129

Sasaki Kojiro is a rather mysterious person, although his reputation is loud, but his life history is quite vague, judging from the surname "Sasaki", he should be a son of the Genji family who was born in Kyushu, but since he is a son of a famous family, why didn't he even leave a decent name in the gentofu, is his name called "Kojiro"? No way.

Of course, unless the name "Kojiro" is so dazzling that he completely covers up Sasaki's proper name, just like many people know Miyamoto Musashi, but they don't know Miyamoto Genshin, they know Hattori Hanzo, but they don't know Hattori Masari.

So, in order to investigate this mysterious person, Eiji Yoshikawa, the author of "Miyamoto Musashi", went to Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu to investigate the life of this gentleman before he started writing......

The blood-stained head of Hachiya Ikei hangs quietly on the walls of Kameyama Castle.

"Yoichiro, where is that guy called Kojiro Sasaki? I want to meet him. ”

In the room that Yoshiaki Naito arranged for Hosokawa and his son, Hosokawa Fujitaka said to his son.

"He's staying overnight in the tavern under the castle, but I heard him say that in a few days he's going to go to Yamato."

"Yamato?"

"Well, he thought of it there, that is, Narakyo, to visit the grandmaster of the Shinyinliu Dojo - Mr. Yanagi Shishusai Zongyan, hehe, he is really a martial idiot."

"Yoichiro, I remember you said that this Kojiro's art of war is extremely powerful, especially in kendo, which is surprisingly fast, and you can't see how he makes a sword at all, right?"

"Yes, his swordsmanship is really exquisite, I'm afraid my father-in-law may not be his opponent."

"No, you're wrong," Hosokawa Fujitaka smiled slightly, "His Highness Akechi's swordsmanship, compared to Sasaki's swordsmanship, there is no difference between them, there is only a difference in the characteristics of the sword.

China's kendo, the earliest from the continent of the Three Kingdoms era, after China's Dahua reform, the Tang Dynasty, the art of war masterpiece "Li Weigong Asks the Right" into our country, China's kendo is its own system.

Li Weigong divided the way of the sword into three types, according to the characteristics, which are 'fast', 'quasi' and 'ruthless', which you must have also seen in the "Seven Essentials of the Martial Arts".

The kendo schools in our country are all divided according to these three characteristics.

Like Juhedao, there is its unique way of drawing the sword, swinging the sword and retracting the sword, based on this, the Juhedao has also developed a series of extremely standardized basic techniques, pay attention to the 'one blow must kill', its characteristic is 'accurate', at the same time, because its movements are a move, very fixed, there are not too many tricks, so it is not difficult to learn, even if the talent is poor, study hard, and will always master its essence, your father-in-law practiced, is the art of war of the Juhe Road, I also learned a little from him.

There is also the second knife flow, as the name suggests, it is to use double knives to fight, the second knife flow originated from the new Yin Stream, so, like all the 'Yin Stream Sword System', the two knife stream has a wide variety of fancy styles, and those who master the two knife streams can choose from a lot of attack methods, and they shoot sharply, the knife is extremely heavy, and the person who is hit is always either dead or injured, because, this kind of seeing is very appreciated by the daimyo, including the lord, they have chosen the two sword stream, or other Yin stream swordsmanship as the art of war.

Finally, it's the Sasaki Kojiro you just mentioned, if you want to say fast, I can't think of any kind of kendo in the world that can be as fast as a sword stream, for example, Ito Ichitsai, which is famous for its 'fast sword', but the one sword stream is not popular in Kyushu, and the most famous one is only the Tomita stream as a branch, but then again, hasn't Kyushu always been the world of the 'Shinto stream'? How could there be other kendos?

"I don't know what's going on, but I feel very powerful, father, I was dizzy when you told me."

"If you want to faint, let's wait until I finish what I have explained."

"Oh? What do you command? ”

"My family has always lacked famous generals, I think that Sasaki Kojiro is very good, you go to the castle town, find him, and do everything you can to persuade him to come to the family."

"Let him work for his family? Father, this task is really not easy," Hosokawa Tadashi smiled bitterly, "Actually, I had the desire to recruit him from the beginning, but he said that he did not yearn for the life of marching and fighting, and his biggest wish was to open a boss dojo and be the number one swordsman in the world!" ”

"Hehe, many swordsmen have this temper, but this task is handed over to you!" Hosokawa Fujitaka didn't care whether his son wanted it or not, so he directly forced this task to him......

When Hosokawa Tadashi saw Kojiro Sasaki again, the latter was very drunk.

"Mr. Sasaki......"

"Oh, it's Hosokawa-sama," it seemed that Jian Hao had drunk a lot, but he still said with great interest: "Come, happy today, come, drink with me." ”

No, if you drink like this, you can't talk to him properly, so let's wait until he wakes up.

