Bronze door through time and space

Chapter 472: Shameful Rebellion

"Master, Chiba Dosan and his eldest grandson Chiba Yayoi come to see you with their ancestral sword." A maid said, kneeling in front of Yan Xu.

Because Yan Xu did not summon him, even if the owner of this courtyard was Chiba Dosan, he still could not come in directly. He needed the maid to come and report and get permission. This also further strengthened his inner thoughts.

"Are you planning to offer a knife?" Yan Xu's expression was a little strange. From ancient times to the present, few people who offered a knife had good results, such as Jing Ke and Cao Cao. Although the former did not offer a knife, their ulterior motives were not the same, they all wanted to kill him.

Yan Xu, who had some understanding of the habits of the Japanese, didn't need to think too much to know that the other party wanted to rebel, and not only rebel, but also assassinate him.

Yan Xu actually didn't care much about Chiba Dosan's betrayal. He was just a tool and served him honestly. He didn't mind giving the other party the wealth, glory, longevity and power he wanted. If he didn't obey, he would just kill him. It wasn't even worth getting angry.

What made Yan Xu curious was where the other party got the confidence from.
Yan Xu looked up at the sky thoughtfully, and suddenly understood. It seemed that he had become a lucky man. He felt that he was powerful and wanted more, even to be in charge of his own affairs, so he chose to rebel, or in other words, it was the old tradition of Japan, the inferiors overthrowing the superiors.

He has good ideas, is very motivated, and has strong execution capabilities, but he tends to die quickly. Yan Xu's evaluation of Chiba Dosan is very appropriate, and he is qualified to make such an evaluation.

"It's really boring." Yan Xu was a little helpless about Qianye Daosan's choice, because if he killed the other party, he would have to find a replacement. As for not killing him, how could it be possible? What should he do if he was upset? So he just killed him.

Chiba Dosan, dressed in classical Japanese formal wear, came to pay homage with his eldest grandson Chiba Yayoi, holding the ancestral sword in both hands. His every move followed the ancient etiquette and there was nothing wrong with it. Who could have imagined that the purpose of his visit was to assassinate the master.

He was polite but had no sense of righteousness. He feared power but not virtue. Yan Xu had long been accustomed to this and watched his performance coldly.

Seeing Yan Xu's eyes that were three parts mocking, three parts boredom, and four parts waiting for your performance, Qianye Dosan's heart skipped a beat and for the first time he hesitated about the decision he had made.

Unfortunately, the arrow is on the string and has to be shot. Choosing to stop at this time will not have a good outcome. Don't treat him as a fool. You can know what he wants to do if you think about it. So you might as well take a gamble. Therefore, he made up his mind, placed the ancestral sword in front of him, and slowly took it out.

As a kendo master of the ninth dan of Hokushin Ittoryu, the only reason he was not rated as the tenth dan was because he was not dead yet. Chiba Dosan, who stands at the top of kendo today, is proficient in many kinds of swordsmanship in addition to his expertise in Hokushin Ittoryu, and Iaido is one of them.

Many people confuse Iai Slash with Sword-drawing Technique. In fact, the two are not the same thing. Although both are essentially about killing the enemy by quickly drawing the sword, Sword-drawing Slash is used for head-on confrontation and is a technique of killing the enemy by drawing the sword while standing, while Iai Slash is often used while kneeling or half-kneeling. To put it bluntly, it is used for sneak attacks when everyone is relaxing indoors.

Of course, you can also say that Iai Slash is used to defend against the opponent's sneak attack, as long as you believe it.

When Qianye Dosan was young, he carried a sword and broke into the Jidao organization to negotiate with the other party. He used the sword to kill five people in a row and finally escaped unscathed. Now, with the extraordinary power gained from decades of sword skills, this sword is close to the Tao.

Before coming here, Chiba Dosan had practiced repeatedly thousands of times, and with the help of his ancestral sword that suddenly became magical, he could sit in a sitting position and cut off a wrist-thick steel rod within a range of two meters in one hundredth of a second. The broken end was as smooth as a mirror, and this was the source of his confidence, but now it has been broken.

