[Inuyasha] Looking back at Chaoshan Heng

The green hills in the distance are shrouded in clouds and mist, intermittently continuous with the floating clouds in the blue sky.There are dozens of wooden huts scattered on the plain far and near, and occasionally you can see the smoke rising from nowhere.

This is a small village in the Musashi country, attached to the geographical scope of the Musashi country, but has little connection with the power of the daimyo.

In this era of war, this divided country, under the rule of each daimyo, has such countless small villages.

Musashi Kingdom is located between Hitomi Castle and Imagawa Castle.Between a country and a city, the former means self-reliance without a name, while the latter bears the title bestowed by the emperor.Subtle verbal differences, in terms of power, actually don't make much difference.

After receiving that letter, we quickly set off from Imagawa Castle to Hitomi Castle not far away.

After traveling in a carriage for two days, we left the confines of Imagawa Castle and entered the power of Musashi Kingdom.Afterwards, the carriage was replaced by a horse, and the accompanying people were reduced to two guards and a maid under the guise of a daughter of a small clan who went to visit relatives.Although he has been pampered for six years, the journey was not too rushed and the time was not too long, but he persisted.

"Miss, it's getting late, let's rest here tonight."

At dusk, we stopped in front of a small village.A Xia, the maid who was riding with me, got off the horse first, and then reached out to help me.She used to be one of the guards of the outer palace, she was less than twenty years old, she was the widow of a deceased warrior, and she was also a rare woman with good martial arts skills in the house.

Not far away, I saw many villagers who heard the news, and one of the guards stepped forward to negotiate with the other party as he did when he was seeking accommodation two days ago.

Four people, two horses, strange strangers.I saw curiosity mixed with vigilance in the eyes of the villagers, whispering about inaudible topics.

"Master Feng is here, Mr. Miko is here!"

A voice that was obviously much louder sounded from behind the crowd, and the people who were congested in front almost all gave way.Then an old man dressed in white and red clothes came out of the gap slowly step by step with a longbow as a stick.

I've seen the style of that dress before, it's the recognized shrine maiden costume in this era.People have been awed by the worship of ghosts and gods for thousands of years. These remote villages will not lack such occupations, and there are also courtyards specially opened for priests in daimyo's mansions.

What's more... This world, this era, does seem to have something different from the previous life.

Although I only occasionally got sick, I have vaguely seen one or two women who presided over the healing ceremony in the city lord's mansion, and their clothes were white and red.

Of course, compared to the coarse cloth of this village, it is obviously much more delicate.

The pace of the old man was very slow. When she walked in front of me, the other three had retreated to my side, waiting with three points of vigilance.Her gaze looked at our group unabashedly, one eye was covered with a black veil, her gray hair and weather-beaten face revealed a kind of coldness left over from the torment of time.

Although the faces are too old, the experience of the past few days has confirmed to me that compared with the well-maintained surfaces in the house, the actual age of these war-torn people is often much younger than they look.

Therefore, the old man in front of him should be around 50 years old.

After a moment, she fixed her gaze on my face.

"You, who are you?"

The old man's voice was as imagined, old and a little rough, and besides that, there was a kind of calmness that had been in the position of the speaker all the year round.Judging from the performance of those villagers before, this old witch undoubtedly has a very high status in this village.

This is also a kind of convenience for us, as we can communicate directly with those who have the right to speak, so that we can avoid the tediousness of repeating the source again and again.

So A-Xia spoke bluntly, with an neither humble nor overbearing attitude, and the respect in the voice was what the guest gave the elder: "Excuse me, we are passing passengers, and we are going home with Miss to visit relatives. It's getting late today, and I hope I can stay here overnight .”

When A Xia spoke, the old man looked up at her slightly.After she finished speaking, she turned her eyes back to me.

After a moment of silence, she nodded, and turned the long bow slightly on the ground: "Yes." Then she turned around and walked towards the village first, "Come with me, my name is Feng, and I am the witch who protects this village." .”

"My name is Axia, and this is my lady, Liang."

The black cauldron was bubbling and bubbling, and in the light brown soup base, the chowder was stirred and stewed, exuding an aroma.

"The news from Musashi Kingdom is that there is going to be another war. Hey, I don't know if our village can survive it."

The old elders showed a somewhat tired expression. These ordinary people who struggled from the troubled times, at their current age, even if they escaped the disasters and disasters that struck again and again, they have lost too many things—perhaps their relatives , perhaps friends, and youth, health and well-being.

She took out a bowl with a wooden spoon and handed it over: "Eat."

The wooden bowl I bought was a bit rough, but the ingredients inside were rarely mixed with meat.Due to the habit of passing down for hundreds of years, people here are generally proud of vegetarianism.Aristocrats are still vegetarians, and at most add a little fish and shrimp to their meals.On the contrary, ordinary people with ordinary status can only eat relatively cheap meat.

Even after so many years, I still feel that this is such a cheating tradition.

I nodded my thanks to this mother-in-law named Feng, expressing euphemistically that I can't speak.The old man nodded, reached out for a new bowl, filled soup for Axia who was sitting at the bottom, and kept the third bowl for himself.

The other two guards went to the next room for dinner according to the previous practice.

