I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Soon, a group of young people came.

This group of people approached Chepke and said something enthusiastically to Chepke.

After the conversation, Chepke excitedly brought Aizan to find Ogata and Acho.

"Mashima Goro, Acho!" Chepke said, "Chanup came to me to discuss with me the detailed procedures and details of our stay in China Village. Ainu language"

Aizan translated word by word.

"In addition to me, Chanup also looked for you two, I hope you two can go with me, he wants to meet you very much. Ainu language"

"Chanup?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, nodded after pondering for a while, "Well, I see."

Ogata, Atachi, Chepke, and several high-level officials from China Village, led by several young people wearing the iconic red costumes of the Red Moon Fortress, walked towards the depths of the Red Moon Fortress at an unhurried speed. walk around.

Along the way, Ogata kept looking around.

The scenery seen along the way is no different from what Ogata saw when he visited Kuma Village and other villages before.

The Ainu who are still in the tribal civilization naturally do not have the ability to build any majestic palaces or straight and spacious stone brick avenues.

Built on both sides of the road are huts full of Ainu style made of stone, wood, grass and other materials.

Under the feet is the dirt road that is constantly being trampled on, and gradually becomes firm under the accumulation of time.Probably to make it easier for people to walk, the snow on the road has been cleared away, revealing the original gray-brown appearance of the road.

When the weather is good, it is dusty.

When it rains, it turns into lumps of mud, like a swamp.

Sitting on such an advanced fortress, but still living a primitive Ainu-style tribal life, this gave Ogata a strange feeling that he couldn't explain clearly.

This feeling is like having a mansion with a thousand square meters, but setting up an extremely cheap camping tent in the hall of the mansion, and then eating, clothing and sleeping in this tent.

Naturally, many people watched on the road.

Perhaps it was because many people had already received news of the guests coming to the fortress, so there were quite a few villagers surrounding Ogata and the others, watching Ogata and the others.

These people who came to join in the fun mainly came to see Ogata and A-machi.

They looked at Ogata and Atachi as if they were looking at a rare animal in a zoo, and pointed at Ogata and the others in a low voice.

While observing the living environment of the residents of the Red Moon Fortress, Ogata was also carefully observing the gazes of these onlookers.

The onlookers cast all kinds of eyes on them.

curious.

Doubt.

There is indifference.

Of course, hostility is indispensable.

Ogata noticed that most of the people who cast curious eyes on him were young people.

And those who cast hostile glances at him are from all age groups.

The reminder that Chepke told Ogata earlier came to Ogata's mind at this moment: Red Moon Fortress just took in a group of homeless people who were defeated in the war with Kazuto.

Chanup's home is located in the center of the fortress, and because the Red Moon Fortress is not too big a super fortress, Ogata and the others arrived at their destination very quickly.

As the supreme authority of the Red Moon Fortress, Chanup lived in a house that was not much different from the houses in which the rest of the people lived.

The only difference, probably, is that Chanup's home is bigger.

After arriving at the destination, the young man who led Ogata and the others shouted something into the house.

Then, there was a thick echo in the room.

After the sound of the response fell, those who led the way for Ogata and the others stepped aside and gestured for Ogata and the others to enter.

Ogata untied the big Shitian from his waist, carried it with his right hand, and followed the others through the door.

After entering Chanup's house, Ogata saw a middle-aged man in his prime sitting cross-legged on the ground.

The middle-aged man had a dark blue turban tied on his head, long hair, and a beard so thick that only his mouth and two eyes were exposed.

Because of getting older, the middle-aged man's hair and beard are a little more white.

But his graying hair and beard did not match his vigorous appearance.

At this time, Chepke, who was walking in front of Ogata, whispered to Ogata and A-Machi behind him:

"This is Chanup."

As soon as Chepke's introduction fell, the middle-aged man or Chanup put on a warm smile and said loudly:

"Chepke! You are finally here, your movements are much faster than what I imagined! Stop standing, come and sit! Ainu language"

After saying something to Chepke in Ainu, he turned his head and said to Asaogata and Acho in Japanese:

"These two should be Goro Mashima and Machi. Come, come and sit down."

Although Chanup's Japanese is fluent, his pronunciation is not standard. Ogata can't understand some words, but generally he can understand what Chanup is saying.

"You speak Japanese really well." Ogata sat cross-legged beside Chanup, and placed Dashiten on the floor on the right.

Ogata is no stranger to the Ainu who can speak Japanese now.

Since entering the Ezo land and starting to contact the Ezo, Ogata found that he could always meet people who happened to be able to speak Japanese, and people who could translate Japanese for him.

So until now, Ogata has never worried about communication problems.

"Hahahaha." Chanup laughed heartily, "I used to have a friend from Kazuren, and I learned Japanese from that friend."

After all, Chanup, with a flash of memory in his eyes, picked up the bong and the cloth bag containing the tobacco leaves beside him.

As soon as he put the bong to his mouth, he immediately took the bong out of his mouth as if he remembered something.

"You don't mind the smell of smoke, do you?" Chanup asked Ogata and Atachi.

Ogata shook his head.

A-Machi also shook his head.

After asking Ogata and Atachi, Chanup turned to Ainu and asked the senior officials of China Village who came here with Chepke if they cared about the smell of smoke.

Chepke is an old acquaintance of Chanup, so Chanup knew that Chepke didn't mind the smell of cigarettes, so he didn't ask him.

