I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

—Is Osaka originally such a small city?

Ogata no longer remembers how many times he has expressed such emotions.

Standing in front of Ogata's eyes, there is no doubt that it is Isshiki Hana who has just been separated and may have been less than an hour away.

Ogata and Isshiki's eyes face each other.

Looking at Ogata who reunited so soon, a faint light of joy first appeared in Isshika's eyes.

Then... she originally looked straight at Ogata’s face, but from the corner of her eye she noticed the yellow thing that Ogata was holding in her hand...

He rolled his eyes subconsciously and looked at that... after looking intently at what Okata was holding, Isshika's expression was startled.

The next moment her expression froze, a touch of red clouds centered on her cheeks, spread quickly to most of her face, and even her two small ears turned red.

Isshiki Hana is not an inexperienced eldest lady, as for the thing that Ogata is holding, she naturally knows what it is.

Not only did she know it, she also saw it.

That was when she was 14 years old.

Regarding this memory, Isshiki still feels like yesterday.

Isshiki is not a person who likes to read very much, but it was in that ordinary afternoon that she suddenly wanted to read a book and relieve her boredom on a whim.

Rushui happened to be not at home at that time, so Isshika went to his father's study without his father's permission to see if there were any interesting books.

Unlike Isshihua who doesn't like to read, Rushui is a bookworm, and his collection of books is full of sweat. In order to facilitate the storage of his pile of books, Rushui also specially vacated a utility room in his home and transformed it into a study room.

Isshiki scanned her father's huge bookshelf from the top to the end.

When she scanned the corner of the bookshelf, Isshiki suddenly found a surprise: In Sima Qian’s 12-volume "Historical Records", between volume 5 and volume 6, there seems to be a thin book. thing.

What's this? With curiosity, Isshika pulled out the thin book that was sandwiched in "Historical Records".

This is a book with a yellow cover...

Why is the cover yellow? It's weird!

Isshiki opened the book while thinking so.

At that time, Isshika was only 14 years old. Under the full protection of her parents, she did not know what a yellow form was.

She opened the door to a new world on that day.

After only reading two or three pages, Isshihua’s face turned red—a 14-year-old girl was of marriageable age in the Edo period. At that time, she had been taught the way of men and women by her mother. The status of what is written on the form.

The yellow paper in Rushui’s collection is of the kind with a slightly heavy plot—it tells the story of the son of a sword museum master who captured the hearts of 7 young women in one breath by virtue of his powerful swordsmanship. Tone and the story of these 7 young women being asleep together.

The plot is too explosive, far beyond the psychological tolerance of the young Isshika.

After reading it halfway, Isshihua couldn't stand it anymore, and hurriedly stuffed the yellow form back into its original place, and then hurriedly escaped from his father's study.

Afterwards, after some investigations of her own, Isshika realized that this yellow-covered booklet was called "Yellow Sheet Paper."

For a long time since then, she couldn't look directly at her father who hid such things in the study.

Whenever she saw her father seriously teaching swordsmanship to the disciples in the museum, Isshiki would involuntarily think of her father hiding in the study room, while showing a wretched smile, while carefully reading the scene of the yellow paper...

Looking at Ogata, who was holding a yellow sheet of paper, Isshiki's expression changed wonderfully—and Ogata's expression change was equally wonderful.

He was surprised at first.

Then when he saw Isshika's gaze turn to the yellow paper in his hand, his **** face that was hidden under the kerchief quickly receded.

Like a conditioned reflex, Ogata quickly closed the yellow sheet in his hand.

The brain is running fast, thinking about what to say at this moment to break through this embarrassing situation.

"Huh? Xiaohua, do you know this guest officer?" The old man behind the counter looked at Ogata, and then at Isshika.

"Forget it, count it as someone you know." Isshiki quickly retracted her gaze from Ogata and turned her back to Ogata. "Uncle Katsushi, can you take me to my mother's place? I want to give away the things she forgot to bring. past."

"Oh! Come with me, your mother and my wife are upstairs!"

"Miss Isshiki!" Ogata quickly said, "Please wait! You should have misunderstood something, I am not looking at anything strange!"

While talking, Ogata quickly put the yellow paper in his hand back on the counter.

Ogata doesn't want people he knows to have any strange misunderstandings about him...

Although in this era, it is normal for men to look at calligraphy and painting works of this subject, but he does not want to leave others with "a man with the nickname'Sura', who would secretly read amorous readings in a bookstore." impression…

"Misunderstanding?" Isshiki Hana paused, turning her gaze back to Ogata again.

"I, I must first give her what my mother forgot to take." After a few glances at Ogata, Isshiki turned her back in a hurry, still stammering when she spoke, "I'll be back later. "

He understood that Isshika meant that Ogata, who was waiting here for a while, stopped speaking and stood still.

And Isshihua hurriedly held the cloth bag in her hand, and followed the old man towards the stairs not far away.

Isshiki didn't let Ogata wait too long.

