Chapter 50: Advance to Iga
Tsukahara Molong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled for a long time before asking, "If I remember correctly, Ono-sama is the youngest son of the family, right?" ”
Ohno Shinzaemon nodded and said, "Yes, brother Ono Kurashi, you have also seen it." But he secretly calculated it in his heart.
"That's it." Tsukahara Ink Dragon stopped talking, and Ohno Shinzaemon took a deep breath after a moment and understood what Tsukahara Ink Dragon meant. In fact, Tsukahara Moryū was unable to leave his family due to Uesugi Kenmasa, and he was not able to get out because of his brother Anokura Nobu. Although the Ohno family is small, it is a typical samurai family, and they take the order of the family very seriously. Although he returned from a trip in and was full of talents, the governor of the family was Nobu Ohnokura. Making some achievements by himself can certainly promote the rise of the family, but being promoted to this position by Imagawa Yoshimoto is also the end, because his brother is also a general of Ashigaru. If it goes any further, it will shake the status of Nobu Ohnokura's family governor. Originally, with his own talent, the dissatisfaction within the family could be suppressed, and Imagawa Yoshimoto would not care too much, but the inheritance of the family governor is a recognized norm in the world, once there is a problem with the inheritance of the family governor of the Ohno family, the ministers of the Imagawa family will definitely not turn a blind eye, and at the moment Imagawa Yoshimoto does not have the ability to suppress all the retainers.
Like the historical Maeda Toshiya through Oda Nobunaga to seize the position of elder brother and family governor, it is rare in Japan Warring States. Ordinary family governors do not meddle in the private affairs of their retainers, but at that time, Oda Nobunaga had a very high authority in the family, and the Oda family had already mastered Owari, Mino, and Minami Omi, and most of the five countries of were in the hands of the Oda family, but Maeda Toshihisa was mediocre in intelligence, and he couldn't even grasp the opportunity of the Oda family Kamiraku, but it was the Maeda Toshiya who shone on the front line, so Oda Nobunaga passed the position of Maeda family governor to Maeda Toshi, and later sealed it to 33,000 stones.
As long as Ono Shinzaemon can't inherit the position of the governor of the Ohno family for a day, then he won't want to take Tsukahara Ink Dragon under his command for a day. Although he understood that even if he became the governor of the Ohno family, even if the Imagawa family dominated the world, he was afraid that he would only be able to get a piece of land, but a terrible thought in his heart was aroused by Tsukahara Moryū, and he couldn't forget it no matter what.
After separating from Shinzaemon Ono, Tsukahara Moryū took the time to visit the Indo monk's pharmacy and talked for a long time before leaving.
Because of the lessons of the past, Tsukahara Molong and his party did not stay in Suruga Province for a long time, but quickly passed through the territory of the Imagawa family and came to the territory of the Owari Oda family. The bear children were already exhausted after such a long journey, and many of them had blisters on the soles of their feet, but they were afraid of Tsukahara Molong and did not dare to complain. Unexpectedly, after finding a post house, Tsukahara Molong called more than a hundred little ghosts over, helped them wash their feet one by one, broke the blisters, and attached ointment. This move moved the imps who were very afraid of Tsukahara Molong, and they didn't notice that their Stockholm Syndrome was getting worse.
After a little reorganization in Ise, Tsukahara Ink Dragon and his party entered the country of ninjas, which has appeared countless times in Japanese anime, under the guidance of Kato Duanzo.
After coming to Iga Country, Tsukahara Molong realized what it means to be poor mountains and bad waters, the total stone of Iga Country is no more than 100,000 stones, and most of them are lofty mountains, and the natural environment is very well protected, it is simply a primeval jungle! The harsh living environment made the people here fierce, not only robbing and robbing, killing and killing people in addition to farming, but also with the lofty ambition of going abroad and going to the whole of Japan. It's a pity that the Japanese have too strong a sense of dominance, and they are more reluctant to reject these native buns from Iga country, forced to make a living, and the people of Iga have to live a life of licking blood with knives, and after a long time, they have honed their very superb skills in a harsh living environment, which is now the ninjutsu that the Japanese like to brag about the most, and it is unknown whether their ancestors still disdain these Iga ninjas.
The three most powerful ninja families in Iga are the Hattori family, the Shirachi family, and the Fujibayashi family, and the three families jointly manage this ninja training base, which is known to outsiders as the Iga Forty-Nine Temple, and teach the local people of Iga ninjutsu. In the past, Kato Duanzang used to practice here, and because of his extraordinary talent, he received the attention of the three major families, and was able to learn some advanced ninjutsu, but because he was an outsider after all, and Kato Duanzang was not willing to stay in Iga Country for the rest of his life, so he was not able to completely get the true inheritance of the three families.
