The Ten Shadow Sorcerers of the Nara Clan

He didn't paint his hair.

Because Naruto suddenly discovered that Hashirama's hair was black.

No need to lay a white base to show the color.

White is very important.

Save what you can.

Naruto used the brush again and started applying the skin color.

The eyes and hair should be painted last, because if the brush is stained with black first, no matter what color you paint next, it will be stained with black.

The pillar room, the door room——

Just as Naruto and the shadow clone who had already finished drawing Minato were brushing Hiruzen with white, Hiruzen himself appeared in front of them.

"What are you doing?"

Hiruzen spoke with a conflicted expression, his face wrinkled like a Shar Pei's skin.

"Colorize it. The original color is too ugly. More importantly, I want to see what I...the Fourth Hokage looks like. It won't feel real if I only look at a photo without three-dimensionality."

Naruto cautiously held Kakashi's neck tightly.

Kakashi smiled apologetically at Hiruzen with a look of despair.

"That's it..."

Hiruzen turned his gaze to Kakashi helplessly: "You're just going to play along with him? This is Kage Rock!"

"…I'm sorry, Hokage-sama, Naruto has already promised to erase it after reading it—"

"You said you've seen enough!"

Naruto squeezed Kakashi's neck harder.

But it had no effect on Kakashi.

——"But even if you give me twenty years, I still can't see enough!"

Naruto heavily painted another stroke of white on Hiruzen's rock statue.

Chapter 12: What goes around, comes around

Along with the angry roar, the Ming soldiers felt a strong murderous aura approaching. Liu Ruilin quickly stopped shooting and drew his sword to fight the wolf.

At this moment, Wu Junzhen seemed to hear something. His ears moved and he raised his gun quickly, but he saw a white figure flashing in the snow-white moonlight. The lead bullet from the crooked gun just missed the target, but it also made Wu Junzhen meet the so-called drought demon again. It can be said that he finally found it after searching for a long time!

However, this scene frightened the soldiers so much that they were shaking. In the middle of the night, a person wearing very sharp white clothes suddenly appeared in front of them, and he was also a monster with disheveled hair and unclear feet?

Curious, Liu Ruilin couldn't help but shout, "Who are you? Who are you? Are you a human or a ghost? Please tell me."

However, the white figure did not reply and continued to have his back to them. Wu Junzhen could not bear it any longer and signaled Liu Ruilin with his eyes to go forward together. The two of them took down the man with knives. Because Wu Junzhen had asked the soldiers to prepare a face towel before, it came in handy. The two of them surrounded him.

The soldiers behind them also covered their mouths and noses with scarves, cooperating with the two of them and preparing to shoot at the white shadow in front of them.

Just when the two men approached, Bai Ying suddenly turned around, his face pale and he shouted angrily, "Ah~." Then he rushed towards Wu Junzhen, grabbed the musket and fell to the ground. Fortunately, Wu Junzhen reacted quickly and dodged, but Liu Ruilin felt that Bai Ying was not a ghost, but more like a savage?

So he signaled to the soldiers not to use muskets or bows and arrows, and to capture the man alive. To do this, the soldiers had to prepare nets to capture him.

Here, Wu Junzhen drew his sword sideways and blocked Bai Ying's claw attacks twice. The sharp blade almost cut off his bent fingers. In addition, Liu Ruilin cooperated with him and stabbed and hit his back, but Bai Ying dodged three times.

The wild wolves at the side also rushed forward to protect Bai Ying, and directly let Wu Junzhen and Liu Ruilin draw their swords against each other. Bai Ying knew that he could not defeat them in terms of kung fu, so he began to release a dizzying smell. Fortunately, the two soldiers were prepared and were fine even after being exposed to the smell.

But Wu Junzhen still cooperated and pretended to be dizzy. Seeing this, Bai Ying jumped up with a sword step, revealing his dark yellow face in front of his messy hair in the bright moonlight, and stretched out his hands, opened his mouth and showed his fangs, and was about to pounce on him.

But unexpectedly, a big net fell from the sky and landed on Bai Ying, who was directly caught in it. The soldiers then pulled him to the ground, with the rest of the wolves in it. The soldiers immediately raised their guns and shot the wolves in the net.

