I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan(

The hotel where Edo, Ogata and others lived.

call--!

When they returned to the hotel, Maki Village and Asai opened the paper sliding door of the big room where their men lived.

After pulling the door open, they saw Asai sitting on the tatami mats, but Mamiya was missing.

"Asai." Makimura asked, "Where is Mamiya?"

"Mamiya just went to explain." Asai said lightly.

"How about the lord and brother Ogata?"

"They haven't come back yet."

"That means that only the four of us have returned to the hotel now..." Mu Cun muttered, and randomly found a place to sit cross-legged.

"Ah...I'm tired..." Shimada made a low complaint before sitting down on the tatami.

As soon as Shimada’s buttocks touched the tatami, Asai sitting in front of Shimada suddenly raised his eyebrows:

"Huh? Shimada, why do you have an extra wrestler on your waist? What's the matter with your extra wrestler?"

At this moment, Shimada actually had 3 knives inserted in his left waist-1 hitting knife and 2 wrestling swords.

"Huh? Oh, this one."

Shimada relieved one of the wrinkles on his waist.

"I bought it today."

"Bought it today?"

Shimada told Asai about the origin of the knife.

According to Shimada-this wakisashi was bought by a pawnshop when he happened to pass by a pawnshop when he was out to gather information with Makura today.

This wakame was placed on the counter of the pawnshop at the time. Shimada caught this wakame at a glance, and the price was not very expensive. The only drawback was that the knife and the blade were obviously not suitable, and the hole of the knife was more The blade should be smaller.

However, after weighing it over and over again, Shimada felt that the unworthiness of the knife blade and the blade was just a small problem, so he bought this wakame back.

Asai happened to be in a state of having nothing to do and panicking.

After learning that Shimada's waist was his newly bought knife, Asai became very interested and asked Shimada to take out the new knife he bought, and everyone would taste it together.

Shimada, who also didn't know what to do next, readily agreed to Asai's suggestion, and handed Wakisashi to Asai.

As soon as Asai took over the Wakisashi from Shimada's hand, the door to the room was opened again.

The one who opened the door this time was Mamiya, who had come back from Xiaojie.

Seeing Mamiya's return, Asai said immediately:

"Mamiya, it's just right for you to come back. You have to do things like the sword sword."

"What kind of sword?" Mamiya was confused.

Asai and others explained what happened to Mamiya in as simple a sentence as possible.

"Oh! Did Shimada buy a new knife?" Mamiya raised his eyebrows, and a faint expression of interest appeared on his face. "Let's take a look, just to pass the time."

After that, Mamiya sat cross-legged in front of Asai.

After sitting down on the tatami in Mamiya, Asai handed Shimada's wakisashi to Mamiya.

As soon as Mamiya took over Shimada's wakisashi, Shimada on the side wondered:

"Huh? Senior Mamiya, do you still know the sword?"

When Mamiya wanted to open his lips to say something, Makimura took the lead and said in a playful tone:

"Shimada, you just joined us last year, so you are not as familiar with all aspects of Gourd House as we are."

"After you stay in the gourd house for a long time, you will find that it's hard to come across things that Mamiya doesn't know."

Mamiya laughed at Makura's joke.

After receiving the Wakisashi from Asai's hand, Mamiya did not rush to pull out the sword, but first placed the sword on the tatami mat in front of his knee, and then drew a handkerchief from his arms.

"Does anyone have a handkerchief or paper with them?" Mamiya asked the three people in the pastoral village in front of him, "Lend me."

"I have a handkerchief." As soon as Mamiya's words fell, Asai nodded, then took a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Mamiya.

"Thank you. Later, remember not to speak, and to relax your breath, so that you don't let the saliva spray on the blade."

Because he has already returned to the hotel, there is no need to pretend, and before returning to the room, Mamiya’s glasses have been reinstalled on the bridge of his nose.

After instructing the three people in the pastoral village in this way, Mamiya first supported the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then folded his own handkerchief into a square shape, placed it under his lips, and bit it with his teeth .

After covering his mouth with a handkerchief, Mamiya pulled out the wakazashi from the sheath, and then used a skillful technique to take the nail that was used to fix the hilt and the blade of the knife.

Afterwards, all the parts such as the knife handle, knife blade and knife strip are separated.

Because the size of the knife blade did not match, Mamiya took a lot of effort to remove the knife blade.

