Escape costs money.

I only escaped a military disaster not long ago, and before I could recover, I had to leave Edo again... Not every family can afford this kind of expense.

Because the battlefield has always been limited to Akasaka Mimen, these town residents stranded in Edo are all lucky - we will never be implicated! That's right! It's definitely not!

No matter how much they imagine, they are not just "back-up".

Due to the "tense relationship between people and land", most of the towns in the Edo period lived in long houses.

A long house is similar to an apartment, each house is closely connected, and the east wall of your house is the west wall of his house, thus forming a long group of houses, hence the name "Long House".

Generally speaking, a long house lives in more than a dozen or even dozens of households. The residents of each long house share a courtyard, a well, and a toilet.

The town people stranded in Edo have joined forces in "long houses" and silently collected bamboo guns, knives and other weapons for self-defense.

It is not so easy for soldiers to harass soldiers with bamboo guns, knives and other weapons to harass the soldiers.

Each longhouse looks like a small "fortress", which can be attacked and defended.

Not only that, the adjacent long houses have made alliances: If there is a real attack of soldiers, each long house has the obligation to assist each other and work together to meet the enemy!

If they fight each other, no matter how brave they are, they will not be able to fight against the regular army.

Only by working together can we have a way out!

At this time, no one realized that the "Chengguan Self-Protection Alliance" that was closely linked with the town, the Minami-Ki Army, and the soldiers of the Ichihashi Army had realized that although no one was going to lead the army, a "Chengguan Self-Protection Alliance" whose troops and equipment should not be underestimated was born spontaneously.

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At this moment—

Edo, a town, a long house, a house—

This is an ordinary wooden house with a young couple living in it.

Her husband is named "Azan". He is an umbrella maker who makes a living by making umbrellas. Because he is engaged in light physical labor, his body is not strong.

His wife is called "Asong". She is neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, neither beautiful nor ugly, and is a very ordinary woman.

Ordinary families similar to this can be seen everywhere in Edo.

At this moment, the couple sat opposite each other and prepared to enjoy breakfast.

His wife A Song arranged two pairs of bowls and chopsticks and added a full of millet porridge.

"The shops are closed and I haven't bought any food, so I'll just eat it."

She said, pushing her husband's part to the edge of her legs.

The husband couldn't help but pick up the dishes and feasted, while saying shameful words like "It's so delicious! It's worthy of being my wife!" - Based on her understanding of her husband, this scenario should happen next.

However, what is the scene that really appears in front of him at this moment?

I saw Azhan lowering his head, gritting his teeth, staring at the tatami in front of his knees, looking stunning.

Seeing this, Asong was a sign.

"Azan, why are you stunned? Eat quickly. It's cold today. If you don't eat it, it will be cold soon."

“…”

"Azan? What's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

Ah Song put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, leaned over, and looked up and down at her husband with a worried look on his face.

However, at this moment, Azhan suddenly reacted - he shouted:

"I, I have decided! I want to join the war! I want to help Lord Nino!"

After suddenly shouting this sentence, Azhan did not give his wife any reaction time.

But he saw him stand up quickly, then turn around and take off the knife hanging on the wall.

When Assong came to his senses, he had already put on a slap in his hair, and strides out of the entrance.

“………………………………………………………………”

Asong blinked blankly.

After about 5 seconds, although she was half a beat slower, her consciousness finally caught up with reality.

After screaming, she didn't even bother to wear shoes, and rushed out of the door in three steps and caught up with her husband.

"Azhan! Azhan! What do you want to do? Come back quickly!"

"Asong, don't stop me! I have made up my mind! I swear to live and die with Lord Ren!"

The couple's noise caused a stir, alarmed the entire long house.

In an instant, accompanied by the riots, other residents of the long house put down their work, stepped out of the threshold, and came to check the situation.

Asong opened his arms and stopped him in front of Azhan, with a stance that "If you don't give me an explanation, I will never let you go."

"Azan! Tell me clearly! What do you want to do?"

Azan said seriously:

"Mr. Renwang is in trouble! I want to help Mr. Renwang!"

Ah Song stared at her eyes - half shocked and half puzzled.

"Azhan, do you think you are a great swordsman who is a horseman? What's the use of a timid person like you even if he goes to the battlefield?"

Although Ahsong's words were very unpleasant, she did not say it wrong.

Neighbors all know that Azhan is very timid, and can even be said to be as timid as a mouse. He doesn't even dare to kill a chicken on weekdays, let alone kill people.

At this point, the neighbors who came to join in the fun generally understood what was going on.

At this time, a middle-aged man who was always close to Azan came up and patted Azan on the shoulder:

“Azan, Assong is right.

"You may admire Lord Ren very much and want to help him. I can understand, and I also admire Lord Ren very much."

"But you have never learned martial arts and can't even hold a knife well. Even if a person like you goes to the battlefield, he will only die for nothing."

"There are other ways to help Lord Nino."

The other party's words were very sincere, and he really wanted to persuade Azhan.

But who knew that as soon as he finished speaking, Azan frowned and refuted righteously:

"Nei is kind to our family! Nei is killed, I can't ignore it!"

After hearing this, Asong became more and more confused:

"Is there any kindness? When did King Niang be kindness to our family?"

Azan said quickly:

"Asong, have you forgotten? If King Ren hadn't destroyed the Qingshui clan, we would have been harassed by the Qingshui family until now!"

Asong stopped talking.

A few years ago, Azhan accidentally offended a small cadre in the Qingshui family.

In order to retaliate, the other party sent people to harass them every now and then, making them almost unable to live a life.

Thanks to Qingdeng's elimination of the Qingshui clan, their lives were able to return to normal.

Azan's voice did not stop there:

"Even if I don't talk about Lord Ren and Imai's kindness to our family, I can't sit idly by and watch Lord Ren and Imai Duke suffer!"

"Kidnapped Kazumao is a wise king, and Lord Ren is even more a rare great man!"

"How can I ignore them in trouble?"

"I, although I am just an umbrella maker, I also know morality!"

"It is unrighteous to seek selfish interests!"

"If I hide at home and don't want to support morality, then I will become a timid mouse! I will always look down on myself!"

"Asong, if I die, you can remarry!"

After saying that, Azhan stopped talking.

He pushed Asong away and strode forward.

Ah Song stood there blankly, his eyes straight, without saying anything, without moving... and let Ah Zhan go to the battlefield.

Walking onto the desolate street alone... Azan looked timid and shivered several times.

However, he did not retreat.

He took big steps resolutely without hesitation at all.

At this moment, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from far and near from behind.

He turned his head and looked back, and suddenly found familiar faces.
To be continued...