"He said: As a dignified warrior, how can he always think about such vulgar things as firewood, rice, oil and salt."

"As a samurai, you should be indifferent to fame and wealth, serve the public wholeheartedly, and always put the master first. In short, you are talking about samurai morality to me."

"He also recited to me a sentence from Ye Yinwen's book: Every morning when you worship from a distance, you should first worship the lord and parents, and then worship the gods and Buddhas. Putting the lord first, not only the parents will be happy, but the gods and Buddhas will also understand. This intention. As a warrior, you don’t have to think about everything except the lord. The stronger this ambition is, the more you can pay attention to the situation on the lord’s side, and never forget it.”

Huozaka recited this famous quote from Ye Yinwen's book, while shaking his head, his appearance looked very funny.

Ye Yinwen's book was dictated by Tsuneto Yamamoto, a courtier of Mitsushige Nabeshima, lord of the Saga feudal domain, and written by samurai Tashiro Jinki over seven years in the first year of Hengbao.

Its style is a typical "Analects of Confucius".

It is a book on samurai training, which warns samurai what to do, what not to do, and what kind of samurai is a "true samurai".

Since the book was written, it has been hailed as a classic by many people. If you can learn the real bushido in this book, you think it is a must-read book for all samurai.

The sentence that Huosaka just recited is a famous quote in Ye Yinwen's book.

"I was already very angry. After hearing my boss talk about samurai morality and shake my head and recite Ye Yinwen's book to me, I became even more angry."

"I'm thinking about daily necessities, what's wrong?"

"Don't tell me things you can see with your eyes and touch with your hands, but tell me nonsense."

"I understand."

"Samurai morality and everything is bullshit."

"It's just that it's more convenient for people like us from humble backgrounds to work hard for people like them who are born with high officials and rich salary, and don't worry about food and clothing."

"Anyway, I'm full for one person, and the whole family is not hungry."

"So, in a fit of anger, I simply fled the Mito Domain overnight and became a vagrant."

"Although there is no stable source of income, life is happier than before."

"All the income I get now belongs to me. No one will point my nose at me anymore and tell me that I can't consider daily necessities, and I have to serve the public wholeheartedly."

Ogata and the others have been quietly listening to Hosaka's story about his past.

Ogata is a traveler, not a samurai born and raised in this Edo period, so not only does he not have any intimacy with the idea of ​​Bushido, but he also despises it.

Therefore, when I heard Hosaka bluntly said that "samurai morality is bullshit", I didn't feel uncomfortable. I also felt that what Hosaka said was right, and he spoke of the cruel nature of samurai morality. .

A-Machi also didn't show any discomfort. She is not a child of a samurai family, and naturally she has no feelings for the so-called Bushido.

There was also Tsuchiya who did not show any discomfort.

After hearing Hosaka's rebellious words just now, Tsuchiya remained expressionless, but wondered if it was because he didn't talk much or express much.

Only Jin Cheng showed obvious displeasure.

As soon as Huosaka's voice fell behind, Jincheng's expression changed immediately:

"I won't ask or take care of the holidays between you and your boss and master."

"But you are also a samurai. It is not appropriate to say that samurai morality is bullshit, right?"

"And I think what your boss said is not unreasonable."

"As a samurai, if you always think about vulgar things like firewood, rice, oil and salt, how is it different from a commoner?"

"I just expressed some of my reflections on samurai morality." Hosaka shrugged, "Kinjo, although you are Usuke, you are also from a banner family with a salary of 3500 stone years."

"You shouldn't be able to understand the hopeless life of a low-level samurai, right?"

The displeasure on Jin Cheng's face became more intense.

"Forget it." Jin Cheng withdrew his gaze from Huosaka, "Everyone has his own ambitions, and I'm too lazy to argue with you."

The conversation between Huosaka and Jincheng just now made the atmosphere of the scene a little less harmonious in an instant.

At this moment, an unexpected voice sounded:

"When eating, let's talk about something a little more interesting."

The speaker is the taciturn Tsuchiya.

In Ogata's impression, this seemed to be the first time Tsuchiya spoke since the meal was opened.

Because Tsuchiya's mouth was stuffed with rice when he was speaking, his speech was a bit slurred.

As soon as Tsuchiya's words fell, Kasaka stretched vigorously:

"You're right, you should talk about something relaxing and interesting during meals. What I just said about my past was a little too dull, sorry."

"Let's talk about something interesting!"

"Tsuchiya, listen to your accent, you are from Mutsu, right?" Kasaka turned his gaze to Tsuchiya.

"Yes." Tsuchiya nodded, "I am from the Hachinohe clan in Mutsu."

"Since you are from Mutsu, it's easy to handle." Hosaka showed his signature grin, "Do you know about unclean fasting?"

Tsuchiya raised his eyebrows: "I heard a little."

"It's good if you know about unclean fasting. Then have you heard about the trend of unclean fasting? For example, who, so, witnessed unclean fasting somewhere."

Tsuchiya shook his head: "I have only heard about unclean fasting. I am not very interested in unclean fasting. I have never taken the initiative to ask people around me about unclean fasting. I have never heard of any unclean fasting. Things related to unclean fasting."

"Is that so?" A hint of frustration appeared on Hosaka's face.

Ogata, who had been listening quietly, couldn't help raising his eyebrows after Hosaka said the word "unclean fasting", which was a bit like a title.

After the conversation between Kasaka and Tsuchiya ended, Ogata interrupted and asked:

"Is unclean fasting a certain person's title?"

"That's right!" Hosaka nodded with a smile, "Bujingsai is the title of a very powerful samurai. Just like Ogata Istosai's Istosai."

"Unclean fasting? A very powerful warrior?" Jin Cheng said indifferently, "Why have I never heard of such a character."

