Civilization Guardian Front

Kuroki Zongzhen, with the last bit of pride of the Kuroki family, told everyone about the origin of the ivy.

"The wealth accumulated by the Blackwood family for nearly a hundred years is hidden in the cave."

"Well, then hurry up and clean up these green vines, and move the money back." Chios was not interested in the history of the Kuroki family, so he pulled out the sword from his waist and walked to the green vines.

Even with an axe, it takes a lot of time to chop the densely covered vines and vines. If you open it with your hands, you may be able to squeeze out a narrow opening for one person to pass through. impossible.

Holding the knife and posing, Chios' actions made the others confused and did not understand his intentions.

(just to try out the sword skills I learned yesterday...)

The whole body's strength was concentrated on the sharp edge, and the Taidao turned into a silver thunder in an instant, splitting the green in front of his eyes.

Absolutely!

Like the ivy that is integrated with the mountain wall, it is layered and criss-crossed, each branch is as thick as a wrist, but in the eyes of everyone, it is torn by the blade like paper.But in the blink of an eye, all the vines were cut off with a single blow and fell to the ground like fallen leaves.

"This..." Heimu's family was dumbfounded. They are domineering in the countryside, and they only know a little about swordsmanship, let alone such a power that surpasses swordsmanship.

Even the ashigaru sent by the two veterans were dumbfounded. The rumors in the streets and alleys are still very credible...

It is not an exaggeration for a swordsman with such swordsmanship to ask for hundreds of people.

"What are you doing standing there? Push the Kuroki family inside to make sure it's safe." Chios had put his sword back into its sheath, and urged the dazed Ashigaru.

"Oh...oh, yes! Lord Chios!"

The ashigaru people hurriedly followed suit, originally with admiration, but now their tone was even more respectful.

The Kuroki family was once again pushed ahead to explore the way.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" a Heimu family member who was walking in front fell to the ground with a scream.

The Kuroki family backed away in fright, and after only two steps back, Ashigaru pressed the point of a gun against their backs, and could not move any further.

"What's going on?" the ashigaru asked in unison.

"Something bit me!" The fallen Heimu family member said with cold sweat on his head, he paid for his life, and he was wronged if he died here.

"It's a snake! I saw something moving..." Another Heimu family member pointed to the dark depths of the cave.

"He's coming this way! Help!"

"Get out of the way, I don't want to die!"

The Kuroki family was in a mess, and everyone wanted to squeeze into a further back position.If you leave it alone, the Heimu family will be squeezed to death by their own family before being bitten to death by the snake.

"It's so noisy, no matter how you say it, it's a wealthy family who used to be so afraid of a snake!" The leader of the ashigaru couldn't help but cursed.

Chios, who was standing outside the cave, came up impatiently and asked the leader of Ashgaru:

"what happened?"

"People from the Kuroki family said that there were snakes in the cave, so they didn't dare to move forward." Ashgaru replied truthfully, without hiding his disdain for the Kuroki family.

"Such a small matter..." Chios shook his head.

"Get out of the way, it's just a little snake, I'll take care of it."

These words startled Ashigaru, and several people hurriedly persuaded:

"No way, my lord, how can I let you do such a dangerous thing!"

"That's right, let me, Junsaburo, do this kind of thing."

"No no, let the little one come..."

"Okay, I understand your wishes." Chios waved his hand and directly separated the crowd.

"There's no danger at all, nothing to worry about."

That being said, the right eye of Chios quietly revealed a topaz-like luster.

He is still wary of Kuroki Zongzhen, and he will not joke about his life casually.

The Ashgaru and Kuroki family felt a strong but dexterous force pushing them aside, and Chios quickly passed the crowd to the depths of the cave, and saw the poisonous snake that the Kuroki family feared as a ghost.

The venomous snake curled up in a ball feels much weaker than humans, but the stench from its mouth and the scimitar-like fangs all indicate its danger.

sizzle...

The poisonous snake made a warning sound of sticking out its tongue at Chios, but Chios completely ignored it and stretched out his hand to grab it.

