People are dying on the pillar, and there is no misery at the beginning

Chapter 254 Extra Volume:——Kaomen Tanjuro
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Between the slopes of the dwarf mountains.

A well-groomed log house sits here.

now.

There was a thin man with an ax in his hand, long dark red hair, and a light scar on his left forehead, standing at the door of the wooden house.

The sallow and thin man raised his head slightly, narrowed his eyes and glanced at the distance in the sky.

He looked at some of the light penetrating through the clouds, and said to himself in a calm and peaceful voice:

"It's almost dawn."

Gripping the ax in his hand, the man let out a sigh of relief: "Huh..."

It is clearly the dawn of summer. Although the temperature is lower than during the day, it is still much hotter than autumn and winter.

But the breath he exhaled turned into a white mist like steam, which slowly drifted away.

Just when the man was about to take a step and walked down the mountain.

creak...

The door of the wooden house behind him was slowly pushed open.

A crimson-haired child rubbing his sleepy eyes appeared behind the door. The boy said in a sticky tone as if he hadn't woken up:

"...Father? Are you going to chop wood already?"

Hearing the sound, the thin man turned his head and glanced at the sleepy boy who walked out the door.

His tone was gentle, and he nodded with a smile:

"Yeah, that's right, Tanjirou is coming too."

As he spoke, the man slightly raised the ax in his hand for chopping wood.

Hearing what his father said, Tanjiro, who was still sleepy, immediately became energetic:
"Can I be together?" He opened his eyes and his expression became happy: "Really? Is it okay?"

The man smiled and nodded: "Well, it's okay, come on."

The sleepiness of the young Tanjiro was instantly swept away, he opened his mouth and exclaimed happily:

"Thank you! Father!"

Saying that, Tanjiro strode his calf and ran towards his father excitedly.

Then he stood beside his father.

The father stretched out his rough hand, gently rubbed Tanjiro's head, then picked up the axe, and the father and son walked slowly towards the forest down the mountain.

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Inside the cabin.

"call……"

Several children were huddling together, hugging each other, and sound asleep.

The slightly older one was a girl, who was sitting up in a daze, rubbing her hazy eyes.

"Ha-ah..." I stretched.

Turning his head, his eyes looked at the wooden door with a crack in it, and there was some dazzling light coming from there.

The girl tilted her head slightly, she glanced at the empty seat beside her in a daze, and said to herself:

"…elder brother…?"

After sitting for a while, it seemed that she was still a little sleepy, and the girl's body shook back and forth a few times.

thump!
After that, he lay down again, closed his eyes and went back to sleep.

The mother who was also sleeping beside her naturally woke up.

After quietly waiting for the girl to fall asleep again, the mother sat up slowly, twitching her hands and feet to stand up.

Looking back at the sleeping children, she smiled.

Then slowly left the room.

Her long hair was pulled into a low bun at the back of her head, and a white headscarf was fastened.

Putting on the white apron, the mother walked outside the room, beside the pot in the entrance, and began to prepare breakfast for the day.

"Hum~"

Humming a song.

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……

Near the foot of the mountain.

There is a not so narrow path.

It leads directly to the cabin on the hillside.

"Should... have already woken up."

Shang Quannai was carrying the jug, walking unhurriedly among the mountains and forests, he looked up at the mountainside which was still a little far away.

He said to himself:

"Well, it's almost dawn."

After finishing speaking, he continued to walk forward slowly, like taking a walk.

That's right, the object of Shang Quannai's visit this time is the Zaomen family.

The Zaomen family, because Zaomen Jin joined the Demon Killing Squad back then, and Tanji's various reasons, the current Zaomen family is not the original Zaomen family.

Although he is still doing Chaifu's work, "the eldest son joins the ghost killing team" seems to have become the usual practice of the Zaomen family.

That is to say...

Now the backbone of the Zaomen family - Zaomen Tanjuro.

Now, it is actually a member of the Ghost Killing Squad who has retired and returned home.

Also now, the only three people who can use the breath of the sun.

