The town is actually not too far from our small village, but the journey is still very rugged because it has to cross a whole mountain.Usually, people in the village go to the town to exchange goods through mountain roads, and it is usually young and middle-aged people who do this kind of thing.Yuanyi and I have been there once or twice, so there will be no problem of getting lost.

Song told me some of her thoughts while walking along the way, and I knew it was a certain degree of pre-marital anxiety.So I patiently listened to her talk about her mental journey, and then agreed with a few words.

"Based on this, Yayoi is my first girl friend." Ge said with a smile, "Before I met you and Yuanyi, I didn't know I could still live such a life."

I laughed: "Ge is also my first girl friend, so if your husband treats you badly after marriage, I will beat him up for you."

"Yayoi is really reliable." Ge laughed, and the two of us walked briskly towards the town, trying to find a place to live when night fell.

There were no twists and turns on the way to the town, not to mention robbers and the like, even the occasional beasts were rare.I feel a little strange, there seems to be something wrong.But I didn't know exactly what was going on, so I kept the matter in my heart and continued Waka to the town.

After successfully arriving in the town, we exchanged the food for the items everyone needs.For example, the most important salt, less pure sugar, and some daily necessities.And the most important thing is the fabric for the bride's new dress.

Although this town is also small, it is very peaceful, at least in this country.We didn't dare to use high-quality rice for the grain we exchanged for supplies. We took some very rough rice and mixed it with sand.This is in line with the normality of farmers growing crops in this era.And when Ge was choosing the fabric pattern, I heard a few well-dressed people talking about it.

Because I have eavesdropping in my passive skill, I just need to concentrate and hold my breath to block out the voices around me to hear a specific person speaking.

"The city lord is not too old, but he is still very skillful in governing the country. Recently, there have been a lot fewer rogues, all thanks to the city lord."

"Yes, but the city lord did not marry the big family, what's going on?"

"Maybe there are other considerations. Recently, I heard that the princess is going to get married. Maybe the city lord will get married in the future."

This is basically what I said, after I listened to their conversation, Song was still picking fabrics.Speaking of the country we are in now...is it still not leaving the territory of the successor country?If so, wouldn't Lord Jiguo send someone to track down my imperial son and Yuanyi, a promising son, who fled?

If the village we are in is not the territory of the successor country, then the unmarried city lord they are talking about should not be Yansheng.Speaking of which, I haven't seen Iwakatsu for ten years. He has fulfilled his wish to inherit the family, so he should be living well.

"Yayoi, what are you thinking about?" Ge patted my shoulder, "I called you a few times and there was no response, what are you thinking? Are you thinking about Yuanyi?"

I shook my head quickly: "No, I'm not thinking about him. I'm thinking about some other things." I really didn't think about Yuanyi, I was thinking about Yansheng.

Ge was smiling, she felt that I was just being shy: "Okay, the fabrics have been selected, and the supplies are ready. Let's eat something and then go home."

There was a tea house on the side of the road selling meatballs, Ge and I ate a little each, and then started to head back.However, because the weather was not very good, it started to rain after we entered the mountain. Fortunately, all the previous things were wrapped in waterproof things, so basically nothing happened.It's just that the pace of the two of us has slowed down a lot.

"I don't know if it's raining so hard, Yuan Yi and the others will delay the midwife's visit." I was wearing a bamboo hat, and the water from the brim of the hat was like a small waterfall.The straw sandals on the feet have long been soaked in rain and rotted away.Ge and I both walked barefoot. In order to prevent the soles of her feet from being scratched, the two of us actually walked more and more slowly.

But in the evening, the rain was too heavy to continue walking.It would be dangerous to go any further, and Ge and I managed to get to the ruined temple where we stayed the night before, and managed to catch our breath.Ge was very tired, but at this moment, because the ruined temple was full of damp, it was impossible to start a fire at all.So we wrung out our drenched clothes, wiped clean and huddled together for warmth.

I'm fine, because the song is considerate of me, so I recite a lot of things.She was so tired that she fell asleep on my shoulder, and I stared at the rain outside, and a very uneasy feeling kept coming up in my heart.I always feel as if something has been overlooked by me on the way here, but I can't remember.

