I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Brother Ogata was able to comprehend the no-self dual-sword style by relying on the broken secret manual drawn by Mr. Yuan himself." Mu Cun added on the side.

Hearing Makimura's words, Asai and Shimada's eyes changed again.

The eyes of Asai and Shimada at this time were like a mutant with 3 heads and 7 arms.

"...It's amazing." Asai, who had always been lukewarm towards Ogata, now his tone was full of admiration.

Shimada on the side seemed to have not recovered from the shock, and still cast his astonished eyes on Ogata.

"After I joined the Gourd House, Gen-sama gave Zaixia a cheat book on Wugo Two Swords Style." Shimada Masashi said, "After studying it carefully several times, I threw it into the closet as a waste product. You, Ogata-sama How did you understand this secret book?"

Regarding these compliments from Asai and Shimada, Ogata smiled wryly and casually said a few words like "I'm just lucky" to perfunctory them.

"Since you have mastered Wuwo Erdao Style, then you can indeed be regarded as my lord's younger brother." Asai said lightly, "Master Yuan will definitely want to see you very much. It's a pity that Master Yuan and the lord are going out to practice now. You get Tomorrow will see the lord and Yuan-sama."

Ogata heard from the previous conversation between Mamiya and Asai that the master of their gourd house and Kinoshita Genichi are not here now, and they seem to have gone to practice somewhere.

"Does your lord always go out to practice?" Ogata asked casually.

"En." Shimada nodded, his eyes flashed with reverence, "My lord is the most hardworking person I have ever met."

"He is a genius with extraordinary talent, but he is still carrying out penance that is no different from torture."

"My lord will go to other places to practice from time to time." Jiangong continued, "Sometimes I will go to a barren forest, and sometimes I will go to a waterfall... If Mr. Yuan is in a good mood, I will go to practice with my lord and be my lord. As a sparring partner, to guide the lord in swordsmanship."

Although he hasn't met Mamiya's lord yet, the appearance of a "practice madman" has already appeared in Ogata's mind.

In the chat, the food in the pot has been cooked unconsciously.

"It's ready to eat." Mamiya scooped up all the ingredients in the pot with a large spoon and said softly, "Mr. Ogata, we don't have enough bowls and chopsticks here, so we need you to use your own pair of bowls. Chopsticks come to eat.

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"It's the first time I've seen a place that requires guests to bring their own bowls and chopsticks to eat..."

While complaining, Ogata untied the bamboo tube hanging from his waist.

This bamboo tube is the bowl and chopsticks that Ogata made himself on the way from Kii to Owari.

This bamboo tube half the width of a fist can be used as a bowl, and 2 chopsticks made of bamboo are placed inside the bamboo tube.

From Kii to Owari, Ogata has been relying on this pair of bowls and chopsticks to solve the problem of eating along the way.

"No way." Mamiya smiled wryly, "We happen to only have 6 sets of bowls and chopsticks in the gourd house, and the 4 of us, the lord, and Mr. Yuan each have one set each, so there really isn't any extra bowls and chopsticks for outsiders to use. "

Ogata took a closer look and found that the bowls and chopsticks in the hands of Mamiya and the others were indeed written with their names in indelible paint.

The word "Jian" is written on the bowl and chopsticks of Jiangong, and the word "Mu" is written on the bowl and chopsticks of Mucun...and so on.

Less than an hour has passed since entering the gourd house, but Ogata has already learned a lot about this gourd house.

Ogata originally thought that the Gourd House was a place with a strong smell of grass, similar to Wagang Village.

However, now it seems - not at all.

The gourd house is clean everywhere, and it also pays special attention to personal hygiene. Everyone has their own special bowls and chopsticks.

At the same time, the composition of personnel is also very complicated.

In addition to not knowing the origins of Mamiya and Asai, Ogata already knew the past of Makimura and Shimada—the former was from Yakuza, and the latter was from a famous family.

The complexity of the composition of the members makes the Calabash House a bit more exotic.

The place where Ogata and the others ate was in a courtyard in this temple.

The reason why I chose to eat in the yard was probably because I was afraid that the burning firewood would set the whole wooden temple on fire.

Because the surrounding light was not bright, Ogata didn't notice a strange tall tree growing in a corner of the yard until the meal was almost finished.

Looking intently at the big flag, Ogata could barely see what this tall thing was by the light of the firewood at the bottom of the pot.

"Thousands of gourds?" Ogata muttered.

The tall tree in the corner of the yard is a horse seal.

