I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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"I used to be a wanted criminal who made a living by catching wanted criminals and receiving bounties!"

Grandfather Jiang tried to explain.

For the sake of his own life, and also for the golden sand that can make the rest of his life no longer have to think about eating, grandfather Jiang has decided to give it up.

"In the summer of last year, I saw Ogata Ishige with my own eyes at Nijo Castle in Kyoto!"

"At that time, I was obsessed with ghosts and had a fluke mentality. I felt that I also had the opportunity to take off the head of Ogata Yishi, so I rushed into Nijo Castle with the others."

"I saw Ogata's appearance and sword skills with my own eyes."

"I heard Ogata's voice with my own ears."

"So many people rushed up, and there was no way to take that Ogata Ishigami. I was completely frightened, so while Ogata Ishigura was still beheading the others, I fled Nijo Castle in a panic, and got lucky. Come down."

"Even though this has happened more than half a year ago, I still remember Ogata's voice and sword skills!"

"I saw with my own eyes Ogata Yishi rescued the person you were looking for from the wolf's mouth!"

"Although I don't know what Ogata Ishi has done to change his appearance. But because I still remember his voice, sword skills, and size! I immediately recognized him!"

"After saving the person you were looking for, Ishio Ogata took that person away! I don't know where they went, but I remember which direction they went when they left!"

"Changed his appearance?" Kitano interjected and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I don't know what technique Ogata used to change his whole face." Grandfather Jiang replied, "Now his appearance has become ordinary, unlike the past. He probably passed this. This method of changing the face has always been so free and still hasn't been caught by anyone!"

"...Change your appearance..." Kitano sneered a few times, "How do I think you confessed to the wrong person? I confessed an ordinary good citizen to Ogata Ichitosai."

"I won't admit mistakes!" grandfather Jiangji said, "that person must be Ogata Ichitosai! I will never admit mistakes!"

Grandfather Jiang and Kitano looked at each other, their eyes were not evasive, and their tone was firm.

Looking at grandfather Jiang, who asserted in a firm tone that he did not admit the wrong person, Kitano's brows were already frowning at this time to pinch a mosquito to death.

What grandfather Jiang said just now was too impactful. It made Kitano's mind unable to turn around for a while.

If what this grandfather Jiang said is true, then the amount of information is too great.

The most wanted man in the shogunate actually saved the second in command of the shogunate?

If you say this kind of thing, I'm afraid it will be regarded as crazy talk by others.

Countless questions popped up in Kitano's mind.

What made Kitano most concerned was whether Ogata Ichidosai was really here.

If Ogata Ichitosai is really in this snow country right now-then this information really hopes to make them rich or famous.

Now for those who pay a little attention to current affairs, who doesn't know the famous executioner Idozhai.

Kitano was born in Edo's Kimoto family, and at the same time has a high status in the army. He can obtain information related to the government much faster than ordinary people.

Earlier, he had obtained accurate information that the emperor was dissatisfied with the shogunate’s delay in catching Ogata Itosai, and put pressure on the shogunate. In order to cope with the emperor, the shogunate had to further increase Ogata’s bounty. Nowadays, Ogata Itosai's bounty is as high as 800 taels of gold, which is unprecedented, and there should be no one in the future.

If you can manage to remove the head of Ogata Ichitosai, then this huge bounty is enough for a whole family to travel leisurely and live a few lives in style.

Of course, Kitano is not the kind of person who specializes in martial arts, he doesn't think he has any ability to take the top of Ogata Ichitosai.

It’s just that—even if Ogata Ichitosai’s head cannot be taken down, if he can inform his superiors of the relevant information about the current most wanted criminal in the shogunate, the corresponding reward will certainly not be small.

Maybe his name will appear in the future history books-Ogata Ichitosai was finally defeated because he was discovered by a magistrate named Kitano Shuki.

Seeing Kitano's delay in speaking, grandfather Jiang couldn't help but emphasize again:

"Please believe me! There is nothing lie about what I just said."

Kitano, who had been bowing his head and thinking, slowly raised his head at this time.

After taking a deep look at the grandfather Jiang in front of him, he asked:

"You just ran into Ogata Ichitosai and the person we were looking for. It was in that direction-right?"

