Chapter 640 (gasping) I can't help but blow Osaka away! 【5400】
After saying goodbye to Ogata and watching Ogata leave, Naoshu disbanded the team and asked their apprentices to go back to their homes and rest early.
There were nearly 20 people in the team that set off from the Yiseki Sword Hall this morning.
As for the team returning to Isshiki Sword Hall now, there are only three people, Zhizhou, Rusui, and Isshikika.
Zhizhou, Rushui, Yisehua and their grandson had just officially set off to return to their home. Rushui immediately asked Zhizhou with an impatient look:
"Father...that Majima Goro...where did you find such a powerful swordsman?"
Because there are no outsiders now and he is surrounded by his own family, Ru Shui has no worries when speaking.
Ru Shui has been holding this question in his heart since he witnessed Ogata killing An Yun instantly, and it was only now that he finally waited for the best time to ask this question.
"Xiaohua and I met by chance when we traveled to East Japan." As soon as Ru Shui finished speaking, Zhi Zhou said this without thinking.
"Why does he keep wearing a hat and a scarf?" Ru Shui asked, "Is he dressed up like this because of any injuries on his face?"
"No, it's just because he likes to dress up like this." Zhi Zhou lied without blinking.
"I see..." Ru Shui listened carefully and nodded gently.
There was a thoughtful light in his eyes.
After asking the question about "Mashima Goro"'s appearance, Ru Shui was silent for a moment, then frowned and switched to a new topic:
"This year's 'Grand Trial Match'... was really terrible..."
"Well, that's right." Naoshu sighed softly and agreed, "There is such a powerful master suddenly appearing in the Yuanming Pavilion. Yagi seems to have become a different person..."
"What good will it do him if he allows his disciples to humiliate us? It will only make their Yuanming Pavilion a target of public criticism..."
"When I have time someday, I will take Nanjo, Shimura and the others to the Yuanming Hall in person and ask Yagi face to face what's going on with him."
Zhizhou and Rushui started a conversation about the series of changes in today's "big trial".
Issekika followed the two men quietly, keeping silent.
The steps of the grandfather and grandson were not slow at all. While Naozhou and Ru Shui were talking, the three of them had already returned to their luxurious dojo with the plaque "Ono Ittōryu Isshikikan" hanging on the door.
Isshiki's mother: Isshiki happened to have something to do today and had to go to the western suburbs of Osaka to visit a friend of hers. She won't be back until tonight, so Isshiki and his family only have a few waiters left at home.
"I'm tired." As soon as she got home, Isshikihua said to her grandfather and father, "Go back to your room and rest first."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for any response from Zhizhou and Rushui, Isshikihua strode towards the stairs leading to the second floor.
Ru Shui stood there and looked at the back of Isshiki Ka as she returned to the room with meaningful eyes.
Zhizhou now also wants to go back to his room and rest for a while.
"Ru Shui, I'm going back to my room to have a rest first. Call me again during lunch." After saying that, Zhi Zhou turned around and left.
However, before he could take a few steps further, he heard Ru Shui say to him:
"...Father, I have something important to tell you. Do you have time now?"
Zhizhou stopped, turned his head, and looked Ru Shui up and down several times with a gaze that seemed to pierce through Ru Shui's entire body.
"...Come to my room."
"yes!"
The father and son entered Zhizhou's room one after the other.
Ru Shui, who was walking behind, had just closed the door and immediately asked Zhi Zhou urgently:
"Father, have you seen his true appearance? What does he look like?"
"And father, are you familiar with Goro Majima? What is his character like? Are you married?"
Like a barrage of cannons, Ru Shui spat out a series of questions towards Zhi Zhou.
Zhizhou seemed to have expected that Ru Shui would ask him these questions. While listening to the questions Ru Shui asked him with a calm expression, he walked to the window and sat cross-legged.
"...Rushui, do you intend to let Master Majima marry our little girl?"
"Hahaha..." Ru Shui let out a few dry laughs with a hint of embarrassment, "As expected of my father, you have seen through all my little thoughts."
"Father, you also know that Xiaohua is 21 years old this year."
