I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Although things are different, but fortunately—Ah Ruo still remembers me as an elder brother."

"Fortunately, Ah Ruo is still alive and still remembers me, otherwise I really don't know how to prove to Xiaolin and Xiaolin's mother that I am their family."

"After listening to Ah Ruo's explanation, I realized that Sheng Yi had already died of illness when Xiao Lin was just born."

"Katsuichi also had the problem of poor fertility. Until his death, he only had one son with Aruo, whom I have never met—Kinoshita Yoshitsumi."

"Jitong has been carefully cultivated by Katsuichi, and he has become a person who has been deeply affected by the 'curse' of 'Fuxing Toyotomi'..."

Yuan Yi paused.

It seems to be thinking about measures.

After a while, he continued quietly:

"……poor guy."

"It's not just like being obsessed with strict demands on yourself."

"At the same time, he is also strict with his heirs."

"He was more fertile than his father—he had a son and a daughter."

"His daughter is naturally Xiao Lin."

"And his eldest son... is Chang Xiaolin's 6-year-old Xinxiu."

"According to Ah Ruo, Xinxiu is a very smart person."

"His original name was Nobuyuki Kinoshita."

"He was able to speak when he was less than half a year old."

"When you are a little older, you can go to school, no matter what you teach him, he can understand everything."

"Jitong is different from Shengyi. Shengyi thinks that swordsmanship is useless, but Jitong thinks that although swordsmanship can only achieve ten or a hundred enemies at most, it can cultivate xinxing."

"So when Xinxiu was old enough to practice swordsmanship, he spent a lot of money to send Xinxiu to the best sword gym in the area to let him learn swordsmanship."

"In terms of swordsmanship, Xinxiu also showed a strong talent. He can master the moves that normally take a month to master, and he can use them proficiently in only 2 or 3 days."

"Xinxiu, who has demonstrated extremely high talent in both knowledge and swordsmanship, made Jitong overjoyed."

"Nobuhide's excellence made Jitong conclude that Toyotomi's revival is expected to be realized in Nobuhide's generation."

"Jitong put all his hope of revitalizing Toyotomi on Nobuhide, cultivated Nobuhide more vigorously, and changed his name to Nobhide."

"From the overlord who almost ended the Warring States Period and unified the world more than 200 years ago: Oda Nobunaga, and his ancestor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, each took a word from the names of the two people to form the name 'Nobuhide'."

"Let Xinxiu change from the original Xinzhi to the current Xinxiu."

"Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, each of these two names has one character. It can also be seen how much Yoshitsu expects from Nobhide."

"Jitong devoted all of his heart and soul to Xinxiu."

"But...it's another face to Xiaolin."

"Jitong is... a very typical kind of person who despises girls."

"He thinks that women are just tools to help men carry on the family line."

"So all this time, Xiaolin has been treated with... an ignorant attitude."

"Unlike Ji Tong, Xiaolin's mother, A Ning, is a gentle person."

"Ah Ruo is the same, Ah Ruo is also a very gentle person."

"Ji Tong doesn't care about Xiao Lin, only the gentle A Ruo and A Ning treat her well."

"Although they are very gentle, they are also very weak at the same time."

"Don't dare to say 'no' to my husband forcefully."

"A Ruo didn't dare to say 'no' forcefully to Shengyi, which led to Shengyi training such a qualified successor of "Fuxing Toyotomi" as Jitong."

"A Ning did not dare to say 'no' to Jitong, which led to the same ending in Xiaolin's generation."

"Both of them have persuaded Jitong not to ignore everything except 'rejuvenating Toyotomi'. It's a pity that they have had little effect."

"Although I haven't met Jitong, I can imagine how similar Jitong is to Shengyi and how obstinate he is."

"Jitong has always wanted to have another son,

So that their Toyotomi family can flourish, and with multiple sons, they can also have multiple "insurance" to deal with any accidents to Nobuhide. "

"However, no matter how much he desires, Ah Ruo's stomach still doesn't move."

