I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: "Master Hasegawa." Mu Cun frowned slightly, "Why did you suddenly mention Yi Dao Zhai?"

While saying these words, Mucun became slightly wary.

"...It's nothing." Hasegawa coughed softly a few times, "In short...I'll tell you about this later..."

"Makimura, let's stop here for the first time." Hasegawa corrected his sitting posture, "I have heard from my subordinates just now that you came to the humble house to be with me. Let’s talk about the Sixth Division.”

"Did my Sixth Division be killed by you?"

As soon as Hasegawa's words fell, Mucun quickly raised his hands, and said with a wry smile:

"I didn't do it. My friend did it."

"I have a very good friend who is currently working at the Shirobei clubhouse."

"Your six-fan team entered Yoshihara tonight, saying they wanted to capture a villain named Ju Xiaoseng."

"However, Ju Xiaoseng was not caught by your subordinates, but was caught by the officials of Shiro Bingwei Club."

"Then the head of your Sixth Division is unreasonable and wants to take away Ju Xiaoseng by force and take the credit of the Shirobei Clubhouse. He also took the lead in roughing up the officials of the Shirobei Clubhouse."

"My friend couldn't bear it anymore, so he decided to use a simple but very effective method to quiet your subordinates a little."

"My friend knows that I know you, so please ask me to reason with you."

"That's how things went, roughly."

Mu Cun's eloquence is not very good, but it can be regarded as accurately expressing all the key points of the matter.

Just after Mucun's voice fell, Hasegawa frowned.

"You mean... my subordinates took credit for the Shirobei Clubhouse? Mucun, can you tell me more about what happened?"

After Ogata asked Mucun to help him negotiate with Hasegawa, Ogata told Mucun the details of the conflict between Shirobei Clubhouse and Huofu Bandit Kai tonight.

After hearing Hasegawa's request to tell the details of the incident, Mucun cleared his throat, and then began to explain the incident in more detail.

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at the same time--

Ogata, who was waiting for the end of the negotiations between Mucun and Hasegawa, was bored, so he opened his personal system interface to check the experience points he had gained after defeating the gang of officials who had just defeated Huofu Bandit Kai.

[Current personal level: LV33 (155000)]

[Sakakibara One Swordsman Level: 11th Dan (52557000)]

[Remaining skill points: 1 point]

In the battle with the more than 20 Huofu thieves, because Ogata only used Sakakibara Ichidou against the enemy, only Sakakibara Ichidou gained experience points.

The battle just now increased Ogata's personal level experience value by 1750 points, and Sakakibara's experience value increased by 1600 points.

As a result, his personal level directly rose by 1 level, to level 33, and he gained 1 skill point.

For this 1 skill point, Ogata intends to save it temporarily.

Currently, there are 3 skills for Ogata to be promoted to the "master level": Sakakibara's one-sword style bird stab, Wuwo's ​​two-sword style flow and blade counter.

Now that the two offensive sword skills and the one defensive skill have reached the "master level", Ogata's dodge ability seems a bit weak.

Ogata intends to save enough 4 skill points, and then upgrade from "advanced" to "master".

After checking the experience points he had just obtained, Ogata closed his personal system interface.

As soon as the personal system interface was closed, Ogata's stomach made a soft "goo".

"...I'm a little hungry."

Ogata raised his hand to touch his stomach.

Perhaps it was because tonight was catching thieves again, and it was also because of the officials who tortured Bian Huo to pay the thieves, Ogata's physical exertion was a bit heavy.

At this moment, Ogata could clearly feel the fire of hunger burning in his belly.

Mucun didn't know how long he was going to negotiate with Hasegawa, so Ogata decided to find something nearby to eat.

After exiting the alley where he was currently, and turning a corner, Xu came to a fairly popular street.

According to Ogata's estimation, the current time is around 21:30 in the evening.

On modern Earth, nightlife has only just begun at this point in time.

But in the Edo period, this time was considered late at night.

However, even though it is late at night, Edo is still alive and well.

It would be better to say that night is when Edo shows its other kind of vitality.

At night, many people who have been tired all day will call on their friends and take them to have a drink together.

Some fierce people even go to the next one after drinking one, going to many izakayas all the way, and drinking until the next morning.

One very important reason why Edo is still so vibrant at night is that many Edo people in this era are "Sunlight Clan".

During the Edo period, three types of currency were circulated: gold, silver, and copper.

To use the Chinese language of the modern earth to make an image metaphor, there are three completely different types of currencies, the Japanese yen, the US dollar, and the euro, which can be used to buy things.

