I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

In the past few months since Matsudaira Sadanobu left Edo and went to Ezo, Hasegawa can be said to have been up all night, working day and night with far more energy than before.

There is no other reason - he was caught by Matsudaira Sadanobu.

The scene in Edo a few months ago is still vivid in Hasegawa’s memory—Sakanobu Matsudaira approached him in person on the eve of going north to Ezo, and told him: I already know that you embezzled the funds for fire payment to the thief. To speculate in coins, in order to earn money for the operation of Renzujiu this secret.

At that time, Hasegawa's cold sweat had already wet all his clothes...

Misappropriating funds allocated by the shogunate: this is not a small crime...

Being removed from the position of Huo Fu Thief and changed to the chief officer, and stripped of his status as a samurai-this is the most ideal and lightest punishment.

However, after deciding to rely on this method to earn money for running the human foot farm, Hasegawa had already made up his mind. After his clothes were soaked in cold sweat, he quickly calmed down and prepared to accept it calmly. Matsudaira Sadanobu's anger.

But who knows - Hasegawa is ready to accept all punishments, and Matsudaira Sadanobu let him go.

As if nothing had happened, Matsudaira continued to appoint Hasegawa as the chief of the Huofu Thief Kai, and secretly promised Hasegawa to continue to rely on the method of speculating coins to earn the operating funds of the people's foot farm.

Hasegawa is not an idiot who doesn't understand politics anymore. How can he not be clear about Matsudaira Sadanobu's intentions - Matsudaira Sadanobu wants to use this matter as an excuse to grab Hasegawa's lifeblood so that Hasegawa can continue to work for him. Glow and heat.

What Matsudaira Jonobu has done can be described as an overt conspiracy—if Hasegawa wants to lose his official position and head, and wants to let Zuyojo Farm continue to operate, he must obediently listen to Matsudaira Jonobu and work his life obediently.

If not, Matsudaira Sadanobu can take Hasegawa down at any time, and drive Hasegawa and his hard-working people into the abyss of eternal doom.

Hasegawa had no choice.

In order to express his loyalty to Matsudaira Sadanobu and express his obedience to Matsudaira Sadanobu, in the past few months, Hasegawa has not dared to slack in the slightest. Over the past few months, Hasegawa has almost never given himself a day off.

But this busyness is still rewarding. In the past few months, only those big thieves and big gangs with names and surnames, Huofu Thief Gai has caught 2 of them, which can be described as a gratifying result.

Although it stands to reason - Matsudaira Sadanobu let him go, Hasegawa should be grateful to Matsudaira Sadanobu.

After all, it was Hasegawa who broke the law first, and Matsudaira Sadanobu could not deal with him too much.

It is all thanks to Matsudaira Sadanobu's kindness that he can continue to serve as the chief of Huofu Bandit Kai without any punishment.

However, although the truth is so, Hasegawa is really insensitive and can't like the old man who holds him in his hands and can kill him at any time...

If possible, Hasegawa would like to never meet Matsudaira Sadanobu again...

But the world is so unpredictable, Hasegawa never expected Matsudaira Sadanobu to appear in Kyoto...

So at this moment, Hasegawa's mood is very complicated...

With a gaze that seemed to be able to see through Hasegawa's body, Matsudaira Sadanobu took a deep look at Hasegawa and said with a smile:

"I just heard from Ota and Kamiyama that you are now in the execution office in Kyoto,

I couldn't wait to call you over. "

"The reason why you came to Kyoto, I have just heard the introduction from Ota and Shenshan."

"How? Have you found any clues about the Blood Mist?"

The topic involved his own work, and Hasegawa's face instantly became serious, and his tone also became passionate:

"We have now obtained definite information from the informant - the Blood Mist is now in the capital."

"It can be confirmed now: their stronghold is probably located in the western suburbs of Kyoto. It won't take long before we can confirm the exact location of their stronghold."

Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly: "Good job."

"I just heard from Shenshan that several people in Kyoto have been killed by this blood mist."

"Counting the people who were killed by the blood mist before, the victims are countless."

"Hasegawa, you must arrest these scumbags as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Hasegawa said loudly, "I will definitely hang my life!"

As soon as Hasegawa's words fell, the corner of Matsudaira Sadanobu's mouth turned up slightly, and a smile emerged from the corner of his mouth:

"I have seen all your achievements during this period of time. I am quite satisfied with your efforts and achievements. It is really hard work for you, Hasegawa."

"If only... every official of the shogunate could be as outstanding as you..."

At this time, a trace of loneliness flashed in Matsudaira Sadanobu's eyes.

"I remember that you seem to have said that the funds for the thief's reform were insufficient, right?"

"I will start to make arrangements in the future to increase the allocation of funds for Huofu Thief Reform."

