I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Look, Ah Yi, I saw the pharmacy."

In the hands of Ogata and Amachi, each grabbed a red and white steamed bun and gnawed there.

Red and white steamed buns-one of the well-known Kyoto confections in Kyoto

Although it is called a steamed bun, it is filled with red bean paste, which resembles a bean paste bun from Ogata's previous life.

Red and white steamed buns are divided into two colors: red and white. Although there are two different colors, the taste is actually the same.

Xu convenient gnawed red steamed buns, while A Ding gnawed white steamed buns.

Finally found the second pharmacy, Ogata stuffed only a few steamed buns in his mouth, and said to Amachi:

"A Ding, wait for me outside, and I will return as soon as I go."

"Yeah." Ah Ding nodded obediently.

Ogata took out the two prescriptions in his arms and strode towards the pharmacy in front of him.

And Amachi obediently obeyed Ogata's instructions, standing still, holding half of the buns with both hands, gnawing slowly while silently waiting for Ogata to return.

It didn't take long for Xu convenient to return.

"How?" Ah Ding asked.

Ogata shook his head.

Despite another rush, Ogata's face still didn't show the slightest trace of annoyance.

"Let's go." Ogata smiled. "Let's go to the next place."

"Ok!"

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"Ah, Ah Yi! Look! It's a water seller. Let's go there and buy some drinks."

Not far in front of Ogata and Amachi, an old man who is quite young carries two wooden barrels on a pole.

While walking slowly forward, while sipping "selling cold water, selling cold water" loudly.

"Water seller..." Ogata muttered, "It just so happens that I am a little thirsty too."

Water sellers carry buckets of water or sugar water around the streets and alleys of the city-this can be regarded as a common sight in cities of this era.

The so-called water sellers, as the name suggests, are vendors who specialize in selling drinking water on the street.

In the hot summer, drinking cold water is a different kind of enjoyment.

Therefore, in such a big summer, water sellers can be said to be one of the most popular vendors.

Ogata and Amachi leaned over, and the water seller immediately introduced them to Ogata enthusiastically:

"Good morning! Two guest officers! I have clean water here!"

The water seller patted the bucket hanging in front of the pole.

"And syrup!"

Then he patted the bucket hanging behind the pole.

"What kind of water do the two guest officers need?"

"You still have sugar water? Then I want sugar water!"

"Then just give me a bowl of water." Ogata said.

"okay!"

The water seller put down the two large buckets hung on the pole, and then took out two clean bowls, each containing a bowl of water and a bowl of sugar water.

After Ogata and Amachi drank the water in their respective bowls, Amachi wiped his mouth and praised, "The taste is not bad."

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"A Yi! Look at it! It's from Caier!"

"Can these two small pieces really help guests take out earwax...Let's go, take out ears for people, but there is nothing good about it."

"This is the first time I have seen Caier. Let me watch it a little longer."

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"It's'Lao Wan selling sugar'..." Looking at the scene in front of him, Ah Ding couldn't help but smile, "It's pretty good jumping."

In a metropolis like Kyoto, the most indispensable thing is these sugar vendors.

Because there are so many peers, in order to attract customers as much as possible, these sugar vendors have chosen to wear strange costumes and do all kinds of weird moves, which can be said to have their own magical powers.

There are "Tangren selling candy" dressed as foreigners; there are "Fox selling candy" dressed as fox dolls, and there are "Grandpa selling candy" dressed as grandpa...

The so-called "Lao Wan selling candy" means that a man pretends to be a woman and sells candy while dancing.

Ogata and Amachi are now encountering a "old man selling sugar" sugar seller.

The facial features of this young sugar seller are pretty beautiful, so even if she is dressed in women's clothing, she will not give people a "spicy eye" feeling.

At the same time, the dance is also good.

Fair appearance + fair dance, successfully attracted a lot of guests.

Many passers-by, including Ogata and Amachi, were attracted by this sugar vendor.

After watching the dance of the sugar vendor for a while, the two of Ogata each bought a candy sold by the sugar vendor.

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Ogata and Amachi went all the way on the way to find the pharmacy.

When you encounter interesting things, stop and watch.

When you see something delicious, you buy it and eat it.

The "travel to find people" slowly became a "tour of Kyoto"...

Although playing crazy, Ogata still did not forget the important task of finding a pharmacy.

The two Ogata have gone to 4 pharmacies.

