I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Although Ogata's attention was also on the bride who finally appeared from the sedan chair.

But the corner of his eye still keenly caught the change in Ah Ding's gaze next to him.

"Amachi." Ogata said in a low voice toward Amachi next to him, "what's the matter?"

"Nothing..." The weird and weird light still remained in Ah Ding's eyes. "This is the first time I have seen Bai Wugou. I think it's a bit strange, and Bai Wugou is especially beautiful."

Hearing this thought from Amachi, Ogata nodded:

"Well, it's really pretty."

Although in the modern earth, Ogata had seen several pictures of Shira Wugo through the Internet.

But it was Ogata's first time to witness a woman wearing a white nonsqueeze.

Although the white and flawless clothes were worn on the body, it really made the wearer feel like a sacred breath.

After the bride walked out of the sedan chair, he was taken into the groom's home by the groom's people.

Naturally, it is impossible for them as a group of onlookers to enter people's homes to see their weddings.

Therefore, after the bride walked out of the sedan chair and was taken into the bridegroom's house, the crowds around watching the excitement automatically dispersed.

"I feel a little thirsty." As he left the door of the groom's house with the surrounding people, Amachi said to Ogata beside him, "Let's go find a tea house and have some tea."

Ogata just happened to be a little thirsty. Seeing Amachi offered to go to a tea house for some tea, Ogata nodded in agreement without any hesitation.

While looking for a tea house, Ogata looked up at the position of the sun in the sky.

Today is a bright sunny day, and the position of the sun can be clearly seen.

It has been so long since the Edo period, Ogata has already been very proficient in judging the current time by the positions of the sun and moon.

According to Ogata's visual observation, it is about 16:00 in the afternoon.

The two did not spend much effort, and they found a small tea house.

Immediately after Ogata and Amachi entered the tea house, a cute girl who was only about 12 or 3 years old hurried to usher.

"welcome!"

Because of her young age, the little girl's voice still has a very strong childishness.

When Ogata and Amachi visited this tea house, the tea house happened to have no other guests, and every table was empty.

After the two randomly selected an empty table, they started to light the tea they wanted.

"Two guest officials! Would you like to try our special steamed buns!"

After Ogata and Amachi each ordered a cup of oolong tea, the little girl took the initiative to sell their specialty food to the two.

Although Japanese steamed buns and Chinese steamed buns are both called steamed buns, there is still a big difference.

Japanese steamed buns are more like Chinese bean paste buns, which are wrapped in bean paste.

Ogata is free to eat or not to eat buns.

So Okinawa handed this option to Ah Ding.

After turning his inquiring gaze to Ah Ding, and A Ding thought for a while, he said to the little girl:

"Then have 2 copies of this special steamed bun from your store! I happen to be a little hungry too."

"Great!"

Seeing that she had successfully launched the special food in her store, the little girl seemed to be particularly happy, and she walked into the kitchen of their store with a happy smile on her face.

After a while, the little girl returned to the field of vision of Ogata and Amachi with a large tea tray.

Oolong tea and steamed buns ordered by Ogata and Amachi were placed upright on the tea tray.

Ogata didn't rush to drink tea, but first picked up the special steamed buns in their store that the girl said.

Ah Ding is the same, not in a hurry to drink tea, but intends to try the special steamed buns of this store first.

After taking a bite of the bun in his hand, Ogata's face flashed with surprise.

He found that what the little girl said was true. There were indeed many differences between this steamed bun and the steamed buns he had eaten before.

The biggest difference is that the steamed buns in this store have a softer crust, and the red bean paste inside is more glutinous and sweeter, which is more in line with the taste of Ogkata.

And after a bite of the steamed buns in his hand, A Ting's face also flashed a bit of surprise, it seems that the steamed buns are also very appetizing for A Ting.

The little **** the side has been paying attention to the expressions of Xinxufang and Ah Ding.

After seeing surprises on the faces of both Ogata and Amachi, the little girl breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a proud tone:

"This steamed bun is my mother's secret recipe, how? It's delicious, isn't it?"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded and said sincerely, "It's really delicious."

Because there are no customers other than Ogata and Amachi, the little girl is very idle now.

After serving the tea and steamed buns to Ogata and Amachi, she did not leave directly, but stayed beside them and started talking with them.

And Ogata and Amachi, who are also very leisurely, are also happy to chat with this little girl.

Through small talk, Ogata learned that the little girl was named Ajiu, who was 12 years old this year.

Currently running this small tea house with her parents.

