I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Kyoto?"

Ogata is now asking a passerby who happens to be opposite him.

"You keep walking along this road."

The passerby pointed at his feet.

"Keep walking, keep walking, and then you can see a village called'Xinri'."

"After passing through Shinri Village and then going west, you will see Kyoto."

"Thanks!" After bowing deeply to the passer-by to show his gratitude, Ogata turned on his horse again.

Following the instructions of the passer-by, Ogata rode a horse along the dirt road at his feet and ran forward.

After spending nearly half an hour, wisps of smoke slowly caught Ogata's eyes.

After discovering the plumes of cooking smoke, Ogata hurriedly knocked off his horse's abdomen with his heel again, driving the horse under his hips to run faster.

Under the plumes of smoke, there is a fairly large-scale village.

The villagers in this village don't seem to hate outsiders.

After seeing Ogata, who was rushing towards them, several old men who happened to be gathered at the village's mouth to chat and welcomed Ogata into the village with great enthusiasm.

Ogata asked these old men and confirmed that the village was Niinichi Village. After leaving Nii Nimura and heading north to reach Kyoto, Ogata raised his head and glanced at the sky.

It is dusk now, and the sun is about to sink to the horizon.

Looking at the sun that was about to disappear from the horizon, Ogata secretly decided: I will spend the night in this Shinri Village tonight.

Since Owari rushed to Kyoto, Ogata never walked overnight.

In such an ancient society, there were no lighting facilities in the wild.

The wild at night is really out of reach.

Walking at night is both inefficient and dangerous. Instead of wasting energy to walk at night, it is better to take a good rest and reserve enough energy to hurry up during the day the next day.

So in these days when I went to Kyoto, Ogata always rested obediently at night and never rushed to the night.

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Ogata led his horse and walked slowly in Xinri Village.

Looking around, you can see hotels with various signs.

Ogata secretly said to these hotels with various signs of Wang Zehua:

——Really as the old men at the entrance of the village said, this village is for the development of tourism...

Just now, after confirming whether this place was Niinichi Village and whether they could reach Kyoto from the west with the old people who were chatting at the entrance of the village, Ogata chatted casually with these old people.

According to those uncles-this Xinri Village was originally just an ordinary village.

But about 8 years ago, he took the post of a new village chief.

And this new village head is quite talented, he keenly sees the biggest advantage of their new day village-close to Kyoto.

Kyoto is one of the largest cities in Japan, and there are many tourists and travelers who go to Kyoto every day.

Therefore, the new head of their Xinri Village encouraged the villagers to open inns.

Under the leadership and encouragement of the new village chief, some villagers who had spare capacity to open hotels opened one after another.

The policy of "developing tourism" of the new village chief of Xinri Village has also been quite effective.

Every day, many people do not have time to arrive in Kyoto before dark, but they don't want to go at night. For these people, Shinri Village, which has a large number of cheap hotels, is the best place to go.

Therefore, since the "tourism industry" started under the leadership of the new village mayor, Xinri Village has become a little richer than before.

But for some unknown reason, Ogata walked into every hotel in the village and was told that it was "full."

Hearing these "full customers" after another, Ogata's heart gradually became heavier...

Just when Ogata began to suspect that he might have to sleep on the ground in a hotel everywhere tonight, a kind old woman said to Ogata:

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"Samurai-sama, are you looking for a hotel with vacancies?"

Ogata nodded.

"Then you keep walking along this road." The old woman pointed behind him, "You follow this road all the way to the end, and you can see a hotel with the sign of'He', which belongs to Granny Cake. There should be rooms available at the hotel.

"Mother-in-law?"

"That's our nickname for the proprietress of the hotel." The old woman smiled slightly. "Because she likes to eat the specialty of her hometown Kusatsu-grandma cakes, so we all like to call her "Papa Cake"."

After bidding farewell to the enthusiastic old woman, Ogata walked to the end in the direction the old woman had just pointed out.

At the end of the road, there is a two-story mansion with a decent floor area and a signboard with the word "He" hung.

——It should be here...Why do you always feel that this hotel is so deserted...

