I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I found that some book friends often misunderstood the age of Songping Dingxin because of Songping Dingxin's old speech and noble status.

The reason why Songping Dingxin speaks so well is because the author deliberately did it. People like him who have the power of the world will naturally be more mature when speaking, and will not laugh like a young man.

The author had once popularized science before Songping believed in the age of this historical figure, I will come to popular science again now.

Songping Dingxin was born in 1758 AD, at the time of this book (1791 AD), he is only 33 years old now.

Although this age is considered to be a middle-aged person that grandson might hold in ancient society, it is still far from being called an "old man".

By the way-Songping Dingxin was only 29 years old when he became the second in command of the country.

High positions like Laozhong and Wakanenji were basically held by the feudal lord of the feudal kingdoms close to the shogunate.

Therefore, those who can become Laozhong are basically both Laozhong and the lord of the XX clan.

Matsudaira was the lord of Shirakawa Clan in the Mutsu region before he became the old middle man. He is now both the veteran of the shogunate and the lord of the Shirakawa domain.

But occasionally there are exceptions. In Japan in the Edo era, when class consolidation was extremely serious and the rule of the secular government was implemented, there were also heroes who were born from the bottom, but succeeded in gaining power over the world. The former old man before Matsuhira Masahiro, Tanuma Yoji, is such a hero.

Tanuma Yoji was initially just a subordinate samurai of the Kii Clan, but after various operations, miraculously succeeded in jumping from a subordinate samurai to the second in command of the country and gaining power over the world. As for how he did it, he will have the opportunity to share science with everyone in the future.

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"Unexpectedly, we just came to the Red Moon Fortress and will leave..." A Ding mumbled, "How do we get to Xicun? Find someone who knows where Xicun is to show us the way?"

Ogata and Amachi walked side by side on the way back to where they lived.

It was just after dinner time, so there were not too many people on the road, so the sight of many people watching Ogata and them during the day did not appear.

"You can only do this," Ogata said. "When you go back, just ask the villagers in China Village to see if any of them know where Huxi Village is and are willing to take us there."

Compared with the unfamiliar residents of the Red Moon Fortress, Ogata naturally wants to ask the villagers of Huxi Village who are close to them to help them.

"In order to find Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen, we really took great pains..." There was no expression on Ah Ding's face, but his tone was full of displeasure. "After chasing all the way from Kyoto to Ezo land, then again Running around Ezo land..."

Ah Ding changed into a half-joking tone.

"We have suffered so much, and now I really feel more and more urge to punch them in the face after finding them."

"I really want to go back to Japan soon..."

"Although Ainu food is quite delicious after eating habits, I still prefer our Japanese food."

"Also, I have not been used to living in the Ainu house. I really miss the feeling of sleeping on tatami mats..."

"Persevere," Ogata said softly.

While talking and laughing with Amachi, Ogata suddenly found a familiar figure not far in front.

Looking intently, I found that the figure standing not far from them was exactly Asoma who had just been separated from them.

Esuma was sitting on the ground, leaning against a big tree, her head down, as if she was thinking about something.

Asoma is considered to be one of the few people Ogata and the others knew in the Red Moon Fortress.

When Ogata and the others discovered Esuma, Essuma also discovered Ogata and Amachi.

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Ading." Assuma looked at the two of them a few times, "Why are you here?"

Ogata: "That's a long story..."

Ogata briefed Esuma about Lin Ziping's affairs.

"Is it Xicun..." Esuma said, "I know this village, this village is indeed not very far from our He Yezhe, but because the village is not very familiar with us He Yezhe, so I did not I have been to that village, but I don’t know where that village is."

"I just hope that anyone in Kina Village knows where Nahu Xi Village is." Ogata smiled.

Ogata looked around.

"By the way-why are you here alone? Where's your brother?"

"I'm here to blow the air." Esuma squeezed out an ugly smile, "Blowing the night breeze can make my stomach full of anger a little bit down."

