Chapter 274 The Outcome of the Duel

Chengshengcheng, the tea room in the courtyard of Honmaru.

The tea room, which is less than three and a half rooms, is very narrow and compact, and people cannot stand upright when sitting in it, otherwise their heads will touch the roof.

Li Xiao held the tea bowl in his right hand and brushed the tea powder in the tea bowl very lightly. The small skylight above his head just revealed a ray of autumn sunlight, lazily scattered in the tea room.

In the tea room, Li Xiao's hand rubbed the rim of the bowl with the tea pot, making a rhythmic rustling sound, but it revealed a Zen-like tranquility.

Soon after, Li Xiao stopped the action in his hand, waved the tea bowl in his hand, and handed his hands to the center between him and Shangquan Nobuzuna.

After that, Li Xiao turned his knees and sat facing Nobuzuna Kamizumi. He stretched out his hand and said, "Master Ise Mori, please use tea."

Shangquan Nobu Tsuna nodded slightly, holding the tea bowl with both hands, holding the tea bowl in his hands, slowly rotating it three times, and then lightly sniffing the tea fragrance.

Just as Shangquan Xin's outline was drinking this tea, Li Xiao suddenly said: "Ise Mori-sama, aren't you afraid that I will poison the tea?".

Hearing Li Xiaozhi's words, Shangquan Xinzuna paused slightly, and then a smile appeared on his face, still holding the tea bowl to his mouth and taking a sip.

Li Xiao looked at it from this angle, Shangquan Nobutsuna wore a white plain coat, and his eyebrows and beards were already gray, adding a lot of vicissitudes of life compared to three years ago.

However, his movements are still calm, and his forbidding right hand has distinct joints, no matter whether it is raising and lowering the tea bowl, there is no extra movement.

"Very good tea powder"

Shangquan Nobuzuna put down the tea bowl, and said in a deep voice: "Master Tajima is very skilled in tea art, and is not even inferior to the tea people."

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Thank you for your appreciation. The tea ceremony is just a pastime for me. I only use it for fun in my spare time."

Shangquan Nobutsuna shook his head, and said: "Tajima Shou-sama, tea ceremony is not a way of pastime, have you heard the name Qianzongyi?"

Li Xiao nodded and thought: I had heard of it when I played Taige 5 and drank tea to cheat cards.

A look of remembrance flashed in the eyes of Shangquan Shinzuna and said: "Four years ago, when I went to Luobai to meet the late Gongfang Hall, I passed by his tea room and went in for a meeting. I still can't forget that he ordered tea for me. One scene."

After a pause, Shangquan Xinzuna said: "He once said that the real tea ceremony is just boiling water and ordering tea. How to make the tea room cool in summer and how to make the tea room warm in winter? The points are delicious."

Li Xiao listened and thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "This is not only the tea ceremony, but also the ultimate truth of life."

After a pause, Li Xiao seemed to say something emotionally: "As the so-called skill is at its extreme, it is Tao. Qianzong is easy to understand tea art. It has reached its peak and is close to Tao."

Shangquan Nobuzuna nodded and said: "It is true that different paths lead to the same goal. Whether it is kendo or tea ceremony, the ultimate practice exists for the pursuit of the ultimate Dao, but the world is ignorant and deviates from the track. Those who learn kendo, It is for killing people, for those who learn the tea ceremony, but for arty, which deviates from the original fundamentals."

After a pause, Izumi Shinzuna said: "Excuse me, Master Tajima, why do you learn guns and where are you pursuing Dao?"

Li Xiao glanced at Shangquan Nobutsuna, and thought, okay, do you want to suppress me first and blow my confidence?

Just as Miyamoto Musashi suppressed Sasaki Kojiro with words before the battle on Yanlijima, Miyamoto Musashi smashed the opponent's confidence and won again.

This is also a method commonly used in Japanese martial arts before duels.

Shangquan Xingang's statement is just like putting forward the Dao standard, let Li Xiao argue that if Li Xiao does not have a better refutation, he can only agree with his point of view, so before the final battle, Li Xiao has lost.

Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "It's very simple, for self-preservation, for my own life, and to protect the things I cherish."

Shangquan Shinzuna was slightly disappointed when he heard the words, and said: "Tajima Shou-sama, isn't it too narrow to say this? Is it too far away? It's a long way to go."

Li Xiao laughed, but suddenly said with a serious face: "Master Shangquan, what is Tao, isn't it the most important thing in everyone's mind? So different people have different ways of people, just like Master Shangquan has Master Shangquan’s way, I, Li Xiao, have the way of Li Xiao. And why should Master Shangquan use the way he understands to belittle the way below?"