The exchange rates of gold, silver, and copper, which are popular in the market, fluctuate frequently.

That is to say, the 10 coins in your hand can still buy 2 sushi today, but after a while, you may only be able to buy 1 sushi.

Because the value of the currency fluctuates greatly, there is no way to preserve the value, and because of the character of the Edo people, many Edo people choose to enjoy themselves in time and do not save money at all in order to prevent the money in their hands from devaluing in the future.

In addition, it is very popular in this era to work on the same day and get paid on the same day, so many young people who have no family pressure have spent a clean slate tonight after receiving today's salary.

Hence the saying "Edo people don't spend overnight money" was born.

That is to say - the reason why the night in Edo can be so prosperous is also thanks to the existence of this group of "Sunlight Clan".

After turning onto this fairly popular street, Ogai saw two drunk samurai ahead.

The faces of these two soldiers were as red as a layer of blood smeared on their faces. It seemed that half of the bones in their bodies had been pulled out, and they were "moving" forward little by little like two puddles of mud.

While "moving", the two warriors continued to utter nonsense.

"It is said that... hiccup... the country of Lucia... hiccup... is going to send troops to capture the enemy of Ezo..."

"The country of Lucia...? Which country is that?"

The rest of the passers-by, when they passed by these two warriors, seemed to be avoiding some "giant filth", stood far away from the two warriors, buried their heads down, and did not dare to look at the two warriors. A samurai glanced.

The reason for doing this is also very simple - I am worried that these two people who are so drunk that they are a little confused will draw their knives and chop them for inexplicable reasons.

Drunk samurai slashing people with their swords for inexplicable reasons - that's pretty common in this day and age.

So unconsciously, everyone has developed a consensus to stay away from those drunk samurai, not even look at them.

One of the principles that Ogata has always adhered to is to minimize unnecessary disputes and troubles—although he just fought with more than 20 officials who were reformed by Huofu Thieves...

After staying away from the two drunk samurai like other passers-by, Ogata looked for small shops and stalls selling food.

After a while, Ogata found a wagashi shop that was still open.

After buying a few Daifuku casually, Ogata took these Daifuku and turned back the same way.

When turning back, Ogata saw a clothing store on the right side of the street.

It's a women's clothing store.

Because the door of this women's clothing store was open, Ogata could see the clothes sold in this clothing store at a glance.

Although Edo in this season is a bit shady at night, during the day—especially at noon, the heat in the air can still make Edo people realize very clearly that summer is not yet complete. leave.

It is also because of this that the clothes sold in this clothing store are still summer clothes, and they have not changed into autumn or winter clothes.

A middle-aged mistress stood at the door of this clothing store, yelling and beckoning passers-by to come and visit her store.

After seeing Ogata passing by her shop and taking a few glances at her shop, the middle-aged mistress immediately shouted enthusiastically to Ogata:

"Master Samurai, do you want to come to my store to have a look? I have a new batch of special clothes here!"

"Sorry. I need this for the time being." Ogata smiled and politely declined.

If this clothing store sells autumn and winter clothes, Ogata would be more than happy to go in and have a look.

After all, now that winter is approaching, it's time to buy winter clothes for himself and Ah Ding.

After seeing that this clothing store was still selling summer clothes, Xu Bian lost interest in going in and taking a look.

After politely rejecting the proprietress of this clothing store, Xu Bian continued to carry the big blessings he just bought, and continued to turn straight back to the unobtrusive alley where he was just now.

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Edo, Huofu Thief Headquarters——

"...Then the people from the sixth division pushed my friend very roughly, and once again violently attacked the officials of the Shirobei Clubhouse."

"My friend couldn't take it anymore, and finally decided to let your subordinates be quiet for a while."

"But my friend still kept a lot of restraint, only using the back of the knife, and showed mercy, otherwise, even if he used the back of the knife, some people would definitely be seriously injured."

After finishing speaking, Mucun picked up the teacup next to him, drank the tea in the cup, and moistened his throat that was dry due to too much talking.

When telling the specific events, Mucun told the facts.

The members of the Huofu Bandit Kai Sixth Division, who insisted on taking credit, took the lead and pushed down a certain official servant of the Huofu Bandit Kai, that is, Gua Sheng, causing her face to be injured.

Then he turned violently at Mucun's friend—that is, Ogata, and pushed Ogata.

The official servants of Huofu Thief Gai attacked the people of Shirobei Club twice in a row, and Shirobei Club started to fight back.