But Shang Quannai, because he has been on the journey, has never met him.

And in the Ghost Killing Squad, although they will teach people about the past history, the portraits in the picture books are quite different from the real person.

Hard to tell.

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Among the forests.

The thin man and the young Tanjirou were standing in the forest.

Although the man looked weak, pale and thin, but when he swung the axe, he was unexpectedly powerful and easy, and seemed so handy.

Pong!
Holding the ax in the man's hand, it drew a perfect arc in mid-air, and chopped heavily into the tree trunk.

The trunk vibrated slightly, and the sound of leaves shaking came from overhead.

The young Tanjiro stood aside, holding a small wooden ax in his hand, watching his father's movements, a decent imitator.

creak...

With a slight tilt of the ax blade, the ax was free from the tree trunk, and the man raised the ax again, ready to swing it again.

Just when the ax was about to swing down.

"Yo!"

The voice of greeting came from a direction not far down the mountain.

The thin man stopped his movements immediately, and together with Tanjiro, he looked in the direction of the sound.

Shang Quannai was standing on the mountain road, he smiled and waved his arms to the two, and lifted the wine in his hand:

"Hello."

The thin man standing in the forest looked at Shang Quannai - he had never seen Shang Quannai before.

However, there was a faint sense of familiarity in my heart.

But out of politeness, he smiled and nodded:

"Hello."

The man glanced at the jug in Shang Quannai's hand, and he said with a smile: "Are you going to go up the mountain to bury wine? There are indeed a lot of people who have come to bury wine recently. If you don't hurry, there are not many places left."

"No." Shang Quannai shook his head, he denied the man's statement: "I didn't come to bury the wine."

"I'm here to find you."

Saying that, Shang Quannai looked at the man with a very flat and natural tone:
"Long time no see, let's have a drink together."

In Shang Quannai's vision,

The thin man looked a little puzzled.

On the top of the man's head, there are a few golden characters floating faintly:
"Kamon Tanjuro"

But under this line of characters, there is another line of characters faintly.

If you look carefully, you can still see clearly.

It is - "Ji Guo Yuan Yi".

"...Long time no see?" Zamon Tanjuro was a little puzzled. Although he also felt that Shang Quanna had a familiar aura, he didn't remember any memories related to her.

He seemed hesitant,
But there is not much to be wary of.

Tanjiro on the side grabbed his father's hem, and he tilted his head to look at Shang Quanna.

sniff.

The tip of the nose moved slightly.

First of all, a faint fragrance came, mixed with a breath that represented a happy mood.

then.

A strange smell penetrated into Tanjiro's nasal cavity in an instant, and the young man couldn't help covering his nose and coughing:
"Cough cough! Cough!"

...what does it smell like?
Tanjiro held his nose, looking a little uncomfortable, he raised his head and looked at Shang Quanna.

——It's like... a mixture of decay and fragrance.

— Rotten vegetation!

……

Even so, Kamado Tanjuro still generously brought Shang Quanna to his home.

And when a few people arrived at the house with a pile of firewood, it was early morning.

The children of Zaomen's family also woke up one after another, and are running back and forth in front of the wooden house to play.

The older girl, with her hair in a bun, was carrying a baby-like child on her back, who was still asleep, smiling and looking at the other younger brothers running in front of the wooden house.

——Zaomen Midouzi.

Another girl, who looked younger, sat next to her sister, with long straight hair that was not tied up.

——Kaomen Hanako.

"Takeo! Run slowly!" Mi Douzi, the older sister, reminded the running people.

"I got it! Elder sister!" Takexiong answered while panting while running.

"Stop! Haha!" Another boy chasing after Zhuxiong, imitating the appearance of holding a wooden knife, kept pretending to raise and chop:

"Ghost King Zhuxiong! Now you will fall under my knife!"

When Zhuxiong heard the words, he turned his head ecstatically, and hummed:

"Hmph! Swordsman Mao! Don't be too careless!"

"I'm the ghost king!"

