I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Edo, Yamada Asemon Residence—

The Yamada Asemon family belonged to a very typical samurai family that "has a low salary, but a sideline and a good life."

The official official title of the Yamada Asemon family is "Kinshishi", and the annual salary is more than 1,000 shi. Although the salary is not low, it is by no means high.

However, because they have two side businesses of "testing swords for others" and "selling human gall pill", they make a lot of money.

If it's about whether it has reached the level of a country that is rich enough to be an enemy, then it is definitely not.

But if there is a wealth of wealth, it is definitely there.

For the wealthy Yamada Asemon family, their mansion will naturally not be shabby.

The courtyard of their mansion alone is enough to hold at least 20 people for a banquet.

At this moment, in the courtyard of Yamada Asemon's mansion, a tall and sturdy middle-aged man was standing under a big tree.

He only wore a knife around his waist and looked blankly at the trunk of the big tree in front of him.

His motionless posture seemed as if the whole person was in harmony with the earth and his feet were nailed.

After a while, he slowly moved his feet apart, lowered his body's center of gravity, and raised his right hand, placing his right hand on the handle of the knife on his left waist.

Keng!

There was a sound of the blade out of the sheath, the light of the knife appeared, and an arc moon composed of the light of the knife rose from the sheath.

The middle-aged man used a sword drawing technique to chop the big tree in front of him horizontally.

Big tree-intact.

"master."

At this time, a young voice rang behind the middle-aged man.

"What's the matter?" the middle-aged man asked without looking back.

"Yi, Yoshitsune-sama, he... is back." Because of his excitement, the young man who came to report, began to tremble with his voice.

"...That's it. He... is still alive..." The middle-aged man slowly retracted the knife back into its sheath, then rolled his sleeves, turned and left in front of the big tree.

There was a fly at the foot of the position where the middle-aged man stood just now.

To be precise, it was a fly that had lost its wings.

The fly was lying on its back, head down, with its tiny feet flapping constantly, trying to turn its body over.

After the middle-aged man walked away slowly, the two transparent and neatly fractured wings finally floated leisurely beside the fly...

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Yamada Asemon's mansion, in a certain room—

Mamiya closed his eyes to the altar in front of him, and folded his hands together.

Standing next to Mamiya, who was a long head shorter than him, Yi Chao, like Mamiya, closed his eyes and folded his hands at the shrine where he was going.

This shrine is the shrine of the biological mother of the two brothers.

After slowly opening his eyes, Mamiya looked at the altar in front of him, and said in his heart:

—Sorry, mother... I haven't seen you for so long...

Looking at the niche of my mother in front of me, the memories of the past rushed in Mamiya’s mind like a torrent...

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"Mother!"

"Kuro, what's the matter?"

"Mother! Why do you want to name my baby Jirou and my real name Yoshitsune?"

"Huh? Kuro, what do you ask this for? Don't you like your name?"

"It's not that I don't like it... It's just that... I have the same name as the famous hero Yuankuro Yoshitsune hundreds of years ago, which makes me feel... stressful... just like naming my child Guan Yunchang in Tangtu …"

"Your name was actually given to you by your father. Your father hopes that you will become a hero like Genkuro Yoshitsune in the future. So you named your baby name "Kuro" and your real name "Yoshitsune" ."

"Is that the moral... Then I feel more stressed..."

"Hahaha, silly boy, there is no need for pressure. Even if you fail to become a hero like Yoshitsune in the end, it doesn't matter. Mother, I won't care about this kind of thing."

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"My elder brother."

The sudden utterance of Yi Chao brought Mamiya's consciousness back to reality.

"Mother will be very happy if she sees that you are still alive and healthy now."

At this moment, Yi Chao, who was smiling, slowly became weird.

"Not only did I live a healthy and healthy life, but I also grew taller..."

Yi Chao touched the top of his head.

"If only I could have a elder brother, you are as tall as you..."

The height of Mamiya is above the average of men in this era-165cm.

And Yi Chao's height... is the most common height of men in this era-157cm.

"Obviously he is a brother of the same father and mother, why is the height difference so far..." Yi Chao let out a low sigh, "Could it be that you used to be responsible for the task of'traveling and testing the knife' for your father? Did you get enough exercise to grow taller than me..."