Their tea house is a very common residential and commercial store in this era.

This type of shops are often used as shops on the first or second floor, and the upper floors are used for people.

According to Ajiu-her mother had a very serious cold these days, and her father was unfortunately injured in the waist yesterday. Although it was not a serious injury, it would take a few days to rest in bed to get down. Work hard.

The two parents are sick and injured. Both of them are resting upstairs now, so Ajiu is currently in charge of seeing the store by herself.

"Ajiu, you are so amazing." After listening to Ajiu's description of the status quo of their store, Ogata exclaimed, "At such a young age, he can see the store by himself."

"These are all right." Ajiu said modestly, "I usually help my parents in the store, so how to steam buns and how to make tea, these things I have already matured too much."

Just when the three of Ogata, Amachi, and Aku had a lively conversation--

Squeak, squeak, squeak...

There was a "creak, creak, creak" stepping on the wooden planks from the stairs not far away.

This voice instantly drew the attention of all three of Ogata.

Turning his gaze to the stairs, Ogata saw that a young man who was about 30 years old was holding his waist and walking upstairs with difficulty...Ah, no, it should be moved down.

After seeing the young man who was struggling to go downstairs, Ajiu yelled "Father" and then hurried towards the young man.

Early marriage and early childbirth is one of the characteristics of the feudal era.

So Ajiu, who is only 12 years old this year, called this young man who should have not even arrived at 30 as his father. Ogata was not surprised at all.

"Father." After helping his father to walk these last steps, Ajiu asked his father, "How did you get down? Go back to your room and continue to lie down and rest!"

"No..." Ajiu's father smiled bitterly, "There is an important thing to do."

"What matters?" Ajiu asked in confusion.

"I just remembered. Someone has reserved 30 steamed buns in our house. I have made an appointment with them to send the steamed buns tonight."

"I have been busy recovering from injuries in the last few days and almost forgot about it..."

"Okay, Ajiu, let me go, I'll deliver steamed buns, and I'll be back soon."

"No!" Ajiu clung to his father, "You can't even stand up! How could you get the steamed buns! Father, who ordered our steamed buns? I will send them for you!"

Hearing Ajiu's offer to invite him, a strange look appeared on Ajiu's father's face.

"No." He shook his head without hesitation. "That kind of place is not for girls of your age."

"It can only be delivered by me."

"It's not the first time I have helped deliver steamed buns!" Ajiu said unconvincedly, "Which time did I not deliver steamed buns to someone perfectly? Why don't you let me deliver them?"

"Besides, what is so dangerous, only you can go, but I can't go."

Seeing that Ajiu didn't listen to advice, Ajiu's father could only say to Ajiu in a helpless tone:

"This time I booked the steamed buns from the famous "Sakuramon House" in Yoshiwara."

"Can a girl of your age go to Yoshihara?"

It is not difficult to see from the look on Ajiu's face-she knows where Yoshihara is.

After hearing the word "Yoshihara" in his father's mouth, Ajiu's expression froze.

But after hesitating for a while, she still bit her neck and said:

"What happened to Yoshihara and Yoshihara? Can't I go to Yoshihara?"

"Yoshihara does not impose restrictions on the age and gender of entrants. Why can't I go?"

"Of course you can't go!" Ajiu's father said angrily, "Where is Yoshihara? Yoshihara has all kinds of messy people!"

"Those traffickers like girls your age best."

"You go to Yoshihara alone, be careful to be abducted by those traffickers, and then sell you to Yoshihara or other places in Yukow!"

Ajiu seems to want to say something more.

But before she could say her words, she was snatched by a male voice from behind her:

"Ajiu, your father is right. A place like Yoshihara is indeed not a place for girls of your age."

The owner of this male voice is Ogata.

When Ajiu and his father both cast curious eyes on Ogata, Ogata was pouring the cup of oolong tea he had just ordered into his mouth.

After drank the tea in the cup, Ogata's father smiled and said:

"Your buns, let's send them for you."

"Huh?" Ajiu's father was taken aback, "May I ask you two?"

"It's just two guests who happened to be drinking tea here at this moment." Ogata said, "You can't even get down the stairs, you can't get steamed buns?"

"And your daughter is still young, so it is impossible for your daughter to send it off."

"So let's deliver it for you. Anyway, we are quite free now."

After listening to Ogata's words, Ajiu's father was obviously tempted.

But the hesitation on his face did not completely dissipate.

"That... we don't seem to know each other? Why do you help us like this?"