When he said this, Ru Shui frowned and sighed heavily, as if he was vomiting something bitter.
"When the daughters of other families reach Xiaohua's age, they already have a walking child."
"I can't even count how many high-quality boys we recommended to her, but she rejected them all."
"Her vision is too high. She said, 'I only like men with strong sword skills.'"
"I recommended some boys with great achievements in swordsmanship to her, and she said she didn't like these boys. I really don't know what she wants..."
"Because of Xiaohua's marriage, my eyebrows are almost turning gray from worry."
"If we wait another 2 or 3 years, when Xiaohua is 23 or 24 years old, not many people will be willing to let their sons marry such an old girl."
"And now a man who is about the same age as Xiaohua and possesses extremely powerful swordsmanship appears."
"Hana, doesn't she like people with strong sword skills? Wouldn't Majima-sama be a good match? In terms of swordsmanship, I feel like there may be no one in Osaka who can compete with Majima-sama!"
"And, more importantly, I think the relationship between Xiaohua and that Majima-sama is also very good."
"During the 'Grand Trial Match' just now, I kept seeing Xiaohua chatting with Majima-sama."
The more Ru Shui talked, the more excited she became, and her eyes almost started to light up.
"I also guessed that Xiaohua, who had never put on makeup before, put on makeup so suddenly today, maybe it was also because of Majima Goro, in order to dress up properly in front of Majima Goro."
"If there are no problems with Majima-sama's appearance and character, and if Majima-sama is not married, then I think it will be..."
Ru Shui was speaking impassionedly when Zhi Zhou suddenly waved his hand to signal him to be quiet.
"Okay, stop talking."
Zhi Zhou said expressionlessly.
"It is absolutely impossible for Xiaohua to marry Majima-sama."
Ru Shui was stunned: "Why?"
"The reason is very simple, Majima-sama, he is already married and has a beautiful wife."
Naoshu's simple words made Ru Shui's expression change: "Mashima-sama...is you married?"
"Well, that's right. And according to my observation, he and his wife have a very good relationship." Zhizhou turned his head and stared straight at Ru Shui, "Ru Shui, can you tolerate a woman from our Isshiki family being someone else's mistress?"
Concubine?"
"Of course we can't tolerate it." Ru Shui said solemnly.
Like ancient China, ancient Japan practiced the system of "monogamy and multiple concubines". As long as you had money, you could have as many concubines as you wanted, but you could only have one wife.
However, because the current economic situation of samurai is generally miserable, even many feudal lords are embarrassed to borrow money from businessmen, and many middle- and lower-level samurai are so poor that they can't even get wives. Therefore, "monogamy and multiple concubines" are generally associated with
The samurai has no chance.
Therefore, the biggest profit group in Japan from the system of "monogamy and multiple concubines" is actually those extremely wealthy businessmen.
You samurai can't even get a wife, but we can sleep with several wives every night. This is also one of the most common words used by businessmen to mock samurai.
The "concubine" in ancient Japan was the same as the "concubine" in ancient China. Their status in the family was much lower than that of the "wife".
News of a certain family's concubine being treated coldly by her wife and mother-in-law, and her life being miserable, are endless.
Because of the low status of concubines, many families with relatively good family backgrounds do not allow their own women to become other people's concubines.
And the Isshiki family happens to be this kind of family.
"Alas..." Ru Shui sighed heavily, "It's... such a pity... I thought that I finally met such an excellent person who could be my son-in-law... Since that Majima-sama has already married a wife
, then this matter can only be dropped. Huh? Father, what’s wrong?”
Ru Shui saw Zhi Zhou slowly stand up.
"Rushui, if you have nothing else to say to me, just go and do whatever you need to do."
"I'm going to have a good talk with Xiaohua about something now."
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Isshiki Ka just said that she was going back to her room to rest, but in fact, after she returned to her room, she was not resting at all.
After returning to the room, she first took off the socks she didn't like to wear, then knelt down and sat by the window, looking thoughtfully at the sky outside the window.
While looking at the sky, a sudden sound outside the door interrupted Isshikika's thoughts.
