I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Red Moon Fortress——

Otunpuyi stood on the outer wall of the Red Moon Fortress, fighting against sleepiness.

According to the rules - all young men in the Red Moon Fortress are obliged to stand guard on the city wall regularly.

This rule was still formulated by Chanup.

At the beginning, it was Chanup who under great pressure enforced this rule.

When Chanup and the others found the abandoned stronghold of the Lucians and were preparing to settle here, they proposed to set up a rule of "requiring all young men to stand on the city wall regularly"—and was strongly opposed by many people .

The Ainu have always lived in settlements, and the "experience of living on the fortress" is about zero, so many people don't understand why this kind of rule that restricts the freedom of the villagers and requires young men to stand guard on the city wall regularly .

Regarding the objections of these people, Chanup also argued hard-living in such a tall city wall, if there are not enough people standing on the wall to guard, then they will not know when there are foreign enemies attacking.

At that time, Chanup, who had made great contributions to everyone's southward migration, was at the peak of his prestige. Relying on his overwhelming prestige advantage, Chanup enforced this rule.

It turns out - Chanup was right.

Not long after they settled here, there was a group of gold diggers who couldn't find gold, so they planned to earn some "extra money" by committing crimes, and decided on the Red Moon Fortress.

Luckily—a clan member standing guard on the city wall discovered this group of gold diggers who were attacking at night in time, and then successfully drove them away.

Since this incident, no one has had any objection to the regulation made by Chanup.

And this rule has been continued in this way, even Chanup's only son, Otunpuyi, must obediently abide by this rule, and he has to come to the city wall to stand guard on a regular basis after he becomes an adult.

This task is actually not very tiring, as long as you stand on the post and monitor all the movements outside the city wall.

However, it is precisely because there is a single thing to do, so this task is very boring and boring.

From just now, Otunpuyi felt that his eyelids were quite heavy, and the upper eyelids were constantly fighting with the lower eyelids.

After resisting the urge to yawn,

Otunpuyi looked up at the sky - it was almost dark.

Aotongpuyi's sentry mission today only lasted until dark.

After dark, Otunpuyi will be able to change shifts and another person will stand guard.

Seeing that his sentry mission was finally coming to an end, Otunpuyi's mind was also encouraged a little, and his drowsiness subsided a little.

After successfully suppressing another yawn that was about to yawn, suddenly—Otunpuyi noticed that there seemed to be several shadows shaking on the horizon outside the city wall.

As soon as Aotongpuyi looked intently, these swaying shadows slowly revealed their figures—two horses.

And on the backs of these two horses, there are two people sitting on each.

However, because of the long distance, Otunpuyi couldn't see clearly what the four people sitting on the backs of the two horses looked like.

At the same time that Autongpuyi discovered the four men and two horses, the rest of the people on the city wall also noticed the group of people who had suddenly appeared and approached them.

"Hey! Someone is approaching! Someone is approaching!"

"Is it Kazuto? Or Lucia?"

"I don't know! The distance is too far! I can't see clearly!"

"Attention everyone! Attention everyone! Someone is approaching!"

...

Ezo lacks high-quality horses, coupled with their life of fishing and hunting, they lack the motivation to use horses, so the Ainu people have not lit up the technology tree of "horse riding" for a long time, and their means of transportation are mainly dog ​​sleds .

Therefore, in Ezo, there are generally only two types of people who can ride horses - Japanese people and Lucian people.

The originally silent city wall became agitated instantly when a man on horseback approached.

Most of the people on the city wall couldn't hide their nervousness and uneasiness at this moment—including Autong Puyi.

Since that incident happened a few days ago, everyone in the fortress is now very nervous when they find someone approaching the fortress—especially people approaching the fortress.

While everyone on the city wall was tensely on guard, the four men and two horses kept approaching the city at a moderate speed.

Finally—the group of uninvited guests finally got close enough for Otunpuyi to see their faces clearly.

After seeing the four people on horseback...to be precise, the appearance of two of them, Otongpuyi was stunned for a while, and then turned into ecstasy.

