Chapter 694 The highest realm of warriors: one is all, all is one (below) [5200]
"No, the infamy he has attracted may even exceed that of Oda Nobunaga." Fuuma added, "At least Oda Nobunaga still had some moral integrity when he burned down Mount Hiei."
"And now...if you attack Mount Koya, in the eyes of outsiders, you will be a bunch of thugs who attack the Holy Land for no reason."
Asai, who had always had a bad temper, opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to refute Fuma's words.
But after opening his mouth, he found that he had no way to refute what Feng Mo had just said, because what Feng Mo said was true.
Since Buddhism was introduced to Japan, due to Japan's special cultural soil, Buddhism has developed into an exaggerated behemoth in Japan. It was not until the establishment of the Edo shogunate two hundred years ago that the influence of Buddhism was finally completely suppressed.
The Edo shogunate took many measures to suppress the power of Buddhism, such as prohibiting Buddhism from training monk soldiers and forming private tribes...
Under the suppression of many means by the Edo shogunate, the important places of Buddhism, headed by Koyasan, finally started to look like Buddhism. The monks concentrated on worshiping the Buddha. They no longer had their own private land and land as before.
Buqu is no different from a warlord.
But precisely because of this, the infamy caused by trespassing and destroying Buddhist holy places like Mount Koya may be even greater than that of Oda Nobunaga two hundred years ago.
More than 200 years ago, Oda Nobunaga burned down Mount Hiei, another holy land known as "the two major centers of Japanese Buddhism" along with Koyasan. Although he earned the eternal reputation of being an "enemy of Buddhism", it is still regarded by many devout Buddhists today.
Some people cursed, but some people still made positive comments about Oda Nobunaga's act of burning Mount Hiei.
Buddhism before the Edo period was indeed too arrogant.
Having his own land, not having to pay taxes to the government, and being able to form his own private tribe... These behaviors are beyond the duties of a monk.
The monks of Mount Hiei were even more arrogant. They only ate meat, drank wine, and indulged in sexual activities. They also turned Mount Hiei into a fortress and formed an astonishingly large monk army to dictate national affairs.
As for why Oda Nobunaga destroyed Mount Hiei, it was concluded by the Edo period that it was not only to retaliate against Mount Hiei, who was in conflict with the Oda family at that time, but also to suppress the Buddhist forces in Japan.
After Tokugawa Ieyasu completed the great cause of unifying the world and ended the Warring States Period, a considerable part of the reason why the Edo shogunate was able to successfully suppress the Buddhist forces was because Oda Nobunaga paved the way for him.
, the demise of Mount Hiei greatly damaged the power of Buddhism.
Therefore, after Oda Nobunaga made "the two major centers of Buddhism in Japan" directly become "the only one on Mount Koya", many people praised Oda Nobunaga.
But times have changed now.
Today's Buddhism is not as annoying as it used to be.
If Buddhism in the past was a ferocious tiger, then Buddhism now is a sheep that has been trained.
In the past, if you attacked Buddhism, many people might praise you.
Nowadays, if you attack Buddhism, people will just think there is something wrong with you.
"……alright."
At this time, Genichi's voice intervened in the conversation between Asai and Fuma.
"What we should do next, let's wait until we get enough information from the left and right gate."
"That Zuemon might know some other, more useful information."
"...I understand." Asai let out a long sigh and nodded gently.
"Let's go." Genichi raised his hand and patted Asai's shoulder, then strode towards the room that was currently being used to torture Zuemon, "Let's go see if the big man is willing to cooperate with us.
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When everyone entered the room where Mamiya, Makimura and Zuemon were, Makimura happened to be putting down the empty water bottle.
After taking off the white cloth covering Zuoemon's face, tears and snot had already covered Zuoemon's face.
Even a body strengthened by the "power of immortality" would have difficulty resisting the stress response of feeling like you are about to drown.
Saemon, whose mouth and nose could finally breathe normally, was panting hard and greedily sucking in the air around him, while scanning Genichi and others standing next to him with vigilant eyes full of hostility.
