I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Aisuma dragged her tired body on the way home.

She had returned to her mission just now, and reported the news of "successfully completing the extermination of the gold diggers" and all the things that needed to be reported on the way back and forth to an old man named "Peleshinope".

This old man is also one of the elders of their Red Moon Fortress. He has a very high status and prestige in the Red Moon Fortress, and is often entrusted with important tasks by her father, Chanup.

After discovering the gold diggers, Chanup handed over the task of exterminating the gold diggers to Peleshnope.

Who to send to wipe out the gold diggers, when to start... These things are all decided by Peleshinope.

Peleshinope originally planned to lead Aisuma and the others to deal with the gang of gold diggers, but Aisuma and others considered that Peleshinope was already 64 years old this year, so out of safety considerations, Aisuma It took a lot of effort for Suma and others to persuade Pelesinope to stay in the fortress and stop wandering like young people like them.

After successfully reporting the news of "Great Victory" and "Safety of All Staff" to Peleshnope, Aisuma, who was walking on a certain road in the fortress, noticed that the surrounding residents were whispering about how they had just arrived at their place. The villagers of Kina Village, as well as Ogata, Atachi and others.

As long as Asuma can remember, she has learned various hunting skills. Started hunting when he was 12 years old.

In this hunt after hunt, Aisuma has developed good eyesight and hearing.

Asuma, who was somewhat interested in the discussions of the surrounding residents towards Ogata and the others, pricked up her ears and quietly listened to the discussions of the people around her.

Relying on her good hearing, the discussions of people around her can clearly reach Aisuma's ears.

"It is said that the people from the village named China Village arrived here just now."

"Really?"

"Well. It's true. I just followed along to join in the fun. I went to watch the villagers of Qina Village. As rumored, it is a village with few men. I counted the young men in their village. There seem to be a dozen or so men..."

"It's so miserable... There are not many men in the whole village... It must be very hard..."

"I have heard something about that village before. It is said that a few years ago, many men in their village disappeared inexplicably and have not returned until now."

"It's terrible... How can a person disappear in such a good way..."

"I don't know what happened. Originally, after the 'disappearance incident', there were very few men in that village. Some time ago, I was attacked by white-skinned men... Sigh..."

"It's no wonder the entire village has to live in our place. There are only so few males left in the village... Even self-protection is a problem..."

"Those white-skinned people are indeed the same as people, they are not good things."

"Speaking of Kazuto...do you know? It seems that 2 Kazutos followed the villagers of Qina Village to our Heyezhe."

"Really? 2 Kazutos?!"

"Well, a man and a woman. The man has two knives hanging from his waist. He should be a samurai in Kazuto."

"Samurai...why did two Kazuhito follow the villagers of Kina Village into our Heyezhe?"

"Those two Kazutos seemed to be the lifesavers of the villagers in China Village.

The two of them are very skillful. After Qina Village was attacked by white-skinned men, the two and others assisted the villagers of Qina Village to repel the attacking white-skinned men, but...the two Why Kazuto came to our place, I don't know..."

"Kazuto...I hate Kazuto the most...It is because of them that my husband's hometown was burned..."

"I don't like Heren either. Heren never thought of getting along with us in peace from the beginning to the end."

"You can't say that... not all people are annoying."

"It is said that the two Kazutos were able to come to our place with Chanup's permission."

"With Chanup's permission? What is Chanup thinking? Why did you let 2 Kazutos come to Heyezhe for no reason."

"Hush, shush... Keep your voice down, Asuma is not far away."

One of the women who were discussing Ogata and others in a low voice noticed Aisuma who was not far away, so he hurriedly reminded the surrounding friends in a low voice.

The woman who said such wild words as "What is Chanup thinking?" closed her mouth tightly at this moment, and glanced at Aisuma who was not far away with somewhat embarrassed eyes.

The content of their discussion just now has been heard by Ai Suma.

Regarding what they just said, Aisuma just sighed lightly, and then quickly walked away from those women.

"Sister! Are you back?"

At this moment, a hearty voice sounded from behind Aisuma.

Hearing this hearty voice, Aisuma was taken aback for a moment, then smiled all over her face, and turned her head to look behind her.

"Otunbui. I'm back."

While shouting "Sister" loudly, the person who ran towards Asuma from behind her was a boy about 13 or 4 years old.

The figure of this young man running towards Aisuma while shouting for his sister naturally attracted a lot of attention.

However, some passers-by around looked at the young man with a somewhat...weird look.

Some passers-by looked at the young man who was running towards Aisuma with somewhat disgusted eyes.

The young man threw himself into Aisuma's arms when he came close to Aisuma.

