Although the fever went away, I was still ordered not to go out for a month.The most frightening thing is that after this lockdown order was issued, a lot of extremely dedicated guards suddenly appeared around me.

When I go for a walk in the courtyard to eat, there are people following me. When I go to the window to breathe fresh air, there are people watching me. Even when I go to take a shower, there are people squatting outside...

After being tripped by people outside the door for an unknown number of times, I couldn't bear it any longer: "Can you let me stay by myself? The prisoners still have time to relax!"

The culprit that tripped me up, the frosty leaves in the mountains, looked a little strange.He stared at the skin of my neck that was reddened by taking a bath, his eyes wandering suspiciously. He suddenly covered his nose in my questioning gaze and ran away screaming: "Oh no! Why do I seem to have a crush on a man?" Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

If you don't keep silent, I'll kill you within three steps.

Nara Shikaji caught him like a chicken, and the eight ninjas gathered together and started their daily routine again: apologize to me.

I couldn't help my temples twitching, and I felt a headache getting worse.They Japanese—the characters created by Japanese are also Japanese—are always so particular about details and insist on the smallest etiquette to the extreme, so much so that they have to go back and forth for a long time to do anything.

I did take a leap of faith when the door was closed, but I have to take the main responsibility for my own dangerous situation, instead of blaming it on you in revenge.If I can drink less medicine if you apologize, then I will endure it.But you still have to treat the disease you have, and you still have to take the medicine you should take. If you still struggle with this useless point every day, isn't it a waste of time?

enough!Don't look at me with the look in your eyes that makes you want to beg for forgiveness after you started to mess up but then gave up! "Didn't I fine you with your salary? This is a different story! No one owes anyone anything!"

Hyuga Masanori's upright face was filled with the guilt of having made mistakes but not being punished as he should have. Nara Shikaji beat the head of Yamazaka Shimoha with hatred, and the latter was still in a daze; Akimichi Souma didn't know what to do. What should I do, just follow the example of Izuna and Tobirama and bow to me; Hashirama and Madara were about to bow too, but I stood in front of them and held them up one by one.

"If you have to compensate me, use what you are best at in exchange." I held their arms and said to the ninjas.

The two of them looked down at me slightly, their cheeks gradually turning red, and they turned their heads left and right to avoid my sight: "Oh, um."

Why are you blushing!I'm talking about intelligence!Aren't the things ninjas are best at fighting and spying on intelligence?I have hired you to fight the war, now I want some free information to satisfy your compensation mentality, isn't it too much?

I led a group of people back to the first floor of the castle tower, walked to the desk, moved the pile of books I brought from Yamagata on the left and the pile of books Ito asked to read on the right to the side, and laid a new sheet on the table. Paper, he directly grabbed Ranmaru's inkstone and dipped it in ink (he would have caught Kanan or Toramaru to help him grind it anyway).

"Can we start now, or are you saying you don't want to agree? Providing free information will make your business difficult?" I hung my wrist and looked at the ninjas poking at the door.

The teenagers suddenly realized.It is said to be providing information, but in fact it is just gossiping. Telling those not-so-important interesting things to make the daimyo happy. Who can refuse such an easy job?

"What do you want to hear?" Hinata Masanori asked.

The military defenses in various places, the weaknesses of the city lords, the dangerous terrain, the specific situation of the Ninja clan... can't be asked, at least not now. "Tell me what you think is interesting, as long as it won't get you into trouble." I said while winking at the Senju Ninja on duty outside the window.

Everyone exchanged glances, and Hinata, the eldest, spoke first: "...Hitachi Yosada, the daimyo of the Earth Country, likes falconry. To enjoy himself, he will sometimes even gallop into the Country of Grass on horseback."

I know this guardian who loves hunting more than managing the land: "Falcon hunting is also a way for the Hitachi family to train their cavalry."

Madara recalled: "He asked our family to buy a falcon."

He noticed that everyone was looking at him and quickly added: "We did not agree, and the psychic beasts also objected."

Hyuga Masanori continued: "When Hitachi Yosada killed Inagaki Yasuyoshi, he first blinded his eyes with falcons, then shot arrows randomly, and chased him with horses, causing him to run away in panic, and finally exposed his body on the grassland."

The information is so detailed, it seems that someone from Hinata was present when the Hitachi family went down and up.

Nara Shikaji nodded to Hinata and took over the conversation: "Oki Yoshiharu, the land of water, is known as the 'Sea Singer'. He loves Japanese songs, tea ceremonies, and landscape paintings. It is said that he must compose a poem at every banquet."

This man is elegant enough. Does he have the ambition to be Li Yu?I have always been curious, how could he, with such a scholarly character, bring all the islanders who were accustomed to freedom and laxity under his rule?

"He likes to buy the works of famous people from the mainland. Anyone who donates these things will be rewarded with land. Whether they are pirates or ronin, they are rushing to collect wealth for him." Shanzhong Shuangye scratched his head, "Our family used to It is said that an employer went there to take this route after he fell into despair, and this is what he told us.”

Could it be that he inadvertently promoted the development of maritime trade routes by relying on this luxury trade?However, this abnormal development method will not last long. The land will eventually be exhausted. Sooner or later, the separatist forces will empty out his property. At that time, there will be no use guarding those calligraphy and painting tea utensils.

Hashirama pointed to the north: "I heard from the tribe that the huge white horse that passed by Wuyu last year went north along the coastline of the Kingdom of Thunder. People speculate that the blizzard brought by the mythical beast prevented the Kingdom of Thunder from going south."

"'God is favoring the Muto family'." Tobirama twitched the corner of his mouth and glanced at Madara.