When Hosokawa Tadashi turned around again, the other party actually fell asleep on the table in the tavern!

"There's no way, I'll drag him back to the hostel room first."

Hosokawa Tadashi smiled bitterly and was about to call for help, but there was a commotion at the door of the tavern.

"Kojiro Sasaki! Yo ho, you're here! ”

A group of men wearing martial arts uniforms with swords in their hands barged in.

Seeing Kojiro Sasaki, who was full of alcohol and sleeping soundly, the group of people was stunned at first, and then a nameless fire rushed up.

"We've been practicing swordsmanship for the past few days, just to be ashamed, but this guy doesn't take it seriously, drinking happily here alone?"

"yes, what did he think of a duel between us? Unforgivable! ”

"All of our Ise-ryu signboards have been smashed in his hands, and we must take revenge!"

"You think it's just you, Ise-ryu? We Naito Ryu were also insulted by him! ”

"And we have a ...... in Nakatsu"

Hosokawa Tadashi listened to it on the side, feeling ashamed in his heart, this Sasaki Kojiro is too capable of causing trouble, I haven't seen him for the past few days, he has smashed all the signboards of the dojo in Kameyama Castle Town!

At the same time as he was looking at this group of people, this group of people also began to look at themselves standing next to Kojiro Sasaki, but the person concerned was sleeping soundly.

"Hey! Are you a friend of that guy Sasaki? A man pointed his sword at Hosokawa Tadashi and said, "Then trouble you, can you wake him up?" ”

"Even if you wake up, look at the appearance of this guy, I'm afraid he is weak, and he can't fight anymore."

"So, that's what annoys us the most......"

Just as the group was about to say something more, the tavern owner came over.

"You're Sasaki's friend, that's great, he's been eating and drinking here for the past few days, and the money he paid is already not enough, you came just in time, pay all the money for him," the boss looked at Sasaki's knife with palpitations, and said in a pleading tone: "Every day, people from the dojo come to Sasaki to duel, and the customers are scared away, and the business in the store can't be done, if you can, please do well, take him away......"

Hosokawa Tadashi sweats wildly, this guy Sasaki is really weird enough.

"Boss, how much does he owe you?"

"These days, he always orders the most expensive dishes and drinks the best wine, and besides, he has broken a lot of things when he competes with these people in the store," the boss seemed to be still apprehensive, and said, "A total of two hundred and two thousand and fifty-seven times." ”

"Two hundred! I'm the next Olympics! "Hosokawa Zhongxing doesn't know what to say, and the family's annual income is only two hundred, and this guy is too good at spending money!

Such a person is probably enough to be a samurai of his own family...... Wait a minute!

An idea came to mind.

"You all go away for me." Hosokawa Tadashi suddenly said to the group of people present.

"Nani! How dare you speak to us so arrogantly! The group of people quit and scolded angrily and loudly: "What? Do you want to get out of the way Sasaki Kojiro, well, let's fight first. ”

"Hit? Okay, then I'll report my name first, I'm Hosokawa Tadashi of the Hosokawa family! Which of you goes first?! ”

Although no one knows the name of Hosokawa Tadashi, how can no one remember the dignified Tanba guardian Hosokawa family?

After a little smoke, the gang retreated cleanly.

"Boss! Don't be afraid, don't worry, I'll give you the money later. ”

By the time Sasaki Kojiro woke up, it was already evening.

"You're finally awake."

"Yo? Hosokawa-sama, it's you. ”

"What Hosokawa-sama? You should remember to love my young master. ”

"Young Master??? Wait a minute! I have no allegiance to you, so how can I talk about that? ”

"Not before, but now, you have been accepted by me as the general of the Hosokawa family."

"Wait! Didn't I tell you, I don't have any interest in the life of a samurai, I just want to be a swordsman. ”

"Humph! If you don't want to be a samurai, then give my money back! ”

"When did I ever owe you money?!"

"You owe the owner of this shop more than 200 yuan, all of which I paid for you, so this debt was transferred to my hands, you either pay back the money, 200 yuan ready-made, or work for me, work to pay off the debt, you think about it yourself......"

"Thank you, you're too despicable...... "Kojiro Sasaki, who had already spent the money well, rolled his eyes and fainted......

"So, Kojiro Sasaki was recruited by you like this?" I can't believe that a sword hero is so easy to fool.

"Well, that's right, he is also the swordsmanship master of his family, and I learned my swordsmanship from him." Hosokawa said proudly.

"And where is he now? Let me see you too. ”

"When he returned to Beijing this time, he was with me, but after entering Beijing, he went to find the dojo of Ji Gang Constitution......