I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

A new leader appeared yesterday—[L5? ? 】

Thanks to the new leader [L5? ? ]'s tip! thank you boss!

The leader's team is gradually growing, gratifying to congratulate, gratifying to congratulate.

When a new leader appears, it is necessary to add a new chapter and write a chapter with 1W2000 words.

But because the book friend [Zhanyue Cup Shadow] also tipped me a lord the day before yesterday, I didn't have time two days ago, so I always owe him more.

So today's chapter is a supplementary addition to [Zhanyue Cup Shadow].

To the new leader [L5? ? ]’s addition, let’s save it for later...

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The bandits who cared about them had been wiped out by the invited samurai——the mood of the villagers in this village, described as ecstatic, seemed a bit inadequate.

If they hadn't seen the food that Ogata and the others brought back from the bandits, some villagers would not even dare to believe that what Ogata and the others said was true.

What made the villagers even more gratified was that Ogata and the others gave them all the food they had brought back from the bandits.

Their village is poor and poor, and the food stored in the village is just in the reserve of "barely enough for the whole village to eat".

The food sent by Ogata and others is really a timely help to the villagers of this village.

In order to thank Ogata and others for their kindness, the villagers expressed that they would prepare a very sumptuous lunch to entertain Ogata and others.

But was declined by Ogata.

Now that the bandits are gone, and the experience points and money are both harvested, Ogata has no reason to stay in the village any longer.

Ogata now just wants to return to Nishinocho as soon as possible, and then go back to the regular days of collecting experience at the Hosho Sword Gym every day and waiting for the merchant ship from Gentachiya to leave for Ezo in January of the next year.

Last time it took them almost a day from Nishino Town to this village - they set off in the morning and arrived at the village in the evening.

Even if there is no Tsuchiya and those two villagers to slow down the return to Nishino Town this time, it will still take at least half a day to return to Nishino Town.

It was almost 9 o'clock in the morning when we returned to the village. If we stayed for lunch, we would have no time to return to Nishino Town before dark.

Therefore, no matter what the villagers, Hosaka and others said, Ogata insisted on leaving before lunch.

But Ogata and A-Machi didn't intend to leave immediately.

Just now they returned to the village from the bandits' base, and they walked the mountain road for nearly 3 hours.

Mountain roads are much more difficult than those flat roads.

And it's still the kind of mountain road covered by heavy snow, so it's even more difficult to walk.

To Ogata, walking the snow-covered mountain road for more than 3 hours is not a big deal.

But for Ah-cho now, it is not so easy.

If it was A-Ming in normal state, it would not be difficult for her to walk the snow-covered mountain road for more than 3 hours.

But last night, Ah-cho first followed Ogata to sneak into the bandits' stronghold and assassinated them.

After that, they went around to check the bandits' bases together, and together they found and buried the bodies of the bandits who died under the assassination of her and Ogata.

Physical strength is not the strong point of the daughter-in-law A-cho.

Although he slept for a few hours, it was not enough time for Ah-cho to recover his strength.

So after walking the mountain road from the bandit base to the village in a "non-perfect" state, Ah-cho felt a little tired.

Therefore, Ogata decided to rest in this village for a while, to let Ah-machi's feet relax a little bit, and then set off to leave.

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In the houses provided by the villagers to Ogata and Atachi——

"what……"

A-Machi was lying on his back on the floor of the room in the shape of a "big" shapeless.

"It's much easier than I thought..."

Because lying on the floor was very comfortable, Machi unconsciously closed his eyes because of the comfort.

"I was worried that I would have to fight those bandits for a long time..."

"I didn't expect to get rid of those bandits so quickly."

"I arrived at this village the evening before yesterday, and I can go back today."

To get rid of that group of bandits so quickly - this was not only beyond the expectations of A-Machi, but also beyond the expectations of Ogata.

Ogata was already prepared for a protracted war.

But it didn't happen - luck was pretty good.

On the second day after arriving in the village, the bandits were successfully expelled.

At the same time, there was an unexpected joy, getting 31 taels of gold from the bandit, which made Ogata and A-cho's financial resources stronger now.

When Ogata learned from the reward list provided by Huozaka the night before that his head was worth 500 taels of gold, he also thought that if he ran out of money in the future, he could try to grab the government's wool.

Pretend to be caught first, and then let A-cho go to collect a reward of 500 taels of gold, and then Ogata will find a way to escape from prison.

At present, it seems that for a long time to come, Ogata's plan of "sweeping the government's wool" will not come in handy.