It's a pity that they all got nothing.

However, Ogata is not in a hurry. After all, Kyoto is very big, and there are many pharmacies that I haven't visited yet.

Therefore, continue to maintain an unhurried pace with Ah Ding, eating, drinking and playing while looking for the pharmacy...

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Kyoto, an official office enforced by Kyoto Town.

Hasegawa Heizo and his subordinates were in a room in the government office at this time, regaining their strength while waiting for the arrival of Kamiyama Koshinosuke.

After waiting like this for an unknown amount of time, footsteps from far and near finally came from outside the room.

With a "wow", the paper sliding door was opened.

Kamiyama's tired face finally appeared in front of Hasegawa and the others.

"It's been a long time." Hasegawa smiled slightly at Kamiyama. "It has been several months since the beginning of the year."

"Yes." A faint smile appeared on Kamiyama's somewhat exhausted face, "Hasegawa, I hope I can be like you, always so vigorous, really, obviously. The two of us are about the same age. Why do you always look like a young man who can't run out of energy..."

"I guess you miss the days when Kii was in charge of doing things very much now." Hasegawa said in a half-joking tone.

"You're right." Kamiyama shrugged, "It's much easier to manage the army's weight than to manage the entire Kyoto."

After the ogre rebellion broke out on Kii's Chojima Island, the shogunate, who had no time to deploy manpower for a while, urgently transferred the sacred mountain that was practiced by Kyoto Town to Kii to manage the reorganization of the army responsible for monitoring Chojima.

Now the shogunate, under the leadership of the old Nakamatsu Ping Dingxin, has changed its strategy against Butterfly Island—or in other words, it has changed its strategy against the ogres on Butterfly Island.

No longer catching prisoners to Butterfly Island-there are not so many prisoners available.

Instead, the resources are spent on the research of ogres and the tracking of the mentors and disciples of Heshi and Hezhi.

About more than two months ago, the task of managing the army's heavyweights in Shenshan was suspended and replaced by another person.

After all, Kamiyama’s own job is carried out by Kyoto Town, and keeping Kamiyama on Kii always means a bit of violence.

It's not just that the logistics officer of the army has changed, but the general of the army has also changed.

After the old Nakamatsu Hiranobu returned to Edo, the "former general" Inamori also returned to Edo with Matsuhira Dashinobu.

After changing to another person to take over the management of the army's heavy work, Kamiyama returned to his old site-Kyoto.

Kamiyama’s first task after returning to Kyoto was to find the pair of masters and disciples Heshi and Hezhi.

This task was sent to Shenshan by Songping's letter of determination.

The only piece of information the shogunate had about the pair of masters and disciples was that they had a Kyoto accent, and most likely they were locals in Kyoto.

Since it is very likely that it is a native of Kyoto, it is naturally appropriate to leave the matter to the sacred mountain, who is a Kyoto town, to deal with this matter.

Kamiyama is also very dedicated. After returning to Kyoto, he conscientiously carried out a comprehensive search in Kyoto, looking for a teacher and apprentice named Heshi and Hezhi.

After half a month of searching, the result was-nothing.

There is no doctor named Wase and Wazaki in Kyoto.

Since there are no such two doctors, the only two possibilities are:

This pair of masters and disciples did not live in Kyoto at all, or they used pseudonyms, and Heze and Hezhi were not their real names at all.

These two people might not even be a master or apprentice.

Except for the names Kazawa and Kazachi, and their Kyoto accent, the shogunate had no clues about this pair of masters and disciples.

The name—the only clue was cut off, and Kamiyama had no choice but to report the result to Matsubaira, who was far away in Edo.

As if he had anticipated such a thing for a long time, Matsudaira did not take any harsh words to Kamiyama. He only replied "It's hard work" in a letter and told Kamiyama that there is no need to search for these two people in Kyoto. Now, for these two people, he will find another way after he has settled his letter.

After the search for the pair of mentors and apprentices ended, Kamiyama’s life finally returned to the normal track of the past, and lived a life of managing all kinds of things in Kyoto.

After having a brief conversation with Hasegawa for a while, the two of them seemed to have agreed in advance, slowly ending the exchange, and stepping into the topic.

"Hasegawa."

Kamiyama sat cross-legged in front of Hasegawa casually, and Hasegawa's subordinates, headed by Imai, knelt down beside them respectfully.

"You should have been to the crime scene, have you seen it? What was the result?"