"Are you thinking the same as mine? Just as Master Qian Zongyi pursues his own Tao, and eventually becomes the ultimate, close to Tao, becoming a master, if we pursue the Tao in the mind of Master Qian Zongyi, and Ignore the way in your heart, this is the real deviation."

Shangquan Shinzuna's eyes flashed, and Li Xiao's words made him momentarily stunned.

Nobuyuki Shangquan didn't argue with Li Xiao, he seemed to feel it, and said, "You are right."

Said by Shangquan Xingang, on the contrary, Li Xiao was slightly stunned. When he was so self-confessed, he was tantamount to admitting Li Xiao's theory and his own mistakes.

Isn't he just trying to beat his determination to fight a decisive battle?

Or did he never even think of fighting me?

Li Xiao thought of this, and suddenly his body shook.

Shangquan Shinzuna looked out the window and said slowly: "When I taught Xiuyin swordsmanship, he was about the same age as you. At that time, I taught him swordsmanship, hoping that he could be the same as mine. It's a pity that he didn't understand what I meant. He held the sword everywhere to compete with others. In the end, he was seriously injured and died in the battle with Satomi's family."

Li Xiao suddenly remembered that Shangquan Xiuyin had a close relationship with himself, and he had also competed with Shigang Yiyu. Ueizumi Nobuya said in the words that the battle with the Satomi family was the second Kofudai battle between the Hojo family and the Satomi family two years ago.

Shangquan Xiuyin died of serious injuries in the war, causing Shangquan Xingang to suffer the pain of losing his son.

"The same is true of Gongfang Hall, Ye Sheng Gong and others. I have a peerless swordsmanship in Shangquan Nobu Tsuna, which is close to the ultimate in kendo, but what is the use, but even the son, the disciple, and the lord can’t protect it. This What a pain in life"

Speaking of this, Kamizumi Xinzuna couldn't help but sigh up to the sky.

"Master Shangquan, please be sorry." Li Xiao could only say so comfortingly.

Faced with Li Xiao's comfort, Shangquan Nobuzuna stretched out his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I'm gaffe."

After a pause, Quan Xinzuan said: "Thank you for your hospitality."

After speaking, Shangquan Xinzuna bowed to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao also replied.

After walking out of the tea room, Shangquan Nobuyuki bid farewell to Li Xiao, saying: "I have met with you, but my wish is gone. From now on, I will travel the world, sharpen my heart, and teach the new Yinliu swordsmanship. So maybe we won't meet again in the future."

Only then did Li Xiao know that he was wrong to meet Izumi Shinzuna, and he really didn't come to a duel with himself.

After the demise of the master's house, this peerless swordsman no longer killed people on the same day.

He also looked away from everything and did not seek selfishness for his own victory or defeat. What he thought in his heart was to use Yinliu's kendo as a skill to pass on, so that more people could find the way in their hearts from kendo.

Such an insight that is not narrow one's own is the real master craftsmanship.

It is precisely because of Nobuzuna Uizumi that he carried forward the undercurrents that he inherited from Aizhou Ikosai, making it one of the three major sources of Japanese art of war.

Kamiizumi Nobutsuna made a new underworld. His apprentices Futian Fumagoro, Yanagyu Zongyan, Marume Nagae, and Shingo Zongji all inherited his swordsmanship and became a genre of their own.

Among them, Liu Shengzong's Yanagi Xin Yinliu is the most famous.

And the bamboo bag sword invented by Nobuzuna Uequan and his disciples reduced the risk of injury when more kendo practitioners in later generations practice the sword.

Shangquan Nobuzuna finally realized his ambition, and his kendo has been passed down to modern times.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao couldn't help but respect the other party, saying: "Master Shangquan, please take care. If you have free time, please come to Chengshengcheng as a guest."

Nobuzuna Shangquan nodded, and walked away.

At this moment, outside of Honmaru, Li Xiaoyi and his servants are standing here with swords.

Shima Katsumi, Shioka Kazuha, Kinoshita Koichiro and others all had serious expressions, and the other retainers had no good expressions. They turned their heads and looked at Fumagoro Kuta, who was standing on the side, with their eyes showing. A trace of hostility.

"Why hasn't the lord come out for so long? Do you want someone to come in and check it out?" Dazang Changan said aloud.

His remarks were immediately echoed by several retainers.

"No," he said, "You are not caring about the lord’s actions, but against the lord’s order. You have not heard of the lord’s order when you go in. Without his order, any Are people not allowed to enter the pill?".

Dazang Changan has always been at odds with Bendu Zhengxin. Hearing what the other party said, he sneered and said: "My lord Bendu, the lord and Shangquan Shinzuna have been in for a long time, and it is reasonable to say that the test is over for a long time. This can be done. Isn't it worrying?".

