I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Edo, Nihonbashi, Shinagawa-juku——

As the most important traffic artery in Edo, Nihombashi is naturally one of the places with the largest flow of people in Edo.

In the afternoon, the flow of people in Nihonbashi was so high that it could be called "terrorist".

Now Nihonbashi is like a balloon full of air, if you add a little more air to it, it will burst.

People walking on the Japanese bridge can only squeeze me and I squeeze you, and when there is a little gap in front, they will climb up to fill it. It can only be squeezed, drilled, and moved forward bit by bit in this way.

In a certain room in Shinagawa-juku, a young man knelt on a tatami mat, arranging his clothes.

This young man's appearance can be regarded as handsome, he is about 25 years old, and has long hair.

Obviously it looks like a young man in his 20s, but there is no trace of childishness on his face.

The scabbard of the sword placed on the tatami next to him was ordinary black, but the handle was a very beautiful purple.

From the handle to the handle, this sword is extremely exquisite. Even people who don't understand swords at all can see that this sword is not extraordinary.

An elderly man in his 50s who was sitting next to the young man showed a slight smile and said to the young man:

"Lord Toyotomi, you look even more heroic in formal clothes."

"Iwakura." The young man called "Lord Toyotomi" by the old man smiled, "Although this formal suit is very handsome, it is also extremely uncomfortable to wear."

The young man... or rather, Toyotomi said while straightening the haori on his body again.

He doesn't like to wear formal clothes very much, and he has forgotten the last time he wore formal clothes.

Putting on formal clothes for the first time in a long time now made Toyotomi feel uncomfortable, as if there were many ants crawling on his body.

"Master Toyotomi." The old man who was just called "Iwakura" by Toyotomi continued, "You don't need to change into a formal suit. Lin Ziping is not the kind of person who pays attention to etiquette."

As soon as Iwakura's voice fell, Toyotomi immediately answered:

"That can't be done.

Even if the other party is not the kind of person who pays attention to etiquette, there should still be some etiquette. "

After all, Toyotomi straightened Haori on his body again.

"Yancang, you and Lin Ziping are good friends. When Lin Ziping comes, remember to say a few more good words for me."

"Naturally!" Iwakura responded without thinking, "I will definitely try my best to persuade Lin Ziping to join your command!"

"Whether I want to invite Lin Ziping to my command or not, I have to wait until I meet him and test what kind of person he is." Toyotomi said with a smile.

"Lord Toyotomi." Iwakura's face was full of confidence, "Lin Ziping will never let you down!"

"Although his behavior and personality are a bit weird, he is undoubtedly a great talent!"

"You are so confident in Lin Ziping, I am looking forward to meeting Lin Ziping more and more." The smile on Feng Chen's face became stronger, "It seems that the relationship between you and Lin Ziping is really very good. Well, I highly recommend him all the time.”

"The reason why I strongly recommend him to you is mainly because I don't want his talent to be buried." Iwakura smiled wryly, "He is a great talent that is rare in a hundred years. His talent may directly change this situation. nation."

"If his talent is allowed to be buried, I really can't bear it."

"And letting him join your command can also protect him in a disguised form."

"Counting this time this year, this is already the third time he has been imprisoned."

"And the severity of each of these three prison sentences is higher than the one..."

"If it wasn't because we rescued him in time this time, he might be executed in a month or two..."

After that, Iwakura let out a long sigh.

About a year ago, Toyotomi took a fancy to Iwakura's talent in building the castle, and sent an invitation to Iwakura to come under his command and become his retainer.

At that time, Iwakura, who happened to be depressed and living a poor life, was ecstatic after receiving Toyotomi's invitation. He accepted Toyotomi's invitation and became the new retainer of Toyotomi's family.

Not long after joining Toyotomi, Iwakura recommended "Lin Ziping" to Toyotomi.

Iwakura gave Feng Chen a book when he recommended Lin Ziping to Feng Chen.

This book is called "Three Kingdoms Tour"

It is a military topography that describes the hydrology, geography, and meteorology of Korea, Ryukyu, and Ezo.

As soon as he opened the first page of this "Three Kingdoms Overview", Toyotomi was full of interest in this military topography.

After presenting this book to Toyotomi, Iwakura immediately explained to Toyotomi that this book was compiled by Lin Ziping in Tianming 5th year (AD 1785).

Because Yancang and Lin Ziping had a good relationship, after successfully compiling this "Three Kingdoms Overview", Lin Ziping presented a copy of it to Yancang.

