A large net fell from the sky and happened to land directly above Tachibana. At the same time, Furuya shouted: "It's her!"

The moment the voice fell, the two passing villagers turned back immediately, and then unloaded the back basket, took out a knife and an axe from it, Tachibana couldn't help being shocked when he saw this, but it was too late to run at this time, the big net was gone It was accurately covered on her body, with boulders tied at the four corners, and sharp broken blades embedded in the joints of the straw ropes, which could not be broken off at all.

"You didn't lie to us, did you?" the man pretending to be a villager questioned, "Is this lame girl a nobleman?"

Hearing this, Furuya shrugged his shoulders: "You didn't see the way she came to kick the hall yesterday... I mean, just by looking at her temperament, she can tell that her identity is not simple, maybe she is some wayward noble princess with a wealthy family. You can buy several cities."

The man hesitated slightly: "Princess?"

"No, no, no, this is just a guess. Which princess will appear to be free to wander around in our backcountry? At best, she is the daughter of a local rich man with some spare money at home."

"Okay, according to the agreement, we won't trouble the villagers and Qianqiusha in these days."

"That's great." Furuya glanced at Tachibana, who was still trying to find a way to break the net, and his tone became ironic, "Yesterday you were so arrogant, I thought you had a lot of ability, but you kicked the first one after finishing the game. I became crippled in two days, but that's good, so I don't get my hands dirty."

Lihua stopped struggling and glared at him angrily. He wanted to refute something, but the man next to him suddenly said: "You are an onmyoji, show some respect, we are warriors anyway!"

Furuya was stunned for a while, and after a while, he realized that the man was annoyed by the sentence "don't get my hands dirty". Thinking of this, the provocation in his eyes became even more serious, but the words he said remained the same. Calm and polite: "You guys misunderstood me, I was just reprimanding this little girl for being overconfident, and I didn't mean to slander the name of a warrior."

warrior?

Tachibana narrowed her eyes, and focused her gaze on the tiger's mouth of the two men, and found that there was a thick layer of calluses there. They were indeed people who held swords all year round, but ordinary samurai would not collude with other people to kidnap After a detailed analysis of the extortion, she could only attribute them to the ranks of ronin.

Without a powerful lord, the warriors had no choice but to wander, and it was not uncommon for the warriors to do such nasty things to earn a living.

Seeing that there was no more movement in the net, Furuya mistook Tachibana for giving up resistance, and a trace of surprise flashed between his brows, which seemed to be mixed with some hesitation, but soon, this hesitation was replaced by yesterday's The humiliation was completely dispelled. He looked at the two ronin and said, "You have to do a good job of keeping secrets. I don't want to be known by Aikawa."

"Don't worry, we are not villains who steal and play tricks to take advantage of the fire."

With his back turned to them, Tachibana slightly rolled his eyes, and could not agree.

Considering the inconvenient movement of the hostages, the burly ronin simply removed the blade and wrapped Tachibana in a net and carried it on his shoulders. Later, another ronin signaled to him that the little girl could not even walk without a cane, so he connected to the net. They removed them together and threw them to the ground, then picked up Tachibana again and walked towards the stronghold.

It is said to be a stronghold, but it is just a dilapidated temple that has been abandoned for a long time. The dark green moss covered half of the wall, and the pitted mud was greasy and sticky. It seemed to be soaked in the oil of some soup. The iron incense burner was already covered with rust, and there were spider webs hanging around the footsteps. The three of them smelled a strange and pungent smell as soon as they entered. Tachibana frowned reflexively, while the other two walked in calmly as if they hadn't smelled it.

"That kid Qianqiusha is not talking nonsense, this little girl looks like the daughter of a rich family," the bearded man sitting on the ground greeted, "Did you break her legs?"

The ronin who was carrying Tachibana put her down and replied, "She is already wounded, so don't make false accusations."

"When will you send a message to her family?"

"Just tonight, the stored food is not enough to eat. If we add another mouth, we will starve to death tomorrow."

"Little girl, where do you live?" The bearded man wiped the rabbit's blood from his hand, walked up to Lihua and squatted down, and asked, "Who is there in the family, and how much ransom can you offer?"

The ronin next to him kicked him: "If you dare to come here from the castle town, you don't look like an honest little girl at first glance. Ask her if she can tell you the truth?"

"My family used to live in Tosa. I just came out with my grandfather recently. I plan to move to a place closer to Kyoto. The temporary foothold is in the bullock cart next to the town. As for the ransom, you can negotiate as you please. I will take care of it at home. If you can’t settle, you can reach an agreement with my grandfather.”

The atmosphere was dull for a while.

As if he didn't expect Tachibana to be so straightforward, the bearded man was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses: "You are quite calm."

"Wonderful praise, I was kidnapped and trafficked more than once."

"...Tell me the names of both your grandfather and grandson, so that I can remember them so that the message won't go to the wrong person."