"System, you said to advance the plot, what will happen?" I tried to call the system, but the system didn't respond to me.It seems that in this case, there should be no prompts for me. After thinking about it carefully, what the system will prompt me are all irrelevant things.The system is completely non-interfering in what problems I will face.It is precisely because of this that the uneasiness and panic in my heart seem to gradually become thicker.

"It should be fine..." I muttered to myself, "I have lived here for almost ten years, and I haven't even met a robber. It's impossible for Yuanyi and I to have an accident after we left. How can there be such a coincidence?"

At midnight, the rain finally stopped.When the white noise of the pouring rain stopped, my ears finally felt relieved.After the impurities in the air are taken away by the rain, there is still an illusion of sweetness.I breathed a sigh of relief, and finally I was able to rush back to the village without getting caught in the rain.

I woke up from the song in the middle of the night before falling asleep, and let me sleep for a while without any explanation.So I closed my eyes, swept away the trace of worry in my heart, and fell asleep quietly and quickly until morning.

Full of energy, the two of us carried our things on our backs and walked down the mountain carefully.When we came back, we had to take a long detour, because of the heavy rain, some soil on the mountain was washed down.The trail before was too dangerous to go any further.So when the two of us came back, it was already dusk, nearly half a day later than the scheduled time.

Ge was one step ahead of me. She had already reached the entrance of the village and was about to call everyone to get things. "Big—" the song only uttered one syllable, and it stopped abruptly like a player that was turned off in an instant.Standing behind her I haven't seen what she saw, but I smell a strong stench.

The stench of mud, rain, and blood was mixed, although it was covered by something, but such a strong smell... such a strong smell...

Ge is trembling all over. She is not a weak girl, but a working woman who can work in the fields and catch fish in the water. What can make her like this?I walked forward, and was instantly stunned like the song.

"Boom—" The pannier on the shoulder fell to the ground, and a ceramic doll inside rolled out.The village I saw that should have been laughing and laughing at this time was dead silent, and the ground was covered with splattered blood, like a scene from a horror movie with the BGM turned off.

Ge was trembling and unable to speak, she looked at me with panic all over her face: "Yes, are the thieves coming? Yayoi, you, don't be afraid. I will protect you... When the time comes, you run first, you know Yet?"

Her hands were shaking, but she was still firmly comforting me.What I felt at this time was not sadness and fear, but consternation.It's really hard for me to imagine that after only going out for a few days, I saw such a scene when I came back.This is ridiculous, what is this?

I held Gee behind my back and dragged my back basket, and strode in, muttering the names of the people in the village as I walked.Uncle Inoue from the next door, Granny Keiko from the next door, and every villager I know, I whispered their names out loud.But no one answered me, and there was only a dead silence.

The village is full of messy scenes, more like a shit murder scene than a bandit invasion.Because the thieves just want to steal food, they will burn down the house brutally.But the houses are intact, and even free-range chickens and ducks are still alive.But the people are gone, only the bloodstains all over the ground are left here.

Song's hand became cold, and I held her tightly so that we would not be separated.Then I heard something laughing, something so weird it made me want to go deaf.

"Ahhh, so there are still two fish that slipped through the net..."

"Hee hee hee, I haven't eaten enough, I haven't eaten enough!"

Those voices were noisy and annoying, I covered my ears with one hand and pulled out the knife from my waist: "What thing, get out!"

Then something came through the air, and I subconsciously chopped it down, and as a result, something sticky dripped on my face.Ge screamed in his throat, then rolled his eyes and passed out.I stared fixedly at the thing that had been chopped into two pieces and fell on the ground, and spit out everything in my stomach with one mouthful.

It was a human arm, a living human arm that I cut off subconsciously.

With just one glance, I could tell that the arm had been ripped from the body.My throat hurts from throwing up, and my stomach curls up.Physiological tears kept gushing out, and my mouth was sore and bitter, extremely uncomfortable.

But at this moment, dusk was already approaching the horizon and was about to fall.I saw that in the gradually darkening village, in a village where there were no living people, a few pairs of eyes shining with scarlet light lit up from the darkness.And the stench became more intense.

I have no emotions at the moment, and I can't think of what I should think about.I dragged Song up and placed her against a wall next to me.

"I'm going to kill you." I calmly wiped my mouth with my sleeve, then stretched out my hand and scratched my chest. A long black sword was slowly pulled out of my body.

Immortal Slash · Open the door, and then get out of the sheath.

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