I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Because Miura didn't look at A-Machi at this time, he didn't see it—when he just looked away, A-Machi's mouth twitched:

——Isn't it just a deal with someone, and then mutual benefits... Isn't this a very remarkable thing?

In fact, Miura's bragging just now, O-Machi heard every word.

Regarding Miura's bragging just now, Ah-cho's thoughts... To put it simply, just two words: That's it?

To give a similar example—Ah-Ming's feelings now are probably the same as hearing a group of children brag about how far they managed to urinate today.

You hear a bunch of kids sternly bragging about their peeing skills, and your thoughts are probably nothing more than "that's it" and "is that such a big deal?".

——I'm... I've been by Ayi's side for too long, so my eyes have become strange before I know it...?

The corners of A-Ming's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled knowingly.

Since meeting Ogata, various "big scenes" have followed one after another.

Breaking through Nijo Castle, destroying Shiranui, and smashing the 10,000 troops of the shogunate...

Perhaps before meeting Ogata, A-machi might still be surprised by the big business that Miura said made 3,000 taels of gold and an izakaya in one go, and felt that the Miura family was very powerful.

but now……

There was no fluctuation in A-Ming's heart, he just felt "this is it?".

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After enjoying the flattery from his friends for a while, Miura raised his hand to signal for his friends to calm down.

"Okay, let's have a good chat later, let's continue to listen to Miss Chuguang's performance now, we are in such a mess, Miss Chuguang can't play."

According to the agreement, Chuguang will play 3 pieces of music at the banquet tonight, but he just finished playing the first piece.

After the banquet slowly became quiet under Miura's gesture of raising his hand, Hatsuko showed a thankful smile to Miura, and then plucked the strings again.

Just as Chu Guang plucked the strings again, one person suddenly left the table.

His name is Takasugi,

He is a person who prefers drinking to listening to music and chatting.

From just now, whether it was Hatsumitsu playing, or other friends praising Miura there, Takasugi kept drinking there.

With so much drink in his belly, Takasugi just feels like urinating.

He wasn't very interested in music at all, so even though Chuguang had started playing again, Takasugi picked up his saber without thinking, left the table quietly, and prepared to go outside to solve his physical problems.

Leaving the meeting to go to the toilet or do other things is a common thing, so no one cares about Takasugi's leaving the meeting.

Everyone just glanced at Takasugi who left the table and continued to do their own things, or listened to Chuguang's performance carefully, or pretended to be listening carefully, but in reality they were in a daze...

As a luxury teahouse with one of the highest grades in Osaka, Xu Tianya naturally has no shortage of toilets.

There are not only many bathrooms, but also extraordinarily clean, without any peculiar smell.

After comfortably solving his physical problems in the bathroom, Takasugi, who kept hiccupping, held the saber at his waist while striding back to the banquet.

——With two knives around my waist all the time, I am really tired... It seems that I need to spend a little time getting used to the new identity of "samurai".

Takasugi let out a "humming" laugh, and patted the double knives on his waist.

Takasugi is the son of a wealthy businessman in Osaka who has just developed in recent years.

Almost every well-developed merchant will try to change his family from a merchant to a samurai family - Takasugi and the others are no exception.

Half a month ago, Takasugi and his family finally succeeded in using the method of "recruiting a samurai to be their son-in-law" to transform Takasugi into a child of the samurai family.

Becoming a samurai - this is one of Takasugi's long-cherished wishes. And this long-cherished wish is now finally fulfilled.

During this period of time, let alone the saber, Gao Shan wished to fall asleep with his saber in his arms.

The bathroom was not far from Miura's room, and after a while, the door of the room appeared within Takasugi's field of vision.

However, at this moment - an old man with extremely plain clothes appeared in front of him, holding a bucket and a rag in his hand.

Because Takasugi still doesn't know how to wear a knife, the knife on his waist is worn crookedly, which is extremely unseemly.

In the normal way of wearing it, the scabbard should protrude towards the back of the person.

However, the scabbard of Takasugi's sword protrudes obliquely behind Takasugi...almost straight to Takasugi's left side.

The old man, who was about to pass by Takasugi, frowned at this moment—the corridor was not very wide, and with Takasugi's saber method, nearly half of the corridor was blocked by Takasugi's scabbard.

Touching the scabbard of a samurai was tantamount to provoking the samurai—this was common sense in the Edo period.

