I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan (

Although there was a rather short "slumber meeting" before going to bed last night, and it took a lot of time, Ogata still slept very sweetly that night.

Early the next morning, Lin asked everyone to gather in the six-person shared room where Ogata and the others lived.

Only the six-person large room where Ogata and the others lived had enough space for their meetings.

If the meeting were held in the single room where Lin and Ading lived, they would not even have a place to sit, so they could only stand.

After the people lined up in a circle and sat down on the tatami in Ogata's room, Lin cleared her throat and said first:

"Look at everyone's complexion, everyone had a good rest last night."

Thanks to the sea voyage some time ago, Ogata has long been used to sleeping in the same room with Mamiya and the others.

Ogata slept very well last night and didn't even have a dream.

Looking at the expressions of Mamiya and their complexions, they must have had a good rest last night.

After a whole night of restfulness yesterday, Ah Ding has also returned to his original condition, his face has become ruddy, and he is no longer pale due to dizziness and nausea as before.

Lin's complexion is also very good, and her seasickness must have disappeared just like Ah Ding.

After a few simple greetings, Lin cleared her throat:

"Anyway-first review the information we currently know."

Lin winked at Mamiya and Mucun.

Obviously they didn't say anything between them, but the tacit understanding cultivated through a long time together made Mamiya and Makimura instantly understand what Lin asked him to do.

Mamiya and Makimura each carried their swords and walked in different directions.

Mamiya walked towards the door, Makimura walked towards the window.

The two checked outside the room and confirmed that no one was eavesdropping outside the door or window, and then nodded to Xiang Lin, and then sat back in their place.

When Mamiya and Makimura returned to their positions, they knocked on the ceiling above their heads with the knife in their hands, confirming that there was no eavesdropping on the ceiling.

After Mamiya and Mucun returned to their positions, Lin said seriously:

"According to the information provided by Ms. Ading, Shiranui has 24 upper ninjas, 52 middle ninjas, and 139 lower ninjas. The total number of ninjas is 215."

"Of course-this is also the total combat power that Shiranui-san had before she left Shiranui."

"Shiranui's current combat power must be less than the combat power Ms. Ading had before she left."

"After all, Shinobu and Nakanin were chopped off by Ogata Ichitosai in Nijo Castle."

After Ogata and Amachi decided to form an alliance with Gourdiya, they had already shared all the information they knew about Shiranui.

Things like Shiranui's current combat power, their possession of a special drug called "Yaksha Wan", etc., everyone present was all clear.

Although everyone is familiar with the information, everyone still listens to Lin's account seriously.

"No matter the upper ninja, the middle ninja, and the lower ninja, they are all not to be afraid of. The only thing we need to watch out for is their leader, the flame demon, and their four heavenly kings: Shuntaro, Gokutaro, Kotaro, and Shintaro."

Ah Ting not only shared the number of ninjas she had in Shiranui before she left, but also shared their list of the Four Heavenly Kings in Shiranui.

"At present, Kotaro has been cut by Ogata Ichitosai."

"Although the Four Heavenly Kings are currently missing one, they still cannot be taken lightly."

"After all, it cannot be ruled out that the Balrog has promoted a good ninja to become a new king during this period of time."

"We are currently going to do two things first."

Lin raised two fingers.

"We only know that Shiranui's new base has moved to Edo, but we still don't know where it is in Edo Castle."

"So the first thing we need to do is to find the location of the new base in Shiranui."

"As for the second thing, it is to find out what is going on with the "Imperial Examination"."

"The'Imperial Test Combination' may hide some interesting and useful information for us."

"Anyway-everyone will take action today."

"I don't know where the new base in the fire is-I will be responsible for this."

Lin took the initiative to take on the task of finding a new base in Shiranui.

"I have a little friendship with a ground snake here in Edo. I checked the specific location of the new base area in Shiranui in Edo. It's not wrong to find the ground snake in this kind of thing."

"Uncle, you can act with me today. With you following me and discussing business with those few snakes, there will definitely be less resistance."

"Mamiya, Ogata Ichitosai, you guys will go up to the street today and ask the passers-by what is going on with the "Gozen Test"."

"In addition to looking for information related to the'Gozen Test Combination', you can also find out if anything worth mentioning has happened recently in Edo."

"Inquire about recent events in Edo, and maybe you can find some interesting and useful information."

"If you act alone, you may encounter dangers that cannot be solved by yourself, so you should act in pairs."

"A group of Yahachi and Katsurokuro, and a group of Kuro and Shichibei."

Lin turned her gaze to Ogata and Amachi.

"Ogata Ichitosai, you should go with Miss Amachi."