As he said that, Takeo, who was running, suddenly squatted down and shouted:

"watch out!"

Swish!
Takexiong grabbed a handful of weeds from the ground and threw them towards "Mao" behind him.

"Wow! Despicable ghost king!" Zaomen Maodun pretended to be hit, and staggered two steps backwards.

pat!

Mao suddenly stood firm, his eyes became sharp, holding the hilt of the sword in the void, and shouted:

"But! I won't give up just yet!"

at this time.

Sitting at the door, the younger sister beside her elder sister suddenly stood up.

Stretching out his hand to point down the mountain, he said:

"Father! Father and brother are back!"

"Father?" Zhuxiong and Mao immediately put aside their playful thoughts and looked down the mountain.

I see.

Zamon Tanjuro was carrying a basket of firewood.

Holding Tanjiro by the hand.

He was talking and laughing, talking with an unknown person beside him.

"That person next to my father... who is it?"

Takeo looked suspiciously at Shigeru beside him.

Zaomen Shigeru shook his head, he stared at Shang Quannai's appearance, and opened his mouth very hesitantly.

But in the end, he hesitated and said:

"... I don't seem to know you?"

"Ah? Why do you have such an answer?"

"do not know."

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Shortly after.

Zamon Tanjuro and Shang Quanna were sitting in front of the wooden house, holding small wine glasses in their hands, sipping wine.

"Brother Nai...were you also a member of the Ghost Killing Squad before?"

Tanjuro squeezed the wine glass, his body was much better than what Shang Quanna imagined.

It seems that because the foundation of the body has been specially healed and strengthened by Yushiro, most of the physical illnesses have been cured.

"Well, that was a long time ago." Shang Quannai nodded and took a sip of his wine.

The two of them are just like this, chatting with each other with what you say and what I say.

This kind of conversation seemed boring to others, but both of them were unexpectedly very comfortable.

"Woooooo!!" Zaomen Shigeru and Takexiong were still running back and forth at the door.

Tanjiro held Takeo by the back collar, reached out to catch Shigeru's figure, and shouted:

"Stop it! Mao! It's time to eat!"

Mao is full of confidence: "No, I don't need to eat! I am the swordsman who defeated the ghost king!"

"Hahaha!"

"Mao!"

Hearing such a shout, Shang Quannai subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the children running behind him.

Kamado Tanjuro also turned his head back, seeing Shang Quanna's expression, he stretched out his hand to introduce his child:
"That kid...is called Zaomen Shigeru. He is a very lively kid by nature. Even Takeo, who is usually calm, will become reckless after meeting Mao."

Shang Quannai's eyes stayed on the young Zaomen Mao. After hearing the name, his expression froze slightly. He nodded slightly and murmured:

"Mao... Is the stove door Mao..."

He glanced at the top of the boy named Zaomen Mao.

It seems that the names overlap, and it seems that they don't. Shang Quannai didn't see any trace of the second name.

Then, he turned his head and looked at Kamado Tanjuro:
"Good name."

Kamado Tanjuro smiled back.

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Time passed slowly.

Shang Quannai stayed at Zaomen's house until the afternoon, and then slowly waved goodbye to several people and left the neighborhood.

It must have been a long time since I came out.

After you go back, you must be prepared to be lectured by Ganlu Temple.

"Well, the wine is also finished."

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In the garden with the wisteria family crest,

Ganluji Sakuramochi crossed her waist, and she looked at Shang Quanna with an incredulous expression on her face:

"To see Yuanyi's reincarnation, you didn't call me to go with you?"

"Have you met a suspected reincarnation of Mao?"

"Next time... next time I will take you there."

"No, I'm going now..."

"Good good..."

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The door of the stove door.

Zamon Tanjuro, who was about to go down the mountain to sell firewood, looked surprised, looked at Shang Quanna who had returned, and asked in surprise:

"Huh? Mr. Nai?"

He looked at the Ganlu Temple Sakura Cake beside Shang Quanna again.

"Oh... oh, please come in please come in."

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(End of this chapter)