I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: After Ogata separated from Mucun, he got up and returned to Yoshihara.

In order to avoid running into Hasegawa, Ogata hid not far from the gate of Yoshihara.

After confirming that Hasegawa had left Yoshihara, Ogata unhurriedly walked towards the gate of Yoshihara with only two sleeve doors open.

Because the Shirobei clubhouse is located next to the Yoshihara gate, all the cadres in the clubhouse knew of Ogata's return when Ogata just passed through the sleeve gates on both sides of the Yoshihara gate and returned to Yoshihara.

The crowd, led by Shirobei and Guasheng, walked out of the clubhouse in a "thud-dump-dump" manner.

As soon as he left the clubhouse, he saw Ogata standing in front of the clubhouse gate.

Before Ogata could say a word, Shirobei and the others took the lead in throwing a lot of questions to Ogata.

"Mashima-kun! Hasegawa Heizo came to our Yoshiwara home to make amends just now. Did you persuade Hasegawa Heizo to come to our door to make amends?" The person who asked this question was Kawajiro.

"Mashima-kun, why didn't you come back with Hasegawa Heizo just now?" It was Guasheng's voice.

"Mashima, is it possible that you are friends with Hasegawa Heizo-sama?" Only Keemon asked a strange question that was incompatible with the surrounding atmosphere.

Ogata couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh for the series of questions that Guasheng and others raised in one go.

Then he answered these questions asked by Gua Sheng and others one by one.

"I don't know Heizo Hasegawa, I just have a friend who just met Heizo Hasegawa."

"I ask my friend who knows Heizo Hasegawa to find Hasegawa and ask him to tell Hasegawa the truth about what happened tonight."

"Because I never saw Hasegawa at all, so I didn't follow Hasegawa back just now."

"I've been staying somewhere until my friend finished negotiating with Hasegawa."

"My friend just found me and told me that he had finished talking with Hasegawa, and I came back after Hasegawa personally came to apologize."

"It was Hasegawa's idea to come to the door to apologize personally, and it wasn't anyone who persuaded him.

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Ogata answered the question posed by Guasheng and others concisely.

Ogata's statement just now was half true and half false.

But it is also because of the half-truth that it sounds more believable.

The trick to making a lie sound more real is to add a little truth to it and tell a half-truth.

And according to the expressions of Guasheng and others, it is not difficult to see that Ogata's words are basically true words, and he successfully fooled Guasheng and others.

"I really didn't expect..." Kawajiro let out a sigh of relief, "What happened tonight could end in such an ending that I never even thought about before..."

As soon as Kawajiro finished speaking, some people around nodded their heads in agreement.

Many people present have personally experienced the incident of "huo pays thieves to change officials to grab merit" just now.

When encountering this matter, many people were in a mess and didn't know what to do.

They never expected that this event, which would have been difficult to deal with, would end in such a near-perfect ending with the help of this young samurai who had just worked in their clubhouse for two days.

Hasegawa Heizo, who is the head of Huofu Thief Kai, personally came to apologize. When he left, he personally promised to everyone in the clubhouse that he would severely punish Natori, the main culprit of tonight's incident.

He also stated that Ju Xiaoseng is owned by the Shiro Bingwei Clubhouse who captured Ju Xiaoseng with his own hands, and Huofu Thief Gai will never interfere in anything related to Ju Xiaoseng.

That is to say, Ju Xiaoseng is completely owned by their Shiro Bingwei clubhouse.

It seems not an exaggeration to say that this is a perfect ending that no one dared to imagine before.

"Mashima-kun, tonight... really thanked you."

The person who spoke was Shirobei.

These were the first words Shirobei said after seeing Ogata who had just returned.

Although there is only a simple sentence, the emotions contained in it are very sincere.

"It's a shame." Ogata smiled, "I just did what I can."

"This is your wages for today." Shirobei took out a small cloth bag from his pocket, and handed it to Ogata.

It is specially packed in a small cloth bag-you can tell it is prepared in advance at a glance.

Just from the size of the small cloth bag and the weight felt after taking it, one can clearly feel that there is a lot of money in the cloth bag.

"That..." Ogata asked doubtfully, "Is this too much money?"

"A total of 40 匁." Shiro Bingwei said, "The extra part is your bonus."

"I gave bonuses to all the servants who participated in the capture of Ju Xiaoseng tonight. At the same time, I also helped pay for the medical expenses of those servants who were injured during the capture of Ju Xiaoseng."

"It's all thanks to you that the incident tonight ended in such a peaceful way, so I will give you a little more bonus."

"After Ju Xiaoseng is handed over to the shogunate and the shogunate's bonuses are distributed, I plan to distribute these bonuses to everyone who participated in the arrest of Ju Xiaoseng."

"That means you can receive the second bonus in the future." After Ogata smiled, he stuffed the money bag he just got from Shirobei into his arms, "Thank you, today's wages, I am sure Accepted."

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Originally, until the gate of Yoshihara was closed, it was the time when "temporary workers" like Ogata could go home and rest after get off work.

