the last priest

Just when the atmosphere at the bottom of the valley was about to reach a weird point, what happened outside?

Since the people of Mochizuki Kazuki were shaken to pieces by the sudden earthquake, they found that the meandering river had come to an end. After passing through a pile of rocks, they had also walked out of the river on the right. Fortunately, I didn't encounter any weird things, which also made Mochizuki's attitude towards old man Zhuo better. 【 】

Surrounding it were some big trees as thick as the waistline. The vines all over the sky connected these trees together, and all kinds of unknown exotic flowers and plants could be seen everywhere. Apart from the uncomfortable muddy road under the feet, the most lethal What they struggle with is nothing but mosquito attacks.

The mosquitoes here are much smaller than the outside world, with yellow bodies and pointed buttocks, but they make fierce noises.Seeing some people moving around here, a large group rushed up, and within a short while the four of them were stung all over.Old man Zhuo's rough skin and rough flesh are not bad, but the poor pair of sisters are already injured, so they don't have the strength to drive away mosquitoes.

Even with the three magic weapons in hand, there is no need to fight mosquitoes. Mochizuki Kazuki knew that if he didn't get out of this forest quickly, he would have to be sucked dry by this wave of mosquitoes sooner or later. While dancing with his sleeves, he shouted : "We have to rush out!"

The ground of this forest is not flat, it is so thick that a layer of fallen leaves has long since fallen off, and it is very soft to step on it.The old man Zhuo led the way, and Mochizuki Kazuki helped Sister Momoi behind.

The forest is very dense, and the branches that cover the sky prevent the light from getting in. This also makes them lose their direction and can only scurry around like headless chickens. Facts tell us that this behavior is very dangerous.

Zhuo Yugui, who was really hurt by the mosquito bite, just waved his hands and ran wildly. He didn't have the heart to look at the road under his feet. He only vaguely saw that there was no obstacle in front of him, so he rushed forward with big strides.The distance between the four of them was less than half a meter, and by the time Mochizuki Kazuki felt that his feet were empty, it was too late.

There should have been a vertically downward cave here, but because the entrance of the cave was covered by some dead branches and leaves, it was no different from the surrounding ones. The four people stepped on it one after another, like a beast caught in a trap, and only heard Momoi Qianxue shouting. With a sound of "Ah!", this group of people disappeared above the ground.

Backlash, this is usually the first reaction of people waking up after falling from a high altitude, followed by pain.Old man Zhuo felt that his old bones were about to fall apart, but fortunately, there was a thick layer of leaves under the cave, which acted as a buffer. Several people gasped for breath, sat up one after another, Mochizuki Mu's face turned liver-colored, and he raised his scabbard and threw it at Old Man Zhuo.Seeing that he was going to be beaten, the old man casually grabbed something from the ground and put it in front of him, ready to resist.

Mochizuki had already swung the wooden scabbard in the air, but now he stopped, his eyes fixed on the thing in the old man Zhuo's hand, with an incredulous expression on his face, it seemed that it should be a cloth bag.

"Give it to me!" Mochizuki Kazuki snatched the bag from the old man Zhuo, the expression on his face gradually began to twist, and his trembling hands told them that there should be some important discovery.

"Patriarch, what happened?" After such a fall, Qianxue's internal injuries may have become more serious, her pale face was bloodless, but as the guard of the Mochizuki family, she had to stand by at any time to share the worries of the Patriarch.

"Look, what is this?" Mochizuki Kazuki picked up the cloth bag and asked, pointing to a golden pattern in the lower right corner of the bag.

