Swallow Back

The little girl opened her mouth blankly and murmured: "My brother broke his leg and couldn't go to work for a long time, and he even gave me food to eat every day... I have grown up, and I want to share the worries for my brother. I want my brother to eat. I've had enough to eat, but I can't do anything else..."

Hearing this, Liu Yun felt a little uncomfortable, and frowned, "Tell me about your family's situation carefully."

The little girl nodded unconsciously and said in a low voice, "Our family used to do a lumber business in Asakusa Town, and the shop was called 'Hatsuya'. Later, I heard that the head of Zaimokuza was offended, and the shop was confiscated. My parents Because of this anger, I got sick and died. My brother took me to live in the old house here. He went to the rice shop as a trainee to earn money to eat. But two months ago, he went to rescue the goods on a rainy night and broke his leg. Unable to go to work, I was fired by the rice shop. The money and food we saved in the past two months are almost exhausted. These days, my brother only eats Yihe mixed grains every day, but let me eat Lianghe, he is always hungry abdomen……"

The "head of the wood block" mentioned here refers to the wealthy merchant who obtained the monopoly of wood from the lord or the monastery. Other small merchants who want to rely on this business to make a living have to pay regularly to buy a temporary trading license .

A mixed grain is about 130 grams of whole grains, which is completely below the minimum calorie requirement for adults.The two-in-one is 220 grams, which is barely able to support it.

Liu Yun sighed lightly and asked again, "What's your name?"

The little girl said, "My name is Azi. People used to call me Hatsutsuzi. But now the name Hatsutsuya doesn't exist anymore, just call me Azi."

Liu Yun pondered for a moment, and wanted to visit this little girl's house.

It would be a good thing if a little effort could help a poor person.

But unfortunately, Hayami Kiyobei ​​and Eguchi Sukezaemon appeared on the street at this moment.

They stood outside the door and called to the inside: "Is Mr. Sasaki Liuyun resting here? We are his retainers, we have something to look for!"

Seeing this, Liu Yun suppressed his original thoughts, and instead took out a silver coin of two taels from his arms, gave it to the little girl, and instructed: "Take this first and have a full meal, and see you here at noon tomorrow. Me. Remember to be careful, don't lose it. Well, just go to the most formal shop in the town."

The little girl woke up at this time, with an incredible expression on her face, she took the silver coin with trembling hands, burst into tears, lay on the ground and kowtowed twice before turning around and leaving.

Liu Yun shook his head and paced to the door.

……

Hayami Kiyobei ​​and Eguchi Sukezaemon came over to report that they had received a warm reception from the city owner’s younger brother, Koichiro Kinoshita, and they had already communicated with each other. Position.

So Liu Yun began to investigate and research.

In fact, it can't be called an investigation and research. I just go to the city to find someone to ask, and roughly determine the reputation of those people on the list.

This is an easy task for Liu Yun, who has the power of bewitching.

There is no need to deliberately activate gong at all to prevent ordinary people from lying in front of him.

Only those who are particularly firm, or particularly cunning, or who have other magic weapons on their bodies to fight against, can hide from his eyes.

After some inquiries, I have the basic details in my heart.

Then the next day, I met Asha Ji.

Jinghe Ashaji is very concerned about this matter. She and her team members, as women, have natural advantages in communicating with those women, and have made initial progress.

Liu Yun summed up with her, and felt that there were at least [-] couples who could be used as the first batch of "blind date objects", and the success rate was expected to be relatively high.

Isn't this a very good starting point?

So Liu Yun pulled Asha Ji to Jinghe, planning to find a secluded place and spend the morning discussing it well.

Then--

While walking through the castle town, I found something unexpected.

Two soldiers, one left and one right, grabbed a little girl and were about to walk inside the city gate.

Seems to be escorting prisoners.

The little girl looked only fourteen or fifteen years old, but was tightly locked by strong shackles.

Jinghe Ashaji frowned and whispered to herself, "How could such a young girl be a criminal who committed evil? Even if something happened, it wouldn't be enough to warrant a severe torture, right? !"

There was a sense of righteous indignation in her words.

However, perhaps considering the issue of identity, Asaji Jinghe did not rashly stand up to do justice.

After all, they used to be hostile to the Oda family in the past, and they had caused a lot of trouble to the Oda family.

Although only Sasaki Liuyun and Takenaka Shigeji knew their identities, both of them were quite friendly.The former need not be said, and the latter is not a character of slaughter.That's why Jinghe Ashaji dared to accept Liu Yun's invitation to help.

But in the end, they are still the enemies of the past, and it is enough to do something secretly. It is inconvenient to argue publicly.

In a hurry, she unconsciously glanced at Liu Yun next to her, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

At this time, Liu Yun's expression was very solemn.

More dignified than Jinghe Asaki imagined.

He walked up to his expectations, stopped the two soldiers, and asked, "I seem to know this little girl, can I ask what crime she committed?"

It turned out that this so-called "prisoner" was the recipient of the silver coin presented by Liu Yun yesterday, the little girl named "Azi".

The two soldiers were stopped at the gate of the city, and they immediately showed an unhappy meaning. However, they didn't dare to ignore it when they looked at Liu Yun's brocade and clothes, and asked cautiously, "Who are you?"

Liu Yun said straight to the point: "Under Sasaki Liu Yun."

Hearing the name, the two soldiers were both startled and had some suspicious expressions on their faces, but their attitudes immediately became humble, and they subconsciously bent down and replied, "This female thief was caught yesterday, because the amount involved exceeded more than After a long period of time, he refused to plead guilty, and followed the instructions of the adults to take us into the city and lock them up."

