I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

　　 "Huh?" Makino's face turned pale, and he lowered his voice, "The lord actually killed someone for this reason..."

　　 "Yeah..." Ogata nodded with a wry smile, "It's ridiculous, right?"

　　 Ogata knew that Genai Matsudaira was a very cruel person.

　　 But after all, I only heard that Ogata had no real sense of the brutality of Matsuhira Genai.

　　 It wasn't until today that he witnessed the brutal actions in the source of Matsudaira with his own eyes, and he realized firsthand how brutal the source of Matsudaira was ruling this land and ruling them...

　　 Just because someone accidentally bumped into him, he killed the other person. This is really... ridiculous...

"Oh..." Makino sighed lightly, "Forget it, Senior Ogata, let's not talk about this topic anymore. After all, he is our lord, no matter what he does, he is our lord. It will not change."

　　 "No matter what, we can't criticize the lord in private, or speak ill of the lord."

　　 The ethics of ancient China is based on "benevolence".

　　The ethics of ancient Japan is centered on "loyalty".

　　 This characteristic of ancient Japanese ritualism developed to its peak in the Edo period.

　　 In the Edo period, the most noble character of the samurai was "loyalty", followed by "wu yong".

　　 loyalty to the innocent, swearing allegiance to one's lord regardless of right and wrong-this is the universal value of the samurai of this era.

　　 So no matter what the lord does, all the samurai who are loyal to this lord must not have any complaints. They must swear allegiance to the death and spare their lives to protect the lord and complete all the orders issued by the lord.

　　 If there is any act of disloyalty to one's own master, it will be spurned by everyone.

　　The soul comes from Ogata on the modern earth. Naturally, I sneer at this value of the samurai of this era.

　　 But he did not have the leisure to discuss topics related to Matsuhira Genai.

　　 After sighing lightly with them, Xuyi answered the conversation:

　　 "That's right, let's stop talking about this topic, let's seize the time to practice swordsmanship."

　　 "Well, good... Ah! That's right!"

　　 Makino seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and after a cry of "Ah", he asked Ogata:

　　 "Ogata-senpai! I heard that you played against Toyama at Ishikawa Kenkan the other day! Is this true?"

　　 When Makino asked this question, he didn't intentionally lower the volume.

　　 His voice spread throughout most of the dojo.

　　 At this time, several other senior brothers who were practicing swords in the dojo were attracted by the question Makino Chao Ogata raised, and they stopped what they were doing, and leaned over towards Ogata and Makino.

　　 Hearing this question from Makino, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

"how do you know?"

"'Ogata of Sakura Sword Museum and Toyama of'Ishikawa Sword Museum' were singled out a few days ago, and they were even tied'-this rumor seems to be spreading everywhere these days! I just know it today too! This rumor!"

　　 Ogata scratched his hair.

　　——Who came from this news...

　　——Are you the brothers from Yuanshan...

　　——It's still the crowd of onlookers at the time...

　　 Ogata thought for a while, but couldn't figure out who the news came from, so he simply didn't want to.

　　 Even though the competition on that night was interrupted at the last juncture due to the arrival of the concentric people, it was indeed a tie from the point of view of the result.

　　 "Ogata-senpai!" Makino asked again, "Is this rumor true?"

　　 "Yeah." After hesitating for a while, Ogata nodded, "I did have a match with Toyama at Ishikawa Sword Museum a few days ago, and I was indeed a tie with Toyama."

　　 As soon as Ogata's voice fell, the senior brothers headed by Makino who surrounded Ogata immediately burst out in exclamation.

　　 Just when Ogata was startled by the exclamation of Makino and others, Makino asked in an excited tone:

　　 "Senior Ogata! You are so strong! You can even tie with Toyama in Ishikawa Kenkan! Is Toyama very strong?"

"Yeah." Ogata generously admitted the superb swordsmanship of Toyama. "Toyama's swordsmanship is very strong. I actually competed with Toyama in two games that night. In the first game, I lost to Toyama. It was not until the second game that I finally managed to compete evenly with Yuanshan."

　　 "It's already very strong to be able to draw a tie with that distant mountain in Ishikawa Sword Museum!"

　　 "Yeah, yeah! It's already very strong to be comparable to that distant mountain!"

　　 "It seems now-our strongest person in Sakura Sakura has become Ogata-kun!"

　　 "I didn't expect it...Unconsciously, Ogata-kun has become so strong."

　　 "Ogata-kun, you are so amazing!"

　　……

　　The brothers who are in front of Ogata, you are not stingy with words of praise to Ogata.

　　 The feelings of the brothers are already a bit exaggerated, and Ogata can't help feeling a little embarrassed.

　　 "Oh..." Makino grabbed the hair of the temple, "When will I become as powerful as Ogata-senpai you..."

　　 Makino’s voice just fell~www.wuxiahere.com~ An old voice suddenly sounded from behind him:

　　 "If you continue to chat in the sword hall like this, you will never reach the strength of Ogata in your life."

　　 This old voice suddenly sounded, and everyone including Ogata jumped.

　　 Everyone followed the prestige.

　　 An old man who is not too tall, is walking slowly towards them with his hands behind his back.

　　Looking at the old man walking slowly towards them, Ogata and others hurriedly stood upright, then bowed to the old man and said respectfully in unison:

　　 "Master!"

　　 This old man is exactly the master of Ogata and others, and the original master of Sakura Sword Museum-Sakura Hanbei.

　　 Banbei glanced at Makino and others:

　　 "Why are you still standing here? Why don't you go to practice swords? Or-you think you already have the strength to pass the legend, so you don't need to practice swords anymore?"

　　 "Master! Please forgive me! We will go to practice swords now!" Makino said in a loud voice first.

　　 After Makino's voice fell, everyone immediately dispersed.

　　 And Ogata is also going to the knife holder to remove a wooden sword to practice the sword.

　　 However, before Ogata could walk to the knife rest, he was stopped by Hanbei:

　　 "Ogata!"

　　 "Yes!" Ogata replied loudly.

　　 "You come with me."

　　 After that, Hanbei continued with his hands on his back and strode toward the outside of Sakura Sword Museum.

Although I don’t know what Hanbei suddenly called out to do, it was after all the master’s order and I had to follow it. Therefore, Ogata could only dress up the whole body, and followed Hanbei’s back and accompanied him. Hanbei walked out of the Sakurahara Sword Museum together.