After sighing heavily, Chiba Jutaro raised his eyes and offered basic condolences to Aomi, such as "No one in your family was injured, right?"

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Chiba Jutaro seems to be very interested in Aoto's "Snowy Night Battle".

After expressing basic condolences to Qingdeng whose house was burned down, he asked Qingdeng excitedly and anxiously about the details of the battle and how Qingdeng commanded the inferior troops to fight back against the "rejection of the foreigners".

"Send".

However, after these questions from Chiba Jutaro, Sanako reminded her brother softly in a cold tone:

"Brother, it's not very early now, so let's get down to business first."

Hearing Sanako's reminder, Chiba Jutaro was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand, grabbed the hair on the back of his head, and slapped him haha.

"That's right, we should talk about the business first."

After finishing speaking, Chiba Jutaro put down the hand holding his hair and cleared his throat vigorously.

"Master Zhouzhu, Mr. Yong, I will keep the story short."

"The reason why my roommate and I came here unexpectedly tonight is actually to tell you a good thing."

"Oh? Good thing? Please tell me." Seeing that Chiba Jutaro was about to get down to business, Shusuke straightened his waist a little, while Kondo and others also sat a little more upright.

"Sir Shusuke, Kondo-kun, and Yushima Tenmangu Shrine finally nodded in agreement - they agreed that our Little Chiba Sword Hall and your Trial Guard Hall will hold a party at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine on the day of the Plum Blossom Festival.

A 'red and white battle'!"

As soon as Chiba Jutaro finished speaking, he saw a strong look of joy on the faces of Shusuke, Kondo, and Okita.

"Oh!" Okita was the first to shout excitedly, "Yushima Tenmangu finally agreed... great..."

Okita and the others all looked excited - only Aoto looked confused.

Huh? What? Yushima Tenmangu Shrine? Plum Blossom Festival? "Red and White Battle"? What the hell?

Yushima Tenmangu Shrine, Plum Blossom Festival, Red and White Battle... Qingnobo knew what these three words meant, but when they were strung together, he didn't know what they meant...

Japan is a country that loves to hold festivals and has a very prosperous "festival culture".

The various types of festivals and activities are dazzling. Festivals of various sizes are held almost every month throughout the year.

In Japan during the Heian period, there emerged a great scholar who was extremely knowledgeable and wrote many books throughout his life: Sugawara Michizane.

Due to some very complicated reasons, after the death of Sugawara Michizane, the emperor, who was not a puppet at that time but still had real power, ordered the construction of "Tenmangu Shrine" to worship this great scholar. After that, Michizane became part of the Shinto faith.

It gradually spread throughout Japan. Because Michizane was an outstanding scholar and poet during his lifetime, he was worshiped as the god of learning.

Tenmangu Shrine, a shrine dedicated to Michizane, is gradually being opened all over the country.

"Yushima Tenmangu" is one of the branches of Tenmangu opened in Edo.

Michizane loved plum blossoms during his lifetime, so a large number of plum blossom trees were planted in every Tenmangu Shrine.

As time went by, a special festival was born to commemorate Daozhen - this is the "Plum Blossom Festival".

On February 25th every year, people go to the nearby Tenmangu Shrine to enjoy plum blossoms.

This Plum Blossom Festival is considered one of the favorite festivals of Japanese literati.

Every time during the Plum Blossom Festival, you can see a group of literati reciting poems, composing poems, and singing Japanese songs under a plum blossom tree in Tenmangu Shrine.

Counting the days, this year’s Plum Blossom Festival is coming soon. Today is February 10th. In half a month, this year’s Plum Blossom Festival will begin.

As for this "Red and White Battle", it is also called "the Battle Game" and is one of the most popular games played by samurai in ancient Japan.

The samurai participating in this game are divided into two teams: the red team and the white team. There is no limit to the number of players.

The heads of the red team are tied with red ribbons, and the heads of the white team are tied with white ribbons. Both teams have a porcelain plate tied to their foreheads. One person from each team is responsible for being the "general" of the team.

The rules of the game are quite simple: two teams are fighting with wooden swords or bamboo swords. If the porcelain plate on the head is exploded, it means "you are dead" and you have to exit the game immediately. Which side is the "general"?

"If the porcelain plate is broken first, it means which side loses.

To put it simply, it is a "strategic war chess game" in which you try to "kill" the opponent's general while ensuring that your own general will not "die" in battle.

Because the rules are simple, the process is fun and exciting, and it not only competes in personal strength but also in tactics and strategies, so this "red and white battle" is quite popular and can be said to be the samurai's favorite game.

Qingden couldn't figure out how the "Plum Blossom Festival" symbolizing elegance and the "Red and White War" symbolizing violence... these two unrelated words were connected together.

Okita, who was sitting next to Qingden, noticed the confused look on Qingden's face.

"Ah... I almost forgot." Okita raised his hand and played with his ponytail, "It seems we haven't mentioned this to you, Tachibana-kun..."

After saying that, Okita stuck out his tongue, licked his slightly dry lips, and then explained to Ayoto step by step what the "Red and White War" was held at Yushima Tenmangu Shrine.

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After listening to Okita's explanation, Qingto finally understood what was going on.

We have to start with the chief priest of Yushima Tenmangu Shrine...that is, the head of the shrine.

The god of Yushima Tenmangu Shrine is a kind-hearted person.

In recent years, the development of this country has really been disappointing...

All kinds of messy bird things appeared one after another, but there was nothing good that could inspire people.

Over time, the mental outlook of the people became somewhat depressed.

The Lord God was worried about the current situation of the people.

Therefore, he made up his mind to do his best to do something practical for the people - he decided to make this year's "Plum Blossom Festival" as lively as possible! So that the people can better enjoy the festival and drive the

The gloom on the faces of the people.

The mind has been decided, the mind has been determined.

Regarding what kind of new activities to hold, the God Master, who is very flexible and not rigid in his thinking, immediately came up with an idea.

If we were to say what kind of activity was most attractive to the illiterate people... then there was no doubt that it was the fights between the samurai.

As long as there are samurai fighting on the streets, there will definitely be no shortage of bystanders.

Then, just invite two sword halls to hold a "Red and White Battle" in Yushima Tenmangu Shrine on the day of the Plum Blossom Festival!

God happened to know two friends who opened a sword studio.

And these two of his friends are none other than the owner of Chiba Sword Hall: Chiba Sadakichi and the owner of Shiwei Hall: Kondo Shusuke...

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Yesterday was the Dragon Boat Festival, so the number of words today is a little less...

The author will try to work harder tomorrow (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)
Chapter completed!