"I was really irritated by my brother just now..."

"What's wrong with your brother?" Ah Ding asked.

"He said a lot of assholes, as for what he said... please allow me to keep it secret."

Speaking of this, Esuma took a sigh of relief.

"What an uncomfortable brother..."

"He is in this state, how can he participate in the hunting festival..."

"Hunting Festival?" Ogata tilted his head. "What is this?"

"Don't you know our Heyezhe's hunting sacrifice?"

Ogata and Amachi both shook their heads.

Ah Ding: "What kind of sacrificial activity is it?"

"Um... barely considered a sacrificial activity." The somewhat ugly smile on Esuma's face gradually softened. "This hunting festival should be considered as a sacrificial activity unique to Heyezhe."

"Ten years ago, the climate in the north changed suddenly for some reason."

"The weather became extremely cold, and a large number of animals, led by deer, froze to death."

"The massive reduction in the number of animals such as deer and rabbits has also led to animals such as bears and wolves starving to death because they cannot find food."

"The massive reduction in animals has also put us who rely on hunting for a living into a dilemma of food shortage in an instant."

"The living environment is getting worse and worse, so many people finally make up their minds-abandon their current homes and go south to find a new home."

"There are 4 tribes who have decided to go south and find new homes."

"And my father, Chanup, happens to be the village chief of one of these four tribes."

"People from the four tribes unite and head south aimlessly together."

"Although I was just a 5-year-old kid at that time, at an age where I didn't remember much, I still remember all the hardships of going south at that time."

"Because of the unfamiliar place, just finding clean water and sufficient food is a big problem."

"Almost every day, there will be people who can no longer continue to find a new home with everyone for various reasons."

"The reason why we are today is all thanks to the young people in the tribe."

"In order to obtain sufficient food and water, the young people of the four tribes are working extremely hard every day in the mountains and forests they are not familiar with, looking for prey."

"Many people died of bears or wolves because they were unfamiliar with the conditions in the mountains and forests, or they lost their way and never returned."

"After hunting the prey, everyone first gives the food to the weaker, old, weak, women and children, and these young people eat it last."

"Thanks to the sacrifices of those young people, we were able to survive all the way, and finally succeeded in finding the fortress left by the white-skinned people, settled here, and built a new home."

"In order to commemorate these young people who died on the south road for the tribe, after building a new home here, my father Chanup and Retannoe together initiated a proposal: to organize a new, Used to commemorate those young people’s activities."

Speaking of this, Essuma paused, and then immediately added:

"Ah, you probably don't know who Retannoe is."

"Retannoe's position in our Heyezhe...In the words of you and others, it should be the second in command."

"He is the same as my father-the village chief of one of the four tribes going south."

"Although he has a temperamental personality, he is also a very capable person. On the way south to find a new home, his role and contribution are not weaker than my father."

"His status and influence in Heyezhe is second only to my father Chanup."

"Ah, the Puccina you saw just now is the son of Reitanoe."

"At the call of my father and Retannoe, the'Hunting Festival' was born."

"The young people of Heyezhe gathered together to compete with each other on archery-this is the'Hunting Festival'."

"By letting young people compete with the form of archery, let the heroes who fell on the road south and have gone to the "other world" know that their sacrifices are worthwhile, and we have successfully found a new home for the young people in the tribe. They are all thriving, archery is not wasteful, and everyone is an excellent hunter."

"In the beginning, the'Hunting Festival' was relatively rough, but now it is gradually becoming more and more magnificent."

"The current'hunting festival' is held twice a year."

"The'Hunting Festival' has now become a festival that many of us Heyezhe attaches great importance to."

"Many young people are eager to show their talents in the'Hunting Festival'."

"This year's first'hunting festival' will begin in 6 days."

"My brother will participate in the'hunting festival' for the first time this year."

"But his current level of archery..."

The smile on Esuma's face instantly became bitter.

