I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

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Even in the intervening years, the appearance has changed dramatically.

A Zhu also has the absolute certainty of recognizing his younger sister A Jiu at a glance.

There is no particular reason.

It's just because she is Ajiu's sister.

Just now, in Longshui Temple, when he saw Chuguang for the first time, Azhu almost yelled out of emotion.

There's nothing wrong with it, I found it, I found her—the moment after seeing Chuguang, Azhu shouted so excitedly in his heart.

After shouting excitedly in his heart, Azhu wanted to jump directly on Chuguang's body, while hugging Chuguang tightly, repeating "I found you" and "I finally found you" over and over again in tears of joy. .

However, at that time, Yoshihisa and Luo Furen, who were still alive and still fighting with Yuan Yi and others, forced Azhu to suppress his excitement first, and temporarily regarded Chuguang as a stranger, following Yuan Yi's order, He dragged Chuguang, who was lying on the ground and was easy to be accidentally injured, to the corner of the room and protected Chuguang.

Just like that, Azhu has been suppressing his excitement and desire to recognize Chuguang.

It has been suppressed until the end of the battle with Jijiu and others.

It was suppressed until they took Chuguang and Shibata, who were "captured" by them, from Longshui Temple to the Buddhist temple where they hid before.

It has been suppressed until... it is difficult to pretend to be stupid anymore, and it is difficult to continue to suppress the excitement in my heart.

The two words that A Zhu just said naturally attracted the attention of everyone present.

Fuma, Asai, and Shimada all knew why Azuku acted with Ogata.

Therefore, after A Zhu's shout fell, they all looked back and forth between A Zhu and Chuguang with surprised eyes.

Chuguang and Shibata, their current identities, can be regarded as captives of Acho and Genichi.

But even though they were captives, A-Ming and the others treated the two very generously. They were not roughly tied up with hemp ropes, only their wrists and ankles were bound.

At this moment, A Zhu looked at the beautiful captive in front of her with excitement and anticipation, with an expression that looked like he was about to cry at any time.

However...after Azuki shouted the phrase "You are Ajiu, right?", the expression on Azuki's face...slowly froze.

Because she saw... Chu Guang was scanning her up and down with suspicious eyes.

"Ajiu...? I'm sorry, you misunderstood the person." Chuguang frowned slightly, "My name is Chuguang, not Ajiu."

"Yes, yes." Shibata, who was sitting next to Chuguang, nodded abruptly at this moment, "You must have misidentified the person. Her name is Chuguang, not Ajiu."

The three of them, Fuma, Shimada, and Asai, also froze.

In an extremely tacit understanding, the three of them turned their stunned gazes back to Azhu at the same time.

"got the wrong person?"

With a dull face, A Zhu repeated in a low voice what Chuguang said to her just now.

"Yeah." Chuguang nodded, "Chuguang is the name my parents gave me. I've never had the name Ajiu. You must have mistaken me and your family."

The moment Chuguang's voice fell, Azhu's eyes, which were already very round and big, were now stared into a little more roundness.

A Zhu just stared at Chuguang with her pair of round eyes.

The eyes of the two women did not last long.

After only a moment, A Zhu took the initiative to look away, and moved to his own toes.

"...Is that so... It seems that I really made a mistake..."

Azhu closed his eyes halfway, showing a lonely expression, and the tip of his nose was slightly red.

"Sorry to bother you... because you look a lot like my long-lost sister..."

"...It's okay." Chuguang also lowered his eyes at this time, looking at his own toes, "It's a common thing to admit the wrong person."

Fuma, Asai, and Shimada looked at each other in dismay.

Lord Fengmo! Hurry up and say something to comfort the girl——Asai and Shimada said this to Fuma with their eyes.

After understanding the meaning of Asai and Shimada's eyes, Fuma couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.

What Fengmo is the worst at is comforting others, especially those young people who are less than 20 years old.

However, he is the oldest person among all the people present, and he is also the person who has the closest relationship with A Zhu, so there is really no one else suitable for the job of "comforting A Zhu" except him Candidates are selected.

"Ahem...that... Azuki, don't be too sad, one day you will definitely find your family. Hey...ah, yes! Do you want candy? I happen to have Bao Jinping Tang here. "

After squeezing out the words that he felt could comfort Azuki from his stomach like squeezing toothpaste, Fuma stretched his hand into his bosom, intending to take out the candy.

"Thank you...Konpei candy is my favorite..." After wiping his eyes and nose with the back of his hands, Azuki sat beside Fuma in a well-behaved posture.