Two of the soldiers raised their swords to kill the white shadow, but in an instant, a black shadow suddenly appeared from nowhere and shouted, "Spare his life!"

After saying that, he knocked the saber out of the soldier's hand and appeared in front of the two of them. Wu Junzhen was very surprised! But then he thought something was wrong. Why did this black shadow appear every time there was a white shadow? Could it be the Black and White Impermanence? But he could hear the black shadow talking and the white shadow was also caught in the net, which proved that they were both human.

Wu Junzhen immediately said, "Who are you? Why do you always appear at the scene of the case? Please tell me the truth!"

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Ying originally didn't want to pay attention to them, but seeing that Bai Ying was trapped, he had to tell the truth, "He was not a wild man living with wolves. It was only because of a war thirteen years ago that the northern barbarians came south and captured my brother. Later, the Herdsmen Command of Prince Lu's Palace appealed to the local government to send troops to rescue him. The two forces of the Guard Command of Prince Lu's Palace and the Ceremonial Guard of Prince Lu's Palace fought bloody battles with the barbarians on the way to delay time. When the Ming army arrived, my brother disappeared in the war and ended up in the wilderness."

The black shadow took off his hat after sighing and continued, "I later learned from the government that my brother was in the wilderness, so I kept looking for him. But there was no news until my parents died. In order to find my brother, I had to wander around the world. I didn't expect that when I went to the city to check on recruiting soldiers, I accidentally found my brother. He was rescued by a family and brought to the market. I wanted to chase them but was blocked by a carriage. When I found that family again, my brother was gone!"

Wu Junzhen and Liu Ruilin had some doubts. He asked, "Then how did you find him later?"

The man in the black cloak replied, "When I came to Wuqing County to investigate the mysterious disappearance of people, I realized that he was my brother. Although his face shape was ruined! And he can't speak after living with wolves for a long time, but his physical features have not changed. He always likes to lower his head and there is a black mole on his neck."

Having said that, Wu Junzhen still didn't quite believe it, so he reached out to check whether it was true. The savage in the net was screaming and trying to tear the net. The man in black asked Wu Junzhen to step back and he would touch and comfort the savage himself.

As he approached, he said in a sincere tone, "Dear brother, don't be afraid. I'm your elder brother. Do you remember your favorite sesame cake when you were a child?"

The savage was struggling at first, but slowly he let down his guard, tears appeared in his eyes and he seemed to understand what people said. But at this moment, many arrowheads suddenly shot out from the dark jungle?

These arrowheads unexpectedly pierced the Ming soldiers. Dozens of Ming soldiers were shot dead on the spot. Ten Ming soldiers who used swords to block the arrows were also seriously injured. One of the arrowheads even flew towards the man in black, but he dodged it by turning around.

Then three more arrowheads were shot at him, but the man in black dodged them with a graceful spin in the air. He held the ground with one hand and raised his head to ask, "Who is shooting arrows to hurt people?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a man walked out from a big tree in the distance, clapped his hands and said, "Well, well, I didn't expect that you two brothers would meet again today!"

The man looked at Wu Junzhen and Liu Ruilin standing next to him and said, "Oh! The two military households are here too! Are you here to do your work? I'm sorry to bother you, but since everyone is here today, I don't have to look for you. Let me take you on your way!"

After saying this, he signaled the servants around him to continue pulling the bowstrings, aiming the crossbows at them and preparing to shoot.

In order to make things clear, Wu Junzhen stretched out his hand to interrupt the attack and said, "Wait a minute! Are you the servant of the Wei Mansion who was in the county government office before?"

The man nodded and said, "Yes! I am testing your good eyesight. I am a servant of the Wei Mansion: Xiao Zhu. Since both of our military masters are going to die tonight, please ask me anything you want to ask!"

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They asked the servant of Wei Mansion: Xiao Zhu, about what happened and the origin of the wild man... ?

It turned out that the wild man's name was He Chen and his brother's name was He Ben. They were originally civilians living in Yanzhou Prefecture of Shandong Province. When the barbarians invaded the south, their younger brother He Chen was captured by the Later Jin army. When they retreated to the north, they were defeated by the Ming army. They were stranded in a foreign land and were met by the servants of the Wei Mansion and taken back to be raised.