Yan Xu supported his head with one hand, leaning his body, looking a little leisurely, and with the other hand, he used only the thumb and index finger to pinch the knife that was infused with all the energy of Qianye Daosan. The ancestral sword that could cut iron like mud wanted to struggle, but it seemed to sense something and finally pretended to be dead. Witnessing this desperate scene, Qianye Daosan seemed to have aged a lot. Obviously, he lost the bet, and Qianye Yayoi behind him was stunned, and he had not yet reacted to the fact that his grandfather had sneak attacked the master of the Qianye family.

"It seems you lost the bet." Yan Xu twisted his fingers lightly, and the Chiba family's ancestral sword flew out of Chiba Dosan's hand and stuck upside down next to Chiba Yayoi, and then said calmly.

Chiba Dosan now understood that from the beginning to the end, neither he nor the Chiba family were taken seriously by this person. Everything he imagined was just something the other party did out of boredom. That was why he lost so badly, because he did not see the gap in strength between the two sides at all.

"I am guilty. The crime is mine." Chiba Dosan rebelled quickly and apologized quickly, and just as resolutely. After apologizing, he took off his gorgeous clothes, revealing his white lining, pulled out his wakizashi, and without hesitation cut a horizontal cut in his stomach, then a vertical cut. The severed intestines immediately burst out of his stomach. The scene was bloody and tragic.

Seppuku does not result in immediate death. Even ordinary people need to endure several hours of pain before they die completely, not to mention an extraordinary person like Chiba Dosan. Even such an injury can be healed in no time as long as the person is sent to the hospital and sutured in time.

But both Chiba Dosan and Chiba Yayoi knew very well that he had to die, and had to die miserably. Only in this way could the Chiba family have a chance of survival. Therefore, after completing the standard steps of seppuku, Chiba Dosan did not stop. He even endured the pain and cut open his chest. However, his extraordinary strength still prevented him from dying happily. He also did not attack the vital parts such as the heart and brain directly, but just trembled and endured the pain.

When the blood flowing from his grandfather's body soaked the corners of his clothes, Chiba Yayoi clenched his fists so hard that his palms were even pierced. He finally couldn't help it, crawled in front of Yan Xu, kowtowed hard, and prayed.

"My Lord, please allow me to speak up for my grandfather!"

Chiba Dosan, who was enduring the severe pain, suddenly looked unhappy. Unfortunately, he could no longer speak and could only watch his grandson begging for him. He could not help but smile bitterly in his heart, thinking that he was too soft-hearted. If he wanted to die quickly, why would he choose to commit seppuku? It was because the pain of living a life worse than death was the way to make amends, not just death.

"Okay, but it's not so easy to clean the knife after it's stained with the blood of the rebels." Yan Xu was not interested in watching people struggling in pain in front of him, nor did he care about Qianye Daosan's so-called sincerity, so he agreed casually.

"Hey! The Chiba family will shed the last drop of blood for the lord, and will use the blood of the enemy to wash away the traces of shame." Chiba Yayoi responded decisively, then stood up and drew out the Chiba family's ancestral sword.

At this time, Chiba Dosan seemed to understand something, and secretly sighed why he did not discover it earlier. If he had seen Yayoi's talent earlier, perhaps he would not have reached this point today.

Chiba Yayoi's desire to relieve her grandfather's pain was only one of her reasons. Her main purpose was to express her attitude towards the Chiba family and to draw a clear line between herself and the rebel Chiba Dosan.

Since ancient times, few rebels have had a good ending, especially when there is a huge disparity in power.

My grandfather thought that he could use the painful death of seppuku to dispel the lord's anger, but this was not reliable, because the rebellion had already been committed, and no one would easily forgive the rebels. This was the greatest denial of loyal people, so Chiba Yayoi immediately showed an attitude of loyalty and filial piety, and was determined to wash away the shame at all costs, just to buy a glimmer of hope for the Chiba family.

(End of this chapter)