Ogata has not spent the large sum of money that the elders of the Kurangaga family gave him when he left the domain at the end of last year.

The money given by the elders of the Kuranaga family, the money obtained in the "Imperial Trial", and the money obtained from the bandits this time-these three sums of money together make Ogata and Atachi completely small rich now.

Based on the current financial resources of the two, it is completely enough to buy a small house, and then live a wasteful life without work for at least 10 years-of course, the premise is that the two only use the money to buy some necessities of life, Instead of buying all kinds of messy luxury goods.

After A-Ming lay on his back in the shape of "big", Obiri took off the big Shitian from his left waist, hugged him in his arms, and sat cross-legged beside A-Ming.

"Do you want me to give you a massage?"

It is not uncommon for Ogata to give Machi a massage.

As early as when he took a boat from Owari to Edo, Ogata massaged A-Machi who was seasick, so that she could feel better under the ravages of the wind and waves.

After leaving Edo and heading north to Ezo, Ogata also frequently massaged A-machi, who was not physically strong enough.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Machi immediately said:

"No need. I just need to lie down like this."

Having said that, A-Machi opened his eyes that were originally closed, and looked at Ogata beside him.

"Ayi, I've wanted to say it for a long time——I always thought you were weird."

"Huh? Why am I so surprised?"

"Many samurai don't even allow their wives to walk side by side, not to mention massaging their wives."

"But you don't seem to have this concept of men being superior to women."

"A samurai like you always seems rarer than a swimming cat."

Hearing Ah-Machi's words, Ogata couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Although in Japan in the Edo period, women were still free.

Except for the families of ministers and warriors with strict family rules, the daughters of common people can walk freely in the streets and engage in many kinds of jobs, and they don't have the insane habit of footbinding.

However, the general social atmosphere is still that men are superior to women, and women's status is far inferior to that of men.

What A-cho said just now is also true. Many samurai do not even allow their wives to walk side by side with them, nor can they walk in front of him, they can only walk three steps behind them.

Therefore, there is a common saying in the society: "Wives should be separated from their husbands by three steps."

Massage your own wife yourself-this is something that these "traditional warriors" can't even imagine.

As a time traveler, Ogata naturally doesn't have such messy thoughts of superiority and inferiority.

I don't even feel that giving my wife a massage is something shameful or detrimental to a man's image.

Not only not ashamed, but also proud.

Many people don't even have a wife who can give her a massage.

So just after Ah-cho's voice fell behind, Okuma said in a relaxed tone:

"It probably has something to do with my tutoring. My parents have always taught me: don't have the idea that men are superior to women."

What Ogata said was not a lie.

His parents in the previous life had indeed educated him - there should be no concept of "discrimination".

Neither sexism nor racism is acceptable.

Ah-Ming couldn't help but feel emotional.

Feeling special about Ogata and Ogata's parents.

In such an environment where most people think that men are superior to women, there is such a special concept.

As Ogata's wife, A-Machi is also happy to see that her husband is a person with such a special idea, and he didn't restrain her with all kinds of messy rules.

After a brief chat with Ogata, A-Machi closed his eyes again, enjoying the feeling of being able to lie on the ground like mud.

A-Machi really likes the feeling of lying on the ground in a "big" shape.

She is in a pretty good mood now.

She didn't support Ogata in the first place, so he went to this small, shabby village to help these farmers.

It's not because A-Ming is ruthless and unwilling to lend a helping hand to those in need.

She was simply worried about Ogata.

In Owari a few months ago, after "being honest with each other" with Ogata and confirming the relationship between husband and wife, A-Machi became a lot timid.

A-Machi hoped that Ogata would not do anything that might bring him danger.

Although she knows that Ogata is very powerful, even if it is a bandit group with hundreds of people, Ogata can also wipe it out.

But no matter how strong it is, fighting with people will always have risks in it.

Therefore, A-machi, who didn't want Ogata to encounter any accidents and get injured, has not been very supportive of Ogata's act of extending a helping hand to the farmers in this village.

Now that the bandits are gone, the big rock in Ah Ding's heart has finally fallen to the ground.

Both she and Ogata were safe and sound, and they also received a large sum of money by accident.

Ogata handed over the money to Ah Ding for safekeeping.

Now the cloth bag containing 31 taels of gold was lying quietly in Ah-ding's arms.

Atachi, who was lying on his back on the ground, could clearly feel the weight of this big bag of money.

After establishing a relationship with Ogata, in addition to becoming timid, A-Machi, like Ogata, began to care about money.

