I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 377 The Shogunate's Strongest Armed Security Force! 【5600 words】

After introducing themselves to each other, this woman dressed in women's clothes and calling herself "Five Six" walked slowly towards Ogata.

Because of the dim surroundings, Ogata finally saw Wuliu's face clearly after Wuliu approached.

Wuliu's first impression on Ogata was that he was young.

very young.

From the appearance, Wu Liu should be about the same age as Ogata. Ogata is 21 years old this year, and Wu Liu should be in his twenties.

The second impression is that he has a very strange hairstyle in this era.

There are only three types of hairstyles that men in this era can wear: confinement hair, total hair, and bald head.

One of the most trendy hairstyles is without a doubt the Yuedai hairstyle.

Because menstrual hair is difficult to maintain, the newly grown hair on the top of the head has to be shaved off almost every day.

Therefore, being able to keep a clean and neat crescent hair is a great symbol of status.

As for the total hair, it can be regarded as the opposite of Yuedai head, that is, the hair is not shaved, but only tied in a bun.

Whether it's Yuedai head or general hair, at least it must be tied in a bun.

But Wuliu didn't even have a bun.

Because he doesn't have long hair that can be tied into a bun at all.

Wuliu's hairstyle is a short hair that is so rare in this era that it is almost rare.

This is the first time Ogata has seen a man with short hair since he came to the Edo period.

On modern Earth, such short hair is so common that no one should be surprised.

But in the Edo period, this hairstyle with such short hair was completely non-mainstream.

A hairstyle that is very non-mainstream in this era, coupled with the women's kimono on his body, makes this person exude a strange aura...

"You bastard..." Ogata hesitated, "Are you a stranger?"

"A stranger..." Wuliu raised his head and thought for a while, then laughed a few times, "Hahahaha! Let's count it!"

Strange person - refers to a person with strange clothing, behavior, speech, and temperament, and also refers to a person who often behaves strangely different from ordinary people.

Strange people were more common in the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu put an end to the troubled times of the Warring States Period and established the Edo Shogunate, the number of strange people decreased sharply due to the peace of the world.

The founder of kabuki and Izumo Akuni, who created a new art of singing and dancing, is considered one of the famous wonder-turners.

The person who also became famous as a strange person is the famous general of the Warring States Period-Maeda Keiji.

Maeda Keiji is known as "Japan's No. 1 Miraculous Man". He once made a strange behavior of wearing cotton clothes in midsummer, which aroused the amazement of the head of the Uesugi family at the time, Uesugi Kagekatsu.

Although there are many strange people in history who show people the face of a ranger, ordinary people have always kept a respectful distance from strange people who always wear strange clothes, do all kinds of strange behaviors, and seem to be crazy.

However, this was the first time Ogata saw the strange person, so Ogata did not feel alienated from the big man in women's clothing in front of him, but looked at Wuliu with curious eyes.

Apart from having a strange hairstyle and wearing a women's kimono, there is nothing strange about Wuliu.

He didn't carry any weapons on his body, and he wore a pair of ordinary straw sandals on his feet with a pair of black foot bags.

His facial features are fairly straight, and he is considered a handsome man.

If the hairstyle is changed to the trendiest and most popular monthly hairstyle in this era, he should also be a handsome young man who can please many women.

"Are you here for pleasure?" Ogata asked.

"No." Wuliu stretched his waist, "I just have more free time tonight, so I just came to visit my hometown."

"Hometown?" Ogata raised his eyebrows vigorously.

"You heard me right." Wuliu pointed to his feet, "The bank of the Rashomon River is my birthplace."

"Mashima Goro-kun, come to the bank of the Rashomon River,

It should be to support the Rashomon River Bank and maintain the law and order of the Rashomon River Bank, right? "

"Then let's chat while patrolling."

After all, Wuliu didn't wait for Ogata's response, he put his hands into the sleeves of the kimono on both sides, and then walked towards a path beside him.

Ogata didn't mind if someone came to chat with him while he was on patrol.

It's better to say that he welcomes someone to come and chat with him, so that patrolling won't feel boring.

So after Wuliu walked away on his own, Xu followed quickly.

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at the same time--

Edo, Yoshiwara, somewhere——

Gua Sheng is leading a few colleagues to patrol around Yoshihara.

In Shirobei Clubhouse, Guasheng is mainly responsible for patrolling in Yoshihara and maintaining the law and order of Yoshihara.

The boring paperwork and management work that requires a certain amount of wisdom cannot be done by Gua Sheng.

Her only strengths are her convincing superb swordsmanship and her relatively abundant physical strength.