After Matsudaira Sadanobu's voice fell, Hasegawa was stunned for a moment, and then the joy and excitement that could not be concealed appeared on his face.

"Thank you, my lord!" Hasegawa hastily bowed his head in thanks.

Matsudaira Sadanobu smiled and nodded, then waved his hand:

"Okay, seeing with my own eyes that you are still so energetic, I am also relieved. You should step back first."

"Ah, Kamiyama." Matsudaira Sadanobu turned to look at Kyoto Mahogyo who was sitting next to him, "You also step back for now, Ota stays alone."

"Yes." Shenshan bowed his head.

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Hasegawa and Kamiyama left the room one after the other.

After drawing a sufficient distance from the room where Matsudaira Sadanobu was, Kamiyama said to Hasegawa in a half-joking tone:

"Master Lao Zhong's method of 'beating you while giving you benefits' is really getting more and more skillful. But this is also good, he won't just force you to work hard, and he knows how to give you benefits."

Hasegawa had told his good friend about the fact that he was caught by Matsudaira Sadanobu long ago.

Hearing this joking ridicule from Shenshan, Hasegawa put on a complicated expression, smiled, and asked Shenshan:

"Shenshan, why is the old man here? Is it possible that he...is he really here to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor?"

As one of the official servants of the shogunate, Hasegawa had long heard rumors that Matsudaira Jonobu would go to Kyoto to apologize to the emperor in person for his disastrous defeat in Ezo.

But rumors belong to rumors, whether it is true or not, Hasegawa doesn't know.

After all, his status in the shogunate is not high enough to know all the actions of Matsudaira Sadanobu.

"About this, I don't know clearly." Shenshan said softly, "After all, I am just a small town of Kyoto."

"The old middleman called me over just now, and it was just because of some issues related to the current situation and governance of the capital."

"However... I guess the reason why the old man came to Kyoto suddenly is to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor."

"After all, apart from this reason, I really can't think of what purpose Mr. Lao Zhong would come to Kyoto so far away."

"...Forget it." Hasegawa shrugged, "Anyway, why did the old middle-aged come to Kyoto, and it's none of our business, as long as we do our own business well."

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As soon as Hasegawa and Kamiyama left the room, Matsudaira Sadanobu heaved a sigh of relief, and then said to Ota Suzuki who was still in the room in a tone without sadness or joy:

"Ota, I will leave it to you to contact His Majesty the Emperor and arrange a meeting time. The time must be as soon as possible, preferably within a few days, and arrange for me to meet with His Majesty the Emperor."

As the new Chief of the Kyoto Office, Ota has not even been in office for a year, but with his excellent ability, he has mastered all the tasks in charge of the Kyoto Office in less than a year.

The shogunate only controls a quarter of the land in Japan, and the other three-quarters of the land are divided up by various vassal states.

Most of the land owned by the shogunate is in the east of Japan, so the shogunate has absolute dominance over the eastern country.

But for Xiguo, the ruling power of the shogunate is much weaker.

Troublesome vassal states like Satsuma and Changzhou, which are both strong and not well-connected with the shogunate, are basically located in the Western Kingdom.

In order to better monitor and manage the Daimyo of the Western Kingdom, the shogunate set up two special official positions, the Kyoto Shojidai and the Osakajodai.

The two cities of Kyoto and Osaka are very close to each other, and they both happen to be located near the junction of the East and West countries, that is, they are almost exactly in the middle of Japan.

The primary task of these two official positions is to monitor the daimyos of the Western Kingdom.

However, apart from monitoring the Daimyo of the Western Kingdom, the Kyoto Sosidai also had another important task, which was to monitor the emperor and the court led by the emperor, and act as a mouthpiece for the shogunate and the court.

"Yes!" Ota said loudly, "The next official will go to make arrangements immediately."

After arranging the task for Ota Sukinoi, Matsudaira Sadanobu let out another breath, then raised his hand to support his forehead, his face was full of tiredness.

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Hasegawa had just returned to the temporary office room he was currently using, and just picked up the brush again, when he heard the voice of the recently promoted newcomer——Yamauchi outside the room:

"Master Hasegawa! Master Hasegawa!"

"What's the matter..." After Hasegawa muttered, he said loudly, "Come in!"

Yamauchi entered the room nervously.

As soon as he entered the room, Yamauchi said excitedly:

"Master Hasegawa! I found a new clue related to the Blood Mist!"

Hasegawa raised his eyebrows, his eyes lit up: "Say it!"

"Blood Mist has recently had a very close relationship with a Yakuza called the Great Buddha Clan in Kyoto..." Yamauchi talked eloquently.

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Kyoto, home of Fuma——

"...Brother Ogata, your experience in the past half a year is really wonderful for some people's life experience."

