Once upon a time there was an Uchiha

Chapter 9 8. The Story of the Rainy Night

It will take two days for the convoy to travel to the nearest station, and it will not arrive at the destination until tomorrow afternoon.

The team was responsible for the board and lodging during this period, and the money had been prepaid in advance. Under the reminder of the coachman, Uchiha Lihuo and his father and daughter got off the carriage and stood on the open space where they camped.

At this time, the heavy rain had stopped, but the sky was still shrouded in dark clouds, and no light could be seen.

A campfire has already started to rise in the open space. The wood used for the campfire is dry wood prepared in advance, which will not produce thick smoke. There is a crock pot full of ingredients and fresh water hanging above it, and a pot of hot soup is being prepared.

The food sent by the team was two fist-sized seaweed rice balls. The rice balls were still warm and didn't have that grainy feeling. They should taste soft and delicious.

"Guest, I will send you a bowl of fish soup later to warm you up." After delivering the food and saying this, the coachman went to help. complain.

On this road to and from the train station, they are not the only ones in the convoy, and word of mouth is very important.

Gulu Gulu, the vegetable broth in the crock boiled, and the team members who were in charge of preparing the food filled up the soup and sent it to everyone in the team.

Uchiha Lihuo and the father and daughter also received a bowl of boiling hot soup, and they felt a warmth spreading in their hands just by holding it in their hands.

The fish soup in the bowl is stewed with cabbage and fish. The neon is surrounded by the sea. Fish is the easiest meat to get. Cabbage is also a common dish, but together it is very sweet.

After drinking the fish soup, the warmth radiates in the body, making the cold rainy night much warmer.

The middle-aged man next to him was also clumsily feeding his daughter, waiting for her to eat enough before drinking the remaining fish soup in one gulp.

"Father, I want to hear the story of the kappa." The little girl was tired after eating and drinking, crying and wanting to listen to her father's story before going to bed.

The middle-aged man looked at his daughter helplessly, touched the back of his head to express his apology to Uchiha Lihuo, and then began to tell the story of the kappa.

"A long time ago, there was a patriarch named Jiuqianfang, who led the Kappa clan from a distant place to Kyushu, and settled down in a place called Kumachuan Unzen Hot Spring.

The kappa family looks like humans, but they have a monkey-like body, a turtle-like carapace, frog-like flippers, and a dish of water on their heads.

At first they lived in peace with the local people, but as the population of the kappa clan grew, the patriarch Jiuqianfang became vicious and began to plunder the surrounding villages.

As for the surrounding villagers, they dared not speak out against them, so they had to swallow their anger.

Later, the news of the increasingly rampant kappa clan reached the ears of the daimyo of Kumamoto Castle. The daimyo was of course very angry and ordered to send samurai to defeat Jiuqianfang. Lots and lots of samurai.

Daimyo was very annoyed, but very helpless, so he asked many people to find a way, and finally learned the news of the apes that the Kappa clan was afraid of, scaring those Kappa from running out of the water, and then Daimyo designed Jiuqianfang to bow to him , let the water on the saucer pour out.

Without the water in the dish, Jiuqianfang would not be able to survive on the ground, so he had to obediently admit defeat and made a promise not to harm humans.

But as thousands of years passed, a kappa family forgot the promise of their ancestors and began to stay by the river, waiting for passers-by to fall into the river, and then killed him. After killing many people.

A warrior named Zuowei appeared in the local area. The warrior went to the river and saw the golden ring incarnated by the kappa, so he slashed at the golden ring and cut off the kappa's hand, so that the kappa promised not to kill humans again. Save surrounding villagers.

In addition, Qiandaozi, I heard that if the children who did not keep their promises fell into the water, they would also be used as food by the kappa. "

"Dad, it's scary." When she heard this, the little girl named Qian Daozi shrank into her father's arms in fright, while the middle-aged man laughed loudly and comforted him: "Qian Daozi, don't be afraid, Dad believes in Qian Dao Zi is a good boy who keeps his promise and will not be eaten by the Kappa."

Hearing this, Qian Daozi became even more frightened. Holding his father's hand, he said in a slightly weeping voice, "But Dad told Qian Daozi not to be playful. Qian Daozi promised, but he still sneaked out to play."

"It's okay, it's okay," the middle-aged man patted his daughter on the shoulder, "Daddy will protect you."

"Besides, the kappa is just a story. Dad has never seen a real kappa."

The crying little girl was a little tired, and fell asleep quietly under the comfort of her father.

It was already late at night, and most of the convoy began to sleep. Only a few guards of the convoy were sitting under the trees, watching the night around the bonfire. The riverside at night is not safe. The guards can also wake up everyone in time, so as not to die.

As for the ferocious beasts that appeared by the river, the guards were not too worried. Neon is an island country that has no space for large wild beasts to live. They existed in time and were hunted down by those adults who love hunting.

The sharp teeth and claws of wild beasts are no match for the sharpness of bullets.

"Goro, Goro, how long do you think it will take until midnight!" The caravan guard who was on guard at night put down his long knife, rubbed his palms, leaned against the tree and stretched, facing the sleeping man on the other side of the tree. said the partner.

Watching the night is very hard, not only physically, but also mentally. Looking at the surrounding forests swallowed by darkness, and not seeing the existence of stars above the head, it is really boring.

This is also the reason for arranging two vigils, one in the first half of the night and one in the second half of the night.

Even so, he almost fell asleep just now.

"Goro, you fell asleep so fast." Seeing that his companion was gone, the caravan guard smiled to himself.

Smiling and laughing, the guard's smile suddenly became stiff, because he found that the surrounding area was too quiet, so quiet that there was no sound, only the creaking of flames and the ticking of rainwater could be heard.

It was so quiet that he didn't hear his companion's snoring. Goro was a fat man, and every night after falling asleep from exhaustion, he would make a loud, thunderous snoring sound.

I used to complain, but it was useless, because there is no way to control the snoring, and I got used to Goro's bad habits over time.

Now that he couldn't hear Goro's snoring, he was a little scared instead.

"Goro, Goro." The guard muttered his companion's name, holding a torch and tiptoed to the place behind the big tree, where his companion slept.

"Goro is gone." The guard was a little panicked, because Goro hid behind a tree to sleep because he knew he hated snoring.

But now he was nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know where he went.

"Maybe I ran there to pee." The guard comforted himself like this, but he didn't stop, holding a torch, looking for the trace of his companion.

Finally, he saw a slowly moving black shadow by the river. The guard pointed the torch forward, wanting to see the reality of the black shadow, but found that the black shadow showed scarlet eyes and was rushing towards him.

"Ah!" The guard threw down the torch and yelled.

The loud screams were as piercing as thunder in the silent rainy night.

(End of this chapter)