I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Ogata."

Just now when he learned that Mashima was Ogata, Hasegawa was so surprised that he directly changed from a "kneeling" posture to a slumped posture.

While readjusting his posture to the standard kneeling position, Hasegawa asked Ogata softly.

"What's the matter with your face? Are you wearing a human skin mask?"

"That's right." Ogata raised his hand and touched the human skin mask covering his face, which was enough to be faked, "Master Hasegawa, you actually know the human skin mask."

"I am also the chief of Huofu Thief Kai. I have seen too many novel people and novel objects." Hasegawa said indifferently, "I still have this knowledge. You are really wearing a very rare something."

Hasegawa glanced back and forth between Ogata and Mucun with complicated eyes.

After a while, he opened his lips softly.

The complexity of emotion in his voice rivals that in his sight.

"Although I can roughly guess that the reason why you are looking for the location of Shiranui and the movements of Shiranui is definitely not to go to the door in person and give gifts to the ninjas in Shiranui."

"But I still hope that you will try not to make too much noise."

"Especially don't steal things and set fires."

"I'm also the chief of Huo Fu Thief Kai."

"I'll be pretty hard on you if you steal things or set fires."

"There are already many prisoners running around, waiting for us to catch them one by one."

"I don't want the number of prisoners we desperately need to catch to increase."

"The more and more prisoners who urgently need us to catch are still my acquaintances--I don't want such things to happen in front of me."

"Well...we will do our best..." Ogata smiled wryly.

Hasegawa turned his gaze to Ogata who spoke.

Looking at Ogata, the emotions in Hasegawa's eyes became more complicated.

"The person who looks completely different from Ogata Issai's voice is Ogata Issai's voice... It really feels awkward no matter how you look at it."

After making a small joke, Hasegawa put on a serious tone.

"...Ogata Ichitosai. Although it is inappropriate to ask you this question at this time, as the leader of Huofu Thief Kai, I can't avoid this question no matter what."

"Ogata Yidaosai, why did you attack Nijo Castle and burn down the castle tower of Nijo Castle three months ago?"

Hearing Hasegawa's question, Ogata was taken aback for a moment.

Then a helpless smile slowly appeared on Ogata's face.

In fact, long before meeting Hasegawa, Ogata guessed that Hasegawa would definitely ask him this question.

After all, Hasegawa specializes in catching thieves and arsonists. After meeting him, Ogata, there is no reason to keep silent about the "burning of the Nijo Castle Castle".

"Ogata Yidaosai, you are not a vassal, so you may not know.

"

Like Ogata at this time, Hasegawa also showed helplessness on his face.

"My lord general was furious when he found out that the castle tower of Nijo Castle had been burned down."

"Directly ask us Huofu Thief Kai to immediately start investigating whether Ogata Yidaosai is still alive."

"If Ogata Yidao Zhai was still alive, he was quickly arrested and brought to justice."

"I was actually quite shocked when I learned that you attacked Erjo Castle and burned down the castle tower of Erjo Castle."

"I've always thought about it—if I can meet you again someday in the future, I must ask you face to face: Why did the person who raised his sword of righteousness to avenge his master back then have trouble with a city of Ertiao?"

After all, Hasegawa cast his torch-like eyes on Ogata.

Bathed in Hasegawa's sharp gaze, Ogata smiled wryly a few times, and said softly:

"Mr. Hasegawa, first of all - the castle tower of Nijo Castle was not set on fire by me."

"During the chaos, someone knocked out the candle for lighting, causing the fire to get out of control."

"However, I will not shirk my responsibility for the burning of the castle tower of Nijo Castle."

"After all, I am indirectly responsible for the burning of the castle tower in Nijo Castle."

"As for why I attacked Nijo Castle..."

After being silent for a while, Ogata shrugged with a wry smile:

"The reasons are complicated."

"Mr. Hasegawa, you can understand that I have some grudges with the ninjas in Shiranui."

"So at this good time when they are all gathered in Ertiao City, we will kill them all in one go."

"By the way, I also lured those bastards who were in the Six Great Sword Gyms, intending to set fire to Kyoto, but for some reason, they were eyeing me, to Nijo City, and cleaned up these people as well."

"The reason why I attacked Nijo Castle was not that I lost my mind - you can rest assured about that."

The complex look in Hasegawa's eyes became more intense.

"...You are not afraid of death, and the crazy revenge after the shogunate."

"If I had been afraid of these things, I wouldn't have launched a charge against Matsudaira Gennai, which was protected by hundreds of warriors." As soon as Hasegawa's voice fell, Okai responded to him in a joking tone.

