You can't say that...not all Kazuto are annoying."
"It is said that the reason why those two Kazuto came to our place was with Chanup's permission."
"Have you got Chanup's permission? What is Chanup thinking? Why do you want two people to come to our Heyezhe for no reason?"
"Shh, shh... keep your voice down, Aisuma is not far away."
One of the women who were discussing Ogata and others in low voices noticed Isuma who was not far away, and hurriedly warned her friends around her in a low voice.
The woman who had just said such arrogant words as "What is Chanup thinking about?" now closed her mouth tightly and glanced at Aisuma not far away with a somewhat embarrassed look.
The content of their discussion just now has been heard by Aisuma.
Regarding what they just said, Aisuma just sighed softly, and then quickly walked away from the women.
"Sister! Are you back?"
At this moment, a hearty voice sounded from behind Aisuma.
Hearing this hearty voice, Aisuma was stunned for a moment, then turned to look behind her with a smile on her face.
"Otunpui. I'm back."
The person who shouted "Sister" loudly and ran towards Aisuma from behind was a boy who was only about 13 or 4 years old.
This young man shouted for his sister while running towards Aisuma, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.
However, some passers-by looked at this young man in a somewhat... strange way.
Some passers-by looked at the young man who was running quickly towards Aisuma with a bit of disgust.
After the young man came to Aisuma, he threw himself into Aisuma's arms.
After a few rounds of greetings with Aisuma, and asking whether Aisuma was injured when she went out to kill gold diggers, the young man asked Aisuma impatiently:
"Sister! I heard that Majima Goro came to our Heye Zhe! Is this true?"
"Yes." Aisuma nodded slightly, "He and his wife seem to be at his father's place now. During the time I was away from home, did you seriously hone your archery skills?"
"The 'Hunting Festival' is about to begin."
"It will be very embarrassing if you fail to perform well in the 'Hunting Festival'."
After hearing the word "Hunting Festival" from Esuma's mouth, the boy immediately shrank his neck as if he had heard something terrible.
"I, of course I am practicing my archery skills..."
"Yeah." Aisuma nodded, "That's good."
"Although I have practiced my bow skills well..." the young man's weak voice sounded again, "but I have never been able to find a companion who is willing to participate in the hunting festival with me..."
Aisuma was stunned for a moment, then sighed heavily.
"...Otongpuyi, why don't you go and make a good friend..."
Otunpuyi said nothing, only lowered his head and remained silent.
Aisuma, on the other hand, held her forehead and looked helpless.
"...Forget it, let's talk about this later, let's go home now."
Aisuma grabbed the boy's arm and strode back home.
As Chanup's daughter, her home is naturally Chanup's home.
After quickly returning home, Aisuma saw her father sitting in a circle with Chepke and others.
The two of them happened to pass by Ogata.
When they returned home, Ogata had just left their home and went to find Lin Ziping.
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When Lin Ziping stared at Ogata with serious eyes, the expressionless Ogata also looked directly at Lin Ziping.
No one spoke anymore.
In the end, Lin Ziping seemed to be unable to endure the silent atmosphere any longer. He took the lead in scratching his hair and then broke the silence.
"...How about this?"
"If you can help me get out of this hellish place as soon as possible, in addition to taking you to the village where the strange doctor is, I owe you another favor. If you encounter anything that needs help from others in the future, you can come to me as soon as possible.
I!"
"I specialize in military, geography, history and other studies."
"Although I'm just a scholar, I can still help a lot."
"In order to study academically, I traveled around a lot and visited many places. I was quite well-informed!"
"I am very knowledgeable about the geography and history of Ryukyu, Korea, and Ezo!"
Lin Ziping wanted to continue to promote himself, but Oufang suddenly sighed and interrupted Lin Ziping.
"Okay, stop talking."
After interrupting Lin Ziping's words, Ogata approached Lin Ziping with a serious look.
The two people looked at each other through the window, their faces so close that each other's breath could hit each other's face.