"My name is Ishihara Tachibana," Tachibana paused, "my grandfather's name is Ishihara Doji."

The ronin who carried her all the way raised his eyebrows lightly: "Is your grandfather still developing normally?"

"It's quite normal. You can cry, laugh, pinch and make trouble, and you can squeeze sushi to make the little old lady happy."

"Describe what your grandfather looks like, Zhengwu, write it down."

"The facial features are simple and clear, his eyes are full of attachment to sushi, the prickly heat on the top of his head has formed a long string of red horns because of not taking good care of it, and he is dressed very dazzlingly, like dancing on the Naruto Strait wearing gold silk embroidery thread pretty girl."

"……You fool me?!"

"Wait for Benzaki," Zhengwu stopped him in time, and persuaded, "If there is such a person, I will definitely recognize it easily when I go tonight. If not, I will starve this little girl for a few days until I am hungry enough Until she's willing to tell the truth."

His persuasion was reasonable, and Benzaki couldn't get angry anymore, so he just stepped on the wooden crutch that Tachibana brought as a way to vent his anger.

After the night fell, she picked up the saber and went out at noon. Before leaving, she repeatedly emphasized to prevent Tachibana from escaping, but Tachibana didn’t feel much about it. Her legs needed to be rested, and now the crutches were broken again. Unless there is a miracle, Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to escape anyway, and Benzaki also thought of this, so he kept cleaning the knife on his own, occasionally chatting with his companions, and didn't intend to pay attention to the situation of the hostages at all.

However, a loud noise from Chou Shi plunged him into endless remorse.

"Who is it!" The ronin who were sitting together stood up one after another, looking nervously at the main entrance of the temple.

What answered them was a head still dripping with blood.

"Zheng, Zhengwu!"

The head was randomly thrown on the ground by the visitor, and then rolled to their feet with a thud——Zhengwu's death was very tragic, his eyes that were opened into copper bells were bloodshot, and his pupils stared obliquely upwards, in panic and fear. In addition, his complexion was pale, his veins were bulging, his lips were cracked, and the blood around his chin slid down the skin. On the way, he happened to touch Benzaki's white socks. And he held up the knife and slashed at the comer, but the comer was calmer than he imagined, and he just stretched out his hand slowly. Logically speaking, this was an excellent opportunity to attack, but Benzaki's His expression suddenly turned into horror, the hand holding the knife trembled wildly, and he was about to run back subconsciously.

"That's too late."

The low tone of the visitor was like a heavy stone falling into the abyss. In the next second, a red ghost claw with a sharp armor appeared on Benzaki's head. And it exploded in an instant...

There were piercing screams coming from his ears one after another, and the smell of blood in the air became more and more intense. Lihua only dared to cover his ears and close his eyes tightly, not daring to look.

After an unknown amount of time, someone gently shook her shoulder.

"Tachibana, Tachibana," Tumaru called softly, "It's okay, all the people who bullied you are gone."

He thought that Tachibana, who had encountered the kidnapping incident, would show a timid and pitiful expression, and drop a few more gold beads by the way, but when Tachibana raised his head, he realized that he was wrong.

"Although I'm not very willing, thank you very much," the former's steady and clear voice showed no sign of crying, she looked at Ibaraki with bloody hands, and said, "This group of people used to make trouble for the villagers, but because of Because of the shallow dune sand, I have to be quiet, and they must have poured dirty water on your head."

Ibaraki snorted and said, "That's what a scumbag should end up like."

Utomaru looked around and took in the flesh and blood of the separated corpses. He pursed his lips a little unbearably, and then said to Tachibana, "We have found out about Master Shuten-douji. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. Let's go."

Tachibana's eyes showed embarrassment: "I want to too, but my crutch..."

When she was recovering well from her injury, she could walk with the help of crutches and rabbit pills, but now that the fracture has worsened, she can faintly see the dislocation on the surface, and after today's tossing, the legs that could move slowly have already lost their connection. It was very difficult to stand up, and it was even more wishful thinking to hurry.

"I can't help it," Tumaru glanced at the broken wooden crutch, then turned around and squatted down, and said firmly, "I'll carry you."

"!"

Tachibana shook her head again and again, but she didn't want to be picked up by Ibaraki suddenly and thrown directly onto Tumaru's back.

"If you dawdle any longer, I'll kill you along with you."

Tachibana: "..."

She looked at Ibaraki with a bitter face, and then silently leaned back on Usagimaru's shoulder, trying to hypnotize herself that Yasha would not know and would not smoke from seven orifices and set off a bloody storm.

"What kind of expression do you have, human?" Ibaraki raised his jaw with great interest, "Could it be that you are so moved that you are eyeing this rabbit monster?"

Tuwan's cheeks flushed, and he almost tripped over the threshold.

Lihua muttered in a low voice, "It's just you who like to flirt with the back of people's heads", and then buried her face on Tuwan's back, never refusing to raise her head.

Suddenly, she seemed to see a gray-blue figure hiding behind the ruins.

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