One day, the wind is light and the clouds are light and the sky is like a wash.

A few gusts of demon wind blew through, and in an instant, black clouds rolled, lightning flashed and thundered, and there was a faint howl of evil ghosts in the thunder.

After a while, lightning struck impartially, smashing a stone monument, and a black mist shaped like a human face emerged from the gap, laughing wildly in the air, hovering for a moment, and then flew towards a house.

The black mist turned left and right outside the courtyard, and soon found a boy who had drowned.

There was another thunderclap, and the boy gasped and came back to life, and then the rain poured down.

The parents were rejoicing when they saw their son alive, but a group of monks pushed the door in, and the man was dressed in rags, with a beard like a halberd, and a body as strong as an ox, and there was no monk's thing on his body except a string of Buddhist beads.

The man didn't say a word, but went straight to the child to worship the Buddha's teachings, leaving the long thing and hurried away.

His father picked up the long object and looked at it carefully, only to see a pitch-black sword shining in the exquisite scabbard that looked like white jade. There was a rag under the sword, on which were written a few lines of small letters.

The book "I am a Buddha and a tiger arhat, a few years ago the heavenly demon sword was steaming, and I found this sword in the lower realm according to my Buddha's decree." The magic sword sucks the resentment of the souls of thousands of people, and I can't resolve it even if I use the Dharma to transcend it. I am looking for people who are destined to practice swordsmanship and descend this magic sword, hoping that people who are destined to stay here. ”

The status of Buddhism in Japan is very high, and his father obeyed the monk's entrustment to send children to learn swords, and finally visited a teacher in the deep mountains to practice swordsmanship.

Five years later, the swordsmanship became small, and the battle of Echigo broke the enemy with a sword, and more than 100 swordsmen broke their hands, and the people of the time called it "the ghost of Azuchi Momoyama." ”

The young man is extremely talented, and he has a lot of understanding on the way of the sword, and the sword moves of each faction will be learned at a glance, and he will be fine, and ordinary people will not be able to learn the swordsmanship over the years, and the young man only needs to figure it out a little to understand it. He followed his teacher to cultivate in the mountains for two years, and finally learned to go out of the mountains, intending to win the rivers and lakes!

As soon as the boy got off the mountain, he touched a carriage pulling grass, lay on the hay, and was very comfortable by the cool autumn breeze, and fell asleep after a while......

I don't know how long I walked, but I smelled a refreshing aroma in the haze.

"What does this smell like? I've never smelled such a fragrance in the mountains, so I'll take a look. I jumped down and followed the fragrance to find a restaurant. He is a very curious person, and at this moment, he smells the fragrance and forgets all about the world.

The restaurant has just opened today, and the archway in front of the door is neatly written with two Chinese characters 'plum wine'.

In order to attract business, the restaurant opened all the plum wine carefully brewed by itself, and the aroma was smooth, and the neighbors from all over the world were hungry, and the store was full of guests in a short time.

The shopkeeper was busy with a pot of wine on the left and a table on the right, and in the midst of his busy schedule, he suddenly saw a young man with a long sword and a long figure looking left and right outside the door.

The shopkeeper greeted: "This little brother, but you want to drink? ”

The young man had already been drooling from this wine, and when he saw the shopkeeper greeting him, he didn't shirk it, straightened up and squeezed in.

He replied, "Bring me a dozen bowls to taste." ”

The shopkeeper was so happy when he heard this that his hearty laughter even drowned out the noise of many guests.

"My plum wine is very powerful, even if a person who is extremely capable of drinking it, he has to shake it even after drinking a bowl. Those who can drink two bowls in a row have to loose their feet even if they don't fall. Those who can drink three bowls in a row...... I haven't seen it yet. Little brother, I see that you are not like the person who drinks heavily, and it is enough to drink one bowl and taste it, if you really drink a dozen bowls, you will have to consider it. ”

Everyone knew that the owner of the shop was taking this opportunity to boast about himself, but those who drank this wine knew that the wine was indeed not a small drink, and it was not all boasting.

The boy spent his days in the mountains like a wild man, not knowing anything, and where could he figure out what the shopkeeper was saying.

He saw that this thing was crystal clear, like a mountain spring, and really thought it was spring water with spices.

He said, "You call him wine, but I don't know what it is, I see him like water, and I drink a barrel a day in the mountains." I said that I want to drink a dozen bowls and I don't think it's enough to quench my thirst, you don't want to talk nonsense and serve it quickly!"

