I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

After ordering the food and tea he wanted, Ogata took off the bamboo hat on his head and sat down on the bench outside the teahouse.

At the same time, he pulled out the two sabers from his left waist and placed them on the bench beside his left body.

After Lian Xu walked for such a long time, Ogata couldn't help but feel a little sore in his feet.

Ogata couldn't help calling luck in his heart to come across such a place where he could rest his feet, drink tea, and eat food.

Because there is only one customer, Ogata, the owner quickly prepared the 5 skewers of glutinous rice dumplings that Ogata wanted, as well as the best tea in their shop.

After the shopkeeper put all the food and tea that Ogata wanted on the bench on the right side of Ogata, Ogata thanked the shopkeeper while reaching for his arms, ready to take out his money bag to pay.

It is not without reason that Ogata dared to say to the shopkeeper, "I want the best tea in the shop", which sounds very arrogant at first glance.

Ogata really has the capital of arrogance.

The amount of money Kuranaga gave Ogata was astonishing.

A big bag of big money.

Daipankin is the highest denomination coin in the Edo period.

According to Ogata’s estimate——the pile of money that Kura-naga gave him is enough for Ogata to live a chic life for many years without having to worry about eating, drinking, sleeping, and other issues.

Ogata is not the kind of person who would live a tight life just to save money.

If you have money, enjoy it—this is Ogata's view on consumption.

So from the time he left the Hirose Domain to the present, Ogata has always eaten the best food and drank the best tea and wine.

Ogata reached for the place in his arms where the purse should have been lying quietly...

It turned out to be empty.

After touching the air instead of the purse, Ogata's heart skipped a beat.

After secretly saying "No way", Ogata used both hands to feel around his body.

He touched the light onion-colored haori all over his body, and then wiped all over the dark blue Wufu under the haori, and finally even touched the hakama on his lower body.

Didn't touch the purse...

Looking at Ogata who was groping around on his body,

The owner of the tea house standing aside slowly frowned.

"Guest officer...is your purse missing?"

"Yeah!" Ogata nodded quickly, stood up and looked in the direction he came from just now, to see if his purse had fallen on the road.

The owner pursed his lips, then asked Ogata again in a deep voice:

"Guest officer, did you meet a man with a horse's face just now, and this man with a horse's face 'accidentally' bumped into you when he passed you by?"

"That's right." Ogata cast a surprised look at the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, how do you know?"

The man who accidentally bumped into Ogata's shoulder just now left a deep impression on Ogata because his horse face was so ugly.

As soon as the owner mentioned it, Ogata immediately thought of this person.

After hearing what Ogata said, the shop owner sighed lightly.

"Then it seems... Your wallet was stolen by that guy, sir..."

"'That guy'?" Ogata repeated a word mentioned in the shopkeeper's sentence just now, "Shopkeeper, do you know that guy?"

"Of course I know, that guy is considered a celebrity in our place."

"That guy is a cadre of the Negishi family."

——The Negishi family?

After hearing this word, Ogata raised his eyebrows uncontrollably.

This is the second time he has heard this term today.

"That horse face is nothing."

"The only skill is to steal."

"That guy is pretty good at pickpocketing."

"The way he is best at pickpocketing? Pretending to accidentally bump into someone else's body? Then take the opportunity to walk away with someone else's money bag."

"His technique is quite brilliant."

"It can be said that it has reached the point of perfection."

"Being able to steal someone's purse while running into someone without anyone noticing."

"I hear that guy never misses a shot."

"So there is nothing you can do about your wallet being taken by that guy, Samurai."

"Bastard!" Ogata yelled. "That guy even dared to steal from a samurai!"

"What dare not." The shopkeeper shrugged with a wry smile. "The Negishi family is used to running rampant in this land."

"Ordinary warriors, they don't pay attention."

"Samurai-sama? I advise you to endure this useless anger obediently, and confront the Negishi family? You will die... Hey! Samurai-sama! What are you doing? Where are you going?!"

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Tatsuno Fan? Sihe Village.

"Hey! You bastards! Didn't we just pay the money a while ago?!"

A young man looked resentfully at the five youths in front of him.

Surrounding the five youths who were out of breath, many villagers of Sihe Village were looking at them with anger and hatred.

These 5 young men who are high-spirited don't care about the gazes cast by the villagers.

The leader of the 5 people - the horse face said with a playful smile:

"Everyone, don't get excited!"

"Everyone should also know that the world is getting worse and worse now."

"The days are getting worse, too."

"So we can only slightly increase the amount of money you have to pay every month."

"This is an order from our boss! Please cooperate a lot!"

For Ma Mian's unreasonable words, several villagers of Sihe Village wanted to reprimand them loudly, but they could only hold back.

"We've run out of money!" In the end, an old man with gray hair was the first to yell at Ma Mian and the others.

After hearing the old man's words, Ma's face did not change, and he still had a strange smile on his face.

He only silently raised his right hand, stretched out his little finger to dig the earwax, and said casually:

"Since you have no money? Then sell someone."

"Old guy, I remember you seem to have a granddaughter, right?"

"If you have no money? Just hand over your granddaughter."

"It just so happens that our 'stores' are short of new young women."

Ma Mian's words intensified the indignation on the faces of the surrounding villagers.

However... still no one dared to come forward and scold these 5 people loudly? Or beat these 5 people...

Ma Lian is in a very good mood now.

Because he just managed to steal a lot of money from a foolish ronin with long hair and a very vulgar light-colored haori.

At first - Ma Lian thought that the money that this foolish ronin was carrying should not be much.

Because ronin are generally poor.

But after stealing that guy's purse and waiting for that guy to go away, the horse's face opened his purse? The faint golden light came out of the purse? It directly made the horse's face stare round .

The money bag is full of coins of all levels, mainly Dajuanjin.

It was the first time in Ma Lian's life that he saw so much money.

He succeeded in catching a big fish, and the expression of ecstasy that had not been restrained remained on Ma Mian's face.