I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"I was a swordsman in ancient Japan ()"

"Let's stop with my business first." Ogata smiled slightly, and said in a relaxed tone, "Since I don't have to worry about my life now, let's talk about my life later."

"Let's deal with the current matter first and then talk about it."

"Now our ship is still docked at Butterfly Island, right?"

Mamiya and the others nodded.

"Can such a large warship be maneuvered?" Ogata couldn't help asking the question he had after seeing this warship for the first time.

This warship, which can carry hundreds of generals and soldiers, is very large, not an ordinary boat.

Whether it is possible to operate such a large warship - this has become a matter of great concern to Ogata.

He didn't want to go to great lengths to snatch a boat, only to have a farce where he couldn't operate the boat.

As soon as the voice of Ogata's words fell, Mamiya replied without thinking:

"Can manipulate."

"During the time you were unconscious, I was teaching the villagers how to operate this type of warship, and now they can roughly move this warship."

Ogata's eyes widened immediately: "You can even control a warship?"

"I used to learn how to operate various types of warships in the Yuanjiang area."

As soon as Mamiya finished speaking, Konnosuke immediately answered and said:

"Now the ship can move at any time."

"I plan to set off later to find the officials of the shogunate on the main island of Japan."

"Live or die...the decision is made today."

"Master Ogata, this ship is equipped with two small boats for escape."

"Get out of here in one of the boats."

"The next thing ... we're going to do it ourselves."

Kinnosuke knew the identities of Ogata and the others.

Ogata and the others were prisoners who were sent to Butterfly Island. If they followed them on a big ship to find the officials of the shogunate, it would be courting death.

Even if Konnosuke and the others were able to persuade the shogunate to let the islanders live, it was impossible for the shogunate to let Ogata and the others live.

Even if Ogata and the others were not executed on the spot, they would definitely be thrown back into prison.

Therefore, the best choice for Ogata and the others at present is to take a boat and part ways with Jinnosuke as he just said.

Konnosuke and the others took this warship to negotiate with the shogunate and find a way out.

But Ogata and the others took the small boat carried by this warship and flew away, returning to the life of ronin.

Ogata was noncommittal to Konnosuke's suggestion.

Only Konnosuke asked:

"Have you thought of a line to persuade the shogunate to let you live?"

"Ogata benefactor..." As soon as Ogata's words fell, Zonghai smiled slightly, "The person in charge of direct negotiations with the officials of the shogunate has been changed from Mr. Konnosuke to me."

"Huh?" Ogata cast a surprised look.

"During the period when Ogata benefactor you were in a coma, the little monk has already confessed everything to Mr. Konnosuke and the rest of the villagers."

Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Zong Hai's face.

Kinnosuke also showed a helpless smile at this time.

"I have confessed to everyone that I have concealed the fact that I have known for a long time that there is a problem with the water of the Linon River."

"Thanks to everyone's generosity, I was not beaten by everyone."

"Ogata benefactor, what you said to the little monk in front of the gate of Tenmanji Temple, the little monk is still in my ears."

"After that, the little monk also reflected on what he had done."

"Little Monk has now decided—do my best to remedy it."

"And try my best to let the shogunate let all the residents of this island live—this is the first remedy I want to do."

"The little monk is a monk. What a monk says can be heard by the senior officials of the shogunate."

"At the same time, the monk is quite confident in his eloquence."

"Moreover--Sponsor Matsumoto Kiyohito will also go with the monk.

"

"Donor Matsumoto has agreed to stand with us and speak for us."

"With the help of Matsumoto's benefactor, the possibility of persuading the shogunate officials should be higher."

"Matsumoto..." Ogata muttered the name, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

He didn't expect that this person "picked up" by Jiangong and Mucun at random could play such a big role.

Ogata heard from Matsumoto that he was one of the researchers sent to the island by the shogunate. According to him, he is also a well-known doctor in the medical circle and has treated many high-ranking officials and celebrities of the shogunate.

With the assistance of Matsumoto, a well-known person who has worked for the shogunate, it will indeed make Konnosuke and their negotiation success rate higher.

"After meeting the officials of the shogunate, it is inevitable that they will ask—what happened to the soldiers who landed on the island? How did you get this warship?"

Zong Hai smiled wryly as he spoke.

"If the officials of the shogunate ask me this, Ogata benefactor, can I answer this?"