A-cho unconsciously raised his hand and patted the small purse in his arms.

Feeling the heavy purse in his arms, A-Machi suddenly raised his eyebrows as if remembering something, then opened his eyes again, and looked at Ogata beside him.

"Ayi, the reason why you decided to help these farmers is not to get money from bandits?"

This is what A-Machi suddenly thought of just now.

Ogata had a similar criminal record before.

For money, he participated in the "Imperial Trial".

Because he had a similar criminal record before, Ogata felt that "for the sake of money, he decided to go to the bandits to get the money and help those poor farmers by the way", Ogata could really do it.

Hearing this question from A-Machi, Ogata was taken aback for a moment.

Then with a helpless smile, he said:

"You think too much."

"It didn't occur to me to take money from bandits in the first place."

"To get this money now is a complete surprise to me."

"Then why did you decide to help these farmers?" A-Ming asked puzzled, "Could it be because you haven't exercised your muscles for a long time, so you plan to exercise your muscles?"

"Why did you decide to help these farmers..."

After murmuring, Ogata smiled wryly.

Then he hugged Da Shitian in his arms even tighter.

"...At that time, when I saw the two farmers begging us to help them in the Baosheng Sword Gym, for some reason, I suddenly remembered that when I went back to the Sword Gym, I found that the master and brothers were all killed by Matsudaira Gennai that night."

Ogata's tone was calm.

It's like talking about something completely irrelevant to me.

A-cho on the side, after hearing what Ogata said just now, was stunned, and then showed a complicated expression.

"When I saw the appearance of my master and senior brothers, I thought that if... when they were killed, someone could show up and save them."

"If you don't extend a helping hand to the farmers in this village, even if they are not killed by bandits, many people may not be able to survive this winter because their money and food have been looted. It is tantamount to being killed indirectly by these bandits."

"I can quite empathize with relatives and friends being brutally murdered for no reason."

"This kind of pain, I think the fewer people have experienced it, the better."

"So by accident, I decided to do my best to help these farmers who happened to show up in front of me and needed help."

Ogata's tone was calm from beginning to end.

He was obviously talking about his unbearable past, but his expression was flat.

On the other hand, Ah-Ming——her expression has been very complicated since just now.

When Ogata had just spoken halfway through, A-Machi had already sat up slowly.

After Ogata's voice fell completely, A-Machi's face was extremely rich, and it was difficult to distinguish the complex expression made of mixed emotions.

She opened her lips, as if she wanted to say something to Ogata.

But after opening his lips, he didn't know what to say in this situation.

Finally, after hesitating and thinking for a while, A-Machi opened his arms and embraced Ogata like a mother bird protecting her young.

Because A-Machi was sitting on Ogata's left side, when A-Machi opened his arms to embrace Ogata, Ogata's left arm immediately felt gentle, soft and elastic.

A-Machi's sudden hug made a bit of surprise appear on Ogata's face.

"What's wrong?"

"When I used to be in a bad mood, my father would hug me like this."

While talking, A-Machi gently patted Ogata with his right hand, this gentle movement was like helping a baby fall asleep.

Ogata couldn't help but smile at Ah-Machi's move.

Ogata's behavior of not knowing what to say to comfort him, and simply taking out the way his father used to comfort him to comfort him, made Ogata feel a little funny, but also a little moved.

"No need to comfort me. I'm not sad."

Reminiscing and retelling the sad and bloody past did not make Ogata feel sad or sad.

After all, it was more than a year ago.

Just recalling that memory will not make Ogata feel any discomfort.

Although Ogata said "you don't need to comfort him", A-Machi didn't seem to want to let go of Ogata—maybe he mistakenly thought that Ogata who said "I don't feel sad" was telling lies to fool him her.

Since A-Machi didn't let him go, Ogata didn't say anything anymore, after all, he was also happy to be held by A-Machi.

The body is embraced, and the soft touch feels like the body is about to melt.

In A-Machi's arms, Ogata really felt a little at ease.

Just when Ogata was quietly enjoying the feeling of rafting on the calm lake at night, a young male voice suddenly came from outside the room:

"D-Excuse me! Is Mashima-kun here?"

It was Mizuno's voice.

There is a palpable tension in the voice

Ogata, wondering why Mizuno came to him suddenly, said loudly:

"I am here."

"May I come in, please?"

Ogata and Machi exchanged glances.

A-Machi nodded, and let go of Ogata in his arms.

"come in."

"Thank you very much!"

Mizuno pushed open the old wooden door and appeared within Ogata's field of vision.

