Chapter 370: Fruitful Layman
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Originally, Oda Yoshinobu thought that the temple was quite dilapidated in appearance, but when he followed the man into it, he realized that he had underestimated the extent of the ruin.
In the main hall, a Buddha statue whose person it is impossible to tell is lying crookedly in front of the incense table, covered with dust and cobwebs. But the most conspicuous thing is probably the severed head. Yes, the head of this poor Buddha statue does not know where it flies.
"I said, this Buddha statue looks pretty miserable, so you just leave it here?" Oda Yoshinobu asked strangely. In his impression, most of the people he met respected Buddha even if they did not believe in it. Of course, Oda Nobunaga's kid is definitely an exception.
Although the disappeared head may not be able to get it back, I might as well help him scrub it~
Hearing this, the man glanced at the poor Buddha statue with a sneer, and said in a disdainful tone, "Anyway, my head was cut off by me and used to exchange for money." As for the rest, I am preparing to sell it in a few days. ”
"Uh......" Oda Yoshinobu was speechless when he heard this, he didn't understand that the person in front of him didn't have the slightest reverence for the Buddha. You must know that 9 out of 10 people here are super superstitious, and one person is very superstitious in ancient times, and it is the Warring States period of Japan when almost all people are Buddhists! How could someone completely ignore or even despise the Buddha?
"I'm getting more and more interested in you......" Yoshinobu Oda said with a chuckle.
Hearing Oda Yoshinobu's words, the man glanced back at him, and then said lightly, "Although your appearance is rare in a thousand years, I don't have any interest in the Tao......
The words "I ......" immediately choked Oda Yoshinobu speechless, and finally could only muttered helplessly, "What kind of ghost is the Tao, your whole family is interested in the Tao." Hmph, one word can associate that disgusting thing, and your mind is filthy enough. ”
Although Oda Yoshinobu's muttering was not loud, and the temple itself was very quiet. But the man didn't say anything more, just walked all the way to the side hall.
Pursing his lips, Oda Yoshinobu followed closely behind him and entered the side hall, Oda Yoshinobu's eyes suddenly lit up, because this place was not as shabby and messy as outside, but very neatly placed a lot of affairs. But what caught Yoshinobu Oda the most was a strange piece of clothing hanging on the wall. Some of them are similar to the services of the ministers, but they are a little different.
"Just sit down, the humble house is a little shabby, and I hope His Royal Highness Shura won't be weird......" The man said, and he didn't know where to take out a pair of tea sets and start making tea.
Oda Yoshinobu sat in front of him casually, looking at him with straight eyes, and the doubts in his heart became more and more intense. "Judging from his body style, although it is different from ninjutsu and martial arts, he is very clever. Judging from that dress, this person must be related to the minister of Kyoto. Thinking about it, Oda Yoshinobu turned his head and looked at the clothes hanging on the wall again, "But then again, why does this dress feel familiar?" ”
"What? Does that dress look weird? The man asked, making tea.
"Well, it's weird. Could it be this year's new princess costume? Oda Yoshinobu asked, tilting his head.
"New?" The man couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, "His Highness Shura's words are quite interesting, but now how poor the imperial court is, I'm afraid I don't need to tell you, how can you still have the time to make any new clothes?" ”
"Uh......" Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "Can you not call me His Highness Shura, it sounds weird...... Besides, I don't seem to know your name yet......"
Slowly pushed the brewed tea in front of Oda Yoshinobu, "You can call me Guoxin, this is my current name......" The man, oh, Guoxin said indifferently.
"Fruitheart?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Guoxin in surprise when he heard this, obviously he didn't expect that the guy in front of him who looked clear and beautiful was actually the legendary ninja.
Speaking of which, Oda Yoshinobu asked Kato Duanzo and Chiyo Mochizuki curiously at the beginning, but both of them said that they had never heard of the surname or surname Guoxin. However, Oda Yoshinobu didn't care about this, because the reason why he asked at the beginning was only because of the appearance of Kato Duanzo, which made him just think of the person Guoxin. After all, there were only a few famous ninjas in the entire Warring States period.
"Hehe, in fact, this is just a title of mine now, Guoxin Jushi, not a real name." Seeing Oda Yoshinobu's surprised expression, Kakushin thought he was surprised by the name, and explained with a smile. "And my original name ......" Guoxin hesitated for a moment before he said with a flat face, "It's called Tuyumen Youxiu." ”
"Tsuchigomon?" When Oda Yoshinobu heard the name, he asked casually, but then reacted, "Hah...... Ha...... It turned out to be a descendant of the famous Tuyumen family...... Disrespectful ......"