"Holding the disappointment of 'I don't have a second son', Ji usually said to Xiaolin: 'It would be nice if you were a boy'... Ugh!"

Before Yuan Yi finished his sentence just now, he uttered a low cry of pain—Lin, who was sitting beside him, just secretly stretched out his fingers, and gently pinched Yuan Yi's waist with her nails. meat, then give it a slight twist in a counterclockwise direction.

"Uncle, you don't need to go into too much detail about this aspect." Lin said lightly.

"Okay..." Minamoto nodded, then cleared his throat, "Jitsu ambitiously expects to see the revival of the Toyotomi Clan in Nobuhide's generation."

"But he has that heart, but not that life."

"When Xiaolin was 7 years old, exactly 2 years before I returned to China, he died of illness."

"Then... when Xiaolin was 8 years old, Xinxiu, who was 14 years old at that time... left home."

"Under Jitong's education, Nobuhide also became a person... who made revival of Toyotomi the highest wish in his life."

"'Staying here, I can't learn anything. If I stay here again, even if it takes another hundred years, I won't be able to revive Toyotomi. Take care of yourself. I'm going to go out to practice and explore the ways to revive Fengchen. This is what Shinsu said to his grandma, mother, and younger sister when he left home."

"After saying this, Xinxiu ignored her family members, left home, and... never came back."

"When he left home, Nobuhide also took away the family heirloom of our Toyotomi clan at that time - the great treasure sword Yoshimitsu Bone Food."

"More than a hundred years ago, our Toyotomi family had a prosperous family and saved a lot of money. At that time, the head of the Toyotomi family spent a lot of money to find and buy Jiguang bone food-this was once for Toyotomi. Hideyoshi's sword with a purple handle."

"After letting Yoshinori go back into the hands of the Toyotomi family, the patriarch of that generation designated this knife as a family heirloom that must be passed down from generation to generation."

"As a member of the Toyotomi Clan, I have had the honor of wielding this sword myself a few times—it is indeed a treasured sword that cuts iron like mud, and is both sharp and tough."

"Xinxiu not only took Ji Guanggushi away, but also took away all the savings of the family at that time."

"There were only two strong laborers in the family. One died of illness, and the other left home. The one who left home also took away all the family savings and the only valuable family treasure. Lin and the others immediately fell into a difficult situation."

"Over the past 200 years, our Toyotomi family's family fortune has been ups and downs and ups and downs."

"In our generation, it happens to be in a situation where family luck is not good."

"In terms of economic status, it's just an ordinary family."

"Jitong has a fairly good skill in making pottery. He relies on his skill to support his family. He is the only pillar of the family."

"After the only pillar collapsed, Xiaolin and the others directly lost their only source of income."

"The departure of the only young man left - Xinxiu, made things worse."

"After Xinxiu left, Ah Ruo was old and weak and could no longer do any work, so the burden of supporting the family fell on Ah Ning's shoulders."

"She has no skills, all she can do is make umbrellas and do some simple handicrafts."

"A Ning worked very hard to support her family, but she...has been in poor health."

"After only two months, she fell ill due to overwork."

"Because of Jitong's neglect of Xiaolin, Xiaolin, who has been stared at by Jitong since she was a child, has to become a precocious child."

"At the same time, because of Jitong's neglect of Xiaolin, Xiaolin was not poisoned too deeply by the 'curse' of 'Reviving Toyotomi'."

"After her mother fell ill due to overwork, Xiaolin, who was only 8 years old at the time, resolutely ended the burden of supporting her family."

"It was also at that time that Xiaolin's business talent blossomed."

"Our hometown is near a small town. There is a pharmacy in that small town that sells 'Yue Nu Pills' and other pills."

"What is 'Yue Nu Pill', you should be able to guess what it is from the name, so I won't go into details."

"After investigation, Xiaolin found that this shop is empty. The reason is that many people feel ashamed and dare not approach this kind of shop."

