I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

At Fushimiguchi, one of Kyoto’s "seven mouths", an official who was about 30 years old gave a group of travel merchants from Edo and beckoned to the people behind.

The leader of the merchant behind this line of Edo merchants is an elderly man who is missing a tooth.

Before the officials had time to speak out, the old man who was missing a tooth greeted him with a pleasing smile while hurried over.

While the official said something like "My goods are just drinks and no problem", he quietly stuffed two small things into the official's slap.

The official lowered his eyes and looked into the palm of his hand-it was two silver beans.

After taking a look at the two beans and silver, the official kept the money away.

The old man and the official's operations of handing out and collecting money are as if they have been rehearsed in advance or have been done countless times.

Four bullock carts, and the goods on these four bullock carts—this is all the things the old man and his guys brought to Kyoto.

The official who received the old man's money surrounded the four bullock carts of the old man and did something that looked like a "search", and waved to indicate that the old man could enter the city.

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After the old man who was missing a front tooth led his caravan into the city, he did not go straight to any hotel or a certain commercial area in Kyoto.

Instead, he first led his caravan into a certain inaccessible alley in Kyoto.

"Master Samurai!" After checking the surroundings and making sure that there were no other people around, the old man shouted to the carriage of one of the ox carts, "It's time to get out."

Huh.

As soon as the old man's voice fell, the door of the bullock cart was directly pushed open.

"I didn't expect it to be so smooth..."

Ogata sighed as he walked out of the carriage of the bullock cart.

The deal that this old man who lacked a front tooth just said to Ogata was-Ogata gave him money, and he took Ogata to "smuggle."

According to the old man-he is already a habitual offender in this regard.

On the surface, he is an ordinary liquor merchant, but in private, he has helped countless people like Ogata who are inconvenient to enter Kyoto smoothly by "smuggling" to earn huge extras.

With the idea of ​​"Try it, even if I fail, I still have a way to escape", Ogata nodded and agreed to the deal.

So there was a scene where the old man used two beans with silver to buy an official, and the old man successfully carried Ogata "smuggling".

After getting out of the car, Ogata held the sword at his waist and looked at the direction of Fushimiguchi.

"It went so well beyond my imagination..."

"Now these officials and local officials in Kyoto are very horrible."

The old man let out a sneer, the smile on his face was full of rich mockery?

"No, it should be said-all parts of Japan now have the same virtues: **Too much. The Edo Shogunate is now almost dead."

"Kyoto is out of shape for a long time. As long as you are willing to stuff money for these guards, no matter who you are, Kyoto will let you in and out."

"I don't even remember how many people I have brought into Kyoto over the years."

"I thought Kyoto had the ‘name observance’ of the Kamiyama Koshinosuke, and the officialdom here would not be too violent."

Ogata also heard of the name of Kamiyama Koshinosuke's name.

Although he doesn't know much about this person, Ogata has heard of titles such as "Kamiyama Koshinosuke is outstanding."

"Kamiyama Koshinosuke?" The old man shrugged, and the mockery on his face became more intense, "Kamiyama is indeed a human being."

"But there is only one person in Kyoto who has some skills."

"As long as the few wine pouches and rice bags headed by Toda Tadahiro, the director of Kyoto, are still there, no matter how great the mountain can bring this Kyoto back to life."

"After all, no matter how clean a drop of water is, it is impossible to make a muddy pool clean."

After listening to the old man’s feelings, Ogata shrugged:

"No matter what, it's okay, in short-the *** of the Kyoto officials really helped me a lot."

Ogata, who was not very interested in these things in the officialdom of Kyoto, said as he put his hand in his arms and took out his money bag.

After taking out 7 douban silver pieces from the inside, they threw them to the elderly.

"Here, the agreed remuneration."

After receiving the 7 douban silver thrown by Ogata, the old man immediately smiled.

In less than half of the incense stick time, he made a net profit of 5 douban silver-such a cost-effective business, it is hard not to laugh out loud.