Kitano raised his finger in the direction pointed by grandfather Jiang just now.

"Yes." Grandfather Jiang nodded like garlic.

After a moment of silence, Kitano turned his head and shouted at the men next to him:

"Let's go! And-tie this man's hands and bring him with him." Kitano Chao's grandfather Jiang pointed.

Afterwards, Kitano said to his grandfather Jiang in a naked threatening tone:

"You have to follow us."

"If what you just said is true, I will keep my promise, let you go, and return your golden sand to you."

"If I find that you are lying to me-I will let you know that there are things in this world that are more terrible than being cut off."

Grandfather Jiang's body trembled with fear.

But this is the end of the matter, and grandfather Jiang has no room to retreat or repent, so he bit the bullet:

"I see!"

Kitano slammed his chin on the two men next to him, and then the two men quickly stepped forward and tied Grandfather Jiang's hands with a thick cane, and then held Grandfather Jiang from left to right to prevent Grandfather Jiang from escaping.

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In the cave where Ogata and the others live—

Ogata had been quietly listening to Matsudaira's story just now.

When Matsuhira Matsuri was hanging Tiger Toru back to his waist, Xu said with a faint smile:

"Old Master Zhong, although you don't have any chance to travel around the world now."

"But after you retire in old age, it's okay to try to realize your young ideals."

Matsudaira looked at Ogata blankly: "When I am old and retired? How old will I be when I am old and retired?"

Speaking of this, Matsubishi Dingxin changed into a half-joking tone.

"By then, I should have no physical strength and energy. I can only live a life of seclusion in my hometown."

"That's right." Ogata smiled and shrugged. "But—compared to ‘can it be done’, ‘should or not be done’ is our top priority.”

Songping Dingxin was stunned.

Songping, who usually didn't have a lot of expressions, laughed and laughed out loud after a short daze.

"Well said! That's right!" Songping said, "Don't ask ‘can’, but ask ‘should’ first"

After the laughter, Matsudaira was sure to breathe out as if he was tired from laughing.

"Mashima-kun, you are such an interesting person."

"At first, after seeing the article you wrote in the literary examination of the'Imperial Examination', I discovered that your thoughts coincided with mine."

"At the beginning...I was attracted by your thoughts that are extremely close to me, so I wanted to accept you as my little surname."

After that, Matsuhira Matsunobu suddenly looked straight at Ogata in front of him with a meaningful gaze.

"I don't like dishonest people."

"It's someone else. After making the mistake of'forgetting my promise', I definitely won't show him any good looks."

"But now—I want to make an exception once in a while."

Matsudaira sat up straight, his face turned solemn, and Ogata sternly said in front of him:

"Mashima-kun, are you willing to join me and become my little surname?"

Matsudaira asked Ogata a question he had asked Ogata a few months ago.

Aizan and Ahili were not able to get into the topic just now because they didn't know the identity of Matsuba Matshinbu and did not know the relationship between Matsuba Matshinbu and Ogata. I can only become a "melon-eating crowd", look at Ogata, and then at Matsubaru Matsuba, staying silently while eating melons.

As for Ah Ding, he was shocked when he heard the words of Matsuhira Masanori just now.

She originally thought that after Ogata released Matsuhira's pigeons for a few months, even if Matsuhira's past was wiped out by Ogata, she would still have a grudge.

Unexpectedly—Matsuhira Dingxin unexpectedly threw an olive branch at her husband again.

Looking at Matsudaira who once again threw an olive branch at him in front of him, Ogata only froze, then smiled and said:

"Thank you Mrs. Zhong for your kindness. But the life of Ronin is more suitable for me."

In a gentle tone, Ogata threw back the olive branch that Matsudaira had thrown back.

Matsuping Dingxin's expression changed many times in a flash, and the color of incomprehension slowly appeared in Matsuping Dingxin's eyes.

At this time, Ogata continued:

"I have no interest in official career. I don't have the ability to enter official career."

"Lai Xia still prefers this kind of free ronin life now."

"Although I can't live in such a luxurious house, I can't eat such exquisite food, but because I have a wife and friends with me, I don't feel painful, and I don't want to make any changes to this kind of life."

