[Naruto·Itachi bg] A clear spring

"Shouldn't the surname be Lin? This is Lin Village." Hin Xiangqing didn't understand, how could such a young girl be so scheming?

"I didn't say that you got the wrong person. The old man said that the surname should not be Lin. Maybe her family uses her mother's surname, and her father is a son-in-law." Ever since the last mission, Hito Kiyoshi was mistaken for the wrong person, and he felt a little guilty.Hayata Yu patted him on the shoulder, not thinking that he had seen the wrong person.

"Just look up her family's genealogy and you will know." Sarutobi Kino felt that this matter would be easy to figure out. In such a closed village, the outsider population is very obvious, not to mention the people with foreign surnames who have intermarried with the locals. "Even if there is no genealogy, It will also be recorded in the village chronicle.”

"I... have a guess." Uchiha Quan licked her dry lips. In order not to fall asleep easily, she had not drank water today. "This village may not have been called Linjia Village originally."

"What do you mean?" Ri Xiangqing didn't believe it. "The stone tablet at the entrance of the village is very old. It says Linjia Village."

"I have read the inscription carefully," Izumi Uchiha said firmly. "The character Lin is a bit strange. The strokes of the same character should have the same strength, but there are a few strokes that are obviously disharmonious... It doesn't look like it was written by the same person, let alone carved at the same time."

"Check the genealogy and village records. Instead of arguing, it's better to verify." Sarutobi Kino put his finger to his mouth and made a quiet gesture, "She's back."

There is a girl walking on the white snow in the distance, one foot deep and one foot shallow, with a basket on her back.

"It's Miss Lin." Ri Xiangqing confirmed with just one glance, "I'll ask her when she comes over."

It was he who interceded to keep Miss Lin, and he didn't want to see the wrong person again.

The three of them all went back to their rooms, tacitly agreeing to leave space for the two of them.

Returning to the room where he rested last night, Uchiha Izumi was a little bored.Waiting is also waiting, why not see what you find.

Although it is bad behavior to rummage through other people's things, this is a task, and it is even worse to remain stagnant like this.

After looking around the room, it was a simple small room with a mirror, dressing table, wardrobe and bookshelf that were obviously used in a girl's home.Aside from the dust from age, there was nothing amiss.

After scanning it carefully a few more times, she finally found something different.

On the top floor of the bookshelf, which is supposed to be the dustiest place, there is a spot that looks clean - the books here have been touched recently.

She looked at the least dusty place and pulled out a thread-bound book.

The cover is yellow and has a very contemporary straw woven style.

"This is -" Uchiha Izumi was a little afraid to confirm. The font is slightly different from the current one, but it seems to be this family tree -

"Park."

In the cold winter, his thin body seemed to be empty of clothes, "Mr. Xiang, do you think I am making up a lie?"

"Miss Lin... do you have any misunderstanding with the villagers?" Hinata Qing looked at the nearby village houses. It was obviously peaceful, but the bustle there was different from the desertedness here.

A village, divided into two halves with indifference and alienation.

"Me and them," In the cold weather, Hinata Qing saw the ice hanging on the girl's hair, and even her expression became much colder.

"It was different."

"This village was not called Linjia Village in the first place."

At that moment, Hinata Qing saw the wry smile in the girl's eyes.

"I can offer you the gloomy wooden coffin."

"In exchange, Mr. Xiang...please help me kill someone."

In a time of war, the ancestors of the Park family established a village on the top of Kunlun, by the Ruoshui Lake.There have been outstanding men in every dynasty who have brought peace to the people by pacifying wars and chaos. However, the population is not prosperous, and the bones of the clan members who have left the world have been buried outside their hometowns and have never returned.Pu Han, the 13th generation of the Pu family, moved to the village with the rest of his clan to make a living. He was especially good at carpentry and occasionally married with outsiders. He left this genealogy in the hope that future generations would not forget their ancestral roots.

Except for these few records on the first page, the rest are all records of names and population changes.

Judging from this genealogy, the inheritance of Pujia Village is very clear. Even those who married outside the village mostly stayed in the village, and their children all inherited their mother's surname.Logically speaking, people with the surname Park will not disappear.

The family tree was a bit fragile, and Uchiha Izumi didn't dare to turn it over too quickly, so he had to turn it carefully page by page.