However, Xiao Zhu was not a good person. He was bent on seizing the Wei family's property, so he trained a group of servants and raised wild wolves to beat and train them all day long. He also threw the 5-year-old He Chen into the wolf pack to fend for himself, causing him to lose his mind and become unable to speak. Eventually, he became one of the wolves and turned into a savage who drank human blood and ate human flesh. All the previous murders were caused by the savage He Chen sucking human blood.

Because he lived with wolves for a long time, he had developed his flying speed and attacking ability. As for why he had smoke on him, it was mainly because of the medicine formula he got from surviving in the wild, because his ancestors studied medicine and had this skill in their bones.

After asking the question, the man in black rushed towards Xiao Zhu angrily, but was shot at by Xiao Zhu with an arrow from behind. Although he dodged, he was still shocked by the explosion and was thrown far away. It turned out that the arrow was tied with gunpowder, which rubbed against the barrel after the bow was pulled out, causing an explosion.

Despite this, Wu Junzhen and Liu Ruilin were not pushovers. They led the other ten soldiers and rushed towards the servants. They each rushed towards Xiao Zhu, ready to capture the leader first.

However, Xiao Zhu was not a fool! He quickly dodged and continued to shoot arrows while walking. This time, the arrowheads were not explosive but poisonous. The two of them had to chase and block the arrowheads to prevent them from hurting themselves. At the critical moment, the savage: He Chen, was the first to rush out. Unexpectedly, he was pierced through the heart by an arrow in the air. The man in black: He Ben, who reacted, immediately rushed over to seek revenge.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Zhu actually stopped and smiled, then shot an arrow, which hit the ground with a (bang) sound. The thunder bomb exploded, and He Ben, who had no time to dodge, fell to the ground and bled profusely. The two brothers were dying.

Then Wu Junzhen realized that there was a trap ahead? After all, in the dark, only Xiao Zhu knew where the ambush was. Seeing that Xiao Zhu was not going to move forward, he stopped Liu Ruilin and did not allow him to move forward.

As expected, the soldiers who followed them walked too fast and accidentally hooked the rope on the ground? The mechanism was triggered (dong, dong, dong). The huge explosion force knocked them under the tree and they were safe and sound. Xiao Zhu laughed in the distance.

Before Wu Junzhen and the others could react, three of the wild wolves trapped in the net that were still alive and injured rushed out and bit Xiao Zhu and the servants who had abused them. Screams were heard in the darkness.

But Xiao Zhu refused to admit defeat. Seeing the wolf biting his leg fiercely, he shot the wolf with a crossbow and pulled the trigger at the direction under the tree...

There was a bang, and the body fell quickly as the lead bullet and white smoke filled the dark night.

Wu Junzhen slowly climbed up and saw that Liu Ruilin picked up the fire from the dead soldier's homemade musket and fired it. In this way, he spent a thrilling night in the woods!

At 1644:5 pm the next day, on May 15, , the th year of Emperor Chongzhen's reign in the Ming Dynasty, the Meridian Gate of the Imperial City of Nanjing, Yingtian Prefecture, Nanzhili, slowly opened. A row of flag bearers wearing red helmets with the word "Yong" on them and wearing armor stood majestically on the bell tower, holding flags. One flag bearer on each bell tower picked up a drumstick and listened to the soldiers next to the sundial loudly counting, "Three o'clock in the morning, the beginning of dawn."

Then the two flag-bearing guards on the left and right began to beat the golden drums with great momentum (Long Dong Dong Dong~). The sound spread out towards the palace gate. The civil and military officials in court robes had been welcoming them for a long time. They entered from the Meridian Gate in order according to their official positions and civil and military ranks, and then rushed towards the Wuying Palace.

At this moment, on the bed in the bedroom of the Nanjing Palace, a tall and burly man who had just woken up stretched comfortably. Immediately, a eunuch hurried in and said, "Hey! Your Highness the Regent, why haven't you changed your clothes yet? Let the palace maids change your clothes for you!"

After saying that, he asked the palace maids to come in, lift the curtain on the bed and help the man get up and wash, but the man didn't seem to be in a hurry. After the eunuch left, he slowly got up, put on his shoes and changed his clothes. With the help of the palace maids, he put green salt in his mouth, brushed his teeth with a coral toothbrush, and then washed his face with a wet towel.