"Samurai-sama, you are right. The government's ** is not only good for you, but also good for me." The old man said to Ogata as he put the Toban silver away. "

After all, the old man turned and walked to a bullock cart next to him.

Rummaging through the packages placed on this bullock cart.

Finally-he took out a red tengu mask from it and threw it to Ogata.

"Master Samurai, this is for you."

"The Gion Festival is being held right now, and it's just a time when you don't feel strange to go out wearing a mask."

"This stuff should come in handy for you who are inconvenient for others to see your face."

"Thanks a lot." After taking the mask thrown by the old man and looking back and forth, after confirming that it was just a normal mask, Ogata smiled and thanked the old man, "This thing is so inconvenient for me to show his face. For people, it’s really useful."

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After watching the caravan led by this old man leave, Ogata puts this tengu mask on his face, while secretly feeling in his heart: What a bold businessman...

Knowing that he might be a murderous wanted criminal, he dared to take the initiative to find him for "business"-this courage made Ogata a little admirable.

The breathability of this Tengu mask, which can cover Ogata's entire face and leave only a pair of glasses, can only be regarded as mediocre, but it is not uncomfortable.

Because of wearing a mask, the field of vision instantly narrowed, which made Ogata quite uncomfortable.

-Let's use it alive.

After a secret cry like self-comfort, Ogata walked slowly out of this alley.

As soon as he left the alley, the noise immediately hit Ogata like a tsunami.

——There are so many people...

Ogata raised his eyes, and there were no fewer than a hundred people who appeared in his field of vision.

It has been a long time since I have been to a place with so many people, which made Ogata feel a little uncomfortable.

——In short...Let's start from the pharmacy.

Inhaling a mouthful of cold air into his belly, Ogata felt his brain become more sober under the stimulation of the cold air.

Randomly found a passer-by and asked "Where is the nearest pharmacy?" Then, following the passer-by's instructions, he walked straight along the gully dirt road under his feet.

It hasn't rained for several days, and under the sun, the dirt road under his feet is so hard that Ogata has an illusion that "the mud under his feet may be harder than steel."

As the old man said just now-now is the time when no one is surprised even if he goes out wearing a mask.

Those passing by with Ogata did not cast doubtful glances at Ogata, who was wearing a tengu mask.

Either just cast a curious look, or simply ignore it.

From time to time, Ogata also sees passers-by who are also wearing masks.

When these passers-by wearing masks saw Ogata this "kind", they would basically nod to Ogata, making Ogata smile.

With the continuous approach to commercial areas, the flow of people around has gradually increased.

The appearance of the houses on both sides of the street has gradually changed.

The area where Ogata was located just now should be the residential area of ​​Kyoto citizens, with ordinary houses on both sides of the street.

After entering the commercial area, the houses on both sides of the street changed from ordinary houses to a series of merchants.

After sweeping his gaze around, Ogata withdrew his attention and energy, and began to concentrate on searching for traces of the pharmacy.

After a while, Ogata found a beautiful house smelling of medicinal materials.

Stepping into this pharmacy and walking to the counter, a young man standing behind the counter immediately filled with a pleasing smile, and asked Ogata "what to buy".

"Excuse me, do you recognize the handwriting of this prescription, do you know which doctor wrote this prescription?"

Ogata took out the two prescriptions from his arms and asked the young man.

Seeing that Ogata was not here to buy anything, the expression on the young man's face became a little stiff.

But this young man still showed a very strong professionalism. After adjusting the expression on his face quickly, he took the two prescriptions handed over by Ogata and watched it carefully.

"Samurai Lord, I'm sorry." The young man shook his head after studying the two prescriptions for a while, "I can't recognize this handwriting..."

"That's it..." Ogata took the two prescriptions back. "Excuse me, then."

For such a result, Ogata had already expected it.

Ogata has long been prepared to fight a "protracted war".

Therefore, the people who saw this pharmacy did not recognize the handwriting on the prescription, and Ogata did not show any depression on his face.

——Go to the second pharmacy...

Ogata said secretly in his heart as he left the pharmacy that had found nothing.

