[Comprehensive] Love and Hunter

Chapter 235 235

Although the ear was bitten, it didn't hurt at all, just a little itchy.

Yuna hugged her knees and squatted silently behind the bushes, her cheeks were slightly itchy from being scratched by Xiaohuwan's hair.

Does this fox mean to make a mistake? (teacher's doubts)

The more she thought about it, the more she realized that was the case.So, she covered her ears, and asked in a low voice, "What is Xiaohuwandian doing? My ears are bitten, and I feel itchy..."

"Is it itchy?" Xiaohuwan didn't have any reaction to being caught doing something bad, and said, "I just think...the captain looks as delicious as fried tofu, and I can't help but want to try the taste."

Yuna: ...

She...like...fried tofu...does it...

Thinking of the deep-fried tofu made by Candlestick Kiri Mitsutada in the kitchen of Honmaru, the kind of bulging food tumbling in boiling oil, she was suspicious of the knife for a moment.

The two crouched in the bushes, and after an unknown amount of time, the guards of the Yuan Family finally retreated from the mountain path after searching for nothing.She took a breath, rubbed her numb feet and stood up.

"The retrograde army is not nearby, and it will take some time to rush over. Let's go to Yingwan Hall first." Yuna looked at the sky and said, "In short... first look for a tea shed nearby, Yingwan Hall will definitely Get sucked into that kind of place."

Xiaohumaru sneaked down the mountain with her.

The mountain road is narrow, and there are snowmelts and slippery feet, so you have to be more or less careful when walking.I didn't see anyone along the way, but when I was on the mountainside, I saw two rows of patrolling warriors.Their dress is different from the samurai wearing the logo of Genji in the temple. It seems that they are just public military officers responsible for patrolling security.

"Who is it?" A warrior caught a glimpse of the two of them and stopped them with his hand, yelling, "Those who enter this pass need to pay two hundred coppers!"

It turned out to be the official family who collected road tolls.

She touched the purse and cried out inwardly.Although her pockets are full of money, she can't just throw Jiazhou gold on the faces of these warriors, she is not the kind of domineering president.The finely divided silver and copper look different from the coins issued and minted in this era, and I am afraid that they cannot be fooled.

Otherwise, just force your way through.Anyway, with her speed, humans can't catch up if they want to catch up.

Just when Yuna was thinking this way, Xiaohumaru beside her patted her on the shoulder, signaling her to be calm.Immediately, Xiaohuwan walked towards the tree beside him, reached out and picked a few leaves from the tree.

"Leaves?" The samurai frowned and said unhappily, "Where did the country people come from! We only accept copper coins here."

"Shall I make an interesting trick for you?" Xiaohumaru held the leaf and waved his hand in front of the warriors.When the five fingers opened again, the leaves had disappeared, leaving only a few bright copper plates.

"Oh... oh!" The warriors were so astonished, they quickly grabbed the copper plate, stuck it to the base of their nose, and looked it over and over again.When these copper coins were really copper coins instead of leaves, they screamed again and again, "What is this? The legendary 'magic'?"

Yuna is also a little suspicious.

Turning leaves into copper coins and using them to buy things in human-inhabited villages, is this the trick of civet cats?How could Xiaohuwan play this trick?Although civet cats and foxes are similar in size, they are two different animals.

The warriors collected the copper coins, coughed, and said, "Although we have paid the customs clearance fee, we still need to check your identities! Where did you two come from? What is the relationship? Do you have any documents?"

"We're a couple." Xiaohuwan replied naturally.

"?" Yuna was shocked.

Wait, couple?Why doesn't she know?

"We came here from Bizen, and we are Rukata's entertainers." Kohomaru's voice was not the slightest guilty, and he said it almost as if it were true, "We are very good at dancing. Do you want to dance with us?"

