I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan(

Ogata couldn't be more familiar with the portrait that Guasheng posted on the wall.

It is the portrait on the wanted order.

Ogata has always had a lot of resentment for the portraits on his wanted order.

He always thought that the government officials had painted him ugly, and that he himself was much more handsome than the portrait painted on this wanted order.

But the people around him, including Ah Ting, felt that the portraits on the wanted order were quite similar, and some of the features on the facial features were well outlined.

Since leaving the Hirose clan, those bounty hunters who fancy Ogata's head can always recognize Ogata as the fugitive "Executioner Ichitosai" at a glance.

Even those bounty hunters can recognize Ogata through Ogata’s wanted order, which also shows that the portrait painted on the wanted order is highly complete...

The wanted orders in this era are all hand-painted by people. Since the wanted orders are drawn manually, the portraits painted on each wanted order also have detailed differences.

Some of the paintings on the wanted order, Ogata felt that they were okay, and they were considered passable.

As for some of the pictures on the wanted order, Ogata really couldn't accept it. He felt that they were ugly.

However, whether it is a painting that Ogata thinks is well drawn, or a painting that Ogata feels is not good enough, everyone around them feels that the painting is very vivid...

Ogata sometimes feels helplessly sigh-this is probably the same reason as modern earth photography.

Many people always feel that the camera makes themselves ugly.

The people around you think that they didn't make you ugly, you just look like this.

Ogata thinks that the reason why he has the phenomenon that "he thinks the wanted portrait makes him ugly, but others don't think so", the principle is probably related to the "photographic psychology" of the modern earth... …

The portrait that Guasheng posted on the wall should have been cut from the wanted order. After all, apart from the wanted order, there is no other place where there is a portrait of his Ogata Yishi.

The paper is a little yellowish, probably it has been stuck on the wall for some time.

After regaining his gaze to look at the portrait on the wall, Ogata pointed to the portrait on the wall and asked Guayu:

"Miss Guasheng, why do you post a portrait of Ogata Ichitosai at home?"

"Because he is a person I respect very much." When she said this, Gua Sheng looked solemn, as if she was saying something very remarkable.

As for Ogata—he raised his eyebrows when he heard the words of Guasheng:

"respect?"

"Majima-kun, I remember you said that you were from Izumo, right? Then you and Ogata Itosai are fellow villagers, and Ogata Itosai is also from Izumo. You should know the deeds of Ogata Itosai ?"

"Izumo is quite big. Although Ogata Ichisai and I were both from Izumo, I only heard about Ogata Ichisai's deeds." Ogata said casually.

"Then let me tell you briefly about what feats Ogata Ichisai has done!"

After clearing his throat, Gu Sheng whispered.

"Ogata Ichitosai was born in the Hirose clan of Izumo."

"The former lord of the Hirose clan...it seems to be called Matsuhira Genouchi. He is a beast that poisons the common people and does all things evil."

"His notoriety even spread to Edo."

"About a year ago, the beast in Gen Matsudaira slaughtered the sword hall where Ogata Itosai was practising the sword, and all the masters and brothers of Ogata Itosai died as a result."

"Ichitosai Ogata, who happened to be absent at that time, escaped the massacre in Genai Matsudaira."

Regarding Ogata's past deeds, the ecstatic melon looks like many treasures.

"About a month after the master and brothers were killed, Ogata Kazusasai single-handedly started his revenge!"

"He took advantage of that Matsudaira Genai was out hunting, and single-handedly killed Matsudaira Genai, who was guarded by hundreds of samurai at that time!”

"With extraordinary swordsmanship, I successfully cut down the first level in the source of Songping! I avenged myself and the people who were poisoned by the source of Songping at the same time!"

After listening to Guasheng's previous deeds quietly, a weird smile with a little helplessness appeared uncontrollably at the corner of Ogata's mouth.

After successfully assassinating Matsuhira Genouchi and becoming a renegade survivor, Ogata has heard about how many versions of "Ogata Ichitosai Revenge".

In the modern earth, even with the Internet, which can quickly obtain information, it is extremely easy to hear false news.

Even the modern earth is like this, let alone the ancient times where the flow of information was slow.

Because of the slow flow of information, all kinds of news are extremely easy to stray from word of mouth.

Since leaving the Hirose domain, the "Vengeance of Ichitosai Ogata" heard by Ogata has the following versions:

Ogata Yoshie killed the master with a knife because his beloved woman was killed by Matsuhira Genouchi...