In this era, it is a taboo to dirty or step over a samurai's saber, and it is also a taboo to touch a samurai's scabbard.

"Hey! You've touched my scabbard! You're a brave boy!"——this kind of words were very easy to hear in the streets and alleys in the Edo period.

A very few dazed people would even draw their swords because of this, wanting to duel with the person who touched their scabbard.

People will collectively refer to a series of disputes caused by "touching other people's scabbards" as "sheathing".

In order not to cause "sheathing", the old man frowned tightly while leaning his body against the wall next to him, keeping away from Takasugi's saber as much as he could.

The old man's plan...is considered half successful.

Judging from the distance between the two, the old man was already walking close to the wall, and it was almost impossible to touch Takasugi's scabbard—but he ignored the huge bucket in his hand.

Boom.

When the two passed by each other, the old man's bucket and Takasugi's scabbard lightly bumped into each other.

Takasugi immediately turned his head like a conditioned reflex, and looked at the old man who touched his scabbard.

Seeing the old man dressed plainly, with a bucket and a rag in his hand, dressed like a waiter, Gao Shan immediately shouted at the old man aggressively:

"Hey old man, you touched my scabbard."

The old man is not a good-tempered person.

He already thought that it was Takasugi who was wearing the knife in that ghostly way, and the old man who felt that he had done his best and had no faults, reprimanded without hesitation and without showing weakness:

"Young man, since you don't want others to touch your scabbard, then wear it better for me."

Takasugi raised his eyebrows immediately.

Under the influence of alcohol, Takasugi pulled out the knife from his waist without thinking.

"Old man, have you seen this thing in my hand? Do you want to try being 'disrespected' by a samurai?"

Disrespect - the privilege that warriors can kill civilians on the grounds of "disrespect".

Takasugi who suddenly drew his sword made the old man's expression change, and he took 2 steps back quickly.

Due to his advanced age, the old man's legs and feet were already weak. When he subconsciously stepped back quickly, his left foot accidentally tripped over his right foot, and he fell to the ground.

Gao Shan was very satisfied with the old man's reaction. After laughing a few times, he put the knife back into its sheath.

"I'll spare you this time, and pay attention to me next time."

Takasugi walked away triumphantly, laughing in his heart and said:

——Finally, I have experienced what it feels like to be a "sheath"!

Takasugi, who has just become a samurai not long ago, has long wanted to try to yell at others, "You touched my scabbard!" What it feels like.

It's a pity that after finally becoming a samurai, Gao Shan did not have the opportunity to try "sheathing".

Today finally got his wish. I met a man who was very plainly dressed and felt quite easy to bully.

Because he just wanted to try to yell at others, "You touched my scabbard", so he didn't intend to do anything to the old man from the beginning. After scaring the old man, Takasugi didn't bother to talk to him anymore.

Gao Shan was too lazy to talk to the old man, but the old man "never forgets" Gao Shan.

With a gloomy face, the old man slowly stood up from the ground, looking at Gao Shan's leaving back.

After seeing Gao Shan open the door of a certain room not far away and enter that room, the old man silently memorized the location of that room, and then left quickly.

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When Takasugi came back, Chuguang had just finished playing the second piece.

As soon as he sat back in his seat, he heard someone ask him:

"Takasugi, what's the matter? She looks very happy."

The person who asked this question was Miura.

"It's nothing." Takasugi smiled at Miura, "It's just a little lesson for the next rude old man."

Gao Shan briefly told everyone at the banquet what happened to him just now.

"Amazing." A skinny man sitting next to Takasugi patted Takasugi's shoulder, "I never thought you'd look like a samurai not long after you became a samurai!"

Hearing his friend's praise, Takasugi smiled even more happily.

"...Although Takasugi-kun defends the glory of the samurai, there is nothing wrong with it..." But at this moment, someone said in a worried tone, "But this is Xu Tianwu after all, it is better to keep a low profile as much as possible, so as not to cause any trouble ..."

As one of the best luxury tea houses in Osaka, those who can come to Xu Tianya for consumption are not ordinary people.

"Don't worry. Looking at the old man's appearance, he is probably just a waiter here! There is nothing to be afraid of!" After finishing speaking, Takasugi waved his hands proudly.

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At this moment, in a certain room not far from Ogata and the others——

"...I understand the specific reasons." Yukimura nodded solemnly, "Do you want me to help investigate the disappearance in Kansai..."

