"It turns out it's Sena Yushu-sama, I'm disrespectful." After learning the identity of Sena Jijun, Matsushita Karan and Asai Kenmasa both saluted Sena Jijun, and at the same time they also understood why Yu Qiupei appeared in Mino
.
"You are doing your best to eliminate harm for the people. I should respect you." Sena Shijun said with his hands. Then, he left several other deputies to chat with them on the mountain road, and he pulled Yu Qiuping aside.
"Hongye, do you know what you did! It's too dangerous!" Sena Shitoshi said worriedly after listening to Yu Qiupei's story. "I heard from the people in the town that a dozen of you will go to clear it up."
That big bandit really scared me."
"Your Highness," Yu Qiuping looked at Sena Shijun's sad face and apologized sheepishly: "It's my fault that I didn't tell you in advance this time. But I actually didn't plan to really go and eliminate the bandits at the beginning!
I wanted to bring back those two guys who I thought were crazy. Who would have thought that Mr. Panasonic was so awesome that he actually killed these bandits!"
"It's too dangerous anyway, so be careful next time." Sena Shitoshi shook his head, "But through this opportunity, Hongye was lucky enough to get to know the young master of the Asai family. Later, he visited the Asai family and got an introduction.
People have brought a lot of convenience to our family."
"The young master of the Asai family seems to be a maniac about justice." Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "He pays special attention to the justice of the samurai. He is also very dissatisfied with the Rokkaku family's oppression of the Asai family. He is probably likely to cooperate with us."
"By the way, when are you going to release those people?" asked Sena Ujitoshi.
"Oops! I was so busy just now that I forgot about it!" Yu Qiuping patted his head and said to the dozen companions over there who had been through life and death together, "Jingde, lead the way, let's go and loosen those people."
Asai Kenmasa and Matsushita Qingran also nodded in agreement and urged Amano Keitoku to lead the way.
Amano Keide was stunned for a moment and looked around coldly.
"What does this expression mean?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.
"It has been loosened." Amano Keide said without emotion. At this moment, his crow suddenly whined, flew back from the forest, and landed on his shoulder.
"Ah? When did you loosen your ties?" Yu Qiuping didn't remember that Amano Jingde had left, so he looked over in surprise.
Suddenly, he discovered that the beak of Amano Jingtoku's crow was covered with bright red blood.
"Jingde! What did you do to them!" Yu Qiuping suddenly woke up and asked urgently. Kenmasa Asai and Qingran Matsushita also frowned and looked over. Sanada Masayuki sighed slightly and walked over.
Behind Amano Keitoku.
"Kill him." Amano Jingde raised his head and stared at Yu Qiuping with his turbid eyes, "After killing him, he threw his body on the cliff."
"Jingde!" Yu Qiuping was about to explode, but he never thought that Matsushita Qingluan, who always looked quiet and thin, rushed up first and grabbed Amano Jingde's collar. He had always been calm and composed before, but now he was full of emotions.
His face was filled with anger, and his eyes were almost bursting with fire.
"Why are you doing this..." Panasonic asked lightly, his voice trembling a little.
"Because they know everyone's whereabouts." Amano Keide replied in a low voice, "I'm worried that they will leak the secret and put everyone in danger."
"But they have been tied up and their mouths are gagged!" Asai Kenmasa shouted, "How can you leak the secret!"
"In case a bandit comes here, I am not sure that I will be able to repel the bandit, nor am I sure that I will kill all these people before the bandit kills me." Amano Keidero shook his head, "What if the bandit really does
If we come here, your ambush will be revealed, and our entire army may be annihilated."
"So you kill them all! Kill all those innocent people!" Matsushita's slightly naive voice was full of anger, and his throat was a little hoarse. "You also said it was possible! It was possible.
situation, you just kill them all?"
"That's right. I have made a decision about the safety of a dozen of us and the lives of a dozen people." Amano Keide said in a low voice.