Ogata Yushi is not from the Hirose clan. He is actually a wandering ronin. After wandering to the Hirose clan, he was hired by the Hirose clan’s family member Kuranaga to assassinate Matsuhira Genouchi with a sword...

In this assassination against Matsuhira Genai, Ogata's role was actually a "commander". He did not draw his sword personally, but behind the scenes directing a person with good skills to carry out the assassination of Matsuhira Genai...

There are many other messy versions like this...

So this version from Gua Sheng's mouth just now can be regarded as a version that barely echoes the facts.

It's just that there are still some errors and omissions-Ogata didn't go to assassinate Matsudaira Genoui alone.

And he didn't decapitate Matsuhira Genai, just let Matsuhira Genai experience a "thousand swords through the heart".

Ogata has not forgotten his current identity in front of Guasheng-an ordinary ronin named Goro Majima from Izumo.

So when Gua Sheng's voice fell, Xu Jian hurriedly pretended to look like "Ah, I understand, I'm eye-opening".

"It seems that Guasheng-san, you are really familiar with Ogata Ichitosai's deeds..."

Ogata said softly.

"I've also heard about Ogata Ichitosai."

"But what I heard about Ogata Ichitosai is a little different from what you just said, Ms. Guasheng."

"In the version I heard, Ogata Ichitosai did not single-handedly assassinate Matsudaira Genouchi."

"He also has six like-minded companions who are about to cut Songping Yuanyuan under the sword."

"It's just that his six companions all died while assassinating Matsuhira Genai."

"Before I left Izumo, I also said from a companion who was a small official in Izumo-the government also believed that Ogata Ichitosai had a companion when he assassinated Genai Matsudaira."

At that time, Ogata was not the only one who decided to abandon everything and sacrifice his life to assassinate the people in Gen Matsudaira.

Ogata didn't want to take the credit alone, so he helped Guasheng to make up the story she just told about him.

"Is that so..." After a mutter, Guasheng waved his hand, "Forget it, anyway, Ichitosai Ogata must have participated in the assassination of Matsuhira Genai."

"At the same time, it must have been Ogata Ichitosai who killed Matsuhira Genouchi with his own hand."

Speaking of this, Gua Sheng raised his head slightly, looking at the ceiling above his head, his face was full of longing, and there seemed to be stars flashing in the depths of his eyes.

"Every time I tell the story of Ogata Itosai, I feel emotional! The blood in my body seems to burn!"

"Miss Guasheng... It seems that you really respect Ogata Ichitosai..."

"Yeah! Very respectful!"

"For the faith of revenge, even if there are hundreds of guards around the opponent, they will never move forward...I admire Ogata Ichitosai very much!"

Speaking of this, Guasheng turned his attention to the portrait of Ogata posted on the wall.

"In order to spur myself, I cut out his portrait from Ogata Ichitosai's wanted order and posted it on the wall."

"Whenever I'm tired of practicing swordsmanship, I look at the portrait of Ogata Ichitosai."

"Every time I see Ogata Itosai's face, I feel strength coming out of my body again!"

"By the way-I and I also have pictures of Ogata Ichitosai on the four walls of my room!"

"Huh? Mashima-kun, what's the matter with you? Why do you look weird?"

"No...nothing...I'm just shocked by the level of respect you have for Ogata Ichitosai..."

After all, Ogata raised his hand and rubbed his face twice, forcibly returning his face with a strange expression to normal.

This is the first time Ogata has been so close to his enthusiastic fans, showing a weird expression uncontrollably...

After returning his face to normal, Ogata asked Kazuo:

"In fact, I also respect Ogata Ichitosai, who held the sword high."

"But... Ms. Guasheng, is it really good for you to directly paste the portrait of Ogata Ichitosai on the wall?"

"How do I say Ogata Itosai is also a wanted criminal wanted by the shogunate."

"Just stick his portrait on the wall like this, maybe it will cause some trouble."

"This kind of trivial matter is okay." Gusheng said, "I just posted the portrait of Ogata Ichitosai on the wall, so the shogunate won't bother me because of this trivial matter."

"What's more-in fact, many officials in the shogunate have a high opinion of Ogata Ichidosesai."

"Oh?" Ogata's face flashed with curiosity.

Many officials in the shogunate also spoke highly of him as a master killer-this was the first time Ogata had heard of it.

The only official of the shogunate that Ogata had contacted before was the chief of the Hosuke Thief Kai: Hasegawa Heizo.

