437, Qing Ji (2/2)
In the middle front hall,
Kabuki plays instruments and dances in the hall.
The distinguished guests sat reservedly behind a table, chatting in low voices with acquaintances, and occasionally toasting to each other.
The atmosphere here seems warm but also feels deserted and alienated.
What alienates and separates everyone is the strict class and the rules hidden below the water's surface.
Su Wu sat in the corner, enjoying the fine wine and food alone, but he was content.
Earlier, Minamoto no Yoritomo came over to say a few words, then returned to his seat and continued to joke with his acquaintances.
"I heard that there is a place called Kuzuno outside Kyoto. There is a small noble family who cannot make ends meet. Most of the farmland under his family has been deprived of most of the land by the surrounding nobles. The family suffers from hunger every day...
Because the courtyard of his house is close to a dilapidated Zen temple with little incense,
Small nobles often go to Zen temples to practice.
Over time, I learned a method of starvation from the Zen temple.
He held a hot stone in his arms and used the heat of the stone to warm his abdomen, so his hunger was reduced a lot!
The little nobleman introduced this method of starvation into his own family.
Give it a nickname,
It’s called ‘kaiseki cuisine’!
It means that only during a very short period of hunger can people understand the true taste of food, and even more rare food is hard-earned..."
"Hahaha……
I wonder if ordinary people who are used to eating "kaiseki" food will forget the true taste of food if they see a table of delicacies in front of them? "
“Common people are common people,
If you can't afford to eat, just say you can't afford to eat.
He has to give a name of elegance to food he cannot afford. Can he hide his poverty in this way? "
After several cases beside Su Wu, several Genji disciples gathered together and talked loudly, and their words were meaningful.
Occasionally, they would purposely glance towards Su Wu, and their eyes would fall on the partially eaten meals on the table in front of Su Wu.
As if he wanted to mock Su Wu as a 'commoner' and a 'poor person who can't stand on the stage', as soon as he saw the delicacies, he even forgot who he was and just ate.
However,
food on the table,
For Su Wu, who is used to eating all kinds of exquisite modern dishes, this is not really a delicacy.
He's just bored,
So I just eat to relieve my boredom.
Su Wu suddenly laughed out loud when he heard the secret mocking words of those Genji children.
The Genji disciples were all surprised and looked at him, wondering what he was laughing at?
Su Wu was smiling. Isn't the 'kaiseki cuisine' they call in reality the representative of Dongliu Island's so-called 'high-end cuisine'? These people could never have imagined that after more than a thousand years, the delicacies of their nobles would not be handed down.
On the contrary, it was the "starvation cuisine" of the poor, which became the representative of the island's high-end cuisine more than a thousand years later.
Genji's sons frequently observed Su Wu secretly.
Most of his eyes fell on the knives on his waist.
Minamoto Yoritomo once told them about the specific shape and decoration of the 'Supreme Sword'. From among the swords Su Wu carried with him, they could not find any that matched Minamoto Yoritomo's description.
It turns out that the sword is not on the 'Inoue family's elder'.
However,
They would never imagine,
Among Su Wu's swords, there is a sword that has not yet reached the 'supreme level', but is not far from the 'supreme'. Moreover, this sword is in an awakened state, and its power is much stronger than that of Wu who has not yet awakened. Superior!
"Are you the Inoue family elder who followed General Yoritomo Minamoto to carry the sword to Kyoto?"
One of Genji's sons, Minamoto Jingui, raised his glass to Su Wu and asked.
He pretended to be curious,
It well concealed the contempt for "little nobles" and "common people" like Su Wu that had just been revealed.
Su Wu nodded: "Not bad."
The elder of the Inoue family looked calm, and he was quite calm when faced with Minamoto Tsuki's inquiry. In fact, he made the young men in rich clothes who tried their best to ridicule him like roosters in a chicken coop vying for beauty.
This sparse and bright temperament made all the sons of the Gen clan feel ashamed.
And secretly jealous.
Gengsheng wanted to expose Su Wu's 'unfathomable' behavior.
Minamoto Tsuki continued: "Sir Inoue, can you give us a look at that supreme sword? I originally asked you to send it to my house. Since it has been delivered today, the sword should be returned to its original owner!"
"Exactly!"
"That's what it means!"
"Indeed!"
Several Genji sons followed suit.
Minamoto no Yoritomo noticed the movement on their side and came over with a wine glass in hand. He looked worriedly at Minamoto Tsuki, the eldest son of the third generation of the Gen clan, for fear that the other party would say the wrong thing.
Minamoto Tsuki gave him a reassuring look, showing that he was measured, and then Minamoto Yoritomo stopped the idea of stopping the other party.
"I sent the sword to ask for a reward from the famous Genji.
The reward is not in place,
However, the supreme sword cannot be given to him at all. "
Su Wu's honest words made Yuan Jingui and others sigh in their chests, and they immediately didn't know what to say.
They knew that the sword had been brought into the shadow world by the other party, and they could not take it by force.
If you yell harshly at the other party on the spot, it will arouse the other party's vigilance. Instead, you will steal the chicken but lose the rice - and this is something that is strictly prohibited by the right minister.
Therefore, Zhongyuan's son remained silent for a long time.
Minato Tsukie suddenly spoke up and changed the subject: "After Uncle Yoritomo returned to Kyoto with you, he praised your swordsmanship and respected your martial arts.
Now that we have this opportunity,
Sir, why don't we exchange some swordsmanship?
I am a disciple of the 'Tenri-ryu Kendo', and my master is a famous swordsman in the Shanqian Kingdom-"
"No, no."