Seeing Oda Yoshinobu's unacting performance, Guoxin didn't know whether to lament that his family had declined to this point, or that Oda Yoshinobu's face was so thick-skinned.
The awkward atmosphere began to condense, but fortunately, Guoxin was a person who had seen strong winds and waves. I saw him cough dryly twice, and then smiled at Oda Yoshinobu, "The Tuyumen clan has been in decay for a long time, even when I was on an errand in the imperial court before, I was still in the imperial palace. So it's normal that Oda-sama hasn't heard of this surname. ”
"Ah...... Ha ha...... In fact, I rarely care about the affairs of the imperial court, let alone your family, even if it is the family of Lord Guan Bai, I don't know very well. Oda Yoshinobu said with a haha.
"Hehe, the power of the shogunate is on the sidelines, let alone the imperial court." Guoxin said disdainfully.
"Uh...... It seems that you are very dissatisfied with the imperial court? After Oda Yoshinobu finished speaking, he looked around again, patted his head and said, "You left the imperial court because of this and came here to live in seclusion?" ”
Hearing this, Guoxin chuckled, "Yes and no, I wonder if Oda-sama has heard of Onmyoji?" ”
"I've heard of it." Oda Yoshinobu subconsciously responded, and then suddenly his eyes widened, and he looked at Guoxin with a shocked face and an expression of disbelief, "Could it be that you are an onmyoji?" ”
Seeing this, Guoxin couldn't help but smile and said, "That's good, but isn't Oda-sama's reaction too much?" Although the Onmyoji has completely declined now, it still exists in many places. ”
It's just a pity that Oda Yoshinobu didn't listen to Guoxin's explanation at all, but kept asking like a curious baby, "Then do you know how to use yin and yang magic?" Do you know how to move gods? I heard that you specialize in dealing with youkai, but is there really a youkai in this world? ”
Seeing this, Guoxin was speechless again, and at the same time his heart was puzzled, but he still answered Oda Yoshinobu's question very politely. "Oda-sama, in fact, today's priests and shrine maidens are variants of the onmyoji of the past, so whatever they will do, I will do, but they are just higher and deeper than them."
After speaking, Guoxin couldn't help but smile and said, "As for the yin and yang spells, style gods or something, they are just folklore. Onmyoji does have the act of sealing youkai, but in fact, it is more of a ritual. ”
"Huh? That's ......" Oda Yoshinobu couldn't help but muttered disappointed when he heard this. Well, does he really want Onmyoji to be like the various magic gods in novels and anime? If that's the case, how much do the samurai still have a job?
Seeing this, Guoxin explained to Oda Yoshinobu the duties of the Onmyoji, well, in general, the main job of the Onmyoji is to predict good luck and evil by watching the stars and divination, and is responsible for various sacrificial activities. However, because of the various legends that have been passed down since ancient times, the Onmyoji also has to be responsible for slaying demons and eliminating demons, in addition, because he is in the imperial court, he also has to know how to deal with those ministers. Therefore, you must be familiar with tea ceremony, waka songs, Chinese poems, musical instruments, and even those elegant things.
"Tsk...... What a hard job...... So why didn't you do it? Oda Yoshinobu asked casually. He was listening to the story and was fascinated, but he didn't care about his tone, and Guoxin didn't seem to care much about this kind of thing, and when he heard the words, he just said lightly.
"As you just said, Lord Oda, I'm too disappointed in the Imperial Court." As he spoke, Guoxin seemed to remember something, and his expression became extremely helpless, "If there is chaos today, the heroes are rising together, and all the forces are waging war for their own interests. And in this regard, the imperial court did not care at all, they only cared about whether there was any force to pay tribute. ”
Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu nodded, "That's true." As he spoke, he suddenly looked at Guoxin strangely, "Do you have other ideas?" ”
"Don't Lord Oda think that this is the best chance for the imperial court to regain the samurai power?" Guoxin said with some excitement.
"Uh......" Hearing Guoxin's words, Oda Yoshinobu was stunned for a moment.
And Guoxin seemed to be torn away by this matter, and he didn't pay attention to Oda Yoshinobu, and kept saying to himself, "The fall of the shogunate's power is a great opportunity for the imperial court to take back the power from the shogunate." But the imperial court didn't think about it at all, except for asking for money from the forces, that is, indulging in those useless tea parties and song parties every day......"
Looking at the gushing fruit, Oda Yoshinobu suddenly thought, "I didn't seem to come here to listen to him talk about these things, right?" (To be continued.) )