19. Oedo Rare Stories
.Only, my God! His Majesty the Emperor of your country, actually lives in such a dilapidated small grocery store?"
Standing at the door of a very old-looking Bujia Store in the corner, Feili was shocked, really shocked
The reason is nothing more than that because the content of the product written on the sign of this shop is too horrifying.
However, this store is a 200-year-old brand in Edo Castle. Later, the orthodox dynasties of the Southern Dynasties were stationed in the land. Now, because the houses were old and urgently needed to be renovated, it was sold at a low price for official positions at all levels of the court, and you can use them for your own use or pay a reward for your ancestors. One Guan Bai sold only 15 jin, one Taizheng minister, two left and right ministers, two left and right ministers, ten jin, five hundred jin, two inner ministers, three big jin, and three big jin, and six jin, five hundred jin, and all the positions of less than six and not entering the immortal book of the palace will be discounted for 200 jin. Spitting blood and jumping off the building and selling it!
All official titles in this store are written by His Majesty Kumazawa, the descendant of the orthodox Southern Dynasty, and written by His Majesty Kumazawa. They are guaranteed by the artifacts of the country given by Amaterasu Daji. The reputation is absolutely reliable and guaranteed! If you need to customize official robes and seals, our store also provides agency services, from paper shrouds to silk dresses. In addition, there are a series of supporting projects such as the enthronement of the family god, the family temple, and the emperor's surname. "As long as you spend a few stakes of copper coins, you or your elders can easily become immortals after death. Even entering the Gaotianhara to meet Amaterasu Daji is definitely not a dream!"
Faced with such a "special product" that made people think apart, Feili couldn't help but curiosity. She went to the door of the store and looked at it carefully for a few times. In the small shop with a shocking "business project", there was only an old man in his fifties and sixties who was kneeling cross-legged on Tatami and dozing off. He was wearing a big sixteen-petal chrysanthemum emblem dress that was said to be only the emperor could wear.
Although the environment of this "palace" is indeed a little bit shabby, the appearance of the "Grocery Emperor" is very rigorous: there is a geek hanging on the chest, a sword hanging on the waist, an ancient bronze mirror with exquisite patterns on the counter in front of him, a large screen depicting the pattern of sixteen chrysanthemums, and a bronze incense burner with quaint shapes emitting a graceful and elegant atmosphere everywhere. It is even more decent than the Emperor doll for the Daughter's Day sold in his store...
However, although the emperor of this country has long been emptied by the shogunate for all generations and has no real power in his hands, he is still a nominal leader of the country. Does the shogunate allow such a big liar who brags and does not make drafts to cheat under his nose?
With such questions, Feili spoke up to Jingshui Youhu inquired in this way. Unexpectedly, the old bald donkey's face became very strange for a moment.
"This" You don't know anything about it. The old man in the store is not a liar, but a real descendant of the Southern Chaotian!"
While scratching his big bald head helplessly, the old monk replied with a wry smile that if the confrontation between the Southern and Northern Dynasties could continue to this day, or the current Kyoto court could keep its promise. It did not violate the "two unions and peace agreements signed by him, then he should really be sitting in the palace and calling him a lonely person, rather than huddling in this broken place and selling official titles at a low price."
It turned out that although the Japanese Emperor family claimed to be the descendants of Amaterasu Daijiji and inherited the throne for generations, they had a great split within. During this period, one faction occupied Kyoto and received strong support from the shogunate, known as the Northern Dynasties. The other faction fled south to Yoshinoyama to establish a palace, contacted the princes from all directions to rebel, and was known as the Southern Dynasties.
In order to compete for the throne, these two royal family members colluded with a large number of local warriors and powerful people, and launched a protracted national melee, interspersed with the destruction and establishment of two generations of shogunate. The ancestor of Kuroshima family, Shunge, also became famous in the country during this turbulent times, had already become famous overseas because of the overthrow of the "Pink Mask" group.
