"Stand up!" Zhou Ming put his feet away and ordered again.
This time, the warrior obeyed, stood up, and looked at Zhou Ming with a confused look on his face.
"tell me your name."
"Takeuchi Seita."
"Are you and those others members of Takeuchi's Shuishui School? Your surname is Takeuchi. What is your relationship with this school?"
"Oda, Yamashita, Tsui, Matsuda, we are all members of the Takeuchi Dojo. The master of the generation of Takeuchi Dojo is my father."
In this state, Seita Takeuchi answered all of Zhou Ming's questions. Soon, Zhou Ming got a lot of information from him.
It turns out that Takeuchi Seita is the youngest son of Takeuchi Shun, the master of the dojo of Takeuchi Danshui's generation.
Takeuchi Seita, who has two older brothers, has basically no chance of inheriting the Takeuchi Dojo, so his father has been doting on him since he was a child. He does not force him to practice Takeuchi Dansui's martial arts, and is willing to spend money to train him to pursue his own career.
Favorite painting career.
However, this all changed a year ago.
There are many martial arts schools in this world, and fights between different martial arts schools are almost commonplace.
However, due to the requirements of the ruler, large-scale armed fights between factions cannot occur. The most common way to resolve disputes is to fight.
A year ago, a genius emerged from Oishi Kamikaze, the rival of Takeuchi Danshui. He reached the level of exemption in just half a year, and then he was brought to Takeuchi Dansui by people from Oishi Kamikaze to challenge him.
The result was tragic. Takeuchi Seita's eldest brother was beheaded to death on the spot. Although the second brother was lucky enough to survive, he was paralyzed in bed and could never stand up again.
In this battle, Takeuchi Danshui was completely defeated, but the more serious problem was that the position of the next master of the dojo became vacant after the death of the two orthodox heirs.
According to the rules, either the original third-in-line successor, Seita Takeuchi, must be chosen as the successor, or an outstanding disciple from the dojo must be selected as the successor.
In order to prevent the position of master of the dojo from falling into the hands of foreigners, Takeuchi Jun forcefully forced Seita Takeuchi to give up painting and switch to practicing martial arts, pushing him to the position of heir.
Takeuchi Seita has a weak personality since he was a child and has no competitive spirit. He is completely different from his eldest brother who is naturally strong and his sunny and outgoing second brother.
His martial arts talent was not good either. Even if Takeuchi Jun taught him everything he could and taught him martial arts without reservation, his martial arts progress was very slow.
This made Shun Takeuchi more and more disappointed with him, and his temper became even more violent. He forced him to practice martial arts even more roughly, beating and scolding him if he had any inconvenience.
However, such a harsh education only made Takeuchi Seita more disgusted with practicing martial arts, and at the same time, he paid more careful attention to his words and deeds, for fear of accidentally offending his father and causing him to lose his temper. Over time, his character became more cowardly and timid.
That's why today's scene happened. As a samurai, Seita Takeuchi didn't even have the courage to draw his sword against Zhou Ming, and he was so smooth when begging for mercy.
"What do you mean by the directory and exemption you just mentioned? Is it a classification of martial arts levels?"
"Yes, sir, this is a unified standard formulated by the dojo to evaluate the martial arts level of its disciples. It is divided into four levels: paper cut, catalog, and exemption."
Takeuchi Seita quickly explained.
Cutting paper is the name given to beginner disciples. They have just started to learn martial arts and are not good at it. Even when they go out to compete with others, they are not allowed to tell anyone the name of the school they practice, so as not to embarrass the dojo if they lose.
Table of contents means that after crossing the entry-level stage, one begins to learn techniques and moves, which is equivalent to formally teaching true skills.
At the catalog stage, after a long period of practice, until you pass the teacher's approval and reach the level of exemption, you will be qualified to declare your own school openly and challenge everywhere.
The last Kaiden is to learn all the techniques of the school, and is a true master and pillar figure in a school. There are only a few Kaiden in a school at most.
"Take me to your dojo where the water is cut off in Takeuchi."
After Zhou Ming gave the order, the confused Seita Takeuchi immediately led the way without any hesitation.
Zhou Ming stepped over the corpses on the ground, ignoring the frightened eyes of those around him who were frantically trying to escape from him, and strode forward along the street. Everyone along the way tried to avoid him, fearing that they would be struck by his knife if they blocked his way.
"Let me ask you again, what realm is this? Which daimyo's territory is it?"
As the two of them walked, Zhou Ming continued to ask the next question.
"Uh." Even under the effect of the ecstasy Gu, Takeuchi Seita was a little stunned, as if he was a little surprised as to why Zhou Ming would ask such a well-known question.