Although Kato Danzo led the way, the people of Iga who met in the mountains and forests along the way still looked at Tsukahara Moryū and his party very unkindly, as if they were looking at their prey. This made Tsukahara Molong very unhappy, but he knew very well that he was now in someone else's chassis, and he couldn't take advantage of these ninjas who were proficient in assassination, so he had to be patient.
"Ah Ying!" A figure suddenly jumped down from the tree, and it turned out to be a young man dressed in tatters but with extremely sharp eyes, "I haven't seen you for a few years, but you actually have such a delicate ninja armor, obediently, how many tasks do you have to do to afford it?" ”
"Monkey!" Kato Duanzo pulled out his ninja sword in an instant and protected it in front of Tsukahara Molong, but after seeing the person who came, he breathed a sigh of relief and put away his weapon with a smile, "It's just a task, where can I afford this armor, it was given to me by the lord." "My lord!" The young man known as the monkey stared at him with a look of horror, and several ninjas who were with him also dropped their jaws, and their eyes were full of eagerness as they looked at Tsukahara Moryu. The young man even untied the ninja belt around his waist and threw it to his entourage, and then jumped in front of Kato Duanzang: "Why didn't you tell me before you came!" Let's go to the temple, my dad and they are all there! Then he squeezed to a distance in front of Tsukahara Molong, spread his hands to show that he was not carrying a weapon, and said with an almost flattering smile: "The little one's name is Fujilin Ape Fei, I don't know who the adult is?" “
Tsukahara Molong and his party were stunned, they didn't expect the ninja to change so much all of a sudden, but out of politeness, Tsukahara Molong still nodded: "In Shimotsukahara Molong." ”
"Oh, it's Tsukahara-sama, it's been a long time...... What the!!!!! Tsukahara Moryū!!!! Fujilin Ape Fei took a step back in fright, and even those followers had solemn expressions on their faces, but they all took a retreat posture.
"What? Someone asked you to buy my head? Tsukahara Molong smiled, not caring about a few people. If they hide in the mountains and forests and sneak attack themselves, Tsukahara Molong really can't help it, but they all come out, he can kill all of them alone, and the swordsmanship he practiced in the dojo before has become more and more exquisite after being tempered by the fire, and it is no wonder that so many peasant rebels who have not killed anyone in ancient times can also become elite after conquering the north and south. War is the fundamental driving force for social progress!
"No, no...... No. Fujilin Ape Fei hurriedly shook his head, just kidding, not to mention whether there is such a task, but if there is, who would dare to kill it? In the battle of Jia Fei, dozens of warriors besieged and killed him, but he was cut down by more than 30 people, how many catties and taels did he have? And the Iga ninja also wants to beg for a living, even if he leaves the country of Iga, there is no problem for the entire Iga country ninja to come out to hunt him down, but in the country of Iga, it is absolutely impossible to kill, in case if you come to entrust the task and are cut by you, what should I do? Who else will dare to entrust the task in the future? There is no business, what do you let everyone eat? Therefore, the people of Iga seem to be very cruel, but more than that, they are actually vigilant. In order to carry out various tasks, although the country of Iga is surrounded by mountains, the news of the Iga ninja is very well-informed, and the murderous name of Tsukahara Molong has long been familiar.
"That's good, I'm here this time just to find a few more ninjas as retainers, after all, there are too many things to do, and Duan Zang can't be busy alone."
Find a ninja to be a retainer! Fujibayashi Sarufei and the others suddenly breathed heavily, it doesn't matter what Tsukahara Molong's murderous name is, I want to be a samurai in the eight grid of Yalu!!!
In fact, in Japan's Warring States, ninjas are far less beautiful than in Naruto, at the beginning, almost all ninjas were played by Diao people in the land of poor mountains and bad waters, as long as they can live, who wants to live a life of licking blood with a knife? Later, during the Tokugawa Ieyasu period, ninjas were valued, and with the support of the government, Japanese ninjas embarked on the path of systematic development. Ninjas finally don't have to worry about making a living. However, the idea of discrimination against ninjas in Japanese thought runs through the entire history of Japan's Warring States period. Ninjas not only live in poverty, but also have a very low social status, even inferior to the ** in ancient China, at least in many dynasties, some ** in China are civil servants, eat public meals, and generate income for the government. But people who are a little more normal are reluctant to come into contact with these people in the dark, for fear of getting themselves into trouble. Moreover, out of the secrecy of their respective families, many families would rather spend their own money to train intelligence personnel from scratch than reuse these professional and technical personnel who take money to do things. Even if Tokugawa Ieyasu personally cultivated a ninja like Hattori Masasari who dedicated his life, he only sealed 8,000 stones, which is much lower than those samurai of the same generation.
So as soon as they heard that Tsukahara Moryū planned to find a ninja to be a retainer, and there was such a living example as Kato Danzo on the side, Fujibayashi Sarufei and the others instantly boiled, and soon, the news spread throughout Iga Province......