It is thousands of gourd horse seals.

Ma Yin is a unique thing in Japan.

Ma Yin, also known as Ma Biao and Ma Yan, is a marker that specifically indicates the position of generals on the battlefield. Generally, only warriors with more than a thousand soldiers are eligible to use horse seals.

Thousands of gourds are one of the most meaningful horse seals.

Every time a battle is won, a small gourd is added, hoping for hundreds of successes, so it is finally called a thousand-cheng gourd-this is the meaning of a thousand-cheng gourd.

Mamiya noticed that Ogata had noticed the thousand-year-old gourd standing in the corner of the yard, and introduced to Ogata with a smile:

"My lord likes gourds very much."

"That's where the name 'Gourd House' comes from."

"In addition to taking the name 'Gourd House', we also regard Qiancheng Gourd as the symbol and flag of our Gourd House."

"So Qiancheng Gourd can be regarded as the 'family pattern' of our Gourd House."

"I see..." After muttering, Ogata said in a half-joking tone, "Your lord has very good taste."

Thousands of gourds, which are rich in positive connotations, are indeed quite suitable to be used as a symbol of an organization.

After dinner, Mamiya said "Ogata-kun, rest early", and then dispersed with the others.

There didn't seem to be any entertainment facilities or activities in the gourd house. After dinner, they dispersed and went back to their respective rooms.

After eating and drinking enough and seeing that everyone else had left, Ogata followed his memory and returned to his room.

Before the arrival of dusk today, Ogata had been on his way.

At this time, the feeling of fatigue from rushing on the road gradually came out from all parts of Ogata's body.

Spread the futon that Shimada had given him earlier on the tatami, and lie down on it.

Although he was sleeping in a strange place and in a strange bedding, Ogata slept exceptionally soundly. He had been wandering outside for a long time, and Ogata had already developed the skill of "being able to fall asleep anywhere".

After a peaceful night, Ogata habitually got up when the sun just rose above the horizon.

After tidying up the futon and placing it in a corner of the room, Ogata opened the paper sliding door and walked out of the room.

As soon as the sliding paper door was opened, puffs of moist air rushed towards Ogata.

Because the base of Gourd House is located in the deep mountains, the dew in the morning is quite moderate, and the air seems to be mixed with drops of water.

The air was a bit cold, but after standing outside for a while, Xu Bian felt that his clothes were a little wet, and he had to go back to the room.

As soon as he returned to the room, Asai's voice suddenly came from outside the room:

"One Dao Zhai, are you up yet? I'm here to bring you breakfast."

"get up."

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the paper sliding door of his room was unceremoniously opened, and Asai's extremely handsome face appeared within Ogata's field of vision.

Asai was holding a bamboo basket in his hand, and the things contained in it could be compared to the breakfast he just mentioned.

"According to the order of the palace, I came to bring you breakfast. To save trouble, I brought my own portion too, let's eat together."

After all, Asai was not polite, put the bamboo basket on the tatami and opened it, inside was a pot of hot porridge, a plate of pickles and a plate of fish.

Hot porridge is not ordinary white porridge, it contains a lot of ingredients.

Looking at the sumptuous breakfast, Ogata raised his eyebrows.

"I thought I was going to eat a big pot again..."

"The lord is back, so of course there is no need to cook a big miscellaneous pot." Asai said lightly, "This breakfast is made by the lord, let's enjoy the master's cooking."

Ogata's pupils shrank slightly: "Has your lord come back?"

"Before dawn, I came back with Mr. Yuan."

"Master Yuan is sleeping right now, Lord is having breakfast with Kamiya and the others."

"My lord and Master Yuan both know about you."

"Yidao Zhai, after breakfast, come with me, my lord is very interested in you, and I really want to see you."

"Understood." Ogata nodded, "Then let's eat quickly, I happen to be hungry too."

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After taking out his own pair of homemade bowls and chopsticks, filling a bowl of porridge and taking a sip, Ogata's eyes lit up immediately.

"Your master's craftsmanship is really good..."

"After all, cooking is my lord's hobby and one of the most proud specialties, eat it quickly."

Asai closed his eyes tightly, clasped his hands together, muttered "I'm starting" softly, then picked up his bowl and chopsticks, and began to eat.

Since last night, Ogata found that Asai seems to be a person who pays attention to etiquette.

When eating last night, only Asai and Shimada would say "I'm starting" before eating.

But when Shimada chanted "I'm starting", he just said it casually, unlike Asai who put his hands together and closed his eyes very respectfully.