However, he was not in a daze for long, and quickly answered Zhou Ming's question: "This is Koriyama Castle, which belongs to Lord Oda Heizo's territory..."
Under Takeuchi Seita's description, the image of the daimyo named Oda Heizo gradually became clear.
He is thirty-four years old this year, has a hereditary territory, likes beauty and food, his troops are not very powerful, and there is no rumor that he has any ambitions. He seems to be content with the status quo and enjoying his current life.
Although Oda Heizo did not enact any strict laws to exploit the people, there were also reports such as "ordering the chef to be beheaded because the food was not delicious" and "having his family killed because naughty children did not avoid his motorcade in time".
Horrifying rumors such as being demoted to slavery.
But whether it is a rumor or a rumor, or whether it is true, or whether one thing is true in front of others and another behind the scenes, cannot be obtained from other people's mouths.
"In this era, the country has laws, and each daimyo's territory also has laws. There are obvious class divisions, and the laws have different requirements for different classes..."
"When civilians kill people on the street, they usually end up dead. When warriors kill people on the street, it depends on who they kill and why they kill them. If a warrior fights and dies after being defeated, most of them will be handed over to their respective dojos and will not be dealt with according to the law.
ruling."
"If a samurai kills civilians, and his reputation is harmed by rude behavior, he has the right to fight back and kill people. He can be acquitted directly, and at most he can pay some money to settle the matter."
"As for nobles killing people, hehe..."
"What a backward and chaotic era!"
Zhou Ming expressed such emotion.
"However, it is precisely this kind of era and this kind of world that allows reincarnators to have less scruples in their actions and can let go of their hands and feet to do whatever they want!"
Zhou Ming raised his head, looked at the building in front of him, and the plaque on the door that said "Bamboo Breaks the Water", and sneered in his heart.
Then, he took long strides, crossed the threshold and entered the dojo.
"Stop, who are you? Huh? Takeuchi-kun!"
When the two warriors saw Zhou Ming walking in, they quickly stepped forward to stop him and ask questions.
"Tell them that I am here to challenge Takeuchi's water flow and make their dojo leader Takeuchi come out."
Zhou Ming did not talk to those two people directly, but whispered to Takeuchi Seita.
Takeuchi Seita quickly read Zhou Ming's words loudly, with a pious tone as if he was reading an imperial edict, and his loud voice spread almost throughout half of the dojo.
"Takeuchi-kun, what's wrong with you! How can you, the heir of Takeuchi Seanshuishui, say such a thing!"
"Baga! You monster, did you use evil magic to control Takeuchi-kun?"
One of the two samurai looked at Seita Takeuchi anxiously, while the other drew his sword towards Zhou Ming with an angry face.
"Haha, you have the courage to draw a sword against me. That's right. Let's start with you first!"
The sword on Zhou Ming's waist flashed, and there was a crisp sound in the air, followed by the sound of "dang rang rang".
The samurai who drew the sword only had half of the sword left in his hand. The other half bounced on the ground twice and then lay there quietly.
Zhou Ming put the long sword on the warrior's neck and asked: "Are you admitting defeat?"
The warrior stared blankly at the broken sword in his hand, as if he couldn't believe that his sword was cut off so easily.
"Baga, isn't there anyone who bullies us, Takeuchi Duanshuishui!"
The other person yelled angrily and shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to summon more fellow disciples to come over.
Immediately, warriors rushed out of the dojo one by one, and quickly circled Zhou Ming three times inside and three outside, all staring at Zhou Ming eagerly.
"Why, you want to besiege? Is this the Bushido spirit of Takeuchi Danshui!"
Zhou Ming sneered and deliberately mocked loudly.
At this time, shouts came from outside the crowd.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Where the sound rang out, the crowd moved out of the way, and they saw three young people walking in surrounded by a middle-aged man.
"Young man, I am Shun Takeuchi. Do you want to challenge me, Takeuchi Shunshui, by barging into our Takeuchi Dojo like this?"
The middle-aged man shouted in a low voice, his eyes were sharp, and he was not angry but intimidated.
"Challenge? Haha, I'm just here to challenge you!" Zhou Ming gently waved his hand and called Takeuchi Seita to come forward: "Narrate what happened to your dojo master."
"Yes!" Takeuchi Seita obeyed the order obediently and told the whole process of how Oda and others provoked Zhou Ming and how they were killed by him one by one.
However, seeing his son's submissive and groveling look, Takeuchi Jun didn't listen to a word Takeuchi Seita said. He felt ashamed and angry, and directly raised his hand to stop Takeuchi Seita from continuing.
"No need to say any more!" Shun Takeuchi raised the knife on his body and stared at Zhou Ming with sharp eyes.
"No matter what your purpose is, once you step into my dojo, everything will be revealed under the sword!"