"I'll say it directly—it was killed by a few prisoners. After killing all the soldiers who landed on the island, because the warship could not be operated by a few people, these prisoners forced us islanders to assist in operating the ship."

"Halfway through the voyage, the prisoners discovered that there was a small boat on board."

"So he left us and left in a small boat."

"Yes." Ogata nodded without thinking, "Except for the mistake of forcing you to steer the boat, there is nothing wrong with the rest..."

"Just say that the soldiers of the shogunate army were all killed by a ronin wearing a light green haori and long hair."

"There's no need to bring Acho, Mamiya, and Makimura with you."

"Anyway, I am a felon wanted by the whole of Japan."

"I don't mind making my head worth more."

The reason why Ogata said that was to protect A-cho and the others.

Let them not be noticed by the shogunate in the future, and will not be wanted by the shogunate.

As soon as Ogata's voice fell, Mamiya smiled:

"Take me with you. More than a hundred soldiers of the shogunate army were killed by two people——this makes it more reliable."

"Anyway, I'm also a wanted criminal, so I'm not afraid of being wanted."

"Actually, there is no need to explain in detail to the shogunate what the prisoners who killed the soldiers looked like." Zong Hai smiled wryly, "Just make some general comparisons like 'smaller eyes' and 'average height' The characteristics of the masses will do.”

"It's up to you. I don't care if you want to tell me about my appearance in detail or just talk nonsense." Speaking of this, Ogata paused.

He turned his head, looked at Konnosuke and Zonghai a few times, and cast an encouraging look at them, and then said:

"We did everything we could to help you."

"The rest is up to you."

"I wish you a prosperous martial arts."

After receiving Ogata's blessing, Kinnosuke and Zonghai both showed faint smiles.

"Yeah." Zong Hai nodded vigorously, "My little monk also wishes all benefactors good luck!"

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"Master Inamori! Master Inamori!"

An urgent shout suddenly sounded outside the tent.

"What's the matter?" Inamori, who was dealing with military affairs in the tent, asked in a deep voice.

"The troops who landed on the island are back!"

"Finally back..."

After grumbling like this, Inamori stood up and walked out of the tent.

It was dusk now.

According to the original plan, the troops that landed on Butterfly Island last night should have successfully dispatched at noon today.

Coming back so late, Inamori couldn't help but wonder what happened to them on the island and why they didn't come back until dusk.

After running quickly to the place where the warship can be seen, Inamori stopped and looked into the distance.

A warship was heard on the sea not far away.

This warship is obviously the warship responsible for transporting the 150 generals to the island last night.

"...What's going on?" Inamori frowned, "Why didn't they move?"

After the warship was still some distance away from the coast, it suddenly stopped on the sea surface and did not move.

As soon as Inamori had doubts in his mind, he saw a small boat lowered from the warship and slowly heading towards the coast.

With his fairly good eyesight, Inamori could barely see the two people sitting on the small boat.

"What the hell is going on...!" Realizing that something was wrong, Inamori shouted coldly while walking quickly towards the coast.

When Inamori arrived at the coast, the boat carrying two people also just landed.

There are two people on this small boat, one is a monk with a bald head and a monk's robe.

The other was a young man with an ordinary appearance.

After these two people saw many soldiers surrounding them, the young man showed fear.

As for the monk, his expression remained unchanged.

"I'm a monk who is practicing on Butterfly Island!"

"There is important news about the ogre to tell the officials of the shogunate!"

The monk's words made Inamori's expression change several times.

How did you get this ship? Where did the soldiers who landed on the island go? What is the important news about the ogre... I am full of questions and want to ask.

After a while of hesitation, Inamori said to a subordinate beside him:

"Take these two people to the open space in the camp."

Despite all the doubts, this is not the place to talk.

—Let’s take them to a place suitable for talking first.

Inamori said this in his heart, and turned to leave.

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Under the guidance of the soldiers, Zonghai and Matsumoto were taken to a relatively empty space in the camp.

After kneeling in the middle of the open space, the two quietly waited for the officials who would negotiate with them to arrive.

The area around the clearing seemed to be cleared so that no one else could hear their conversation. Looking around, I didn't see anyone other than Zonghai and Matsumoto.

Zonghai and Matsumoto did not wait too long.

After a while, four people slowly appeared in front of Zonghai and Matsumoto from the side of the open space under the escort of some soldiers.

These 4 people are Matsudaira Sadanobu, Inamori, Kamiyama Koshinosuke, and Hanai Sogen.