"It's awkward... Just playing at his current level, I'm afraid I will lose my father and me..."

"My brother has always been very introverted."

"Not good at interacting with people."

"Until now, I don't have any friends. I'm only close to my father and me. I can't even find a companion who can accompany him to practice bow."

"It is very inefficient to practice this art of bowing by yourself, because if you are alone, you often don't notice that your actions are wrong."

"I really hope that kid can be more upbeat..."

"Just in his current state...I am really worried that he will be embarrassed in the'hunting festival' that will begin soon..."

Speaking of this, Esuma sighed again.

"It's really not easy for you to be an older sister." Ogata said.

Ogata is an only child in both the past and the present, without any siblings, so Ogata feels strange to this kind of sibling relationship.

"Why did he call him my younger brother?" Esuma smiled bitterly. "Not long after he was born, his mother died of illness."

"I felt a little bit of maternal love in my childhood anyway, and he didn't even have any memory of his biological mother."

"While playing the role of'sister', I am also trying to play the role of'mother'."

Speaking of this, Esuma paused as if recalling something.

"...Now think about it carefully...The reason why the child is so interested in things related to people may be affected by the early death of his mother..."

"Mother, not long after giving birth to Otunpuyi, she contracted a very strange disease."

"The high fever doesn't go away, I can't eat any food, and I vomited right after I ate it."

"I found all the doctors I could find, and all the available methods were used, and none of them worked..."

"Otunpuyi often talks to me: If our doctor's skills can be stronger, if our medical skills can be better, then her mother might not die..."

"That's probably why the child became interested in Heren... I thought that as long as he lived an advanced life like Heren, his mother might be cured at that time without dying of illness..."

After she finished speaking, Esuma tightened her lips.

After a while, she took a deep breath, then raised her hands and patted her cheek vigorously.

"Sorry..." Esuma apologized to Ogata and Amachi in front of her, "I seem to have said something very heavy."

Ogata shook his head: "It's okay. Don't care about us. It is us who should say sorry to remind you of some not-so-good memories."

"...Thank you." Esuma smiled, "Thank you for chatting with me. After chatting with you for a while, I feel much better."

Esuma stood up.

"I've been outside long enough, and it's almost time for me to go home."

"Just now...because of a moment of excitement, I said something to my brother...a bit too much..."

"You have to apologize to him..."

Esuma scratched her hair.

"Mr. Mashima, Ms. Ading, see you later. I wish you all a smooth arrival in the village, and then get what you want."

"Thank you." Ogata smiled, "Take your good words. I also wish you in advance that you can lead your brother to practice archery smoothly in the future, so that your brother will have a brilliant performance in the subsequent hunting festival."

Ogata and Amachi bowed to Esuma.

And Esuma also bowed a little awkwardly to Ogata and the two of them, and then strode to the side.

Looking at Esuma's leaving back, Amachi whispered in a volume that only she and Ogata could hear:

"Unexpectedly, the reason why Otunpuyi cares so much about our culture and people's culture is that there is such a hidden feeling..."

Ah Ding also lost his mother when he was very young, so he can understand the feeling of not being accompanied by his mother since childhood.

Although I was accompanied by Esuma, a sister who took on part of the mother's functions, her sister was a sister after all, and it was difficult to fully assume the role of "mother".

Ogata nodded lightly to show approval.

He originally thought that the reason why Otunpuyina child likes the culture so much was only because of his natural personality.

Only now I learned that the reason why the child became what he is now is that it was greatly affected by the incident of his mother's premature death.

"It feels that this kind of mutual support between sisters and brothers is really beautiful." A Ding continued with emotion at this time, "I really want to experience what it's like to have a younger brother."

Like Ogata, Amachi is also the only child in the family, and has never experienced what it's like to have brothers and sisters.

"If you don't mind, I can pretend to be your younger brother, and I can pretend to be your elder brother for a day with you." Ogata said abruptly.

