Jiang Xue still hasn't fallen

To Sosan and Saya:

The apricot tree in the courtyard is in full bloom, and the persimmon tree has already filled your stomachs. A few days ago, you simply converted the flow rate of time. Thinking about it, you have already spent several months, right?

During such a long time, what dangers did you encounter when you went out to battle?What interesting things did you encounter during the expedition?I'm afraid I won't be able to hear about these until I return.

I have already left the monastery, and followed the footsteps of Itabe Okae Sessai, and experienced the changes of the times together. The life in the monastery is unremarkable, but full and simple. The daily cleaning and chanting seem to be in Honmaru some time ago. , there are not too many differences, the only difference, roughly, is that I have become a person, right?

Master led me to the monastery where I woke up, and I disappeared. On the contrary, the past master took good care of me. I also met my past self. The axis of time seemed to be folded. At this point, I turned back to the past node, and the encounter between the two, for some reason, did not have the so-called mixed feelings.

When our eyes meet, I seem to be able to feel what I was thinking when I was young. It is really immature, but it is not far from the final growth.

Wuchen is my name in the monastery, they often call me "Master Wuchen", how can I be that master?These people who have experienced the ups and downs of life are the life masters of our sword man. The various states of the world that we have observed from the donors are no less than what we have learned from the master.

The past masters and masters seem to have guessed my identity, but that’s true, I’m afraid it’s because of Mr. Qingming again, but they didn’t expose me, but they occasionally mixed care for me in their words, and I always feel warm in my heart warm.

After leaving the monastery, the life of wandering was filled with the smell of gunpowder. As a descendant of the Hojo clan, Jiang Xuezhai was recalled by them, which is not surprising. After entering the WTO, he became a judge with his outstanding ability. Following him, I once again saw the past politicians, as well as those brave fighters. Their elegance and heroism impressed me. touched.

Perhaps I was too young in the past to see too many things from it. Master and I, who knew that the Hojo Clan would perish, just quietly watched the struggle and struggle of the Hojo Clan in the last days, Time after time of reconciliation, time after time of battle, I also fought with Jiang Xuezhai, and it was rare that there was no conflict.

Maybe I am also looking forward to it?In the depths of my heart that I can't even detect, I still look forward to fighting side by side with Jiang Xuezhai instead of being held in his hands.

I still remember the scene where the first enemy died under my knife. The eyes of the other party unconsciously widened because of the pain were full of ferocity. What didn't happen was the fact that he personally stabbed the body into the opponent's body.

The war is so cruel, but it is unavoidable. As expected, it is still difficult for me to adapt, but the master fooled me.For a person like me who has long hair despite being a monk, they think that I want to wear cassocks to alleviate sins because of a heart of compassion. The evil aura from the sword was still too strong, even after staying in the monastery for a long time, it could not completely wash away the aura.

Maybe Honmaru's life is too peaceful, even if there is a battle to reconcile the daily life, it is not enough to make me deeply feel the situation of military life.

After traveling long distances, talking and formulating countermeasures again and again, I have learned a lot from Jiang Xuezhai's side, whether it is the ability to fight or the deployment of battles, it has become a valuable experience. Especially when it comes to work.

Don't men with swords like us yearn to become excellent sword masters?I used to follow Jiang Xuezhai for several years, and I was tossed and turned in the hands of several people. When I became a god, I only saw a little reincarnation of the years.

The idea of ​​worrying about the people from Jiang Xuezhai has become my life's helplessness, or obsession?Those refugees wandered in the chaos of war, but no one could really save them. Both Jiang Xuezhai and Master once said that what can really bring happiness to the people is only a stable society and wise leaders.

I know who that would be, and I'm so thankful that I have access to him again now, even if he's on the enemy side.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, this man used his short life to leave a magnificent chapter in history, but people are infinitely yearning for it. Heroes and heroes of his time have also become the target of people to follow.

The people are unfortunate, they cannot choose the time of their birth, they come into troubled times, and become insignificant pawns in the game of the rulers, but they are lucky, because after them, the world has entered a relatively stable era, and they witnessed After such a transformation, their descendants enjoy that kind of happiness.

I entrust my life to the Buddha, but I can't help my instinct as a sword. This feeling is like an inescapable shackle on my body, which makes me extremely uncomfortable.

After all, the thoughts of the world still have something in common. I have learned the etiquette and law of the master, and I have also inherited a part of the master's thoughts, but part of it is incomplete after all.

Fortunately, I had such an opportunity, and fortunately, Master was willing to bring me out. When I looked back on this past event again, I discovered more things that I had neglected when I was young.

It is said that learning something should learn the essence, but I have only learned the surface, which is really ashamed.

My former master, Itabe Okae Sessai, was an excellent Zen master, an excellent swordsman, and an excellent politician. At least in my eyes, he is the best existence in the world. Master can rival it.

Although he had the world in his heart, he didn't take it completely to heart. I still remember what he said to me a few days ago: "As a minister, you think about the Lord; as a politician, you think about the world; as a swordsman, you think about the world." The division is only considered for killing the enemy."

Maybe this is his real thought, and it is also something I have never recognized before. I only saw his soft lament on the surface, but I never saw him still firmly making a strategic decision. My eyes seemed to have been Covered by something, unable to see through the real thought, only the appearance is everything.

Is it really too immature?He is too important. In my life, it is not an exaggeration to say that I am a father, so that as a "child", I unconsciously imitate him. Although life is as usual, war never waits for others. Growth is but a moment.