With the fire of wars, the two dynasties in the north and south were so lively and connected for nearly a hundred years. In the end, the Southern Dynasties were defeated repeatedly. They could not defeat the Northern Dynasties, which were supported by the shogunate, so they had to hand over three magical artifacts to pass on the country and announced a truce to seek peace. However, this truce to seek peace was conditional, that is, to implement the "two unifications" plan, allowing the two emperors to coexist and take turns to serve as emperors. It has to be said that for a group of war losers who were almost at the end of their journey, such a requirement was too delusional.
The correspondence made by the dynasty on this matter was really unauthorized. They did not bargain at all. Instead, they agreed to it at the beginning and made a poisonous oath in the name of Amaterasu's great god. Then, as soon as these three magical artifacts were obtained, they immediately turned against each other. They also encouraged the shogunate to mobilize the army at that time, in an attempt to kill all the unprepared remnants of the Southern Dynasties.
The Northern Emperor probably thought that since Amaterasu Daji is his ancestor, according to the practice of the East, his arms will always be turned in. As long as he is diligent in offering sacrifices and occasionally betrays the vows. In fact, the same scandal happened. The emperors in ancient times had done it many times, but they had never seen Amaterasu Daji's curse, so they became more and more courageous.
However, just when the Northern Dynasties monarchs and ministers were holding three magical artifacts to celebrate and thought that the country was about to restore peace, they accidentally forgot a very subtle problem: the guys they deceived, persecuted, and chased were also descendants of Amaterasu's great god.
As a result, the treacherous clearance operation had not yet been completely successful, and the entire Japan fell into unprecedented chaos again. The princes attacked and killed each other, and the shogunate collapsed and overturned. Kyoto turned into a sea of fire.
After that, it continued for centuries, and two large-scale invasions by the Xianglong Empire Expeditionary Force. The four islands of Japan even fell across the country for a while. People all suspected that this was Amaterasu's great god punishing unfilial descendants.
In such extremely bloody and turbulent times, it was difficult for the emperors of Kyoto to save even their own lives. Of course, they would not have any intention to continue to hunt down the down-and-out relatives of the Southern Dynasties. So after centuries, when the Edo Shogunate reunified the country, these guys from the Southern Dynasties emerged from somewhere, and they carried three artifacts to spread the country everywhere, claiming that they were the "Last Southern Dynasties" that strongly demanded that the new shogunate send troops to maintain justice, so that the Kyoto court could implement the "two unifications" plan in the peace treaty in the past, and handed over the throne that had been stolen for a long time.
This problem suddenly made the shogunate and the court very troubled. It is naturally impossible to ask the current emperor to abdicate the throne. Not only did the royal family absolutely not agree, but he was unwilling to cause more turmoil. He also wanted to suppress it hard, because this matter was originally a loss to the court, and the series of terrible disasters caused by the breaking of the contract are still fresh in everyone's memory. Although it is not entirely certain that this is really a punishment from heaven, no one dares to take such a big risk to try his luck again.
In the end, the solution discussed by the shogunate and the court was basically to deal with it coldly, or to ignore it. No matter how much these guys who called themselves "Last Southern Dynasties" made trouble among the people, the shogunate simply did not support it, did not object, and ignored it, and did not ignore it. When they did not exist, the court did the same, thinking that they felt tired while making trouble, they would gradually disappear.
This idea is not bad, but it is not good. After a so-called "Last Southern Dynasty" organization clamored, they saw that there was no reaction in the world. They really had no energy and financial resources to continue to continue to hang Ran Teng. However, the descendants of the Southern Dynasty royal family were still unsustainable. Since no one continued to provide financial assistance to the "Last Southern Dynasty", they simply set up a shop in Edo and sold various imperial officials at a high price to serve as funding for activities. They vowed to beat the banner of the "Last Southern Dynasty" to the end. But the so-called "Southern Dynasty Immortal Book" produced by this grocery store can be recognized by the gods of Gaotianyuan!
This may be a compensation for the breach of contract and persecution of one's descendants," although it is somewhat strange in form.
So, this hilarious and strange thing had to be dragged down for a long time. Although the descendants of the Southern Dynasties had no hope of restoring the country, the official business in this grocery store was smoothly and smoothly for hundreds of years. Anyone who wanted to become an immortal easily after death would go to Kyoto to buy official titles, while the poor would come here to pick copycats, and they would also like to each other.