"...I'll just believe you for once."
"I will try my best to help you get out of here as soon as possible."
"I hope you can fulfill your promise to me after you come out of here."
"Otherwise - the knife on my waist..."
Ogata raised his left hand and placed his left palm on the handle of Da Shiten's sword.
"It's not a wooden sword."
Ogata threatened Lin Ziping very directly.
Faced with Ogata's threat, Lin Ziping did not show any panic. After nodding vigorously, he said:
"Don't worry. I won't break my promise."
"I don't dare to say anything big."
"But I still dare to say it with a pat on my chest about 'extraordinarily keeping my promises.'"
At this time, A-Machi looked at Ogata with a bit of surprise.
"Are you really going to help this guy?"
"This person has information that may be very useful to us. I don't want to just throw away this rare and useful information."
Ogata said softly.
"Let's give it a try... Anyway, even if we fail to fish this person out in the end, we won't have any substantial losses."
"Please don't say that!" Lin Ziping immediately protested, "Please do your best to save me!"
"I told you just now that my relationship with the senior officials of the Red Moon Fortress is not good enough to let me go if I say a word to them."
"It was just the first time that their leader and I met."
Ogata put both hands on the handle of the Da Shi Tian Dao on his left waist and asked Lin Ziping in an interrogating tone:
"I have to figure out your real purpose of coming here first. Otherwise, I'll have no way of convincing the top management of Red Moon Fortress to let you go."
"Tell me first - why did you come to Ezochi, and why do you have so many hand-drawn maps on you?"
Ogata never thought that after coming to this Edo period, he would one day become a "defense lawyer", collect information and evidence, and then fish people out of cells...
"As I just said, it's for academic research." Lin Ziping said, "I mainly study geography."
"I came here to Ezochi just to survey the topography of Ezochi and study the geography of Ezochi."
“The shogunate has never paid much attention to the Ezo Territory, so few people have studied the history and geography of the Ezo Territory.”
"For those of us who specialize in geography, Ezochi is a treasure house with a lot of knowledge waiting for us to investigate and delve into."
"The reason why I came to Ezo and drew so many maps by hand was just to conduct academic research! Just to study the geography of Ezo!"
"Did you come to Ezo alone?" Ogata asked.
"Yes. I came here alone," Lin Ziping said. "I wanted to hire a few ronin to be my guards, but I don't have much money, and it's not safe to hire ronin who don't know the details."
"You are really brave..." Ogata couldn't help but look at Lin Ziping a few more times, "You are obviously a lot older, but you still dare to come to Ezo without a companion...
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Ogata, who has been here in Ezo for a while, has a clear understanding of the danger level of Ezo.
He and Atachi first encountered a giant man-eating bear, and then encountered brutal Cossacks.
And Lin Ziping dared to come to Ezo without any bodyguards or companions...Ogata didn't know whether to call him bold or stupid.
"I also know that this is very dangerous." Lin Ziping smiled bitterly, "But compared to such danger, I am more afraid of not being able to complete my academic research."
"And I'm not incapable of protecting myself."
"For academic research, I have been running around and traveling around, and I have developed a strong body. I can guarantee that most warriors are not as strong as me."
"And I am also the holder of the 'catalog' of Nakajo Ryu."
"I also know a lot about hunting. I know what to do to avoid encountering wild beasts."
Table of contents - the levels of swordsmanship schools in this era.
Most swordsmanship schools are divided into three levels from low to high: paper cutting, catalogue, and so on.
If the assessment conditions are not mixed up, then those who have the "catalog" certificate are indeed considered to be quite powerful people.
After listening to what Lin Ziping said just now, Ogata said silently in his heart:
——He is an academic madman...
Lin Ziping's sentence just now, "Compared with such dangers, I am more afraid of not being able to complete my academic research," exudes the aura of an academic madman from beginning to end.
Ogata has seen many people who are obsessed with improving their martial arts.