Indeed, both of them are dressed in strange clothes. It is much more credible to say that they are entertainers than ordinary farmers and businessmen--Xiao Huwan is nothing more than that, even though he has a part of his chest open and half of his body exposed. Yuna has one arm, but overall it is normal; Yuna is wearing a candlestick cut mommy's special dress this time, which is not fancy, and the material is still silk, which is not something that ordinary girls can afford.Wearing such bright clothes, no one will believe that she is just a peasant woman.

"Entertainer..." The samurai put away his knife, looked up and down at the two of them, "Let's go."

"Thank you very much." Xiaohuwan nodded and thanked them calmly, his figure had already descended the steps slowly.

He walked a few steps, and found that Yuna was still thinking about the issue of "couple", standing still in a daze.So, Xiaohumaru smiled and stretched out his hand to her, and said, "Honey, let's go down the mountain first?"

Shouting "Dear", Yuna's pupils trembled again in shock.

She quickly came back to her senses and took small steps down the steps.In order to prevent the samurai beside her from becoming suspicious, she took Xiaohumaru's hand and led him towards the lower part of the mountain road.

"In order not to make people suspicious, we have to be a good 'couple'." Xiaohuwan squeezed her hand, her tone was very natural.

"...It's just this mountain road anyway." She sighed, glanced back at the warrior who was counting the copper coins, and asked in a low voice, "Xiaohuwandian, are those copper coins changed from leaves?"

"Yes." Xiaohuwan nodded, with a hint of cunning in her red eyes, "We are not people of this era, so we shouldn't have kept money. Otherwise, it would disrupt the circulation of money in the world~ this It’s also protecting history.”

What you said seems to make sense.

She pondered for a moment, then asked: "Turning the leaves into copper plates...how did you do it? Is this a civet cat's trick?"

The cunning in Xiaohuwan's red eyes was even more serious.

"Oh, this is what the little foxes taught me~ I learned it from Tanuki." He said mysteriously, "I am a knife forged with the help of little foxes by pairing mallets. It’s not surprising that you have a little trick, right?”

She was stunned.

She remembered that the origin of Xiaohuwan was very fantasy.His Royal Highness was desperate for a sword but could not find it, so he prayed to Inari Myojin for help.Inari Myojin was moved by the emperor's sincerity, so he turned into a fox and helped forge the sword "Kohomaru".

However, such Kohomaru only exists in legends and Noh plays, and has never been seen in historical materials.

Where are the little fox pills stored?Who are the owners of Little Fox Pill?Where has Little Fox Maru been on the battlefield?What is the final destination of Xiaohuwan?No one knows.It is a knife forged by a fox that exists only in fantasy.

In this way, it is weird to know a little bit of fox demon teaching

The magic spell seems to be nothing strange to Xiaohumaru.

She was in a trance, but Xiaohuwan suddenly squeezed her palm and said with a smile: "Captain, do you want to see more tricks? I am very good at these interesting things."

"More tricks?" she wondered.

"Yes, trick." Xiaohumaru said, stretched out his hand, spread five fingers, shook it in front of her, and reminded, "Captain, watch my hand carefully, the kind that doesn't blink , can't take your eyes off."

Ok?

Are you trying to conjure something out of your palm?

Just like turning the leaves into copper coins just now, that's why she kept looking at the palm of her hand.

Her eyes obediently fell on Xiaohumaru's palm.

Xiaohumaru's hand slowly circled in front of her, round and round; her eyes also slowly circled along with the palm of that hand.Suddenly, Xiaohumaru's hand suddenly retracted, she was slightly startled, and quickly poked her head to look at that hand.

The next moment, she noticed that Xiaohuwan lowered her head gently and kissed her cheek.The soft touch stayed for a few seconds, and then left quickly.

"Eh...?" Her eyes were still fixed on Xiaohumaru's hanging hand, and her mind was a little dazed. "Just now... what happened?"

"It's a trick." Xiaohumaru explained with a smile, "I did a trick and kissed the captain. This is something that shouldn't have been done, but I did it; it's like a copper coin that shouldn't have appeared. The leaves change. Isn't that a very interesting trick?"

Yuna: ...