"You people who are inconvenient to show up, remember to pretend."

Lin's arrangement is simple and clear.

No one had any objections.

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Lin and Genichi, who were the quickest to get ready to go out, set off first to find the Edo snake that Lin had just spoken.

Mamiya, Makimura, Asai, and Shimada also followed closely behind. After preparing to go out, they scattered in two groups in different directions, looking for something related to the "Gozen Test Combination". intelligence.

Only Ogata and Amachi remained in the hotel, and they still did not go out.

It's not that Ogata and Amachi are two dicks, but because Amachi needs makeup, it takes a little longer.

Ah Ding is the rebel in Shiranui.

At the moment when Shiranui moved their base to Edo, it was very necessary for Amachi to disguise faces like the fugitives of the two shogunates, Ogata and Mamiya.

When entering Edo Castle last night, Amachi had been lying behind Ogata's back and buried his face in Ogata's back. He hadn't raised his head the whole time. Outsiders couldn't even see Amachi's face, so Amachi entered the city last night. It doesn't matter if you don't have to pretend.

But not now.

Nowadays, if he wants to sway on the street, it is very necessary for Ah Ting to also disguise himself on his face.

And the form of disguise that Ah Ding chose was makeup.

According to Ah Ding, she wants to put on a makeup that even her father would not recognize her.

First, Ogata went to a shop specializing in women's cosmetics and bought various cosmetics that Amachi had requested.

Ogata's luck is good. Somewhere not far from the hotel where they live, there is a shop specializing in women's cosmetics.

After buying the cosmetics she requested for Ah Ting, Ah Ting shut herself into her room and began to put on makeup.

And this makeup is half an hour...

Now half an hour has passed and I still haven't seen Ah Ting coming out of her room.

Ogata stayed in the big room where he and Mamiya lived, silently waiting for Amachi to put on her makeup.

During this half an hour, Ogata had knocked on Amachi's door several times, asking him whether he had put on makeup.

The answers are all-fast, fast, wait a minute.

After waiting boringly for half an hour, Ogata wondered whether he would knock on the door of Amachi again, and asked whether Amachi had put on makeup well.

call!

It was the sound of the door being opened in the big room where Ogata was currently staying.

Ogata hurried to follow the prestige.

I saw a woman with incredibly heavy makeup standing at the door of the room.

Looking at the "heavy makeup monster" who walked slowly to him along the door that was opened, Ogata asked in a stunned tone:

"Are you...A Ding?"

"Who else can it be besides me?"

"...What an incredible makeup look." Ogata said with emotion.

At this time, Amachi pulled his hair into Shimada bun, which is very popular among women.

The eyes are painted with a rather exaggerated red eyeshadow.

The two eyebrows are drawn into indescribable shapes.

Lips were stained with lipstick so that they couldn't bear to look directly.

I have to say-Ah Ding's makeup was quite successful.

Thanks to these heavy makeup, Ah Ding's beautiful facial features have been messed up.

People like Ogata who have a very close relationship with Amachi can hardly recognize her...

Ah Ting’s current appearance is very much like the kind of young girl who is just interested in makeup, but because she is not proficient in makeup, so she draws a very difficult makeup...

Looking at Ogata's astonished look, Amachi nodded with satisfaction on his face:

"It seems that my makeup is very successful."

"It was so successful..." Ogata couldn't help but clap several times.

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A Ting originally had only two clothes-one of their ninja uniforms in Shiranui, and a yukata that A Ting bought in Kyoto after he defected to Shiranui and fled to Kyoto.

Because Amachi has very few clothes, on the way from Kyoto to Owari, Ogata bought a Wakisashi and a sword for Amachi, as well as a few for Amachi. new clothes.

At this time, Amachi, wearing a light red kimono that Ogata bought her, without socks, wearing pair of sandals that are very convenient to move, which are similar to modern earth flip-flops, and walk with Ogata. On a bustling street in Edo.

Looking at the dense crowds around, Ah Ding exclaimed.

"There are so many people..."

Ogata and Amachi are now located in a commercial area lined with shops, so the flow of people is frighteningly high.

Everywhere I saw people, people gathered into mountains, people gathered into seas, people piled up into walls.

This street is like a river bed full of mud, and the siltation is quite serious. The river can only move forward in this pile of mud with difficulty.

Seeing that there was a little gap ahead, I went to fill it up-people on this street all move like this.

The people on this street are squeezing, drilling, and next to each other, moving their bodies forward little by little, moving forward slowly.

Edo was finally able to show its full prosperity to Ogata and the others at dawn.

The daytime scene in Edo is not comparable to the scene Ogata saw last night.

The thick makeup on Ah Ding's face attracted many people's attention.