"So-Mr. Zhong, thank you for your kindness."

When Ogata was finished, the incomprehension on Matsuhira's face slowly turned into regret.

"...Majima-kun, you are the first young samurai to explicitly refuse my invitation after you become an old middle man." Matshinori said with a faint wry smile, "In the past, whenever I admired the young samurai. When the invitation was given and they were given the opportunity to be officials in the shogunate, they were all ecstatic without exception."

"Just like you refuse directly, expressing that you want to continue to be a Ronin, I have never seen it before..."

Matsudaira Nobunaga sighed.

"...Forget it. Since you don't want to join me, I can't force..."

"But—when you change your mind, you can come to me at any time."

"My mansion in Edo is not difficult to find. You can ask someone to find out where my mansion is."

"If you change your mind in the future, you can come to me as my Edo mansion."

"I will tell the people in my mansion later: If there is a person calling himself'Mashima Goro' coming to visit in the future, I will let that person in immediately and let that person come and meet him."

Ogata knew that even if he arrived, he would not be an official under Matsuhira Masanobu, so Ogata just nodded and said casually:

"Yeah. I will."

"Even if you haven't changed your mind, you can come to my mansion to find me." Songping Dingxin added, "You saved my life. I can't help but return this favor."

"If you encounter any trouble that needs help in the future, you can come to my Edo mansion to find me. If I can help, I will definitely help."

"Thank you." Ogata said very politely, "If I have a chance in the future, I will disturb you. But for a long time in the future, I should not have the opportunity to go to Edo."

"... Let me take the liberty to ask, how long do you plan to travel here in Ezo?" Matsuhira Dingxin asked this question abruptly.

"Huh? This kind of thing depends on the situation." Ogata said, "If I feel that I have traveled enough in Ezo land, I will naturally leave Ezo land."

"...I think it's better for you to leave Ezo land as soon as possible." Matsudaira said in a serious tone, "At least wait until next year to visit here again. The flames of war have already ignited in Ezo land, but it is not a suitable place to travel. ."

"Fire of war?" Ogata's pupils shrank suddenly. "Did something happen?"

At this time, Ah Ting was also caught by Matsuhira's words just now.

"From just now, I have noticed that you don't seem to know what's happening in Ezo land at all." Matsubishi said softly, "I didn't expect that I actually guessed it right."

"Fortunately, I asked you specifically, otherwise you will continue to travel stupidly around the land where the war has been ignited."

Songping Dingxin picked up his water glass, took a sip of water, and slowly said:

"Do you know the Red Moon Fortress?"

"The Ezos living in the Red Moon Fortress encouraged the naturalized Ezos of Songqian City to riot, resulting in heavy casualties and countless civilian casualties. It was not until the dispatch of troops that the riots in Songqian City were put to rest."

"The Ezos of the Red Moon Fortress are too much this time."

"So in order to punish the Ezos in the Red Moon Fortress, the shogunate officially declared war on the Red Moon Fortress and rallied a large army to march northward, vowing to level the Red Moon Fortress."

"The Ezos of the Red Moon Fortress instigated the naturalized Ezos of Matsumae City to riot?" Xu's face was startled.

Aizan, who has evolved into a qualified "translation tool person", has been translating the words of Matsuba Matshinbuya sentence by sentence to Ahili who does not understand Japanese since just now.

After listening to Ayzan's translation, Ahili showed the same shocked expression as Ayzan.

Although Ayzan and Ahili did not wear the iconic big red costumes of the Red Moon Fortress, they are now residents of the Red Moon Fortress.

What Songping Dingxin said just now is tantamount to a blockbuster for the residents who have just become the Red Moon Fortress.

"This, this lord!" Ayzan hurriedly said, "Did you make a mistake? As far as I know, he...ah, no, the people at the Red Moon Fortress don't seem to do this kind of thing. People!"

"I didn't lie." Matsubaru said his face was calm, "If you don't believe me, you can go to Matsumae Castle to take a look."

"Until now, there are still a lot of mourning for their relatives who died in the riots."

"And those thugs who were caught alive by us have also personally admitted-it was the Ezos of the Red Moon Fortress who supported them, and they were able to set off such a large-scale riot."