Therefore, Ogata doesn't know much about the secrets of the shogunate.

"I actually heard this from Shiro Hebei-sama." Guasheng said slowly. "It is said that many officials in the shogunate spoke highly of Ogata Ichitosai's swordsmanship and bravery."

"However, after Ogata Ichitosai captured Nijo Castle in Kyoto a few months ago, his reputation in the shogunate seems to have deteriorated a lot."

"Some officials who had praised Ogata Itosai in the past all thought that Ogata Itosai was someone with a problematic head."

After hearing these words, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

"Can Ogata Ichisai be praised by many officials in the shogunate... But it’s no wonder that'Akaho Forty-Seven Righteous' can be praised by the shogunate, and that is also Ogata who wields a sword for revenge. Ichidozai, there is no reason not to be praised by the shogunate officials..."

Some officials of the shogunate still praised him for committing the crime of killing the master-Ogata was not too surprised by this incident.

Japan has always had this...weird culture.

I still appreciate people who have done things that are hard to say in one word.

The most typical is the "Ako Yoshihide Incident" almost 90 years ago.

This incident 90 years ago, to put it simply, one day, the emperor sent two emperors and envoys to Edo. The shogunate at that time sent the feudal lord of the Ako clan to entertain these people. Asano served as the reception staff.

At the same time, an old man named Yoshio Kira was sent to assist Asano.

However, Kira, who has never looked down upon Asano, not only failed to help Asano, but also made Asano embarrassed in public.

Grief and anger Asano slashed Kira under the crowd, but did not hack him to death. Instead, he alarmed the shogun.

The shogun felt that Asano was bold and unforgivable, and ordered Asano to cut his belly and at the same time withdrew Asano's Ako clan.

The lord committed suicide urgently, and Asanoji's retainers took the account to Kira's head.

In order to take revenge, the eldest son of the family Ishizou secretly summoned a group of people to go to Edo to chop Kira into meat sauce, and then surrendered to the shogunate. Only one survived, and all the others committed suicide under the orders of the shogunate.

Because the total number of people involved in this assassination was 47 people, this incident was also called the "Forty-seven Akoite Incident."

According to the government’s determination, Asano was a sinner and Kira was an innocent person. These 47 people brutally killed the innocent old man Kira. From the government’s point of view, these 47 people should be as unforgivable and sinful as Ogata. People who deserve to be criticized heavily.

However, since the occurrence of the "Ako Incident", both the government and the people have praised these 47 civil servants.

Those kabuki playwrights also created an immortal masterpiece based on this incident-"The Loyalist Collection".

The Kabuki choreographed on the basis of the "Ako Incident" was actually staged all over the country, and the Shogunate did not exercise much control over this.

"The Loyalist Collection" has been rehearsed over and over again by those Kabuki actors until modern Japan.

Because Japan has such a peculiar culture, Ogata is not surprised that his own thief would be appreciated by many officials of the shogunate.

Maybe Ogata will be like the 47 Yoshishi Ako in the future. His deeds were adapted into Kabuki plays by kabuki playwrights, and then staged across the country. Some high-ranking officials of the shogunate also happily took the whole family with them. Go watch.

Thinking of this, Ogata felt a bitter cold spread all over his body.

He doesn't mind his deeds being adapted into a Kabuki play.

He was only afraid that his deeds would be changed by demons...

Just when Ogata silently wondered whether his deeds would be changed so much that he was not even recognized by his righteous master, Guasheng said in her always hearty voice:

"Although the officials of the shogunate lowered their evaluations of Ogata Itosai after Ogata Itosai broke Nijo Castle, my respect for Ogata Itosai, who even dared to enter Nijo Castle, became even deeper!"

"It's a pity that I didn't get a glimpse of the stalwart figure of Ogata Ichitosai who captured Nijo Castle with his own power in Kyoto!"

After all, Gua Sheng drank up the glass of water on the table.

"Unconsciously, it seems to have been talking for too long. It's time to take you to get acquainted with Yoshihara."

"You sit here for a while, I'll change my clothes, there is water here, if you feel thirsty, drink it!"

After all, the melons sprang out from the hall like a butterfly.

Then it didn't take long to come back.

Gua Sheng said it was a change of clothes. In fact, he only put on a light blue hakama on his lower body, a pair of black cloth socks, and a wooden knife on his left waist that was slightly shorter than a normal knife.