"...Hahaha." Hasegawa chuckled a few times after being silent for a while, "I really hope... I can have your courage..."

Hasegawa's tone was weird.

It seems to mean something.

"...Forget it." Hasegawa sighed, "Although the castle tower of Nijo Castle was burned, as a result, the fire was only limited to a corner of the castle tower and did not spread."

"At the same time, I also wiped out those bastards who planned to burn the capital."

"From this point, I also want to thank you..."

After finishing speaking, Hasegawa bowed to Ogata in salute.

"No need." After Ogata chuckled a few times, he turned his body slightly, not accepting Hasegawa's gift, "It's just a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning. I didn't risk my life to do these things just to get others' thanks of."

"Ogata Yidao Zhai, let me remind you for the time being. Although I will not send someone to arrest you now because I have a request for you."

Hasegawa continued.

"But only for now."

"You must remember to carefully conceal your whereabouts in the future. Don't let outsiders find out that Ogata Yidaosai is still alive."

"If news spreads that Ogata Yidao Zhai is still alive, the general will definitely order me to lead Huo Fu Thief Kai's large troops to arrest you."

"If the general orders me to lead a large force to arrest you, I can't refuse."

"so……"

Hasegawa deliberately didn't finish speaking.

Even if he didn't finish his words, he successfully conveyed what he wanted to express to Ogata.

"I understand." Ogata nodded with a faint helplessness on his face, "I will... try my best."

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...

Now that the matter of cooperation has been negotiated, there is naturally no reason to stay in Huofu Thief's headquarters.

After exchanging pleasantries with Hasegawa for a while, Ogata and Mucun walked out of Huofu Thief Kai's headquarters together.

Before leaving, Hasegawa told Ogata and Mucun to come to Huofu Thief Kai's headquarters tomorrow.

By tomorrow, he will prepare a map of Edo and its surrounding areas, and then draw the approximate location of the Shiranui base on the map.

As soon as he got away from the headquarters of Huofu Thief Kai, Mucun let out a sigh of relief, and then said:

"It's much smoother than expected. It's really great that Mr. Hasegawa agreed to cooperate with us so readily."

After sighing softly, Hasegawa asked Ogata:

"Brother Ogata, what are we going to do now?"

"Does it need to be said?" Ogata supported the saber on his waist, "Since we have promised to cooperate with Hasegawa, we will naturally start working."

"Now let's go to the registration place for the 'Imperial Trial' that is closest to here, and then sign up for the 'Imperial Trial'."

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"Gui'an."

Mu Cun randomly stopped a passerby.

"Excuse me, do you know where the registration place for the 'Imperial Trial Cooperation' is closest to here?"

Edo Castle, with a population of one million, is so huge that there must be more than one registration place for the "Imperial Trial Cooperation".

The goal of Ogata and Mucun is naturally the nearest registration place.

Just after Mu Cun finished asking, the passer-by didn't answer immediately.

Instead, he looked up and down Mucun and Ogata standing beside Mucun several times with strange eyes.

"You go straight along this road, then turn right, then go straight for a certain distance and then turn left."

Passers-by quickly reported a series of words and sentences like the name of a dish.

Fortunately, he didn't read too many words, so Ogata and Mucun managed to remember the location of the nearest registration place.

Neither Ogata nor Mucun had time to thank the passerby, and the passerby quickly ran away from their field of vision.

Looking at the passers-by who were rapidly shrinking in their field of vision, Ogata and Mucun showed wry smiles at the same time.

"Brother Ogata, did you see the look in his eyes just now?" Mucun spoke out first.

"Ah, I see." Ogata raised his hand and scratched his hair, "That person was not very good at hiding his emotions just now..."

Although the passer-by tried to cover up when they looked at Ogata and Mucun just now, Ogata and Mucun could still sense some traces of disgust from the passerby's gaze.

"He doesn't hate the kind of person who is a stranger?" Mu Cun asked.

The accent of Makimura's speech shows that he is not a native of Edo. Although he has no longer settled in Kyoto, it is difficult to get rid of his local accent. Until now, Mucun still has a strong Kyoto accent when speaking.

"...He may think of us as the kind of ronin who came from afar to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'." Ogata said.

As soon as Ogata's words fell, Mucun nodded slightly, and said with a wry smile: "It should be like this..."

The people of Edo had great opinions on those ronin who came from afar to participate in the "Imperial Trial"—Makimura still knew about this matter.

To put it bluntly, ronin are a bunch of jobless people.

And it's a bunch of unemployed vagrants with weapons and maybe some skills.

Although these wanderers who poured into Edo are certainly not all bad people.