"The results are pretty good." Hasegawa said solemnly, "Although it has been some time since the incident happened, I still found a lot of interesting things on the scene."

Having said that, Hasegawa took out a neatly folded handkerchief from his arms and handed it to the mountain.

"this is?"

"It's what I found at the crime scene." Hasegawa said solemnly, "You can open it and take a look."

Kamiyama slowly opened the handkerchief in accordance with Hasegawa's instructions.

After unfolding the handkerchief completely, some black powder came into the eyes of Shenshan.

Move the black powder under the nose, and after lightly smelling it, an unpleasant smell immediately penetrated into the nostrils of Shenshan.

"This is...gunpowder...!" Shenshan said solemnly.

"Yes." Hasegawa nodded, "At the scene of the crime, we found a lot of gunpowder powder. The fire outside Luowai should be caused by the gunpowder explosion."

The reason why Hasegawa led his subordinates from Edo to Kyoto all the way from Edo to Kyoto was because something strange happened in Kyoto in mid-May.

There was a loud noise in a room outside Luowai.

With the sound of this loud noise, flames rose from this empty room and instantly swept to the surroundings.

Fortunately, it was a windless weather that day, and the weather had just rained and the weather was humid. With the concerted efforts of Kyoto’s fire fighting, we managed to control the fire before the disaster expanded.

Because buildings in this era are basically made of wood and paper, once the fire goes out of control, it is basically a natural disaster.

Two years ago, the Great Fire that destroyed more than 80% of the buildings in Kyoto is the best example.

Because of this small fire in Kyoto this time, it is full of weirdness.

The loud noise that sounded before the fire broke out made Shenshan very concerned and made Shenshan suspect that the fire might be man-made.

Therefore, Kamiyama asked the Edo shogunate for help, asking the shogunate's experts to deal with the arson-officials from the Hosuke Thief Kaikai to come to Kyoto to investigate the case.

At that time, Hasegawa, who happened to be fine at that time, took the order and led the subordinates headed by Imai to investigate the case in Kyoto.

This is why Hasegawa and his men appeared in Kyoto.

Earlier this morning, after leaving the cake mother-in-law's hotel and parting with Ogata, Hasegawa rushed directly to the crime scene in Luowai to collect clues.

With a calm face, he handed the gunpowder powder that Hasegawa had found from the scene of the crime back to Hasegawa outside. Suddenly, anxious footsteps and anxious shouts came from outside the room:

"Master Kamiyama! Another murder occurred! Just now, another person was killed in the park! The victim was Saburo Inano, a disciple of the Metaphysical Hall! He was killed by a single blow with a sword in the neck!"

"There are victims again?" Shenshan's face turned black with a "swish", "...I see, you can withdraw first."

After the reporter stepped back, Hasegawa frowned and asked at the mountain:

"Kamiyama~www.wuxiahere.com~ what happened to you just saying'there is another victim'?"

"...Since last night, a murderer appeared in Kyoto." Kamiyama sighed, "From last night to now, 34 people have been killed in a row."

Hearing the number "34", Hasegawa felt a "thump" in his heart.

34 people were killed-this is no small case anymore.

Shenshan continued at this time:

"Fortunately-when this murderer was killing, many people present saw his face."

"Kyoto Soshidai-sama, he is very nervous now." Kamiyama put on a faint mocking tone, "When the Gion Festival was being held, there was such a murderous criminal who might destroy the Gion Festival, but it is very likely that he would suffer It's an adult's scolding."

"Siroshi Kyoto, he is now letting people compare each wanted order based on the looks reported by these witnesses to find out if any wanted criminal matches the looks reported by the witnesses."

"I don't know when the results will come out..."

Before Shenshan had finished speaking, an anxious announcement sounded outside the room again:

"Master Shenshan! The result of the wanted order...comparison...come out!"

The messenger was panting because he was running fast, and his speech was intermittent.

"Oh?" Shenshan narrowed his eyes. "Have you found any wanted criminal whose face matches the face of the murderer seen by the witnesses?"

"Yes!" the messenger said anxiously, "It's the executioner Ichitosai-Ogata Itase!"

"After showing Ogata Ichitosai's wanted warrant to the witnesses, the witnesses also said,'This is the person'!"

As soon as the messenger's voice fell, the pupils of Kamiyama and Hasegawa, especially Hasegawa, shrank suddenly.