I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 298 Encirclement and Suppression of the Six Great Sword Halls

"Ogata Yidao Zhai." Yin Xin said softly, "Have some tea here. I will help you sort out a place where you can hide soon."

"Brother Ogata." Mu Cun said, "You can go with him. Hide first and avoid the current limelight."

"...Hmm. Then what are you two going to do next?"

"Of course, to fulfill the promise with Master Shenshan, to help him investigate this murder case." Mucun smiled slightly, "Actually, I am the same as Master Shenshan—I also feel that the murder case that is currently disturbing the capital has nothing to do with it on the surface. It seems so simple."

"The mastermind who planned this murder case is very likely to have other plans... Sigh, I just hope that my intuition and that of Master Shenshan are wrong."

"Shimada, let's go!"

"yes!"

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After Mucun and Shimada left, Ogata knelt and sat on the other side of the low table, facing Yinxin.

Although Yin Xin made Ogata a cup of tea, Ogata didn't drink it.

"Are you wondering—who am I?" Yinxin suddenly asked Ogata.

Ogata said nothing, just nodded.

"Sword Dragon is really not interesting." Yinxin chuckled a few times, "He didn't even introduce me."

"My name is Layman Yinxin."

Yinxin gave out a name that was obviously not his real name, and he could tell it was a pseudonym or some kind of nickname.

"For convenience, people call me Yinxin."

"Let's be the manager of this dirty place."

"Ogata Yidaosai, if you need any help in the future, you can come to Suihara to find me as much as you want. As long as you can pay me, I can help you do anything I can do."

When he said these words, a strange light flickered in Yin Xin's pupils.

"I will." Ogata responded blankly.

"Master Yinxin." At this moment, the dwarf came back, "It's ready."

"Okay." Yin Xin nodded lightly, "Agong, take Ogata Yidao Zhai there."

"Yes! Lord Yidao Zhai, please follow me."

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Ogata silently followed behind the dwarf.

Surprised to find that this dwarf seems to be taking him out of the dirty field.

Leaving the filthy place, and walking through the alleys full of sewage and garbage, Ogata returned to Shimabara, where the smell of sex was everywhere.

After arriving at Shimabara, the dwarf continued to walk straight towards a house for a traveling girl at the entrance of Shimabara.

The signboard outside the door of this wandering girl's house reads two big Chinese characters: Jiwu.

After following the dwarf into the auspicious house, Ogata suddenly saw a middle-aged woman who seemed to be the procuress of the auspicious house standing behind the door, as if waiting for the dwarf and Ogata.

After seeing the dwarf and Ogata, the old bustard immediately burst into a smile.

"I'll leave him to you." After leaving this sentence lightly, the dwarf turned around and left.

"No problem! Samurai-sama, please follow me!"

Without knowing it, Ogata followed the bustard to the second floor of the Yoshiya.

The madam led Ogata to a room on the second floor with ease.

After the bustard opened the paper sliding door of this room and entered the room with the bustard, Ogata froze in place.

Because in the room, a woman dressed as a playboy is kneeling respectfully in the center of the room.

After seeing Ogata come in, the wandering girl who was kneeling on the ground immediately leaned over and saluted Ogata with the utmost standard.

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Kyoto, the residence of Fuma.

"Master Feng Mo!"

A-Ming didn't have time to knock on the door leisurely, and directly opened the door of Fuma's mansion.

"It's Komachi..."

Feng Mo came out of the living room slowly.

Fuma didn't seem surprised that Machi would come to his mansion again.

"Master Fumo! Something happened!"

A-machi told Fumo concisely that Ogata was wanted by the whole city.

After quietly listening to Ah-Ming's narration, Fuma nodded:

"When you and brother Ogata just left my mansion, an official came to tell me to beware of Ogata's one knife attack."

"That is to say——Komachi, you and brother Ogata are now lost, right?"

"Hmm..." A-Ming nodded, "I don't know where to find him...so I want to come here to see if A-Yi is hiding with you, Mr. Feng Mo."

Having said that, A-Ming looked up at Fuma's empty mansion.

"But it doesn't seem to be here now..." A-Ming's face showed an extremely disappointed look.

"...Komachi, you are looking for Brother Ogata right now? Then why don't you go to Shimabara to see?"

"Shimabara?" Ah-Machi's face turned red in an instant, "A-Yi is not the kind of person who is still shopping in the flower street at this moment..."

"You've misunderstood, Komachi."

Feng Mo smiled wryly.

"That filthy area in Shimabara actually hides a place that many locals in Kyoto don't know about——Kihara."

"Any disturbance in the area with Shimabara as the center, cannot escape the eyes of the manager of Shimabara, the layman Yinxin."

"A team of officials passed by our door just now."