But as long as there are a few outlanders who have done bad things in Edo, the impression of the Edo locals on these outlanders will inevitably take a turn for the worse.

What's more, the number of outlanders making trouble in Edo during this period is not one or two...

The Shirobei Club even had to post a post to recruit "temporary workers" because of the increase in out-of-town vagrants and the deterioration of Yoshihara's public security. One can imagine how destructive these out-of-town vagrants were and how much trouble they caused the local people in Edo. .

Ogata and Mucun, who could fully understand the way the passer-by looked at them with strange eyes just now, followed the route the passer-by said just now, and went to the registration place for the "Imperial Trial Match".

Although the sight of the passer-by showed that he did not welcome foreigners like Ogata and the others, he did not fool Ogata and Mucun, and he still accurately informed the location of the registration place.

The registration place is next to a Tsujiban.

The so-called Tsujiban is the sentry of this era.

The original intention of Tsujiban's design is to strictly prevent the kind of samurai with problematic brains from going to the street to kill people and try their swords.

A small wooden house at the corner of the street. There are a lot of figures shaking in the house. 6 officers holding thorns stand on both sides of the gate of this small wooden house. This is Tsujiban at the corner of the street.

The six policemen armed with stabs and guarding outside the gate of Tsujiban swept their vigilant eyes back and forth.

Next to this Tsujiban, there is a wooden table barely big enough for two people to sit side by side.

Sitting behind this wooden table are two haori-ori youths wearing the "Shamrock Aoimon", the family crest of the Tokugawa family that ruled the Edo shogunate.

On this wooden table is a stack of small "paper mountains".

It seems that in order to let people who come and go know that this place is the registration place for "Yuqian Trial Held", there is a big flag next to this wooden table with the words "Imperial Trial Held" printed on it. big characters.

At this time, there happened to be a ronin standing in front of this table, talking to the shogunate officials sitting behind the table.

He will stand in front of this table, and he should also sign up for the "Imperial Trial".

The young man who was standing in front of the desk to sign up could be described as a standard ronin.

Greasy and knotted hair, clothes so dirty that you can't see their original color, a face covered with dirt and dust, sweat dripping from the forehead from time to time, washing away faint white marks on the face.

I don't know how long he hasn't bathed, and Ogata can even vaguely see flies flying around his body.

The two shogunate officials sitting behind the table seemed to be unable to bear the body odor of this person, while frowning and holding their breath, their faces were very ugly.

When Ogata and Mucun came to the registration place, the ronin had just completed his registration procedures, and strode away from the desk with a high-spirited appearance.

It wasn't until the ronin left that the two shogunate officials sitting behind the table finally seemed to be relieved, let out a sigh of relief, and fanned their noses vigorously.

After the ronin left, Xu Bian stepped forward to fill the vacancy at the desk he had just left.

"Your safety." After Ogata asked briefly, he went straight to the topic, "I want to participate in the 'Imperial Trial'."

Seeing another person who wanted to participate in the "Imperial Trial", the two officials quickly stopped fanning their noses.

One of them quickly pulled out a new blank paper from the mountain of paper placed in the corner of the table.

Another person took out a stack of old paper.

Ogata was also very familiar with this old stack of papers—it was a wanted warrant.

——No wonder the major registration places are set up next to Tsujiban... Once a fugitive wanted criminal is found, he will be arrested and brought to justice at the same place... But apart from me, there should be no other wanted criminal who would do this Come swaggeringly to participate in the "Imperial Trial"...

"What's your name? Where are you from? How old?"

"Mashima Goro, Izumo Ronin. 21 years old." The official's voice brought Ogata's attention back to reality.

While the official was asking Ogata questions while writing down on the paper in front of him, the other officer sitting next to him was holding a large stack of wanted warrants and flipping through the wanted warrants in his hand. .

In this era, there is no ID card, and it is impossible to find out the person's household registration in a very short period of time, so the registration process is very short.

You only need to report your name, where you are from, your age, and the martial arts genre you use.

After quickly completing the registration for the "Imperial Trial Match", Ogata suddenly heard a voice that was a little strange, but felt as if he had just heard it recently:

"Huh? Is that you?"

As soon as the unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar voice fell, Xu Fang hurriedly looked back.

After seeing who the owner of the voice was, Ogata frowned quickly.

After seeing clearly who this person was, Ogata instantly understood why the voice was both unfamiliar and familiar.

The owner of this voice is the Takikawa Heiichiro who I met in Yoshiwara's residence the day before yesterday who can recite "The Analects of Confucius" in Chinese and claims to show his skills in the "Gozen Trial" to gain the appreciation of Matsudaira Sadanobu .

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