I'm wandering in the world

Chapter 184 Tsuchimikado

Chen Qingyuan took out his cell phone and took a look. It had been 26 hours since he left the Toushancheng Wharf in Hui'an County of Daming Dynasty yesterday morning. There was only one day left to leave...

time does not wait.

He slowly raised the big knife in his hand, ready to strike the Japanese pirate on the top of his head.

The warrior was terrified and said hurriedly: "Don't kill me, I know the fastest way to Mount Fuji, please spare me..."

Chen Qingyuan hasn't spoken yet.

The warrior thought Chen Qingyuan didn't want to let him go, and the CPU in his brain was about to burn up. He hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, we are samurai under the daimyo Tokugawa Ieyasu. All this food was seized from the aid for the expedition to Korea. We were going to send it to Tokugawa's private granary by sea. Now... all of it is for you!"

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty is not good, and Chen Qingyuan has not traveled to many places.

Just from the few words I heard from Sun Datong, the inspector of Toushan City, I knew that many people could not even guarantee enough food and clothing, and many people froze to death every winter.

He turned around and waved.

The helmsman of the fishing boat ran down and asked: "What do you want?"

Chen Qingyuan said: "I came to this island country to do something important. I hope to give the Ming Dynasty a break and I won't go back..."

The helmsman was horrified and said, "You are tall and stand out like a crane among chickens on this island. It is easy for people to recognize that you are not a local! The Japanese pirates are all inhumane beasts. You are alone here. No matter how powerful your magic is, it is difficult to defeat thousands of troops. No matter what is going on, please finish it quickly and go back with us!"

Chen Qingyuan raised his hand to stop him from speaking, and said, "I have made up my mind, no need to say more!"

He pointed to the cargo ship next to him and said, "These pirates just loaded a batch of food on board. I remember you still have an assistant who can steer the ship. Why don't you split up the people to take the food and the ship back together? Don't worry, the Wind Calling Spell can still last for another day and a half."

The helmsman had just seen the food, and was overjoyed to learn that he could take it back. "Okay, okay! But there is one thing that is hard to say. Our ship has been sailing at full speed on the sea for more than a day, and the hull can't withstand such strong winds. I'm afraid if we go back at the same speed, it may disintegrate."

Chen Qingyuan said: "How about if the wind force is reduced by half, the talisman paper can be used for a month?"

The helmsman knew the strength of the wind, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "A normal voyage would take more than three months. If we sail with half of your wind power, it would be much faster than an ordinary ship, and we can return to the mountain city in just one month! Half of the wind power, that's it..."

This pier is in a remote location...

There were only two samurai, a dozen coolies and a dozen boatmen on the boat, a total of more than thirty people.

Chen Qingyuan's killing of a samurai has completely intimidated these people. No matter whether they can kill Chen Qingyuan or not, they will be killed when they return to the Tokugawa family.

The two ships were ready to sail.

Chen Qingyuan pasted talismans on both ships, and the two ships were controlled by the helmsman and the deputy respectively.

To be on the safe side, Chen Qingyuan gave each of them a Black Star pistol, and told them how to open the safety and how to shoot. He also added another safety and made a Vajra Talisman on the spot, which could passively resist a heavy blow and prevent them from being attacked by a dark hand during the voyage...

Chen Qingyuan secretly cast a curse on more than 30 Japanese pirates, which would suddenly erupt in a month. If the curse was not broken by the spell he taught to the helmsman, these people would die suddenly when the time came.

He must do it.

We must be on guard against others, especially the Japanese pirates...

The two ships sailed away, leaving only three people and a body at the dock: Chen Qingyuan, Zhang Dashao, the warrior, and the body of another warrior...

Chen Qingyuan released the Merit Banner, and the ghosts devoured the flesh and blood of the corpse and crushed its bones, flowing like water, much more efficiently than last time.

The warrior's soul was torn into pieces when it entered the Merit Banner, and turned into the most primitive energy that was divided among the ghosts. Their strength increased slightly...

The surviving warrior was trembling all over and stuttered, "My...my original name was Muto Mita, but I was appreciated by Tokugawa Ieyasu and was given the surname Tokugawa, so now I am called Tokugawa Mita."

In the island country, nicknames are similar to surnames, and changing surnames is not uncommon. For example, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who stole Toyotomi Hideyoshi's peaches in the later period, originally had a nickname of Matsudaira.

But this is not important to Chen Qingyuan.

This time I came to the island country, there was only one thing.

kill.

The three set off...

If you meet a noble on the road, acting arrogantly and with his carriage moving on the road, then all the lower-class people in front of this road must not appear and must retreat to the outside of the road.

Chen Qingyuan happened to run into him and shot him dead with one shot.

With the help of transportation, the speed of travel is much faster.

The samurai Tokugawa Mita controlled the reins with one hand. The door of the carriage was open. Chen Qingyuan and Zhang Dashao were sitting inside, swaying in the carriage.