It was only when I reached the end that I noticed something fishy.

The last page of the Park family tree records a son-in-law named Lin Wu, and their daughter Park Lin married Lin Yi.

There is no record of the genealogy at this point, and the few empty pages at the back have long been scattered.

Even if the population is sparse and the surname is finally changed, it will not be so clean and simple.

Boom—boom—boom—boom

There were regular knocking sounds from the closed window, which was the team code she was familiar with.

This is the window on the north side. It's a bit cold when it's fully opened. The Uchiha spring opens a gap that allows people to climb in.

The person who came in was Hayata Yu, who seemed to have gone out.

"You haven't finished talking outside?" Hinata Qing and Miss Lin were at the door facing the living room, which was the only way to enter this room.

Hayata Yu shook his head, "Looking at the expression, there is a bit of a stalemate. The girl is crying."

Confession failed?

Uchiha Izumi suddenly felt a little confused. Could it be that what she said yesterday failed to break the girl's mind, but instead gave her courage?

"I have ordered a black nanmu coffin from the villagers, and the client has also been contacted. He said that the owner of the family has already stopped the funeral, and will send someone to pick up the coffin as soon as possible."

"So, this mission is completed." Uchiha Izumi breathed a sigh of relief. The long-term overseas mission has become a short-term mission, which is indeed a happy thing.

"Yeah, but there's something wrong with the two outside." Yu Hayata was a little embarrassed, "I heard what the villagers said... They couldn't build a black nanmu coffin in such a short time, and they said they had to... move it. ."

"Move?"

Peng——The door of the small bedroom was wide open, and it was the first time I saw Hinata Qing looking so impatient.

"There is a conflict between Miss Lin and the village chief of Linjia Village. Come and help me."

Although the sun is still in the sky and the wind is not strong, the snow-covered villages are still cold.

Along the way, Uchiha found that the doors and windows of the houses in the village were closed, and there was no one else except the group of people arguing.

In the central open space surrounded by village houses, a group of young people were surrounding Miss Lin.

"I don't agree! Why should you misappropriate my Aweng's coffin? Once he is buried, he will rest in peace. You are going too far!"

"We didn't come up to the mountain just for the order you brought us today."

"Mumu, you are so talkative. You can actually find someone to redeem you."

"But it doesn't matter. I already know the way to the ancient village. Tonight is the best time."

"I don't like life sacrifices, but it's not too much to throw the body of a person named Pu into the lake. If you want to open the road to your ancient village, you need a guide."

The young and strong village chief turned around and gave a humble salute, "Master Xiang is also a nobleman of our village. The coffin has been prepared. This is a matter of the village. Please don't interfere."

The eyes of the frail girl who was being restrained were full of unwillingness and stubbornness, "If Mr. Xiang can't help me, please don't interfere!"

Hinata Qing was about to step forward, but was stopped by Sarutobi Kino, "Since it is a village matter, we will not interfere. We will transport the coffin immediately."

When the wind blows, the snow keeps falling, and the strings of footprints fade away.

Uchiha Izumi looked at the frail girl being pressed and taken away with mixed emotions.

Originally, I wanted to solve the doubts in the dream, but now I don't know whether to intervene in this situation.

As ninjas for hire, they have completed their mission and should not interfere with the village's internal affairs.

As friends, they rescued her from Yoshiwara Tea House but only caused her to get involved in the village dispute again.

"Follow me tonight and have a look." Sarutobi Kino pulled Hinata Qing back and walked back.

"Can we help with this?" The teacher, who had always stayed out of local affairs, was willing to take care of things, and Hinata was very happy.

"You don't need to go. Hayata has already contacted us. You can go down the mountain now and meet the people who are here to transport the coffin. After taking the shadow clones of the three of us to transport the coffin, wait for us at the stone monument. There is no need to come up."

"But……"

"You're afraid of water, so you can't help here. You should guard the area at the entrance of the village."

The process of waiting for nightfall was very long. When evening came, the three people who stayed behind ate some dry food and drank some water brought from the mountain.

Uchiha Izumi also went back to his room and changed into clothes suitable for entering the water, and then put on loose clothes outside, making it almost invisible.

"Are you all ready?"

