"Because the old scalper has always been confused."

"It has actually been unsure whether the road it is currently taking is the road leading to the market..."

"It would be better to say... the old scalper is not even sure whether there is a market that can be used to sell grain..."

"It's really hard work...this old scalper..."

After Ii Naobi started telling the story of this old scalper, Ajiu stopped talking.

She listened quietly to Ii Naoki telling this brief story.

After the story was told, she was still quiet.

After a long while, her palm moved again and continued to caress Ii Naobi's cheek.

The room... was so quiet again that only the sound of the burning fire was left.

After time flowed calmly for a while, Ii Naobi took a deep breath and slowly sat up.

"Sorry, Ajiu, I seem to have told a not very interesting story."

"It's already late, let's go to bed."

"Yeah." Ajiu smiled and nodded gently.

At this time, out of the corner of his eye, Naoki Ii caught a glimpse of the desk where Aku had been writing. There was a piece of paper half-way covered with words as tiny as tadpoles.

"Speaking of which, when I entered the room just now, I saw what you were writing. What were you writing?"

"It's a new waka." Aku showed Naoki Ii a gentle smile with both eyes completed with crescent moons, "I recently got inspiration for a new waka."

"Oh." A joy flashed across Ii Naobi's brows, "Have you finished writing the new Japanese song?"

"Not yet."

"That's it... Then I'll take a good look at it after you finish writing."

Ii Naobi paused for a moment as if he thought of something.

"Speaking of Waka... I also recently had a new inspiration for Waka."

"Really? What is it about?"

"It's related to snow." Naoki Ii turned to look at the fire not far away, "Isn't it always snowing in Edo recently? When I was enjoying the snow two days ago, something related to snow popped up in my mind.

new inspiration.”

"I plan to write this new Japanese song when I have free time in the near future."

"Snow..." Ajiu raised his hand gracefully, covered his mouth and smiled, "Then I'm looking forward to it. You have never written a Japanese song related to snow before. After you write this new Japanese song, you must write it.

Let me take a look at it as soon as possible."

"Okay." Ii Naobi raised his lips, "I will do it."

Suddenly, a deep voice came from outside the room:

"Lord Ii, the official of Kitabansho Town is: Chujiro Usui, please see me."

"... Bo Jing?" Jing Yi was startled, his brows suddenly furrowed, "He came to see me at this time?"

Ii Naoki pursed his lips.

Then he lowered his head silently and looked at Ajiu who was kneeling in front of him.

"go quickly."

As soon as Ii Naobi glanced at Ajiu, Ajiu smiled tenderly at him.

"If you finish the business discussion early, you can come back and sleep early."

"...I'm sorry." Naobi Ii showed an apologetic smile to Ajiu, then straightened his face and walked out of the bedroom quickly.

…

…

Naoki Ii returned to the spacious room where he had just received Nobumasa Ando.

The room has not changed, but the people have.

The neatly dressed Hakui knelt down respectfully where Ando Nobumasa had been sitting just now.

It was already very late now, and Ii Naobi was a little sleepy, so he did not say any more greetings to Hakui, who suddenly came to visit late at night.

After entering the room and sitting on the main seat, he immediately asked Bo Jing:

"Bosui, why did you come to visit late at night?"

Bo Jing lowered his head, responded respectfully, and said in a deep voice:

"Sir, my lord, I just received an urgent letter from my subordinates: There is a French businessman. He and his family were attacked by a large-scale 'anti-barbarian' mob on their way to Edo."

"What?" Ii Naobi's expression changed, "A French businessman was attacked?"

Ii Naobi clenched his fists tightly and asked urgently:

"What happened to the French businessman who was attacked?"

"He... he and his family are all fine." Bo Jing's expression became strange at this time, "A subordinate of Xiaguan... is the person who sent me this urgent letter. He led the Second

More than ten guards repelled nearly 200 incoming 'anti-barbarian' thugs and protected the safety of the Frankish businessman and his family members."

"...What?" Naobi Ii, who suspected that he heard wrongly, tilted his ears slightly forward in the direction of Hakui, "Boui, say it again."

…

…

Tokaido, Kanagawa-juku——

Kiryu, who was kneeling in front of the bare-chested Aoto, looked at the wounds on Aoto's body and said softly in a praising tone:

"Hey... Mr. Ju, you are recovering from your injuries very quickly."

"Yeah." Qingdeng nodded and said casually, "I've been like this since I was a child, and I recover from my injuries very quickly."

After casually dealing with Kiryu, Qingden lowered his head, glanced at the wounds on his body, and thought to himself:

——The effect of this newly copied talent is much stronger than expected...

After successfully defeating Suehiro Mamoru, Aomori successfully copied a new talent from him: the recovery speed of wounds far exceeds the "physical fitness" of ordinary people.

It must be said that this new talent came just in time, just right for Qingdeng who had suffered several injuries after a great battle.

That "snowy night chaos"... happened six days ago.

A handful of more than 30 people fought against more than 200 "anti-barbarian" thugs, killed more than 60 of them, and forced the incoming enemies to flee. Judging from the ratio of the number of people on both sides and the results of the battle, this was an undoubted victory.

However, the price paid is also quite high.

After the war, the number of casualties was counted. Xiaoshi and his group of guards only had 18 people left alive, and basically all of these survivors were injured.

Although they had won a great victory, it would not be surprising when the "anti-barbarian" thugs would counterattack again.

God knows how many of them there are. Will they immediately gather a large group of people and attack again?

Therefore, we cannot stay in the wild any longer, nor can we go to Edo any longer.

So, after a brief discussion, Aomori and the others made up their mind: to seek refuge at the nearest camp, and then send a letter to Edo, requesting Edo to send people to help them.

Anthony's horses were either dead or ran away, and there was not a single one left.

Without a horse that could pull the cart, Anthony, Elodie and the others could only walk with Aoto on two legs through the night to the nearest accommodation at that time: Kanagawa Juku.

After arriving at Kanagawa-juku safely, Aomori immediately asked Kanagawa-juku's Wenyaba to send a letter jointly written by him, Anthony, and Komuro to Edo, informing them of the situation on their side, and

Ask for reinforcements from people sent by the administration.

At the same time, Kanagawa Juku's Manyaba was also entrusted to help transport back the bodies of the fallen guards who had to be temporarily left on the battlefield due to lack of transportation capacity.

It's impossible for Edo not to send someone over.

After all, Anthony is a Westerner, and he is also French.

In recent years, the cooperation between France and the Edo shogunate has been closer, so during this period, the Edo shogunate will pay more attention to matters related to the French.

As long as Anthony's identity as a Westerner is revealed, Edo will definitely take it seriously and will immediately send a large team of people to take them back to Edo.

After sending this letter, Aomori and others waited for reinforcements from Edo to arrive while silently healing their wounds.

In the past few days, Boss Kiryu was mainly here to treat their injuries.

Previously, Boss Kiryu told him humbly: He only has some medical skills.

But after these few days of observation, Qingden discovered that Kiryu's boss's medical skills were not at all what he said was "just a little bit"...

Skin injuries, bone injuries, internal injuries... He seems to be able to treat any injury, and he heals it very well.

In that "snowy night battle", Qingnobo suffered a total of 5 injuries, all of which were skin injuries. The more serious ones were the knife he received on his right shoulder after breaking into the enemy group, and the wound on his chest that was cut by Suehiro's wind.

The stroke made by the tip of the spear.

By the way, the knife that Fujisawa received in his leg when he was trying to save Mai Kinoshita and others was torn apart by Aoto's violent activities during the "Snowy Night Fight".
To be continued...