"Maybe." Mamiya smiled at his younger brother who was 2 years younger.

"Our brothers used to cooperate really well..." Yoshiasa's eyes flashed with reminiscences, "You are responsible for the task of'business trip test knife' for father, and entrust us Yamada Asemon to all parts of Japan. The family who went to test the knife tried the knife."

"And I am fully responsible for helping my father complete the knife test task in Edo Castle in Edo."

"Then every time you complete the mission of'testing a knife on a business trip,' you can always bring back one, or even many new skills you learned in the field."

"Oh, when it comes to this, I'm angry."

"The same brothers, not only different in height, but also different in savvy... Brother, no matter what you are studying, you can get through... But I can't do anything except a little bit of swordsmanship..."

"Why are the same brothers so different..."

Although Yi Chao said so on his lips, there was no bit of resentment on his face. There was only a faint admiration and admiration in his eyes when he looked at Mamiya.

"At the beginning, my elder brother was full-time in charge of running around in the field, so it caused a lot of interesting things."

Yi Chao then continued.

"For example, because I rarely show up in Edo and try knives in other places, I will leave after trying knives and never stay much. Therefore, from the government to the common people, many people only know about Yamada Asemon. The family has a "Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune", but I don't know what it looks like."

"Yes." Mamiya suddenly smiled intriguingly. "Very few people recognize the appearance of Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune-now that I think about it carefully, it really helped me a lot."

"Until today, very few people can recognize: Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune and Mamiya Kuro are the same person. This saves me a lot of trouble."

"Of course—this is also due to my glasses."

Mamiya raised his hand and touched the frame of the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"This pair of glasses made my eyes look thinner and longer, which caused my wanted order to be far from what I originally looked like."

Hearing what Mamiya said, Yoshizhao was stunned.

"Haha..." After a few dry laughs, Yi Chao slowly said, "Brother, it turns out... Are you wearing these glasses just to hide your face?"

"That's not true. It's just a secondary reason." Mamiya said lightly. "The main reason is that my eyes have become bad and I can't see things far away, so I need a pair of glasses. Correct eyesight."

"...But even so..." Yoshiho's expression slowly became complicated. "When I saw your wanted order from your brother, I and my father, I immediately recognized this Mamiya Kuro as the elder brother. Your lord..."

"When I saw your wanted order from your elder brother, I was really shocked..."

"At that time, some people who had a close relationship with our Yamada Asemon and who recognized you came to the door and asked my father and me whether this Mamiya Kuro was the Yoshitsune of your family."

"It took my father a lot of effort to send them away."

At this moment, Yoshiasa paused, raising his eyes to observe Shimamiya's face.

Seeing that Mamiya's expression was not unusual, Yoshizhao gritted his teeth, and then went on to say:

"My elder brother... why did you become a wanted criminal?"

"There is no special reason." Mamiya turned his head and smiled at Chao Yi Chao, "It's just following someone and doing some nonsense, and when he comes back, he has become a wanted criminal."

"I don't think there is anything wrong with this kind of wanted life."

"Compared to the life of working for the shogunate in the past, I prefer the current life of giving a hand to a certain businessman."

"Give a deal to a certain businessman...?" Yi Chao asked puzzledly.

"Well, Yoshizhao." Before Yoshizhao had time to ask, Mamiya preemptedly said, "On this topic, let's stop here."

Squeak, squeak, squeak...

At this time, Mamiya and Yoshiasa heard the sound of feet stepping on the tatami mats at the same time.

Before the two had time to turn their heads and look back, a thick middle-aged male voice suddenly sounded:

"...Kuro, you are really still alive..."

As soon as the male voice fell, Mamiya's body paused for a while, then slowly turned his head and looked back.

He stared blankly at the middle-aged man behind him—the man named Fumken Yamada Asaemon.

Unconsciously, Mamiya's lips and tongue moved on their own: "Father..."

"Kuro. If I remember correctly-you should have been kicked out of the house by me." Wen Xian said in a heartless tone since just now, "What are you doing when you come back?"

"So?" Mamiya responded without showing any weakness, "Are you going to kick me out now?"

The two brief conversations between the father and son made the atmosphere of this room instantly like an ice cave.