While Ogata said secretly in his heart, he slowly opened the door of this hotel.

There are a few candles in the hotel, so the light is still bright.

As soon as Ogata wanted to yell "Is there anyone?", he heard the sound of footsteps from far and near from the depths of the hotel.

In a short while, an old woman with a small stature appeared in front of Ogata's eyes.

The old woman is wearing a light red kimono that has been severely faded, and she wears a pair of white socks on her feet that can also tell that the age is not too short.

Although the clothes he wears are very old, both the kimono on the body and the socks on the feet are quite neat and clean.

The old woman greeted Ogata with a smile.

After seeing Ogata's face, the old woman seemed to smile more happily.

"Ohhhhhhhh~~" the old woman covered her mouth with a smile, "the new visitor today is a handsome young guy, mother-in-law, my luck today is really good."

"Good evening, you should be the cake mother-in-law?" Ogata couldn't help but smile at the special opening remark made by the cake mother-in-law.

"Ohhhhhhhh~Guardian, you still know my mother-in-law and my name, I'm so happy. Gueran, do you want to have dinner here, or do you want to stay?"

"Do you still provide food here? Then I want to eat dinner and stay at the same time."

"okay!"

Granny Cake quickly quoted a price.

The price was fairly cheap, so Ogata agreed very happily.

Under the guidance of the cake mother, Ogata carried his small amount of luggage and boarded the second floor of this hotel.

This hotel has 2 floors, and each floor has a different function-the restaurant is on the first floor, and the hotel is on the second floor.

Board and lodging-the function of this hotel is very complete.

But after Sui Gai-po boarded the second floor of the hotel, Ogata was surprised to find that the hotel seemed to be the only guest at the moment.

The cake mother-in-law who was walking in the front seemed to notice the confusion on Ogata's face behind her, and smiled softly:

"Guest officer, you are wondering why there are no guests here, right?"

"This is also inevitable. After all, our store is located in a remote location, so the business has always been very mediocre."

Although the words of the cake mother were smiling, Ogata still heard that the words of the cake mother were mixed with a little bit of loss...

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After putting his luggage in his room, Ogata followed the cake mother back to the first floor, ready to enjoy today's dinner.

There are not many dishes that this hotel can provide, they are just some ordinary home-cooked dishes.

Although the dishes provided are just ordinary home-cooked dishes, the cake mother-in-law’s craftsmanship is very good, even if it is just ordinary home-cooked dishes, Ogata still eats with relish.

Because there is only one guest of Ogata, this hotel currently has only two people, Ogata and Gakumo.

After serving all the dishes Ogata ordered, the cake mother smiled and walked towards Ogata with a few peculiar cakes.

"Guest officer, come. Please use it."

"I didn't order this..."

"Mother-in-law, I asked you to eat it." Granny cake covered her mouth and smiled. "This is the specialty of my hometown-Omi Kusatsu: Grandma's cake."

"It's my favorite thing to eat."

"It's also something I love to share with my guests."

"It's rare to have a young and handsome guest here today, so please eat some! Come on, eat!"

"It's so handsome, I can't talk about it..." Xu Jin said helplessly.

"I think you are very handsome, the guest officer." Granny Kui seems to like to cover her mouth and smile. "Even though I am a long old man, I still like to see young handsome guys."

"It's very similar to my son in this respect."

"My son, he is also a lot of young girls who are very old and like to see beautiful young girls."

"As soon as I saw a beautiful young girl, I stared at the back of the neck and the bare feet without a foot bag."

The cake mother is so enthusiastic that it is quite difficult for Ogata to refuse.

After picking up the cake named "Grandma Mochi" handed by the cake mother, Ogata didn't rush to put it in his mouth, but looked up and down several times.

——The rice cake...

After simply looking up and down several times, Ogata found that this grandma's cake seemed to be just a weird-shaped rice cake.

Now the rice cake is covered with a layer of red bean paste, and then a piece of white rice cake is placed on the red bean paste.

Its size is just enough for Ogata to take one bite.