"Come on, eat whatever you want." Fumo handed a small packet of Jinpingtang to A Zhu, "But don't eat too much, Jinpingtang is easy to damage teeth if you eat too much."

"My lord... don't mention the disappointing thing that your teeth will be broken at this time..." After sweeping Fumo with helpless eyes, Asai turned his gaze back out of the window.

But when Asai turned his gaze back out of the window, his expression immediately froze.

"Master Yuan and the others are back!"

Asai's words had just finished, when the dense footsteps of "thum, tom, tom" sounded outside the door of the room.

Immediately afterwards——

Wow.

The door was pulled open.

The blood-stained crowd headed by Yuan Yi entered the room along the opened door.

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Following closely behind Yuan Yi, after entering the room, Oo conveniently saw familiar faces.

"Master Ogata! You're finally back!" Azuki, whose nose was no longer red, rushed to Ogata in three steps at a time. While circling Ogata, his eyes widened , looked Ogata carefully from head to toe, "You didn't have any injuries, did you?"

"Azuku, I'm fine." Ogata smiled, "Azuku, Kaze-sama, Asai, Shimada, I'm relieved to see that you are all fine."

"Just now I was worried about whether Mr. Yuan and the others would not find you. It seems that I was worrying too much." Asai, who didn't like to smile, showed a rare smile.

Shimada, who had been lying on his back to rest due to a leg injury, quickly raised his upper body. After seeing the familiar figure among the returning Genichi and the others, a happy smile bloomed on Shimada's face .

"Ogata-senpai! It's great that you're fine! Huh? Ogata-senpai, who is that person you're dragging with your right hand?"

"He is an important prisoner. After he wakes up later, we have to ask him for some information."

"Brother Ogata! I finally saw you!" Fumo, who was suffering from back pain, tried his best to stand up from the ground regardless of the pain in his back, "I was really worried about you when I knew you were missing. After the northwest of Osaka, I thought about going to rescue you too, but after tossing my waist for half a night, I was finally overwhelmed, so I can only talk to the injured Asai and Shimada, and take care of us Azuki stays here...ah, my back hurts..."

"Master Feng, I heard that your waist is hurting, you'd better lie back quickly..."

After saying hello to his companions one by one, Ogata slowly shifted his gaze to...Hatsumitsu and Shibata who were sitting in the corner of the room.

When following Genda-sama to the temporary stronghold set up by the Gourd House and his party, Ogata had already learned many things from A-Machi that he didn't know——

What happened to Ah Ding and Huluya's group tonight. Valley

How did Ah Ding and the others discover Longshui Temple, and how they defeated the enemies in Longshui Temple.

And... How did Ah-machi and the others meet Chuguang by chance, and then learned from Chuguang that he was in the northwest of Osaka at that time.

When Ogata was looking at Chuguang, Chuguang was also looking at Ogata.

At this moment, Chuguang's red lips parted slightly, and Asaogata showed an unbelievable expression.

"Ogata Ittosai..." she murmured, "You actually... captured Saemon alive?"

"Saemon? Oh, so this guy is called Saemon?" Ogata turned his head and glanced at his right hand.

With his right hand, he was dragging a "giant" without arms that was fainting like a dead dog. This "giant" was none other than Saemon.

Ogata casually threw the left and right guards dragged by his right hand to the ground: "This person should know a lot of useful information, so I spared his life."

"Miss Chuguang, I have heard from my wife and Miss Isshiki about you in detail. When I learned that the 'No. 1 artist in Osaka' I knew was actually an Iga ninja lurking in Osaka, I was really taken aback..."

"Miss Isshiki?" Chuguang raised his eyebrows suddenly, then moved his eyes to look around Ogata.

Because the attention just now was attracted by the left and right gates dragged by Ogata, so Hatsuguang didn't notice until now—on the left of Ogata, stood a girl who had just parted with her for more than an hour .

"...Miss Chuguang." After Yishihua pursed her lips, she whispered to Chuguang, "We met again..."

"...No matter what happens in front of my eyes now, I shouldn't be surprised." After a moment of silence, Chu Guang half-jokingly said.

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Located in a place about 8 kilometers northeast of Osaka——

"How? Did the person who sent out to Osaka to check the situation come back?" Bachang asked the lieutenant in front of him anxiously.

"No." The lieutenant shook his head vigorously with a bitter face, "I haven't returned yet."

"Why haven't you come back yet..." Ma Chang's mouth curled into an impatient arc, holding the knife at his waist, and continued to circle around in circles with an anxious face.

After learning of the difference in Koyasan, Matsudaira Jonobu immediately ordered Osaka Castle's deputy Horita Masahiro to secretly assemble all the troops in Osaka and the surrounding areas.