The heaviest thing about the opening of this new store is the signboard, and everyone has to shout good even if they think the goods are not the right version, in order to win a good fortune. But the young man said in public that the shopkeeper's wine was not good, which was a big taboo.

When the guests heard this, they suddenly lost their voices, and looked at the shopkeeper with their eyes.

The shopkeeper frowned, his face was blue and purple for a while, and he muttered in his heart, "Could it be that this young man was sent by someone else to smash the field?"

He would have been annoyed for a long time if he was someone else, but after all, he had been in business for a long time, and even though he was a little annoyed in his heart, nothing was shown on his face.

He pointed at the young man and said loudly, "Can you really drink a dozen bowls? ”

When all the guests heard this, they suddenly came to their senses, and they all knew that there was something lively to see, so they all gathered around and looked at the young man in unison.

The young man has never been watched by so many people, but he only feels that he will be very faceless if he should not go down, and he will be arrogant and will not care about anything.

"Bet on it! I'm afraid you'll do something! You can bet on whatever you say. ”

Seeing that the young man was a little bold enough to answer the gamble, all the guests shouted and looked at the shopkeeper together.

The shopkeeper thought to himself: "The people who are drinking here are all old neighbors for decades, they know my winemaking skills, and they are not afraid of this kid smashing the field, if you deliberately make things difficult for this business, it will not be good in the future." ”

He rolled his eyes and bowed to the crowd. "You can testify here, if this young man could drink ten bowls of wine in a row, I will waive the young man's wine money today, no matter how much he or he has. If he can't, I won't embarrass him, he just needs to shout 'good wine' three times in public, do you dare to respond?"

After saying this, everyone looked at the young man again.

If you want to say that newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, it is this teenager. Although he was a little panicked when he heard the shopkeeper's words, the thought was fleeting, and he puffed up his chest and replied proudly: "Whoever is afraid of whom! Quickly bring it up and quench my thirst!"

"Good boy, don't play tricks when you really drink it!" he picked up a jar of wine and poured ten bowls of wine.

After pouring this wine, the aroma is even stronger, even people who have never drunk want to take a few sips, not to mention this greedy young man, I saw him roll up his sleeves and raise his head to drink.

One, two, three...... Everyone only watched the young man bowl after bowl without stopping, and drank all the wine as if he were drinking water, and even the veteran drunkard was ashamed of himself.

Within half an hour, ten bowls of wine were drunk on the table.

The shopkeeper was stunned when he saw that the young man had made ten bowls of spirits in a row, and regretted in his heart that he shouldn't have gambled.

After drinking, the young man felt that his mind was in a trance and he couldn't stand steadily, but he felt that the sweetness in his mouth and the warmth in his chest were extremely comfortable, and he picked up the wine jar and poured ten bowls.

When everyone saw that the young man was drinking again, they all cheered, and they all discussed: "Where did the young man drink so much?"

"I really didn't expect such a large amount when I looked at the young man's eyebrows, it seems that people can't look good. ”

"How much do you think this young man can drink, or let's gamble?"

"Come on, let's bet now, I'll give five Yongle Tongbao to bet that this young man can drink thirteen bowls. ”

"I'll bet 10 coins and 15 bowls ......"

"I'll give out twelve ......"

There are quite a lot of gamblers in the neighborhood, taking advantage of the excitement to set up a gambling game, and the stakes rose to 30 Yongle Tongbao and 20 bowls of wine

The boy no longer keeps his mouth as he did at the beginning, as if he is showing off and drinks bowl by bowl.

He drank every bowl of applause, and after drinking eight bowls in a row, he took another bowl, and before he could drink it, he poured it with a "tom", and shouted "good wine, good wine." ”

When the losers saw that the boy was drunk, they hurriedly ran over and said, "Boy, boy!, wake up." You villain, my family's half-month rations are gone...... Hey, boy, wake up!"

The boy was already drunk, and the words "good wine, good wine" in his mouth kept coming.

The man saw that he had lost a lot of money, and his face was more ugly than, so he ran away while people were unprepared......

It had been three days since the boy woke up.

The young man felt dizzy and his limbs were sore, and he suddenly saw the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was tidying up the house, and when he saw the boy waking up, he was busy with his courtesy.

"You're awake, you're losing a lot of wine for my small shop, and the wine is about to sell out in the past three days. You are my lucky star, and I have to treat you well. As he spoke, he scalded his handkerchief with hot water and handed it to the boy.