This is a chrysanthemum!Perhaps for the old man Zhuo, this chrysanthemum is just a beautiful decoration on the bag, but for Mochizuki Kazuki, he is very clear about what it means!Because this chrysanthemum seal is a 'sixteen-petal eight-fold table chrysanthemum pattern'!It has a lot of background. The original shape of this pattern is the chrysanthemum crest of the Satsuma clan during the shogunate period. At the end of the eighth century, Japan moved its capital to Heian-kyo (now Kyoto).The Heian period, which is a turning point in Japanese history, began.In the early years of the Heian Dynasty, the royal family and even the nobles and literati all strongly praised the beauty of chrysanthemums.The Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Chrysanthemum Festival in Japan on the ninth day of September every year in China.On this day, the crown prince led all the ministers and officials to the Zichen Hall to pay homage to the emperor, and the monarchs and ministers rewarded golden chrysanthemums and drank chrysanthemum wine together. In October, the emperor set up a feast of remnant chrysanthemums again, and invited all the ministers to practice for the chrysanthemums.Perhaps the chrysanthemum on the emblem of the Japanese imperial family was engraved at this time.

Therefore, this petal is the family emblem of the Japanese royal family, and it is for this reason that the Japanese royal family is also known as the "Chrysanthemum Dynasty"!

"Where did you get this bag!" Mochizuki Kazuki shouted, pointing at the old man Zhuo.

Seeing that he had escaped, the old man secretly rejoiced in his heart, and hurriedly said: "Just now I caught it randomly behind me, I don't know this bag..."

Mochizuki jumped over one by one, lifted the old man Zhuo like a chicken, and threw it aside; "Get up!" The old man didn't understand why. It really made him pull out something.

The three samurai swords were respectively inserted into the abdomens of the three bones. The three of them cuddled together and knelt facing the east. what.There were four people in the grandfather's party when he entered the mountain, and only one of them was injured and escaped. The other three did not hear him mention the way down, so they must have died.I don't want to meet here today.

Looking at these ancestors of the empire, Mochizuki Kazuki was the first to kneel down, followed by the Momoi sisters. The three respectfully kowtowed to the ancestors, and then read aloud in Japanese, presumably in the meaning of condolences.After finishing it for a while, Mochizuki shouted: "Mr. Zhuo, you are responsible for burying these three imperial heroes. If there is any mistake, I will kill you!"

When the old man Zhuo heard that he wanted to bury the dead himself, he cursed in his heart: You little Japanese, you came to China to make trouble, you deserve to die here!

But even though he was 1 unwilling, he had no choice but to do so in the face of the glaring steel knife and Mochizuki's stinky temper, which was about to kill at any time. A big pit, and carefully moved the bones into it, and buried them on the spot.

"Where are these swords?" Old man Zhuo asked.

"You are not allowed to touch it. This is something belonging to the Japanese royal family. You poor Chinese pig. How can you take it? Put it aside!"

If you don't take it, don't take it, it's so fierce!What kind of evil did the old man do to meet these Japanese people? If he had known today, he should not have brought them into the village back then.Thinking about this, the old man Zhuo looked at the exit that was more than [-] meters above the ground. How can he get out?The surrounding stone walls are covered with moss and are bare. It must be more difficult to climb up than to climb to the sky. Otherwise, these Japanese people would not die here. Could it be that I buried them with an old bone? ?

Mochizuki found some things in the bag, including an unopened can, a notebook, a compass, and a badly yellowed photo.There are four middle-aged men in the photo, and the background should be taken under Mount Fuji.One of them looked somewhat similar to him, and Mochizuki recognized at a glance that the man was his grandfather.

This group of people should be the top experts in the family, so they participated in this operation together, but they didn't understand why my grandfather kept silent about what happened in this operation after returning home, and just let them learn Chinese Taoism.Mochizuki Kazuki carefully put the photo in his pocket, and he planned to take it back to his country to show his relatives.

As for the three swords, Mochizuki picked them up and stuck them on the dead branches, as if they had erected a tombstone, thinking that he would come back to take away the remains of his ancestors if he had the opportunity in the future.But after thinking about it, the reality is always cruel. He also noticed his current situation, tried to climb the stone wall, and found that there was no point of strength at all!

Only then did Mochizuki Kazuki understand why there was still a can of food in the bag that had not been opened. These seniors must have found that there was no way out, and they had no desire to eat anymore. Death in despair is the only relief, and they are not excluded. , I just don’t know if these people also fell from above, what about the grandfather back then?How did he get out?