"Thank you for the hospitality." Axia drank a few mouthfuls of soup, then raised her head and asked the other party, "Excuse me, how long will it take to reach Renjian City from here?"

Granny Feng put down the bowl in her hand, turned her head and glanced at her: "Where did you come from? Today's Sichuan City?"

A Xia hesitated for a moment: "Yes."

Granny Feng took another sip of soup, staring at the remaining soup in the bowl, she seemed to be in a daze: "Look at you, you really are going to fight... It seems that this year's grain should be harvested early..." She said to herself Talking to himself, he finished drinking the soup in the bowl, and then looked up at me: "Since you are riding horses, you should be much faster than us. If it goes well, it will take another three days."

When she said this, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and the wrinkles on her haggard face were conspicuous like ravines.Looking out of the window with some air leakage, the night sky with twinkling stars and a touch of deep blue: "But look at the sky, these few days—maybe it will rain."

Waking up from sleep, the sound of pattering rain could be heard faintly in my ears.

The quilt on his body was thick and rough, giving him a sense of solidity.That feeling reminds me of my girlhood in my previous life, those days when I lived in my hometown in the country.

I fumbled to put on my clothes, and heard the wooden door being pushed open with a "squeak".The cool wind on the pavement came with the sudden and clear sound of rain, and I shrank my shoulders subconsciously.

"Miss, you're awake, why don't you call your slave over here?"

Axia put the wooden basin in his hand at my feet, and came over to help me tie the belt behind my back, "It's raining this morning, and it seems that it won't stop for a while. I have already agreed with that Granny Feng, and I will stay here for a while. Avoid for a day."

I nodded and watched her flatten the hem of my clothes, and then took a step back: "The rain is not too heavy at the moment, and the fish are more active. Jiro and the others went to the river pond by the village to help the villagers catch fish. I heard that it's time to eat after they come back, are you hungry now?"

The Jiro mentioned by A Xia was one of the two guards.Helping with fishing is probably also to "pay" the cost of board and lodging.I looked out of the leaky window, saw the drizzle of rain, and shook my head: [It’s okay.A-Xia, take an umbrella. After washing, I want to go for a walk. ]

I originally planned to come out alone, but Axia insisted on following closely.In the end I compromised, it wasn't a big deal anyway.

Surrounding the village is a seemingly endless forest.The few mountain roads in the forest have become the channel for the village to connect with the outside world.

The scent of green grass soaked in water mist exudes from the nose, somewhat provoking memories of my previous life.Slightly raise the eaves of the umbrella and look forward. Within sight, a towering giant tree is too abrupt, growing among the green and blue sea.

"I heard that it's the god tree of this village, and..." Axia was beside me, holding another paper umbrella, and followed up hesitantly, "There is a monster sealed in the tree."

monster?

I turned around in surprise, and saw Axia's somewhat embarrassed expression.Well, it turned out that it was because of this that she insisted on following me.So I smiled at her and pointed there: [I'm not angry, let alone blame you for choosing to settle here, no one has the ability to predict. ]

And... I thought about it, waved to her, and signaled her to follow.

Isn't the monster sealed?If Axia and the others can be informed, it won't be such a secret taboo.From a distance, it shouldn't be a problem.

Walking through the path that was obviously stepped on by countless people, the wet grass made a soft "crack" underfoot.The location of the tree was not far away, and we quickly walked around the last bush that blocked the view. What we saw was a thick and tall tree trunk in the haze of the rain.

There is also the bottom of the gnarled tree roots, entwined by wanton branches and vines, the red-clothed... boy?

"He has been sealed here by my sister for more than 40 years..." An old voice sounded behind me, I turned my head in a daze, and saw Granny Feng walking slowly with a cane holding another umbrella, "If you do the math, it's been 43 years."

There was no negative emotion on Granny Feng's face, it was more like stating a fact.She walked to my side, turned around slowly, raised her head as well, and looked at the demon in the form of a boy a few steps away.

The boy who was exposed to the rain, his long silver hair was already soaked, sticking to his body messily, occasionally being blown crookedly by a slightly stronger wind.There are two pieces of flesh-colored white in the hair, drooping a little abruptly.The rain was flowing wantonly on him, the red clothes and white hair, the whole figure was like a soaked fuzzy portrait, bound there in a state of embarrassment and loneliness.

At the position of the heart, there is a feathered arrow belonging to the witch.

I stared blankly, and my heart was in a strange trance for a moment.

I always feel that this look... looks familiar.

"...This is, that sealed demon?"

Axia who was beside me asked me what was on my mind. Granny Feng looked at the demon sealed on the Godly Tree, and nodded slowly: "That's right. 43 years ago, my sister Kikyo sacrificed her life for the price of death. This half demon Inuyasha is sealed here."

Inuyasha.

Inu...Yasha?

This familiar yet unfamiliar noun fell into my ears so clearly and abruptly, and the ending sound disappeared in the pattering rain.The numbness of thinking was only a moment, I felt a thunder rumbling in my head, and a lightning-like white light exploded in my vision.

I raised my head in a daze, as if seeing the world clearly for the first time.After being washed by a spring rain, it reveals such bright and bright colors.

Inuyasha.

This is - "Inuyasha"? !

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