After Iwakura showed Toyotomi this book written by Lin Ziping, Toyotomi immediately became interested in Lin Ziping, so he asked Iwakura to tell him more about Lin Ziping.

And Iwakura also told Feng Chen all the information he knew about Lin Ziping in detail.

From Lin Ziping's weird character, to his strange propositions. Such as: opening the sea ban, reorganizing the military system, developing the Ezo land, using force to curb Lucia's attempt to invade the Ezo land...

These propositions of Lin Ziping may be very weird and unreasonable in the eyes of others, but for Toyotomi, these propositions of Lin Ziping are very appetizing to him.

Toyotomi also became interested in Lin Ziping.

Want to meet this guy and see if he lives up to his expectations.

So Feng Chen spent a lot of effort to investigate Lin Ziping's whereabouts.

It took more than two months for Toyotomi to finally find out where Lin Tzu-ping was—he was eating in prison at the Joto Prison in Edo.

The reason for being imprisoned was that he made political proposals to the shogunate that made the officials of the shogunate very angry, and severely criticized some policies of the shogunate, which angered the officials of the shogunate.

Therefore, the officials of the shogunate imprisoned Lin Ziping in a fit of anger, and asked Lin Ziping to reflect in prison.

According to Iwakura, this should be Lin Ziping's third imprisonment.

The three times he was imprisoned, the reasons for his imprisonment were exactly the same - because he made proposals to the shogunate that officials found unreasonable, and severely criticized the various policies of the shogunate, including the policy of locking the country, and was then angry. Officials ordered him to be held in jail.

According to Fengchen's investigation - Lin Ziping's third imprisonment is far more serious than the previous two.

Lin Ziping is imprisoned this time, not only should he not be able to get out, but he is also very likely to be executed.

Toyotomi didn't want this talented person who had finally been found to be of great use to be executed by the shogunate just like that.

So Toyotomi handed over the task of "rescuing Lin Ziping" to the subordinate who was lurking in Shiranui - Shintaro.

If you want to rob the prison without making a big noise, you have to rely on these subordinates who know ninjutsu.

But Joto Prison was one of the few large prisons in Edo after all, and it was impossible to sneak into it and rob people without enough manpower.

So after receiving the task of "rescuing Lin Ziping" from Toyotomi, Shintaro has been waiting for the best time to save people.

Then, in the early hours of this morning, the best opportunity came—Shuntaro was controlled by them.

With the help of Shuntaro, the leader of the "Four Heavenly Kings", going to Chengdong Prison to rob people will be more effective.

So after controlling Shuntaro through Taifu Fengling, the first task Shintaro entrusted to Shuntaro was to cooperate with Huitaro to rescue Lin Ziping from prison.

Although there were some accidents due to Lin Ziping's sudden yelling during the robbery, the overall situation went smoothly, and Lin Ziping was successfully rescued and brought to Shiranui.

After rescuing Lin Ziping, Shintaro immediately reported to Toyotomi, informed Toyotomi of the great news, and made an appointment with Toyotomi to bring Lin Ziping to see him—just this afternoon.

That's why Toyotomi put on the long-lost formal suit now, just to meet Lin Ziping later.

Toyotomi turned his head and looked at the sky outside the window.

"...Why hasn't Shintaro brought Lin Ziping here yet?" Toyotomi frowned slightly.

Now it's past the agreed time to send Lin Ziping over.

Shintaro has always been a capable subordinate whom Toyotomi trusts very much and who has been reused by Toyotomi.

He's always been a pretty punctual guy and rarely acts as unpunctual as he is now.

"Maybe it's because there are too many people in Nihonbashi now." Iwakura said, "So it took more time on the road."

"……Maybe."

Toyotomi looked away from the window.

When he looked away from the window, he caught a glimpse of something placed in the corner of the room out of the corner of his eye.

Toyotomi was stunned for a while, then turned his head to the side, looking directly at the thing he placed in the corner of the room.

It's a gourd of thousands.

Looking at the thousands of gourds, Toyotomi's face and eyes showed a little tenderness.

It's like looking at your own wife.

Toyotomi stood up, walked slowly to the thousands of gourds, and then sat down cross-legged.

After raising his hand to touch the thousands of gourds, his movements were as gentle as touching something fragile that would break when touched.

Looking at Toyotomi who was stroking the thousands of gourds with gentle movements, Iwakura heaved a sigh of relief, and then said with emotion:

"After 200 years, Toyotomi's 'Thousands of Gourds' will finally be erected on the battlefield again, and the flag painted with 'Taiko Tong' will finally be flying in the wind again..."