However, after his eyes swept over Ogata, his expression froze uncontrollably, and there was a look of horror in his eyes that was difficult to hide.
"Your name is Zaemon Zaemon, right? It's such an interesting name." Genichi squatted down beside Zaemon.
After Genichi squatted down next to him, Zuemon quickly withdrew his frightened gaze from Ogata and looked at... or rather stared at Genichi.
"We already know a lot of information about you."
Genichi spoke slowly in a relaxed tone, as if he was chatting with an old friend.
"For example: you obtained the 'immortal power' by relying on the C Pill, your master is Toyotomi Nobuhide, and you are an important confidant of Toyotomi Nobuhide."
As soon as Genichi finished speaking, Zuoemon said calmly with an expressionless face:
"...I don't know what you are talking about."
Minamoto ignored Uemon's words and continued to talk to himself:
"We have some questions now that we want to ask you."
"As long as you can answer our questions, we will not continue to torture you with water torture."
"First question, we have a companion named Kinoshita Lin who was kidnapped by you. She is about this tall and is a girl. Do you know where she is now?"
Ogata had a rough guess as to how Uemon would react after hearing Genichi's interrogation. He would probably be very stiff and say nothing.
After all, Iemon doesn't seem to be the kind of person who would let go easily.
But who would have expected that Uemon would react completely differently from Ogata's guess.
"Kinoshita... Lin?" Zuoemon's eyes widened, then he shifted his gaze and looked carefully at Genichi from head to toe, "You... can't you be Toyotomi Genichi?"
The corners of Yuan Yi's eyes twitched slightly: "...If I say 'yes', so what?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zuoemon, who had been keeping a straight face just now, slowly... showed a smile.
"Ha ha!"
He laughed a few times.
“It’s better to hear once than to see once.”
Having said this, he changed into a sinister tone:
"Since he is Toyotomi-sama's great-uncle, I can't be too disrespectful. I have to be a little more honest."
"First meeting, Toyotomi Genichi-san."
"What you just said is right. My master is indeed Lord Toyotomi Nobuhide."
"When Toyotomi-sama chats with us on weekdays, he often tells us that he has an uncle who has never been masked. Until he left home to revive Toyotomi, he didn't even know whether he was dead or alive."
Uemon's words caused a slight change in the expressions of Calabashiya and others headed by Mamiya.
Ogata, who had already learned about Genichi and Lin's past not long ago, couldn't help but squint at Genichi's expression. Genichi looked uneasy.
However, there is a faint hint of guilt in his eyes...
"You..." Mamiya was about to say something to Zuemon, but Genichi raised his hand to signal for silence.
"Toyotomi-sama once said this," Saemon continued in a triumphant tone, "'If my uncle is still alive, then he is really cruel. He has not come back to see his uncle for so many years.
A glance at my brother and his family."
"Shut up!" Asai shouted angrily, as if he couldn't listen anymore, "That beast Toyotomi Nobuhide, how dare you call someone 'cruel'?"
"Back then, if it weren't for that beast Toyotomi Nobuhide who took away all the money and valuables in the family when he ran away from home, my lord..."
"Asai, that's enough." Genichi glanced at Asai, and then returned his gaze to Zuemon, "Nobuhide actually told you such a private matter... It seems that you are indeed Nobuhide's confidant."
"I don't have time to listen to Xinxiu's comments and prejudices about me now."
"Now I just want to know where Nobu-soo went wrong, why he took his sister away, and where he took his sister."
"Why did you take Toyotomi Rin away... well..." Zuemon's lips curved in a mocking arc, "My brother missed his sister, so he captured her to reunite with him. Is there any problem with this?
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"Stop saying this, I don't believe a word of it." Yuan Yi's voice became extremely deep, "If the relationship between Xinxiu and Xiaolin was so good, then when Xinxiu left home, he wouldn't have given away all the belongings in the family with
The valuable things were taken away, leaving Xiaolin to live a life of hunger and cold."