After confirming that the surrounding people didn't care about the smell of smoke, Chanup put the bong to his mouth again, put the tobacco leaves on it, lit the cigarette, and then smoked heavily.

The Japanese and Ainu peoples have been in love with each other for thousands of years. During the thousands of years of fierce friction, the cultures of the two peoples are constantly exchanging and learning from each other.

Many items of the Ainu were passed on to the Japanese society, such as dog sledding.

Many items of Heren were also passed on to the Ainu society, such as bongs and tobacco leaves.

Ogata had been sizing up Chanup carefully since just now.

He had heard Chanup's name for a long time.

Ogata had heard of Chanup's name long ago.

According to the rumors about Chanup heard by Ogata, before seeing Chanup with his own eyes, Ogata had a vague impression of Chanup. To describe Chanup in one word, that is Heroic figure.

At the beginning, he was the one who led the people of several tribes to go south to find a new home, and finally succeeded in finding this fortress abandoned by the Lucians.

After everyone expected to become the supreme authority of this fortress, he worked hard to make this Red Moon Fortress gradually grow.

According to Chepke and the others, the total population of the Red Moon Fortress is now thousands of people. Looking at the entire Ezo, there should be no second Ainu village whose population exceeds that of the Red Moon Fortress.

Now, after seeing this hero with his own eyes, Ogata found that Chanup looked amiable, not at all like the supreme ruler of a settlement with thousands of people, more like an ordinary uncle next door.

After taking two puffs of cigarettes and exhaling two smoke rings, Chanup turned his head and smiled at Ogata:

"Mr. Mashima, welcome to Heyezhe."

"As for your deeds, I have heard in detail from Chepke before."

"Although I already knew that you are a very young person, after seeing your young face with my own eyes, I still feel very moved."

"It's really amazing and rare to have such a powerful skill at such a young age."

"Thank you for saving our compatriots."

Chanup put down the bong in his mouth and bowed his head to Ogata.

"Thank you for reaching out to our fellow citizens."

Ogata hurriedly bowed in return.

"I dare not take it seriously. I just did something within my ability."

"It should be me and my wife who should say thank you."

"Thank you for letting me and my wife into your place. It's been a great help to us."

"Hahahaha." Chanupura laughed a few times, "This little thing is nothing."

Having said that, Chanup picked up his bong again, brought it to his mouth and smoked it twice.

"You are looking for someone everywhere, I heard from Chepke before."

"I will do my best to assist you."

"But it's a coincidence."

Chanup put down his bong and spit out two big eye sockets.

"Just the day before yesterday, we caught a weird Kazuto in the wild."

"We temporarily detained him because we suspected he was a spy."

"Katoto?" Ogata frowned slightly.

"Yeah." Chanup nodded, "He's a pretty old man, why don't you go and see that Kazuto now? That Kazuto might be the one you've been looking for."

"If you can let us go and have a look, then we would naturally wish for it." Ogata said immediately.

Regardless of thinking about Kazuto caught in the wild, it is full of necessity to go and see.

Chanup nodded with a smile, and then yelled out an Ainu language that Ogata couldn't understand.

The young men who were responsible for bringing Ogata and Chepke to Chanup's residence just now are still staying outside Chanup's house.

After Chanup's shout fell, an ordinary-looking young man quickly entered the house.

"Mr. Mashima, Ms. Atachi, you should follow him to the prison where Kazuto is held." Chanup said, "I will also have a good talk with Chepke and the others while you are away temporarily. Let’s talk about their settlement in the village.”

Ogata nodded.

Ogata and A-machi were led through roads of different sizes one after another, and turned through intersections one after another.

Along the way, it is still inevitable to be watched and discussed by many people.

On the way to the place where the "spy" was held, Ogata also learned more about the living environment of the Red Moon Fortress.

Ogata had seen a river just now.

This river is about 2 meters wide, and the flow rate is relatively slow, and it has not frozen in such a cold weather.

Not only is it wide, but it also seems to be very long. When Ogata passed by the river, no matter whether he looked upstream or downstream, he could not see the head of the river.

The residents of Red Moon Fortress seem to get their water from this river. Ogata saw many women carrying bottles and cans to this river to fetch water.

Ogata guessed that this river should be a tributary of the "ji"-shaped river outside the fortress.

The Red Moon Fortress was built on this tributary to facilitate the residents of the fortress to fetch and use water.

The Red Moon Fortress is not a big fortress, so it took only a few minutes for Ogata and the others to arrive at their destination, a dilapidated hut.

Although the residents of Red Moon Fortress occupy this advanced fortress, their life is still a tribal life, so naturally there is no such facility as a prison.So they just kept the man in an uninhabited hut.

There are 2 young men with bows and arrows standing guard outside the hut.

The "guide boy" who was in charge of leading the way for Ogata and the others stepped forward and said something to the two guards, who nodded.

"Mr. Mashima, Ms. Machi." The "guiding boy" opened the curtain of the window of this private house, "Take a look to see if this person is the person you are looking for."

The gates and windows of the Ainu people are made of a special kind of grass and wood.

After the "guiding boy" opened the curtain of the window, Ogata and A-Machi immediately stepped forward, leaning their heads towards the window with the curtain drawn.

A damp and musty smell rushed towards Ogata.

After unconsciously holding his breath, Ogata narrowed his eyes a little, and looked into the dim hut.

This hut is a typical Ainu-style hut, converted into a modern area unit, it is about 10 square meters.