A tense atmosphere instantly arose.

The person who created this atmosphere naturally suddenly quieted down and collectively glared at the Confucian scholars in Qingdeng.

There is no joke or ridicule meant.

The anger in the eyes of the Confucian scholars was about to turn into reality, as if they wanted to shoot Qingdeng into a hedgehog with thousands of arrows missing.

The other guests in the tea house were as silent as cicadas in winter.

They either showed surprise on their faces, or cast worried glances at Qingdeng and the Confucian scholars who were confronting each other in the distance, or simply showed expressions of pure fun-loving people hoping to watch a good show.

Miss Teshiro, who was wiping a dirty table, now had to stop what she was doing, raised her eyes with uncertainty, looked at Qingdeng, and then at the Confucian scholars, her eyes bulging.

The ground turned around, and then he put on a cheerful expression and walked quickly between Qingdeng and the Confucian scholars.

"Ah hahaha, gentlemen, the tea in your cups is gone. Do you need more tea?"

When the last syllable fell, Miss Teshiro happened to stand between Qingto and the Confucian scholars, using her petite body as a wall to block the eyes of both parties.

The hearty laughter of Miss Teshiro diluted the tense atmosphere that was spreading everywhere at this time and eased the tense atmosphere.

However, it was of no use.

"Sir, did you hear what I said?"

The man who relentlessly questioned Qingdeng repeatedly had fair skin, a tall figure, and a delicate face. Unfortunately, he had a lot of ugly freckles on his cheeks.

The freckled face stood up and strode towards Qingdeng.

On the way, he pushed away Miss Teshiro who was blocking him in a very rough manner.

"ah!"

Miss Teshiro screamed in surprise.

She did not expect that the Confucian scholar's attitude and behavior would be so rude.

She was not a martial arts master, but just an ordinary teahouse waiter. She couldn't control her body balance and fell straight to the ground.

Just when her left shoulder and half of her body were about to come into close contact with the ground, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the thorn and supported her with a powerful but graceful movement.

The frightened Miss Teshiro looked fearfully at the hard ground that was only 30 centimeters away from her. Then she raised her face and looked gratefully at the person who helped her at the critical moment.

"Thanks……"

Qingdeng nodded lightly: "Get away from here quickly."

After saying that, Qingden let go of Miss Teshiro. At the same time, he quietly turned his gaze to the freckled face in front of him, who was glaring at him angrily.

At this time, several more Confucian scholars stood up and quickly came to the handsome man's body.

With the support of so many companions, the freckled face unconsciously straightened his waist a little straighter, and at the same time raised his head a little higher, so that he could barely look at Qingdeng through his nostrils.

The freckled face swept his eyes around the traveler-style clothes worn by Qingnobu, Tokugawa Iemo and others, and a layer of disdain gradually appeared in his eyes.

The freckled face did not go out of its way to hide his disgust.

Therefore, Qingden easily noticed that there was almost no difference between the expression on his freckled face and the word "contempt" written directly on his forehead.

Qingto could see clearly what this guy was thinking and why he had such an expression - Damn! He's from out of town! He's come to Edo to beg for food!

If you want to say which place in Japan has the most regional discrimination, it is undoubtedly Kyoto.

As the nominal capital of Japan today and one of the ancient cities with the longest history, Kyoto has a transcendent status in the cultural and political fields.

This characteristic of Kyoto made the scholars and people living in this city love to regard themselves as "royal people" and had a strong sense of psychological superiority and exclusivity.

In the world view of Kyoto people, the world is only divided into two parts - Kyoto, except for Kyoto, which is considered a foreign land.

In the eyes of Kyoto people, people from outside Kyoto are all a bunch of unattractive rustics and country bumpkins - even the Kanto people who conquered them and the whole country are no exception.

Even under the governance of the Edo shogunate, the Kanto region headed by Edo has been built to be extremely prosperous, but the people of Kyoto still look down on the Kanto people.

Even now, when the Edo shogunate has ruled Japan for nearly 300 years, many people in Kyoto still despise the Kanto people as "Eastern Yi".

However, although the regional discrimination among Kyoto people is very serious, the Kanto people... to put it more specifically, even the Edo people are not much better.

Apart from people from Kyoto, people from Edo have the most severe regional discrimination.

In terms of historical heritage alone, let alone compared with ancient capitals like Kyoto and Nara that have existed for thousands of years, even if you look at the whole of Japan, Edo is considered a relatively "younger" one among the cities.

Three hundred years ago, Edo was still a barren wilderness. It was not until Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Kanto that the largest city in Japan was gradually built.

Edo is the current ruling center of the shogunate. Affected by this mentality, Edo people will inevitably feel arrogant.