Ogata: "Is something wrong?"

"Mashima-sama! I want to ask you something!"

Mizuno stared straight at Ogata, his eyes were full of fire.

"Ask?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, then raised his hand to scratch his hair, "What do you want to ask? Don't ask me something that is difficult to answer."

"After all, in a while, I will leave with my wife."

"Master Mashima!"

Mizuno said in a loud voice.

"I admire your sword skills!"

"I want to ask you how to improve your swordsmanship!"

The fiery look in his eyes became more intense.

"Master Mashima, how do you usually practice swordsmanship?"

Mizuno knew that Ogata and Machi would be leaving in a while.

So he mustered up his courage, and before Ogata and A-Ming left, he secretly came to Ogata and asked Ogata for advice.

Ogata is a rare great swordsman.

Mizuno, who also pursued swordsmanship, did not want to miss this opportunity to learn from the swordsman.

Hearing Mizuno's question, Ogata froze immediately.

Ogata was not surprised that Mizuno came to ask him how to practice swordsmanship.

He had discovered that Mizuno seemed to admire him a lot, and admired his swordsmanship.

Mizuno's question directly caused Ogata a difficult situation...

How to practice swordsmanship?

It's impossible for Ogata to tell him directly - I've got my current strength entirely through the system...

After scratching his hair and organizing his words, Ogata said slowly:

"There is no shortcut to the practice of swordsmanship."

"You must be down-to-earth and not too high-spirited."

"If there is any way to quickly improve swordsmanship, it should only be more actual combat."

"Swinging a sword against the air 10,000 times in the dojo may not bring you as much progress as a hearty actual combat."

"I have reached my current level only by fighting one after another."

After speaking as elegantly as possible, Ogata couldn't help admiring himself.

Because what he said just now is completely true, without any falsehood.

He did rely on one battle after another to become the now famous "Executioner Yidao Zhai" all over the world.

"Practice combat..." Mizuno muttered, with a thoughtful look on his face.

At this moment, another voice came from outside the house:

"Master Mashima! Are you there?"

This time, it was the voice of the old village chief.

"I'm here." Ogata responded immediately.

"Can I come in, please? I have something I want to give you."

"Is there something for me? Please come in."

After obtaining the entry permit from Ogata, the old village chief with a rickety body slowly appeared in front of Ogata with the support of several villagers.

After seeing Mizuno and Atachi, the old village chief quickly greeted them.

"Master Mashima, this is for you."

The old village chief handed Ogata two small kits that were only wider than an adult's thumb.

"This is it?" Ogata took the little bag and kneaded it a little, but it was empty.

Just a very ordinary little red kit with nothing in it.

"This is our homemade amulet."

The old village head said.

"We really appreciate your help."

"Without you, we really don't know what we would do."

"Since you and Ling Zheng don't want to stay for lunch, at least please accept our thank you gift."

"Our village is poor and white. Can't send anything worth mentioning."

"I can only give you and Ling Zheng one of our self-made amulets, please understand."

"You guys really have a heart." Ogata smiled, playing with the two little kits in his hand.

"Okay, we will accept your thank you and your kindness." Ogata handed one of the small kits in his hand to Atachi beside him, "Thank you for your amulets."

Someone specially came to give a thank you gift, anyway, it's not an extremely valuable thing, if you don't accept it, it will be rude.

For Ogata's gratitude, the old village head quickly said "I dare not take it".

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Ogata, the old village head led the villagers who supported him and left.

After watching the old village head and others leave, Mizuno murmured:

"The villagers are very happy..."

"Of course." Ogata said, "After all, the bandits who were thinking about their money and food are gone."

Hearing Ogata's words, Mizuno suddenly showed a wry smile.

"...Mashima-sama, do you think our act of extending a helping hand to them is meaningful?"

"Huh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

Mizuno pursed his lips.

After being silent for a while, he opened his lips and said slowly:

"Mashima-sama, I don't seem to have told you about my past..."

"I come from a low-ranking samurai family in Edo."

Mizuno picked up the memories in his mind bit by bit.

"Like many people, I hope to become famous through swordsmanship, so I resolutely decided to leave Edo two years ago to practice martial arts."

"Now that I think about it carefully, I really don't know whether I should evaluate my behavior as bold and fearless, or as young and ignorant."

"Not long after I left Edo, I met Master Hosaka."

"Because I admire the master's swordsmanship and his heroic character. I worship him as my teacher and start to practice with him everywhere."

"Not long after my master and I walked together together, something happened... that still haunts me to this day."