"Now the army has gone deep into Ezo Land."

"It won't be long before you can approach the Red Moon Fortress."

"If you don't want to be involved in the war, please stay away from here. It's best to go back to Japan first."

Until Matsuhira Dingxin's words fell, Ah Ding, Yaheli, and Ayzan were still immersed in the impact that Matsuhira Dingxin's words had brought to them. Because they were so shocked, their minds did not turn around for a long time.

Ogata's response was quick.

Ogata, who had seen a lot of winds and waves, quickly returned to God, and then softly said to Matsuba Matsuri:

"...Old Master Zhong, thank you for your reminder. Without your reminder, we really didn't know what happened in Ezo land now..."

"You're welcome." Songping nodded firmly, "I already know that the Ezo land is not very peaceful now, so let's leave quickly."

"If you insist on staying here to travel... then I can't stop you."

"But my suggestion is to leave here quickly. After the war subsides, if you want to visit Ezo Land again, come to Ezo Land."

"...Yeah." Ogata nodded, "But... Old Master, I have one question-are the rioters who set off the riot really instigated by the Ezos of the Red Moon Fortress?"

"The evidence for this matter is conclusive." Matsudaira replied without hesitation, "Those mobs caught alive by us all indicated that the perpetrators were the Ezos of the Red Moon Fortress."

"If we hadn't got conclusive evidence, we wouldn't have sent troops to conquer the Red Moon Fortress."

Ogata didn't speak any more.

Just staring at Songping Dingxin, silent.

"...Master Lao Zhong! Master Lao Zhong!"

At this moment, whether Ogata or Lao Chu, he heard "Master Lao Chu" coming from outside the cave.

"It seems that my people have finally found this place..." There was a little joy in Songping Dingxin's eyes, and he quickly stood up and walked toward the entrance of the cave.

Ogata also got up along with him, and walked towards the entrance of the cave with Matsuba Matshinbu.

After coming to the entrance of the cave, Songping Dingxin shouted loudly to the outside of the cave, "I am here!"

"Ah! It's the voice of Old Master Zhong!"

"Quick! Go!"

"I found Mr. Zhong!"

The crowd of horseshoes gathered towards the entrance of the cave.

In a short while, many famous torches and horses rushed towards the entrance of the cave from all directions.

Among the people who gathered around, there was another person Ogata knew—Matsuhira Matshinbu's surname: Tachibana.

It was Tachibana who rushed to the entrance of the cave for the first time.

"Old Master!" Tachibana leaped down from the horse, and leaped in front of Matsuba Dingxin, with an expression about to cry, "Finally found you! Are you not injured?"

"I'm fine. I was rescued by Goro-kun Mashima."

"Mashima Goro?" Tachibana was surprised.

At this time, Matshinori turned his body to one side so that Tachibana could see Ogata who was standing not far behind him.

Looking at Ogata, Tachibana's face was full of shock.

"Old, old Zhong, what's going on?" Tachibana stammered.

"I'll explain to you slowly later." Songping Dingxin said, "Anyway-you have worked so hard to find me."

"This time I caused the old man to suffer such a change, it is my negligence!" Tachibana's tone was a little excited, "Please, afterwards, punish us!"

Matsuba Dingxin waved his hand: "These things, wait until later."

After that, Matsudaira turned around and looked at Ogata and others in the cave.

"Everyone, thank you for your hospitality. My people have found me, and it's time for me to leave."

"Are you leaving now?" Ogata asked.

"Yeah." Songping nodded confidently, "Since the subordinates have found me, I have no reason to stay here anymore."

"Moreover—I have to go back as soon as possible. I have to let my subordinates see that I'm alive with their own eyes and calm people's hearts. Moreover, my subordinates were attacked by a pack of wolves this afternoon, and I have to quickly check the casualties and loss."

When he finished speaking, Matsudaira straightened up and bowed solemnly to Ogata.

"Today, thank you so much."

"See you in the future."

"If you change your mind in the future, or if you need help from someone, remember to come to me."

At this time, a faint smile appeared on Songping Dingxin's face.

"This time, don't forget what I said."

When Matsuhira Dingxin's voice fell, Tachibana had brought his horse over, behind Matsuhira Dingxin.