"If you want to say the reason..." Ogata shrugged. "You can be the two of us as good-hearted people."

Ajiu's father became silent, and looked up and down the clothes of Ogata with serious eyes.

Although Ogata and Amachi didn’t wear any top-notch clothes, they were neatly dressed. Because they have always had no trouble with food and clothing, their faces are healthy, and they are basically dirty, yellow-skinned ronins. There is a world of difference.

After a long silence, Ajiu's father finally nodded.

"Then... I will trouble you."

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30 steamed buns are enough to fill a big box.

Ajiu's father wrapped the large box neatly with a dark green furoshiki, and after he tied a large knot that could be grasped on it, he handed it to Ogata.

"The shop that ordered this batch of steamed buns is Yoshihara's'Sakuramon House'."

"'Sakuramon House" is one of Yoshiwara's great sights. So after you enter Yoshihara, you can find someone to inquire about the location of'Sakuramon House'."

"When you arrive at the "Sakuramon House", tell the people in the "Sakuramon House" that you are the person who was commissioned by "Seiya" Fujijiro to help deliver the steamed buns."

World House-Ajiu's name for this tea house.

Toujiro-Ajiu's father's name.

"Understood." Ogata nodded, then put away the big package.

"Then please. Samurai-sama." Although his back hurts badly, Ajiro's father, Fujijiro, forced himself to bow to Ogata.

"I'll go back as soon as I go." After leaving this sentence chicly, Ogata carried the big box of buns and walked out of the store.

After leaving the tea house, Amachi said to Ogata in an impatient manner:

"Unexpectedly, Ah Yi, you are still such a warmhearted person."

"Did you know me the first day..." Ogata couldn't help but said in a helpless tone, "Although I don't think I am such a decent person, this is just a matter of effort for me, but I am happy to do things that are of great benefit to others."

"Moreover—the reason why I chose to deliver steamed buns to the people in the tea house is not all because of my kindness."

"What Toujiro said just now woke me up."

"Yoshihara is a place where fish and dragons are mixed."

"So we go to Yoshihara, maybe we can gather some interesting information."

"Especially--maybe I can collect information related to Shiranui."

"So I plan to help deliver the steamed buns and see if I can gather any interesting information by the way."

"I have collected information about Shiranui...the chances are very slim." Ah Ding said helplessly.

"That's right." After a pause in the meeting, Amachi Asogata asked, "I just heard that Fujijiro said that'Sakuramonya' is a great view, what is a big view? "

"I don't know much..." Ogata scratched his hair. "I only talked with Gendai and others before, and I heard from Gendai and others what Daikensai was."

"Omiise is the name of the rank of Yoshihara's Girls' House."

"Yoshiwara's Yunyuwu system is divided into 3 levels, from high to low, they are big, middle, and small."

"I heard that Okenyo, as the highest-level Yunyuya, has only 7 or 8 in Yoshiwara."

"Oh~~This way..."

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Yoshihara is considered one of the most famous areas in Edo.

Bring anyone in, and he can tell Ogata and Amachi Yoshihara exactly where they should go.

It is now October, and the sun goes down much earlier than in summer.

When Ogata and Amachi arrived at the gate of Yoshihara, it was already in the evening.

It happened to be when the flow of people in Yoshihara started to increase.

Looking at the door in front of him, Ogata murmured:

"Is this Yoshihara's gate..."

Although I don’t know much about Yoshihara, Ogata still knows some basic knowledge about Yoshihara. For example, Yoshihara is surrounded by a tall wooden wall. Ogata still knows only about this entrance and exit.

In front of Ogata and Amachi, there is a tall, open wooden gate.

On both sides of the gate, a lantern for lighting is hung on each side, and a large Chinese character is painted on the lantern: door.

Countless people enter and exit this gate. Men and women enter and exit this gate, but most of them are men.

There are many young people holding wooden sticks on both sides of the door. These young people must be the guards who are in charge of keeping the door.

They all wore the same dark blue haori. There were many decorative patterns on the haori, and two Chinese characters were printed on both sides of the placket: club.

On the back of Yuzhi is printed a Chinese character "door".

Looking at the haori worn by these people, Amachi asked in a low voice to Ogata:

"Are these people supposed to be the officials in charge of the Shirobei Club in charge of managing Yoshihara?"

Ogata nodded: "It should be. Go, let's go in."

Before stepping through the gate, Ogata noticed that the officials of the famous Shirobei Club who also wore this special dark blue haori were constantly shouting "female cut hands" and "female cut hands".