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it." Hosaka said slowly, "Bujingzhai is only famous in Mutsu, and basically no one knows this character outside of Mutsu."

"I only knew about this character after I wandered to Mutsu with Mizuno four months ago."

"I heard that Bujing Zhai is a very powerful warrior."

"Adept at wielding a Japanese sword."

"And the sword technique he uses is Tang Tu's Japanese sword technique."

"Wave sword technique?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, with interest in his eyes.

Ogata had heard of the name of Japanese Sword Art in his previous life.

Many people mistake Japanese swords for samurai swords, which is not true.

The Japanese sword is a knife that combines the curved blade of the samurai sword with the hilt of the Chinese sword, enabling the use of Chinese and Japanese sword techniques at the same time.

According to legend, the founder of Japanese Sword Art was Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general in Ming Dynasty.

"That's right, it's the Japanese sword technique that is said to have been lost in Tang soil."

"I don't know where Bujingzhai learned the Japanese sword technique, and then practiced the Japanese sword technique to the peak."

"Anyone who is his enemy will be killed by his Japanese sword."

"Because he is an enemy and after fighting him, the surrounding land will definitely be stained with the blood of the enemy, so he calls himself unclean fast."

"I've never seen what Wadaoshu is like, so after knowing this character, I've been looking for him, wanting to see Wadaoshu with my own eyes."

"It's a pity that after searching for so long, I didn't even see the shadow of unclean fasting."

"Because Unclean Zhai is only famous in Mutsu, so basically only Mutsu people know the existence of this character."

"Not only can't find the unclean food, but you can't even find out what the unclean food looks like"

"It's normal that you can't find unclean food, and you can't find out what it looks like." Tsuchiya said abruptly, "After all, more than 40 years ago, there was no news about unclean food. .”

"More than 40 years?" Ogata exclaimed in a low voice, "Then this unclean fast is quite old."

"Yes." Tsuchiya nodded, "If Bujingzhai is still alive, he should be almost 70 years old this year."

"As far as I know, not long after Bujingzhai became famous in Mutsu more than 40 years ago, it suddenly disappeared."

"No one ever saw him again."

"There is no further news about him."

"The whole person seems to have disappeared directly."

"So I think it is possible that Uncle Zha died in some unknown place more than 40 years ago."

"Even if he is not dead, he should be 6 or 70 years old this year, and he is about to die."

Hearing Tsuchiya's words, Kasaka laughed and shrugged disapprovingly:

"What you said just now is just your guess! Maybe someone who is not clean is still practicing Japanese swords leisurely in a certain place!"

"Anyway, I have a lot of time. I will keep looking until I am sure that Uncle Zhai is dead."

"It would be a pity if we didn't get to know the sword technique that originated in the Tang Dynasty but has been lost in the Tang Dynasty."

at the same time

In a house in the center of the village.

At this moment, there are many people in this house.

People with more status and prestige in the village gathered in this house at this time.

The owner of this house is none other than the head of the village, an old man with thinning and graying hair.

The old village chief sat in the center of the hall of the house.

The rest of the people sat around the old village head.

"That is to say, have we recruited a total of five warriors now?" The old village head said in a hoarse voice, "The number of five is still a bit small."

"We have tried our best to find samurai who are willing to assist us." The person who spoke was Zhuzou, "but there are no samurai who are willing to assist us either because they think it is dangerous or because they think the reward is too low."

"Yushiro and I worked hard to finally invite two samurai"

"Village head." At this moment, a tall middle-aged man sitting cross-legged in front of the old village head gritted his teeth, "I still think we shouldn't invite those warriors."

"Whether these warriors we have invited are good or bad, and whether they are reliable or not, we can't tell at all."

"Look, didn't something happen today?"

"Qingliu's daughter was almost raped by a warrior."

Hearing the words of the "tall middle-aged man", everyone present couldn't help lowering their heads.

Earlier, after learning that a bandit was thinking about their village, they actually had a very heated discussion on "whether to ask a samurai for help".

Some people think that it is necessary to ask the samurai to help, and it is more reliable to ask the samurai to help than to ask the government to help.

But there are also quite a few people who think that the samurai should not be invited over, because inviting the samurai over is no different from luring a wolf into a house.

The reason is that the warriors have a bad reputation.

Although the villagers in this village have not had much contact with samurai, they have heard many bad rumors related to samurai.

For example: In order to test new swords, some samurai took innocent civilians to test their swords.

Another example: Some samurai were beheaded by the samurai on the grounds of "disrespect" just because their saber was touched by others or other trivial matters.Then the samurai is not subject to any punishment because of the privilege of "cutting the imperial guard".

All in all, quite a few villagers felt that it would be a bad idea if a group of bad-behaved warriors were invited back.

People from the two factions quarreled fiercely, and finally decided to ask the warriors to come and help, relying on the highly respected old village head to make a copy.

In fact, quite a few people who supported the samurai who came to help were also very afraid that the samurai who were invited would commit some atrocities.

It's just that the fear of bandits overwhelmed the fear of warriors.

When helping the third class to go to the nearby cities and towns to invite samurai, the villagers who stayed at home hurriedly hid their money and food before the samurai came.

After Kasaka and Mizuno arrived at the village first, those who had young girls in their families warned the girls in their families not to go out.

It's a pity that something almost happened today.

That scumbag just arrived in the village this morning, and in the evening, taking advantage of Qingliu and his wife's absence, he sneaked into their home, intending to rape their daughter.

If it wasn't for another samurai to help in time, otherwise I can't imagine the consequences.

The worry that these returned samurai would cause trouble came true, which made all the villagers feel worried, annoyed, and terrified.

They were afraid that the remaining warriors might also be of some kind with impure thoughts.

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