Wait...the giant horse-shaped beast that is related to changes in the weather - isn't that the Five-Tailed King Mu!

I made a gesture to appease the Uchiha brothers who were restless after mentioning the Kingdom of Thunder: "Maybe so. Who else wants to say?"

"Hmm..." Izuna held her chin and thought seriously, "Oshima Shuya, the heir to the Wuyu Oshima clan, actually likes men - but he can do it with both men and women."

I'm cracked.

Not only was I cracked open, the frosty leaves in the mountain smashed my face directly into the ground.Madara covered his forehead: "... Izuna..."

There was no trace of gloom in Izuna's pure smile, but what she said was very scary: "I especially like to force teenagers who are twelve or thirteen years old. Ah, your highness happens to be 13 years old."

I looked into his eyes, and there were chaotic emotions tumbling in them.

"I know, I took note of it." I will settle the score with him.

Quan Nai's already big cat eyes opened even wider, and then her smile turned into two small crescents.This time his smile was finally genuine.

Tobirama's tone also became heavy: "Bandits and ronin often rob merchants on the northern trade road, but most of them are faked by nearby samurai."

With these two people as the starting point, the atmosphere of the conversation went all the way to the bottom. All the bastard things about bullying men, dominating women, seizing real estate, and ruining people's livelihoods were all revealed in a loud voice. Every sentence was a proof of how screwed up this world was.The scene did not look like teenagers communicating with a peer, but rather like the Yushitai finally welcoming a guest who was willing to participate.

Among a group of ninjas who were getting angry while talking, Madara seemed particularly angry. The magatama in Sharingan's eyes had been revealed uncontrollably: "...Children in Zhutian Village are born sinners. They will be beaten out even if they enter other villages to beg for food. , even worse than a wild dog!”

Ranmaru, Kanan, and Toramaru listened in silence, with gloomy expressions on their faces.Their position may make them want to refute, but how to explain these cruel facts?Is this the way this world is?Does anyone deserve to die like Sedge?

I think they must have a reason to explain, but they are just afraid of being beaten up by the angry ninjas regardless of their feelings.Jianxu, the host of the Fire Temple who visited that day, was one of the defenders of their logic. What did he say?

"...The continuation of life is painful. Although we can be reincarnated into a seemingly happy heaven, this realm is not eternal and long-lasting. Once the merits of good deeds are exhausted, we will also fall into the painful evil path. Believe in Buddhism It teaches us how to free ourselves from the cycle of life and death. This state of liberation is the path to becoming a Buddha, which is often called Nirvana." When I asked about the purpose of believing in Buddhism, he clasped his hands together and smiled with compassion. Look down at me.

Maybe the starting point is good, but under the influence of this belief, thousands of people respect the Three Jewels and "accumulate good karma and cultivate the next life." No matter how painful this life is, as long as you endure the past, won't it be enough to be happy in the next life?

It just so happens that the ruling class is eager for them to think this way, and will fully support and promote the beautiful vision of giving alms to accumulate virtue and achieve blissful rebirth. The social contradictions are covered up by the glittering fig leaf. They only hear the silk and bamboo orchestra playing Buddhist music, but not the Taoism. The mournful song of death by hunger.

"...Mountain people are not human beings? Why..." Madara was still in a state of excitement, and Hashirama used his arms to hold his neck to control him.

In his narration, I kind of understood why Waka had such a strong reaction when we first met him.When Madara was eight years old, he once did a mission related to the Ainu people. That mission still makes him as angry as he is now when he thinks about it.

A mission to massacre a village.

Canaan couldn't listen anymore, stood up, saluted, slammed the door and left.Toramaru tried to hold him back: "Don't say-" The rest of the words were cut off by Ranmaru's cough.

The ninjas finally realized that they had gotten a little carried away today.There may be walls of ears everywhere in Sagayama Castle, and the daimyo's face didn't seem to encourage everyone to continue talking.

I sighed.The teenagers were filled with indignation, and of course I, as a parent, had to consider dealing with the aftermath for them.He pointed to the roof and said, "I ordered the Senju ninjas to clear the area."

——Although the adult ninjas in Saga receive commissions from Yama County and actually take orders from the family elders instead of me, the Senju will definitely protect the eldest son of the family and will be more dedicated when they are isolated from the eyes and ears.Everyone stopped talking as if they suddenly understood. Tobirama and Nara Shikashi breathed a sigh of relief and looked at me with complicated eyes.

"I have written down everything you said today." I glanced at the rice paper full of words again, then put it into the incense burner and lit it. "You must be careful what you say and do in the future. I can't protect so many of you." "

The boys all blushed, and I walked over and patted Ranmaru and Toramaru on the shoulders to express my gratitude to them.

"Then... I have another piece of information, can you tell me?" Qiudao Zhuangma hesitated and looked at our expressions.Quan Na responded to him with an encouraging look like an older brother.

"Well, you tell me." I said.

Akimichi Souma smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes, and said with joy: "There is a barbecue restaurant in Sakai Town that is very delicious! Your Highness and everyone must try it if you have the opportunity in the future! Ah, I'm sorry-" He suddenly remembered that the influence of Buddhist beliefs The vast majority of the people were against meat-eating and bowed hurriedly.

Toramaru showed a healthy smile: "It doesn't matter, Kanan is not here."

"No one here pays that much attention except him." Ranmaru added with a shrug.

Hashirama ran to me, with Madara still stuck in the crook of his arm, which made him roll his eyes: "If such a day comes, will His Highness treat me?"

I looked at the ninjas who had finally regained their youthful vigor and laughed: "Of course!"

"It's a deal!" Everyone cheered in unison.

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