Whoosh!

The poisonous snake opened its mouth and bit, and its body ejected like a compressed spring. The attack speed was faster than the blink of an eye, and it was about to bite Chios' wrist first...

That hand seemed to have been prepared for a long time, and it was pulled up three inches earlier, allowing the snake's mouth to bite into the air. With a flip of the hand, it swooped down like a flying eagle, pinching the snake's neck behind its head.

Hiss

The poisonous snake could only keep its mouth open and was caught by Chios, uttering the snake letter weakly, unable to pose any threat.

The whole process took only half a second. Everyone saw Chios pushing the person away and walking forward. When he stretched out his hand, the snake was caught as if it jumped into Chios's hand.

The Eye of Calamity disappeared in the shadow of the crowd with his back turned, and he couldn't see the clue when he turned around.

"This is a neem snake. If you get bitten by this guy, you will bleed non-stop until you die."

An Ashgaru who knew something about snakes saw the snake in Chios' hand clearly and couldn't help but exclaimed.

Wow! ! !

The others looked at the Heimu family member who fell on the ground, and indeed the wound was gushing blood, and it seemed that even the internal organs showed signs of being damaged by poison. A little black blood flowed from the corner of the mouth, and spit out some meaningless sick words:

"Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..."

"Give him the snake gall, it can detoxify!" a Heimu family member shouted anxiously.

"No, that's useless." Chios shook his head, and at the same time, he squeezed the neem snake's neck bone with force, and threw it aside.

"You... how do you know?" The Kuroki family didn't believe it.

"Our European medical skills are ten times better than yours, so we know."

Chios replied lightly, so that the Heimu family didn't know what to say. Even if they felt a little bit slander in their hearts, how dare they speak out to slander Nanman (Europe), which is the hometown of the person who controls their life and death.

"It's hopeless. This is a hemorrhagic poison. The toxin has already spread throughout the body. It's too late to suck the blood or amputate."

Chios lowered his body and observed the Heimu family members on the ground, then made a conclusion, and then said something comforting:

"Now it depends on how his physique is. It may be possible to survive, or the venom injected by this snake may not be enough, and it may also allow him to recover his life. Anyway, we can't help him, and we have more important things to do." to do."

After talking about Chios, he walked into the cave. The Heimu family was unlucky because he was bitten by a snake, but it really had nothing to do with Chios, and he didn't kill him.

As soon as Chios walked forward, the Ashgaru people naturally pushed the Kuroki family to continue moving forward.

"You have all heard what your lord said, let's go!"

Although the faces of the Heimu family were somewhat sad, compared with what happened today, a poisonous snake biting someone is not a big deal at all.I can only silently mourn for the family members who fell on the ground in my heart, and then pass by with my head down.

"help me......"

The Heimu family, whose whole body was eroded by toxins, grabbed a family member's feet in a daze, begging for help from the family members.

"Yes, I'm sorry..." The caught person seemed a little panicked, afraid that he would be punished lightly from behind if he slowed down, so he quickly pulled out his feet, apologized and continued to move forward.

Although I feel sorry for him, I have to live a good life.

"I hate you..."

A gloomy voice came from behind him, making him walk faster, leaving his family's hatred behind.

Chapter 39? A new chapter

Chios, who was at the front of the team, did not encounter any dangerous situations.

After only twenty steps, we reached the end of the cave.

In front of him was a small stone tablet and a large box reinforced with five metal bars.

It is written on the stone tablet: "It can only be used when the Kuroki family is alive or dead."

(However, it is the enemies of the Kuroki family who have to use this wealth, which is really ironic.) The corner of Chios' mouth twitched slightly.

Wield the big knife to cut off the rusted lock of the box, and then use the tip of the knife to pick off the lid.

wow...

The sound of metal grinding and sliding sounded one after another, and the opened box could not stop the pile of coins from sliding down, and fell to the ground with a ding ding dong dong.The metallic luster is reflected by the fire, shining in the dark cave.