"Don't be nervous!" Otsubui shouted to the people around him, "It's not the enemy! It's Mr. Mashima and Ms. Atachi! It's the two Kazutos who saved the villagers of Kina Village before!"

After Otunpuyi's shout fell, Aizan and Yaxili outside the wall also shouted at this time:

"We are back!", "We are from China Village!"...

Hearing the yells of Autunpuyi and Aizan and Yahili outside the wall, the nervousness of the people on the wall faded a little.

"Are you telling the truth?" A clansman standing next to Autongpuyi asked.

Otunpuyi nodded vigorously: "I can't make a mistake!"

"Didn't the two Kazuto who saved the villagers of Qina Village leave long ago?" another person asked.

"The two of them didn't leave." Otunpuyi said, "The two of them left our Heyezhe some time ago because they wanted to go outside to do some things. Now they should come back after finishing their work."

"...It's fine if you're not an enemy. Otunpuyi, it's up to you to go there yourself and ask Mr. Chanup to open the door."

"Okay!" Otong Puyi nodded vigorously.

The gate of the Red Moon Fortress cannot be opened casually.

Whenever the gate of the Red Moon Fortress is to be opened, Chanup's consent must be obtained first.

If Chanop happened not to be in the Red Moon Fortress for some reason, he would seek the consent of Retannoe, who was second only to Chanop, and so on.

Otunpuyi returned the bow back in his hand to the north, and then made two steps in three steps, and rushed back to his home as fast as he could.

When he got home, Otongpuyi saw his sister and his father.

Elder sister Aisuma is sitting behind her father Chanup, rubbing Chanup's neck.

And Chanup closed his eyes tightly, his face full of exhaustion that couldn't be concealed.

"Father!" Otunpuyi shouted, "Mr. Mashima and the others are back!"

"Oh?" Aisuma, who was rubbing Chanup's neck, stopped rubbing the back of Chanup's neck, "Mr. Mashima and the others are back so soon?"

After Otunpuyi's voice fell, Chanup also slowly opened his closed eyes and looked at Otunpuyi.

"They and the two fellow villagers of China Village who are traveling with them are now outside the wall gate." Otunpuyi added, "Father, please order to open the gate."

Chanup was silent for a while,

Then, he let out a few self-deprecating laughs:

"Come back to us at this time..."

After whispering such a sentence that both Aisuma and Otunpuyi were confused, Chanup nodded to Otunpuyi: "Open the door..."

...

...

rumbling...

The imposing gate of the Red Moon Fortress was slowly opened.

Seeing that the wall door was wide open, Ogata and the others immediately rode their horses towards the gate of the Red Moon Fortress.

As soon as he passed through the wall door and returned to the long-lost Red Moon Fortress, many people immediately surrounded him, looking at Ogata and the others with different expressions.

Among the surrounding onlookers, Ogata saw two familiar figures walking towards them quickly.

"Aisuma, Otongpuyi, long time no see." Ogata greeted proactively, "What a coincidence, I ran into the two of you as soon as I passed through the wall door."

The two figures walking quickly towards Ogata and the others were Aisuma and Otongpuyi.

After receiving permission from his father to open the door, Otunpuyi hurried back to the city wall without stopping - on the way back to the city wall, he was accompanied by Asuma.

The relationship between Aisuma and Ogata is also very good, so seeing Ogata and the others come back, Aisuma also wants to go to the city gate to greet them.

"That's because I had been standing guard on the city wall just now, so I was the first to know that you were back." Aotongpuyi smiled.

After Otunpuyi explained in simple sentences how he and Aisuma knew that Ogata and the others had returned for the first time, Aisuma on the side suddenly screamed:

"Ah! What's wrong with Ms. Machi? Is she sick?"

The keen Asuma finally spotted A-Machi leaning on Ogata on horseback at this time, and his face was very ugly.

"That's a long story..." Ogata squeezed an ugly smile at Asuma, "During the time we left here, many things and accidents happened... Seriously injured due to negligence.”

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Asuma immediately said:

"That's terrible! Mr. Mashima, we have a famous doctor here at Heyezhe! If you don't mind, I'll take you to her and ask her to see Miss Acho's injury!"

