I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

　　 "Ogata."

　　 Just now, when he learned that Mashima is Ogata, Hasegawa was so surprised that he changed from a "kneeling" posture to a paralyzed posture.

　　 Hasegawa readjusted his posture to a standard kneeling sitting, and asked Ogata softly.

　　 "What's the matter with your face? Are you wearing a human skin mask?"

　　 "That's right." Ogata raised his hand and touched the human skin mask that he covered on his face, which was enough to be fake. "Hasegawa-sama, you actually know the human skin mask."

"How can I say that I am also the chief of the Huofu Rogue Reform. I have seen too many novel people and novel objects." Hasegawa said lightly, "I still have this knowledge. You really wear a very rare piece. Something."

　　 Hasegawa scanned Ogata and Makimura with complicated eyes.

　　 After a while, he opened his lips and said softly.

　　 The complexity of the emotions contained in his tone is comparable to the complexity of the emotions contained in his sight.

　　 "Although I roughly guess that the reason why you are looking for the location of Shiranui and the movement in Shiranui, it is definitely not to be able to visit the door in person and send greetings to the ninjas in Shiranui."

　　 "But I still hope you try not to make too much noise."

　　 "Especially don't steal things and arson."

　　 "How do I say it is also the chief of the Huofu Thief Reform."

　　 "If you steal something or set fire, it will be quite difficult for me."

　　 "Wandering outside, there are already too many prisoners waiting for us to catch them one by one."

　　 "I don't want the number of prisoners who urgently need us to catch more."

　　 "The increasing number of prisoners who desperately need us to arrest are still my acquaintances-this kind of thing, I don't want to happen in front of me."

　　 "Well... we will try our best..." Ogata smiled wryly.

　　 Hasegawa shifted his gaze and looked towards Ogata who was speaking.

　　 Looking at Ogata, the emotions in Hasegawa's eyes became more complicated.

　　 "A person who looks completely different from Ogata Ichitosai, but his voice is that of Ogata Ichitosai... I really feel awkward no matter how I look at it."

　　 After making a little joke, Hasegawa changed into a serious tone.

　　 "...Ogata Ichitosai. Although it is a bit outdated to ask you this question at this time, I, as the chief of Huosuke Rogue Reform, cannot avoid this question."

　　 "Ogata Itosai, why did you attack Nijo Castle and burn down the castle tower of Nijo Castle 3 months ago?"

　　 Hearing this question from Hasegawa, Ogata was taken aback at first.

　　 Then a helpless smile slowly appeared on Ogata's face.

　　 In fact, even before meeting Hasegawa, Ogata guessed that Hasegawa would definitely ask him this question.

　　 After all, Hasegawa specializes in catching thieves and arsonists. After meeting Ogata, there is no reason to remain silent about "Nijo Castle's castle tower was burned."

　　 "Ogata Ichitosai, you are not a shogun, so you may not know."

　　 Hasegawa also showed helplessness on his face like Ogata at this time.

　　 "Shogun was furious after he learned that Nijo Castle's castle tower was burned down."

　　 "Directly ask us to fire the thieves to start to trace Ogata Ichitosai is still alive."

　　 "If Ogata Ichitosai is still alive, he will be quickly arrested and brought to justice."

　　 "When I learned that you had attacked Nijo Castle and burned down the castle tower of Nijo Castle, I was actually quite shocked."

　　 "I have been thinking-if I can meet you again someday in the future, I must ask you face to face: Why did the person who held up the righteous sword to revenge for his own masters back then could not live with a Nijo castle?"

　　 Having said that, Hasegawa cast a torch-like gaze on Ogata.

　　 Bathed in Hasegawa’s sharp gaze, Ogata smiled bitterly, then whispered:

　　 "Mr. Hasegawa, first of all-I didn't burn the castle tower in Nijo Castle by myself."

　　 "It was in a chaotic fight. I don't know who touched the candlelight for lighting, causing the fire to run out of control."

　　 "But I will not shirk the responsibility of the Nijo Castle castle tower being burned."

　　 "After all, Nijo Castle's castle tower was burned, I was still indirectly responsible."

　　 "As for why I attacked Nijo Castle..."

　　 Ogata was silent for a while, and shrugged with a wry smile:

　　 "The reason is more complicated."

　　 "Mr. Hasegawa, you can understand that I have some grudges with the ninjas in Shiranui."

　　 "So in this good time when they are all gathered in Nijo Castle, I just killed them all at once."

　　 "By the way, the **** who were also mixed up in the six sword halls with the intention of setting fire in Kyoto, but who were looking at me for some reason, were also led to Nijo Castle and packed up the group together."

　　 "The reason why I attacked Nijo Castle is not because I lost my mind-you can rest assured."

　　 The complex colors in Hasegawa's eyes became more intense.

　　 "...you are not afraid of death and the crazy revenge after the shogunate."

　　 "If I was afraid of these things, I wouldn't have launched a charge against Matsudaira Genoui, who was protected by hundreds of samurai." Hasegawa's words just fell, and Ou could respond to him in a joke tone.

　　 "...hahaha." Hasegawa chuckled a few times after being silent for a while, "I really hope...I can have the courage of you..."