Therefore, all she can do is to arrest and punish those who make trouble in Yoshihara, and protect the wandering girls and guests of Yoshihara.

Every night when there is the most traffic, Guasheng will take a few colleagues, or simply patrol aimlessly in Yoshiwara alone.

Just as Gua Sheng was looking around to see if there were any abnormalities around him, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind Gua Sheng:

"Miss Guasheng!"

A very young young man was running towards Guasheng, holding up the trouser legs of the hakama on both sides of his lower body, humming.

This young man is called Sushi, and he is a newcomer who just joined their Shirobei clubhouse last month.

"Zhu Si, what's wrong?" Gua Sheng asked.

"I don't know if it's important news to tell you." After rushing to Guasheng, Zhu Si lowered his voice and whispered to Guasheng.

Gua Sheng frowned his beautiful eyebrows and said:

"Where is reinforcement needed again?"

"No." Assistant Four shook his head, "It's the person who changed Huofu Thief."

"Huo Fu Thief Kai?" Gua Sheng's expression changed, "What did the Huo Fu Thief Kai come to Yoshihara for? Could it be that some vicious thief or arsonist fled to our Yoshihara?"

"I don't know about that." Zhuosi shook his head, "I just saw people in Huofu thief uniforms strutting into our Yoshihara."

"As for why their gang of officials responsible for catching vicious thieves and arsonists showed up in Yoshiwara, I don't know..."

"Where are the officials of Huofu Thief Reform now?"

"They are in the clubhouse now, and Shirobei-sama is negotiating with the officials of Huofu Bandit Kai in the clubhouse."

"...You guys continue to patrol." Guasheng turned to those colleagues who followed her on patrol in Yoshihara tonight and said, "I'll go back to the clubhouse to have a look."

"yes!"

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Edo, Yoshihara, Shirobei clubhouse.

In the highest-level guest room in the clubhouse, two groups of people sat facing each other.

Among these two waves of people, one of them is the "club force" headed by Shirobei.

Behind Shirohei sat Kawajiro, Keeimon and other officials of the club.

The other group of people sitting opposite Shirobei and others were all wearing uniform black uniforms.

"Master Shirobei."

A young man in his 30s sitting at the front among the group of men in black leaned over to salute Shirobei in front of him, and said expressionlessly:

"Under the fire, pay the bandits to change to the leader of the Sixth Division, named Yuishin."

"I have admired your name for a long time." Shirobei returned the salute while echoing.

After the two took turns talking about some officialdom, Shirobei went straight to the point:

"Natori-sama, Shiranuifu Thiefkai's all of you are visiting me, Yoshiwara, today, what's your business?"

"Master Shirobei, I wonder if you know the villain Ju Xiaoseng?"

"Little Monk Ju..." Shiro Bingwei pondered for a while, "I have heard a little bit that he is a villain who is currently wandering around Edo. He has done several murders and robbery, and he especially likes to steal women's things."

"That's right." Natori, who still had no expression on his face, nodded lightly, "Our Huofu Thief Kai started tracking Ju Xiaoseng half a month ago."

"According to our informant's report, Ju Xiaoseng fled to Jiyuan tonight. It is not ruled out that Ju Xiaoseng intends to kill people in Jiyuan tonight."

"What?" The expressions of Kawajiro, Keeimon and others who were sitting behind Shirobei changed.

"Although there is a possibility that the information may be wrong, just in case, Master Hasegawa still sent our sixth division to Yoshihara to look for Ju Xiaoseng."

"...I understand." Shirobei nodded, "Our Shirobei Club will do our best to help you catch the little monk Ju."

"No need."

As soon as Shirohei finished speaking, Natori replied without thinking.

"Ju Xiaoseng is not only agile, but also very good at small tricks. He is a very difficult villain."

"To deal with this kind of villain, outsiders are easy to get hurt, let us who are responsible for dealing with villains come."

Hearing Natori's words, Kawajiro, Keemon and the others frowned slightly.

After Natori finished the big talk just now, he raised the sword placed beside him and stood up.

As Natori got up, the rest of the subordinates sitting behind him also got up one after another.

"Then——I'll take my leave first."

"Okay." Shiro Bingwei nodded, "The old man is here to wish you all success in taking down the villain Ju Xiaoseng as soon as possible!"

Shirobei led Kawajiro, Qingweimen and others to personally leave Natori and others from the clubhouse.

After leaving the clubhouse, Natori and his subordinates immediately divided into four teams, scattered in all directions, and began to look for Ju Xiaoseng in Yoshiwara.