"Our doctor is amazing. She not only understands Lucia's medical skills, but also understands your Heren's medical skills. She can cure many diseases that other doctors can't cure!"

Hearing Aisuma's words, Ogata couldn't help opening his eyes wide, with a hint of surprise in his pupils.

Knowing not only the medical skills of the Lucians, but also the medical skills of the Heren—this is an incredible talent in this era. Ogata did not expect to encounter such an unexpected joy at such a critical moment when Ah-cho's body temperature could not be lowered for a long time.

"Then I will trouble you." Ogata said immediately.

"Come with me." Aisuma nodded.

...

...

Ogata let A-Ming lie on the back of Radish's horse, and then he led Radish and followed closely behind Aisuma and Otunpuyi who were leading the way.

As for Aizan and Ahili, they took the grapes and followed closely.

Having eaten and lived with Ogata and Atachi for so many days, Aizan and Ahili have developed a not-so-superficial friendship with Ogata without knowing it.

Aizan and Yaxili have been worried about Ah Ding's injuries these days, so when they learned that Ai Suma was going to take Ah Ding to see their injuries from Heyezhe's famous doctor, they also asked come with me.

On the way to the doctor that Aisuma mentioned, it was inevitable to be surrounded by a large number of people.

Feeling the gazes from the people around him, Ogata couldn't help frowning slightly.

Ogata always felt that the eyes cast by the people around him were very different from before...

The last time they came to Red Moon Fortress, they were also surrounded by a large number of people.

But at that time, the gazes that the onlookers cast on Ogata and the others were basically curious and puzzled gazes.

But now... the curious and puzzled eyes still remain.

But these gazes are also mixed with a little uneasiness and fear...

While Ogata was silently paying attention to the strange eyes cast on him and A-Ming by the people around him, Otunpuyi, who was walking in front of him and leading Ogata along with Asuma, suddenly said:

"Mr. Mashima, what have you guys been through? Why was Ms. Machi so badly injured?"

"It's not convenient to talk here." Ogata smiled wryly, "I'll tell you the reason slowly later."

The famous doctor Aisuma mentioned lived quite close to the gate of the city wall.

After only walking for a few minutes, Aisuma and Otunpuyi both stopped in front of an ordinary Ainu-style house.

Asuma: "We're here!"

Ogata simply looked at the ordinary-style dwelling in front of him—compared with other dwellings, the biggest difference of this dwelling may be that there is a steady stream of strong medicinal smell wafting out.

"Kunoya! Kunoya! Are you there?" (Ainu)" Asuma shouted into the house.

As soon as Aisuma finished speaking, a lazily young female voice sounded in the room:

"It's Asuma... What's wrong? Is there something wrong with your body?"

After the voice fell, the door curtain was slowly opened—the person who opened the door curtain was a young woman between 25 and 30 years old.

This young woman has a fairly handsome face, wearing plain clothes, with Ainu women's unique tattoos on her lips, holding the door curtain with one hand, and smoking a bong with the other hand, half-opened. Looking at Ogata and his party with both eyes, there was a lazy aura exuding from his body.

After seeing the two strangers, Ogata and Atachi, the young woman's half-open eyes widened slightly.

For some reason... the appearance and temperament of the woman in front of him made Ogata involuntarily think of those "spiritual girls" who hung out in bars, nightclubs and other places in his previous life...

"Aisuma. Who are these two?" (Ainu) asked the young woman.

"Kunoya, these two are my friends, and they are also the Kazutos who saved the village of Kina! (Ainu language)"

The young woman showed a clear expression on her face: "Oh... so it's these two people... I've heard their name for a long time... (Ainu language)"

The young woman put down the bong in her hand, exhaled a big smoke ring, and said in fluent Japanese:

"My name is Kunoya. You can call me Kunoya. What's your name?"

Ogata is no stranger to the Ainu people who can speak fluent Japanese.

"I'm Mashima Goro, this is my wife--A-machi."

Aizan and Ahili who were standing behind Ogata also introduced themselves.

The young woman who called herself "Kunoya" nodded lightly, then put the bong back into her mouth:

"Let me guess—you're here because you want me to see your wife?"

