Eighth Crown

"But Ma Shou... is it a very powerful official position?" Fujimaru Rika asked a few people on the side in confusion.

"But Ma Shou, if you say it is powerful, it is also very powerful, and if you say it is average, it is also average."

The person who answered her question was Yinshun of Treasure House. He thought about it, as if he was thinking about something, "This official position itself is an idle job, and there are more than ten idle jobs at this level, but after all, it is from Edo. From here, no one can be neglected, and neither can the general manager Matsudaira."

But the official position of Ma Shou is just an official position without his own duties and responsibilities. A bit like the emperor's envoy.

"Also, if this person is Yagyu Tajima Shou, then you have to be more careful."

He continued to add: "After all, in this era, when it comes to Liusheng Taima Shou, it must be the father of the Liuyu Shibingwei, Liuyu Zongju!"

Although Miyamoto Musashi is indeed a very famous great swordsman in the island country, after all, with a history of more than 2,000 years, there are still countless powerful swordsmen like the stars in the sky.

The Yanagyu family is one of them.

Liusheng Shizhou Zhaizongyan, Liusheng Danma Shouzongju, Liusheng Shibingwei Sanyan, these three generations, as one of the few three generations of Liusheng swordsmen, are also famous in history and have the reputation of "Liusheng Three Dogs".

Although one of them, Ten Soldiers, Sanyan, is said to have a swordsmanship that surpassed that of Yanagyu Shizhouzhai and Yanagyu Taima Shou, and is the strongest among the three generations, but Yagyu Taima Shouzongju's reputation is more prosperous than him.

He not only cultivated Yagyu Shinyin to the extreme, he was also a swordsman teacher of Tokugawa's second and third generation generals, and was deeply trusted by Tokugawa.

Among the swordsmen of this era, apart from Miyamoto Musashi, Tajima Yagyu is the most famous.

"No matter how powerful they are, they are just ordinary people... It doesn't seem that simple."

Esdes also turned his attention to the old swordsman speaking in the crowd, with a look of interest on his face, "Although he is indeed an ordinary person, my intuition tells me that the old guy is quite Unusual, interesting."

As long as he glanced at it, no matter who he was, he could see that this old man was unusual, and even ordinary people could vaguely perceive the sharpness in his bones, regardless of the swordsman who was proficient in swordsmanship.

Anyone who can become a high-profile and unparalleled person has their own unique momentum. For example, emperors and generals will give people a sense of leadership, while swordsmen and other warriors will have fighting spirit. Killers also have murderous aura.

And the sense of sharpness that this old swordsman vaguely gave people was the sword energy vaguely possessed by him.

It is said to be "qi", but it can also be said to be "potential".

It was an aura that faced all difficulties and obstacles and cut off all injustices and sinisters. If he wanted to attack someone, he didn't need to draw a sword. Just a look with aura was enough to scare people into fear and anxiety. Fighting spirit plummeted.

Liu Xia's eyes also fell on Yagyu Tashima's body.

At first glance, this old man seems to be really just an ordinary person, just flesh and blood. Although he has practiced swordsmanship, he is not a match for a Servant who is far beyond ordinary people in terms of physical strength. opponents.

But his aura was quite terrifying.

Although this kind of imposing suppression did not work for Liu Xia, it did not prevent him from realizing the opponent's formidableness. In terms of swordsmanship, this guy can definitely be ranked in the forefront of history.

"The Shimabara Rebellion..."

Different from other people's concerns, what Fujimaru Rika was concerned about at the moment was the Shimabara Rebellion that the other party said just now, and it became clear in her heart.

"By the way, this year is indeed the second year after the end of the Shimabara Rebellion."

She seemed to realize something, and then glanced at Liu Xia.

Lucia noticed her gaze, and looked back at her.

After the two of them looked at each other, they all agreed to the previous conjecture in their hearts.

The so-called "Shimabara Rebellion" refers to the peasant uprising against the oppression and religious persecution that took place in the Shimabara area between 1637 and 1638, which lasted for a total of four months.

The leader of the uprising was a 16-year-old boy who believed in Catholicism - Shiro Amakusa Tokisada. According to history, he was extremely courageous and resourceful. Territory, the shogunate was so frightened that the shogunate quickly mobilized various troops, and it took more than two months for the 120,000-strong army to besiege the city, and the rebel army was defeated due to lack of materials.

In view of this, in the eyes of believers, Shiro Amakusa, who led this religious uprising, also has the title of "saint" on the island side, comparing him to famous historical saints such as George, Joan of Arc, and Marda.

The current time is 1639, just one year after the end of the Shimabara Rebellion. Tajima Yagyu said that his subordinates had all gone through the Shimabara Rebellion, and the time was indeed reasonable.

"But it's just a battle of 120,000 versus 30,000. Can soldiers who have experienced that kind of battle be considered elites? Elites in this era are really cheap."

If I really want to say elites, the troops under Esdess who have experienced slaughtering foreign nationalities in the south, slaughtering foreign nationalities in the north, and defeating foreign nationalities in the west can be regarded as true elites. The army, at best, is the level of just seeing blood.

"However, everything about the army is fine... This man is very strange."

Liu Xia's attention was all on Yagyu Tajima who was riding on the horse below, and then he turned off all the extra senses on his body, and opened the ability of [penetrating the world].

"For an old man, the vitality of his body is too strong."

Under the peeping of his [penetrating the world], Yagyu Tashima's body is very healthy, and probably because of his intentional control, so the blood flow, heart beat, muscle ups and downs, etc. in the body are very gentle and powerful, as if It seems that he is accumulating the power to kill at any time.

However, for an old man who is nearly seventy years old, his body is actually too healthy, abnormally healthy, and his body's vitality is inexplicably very strong... There is a strong sense of being able to resurrect even if he is hacked.

As if aware of his gaze, Liu Yudan Ma Shouzai immediately turned his head and looked at Liu Xia, who was standing by the window on the second floor. The sword energy in his eyes was extremely oppressive.

Liu Xia turned a blind eye to this momentum, but his eyes were still on him.

Yagyu Tajima's eyes swept across him, and his heartbeat did not even rush, and then his eyes turned to Miyamoto Musashi beside him——

"Dong dong!"

At this moment, his heart beat obviously for a moment.

As for Liu Xia, he had already seen this change in his eyes, and his eyes narrowed slightly.