"Yeah." Looking at the two people waiting in the living room, Uchiha Izumi understood that this was a discussion before starting work.

Tell everyone what they know, sort out the clues, believe in the most likely inference, and then make task arrangements based on this inference.

"I overheard here. Miss Lin and Hinata said that her original surname was Park. The Lin family had initiated reforms and were very talented in business, so the village changed their surname. But the Lin family could not learn the most exquisite part of woodcraft. Later, we also relied on the craftsman named Pu. The craftsmanship of nanmu black coffin has gone out of history, and no one in Aweng's village except this girl can make the style that the nobles like anymore. The death of the girl's parents was related to the village chief, so she asked us to help her Kill someone." Sarutobi Kino spoke first and collected his thoughts.

"When I went to tell them about the order, the people in the village were very happy, but a little hesitant. The village chief said it was no problem. And the young people seemed to have just come here to settle down, so they all brought their own burdens." Yu Hayata followed closely and added Something he observed.

"I read the Pu family's genealogy in that room. The Pu family had a small population and moved across the village. The original village was only said to be at the top of Kunlun, on the bank of Ruoshui Lake. This Ruoshui Lake is probably the same as the legendary Kunlun sacred tree. It's related to Ruomu." Uchiha Izumi added his guess, "The ancient village they are going to tonight is probably the original village of the Park clan, and the Park clan also participated in the melee in the ninja world during the war. They are all craftsmen, and there are probably ninjas as well, but they either died in battle or lived abroad, so the ninja group gradually lost their inheritance."

"We're going into the water this time, Quan, are you ready?"

In the dark wooden house, the three of them tried their best to lower their voices to avoid disturbing the villagers.

Looking through the crack of the window, a group of people were marching deep into the snowy field under the pale moonlight, while the surrounding village houses still had their doors and windows closed, and there was no light at all.

"Yes, teacher." She has the best water-based chakra in the team, so she is naturally the most suitable candidate.

"You have to be careful," Yu Hayata drew a koi carp on the back of Uchiha Spring's hand with a pen. "If there is a problem underwater, don't hold on, I will help you."

"I'll follow you first, and you two will follow." Sarutobi Kino was the first to jump out of the window, turning into an owl and flying deep into the snowfield.

A few minutes later, a fox and squirrel also climbed out of the window and disappeared into the late night moonlight.

The deeper you go into the snow, the vegetation is less dense, but the road becomes more and more difficult to walk. Accompanied by the sound of wind in the middle of the night and the occasional snow that shakes off the pine trees, it seems extremely difficult for the two animals to walk.

Gradually, the group of people in the distance can be seen, holding lighting torches, like a line of red spots dotted in the dark night.

Before long, the string of torches stopped moving forward and stopped.

The squirrel and fox running together looked at each other and sped up.

Two shadows riding on the wind brought up a little bit of flying snow on the snowfield.

Hurry up, hurry up.

Uchiha Izumi had a bad omen in his heart, feeling that he was going to miss something.

The full moon has risen to the middle of the night sky, and the moonlight cast by it just falls into the middle of the cold lake.

"Ruoshui Lake," the village chief said, holding a torch and shining it into the lake, but couldn't see anything clearly, "How deep do you think this lake is?"

Tears welled up in the eyes of the tied girl, who just stared motionlessly at the body that had been dead for a long time.

"Would you know if you throw yourself in?" A young man next to him suggested softly. Maybe it was because the wind was too strong at night, and he felt like he was getting sick even standing here.

Such a sacred lake makes people feel cold all over when standing here.

"Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh-"

"Boom-"

The covered Lin Mumu's eyes were full of tears, and he could only watch the body float to the center of the lake and gradually sink.

The moonlight remains the same and the lake remains the same.

After waiting for a long time, nothing changed.

"The village...hasn't changed much?"

"Impossible! How could there be no changes? How could there be no movement when burying one's own people?"

"Are the legends all false? After all, this old lady talks nonsense when she is old, which is not credible."

"Humph, the old lady said it, and the books also say so. It's absolutely true."

"Why don't we just leave him alive again?"

"I've come here, I don't know when I'll wait until next time."

"It's not like I haven't thrown it away anyway."

"But this is the last of the Pu family... The last two people we threw away didn't make any noise."