Speaking of this, a faint look of loneliness appeared on Mizuno's face.

"Not long after we walked together with the master, the master and I passed by a village by chance."

"The same thing happened to that village and this village—it was missed by a group of bandits."

"But things are a little different."

"The villagers in that village didn't realize in time that they had been taken care of by the bandits, so they let the bandits enter the village almost unprepared."

"Money, food, and young women were all taken away by bandits."

"The villagers in that village wanted to get their money, food, and women back. So they chose to report to the officials."

"The government in that place is still able to do things. As soon as the villagers became officials, the government immediately organized a manpower, ready to encircle and suppress the bandits."

"And my master and I happened to pass by that village on the eve when the officials were preparing to march to encircle and suppress the bandits."

"Master is a very warm-hearted person. Seeing that the villagers in this village were in trouble, he decided to help the officials and the officials to wipe out the bandits together."

"The government is also happy to see rogues drawing their swords to help, so they agreed to let my master and I join in the encirclement and suppression of bandits."

"The encirclement and suppression of the bandits went smoothly."

"With the superiority in numbers and weapons, the bandits were wiped out. The money, food, and women that were robbed from the villagers were all taken back."

"That was the first time I participated in a real battle with real swords and guns."

"It's also the first time I've killed someone...although I was only chasing down a bandit who had no fighting intentions, I was lucky enough to kill a bandit who had lost his weapon."

"The bandits are gone, the villagers have all their money, food and women taken back, and then the villagers live and work in peace and contentment again—this should have been a happy ending..."

"After assisting the government to wipe out the gang of bandits, my master and I left the village and continued to roam around and practice martial arts."

"A year later, my master and I re-passed that village because of some things."

"But I found that the village is gone."

"I found out after asking someone—the villagers in that village were killed by another group of bandits a few months ago..."

"That group of bandits was not as 'gentle' as the previous bandits. While robbing money, food, and women, they killed all the men and women who looked down on them in the village."

"Even... the children are not spared..."

From just now, Mizuno's head was buried lower and lower.

At this moment, Mizuno's head was so low that his chin was almost touching his chest.

"It took a lot of effort to save those villagers, but in the end, those villagers died at the hands of other bandits..."

"Ever since I encountered this incident, I have been thinking: Is it meaningful for Master and I to help these poor people..."

"The behavior of Master and I extending a helping hand to others... feels like it's just a temporary solution, not the root cause. It seems to be just repeating a very meaningless thing..."

"The people who helped this village today, after a few months, this village might be targeted by another group of bandits..."

Ogata had been listening silently beside him.

Hearing this, Ogata understood what Mizuno was worrying about.

After Mizuno's voice fell, Ookai asked Mizuno in a calm tone:

"...Mizuno, you just said that you admire my swordsmanship, right?"

"Ah? Well, yes." Although he didn't know why Ogata asked this question suddenly, Mizuno nodded quickly in response.

"How strong do you think my sword skills are?" Ogata continued to ask.

"Ah?" Mizuno, who was stumped by this question, showed hesitation, hesitated for a long time, and finally said softly, "My sword skills are mediocre, so I don't know how to describe your sword skills."

"In that case, let me show you how strong my swordsmanship is."

Ogata showed a meaningful smile, stood up slowly, and then pulled out the big Shitian at his waist from the sheath.

"Mizuno, do you think people can split the sky in half?"

"Ah?" Mizuno stared round his eyes, his face full of astonishment.

A-machi on the side also showed an expression similar to Mizuno's, with a pair of beautiful eyes wide open, and looked at Ogata in surprise.

"Master Mashima, how can a human split the sky?"

"Then you can see."

After saying that, Ogata walked out of the room quickly.

After walking outside, Ogata raised his upper body and looked at the clear sky above his head. At the same time, he clasped the Da Shitian tightly with both hands, and slowly raised the Da Shitian above his head.

This posture seems to really want to cut the sky in half.

Ogata's solemn and serious appearance made both Mizuno and A-Machi think the same way:

—Cleave the sky? how could it be possible?

They clearly thought it was impossible, but the two of them still stared at Ogata uncontrollably, and even their breathing slowed unconsciously.

Ogata didn't confront the sky above his head for too long.

After accumulating enough strength, Xu conveniently aimed at the sky above his head, and slammed down the Da Shitian in his hand!

The wind pressure generated by the swing of the blade stabs straight at the clear sky!

Then--

Nothing happened.

The sky has not been split, and the few white clouds within the field of vision are still floating lazily there.

"Mizuno, did you see that?"