Su Wu shook his head and refused, without waiting for the other party to report his master, he simply refused.
Minato Yoritomo next to him had a slight change of expression.
Minato Tsukie was humiliating himself by exchanging swordsmanship with Inoue Juzhao in the palace.
A ghost warrior like him who had been on the battlefield for a long time could not do anything to the other party,
and he would be defeated by the other party in one move, and his life was in Su Wu's hands-how could a noble son like Minato Tsukie, who had never tolerated the fierce and cunning and only learned swordsmanship in the courtyard, be a match for Inoue Juzhao?
Even if the opponent did not use his treacherous power,
even if he gave Minamoto Tsukie a hand, Minamoto Tsukie would definitely not be able to beat him!
But, so what?
In such an important occasion, Minamoto Tsukie and Inoue Juzho were competing in swordsmanship, but he was severely defeated by the opponent and was defeated in front of all the Minamoto clan retainers - this was also a severe blow to the reputation of the Minamoto clan of the current 'Minamoto Yoritsu' lineage!
It was good for him, Minamoto Yoritomo!
He was happy to see it happen!
"Do you think I am not worthy of being your opponent?" Minamoto Tsukie's eyes turned cold and he put on an aggressive attitude.
The Minamoto clan members around him also had solemn faces,
and the atmosphere seemed to be tense.
Su Wu picked up a piece of jerky from the plate, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it, and nodded: "It's great that you can know yourself!"
"What?!"
"Baga!"
"How can you repair it!"
The Minamoto clan members were furious and stood up suddenly!
Yuan Jingui then stood up, put his palm on the handle of the sword at his waist, and suddenly drew the blade to point at Su Wu: "Sir, you are so rude--"
Swish!
The gorgeous sword blade slowly moved down,
pointing at Su Wu who was sitting cross-legged behind the table, facing him sideways.
Swish, swish, swish, swish--
The Yuan clan members drew their swords and surrounded Su Wu.
At the moment when the swords of the people were about to point to the vital parts of Su Wu's body!
Su Wu suddenly turned into a residual image--
Ding ding ding ding ding!
It was like a gust of wind suddenly rising from the ground,
or like thunder suddenly appearing in dry land!
The bright sword light instantly swept across the swords of the Yuan clan members pointing at Su Wu, and many swords and katana were cut in half, and the broken blades fell to the ground with a clang!
The Yuan clan members staggered back in shock!
Before Yuan Jingui could react to what happened, the top-grade killing stone katana in his hand had turned into a broken sword!
He was shaking in his heart, but he had to maintain his dignity, so he forced himself not to retreat, and even loosened the hilt of the katana, and pressed his palm on the hilt of the second katana on his waist!
Swish!
The blade was pulled out a finger length!
The terrifying figure opposite had already put the tip of the blade towards his neck!
It was like an invitation from the King of Hell to summon his soul!
Yuan Jingui was cold all over!
The shadow of death enveloped his body!
Minamoto Yoritomo next to him immediately stood up, drew his blade to block, and shouted while blocking: "Inoue-kun, don't kill my nephew's life-this is just a competition!"
Although Minamoto Yoritomo reacted quickly,
someone behind him reacted even faster-
"Return to the emperor!
Kiyohime!
Hurry up and obey the order!"
A shrill male voice sounded instantly,
and a purple mist suddenly exploded at the door of the hall.
A shikigami with a snake tail and a human body and a human head snaked out of the purple mist. The shikigami was bare-chested, his chest was shaking, his black hair stood up like javelins, and he opened his big mouth full of fangs. He instantly flew across the air and spit out a mist with many illusory arms constantly pulling at Su Wu!
The poisonous gas spewed out by this 'Qingji' shikigami can make people confused, and even their own thoughts will be broken apart in an instant, turning them into fools!
But the moment the mist spread around Su Wu,
Su Wu's free right hand just pinched a 'Dugu Yin'——
"Hum!
Ha Wumo,
Hum, Pah!"
In the void, the sound of the secret mantra suddenly rang out,
The colorful tiger skin came out from the invisible airflow, and the purple mist rushing towards Su Wu's face was swept and torn by the colorful tiger skin, and turned into nothingness in an instant!
The tiger skin shook violently,
turning into a fierce tiger,
flew out from behind Su Wu, raised its front paws, pressed ‘Qing Ji’ fiercely under its paws, opened its bloody mouth, and tore Qing Ji into pieces of the consciousness of the dead with a few rips, which flew away with the wind!
The ‘Tian Mo Wan’ in Su Wu’s left hand did not hesitate at all, and blocked the sword that Minamoto Yoritomo crossed,
the tip of the blade touched Minamoto Tsuki’s Adam’s apple,
cutting his skin,
blood suddenly flowed down the tip of the blade,
and slowly dripped from the blade.
“Inoue-kun! No!” Minamoto Yoritomo shouted loudly, and in his heart he actually wished that Su Wu would pierce Minamoto Tsuki’s neck with a sword.
However, Su Wu’s sword blade only cut Minamoto Tsuki’s skin and then stopped moving.
He raised his eyes and looked at the entrance of the hall.
A tall middle-aged man wearing a standing black hat and a brocade hunting robe, with several gorgeous swords on his waist, walked into the hall.
The middle-aged man had a gloomy face.
Behind him, there was a middle-aged man with a pointed chin, pale face, and a folded black hat wearing a hunting robe. He glanced at Su Wu with a gloomy look and put away the Shikigami Order in his hand.