Taige Tong - Toyotomi's family crest.

When Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed his dominance of the world, the emperor not only gave Toyotomi Hideyoshi the surname "Toyotomi", but also gave Toyotomi Hideyoshi "Tongwen" and allowed Toyotomi Hideyoshi to use "Tongwen" as a symbol of Fengchen Hideyoshi. Chen's family crest.

At that time, many daimyos were actually using the 'Paulmono', so in order to show their own dignity, Toyotomi Hideyoshi later transformed the 'Pauli' that he got from the Emperor into a new 'Paul'. Tung pattern'.

And this new 'Tong pattern' is called 'Taige Tong'.

As soon as Iwakura's voice fell, Toyotomi smiled:

"That's right... the blood debt from 200 years ago..." Toyotomi slowly clenched his hand that was stroking Qiancheng's gourd, "I want to get it back from the Tokugawa shogunate one by one!"

Toyotomi clenched his hand on Qiancheng's gourd tightly, as if he wanted to tear the flesh from his palm.

The face that was originally pretty is now grim due to the surge of energy and blood.

At this moment, a low notification sound suddenly sounded outside the room:

"My lord, it's me."

"Come in." Toyotomi said as he sat back to where he was sitting just now.

After Toyotomi gave permission to enter the door, a strong man slowly opened the door, and then quickly walked into the room.

"Gao Qing." Toyotomi asked the strong man, "What happened?"

The name of this strong man is Gao Qing. He is an old subordinate who has followed Toyotomi for many years, and he is also a trusted confidant of Toyotomi.

Gao Qing walked slowly to Toyotomi and knelt down on one knee, then said in a deep voice with a dark face:

"Lord Toyotomi, there seems to be an accident in Shiranui. Unknown people have attacked Shiranui. Now Shintaro and Keitaro are still alive and dead, and they cannot be contacted..."

"What?!" Toyotomi's eyes widened, his face full of astonishment.

...

...

Edo, Shiranui--

Those who have never been exhausted by the "Non-Self Realm" must not be able to imagine how it feels to have all their physical strength drained by the "Non-Self Realm".

Ogata now felt that he didn't even have the strength to stand up.

The strong sense of fatigue combined with the dizziness caused by bleeding too much blood made Ogata extremely dizzy and sleepy now.

Moreover——that miraculous state seems to have side effects like the "Selfless Realm".

The side effect of "Selfless Realm" is that the user's physical strength will be exhausted rapidly.

And the side effect of that miraculous state seems to be that it will make the user extremely tired.

When he just came out of this miraculous state, Ogata didn't feel any discomfort. He can still speak and think normally.

But gradually, a strong sense of discomfort appeared slowly.

Ogata now feels like he hasn't slept in days - his mind is muddled, he's too tired to think at all.

His head ached as if two armies were at war inside his head.

Ogata knelt on the ground on one knee, clutching his head, which was getting dizzy and painful.

——The miraculous state really has side effects like the "no-self state"...

After Ogata simply sighed in his heart with a slightly bitter and helpless tone, he began to concentrate on fighting against the strong dizziness and pain that constantly emerged from the depths of his mind.

But this feeling of pain and dizziness is getting stronger and stronger, and soon its intensity exceeds the scope that people's willpower can fight.

Finally——Ogata felt dizzy and hurt more and more, his eyelids began to fight uncontrollably.

In the end, I fell into a deep sleep unconsciously...

...

...

The body is shaking.

Someone shook his body slightly.

"……fast."

A voice came from afar.

"……Awake."

The sound gradually approached.

"...One knife fast."

It's a voice I've heard before.

"Yi Dao Zhai! Wake up!"

The dark world shines into white light.

"……Ok?"

Ogata slowly opened his eyes as he regained consciousness.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Xu Bian saw Taifu's beautiful face.

At this time, Ogata was lying on the ground, and Taifu knelt beside him regardless of the dirtiness of the ground.

—Did I fall asleep just now? How long have you slept...?

After taking a nap because he couldn't resist the strong side effects of that miraculous state, Ogata now felt that the dizziness and pain in his head were slightly relieved.

Ogata glanced at his body - some wounds on his body had been bandaged with cloth.

When Ogata looked at the wounds on his body that were simply bandaged, the Tai Fu who was beside him immediately said:

"I tore some clean cloth from the bastard who used the short gun to bandage you. I only have a superficial knowledge of healing, so maybe the bandage wasn't very good, please forgive me."

The bastard with a short gun that the Taifu said was undoubtedly Keitaro.