"Little flower."
It's the sound of Zhizhou.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?"
"Is it convenient for me to come in now?"
"Now? Come in."
Zhizhou opened the door and walked slowly into the room.
"Grandpa, is something wrong?"
"...Xiaohua." Naoshu sat cross-legged in front of Isshikihua, "I just told you that you have a good impression of that adult..., right?"
Although he said "right?", Zhizhou's sentence did not have the tone of a question, but only had the tone of an affirmative sentence.
Isshikika is not an idiot, she naturally knows who Naoshu refers to as "that lord".
"I..." As soon as Zhizhou finished speaking, Isekhwa showed a slightly panicked look on his face, and his mouth opened slightly.
He seemed to be trying to say something subconsciously.
But as soon as she opened her mouth and uttered the word "I", Isshikihua paused.
After a pause, the panic on Isshikihua's face slowly dissipated.
He returned to his usual expressionless look.
"...Grandpa, you are wrong." Isshikihua said calmly, as if he was talking about something trivial, "I don't have a good impression of that adult."
Isshikika paused again.
Then he said word for word:
"I really like that adult."
Naoshu seemed not to have expected Isshikika to answer like this, so he looked surprised.
"...The days you spent with that adult...were only a few days, right? When did you fall in love with that adult?"
"I don't know. I just know that when I came back to my senses, I realized that as long as that adult talks to me, I will be very happy."
"...Grandpa, I never thought you would be so quick-thinking."
Isshikika rarely used a half-joking tone.
"How unexpected that I discovered my feelings for that adult so quickly."
"Don't think of your grandpa as a fool." Zhizhou said calmly, "After seeing you spending so much time dressing up today, I realized that my precious granddaughter's heart may have been stolen by someone.
gone."
"Did you come here just to ask me this question?" Isshikihua asked.
"Of course not. The reason why I am here now is to remind you that women from our Isshiki family must never become other people's concubines."
"Not even if the other party is the emperor."
"Xiaohua, can you understand what I mean?"
"...Don't worry, Grandpa." Isshiki turned his gaze back to the window, "Don't you understand what kind of person I am?"
"Do you think I'm the kind of person who would debase myself and foolishly become someone else's concubine?"
"and……"
In Isshiki's beautiful eyes, the light called "loneliness" flickered a few times.
"I don't know when the next time I want to see that lord is. Even if I want to be his concubine, I won't have that chance."
A smile appeared on Zhizhou's face: "Of course I know your character, so I'm just here to remind you."
After saying that, Zhizhou stood up.
"That's all I want to say."
"It's almost time for lunch. Don't be late when you go to the dining room to eat."
Zhizhou opened the door and prepared to go out.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Ru Shui carrying a small package and running towards here in a hurry.
"Little flower! Little flower!"
"Father, do you also have something to say to me?" Isshikihua frowned beautifully.
"I have nothing to say to you, but I have something for you to do." Ru Shui smiled bitterly and shook the package in his hand towards Isekihua.
"Your mother is such a reckless person. She went to visit her friend, but she forgot to bring the gift."
"Xiaohua, after we have lunch, can you please send this gift over?"
"You should know where the old friend your mother is visiting lives, right?"
"Yes, I know." Isshikihua nodded, "I understand. I will send this gift to you immediately after lunch."
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As an island country, Japan has three large islands, including Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, excluding Ezo, which is not yet completely ruled.
Among these three large islands, Honshu Island is the largest, and almost all of Japan’s best areas are located on Honshu Island.
Most of the big cities: Edo, Kyoto, Osaka... are all located on Honshu Island.
Shikoku Island is located in the southwest of Honshu Island.
Osaka is very close to Shikoku Island.
Starting from Osaka, head southwest and cross the sea to reach Shikoku Island.
at this moment
Shikoku Oshima, a certain sea area in the south
"Damn it... I didn't catch a few fish..."
On a small fishing boat, a dark-skinned fisherman cursed and collected an old fishing net from the sea.
He is an ordinary fisherman in Shiki Tosa Domain.
