[Naruto] Chronicle of Wood

The bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no cock crowing for thousands of miles.

Coming out of Iki City, the scenery on the road gradually became desolate, and there gradually appeared some ragged, yellow-faced and emaciated civilians on the road. Most of them were victims of the war, and they were residents of the Fire Nation who had left their hometowns for a chance of life.

Such a scene deeply shocked the two Highnesses who had been living in the ivory tower.

"What's wrong with these people?"

Yoshikawa clasped his fingers tightly to the car frame, he stared at the scene outside the window, and asked in a trembling tone.

The young highness was pale, his lips were pursed, and his face was full of disbelief.Obviously, he is not ignorant of the reason, but because of the influence of his growing environment, he does not want to believe that this scene will appear in the Land of Fire, which is praised by his subordinates as "the country is peaceful and the people are safe". The people under the rule of the great father.

Splendid mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the glorious spring of the earth.

Madam Yu Jiang mentioned the country of fire with the mighty river in the east, the bright red double cherry blossoms in the south, the majestic and strange rocks standing in the west, and the lush forest in the north...

When they left the capital, they didn't see the beautiful scenery depicted countless times in their dreams. What they saw first was such a sad scene.

"The rebels! It must be the rebels!" Ah Yuan said loudly, "If it weren't for them, my father's country would not be like this!"

"Yes, is it...?" Ji Chuan faintly sensed the inaccuracy in his sister's words, and he looked at Ye Zimu and asked hesitantly.

A great monarch must bear the suffering history of a country.

With Yoshikawa in front of him, Ye Zimu couldn't help but think of such a sentence.

He put away his usual smile, and said solemnly to Yoshikawa: "Your Highness Yoshikawa, this is the question you need to pursue all your life."

It's not that he doesn't know the reason, but Ye Zimu doesn't want to tell Ji Chuan directly these conclusive things.Some answers are not suitable for recourse to words, and some things are only precious if you pursue them yourself.Only by personally seeking, experiencing, striving, struggling, and choosing can this Highness truly grow.

"What am I looking for in my life?"

"You're talking nonsense!" Sensing the unfinished meaning in Ye Zimu's words, A Yuan shouted.

Surprised by the sensitivity of this little princess, Ye Zimu looked at her.

"Wow——" Seeing Ye Zimu's gaze, A Yuan's tears fell down in big drops, she pointed at Ye Zimu while crying and denied: "That's not the case! My father is not wrong! The wrong thing is the rebellion Jun!"

"A Yuan..."

"Brother!" A Yuan threw himself into Ji Chuan's arms, crying loudly as if he had been wronged, but repeated stubbornly over and over again: "It's not my father's fault! My father is so good to A Yuan! My father is not wrong!"

"Good enough to send you to Yuanjiang Kingdom?" It was Gu Zhi who said this. She is also Ye Zimu's personal guard. At this moment, she is dressed up as a lady and sitting beside Ye Zimu. She can't see the other party accusing her leader like this. said sarcastically.

"you--"

The carriage suddenly tipped over to the right, and Ye Zimu hurriedly caught the two children.

"Qingfeng, what's going on?"

"My lord! It's a ronin hiding among the hungry people!" Qingfeng replied while avoiding the opponent's attack with a carriage.

This ronin was originally a samurai from Pingcheng, the Kingdom of Fire. Pingcheng was in a riot two years ago, and the prince he served was killed by the rebels. After losing his salary, he has been wandering in various counties of the Fire Country.After receiving the news that the rebel army and the regular army will fight in the Yuqi Plain, he does not want to be recruited, so he disguises himself as a hungry person and goes to Yuanjiang country.

On the way, he saw Qingfeng carrying a carriage with no samurai guarding him, so he guessed that they were nobles who fled secretly to Yuanjiang Kingdom.Coupled with the lack of income for several days, the idea of ​​grabbing money came up.

He took the opportunity to get close to the carriage, and wanted to split the reins, but he didn't expect the driver of that carriage to react so quickly.

No wonder Green Cloud didn't find out.

After seeing the other party wearing clothes, Ye Zimu suddenly realized, and straightening the two children upright, he said: "Go to Guzhi to deal with him, and Qingfeng set up the carriage."

"Yes, my lord." Qingfeng Guzhi responded in unison.

"clang--"

The sound of Kunai colliding with the samurai sword sounded, the bone branch jumped back, and Qingfeng stopped the carriage.

"My lord, this person is not simple."

Ye Zimu nodded, Gu Zhi is a good assassin in his personal guard, with a light body and a weak sense of presence, and can often take the lives of the enemy without anyone noticing.Her blow just now was silent, fast and accurate, but unexpectedly, it was blocked by the opponent.

In fact, this ronin was not as relaxed as he appeared to be. The slap just now was all due to the sword technique he had learned in his childhood.The tachi techniques he learned include the four groups of Taidao: Wujin Taidao, Qijin Taidao, Shenji Taidao, and Yagami Taidao. After learning, the samurai is extremely sensitive to the whole body, even if the enemy takes advantage of his unpreparedness to attack. Unconscious counterattack.

It is by virtue of this ability that he has become a high-ranking warrior in the public all the way.

Gu Zhi cautiously observes the ronin in front of him.

I saw the other party holding the knife in his right hand, pointing the knife point at her, with his left hand covering the small Taidao at his waist, staring at her intently and vigilantly.

Her attack just now was blocked by the small sword in his left hand.

A gust of wind passed, five thousand roots suddenly appeared on Gu Zhi's right hand, and she formed a seal with her left hand, stepping on delicate steps and quickly attacked the ronin.

"Ah! Wait! It's my eyesight! I don't know who it is, it's all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding! Please let me go!" Before Gu Zhi shot out the thousand copies in his hand, the rogue immediately put them away. Weapons, knees touching the ground and shouted for mercy towards the carriage.

Ye Zimu: "..."

"I'm not dazzled, am I?" A Yuan, who was crying, looked at the kneeling ronin, uncertainly.

"No..." Yoshikawa replied subconsciously, his eyes floating.

The most calm one was Gu Zhi, she took the Ronin by the back of the neck and threw it in front of Ye Zimu, then disappeared in a flash.

"You..." Ye Zimu just opened his mouth, when the other party looked at him expectantly...

... A Yuan beside me.

"Miss, don't you remember me? This is Takahashi!"

"?" A Yuan vaguely felt that the person in front of him seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it.

"Last winter, under the gate of the inner city, thanks to your help..."

"Ah! It's you!" A Yuan covered her mouth in surprise, she suddenly thought of who this person was.

"Miss, you remember!" Takahashi said excitedly, he moved forward a few times, knelt down in front of A Yuan and explained: "Since that day, I have decided to be loyal to you, but I have not found out about your identity after many inquiries. Because of my identity, I thought I had no chance to meet before going to Yuanjiang. Unexpectedly... If I had recognized Miss earlier, I would definitely not have done such a thing! Anyway, please forgive me!"

"I..." A Yuan looked at Ye Zimu.

Ye Zimu glanced around, and said rather weakly: "You... get in the car and talk."