"It's okay." Ogata shook his head slightly, "Teacher, thank you for helping me heal my injuries. How did you escape? Where are the hemp ropes that tied you up?"

"It's Wuliu...ah, no, Shuntaro helped me untie it." Taifu replied without thinking.

"Shuntaro?" Ogata frowned slightly.

Ogata turned his gaze to the ground not far away.

Keitaro's body was still lying there, almost drained of blood. The clothes on his body were torn in a mess, and the cloth that was not contaminated by blood and dust was torn off by the Taifu and used to bandage Ogata.

But at the place where Shuntaro should have been lying, there was no sign of Shuntaro at this time.

"Teacher, where's Shuntaro?"

"He escaped."

"Ran away?"

"Well, he still has a little strength left. After you fainted, Shuntaro got up, untied me, and ran away by himself."

The Taifu's tone was very calm, and he stared at Ogata's eyes the whole time.

It doesn't appear to be lying.

But Ogata still narrowed his eyes slightly, looking straight at the Taifu with a gaze that seemed to see through the Taifu's body.

Just when Ogata was about to say something to Tai Fu, a voice that was very familiar to Ogata, and at the same time, the voice that Ogata wanted to hear most now came from a distance.

"Ayi! Ha... ha... finally found you..."

Ogata quickly turned his head to look.

I saw Ah Ding limping and running towards him quickly.

Lin, Jian Gong and others followed behind her.

Without exception, they were all wounded.

Except for Mamiya and A-Ming, who were slightly injured, the injuries of the others were quite serious.

"Are you injured?" Ogata hurriedly asked A-Machi after seeing A-Machi walking with a limp.

"It's okay, it's just a small injury." After running to Ogata's side quickly and kneeling down on one knee, A-Ming looked up and down Ogata with complicated eyes, "Why did you get yourself covered in bruises again..."

"Although I look bloody now, there are actually no fatal injuries on my body." Ogata comforted.

Lin, who was a little slower than Ah-cho, also came to Ogata's side with the support of Mamiya: "How is Shuntaro? Who is this woman?"

The "this woman" in Lin's mouth naturally refers to Taifu Fengling, and Lin doesn't know Taifu.

Because she noticed that there was an outsider present, Lin deliberately did not use her usual name for Ogata: Yidaosai to refer to Ogata.

"That's a long story..." Ogata smiled, "Let's talk about your affairs first, how about the attack on Shiranui? If Shiranui is successfully defeated, I think we should leave quickly It's better here, the shogunate may have received news of what happened in Shiranui."

...

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night--

Edo, Nihonbashi, Shinagawa-juku——

At this moment, just as the moon was rising, the dark night became darker with the appearance of the moon.

The dots of lights all over Nihonbashi also dimmed suddenly due to the appearance of the moon, but the surrounding scenery stood out clearly.

The rubble on the houses, the trees planted on the street, and the pedestrians walking on the Japanese bridge were all covered with a thin layer of silver frost.

A certain room in Shinagawa Juku did not close the windows.

The bright moonlight shone through the open window into the room like a white blade, and shone on the face of a Toyotomi sitting by the window, illuminating Toyotomi's face.

Sitting by the window, Toyotomi crossed his left leg, propped his right leg up, rested his right hand on the propped up right leg, and held a glass full of wine in his hand.

Toyotomi just looked at the wine glass in his hand expressionlessly.

Because there is no expression or expression on his face, it is hard to figure out what he is thinking now.

Gao Qing respectfully knelt and sat not far from the young man, with her head slightly lowered, not daring to vent her breath.

Gao Qing has followed Toyotomi for many years, so he knows very well - if his lord puts on this appearance, it means that he is in a very bad mood now.

Once he is in a bad mood, he will put on an oppressive expressionless face like now.

At the same time, Gao Qing also knew how terrifying it would be for Toyotomi to get angry.

That's why Gao Qing unconsciously slowed down her breathing like now, for fear that she would accidentally touch Toyotomi who is in a bad mood.

"... Gao Qing."

Toyotomi suddenly called the strong man's name softly.

"Yes!" Gao Qing responded quickly, "Lord Toyotomi, what are your orders?"

"Ask for me." Toyotomi said with a little impatience, "How long will it take to find out what happened in Shiranui?"

"Tell the group in charge of the investigation——I'm getting impatient."

"Yes!" Gao Qing replied without thinking, "This subordinate will do it immediately!"

Gao Qing understood why Toyotomi was in a bad mood, and why he felt impatient now.