The recent harvest has been getting worse and worse, so today he took the risk of sailing the fishing boat deeper into the sea, thinking that he might be able to catch more fish in the sea further away from the coast.
It's a pity that things went against expectations. Even when we reached a place where we could see the vast sea all around, we couldn't catch a few fish.
"What a bad luck..." the fisherman spat into the sea, "Go back..."
It would have been impossible not to feel anxious that he was now so far from the coast.
As a poor fisherman, he naturally did not have a compass, an expensive tool that could tell the direction. He relied solely on his memory to remember the direction of the coast.
If he accidentally forgets the location of the coast, or misremembers the location of the coast, he will not be able to go back.
He was already a little scared about fishing here, but when he saw that the harvest was not good, he naturally gave up and decided to stop today's "ocean fishing".
He put away the fishing net, picked up the oar, and was about to paddle back to the shore when his eyebrows jumped suddenly and he stared blankly to the west of him.
"what is that……?"
He suddenly discovered that there seemed to be a strange black shadow shaking on the sea level to the west.
Driven by curiosity, the fishermen put down the oars in their hands, stood up, and squinted their eyes, trying to see clearly what the black shadow was shaking on the sea level to the west.
After a while, the fishermen saw two pointed things rising from the sea level.
These two pointed things keep rising towards the sea level.
Then, the fishermen saw...the sail.
A huge sail.
"Ahhh...ah...ah...ahhh!" The fisherman's eyes widened in horror and he slumped on the boat.
Boat.
He saw the boat.
He saw 2 ships as huge as hills!
The sharp things that were the first to rise from the sea just now were the tops of the masts of these two giant ships!
"What is this? What is this?!"
The fishermen were so frightened that their faces turned pale and broke out in cold sweat.
Japan, which has implemented a closed-door system, has extremely strict control over the shipbuilding industry.
According to the regulations of the Edo Shogunate, neither public nor private companies were allowed to build large ships with a capacity of more than 500 koku.
So the ships currently owned by Japan... to put it bluntly, are just slightly larger wooden boats.
Has this fisherman ever seen such a huge boat that is tens of meters high and dozens of meters long?
In the eyes of this fisherman, these two large boats were like monsters moving on the sea.
The fisherman stared blankly at the two giant boats. After a long while, he finally realized that he seemed to be standing in front of the two "giant beasts".
"Oops! Oops! Oops! Oops! Oops!"
Another handful of cold sweat burst out from the fishermen's bodies.
He quickly grabbed the oar, turned it at a speed he had never achieved in his life, and moved away from the direction of the two "behemoths."
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The bow of one of these two large ships
A petite young man, holding a knife by the handle, sat on the bowsprit of the ship and sang loudly:
"The battle flag is flying~?"
"Thousands of gourds raised high~?"
"We will finally win~?"
"Don't let the Tokugawa samurai be arrogant~?"
"The revenge of Osaka will be avenged today~?"
"Let the Tongyin fly again~?"
"We are going on an expedition~?"
"We are going on an expedition~?"
"We are going to conquer the Eastern Kingdom~?"
"Let's land at Edo~?"
The young man was singing happily when a crew member suddenly ran quickly behind him and shouted to the young man:
"Lord Kazuho! We found a fishing boat ahead! How should we deal with it?"
"Fishing boats?" The young man known as Kasu Bee stopped singing, "There are actually fishing boats in this place... Oh, this fisherman is really smart enough to dare to come to such deep waters to fish."
"Just ignore it."
"yes!"
"Ah, by the way, notify me and help me find a way to increase the speed."
“I don’t want to miss the ‘Osaka Spring Formation’.”
A strange flush appeared on Kazuho's face.
While breathing heavily, he said in a gentle tone:
"I can't help it anymore... I can't help but want to use the firepower of our battleship to blow Osaka away!!"
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Thanks to book friend [Storm Blood Sword Master] for yesterday’s reminder! According to the setting, when Isshikika lowered her head in the previous chapter, she should have been unable to see her toes like Atachi.
The author has now made minor modifications to this part of the previous chapter. As long as you reload the chapter (click on the directory, long press the chapter, you can see the words reloaded), you can update the modified content.