The tall young man sitting opposite Yukimura nodded: "That's right. Once you have any results, report to us immediately, and everything about remuneration is negotiable."

As soon as the young man finished speaking, Yukimura quickly waved his hands: "This kind of trivial matter doesn't need any reward!"

"My lord, leave this matter to me with confidence! Tomorrow... no, I will arrange people to find clues to the disappearance later!"

The young man nodded: "Then I will trouble you."

At this time, a confidant of Yukimura suddenly walked up to Yukimura's side and whispered something into Yukimura's ear.

As soon as the confidant's words fell, Yukimura's face changed slightly.

"My lord, please wait here for a moment. I have some urgent matters, so I have to excuse you for a moment."

"It's okay, if you have anything to do, go get busy first. Anyway, I've finished all the important things I want to tell you."

After thanking Makimura several times, Yukimura walked out of the room quickly.

As soon as he walked out of the room, Yukimura saw an old man in plain clothes.

"Father-in-law." Yukimura asked the old man anxiously, "What happened? Who is being so rude to you?"

This old man's name is Kameda Taisuke, and his identity is more resounding than his name - Yukimura's father-in-law.

He is a wealthy businessman in Nagasaki, and a savage man like Yukimura who eats both black and white. About twenty years ago, he married his daughter to Yukimura, and he married Yukimura as his in-laws.

In recent years, due to his advanced age, Kameda has handed over the family business to his eldest son.

He wanted to retire at this point, but found that he was a person who couldn't sit still.

After a few days at home, he felt uncomfortable all over.

Kameda can no longer intervene in the business that consumes brainpower and energy, so in order to pass the boring time, he does what he loves most-cleaning.

For some reason, Kameda loves cleaning very much, so he worked as a cleaner in their Kameda's shop.

Kameda started from scratch by himself, and it took countless hardships to create such a family business.

Because of suffering, Kameda has been simple, and always wears a very simple attire no matter when.

Kameda, who lives in Nagasaki, regularly visits Osaka every spring to meet his daughter and son-in-law.

Kameda went to Osaka at the beginning of spring as usual this year, and just arrived in Osaka 10 days ago.

After arriving in Osaka and being warmly received by Yukimura, Kameda knew that his son-in-law had recently purchased such a luxurious tea house as Xu Tianya.

Kameda's "cleaning spirit" was on fire immediately.

At his age, he has never cleaned the tea house!

So since coming to Osaka, Kameda has been working as a "temporary cleaner" at Xutian House from time to time.

Yukimura also knows his father-in-law's eccentric hobby. Out of respect for his father-in-law, Yukimura let Kameda's weird hobby go. There was an accident.

"Yogoro." Kameda said slowly to Yukimura in a deep voice, "I was almost hacked by a rude guy just now."

Kameda told Yukimura about the series of encounters he had just had in the corridor.

After he understood the reason and what happened, Yukimura snorted coldly: "I can't even wear a knife well, yet I still have the face to scold others..."

Before he had any great achievements, Kameda betrothed his precious daughter to him. Yukimura has always admired his father-in-law extremely.

Father-in-law was treated so rudely by a stunned young man - he couldn't turn a blind eye no matter what.

"Father-in-law, do you remember which room that kid entered, right? That's easy..."

Yukimura turned his head to the side, and asked the cronies behind him: "Go and check, I want to know who is in that room."

The confidant agreed and left quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the confidant returned to Yukimura's side holding a thick notebook.

"That room is reserved by Taro Miura of Miura House to hold a banquet tonight." The confidant flipped through the thick book quickly.

"Miura House? It's still a familiar name. Miura Taro is the son of Miura Keimon... Huh, if that's the case, then it's easy." Yukimura sneered a few times, "How dare you treat me in my territory? Father-in-law draws his sword...Father-in-law, don't worry, I will go and seek justice for you in person right away."

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At this time, Chuguang had already played the third piece...and also the last piece.

After hearing Chuguang play the third piece, Ogata couldn't help but feel a sense of relief—tonight's task is finally about to be completed.

After Chuguang finishes playing the third piece, they can leave here.

At that time, the work of Ogata and A-cho as a "temporary worker" will be declared over.

However, at this moment, when Chuguang's third piece was just less than halfway through, the only two doors in the room were opened at the same time.

