I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Hahaha……"

It wasn't until Lin's voice fell for a while that Shimada laughed a few times.

"Is my father back..."

Shimada raised his hand to grab his hair, his expression full of tangles.

"I'm going to leave Edo in a while and return to Owari's base camp." Lin continued, "Before we leave Edo, go and meet your father."

"Huh?" Mu Cun interjected at this moment, "Master, are we going back?"

"Well. After all, we have no reason to stay in Edo anymore. We will return to Owari in a few days. But the specific time and method of returning are to be determined."

After that, Lin turned her gaze back to Shimada in front of her again.

"Go home and see father...is this an order..." Shimada asked.

Lin shook her head: "Although you are my subordinates in name, I don't want to get too involved in your private life."

"I'm just suggesting that you go home and have a look. Whether you want to go home or not - it's up to you to decide."

"...I see." Shimada said softly, "I will think about it carefully..."

"Hmm. You should think about it carefully." After finishing speaking, Lin turned her head to look at Jian Gong and the others, "I seem to have heard you guys chatting enthusiastically just now, what are you chatting about?"

"We are discussing the 'disappearance incident' that seems to be very popular recently." Mamiya replied honestly.

"'Disappearance'? What is that?"

Mamiya and others briefly explained to Lin the general content of the incident.

"There is a large-scale disappearance of people in the Kansai area..." Lin frowned, "It seems that there is a rampant human trafficker group in the Kansai area..."

"I think so too." Mucun answered, "With so many people missing, there must be some group that is organizing human trafficking. But they even abducted men and the elderly—this really makes me unable to understand."

"If you can't understand, then don't get too entangled." Lin is not very interested in this "disappearance incident". Let’s leave this matter to the shogunate to slowly investigate and deal with it.”

"It's almost time for lunch.

I am going tocook. In about half an hour, you can wash your hands and eat. "

After finishing speaking, Lin turned around gracefully, walked quickly to the kitchen with her hands behind her back.

Cooking is one of Lin's few hobbies, and Lin arranges three meals a day for Li Jiangong and others on weekdays.

After Lin's injury was good enough to cook, she resumed her old profession of "cook".

After watching Lin leave, Mamiya raised his hand and patted Shimada's shoulder: "I think my lord is right. You have been away from home for a long time. Since your father has returned to Edo, then go home and have a look." Him."

"Let me think about it..." Shimada smiled wryly, "Senior Mamiya, as you all know, my relationship with my father is not very good..."

Shimada let out a long sigh.

"I thought he would stay in Osaka until the winter was completely over, but I didn't expect to come back so soon..."

"Shimada, if you decide to go home later and want to find someone to accompany you, I welcome you to come to me." Mucun smiled, stretched out his right thumb, and compared to himself, "I really want to Meet your father."

"You want to meet Shimada's father?" Asai asked, "Why?"

"No reason, I just want to see what the acclaimed Shimada Soichiro looks like."

"The Kansai area, centered on Kyoto and Osaka, has many temples and shrines, so it has always been the main work area for temple officials and officials under their command."

Mu Cun said slowly.

"When I was working in Kyoto as Yori, I heard about the name of Shimada's father, Soichiro Shimada, who practiced ginjimono at the temple."

"I heard that he is a man of outstanding talent. He handles the complicated management of temples and shrines in an orderly manner."

"Shimada Soichiro once came to Kyoto to attend some kind of banquet with a bunch of high-ranking officials. I also attended that banquet. Unfortunately, because of my low rank, Shimada Soichiro and Shimada Soichiro were separated by hundreds of thousands of miles. I can't see what Soichiro Shimada looks like."

Temple and community pursued - one of the largest officials in the shogunate. Responsible for the management of temples, shrines and their territories across the country and the formulation of religious policies. It is also responsible for the investigation of lawsuits and criminal cases within the jurisdiction of temples and temple territories. Because the official position is extremely high, it is generally held by the genealogy daimyo.

And temples carry out the transfer of yin flavors—it can be understood as the right-hand man of temples, assisting in handling various tasks that temples are responsible for. It is also a very high-ranking official. Compared with the capital and power that Mucun once served as, it is a stark difference.

"Ah, I remembered—" Mamiya said suddenly at this moment, "At the beginning, when Shimada first joined our Calabash House, Mucun was shocked when he learned that Shimada was the son of that Shimada Soichiro. Jump up and be."