After several rounds of pleasantries with Aisuma, and after asking about whether Aisuma was injured when she went out to kill the gold diggers, the boy asked Aisuma impatiently:

"Sister! I heard that Mashima Goro came to our Heyezhe! Is this true?"

"Hmm." Aisuma nodded lightly, "He and his wife seem to be at father's place now. During the time I'm not at home, have you seriously honed your bow skills?"

"The 'Hunting Festival' is about to begin."

"If you don't have an outstanding performance in the 'Hunting Festival', it will be very embarrassing."

After hearing the word "hunting sacrifice" from Asuma's mouth, the boy immediately shrank his neck as if he had heard something terrible.

"I, of course I have been honing my bow skills..."

"Yes." Aisuma nodded, "That's good."

"Although I have honed my bow skills..." The boy's weak voice sounded again, "But I have never been able to find a companion who is willing to participate in the hunting festival with me..."

Ai Suma was taken aback, then sighed heavily.

"...Autongpuyi, why don't you go make a good friend..."

Otunpuyi didn't make a sound, just lowered his head and remained silent.

And Aisuma held her forehead, pretending to be helpless.

"... Forget it, let's talk about it later, let's go home now."

Aisuma grabbed the boy's arm and strode home.

As Chanup's daughter, her home is naturally Chanup's.

After returning home quickly, Aisuma saw her father sitting in a circle with Chepke and others.

The two of them happened to pass by Ogata.

When they got home, Ogata just left their house and went to find Lin Ziping.

...

...

When Lin Ziping stared straight at Ogata with serious eyes, the expressionless Ogata also looked straight at Lin Ziping.

No one spoke again.

In the end, it was Lin Ziping who seemed to be unable to bear this silent atmosphere any longer, and took the lead in scratching his hair, and then broke the silence.

"...how about this?"

"If you can help me get out of this ghost place as soon as possible, in addition to taking you to the village where the strange doctor is, I owe you another favor. If you need help from others in the future, you can come to me I!"

"I specialize in military affairs, geography, history and other knowledge."

"Although I'm just a scholar, I can still help a lot."

"In order to study academically, I have traveled all over the world, and I have been to many places. I have seen a lot!"

"I am even more familiar with the various geographical and historical knowledge of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Korea Kingdom, and Ezo Land!"

Lin Ziping still wanted to continue to sell himself, but Xu Fang suddenly sighed softly, and then interrupted Lin Ziping's conversation.

"Okay, stop talking."

After interrupting Lin Ziping's words, Ogata approached Lin Ziping with a serious face.

The two people facing each other through the window, their faces are so close that each other's breath can be sprayed on each other's face.

"...I'll just trust you for once."

"I will try my best to help you get out of here as soon as possible."

"I hope that after you come out of here, you can fulfill your promise with me."

"Otherwise—the knife at my waist..."

Ogata raised his left hand and placed his left palm on Da Shitian's handle.

"It's not a wooden knife."

Ogata threatened Lin Ziping very directly.

Facing Ogata's threat, Lin Ziping did not show any panic. After nodding vigorously, he said:

"Don't worry. I won't break my word."

"I dare not speak big words."

"But I still dare to pat my chest and say 'extremely keep your promises'."

At the side, Ah-machi was looking at Ogata with somewhat surprised eyes.

"Are you really going to help this man?"

"This person has information that might be useful to us. I don't want to just throw away this rare and useful information."

Ogata said softly.

"Give it a try... Anyway, even if we fail to get this person out in the end, we won't have any substantial losses."

"Please don't say that!" Lin Ziping immediately protested, "Please do your best to rescue me!"

"I also told you just now that my friendship with the high-level officials of the Red Moon Fortress is not so good that they will let them go if I say a word to them."

"I met their leader for the first time just now."

Ogata put his hands on the Dashitian knife handle on his left waist, and asked Lin Ziping in an interrogating tone:

"I have to figure out the real purpose of your coming here first. Otherwise, if you want to persuade the senior management of Red Moon Fortress to release you, you will be 'unable to speak'."

"Tell me first - what are you doing here in Ezo, and why are there so many hand-drawn maps on your body?"

Ogata never imagined that after he came to the Edo period, he would become a "defense lawyer", collect information and evidence, and then fish people out of the prison one day...

"As I said just now, it is for academic research." Lin Ziping said, "I mainly study geography."

"I came to Ezo just to survey the topography of Ezo and study the geography of Ezo."

"The shogunate has always paid little attention to Ezo, so that very few people have studied the history and geography of Ezo."

"For those of us who specialize in geography, Ezodi is a treasure house with a lot of knowledge waiting for us to investigate and study."

"The reason why I came to Ezo and hand-painted so many maps is just to do academic research! It's just to study the geography of Ezo!"