"From them, I got a piece of news: 7 bounty hunters were killed."

"The place where these seven bounty hunters died happened to be very close to Shimabara."

"These seven bounty hunters are very likely to be killed by brother Ogata. After all, the samurai in Kyoto who are short of money are all targeting brother Ogata's head."

"So—go ask the layman Yinxin."

"If Layman Yinxin doesn't have any clues... then let's talk about it later."

"Is it Xiyuan... Then, Master Feng Mo! How do you get to Xiyuan?"

Hearing this question from A-Machi, Fuma smiled wryly.

"Komachi, not everyone can enter a place like Ubihara."

After finishing speaking, Feng Mo slowly descended to the soil and put on the straw sandals.

"Let's go, Komachi, I'll take you to Suihara."

"I have some friendship with that layman Yinxin. I asked him if he had any clues about Brother Ogata. He should still be happy to answer me for such a small question."

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Mizuno Shinyong is in a very bad mood right now.

Despite the medical treatment, his left cheek is still high and swollen.

Because of the broken teeth, it is extremely difficult for him to even eat now.

But compared to the physical pain, Mizuno's heart hurts more now.

The reason why he would open the sword gym today and show outsiders the Zhongjuanliu of their Qianxue hall was to attract a wave of new students.

But I didn't expect it——Accidents happen frequently.

First, a man with a strong foreign accent appeared suddenly and kept questioning his sword skills.

Later, a strange man wearing a tengu mask appeared and asked to compete with him.

Thinking of this strange man wearing a tengu mask, Mizuno Shinyong felt a burst of regret and annoyance in his heart.

This "Tengu" knocked him down with a sword, which not only broke several of his teeth, but also made him lose face in front of the public.

Mizuno's home is one with his Sengakukan. His home is located in the backyard of Qiangakukan.

Just as Mizuno was staying in his room, using the ice cubes he just bought to compress his swollen left cheek, thinking hard about how to restore the reputation he lost today, a sudden noise came from outside the room. A notification from one of his disciples:

"Master! Shigemune Inaba of the Metaphysics Museum invited you to their Metaphysics Museum, saying that he has something important to discuss with you, Master!"

"Inaba? Okay, I'll go right away."

The Metaphysics Hall is recognized as the first of the six major sword halls.

And the owner of the metaphysics hall is also recognized as the strongest among the six hall owners.

Mizuno didn't like Inaba very much.

However, Inaba's Metaphysics Gym is the first of the six sword gyms, and Inaba's strength and popularity are also higher than him, so Mizuno dared not refuse Inaba's invitation.

When walking along the corridor to the outside of the sword hall, Mizuno saw many disciples who happened to be walking in the corridor of the sword hall.

Mizuno's Sengakukan is open to disciples even at night, until Mizuno is about to fall asleep.

Although it is already night and the grand "Yamaboko Parade" will officially begin in a while, there are still many disciples who are addicted to swords and practice swords in the sword hall.

Mizuno smiled at the disciples who were saluting him one by one.

Looking at these disciples, Mizuno felt that his mood improved a lot.

Since the last 2 months or so, many people have come to the door and said they want to learn swordsmanship.

In just two months, the number of disciples under Mizuno's command has nearly doubled.

As a result, Mizuno's income has continued to rise.

According to Mizuno’s knowledge—it’s not like this in his Qianxue Academy, but also in the other five sword halls. Since 2 months ago, there have been a lot more people who are apprentices to learn from masters.

The reason why Mizuno opened the sword gym today and showed his bell scroll to passers-by is because he felt that he should have been lucky in the past two months.

So I want to take advantage of this momentum to further expand the number of disciples.

But who knows——today was bad luck.

Sitting in a sedan chair, he arrived at the Metaphysics Hall unsteadily.

Two disciples of the Metaphysics Hall stood guard in front of the hall, and when they saw Mizuno, they immediately led Mizuno into the hall.

After accepting the guidance of the two disciples of the Xuanxue Hall and entering the dojo of the Xuanxue Hall, Mizuno immediately froze in place.

"Why are you all here?" Mizuno asked.

"It's the same as you." The owner of the Seigakukan, Tsuchiya Shinsei shrugged, "I received an invitation from Inaba-sama, so I came here."

Except for Mizuno and Inaba, the owners of the other 4 Great Sword Gyms were all present at this time.

Just when Mizuno was wondering why Inaba called all the masters of the Six Great Sword Gyms, Inaba, who was sitting at the top, pointed to the side:

"Mizuno, sit down. Everyone is finally here now."

After Mizuno sat down on Inaba's right hand, Inaba cleared his throat, and then said seriously:

"Everyone, I'll get straight to the point."

"Some of you may or may not know about this."