"Then you call ‘sister’ to listen."

Ogata: (????)?? "Sister."

Ah Ding: ╰(*°▽°*)╯"Hey!"

Ogata: o(=?ω?=)m "Give me pocket money."

Ah Ding: (o′?ェ?｀o) "Oh, if you look closely, you don't seem to be my brother. I'm sorry, you have admitted the wrong person, I am not your sister."

"It is said that I am looking forward to the relationship between sisters and brothers of'support each other'..."

At this moment-Ogata suddenly heard footsteps behind him suddenly.

The footsteps are approaching him from behind him at an extremely fast speed!

Ogata quickly turned his head and looked behind him.

But when he shifted his gaze to his back, Ogata was shocked by the scene behind him and his pupils shrank slightly.

Someone is indeed approaching him from behind him.

But this man's height should not exceed his knees.

Is a little girl.

Although the light tonight is a bit dim, Ogata can still see clearly-this little girl is probably only 6 years old.

She raised her right hand high, holding a stone tightly in her right palm, and rushed straight towards Ogata.

"#￥%*阿恰%￥#@! (Ainu

As the little girl rushed towards Ogata, she yelled an Ainu language that Ogata couldn't understand in a vague tone unique to a girl.

Although Ogata could not understand what the little girl said, Ogata heard the word "Acha" from what the little girl said.

Ogata knows what "Acha" means.

"Acha" in Ainu means "father".

Before and after rushing to Ogata's heel, the little girl slammed the rock in her right hand against Ogata.

Even if Ogata had a high fever of 41 degrees, and he was so drunk, it was impossible to be beaten by this little girl.

Ogata easily avoided the little girl's attack by moving only half a step to the side.

Just when the little girl was about to launch a second attack on Ogata, Ogata reached out and grabbed the young girl's right hand holding the stone, and controlled it.

No longer able to hit Ogata with a rock, the young girl tried to kick Ogata with her short legs while spitting at Ogata.

But what she did was useless. Her short legs couldn't kick Ogata at all. Because of her weak strength, her saliva couldn't be vomited far, and she couldn't vomit it at all.

Esuma, who hadn't gone far, heard the movement made by the young girl and hurried back hurriedly.

"What happened?" Esuma asked.

"This little girl appeared suddenly, and then wanted to hit Mashima with a stone." Ah Ding frowned slightly.

Esuma glanced at the little girl, and then her pupils shrank slightly.

"I remember this kid...this kid seems to be a kid from Capasi Village..."

After hearing the term "Kapaxi Village", whether Ogata or Amachi, their expressions all changed.

Not long ago, they just heard Esuma introduce the people in this village.

Kapasi village participated in the battle of Kunasi Limenasi that ended with the fiasco of the Ainu three years ago. After a long period of wandering, the surviving villagers were taken in by Chanup. A member of Heyezhe...

Ogata and Amachi's original doubts about why the little girl wanted to attack them all disappeared at this time.

The two looked at the little girl with complicated eyes, not knowing what to do with the little girl now.

"#￥%*阿恰%￥#@! (Ainu The little girl had red eyes and shouted what he had just yelled to Ogata.

Listening to this little girl's words, Esuma's face changed slightly.

At this time, a young woman who was not very young suddenly appeared in the field of vision of Ogata and others.

The young woman appeared from the end of the trail not far away, and then rushed towards Ogata and the others in a panic.

Seeing that Esuma was there, the young woman immediately said something to Esuma in Ainu.

"This woman is the mother of this little girl." Assuma told Ogata and the others, "I didn't pay attention for a while and let my daughter run out."

"She said that her daughter was ignorant and disturbed us. She apologized to us for her daughter. I hope we can let go of her ignorant daughter."

Ogata and Amachi looked at each other, then nodded.

Ogata returned the little girl who tried to assassinate him with a small stone to the young woman.

The young woman hugged her daughter and left in a panic.