"Ah." Asai said, "You put it that way... I remembered, it seems that this is indeed the case."

"Makimura-senpai, if you want to accompany me, I have no objection..." Shimada showed a tired smile as if he was exhausted, "But this will have to wait until I decide whether to go back and see my father... "

"Honestly—I don't really want to go back and see my father..."

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At this very moment—

Edo, the residence of the Shimada family——

The Shimada family, which owns 9,000 Shijialu, is a veritable wealthy family among the banner warriors.

Since it was a wealthy family, the mansion would naturally not be shabby.

The luxury of the Shimada family's mansion is even enough to make many poor names feel ashamed.

In a certain room in the depths of the luxurious Shimada family mansion, a middle-aged man whose hair and beard are half white is holding a knife in his hand, looking at it carefully with the sunlight coming in from the window. Holding the blade of the knife in the palm.

"master."

At this time, an old male voice sounded from outside the door.

"Come in." The middle-aged man called Master said.

Wow——

The paper sliding door was pulled open, and a neatly dressed old man knelt on one knee in front of the paper sliding door.

"Sir," said the old man, "the answer came from the Yamada Asemon family."

"What did they say?" asked the master.

"They said—they have no manpower for the time being. It will take some time to try the knife."

"That's it..." The master slowly retracted the knife in his hand into the scabbard.

"Do you want to wait for the Yamada Asemon family to have spare staff?" the old man asked.

"Of course." The master replied without hesitation, "It's rare to get such a good knife as the 'California Sumitoshima Matajuge', and it must be tested by those professional executioners."

After finishing speaking, the master turned his head and smiled warmly at the old man.

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Red Moon Fortress, Kunoya's clinic——

"Have you packed all your luggage?" Kunoya leaned against the wall behind her and asked Ogata and Atachi in his usual lazy tone.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "It's all packed."

"Don't miss anything valuable. If you miss something valuable, I won't take care of it for you in the future." After saying this in a joking tone, Kunoya sighed softly, "I'm used to it now I can see the days of the two of you when I come to the clinic every day. You will leave tomorrow, which makes me feel a little sad."

Looking at Kunoya who usually looks lazy, but now rarely shows a bit of regret, a smile containing complex emotions emerged on Ogata's face.

"During this time, I'm really grateful for your care." After that, Ogata stood up and bowed to Kunoya.

On the side, A-Ming also followed closely, stood up and saluted Kunoya.

As the undoubted greatest hero who saved the Red Moon Fortress, Ogata was a little flattered by the luxurious treatment he received while staying in the fortress to recover from his injuries.

Priority is given to enjoying high-quality medicines. Although the daily meals are tailor-made sick meals for them by Kunoya, the ingredients used are of the highest quality.

As Ogata's wife, A-Machi was also one of the great heroes who saved the Red Moon Fortress, and she also received this high-quality treatment.

In such a superior recuperating environment, whether it is Ogata or A-Machi, their bodies are recovering at a fast and stable speed.

The first to heal was Ogata, whose injuries were basically ordinary skin trauma, and who had an abnormally high "vital force".

Then, 5 days ago, Ah-cho's body also healed. Except for a more conspicuous scar on his collarbone, everything was back to normal and regained his previous vitality.

At the same time that Ah Ding recovered, Lin Ziping's body also recovered in sevens and eighties, and he was fully able to bear the pain of the long journey.

So after Ah Ding and Lin Ziping both recovered, Xu Fangfang and Lin Ziping had a good discussion on the topic of "when to leave the city". The final decision—leave the city fortress tomorrow.

Therefore—tonight is the last night that Ogata and the others stay in the Red Moon Fortress.

Ogata and the others had informed Chanup and the others of the time when their husband and wife and Lin Ziping left the fort, so starting this morning, acquaintances of Ogata and the others came to say goodbye to Ogata one after another.

Chanup, Aisuma, Aizan, Yahili...

Scruucci did not come to say goodbye.

Because Scruucci is also planning to lead his subordinates out of here tomorrow morning.

Skulucci had already been in the state of "can leave at any time" a few days ago. When to leave depends entirely on Skulucci's mood.

Besides Ogata, Skulucci had no other acquaintances in the Red Moon Fortress.

After learning that Ogata was leaving tomorrow, Skulucci, knowing that it was meaningless to stay in the castle, decided to leave with Ogata and the others at the same time, so he chose to save the farewell until tomorrow Morning.

People who are familiar with Ogata and others have basically all visited them.