Throwing the grandma's cake in his hand directly into the mouth, the sweetness immediately filled Ogata's entire mouth.

"More than two hundred years ago, when Rokkaku Yoshiken was attacked by Oda Nobunaga, Rokkaku Yoshiken entrusted his great-grandson to the nurse."

"The nursing mother made rice cakes in her hometown and sold them on the main street, thus feeding Rokkaku Yoshihyun's great-grandson."

"Because this pastry looks like a nanny's sex, so it is called'grandma's cake'..."

While Ogata was chewing the grandma's cake in his mouth, the cake grandma sitting next to Ogata talked about the history of this grandma's cake with Ogata.

Ogata has no interest in the history of grandma mochi.

But he couldn't bear to interrupt the nurse's words, or showed obvious impatience.

After all, he likes this enthusiastic mother-in-law, so in order not to hurt her heart, Ogata chooses to be patient, put on a look of interest and listen carefully, while listening to mother-in-law's "history lesson". ", one side nodded from time to time.

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While Ogata was quietly listening to the cake mother-in-law's history class----

"Master Hasegawa, we are here. This should be Xinri Village. Tsk...it's so late, I don't know if there are enough hotels."

"Anyway, look for it one by one. There is a place where you can live easily."

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After finally talking about the history of grandma's cakes, Granny Kui's words changed:

"Guest, you are from Izumo, right?"

Ogata raised his brows: "How do you know?"

"Because mother-in-law, I have received several guests from Izumo, so I can tell from your accent that you are from Izumo."

"By the way, guest officer, let me take the liberty to ask-are you a birthmark?" Granny Kui raised her finger to her left neck.

"Yeah." Ogata touched the dark purple skin on his left neck. "Yes, this is my birthmark. Fortunately, this birthmark is on my neck. If it grows on my face, I will be disfigured. ."

The place pointed by the cake mother is naturally the place where the undead poison lurks.

The place where Immortal Poison lurks--that is, the skin on Ogata's left neck is still a dark purple.

This is not the first time Ogata has been asked about his left neck.

And Ogata has now figured out the best answer to these questions-these are birthmarks.

Granny Cake looked at the patch of dark purple on Ogata's neck, her eyes showing the color of memories:

"I really miss it... My son also has a birthmark on his neck, but his birthmark is red and it's not that big..."

After retracting her gaze from Ogata's neck, the cake mother-in-law then asked Ogata:

"You ran all the way from Izumo to Kyoto. You should come to participate in the Gion Festival, right?"

"Huh?" Ogata was taken aback for a while when he heard this question from the cake mother, then quickly reacted and nodded, "Oh, um. That's right, that's right. I'm here to participate in the Gion Festival."

The real purpose of his coming to Kyoto is not convenient to talk to Gyoho, so Ogata decides to talk nonsense to fool her.

"Then you came very timely." Granny Cake covered her mouth and smiled. "Today is July 16th, and tomorrow will be the busiest time for the Gion Festival."

"Guest, if it's a day at night, you won't be able to keep up with the busiest tomorrow."

Ogata didn't know much about the Gion Festival, and he didn't even know why tomorrow would be the busiest day of the Gion Festival—and he didn't want to know.

After all, he didn't come to Kyoto to attend the Gion Festival.

Therefore, Ogata just smiled slightly at the words of the cake mother, and even said perfunctory words like "Yes, I'm so lucky."

"Tomorrow I will close the shop for one day."

A rich look of longing appeared on the face of Granny Cake~www.wuxiahere.com~ Tomorrow is the busiest day of the Gion Festival, and I can't help but join in the fun. "

"Oh oh oh~ I really look forward to tomorrow."

"It's a pity that no one is with you, so I don't dare to play too much."

"Huh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows. "Ms. Gao, are you alone?"

"Of course. I have no family anymore after all."

Wrongly clung to Ogata's cheek.

"My son died of illness three years ago."

"After the death of my son, I still had a son, a daughter-in-law, and a grandson."

"But... one day two years ago, their family of three went to Kyoto to buy things together."

"And that day... there was a great fire..."