But this was the first time Ogata had seen this kind of person who was obsessed with improving his academic level.
"Do you have any Ainu friends here in Ezochi? If you have any Ainu friends, you can find him and ask him to help clear your suspicions."
Lin Ziping shook his head.
"Although I have visited many Ainu villages and have stayed in many villages temporarily, I don't have many Ainu friends..."
"...This is very difficult to handle." Ogata suppressed the thought of sighing, "There is no physical evidence to prove that you are not a spy of the shogunate..."
"All I have now is your words..."
Ogata lowered his head and pondered.
After a moment, Ogata slowly said:
"...Let's do this for now - I'll go find Chanup now."
"Go talk to him about you."
"Evidence that we think is useful may not be accepted by others."
"You must first know what kind of evidence can be considered useful in the eyes of the people in Red Moon Fortress, evidence that can prove that you are not a spy for the shogunate."
"After discussing your matter with Chanup in detail, we can slowly think about how to get you out of prison."
"Who is Chanup?" Lin Ziping asked rhetorically.
"The person who leads the Red Moon Fortress should be regarded as the supreme ruler of the Red Moon Fortress."
"Oh..." Lin Ziping murmured, "Would you like to talk to the supreme ruler of Red Moon Fortress first..."
After thinking for a moment, Lin Ziping nodded gently:
"Well...that's all we can do for now..."
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Ogata and Atachi were walking side by side on a certain street in the Red Moon Fortress.
The "guiding young man" who was responsible for taking them to Lin Ziping's place just now was walking in front of them.
Just now, this "young man who led the way" took Ogata and his wife from Chanupu's home to the hut where Lin Ziping was imprisoned.
But now it's the other way around.
Now this "young man leading the way" is taking Ogata and the two from the hut where Lin Ziping is imprisoned to Chanup's home.
"...I think there is no way to prove Lin Ziping's innocence."
Amachi, who was walking beside Ogata, said coldly.
"There is no physical evidence, and no one trusted by the senior officials of Red Moon Fortress can help identify him as not a spy."
"Based on just a few words from the two of us, I don't think we can convince Chanup and the others to let him go..."
"Anyway, let's give it a try first." Ogata shrugged with a wry smile, "If you really can't get that Lin Ziping out of prison as soon as possible... then let's wait until that time comes."
Soon, Ogata and the others returned to Chanup's home.
The "Guide Boy" shouted something into the house in Ainu language.
Then, Ogata and the others heard Chanup's response, but because Chanup spoke Ainu, Ogata couldn't understand what Chanup was saying.
After Chanup's response, the "leading boy" turned around and nodded towards Ogata and Atachi:
"You can go in now."
After obtaining the entry permission, Ogata and Atachi entered Chanup's home again one after another.
Chief Chepke and the others are still present, and there should be something important to discuss.
However, compared to when Ogata and the others left just now, there are two more people here.
The two extra people sat on the left and right sides of Chanup.
One of these two people is Isuma, whom Ogata is familiar with.
Next to Aisuma, there was a young man whom Ogata didn't recognize.
After seeing Ogata and Omachi entering, the young man was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Ogata with excitement on his face.
"Mr. Majima, Miss Atachi, you are back." Chanup took the lead and said to the two of them, "How is it? The old man in the cell is the person you are looking for?"
Ogata shook his head: "That person is not the person we are looking for."
"That's it...that's really a pity...Ah, Mr. Majima, Miss Atachi, let me introduce you."
Chanup pointed at Aisuma and the boy who were sitting on his left and right sides respectively.
"This is my eldest daughter-Aisuma."
"You should know each other, so I won't introduce you further."
Chanup already knew the details of how Aisuma and others formed a team with Ogata and others and returned to Red Moon Fortress with Ogata and others.
"And this is my eldest son-Otunpuyi."
--eldest son?
Ogata looked at the young man.
Ogata was not surprised by the sudden appearance of Chanup's eldest son.