Inamori originally thought that it would be enough for him to talk to Zong Hai and the others by himself.

It didn't come to fruition——Matsudaira Jonobu showed a bit of interest after knowing that the islanders of Butterfly Island came to him and said that there was important news about the ogre, and he took the initiative to come to see Zong Sea two.

After seeing these four people, Matsumoto, who was kneeling beside Zonghai, suddenly shouted excitedly:

"Teacher Banjing!"

"Huh?" Banjing was startled, and then ecstatically, "Matsumoto! Are you still alive?!"

"Oh?" Standing beside Banjing, Shenshan raised his eyebrows, "Master Banjing, do you know this person?"

"Yeah!" Banjing nodded vigorously, "It's one of the students below."

"It was one of the researchers who were responsible for landing on the island to study ogres."

"Matsumoto!" Tears flashed in Banjing's eyes, "I thought you were dead! I didn't expect you to be alive!"

"Yes!" Matsumoto's eyes were also filled with tears, "Students never thought that they would have the opportunity to meet you, teacher!"

Seeing that Banjing knew Matsumoto, Zonghai also had a look of surprise on his face.

While the look of surprise flashed, there was also a bit of joy.

The people on my side have a not-so-subtle relationship with the high-ranking shogunate officials on the opposite side-this is good news that will benefit their subsequent negotiations after all.

Matsudaira Sadanobu was not very interested in the reunion of Banai and his disciples.

After glancing at Zong Hai, he said in a neither salty nor bland tone:

"What's your name?"

"The name of the little monk is Zonghai. This time I came to your place to inform the shogunate of very important news about ogres."

"Master Zonghai, before that, please tell me what happened to the 150 soldiers who landed on the island." Sadanobu Matsudaira said softly, "And——how did your warship get here?"

To Matsudaira Sadanobu's question, Zonghai answered with the answer that he had discussed with Ogata and the others.

It is said that the generals and soldiers who landed on the island were all killed by 6 prisoners.

After killing all the soldiers who landed on the island and snatching the warship, they found that such a large warship could not be operated by six people, so they coerced them, the islanders, to assist in steering the ship.

After the six prisoners killed all the generals who landed on the island, they got the reason why they, the shogunate soldiers, landed on the island from the mouth of the remaining generals.

These six prisoners threatened them on the grounds that "the shogunate intends to kill all the living people on the island, and if they don't want to die, they will escape with them."

These unarmed civilians can only obediently submit to the despotic power of these six prisoners.

When the warship was halfway through the sea, the six prisoners suddenly discovered that there were boats on the warship.

So the six prisoners left them and went away in a small boat, leaving the warship to them, the islanders, to fend for themselves.

In order to enhance the credibility, Zong Hai also specially pretended not to know the names of the six prisoners, and only outlined their appearance.

Of course - Zong Hai's outline of the physical appearance of the six prisoners is complete nonsense.

Only some fairly general descriptions such as "one of the eyes is smaller" and "the other is stronger" were mentioned.

And Zong Hai's overview of the appearance of the six prisoners is also difficult to pick out mistakes - after all, it is really difficult to tell what a person looks like with just a mouth.

In order to increase the credibility of Zong Hai's words, Matsumoto on the side also echoed with a serious face, saying that what Zong Hai said was true.

After listening to Zonghai's narration, Matsudaira Sadanobu remained calm throughout the whole process.

But Inamori's expression changed.

After all, it was his soldiers who died.

"Hey!" Inamori shouted angrily, "Six people killed hundreds of our generals? Who are you lying to?!"

There are many doubts in Zong Hai's statement just now.

When Inamori was about to question Sokai one by one based on these doubts, Sadanobu Matsudaira raised his hand and waved at him.

Use gestures to signal Inamori not to talk too much.

Seeing Matsudaira Sadanobu making this gesture, Inamori could only hold back his full of resentment and doubts.

Matsudaira Sadanobu is different from Inamori—he actually doesn't care much about what happened to the 150 generals who landed on the island.

Who killed these generals, did these islanders participate in the attack on the generals who landed on the island? Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't care about these issues, and he didn't bother to pursue them.

He was more concerned about what Zong Hai, an islander who knew the shogunate was going to bloodbath Butterfly Island, dared to come to the shogunate.

He didn't believe that Zong Hai had come to them specially to tell them important information about the ogre.