Matsuba Dingxin turned over and sat on Tachibana's horse.

"Let's go." Songping Dingxin ordered Tachibana.

"Yes!" Tachibana sat in front of Songping Dingxin, then raised his horse's rein, and headed towards the deep woods not far away with Songping Dingxin. The rest of Songping Dingxin followed closely behind.

Ogata stood there, watching Matsuhira Masanbu until his figure completely disappeared from his field of vision.

"Hey..." At this moment, Amachi walked to Ogata's side with a look of worry, "Those things Matsuhira Masanbu just said... are they true or not...? Chanup and the others really encouraged Matsumae Castle. Did the naturalized Ezos start a riot?"

Aizan and Ahili also focused their flustered eyes on Ogata at this time.

Ouyan turned his head blankly and glanced at the three of Amachi, Aizan, and Ahili, whose faces were all flustered—

"...The matter of Xicun has to be postponed temporarily."

After a long silence, he said so.

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"Hey! Is it really in this direction?!" Kitano roared towards grandfather Jiang.

Listening to Kitano's roar, grandfather Jiang shrank his neck.

"Yes, it is indeed in this direction, there can be nothing wrong!"

"Tsk..." Kitano's face was full of impatience.

At this time, he felt a bit hot on the account of his right hand.

Turning his head to see-it turned out that the flame of the torch made of forage held by his right hand was about to burn into his hand.

The torches used by Kitano are simple torches made of grass and wood.

Although it is simple to make, it is not very resistant to burning.

He had been focusing on searching for Matsudaira Matshinbu and Ogata's Ishigami just now, without paying attention, he didn't notice that the torches in his hand were about to burn out.

Kitano quickly pulled out another torch with his back on his waist, lit the new torch, threw the old torch that was about to burn out to the ground, and then stepped it out.

"Damn..." Kitano looked up at the sky, and uttered an swear word, "It's almost bright..."

According to Kitano's judgment, it will be dawn in about an hour.

They searched for nearly a whole night, but neither Matsuhira Masahiro nor Ogata Yishi was found.

Whether it's Kitano or the men next to him, they all feel sleepy because they haven't slept all night and have been trying to find someone.

But until he found the Matsubei Dingxin and confirmed its current status, Kitano did not dare to slack off a bit.

Ogata Yishi can not be found, but Matsudaira must find it.

"This, the terrain of this place is more complicated..." Grandfather Jiang said tremblingly, "So..."

Before Grandfather Jiang's words were finished, Kitano violently interrupted his words:

"Shut up!"

After being yelled at by his grandfather Jiang, his grandfather Jiang hurriedly closed his mouth, not daring to say more than a word, for fear of angering Kitano, who is now very irritable and quite impatient.

Grandfather Jiang is actually more anxious than Kitano now.

If you can't find Matsuhira Masahiro or Ogata Ishigami, grandfather Jiang can believe that Kitano might have regarded him as a "liar" and killed him with a single blow.

Grandfather Jiang worshipped all the gods that he could worship in his heart, praying to the gods, so that they could find Matsudaira Matshinbu or Ogata Yishi quickly.

At this moment, grandfather Jiang suddenly saw a spark of fire from the depths of the dark woods ahead.

A little fire is approaching on their side.

This light should be a torch.

But because it was too dark, grandfather Jiang could not see who was holding the torch.

Kitano also noticed the fire that was approaching them for the first time.

"Who?!" Kitano shouted toward the direction of the torch.

As soon as Kitano's voice fell, "Torch" shouted with delight:

"Ah! Lord Kitano! I finally found you!"

The speed of the "torch" approaching Kitano suddenly increased.

As the "torch" approached, the appearance of the person holding the torch finally gradually emerged from the darkness.

It was a soldier in armor like Kitano and the others.

"Master Kitano!" As soon as the soldier appeared, he shouted to Kitano, "Master Tachibana, he has found the adult! Your master is safe and sound! Now the adult has returned to camp safely under the protection of Master Tachibana!"

"My lord, is he all right?!" Kitano's big rock, which had been hanging all the time, finally landed at this time.

As long as Songping is convinced that there is nothing wrong, then even if his superiors punish him for ineffective protection, he will not be punished so severely.