After a while, this beautiful goose yellow appeared before Ogata's eyes again.

Even now, a faint red glow still hangs on Isshih's face.

Ogata was planning to explain immediately, and Isshiki Hana said first:

"Let's go elsewhere. Talking here will affect people's business."

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Osaka is a city near the ocean and densely networked by rivers.

A considerable part of the reason why it was able to develop into the first commercial capital of the Edo period was because of the dense river network and developed transportation in the city.

Wide or narrow canals can be seen everywhere, with cargo ships carrying goods and people ferrying on the canals like weaving.

After leaving the bookstore with Isshika, Okinawa was led by her to a secluded river embankment not far from the bookstore that almost no one passed by.

After standing with Isshiki Hana on this embankment, Ogata hurriedly argued to Isshiki...Ah, no, explaining everything that Isshiki had seen just now.

"...In short, that's it." Ogata said solemnly, "I just happened to be stuffed with a yellow sheet of paper by that person."

"I didn't want to watch this stuff, but the old man had to put that yellow sheet of paper into my arms."

"I couldn't help him, so I picked it up and flipped through it."

"Just glanced casually, you came."

Speaking of panic, being able to face without changing color—this is one of Ogata's specialties.

He threw all the pot to the old man.

In fact, Ogata didn't feel that what he said just now was not all a lie, at least half of the content was correct.

He only made small changes in the two items: "I actually picked up this yellow form immediately and looked through it" and "I actually read it carefully for a while."

Isshiki folded her hands in front of her, stood in front of Ogata in a graceful posture, and listened carefully to Ogata's explanation.

After Ogata's voice fell, Isshiki nodded softly: "So it's like this..."

After the words, a gentle smile bloomed on Yi Sehua's face.

"It seems I did misunderstand you."

"I really shouldn't have it just now. I mistakenly thought that you were the kind of person who was very serious in front of outsiders, but not very serious in private."

"That's right. How can the'Sura' who dared to fight the tyranny of the shogunate so far do something like reading the yellow sheets in a bookstore secretly."

The corners of Ogata's mouth twitched slightly.

To conceal his embarrassment, Ogata quickly cleared his throat, and then asked Isshiki:

"Miss Yishi, did you still know the people in that bookstore? I just saw you and that old man are very familiar."

"The lady proprietor of the bookstore is my mother's friend." Isshiki replied, "My mother happened to be visiting her old friend's house today, but she forgot to bring a gift to give."

"So I just came to give the gift my mother forgot to bring."

"I didn't expect to see you again..."

Isshiki sighed.

At this moment, Isshiki Hua looked startled as if she had suddenly remembered something.

After a ray of light called "Hesitation" flickered a few times in the pupils of Yoshika's eyes, Yoshika took a deep breath—

"Master Ichidozai, may I ask... do you have time now?"

"Huh? Why ask this?"

"Before the pirates attacked, as well as today's'big test match', you have reached out to me twice." Isshiki said, "The time the pirates attacked, you saved my life. If it weren’t for your timely assistance, I would be killed on that day."

"You have helped me so much, and I only said thank you a few times."

"I want to give you a thank-you gift, and express my gratitude."

"But I don't have much money, and I can't give you a decent gift even if I want to thank you."

"So I want to take this opportunity to recommend a treasure land that few people know about in Osaka, as a gift for your continued assistance to me."

Ogata wanted to refuse subconsciously.

Because he never felt that he was worthy of a grand thanks for helping Yi Se Hua, and he never thought about asking Yi Se Hua for any reward.

But he changed his mind-it was Isshiki's kindness after all.

If he refuses like this, it will inevitably be a little unkind and hurtful.

Moreover, the gift Isshiki wanted to give was not an expensive gift that was difficult to accept, she just recommended a piece of Osaka's treasure to him.

Anyway, it is very leisurely now, but there is also time to follow Issehua to see her so-called treasure land.

After thinking for a while, Ogata asked:

"The'treasure land' you are talking about, shouldn't it be far from here?"

"Not far." Isshiki shook her head like a rattle, "Starting from here, it only takes half an hour to get there."

"Then—you will be able to lead the way."

Looking at Ogata who was smiling at her in front of her, Isshiki first stunned, then nodded vigorously with a smile on her face.

"Ok!"

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Isshiki didn't exaggerate or diminish the time required to travel to her "treasure place."

After following Isehua, after walking for half an hour, Xuanyi saw Isehua pointing forward—

"That's the treasure land I call."

Ogata and Isshiki are now located off the beaten track in the northwest corner of Osaka.

The flow of people is low, and even houses are a bit sparse.

Ogata looked in the direction pointed by Isshiki's fingers—Isshiki was pointing at a Buddhist temple.

To be precise, it is a Buddhist temple that seems to have been abandoned.

Ogata raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is that the treasure you mentioned?"

Isshiki nodded: "Come with me."

Maybe it was because I finally arrived at the destination, so I was excited, and Isshiki's footsteps became a lot lighter.

