Chapter 24: Kanagawa Night (Part II)
A man named Asada walked slowly with long hands and feet. Press a button on the edge of the iron fence door, the door squeaks outward, it turns out that the big padlock on it is just a camouflage, even if you pry open the iron lock, you can't open the door locked by the electromagnetic lock. "Come in, I'll kill you if you're followed. The black, thin man dropped a sentence coldly, turned and walked away.
I knew that this guy Asada had a perverse personality and was not sociable, but he didn't expect his attitude to be so outrageous today, Gu Tie walked into the barbed wire while slandering, and closed the door with his hand. The Japanese in front had walked a few hundred meters along the winding path to a simple wooden house by the sea, with the words "Yamayoshi Pier - Private Domain, Stand Forbidden" written in red paint, and a dilapidated fishing boat docked next to the small pier.
This person's name is Asada Yushan, he met in an inexplicable bar brawl, when a group of second ancestors in the military and political circles in the capital drank too much old wine and flirted with single women in the bar, Asada is not a righteous person who is righteous and courageous, but the sentence of the second generation of a certain army "Get out, Japanese devil" made him furious, picked up the beer bottle and opened the scoop of the second generation of the general, which evolved into a big melee with a huge disparity in strength. At that time, Gu Tie was a peripheral figure in this small circle, and he was a little unaccustomed to the appearance of these second-generation officials and second-generation soldiers, but he was in a rebellious period, and he liked to drink, play, car, fight, and pick up girls, so it was inevitable that he would have a little intersection with these people.
There were 30 people in the second ancestor plus the driver, and Asada was the only one on his side, but the reason why it was a battle with a huge disparity in strength was because the Japanese defeated all their opponents in ten minutes, and dragged their rickety bodies out slowly, without even a drop of blood on their faces. He used a very weird fighting technique, it seemed that he was waving his hands and feet to move forward, destroying all the resistance along the way with dancing-like movements, and the extremely long limbs and explosive muscles made the attack attack from an unexpected angle, Gu Tie witnessed everything on the second floor of the bar, and was stunned, if he hadn't drunk too much whiskey and was dizzy at that time, he would definitely jump down and have a few tricks with this master.
It's not bizarre to knock down thirty people, but none of the thirty people were seriously injured, and after half an hour, they all got up with their heads touched, and they continued to drink without. It wasn't until they reunited on the battlefield a few years later that Gu Tie learned that Asada was using the so-called "soft hand" at that time, which corresponded to the "rigid hand", which was a superb technique that made the enemy temporarily lose his combat effectiveness and would not actually damage human tissue.
The battlefield was in Cuba. That was the first time Gu Tie actually participated in the battle of the IPU Resistance, when the Caribbean countries were being conquered by the GTC one by one, but Cuba, the red country that Castro and Che Guevara had fought for all their lives, rejected the proposal of the Accessories Committee and kept the quantum network out. At that time, the GTC did not have its own armed forces, and 5,000 mercenaries were smuggled in by ship from Mexico, Jamaica, Haiti and Florida under the GTC's call-up.
Several of the IPU's radical groups joined the frontal fray, including the Japanese Hasegawa Honsaka's "100 Million Jade Pieces", the Indian's Barvindra's "Shiva" (which was still a small and weak organization at the time), the Frenchman Brauser Lafontaine's "First Empire" and the Chinese Taiwanese Zhao Yufan's "Lion Awakening", and, of course, anti-GTC volunteers from all over the world. Gu Tie and Zhao Yufan are old acquaintances, and this revolutionary from Taiwan admires Gu Tie's ability and courage very much, and can be regarded as the spiritual mentor who led him on this path. Sadly, a few months later, the leader of the "Awakening Lion" was shot and killed in the rainforest of Cuba, and this radical group disappeared into the history of the resistance war.
In this war, Gu Tie met Yuyama Asada again. This Japanese is the commando captain of "100 million jade shatters", the right-hand man of the madman Hasegawa, and is famous for his elusive killing methods in the entire IPU organization. On the night of drinking in the dark campsite to ward off the cold, Gu Tie noticed that this person did not have any partners around him, sitting far away on the periphery of the crowd, wiping the short sword with the bark, and walked over with a wine jug to chat with him. Asada is a guy who doesn't like to talk very much.,I don't know what people are sophisticated.,Always pursed his lips with a sinister look.,But half a pot of wine is down.,And reluctantly say something about his past.。 Only then did Gu Tie know why he overreacted to the sentence "Japanese devil" back then, - Asada Yushan's real name is Shang Tuo, and he is the twenty-fifth generation of the family of the ancient royal family name "Shang".
"You say you're from Okinawa?" Gu Tie took a sip of wine and observed the man's swarthy face through the moonlight.
"Ryukyu people!" Asada snorted from his nostrils, looking a little displeased, "Okinawa is a name imposed on us by the Japanese, and the Ryukyu country is the Ryukyu country! If it weren't for the capture of the main island by the Satsuma Domain, it would not be that young people would not even be able to speak Ryukyu by now, and they would be able to speak inferior Japanese!"