Fumo shook the wine glass in his hand and joked to Ogata.

Regarding Fuma's joke, Ogata only smiled and did not deny it - he himself felt that Fuma's words were very reasonable.

Just now, while eating a simple dinner and drinking some wine with Fumo, Ogata told Fumo concisely about his experience in the past six months since leaving Kyoto.

In the end, by the way, he also told Feng Mo what his purpose in coming to Kyoto to find him this time was.

"It's such a pity." Fuma sighed, showing regret, "I was not able to attend the wedding that you and Komachi held in Edo..."

"Yeah. A-Machi and I also feel very sorry." Ogata also sighed, "It would be great if you could come to that wedding..."

On the eve of going to Ezo, Ogata and A-machi held a simple wedding in Edo, and hosted a banquet for relatives and friends who happened to be in Edo at that time, headed by the people in the gourd house.

At that time, they also wanted to invite Fuma to come over, but the Kyoto where Fuma lived was too far away from Edo, so they had to give up.

At this moment, Feng Mo drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

"I understand the specific reasons."

"You want to find a good swordsmith..."

Ogata nodded, and then pulled Da Shitian out of its sheath: "Master Feng, look—this is what my saber looks like now."

After seeing Da Shitian's current blade appearance, Feng Mo smacked his lips a few times: "Well... the damage is indeed serious, and it is indeed time to find a good swordsmith to repair it."

"As far as the craftsmanship of your saber is concerned, it is true that ordinary swordsmiths cannot repair your saber."

Feng Mo poured himself a new glass of wine.

"Great swordsmith...let me think about it..."

Feng Mo closed his eyes half-closed, with a pensive expression on his face.

Sitting opposite Fuma, Ogata, Acho, and Azuki did not bother Fuma, and let Fuma think silently.

After an unknown amount of time passed, Feng Mo finally opened his eyes:

"Oh! I remembered someone."

"Brother Ogata, do you know Master Yuer?"

"I've never heard of it." Ogata shook his head honestly.

A-machi and Azuki, who were sitting on the left and right sides of Ogata, also shook their heads.

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it." Feng Mo said, "He is a very low-key knife maker."

"It is said that he is a master who can be described as superb in both knife casting and knife repairing skills."

"'It is said'?" Ogata keenly grasped a word in Feng Mogang's mouth that caught his attention, "Master Feng, haven't you seen that person?"

"I haven't seen it." Feng Mo shook his head, "But—you and I know that old man who only has swords in his eyes and only knows how to drink every day. He has seen Yu Er."

Having said that, Feng Mo shook his shoulders.

And Ogata also smiled - how could he fail to recognize who Fu Mo was talking about just now.

Apart from Yuan Yi, there should not be another person in this world who fits the characteristics that Fuma just mentioned.

"Although the knife used by that old guy is also a very high-quality treasured knife, but the knife is still a knife, and it will be damaged if it is used for a long time." Feng Mo continued, "The old guy once found Yu Er and asked Yu Er to help repair it. Knife."

"According to what the old guy said: Master Yu Er's skills are impeccable."

"The fly in the ointment is - he is a knife idiot, a strange man who has nothing else in his eyes except for knife repairing, so his personality is a bit weird."

"That's it..." Ogata murmured, "Then it seems that this Master Yuer really needs to meet...Master Feng, do you know where this Master Yuer is now?"

"As far as I know—in Osaka."

"Osaka?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

After hearing the place name of Osaka from Fumo, Ogata's heart relaxed a little-fortunately, he didn't hear any place names far away from Kyoto.

Kyoto and Osaka are very close.

The straight-line distance between the two cities...converted into modern length units, is only 40 kilometers, which is extremely close.

If you use a fast horse to take turns to transfer, you can go back and forth between the two cities in one day.

While feeling a relief in his heart, Ogata also felt a joy in his heart - because Osaka is very close to Mount Koya.

Koyasan is located in the Kii area just south of Osaka.

The straight-line distance between Osaka and Koyasan is about 50 kilometers, and the distance between the two is also extremely short.

Ogata's original plan was to go to Mount Koya, which is closely related to "immortality", to investigate after repairing the sword.

Since Yoji is now in Osaka, which is very close to Koyasan, it is convenient for Ogata.

After finding Yuer and repairing the knife, he can quickly set off to reach Mount Koya.

However... what Mr. Fuma said next made the slightly happy expression on Ogata's face froze quickly.

"But I only know that Yuji is in Osaka. As for where he is in Osaka, I don't know."

Ogata's eyes widened suddenly: "Master Feng, don't you know where that Yoji is located in Osaka?"

"I don't know. After all, I've never seen him. I only know that he lives in Osaka now, living a very low-key life."

Ogata couldn't help twitching the corner of his mouth.