In other words - Ogata could leave work long ago.

The reason why Ogata made a special trip back to Yoshiwara was just to say hello and say goodbye to everyone in the clubhouse, and to accept today's wages by the way.

Now that the greetings have been made and the money has been received, Ogata, who has no reason to stay here, said goodbye to everyone in the clubhouse, and then strode away from Yoshihara.

Shirobei originally wanted to keep Ogata and let Ogata stay.

He planned to hold a small banquet in the clubhouse to thank Ogata for everything he had done for Shirobei Clubhouse tonight.

But was declined by Ogata.

Seeing Ogata's refusal, Shirobei and the others were too embarrassed to force him to stay.

Rejecting Shirobei's persuasion, he strode away from Ogata in Yoshiwara. After turning on a road with few pedestrians, he took out from his bosom the bag containing his today's wages that Shirobei had just given him. Small cloth bag.

Ogata opened the small cloth bag, and with the faint light from the lighting lanterns hanging outside the gate of a tea house next to him, he could barely see the scene inside the cloth bag—a large group of people lying quietly in it. broken silver.

Ogata counted, no more, no less—a total of 40 silver.

Tonight is Ogata's second day of work in Yoshiwara.

Not including tonight's special situation, Ogata's daily salary is 6 silver.

That is to say—counting the standard salary he received last night, Ogata has earned 46 silver in the past two days.

After tightening the small cloth bag again and stuffing it back into his bosom, Xu Fang smiled wryly and sighed softly with a volume that only he could hear clearly:

"Thinking about it now...it seems like I've made money through labor again after a lapse of more than a year..."

In Ogata's impression, the last time he made money through his own labor seemed to be before he participated in the "God Worship Competition" in Hirose Domain last year.

Before participating in the "God Contest", Ogata would go to the izakaya opened by Azaki and Afu every night as a security guard to earn extra money.

After the "God Worship Contest", because of the need to recuperate from his injuries, he never went to work at the izakaya of Azaki and Afu.

After finally recovering from the injury, the "slaughter of the master" that changed Ogata's life happened.

So the last time Ogata relied on labor to make money was in June last year.

For more than a year, Ogata has been relying on the large sum of money given to him by the elders of the Kuranaga family when he left the feudal domain.

When thinking that it has been more than a year since the last time I worked hard and made money, Xu Fang felt a little delicate.

Ogata's footsteps were fast, even though he was just walking there at a leisurely pace, he still quickly returned to the hotel where he was staying.

After returning to the hotel, Ogata first greeted A-Machi who was staying in his room.

Then he opened the door of the big room where he lived with Jian Gong and others.

Mamiya, Shimada, Asai, and Genichi gathered in the room.

Yuan Yi sat in the corner as usual, drinking a small wine there very comfortably.

Asai, on the other hand, had already changed back into men's clothes.

Judging by his appearance, he seemed to have taken a bath just now.

After seeing Mucun's figure, Ogata frowned slightly:

"Where's Mucun? Didn't he come back?"

"We're the ones asking you this question, right?" Asai said, "Where's Mucun? Why didn't he come back with you?"

"He was left behind by Hasegawa Heizo." Ogata said, "Hasegawa Heizo said that he had something very important to tell Mucun, so Mucun stayed in Huofu after negotiating with Hasegawa for me. The thief changed his headquarters. It seems that he hasn't come back yet..."

"Important matter...?" Shimada wondered, "Can Hasegawa-sama have something important to say to Senior Mucun?"

"I don't know about that." Ogata shrugged, "After Mucun comes back, slowly ask Mucun what Hasegawa has said to him."

After that, Ogata sat cross-legged on the tatami, and then looked around.

"Where's Miss Kinoshita?"

"My lord, she is reading a book in her room right now." Mamiya replied.

After answering Ogata's question, Mamiya paused.

Then he said to Ogata in a helpless tone:

"Ogata-kun, what happened to you in Yoshiwara tonight, we all heard about Asai just now."

"How should I put it... You and Huofu Thief Kai are really destined to be together."

"Ah, I feel the same way." Ogata followed with a helpless wry smile, "Maybe there really is some wonderful fate between Mr. Hasegawa and I..."

"This is the third time I have met Mr. Hasegawa this year."

"The first time was at the beginning of this year, when I met Mr. Hasegawa in Tatsuno Domain."

"The second time was this summer. I met Mr. Hasegawa for the second time in Kyoto."

"This is the third time, I met Hasegawa-san for the third time in Edo..."

"How's the negotiation with Hasegawa Heizo?" Asai asked beside him.

"The negotiation was successful." Ogata responded, "Hasegawa himself went to Yoshihara to apologize, and the accident tonight is a perfect ending."

"That's good." Jiangong nodded lightly, "Then... now all we have to do is wait for Mucun to come back."

"By the way." Ogata turned his head to look at Asai, "I haven't had time to ask you, you and Mucun sneaked into the Four Seasons House tonight, did you hear any interesting information from Kyutaro?"