Young Master Zhang suddenly said, "Fellow Daoist, you can even put away a sniper rifle this big. Isn't it too inefficient for us to continue traveling in this traditional way?"

Chen Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, and then he was silent for a while and said, "There's not enough space."

The teardrop mole has a very large space, it is big enough to even put a building inside, how could it not be big enough? I just didn't expect it...

The time traveler is so embarrassed...

He needs to learn a lesson.

At this moment, Tokugawa Mita, who was driving, looked around and suddenly saw a small totem on the upper left side of the car door. His face changed immediately.

Just now, this nobleman was outspoken and had his head shot through by a short musket before he could say anything. Several of his servants also died. Tokugawa Mita was afraid that Chen Qingyuan would not be satisfied with the killing and would shoot him, so he lowered his head and did not dare to speak...

At this moment, listening to the conversation between Chen Qingyuan and Zhang Dashao in the carriage, their tone was still quite calm.

Tokugawa Santen swallowed his saliva and said with gritted teeth: "Sir, the noble we just killed seems to be from the Tsuchimikado family. They are a famous Onmyoji family..."

The Tsuchimikado family?

Chen Qingyuan had only heard of Abe Haruaki and others, but had never heard of Tsuchimikado.

I heard that the Onmyoji of the island country mainly studied the five elements. Maybe this Tohgami family is a family that mainly studied the earth element...

As soon as Tokugawa Mita saw Chen Qingyuan's expression, he knew that he didn't understand the horror of the Tuyumon family, and explained: The Tuyumon family is very powerful, catching all kinds of mountain spirits and monsters and training them into shikigami! Their family's famous onmyoji has a position with the daimyo everywhere, and even Tokugawa Ieyasu dare not do anything that will make Tuyumon unhappy...

We killed the people of the Tsuchimikado family, and we might have been discovered by now! Because the lives of the nobles are connected to a piece of human-shaped paper and enshrined in each family. If a paper figure burns, it means that the person is dead. They will soon track us down according to the nobles' itinerary. We should abandon this carriage immediately, and there may be a chance to survive... Chen Qingyuan said: "Rush to Mount Fuji with all your strength."

Tokugawa Mita was very puzzled. Why did they insist on going to Mount Fuji? The terrain there was dangerous and the top of the mountain was covered with ice and snow all year round. Apart from looking that way from a distance, it would be the same once you got up the mountain. What was the point?

He didn't know what Chen Qingyuan was thinking, and said anxiously: "It is said that the people of the Tohno family are elusive and very fast. Once we climb Mount Fuji, we will have nowhere to run."

Chen Qingyuan said: "Go up Mount Fuji as fast as you can. Once you get there, I will let you go. Run as far as you can..."

I’m not sleepy anymore after saying this!

Tokugawa Mita whipped the horse immediately, and the horse made a clattering sound, speeding up the carriage...

Chen Qingyuan was racing against time. He didn't care whether it was Tsuchimikado or Abe Haruaki, he just wanted to ask who could withstand a bullet from a 12.7mm sniper rifle!
The carriage passed through villages and towns. Because only nobles could ride in it, and because there were samurai driving it, people subconsciously thought that the nobles who were out of their reach were sitting inside. They were so scared that they dared not breathe and hid aside. Even when passing through the territories of the old lords, no one dared to fart...

Chen Qingyuan looked through the car window and saw the customs and culture of this island country.

In this era, women's lives are treated like grass. Unless they are born into a wealthy family, their lives are as worthless as pigs, dogs, cows and sheep. They are killed when they are tired of them, and sold when they have no money.

When passing by the fireworks street, there were many geishas standing at the doors of those buildings. They were wearing loose kimonos, with thick white powder on their faces, their lips painted blood red, and their eyebrows trimmed into a small circle.

This weird shape gave even Chen Qingyuan, who had seen a lot of monsters and ghosts, goose bumps all over his body!
What kind of person would have such an aesthetic view?
Many people come here to consume.

There are also many poor people here, skinny and bony, looking nothing like human beings.

Some geishas seemed to be sick, with thin faces and irregular black spots all over their skin. They looked lifeless and like they were about to die at any moment. Even the customers were afraid to approach them as if they were seeing a tiger...

There is no light in their eyes, only hatred towards this world.

According to Tokugawa Mita's introduction, these women were nothing. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi went to conquer Korea, every household even sent their daughters, wives, and mothers over there. What they did was no different from those women in the red-light district.

Young Master Zhang said: "These Japanese pirates are inhumane."

Chen Qingyuan saw their hatred for the island nobles in their eyes. He was silent for a long time and said, "I will take out some papers and distribute the news of Mount Fuji's eruption to these people along the way. Whether they are willing to believe it or whether they can escape depends on their own luck..."