As he led Ah Ding through the gate and into Yoshihara, passing by the official who was constantly shouting "female cut hands", Ogata couldn't help but look at the official and at the same time secretly said in his heart:

——Female cutting hands...what is that...

As soon as Ogata muttered like this in his heart, he suddenly heard a shout from his side:

"Hey! That woman over there, where are you going? Is this your first time in Yoshiwara?"

After hearing this shout, Ogata and Amachi both looked at the sound source.

The person who made this shout was an uncle who also wore that special dark blue haori.

This uncle was sitting on the edge of Yoshihara's gate with a few companions, with a small table in front of him.

Behind them is a magnificent mansion.

There is a lantern hanging at the door of this magnificent mansion, and the two Chinese characters "club" are written on the lantern.

After casting their eyes on the uncle, Ogata and Amachi found that the uncle was looking at Amachi.

After looking around, Ah Ting stretched out his finger and pointed at himself.

"Are you talking to me?"

"In addition to talking to you, who else can you talk to?" The uncle said helplessly, "Is this your first time to Yoshihara?"

"Yeah." Ah Ding nodded obediently.

"That's it... No wonder you went through the gate so stupidly... If a woman enters Yoshihara, she must first come to us to get the'female cut hand'."

"'Men's hand'?" Ogata wondered. "What is that."

"You can understand it as a pass ticket." The uncle said, "When a woman enters Yoshihara, she must first hold a'female cut hand' before entering."

"When you leave Yoshihara, you have to return the'female cut hand' before you can go out."

"There is still such a rule..." Ah Ding mumbled like this, and walked quickly towards the uncle.

"What are you doing in Ji?" After Ah Ting came to this uncle, the uncle asked A Ting while drawing out a wooden sign from under the table.

"Do you have to answer?" Ah Ding asked.

"It doesn't matter if you don't answer." The uncle shrugged, "I just asked casually."

"Actually, I didn't plan to do anything." Ah Ding said, "I just came to help someone from a tea house deliver steamed buns."

As soon as Ah Ting's voice fell, the thread on the side matched the big box in Yang Yang's hand that hugged the furoshiki.

"Send steamed buns...Is it another Yugou of Yukuo who is greedy... Since it is your first time to Yoshihara, let me give you a piece of advice." Don't follow strangers."

"If someone tells you that he has a lucrative job and asks you if you want to work together, you should never pay attention to these people."

"These people are basically scumbags who deceive girls to become wandering girls."

"If you run into this kind of person, you yell."

"There are people from our Shirobei Club everywhere in Yoshihara."

"As long as you yell, someone from the club will definitely come to rescue you."

"Oh... so, thank you for your reminder." Ah Ding patted his plump breasts, "but don't worry, I am very powerful, ordinary men can't beat me."

"Really?" The uncle seemed to think that Ah Ting was just joking with him, so he also responded to Ah Ting in a joking tone.

"In short-although Yoshihara manages the Shiro Bingbei Club~www.wuxiahere.com~, it is not a particularly safe place. Please pay attention to your property and safety."

"Here, this is your'female cutting hand'."

"When I want to leave Yoshihara, I will come here to return the'female cut hand'."

"Be careful not to lose it. Losing it can be troublesome. It takes a lot of effort to confirm that you are not a wandering girl in a certain girl's house."

Ah Ding took the wooden sign handed by the uncle.

On this square wooden sign, the big characters "Shiro Bingwei Club" are written.

There is also a large square stamp on the lower left corner of this line of characters.

After playing with the "female cutting hand" in his hand for a while, Ah Ding mumbled:

"Why do you Yoshihara and other women have to rely on'female cut hands' to get in and out so troublesome regulations?"

"Do you want to know why?" The uncle's eyes flashed weird colors, "The reason why the shogunate established such a rule is actually very simple."

"It's just to prevent Yoshihara's wandering girls from fleeing."

"The whole Yoshihara, only this door can enter and exit." The uncle slammed at the door on the side.

"Only women who have'female cut hands' are allowed in and out of Yoshiwara, so as to prevent the wandering girls from escaping through this gate."

"From another perspective, this is a cruel rule."

"Well, now that you have finished receiving the "Female Cut Hands", let's enter Yoshihara. You have been blocking here, which will prevent others from receiving and returning the "Female Cut Hands"."

There was an extra long line behind Ogata and Amachi when they came to receive the "female cut hands".

The people who make up this long line are all women of different ages. These women are either empty-handed or holding the wooden sign called "female cut hands" in their hands.