After Natori and the others left, Keemon spat on the ground.

"What's the attitude of those people?" Keimon said in an extremely displeased tone, "What do you mean by 'outsiders'? What do you mean by 'Leave it to us, the professionals'? Are you looking down on our Shirobei clubhouse?"

Keeimon's words immediately resonated with the rest of the people who were present just now.

To Keeimon and the others who were grieving and indignant, Shirohei smiled wryly, and was about to say something—

"Huh? Lord Shirobei, have the officials of Huofu Bandit Kai left?"

Shiro Bingwei and others follow the prestige.

The person who spoke was Gua Sheng who hurried over to check the situation after learning of the arrival of the official sent by Huofu Thief Gai just now.

"Gua Sheng." Shiro Bingwei asked, "Why are you here?"

"I just heard that an official sent by Huo Fu Thief Kai came to our Yoshihara, so I came to see the situation."

"Hmm... The official door changed by Huofu Thief is indeed gone." After showing a helpless smile, Shiro Bingwei told Guasheng Daoming the intention of Huofu Thief's change.

After Shirobei said that Qinghuo paid the thieves to change the purpose of the gang of officials, Qingweimen, who was still sad and indignant, began to add from the side.

Supplementary explanation of what Natori had just said to them.

After learning that Natori actually said, "To deal with this kind of villain, outsiders are easy to get hurt, let us who are in charge of dealing with villains do it", Guasheng also showed indignation and said:

"Are they looking down on our Shirobei clubhouse? How can we say that our Shirobei clubhouse is also one of the organizations responsible for maintaining law and order, and we have arrested many vicious thieves. How come we become the outsiders in his mouth?"

"Hmph." Qingweimen sneered, "That guy just now must be the kind of person who thinks our Shirobei clubhouse is nothing special!"

Although the Shirobei Club is one of the official organizations of the shogunate, its position in various organizations of the shogunate is actually quite delicate.

It's just because the Shirobei Club is an organization that is responsible for managing Yoshihara.

This made many people preconceivedly think that the officials of the Shirobei Club can only catch some petty thieves who steal money from girls or don’t pay after having fun.

"Okay." Shiro Bingwei sighed softly, "Stop talking, let's all spread out. What should we do?"

"Kawajiro, you organize people to pass on orders—everyone should try their best to cooperate with Huofu Thief Kai's search."

"Ju Xiaoseng is thin and thin, with a bald head, and carries a wakizashi with him."

"After meeting someone who fits these characteristics, don't rush forward to fight, and promptly notify the nearby Huofu Thief Reform officials."

"Yes." Kawajiro nodded vigorously.

"Okay!" Qingweimen suddenly shouted loudly at this time, "I'm motivated! I want to catch that little monk Ju before Huo Fu Thief reformed officials!"

"I would like to see the expressions of these people who claim to be experts after seeing us 'outsiders' capture the villain they have been tracking for a long time!"

"Don't mess around!" Shiro Bingwei frowned and reprimanded sharply, "Although what that person said just now was not pleasant, it is actually true."

"Huofu Thief Kai is the strongest armed security force in the shogunate!"

When saying the word "strongest", Shirobei especially emphasized his tone.

"It's their job to catch vicious burglars and arsonists."

"In terms of equipment level, in terms of the elite level of the team members, and in terms of experience in catching ferocious criminals, they are indeed far superior to us."

"So to capture Little Monk Ju, let them handle it."

"We just need to maintain the law and order of Yoshihara as usual."

"Let's all disperse! Do what you should do!"

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Edo, Yoshiwara, the banks of the Rashomon River.

As we went deeper into the banks of the Rashomon River, the surrounding scene became a little more lively.

On every road, big or small, there are more or less men of all ages wandering.

They either stopped in front of a wandering girl.

Or continue to wander aimlessly, looking for your own goals.

Although these men have different appearances and ages, they all have one thing in common—the clothes on them are basically tattered, and it is obvious from a glance that their family background is not very good.

Earlier, Gua Sheng and Ogata said that there were more guests visiting the Rashomon Riverside tonight than usual, so Fan Fang, who was in charge of the security of the Rashomon Riverbank, applied for the deployment of more manpower to support the Rashomon Riverbank.

Therefore, the scene before Ogata's eyes should be regarded as a relatively rare and prosperous scene on the banks of the Rashomon River.

Although there are quite a lot of people on the banks of the Rashomon River now compared to the past, the flow of people on the banks of the Rashomon River is still a fraction of the flow of people in Nakazhicho.