Shrugging his shoulders, Ogata put Da Shitian back into the scabbard.

"You were right just now, how could a man split the sky."

"The sky is thousands of miles wide, and the sword is only three feet long. Even sword masters and sword masters who have cultivated their swordsmanship to the pinnacle can only cut things within three feet, let alone split the sky."

"We are just ordinary people who know how to use swordsmanship, not gods."

Ogata returned to the house and sat back where he had been sitting before.

"We can't predict everything, and we can't do everything. All we can do is kill some villains who happen to appear in front of us."

"For things like helping people, just do what an ordinary person who knows how to use swordsmanship can do. Why do you think about so many messy things?"

"Give some light if you can. Even if the light is like a firefly, it can bring some light to the darkness. There is no need to wait for a torch to illuminate the darkness."

Ogata recited the words he had used to enlighten Guasheng.

Although this sentence is also "reformed" by Ogata from a great writer he admired in his previous life.

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the astonishment and surprise on Mizuno's face appeared at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Show as much light as you can..." Mizuno chewed on what Ogata said just now.

Showing a thoughtful expression, it should be thinking and reminiscing about what Ogata said just now.

At this moment, Kasaka's loud voice suddenly sounded outside the house:

"Mizuno! Mizuno! Where did you go?!"

Hearing Kasaka's shouts one after another, Mizuno was stunned.

"Sorry, Mashima-sama." Mizuno smiled wryly, "My master seems to be looking for me, excuse me."

"Let me take the liberty to ask—Master Mashima, when will you and Reisha leave here?"

Ogata turned his head and cast a questioning look at Atachi.

"I'll just rest for another 2 sticks of incense." Ah-Ming stretched out 2 fingers.

"Then we will leave after two sticks of incense." Ogata turned to Mizuno and replied.

"Two sticks of incense... It seems that it's too late to ask you for advice..." The bitterness on Mizuno's face became more serious.

After sorting out the expression on his face, Mizuno stood at attention, and then bowed respectfully to Ogata.

"Master Mashima, thank you very much for your guidance."

"Whether it's the suggestion you just said to learn swordsmanship, or your enlightenment to me just now, I have benefited a lot."

"I'm just talking nonsense." Ogata said modestly. ,

After thanking Ogata respectfully, Mizuno quickly left from the sight of Ogata and Atachi.

After Mizuno left, Ah-machi couldn't wait to say to Ogata:

"As expected of someone who can win the first place in the literary examination of the 'Imperial Trial Cooperation'."

"It's cultured."

"'The sky is ten thousand miles wide, but the sword is only three feet long'...that's a wonderful sentence."

Ogata just wanted to explain this sentence to A-Ming aloud, and his behavior of chopping the sky with a sword just now was not original to him.

He just copied what Yuan did to him and said to him a few months ago...

But after seeing A-Machi looking at him adoringly, with countless little stars shining in his eyes, Ogata silently suppressed the words of explanation.

"It's nothing, it's just a casual thought."

Ogata tried his best to put on a calm and breezy smile with the air of a master.

——Master Gen, I'm sorry...

Ogata decided to be shameless.

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A-cho just told Ogata that she would rest for another 2 sticks of incense.

And Ah-ding didn't talk nonsense, after two sticks of incense, Ah-ding said that she had had enough rest.

So Ogata and A-Machi took their luggage and prepared to leave here.

At the time of parting, Hosaka and others and the villagers of this village all came to send Ogata and Atachi off.

The villagers in this village are also very interesting. The village chief personally led the villagers to see off Ogata and Atachi-but there were still no young girls in sight.

Ogata guessed: Most of these villagers should be eager for them to leave.

After all, the bandits who were thinking about them are gone now, so there is no need for Ogata and the others to stay in this village.

To put it bluntly: Ogata and the others are useless to the villagers.

So seeing Ogata leaving so happily, many villagers in this village should feel very happy.

But Ogata didn't care about that.

As a time traveler, Ogata has not been influenced by the so-called bushido thought of this era, so he does not have the idea that samurai are superior to peasants and dismissive of peasants.

He could understand the respect and awe the peasants had towards the warriors.

Hosaka and the others tried to keep Ogata, so that Ogata didn't have to leave in such a hurry—especially Mizuno, he hoped that Ogata would not leave in such a hurry.

He probably wanted to ask Ogata more about swordsmanship.

But Ogata, who had come here to achieve his purpose, was no longer willing to stay here, so he declined the invitations of Hosaka and the others one by one.