After the two quickly swept away all the food in the bamboo basket, Asai took back the empty dishes and bowls into the bamboo basket, and said softly:

"Okay. Yi Dao Zhai, come with me, I will take you to see the lord."

"Yeah." Ogata picked up the two sabers beside him and stood up, "You don't have to keep calling me 'Yitao Zhai', you can just call me Ogata."

"No." Asai shook his head lightly, "Ogata is too troublesome to read, but Yidao Zhai is easier to read."

"...As long as you like it." Feeling a little speechless, Ogata sighed softly.

Ogata’s pronunciation is “ogata”, and Yidousai’s pronunciation is “yitousai”, both of which have three pronunciations. Ogata really doesn’t know why Asai thinks “Ogata” is harder to pronounce than “Yitousai”… …

Ogata followed Asai around this abandoned Buddhist temple that was taken by Gourd House as its base.

After a while, Asai took Ogata to the place with the largest area of ​​the temple - the Buddhist hall.

After untying the big Shitian on the left waist and holding it with the right hand, he and Asai entered the Buddhist hall one after the other, and then saw Jiangong, Mucun, and Shima who were kneeling respectfully on the left and right sides. Tian 3 people.

"Good morning, Ogata-kun." Mamiya smiled slightly at Ogata, "My lord will wait a while before coming back, so you can wait here for a while."

Mamiya points to the middle of the Buddhist hall.

"En." After Ogata nodded lightly, he knelt down at the place pointed by Mamiya, and then placed Da Shitian on the right side of his body.

After Ogata sat down, Asai walked slowly to Shimada's side, and knelt down beside Shimada.

Mamiya and Makimura kneel on the left side of the Buddhist hall, Asai and Shimada kneel on the right side of the Buddhist hall, and Ogata kneel in the middle of the Buddhist hall.

Looking at this situation, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

This scene is like an envoy coming to meet a daimyo from another country.

Ogata is the emissary, and the four Mamiya are the daimyo's servants.

While waiting for Mamiya and their lord to arrive, Ogata looked around boredly.

In fact, there is nothing to observe.

This Buddhist hall can be described as empty.

Where there should be Buddha statues, there are no Buddha statues.

There was nothing else of note around either.

The only thing worth noting should be the thousand-tenth calabash horse sign tree in front of Ogata.

Ogata did not expect that there were thousands of gourd horse marks in this Buddhist hall.

But this horse mark is much smaller than the one in the yard.

Just when Ogata was too idle to start counting the number of gourds on the horse, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming from behind him.

——Is it finally here...

Because it was really not a short time to wait, Ogata, who had been a little impatient for a long time, turned his head with a touch of resentment, and went to see who the god of the calabash house he had heard about for a long time.

However——after turning around and seeing the face of the visitor clearly, Ogata's pupils shrank suddenly due to surprise and astonishment.

——This, this guy is the master of Mamiya and the others...? !

Just when Ogata was wondering whether this person was the master of Mamiya and the others, the next actions of Mamiya and the others answered Ogata's question.

The four members of Jiangong all looked serious at this time.

Putting his hands on the ground, he respectfully bowed to this person who was slowly walking into the Buddhist hall.

But Ogata's astonished gaze was always fixed on this person, and his eyes followed this person from the gate of the Buddhist hall to his front.

After sitting down under the thousands of gourd and horse seals, Jiangong and the others said in a cold and majestic voice:

"Everyone, raise your heads."

"Yes!"*4

The four people in Jiangong shouted in unison, then slowly raised their heads.

But Ogata still hasn't recovered from his astonishment.

After a long while, Xu Fang finally muttered slowly involuntarily:

"woman……"

Chin-high black hair, round face, big bright eyes, delicate nose and mouth, average height of this era - this is the person who is sitting under the seal of thousands of gourds and horses at this time. The appearance of their lord, the owner of the gourd house who has the title of "Buddha's Enemy".

About 20 years old.

The face is not very beautiful, but it is not ugly either.

Wakizashi with a white handle and a white sheath is inserted in the right waist.

In his left hand, he holds a Dao with a black handle and black sheath.

After sitting down under Qiancheng's gourd and horse seal, she placed the black-handled and black-sheathed knife on the left side of her body.

"We met for the first time, the executioner Yidaosai Ogata Yishi." Mamiya and their lord whispered in a cold tone, "I am the owner of the gourd house—Kinoshita Lin, for the time being...have the nickname of 'Buddha Enemy' .”\u003c/div\u003e