Because of entering the central area of ​​the Rashomon River and the number of people around them has increased, the destinations that wandering women can choose become very diverse.

Therefore, the number of people who would pester Ogata and Wuliu decreased considerably.

Wuliu followed Ogata's side, and said to Ogata with a smile on his face:

"The banks of the Rashomon River have become almost unknown to me now."

"There were not many intact houses here before."

"But now it's the other way around, and it's become a few dilapidated houses."

"It's all thanks to Taifu Fengchi." Ogata answered from the side, "Thanks to Taifu Fengchi, this place has become so much more beautiful."

Ogata learned from Guasheng yesterday that Taifu Fengling, after becoming an oiran, relied on his own savings to renovate his birthplace, which is the bank of the Rashomon River.

Ogata still admired Taifu Fengling's feat.

"Yeah." Wuliu let out a long breath, "She's amazing... Ah, Mashima-kun, did you see that tree?"

Wuliu raised his hand and pointed at a big tree not far ahead.

"When I was young, I always played with other companions under that tree."

Speaking of this, Wuliu's eyes slowly showed the color of memory.

There happened to be two children playing there, a man and a woman, under the big tree.

Looking at the two children, Wuliu said softly:

"The two children, like me, should be the children of a wandering girl on the banks of the Rashomon River."

The two children were standing under the uncle tree, rubbing a bamboo dragonfly vigorously.

That pair of bamboo dragonflies looks rather crude, and the craftsmanship of the person who made them must not be very good.

Because of the poor shape, no matter how the two children rubbed it, the bamboo dragonfly just couldn't fly.

Seeing this, Wuliu put down his hands crossed into the sleeves on both sides, and then walked quickly towards the pair of children.

Ogata, who didn't know where he was, also walked over together.

"Give it to me. I'll help you fix your bamboo dragonfly." Wuliu Chao opened his big hands to the couple.

For the stranger in front of them, the man and woman looked at each other for a while.

In the end, the boy handed the bamboo dragonfly to Wuliu with some hesitation.

"Mashima-kun, I'm sorry, can I borrow your Wakizashi?"

"Can you repair bamboo dragonflies?" Ogata asked while pulling out his Da Zizai.

"I used to study and learn how to use bamboo dragonflies to coax a noisy guy."

After receiving Da Zizai from Ogata's hand, Wuliu glanced at the blade, and then exclaimed:

"Good knife! Is it the knife of a famous craftsman?"

"No." Ogata said, "It's just an unmarked saber."

Ogata's words were not lying.

Whether it is Da Shitian or Da Zizai, there is indeed no inscription engraved on the stem of the knife.

"Is there a Wuming knife... unexpectedly there is such a beautiful Wuming knife..."

Looking up and down the back of the knife several times with curious eyes, he lifted up his hands five or six times, and sharpened the bamboo dragonfly in his hand with skillful techniques.

After a while, the originally shoddy bamboo dragonfly gradually became more stylish.

After the repair was almost done, Wuliu returned Da Zizai to Ogata, then clamped the bamboo dragonfly with both hands, and then rubbed it vigorously.

The bamboo dragonfly that could not fly at all. In an instant, it flew out of a height of nearly 1 room.

Looking at the bamboo dragonfly flying high, the boy and girl immediately showed strong excitement, and ran all the way to chase the bamboo dragonfly that was slowly descending.

And Wuliu crossed his hands again into the sleeves on both sides, and looked at the pair of men and women who were chasing bamboo dragonflies with a smile on their faces.

No... To be precise... it was looking at the little girl who was chasing bamboo dragonflies with a smile on her face.

"You seem to like children very much." Ogata said.

"No." Wuliu shook his head, "I don't really like children very much."

"I simply like little girls more... Ah, you misunderstood, the 'like' I said is not the kind of like between a man and a woman!"

Wuliu hurriedly explained to Ogata who silently distanced himself from him just now and gave him a strange expression.

"For some reason, I was forced to serve a certain little girl like a servant."

"Although it was tiring during that time, I didn't feel unhappy."

"It's also thanks to the little girl that I prefer little girls to little boys."

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The Japanese history class is starting~

In ancient Japan, things between men and men were not contradictory. Mainly occurred in the Sengoku and Edo period in Japan.

In Japan, this kind of love between men and men is called "public way", which is one of Japanese culture.

Those surnames around the daimyo are often responsible for doing other things with the daimyo in addition to taking care of daily life.

Well, that’s the end of the introduction. If you want to know more detailed knowledge, just check the information slowly. It’s not convenient for me to talk too much here...

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