In order for Shiranui to return to Toyotomi's command, Toyotomi began to make arrangements six years ago.

First, send 2 capable subordinates under his command to mix into Shiranui, and let these 2 subordinates get a high position in Shiranui little by little.

Those two people lived up to Toyotomi's expectations, and soon became the top management in Shiranui with their strong strength.

One of these two became Shintaro, one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", and the other became Keitaro, who also had a considerable status among Jonin.

In addition to these two effective subordinates, Toyotomi has successively sent other subordinates to sneak into Shiranui in the past 6 years to help Shintaro and Keitaro.

In the past 6 years, counting Shintaro and Keitaro, the total number of people sent to infiltrate Shiranui was as many as 9 people.

So much time and energy have been spent, just to control Shiranui from the inside and let Shiranui return to Toyotomi's embrace.

After Shiranui returned to Toyotomi's command, what should the ninjas in Shiranui do, Toyotomi made a plan early on.

Let Shiranui continue to be a "good baby" who will do his best in front of the Tokugawa shogunate first, in exchange for the trust of the Tokugawa shogunate, and then slowly steal some important information from the Tokugawa shogunate.

Suggestion to Yanmo to lead Shiranui to join the shogunate-this is actually what Toyotomi instructed Shintaro to do.

The purpose is to let Shiranui become Toyotomi's spy in the Tokugawa shogunate in the future, so that Toyotomi can obtain some important information through Shiranui in the future.

That's why Shintaro successfully persuaded Balrog to lead Shiranui to join the shogunate last year, and moved the base of Shiranui to Edo.

After 6 years of long preparations, the seizure of power in Shiranui finally officially started last night.

Killing the Balrog with poison, killing Ji Taro, using Shun Taro's relatives and friends to control Shun Taro-everything went so smoothly.

However... this success only lasted for a few hours.

This afternoon, they received news that was like a bolt from the blue to them-Shiranui was attacked by unknown people, and Shintaro and Keitaro could not be contacted.

Upon hearing the news, Toyotomi hurriedly arranged for people to find out what happened.

The investigation continued from this afternoon to the night, and there was still no new information.

Let alone Toyotomi, even Gao Qing felt a little impatient.

Just when Gao Qing was about to get up and walk out of the room, the voice they had been waiting for finally sounded outside the door:

"My lord, it's me."

"Come in!" Toyotomi shouted hastily.

Wow.

The door was opened, and a middle-aged man walked quickly into the room.

This middle-aged man is also one of Toyotomi's confidantes, and he is also the person who was sent by Toyotomi today to investigate what happened in Shiranui.

"Lord Toyotomi, there is news." The middle-aged man said in a deep voice immediately after entering the room, "Shiranui was attacked by unknown people, and now Shiranui has been destroyed, and it has been confirmed that both Shintaro and Keitaro are dead. "

"The shogunate has sent officials into Shiranui to investigate this evening."

"Shiranui was destroyed?" Toyotomi's tone was a little more angry.

It took a full 6 years to lay out the layout, and finally it was about to completely control Shiranui, but Shiranui was destroyed by a group of unknown people.

And Lin Ziping, who has been looking forward to meeting him, should now be missing because of the attack in Shiranui - how can this not make Toyotomi angry?

Because of being too angry, Toyotomi clenched the wine glass in his hand.

The wine glass was crushed by Toyotomi because he couldn't bear the huge force.

The shards of the wine glass cut Toyotomi's palm with tiny cuts.

"... Who is the person who ruined Shiranui?"

"I don't know yet, the officials of the shogunate are also investigating..."

"Check it out for me!" Toyotomi yelled, "Find out which bastard ruined my good deed!"

"Yes!" The middle-aged man with cold sweat on his face nodded quickly.

"Go down!" Toyotomi waved his hand.

"yes!"

The middle-aged man hurriedly exited the room.

Only Toyotomi and Gao Qing were left in the room again.

"Gao Qing." Toyotomi said to Gao Qing while sweeping away the shards of the wine glass on the palm of his right hand, "You also go to help, to find out who spoiled our good deed, and also to find out the whereabouts of Lin Ziping , See if he died in Shiranui, or escaped while Shiranui was attacked."

"Yes!" After Gao Qing agreed, she quickly left the room.

Toyotomi was left alone in the room.

Because Toyotomi was the only one left in the room, no one saw the next scene that made people stare wide-eyed and scream: the small wounds on Toyotomi's right palm were cut by the shards of the wine glass It is recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But in a moment, Toyotomi's right palm was intact as before, as if it had never been injured.

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