"The government has already found out who the murderer has been running around since last night."

"Naixufang Yidao Zhai is also true."

"Ogata Yitosai?!" As soon as Inaba finished speaking, Mizuno screamed.

"That's right." Inaba nodded, "I heard about it from some friends who are officials—almost all witnesses said after seeing Ogata Ittosai's arrest warrant: This is the person."

A lot of cold sweat began to break out from Mizuno's forehead.

Looking at Mizuno's embarrassed appearance, the other museum owners all looked gloating.

They all know about it—about a few months ago, Mizuno learned from Abe Riri, the head of the group, that after Ogata Ittosai was captured by Hasegawa Heizo in the Tatsuno clan, he paid a lot of money to get him from Abe. Lilly bought a certificate of appreciation for "being brave enough to stand up and defeat Ogata Ittosai".

This kind of behavior of "buying a certificate of appreciation from an acquaintance in the government to strengthen one's own appearance" is not a new behavior.

It's just that after buying the certificate of appreciation, the person who was belittled and slandered by him suddenly appeared in front of his eyes-this scene is very fresh.

"Hasn't Ogata Isaitosai been arrested a long time ago...?" Mizuno couldn't believe it.

"It's possible that the person who was arrested before was not Ogata Isai, but a person who looks a lot like Ogata Isai." Tsuchiya Kisei, the owner of the Seigakukan, said in a mocking tone.

"Okay." Inaba said in a deep voice, "Whether the murderer is really Ogata Yidaosai, it doesn't matter at all."

"The reason why I called you here is because I have a proposal to share with you."

"As of now, as far as I know - 45 people have been killed by Ogata Ittosai."

"And among these 45 people, 37 people are disciples of our Six Great Sword Gyms."

Hearing Inaba's words, everyone's expressions became slightly serious.

Even the terrified look on Mizuno's face slowly disappeared at this time.

His Qianxue Academy is considered the least number of victims among the six great sword halls, only 4 people were killed.

As far as Mizuno knew—the worst place was the Seigakukan. A total of 12 disciples of the Qing Academy were killed.

Mizuno also felt very anxious when his disciple was killed, but he had no choice but to hope that the government would catch the murderer quickly.

After learning that the murderer turned out to be Ogata Yidaosai, Mizuno wished that the government would arrest the murderer immediately.

"I believe you have received similar rumors to some extent." Inaba went on to say in a deep voice, "Some citizens have criticized the uselessness of the swords in our six sword halls. A total of 37 disciples have been killed, and none of them can resist. Thieves."

"...That's right. There is indeed such a rumor." Tsuchiya Kisei, the owner of the Qing Academy, nodded solemnly, "There are already many citizens secretly laughing at our useless swordsmanship."

As soon as Tsuchiya's words fell, the surrounding atmosphere instantly became heavier...

They all know what it means if the reputation of their sword gym is damaged.

It means that no one may enter their door again in the future, and their income will decline like a cliff.

Thinking of the possible reduction in income, whether it was Mizuno or the other museum owners, they all shivered to a greater or lesser degree.

"So—we can't sit still!"

Inaba's voice gradually became higher and higher.

"In order to restore the reputation of our six great sword halls, I propose: mobilize all the disciples under our command, and cooperate with the officials of the Kyoto Prefecture to make fun of Ogata Yidaosai."

"Even if we can't catch Ogata Yidaosai in the end, we can show the citizens that we will never condone and persecute our disciples! It will also be of great benefit to our reputation and word of mouth."

"There is still a 'Yamaboko Parade' to be held tonight, and the Kyoto Prefecture must allocate some manpower to manage the streets of the 'Yamaboko Parade', so the manpower must be stretched, and they will definitely welcome us to help them search for Ogata Issai."

After hearing what Inaba said, Mizuno and the others were all stunned.

"...that's a good suggestion." Master of the Strong Academy: Okupira Katsushigeki nodded first, "It's just that——that Ogata Istosai is a great swordsman who can fight a hundred with one, our disciple Facing Kami Ogata Iktosai, maybe he won't be Ogata Istosai's opponent..."

"We are just assisting the government to search for Ogata Issai." Inaba said, "When the disciples meet someone who is suspected to be Ogata Isai, immediately inform the nearby officials, and let the officials go."

Inaba turned her head and glanced around at the museum owners in front of her.

"Anyone else have any questions?"

Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"Then let's vote. Those who agree to mobilize the disciples under his command to assist the officials to search the whole city of Ogata Yidao Zhai raise their hands."

After all, Inaba was the first to raise his hand.

Mizuno, who most hoped that the thief Ogata Ittosai could be caught quickly, followed closely behind.

After hesitating for a while, the other four hands also raised up one after another...

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