"Huh?" Makino's face turned pale directly, and he lowered his voice, "My lord, he actually killed people for this reason......"

"yes...... Ogata nodded with a wry smile, "Ridiculous, right?" ”

Ogata knew that Gennai Matsudaira was a very brutal person.

But after all, I had only heard about it before, and Ogata had never had a real sense of the brutality of Matsudaira Gennai.

It wasn't until today, when he saw with his own eyes the brutality of Matsudaira Gennai, that he realized firsthand how brutal Matsudaira Gennai, who ruled the land and ruled them......

Just because someone accidentally bumps into you, you kill someone, it's really ...... That's ridiculous......

"Alas......" Makino sighed lightly, "Forget it, Ogata-senpai, let's not talk about this topic anymore, he is our lord after all, and no matter what he does, the fact that he is our lord will not change." ”

"No matter what, we can't speak ill of the lord in private."

Ancient Chinese etiquette and religion were centered on "benevolence".

In ancient Japan, the religion of etiquette was centered on "loyalty".

This characteristic of ancient Japanese rites reached its peak in the Edo period.

In the Edo period, the noblest virtue of the samurai was "loyalty", followed by "martial bravery".

Loyalty to one's lord without distinction between right and wrong – these were the common values of the samurai of this era.

Therefore, no matter what the lord of the family does, all the samurai who are loyal to the lord must not have any complaints, and must swear allegiance to the death, risking their lives to protect the lord and fulfill all the orders given by the lord.

If there is any disloyalty to their lord, they will be spurned by everyone.

The soul comes from Ogata of the modern earth, and it is natural to scoff at this value of the samurai of this era.

But he really didn't have the leisure to discuss topics related to Matsudaira Gennai anymore.

After sighing lightly, Xu Yi answered:

"That's right, let's stop talking about this topic, let's seize the time to practice swords."

"Well, okay...... Yes! That's right! ”

As if he had suddenly remembered something, Makino said "ah" and asked:

"Ogata-senpai! I heard that you went head-to-head with the distant mountains of the Ishikawa Sword Museum a few days ago! Is this true? ”

When Makino asked this question, he didn't deliberately lower his voice.

His voice resounded through most of the dojo.

At this time, several other brothers and sisters who were practicing swords in the dojo were attracted by the question raised by Makino Asagata, and they stopped what they were doing one after another, and approached Ogata and Makino together.

Hearing Makino's question, Ogata raised an eyebrow.

"How do you know?"

"'Ogata of Sakakihara Kenkan and Toyama of 'Ishikawa Kenkan' went head-to-head a few days ago and ended in a tie' - this rumor seems to be going viral these days! I also found out about this rumor today! ”

Ogata scratched his hair.

- Who is this news coming from......

- Is it those brothers from the distant mountains......

- Or the onlookers at the time......

Ogata thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't figure out who the news was, so he simply didn't want to.

That night's competition, although it was forced to be interrupted at the last moment due to the arrival of the Tongxin, but judging from the results, it was indeed a tie.

"Ogata-senpai!" Makino asked again, "Is this rumor true?" ”

"Hmm." After hesitating for a moment, Ogata nodded, "A few days ago, I did have a fight with Toyama of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion, and it was indeed a tie with Toyama. ”

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the brothers and sisters led by Makino who were surrounding Ogata immediately burst into exclamations.

Just when Ogata was taken aback by the exclamations of Makino and the others, Makino asked in an excited tone:

"Ogata-senpai! You're so strong! It was able to tie with the distant mountains of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion! Isn't the distant mountain strong? ”

"Hmm." Ogata generously acknowledged Toyama's swordsmanship, "Toyama's swordsmanship is very strong, and that night I actually competed with Toyama twice, and I lost to Toyama in the first game, and it wasn't until the second game that I finally barely managed to compete with Toyama. ”

"It's already strong to be able to tie with that distant mountain of the Ishikawa Sword Pavilion!"

"yes, yes! It's already strong to be on par with that distant mountain! ”

"Now it seems that the strongest person in our Sakakibara Sword Pavilion has become Ogata-kun!"

"I didn't expect that...... Before you know it, Ogata-kun has become so strong. ”

"Ogata-kun, you're so powerful!"

……

The brothers and sisters who gathered around Ogata did not hesitate to praise Ogata in every word.

Ogata couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed by the exaggerated praise of these feelings of the senior brothers.

"Alas......" Makino grabbed the hair of his sideburns, "When will I be able to become as strong as you in Ogata......"

As soon as Makino's words fell, an old voice suddenly sounded from behind him:

"If you continue to talk in the sword hall like this, then you will not be able to reach the strength of Ogata in your life."

The sudden sound of this old voice startled everyone, including Ogata.

The crowd followed the prestige.

An old man who was not very tall was walking slowly towards them with his hands behind his back.

Looking at the old man who was walking slowly towards them, Ogata and the others hurriedly stood up straight, and then bowed to the old man and said respectfully in unison:

"Master!"

This old man is the master of Ogata and others, and the first owner of the Sakakibara Sword Pavilion, Sakakibara Hanbei.

The half-guard glanced at Makino and the others:

"What are you doing here? Why don't you go to sword practice? Or do you think you already have the strength to pass on everything, so you don't need to practice your sword anymore? ”

"Master! Thank you for your understanding! Let's go to sword practice right now! Makino took the lead and said loudly.

After Makino's words fell, everyone immediately dispersed.

Ogata was about to go to the knife stand and take down a wooden knife to practice his sword.

However, before Ogata could get to the knife stand, he was stopped by the half-guard:

"Ogata!"

"In!" Ogata replied in a loud voice.

"You come with me."

With that, the half-guard continued to stride towards the outside of the Sakakihara Sword Pavilion with his hands behind his back.

Although I don't know what Hanbei suddenly called him out for, after all, this was the master's order and had to obey, so Ogata could only dress up and follow closely behind Hanbei, accompanying Hanbei out of the Sakakiwara Sword Hall.