"This... it's really gone if it's all thrown away. Mumu has already been to Yoshihara, and maybe she's pregnant by now. It would be safer to wait until August or September."

"Lin Mumu said that even if she were to die, she would not give birth to a baby for our Lin family. I think of her temperament, even if she gave birth to a baby, she would not give it to us."

"And the next moon phase like this will be decades later. Even if you enter the ancient village, the secret books and treasures you get will not reach the hands of everyone standing here." The full moon dimmed to one side, as if something was coming. Eating the moon bite by bite.

The greed in the eyes of the people arguing drowned out the last trace of conscience.

"Lin Mumu, I gave you a chance. Is it so difficult to have a baby with our Lin family?"

"In that case, let's keep company with the Park family in this lake."

"stop."

The owl in the tree, the fox in the bush, and the squirrel in the tree hole watched helplessly as Hinata, who was supposed to be guarding the stone monument, fled out.

The three animals blinked and turned back to their original forms to join the melee at the lake.

"thump--"

Despite the panic and pushing, Lin Mumu, whose hands were tied, was still pushed into the lake.

Hinata Qing's veins popped out as he failed to hold him back. He rushed away from the crowd and took one step forward to jump into the lake.

"Take care of the group of people on the shore, I'll do it." Uchiha pushed Hinata Qing first, turned around and jumped into the lake.

The water in the lake was very cold, and she had abandoned all the clothes that were in the way. Only the tights on her body were left, and the resistance in the water was much smaller.

There were also people coming down to the lake one after another behind them, but the strange thing was that those people could only flop around by the lake.

The center of the lake where the moonlight shines is crystal clear, and there seems to be some magic that attracts her to swim deeper.

Soon, Uchiha Quan quickly caught the sinking forest trees. The cold lake water irritated her eyes, which made her very uncomfortable.

The rope was hurriedly untied, and Lin Mumu was able to use his strength after letting go of his hands and feet. The two people, who had held their breath for a long time, pulled each other and swam toward the lake.

The moon in the sky was dark, with only a halo remaining.

Through the cold lake water, Uchiha Izumi seemed to have an illusion before his eyes.

Snowflake-like golden light emerged from the black full moon. What is this? !

Just when she was about to reach the lake, her feet were pulled away, and the great force caused the two girls' hands to break away.

Uchiha Izumi saw Lin Mumu's eyes full of panic when she turned back, and she still had a torn sleeve on her hand.

And she was watching the black moon getting further and further away from her in the cold lake...

The last thing in sight is the tree in the dream.

The crystal clear Kunlun sacred tree grew from the lake to the center of the lake, and its swaying branches bound her hands and feet.

Wrapped in layers until her eyelids were also covered with branches.

------------

"Where are the people? Where are the people who went to save you!" Hayata Yu looked at the calm lake. There was no figure floating up. The girl she caught and asked was leaning on Hinata Qing's arms with her body covered in ice water, her hair On the bed, there were icicles hanging on his clothes. He grabbed the black tights fabric in his hand and was unable to regain consciousness.

The full moon in the sky was extremely bright, and it had begun to set in the west. It no longer had the shocking moon phase just now.

"Moon Goddess is showing off her power. We were wrong!"

"Please forgive me, Moon Goddess!"

"It's because we are obsessed with it. We don't dare to do it anymore. We don't dare to do it anymore."

"Mumu, you are the guardian of the lake, you are the guardian of the lake," the young man who just pushed the girl down stumbled over and kowtowed again and again.Behind him were the trees that had collapsed in all directions due to the strong wind, and the people who were thrown around by the wind, which looked very funny.

"Please beg the Moon Goddess, beg her, beg her to let us go. We will never dare to do it again, never again."

The village chief, who had been arrogant just now and had the power of life and death, had been in the water for a while, but now he was laughing with a crooked corner of his mouth, tears, snot, and saliva flowing from his mouth. He no longer had the majesty he had at that time.

"I'll go down and find her!" Looking at a group of dumbfounded people, Hayata Yu was worried.

"You can't get down." Sarutobi Kino looked at the lake and sighed.

It turns out that the center of the lake where the moonlight shines is not calm, but has long been frozen into blocks, making it look crystal clear. When the moon sets in the west, the lake freezes at an alarming speed. At this time, it is already a piece of beautiful jade, and there is no trace of water waves.