After separating the various parts of the wakazashi, Mamiya grabbed the stem at the bottom of the blade with the handkerchief that Asai lent him, lifted the wakazaki blade, and began to look at the various parts of the blade up and down carefully. .

The blade of the samurai sword can be roughly divided into two parts: the lower stem in the sheath, and the upper blade.

Some famous cutlers will engrave their names on the stem of the knife.

Only the kind of swordsmith with top strength is qualified to engrave his name on the stem of the sword he made.

So the kind of knife with the knife maker's name engraved on the stem is basically an excellent sword.

The kind of knives that do not have the name of the knife maker engraved on the stem are collectively referred to as "non-ming knives".

Mamiya first glanced at the blade of the Wakazaka blade, and after confirming that the blade was not carved with the life of the swordsman, he began to look at the blade.

From time to time, Mamiya lifted the blade upright, and sometimes slammed the blade horizontally, sweeping his serious gaze over every corner of the blade.

Mamiya's extremely serious appearance made the surrounding air become serious.

After checking the knife bar, Mamiya assembled the knife blade, knife handle and other parts one by one, and reassembled the originally scattered parts into a complete wedge.

"It's a good knife." Mamiya took off the handkerchief he was biting in his mouth and said with a smile the next moment the knife was returned to its sheath.

Mamiya, who spoke with a gentle tone as usual, broke the serious atmosphere surrounding him in one fell swoop.

"The radius of the blade is shallow, the boiling point pattern is tight, and the texture of the blade is fine inter-eye patterns."

"A knifemaker with insufficient skill often makes the mistake of pursuing hardness or sharpness, which makes the blade's core iron less and thicker."

"The blade has hardness and sharpness, but lacks flexibility."

"A knife without flexibility is tight. This kind of knife is no different from a waste knife. It will break after a few strokes."

"And this stalker doesn't have such a problem."

"The flexible core iron is sufficient, and the quenching range of the blade is small. The flexibility, hardness, and sharpness of the blade have reached a good balance."

"Although the person who made this knife is not a famous craftsman, he must be a very experienced veteran."

"Not only that, the blade is also carved with a dark pattern of double cherry blossoms."

"Although the engraving technique of this obscure pattern is not brilliant, it can be regarded as pretty."

"As a Wuming knife, this is a rare product."

"According to my visual observation, this knife should be able to make a cut easily."

"If you let someone with good swordsmanship come to cut it, you might be able to barely cut it."

"It's a pity that the iron used in this knife is not very good iron."

"If the best iron is used to cast this knife, the quality should be improved a lot."

"Shimada, how much did you spend on this knife?"

"Five taels." Shimada stretched out five fingers.

"Five taels?" Mamiya exclaimed in a low voice, "Then you make a lot of money, Shimada. You can buy a knife of such good quality with only 5 taels."

"The fly in the ointment of this knife is that the size of the knife is wrong."

"The knife is smaller, so it takes a lot of effort to put the knife on or off."

"You'd better go to a pawnshop and buy a knife that matches your blade."

"As long as you change into a matching knife, it will be a good knife."

After all, Mamiya held this wakazashi with both hands and returned it to Shimada.

After accepting the stunner that Mamiya handed back in a dazed manner, Shimada said to Mamiya with a slightly surprised tone in astonishment:

"Senior Mamiya, you are amazing!"

"The movements of the knife appraiser you just now and the comments are so professional, just like a real appraiser!"

Anyone who has a little knowledge of the swordsmanship can see how professional Mamiya's swordsmanship is.

Before pulling the knife out, bite something with your teeth to avoid spraying your saliva on the blade.

When taking the blade out for appreciation, he also held the blade with a handkerchief to avoid direct contact with the metal blade with his fingers.

The movements used by Mamiya to stand up the knife and view it horizontally are also extremely standard, and can be used as a reference for the movement of the knife.

For Shimada's praise, Mamiya only smiled:

"It's not a big deal. Compared to those real appraisers, I'm still far behind."

"Senior Mamiya, where did you learn the technique of knife appraisal?" Shimada's tone was somewhat joking.

Although it is an interrogative sentence, the tone is the tone of an affirmative sentence.

"...Hmm." Mamiya nodded after being silent for a while, "I learned the skill of appraising swords in Edo..."

"Did you learn from a very good swordsmith in Edo?" Shimada asked.

"...That's right. Although that person's main job is not appraising swords, he is indeed a very professional appraising master."