"There are still some for the time being." Asai said softly, "That Jitaro is going to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."

"'Imperial Trial'?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "It's really surprising... Does he have any motivation for participating in the 'Imperial Trial'? Since he can come to Yoshiwara every night, he shouldn't Will you be short of money?"

"Maybe it's to compete with other experts." Shimada on the side suggested a possibility, "Although many people participate in the 'Imperial Trial' for money."

"However, among the people who participated in the 'Imperial Trials', there should still be a lot of people who are simply trying to compete with different masters and improve their skills."

"Haha." Yuan Yi, who had been drinking silently since just now, suddenly let out a few chuckles, "I actually really want to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'. It's a pity that I didn't study hard before."

"So I will definitely not be able to pass the literary test of the 'Imperial Trial'."

The group of them gathered here to discuss, and it is impossible to discuss the motivation of Ji Taro to participate in the "Imperial Trial".

So after a few brief chats, everyone stopped talking about this topic and didn't talk in depth.

All that remains tonight is to wait slowly for Mucun to come back.

In order to pass the time, Ogata picked up the Daishiten placed on the tatami next to him, left the big room where he, Mamiya and others lived, and walked towards the room next door to Machi.

During these days, due to various reasons, the time spent alone with A-Ming has decreased a lot.

Although A-Machi never said anything, Ogata still felt somewhat sorry.

With a mentality of "seizing the opportunity and time to compensate myself and A-cho", Ogata opened the door of A-cho's room

When Ogata came back just now, he was the first to say hello to A-Machi, so A-Machi was not surprised by Ogata's sudden visit, he just said "You are here" and then continued to do what he was doing.

"Machi, you're folding clothes."

As soon as he entered A-Machi's room, Oman found that A-Machi, who was wearing a loose white bathrobe at this time, was folding clothes there.

"Yeah. I didn't know what to do, so I just tidied up my clothes."

Ogata sat cross-legged beside A-Machi.

In front of A-Ming, there were pieces of clothes that A-Ming had neatly folded.

Ogata glanced at the pile of neatly folded clothes, and then found a very familiar set of clothes in the pile.

"This dress is really nostalgic..."

As Ogata spoke, he picked up the black suit.

This set of black clothes is the special clothes for the female ninjas in Shiranui.

It was the one worn by Ogata and A-Machi when they first met in Butterfly Island—the upper body was in the shape of a halter neck, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white skin on the back and shoulders.

Not only the skin on the back and shoulders is exposed, but also a lot of skin on the front collar.

The lower body clothing is a bit like tights, but far looser than tights.

Compared with the upper body clothes that reveal a large area of ​​skin, the lower body clothes are not so exposed, and there is almost no exposed place.

This female ninja uniform is also one of Ogata's precious memories.

Because this ninja costume is exactly the one she wore when A-cho and Ogata met for the first time on Butterfly Island.

After defecting from Shiranui, in order to hide his identity, Ah-cho has been wearing ordinary clothes.

But this female ninja uniform, A-Machi, never threw it away.

The reason is that this set of female ninja uniforms is her "battle uniform" for A-Machi.

Because the lower body of this female ninja uniform is designed like tight pants, and the upper body does not even have sleeves, so it is very convenient to move.

In addition, I am very used to this suit, so when wearing this suit, A-Ming's combat effectiveness can be more or less increased, so A-Ming did not throw away this suit, and kept it for a rainy day.

"Don't mess it up." A-Ming said angrily, "I managed to fold it neatly."

"It won't make a mess."

After carefully examining the ninja uniform in his hand for a while, Ogata put it back in its original place.

A-cho's clothes are not too much, and within a short while, A-cho folded all of her clothes.

A-Ming doesn't have many clothes. One reason is that she has fewer types of clothes than ordinary girls.

Because A-Ming, in the words of the modern earth, is a "vacuum party" who neither wears underwear nor underwear.

Although the Edo period did not have the kind of underwear and underwear in the modern sense, there were similar clothes.

There is a kind of women's clothing in the Edo period called "waist roll", which is similar to women's underwear in the Edo period.

There is a kind of close-fitting rubon, which is similar to women's underwear in the Edo period.

And A-Ming neither likes to wear waist rolls, nor does she like to wear this kind of close-fitting jacket.

According to A-Machi, this is a habit she developed from wearing that ninja uniform for many years.

Because the clothes I wore the most before were the ninja uniforms, so I didn't have the habit of wearing waist rolls and this close-fitting jacket.

And people who have the same dressing habits as A-Machi are actually not uncommon in this era.

In this era, many women actually wear neither "underpants" nor "underwear".

And the proportion of such people is not small.

Therefore, Ah Ding, who has this habit of dressing, is not only considered an outlier, but also one of the mainstream people.

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If you don't know what a waist roll is, you can read the popular science in the previous chapters.

Do you know why I popularized women's underwear and panties in the Edo period in the first two chapters?

This is all to pave the way for the following plot! (serious face)

If you think that I give you popular science women's underwear and panties out of a strange hobby, you are very wrong. (serious face)