Ogata and A-Machi didn't have much luggage, and they've all been packed now.

There is nothing else to do now but to sleep and wait for tomorrow.

"If you don't have anything else to do, go to bed quickly. After tomorrow, you have to go on your way." Kunoya left the wall that she had been leaning against since the beginning, "It's almost time for me to go back to my own My family is resting. You should also rest early."

"Before I go back, let me just make sure—you're planning to start at dawn, aren't you?"

"That's right." Ogata nodded.

"Then I will try my best to get up early tomorrow and see you off at the city gate." Kunoya smiled, "But I may not be able to wake up on time. If you don't see me at the city gate tomorrow morning, don't blame me .”

"It's okay." Ogata said with a smile, "I won't care about this kind of thing, I've already received your wish, if you really can't wake up tomorrow morning, just keep sleeping."

"Excuse me." Just as Ogata finished speaking, an old male voice suddenly came from outside the clinic door, "Excuse me, is Mr. Ogata there?"

"Oh?" Kunoya turned to look at the door of the clinic, "Young man, it seems that someone is coming to see you off."

"This voice is..." Ogata muttered.

"Are you going to let him in?" Kunoya asked.

Ogata: "Of course."

Kunoya walked to the door in person and opened the door curtain. Behind the door curtain was Tang Shen wrapped up like a mummy...or Kamito.

"Talk slowly." Kunoya took out her bong from her arms, "I'll go home first, remember not to talk too late, it will affect tomorrow."

After briefly exhorting Ogata, Kunoya strode out of the clinic with the newly lit pipe in her mouth.

"Sorry for bothering you so late." After Kunoya left, Shendu walked slowly in front of Ogata, and sat down cross-legged.

"It's okay." Ogata said, "Anyway, my wife and I usually don't go to bed so early."

Since leaving Edo together with A-Machi, Ogata and A-Machi have developed the habit of going to bed late because of the extremely intense physical exercise with A-Machi every night.

Ogata looked at Toto's left arm that was hung in front of his chest, and his right hand that was tightly wrapped - the most serious injury on Shendu's body was the spear stabbing on his left shoulder. The right arm was severely strained due to overwork.

Shendu noticed Ogata's gaze, so he shook his right arm lightly, and said with a wry smile: "You young people's bodies are indeed more vigorous than those of old people like us, you are already alive and kicking, And I'm still like that."

Ogata has heard about what Shendu did in the fortress when he went out to ask Scruucci and others to help him, as well as the true identity of this "pet merchant".

"Did Kunoya and the others say when your body will recover?" Ogata asked.

"Kunoya and the others said that my body probably cannot return to the state before the injury." Shen Duyun said lightly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, "I am old Just grow up, and your physical condition is not as good as you young people."

"With such a serious injury, the vitality of the body has been damaged. Even if the injury recovers, the body will become much weaker than before."

"But it doesn't matter. Anyway, I've lived enough, and I'm at an age where it's not surprising to die anytime."

"What's more--this battle is probably the last time I will act recklessly in my life." Shendu smiled, raised his eyes, and looked at Ogata, "Can I defeat the famous Yidao Zhai in the last reckless act?" Fighting side by side, I will die without regret."

After defeating the army of the shogunate, Ogata's true identity was completely exposed. However, because Chanup and the others live in a paradise far away from the land of Wajin, neither Chanup nor Skulucci and others are aware of how famous "Ogata Yasei" is in Japan. Names—except Shendu and Lin Ziping.

Both Shendu and Lin Ziping lived in Japan before, so they naturally knew who Ogata Yasei was.

But both of them chose to keep it secret with a tacit understanding, and did not tell anyone how famous the young samurai who saved the fortress was in Japan.

"It is also my honor to fight side by side with the legendary Unclean Zhai." Ogata said modestly.

"Hahahaha." Shendu laughed a few times, "The one who should feel honored is me, since I can let Yidao Zhai remember my nickname that I thought the world had long forgotten."

After laughing out loud, Shendu pursed his lips tightly and looked at Ogata with complicated eyes.

"Ogata Yidao Zhai, I really... envy you..."

"When I was about the same age as you, I also wore a sword at my waist. I imitated Miyamoto Musashi and wandered around to gain fame and fortune. But after wandering around, I gained nothing except forging a bunch of enemies."

"In terms of fame, I don't have much reputation. The name of 'Bujing Zhai' is only spread in the Ou Yu area... Outside of Ou Yu, no one knows what I am."