Of course - Mucun still carried out some "artistic processing".

For example: Gua Sheng's injury was exaggerated.

According to Mucun, Guasheng, who was pushed down by Huofu Thief Gai, covered his injured face and stood up tearfully—in short, it was rendered to make the people at Shirobei Clubhouse very pitiful and weak.

But Mucun's "artistic processing" has also had an effect.

After learning that his subordinates actually made a female servant of the Shirobei Club cry, Hasegawa's frown, which was already deeply frowned, frowned even deeper.

When Mucun finished speaking and drank tea to quench his thirst, Hasegawa said in a deep voice:

"Makimura, is what you said true?"

"It's absolutely true." Mu Cun put down the teacup in his hand and nodded vigorously, "There were many passers-by watching there, and you can find many witnesses to support my words."

After being silent for a while, Hasegawa quickly got up and came to the door.

After pulling the door open in one breath, Hasegawa shouted outside the room:

"Yamazaki!"

As soon as Hasegawa's words fell, Yamazaki, who had been waiting not far away, rushed to Hasegawa's body and knelt down on one knee, waiting for Hasegawa's order.

"Is Natori still recovering?"

"Natori-kun, he just woke up."

"That's right, you bring me here by name."

"yes!"

After accepting the order from Hasegawa without any hesitation, Yamazaki quickly shrunk in Hasegawa's field of vision with a quick footstep that did not match his age, and finally disappeared.

It didn't take long for Yamazaki's figure to reappear within Hasegawa's field of vision and quickly grow in size.

Natori followed closely behind Yamazaki.

Natori, who was knocked unconscious by Ogata's blow, just woke up.

Because Ogata's subordinates were merciful, Natori didn't feel any discomfort except that the place where he was cut was still a little red and swollen.

As soon as he woke up, he learned from Yamazaki that Hasegawa was calling him.

When he learned that Hasegawa was calling him, an ominous premonition rose from Natori's heart.

After seeing Hasegawa and seeing Hasegawa's calm face, the ominous premonition in Natori's heart became more intense.

"Natori, come with me. Yamazaki, you step back first."

"Yes!" After bowing to Hasegawa, Yamazaki retreated to a position some distance away from the room.

As for Natori, he followed Hasegawa into the room tremblingly.

After entering the room, Natori saw a strange burly man.

"Namori."

Hasegawa sat cross-legged in front of Natori.

"You want to rob the young monk Ju, who was captured by the officials of the Shirobei Club tonight, and then take the lead in molesting the officials of the Shirobei Club, am I right?"

Hearing Hasegawa's question, Natori immediately replied like a conditioned reflex:

"I don't."

As soon as Natori's voice fell, Hasegawa immediately said:

"Natori, if you insist that you didn't take the credit, I will personally investigate what happened in Yoshiwara tonight."

Hearing Hasegawa's words, Natori's face changed slightly.

"If I find out that you really didn't take the credit, then I will help you out and investigate the servants of Shirobei Club who beat up my subordinates to the end."

"But if I find out that you did steal credit and you lied to me... you should know what the consequences will be?"

The candlelight from the candle behind Hasegawa hit Hasegawa's body, stretching Hasegawa's shadow long.

The shadow elongated by the candlelight pressed down on Natori standing in front of Hasegawa like a mountain.

It is obvious that Hasegawa is sitting and Natori is standing, but the atmosphere around the two makes people feel that Hasegawa is standing and Natori is sitting, and it is Hasegawa looking down on Natori.

Under the oppression of Hasegawa's momentum, drops of cold sweat began to emerge on Natori's forehead.

"Natori, I'll give you another chance."

"Answer me, did you steal the credit tonight? Did you take the lead in roughing up the officials in Shirobei Clubhouse?"

A strong look of struggle began to appear on Natori's face.

The naturally hanging hands were clenched tightly.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Natori knelt down on the tatami mat in Dogeza posture with a mournful face.

"Master Hasegawa! I'm very sorry! I, I, I'm obsessed with ghosts!"

"Our Sixth Division has not caught enough criminals for a long time."

"In order not to lose to the first, second, and fifth groups who have repeatedly made outstanding achievements, my subordinates and I have made every effort to track down Ju Xiaoseng!"

"My subordinates and I spent so much energy and time trying to catch Ju Xiaoseng, but in the end, the officials from the Shirobei Club were caught."

"I feel very unwilling, so, so..."