Speaking of this, Mamiya had a sudden stop.

After listening to the movement outside the room, Mamiya said with a smile:

"The lord is back."

As soon as Mamiya's voice fell, the Maki village beside him also smiled and said:

"Well, I heard it too."

Almost at the moment when the voice of the pastoral village fell, the paper sliding door of the room was opened.

Lin opened the door of the room and stood outside the room.

And Yuanyi stood behind Lin.

After Lin and Yuan stepped into the room, they scanned the scene in the room first, and then asked:

"Where are Ogata Ichitosai and Amachi-san?"

"The two of them haven't come back yet." Mamiya replied.

"That's it..." Lin muttered like this as she closed the door, "Huh? Shimada, what's the matter with the wakame in your hand?"

"I bought it from a pawnshop today." Shimada replied, "We just let Senior Mamiya finish appreciating this knife."

Shimada gave Lin an overview of his purchase of knives during the day and the two incidents of Jian Jian Mamiya.

"Katsurokuro, you are lucky." Lin said lightly, "You can buy a knife of such a good quality with only 5 taels."

Although there was a trace of fatigue on Lin's face, she still kneeled and sat on the ground in a proper manner, instead of sitting cross-legged like the Mucun and the others.

"This is the steamed bun I just bought."

As Lin spoke, she unwrapped the small package on her back, placed it on the tatami and unwrapped it, revealing more than twenty steamed buns inside.

"I think this steamed bun smells good, so I bought some."

"If you want to eat, just eat it."

"Oh! Thank you lord! Then I'm not welcome!"

Mucun, the most informal among the crowd, grabbed the buns and started chewing.

It is late now.

If converted into the time unit of the modern earth, it is now around 22:00 in the middle of the night.

At this time, Mamiya and the others felt a little hungry.

Seeing that Mucun had already started, Mamiya and the others didn't hesitate anymore. After thanking Lin, they picked up the steamed buns and started chewing.

Looking at the people in front of Mamiya and the others, Lin's mouth curled up with an invisible arc.

"Have you all gone to collect information today?" Lin asked casually.

"Of course." Mucun said in a vague voice, stuffed with buns in his mouth.

"Anyway, let's wait for Ichitosai Ogata and Miss Amachi to come back now." Lin said softly, "When the two of them come back, we can share and integrate the information collected by each of them... Ah, they are back. It."

After that, Lin shifted her gaze and looked at the closed door behind her.

Outside the door, two footsteps from far and near were sounding.

A footstep is heavier, and a footstep is softer.

call--!

The paper sliding door that had not been closed for too long was reopened.

"Sorry." After opening the door, Okinawa apologized to everyone in the room. "Are I and Ading coming back too late?"

After bidding farewell to Guasheng and leaving Yoshihara, Ogata and Amachi first returned to the tea house called "Seya".

After returning the furoshiki that was used to wrap the steamed buns box and the handwriting to the tea house, they drove back to the hotel where they lived without stopping.

The father and daughter in that tea house wanted to make a few cups of good tea to thank the two Ogata who kindly helped them to give them steamed buns, but Ogata and the others declined it.

"Nothing." It was Yuan Yi who responded, "Xiao Lin and I just came back not long ago. You two come in quickly."

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...

After Ogata and Amachi came back, their small alliance was finally there.

After all the staff arrived, everyone immediately began to share and integrate the information they had collected today.

The information collected by Mamiya and Makimura about the "Gozen Test Combination" is exactly the same as that collected by Ogata.

Separate the literary test and the martial arts test, perform the literary test first and then perform the martial arts test, only those who pass the literary test can participate in the martial arts test, the first place in the two competitions can get a reward of 100 taels... these contents are exactly the same.

After sharing the information they had collected about the "Imperial Examination", Mamiya made a concluding statement:

"According to the information collected so far, this'Gozen Test Combination' is just an ordinary event organized by the Shogunate."

"It's an activity that has nothing to do with our crusade against Shiranui. I think we can ignore it later."

As soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Asai nodded and agreed:

"I agree."

Lin did not respond to Mamiya’s summary, but immediately asked:

"Then-apart from'Gozensake', have you heard whether anything worth mentioning has happened recently in Edo?"

As soon as Lin's words fell, Mamiya and others shook their heads.

"We asked a lot of people." Shimada smiled bitterly. "Everyone said nothing big happened recently."

"Edo has been very peaceful recently." Makimura responded.

