Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 15
Jin Jingjing was walking alone in the forest in the mountains, and it was not all smooth sailing when he escaped last night.

Fan Zhuoyuan sent elite scouts to chase and kill them along the way. After a bloody battle, Jin Jingjing managed to get rid of the pursuers from the dense forest.

But there were already many arrows in his body, the knife wounds were everywhere, the blood flowed continuously, and the whole person looked pale and haggard.

However, the physical pain is not one-tenth of the inner pain.

Until now, scenes of what happened last night are still flashing before his eyes.

Under the encirclement and suppression of the Yuan army, the dead soldiers who fell in despair one by one helped those ninjas and swordsmen who dragged down Fan Zhuoyuan's soldiers with their lives.

There is also Ye Xiuping, a friend who was kicked away by Fan Zhuoyuan, whose life and death are unknown, and Sarutobi Sun and Moon who blew himself up to stop the enemy in order to allow him to escape.

What a good companion, what a brave fighter, they all fell so weakly under the fluttering flag of "Fan"!
Under the battle flag, stood the tall, strong and terrifying figure, as if looking at him with contempt.

Could it be that Fan Zhuoyuan, an evil ghost, is really invincible!

Kamikaze is still looking after us, but has Amaterasu already given up on us?

In painful thinking, he fell down in a stream, followed the stream, and was washed to a village in the mountains.

The information in the mountains is blocked, and it is still unknown what happened to the outside world.

But seeing a seriously injured samurai being rushed down, the villagers in the mountain village were frightened and hid in their houses one by one, not daring to intervene.

In Japan, there is a natural barrier between civilians and samurai. The samurai not only has the power to participate in politics, but also has the privilege of deciding the life and death of civilians, which is called Zanshe Yumen.

Once a samurai feels that a commoner has offended him, he can kill him at will without paying any price.

The tax borne by farmers is very heavy. Usually, the tax is paid according to the grain output of [-]:[-].

That is to say, [-]% of the grain of an acre of land has to be handed over to the public, and [-]% can be eaten by oneself.

And it doesn't include the lord's additional taxes in addition to the main tax. These additional taxes often require money.

Therefore, ordinary farmers need to sell grain for money and pay taxes, so that even eating rice is a luxury.

This is also the reason why many civilians did not dare to step forward and choose to flee quickly when they saw the injured samurai.

Only a woman who was washing clothes by the river turned her head to look at Jingjing Ren, her face showed surprise, she hurried back and took a lot of effort to fish Jingjing Ren ashore, and then carried her back home.

The neighbors looked at the girl's actions and were extremely puzzled.

An old lady next door said, "Hatsuhime, that man is a samurai, and he was injured so badly, maybe there are other samurai chasing him.

Now that you have saved him, if other warriors find him, they might kill you too. "

Chu Ji turned her head and said firmly: "Grandma, this person saved me on the mountain before!"

The old grandma was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "Okay, Chu Ji, then you must be careful and hide her well so that she won't be discovered."

Chu Ji nodded vigorously, pulled out the arrow for Kagami Jin in the room, stitched up the wound, and stopped the bleeding with herbs collected in the mountains.

This kind of mountain people who live on the mountain and sometimes rely on the mountain often have some simple medical knowledge, but usually the chance of curing the dead is higher than the chance of curing the living.

Fortunately, Kagai Hitoshi was strong and strong, with profound inner strength, and after three days and three nights of high fever, he finally crawled back from the ghost gate.

Lying on the unfamiliar tatami, he still felt groggy, and could vaguely hear someone talking outside the room.

"Chu Ji, everyone says they are Yuan bandits, but bandits only rob us of our wealth.

But those Central Plains people who came across the sea were fair in business and never bullied the weak.

Although Dad and I were forcibly recruited by them to expand the castle town, we can still have two full meals a day, and every meal is white rice!

I can often even eat delicious salted fish and kelp, tsk tsk, when was the last time I ate fish, I have long forgotten. "

The girl also swallowed her saliva enviously, "Are they so kind to the peasant husbands who were forced to work in the past?"

The man shook his head and said, "Maybe it's because they eat better and use it better, so they don't think eating white rice and fish is such a high-end enjoyment.

Because I was able to complete the project ahead of schedule, they rewarded me with two marinated salted fish and a packet of coarse salt.

They also gave me a household card, saying that as long as I want, I can move to the castle town anytime! "

"Ah? Is Yuan Kou so good? Last month in the castle town of Sanchi County, I heard people in the town say that they are very cruel, and they slaughter and loot the city at every turn. The city owners are very worried about this."

"Then I don't know. Anyway, those in the south are not, but they seem to be very cruel to the relatives and relatives of the samurai master and the city lord. Those who did not submit to them were killed, and their heads were piled up into a palace and placed outside the city.

But I haven't seen them do anything to civilians and businessmen. It seems that their cruelty should also have a selective target. "

The girl didn't speak, she noticed something, "Father, where did you get the money to buy the cloth?"

"Oh, the city wall has been repaired long ago, I should have come back earlier.

But some merchants from Middle Earth saw that my father and I could work hard, so they paid me to stay and help them carry some goods.

I paid real money and silver. I worked for a few days and made a lot of money.Thinking that you are about to get married, I bought a roll of cloth and came back. How many years have you not worn new clothes. "

The girl smiled sweetly and said, "Thank you daddy, there is a war going on in Chikuhou country now, so don't go out in the near future."

The girl's father took a few sips of water and said with a smile: "That's not acceptable, although these people from Middle Earth are very powerful, there are also a large number of samurai gathered in Chikugo.

I don't know if they can survive the fight. In short, while they are still here, I have to go down the mountain to help them work.

They are building markets and expanding towns everywhere, and they need a lot of manpower to help them, so they don't take advantage of it to work hard and earn a fortune from him.

In case they are defeated, the warrior city lord will come back in the future, I am afraid that they will intensify their exploitation of us, and it is inevitable that we will have a hard time. "

"Father, I know, then I will hide the money you earned. If you go down the mountain again, be careful."

"What are you afraid of, come back this time to rest for two days, and the men in the village will go out to work together the day after tomorrow.

But you also have to be careful, there are no men in the village, so you are afraid that wild robbers will come and rob you. "

The man said, his eyes subconsciously noticed the room, and he was puzzled, "Who is in the room?"

"Ah, Dad, this..."

"Don't stop me! Are you disobedient and brought a man back! Who taught you to do this!"

Snapped!There was a crisp slap in the face.

A thin but strong middle-aged man entered the room dragging a hatchet and saw Jin Jing who had just sat up.

His eyes were fixed, his whole body was tense, and his back was arched like an old cat encountering a natural enemy.

"You?! You're a samurai!"

Jin Jingjing coughed weakly, bowed slightly and said, "Jin Jingjing, thank you for saving me!"

The man turned his head and shouted: "Chu Ji! What's going on? Why did you save a samurai and go home? Aren't you afraid of causing trouble for the family!"

(End of this chapter)