After washing, the palace maids would help the men change their clothes. One by one, the palace maids came up carrying gorgeous crowns, clothes and accessories. The first palace maid took the middle garment and helped the man put it on.

Chapter 13: Rescue and Tai

Ma Wenxue will be 25 years old after this year, which is considered an older unmarried young man in the fort.

Ma Wenxue has a good family background, is good-looking, well-educated, and works in the town government. All the families with daughters in the fortress and the surrounding villages are eyeing his family to see which daughter is lucky enough to marry into the Ma family as a daughter-in-law; which family is lucky enough to become relatives with the Ma family; and which old man or old lady can become Ma Wenxue's father-in-law or mother-in-law.

In addition to Wang Feng, other girls of similar age in the fort also have their eyes on Ma Wenxue, but they think that Ma Wenxue's standards are too high and they are afraid that they cannot reach him, so they dare not fantasize about him.

Wang Feng is not like that. Since she was a child, Wang Feng has always felt that she is Ma Wenxue’s little wife and she will definitely marry into the Ma family when she grows up.

During the New Year holidays, Wang Feng went to Ma Wenxue's house every day. When she entered the house and happened to see them having dinner, she would sit on the kang and start eating. After eating, she would start working, clearing the table, washing dishes, sweeping the floor, and doing all the work. She was almost living there and did not consider herself an outsider at all. The Ma family did not consider her an outsider either. She had grown up in the care of the Ma family and had long been accustomed to the lifestyle. If she didn't come for a day, they would feel like something was missing.

Wang Erying also often went to Ma Wenxue's house to play. But when she went there, she only ate. After dinner, she didn't know how to work. She mostly helped to clean up the dishes, and then she would lie on the kang and read picture books, one by one, and she could read for the whole afternoon.

Wang Daying sometimes went there too. She neither ate there nor helped with the work. Instead, she went to play with Wang Erying and Wang Feng. If she saw that they were not at Ma's house, she would stay for a while and then leave.

The people living in the fortress have the habit of visiting each other. The threshold of Ma Wenxue's house is almost trampled every day by people old and young, male and female. It is very popular.

During the Chinese New Year a while ago, the Ma family was crowded with people. No matter who came, they would ask: "How old is Liugen after this year? 25? Not young anymore! Have you got engaged? It's time to do it!"

Ma Wenxue's mother's ears were almost callused from listening to such stories. She thought, what they said is right. The children of people of the same age as Ma Wenxue in this village are already old enough to help with cooking.

Ma Wenxue's mother had not been too anxious about Ma Wenxue's marriage before. She thought her son was well-off and could find anyone he wanted, anytime he wanted. But after being bombarded with such intense attention in the past few days, she could no longer bear it and wanted to urge Ma Wenxue to get married.

That day, when Ma Wenxue came home from get off work, his mother said, "I heard that Han Da Ge is getting married to that little Korean girl?"

Ma Wenxue didn't say anything. He washed his hands in the basin and went into the inner room.

His mother quickly followed in and said, "Liu Gen, look at that big guy Han, he has no parents and is two years younger than you. He is about to get married, why aren't you in a hurry?"

In the past, when the topic of getting married was mentioned, Ma Wenxue would remain silent and look unhappy, but today he did not. He said, "Mom, are you anxious?"

His mother immediately said, "Of course I am anxious. I have been anxious for a long time. But what's the point of my anxiety? It's not the emperor who is anxious, but the eunuch is!"

Ma Wenxue was amused by his mother and said, "Mom, are you a eunuch?"

Ma Wenxue's mother went up and gave

He pouted and said, "Why are you so stubborn? Why won't you listen? You let your mother be questioned all the time in this fortress. I don't know what I told them. I can't cover it up for you."

Ma Wenxue smiled and said, "I haven't done anything immoral, what is there to hide?"

Ma Wenxue's mother said, "Even if you don't do this for yourself, at least for your mother, find a wife and shut up other people, okay?"

“Okay!” Ma Wenxue said, “Okay, I’ll go find you a wife tomorrow, okay?”

At this time, Fu Zhijian came in from outside and said, "Why not do it tomorrow? Just look for it today."

When Ma Wenxue's mother saw Fu Zhijian coming, she quickly said, "Hey, brother, why are you here? Come and sit down."