Whether it is the Kazuto society that has already entered the feudal era or the Ainu society that is still in the tribal era, they all have one thing in common - the lack of entertainment activities.
It's fine during the day, but at night there's really nothing you can do.
Therefore, in this era, making children has become the only entertainment that ordinary people can do at night.
Since leaving Edo with A-Machi, working hard to hand over the ancestral chromosomes to A-Machi has become an important pastime for Ogata and A-Machi to pass the long nights.
So in this era, it is very common for a family to have 7, 8, or even a dozen children.
If Chanup had only one child, Esuma, Ogata would be surprised.
After carefully observing the young man named Otongpuyi, Ogata discovered that the young man's facial features were indeed somewhat similar to Aisuma.
This boy looks to be about 13 or 4 years old, and he and Aisuma should be siblings.
Xu Xiang saluted Otongpuyi:
"First meeting. (Ainu language)"
Ogata first said "first meeting" in less standard "Plastic Ainu", and then switched back to Japanese.
"My name is Majima Goro. This is Uchiko Majimacho."
This sentence is too complicated for Ogata to say in Ainu.
After Ogata's self-introduction, Otonpuyi seemed a little nervous and stuttered:
"Chu, first time meeting. I am Otongpuyi."
Otunpui spoke Japanese.
And his Japanese is much more standard than that of his sister and his father.
In terms of standard level - if you only listen to the sound, you will not be able to tell that the owner of the sound is an Ainu.
Although Ogata was no longer surprised by the Ainu who could speak Japanese, after hearing Otonpui's unusually standard Japanese, Ogata still couldn't help but cast a surprised look at him.
Otonpui, who caught the surprise in Ogata's eyes, smiled shyly:
"I have studied Japanese carefully. I may not speak it well, so please forgive me."
"No, no, no." Ogata shook his head, "It's nothing. You speak Japanese very well."
After briefly greeting Otunpui, Ogata turned his attention to Chanupu again.
"Mr. Chanup, do you still have something to discuss with the Chepuke village chief and the others? I have something to tell you now. If you still have something to discuss with the Chepuke village chief and the others, then I will first
Wait a moment."
"Huh? Do you have something to tell me?" Chanup cast a surprised look at Ogata, "I have already finished talking to Chepke and the others about the important things. I have been talking to Chepke just now.
They are just chatting. If you want to tell me something, you can tell me now."
Seeing that Chanupu had said this, Ogata didn't show any pretense and directly told Chanupu about Lin Ziping.
After Ogata finished speaking, Chanup raised his eyebrows: "Do you want to let that old man regain his freedom?"
"Yes." Ogata nodded. Just as he was about to say something more, Chanup suddenly smiled bitterly and said:
"That might be difficult."
Chanup picked up his pipe and took a long drag.
"Many people have called for the old man to be executed."
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Did everyone watch the Olympic Games opening ceremony last night?
Regarding last night's Olympic opening ceremony, my only feeling is: I can't understand it, but I was shocked...
Five years ago, when I saw various ACG images in "Tokyo Eight Minutes" at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, I was very excited and looked forward to seeing Doraemon, Mario and other classic characters at the opening ceremony.
said...
The result...is this?
The "Tokyo Eight Minutes" 5 years ago was simply a scam! A scam!
One thing to say, last night's Olympic opening ceremony really gave me a very cheap feeling...
It feels like outsourcing the program to outsiders.
Although many people analyze the artistic level of those programs, as an ordinary person, my most intuitive feeling about last night's opening ceremony is that it was terrible... Why should such a stream-of-consciousness program be shown at the Olympic opening ceremony...
For me, the only two highlights of last night's opening ceremony were the classic BGM of various classic games when the athletes entered the venue, and the "super changing" program.
(It would be great if the BGM when our athletes enter the venue is "Proof of Heroes" from "Monster Hunter", Beier has momentum)
No more talking, I'm going to watch our country's Olympic opening ceremony to wash my eyes.