She raised her eyes, looked at Xiaohuwan while stroking her cheek, and said in a low voice: "Is this a 'trick'? Xiaohuwandian, you are teasing me..."

However, her tone didn't mean to be angry. It was more like talking to an unbehaved pet, blaming the pet dog at home for knocking over the water glass.

Xiaohumaru straightened her hair, with a slight smile in her red eyes, her gaze was like that of an entertainer watching the surprised reaction of the audience after a successful trick.

"Is the captain angry?" he asked.

"That's not true." She shook her head.

"If the captain is angry, just bite me." Xiaohumaru said, tapping his ear, with a calm demeanor, "Let me hurt a little too~"

"I'm not a biting fox," she said, walking down the steps.

There is a tea house not far from the foot of the mountain. At this moment, Yingmaru is sitting under the eaves of the tea house, slowly washing the teacups, and there are piles of bowls and cloths for grinding tea powder in front of him.

"Yomaruden..." Yuna was a little surprised, "What are you doing?"

"Ah... Captain, it's finally here." Ying Wan raised the bowl cloth in his hand, his eyes sparkled.

The owner of the teahouse poked his head out from the firewood yard and said impatiently: "This man has no money to pay for tea, so he pays off the debt by washing tea bowls!"

"..." Yuna: This is all my fault.

She took out the money and settled the bill for Yingwan, and finally Yingwan was able to stand up from behind the pile of dishes.He wiped his hands and said: "It seems that it is not a good idea to go out without money... When you encounter a checkpoint that collects money on the mountain, you can just leave. But if you don't pay for tea, you can only wait for the captain Your Excellency is here."

"How much do you like drinking tea?" Yuna sighed.

"Well..." Yingmaru smiled softly, but did not answer.

After finally rescuing Yingmaru who was trapped by the tea house, the three returned to the Buddhist temple on the mountain and squatted outside the wall.The sky is getting dark, and the light of dusk is scattered on the cold leaves and thin snow of a mountain, overflowing with golden cold light.

"Anyway, I'll climb to the top of the wall to see the situation." She said, turning to Xiaohumaru, "Please, Xiaohumaru."

Xiaohuwan nodded, reached out and hugged her, and gently lifted her up, asking: "Is that so? Captain?"

"Almost, that's it." She put her hand on her forehead and looked into the temple.Plum trees were planted all over the wall, which blocked the view so much that they couldn't see anything clearly.She couldn't help but put her hands on the wall, rubbed it inward, and said, "Xiaohuwandian, can you make it a little higher?"

"Of course~" Xiaohuwan easily sent her body to a higher place.

The fence was covered with half-melted snow and was very slippery.Accidentally, her body lying on the wall slid forward, and the whole person tumbled and rolled down from the top of the wall in a smooth way, and fell to the ground inside the wall with a sloppy posture. Slightly embarrassed.

"hiss……"

Fortunately, there was snow and thick grass on the ground, and she deliberately protected important positions, so the fall didn't hurt.Yuna gasped, rubbing her leg scratched by the branch, and opened her eyes.

There was a black robe corner in front of her, quietly stopping in front of her.

She froze for a moment, her eyes swept upside down.But saw a silent face.The man standing in front of her had long black hair hanging down his shoulders; beside his blackstone-like eyes, there was a branch of late plum sticking out.The plum branches are covered with light thin snow, cool and quiet.

"Ping... Chongheng Hall?" She stood up from the ground gropingly, and asked tentatively.

The man nodded and asked, "Who are you? Why did you fall from the wall here?"

Yuna: ...

It's hard for Dad to explain this to you!

She knew that the movement of her fall from the wall was a bit loud, but she didn't expect that it would attract Ping Chong, who was imprisoned here.Look at the way he looked at him, and he also knew how stupid her posture was when she fell all over the snowdrift just now...

"I..." She stood up, brushed off the snow on her body, and said with some hesitation, "I live nearby. I heard that there is a young man from Kyoto living here... so I wanted to come and see it." She As he spoke, his voice became softer, his eyes dropped, and he looked shy.