There are countless copper coins, about a hundred small pieces of silver and a dozen or so small pieces of gold piled up in the box. The copper coins have some blue-black rust on the surface due to being placed in a damp cave for many years, but most of them still look usable.

He looked at the past one by one, and after a rough estimate, he confirmed that the sum of the money in the five boxes was at least worth a thousand coins.

"Wow, that's a lot of money!"

"My God, how many people can this money support?"

"Thousands...my annual salary is only ten."

The Kuroki family and the ashigaru who followed in had their eyes wide open and their breathing quickened.

It is equivalent to a standing foot light not eating or drinking, and the money saved by hard work for a hundred years, and the spectacular picture piled up in front of him at one time is beyond the imagination of ordinary people and even local wealthy families.

Even if the Heimu family loses their territory, with this wealth, they can still live a good life as business owners or loan sharks such as earth warehouses.If you become famous as a businessman, it is not impossible to make a comeback and regain the fiefdom.

This is the wealth that the Kuroki family has obtained by extracting and robbing the rich passers-by on the official road from the people of Minami Wakaguri for hundreds of years...

Now, it's all in the hands of one person.

The prestige brought to Chios by the Kurosuegawa battle, the strategy that won Ashgaru's admiration, and the many performances that showed a little bit of martial arts just now played a great role at this time.

Although the fifteen ashigaru he brought were dazzled for a while by the wealth of thousands of coins, they couldn't feel the desire to do evil in their hearts, and they just looked at the indifferent Chios with some envy.

Only such an excellent samurai-sama can be calm in the face of such wealth...

Chios thoughtfully left everyone some time to drool, and after a while after ashigaru sorted out some emotions, he calmly ordered:

"Leave five people to manage the prisoners of Heimu's family. Two people carry a box and quickly carry the money out."

"""yes!"""

When we got back to Minami Wakaguri, the sky was starting to get dark.

A total of seven boxes full of coins were carried into the town by a mule cart. The wealth of the Kuroki family was so heavy that it almost crushed the car, and the two mules and horses pulling the cart were also snorting tiredly.

Wealth and food are the two things that most arouse people's greed in today's troubled times.

Farmers in villages can hunt and defeat samurai for the reward of a few stones of rice, the usury of the earthen storehouse has ruined many people who borrowed money, merchants funded the daimyo's war in order to expand the scope of trade, and samurai will attack other lords for farming land and wealth... .

There are very few truly honest people. The reason why Chios dared to expose his wealth to everyone is definitely not because he believed in the honesty and simplicity of the residents of Minami Wakaguri, or his authority as the lord of this place.

There is nothing but violent violence to limit the greed of the human heart...

With the bravery and resourcefulness of Chios as the core, he won the support of two old and loaned soldiers, talking and laughing to destroy the aristocratic family... The combination of strength, power, and prestige choked the throats of the people and made them They know who owns their wealth and lives.

Therefore, although money is touching people's hearts, the commotion caused by mule carts entering the village is not great.

Inuchiyo walked up to Chios, his small face remained expressionless as usual.

"...Chios, you're back."

"Thank you, Inuchiyo." Chios stroked the girl's head gently.

"…Ok"

(Like a kitten...or a cub?)

Looking at the tiger fur suit and tiger head cap on Inuchiyo, Chios couldn't help but feel this way in his heart.

"Invite all the townspeople." Chios said lightly to the left and right, and then reminded:

"Remember not to be rude."

"Yes!" The ashigaru led the way.

I looked at my pocket watch, and after waiting for about 10 minutes, the townspeople gathered from their homes and fields.

He hesitated in his footsteps, looked terrified, and his eyes revealed the confusion about the future.

They didn't know the temperament of the new lord sent by the daimyo, but they witnessed with their own eyes that the Kuroki family who ruled here were driven into the abyss of destruction within half a day.

The lessons learned from the past are vivid, and all the townspeople dare not disobey the lord in the slightest.

However, he still couldn't help worrying in his heart. Seeing how fiercely the new lord was plundering the Heimu family's wealth, he must be very fond of money, right?