The Chinese suddenly realized. The Ryukyu Kingdom originally referred to the three countries of Shannan (also known as Nanshan), Nakayama, and Shanbei, which were established in the Ryukyu Islands in history, and later referred to the unified Ryukyu Kingdom (1429-1879). The Ryukyu Kingdom was located between Taiwan Province of China and Japan, and paid tribute to the Ming and Qing dynasties of China and the Satsuma Domain and the Edo Shogunate of Japan. The Ryukyu Kingdom was repeatedly invaded by Japan, and in 1609, the Satsuma Domain invaded and controlled the northern part of the Ryukyu Kingdom for a period of time, while the Ryukyu Kingdom was still paying tribute to China. Due to its special geographical location, the Ryukyu Kingdom is known as a transit point for trade in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia, and its trade is well developed, and it is known as the "Tsuryo of the World". On March 30, 1879, Japan annexed the Ryukyu Dynasty and the Ryukyu Kingdom was destroyed. Most of the country was transferred to Okinawa Prefecture, and the northern islands were incorporated into Kagoshima Prefecture.
"You are a descendant of the Ryukyu royal family, so the martial arts you use are the legendary 'Motobu Imperial Palace' that is only passed down to the crown prince of the royal family?" Since he is a descendant of the royal family of an ancient conquered country, he is naturally unwilling to impose the title of "Japanese", let alone "Japanese devil".
Yuzan Asada glanced at him in slight surprise, "Almost no one knows the name of this ancient martial art. How are you ...... Never mind. Until now, it doesn't matter, the Ryukyu Dynasty died as early as the moment when the name was changed to Okinawa, and I am the only one in the Sho family of this generation who gave birth to a daughter, and the surname and the Gotenade will end in this generation. ”
"How can that be done!The Imperial Palace Hand is a real treasure!" Gu Tie said urgently. The term Gotente refers to a martial arts system secretly developed by the Ryukyu royal family during the reign of the Satsuma Domain, designed to be a deadly weapon against a large number of enemies with both hands and legs, or with short sticks, pitchforks, oars, crutches, sickles, and scabbards. The Hontenju is best at one-to-many battles, emphasizing smoothness and smoothness, without stopping, and marching straight through thousands of troops and horses, and crushing all enemies in their path. Because this martial art is taught in secret, few people have seen it in its true face.
"Come on, come on, let's make two moves!" Thinking of this, the young and vigorous Gu Tie jumped up violently, and put on a rack to take over the Baji Boxing, after practicing boxing for a few years, it was the time for the skill to itch, how could he easily let go of this opportunity? As soon as his voice came out, the sentry in the treetops in the distance scolded: "Whisper! Do you want to recruit a drone patrolling at night?"
Gu Tie waved his hand in a sneering manner and said in a low voice, "Come on Asada and let me see the power of the Imperial Palace's hand." ”
The black thin man raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "Martial arts are used for fighting, and I don't like the Chinese' set of 'meeting friends with martial arts'." ”
"Are you afraid of me, are you afraid that the 600-year-old history of the Ryukyus will be defeated by the 5,000-year-old Chinese civilization?" Gu Tie sneered and pointed to his nose.
Yuyama Asada shook his head and said, "It's useless to stir up generals, unless you ......"
"Japanese devil!" the Chinese screamed by pointing to his nose.
"What did you say?" The Ryukyuan man immediately straightened his waist and bounced up in a strange way of force, his extremely tall and thin body casting a long shadow in the moonlight.
"Japanese devil!" Gu Tie repeated with a grin, and waved with a posture.
The dark brown eyes shot a terrifying light, and Asada waved his hand seemingly casually, using his elbow joint to drive his forearm to exert force, and his fingertips actually made a crackling sound like a whip in the air. Gu Tie felt a chill in his heart, when Lao Zhao chatted with him, he didn't talk much about the anecdotes of ancient martial arts, and it was a very high realm to break through the air, and it required very exquisite means of force, at least Lao Zhao himself couldn't do this.
But Asada didn't attack, his chest was strangely bulging high, and then he slowly exhaled, "Today is not suitable for fighting, you sit down and watch me perform martial arts." His emotions calmed down in an instant, and he reached out to untie the short sword that never left his waist and put it on the ground. The sword, which had already cut the throats of seven mercenaries in the previous battle, had a scabbard of green shell luodian, and the handle was made of shark skin and pasted with a gold plate, and the handle was engraved with the character "Tian" in seal script, which did not look like the product of modern craftsmanship.
Gu Tie thought about it, sat down obediently, and calmed down and felt that it was really stupid for him to challenge such an unfathomable master. "This sword ......"
"Ayakiri, one of the three famous swords of the Ryukyu Kingdom. The peasant woman of Kitamakiri wielded the knife and cut off her baby's head before touching it. According to the investigation and the conclusion that the peasant woman was innocent, the official used the same method to test the goat, and sure enough, the goat's head was cut off, hence the name of the sword. Yuyama Asada said lightly, facing the west, standing with his hands down in a seemingly casual posture, and then began a set of martial arts movements with slow movements, strange postures, like dance but different from dance, with a unique sense of power and beauty.
Gu Tie watched in a daze as the Ryukyu man danced his limbs, shattering the bright moonlight and cutting through the humid air. Gradually, the IPU revolutionaries gathered around, silently looking at the dancing man in the field, obviously moving so slowly, but containing the ultimate mechanical and aesthetic principles, at this moment he mastered the entire space.
"Hama Chidori Dance. ”
It began to get dark outside, and when he followed Asada into the dock hut, Gu Tie suddenly remembered the name of the martial arts.