Yichao looked at Jian Gong, then at Wen Xian, and then walked anxiously to the middle of the two.

"Father! Although your elder brother has been driven out of the house by you, and is no longer a member of the Yamada Asemon family, he still has the blood of the Yamada Asemon family!"

"He still has the right to come back and see us!"

"And... Mother is still here..."

Yichao looked back and looked at the Buddhist niche not far away.

"At the very least-please don't quarrel in front of your mother."

Wen Xian looked at Wen Xian, who was standing between him and Mamiya, and then at the Buddhist altar behind Mamiya. Although his expression remained unchanged, he no longer made a sound.

"...Don't worry." At this time, Mamiya said in a cold tone, "Father...ah, no, Mr. Yamada Asemon. I just came back to see my mother and Yoshiasana, and I won't stay in your house too much. old."

"...Whatever you want. Just don't cause trouble to our Yamada Asemon family."

After all, Wen Xian walked straight towards Mamiya with an unhurried pace.

Seeing Wen Xian walking towards him, Mamiya subconsciously stepped back half a step, then raised his right hand, ready to touch the saber on his left waist.

But as soon as his right hand was raised, his arm stopped in the air-because he didn't feel any murderous aura or malicious breath from Wen Xian.

Yi Chao is the same.

When he saw Wen Xian walking towards Mamiya, he was so frightened that cold sweat broke out. When he just wanted to say "Brother, please go", he realized that Wen Xian was not murderous.

Wen Xian walked to the front of Mamiya.

Then raised his right hand and stroked Mamiya's left cheek.

Wen Xian's right palm is the palm of a typical swordsman-it is covered with smooth and round calluses.

Although there are many calluses on his palms, because each callus is smooth and round, he is caressed by him, and he does not feel pain or other discomfort.

Mamiya looked at Wen Xian who was close at hand with a slightly surprised look.

When returning to the mansion of Yamada Asemon, Mamiya envisioned thousands of scenes where he would reunite with Bunken.

However, the scene presented in front of Mamiya truly at this time did not match any of the scenes he had previously envisioned.

"...You look more and more like your mother."

After he finished speaking, Wen Xian put down the hand that caressed Mamiya's side face, then crossed his hands into the sleeves on both sides of the kimono, and slowly walked away from Mamiya and Yoshita's field of vision.

Until Wen Xian left completely, Yi Chao patted his chest lightly and let out a sigh: "I was scared to death... I almost thought my father was going to come over and chop you..."

"Yeah..." Mamiya looked at Wen Xian's departure direction, complicated emotions flickered in his pupils, "I just thought he was going to come over and draw a knife and cut me..."

Mamiya closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

After opening his eyes again, he looked at Yi Chao.

"Yi Chao, is my room still there?"

"Huh? It's there." Yi Chao nodded vigorously, "Of course your room is there."

"Can you accompany me to my room?" Mamiya said, "I want to see my long-lost room."

"Of course there is no problem!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Chao paused as if he had remembered something, and then asked regretfully, "Brother...you just said that you won't stay at home for long...this Is it true? Can I stay here for a while? I have a lot to say to you..."

"...I have been expelled from my father." Mamiya's tone was calm, "I am no longer Yamada Asemon Yoshitsune. I am now Mamiya Kuro. I am no longer a member of the Yamada Asemon family. I am not qualified to stay here more."

"Plus my current identity as a wanted criminal, it's even less suitable to stay here for too long."

"But-don't worry."

Yi Chao saw a smile that was as gentle as the sun.

"Since you are here, I will stay here as much as possible to accompany you more."

"...Hmm!" The few "dark clouds" on Yi Chao's face were slightly dispersed under the light of the "sun" in front of him.

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Following past memories, Mamiya walked through a maze-like corridor, and then stopped in front of a paper sliding door.

Opening the door, the familiar scene greeted Mamiya's eyes.

In front of him was his room that Mamiya was very familiar with.

After entering the room and walking to the center of the room, Mamiya looked around-the layout of the room was exactly the same as before he left, without any change.

No matter the tatami or the table, there is no dust at all and it is clean.

Following Yoshizhao, who was behind Mamiya, explained at the right moment: "After you left home, for the past 5 years, I have been asking the waiters to clean your room and let them be careful not to mess up anything in the room. thing."