　　 Hasegawa’s tone is strange.

　　 is like a sign.

　　 "...never mind." Hasegawa sighed, "Although Nijo Castle's castle tower was burned, as a result, the fire was only limited to one corner of the castle tower and did not spread."

　　 "At the same time, I also wiped out the gangsters who were planning to burn Kyoto."

　　 "From this point, I also want to thank you..."

　　 After that, Hasegawa leaned over to Ogata and saluted.

"No need." After Ogata chuckled a few times, he turned sideways slightly, not receiving Hasegawa's courtesy. "It's just a trivial matter. I didn't give my life to do it just to get the gratitude of others. of."

　　 "Ogata Ichitosai, let me remind you for the time being. Although I am asking you now, I will not send someone to arrest you."

　　 Hasegawa continued.

　　 "But only for now."

　　 "You must remember to conceal your whereabouts in the future. Don't let outsiders find out that Ogata Ichitosai is still alive."

　　 "If the news that Ogata Ichitosai is still alive, then the general will definitely order me to lead a large force of Hofu Thief Kai to arrest you."

　　 "If the general orders me to lead a large army to arrest you, I can't help it."

"and so……"

　　 Hasegawa deliberately did not finish.

　　 Even though he didn't finish speaking, he smoothly conveyed what he wanted to express to Ogata.

　　 "I understand." Ogata nodded, with a faint look of helplessness on his face, "I will... try my best."

　　……

　　……

　　 Now that the cooperation has been negotiated, there is naturally no reason to stay at Huofu Rogue to change the headquarters.

　　 After chatting with Hasegawa for a while, Ogata and Makimura walked out from the headquarters of the Hosuke Rogue Kai together.

　　 Before leaving, Hasegawa informed Ogata and Makimura that they would come back to the headquarters of Huosuke Rogue Kaisha tomorrow.

　　 Tomorrow, he will prepare a map of Edo and its surrounding areas, and then draw the approximate location of Shiranui's base area on the map.

　　 As soon as he moved away from the headquarters of Huofu Thief Kai, Mu Cun let out a sigh of relief, and then said:

　　 "It’s much smoother than expected. It’s great for Hasegawa-sama to agree to cooperate with us so readily."

　　 After sighing in such a soft voice, Hasegawa asked Ogata:

　　 "Brother Ogata, what are we going to do now?"

　　 "Does this still need to be said?" Ogata supported the saber on his waist. "Since I have promised to cooperate with Hasegawa, then we will naturally start to work."

　　 "Let’s go to the nearest place to sign up for the ‘Queen Examination’ first, and then sign up for the ‘Queen Examination’.”

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　　……

　　 "Gui'an."

　　 Mucun casually stopped a passerby.

　　 "Do you know where the registration place for the nearest'Guzen Test Combination' is located here?"

　　Edo Castle, with a population of one million, has such a huge area that there must be more than one place to sign up for the "Gozen Examination".

　　 The goal of Ogata and Makimura is naturally the nearest place to sign up here.

　　 Just finished asking her words, the passer-by did not answer immediately.

　　 Instead, he looked up and down Makura and Ogata, who was standing beside Makimura, several times with weird eyes.

　　 "You walk straight along this road, then turn right, go straight for a while and then turn left."

　　 Passers-by reported a series of words as quickly as the name of a dish.

　　 But fortunately, the words he pronounced were not too many, so Ogata and Makimura still barely remembered the location of the nearest registration place.

　　 Before Ogata and Makimura had time to thank the passer-by, the passer-by quickly ran away from their field of vision.

　　 Looking at the passer-by who was rapidly shrinking in their field of vision, Ogata and Makimura unanimously showed a wry smile.

　　 "Brother Ogata, did you see the look in his eyes just now?" Makimura said first.

　　 "Ah, I saw it." Ogata raised his hand and scratched his hair. "That person was not very good at hiding his emotions just now..."

　　Although this passer-by tried to hide it when he was looking at Ogata and Makimura, Ogata and Makimura could still detect a little bit of disgust in the sight of this passer-by.

　　 "Should he not hate the kind of outsiders, right?" Makimura asked.

　　 The accent of Makimura’s speech tells you that he is not a native of Edo. Although he has no longer settled in Kyoto, it is difficult to get rid of such things as the local accent. Until now, Makimura still has a strong Kyoto accent when he speaks.

　　 "...He might think of us as the kind of ronin who came from afar and came to participate in the "Prince Test Combination"." Ogata said.

　　 As soon as Ogata's voice fell, Makimura nodded gently, and smiled bitterly: "It should be like this..."

　　 The people of Edo have a lot of opinions on those who came from afar to participate in the "Gozen Examination"-Makimura still knows about this.

　　Langren said that the awkward thing is a bunch of vagrants.

　　Moreover, they are still a bunch of vagrants with weapons on their bodies, and maybe they are quite capable.

　　 Although these ronin who flocked to Edo are certainly not all bad guys.

　　 But as long as there are so many outlandish ronins who have done bad things in Edo, the impression of the Edo locals towards these outlandish ronins will definitely change drastically.

