I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Ogata and the others returned to the carpenter's shop opened by Xianbingwei around evening.

When they just returned to the carpenter's shop, Feng Mo happened to have finished chatting with this old subordinate whom he hadn't seen for a while.

Xianbingwei tried his best to keep Fumo, let Fumo and Ogata live in their house directly.

Xianbingwei's home is integrated with his carpenter's shop. The first floor is the shop, and the second floor is their home. Their home is not spacious. After living in Xianbingwei and his family, the whole house is basically There aren't many spaces left.

If forced to live in Xianbingwei's home, I'm afraid it will bring a lot of inconvenience to the lives of Xianbingwei and their family.

Therefore, in order not to cause too much inconvenience and trouble to Xianbingwei and his family, Ogata and the others declined Xianbingwei's invitation to let them live directly in their home, but spent money to live in an ordinary room. common hotel.

Ogata and the others spent their first night in Osaka peacefully and peacefully in this ordinary hotel.

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the next day—

It is now mid-April, and it is the most pleasant time of the year. It is neither so hot that people want to sleep naked, nor is it so cold that people don't want to leave.

Just after the sun rose from the horizon, Xu Jing woke up under the action of the biological clock, and then let go of Ah Ding, who was naked in his arms, climbed out of the bed, and put on his clothes.

A-Machi and A-Zhu always wake up later than Ogata.

Ogata, who was thinking about going out to buy some breakfast now, left the room where he and A-Machi lived after getting dressed.

As soon as he left the room and came to the corridor outside the room, Ogata happened to see Fuma coming out of the next room at exactly the same time.

It is impossible for the four of Ogata and the others to live in the same room. They have 3 rooms in total, one for Ogata and A-Machi, one for Fuma, and one for Azuki. a row.

After seeing Ogata who happened to walk out of their respective rooms at the same time as him, Fumo took the initiative to say hello to Ogata: "Brother, good morning!"

"Good morning to you too." At this moment, Ogata noticed that Fuma's eyes had dark circles,

There are also a lot of red blood in the two eyeballs, and it looks like he hasn't slept well.

"Master Feng, did you not sleep well last night?" The corridor where Ogata and Fuma are standing is not a private place after all, so Ogata only calls "Master Feng", not "Master Fuma".

"Yesterday, because I reunited with my long-lost old subordinate, I was a little too excited last night, and I didn't fall asleep until around eight o'clock in the evening (2 o'clock in the morning)." Feng Mo smiled with a somewhat naive air.

Feng Mo's eyes had been shining with excitement since seeing Xianbingwei yesterday.

Ogata also sympathized with Fuma's reunion with his long-lost old subordinates who were like family members.

Ogata thought to himself: last summer, when he reunited with Atachi in Kyoto, his mood was probably similar to Fuma's mood at this time.

Seeing Fumo's happy look, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

"Since you didn't sleep well yesterday, do you want to catch up on sleep now?"

"No need, no need." Feng Mo waved his hand, "Although I didn't sleep much last night, I'm in good spirits now."

"Even if you want to catch up on sleep, wait until you're done with your real work before you catch up on sleep."

Speaking of this, Feng Mo laughed a few times, and then continued:

"After Komachi and Xiaozhu wake up, I will take you to meet the 'Osaka Know-it-all' who I am an old acquaintance with. I will try to help you find that Master Yuer as soon as possible."

"Are you looking for that old friend of yours today?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Master Feng, why don't you go and spend more time with Mr. Xianbingwei?"

Feng Mo waved his hand: "Accompanying Xianbingwei or something, this matter is not urgent."

"Anyway, I met him and greeted him yesterday. After I help you find Master Yuer, it's not too late to chat with Xianbingwei slowly and catch up on the old days."

Now that Feng Mo has said that, Ogata didn't say anything else, and bowed to Feng Mo, saying: "Thank you, Master Feng Mo."