"That's right." The mocking look on Zuemon's face became more intense, "I'm sorry, the reason I made up just now was too stupid. I will try to make up a more reasonable reason in the future."
"Please give me some time. I will start now to compile the reasons why Toyotomi-sama captured Toyotomi Rin, as well as the current location of Toyotomi Rin."
"...It seems that no matter what we ask, you won't answer obediently..." Genichi, with a slightly gloomy face, slowly stood up and said, "Mamiya, Makimura, I'm leaving it to you."
Without saying a word, Mamiya immediately covered the white cloth that had just been covering the left and right gate's faces again.
Makimura also immediately picked up another bottle filled with water and poured the water in the bottle onto Zuemon's face with tacit understanding.
"Gu...cough! Gu! Cough!"
Choking on the water, he could only cough intermittently. His body bound by the chains was struggling like maggots, and he no longer looked as arrogant as before.
"When will you be willing to talk to us calmly and when will we stop torturing you?" Genichi said calmly to the struggling Zuemon.
"Master Minamoto," asked Makimura, who was pouring water on the left and right gate's faces, "what should we do with the two prisoners outside?"
The two prisoners Makimura mentioned were naturally Jiezheng and Aqing, who were captured by Yuan Yi and others and are still awake.
"Those two people also slept long enough... It seems that before we set off to Longshui Temple, in order to make them sleep longer, we beat them a little too hard..." Yuan Yi smiled.
, and then said seriously, "Wake them up now, and then continue to interrogate them."
"Just ask them two things about Xiaolin's movements and details about Mount Koya."
"Although the status of those two people in the Toyotomi army is definitely not as good as that of Zuemon, they may also know some useful information."
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After receiving orders from Yuan Yi, the Huluwu group immediately used the crude method of "inserting their heads into a bucket filled with water" to wake up Jiezheng and Aqing.
After waking up the two men, everyone did not rush to torture them immediately.
Instead, he first took them both to see Zuemon, who was also a prisoner like them.
Jiezheng and Aqing naturally knew each other about Zuoemon, one of the "Three Demons".
While taking the two men to "visit" the captured Iemon, everyone also told them vividly that the Toyotomi clan's troops in Osaka had been defeated by them, and the captured Iemon was the evidence.
The reason for doing this is simple: to dampen the fighting spirit of these two people to the greatest extent.
And this little strategy was quite successful. After seeing the captured Zuemon and learning that their troops in Osaka had been defeated by them, the expressions on Jiezheng and Aqing's faces immediately changed into wonderful things.
The change.
After destroying the morale of the two men, the Huluwu group began to interrogate them step by step.
The sounds of struggle from the three of them, namely, Weimon, Jie Zheng, and Qing, came one after another.
While the people in Calabash House were working together to torture the three prisoners, the rest of the people who had nothing to do were doing their own things while waiting for the results of the interrogation to appear.
For example, Isshikika, who felt a little tired, found a room to rest.
Another example is Omachi, who is sitting in the corner of the Buddhist hall, rubbing Ogata's face vigorously.
"...After absorbing that 'immortal power', did you really feel no discomfort in your body?" Amachi has been pestering Ogata since just now, asking this question.
"I'm fine." Ogata was being rubbed on the face by Amachi, so when he spoke, his tone of voice was a little unclear, "Do you think my expression now looks like an expression when I feel unwell? Apart from my body, I
Except that my quality has become better than before and my resilience has become stronger than before, nothing else has changed.”
"...If you feel uncomfortable in any part of your body, please don't hide it from me." Amachi slowly released his hands that were rubbing Ogata's cheeks.
"Don't worry. If I really have any physical discomfort, I shouldn't be able to hide it from you who know me better than anyone else, right?" Ogata smiled and raised his hand, arranging the hair on the top of Omachi's head, "Ah
Ding, I have a small favor now, I hope you can help me."
"A small favor?"
"Just...can you help me repair these two short guns of mine?"
After saying that, Ogata showed his usual courage and confidently asked Atachi to help him wash his clothes. He took out Kasumi Nagi and Umeizen, who were unable to use them due to being soaked in water, and then handed them to Atachi in front of him.