Osaka has a population of one million, and its scale is not inferior to the super city of Edo.

Finding someone in such a super big city is not easy...

But—not long after Ogata showed a troubled expression, Fuma suddenly laughed and said:

"Although I don't know where Yu Er is in Osaka, I can help you find someone to ask."

"There is an old friend of mine in Osaka. He is a know-it-all in Osaka. If you ask him, he should know where Yuji is."

Hearing this, Ogata's expression changed a little better: "Master Feng, what's the name of your friend, where is he in Osaka? I will go to Osaka to find your friend later..."

Before Ogata finished speaking, Fumo waved his hand very proudly:

"You don't need to be so troublesome. Why don't I go to Osaka with you? Let me help you and ask my old friend in person."

At this moment, whether Ogata or A-cho, they all cast surprised glances at Fuma.

"Master Feng, you want to join us with Osaka?" Ogata exclaimed.

"Brother Ogata, you are very lucky to have arrived in time." Fumo smiled softly, "Just two days ago—Xianbingwei, whom you have also met, just wrote to me and invited me to visit him in Osaka. home as a guest."

After hearing the slightly unfamiliar name of "Xianbingwei", Ogata was taken aback for a moment, and then quickly recalled who this person was.

This person is Feng Mo's old subordinate.

On the eve of Fuma no Sato being officially disbanded by Fuma, there were only three poor subordinates under his command—this Xianbingwei was one of them.

Previously, when Ogata was recuperating at Fuma's home after the Battle of Nijo Castle, the three old subordinates of Fuma, headed by Senbei, had come back to Kyoto to visit Fuma together. Ogata and Atachi met at that time There are three Xianbingwei people, and they have a relationship with these three people.

According to Fengmo's previous introduction to his three old subordinates, this Xianbingwei is now residing in Osaka.

"I had originally planned to be invited by Xianbingwei to visit Osaka as a guest after a while."

"Since you are going to Osaka now, I will go with you."

"By the way, I will help you to ask my "Osaka know-it-all" friend who lives in Osaka if he knows where Yoji lives."

"In that case - we are very lucky." Ogata smiled joyfully, "If you come a little later, you will pass by you who went to Osaka to find Xianbingwei."

"That's why I said you are lucky." Feng Mo laughed loudly, "How about it? Would you like to let me, an old man, walk with you?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Ogata hurriedly said, "Of course I am willing."

Ogata has always had a good impression of Fuma, a funny old man who has helped him and A-Machi a lot.

As for the Fuma who was willing to help them find Yoji together after arriving in Osaka together——Ogata couldn't think of half a reason for refusing to go with him.

As for A-Ming, who had known Fuma for a long time and had an excellent relationship with Fuma, she was also very happy and excited at this time.

But at this moment... a discordant voice suddenly sounded from the corridor:

"Hmm...my head hurts...huh? What is this?! Hey! Let me go!"

After hearing this extremely destructive voice, whether it was Fuma, Ogata and the others, all of them paused.

"Oh... I forgot about this person..."

Feng Mo put down the wine glass in his hand, and opened the door of the living room - a young man who was tied up was thrown casually in the corridor outside the living room.

This young man was exactly the little thief who went to Fumo's house to steal, and was knocked unconscious by Fumo's chains under the witness of Ogata and others.

Because he has been busy chatting with Ogata and others and has no time to deal with him, so he has been tied up like this and thrown in the corridor.

"Stop making noise." Feng Mo said calmly, "I will send you to the execution office later, you can sleep for a while."

After hearing the word "Pursuance Office", the young man's face showed a look of blatant fear.

"Quickly, let me go! Do you know who I am?! I am the younger brother of the boss of the Great Buddha Clan! I..."

Snapped!

Before he finished speaking, Feng Mo slapped him on the back of the neck with a hand knife, the little thief rolled his eyes and passed out again.

"What is the Great Buddha Clan?" Ogata asked.

"It seems to be a Yakuza gang in our local capital." Feng Mo sneered a few times, "It's just a bunch of ruffians, don't worry about it."

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About the three old subordinates of Fuma headed by Senbingwei, and the story of Ogata and Atachi meeting them, it comes from the full book "The Last Fuma Kotaro" with more than 30,000 words. This chapter is located in the catalog Between Chapters 343 and 345 of Volume 6.

For those who haven't read this chapter, you can go and read it. Of course, it doesn’t matter if you don’t read it, and it won’t affect your reading. As long as you know that Senbingwei is Fuma's old subordinates, and Ogata and Atachi have seen these old subordinates of Fuma.

In order to allow readers who are not familiar with Japanese geography to better read this chapter, the author released a map of Japan in the comment section of this paragraph, which marked the distance from Kyoto to Osaka, and from Osaka to Koyasan (only at the starting point See this paragraph review)→→

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