Isshiki led Ogata to the west side of this ruined temple, and then opened the window on the west side of the temple: "The gate of this temple is sealed, and you can only climb the window to get in and out."

After opening the window in front of her, Isshika swiftly leaped into the temple along the open window.

Ogata, who followed Isshika into the temple, was surprised by the scene in front of him, his eyes slightly widened.

He thought that this deserted temple must be dusty in the sky.

But the inside is very clean, the floor and walls are as clean as if someone is staying in this temple for a long time.

This is just a small Buddhist temple, without any extra rooms, just a Buddhist hall, and in the center of the Buddhist hall is a large wooden Buddha.

After entering this temple, Isshiki first came to the big Buddha in the center of the temple with a pious face, prayed to the big Buddha with her hands folded, and whispered a few Buddha names, then smiled and explained to Ogata. road:

"This is a great place I stumbled upon 1 year ago."

"Because of the remote location, there are no people around and it is very secluded."

"No one cares about this temple anymore, so you can go in and out of this temple at will, you can come to this temple whenever you want."

"More importantly-the scenery is still very good."

After all, Isshika walked quickly to the east side of the temple and opened a window on the east side.

Outside the window, there are scales and thousands of tiles and smoke.

This deserted temple located in the northwest corner of Osaka, due to its high terrain, can have a panoramic view of the smaller part of the city.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, Ogata's eyes couldn't help but brighten up: "Nice scenery, this is the first time I overlook Osaka from this angle..."

"This is also my ‘secret base’." Isshiki turned her head to look at the statue of Buddha, "Sometimes she is in a bad mood, so she can stay in this secluded temple for a while."

"Look at the scenery outside the window, or recite sutras to the Buddha statue, and you will gradually calm down."

"Miss Isshiki, did you believe in Buddhism?"

"Well. That's one of the reasons why I like to come to this place."

"Did you clean this temple?" Ogata glanced at the clean walls and floor.

Isshiki nodded: "After all, I don't want to stay in a dusty place. Although I am the eldest lady in the well-known sword hall, I am not the kind of delicate woman who can't even twist a rag."

She said this second half in a joking tone.

Ogata turned his gaze back to the window.

"Can I bring some of my relatives and friends here later?" Ogata asked.

"Please." Isshiki said without hesitation, "Anyway, this is not my private land, you can come in and out here at will."

Speaking of this, Isshiki Hana paused, then smiled and asked Ogata:

"How? The place I recommend is good, isn't it?"

"Well, it is indeed a treasure." Ogata nodded vigorously. "Secluded and beautiful scenery."

"It's a great place to see the city view of Osaka."

"and-"

At this time, Ogata changed into a joking tone.

"It's also a good place to escape and hide."

"If someone is hunted down in Osaka one day in the future, this place is a good hiding place."

"The location is remote and difficult to be discovered."

"And because of the good field of vision, you can observe in time whether there is a chaser approaching."

"Master Ichitosai." Isshiki flattened her beautiful lips, and cast an agitated look at Ogata. "Please don't talk about these things in the temple."

"Ah, sorry, sorry." Ogata laughed a few times. "It's just a little joke."

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—Um... my head hurts.

Hasegawa felt his head hurt.

But after the pain passed, he felt his consciousness slowly regaining consciousness.

With the awakening of consciousness, the limbs and five skeletons gradually regained control. UU reading www. uukanshu. com

After feeling that the control of his eyelids was restored, Hasegawa slowly opened his eyes.

What appeared before his eyes was an unfamiliar ceiling...ah, no, it was an unfamiliar rock wall.

"?!"

Hasegawa sat up abruptly and looked around.

—This is... the dungeon?

Hasegawa found himself locked in a place similar to a dungeon.

Three sides of the cell were rugged rock walls, and only one side was a wooden fence.

Although it is a dungeon, the various facilities are very good.

There are soft tatami mats under the feet.

There was a pot of water and a plate of desserts exuding an alluring aroma.

There is a toilet in the corner.

There is no unpleasant smell in the air.

Hasegawa also found that he was still covered with a thin blanket.

There is everything in this cell, but the saber for not seeing me.

He just wanted to rush outside the prison and shout "Is there anyone?" when he suddenly heard a young male voice from a shadow outside the prison:

"Oh? What a coincidence, I just thought about coming to see you, you happen to wake up now."

Hasegawa looked at the sound-he saw a young man with a purple handle on his waist, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards him.

"Meeting for the first time, Hasegawa-sama."

Before Hasegawa could say anything, the young man took the lead in bowing to Hasegawa Haruka.

"At Shita Toyotomi Nobun Hideo."

"The Toyotomi who sat on the throne of the world 200 years ago."

"Letter from Oda Nobunaga."

"The show of Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"I am a fan who is determined to bring all outstanding men into the house!"

After that, Toyotomi Shinhide showed a very graceful smile at Hasegawa, showing a mouthful of beautiful white teeth.