Kunoa looked at Machi who was lying on the back of the turnip.

"Your wife seems to be injured... she looks very ugly."

"Exactly." Ogata nodded quickly, "She was stabbed at the collarbone."

"Bring her in." Kunoya turned and walked into the house, "Let me see her injury."

Ogata helped A-Ming up, and carried A-Ming into the house in the way of a princess.

Otunpuyi and Aizan knew that it was inconvenient for them to go in, so they obediently stayed outside the house. Only Aisuma and Ahili went in with Ogata.

After holding A-Ming inside, Ogata finally got a glimpse of the inside of Kunoya's house—Kunoya's house looked like a traditional Chinese medicine shop.

A traditional Chinese medicine cabinet with at least one hundred cabinets is attached to the west wall.

"Put her here." Kunoya extinguished the bong in her hand, and after placing the bong on a small table, she pointed to a straw mat by her feet.

According to Kunoya's instructions, Ogata laid Amachi flat on the straw mat.

"Let me see how your injury is doing first." Kunoya knelt down beside A-Ming, then untied the clothes on A-Ming's upper body, then took out a pair of small scissors, and cut A-Ming's chest Wrapped tightly in linen.

After cutting the linen cloth in one go, the fruit that had been tightly compressed was finally liberated and returned to its original shape and size.

"Little girl, you have developed very well."

After Kunoya said a joke that made A-Machi's face turn reddish involuntarily due to shyness, she began to seriously examine A-Machi's injuries.

While checking the injury, he also raised his hand to touch A-Machi's forehead to check A-Machi's temperature.

"...Did you heal your wife's injury?" Kunoya looked at Ogata.

Ogata nodded.

"You used Zhonghuang ointment to treat your wife's injury." Kunoya said lightly, "Zhonghuang ointment is indeed very suitable for treating such trauma, but the way you apply the ointment is a bit too rough."

After finishing speaking, Kunoya breathed out several ointments and herbs that Ogata used to treat A-Ming's wounds.

After Kunoya's voice fell, Ogata couldn't help casting a surprised look at Kunoya.

"You are amazing. You can tell what medicine I have used just by looking at the wound..."

Kunoya smiled: "Didn't Aisuma tell you? I used to run a clinic in the Matsumae clan of you and the people, and the popularity is very high. People come to see me every day. Endless."

"Aisuma really never told me about this... She only told me that you are proficient in both Lucian's medical skills and Heren's medical skills..."

"Then you know it now."

After saying that, Kunoya turned her gaze back to Machi's wound.

"Fortunately, your wife's wound is not inflamed."

"But your wife's wound will have to have new stitches."

"After suturing, I will prescribe 2 new medicines for your wife. One medicine is used to apply on the wound, and the other medicine is used to drink. The medicine used for dressing is changed every 2 days, and the medicine is used for drinking. The medicine, drink 2 times a day."

"Just apply it and drink the medicine obediently. Then lie obediently in bed for a month, and your wife will recover."

"One month...?" At this moment, A-Ming suddenly widened his eyes and asked Kunoya in a weak voice.

Kunoya nodded: "That's right. After I re-sew your wound and use the medicine I prescribed for you, you have to lie down obediently for a month."

After finishing speaking, Kunoya suddenly put on an extremely serious face.

"Your injury is neither serious nor light. Medication alone is not enough. You need enough time to rest and let the wound recover slowly."

"If you don't rest, your wound with such a large wound will be easily inflamed."

"Letting you rest is also to prevent the wound from cracking. If your wound is cracked, it will be very easy to get inflamed."

"Need I tell you what the consequences of an inflamed wound will be?"

After all, Kunoya got up and walked to the huge Chinese medicine cabinet next to her.

"You mean...I have to lie here...for a month...I can't go anywhere...?" A-cho asked anxiously.

"Of course." Kunoya replied without thinking.

*****

*****

ps1: August is almost over, those who have not voted for the monthly ticket remember to vote in time~~ Don't waste the monthly ticket.

ps2: The "Zhonghuang ointment" mentioned in this chapter is indeed an ointment commonly used in the Edo period to treat trauma.