Chapter 152: The Truth About Seppuku
The samurai spirit of Japan is not afraid of life and death, just like the morning dew, life will disappear in an instant, but as long as you live a wonderful life. Samurai who regard life as the morning dew naturally do not and should not be afraid of death, whether it is for their own interests or for the honor of their family name, they must show that they regard death as home.
However, although the samurai were not afraid of death, they were afraid of death without glory, and it was certainly desirable for everyone to fight and die honorably, but it was extremely shameful to die at the hands of lowly people.
While dying in battle during the samurai regime, where the name of the family is the benefit, it is true that the name of the family can be honored, but if it dies at the hands of the lowly, it will only disgrace the family name, so many defeated samurai will choose to commit suicide by seppuku to save the family name. As a result, the seppuku on the battlefield has more and more tragic meaning, and even many samurai have a yearning for this tragic death. And now, Nobuzhen Renki feels that it is time for him to commit suicide to save his family's name, firstly, to save himself from being humiliated, and secondly, because he has ruined the last hope of the Renmu family because of his carelessness, and he must die to apologize.
"Lord Muzo, now it seems that the defeat of this family has been decided. This is the main hall's bun, so if you can return to Miki Castle safely this time, please give it to Hanahime as a souvenir! Please!" Renmu Nobuta, who was already determined to die, suddenly cut off a strand of his hair and handed it to Muzo Masadada, who was on the side, and said solemnly.
In the circle of Confucian culture, it has always been the parents of the body hair and skin, so Japan, which is deeply influenced by Confucian culture, has always had a tradition of cutting hair as a substitute.
Muzo Zhengzhong first took the bun handed by Renmu Xinzhen a little dazed, and then saw that he looked resolute and seemed to have a will to die, so he said thoughtfully: "Could it be ...... Could it be that His Royal Highness Xinzhen wants to seppuku, this matter must not be done!"
Since ancient times, most of the samurai who have been admired by the world, but at the same time, those who survive are bound to be spurned by the world. Now in this Kano Valley, the only people who are qualified for seppuku are Kizo Masatuda and Nishiki Nobusada, and after a long time, Kizo Masada is naturally unwilling to seppuku, so he immediately urgently persuaded Nishiki Nobutaha to give up his seppuku plan.
"Heh~~~, Lord Muzao, you don't have to persuade me. Nobu-jeong's defeat this time was not only entrusted by my father-in-law, but I am afraid that even the last hope of the Renmu family will be lost in my hands. What kind of shame does it have to live in the world with such faith? How will Shin-jeong face Hanahime and her father-in-law?" Nobutaha Nishiki seems to be dead, and Jijian is not at all indifferent to Kizo Masadada's persuasion.
"Your Highness Shinzhen......!"
"Don't say too much, Lord Muzo, you'll be the one to make a mistake for the main hall later." Kizo Masataka didn't expect Nobutada Nishiki to be so determined to die, and he opened his mouth to try to persuade him to change his mind, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Nobutada Nishiki, who asked him to confess his mistakes.
This samurai seppuku is not an easy task, and the slightest seppuku will have to endure the pain of bowel piercing and belly decay for a long time, so the samurai seppuku must have a person who intersects the mistake at the time of seppuku to alleviate the pain of seppuku.
Therefore, the samurai was also very solemn about the request for the mistake, so when Kizo Masadada heard that Nishiki Nobutada asked him to make the mistake for him, he understood that the matter was irreparable, so he stopped persuading. "Lord Shinsada, since you are determined to die, then I will be loyal to you, so let's seppuku with you. This time, you and I go out together in the valley, you are the lord and me, your life is like the rising sun, but I am like the sunset.
In this world, there is no reason for the lord to cut his stomach and his courtiers to survive, and there is no reason for the old to be more afraid of death than the young. If so, how will the world perceive me? What do you think of my wooden home? Therefore, I beg you to let me seppuku in front of you, and if I can, I dare to ask you to be my intermediary. ”
Samurai have always valued family names more than life, and Kizo Masatadada saw that he could not convince Nishiki Nobutada, so he wanted to cut his stomach before Nishiki Nobutaha in order to preserve Kizo's family name.
"What! Wooden lord, you want to seppuku! This must not be done!" Suddenly, when he heard that Kizo Masatuda was going to seppuku with him, Renmu Nobutada was suddenly anxious, and he wanted to persuade Kizo Masatuda without thinking.
Historically, the seppuku on this battlefield has needed a witness to witness his courage and prestige, otherwise how can the world determine whether you died by seppuku or at the hands of the lowly? The Wooden Clan's family is very high, so this Wooden Sho Zhengzhong is a witness that Renmu Xinzhen has already chosen, otherwise who will publicize his prestige. The reason why Nobusada Nishiki gave birth to the idea of seppuku is to a large extent to preserve his prestige, otherwise who would want to die easily?
At this time, Renmu Nobutada saw that Kizo Masatuga was looking at him, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Kizo, your death will is understood, but please put it on hold." The mourning of the main hall needs to be conveyed to Hanahime, and the tragedy of this battle must be praised by you to the world. ”
"Your Highness, why don't you temporarily suppress your noble character and return to Miki Castle with your majesty? Isn't it also an elegant thing to die with Her Royal Highness Hanahime? You should also give an explanation to your lord for the defeat of this battle, and the temporary stealing will not affect your prestige. Your Highness Nobuta, please retreat to Miki Castle with you!"
Kizo Masataka thought that Nobutaza Nitoki's seppuku was just the innocence of a young man, and that if he could live, there would be a samurai who would be willing to die. But the innocence of the young man is the most difficult to undo, but at this time, when he saw that Renki Nobuzhen persuaded him to cut his stomach, he understood that this highness Nobuzhen was just seeking fame for himself. In this way, he was sure to persuade him, so Kizo Masada immediately put down his will to die and vigorously persuaded Renki Nobusada.
"This~~~, okay! The main hall should indeed give an explanation to the lord and Hanahime, so let's retreat to Miki Castle first. Since he couldn't persuade Kizo Masatada, there was no point in seppuku, so Renki Nobutada, but he gave up and agreed to retreat.
"Haha." Immediately, Kizo Masataka was overjoyed, and he covered the retreat of Nobutada Nishiki and withdrew together in the direction of Miki Castle to the west of the Kano Valley.
"Nishiki Shinsada is gone. Stop, stop. At this time, the Ono army led by Nobuya Ohno was still rushing from the mountains to the valley, and Nobuyhei Ohno, who had been ordered to guard the east side of the Kashino Valley, saw that Nobutada Nishiki was about to escape, so he couldn't care about anything and hurriedly chased after him.
Unexpectedly, seeing this, Ohno Heixin hurriedly said: "Xinping, don't chase it, this victory is decided." ”
Although Ono Nobuhei also made a lot of achievements this time, he still didn't dare to disobey Ohno Nobu, and immediately stopped the pursuit and complained incomprehensibly: "Father, why do you want to let go of Nishiki Nobusada." ”
"Haha." Ohno Heinobu smiled and said: "Miki Castle is already in the family's pocket, and Renki Nobutaha can't run away." ”......