"You!" Matsushita Qingran was about to lose control, and several guards hurriedly pulled him away.
"You two calm down first." Sena Shitoshi also hurriedly rushed to smooth things over, "I probably understand your situation. Allow me to say something." Sena Shitoshi slowed down his tone and looked at the few people surrounding him.
He gradually calmed down and said: "Jingde is my old subordinate for more than ten years. I understand his style. Everything he did was for your safety." Sena Ujitoshi said, "Although it is very cruel
There is nothing wrong, those dozen people are innocent and there is nothing wrong, but this is a choice he has no choice but to make in these troubled times."
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment. He suddenly remembered that when they were investigating near Imamiya, Amano Keitoku stabbed to death a messenger with the same decisiveness - and it was later proven that he was right. His killing protected the safety of the troops.
.Same this time.
"To be honest, I think Brother Jingtoku did the right thing." Maeda Toshiie said, "He must also know that doing this is killing innocent people, but for everyone's safety, someone has to get his hands dirty.
If it wasn't Brother Jingde, it might have been me. Brother Jingde took the initiative to take on this responsibility, which is quite remarkable."
Matsushita sighed lightly, his eyes becoming very helpless and sad. He glanced at the people around him and found that except for Yu Qiuping and Asai Kenmasa, although the others were very sorry, they all agreed with Amano Keide's expressions.
practice.
"But the reason why we want to wipe out the bandits is because they kill innocent people indiscriminately." Matsushita Qingluan said sadly, "We ourselves also killed innocent people indiscriminately and violated justice. What is the difference between us and those bandits? And we
Why should we destroy them?"
"If you want to eliminate the darkness, you must fall into the darkness." Amano Keitoku looked directly at Matsushita Qingran, "If you want to eliminate the bandits, you must be more ferocious than them."
"Then what's the point of doing this?" Panasonic shook his head lightly, "We eliminated the vicious people, but even more vicious people emerged."
"No." Amano Keidero shook his head, "This is the warring period of the Warring States Period. If you want to unify the world, the bright road will not work. You will definitely be defeated by people in the darkness using insidious means. Only by using the dark and sinister thunderbolt means can we win.
Killing people like rivers of blood and quickly unifying the world, pushing the world into the valley of darkness and terror. Only then will the next generation understand the value of peace. Only then, after the darkness has passed, will a wise master come out to administer benevolent policies and restore light to the world."
Amano Keitoku's turbid, bloodshot eyes stared at Matsushita's clear and chaotic eyes, and said solemnly: "Chaos first and then cure. This is my dark righteousness."
Amano Jingde looked at Yu Qiuping, the always kind-hearted young man. He treated everyone sincerely, regardless of status, no matter how high or low he was. His kindness was the hope of a bright world, and it was also his hope. He had long decided to let himself
Fall into the darkness, do all the dirty things, and protect the goodness and light of Yu Qiuping.
"No matter what, I will not agree with your method." Matsushita Qingran looked at Amano Keide and shook his head resolutely, "As a warrior, I want to uphold the righteousness of the world, destroy the unjust people, and restore the world.
A just and peaceful age.”
"In order to obtain benefits, falling into darkness and killing innocent people is not just a person who sees profits and forgets his righteousness?" Matsushita Qingluan asked, "What qualifications does such a person have to talk about a bright world?"
"You are like your disgusting crow, feeding on the flesh of the dead. Where there are crows, there is death. Such birds of death stay in the darkness all their lives. Darkness will never prevail over light. This is
My bright and righteous cause!" He said in a deep voice, and looked at each other with Amano Keitoku. Unexpectedly, they would look at each other with such eyes for the rest of their lives.
After that, he turned around and left angrily. Kenzheng Asai sighed and left angrily. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and chased after him.
The sky has turned gloomy, and darkness has enveloped the entire land. On the way back to the city, Matsushita Qingluan walked alone without saying a word. Yu Qiuping and Asai Kenmasa were also silent, following behind him. And the large army was walking behind him.