At this time, Kitano suddenly remembered Ogata's affairs.

"Where did Tachibana find the adult?" Kitano asked.

"Tachibana, he found the adult in a cave." The soldier replied, "The adult was rescued by a samurai after rolling down the snow slope, and then he was taken to the cave by that samurai to heal his wounds."

"Saved by a samurai?" Kitano's pupils shrank slightly.

What the soldier said just now was exactly the same as what his grandfather Jiang just said.

"What's the name of that samurai?" Kitano asked. "Where is he now?"

"The name of the samurai...I don't know this too well. After Tachibana-sama picked up the adult, the adult seemed to be separated from the samurai."

Kitano pressed his lips tightly.

The soldier in charge of the report didn't understand why Kitano was so concerned about the samurai who saved the old man, and he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Master Tachibana is now recalling all the teams sent out to find adults." The soldier said, "Master Kitano, go back to camp!"

"...I see." Kitano turned his head and shouted at the surrounding men, "Have you heard it? Your lord has found it! Let's go back to camp!"

As soon as Kitano's voice fell, the few of Kitano's subordinates who had long been exhausted immediately uttered a louder cheer.

Kitano did not have the same joyful expressions as his subordinates.

He turned his head blankly and looked at the two men who had been standing by and holding Grandfather Jiang.

"Continue to be optimistic about this person!" Kitano ordered, "Bring this person back to the camp for me too!"

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The first thing Songping Dingxin did after returning to their camp was to check the losses suffered by their team after they were attacked by wolves.

Matsuhira Dingxin's team paid a total of 4 deaths and 8 injuries before they succeeded in repelling the attacking wolves.

These people who were injured or killed were all the guards of Matsuhira Dingxin. The vast majority of them were the 50 elite shogunate troops sent by Inamori to Matsuhira Dingshin. Among the original 32 red cavalry soldiers of Matsuhira Dingxin, only Two people suffered minor injuries.

In addition to people, horses have also suffered certain losses.

Unfortunately, some horses were killed by wolves.

Some horses were frightened and ran away in a hurry, until now they have not been found.

There are 13 missing and injured horses that can no longer move.

In addition to Songping Dingxin, two people who were responsible for lifting the sedan chair for Songping Dingxin fell down the hillside.

These two people did not have the same conditions as Songping Dingxin. When they fell down a hill, they could rely on the threat to slow down the speed of the fall. At the same time, they did not have the good luck of Songping Dingxin.

When Tachibana and the others went down to the hillside to search for Songping Dingxin, they had already found the two before they found Songping Dingxin.

Very unfortunate-when these two people were found, they had become cold corpses.

When one fell down the snow slope, it seemed that his head accidentally hit the stone, and his skull broke directly.

The other was attacked by a wolf, and the corpses were bitten beyond recognition.

Compared with these two people who fell down the snow slope, Songping Dingxin, who survived and suffered no physical injuries, was really lucky.

After confirming the casualties of the team, Songping Dingxin went to rest.

After so many things, Matsuhira was already very tired, lying on the bed, closing his eyes, and quickly fell asleep.

When I woke up again, the sky was already bright.

Getting up from the bed, stepping out of the tent, the wisps of sunshine hit Songping Dingxin's face.

The sun slowly rising from the eastern horizon, the sunlight emitted by it reflected the white clouds that covered the sky, and lifted the black veil covering the sky, and the sky was gradually stained with the color of sunrise.

Such good weather is really hard to imagine that such a terrible snowstorm happened in the same place yesterday.

Songping Dingxin is not a public figure, and has no interest in the public.

Some people who do not reject all ways, their little surname is responsible for personal service, but also responsible for soothing the loneliness of their lord.

And Tachibana is only responsible for personal service, not responsible for other things.

Therefore, Matsuba Dingxin and Tachibana, who have different identities, naturally sleep separately.

The camp where Tachibana lives is located next to the camp of Songping Dingxin.

Last night, Tachibana took the lead to search for the Matsupira Dingxin. After receiving the Matsuhei Dingxin, he was busy sending people to inform the rest of the search team that "the old man is in good health and he will return quickly" and deal with the rest of the miscellaneous things. . She had been busy working until very late before falling asleep, and falling asleep late, coupled with exhaustion, made Tachibana still sleep deeply.