"Did you come to Ezo alone?" Ogata asked.

"Well. I came here alone." Lin Ziping said, "I wanted to hire a few ronin to be my guards, but I don't have much money, and it's not safe to hire ronin who don't know the details."

"You are really courageous..." Ogata couldn't help but looked at Lin Ziping several times again, "Obviously he is quite old, yet he dared to come to the land of Ezo without even a companion... ..."

Ogata, who has been here in Ezo for some time, already has a very clear understanding of the danger of Ezo.

He and A-Ming first meet the cannibal bear, and then the brutal Cossacks.

And this Lin Ziping dared to come to Ezodi without a guard or a companion... Ogata didn't know whether to call him brave or stupid.

"I also know it's dangerous to do so." Lin Ziping smiled wryly, "But compared to the danger, I'm more afraid that I won't be able to complete my academic research."

"And I'm not incapable of protecting myself."

"For the sake of academic research, I have been running around, traveled far and wide, and developed a strong physique. I can guarantee that most warriors may not be as strong as me."

"And I'm also the holder of Zhongtiaoliu's 'directory'."

"I also know a lot about hunting. I know what to do to avoid encountering beasts."

Table of Contents - The level of the swordsmanship genre in this era.

Most of the swordsmanship genres are divided into three levels from low to high: paper cutting, catalog, and exemption.

If the assessment conditions are not mixed with water, then those who have the "catalogue" certificate are indeed quite powerful people.

After listening to what Lin Ziping said just now, Ogata said silently in his heart:

——An academic madman...

Lin Ziping's sentence just now, "Compared with such a danger, I am more afraid that I will not be able to complete my academic research", exudes the atmosphere of an academic madman from the beginning to the end.

Ogata has seen many people who are obsessed with improving their martial arts.

But this is the first time Ogata has met this kind of person who is obsessed with improving his academic level.

"Then here in Ezo, do you have any Ainu friends you know? If you know any Ainu friends, you can find him and let him help clear your suspicion."

Lin Ziping shook his head.

"Although I have passed through many Ainu villages, and I have temporarily lived in many villages in the country, but I don't have any Ainu friends I know..."

"...This is very difficult." Ogata suppressed the thought of sighing, "There is no physical evidence to prove that you are not a spy of the shogunate..."

"What I have now is only your one-sided words..."

Ogata lowered his head, thinking.

After a while, Ogata said slowly:

"...Let's do this for now—I'll go to Chanup now."

"Go talk to him about you."

"The evidence that we think is useful, people may not necessarily buy it."

"You must first know what kind of evidence is useful in the eyes of the people in Red Moon Fortress, and can prove that you are not a shogunate spy."

"After talking about your matter with Chanup in detail, let's slowly think about how to get you out of prison."

"Who is Chanup?" Lin Ziping asked.

"The person who leads the Red Moon Fortress should be regarded as the supreme ruler of the Red Moon Fortress."

"Oh..." Lin Ziping murmured, "Should I talk to the supreme ruler of the Red Moon Fortress first..."

After thinking for a moment, Lin Ziping nodded gently:

"Okay then... that's the only way to go first..."

...

...

Ogata and A-Machi walked side by side on a certain street in the Red Moon Fortress.

The "guide boy" who was in charge of taking the two of them to Lin Ziping just now was walking in front of them.

Just now, the "guide leading the way" brought the two of them from Chanup's home to the hut where Lin Ziping was held.

And now it's the other way around.

Now this "guide leading the way" is taking Ogata and the two from the hut where Lin Ziping was detained to Chanup's home.

"...I don't think there is any way to prove that Lin Ziping's innocence."

Atachi, who was walking beside Ogata, said abruptly.

"There is no physical evidence, and no high-level trustworthy person in Red Moon Fortress can help identify him as not a spy."

"Based on our two words, I don't think we can persuade Chanup and the others to let them go..."

"Anyway, let's try it first." Ogata smiled wryly and shrugged, "If it's really impossible to get that Lin Ziping out of prison as soon as possible... then we'll talk about it when the time comes."

Soon, Ogata and the others returned to Chanup's house.

The "leading boy" yelled something into the house in Ainu.

Later, Ogata and the others heard Chanup's response, but because Chanup spoke Ainu, Ogata could not understand what Chanup was saying.

After Chanup's response fell, the "guide leading the way" turned around and nodded towards Ogata and Acho:

"You can go in now."

After obtaining the entry permit, Ogata and Acho entered Chanup's house one after the other.

Village Chief Chepke and the others are still present, so there should be important matters to discuss.

But compared to when Ogata and the others left just now, there are 2 more people here.

The two extra people sat on the left and right sides of Chanup respectively.

One of these two people is Asuma who Ogata is familiar with.