Young Master Zhang said, "What if those nobles see us?"

Chen Qingyuan said: "Look at these people, they have almost nothing, and they have nothing to lose. They can leave as long as they are determined. But it's different for the nobles. They have many industries in the local area. It's not that simple if one thing affects the whole body."

As the news about the eruption of Mount Fuji was distributed, Tokugawa Mita was afraid that these people would be unhappy, so he even pointed at the paper and started explaining. Some of these low-level people believed it and simply took their packages and started their escape. The most expensive things for them were probably the bedding at home and the clothes on their bodies.

Why is it so easy to believe?
Because those nobles would not waste paper and precious words to tell them these things, only those who truly regard them as human beings would do so...

……

Honshu Island, southern part, Tsuchimikado family.

The houses here were extremely exquisite, and it was obvious at first glance that they were not something that ordinary nobles could own. In one of the houses, there were hundreds of paper figures enshrined, and under each paper figure there was a small wooden plaque with a name engraved on it...

At this moment, one of the paper figures with the name Tsuchimikado Hashima on it started burning!

A young man standing guard nearby saw this and his face changed. He rushed over to confirm the identity of the paper man, then immediately reached out and pulled the rope to shake the bell.

A few people came in soon.

The young man said, "The paper figurine of Tsuchimikado Hashima is burning. It seems that he has met with disaster."

Three people came in, an old man and two teenage girls. The old man frowned and said, "That guy Ba Xia said that the Tokugawa family had obtained a batch of food and we should find a way to get it over. He was dead after only being out for half a day? Although he is not very reasonable, he has two methods. He died too quickly..."

There were two girls nearby. One of them was cute and wearing a pink Onmyoji-style hunting robe. She said, "The Baxia guy's actions would make anyone unhappy. I'll go see where he died."

The old man glanced at the girl and said, "Youtao, although your Yin-Yang technique is good, it is really lacking in attack. Why not let Mu You Yuanzi go with you? She has the power of the demon sword and can make up for your lack of combat power."

Youtao said unconvincedly: "Grandpa, you always underestimate me! She doesn't even have a Shikigami..."

The old man frowned and said, "Youtao, Onmyoji should not rely on Shikigami for everything. Okay, it's settled. While it hasn't been long since Baxia died, you should hurry and maybe there are some clues!"

Nectarine stamped her feet: "Got it!"

As she turned around, pink leaves fluttered in the air, and she had disappeared outside the yard...

The old man looked at the backs of the two girls with a frown. He didn't know why, but this time he felt it was very different. Who on earth killed that Ba Xia guy? He didn't even have time to summon his Shikigami.

He thought about it and went to another room, where there were rows of memorial tablets, enshrining the Onmyoji of the Tsuchigumo family for generations. Some of these Onmyoji could even communicate with souls, and existed in this world as Shikigami of the Tsuchigumo family's descendants.

He lit three incense sticks and put them on the incense burner, saying, "For some reason, I feel particularly uneasy today. I feel like a disaster is about to happen. Most of the backbone of our Togumi family, the Yin-Yang masters and those old ghosts, have all gone to the Korean battlefield with Toyotomi Hideyoshi... I'm worried that something will happen on Honshu Island..."

at this time.

Boom...

All the spirit tablets suddenly collapsed, as if they were swept away by an invisible hand!
The old man was startled: "What's going on?"

He made hand seals with his hands, his spiritual power surged, and he practiced divination, hoping to awaken his ancestor the Yin-Yang Master, but the spirit tablets on the ground broke apart one by one.

A translucent Onmyoji wearing hunting clothes floated out of a spirit tablet. He seemed to be seriously injured. Looking at his descendants lying on the ground and calculating, he said weakly: "Don't calculate. The catastrophe is coming. Immediately gather all the descendants of the Tsuchimikado family to flee Honshu Island as quickly as possible. Go north or south, but don't stay here."

The old man was confused and asked, "What happened?"

The soul Yin Yang Master said angrily: "Why are you asking? We old souls felt something was wrong at the first time and started divination a long time ago. They all died and I was the only one who got a warning! That means Honshu Island is going to be lost. As for what the problem is, how would I know... Just run away. Forget about the offspring who can't be contacted!"

After he finished speaking, his soul began to tremble, and he said in horror: "This, this... How could this happen? It's all over, why is it turning against me..."

The soul is scattered!

The old man looked extremely unhappy. Even his ancestors were dead. They were all the mainstream Shikigami of the Tsuchimikado family. The strength of the entire family had at least dropped by half! If people knew that his ancestors were dead, those Onmyoji families who had bad intentions towards Tsuchimikado would definitely take advantage of the chaos...

Damn, why would a disaster happen out of the blue?
For some reason, the old man had a picture in his mind of the island country paying all the price for the war...

Invasion War...

Maybe this is the root cause, this is the starting point of the disaster!
(End of this chapter)