After erecting his ears and listening, Matsuba Matshin could still hear the faint snoring of Tachibana from the camp next door.

Just when Songping Dingxin was thinking about whether to go back to the camp tent and rest for a while and raise his spirits while it was still a little bit early, a familiar male voice rang from his side:

"Old Master."

"It's Kitano-kun, you are back."

The master of this sudden male voice is Kitano Zhou Ji.

When Zi Lihua received the Songhei Dingxin, and then sent people to recall the search teams, the search teams returned to the camp one after another.

After receiving the news of the return of Songping's letter, Kitano quickly led people back to the camp, and finally returned to the camp after the sky was light.

"Yeah." Kitano nodded, "I just came back. Your lord, you're all right, it's great."

After all, Kitano quickly walked a few steps, rushed to the front and back of Matsupira Datsunobu, then knelt down on the ground with a very skillful movement, and assumed a standard, extremely ground-seat posture to Matsupira Datsunobu.

"This time, I waited for poor guards to make you suffer such suffering! I'll wait..."

"Okay." Songping Dingxin waved his hand.

Before Kitano's apology was over, Matsudaira waved his hand first, and interrupted Kitano's words aloud.

"This accident, the crime is not waiting for you." Songping Dingxin said softly, "This accident is an accident that no one expected. Get up."

Hearing Matsuhira's words, Kitano secretly sighed in relief, and after loudly expressing his gratitude to Matsuhira's Matsuhiro, Kitano stood up from the ground.

"You worked so hard last night. You must have suffered a lot to find me." Matsudaira glanced at Kitano's eyes that were red from sleepless the whole night. "You go and rest now."

Kitano: "Yes!"

Songping Dingxin turned around with his hands on his back and returned to his camp.

Kitano raised his eyes and glanced at Songping Dingxin's back, hesitation flashed across his face.

It was not until Matsuhira was about to lift the curtain of the camp and entered his camp, that Kitano finally made up his mind—

"grown ups!"

Kitano stopped Songping Dingxin.

"What's the matter?" Songping Dingxin turned around.

"I, I caught a gold digger in the wild yesterday. The gold digger told me an important piece of information...I don't know whether it is true or false. I think it is very necessary to inform you of this information."

"Intelligence?" Songping Dingxin Wei frowned, "let's talk about it."

"My lord. Let's talk about it from another place." Kitano looked around, "I think...this information... it's better not to let too many people know it."

"…come in."

Matsuhira Dingxin gave Kitano a deep look, then turned around and went into his camp, and Kitano hurriedly followed.

In the small camp, at this time there were only Matsuba Dingxin and Kitano.

"Let's talk about it." Songping firmly believed, "What information?"

Kitano swallowed. Then he lowered his own volume, and whispered the "important information" he had just claimed in a volume that only he and Matsuba Matshin could hear.

Matsuba Dingxin was originally expressionless.

But when listening to this "important information" from Kitano's mouth, Matsudaira slowly widened and his face was shocked.

Until Kitano closed his mouth and stopped speaking, the shock still accumulated on Matsubishi's face, and it did not dissipate for a long time.

After a long time, Matsupira surely reorganized his expression and look.

He asked Kitano with a heavy face:

"Where is that gold digger now?"

"I brought that person back!" Kitano hurriedly said.

"Bring him over to see me."

"Yes!"

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Grandfather Jiang was taken tremblingly into a simple camp.

As soon as he was pushed into the camp, grandfather Jiang saw that there was a person in the camp.

And this person is exactly the middle-aged man he saw yesterday who was saved by Ogata Ichitosai.

The middle-aged man standing in front of his grandfather Jiang is naturally Songping Dingxin.

At this moment, only Songping Dingxin and grandfather Jiang were in the camp.

After seeing his grandfather Jiang, Songping Dingxin didn't say any nonsense, and asked bluntly:

"Are you that grandfather Jiang?"

"Yes, yes!" Grandfather Jiang hurriedly replied, "My name is Grandfather Esaburo!"

As Grandfather Jiang replied, he thought to himself: Who is this person?