　　 What's more, the number of vagrants who made trouble in Edo during this period is not one or two...

Shirobei Club even had to post the recruitment of “temporary workers” because of the increase in out-of-towners and the deterioration of public security in Yoshiwara. It is conceivable how destructive this group of out-of-towners was and how much trouble it caused to the local people in Edo. .

　　Ogata and Makimura, who could understand the passer-by's just looking at their move with weird eyes, followed the route the passer-by had just mentioned, and went to the registration site of the "Gozen Trial".

　　 Although the sight of the passer-by showed that he did not welcome foreigners like Ogata and the others, he did not fool Ogata and Makimura. He still accurately informed the place of registration.

　　The registration place is located next to a Tsujiban.

　　 The so-called Tsujiban is the sentry of this era.

　　 Tsujiban’s original design was to prevent the samurai with a problematic mind from going to the street to cut people and try his sword.

　　 A small wooden house at the entrance of the street. Many figures can be seen faintly shaking in the house. Six officials holding thorns stand on both sides of the door of this wooden house-this is Tsujiban at the end of the street.

　　 The six officials guarding outside Tsujiban’s gate with a thorn in their hands swept their vigilant gaze back and forth.

　　 Beside this Tsujiban, there is a wooden table that barely enough for two people to sit side by side.

　　 Two young Hanori dressed in the Tokugawa family's "three-leaf sunflower pattern", the family who ruled the Edo shogunate, sat behind this wooden table.

　　 Stacked on this wooden table is a stack of small "paper mountains".

It seems to be so that people who come back and forth can know that this place is the registration place for the "Oncese Examination". Next to this wooden table is a big flag with the 4 "Once before Examination" printed on it. Big characters.

　　 At this time, a Ronin was standing in front of this table, talking to the shogunate official sitting behind the table.

　　 will stand in front of this table, and should also be here to sign up for the "Prince Test Combination".

　　 This young man standing in front of the table and signing up, his appearance can be described as a standard Ronin appearance.

　　Greasy and knotted hair, dirty clothes that can't be seen in the original color, face covered with dirt and dust, sweat dripping from the forehead from time to time, washed out faint white marks on the face.

　　 I don’t know how long he has not had a bath, and Ogata can even vaguely see flies flying around his body.

　　 The two shogunate officials sitting behind the table seemed unbearable to bear this person's body odor, frowning and holding their breath, their faces were very ugly.

　　 When Ogata and Makimura came to this registration place, the ronin just finished his registration procedure, and with a spirited appearance, he strode away from the table.

　　 It wasn't until the ronin left that the two shogunate officials who were sitting behind the table finally seemed to be relieved, took a sigh of relief, and fanned the wind forcefully in front of their noses.

　　 After the ronin left, Okinawa stepped forward to fill the space in front of the table he had just left.

　　 "Gui'an." Ogata greeted him briefly, and then went straight to the subject, "I want to participate in the'Guimae Test Combination'."

　　 Seeing that there was another person who wanted to participate in the "Imperial Examination", the two officials quickly stopped fanning their hands in front of their noses.

　　 One of them quickly pulled out a new piece of white paper from the paper hill placed in the corner of the table.

　　The other person took out a wad of somewhat stale paper.

　　 This stack of old papers, Ogata is also very familiar with it-it is a wanted order.

——No wonder the major registration places are set next to Tsujiban... Once a fugitive wanted criminal is found, he will be arrested and brought to justice directly... But besides me, there should be no other wanted criminals who will be like this. Come swagger to participate in the "Prince Test Combination"...

　　 "What is your name? Where do you come from? Age?"

　　 "Majima Goro, Izumo Rani. 21 years old." The official's voice brought Ogata's attention back to reality.

While this official asked Ogata questions while writing notes on the paper in front of him, the other official sitting next to him holding the large stack of wanted orders quickly looked at the wanted orders in his hand. .

　　 There is no ID card in this era, and it is impossible to find out the household registration of this person in a very short time, so the registration procedure is very brief.

　　 Just report your name, where you are from, age, and the martial arts genre you use.

　　 After quickly completing the registration for the "Gozen Examination", Ogata suddenly heard a voice that was a little strange but felt like he had just heard it ringing beside him:

　　 "Huh? Is it you?"

　　 This unfamiliar and somewhat familiar voice just fell, and Xu Jian quickly looked back.

　　Ogata frowned quickly after seeing the owner of the voice~www.wuxiahere.com~ After seeing who this person was, Ogata instantly understood why this voice was both strange and familiar.

The owner of this voice was the one he met in Yoshihara’s staying house the day before yesterday who could recite "The Analects" in Chinese and claimed to show his skills in the "Gozen Exam" in order to gain the appreciation of Matsuhira Matshinbu. .

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　　 I have been busy doing internship reports recently, and there are fewer updates in the past few days...

　　 Cold knowledge: In ancient Japan, the people of Kyoto were the most stigmatized group of people.

　　Because many people in Kyoto think that they live in the same city as the emperor and live on the imperial soil, many people in Kyoto look down on outsiders.

　　 Today’s Japanese History Classroom will teach you some things that LSPs should be very interested in.

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