Afterwards, more than a dozen people dressed as warriors entered the room along the door that was slammed open.

The sudden arrival of these uninvited guests startled everyone in the room, and Chu Guang's piano sound also stopped at this moment.

Shibata, who was sitting next to Ogata, subconsciously stood up and stood in front of Hatsuguang.

Ogata knelt and sat on the spot calmly, without moving—but like a professional habit, he subconsciously observed the positions of the dozen or so warriors who suddenly rushed into the room...

And... in what order should I cut them down in order to kill them most efficiently...

Just before the task tonight was about to be completed, something happened suddenly—for some reason, neither Ogata nor A-cho felt surprised or resented by it.

The two of them are quite calm, and they both have a feeling of "getting used to it" and "unexpected and reasonable"...

"Who are you guys?! Why did you break into my room!" Miura stood up with a "huh" at this moment, and shouted angrily.

Among all the people at the banquet, Miura has the most background and energy. Miura can be said to be the backbone of their group. Therefore, after Miura got up and yelled so imposingly to the group of uninvited guests, the expressions of everyone in the room, who were originally panic-stricken, gradually calmed down.

Very few people also stood up like Miura, and loudly questioned these people who broke up suddenly.

"You are Taro Miura, right?" At this moment, a faint voice sounded from outside the room, "You look a lot like your father. Don't worry, I won't bother you for too long. After I help my father-in-law get justice, I will Leave immediately."

As soon as the faint voice fell, Ogata and the others saw an old man and a middle-aged man with a cross scar on his face, one after the other, entered the room.

After seeing the middle-aged man with the cross scar on his face, Miura...no, it should be said that most of the people in the room, including Chuguang and Shibata, all changed their expressions.

Especially Miura, the expression on his face changed the most exaggeratedly, the whole face immediately turned pale as if by magic: "Xing, Mr. Yukimura...you, why are you here?"

Yukimura ignored Miura's question, but asked Kameda:

"Father-in-law. Come and identify him. Who was the one who wanted to slash you just now?"

"...That's the person." Kameda raised his finger and pointed at Takasugi, "He's the one who blamed me for touching his knife even though he didn't wear it properly, and even tried to cut me with the knife people."

When Yukimura first entered the room, Takasugi also immediately recognized that this person was the famous Yukimura.

Just now, when he saw Yukimura calling "father-in-law" to the old man he was playing with just now, Takasugi felt a chill rushing from his heels to Tianling Gai.

Now he was so frightened that he didn't feel drunk at all, and he didn't have the smug look after playing with Kameda before. After Kameda put down his finger, Takasugi immediately knelt down on the ground in the position of Dogeza.

"No, I'm very sorry! It was all my fault just now! I didn't wear the knife properly!"

Takasugi apologized in a crying voice.

Takasugi has forgotten all about samurai glory and samurai dignity.

After Yukimura gave Takasugi a cold look, he turned to Kameda and asked:

"Father-in-law, what are you going to do with this kid?"

"Master Yukimura!" Miura boldly shouted at Yukimura at this time, "I am Taro Miura from Miura House!"

"I, my friend accidentally did something wrong. But you see—my friend has already made a mistake, can, can you please bypass him?"

No matter how stupid Miura was, he knew what was going on.

That guy Takasugi has offended Yukimura.

At this moment, Miura only felt that the whole world was spinning.

Although he and his group of friends are either rich or noble, they can only show their prestige in front of ordinary people.

In front of the real bigwigs in Osaka, the family fortune of their group is not worth mentioning at all.

And Yukimura happens to be that kind of "true boss".

Miura just made a deal with Yukimura before bragging about his family, how powerful it is.

In the blink of an eye, Yukimura appeared aggressively before his eyes...

The rational part of his mind told Miura that he had to pretend to be dumb at this time, and he couldn't force himself to stand out.

But Miura's face-saving heart is always ready to move.

Almost all of his friends are here, if he is dumb at this moment, wouldn't he be like a coward and lose face?

After weighing the pros and cons, Miura finally decided - to stand up for face!

Miura who suddenly called out drew Yukimura's attention.

"...Your Miura house just did business with me a while ago, so I don't want to say anything too harsh to you. This is a personal enmity between me and your friend, so don't interrupt."

Yukimura was extremely rude to Miura's words, it can be said that he didn't give Miura any face.

But Miura didn't even have the guts to be angry with Yukimura...