Fumo waved his hand again, signaling to Ogata not to thank you politely, and then showed a strange expression:

"Before I go to meet my old friend later, let me remind you—the place where my old friend is... is quite special, so you have to be mentally prepared first."

"Special?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

Feng Mo's expression became even weirder at this time.

"My friend... lives in Shinmachi, the place where all the men in Osaka dream of. He is the owner of a house called 'Seven Grass House' in Shinmachi."

"Compared to Yoshiwara in Edo and Shimabara in Kyoto...the people in Shinmachi are more..."

Feng Mo suddenly fell silent at this moment, as if he was thinking about what to say next.

After a while, he spoke quietly:

"Be... much more enthusiastic."

"So you... especially you, brother, you must be fully prepared."

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About half an hour later——

Osaka, Shinmachi——

"Two guest officers! Are you interested in coming to our Sanye House?"

"Guest officer! What kind of girl do you like?"

"The two guest officers..."

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After A Ding and A Zhu woke up one after another, Fuma led the three of them as he said, and headed towards Xin Ding where his old friend was.

As soon as he stepped into Shinmachi, Ogata, who had worked in Yoshiwara, immediately smelled it—the air in Shinmachi had the same smell as the air in Yoshiwara: a faint smell of women's powder.

The layout of Shinmachi is also the same as that of Yoshiwara... No, it should be said that the architectural layout and architectural style of Yoshihara, Shimabara, and Shinmachi are basically the same.

On the first floor of every wandering girl's house, there is a window that is only blocked by a wooden fence. When night falls, the wandering girls sit behind the window and make poses to attract and choose from customers.

Because it is morning, it is the time for the girls who have worked hard all night to rest, so there are few girls on the road in Shinmachi and in the windows of the girls' houses at this time.

However... Although from the appearance point of view, Shinmachi is simply a scaled down Yoshihara, but after entering Shinmachi, Ogata quickly and keenly noticed that Shinmachi is completely different from Yoshihara.

First of all, Shinmachi, like Shimabara in Kyoto, does not have a special management organization like the Shirobei Club like Yoshihara.

Secondly... the people in Yoshiwara are not as... enthusiastic as the people in Shinmachi.

As soon as you step into Shinmachi, two or three Miseban (people who are responsible for setting up a platform near the main entrance of a yuuya house to attract customers) immediately surround them, advertising for their respective yuuya houses.

Although the Miseiban of Yoshiwara would take the initiative to attract customers in this way, they were far less enthusiastic than the Miseiban of Shinmachi.

Perhaps it is because the enthusiasm of Osaka people is so enthusiastic.

As Ding and Azuki are women, they are naturally ignored by the Misaiban, and Fuma is too old, and they are also ignored by almost all the Miseifans. Almost all the Miseifans who surround them are all aimed at Ogata came.

Although Ogata was wearing a bamboo hat and a face scarf, he could still tell from the exposed palms and other skin that this person was very young.

These Mishiban gathered around Ogata, and introduced to Ogata the benefits of their respective girls' houses.

Now happens to be the time when the flow of people in Xinmachi is the least, so there are extraordinarily many Misei fans around at this time.

For these encounters, Ogata could only show an embarrassed but polite smile.

He didn't dare to show the slightest interest in this advertisement of Jian Shiban - after all, Ah-ding is standing by his side now.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that A-Ming beside him had been quietly sizing up his face with scrutiny.

This made Ogata's forehead break out in cold sweat.

If he showed a strong interest in a certain Miseiban's "advertisement"... Ogata couldn't imagine how Ah-cho would react to him...

While maintaining a polite smile, Ogata dismissed the crowd who had gathered around him.

"Master Feng." After sending away another Jianshiban, Ogata couldn't help asking Fumo in front of him, "Haven't you arrived at the place where your old friend lives?"

"It's here." Feng Mo said, "Look—the seven-grass house in front is the house for traveling girls run by my friend."