The only thing you can do is to put life and death out of your body, let your thoughts and thoughts be empty, and let your instincts become your strength—maybe this is what the master wants me to understand, what a sword master should know, right?

In Jiang Xuezhai's world, he has never only considered for the people, where he is, and taking this as the criterion of action is what he really thinks about.

He will lament the impermanence of the fate of the people, but he is loyal to his master. He will never give up his decision-making because of pity, let alone lose himself because of sorrow.

Just like this, even if he is helpless with the fate of the people, he will choose to implement it, but he will also reduce the harm caused to the people.

He once fought against the enemy, I saw him holding his master in his hand, he was brave and invincible, I am afraid that all distracting thoughts have been removed from his mind, only the thought of "killing" is left, right?

The skills and methods he has learned in the past are all integrated into his body at this moment and turned into instinct, so that he can use the most correct method to solve the problems brought by the enemy without thinking.

Sure enough, I still have something to learn. The current me is far from being able to achieve that kind of ability.

I am worried about the disaster of the people, and my thoughts and thoughts seem to be imprisoned in a moment, and it is difficult to completely escape from this square. I can't look forward to the future, and I can't understand the past. Sighing the impermanence of life like a saint, but am I not one of the products of such a life as a sword?

We are not admired for the splendor of our bearers.

Such a colorful society is like a picture scroll of colorful ideas colliding, beautiful and beautiful, and we have become a part of it, so we are admired by people.

Our holders fought hard to kill the enemy in such an era, and what they did may be for their own benefit or out of helplessness, but they all brought a little fireworks and peace to that era.

The territory that was conquered may have suffered disasters, the people fled under different leaders, and those with real talents were reused, which is equivalent to a kind of self-cleaning of the society, selecting all the powerful people, and letting them get The maximization of self-ability is probably one of the reasons why this place has become a beautiful society that many heroes yearn for.

I am fortunate to be here, and even more fortunate to live this life again.

As a dust-free person, I stepped on the land, and the time of travel was in a hurry, without a real stop. The chaos of war, before and after the war, the world is also revealed in my eyes. I have visited many monasteries, Walked through countless cities, participated in countless wars, and at the end, all that was left was a soft sigh:

——This kind of society is the reason why swords become sought after by people.

Holding my own body in my hand, I don't know how many times my cassock and blue shirt were stained red by blood, and I don't know how many lives my body has taken. I only know that there are me and them in this blood.

In front of the battle, it is just a confrontation of whose belief is stronger, leaving life and death aside, I am facing them, but it seems that I am facing my past self, life has polished us time and time again. Water chestnut, leaving a smooth appearance, but also the heart of a human being.

This kind of heart has become the key to my victory.

When I swung the knife, it was rare for me to let go of all my thoughts. I no longer thought about another life lost by my knife, and I no longer thought about the sorrow of this war. All my thoughts seemed to be empty , dissipated and disappeared.

Until the moment I finally regained my senses, I suddenly realized that this battle was over. I was standing on the battlefield, and the originally yellow ground had been stained deeply with blood. There were corpses all around me, and their faces were ferocious. , some are relieved, no one knows what they were thinking before they died, let alone why they came here to participate in the battle, but in this game, I became the winner and they became the loser That's all.

I don't know what made me win. I took a step forward in a trance, and suddenly felt a sharp pain from my leg. Unknowingly, I was covered in cuts and bruises, and the several scars on my legs were stuck together with the fabric. Every step I took, I could feel the piercing pain, but I didn't feel it at all before.

Perhaps at that time, I really entered the "unintentional mind" that the masters told me?

When I returned to the base camp, it was already late at night. Jiang Xuezhai patted my shoulder and showed a gratified smile, but I simply nodded and didn't say anything. If it was in the past, I might sigh with him unconsciously. Up a few times.

I might have changed somewhere?At that time, I was stroking my body with the colorful scars and thinking helplessly, but I left it behind, because such a change did not have much impact on me.

I don't know if you guys have ever felt this way, my brother. Such a battle is probably a real sword master's battle.I can feel that I am the sword, and the sword is also me, although it seems a bit inexplicably ridiculous to say this sentence from the mouth of a man with a sword, after all, I am a sword.

But it is true, as a sword, I became a human being, but I forgot that I was actually nothing but a sword.

Maybe be confused by something?My life is too ordinary, so I need to break it and need a new self-knowledge.

His Highness Karasuma and the others have already recognized me, but I still stay in that kind of obsession, it really shouldn't be.

I am your elder brother, protecting you is my job, loving you is my affection for you.

Then, as a man of swords, fighting is my job, and feeling the suffering of the people is the softness of my heart. If I let that sentiment become the master and leave my job as a sword behind, I will be putting the cart before the horse.

I am ashamed that I was so ignorant, put myself in such a situation, and made you worry so much about me.

Now that I have followed Jiang Xuezhai to visit Toyotomi Hideyoshi, according to the progress of history, the demise of the Hojo clan is not far away.

A few words can't fully express my feelings. I'll talk to you later when I come back. I wish you all the best in Honmaru. Remember to protect yourself and do your best in everything. Don't overestimate your abilities. If something happens , I can talk to His Highness Kokarasuma, thinking that this Maru is separated from His Highness Mikazuki and Tsurumaru Hall, so His Highness Kokarasuma can be the best person to talk to.