Wearing an expensive knife at the waist, there are so many soldiers in the army that he is the only one to follow.

While grandfather Jiang was still guessing the true identity of the person in front of him, Matsuhira Dingxin's new question immediately interrupted his grandfather Jiang's thoughts.

"I've heard of it. Yesterday you witnessed my rescue by a certain samurai, and then you recognized that samurai was the executioner Ichitosai. Am I right?"

As soon as Matsuhira Dingxin's words fell, grandfather Jiang nodded sharply.

"That's right! That person must be the executioner Yidaozai! You can't go wrong!"

Grandfather Jiang told how he met Ogata Ichitosai, and how he recognized that person was the cause and consequence of Ogata Ichisai yesterday, and quickly gave Matsudaira Masonshin a full account.

Summarize what grandfather Jiang said-the samurai who rescued Matsudaira yesterday, except for his appearance, his voice, sword skills, reminders, hairstyle, style of saber...In short, everything except his appearance. Both are the same as Ogata Ichitosai.

While listening carefully to his grandfather Jiang’s narration, Matsuhira’s memories of "Goro Mashima" began to surface in Matsuhira’s mind...

He remembered-when he first met "Mashima Goro", he had an accent from Izumo, and when he introduced himself, he also said that he was from Izumo.

He remembered—"Mashima Goro" had defeated more than 20 officials of Hosuke Thief Kai in Yoshihara with his own power, and his swordsmanship was extremely superb.

He remembered-"Majima Goro" suddenly appeared in Edo after the "Nijo Castle Incident" in Kyoto.

From the end of the "Nijo Castle Incident" to the time when "Majima Goro" appeared in Edo, it was enough to walk from Kyoto to Edo.

Memories continue to emerge from the depths of my mind.

The expression on Matsuhira Dingxin's face has also changed rapidly.

After his grandfather Jiang Yu finished, Song Ping Dingxin dropped his head and remained silent.

Grandfather Jiang didn't dare to bother Songping Dingxin, and closed his mouth together, letting the camp atmosphere fall into silence.

After a long time in the past, Songping Dingxin slowly raised his head and looked directly at his grandfather Jiang.

His gaze looking at grandfather Jiang... hard to describe in words.

Looking at Matsuhira Dingxin's gaze, grandfather Jiang felt that an unknown premonition was constantly popping up in his mind for some reason...

Songping Dingxin didn't say anything to his grandfather Jiang.

Instead, he walked quickly out of the camp and shouted at the guards who were not far away from the camp:

"Bring me this person in my camp! Then call Kitano for me!"

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Suddenly receiving an order from Songping Dingxin, Kitano hurried to the camp where Songping Dingxin lived.

As soon as he entered the camp, Songping was convinced that he would not say any unnecessary nonsense, and directly yelled:

"I personally interrogated the gold digger just now."

"That guy is totally a liar!"

"It was only to save his life and Jinsha, that he panicked that the samurai who saved me yesterday was Ogata Ichitosai."

"The samurai who rescued me yesterday was just an ordinary samurai! It was not Ichitosai at all!"

"Kun Kitano, you have to have a snack in the future, don't be fooled so easily."

Hearing the wording in Matsuba Dingxin's eyes, Kitano turned pale with fright, and hurriedly knelt to the ground.

In the army for several years, UU reading www.uukanshu. com Kitano has developed a skill-if your superiors beat you up, don't fight back, let alone fight back. Even if you don't know if your superiors are right or wrong, just apologize.

"Yes, it's a stupid lieutenant!" Kitano said loudly, "Misted a gold digger!"

"This person had a felony of gold mining before, and then deceived me to wait and chopped off his head! His bag of gold sand will be returned to the national treasury!"

"Yes Yes!"

"Go on." Songping Dingxin waved his hand.

Seeing Matsuhira Dingxin telling him to retreat, Kitano immediately left as if he had received an amnesty. Once again, only Matsuping Dingxin was left in the camp.

After Kitano left, Matsudaira slowly raised his head and glanced at the top of his head.

"Ugh…"

Then he let out a long sigh.

His eyes are full of complex colors, and his expression is unpredictable, making it difficult to guess what he is thinking now.

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