The boy was a little dazed after his hangover, and he didn't have the heart to listen to what the shopkeeper said, so he took the handkerchief and wiped it off his face, and the skin on his face was refreshed by a hot towel.

He wiped his eyes and looked around, only to feel that the furnishings in the house were very unfamiliar and thought: "Where is this, why am I lying here, I only remember that I drank one thing, why don't I remember anything else?"

Thinking of this, reaching out to touch the ghost blade, how can there be half a trace under this touch?

In the past, walking the rivers and lakes was taken out of the mountain by the senior brother, and he relied on the senior brother everywhere, so he didn't understand much about the world. At this moment, when he was in charge of himself, he had no idea, and asked like the shopkeeper, "Have you seen my sword, the black sword with a white scabbard that I brought with me when I came?" ”

The shopkeeper was thinking about his business, when someone downstairs shouted, and he ran away regardless of what the young man said.

The young man said angrily: "Sneaky, this must be a black shop, see if I won't tear down your shabby shop for a while." ”

But he thought about it, how could he beat these people without the ghost blade in his hand? His master had only taught him how to make a sword, but nothing else.

There was only one stout monk who taught him a set of 'Arhat Fire Fist' in his sleep. The boy thought about it and wanted to use his sleeping fist to fight the enemy.

Suddenly, he heard someone talking outside the window, and the young man was afraid that the shopkeeper was plotting with others to kill him, and he opened the crack in the window and looked out, only to see the shopkeeper standing at the table talking to two people dressed as peasants and soldiers, one fat and one thin.

When the young man saw that the shopkeeper was full of seriousness, he was not as smiling as before, and he was even more convinced that he was going to kill himself.

"The master once said that if you really encounter a black shop, you need to figure out what they want and what they are trying to achieve, and you can't act impulsively and fall into the enemy's trap. The master always said that I acted recklessly, and this time I had to learn to be obedient, listen to what they had to say before I responded, and then meet the master so that he could praise me for my growth. ”

The young man stretched out his ears to listen to the three of them, only to hear the fat man say: "The Oda family is completely finished, and the world is going to be chaotic again after the confident eldest prince was burned to death in Honnoji Temple, and we old Oda family people don't know where to go to beg for a living. ”

The thin man replied: "I heard others say that in recent days, Hideyoshi Gong has recruited troops, and the rice they give is more than half a bucket than other families, or let's go to Hideyoshi." ”

The shopkeeper interjected: "Hideyoshi, but that Toyotomi Hideyoshi? This is a good person, if he hadn't managed it well, how would I have the time to support this wine stall." ”

Fat man: "No, when the head of the family was there, he counted Hideyoshi Gong as the best to people, and the lives of our people were very cheap, so Hideyoshi Gong treated us as people." However, in the event of a war, we still have to fight hard, and we will die for a lifetime, so why don't we go to the beach to beg for a living? ”

The shopkeeper said: "Go to Daming to rob it?" It is said that the Ming defenders are very powerful, you are not afraid of being caught by the Ming defenders if you go to rob them, and you will still be alive at that time?"

The fat man replied, "Shopkeeper, you sell alcohol here all day long, and the news is not well-informed." If you want to say that the Ming Dynasty was okay a few years ago, the new emperor was young and mediocre when he ascended the throne in recent years, and all the major military affairs were controlled by a eunuch named Feng Bao, and the eunuch knew about the party struggle all day long, and now the Ming defenders themselves are not well fed and clothed, where can there be air control for us, I have a friend who has gone to rob it several times. ”

The fat man said proudly, but he heard the thin man stop: "No, there is a young man on the beach who has recently picked out the trouble of going to sea, and many people have died at his hands, and I heard that among them are people from the Yoshioka family." ”

The young man listened to them talk about going to Daming to rob something, and he also understood that he was wrong to blame the shopkeeper. However, when he heard the words 'Yoshioka family', his heart was tight, and this 'Yoshioka family' was a famous kendo family.

When his swordsmanship was not successful, it took a lot of effort to defeat a little-known member of the Yoshioka family, and this young man by the sea actually beat him, which immediately aroused his ambition, and he pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

The fat man exclaimed, "What?!?!! Yoshioka family, who specializes in swordsmanship, ?!!"