After hearing what Yukimura said just now, he immediately shut his mouth tightly, not daring to say another word.

From just now, Kameda has been looking at Takasugi who is kneeling and apologizing with thoughtful eyes.

The short time of less than one minute made Takasugi, Miura and others feel as long as a century.

Finally——for Takasugi at this time, words like sounds of nature came to his ears:

"... Forget it." Kameda shook his head, "Since this kid has apologized, let's let this matter pass."

As soon as Kameda's words fell, Takasugi immediately kowtowed and thanked loudly.

Not only Takasugi breathed a sigh of relief, but Miura also felt relieved.

Seeing that the matter can be resolved peacefully this time, Miura only felt that the big stone in his heart had fallen to the ground.

Ogata watched all this calmly the whole time - he didn't bother to care about the affairs of Miura and the others.

His job now is to protect Chuguang.

"Father-in-law, since you said that, then follow what you say."

Since his father-in-law said "forget it", Yukimura didn't say much, and respected the old man's choice.

He still has a VIP to entertain, so he doesn't want to waste too much time here.

Just when Yukimura was about to call his subordinates to leave, he finally noticed at this moment—Hatsumitsu sitting in a corner of the room with a shamisen in his arms.

When Yukimura and the others first broke into the room, Chuguang's expression changed, but he quickly regained his composure.

Chu Guang also took a calm and on the sidelines attitude towards everything that happened in front of his eyes just now.

Yukimura, who finally noticed Hatsumitsu at this moment, looked at Hatsumitsu thoughtfully for a while, then strode towards Hatsumitsu.

"Miss Chuguang, long time no see." Yukimura smiled warmly as he walked towards Chuguang.

Chuguang once played at a banquet that Yukimura attended, so Yukimura and Chuguang met each other.

"Master Yukimura." Chu Guang smiled and saluted Yukimura, "Long time no see."

"I didn't expect you to perform here tonight." At this time, Yukimura had already walked up to Chuguang, "I'm very sorry, I seem to have interrupted your performance."

Chuguang shook his head and said a lot of very official clichés.

Hatsumitsu and Yukimura came and went, and after some simple greetings, Yukimura cleared his throat:

"Miss Chuguang, to be honest, I have an old friend here tonight."

"I don't want to lose courtesy when dealing with old friends who came from afar."

"So, I would like to invite Miss Chuguang to play for my old friend later. I wonder if it would be convenient for you, Miss Chuguang?"

Chuguang first looked at Yukimura in front of him with a surprised look, then shook his head with a smile and said:

"Sorry, I can only go to one place to play every night. Since I have played the strings here tonight, I can't go to another place to play."

You can only play in one place once a night-this is the rule established by Mashidaemon to maintain Hatsumitsu's worth.

Seeing that his invitation was rejected, Yukimura frowned slightly.

"Can't you accommodate me once in a while?"

"Sorry, Mr. Yukimura." Chuguang smiled and shook his head again, "Rules are rules."

Yukimura frowned even tighter.

Although Yukimura frowned even tighter, Ogata didn't feel any malice from him.

Originally, when seeing Yukimura striding towards them, Ogata thought that this person came with malicious intentions. While preparing for any unexpected situation, he sighed secretly in his heart:

——Why can’t I be allowed to complete the guard mission tonight quietly?

Now it seems——Ogata was worrying too much, this Yukimura didn't come to find fault with them.

Just when Yukimura opened his mouth and was about to say something else——

"Yukimura! What are you doing to our distinguished guest?!"

A shout sounded from the door not far away.

This shout undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone in the room.

The owner of this yell was a tall young man standing outside the door.

"My lord?" Yukimura was surprised.

Ogata and A-Machi were also surprised.

As soon as this shout sounded, the faces of Ogata and the others changed at the same time.

"Makimura...?" Ogata turned his head to look at the tall young man standing outside the room, and murmured the name softly.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the room, the tall young man...Makimura strode up to Ogata and A-Machi, and then looked Ogata and A-Machi from head to toe.

"You didn't do anything to Yukimura, did you?"

Before Ogata could answer, Mucun glared at Yukimura anxiously.

"Yukimura, you probably didn't do anything rude to the two distinguished guests I was waiting for, did you?"

Chuguang, Shibata, Yukimura and others, Miura and others... Everyone in the room fixed their shocked gazes on Ogata and Atachi at this moment.

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