"In the end, I became disheartened and lived in seclusion in the Matsumae domain to make a living by selling pets."

"But you have become famous all over the world at such a young age, left your name in history, married a family, and have such an excellent wife. It really... makes me extremely envious..."

"Famous all over the world..." Ogata slowly showed a wry smile, "Tang...ah, no. Mr. Shendu, I am indeed a 'big name' in Japan, but this 'name' is not a 'good name', but 'Notoriety'."

"I am now living a life where I usually have to rely on a human skin mask to cover up my face."

"Even so, do you still envy me?"

"Yidao Zhai, you don't know about that." Shendu shook his head, "I don't know if you have investigated it—you just have a bad reputation in the shogunate and the court."

"But among the people, your good reputation is far greater than your bad reputation."

"You have to know—now the reputation of the shogunate is not good among the people."

"You have fought against the shogunate again and again, but many people have enjoyed it."

"I have witnessed several times with my own eyes that civilians praised your feat of killing the tyrant and attacking Nijo Castle."

"The first time I heard your name was when I was drinking in an izakaya, I heard a few civilians praising you for killing the tyrant."

"After knowing your name and what you have done for the first time, I only had one thought: In this world, there really are people who can easily do things that you can't do." Genius..."

Bujingsai continued to look at Ogata with complicated eyes. He was showing a slight smile, and a touch of loneliness slowly appeared in his eyes.

"Now the world has no place for an old man like me who is not talented and frail."

"To live a more exciting and dazzling life, Yidao Zhai."

"I'm looking forward to hearing it later—your new tale of a young man who at such a young age has what I've always wanted."

"And don't die casually. If you die casually, it will make me... no, it will make us warriors who have spent our lives mediocre, very entangled."

"A new legend..." Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "Then I can only ask you to wait without expectation. I don't guarantee that I will be able to create anything that can be called a 'legend' in the future." thing."

"Then I'll do what you said—wait without expectations." Shen Du smiled.

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the next day—

Red Moon Fortress, at the city gate——

"Mr. Xufang." Lin Ziping, who was standing next to Xufang, asked, "Have you got all your luggage ready?"

"It's all ready. What about you?"

Lin Ziping smiled and raised his hands: "This cloth bag on my back is all my luggage."

Now the sky has just turned pale, but at the gate of the inner city wall of the Red Moon Fortress, many people headed by Chanup have already stood.

High-level personnel headed by Chanup and Retan Noe.

Ogata's acquaintances, including Aizan, Ahili, and Kunoa.

They all came to see off Ogata, Skulucci and others.

Ogata, Atachi, and Hayashi Tzu-hei stood next to the radish and grapes, doing the final baggage check.

Radish is a lucky horse, and it charged Ogata on its back, but it didn't suffer any serious injuries.

After Ogata and others checked their luggage, Chanup and others came up one by one to offer farewell words to Ogata.

Aizan: "Ogata-kun! I wish you a smooth journey!"

Ashley: "Please don't forget us! If you have a chance in the future, please come and see us!"

Kunoya: "I got up successfully, but I'm so sleepy...haha~~"

Shen Du: "Remember what I told you last night—don't die casually."

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Ogata accepted the farewell of everyone one by one.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Scruucci striding toward him.

"Ogata-kun. If there is a chance in the future, see you later."

"Yeah." Ogata nodded vigorously, "To each other."

"Ogata-kun. Although I asked you to give me a message to Mr. Kinoshita before, if you see Mr. Kinoshita again, can you give me a new sentence?"

"Huh? Please tell me."

"You tell Mr. Kinoshita; 'Although I have become a notorious Cossack for my livelihood, I have never forgotten what I have always wanted to do'. Just tell Mr. Kinoshita the exact words, and he will definitely listen to it. understand."

"Okay..." Although Ogata didn't understand what this meant, he still took it down silently, "If I see Gen-sama later, I will bring your words to him."

Scruucci smiled brightly: "Then I will trouble you."

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The farewell to Ogata and the others lasted nearly half an hour.

It wasn't until everyone came up to give their farewell words that the farewell was finally over.

Amid the farewell sounds of everyone, Ogata, Ating, and Lin Ziping—the three of them drove slowly away from the Red Moon Fortress.

The executioner fasted with a knife—and embarked on a journey again.

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I really want to go to Koyasan, and get a good job... I don't know how long it will take before I can travel abroad normally...