"So...Thank you, Yi Chao, you really have a heart."

Just as Yi Chao wanted to say "you're welcome," he heard Mamiya suddenly say to him: "Yi Chao, can I trouble you to close the door of the room?"

"Huh? Okay..." Although Yi Chao was puzzled, he never had the habit of saying "no" to his most respected brother.

He closed the door of the room according to the instructions of Jian Gong: "Brother, why should I close the door? It won't be boring..."

"Yisha." Before he could finish his words, his words were interrupted by Mamiya who was looking straight at him. "I heard that our family...no, the Yamada Asemon family recently produced it. Rendan pills, the quality has become much higher-what's the matter?"

"Huh?" Yi Chao was startled.

Mamiya stared at Yoshi as a scrutinizing gaze.

Yi Chao looked at Mamiya blankly.

No one said anything.

The atmosphere in the room fell into a weird, suffocating silence for a moment.

After an unknown period of time, a bitter smile with complex emotions slowly appeared on Yi Chao's face.

"Brother...Where did you hear about this?"

"Don't worry about where I heard it." Mamiya said coldly, "Tell me what's going on."

"I was also a member of this family before."

"I know exactly how Rendan pills are made."

"The quality of the human gall pill depends on the quality of the human gall used as the raw material."

"So the quality suddenly improved, nothing more than two reasons-you invented a new method of refining medicine, and..."

Mamiya's eyes slowly narrowed, and the expression in his eyes became sharp.

"You use a lot of high-quality human gallbladder medicine."

"Yi Chao, answer me—the quality of Rendan pills has improved recently. Is there such a thing?"

"If there is such a thing, why has the quality suddenly improved?"

Mamiya's height was originally higher than Yi Chao. At this moment, he looked at Yi Chao with a condescending attitude.

But Yi Chao-he was silent and buried his head low.

Jian Yi Chao was silent, Mamiya pursed his lips, and then—

"...Yi Chao, I actually didn't plan to go back to this house."

He changed into a much softer tone than before.

After hearing what Mamiya said just now, Yoshizhao finally raised his head and cast a surprised look at Mamiya.

"As I said to you just now: I am no longer a member of the Yamada Asemon family, and I no longer have the qualifications to step into this house."

"Besides, I am still a wanted criminal. I came to you, and maybe it will cause you trouble."

"However, I, who didn't want to come back to cause you trouble, came back."

"Just because I heard that the quality of Rendan pills has improved recently."

"This news...to be honest, it makes me sleepless."

"If it's false news, it's fine."

"But if it's the real news... I'm afraid you will be using some pickling methods to improve the quality of the daring pills."

"I may not be able to change my father's mind. He has gone astray. I shouldn't have any way to bring him back."

"But at the very least, I have a chance to stop you from going astray."

"At least I have to keep you from going astray-it is for this purpose that I have come back here, back in front of you."

"So—Yi Chao. Please tell me the truth."

Mamiya's tone became serious again.

"You...really aren't using any pickling methods to refine medicine, are you?"

Facing Mamiya's scrutiny gaze, Yoshizhao and Mamiya looked at each other.

Time passed bit by bit.

Although the atmosphere in the room became silent again, in this silence, there was no longer the suffocation that I had just felt.

Just like that, Yi Chao kept staring at Mamiya.

After an unknown period of time, he finally made a move:

"...I was really overwhelmed by the joy of meeting with my brother just now."

Yi Chao looked strange.

"I didn't consciously ignore it: Brother, you are the best person to take that child out of here now..."

"The kid?" Mamiya asked with a frown. UU reading www.uukanshu.com

"My elder brother. What I say next may be a bit shocking. So I hope you can stay calm and listen to what I have said."

Speaking of this, Yi Chao Lian took several deep breaths.

"We did use a special technique to increase the quality of the daring pills."

"We... have found a girl whose organs can repair themselves." Yi Chao stopped suddenly, as if he couldn't bear to say any more, but after a moment of pause, he still gritted his teeth, suppressed his emotions, and went on to speak. Said, "We continue to remove the gall from the girl, use her gall to make medicine, wait for the girl's gall to grow again, and then take her gall, just like that..."

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