Walk further behind.
Sena Shijun sent someone to ask Yu Qiupei if they wanted to have dinner together, but Yu Qiupei refused. The three of them walked aimlessly on the grass outside the castle town, and finally leaned together under a tree and watched.
The sky is full of stars.
"Everyone agrees with what the crow did." Matsushita sighed lightly, "Why is no one willing to believe in righteousness! Believe in the bright and righteous way of the world!"
"Because those despicable people who use dark means can often gain an advantage." Asai Kenmasa said in a low voice, "The moral principles of the samurai have long been completely abandoned."
"In troubled times... is it true that only darkness can win..." Matsushita Qingran suddenly choked up, "I have insisted on the bright and righteous cause for a long time, but I have never been recognized by others. Isn't it possible to win without ruthless and dirty means? Is it possible?
Can't a warrior win if he upholds justice? Can't we win if the crow doesn't kill the innocent people this time? Is light really not as good as darkness?"
"No, it's not." Yu Qiuping, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly interrupted. Matsushita Qingran and Asai Kenmasa were stunned for a moment and looked at Yu Qiuping.
Yu Qiuping raised his head and stared at the Big Dipper that has been hanging in the sky for thousands of years. They have witnessed the separation and reunification of the earth and the vicissitudes of life for thousands of years.
"Do you know about the cycle of chaos?" Yu Qiuping asked, but it was an unrelated topic. The two nodded, "Are you talking about what the Han people said, a catastrophe in three hundred years?"
"I am a Han." Yu Qiuping nodded, "Not only in our Ming Dynasty, but also in your Japan, isn't it a cycle of chaos and chaos?"
"Xia, Shang and Zhou, Qin, Han, Wei and Jin, Sixteen Kingdoms, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming, your Japanese court, the Taira clan, the Kamakura shogunate, and now the Ashikaga shogunate." Yu Qiuping talked about the dynasties that had appeared in history, "Every time
Yes, the old dynasty is in a state of decay, the people are in dire straits, or the peasants have revolted, or foreign enemies have invaded, or important ministers have usurped power, or local separatism has led to the country falling into chaos."
"A great hero will use the dark means mentioned by Jingde to defeat his enemies one by one, and finally unify the country and create a new dynasty. Those who are not powerful enough or dark enough will be knocked down by him.
. And the new dynasty will become decayed again in a few hundred years. When new troubled times come, a new dynasty will replace it."
"There are cycles of fighting chaos again and again, and if they unite for a long time, they will divide and unite. But every time there is a change of dynasty, it will bring endless disasters to the people. The bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crow for thousands of miles. However, every hero who unifies the country can think of
They all thought about how to defeat the enemy and establish their own dynasty and temporarily bring peace to the people. But they never thought about how to end this cycle of chaos and permanently end the suffering of the people."
"If this era does not change, the current troubled times will be ended by an overlord in the near future, and then the dynasty will start again for hundreds of years, and the cycle of chaos will start again until this dynasty is overthrown."
"Why is this happening? Why?" Yu Qiuping looked at the two people beside him and suddenly laughed loudly: "Why on earth!"
"I have been very curious since I was a child, and until today, I finally seem to understand something." Yu Qiuping said sadly, "Because every new dynasty is established using dark means. The overlords, in order to win, do whatever they can to win.
They sacrificed the lives of countless innocent people, did not hesitate to use dark and dirty methods, and did not hesitate to avenge their relatives. The process of establishing the dynasty was written into history and passed down orally. The dark memory was passed on to future generations, casting a dark shadow on the world.
!”
"When the old dynasty encountered a crisis and fell into troubled times, most of the many heroes did not think about how to use justice to rectify the world and save the crisis. Instead, they thought about using dark means to defeat the enemy and overthrow the predecessors like their predecessors.
To be continued...