Bendo Zhengxin snorted and said: "Master Dazang, if you want to go against the Lord's will, you can go in and take a look."

"You," Dazang Changan said with a sneer, "Sure enough, there is something to say, the first treacherous minister in the family, you are none other than Lord Benduo."

Bendo Masashin looked sideways to Chang'an, Tibet, and said: "Master Da Zang, you need to be careful when you speak."

Just as Bendo was believing and Da Zang Changan was tit-for-tat, the door to Honmaru had been opened.

All the retainers were all together, staring at the main door of Honmaru, and they were relieved to see Li Xiao walk out the door safe and sound.

"Meet the lord."

More than twenty Li Xiao's retainers bowed in front of the main gate of Honmaru.

Li Xiao waved his hand, indicating that the retainers don't have to be polite.

And Shangquan Xinzuna also said to Li Xiao: "But Master Ma Shou, I'm leaving."

Li Xiao nodded and said, "Master Shangquan, please take care too."

Li Xiao's courtiers were all amazed when they saw this scene, wondering if the lord had just had a duel with this person from time to time? Why does it look like a good friend? What's wrong with it.

Immediately, Nobutsuna Uizumi and Fumagoro Kuta left from Honmaru, unimpeded all the way, and left the castle town directly.

Li Xiao looked at the back of Shangquan Xinzuna, and thought a little.

At this time, among Li Xiao’s clan, Shioka Kazuyu was the first to help, and asked: "Dare to ask the lord, who won the competition between you and Isemo Shangquan?"

Li Xiao laughed at Shigang Yiyu's question without comment.

But it made the retainers unknown for a while.

"Who is it that won?"

Not only the vassals, but also the swordsmen and ronin of Lianchengshengcheng's castle town, they also had this question when they saw Kamizumi Shinzuna coming out of the castle town unharmed.

Everyone stepped forward to ask, but Kamizumi Nobutsuna also laughed at the result of the match between the two of them, and even Fumagoro Hiuda did not tell.

The duel between Uesumi Nobuzuna and Li Xiao attracted the attention of people from all over the world, including Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, and Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Hojo Shiyasu are no exception.

They all dispatched the top ninjas to go to Chengsheng City to listen to the news.

However, none of these ninjas entered the heavily guarded castle city, so there was no way to know the result of this duel.

All the news was sealed, and neither party spoke.

So the result of this battle has now become a big mystery, making countless people in the world puzzled.

Among them, there are various speculations about this duel, such as Shangquan Nobu Tsuna wins, some Li Xiaosheng, and some others say that the match was a tie between the two.

Some people think that one of the two will win, but the other is to save face, so I beg the other party not to tell the outcome of the matter.

However, in the city, the comparison between Li Xiao and Shangquan Xingang has been added to the vinegar to derive countless versions.

The most convincing version is that when the two are about to win the battle, a woman enters the scene and interrupts the process of the competition at the cost of her own suicide.

And this woman is Li Xiao, and Shangquan Nobutsuna's most beloved woman.

All kinds of disharmony between the two, the fight is also caused by the woman.

At the moment the woman died, the two of them wept and wept bitterly while holding the woman's corpse. In the end, they both awakened and decided to reconcile with each other and stop fighting for their lives.

As soon as this rumor came out, it immediately occupied the mainstream market, and even Chengshengcheng also spread the rumor that they saw Li Xiao and Nobutsuna Shangquan went up the mountain in the middle of the night to worship at a woman's grave.

So that was the case, the truth suddenly became clear.

Whether you believe it or not, the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom.

After the city was born, Shangquan Xingang traveled the world, taught swordsmanship and warfare, and became more and more famous, attracting the admiration of countless warriors.

Li Xiao's fame has also increased greatly, but compared to what he did in Hida, Yuezhong's battle with Shangquan Nobuzuna this time is just one of the small episodes.

With the passage of time ~lightnovelpub.net~ the rumors of this duel have gradually subsided, and no one will pay attention to it again.

At this time, inadvertently, it was far away in Kashima in the land of Kanto.

On Kashima, there is Kashima Shrine, which is known as Yosushi Shrine and Katori Shrine as one of the three major shrines in the East.

Outside the shrine, the courtyard is deep, and from time to time there are uniform shouts from everyone.

And a humble dojo is located here.

Tokuden Tsukahara, who is nearly eighty years old, is devoting himself to teaching young disciples, using Kashima Shinto swordsmanship.

At this time, a disciple rushed over and reported to Tsukahara Bu Chuan about the duel between Nobutsuna Uzumi and Li Xiao.

After hearing the rumor, Tsukahara stopped for a long time, and finally said: "If you can be twenty years younger, it would be great."

Chapter 274 The Outcome of the Duel

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