After saying goodbye to Hosaka and the villagers, Ogata and the others embarked on their way back to Nishino Town.

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Today's weather is not bad.

There was no snow, and there were no dark clouds in the sky that were unpleasant to look at.

Today's luck is also very good.

During this journey, they did not encounter that kind of "Road Hog" who blocked the road and robbed them.

With a relaxed mood, Ogata and A-Machi walked forward at a constant speed, stepping on the layers of snow that had accumulated on the ground.

When they went to that village before, they set off early in the morning and arrived in the evening—the reason why it took so much time was mainly because the earth house and the two farmers who led the way were not very strong, and they had many rests in the middle.

Now that there is no "oil bottle", Ogata and A-machi only took a break during lunch.

When the sunset glowed in the sky, Nishikino-cho, which had been away for nearly two days, finally reappeared within the field of vision of Ogata and A-cho.

Because the hotel where he stayed was quite comfortable, Ogata found that hotel again and opened a new room.

Returning to Nishino Town, Ogata wanted to say hello to Jiro Nishino and the people at the Baosheng Sword Gym.

But seeing that the time seemed a bit too late, so he could only give up and planned to visit them one by one after dawn tomorrow and inform them that he was back.

After spending the first half of the night intensely with A-Ming in the bed of the hotel and the second half of the night calm, Xu Jing woke up at about 7 o'clock in the morning, got dressed, put on Dashitian and Dazizi, and went out hotel.

Ogata's first stop was the rehearsal venue of Takarajima House.

Pushing open the door of Treasure Island House's rehearsal site, Oo conveniently saw everyone in Takara Island House who was diligently rehearsing "One Sword Studio" early in the morning, and Nishino Jiro who was already watching their rehearsal.

After seeing Ogata who suddenly appeared, Jiro Nishino exclaimed:

"Master Mashima! Are you back?"

"Well, I came back last night." Ogata walked slowly to Nishino Jiro's side.

"How? Did you encounter any interesting things in the nearby town?"

It was easy for Ogata to explain before, so he didn't tell Nishino Jiro and others that he left Nishino Town to fight bandits, but only said that he was going to a nearby town for sightseeing.

"Nothing interesting happened." Ogata shrugged, "Because nothing interesting happened, so I came back early."

"Mashima-sama, I don't know if you know." Nishino Jiro lowered his voice, as if he was about to reveal some secret, "It's been two days since you left Nishino Town, something big happened here Woolen cloth."

"Big event?" Ogata frowned, "What happened?"

"Well, if you have to say it... it's actually not a big deal." Jiro Nishino spread his hands and shrugged, "A military stationed near our Nishino Town yesterday afternoon."

"Army?" Ogata's pupils shrank slightly.

"Yeah." Nishino Erlang nodded, "It is said that the barracks of this army is now located one mile southwest of Nishino Town."

One mile in the Edo period is almost equal to 4 kilometers in modern times.

"Some courageous ones ran to look at the military flag of this army yesterday, wanting to see if it is the army of the shogunate, or the army of which vassal state."

"Then... Mashima-sama, guess where that army is."

Nishino Jiro made a fool of himself.

"Hmm..." Ogata pondered for a moment, then said casually, "Is it the army of the shogunate?"

Nishino Jiro shook his head.

"Not the army of the shogunate."

"Those who ran to look at the military flag yesterday saw the 'Bamboo Sparrow Pattern', which is the army of the Sendai Domain."

"Sendai Fan?" Ogata frowned even tighter.

The name of the Sendai Domain is also considered to be well-known throughout the country.

The Date family, who ruled the Sendai Domain, was one of the vassals with great strength to contend for world hegemony in the Warring States period two hundred years ago.

The Date clan eventually surrendered to the Tokugawa clan because they lost to the Tokugawa clan. Due to Date's understanding of current affairs, after Tokugawa established the Edo Shogunate, he was granted the title of "Sendai Domain" and ruled over the vast land of Ou area.

Judging from the data on paper, the Sendai Domain is undoubtedly the strongest domain in the Ou region.

Rich in mineral resources, close to the sea, and excellent ports and pastures, the mining, animal husbandry, smelting, fishing and other industries of the Sendai Domain are extremely developed.

Because of the large amount of fertile land, the total rice production of the Sendai Clan in one year is as high as 620,000 shi in agriculture alone. It is a majestic domain with a stone height of more than 620,000 stone.

Coupled with the income from industries such as mining and animal husbandry, the financial scale of the Sendai Domain has reached an extremely terrifying level.