Ogata hurriedly looked forward.

At the intersection of the street ahead, there is a traveling girl's house that is much more luxurious than the rest of the surrounding counterparts just from the appearance.

On the gate of this extremely luxurious traveling girl's house, there is a plaque hanging with the inscription: Seven Grass House.

Feng Mo led Ogata and the others strode towards the Seven Grass House.

As soon as he stood in front of the gate of the seven-grass house, Fumo said loudly to the two young men who were cleaning the ground in front of the seven-grass house:

"Please go and show your boss a look at this, and then inform him, just tell him: An old friend is visiting."

After finishing speaking, Feng Mo took out a small fan from his bosom, and handed the fan to the two youths.

Suddenly, an old man whom he had never seen before came, and as soon as the old man showed up, he said directly, "Go and inform your bosses", and gave them a fan-this made the two young people look very embarrassed. Confused, they looked at each other.

"Go and report to your boss. I'm not a suspicious person, I'm an old friend of your boss." Feng Mo changed into a half-joking tone at this time, "If the word is slow, your boss will find out afterwards, and he might be angry Oh."

Feng Mo's confident appearance successfully frightened the two youths.

Thinking "If this old man is really the boss's friend, then there is no delay" the two left one to stay at the gate, while the other took the fan from Feng Mo and hurried to find their boss.

After a while, the young man who went to find their boss came back.

"Please follow me." The returned young man returned the fan that Fumo had just handed to him, and then saluted Fengmo respectfully, using the highest level of respect, "Our boss is waiting for you upstairs .”

There are 3 floors in total.

The young man led Ogata and the others directly to a certain room on the highest floor.

"My lord!" The young man said loudly toward the room, "I have brought the guests here!"

"En." Just as the young man's voice fell, an old but calm voice sounded in the room, "Bring them in."

"yes!"

The young man opened the door.

As the door opened, the scene in the room came into Ogata's eyes.

Behind the door is a rather simple looking room.

The only furniture is a desk, a cabinet and a bookcase full of books.

An old man in his 70s who seemed to be about the same age as Feng Mo was sitting behind the only desk in the room, flipping through a book on the desk.

This old man... the first impression he gave Ogata was "a handsome old gentleman".

He doesn't have the hideously ugly Tsukiyo hair, nor does he have a bald head like Fuma, but his extremely thick silver hair is combed back into a curly hairstyle that is not outdated even in modern times.

Although the cheeks are densely wrinkled due to age, and there are age spots on the forehead and other places, but the skin is quite shiny and rosy.

On the bridge of the nose are rather rare glasses with thin frames. Behind the lenses, the slender eyes are shining with the unique light of a person who has read a lot of poetry and books.

After Ogata and others entered, the old man waved to the young man who led them in, signaling him to step back first.

After the young man withdrew and closed the door of the room, Feng Mo sat down across from the old man with a big grin, and then smiled at the old man:

"Long time no see, Sataemon. Your hair...is still so much..."

For some reason, Feng Mo, who had greeted the old man with a smile at the beginning, changed his expression from a smile to a serious one in the second half of what he said just now.

"Well, it's indeed been a long time."

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the old man whom Fuma called "Sawaidaemon" raised his hand and stroked back the thick silver hair on the top of his head while speaking.

"I don't know what should I call you now?"

"You can just call me 'wind'."

"Is it Feng...then—Mr. Feng, who are the three people behind you?"

"is my friend."

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have such young friends when you are so old."

After finishing speaking, Satodaemon stood up and bowed gracefully to Ogata and the others.

"It's the first time we met, Shimotaemon."

The bow of Sotaemon was so graceful that the three of Ogata and the others couldn't help wondering whether this person was a nobleman who had received strict education since childhood.

"We met for the first time." Ogata returned the salute, "I'm Mashima Goro."

"I'm Mashima-cho."

"I'm Azuki."