But everyone just glanced at Ah Ding sideways, instead of looking at Ah Ding with their eyes on rare and exotic animals.

It can be seen that in Edo, there must be many girls who are not good at make-up and paint their faces in a mess. Otherwise, everyone will certainly not look strange...

It is the first time to see such a prosperous scene, Ah Ding, looking around, looking at everything around him with curious eyes.

"We're not here to play." Ogata couldn't help but said in a helpless tone to Amachi, who seemed to be focusing on watching the bustling Edo.

"I know." Ah Ding said, "I'm also looking for someone who might know the details of the "Gozen Trial"."

Ogata and Amachi crossed this prosperous commercial street together and came to a less crowded street. Ogata found a very good interviewee-a tea house sitting not far from the front. Old warrior on a bench outside.

The old samurai seemed to be 5 or 60 years old, and his hair was nearly half white.

Wearing decent and clean clothes, the knife placed on the stool on the right side of the body is clean from the scabbard to the handle. At first glance, he is a person who is usually very diligent in taking care of his saber.

This old samurai sat alone on the bench outside the tea house, quietly sipping a cup of hot tea in that little sip.

Whether it is sitting or drinking tea, there is an elegant breath.

This old samurai looked like a man of good cultivation.

This kind of samurai, who seems to be very educated, is like the kind of person who knows a lot about "The Imperial Examination".

Ogata took the initiative to find a suitable target.

After leaving Ah Ding to stand by and waiting for him to return, Okinawa walked quickly towards the old samurai.

"Excuse me, is there anyone sitting next to you?"

Walking to the front and back of the old samurai, Ou asked the old samurai politely.

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the old samurai smiled slightly:

"No one, sit down."

"thank."

After sitting next to the old samurai and ordering a cup of tea casually, Ogata began to get close to the old samurai.

This old samurai was also a talkative person. Seeing Ogata took the initiative to talk to him, the old samurai responded positively to every word of Ogata.

In order to quickly narrow the distance between the two, Ogata took the initiative to introduce himself, saying that he was a ronin from Izumo, named Goro Mashima, who traveled around in order to sharpen his swordsmanship, and only came to Edo yesterday.

After a brief exchange, Ogata learned that the old samurai was surnamed Nakahara, an Edo native who was born and raised in Edo.

Seeing that the conversation was almost complete, Ogata changed the topic:

"Nakahara-kun, do you know about the'Gozen Test Combination"? After I came to Edo yesterday, I have always heard people talking about "Gozen Triangle Combination"."

"Oh oh, ‘Gozen Test Combine’." Zhongyuan smiled, “Majima-kun, you didn’t know that "Gozen Triangle Combination" is also normal."

"After all, this is a new activity launched this year by Lao Zhong-Matsuba Dingxin."

"Majima-kun, you probably have heard of it more or less---sama Matsudaira has been actively working on the reform of the shogunate after he took office 3 years ago in Tianmei 7 years and became the old middle school, hoping to strengthen the power of the shogunate."

"In order to achieve this goal, Lao Zhong Dao has put forward many propositions in the past three years."

"One of the propositions is to'revitalize the martial arts Tsunaki'."

"Old Master thinks that the samurai are all depraved."

"Indulged in pleasure, but forgot to practice martial arts. There is even the absurd phenomenon of selling the family heirloom sword for pleasure."

"In order to cheer up the samurai, Lao Zhong put forward the proposal of'Revitalizing the Samurai Tsunki', encouraging the samurai to practice literary and martial arts, and be in line with the previous samurai."

"The'Imperial Examination Combination' is a product of the old Zhong Dao's proposition. To put it simply, it is to let the people participating in this examination and combination test their knowledge and martial arts."

"'The Imperial Examination' is divided into 2 games."

Zhongyuan stretched out two fingers.

"The first game is a competition. Only those who pass this academic competition can enter the second competition-a martial arts competition."

"In order to encourage civilians to learn more about the arts and martial arts together, and to strengthen their physique, there is no restriction on the participants in the'Prince Test Combination'."

"Whether it is a samurai or a commoner, they can all participate in this ‘Imperial Examination’."

"But I don't think there will be many civilians who will participate in this'Prince Test Combination'."

"After all, when it comes to learning and martial arts, how can civilians be the opponents of warriors."

"No civilians with a little self-awareness will participate."

"There are no restrictions on the weapons used by the participants."

"It doesn't matter whether you use a gun or a sword in the martial arts competition. There are no restrictions on the weapons and martial arts genres you use."

"As far as I know-anyone who has a good ranking in these two competitions can get a not low bonus."

"I just forgot how much the bonus was."