In this way, the emperor who lives in the Edo grocery store has been passed down from generation to generation, and finally passed down to the current "Emperor Kumazawa. At that time, it has become a very famous tourist attraction in Edo Castle. Any foreign tourists who come to Edo Castle often take a look here for a few more. They spend a few hundred cents to buy an official position for their children, and they can only be regarded as a tourist souvenir.
In fact, the shogunate allowed the Southern Dynasty royal family to take root in Edo Castle and reproduce from generation to generation, which was also a bit of restricting the Kyoto court. If an emperor suddenly had a headache and wanted to fall into trouble, then he could carry the Later Southern Dynasty out of the stage with him,"
The old monk Jingshui Youhu pointed at the conspicuous sixteen-petal chrysanthemum screen in the shop, and explained with a wry smile, "But when we really arrived at this critical time, the Hounan Dynasty in this grocery store has become a laughing stock in the world. The shogunate government felt embarrassed to take them as a cover, thinking that it was too cheap. Guan Bai, who had 15 trump card, and the Taizheng Minister of the twelve trump card, and the general of the Conquest of the Later Southern Dynasty should sell one more trump card?"
This is indeed the reason." Feili couldn't help laughing, "But you said that there are three magical artifacts in this store? According to what you said earlier, didn't they hand over the magical artifacts to the Kyoto court when the war was truce and peace were settled?"
According to the explanation provided by the Later Southern Dynasties, the artifact they handed over to the Northern Dynasties was just a counterfeit product, and the authenticity was still in their hands. The Kyoto court naturally denied this, as for the authenticity of this matter, I am afraid that only Amaterasu Oshiro knows it.
The old monk Jingshui Youhu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Emperor Kumaze, the thing hanging around his neck is the eight-foot Qiong Quyu, and the thing tied to his belt is said to be the Cao Yong Sword that once killed the Yaqi Orochi. There is also a Yata mirror, which simply placed directly on the counter." Doesn't he look like he didn't take them seriously?
However, most of the so-called artifacts circulating in Eastern countries are just symbols or decorations. They are not like those artifacts in the West. They really have the terrible power to destroy the world. On the contrary, there are many people with vicious curses. Once they are stolen, they can curse and steal immediately. Therefore, they will casually put these artifacts that are unknown to the truth and false to scare people.
But I can't see any traces of magic on it."
After hearing the rough narration of the old monk Jingshui Youhu, Feili applied a level 3 spell "arcane vision." The scenery in his eyes immediately began to shake and twist, and the aura of various magical flows flashed one after another. Logically speaking, all the items with magical powers should be shining and they would be unable to escape.
But in fact, the scene in Feili's eyes was very strange: the light in his vision suddenly dimmed. All kinds of objects became blurred, and many monster-like things floated on the streets. Some pedestrians disappeared out of thin air, while the other pedestrians turned into burning flames. Some people even appeared from behind that very ghost-like thing. For a moment, he almost doubted whether it was because of his failure to cast spells, and hallucinations appeared in front of him.
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However, in this grocery store opened by Emperor Kumazawa, there was no obvious change in all the furnishings. According to the common sense that Feili learned in the magic school, it either means that there is no magic item in the grocery store, or it means that the store has been imposed with some very clever tricks. However, this is only the experience that is passed by the Feren continent. After seeing the wonderful scenes just now, Feili really has no confidence that they can be widely applicable in Japan.
Are you using arcane vision just now to reconnaise here?”
With the rich experience accumulated by traveling around the world over the years, Jingshui Youhu Fox just turned around and looked at his purple pupils and guessed roughly what was going on. As far as I know, this spell may be very useful in the Feren continent. But it is definitely not suitable for our country. "After all, this is a land protected by eight million gods!"
The old monk blinked gently at Feili, who was still confused, with a subtle expression on his face.
In this unpredictable vast world, although gods may fall, and mortals may be immortal. But no matter how weak and weak the gods are, they are not something that ordinary people can easily peek at, right?”
Chapter completed!