No matter which vassal country you are a vassal, in the final analysis you are just a vassal of our shogunate!

Edo people...especially the ministers' sons, whose status is similar to that of the Eight Banners' sons in the Qing Dynasty, discriminate against foreigners. This kind of thing is so common that it cannot be called "news".

——These people have so many bad habits...

Qingdeng, who had such secret thoughts in his heart, felt even more disgusted with this group of arrogant Confucian scholars.

"Your Majesty." The freckled face spoke in an unceremonious and strong tone, "May I ask why you were laughing just now? I clearly saw you glance at us, and then sneer with disdain, you

What does this mean? Are you laughing at me?"

The freckled face's questions became more and more sharp.

Every time he asked a question, the eyes he and the other Confucian scholars beside him looked at Qingdeng became sharper.

The surrounding atmosphere also became more solemn.

Qingdeng, who had already decided not to argue with this group of Confucian scholars, could not help but feel angry.

Qing Deng disliked these rotten scholars. He had always hated rotten scholars... no, to be more precise, he hated all idiots with abnormal brains.

In fact, Qingteng himself did not hate Confucianism.

The original Confucianism founded by Confucius and the Confucianism transformed by Dong Zhongshu, Zhu Xi and others in later generations are not the same thing at all.

The former is a theory that has many merits and can lead people to be good to a certain extent.

The latter is just a useful tool that provides convenience to feudal rulers.

Qingdeng mainly has more prejudices against the latter.

The so-called corrupt Confucians are mainly divided into two categories.

One is an idiot who only knows how to read and is stupid by reading.

They don’t know how to adapt, their thoughts are pedantic and outdated, they are stuck in their own ways, they love the past but not the present, they always talk about "it's the same" and "the laws of their ancestors are immutable". They don't understand the true essence of Confucianism at all. The six arts of the gentleman advocated by Confucius are "rituals, music, shooting, and imperial control."

He didn't learn anything about Shushu, but he mastered all kinds of dross in Confucianism.

The second one is the blood-sucking insect pretending to be a fool.

Such people are well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of Confucianism becoming a tool of dominance, but they pretend to be blind and deaf and insist on maintaining the dominance of Confucianism in the field of thought.

All this is because they have vested interests in promoting Confucianism.

As long as Confucianism is still popular, they will be able to suck the blood of the country and its people crazily, until they are full of fat.

Judging from the way the group of Confucian scholars in front of them solemnly discussed the necessity of restoring the well-field system and lamented that they were born at the wrong time... they undoubtedly belong to the first category of rotten Confucians mentioned above - reading and reading are stupid.

What a fool.

Qingdeng's dissatisfaction with the group of corrupt people who were seeking trouble for no reason, as well as his disgust with their own existence, suddenly grew and swelled in Qingdeng's heart.

By the time Qingdeng came to his senses, he was already laughing out loud.

I'm too lazy to have a regular meeting with you rotten people who have been belittling me just now. It's better for you to come to my door yourself!

Faced with such people and things that actively come to seek his misfortune, Qingdeng never flinches and prays for peace. He always goes up to them without any fear and confronts them head-on.

In the past, there were the lunatics of the anti-barbarian group, and in the later, there were the subordinates who were rebellious and disobedient to his discipline. The fate of these people was not very good.

Since the other party took the initiative to trouble him, he wouldn't be polite!

After laughing for a while, Qingden touched his palms and smiled:

"Sir, you misunderstood. I was indeed laughing just now, but I wasn't laughing at you. I thought what you just said was really good. The shogunate really despises Confucianism and Confucian scholars too much now.

"

As soon as Qingdeng said this, he immediately attracted a lot of joking, mocking, and contemptuous looks - these looks basically came from the surrounding spectators who were waiting to watch the excitement.

They all believed that Qingdeng's words and actions were showing signs of cowardice.

Seeing that the other party was outnumbered and full of murderous intent, he lied and claimed that his laughter just now did not mean any ridicule.

It can not only take care of the other person's face, but also give yourself a step down.

This type of approach will always work when a dispute breaks out with someone.

At this moment, the onlookers around him were discussing quietly in groups of twos and threes.

"Why did you give in so quickly...I was looking forward to seeing a good show..."

"That warrior wearing a bamboo hat looks tall and powerful, but his character is very cowardly and afraid of getting into trouble."

"Tsk, look at what you said, as if you are so brave and invincible. Look at how many people there are in that group of Confucian scholars, 14 of them. With so many people, why don't you admit your cowardice and apologize?

If you apologize, what else can you do? Do you want to confront the other party head-on? If the man in the hat dares to do this, he will be severely punished."
To be continued...