In terms of financial resources, there are probably no more than five vassal states in the whole country that surpass the Sendai Fan or are on par with the Sendai Fan.

"Approximately how many people are there in this Sendai army stationed near Nishinocho?" Ogata asked.

"I don't know. Those who went to see the military flag yesterday didn't dare to get too close to the military camp, so they came back after seeing the military flag from a distance."

"Why are the troops of the Sendai Domain here?" Ogata continued to ask, "Is there a battle going on somewhere?"

As a vassal state, the Sendai Fandom naturally cannot dispatch their troops casually.

Mobilizing the army at will may be suspected by the shogunate of rebellion.

Nishino Town, where Ogata is currently located, is located in the territory directly under the shogunate.

The army of Sendai Fan can enter the territory directly under the shogunate in such a swaggering manner, it must have obtained the permission of the shogunate.

"Who knows..." Erlang Nishino smiled wryly and shook his head, "Perhaps another peasant uprising broke out somewhere...as long as we are not involved."

Suddenly there was an army from the Sendai Domain stationed near Nishino Town——this made Ogata a little concerned.

But Nishino Jiro didn't know much about this army that suddenly appeared, and he had already told Ogata everything he knew.

Seeing that he couldn't find any other information related to this army, Ogata could only suppress his curiosity first.

Compared with when Ogata left Nishinocho, the actors of Treasure Island House are more proficient in their movements, which is a good thing to celebrate.

After briefly watching the rehearsal of Shimojimaya, and then having a brief chat with Jiro Nishino, Oo conveniently left the rehearsal venue of Takarashimaya and went to the Baosheng Sword Gym, where he had been away for 2 days. The masters and apprentices greeted each other, and then began to gain experience as usual.

Walking through the streets, large and small, with ease, the familiar walls and gates of the Baosheng Sword Gym gradually appeared in front of Ogata.

After passing through the gate of the wall and stepping on a path paved with white fine sand, we came to the gate of the gymnasium.

In front of the hall, as usual, there are 2 apprentices guarding the gate.

As Ogata was a diner of the Baosheng Sword Gym, these two apprentices naturally recognized Ogata.

Seeing that it was Ogata who came, the two apprentices rushed towards Ogata anxiously.

"Mashima-sama! You're back!"

"Yeah. I just came back to Nishinocho last night."

"Master Mashima! You came back just in time! A group of strange people entered our sword gym just now! They said they wanted to ask us for advice!"

"Someone is here to kick the hall?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

"That person is so strong. Several 'Baosheng Ten Swords' have already lost!"

"I see." Ogata nodded, "I'll go to the dojo to see the situation now."

After bidding farewell to the two apprentices guarding the gate, Ogata hurried towards the dojo.

After opening the door of the dojo, Ogata couldn't help being stunned by the scene in the dojo.

Curator Baosheng sat on the main seat of the dojo.

The apprentices of the sword hall sat on both sides of the sword hall.

More than a dozen samurai warriors kneeled solemnly in a corner of the dojo.

In the center of the dojo, a "giant" is standing.

The man standing in the center of the dojo is more than 1.9 meters tall - in the eyes of people of this era, such a height is no different from a giant.

On his shoulder is a large wooden gun with a handle half as thick as the mouth of a bowl and a total length of 3 meters.

The most eye-catching thing is - this person is also wearing a set of heavy armor with dark red as the main color and black as the adjustment.

Helmet, breastplate, hand armor, leg armor, everything is available, armed to the teeth.

There is also a very cool black haori on the outside of the armor, whose hem can cover the buttocks.

"Bamboo sparrow pattern" is embroidered on the feather weaving.

The dozen or so strange warriors sitting in a corner of the dojo also had the same "bamboo sparrow pattern" on their clothes.

After Ogata opened the door and entered the dojo, all eyes in the arena naturally focused on Ogata.

"Master Mashima!" Everyone in the sword gym, headed by curator Baosheng, called out joyfully.

As for the dozen or so strange warriors sitting in a corner of the dojo, and the man in battle armor standing in the center of the dojo, they looked at Ogata with curious and doubtful eyes.

"Who are you?" The man in battle armor asked, "Are you also from this sword hall?"

"Probably." Ogata responded, "I am the diner of this sword hall."

"Oh?" The man in the battle armor twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled, then moved his eyes again, and looked at Ogata several times, "It feels like you are very strong."

After all, the man in the armor stood up straighter, and then announced the door of the house with a louder voice:

"Before the 'Seven Guns of Xianzhou' Qiuyue Li! I don't know who the name is?"

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