This order has been implemented for a long time.

The intended goal of Matsudaira Sadanobu is to assemble an army of at least a thousand people.

However, due to various reasons such as the weakening of the shogunate's administrative capabilities and the dismantling of armaments, only half of the planned goal of Matsudaira Sadanobu has been completed-only 500 people have completed the mobilization.

The garrison of these 500 mobilized generals is located in an inconspicuous forest area about 8 kilometers northeast of Osaka.

The person currently taking the heavy responsibility of commanding the 500 generals is this middle-aged man who is currently circling anxiously—Toutaro Baba.

The current task of the racecourse is to lead the 500 generals and silently wait for the mobilization and assembly of the rest of the troops.

The 500 generals were stationed 8 kilometers away from Osaka. Naturally, at such a distance, they couldn't even see the shadow of Osaka.

But—although the shadow of Osaka can't be seen, they can still see the faint fire.

After nightfall, Baba and the others saw orange-red lights flashing in the direction of Osaka.

Against the backdrop of the night and the moonlight, this orange-red light is extraordinarily dazzling.

As Japan's current No. 1 commercial capital, the density of housing in Osaka is still higher than that of Kyoto, and even worse than that of Edo.

In the Edo period, there was an equation that was close to the truth——

The denser the city = the easier it is to be burned to nothing by a fire.

Just a few years ago during the Tenmei period, the "Tenmei Fire" burned down 80% of the buildings in Kyoto.

The "Mingli Great Fire" that occurred more than a hundred years ago during the Ming Dynasty turned two-thirds of Edo into ruins.

Osaka is very lucky that it did not encounter a major fire that turned most of the city into ruins like Kyoto and Edo.

But it's just that it hasn't been encountered yet.

After seeing the orange rays of light, a terrible conjecture emerged uncontrollably in Machang's mind-has Osaka now also encountered a big fire like the "Tianming Fire" and "Mingli Fire"? fire?

This conjecture made the racecourse break out in cold sweat, and the cold sweat seeping from every pore of his body directly wetted his clothes.

He made a decisive decision—sent some people to Osaka immediately to find his superiors and ask about the situation.

On his side, he is ready to lead the whole army to Osaka to participate in disaster relief at any time.

Bachang is a native of Osaka, and when he thinks of the fire that is raging in his hometown, he can't suppress his anxiety.

If it wasn't because he was responsible for managing the army and couldn't leave the station at will, Bachang really wanted to go to Osaka to see what his beloved hometown was like now.

"Master Machang!"

At this time, another lieutenant of the racecourse ran towards the racecourse with a frightened face.

"What's the matter?" The horse farm stopped its feet that were constantly circling, "Did the person sent to Osaka to check the situation come back?"

"No, no!" The lieutenant answered in a concise and concise tone, "It's Mr. Lao Zhong who is here! Mr. Lao Zhong is now outside Yingkou!"

"What?!" Bachang, whose pupils shrank slightly, was shocked by what the lieutenant general said just now, and took two steps back.

Afterwards, Ma Chang's body made a movement that was no different from a conditioned reflex—he spread his legs and ran towards Yingkou.

After Yingkou of the army camp appeared within the field of vision of the racecourse, a middle-aged man standing outside Yingkou with his hands behind his back appeared in front of the racecourse together with Yingkou.

"Master Old Middle!" Master Bachang slid and knelt down in front of the middle-aged man with a neat movement, and greeted the middle-aged man loudly.

Being able to be shouted "Master Old Middle-aged" in a very respectful tone by the racecourse - the identity of this middle-aged man is naturally ready to be revealed.

"Race field, get up." The middle-aged man... or Matsudaira Sadanobu leaned over and helped the race field up.

The current appearance of Matsudaira Sadanobu is a little bit embarrassed.

To be more precise - it was Matsudaira Sadanobu and the rest of the people around him, who looked a little embarrassed.

On the left side of Matsudaira Sadanobu, is his surname Tachibana who is almost inseparable from him.

On the right side of Matsudaira Sadanobu is Osaka Castle: Horita Masahiro.

Behind the three of them stood five warriors dressed as guards.

Everyone's clothes were stained with a lot of mud.

Everyone's brows and eyes were full of tiredness and panic - except Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Although there was a little tiredness in Matsudaira Sadanobu's brows and eyes, there was no sign of panic.

His expression was calm, calm, and calm, as if even if the mountain in front of him collapsed, it would be difficult to change the expression on his face.

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The author has to deal with some personal matters today, so the number of words is a little less, and I will try to make more words tomorrow (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)