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--Ok? Am I... have you entered the entertainment area?

Perceiving a change in the surrounding atmosphere, Ogata raised his eyebrows and looked around him.

When I was in the commercial district just now, there were only some ordinary shops on both sides of the street.

From just now, Ou Khan started to gradually find that the atmosphere around him and the scenes on both sides of the street began to gradually change.

Although there are still many shops on both sides of the street, in addition to these shops, there are many more people doing business on both sides of the street.

Not far in front of Ogata, a strong man who was about the same height as him lifted a large rock high, seeming to show his great power to passers-by.

After the huge man lifted the huge rock, he immediately received applause and applause from everyone around him.

On the opposite side of this giant man performing stone lifting, a young man dressed up with the word "poor" everywhere is playing shamisen there.

Unfortunately, not many people stopped to listen to the performance.

Looking around, Ogata showed that these "artists" performing various performances almost stood in every corner of this street.

They were performing their respective masterpieces, attracting countless passers-by to stop and watch and applaud.

Ogata asked a passerby next to him and learned that he had actually entered the entertainment district of Kyoto.

This street is called "Fangcheng Xiaolu", and it is one of the most famous happy streets in Kyoto.

At the same time, according to the passer-by-there is a pharmacy on this small road in the city.

After confirming that he was not on the wrong path, Ogata headed towards the depths of the small road of Bojo while looking around with curious eyes.

Even before leaving the Hirose domain, Ogata had never seen such a bustling scene of buskers everywhere.

At this moment, a loud and energetic male voice suddenly attracted Ogata's attention.

After Ogata followed the prestige, his eyebrows were raised in surprise.

——It's a storyteller...

The owner of this loud and energetic male voice is a middle-aged man sitting on a small high platform.

Because the distance was a little far away, Ogata didn't hear the story the storyteller was telling.

It can only be seen that this storyteller is quite popular, and there are many listeners who are paying attention to the book gathered next to him.

Looking at the storyteller, Ogata only felt a kind of intimacy.

In the previous life, Okinawa liked listening to books very much.

This is the first time Ogata has seen a storyteller since he came to the Edo period.

So after seeing this storyteller, Ogata's feet immediately stopped and couldn't move.

——Let's listen to it.

Ogata, who couldn't resist this gracious intimacy, walked slowly towards the storyteller.

There are really many listeners gathered next to this storyteller.

Three floors inside and three floors outside.

Just as Ogata was looking for a gap for penetration, his pupils shrank slightly.

Just because—just when he was moving his gaze looking for a gap~www.wuxiahere.com~ his gaze caught... a familiar figure.

Although the owner of this figure changed his clothes now, Ogata recognized her at a glance.

She is now in the middle of the crowd, with her head up, listening intently to the storyteller.

Feeling that his heartbeat was speeding up uncontrollably, Ogata directly gave up the plan of "finding gaps to break in" and decided to directly conduct a "frontal assault."

"Sorry, please give in."

With some rough movements, Ogata pushed away the listeners who were in front of him one by one, launching an "assault" into the middle of the crowd.

I was happily listening to the book, and suddenly people behind me squeezed myself aside-no matter who it was, I felt a little bit displeased in my heart.

Several youths who were just right at the time were squeezed to the side with brute force by Ogata, and their faces immediately showed anger.

Turning his head too far, just about to scold Ogata.

But after seeing the two knives on Ogata's left waist, he swallowed the words of reprimand that had already flooded his lips.

They turned angry, but they weren't angry enough to provoke the samurai with a sword on their waist.

After squeezing a path through brute force, Ogata finally came to a place three steps away behind her.

The reason why he didn't get closer was mainly because Ogata was worried about getting closer, because she was worried that if he got closer, she would find out.

And Ogata intends to surprise her a little.

And Ogata’s plan was very successful-she who put her whole body and mind on listening to the book did not notice the existence of Ogata who was 3 steps away behind her.

Take a deep breath and calm the beating speed of your heart a little bit later——

"A Ding!"

Ogata called out the name of this person.