This is a fairly reasonable explanation.

In the Heian period, the princes in Kyoto were quite popular.A man from Kyoto will become a sought-after sweet potato when he arrives in the local area. No matter whether he is fat with big ears or buck-toothed, there will be a lot of women flocking to him.After all, Kyoto represents nobility and elegance; if you can marry a man from Kyoto, you can brag about it for a long time.

There is such a story in "Ise Tale": A man from Kyoto went to a remote place, and the daughter of the local governor wanted to keep him no matter what, so he kept making love songs.It's a pity that this woman has no literary talents, and the waka she composes is very vulgar and funny.The man in Kyoto slept with her out of sympathy, and then returned to Kyoto without mercy.The woman is very sad, but she still misses that day

man.

——This shows how popular Kyoto men were in the Heian era.And Ping Zhongheng was not only born in the Ping family in Kyoto, but also the son of a famous family with power for a while.A character like him is naturally quite easy to win the love of women.The local daughter heard that a handsome and noble prince from Kyoto had come to the temple, so she couldn't help but leaned on the wall and peeked at his appearance.Is this statement impeccable?

Sure enough, the guard between Ping Zhongheng's brows seemed to dissipate.

"I'm... just a prisoner detained here." Ping Zhongheng shook his head, "I don't know tomorrow's life or death, and I don't know the fate of this body. I'm still a loser who has achieved nothing. There is nothing worth watching. You should go back quickly."

Yuna heard the words, and quickly said: "No... that's not the case. Chongheng Palace is just like the rumors, he is a brave and handsome noble son."

In short, blow him first, and blow him out to make things easier!

"...Brave?" Ping Zhongheng pushed aside the plum branches in front of him, with a hint of self-mockery in his tone, "If you were really brave, why would you become a prisoner here? It's just that the world pity me like that That's all."

He pushed aside the plum branches, and happened to see the face of this woman who claimed to be an admirer.To Ping Zhongheng's surprise, the woman who was lying on the wall and peeping over and over again was not what he thought, but the vulgar daughter of a nearby farmer's family.On the contrary, she has an excellent appearance and stature, more like the daughter of a noble family.

The long hair like black satin must have been carefully taken care of.How can a commoner daughter who is worried about daily necessities have time to take care of her hair?Not to mention her delicate complexion and flawless facial features, she looks just as radiant as a female figure in a mandala scroll, she is definitely a girl that ordinary people can raise; Fairies and monsters, that's not an exaggeration.

"You..." Zhongheng frowned and asked, "Which family's daughter are you?"

Such a good appearance is enough to make her famous all over the world without leaving her home.

But the woman shook her head and refused to report the reason, only saying that her name was "You".Ping Zhongheng sighed, and said: "Since he refuses to tell the origin, it must be related to the Genji clan."

Either, she was afraid of the deterrent power of the Genji clan in Kamakura, and did not want to cause trouble for the family; or, because she was originally a member of the Genji clan, she would hide her surname again and again in front of the generals of her old enemy.

Ping Zhongheng didn't care too much, but warned in a cold voice: "You don't have to come again next time."

She nodded, but said in her heart: I'm sorry, Chongheng Palace.In order to protect history, she has to come here several times!

Yuna approached the wall, trying to climb out from here again.But at this time she realized that without Xiaohuwan to build her a ladder, she would not be able to climb such a high wall.

But if you use your spiritual power to jump up in front of Ping Zhongheng with a "swoosh", the scene will be too scary - after all, the wall is so high, how can anyone really jump with one foot?

Standing in front of the fence, she hesitated.Ping Chongheng saw her, but misunderstood her hesitation; his eyes turned around, and fell on her ankle under the hem of her clothes, and said: "Your foot is injured, isn't it?"

Indeed, when she rolled off the wall just now, the skin on her ankle was scratched by a tree branch, and there were two red wounds, which didn't hurt so much, but itched a bit.Ping Zhongheng said to her: "Come here, get some medicine."