"Saitaemon." Fuma said suddenly at this moment, "I'll get straight to the point——I need you, the 'Osaka know-it-all', to help me with something."

Feng Mo is very direct, going straight to the point.

"Go ahead."

As for Fuma's directness, Yoshidaemon, who sat back on the tatami, smiled slightly, with a look of no surprise.

"But before I listen to your request, let me correct your mistake just now—the name 'Osaka know-it-all' really frustrates me."

Sodaemon smiled wryly.

"If I really have the ability to know everything about Osaka, I don't need to open any more girls' houses."

"So I don't guarantee that I will respond to all your requests."

"It's okay." Feng Mo said, "Just do your best."

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Fuma told Sodaemon that they were looking for swordsmith Yuji.

After Fuma's voice fell, Sodaemon nodded:

"I see... are you looking for Yu Er..."

"How?" Feng Mo asked, "Do you know where Yu Er is?"

"...you are very lucky." Satoshidaemon smiled slightly, "I just happened to know where Yoji lives. I know a friend who happens to be good friends with Yuji. Under the introduction of my friend, Yu Er and I are old acquaintances."

"That's great." Fumo patted his thigh, "Then tell us where Yu Er lives in Osaka."

"... Feng-kun." Zuo Tianweimen, who was suddenly silent for a while, tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him rhythmically, "If you want me to tell you Yu Er's residence... that's okay. , but you... no, you have to do me a favor."

"Hey." Feng Mo frowned suddenly, "Do you have to exchange this kind of small favor?"

"In normal times, I would have helped you for free without saying a word about such a small favor." Satodaemon said with a wry smile, "but I just happened to run into a little trouble right now. I need your help."

"Don't worry, it's not a troublesome thing to ask for your help."

At this moment, Soshidaemon suddenly shifted his gaze to Ogata and Acho.

"The two are called Mashima Goro and Mashimacho, right? I don't know how they are related?"

"Husband and wife." Ogata replied honestly.

"Husband and wife..." Sodaemon nodded lightly, with a thoughtful look on his face, "...Mashima-kun, can I ask you a question—I wonder how good your skills are?"

Yoshidaemon came to ask about his skills inexplicably—this made Ogata frowned.

Although I don't know why Satodaemon suddenly asked this question, but it is not a question that cannot be answered directly, so Ogata pondered for a moment, and after thinking about the appropriate wording, he quietly said in a tactful tone:

"Unarmed combat, riding and other skills, I dare not say how good they are, but when it comes to using a sword, I have experience that is many times richer than ordinary people."

"That's good." This time, Tianemon patted his thigh, "Then--Mr. Mashima, Miss Mashima, I would like to ask you two to do me a favor."

"It's easy to help."

"Tonight, some distinguished guests spent a lot of money to invite the ace artist of our Seven Grass House - Chuguang to perform."

"I hope Ms. Mashima can come to serve as Hatsumitsu's assistant tonight." Sodaemon fixed his eyes on Acho, "The job content is very simple. Before Hatsumitsu enters the venue, help Hatsumitsu hold her shamisen After entering the venue, pass the shamisen to her, and then you just need to sit beside Chuguang and wait for Chuguang's performance to end."

"And Mashima-san will serve as Chuguang's guard." Yoshidaemon turned his gaze to Ogata, "The task is even simpler. You only need to cooperate with Chuguang's other guard to guard Chuguang's place together." By your side, just prevent someone from stepping forward and hurting Chuguang."

"As long as you are willing to do me this favor, I will tell you Yu Er's address immediately afterwards."

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ps: About Chuguang, you can look back at the end of yesterday's chapter.

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Shinmachi in Osaka still exists today. You may have heard of the "Nitta Enclave", the predecessor of which was Shinmachi.

However, it is said that there are many shops in Nitta Enclave that cheat people's money, and honestly there is not much to do in that kind of place, so even if you come to Japan in the future, don't approach that place lightly.

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