"Wow..." Amachi, with his beautiful eyes widened, looked carefully at the pistol handed over by Ogata, "The water intrusion is really serious..."
"I can't help it..." Ogata, with a bit of embarrassment on his face, raised his hand and scratched his hair, "After all, I fell into the river twice. Please help me fix it, press my crappy
With craftsmanship, these two guns will probably be completely repaired."
"Really..." A-Ting smiled helplessly, "It's okay to help you fix it. But you have to do it for me."
After saying that, Omachi sat down on the ground, and then used skillful movements to dismantle Kasumi Nagi and Umeizen.
"Now go and fetch me half a bucket of water, and I'll give your Kasumi Nagi and Ume Ran a thorough cleaning."
"good."
"There is a well in the courtyard of this temple. Do you know where it is?"
"Know."
"Go and come back quickly."
"okay."
Ogata walked quickly towards the courtyard of the temple.
I have to say that the life of the monks in this temple is really nourishing. There is a well in the courtyard of the temple, which is very convenient for getting water.
This temple is not big, so it only took a while for Ozu to reach the courtyard where the well was.
But the moment he arrived at the courtyard, Ogata was so shocked by the scene in front of him that he froze in place.
"Master Gendai, Master Fuma. What are you doing?"
Ogata saw Genichi and Fuma squatting next to the well in strange postures.
Feng Mo was naked from the waist up, with his back to Yuan Yi.
And Yuan Yize kept scooping up the water in a bucket next to him with both hands, and slapped the water in his palm on Feng Mo's back...
"Oh, it's Ogata-kun." Genichi glanced at Ogata, then turned his gaze back to Fuuma's back, "Kanmi said that his back pain could not be relieved, so I poured cold water on it.
How about using a cold compress on his back to relieve the pain? Ganshi, do you feel that your lower back pain is lessened?"
"It seems a little bit..."
"It's a pity that all the surrounding residents have fled. I want to buy medicine for you, but I don't know where to buy it."
"...Lord Gendai, Lord Fuma."
"Huh? Brother Ogata, what's wrong? You suddenly look serious."
"Tonight... I really want to thank you all so much. If you hadn't saved Amachi at the hotel in time, I really don't know what would happen to Amachi now..."
"Hahaha. I actually didn't do anything." Feng Mo smiled heartily, "There is no need to thank me so solemnly."
"We have helped you a lot, and you have also helped us a lot." Genichi said with a smile, "Thanks to you for catching Izaemon, we have the opportunity to interrogate the senior members of the Toyotomi Army.
Give information."
"Have those people from Zuemon spoken?"
Ogata: "Not as far as I know. The torture is still going on."
"Tsk...you have such a tough mouth...ah, by the way, Ogata-kun, do you want a well?"
"Yeah. Let me get some water."
"This well is good in every aspect, but the mouth of the well is a bit narrow." Genichi said with a smile, and he and Fuma moved to the side to make enough space for Ogata to draw water.
After Ogata simply thanked the two of them, he took off the bucket that was placed on the mouth of the well to draw water.
However, when Ogata was about to throw the bucket in his hand into the well, he suddenly stopped suddenly as if he recalled something important.
"...Master Gendai, Master Fuma. Let me ask you a question that may be a bit strange."
Ogata put down the bucket in his hand and looked at Genichi and Fuma.
"Have you... ever tried to talk to yourself in a space that is more like reality than reality?"
"...Huh?" Yuan tilted his head and looked at Ogata with a puzzled face, "What do you mean?"
Just when Ogata was about to introduce in detail
"Talk to yourself?" Feng Mo raised an eyebrow, "Isn't this the saying 'one is whole, whole is one'?"
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The author's updates may be slightly less these days, because I don't know if it is due to excessive use of my eyes these days. My eyes feel sore when I look at the screen for a long time... As a result, my writing speed has been greatly reduced...
Can any book friends recommend eye drops that can effectively relieve eye fatigue QAQ