"Xiaolin, who discovered this business opportunity, took the initiative to find the owner of the store, and made an agreement with the owner. He agreed to help him sell as many Yuenv pills and other pills as possible, and then he would get a share. With a medicine chest half as tall as her, she sells these pills from door to door."

"Xiao Lin, who keenly grasped this business opportunity, finally managed to support this crumbling home on her own."

"Although because of Xiaolin's mind, the family has no financial worries for the time being, but...you should also know that a family without young and strong men is easy to be bullied."

"Xiao Lin and the others were often harassed and ridiculed by some boring guys."

"At that time, I suffered a lot of grievances, but Xiao Lin was also very strong. Even though she was ridiculed like that, she was able to wipe away her tears while continuing to work hard to raise money for the family's meals and for the mother's medical care. It proves that even though she is just a girl, she can do things that many men can't do...Ah!"

Yuan Yi let out another cry of pain.

Lin stretched out her hand again to grab the flesh of Yuan Yi's waist and abdomen, and pinched it with much heavier force than before.

"About my past, why are you talking more and more..." Lin frowned slightly, with a very obvious look of displeasure on her face.

"Okay, okay..." Yuanyi said while rubbing the place where he was pinched just now, "I got it, I got it."

"All in all—with Xiaolin's hard work, when she was 9 years old, she finally managed to support me until I returned to China."

"After I returned to my hometown, with my help and relief, Xiaolin and her family finally lived a life where they no longer needed to eat one grain of rice for two meals."

Speaking of this, Yuan paused, and then changed into a half-joking tone:

"At that time, it took me a lot of effort to let Xiaolin accept me, an uncle whom she had never masked before..."

"I still remember it very clearly... Xiaolin threw herself into my arms, crying, beating me hard, and crying: 'When my mother fell ill and I worked hard to support my family, Where is your so-called uncle?'."

"Hmm..." Lin's face flushed slightly at this time, and then she whispered, "I was still young and ignorant at that time, I will soon forget such embarrassing things..."

After all, Lin raised her hands and patted her cheeks, as if she wanted to pat away the redness on her cheeks—unexpectedly, it was really useful.

After patting her cheeks a few times, the redness on Lin's cheeks gradually dissipated, and her expression returned to her usual stern look.

"My so-called elder brother only has 'Revival Toyotomi' in his mind." Lin looked straight into Ogata's eyes, and said unhurriedly, "For the so-called 'Rejuvenation Toyotomi', my grandma, mother, My sister left them all alone."

"Leaving home alone, and taking all the savings at home in a very stupid way."

"And after leaving, never came back."

"Before grandma and mother passed away, they always wanted to take another look at that bastard..."

"The bastard's actions made me want to immediately draw my knife and chop him into seven or eight pieces."

"I hate him so much that I don't even want to mention his name."

"I don't want people around me to know that I have such a brother who is not as good as a pig or a dog, so I never mentioned him and him to outsiders."

Speaking of this, Lin turned her gaze and looked directly at Ogata.

"Wearing a sword with a purple handle on his waist, and calling himself 'Kinoshita', he is still very young-this is completely characteristic of that guy."

"The purple-handled sword on his waist is probably Ji Guanggushi."

"Although I'm not 100% sure, the 'Kinoshita' who sent firearms to the Red Moon Fortress and who seems to be researching 'immortality'... is very likely to be my elder brother."

"If it was him, using such a crazy method as human trafficking to study 'immortality'... really seems like something he would do..."

"He has always been...a beast with a smile on his face, but no blood or tears..."

Lin slowly frowned as if recalling something very bad...

"For the sake of 'reviving Toyotomi', he began to study 'immortality'... If it was him, it would not be surprising to do such a thing."

After all, Lin took several deep breaths as if trying to suppress her emotions.

And at this moment—Ogata lowered his head, as if thinking.

muttering:

"Toyotomi..."

It's not the first time he's heard the surname.

Just now, when Lin reported her and Genichi's real names as "Toyotomi Lin" and "Toyotomi Genichi" respectively, past memories flooded Ogata's mind like a flood.