"That's why you decided to rob Kiku-san, who was captured so hard by the officials of the Shirobei Club?" Hasegawa answered the rest of his unfinished sentence in place of Natori, "Natori, I don't need to tell you, you should know it, right? Stealing the credit of other organizations and departments is absolutely not allowed."

"I'm really, really sorry! It's my obsession!"

While apologizing to Hasegawa with the loudest voice he could, Natori's mind was filled with puzzlement.

Tonight is actually not the first time he has taken credit for other departments and organizations.

This kind of thing of grabbing the credit of other departments and organizations has actually been done many times before.

But the few times he did it before, Hasegawa didn't find out.

One of the most important reasons is that the departments and organizations that Natori robbed were only small departments.

It is completely incomparable with the Huofu Thief Kai to which he belongs.

Because of the important task of catching vicious thieves and arsonists, Huo Fu Thief Gai has a high status.

There are so many privileges with so many names.

Because the status of Huofu Thief Kai and these small departments is very different, and there is no overlap between them, even if people from these small departments want to sue, it is extremely difficult for their complaints to reach Hasegawa's ears.

Natori Tonight's credit for robbing the Shirobei clubhouse is actually just trying to repeat the old trick.

Shirobei Clubhouse, which is only responsible for managing Yoshihara, belongs to the kind of small department and small organization that has little say.

Natori originally thought that he would be able to get the credit from Shirobei Club as smoothly as before tonight.

Unexpectedly, accidents appeared one after another...

First, all the members of his sixth division were cut down by one person by a little-known servant of Shiro Bingwei Clubhouse.

And now Hasegawa discovered his behavior of stealing credit...

It was only a little more than half an hour before his Sixth Division was completely wiped out. Even if Hasegawa went to Yoshihara to investigate what happened after learning that the Sixth Division was completely wiped out, he would definitely not be able to do so in such a short period of time. It was found out that the cause of the incident was his robbery.

In other words - someone must have informed Hasegawa that Hasegawa could learn the truth in such a short period of time.

Just when Natori was thinking about who had the ability to "reach directly to the sky", he suddenly remembered that there was a strange strong man sitting in this room.

While pressing his forehead tightly on the tatami and apologizing loudly to Hasegawa, Natori looked at the strong man sitting not far away who was drinking tea leisurely from the corner of his eye.

——Is this the person who sent it to Hasegawa-sama... Who is this person? Is it the official post of Shirobei Club?

Just as Natori was guessing the identity of this strong man, Hasegawa's voice reached Natori's ears again.

"...Natori, go down and get ready, and come with me to Yoshihara later, and apologize to the people at the Shirobei clubhouse."

"As for your punishment...I will give it to you later."

"Yes..." Natori looked like a defeated rooster, his body seemed to have shrunk a lot.

"Makimura." Hasegawa cast his eyes on Mucun beside him, "Where is your friend now? Is he in Yoshihara now?"

"My subordinate pushed your friend, so I want to apologize to him in person."

"At the same time, I also really want to see with my own eyes what kind of hero is the person who can single-handedly destroy me from Huofu Thief to Sixth Division."

"He..." Mu Cun shrugged his shoulders with a playful look on his face, and then panicked, "He is quite shy, so he didn't come to see you with me."

"I'll slowly ask him later if he's interested in coming to see you."

After hearing the conversation between Hasegawa and Makimura, Natori's complexion suddenly became paler.

Afterwards, more intense emotions called "frustration" and "horror" filled Natori's face.

Through the conversation between Hasegawa and Mucun just now, Natori finally understood everything...

He had roughly guessed what happened.

It should be the guy who wiped out his Sixth Division with just one knife and let his friend—that is, this strong man come to inform Hasegawa...

Although he guessed the general course of the matter, an even greater puzzlement emerged in Natori's mind.

He didn't understand—why the seemingly ordinary young man who works in a small place like the Shirobei Club not only possesses such formidable strength, but also has a way to connect with Hasegawa, who is expensive and changed from a thief to a chief executive... …

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Following the last chapter, we continue to talk about women's underwear in the Edo period.

Everyone can see from the picture I put at the end of the last chapter that this "waist roll" is no different from a long skirt. Even if you wear a "waist roll", the lower body is still in a vacuum state.

Compared with white waist rolls, red waist rolls are more popular with women.

Please look at the picture on the right, the picture on the right shows a woman wearing a red waistband →

The reason why the red waist roll is popular is that it can effectively prevent the waist roll from being soiled during the menstrual period, so that even if there are stains, it is not easy to be seen, and it has a certain concealment effect.