"The only thing that can be regarded as a major event..." Mamiya murmured, "Probably only because the shogunate was holding the "Osama Test", which attracted a lot of ronin from outside to Edo, which led to the deterioration of Edo’s public security. A lot."

"...It's the same on Amachi and I. I haven't heard from the people on the road what has happened recently." Ogata suddenly interjected in a serious tone. "But the two of us collected an important piece of information in Yoshiwara. ."

"Yoshihara?" After hearing the term Yoshihara from Ogata's mouth, Genichi raised his brows. "That's a coincidence. Xiaolin and I also went to Yoshihara tonight, but the two of us didn't. Going deep into Yoshiwara, only turned around at the gate of Yoshiwara and left."

"Brother Ogata." Makimura, who was sitting next to Ogata, gave a weird smile. "You went to Yoshihara to get information."

"Or did I go to Yoshihara for some other purpose, and then accidentally heard any important information in Yoshihara?"

When uttering the word "other purpose", Mucun specially emphasized his tone.

"Don't come to this set." Ogata patted Makimura's shoulder next to him lightly. "I went to Yoshihara for a serious reason."

After arguing with Makimura's little boy, Ogata changed back to a serious tone.

"My information is related to Shiranui."

"One of the four heavenly kings in Shiranui——Gokutaro goes to Yoshiwara for fun every night."

Hearing Ogata's words, the expressions of everyone present immediately became serious.

Even Makimura, who played Ogata's joke just now, no longer has a hippy smile.

"Ogata Ichitosai." Rin Masashi said, "tell us about this in detail."

...

...

From helping people to delivering steamed buns to Yoshihara, and finally ran into Gokutaro while watching "Oiran Dochu"-Ogata explained what he and Amachi had encountered tonight in as simple a sentence as possible.

After quietly listening to Ogata’s explanation, Lin asked back:

"Does that Gokutaro really show up in Yoshihara every night?"

"According to the "Yoshiwara Unishin" named Guashengxiu that I just mentioned-that Gokutaro does come to Yoshihara every night to have fun." Ogata said.

"...Ogata Ichitosai." Lin, who has been sullen since she started sharing their information, finally showed a faint smile at this time, "You really have collected incredible information. ."

"This information is really useful to us."

"Since I know where one of the four kings in Shiranui will show up every night, that's easy!" Shimada said suddenly, "Let's go and assassinate him! In this way, it can be greatly weakened. The power of Shiranui..."

As soon as Shimada finished speaking, Ogata and Lin said in unison:

"No!"*2

Two people rejected his proposal at the same time, and Shimada looked dazed:

"Why not? Wouldn't it be good to kill that Gitaro? It can make Shiranui lose a good man."

"Shimada." Ogata said, "Do you know what our biggest advantage is when facing the gourd house now?"

"Uh..." Shimada thought for a while, "we have much more money than them?"

"This is just one of the advantages." Ogata said, "When we face Shiranui, the biggest advantage is'Shiranui is in the light, we are in the dark'."

"The people in Shiranui didn't know the Gourd House and the alliance with the executioner Ichitosai and one of their traitors to deal with them."

"At the same time, I don't know that we have already arrived in Edo, and we have begun to prepare to give them a fatal blow."

"This is the biggest advantage we currently have in the face of Shiranui."

"With this advantage, we can slowly accumulate our strength, and then take advantage of the unpreparedness of the fire, and launch a thunderous blow to them."

"If you assassinated Gitaro, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, you can think about how the higher-ups in Shiranui will react."

"They will definitely increase their vigilance and strictly investigate who killed Gokutaro in the end."

"Maybe Shiranui will find us coming to Edo."

"That is to say, if we kill Gitaro now, it will be a surprise. It will make us lose the biggest advantage we currently have."

"The purpose of our coming to Edo is to make Shiranuiri unable to pose any threats to your gourd houses, to me and Amachi from now on."

"Rather than making a special trip to kill the Four Heavenly Kings."

"Don't lose the watermelon just for a sesame."

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Lin nodded:

"Ichitosai Ogata was right what he said just now. Now to kill that Gitaro, the harm far outweighs the good."

After listening to Ogata and Rin, Shimada apologized with a shame on his face after learning that he had just mentioned a stupid plan with no vision.

"Sorry, I just said something stupid."

"No need to apologize." Lin said softly, "You just said your thoughts, which is great."