Ogata noticed—the little girl in the arms of the young woman, before leaving, did not forget to look at Ogata with a vicious look.

"...Please forgive that child." After the mother and daughter left, Esuma sighed, "The child is not sensible..."

"I'm not going to be angry with a kid who didn't make a big mistake..." Ogata said softly, "The kid kept saying the same thing to me just now, but I don't understand what it means. The kid has been there just now. say what?"

Esuma pursed her lips, and after hesitating for a while, she whispered:

"...The kid said; ‘return my dad to me’."

"The fathers, sons, and husbands of many people in Kapasi Village... all died in the Battle of Kunasi Limenasi three years ago..."

This time, Ogata and Amachi tightened their lips.

Ogata turned his head, looking at the direction where the mother and daughter had left, the expression on his face and the look in his eyes were very complicated.

"I will report this to my father, and let my father come forward to warn the people in Capasi Village." Esuma said, "Please don't mind what happened just now."

"Don't worry." Ogata squeezed a smile that wasn't too pretty. "I just said, I'm not going to be angry with a kid who didn't make a big mistake..."

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The two Ogata bid farewell to Aizuma again.

Esuma continued to return to her home.

And the two of Ogata experienced this "attack" incident, and there was no feeling of staying in place to talk and laugh, so they also returned to the place where they lived with the villagers of China.

On the way back to his residence, Amachi suddenly said to Ogata beside him:

"...While we stayed at the Red Moon Fortress, we should be more careful as expected."

"Although the people in Kapasi Village said to us,'They respect Chanup and will not do anything excessive to us as Heyzhe's guests.'"

"But like the little girl just now, whoever comes to attack us recklessly may still appear..."

Ogata didn't respond, but nodded slightly.

After returning to their residence, the two happened to ran into the mayor of Chepke in China Village.

"Oh! Majima Goro, Amachi." Chepke greeted the two of them. "You are back. I haven't been able to find you just now. I am still wondering where you two went."

"We went to deal with something." Ogata said, "Chief Chepke, you just appeared, I want to ask you if I have something to do."

Ogata informed Chepke about Lin Ziping's story concisely.

"Hu Xicun...?" Chepke frowned slightly.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded. "Does anyone in your village know where Ximura is?"

"Huxi Village...I have an impression..." Chepke slowly said, "Oh! I remember, there are indeed households in our village who should know where Huxi Village is."

"If I remember correctly, that family seemed to care about a relative in Xicun."

"Which family?" Ogata asked anxiously.

"That family, UU reading www.uukanshu.com, you two should also be familiar." Chepke said, "It's Aheli and his family."

"Aheli?" Ogata raised an eyebrow.

The figure of a girl who likes to wear an orange headband very much appeared in Ogata's mind.

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The reason why this number of words is not much today is because the author spends most of his time sorting out the information.

Today's small chapter involves as many as 3 documents. I will list the references later to prove that the author is not deceiving.

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References in this chapter:

[1] Zhang Haimeng. The history and traditional culture of Ainu. [J]. Heilongjiang National Series (Bimonthly), 2016 (03), 167-171

[2]Dai Yaling. Research on the religious beliefs and religious cultural connotation of the Ainu. [C]. The 2013 Annual Conference of Fujian Association of Foreign Languages ​​and Literature and the Proceedings of the Cross-Strait Translation Seminar. 2013, 4-8

[3] Wang Lizhen. On the language, culture and religious beliefs of the Ainu people in northern Japan. [J]. Manchu Studies, 1999 (02), 91-97

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The Ainu believe in shamanism and believe that all things have anims. All things in nature are personified and sacred, forming worship and belief in all things in nature.

The Ainu believe that the soul is immortal, and their flesh is embodied in the world they live in as the "present world", and the soul will go to the "other world" after death.

Please bear in mind the knowledge that "Ainu believe that after death, the soul will go to the "other world"".