different warring states of japan

Chapter 1995 The old ronin who wants to commit seppuku

As summer passes and autumn comes, the cool breeze is blowing, the leaves are turning yellow and about to wither.

In early autumn, when farming was busy, the situation in Oda's family became increasingly tense.

The Kiyoshu Conference had just ended at the end of summer, and she had just won Oda's letter of management of Owari Province. She impatiently accused Oda Nobumi, who was in charge of Mino, of evil intentions and wanted to send troops to attack Gifu Castle.

Hino Castle in Minami Omi also felt that the storm was coming and was about to hold a review.

Because the old governor of the family, Kenhide Kamao, abdicated, and the new governor of the clan, Kamao, served beside the saint, the Hino leader was temporarily replaced by Aochi Shigetsuna, the elder of the Kamao family and younger sister of Kenhide Kamao.

Aochi Shigetsuna was adopted to the Minami Omi wealthy Aochi family in his early years, and he was also an old minister of Rokkaku. Through Kamao Kenhide's relationship, he finally escaped the fate of following the Rokkaku family's decline.

Nowadays, this niece of Kamao clan is capable and has a bright future with the saint. Aochi Shigetsuna is also high-spirited and serves as a deputy in Hino, ignoring Hashiba Hideyoshi who occupies Minami Omi.

Although protected by the Shiba family, the Kamao family was not worried that Hideyoshi Hideyoshi would invade their territory, but now that the Oda civil war was imminent, they still held a council meeting to discuss one or two things as usual.

But before everyone was seated, news came from the banner outside that an old ronin was kneeling in front of the door, begging to commit suicide.

Aochi Shigetsuna suddenly frowned and said unhappily.

"Why are you here again?

The blood of the little girl who committed seppuku a few days ago has not dried yet. Why would someone take such a risk again? "

Aochi Shigetsuna was also embarrassed.

When a ronin came to the gate of Hino Castle and asked to commit seppuku to protect the dignity of the samurai family, she was moved to accept the man as a retainer of Kamao. As a result, the ronin came in groups to pretend to commit seppuku.

The retainers at home were dissatisfied and gossiped a lot, but she had to save her face and gave the rogues some money to drive away the trouble.

But everything has its limit, and the last straw that overwhelmed Aochi Shigetsuna's reason was the young Samurai Hime from a few days ago.

At that time, the angry Aochi Shigetsuna simply asked him to commit suicide by committing seppuku. The thunderous method frightened the outside world, and from then on, the ronin no longer dared to come and pretend to commit seppuku to defraud money.

Aochi Shigetsuna felt proud that Hino Castle was finally in peace.

But today, another ignorant old ronin came to ask for seppuku, which made Aochi Shigetsuna very angry, as if his dignity had been provoked.

So, she decided to meet this old ronin in person, know her interests and let her get out of her own way.

Aochi Shigetsuna asked as he looked around the scene.

"Why didn't Yan Wuniang come?"

One person bowed.

"Yan Wuniang has always been rigorous in her work. I think she was delayed by something, so she was late."

Aoji Shigetsuna nodded.

"Since everyone is not here, let's wait for now. I'll go out to see that old ronin and scare her away."

Aoji Shigetsuna originally wanted to take Hikoguniang with him, because Hikoguniang is the best swordsman in the family, and she has always been the one to initiate seppuku.

It was Hikoguniang who saw that the young Samurai Hime had a piece of bamboo in her scabbard last time, and that made Aochi Shigetsuna determined to force the young Samurai Hime to commit seppuku who had tarnished the dignity of the samurai family.

Under the guidance of the servant, Aochi Shigetsuna walked through the corridor, came to the side room where the old ronin was waiting, and sat in the main seat.

The old ronin in front of him had gray hair and a hungry look on his face, looking very embarrassed.

Aochi Shigetsuna was so arrogant that he tapped the tatami in front of him with his paper fan and asked.

"Are you the one requesting seppuku? What's your name?"

After bowing, the old ronin said calmly.

"Ronin Oda Siniang, I have met my boss."

Aochi Shigetsuna nodded. "Your accent sounds like you are from Kitaomi? Which family is the original owner of?"

Oda Siniang shook her head.

"The past is like smoke. The master's family has long been in decline, so it's okay not to mention it."

Oda Siniang's blunt attitude made Aochi Shigetsuna quite unhappy.

In recent years, Omi's country has been in chaos, and countless famous families have fallen. Even famous names like Rokkaku Asai have not survived.

The old woman's boss in front of her was not a powerful family, so she didn't want to mention it anymore, and Aoji Shigetsuna didn't want to bother to listen.

Aochi Shigetsuna cut to the chase.

"You want to commit seppuku?"

"Hey, I have nothing, I'm old and almost dead. I don't want to continue to live in this world. I just want to commit suicide to protect my dignity as a martial artist. I beg for your help."

Aoji Shigetsuna looked at the indifferent old ronin and said contemptuously.

"At the end of the road, it is the principle of the samurai family to commit seppuku to protect the last dignity. As the lord of Hino, the Kamao family should make it easier.

It is my duty to give you a set of clean clothes and help you get on the right track.

But before you commit seppuku, would you like to hear the story of the last person who committed seppuku? "

Oda Siniang's eyes flashed, she bowed and said.

"Appreciate further details."

Aochi Shigetsuna unfolded his paper fan, covered his mouth with a mocking expression, and said.

“It was one day in late summer, when a young Samurai Hime came to my doorstep and wanted to commit suicide to preserve his dignity.

I wanted to give her some money and let her leave like before, but my retainer Yan Wuniang raised objections.

She said that these days there are always ronin coming to commit seppuku. In fact, they don’t want to die, they just want to use this extreme behavior to ask for the reward from the Pu Sheng family.

In those days, there was an almost endless stream of ronai, which made me very irritated, so I agreed to Yan Wuniang's suggestion and simply let the young warrior Ji commit hara-kiri.

Sure enough, when I agreed to the young warrior Ji's request, gave her a new set of clothes, and allowed her to commit seppuku, I saw fear on her face.

What a shame. Young people are unwilling to strive for a future through their own efforts. Instead, they want to defraud money by pretending to commit seppuku. It is really a shame for the Wu family.

What do you think? "

Aochi Shigetsuna looked at Oda Siniang with ridicule, but found that the other party's expression was indifferent and seemed not to be affected at all, and he suddenly felt very boring.

She snorted and continued.

"That young warrior Ji didn't even dare to take a look at the new clothes I gave him. Instead, he opened the door and ran away.

Unfortunately, the entire courtyard was filled with the Ji warriors I arranged. She was surrounded and couldn't escape at all.

I followed her and watched her running around like a headless fly. She was eventually trapped in the atrium with a desperate look on her face.

What a disgusting expression. He obviously didn't have the courage to die, but he pretended to commit seppuku.

I shouted to him, commit seppuku, only in this way can you wash away your shame.

But she was still struggling, saying that if I gave her a day, she would definitely come to commit seppuku tomorrow and beg me to let her go.

Humph, how could I trust such a shameless guy? Of course, he sternly rejected her unreasonable request and ordered her to commit seppuku immediately.

Desperate, she had no choice but to put on new clothes and prepare for the ritual of seppuku. "