He took it out of the house

A muslin and a jar of herbs.Those who are generals are always injured, and they will definitely carry these things with them.Because it is not easy for a man to touch a woman's body, and he is a nobleman who is used to being served by others, so Ping Zhongheng just handed her the medicine and did not do any other unnecessary things.

Yuna took the ball of fine cloth and whispered, "Thank you Chongheng Palace."

"Apply the medicine yourself." Ping Chongheng said, turning sideways, "I won't look at it too much....The hem of your skirt seems to be too short. It's a little out of place to expose your ankles. "

Indeed, women in Kyoto always wear robes that hang down to their feet, with three layers inside and three layers outside, and they will never expose their skin.But she was different, she showed her calves big and wide, as if she was not afraid of being looked down upon by men.

Well, Ping Chong Hengdian will never know - such things as shorts and navel vests are still popular in this world after a thousand years...

Yuna held the medicine jar, looked at Ping Zhongheng's back, and stepped back quietly.

Ping Zhongheng probably didn't want to see her showing her skin, so he pretended to be looking at Mei in the courtyard, and avoided looking away.But that plum is not very elegant, it looks like it is about to wither, and it still has dirty snow, which makes it even more lonely.Only the lyre under the plum branches still has a little charm.

Yuna quietly retreated to the wall, and while Ping Chongheng was still watching Mei, she jumped over the wall and left.

"...Are you ready?" Ping Zhongheng asked after a while.

There was no response, and there was no sound from behind.

Zhongheng frowned and said, "I'm going to turn around."

Still no answer.

Chong Heng turned sideways, but saw that the Mei Court behind him was empty, and the beautiful figure of the woman had long since disappeared.Only the snow on the plum branches could not bear the heavy weight, and fell rustlingly towards his black hat.

"When did you leave...?" Ping Zhongheng looked at the extremely high wall, and his tone was a bit inconceivable, "How did she leave here? Or, did I just have a dream?"

/ / /

When Yuna fell outside the wall, her feet stepped on the snow, she staggered, almost slipped and fell again.

"Oh, the captain finally came out." Xiaohumaru caught her, "If the captain doesn't show up, I'm going to drink tea with Yingwan. I heard from Yingwan that the tea house at the foot of the mountain tastes very good."

"There was a little accident..." Yuna stood still, raised her ankle and looked at it.

"Huh? Injured?" Xiaohuwan tilted her head and looked at the wound on her ankle, "Do you want to lick it? It can relieve the pain."

He said it very seriously, as if he really planned to do it.Yuna quickly refused: "Forget it. That's too shameful." After finishing speaking, she took out the muslin and medicine jars that were given to her by the balance, and said, "I have medicine and cloth, so I can just deal with it casually."

"Oh. Where did the medicine and bandages come from?" Xiaohumaru blinked, and answered by himself, "It doesn't matter where they come from. Anyway, let me help the captain treat the wound~" After finishing speaking, he He found a big rock and sat down, then patted his leg and said, "Captain, please sit here."

Snapped--

Snapped--

Xiaohumaru's hand just patted his thigh steadily.

Yuna: .........?

Wait, is there something wrong with where you're sitting?

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A cold fairy tale

"Daughter of the Sea"

Once upon a time in the sea there was Princess Pingheheng, the youngest mermaid princess of the Heike family, who liked to float on the surface of the sea and watch the prosperity of the human world.One day, the kingdom's ship encountered a storm, and Prince Yuna fell into the sea.

Princess Zhongheng rescued Prince Yuna, gave her medicine and thin belt, and took her to the beach.It was dawn, and someone came, Princess Chongheng, who was a mermaid, quickly hid behind the reef; I saw Princess Xiaohumaru from the neighboring country passing by, and found Prince Yuna sleeping on the beach...

Later, Prince Yuna held a wedding ceremony with Princess Kokomaru from the neighboring country, because Princess Kokomaru was the one who saved her...