After a few words to comfort Shimada, Lin sat up straight and said seriously:

"We still don't know much about Shiranui."

"How many ninjas they have left, how many ninjas have been sent to other places, and whether there are any new changes after cooperating with the shogunate... We don't understand all of these things."

"Therefore, I think-instead of killing that Kokutaro now, it is better to use that Kokutaro. Try to get some useful information from that Kokutaro."

As soon as Lin finished speaking, Xu convenient grinned:

"Miss Kinoshita, it's a coincidence." Ogata said, "You and I want to go together, I think so too."

"Instead of killing Kokutaro now, it is better to try to get some useful information from Kokutaro."

"That's the problem." Makimura smiled helplessly, "How can I get information from that Jitarou?"

"It's easy." Ogata said lightly, "Did you forget the extremely important information I just mentioned? That Kokutaro goes to Yoshihara every night."

"So-just mix into Yoshihara."

Hearing these words from Ogata, Mamiya, who was sitting across from Ogata, gave a weird smile, and then asked in a half-joking tone:

"Ogata-kun, are you planning to get into Yoshiwara and become a Yuu girl?"

"What? Is Ogata going to be a wandering girl?" As soon as Mamiya's voice fell, Makimura immediately answered with a serious face, "Actually, Ogata's looks are pretty and pretty. For women, maybe they can be the top card."

"Are you two idiots?" Ogata said irritably, "Why did you two think of pretending to be a wandering girl first when I said'Mixed in Yoshihara'?"

After fiercely complaining about Mamiya and Makimura who had made it clear that he was joking, Ogata cleared his throat, and then said sternly:

"Because of the increase in the number of people coming to Edo, Yoshihara's guests have also increased a lot. The Shirobei club, which is responsible for managing Yoshihara, is seriously understaffed, so I decided to hire someone to fill the vacancy."

Realizing what Ogata's words meant, Lin raised her eyebrows:

"Ogata Ichitosai, do you mean... to enter the Shirobei club?"

"Yes."

Ogata nodded solemnly.

"That Gitaro goes to Yoshiwara every night to find pleasure."

"And after entering the Shiro Bingbei Club, you will be able to move through the streets and Yume's houses in Yoshihara with a more comfortable capacity."

"As long as you wear the Haori dedicated to the Shiro Bingbei Club, even if you stand in the same place for half an hour, others will not think you are strange, they just think you are standing guard."

"I got into the Shiro Bingbei Club and shuttled around Yoshihara as the manager of Yoshihara, so as to get information from Kokutaro... a good idea." The corners of Lin's mouth turned upwards.

"I also think this is a good idea," Mamiya said. "But who should I send to get into the Shirobei Club?"

"Let me go," Ogata said without hesitation.

"Huh?" Mamiya frowned slightly, "Ogata, do you plan to take up this task yourself?"

"Into the Shiro Bingbei Club-this is what I proposed ~ www.wuxiahere.com ~ Ogata said lightly, "And I and the name'Yoshihara are in the same heart'-Gua Sheng Xiu. "

"Miss Guasheng's status in the Shiro Bingbei Club is not low."

"So it's most suitable for me to get acquainted with Ms. Guasheng, and maybe I can invite Ms. Guasheng to assist me in the Shiro Bingbei club."

Ogata didn't finish all the reasons why he planned to enter Yoshihara himself.

There is another very important reason why he recommended himself — Ogata is sure to get out of his body when he accidentally conflicts with Gokutaro, or directly kill Gokutaro directly.

Of course, Ogata did not mention this reason.

Lin stared at Ogata for a while, then slowly said:

"Ogata Itosai, if you plan to get into the Shirobei Club by yourself, I won't stop you."

"But before you enter the Shiro Bingbei Clubhouse, I have to tell you something very important."

"During your stay in Edo, you'd better minimize your use of the'Selfless Two Sword Style'."

"If someone sees you using the'Selfless Two Sword Style', it may cause unnecessary trouble."

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I posted this still in the "paragraph" of this passage. Everyone can just click on the right side →

This still is from the Dahe drama "Xinxengzu!" ", are the two baldness of Tai Fu Shen Xue in the play.

I have watched so many Japanese dramas in period costumes where oirans appear, and the bald in this drama is the cutest and the most "oiran alternate" feeling.

In normal times, the bald people will have the cute black long straight haircut as in the picture, and only in the "Oiran Road" and other important occasions and bun together.