"Let's go, Majima-kun." Gusheng put his hands on his hips, "We strive to finish a stroll in Yoshihara before eating lunch!"

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Mashima maintained the distance of half his body behind Guasheng, and while following Guasheng's back, he turned his head and observed the surroundings.

The two are now shuttled through the residential area of ​​Yoshihara.

"It turns out that there is such a large residential area in Yoshihara..." Ogata murmured, "I always thought that there was only Yumeya in Yoshihara..."

Gua Sheng, who was walking in the front, said:

"The people who live in Yoshiwara are mainly those who work at the Shiro Bingbei Club-such as me, and those who work as handymen in the Yugoslavia."

"Of course there are some people who don't work in Yoshiwara at all. They leave Yoshiwara to work outside during the day, and then go back to Yoshihara's home to rest in the evening."

"It's just that there are fewer such people."

"Ordinary tea houses, vegetable markets, and confectionery shops... these buildings outside are all in Yoshihara."

"So you can understand Yoshihara as a small fortress."

"Mashima-kun, did you see that thing?"

Suddenly, Gua Sheng stopped and stretched out his hand to a large black bucket placed on the side of the street not far away. On it was written two large Chinese characters: water.

Ogata is familiar with this bucket.

After entering Yoshihara, Ogata found this **** bucket in many places.

"This is called a'water bucket.'" Kuasheng Chao Ogata introduced, "It is specially used to prevent fires."

"One of our usual tasks is to confirm that these buckets are intact and that the water in them is full."

"This job is very important, so when you see which bucket is broken or there is no water in it, remember to report it in time."

"The tragedy of the ‘suffering fire incident’ more than a hundred years ago cannot be staged anymore. With these buckets filled with water, when the fire comes, it may save many lives."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded seriously, "I will."

The term "fire" has always been a fascinating talk for people in this era.

Ancient Japanese buildings were made of wood and paper. Once a fire broke out, the destructive power was often quite amazing.

Ogata had previously learned from chats with Makimura and others that there had been a fire in Edo before that was comparable to the "Tenmei Fire" in Kyoto.

Although this great fire happened more than a hundred years ago.

This big fire is the "flashing fire incident" mentioned by Gua Sheng just now.

In the third year of the Ming Dynasty (1657 AD), Edo Honmyoji was doing affair for a young girl who died of a serious illness. After the ritual was over, strong winds blew up when the body was cremated. The wind blew away a burning sleeve on the body and ignited the building fire.

Then the fire went out of control, and the fire directly swept the entire Edo.

Two-thirds of the buildings in Edo were consumed by the fire.

Because the fire started from a sleeve, the fire is also called "flashing fire incident" or "long-sleeved kimono disaster".

The fire also burned to Yoshihara at that time, and Yoshihara was directly burned by the fire~www.wuxiahere.com~ After the flame finally subsided, under the order of the shogun, Yoshihara was rebuilt on the Japanese embankment, and it was cast. Yoshihara now.

Because Yoshihara had only one entrance, and the clothes on the upper girls were not convenient for them to escape, there were countless girls burned to death or choked to death by heavy smoke because they had no time to escape.

Ogata also knows what a terrible disaster fires are in this era, so when he nodded just now to indicate that he would pay attention to the bucket, he was not just being perfunctory, but taking a very serious attitude.

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This is the appearance of the "water buckets" placed in various places in Yoshiwara→→

In the "Writer's Words" in this chapter, I briefly introduced the fire protection system of the Edo period. I will post a few pictures here to make it easier for everyone to understand.

This is the flag of the fire brigade in the Edo period. It is from the 9th episode of the first season of the Japanese TV series "Benevolent Doctor". It looks a bit like a white mop. You can use this flag to judge the current wind direction. Determine which direction the building should be demolished→→

In that era, the only way to control the fire was to "dismantle", to dismantle those places that have not been burned by the fire to prevent the fire from spreading. This is the 9th episode of the first season of the Japanese TV series "Benevolent Doctor". The picture of the clinic for the injured, and the houses around the clinic have been demolished →→

[By the way-readers over there can't see the pictures I posted, because the comment does not support posting pictures, if you want to see the pictures, you can only go to the starting point]

Finally, I strongly recommend the Japanese drama "Benevolent Doctor". This is a Japanese drama that is very effective in serving the Tao. It is also a Japanese drama that has set many records. It is about a modern Japanese doctor who has traveled to the end of the era. (The end of the Edo period) story.