Chapter 23 Rope
"Hayi people", as far as Zhikuang's Dongye knows, should refer to the Ainu people living in Hokkaido in modern times.
——Xiyi was undoubtedly a way of addressing the Yamato regime at that time that hostile to and belittled the minority. The term "shrimp" in the term "Xiyi" means that their hair grows like shrimps and whiskers, while Yi means Diyi.
This is naturally a contemptuous way of addressing. The Hokkien call themselves "Ainu", because in the Ainu language, Ainu means humans.
The general of the Heian era, Sakaumagatamura Maro, conquered the Ekima tribe, and there were also the earth spiders that appeared in the story of the retiring of the Gennakura, whose prototype was the indigenous people living in caves.
The destroyed "earth spider clan" will be named as earth spider, which is a typical means of applying the name of a non-human group to a minority. In this way, the history of barbaric conquest can be described as a just act to eliminate evil demons.
Hokkaido was originally a barren land in Japan. The Hokkaido was originally distributed on the four islands of Japan, but with the rise of the Hokkaido, the Hokkaido gradually expelled the Hokkaido, so it became the "Haoi land" of the Hokkaido.
Hokkaido has a high latitude and a severe cold climate, with many mountains and few plains, harsh climatic conditions, and poor land and unsuitable for large-scale agricultural farming. Therefore, the Hokkaido, as an indigenous people, has always been mainly hunting and fishing.
Because of such a sub-hard environment, the Ainu people have not developed very well and the population has always been small.
In ancient times, the Yamato regime expelled these Ainu people from the state, and the barren Hokkaido area was no longer interested in them and no longer launched further offensives.
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"It's really a village of the Emirates. I really didn't expect that the so-called "forging academy" and Guiwuli Village are just like this?"
After drinking some wine, Nikaido, who seemed a little taciturn, became more talkative.
There are many thatched houses in the village, which are of the ancient style of houses. A group of seven people were arranged to a house specially designed for outsiders.
This thatched hut should have been modernized and has ordinary interior decoration, but it shouldn't be too uncomfortable to stay for a few days.
"This is almost the case. Is the reason why the Forge Village deliberately made it so hidden is to consider protecting the Ekima people in the village?"
Nikaido's face was flushed, but he was not too drunk, but he just wanted to find out more information while he was drunk.
"Brother, you're saying..."
Sudo picked up the wine glass beside him and filled it with Nikaido again.
"The Eagle people are outsiders and barbarians to the Yamato regime... They have been discriminated against and are constantly expelled. However, the situation in Guiwuri Village is different. It is said that this village was protected by the Tokugawa Shogunate many years ago. After all, this village is not simple at its core."
Sudo, who is big and thick, is essentially a kind person who is very kind and familiar with him. He soon became familiar with Nikaido and Sugihara.
Sudo brought everyone to the room, prepared a table of dishes for everyone, and even pulled everyone to chat together.
"Is the village the forging house one of the five academies?"
"No, the Forging Academy was originally a man, a knife maker with a mysterious life. During his lifetime, it seemed that he was saved by the villagers. In order to thank the villagers of Gui Wuli, the man passed on the secret about the sword girl to Gui Wuli Village. The villagers in this village also inherited the ability of the knife maker and became the forging Academy, one of the later Five Academies."
When Sudo said this, a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"The only thing that makes people feel helpless is that the later sword maker in Guiwuli Village did not fully inherit the entire skills of the sword maker, which also led to the unexpected loss of the skills of many mysterious sword makers--"
When everyone heard these words, they felt a little sigh.
"By the way, Mr. Sudo."
At this time, Sugihara also held the wine that Sudo had forced to pour and asked suspiciously.
"That cat... no, who is that Lord Rope? Is that... really a cat?"
When he talked about the cat, he was obviously a little cautious, as if he was afraid that he would say the wrong word - Sugiha was very sensitive, and he noticed that Sakano and Sudo respected the "rotten rope", that is, the black cat.
"Oh, Lord Rope?"
Sakano, who was sitting next to him, kept drinking by himself. He was different from the "acting skills" he showed at Ruyue Station before. He felt that his personality was a bit dissatisfied and did not like to deal with others. From the time he got in here, Sakano hurried in the corner.
"Lord Chicken is an elder in the village, and his identity is close to that of the elder in the village. She has great prestige in the village, and the impeachment ceremony was also presided over by her."
Sakano gave an explanation, but this explanation is equivalent to no explanation - this black cat is not a simple thing, everyone can see, but the question that the seven people present are really concerned about is whether this black cat is human or a monster?
Everyone here became silent and stopped talking.
"Hahaha,"
Sudo comes out to smooth things out at this time.
"Stop talking about this, everyone should keep eating quickly, otherwise the food will be cold."
(It seems that Sakano doesn't want to answer this question. No, even Sudo is there. I'm afraid that this Lord Kyūroki's own existence is quite special. Neither of these two want to disclose more information...)
Zhikura Dongye, who raised his chin and pondered and thought, watched the attitude of everyone present coldly, and had a new idea in his mind.
"So, who are Mr. Sudo and Mr. Sakano?"
Kurosaki Saya said a very sudden sentence, her eyes shining with sharp light, pointing directly at Sudo and Sakano.
"You don't seem to be villagers, right? The Estuyne people are said to have pointed ears and brown skin, which are different from normal humans. They are people from the outside world and their physical characteristics are quite obvious. Mr. Sudo and Mr. Sakano do not have such characteristics. You should have nothing to do with the villagers here, not people in the village, right?"
"You're right."
Sudo and Sakano looked at each other tacitly, and the latter laughed.
"We are the people who participated in the impeachment ceremony in the past. We can be said to be your seniors. It's a pity that we didn't pass the ceremony back then. Hahaha, I really failed when I think about it!"
Sakano drank a drink happily.
"Later... for some reason, Lord Kyōroki rescued Sudo and me. We were both grateful to this Adult and wanted to repay her. So for this reason, we often went here and went to the outside world to help the villagers do something."
"The village is isolated from the outside world, but it is not completely isolated. The villagers here have some arable land that can barely be self-sufficient. However, occasionally they have to buy some supplies or purchase medicines. Our work here is basically to prepare supplies for the villagers."
Sakano also explained these words to everyone.
"We are not the villagers of this Guiwuli Village. Besides, it is difficult for outsiders to integrate into such a closed village. Sakano and I can barely be considered as the subordinates of the Lord Kyrose..."
There was a faint sense of helplessness in Sakano's tone.
Zhikura Toshiye frowned slightly, and he felt that Sudou's words seemed to have an inexplicable resentment.
"This place where Sudo seems to be a little reluctant, is he forced to do things for the village? Does this have anything to do with his participation in the "impeachment ceremony" in the past..."
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Suddenly, a sound of footsteps approached outside the door of this ancient house.
The wooden door was pushed open, and today the girl who appeared under Torii at the entrance of the village walked in. She smiled at everyone with a little shyness and spoke to them:
Chapter completed!