The thin man said: "Yes, I heard that he was stabbed in the head with a knife, and his brain flowed all over the ground and died, and the person who killed him was unscathed and didn't even splash blood on his clothes." ”

The shopkeeper was also very puzzled, although he had never traveled the rivers and lakes, but the people in this wine shop knew a little bit about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and there were only a handful of young people in the martial arts who were so good at swordsmanship.

He asked, "I don't know which young swordsman it is, could it be the 'ghost of Azuchi Momoyama?'"

The thin man shook his head and said, "It's not him, but it's said that he is also a very young man, and he is very tight with two knives in his hands?"

The young man heard that this person was so powerful, he couldn't bear it anymore, pushed open the window and jumped down.

It's just that his hands and feet are ineffective after a hangover, and after a jump, he "crackled" and fell from the second floor and became a dog gnawing mud.

The three of them saw him fall heavily and suddenly felt pain. And the young man actually patted the dust on his body like no one, and ran to him with a smoke.

The shopkeeper thought to himself, "I thought that this young man must be a powerful person, but from this light skill, it seems that I should think badly." As expected, the sword should be a bluff, and I must return it to him. So he hurriedly ran back into the house, took out the ghost blade, and handed it to the young man.

Kojiro took the ghost blade and asked the thin man, "This big brother, can you tell me more about the swordsman you just mentioned?" ”

The two carefully looked at the young man in front of them, although he was dressed in tatters, but there was a handsome air in his bones, and his hair fluttered in the wind more like a beautiful girl, if it wasn't for his eyebrows, he would be mistaken for a woman.

The thin man teased, "Yo, what does this girl want to hear?"

The young man sneered, shook the sword in his hand, and said, "I'm a man, and I'm also a swordsman, and I want to hear about that young man by the sea. ”

The thin man picked up his glass and weighed it, then squinted at him again, a strange smile leaking out of his mouth.

"Oh, so you're a man. That young man...... It is said that he is a burly man, and he looks about the same age as you when he is less than twenty years old. The great force can swing two long swords at the same time, do you say it's powerful!"

The young man nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "I just heard you say that he killed the people of the Yoshioka family with a sword, is this true?"

The thin man took a sip of wine and said complacently: "Is this still false? The Yoshioka family is famous, who dares to make rumors about them? I heard that he killed the leader of the Yoshioka family, I think this young man has the shadow of the 'ghost of Azuchi-Momoyama' back then." ”

When the young man heard this, he looked a little proud, and then asked, "Where is this man, and what is his name?" ”

The thin man saw that he was very proud, and he couldn't help but despise him in his heart, thinking to himself, "Even light skills are bad like this, martial arts can be imagined, why don't you know how thick the sky is high and you want to compete with others?!"

Thinking of this, his face sank and he said, "Why do you inquire so much about your martial arts? Do you want to compete with him or be cut by him? In my opinion, you should hurry home and farm." ”

The fat man didn't speak, he looked at the young man from top to bottom for a long time, and suddenly took advantage of the strength of the wine to hug the young man, and the two rough fingers of his right hand gently stroked the young man's cheeks, and a lewd smile leaked from his face.

"The young man's skin is smooth and tight, since you have such a look, you can have fun with the uncle. ”

The coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty have been harassed by Japanese pirates all year round, not only robbing finances, but also trafficking in human beings, among which handsome young people are the most sought-after. Most of the pirates were pirates, and it was forbidden to bring female dependents on ships, and the young men worked as coolies during the day and offered sexual pleasures at night. This custom has been passed on for ten or ten for hundreds, so there are not a few good men in Toei Japan.

The fat man thought that this young man was a soft persimmon, but as soon as he touched his fingers, he saw a black light flash rapidly in front of him, and then he heard a soft sword into the sheath.

The fat man still wanted to flirt, but he saw that the young man's hand kept playing with a piece of his finger, as if showing off and provoking.

Following the young man's gaze, he saw that his thumb had been cut off from the joint, and the sword was so fast that there was no pain for a while.

I saw that the young man was still standing in front of the two with a smile, and asked gently, "Where is this person, and what is his name?" After speaking, he shook the ghost blade in front of his eyes.

The fat man looked at the young man's trembling uncontrollably, and wanted to roar but couldn't scream, his eyes leaked out of deep fear, and he held back for a long time and shouted: "It's Musashi, two days first-class Musashi!"

As soon as the young man heard this, he turned around and left, throwing his finger at the fat man behind his back and saying, "My name is Kojiro, Kojiro Sasaki, and I am the ghost of Azuchi Momoyama that you just said, you remember it for me!"