"Just remember that the amount is not small, this high bonus has attracted many people to Edo."

"It's just that this is the first time that the'Osama Test Combination' has been held, and the Shogunate doesn't seem to be able to promote it well."

"So it's not widely spread. According to my estimation, the news that Edo will host the "Gozen Test Combination" is probably only spread in the Kanto area."

Ogata has been listening and remembering carefully.

After Chu Yuan's voice fell, Ogata nodded gently:

What Nakahara said just now can be regarded as clearing a lot of the mist that filled Okata's mind.

Ogata understands why the locals of Edo have frequently complained about the increase in the number of Ronin in Edo Castle since last night. These extra Ronin must have been fancying the bonus of the "Private Trial". Come.

It can be considered to understand why he and everyone in the Gourd House don’t know the existence of "Once Upon a Time"—because the spread is not wide enough, only the people in the eastern region know about the existence of "Emperor before One."

"Nakahara-kun." Ogata asked, "This ‘Gozen Test Combination’ has the prefix ‘Gozen’. Isn’t it going to be a test in front of the general?"

"How is that possible?" Zhongyuan chuckled, "Sir General, how can you have that idle time."

"The reason why it is called'Guqian Shihe' is purely a name just for the sake of listening."

"Then when will this'Gozen Test Combination' begin?" Ogata continued to ask.

"After 10 days." Zhongyuan said without hesitation, "The registration deadline will be 7 days later."

"Compared with knowledge in 10 days."

"After sifting out a group of people with insufficient knowledge, the remaining people are better than martial arts."

"Majima-kun, you can try to participate." Zhongyuan said in a half-joking tone. "Bonus or whatever, for the time being. If you can get a higher ranking in this two contests of Wen and Wu, it's not acceptable. What an honor."

"I will think about it later." Ogata said with a wry smile.

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While collecting information related to the "Gozen Test Combination" from Nakahara, Ogata also asked Edo if anything worth mentioning had happened recently.

It's a pity that I couldn't ask anything from the Central Plains. According to the Central Plains-Edo has been calm recently, and nothing major has happened.

After exhausting all the available information about Zhongyuan, Ogata bid farewell to Zhongyuan and went to meet Amachi who was hiding not far away.

After meeting with Ah Ding, Okinawa relayed all the information he had just collected to Ding.

"Oh~" After listening to Ogata's narration, Amachi raised his eyebrows, "Is it a trial set to encourage everyone to practice martial arts... It feels very interesting, and I don't know how much the bonus is."

"What?" Ogata asked in a half-joking tone. "Are you looking at the bonus?"

"In all the world, there is no one who doesn't love money." Amachi replied, following Ogata's tone just now.

"Let's go." As Ogata said, he turned and walked towards the center of the street. "Let's go and find more information."

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Although after bidding farewell to the Central Plains, Ogata and Amachi have been actively looking for new information.

But it's a pity-after looking for several people in succession, these people have not been able to tell what Ogata currently doesn't know.

In a blink of an eye, it was noon~www.wuxiahere.com~ After taking a look at the sun above his head, Ogata decided to go to a restaurant with Amachi to settle today's lunch.

Because Ah Ding said she wanted to eat sushi, Okinawa found a sushi restaurant with fairly good decoration nearby.

Because it's already a meal, nearly 80% of the sushi restaurants already have customers.

After finding a place that was still vacant and ordering the sushi they wanted to eat, the two chatted with each other while waiting for the sushi to be served.

What was disappointing was that the voices of a table of guests not far from Ogata and Amachi were quite loud.

There are 4 guests in total at that table.

The accents spoken by these four people are somewhat similar to the Izumo dialect, and Ogata guessed that these four people should come from the surrounding area of ​​Izumo.

The group was talking loudly while eating sushi.

Not only do they speak loudly, but they also laugh loudly.

Because the voices of these four people were too loud, Ogata had to concentrate to hear what Amachi was talking to him.

Ogata doesn't like people who speak a lot in public.

After the four people's laughter once again overshadowed Amachi's voice, Ogata couldn't help frowning slightly and turned to look at the table of guests.

After Ogata turned his head to look at the table of guests, Amachi followed along with his unhappy realization to the four people.

Ah Ding also hates being in public places—especially people who make loud noises in restaurants.

Just when Ogata was about to get up to remind the four people to pay attention to his own volume, Ogata's Yuguang suddenly caught a glimpse of the sushi restaurant's door curtain and opened it.

Someone walked slowly into the sushi restaurant along the opened door curtain.

This person had just got into the sushi restaurant, and Xu could hear the small exclamation from the guests at the next table:

"Ah, why did Tongxin Yoshihara come here..."