And beside Aisuma, sat a young man that Ogata didn't know.

After seeing Ogata and A-Machi entering, the boy was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Ogata with joy.

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Atachi, you are back." Chanup said to the two first, "How is it? The old man in the cell is the person you are looking for?"

Ogata shook his head: "That person is not the one we are looking for."

"I see...that's a pity...ah, Mashima-san, Machi-san, let me introduce you."

Chanup pointed to Asuma and the boy who were sitting on the left and right sides of him.

"This is my eldest daughter—Asuma."

"You should also know each other. So I won't introduce much."

Chanup had already known that Aisuma and others were in a team with Ogata and the others, and returned to the Red Moon Fortress with Ogata and his party.

"And this is my eldest son, Otunpuyi."

--eldest son?

Ogata looked at the boy.

Ogata was not surprised by the sudden emergence of Chanup's eldest son.

Whether it is the Japanese society that has already entered the feudal era, or the Ainu society that is still in the tribal era, they all have one thing in common-the lack of entertainment.

It's okay during the day, but at night there is really nothing to do.

Therefore, in this era, making children has become the only entertainment that ordinary people can do at night.

Since they left Edo with A-cho, trying to hand over the ancestral chromosomes to A-cho has become an important pastime for Ogata and A-cho to pass the long night.

So in this era, it is very common for a family to have 7, 8, or even a dozen children.

If Chanup had only one child, Aisuma, Ogata would be surprised.

After carefully observing the young man named Otongpuyi, Ogata found that the facial features of this young man were indeed somewhat similar to Aisuma.

The boy looked about 13 or 4 years old, and he and Ai Suma should be siblings.

Ou bowed to Otong Puyi:

"Meeting you for the first time. (Ainu)"

Ogata first said "meet you for the first time" in the not-so-standard "plastic Ainu language", and then switched back to Japanese.

"This is Goro Mashima. This is Uchiko Mashimacho."

This sentence was too complicated for Ogata to say in Ainu.

After the sound of Ogata's self-introduction fell, Otunpuyi seemed a little nervous, and stammered:

"First, first time meeting. I'm Otonpuyi."

Otsubui spoke Japanese.

And it is much more standard Japanese than his sister and his father.

In terms of standards - if you only listen to the voice, the owner who can't hear the voice at all is an Ainu.

Although Ogata is no stranger to the Ainu people who can speak Japanese now, after hearing Otsupui's unusually standard Japanese, Ogata still couldn't help casting a surprised look at him.

Otsubui, who caught the astonishment in Ogata's eyes, smiled shyly:

"I have studied Japanese Japanese carefully, so I may not be able to speak it well, please forgive me."

"No no no." Ogata shook his head, "Nothing. Your Japanese is very good."

After a brief greeting with Otunpuyi, Ogata turned his attention back to Chanup.

"Mr. Chanup, do you have anything to discuss with Chief Chepuk? I have something to tell you now. If you have anything to discuss with Chief Chepuk, then I will Wait a while."

"Huh? Do you have something to tell me?" Chanup cast a surprised look at Ogata, "I have already finished talking about the important things I should have said to Chepke and the others. I was talking to Chep just now. It’s just chatting with them, if you have something to tell me, you can tell me now.”

Seeing that Chanup had said so, Ogata was not hypocritical, and directly told Chanup about Lin Ziping.

After Ogata's voice fell, Chanup raised his eyebrows: "You want to let that old man go free?"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, just as he was about to say something more, Chanup suddenly smiled bitterly and said:

"That might be difficult."

Chanup picked up his bong and took a deep drag on the cigarette.

"Many people have demanded that the old man be executed."

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Did you watch the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last night?

My only thought about last night's Olympic opening ceremony is: I don't understand, but I'm blown away...

5 years ago, when I saw various ACG images in "Tokyo Eight Minutes" at the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, I was still very excited and looked forward to seeing Doraemon, Mario and other classic characters in the opening ceremony say...

The result... that's it?

"Tokyo Eight Minutes" 5 years ago was a scam! Fraud!

There is one thing to say, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last night really gave me a very cheap feeling...

There is a feeling of outsourcing the show to outsiders.

Although many people analyze the artistic level of those programs, as an ordinary person, my most intuitive feeling about last night's opening ceremony is that it was terrible...why do we want to show such a stream-of-consciousness program at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games...

For me, the only highlight of last night's opening ceremony was the classic BGM of various classic games when the athletes entered the field, and the "super changing" program.

(It would be great if the BGM of our country's athletes when they entered the arena was the "Proof of Heroes" of "Monster Hunter", Bel has momentum)

Not to mention, I'm going to see our country's Olympic opening ceremony to wash my eyes.

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