At this time, the little girl seemed to wake up, but maybe because she was too weak from the torture, she didn't see Liu Yun clearly, she could only call out weakly: "That silver coin was given to me by a kind person! I didn't steal anything... I Nothing was stolen..."

Liu Yun wanted to forcibly stop the person, but after hearing this, he changed his mind.

It seems that the little girl's life is not in danger for the time being, and she is not in a hurry for treatment. The most important thing is to give her justice.If you stop and rescue him at will, then whether he is innocent or not will become a confused account, and it is impossible to say.

So Liu Yun held back his temper, frowned and said, "You said she was a thief, is there any clear evidence?"

The two soldiers looked at each other, probably feeling that something was wrong, and they had a tacit understanding. They unanimously adopted remarks of shirk their responsibility, and answered in unison: "It was our lord who caught her yesterday. What's going on, this female thief... Whether this little girl is guilty or not, we don't know at all. If you have any questions, you have to ask us to serve as adults..."

"That's good." Liu Yun nodded and said, "I'll go in with you and find out about your practice."

After hearing this, the two soldiers shrank their necks together, burying their heads and daring not to talk nonsense.

Then Liu Yun said to Jinghe Ashaji who was a little further away: "Sorry, I have to make you wait a little longer!"

Jinghe Ashaji was not impatient at all, but nodded happily and said, "Understood! If it wasn't convenient for me to come forward, I would definitely check it out with you."

The two soldiers lowered their heads and peeped quietly, and when they saw Jinghe Ashaji's appearance and figure, they were all shocked and coveted, and even a little complacent.

Liu Yun noticed this, and was inexplicably very unhappy, and glanced at it angrily.

As far as they could see, the two soldiers were trembling with fear, and they didn't dare to look around.

Then Liu Yun urged again, "Let's lead the way! Where in the city are you practicing?"

One of the two soldiers replied cautiously, "We have a house in Sannomaru. We also go to Ninomaru sometimes for errands."

Liu Yun nodded and said, "Exactly, I have been to Hengshan City many times, and every time I went directly to Honmaru, I don't know what Sannomaru and Ninomaru look like."

The tone of his speech was very flat, and there was not much expression on his face, but for some reason, it made people feel a sense of anger and chill, and the two soldiers shivered with fright.

Chapter 61 Rescue and Confrontation

So the two soldiers carefully walked ahead with the little girl locked in shackles.

Liu Yun followed behind him expressionlessly.

The soldiers' faces were full of panic and fear, but they also looked a little suspicious.

however--

After walking a few steps, I just crossed the outer Guo, in the narrow place of the tiger's mouth in the Sannomaru of Hengshan City, I met an acquaintance very accidentally.

It was Masakatsu Hashisuka, who had a strong back and a big belly.

With sharp eyes, he immediately came up to say hello when he saw it from a distance, and then looked at it blankly and asked, "What is Master Liuyun doing? Who are these two soldiers escorting?"

Liu Yun said succinctly: "I gave a silver coin to this little girl yesterday, but it seems that she has been implicated in being treated as a thief, so I need to clarify their practices."

Hearing this, Masayoshi Hashisuka was stunned for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, then he shook his head and stopped, and said with a wry smile: "Well then... I just happen to be in no hurry, so I'll follow you to take a look... …”

Liu Yun nodded lightly and said, "You have to work!"

Then Masakatsu Hashisuka joined the team.

The two soldiers in front were completely panicked.

They didn't know Sasaki Liuyun's appearance, they only heard the name that came loudly and loudly, and knew that it was a talent newly recruited by the Lord of the City, so they were quite suspicious.

But Masakatsu Hashuka is the right-hand man of Tokichiro Kinoshita, who doesn't know him in the city?

Therefore, the two soldiers immediately knelt down in mourning and begged for mercy, wailing: "We all follow the orders of the adults, we just obey orders, we don't understand anything..."

Masayoshi Hashisuga didn't seem surprised to see this situation, glanced at Liu Yun, and calmly ordered: "Let me lead the way to find you to follow, how to judge later, how to deal with it, that's not the next thing, don't worry."

His attitude and tone reassured the soldiers a little, and they stood up tremblingly and continued to move forward.

Somewhere in Sannomaru, at the door of a spacious samurai house, I heard crackling noises and the shouting of several men across the distance.

Seems to be drinking and gambling?

The two soldiers were terrified when they saw this.

But Liu Yun didn't say anything for the time being.

Masataka Hashisuka didn't say anything.

The two soldiers had no choice but to knock on the door.

The sound of dong dong dong sounded.

No one should.

The two soldiers knocked harder on the door.

The louder sound of clang clang drowned out the noise in the house.

"Who is so blind!"

Inside, a warrior with a round face and a mustache scolded angrily, walked out and opened the door, saw the two soldiers holding the little girl, and scolded: "Didn't you say it, don't bother me, just take this girl directly The thief sent..."

Without saying a word, the samurai saw Sasaki Liuyun and Hashuka Masatoshi behind him, and stopped abruptly, froze in place.Then he reacted immediately, put on a respectful look, bowed and said, "Lord Beesuka, Lord Sasaki, why are you two coming to the next house when you are free, please come in... uh... everyone is just playing cards, not drinking. , and no gambling!"

This guy knows Liu Yun.

Masataka Hashisuka smiled and walked in.

Liu Yun also followed.

The two soldiers carefully carried the little girl and walked in the middle.

It can be seen that several samurai were guests in the house, and they hurriedly saluted when they saw "nobles" coming.

Masayoshi Hashisuka pretended not to see them hurriedly putting away the drinks and money, and asked kindly and kindly, "Are you...all on vacation? No one is on duty today?"

A circle of warriors shook their heads in denial.