He thought back.

He recalled - as early as half a year ago, he had heard information about "Toyotomi".

From the mouth of Shuntaro, the first of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Shiranui.

At the beginning, on the eve of leaving Edo, when he went to visit Shuntaro who was recovering from his wounds in Yoshiwara, Okyo heard information about the "Toyotomi Remnant Party" from him for the first time...

After a moment of silence, Ogata said slowly:

"...If that 'Kinoshita' is really your elder brother...then what he did to 'restore Toyotomi' is not just research on 'immortality'..."

"More than half a year ago, those lunatics who tried to blow up the capital... had something to do with your brother."

As soon as Ogata's words fell, the faces of the Huluwu group all sank—especially Mucun.

A few days ago, when exchanging information with Mamiya and the others, Ogata told them all his previous experiences in Ezo - including the whole story of the destruction of his human skin mask.

What Miyabe once said to Ogata, "I just want to find out—your real face under this human skin mask, and why you have this human skin mask that we sold to Kunieda Junroku." , Ogata also informed the whole group of Calabash House exactly.

Junroku Kunieda was the mastermind who planned to blow up Kyoto more than half a year ago. The human skin mask he used was provided by the forces behind him in Miyabe—anyone with a little brain can deduce it: the incident half a year ago Behind the terrorist actions against Kyoto, there must be traces of this organization that studies "immortality".

"In addition to trying to help those lunatics blow up Kyoto..." Ogata continued, "Your brother also tried to take Shiranui for himself..."

"Shiranui?" Lin's brows twitched slightly, "How do you say that?"

Ogata explained in detail the series of information he had heard from Shuntaro that "Toyotomi's remnant party had made arrangements in secret early on, and wanted to take Shiranui as their own".

Regarding this matter, Ogata briefly mentioned it to A-Machi.

At first, when he knew that there was such a force behind Shiranui, he was terrified.

After all, people are always afraid of the unknown.

But with the passage of time, Ah-cho's worries gradually faded away.

After learning that Shiranui had such a close connection with the "Toyotomi Remnant Party", the expressions of the Huluya group changed.

"...Toyotomi's remnant party... Heh, it is really becoming more and more certain that 'Kinoshita' who studies 'immortality' is my bastard brother..."

Lin raised her hand and rubbed the center of her eyebrows with a tired face.

"Okay...don't you have 2 questions to ask me?"

"Your first question, uncle and I have already said everything I can."

"Tell me about your second question."

Just after Lin finished speaking, she said emotionally:

"...The second question is also a question I have been wanting to ask for a long time."

"Just considering that this question is too private, so for the sake of politeness, I have never asked."

"But now, whether it's you or us, we all have the willingness to cooperate and investigate the 'immortality' together."

"So at the moment when both parties intend to cooperate on this matter, I think it is necessary to clarify this issue."

After Ogata paused for a while, he said word by word:

"Miss Lin, why are you at Calabash House investigating 'Immortal'?"

"Don't tell me that the reason why you 'investigated' and survived is to restore your body to a normal person like me."

"...Should I say that I have a keen intuition?" Lin smiled very rarely at this moment, "I actually guessed that you wanted to ask me this question."

"About this question... the story is relatively short."

As Lin spoke, she slowly turned her gaze to Yan Mo who was placed beside her.

"It all started with the fact that I planned to go to Honzoji Temple to buy Yan Mo three years ago."

"I saw the 'difficult to die' for the first time at Honzoji Temple three years ago."

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After finishing this chapter, the author is shocked—this paragraph is probably the last large-scale literary drama in this book.

After this paragraph, until the end, there is no literary drama in this book. Only chopping and being hacked.

The method of earning Xiaolin's first bucket of gold in this chapter is not the author's nonsense. In the Edo period, that kind of medicine could always be sold in an open manner, but because many people had a good face, they dared not go to the store to buy it. For more details, please see the "Writer's Words" below--