I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

There were no tools or materials to paste or block the windows, so the four ronin could only stick close together, warming themselves with each other's body heat.

"The snow outside seems to be less." The skinny ronin looked out the window, "although it's still very cold."

"Using the words in the Chinese book - "Shi Shuo Xin Yu"..." The tall ronin on the side continued, "The current snow is just like 'scattering salt in the air'."

As soon as the tall ronin finished speaking, the fat ronin sitting next to him patted him on the shoulder vigorously.

"Hey~~ I didn't expect you to be such a knowledgeable person! I have read some "Shi Shuo Xin Yu" before, but no matter how many times I read it, I still can't read it."

"What's the use of knowledge..." The tall ronin smiled wryly, "Have you become a helpless ronin..."

The words of the tall ronin instantly made the atmosphere in the temple heavy.

All the people present are ronin who have left their domains for various reasons.

The words of the tall ronin immediately brought back bad memories for them.

"... Sigh." After being silent for a while, the fat ronin let out a long sigh, "The current world-shattering way... I'm afraid it's nothing more than that in the Warring States period."

"I never thought that I would one day become a vagrant..." The short vagrant on the side said, "This kind of vagrant life now... I don't know how long it will last..."

The four of them tacitly did not ask each other why they became ronin.

Because they all know that it must be because of some unspeakable reasons that they will leave the domain and become ronin.

Therefore, they all remained silent on this issue in an extremely tacit understanding, and did not expose their respective scars.

"Right now, morals and morals are broken." The skinny ronin said softly, "Look——last autumn, didn't the sensational murder of the lord occurred in the Hirose Domain?"

"Ah, I know about this." The fat ronin continued, "That 'Executioner Yidao Zhai' is really amazing..."

"'Executioner Yidao Zhai'...?" The short rogue looked at the others blankly, "Who is this? Why haven't I heard of this person?"

"It's normal that you haven't heard of it." The tall ronin replied,

"After all, it's hard for people like us who live in the world to know what's going on in the world. I only found out about this character a few days ago."

After finishing speaking, the tall ronin cleared his throat.

Then he said:

"Last year, the patriarch of the Hirose Clan—Kuranaga Zaemon decided to assassinate their lord of the Hirose Clan—Matsudaira Gennai for unknown reasons."

"In order to assassinate Matsudaira Gennai, Kuranaga Zaemon recruited a young warrior with outstanding swordsmanship from the Hirose Domain——Ogata Itsue."

"They chose the day of the assassination to be when Song Pingyuan was out hunting."

"About last autumn. This assassination with a disparity in combat strength between the two sides began."

"Ogata Yishi launched a single-handed assault."

"With the strength of one person, hundreds of guards in Songpingyuan were killed."

"And in the end, Matsudaira Gennai was successfully killed."

"According to rumors, the swordsmanship used by this Ogata Itsue is the Sakakibara Ichidou style created by the late swordsman, Sakakibara Denichiro, who was well-known in the Izumo area."

"By killing hundreds of people with one sword skill, the title of 'Executioner Yidao Zhai' has been spread like this."

"Hundreds of people?" The short ronin gasped, "Is it true? Is there really such a swordsman in this world who can beat a hundred with one? Then, where is this Ogata Yasei now?" Earth? Dead?"

"I think this should be true." The tall ronin continued, "After the assassination incident was over, the initiator of this incident, Kurangaga, took the initiative to write a letter to the shogunate, confessing what he had done."

"And after writing to the shogunate, he committed suicide by caesarean section."

"According to rumors—Kuranaga concealed the existence of Ogata Itsuki when he wrote to the shogunate."

"It wasn't until the shogunate sent people to the Hirose Domain to investigate. The shogunate didn't know about Ogata Itsue, and it was Ogata Itsue who swung a knife and killed Matsudaira Gennai and all his guards."

"It's a pity——when he learned of the existence of this person, that Ogata Yasushi left the Hirose Domain long ago, became a vagrant from the domain, and disappeared early."

"The rogue from the feudal clan?" The short rogue exclaimed, "So that means—that Ogata Itsuki is still alive?"

"Maybe he is still alive, or he may be dead." The tall ronin shrugged, "After learning that it was Ogata Itsuki who killed Matsudaira Gennai, the shogunate immediately issued a high reward."

Speaking of this, there was an intriguing look on the face of the tall ronin.

"Do you know how much the head of 'Executioner Yidao Zhai' is worth now?"

"How much?" The short ronin swallowed.

The tall ronin raised three fingers.

"300 taels."

"3, 300 taels?!" The short man couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Exaggerated number, right?" The tall ronin smiled, "Such a number is enough to drive many people crazy."

"After learning of this reward, there must be many poor and crazy ronin who are confident in their skills to look for traces of 'Executioner Yidao Zhai'."

"Not only will there be the pursuit of these wanderers who are deluded by the bounty, but there will also be the pursuit and killing of people from the government."

"With such a person staring at his head, 'Executioner Yidao Zhai' might already be dead."

"300 taels..." The short ronin showed greed on his face, "Should I also try to chase the 'Executioner Yidao Zhai'..."

"I advise you not to be stupid." This time, it was the fat ronin who said in an angry tone, "Who is he? He is the 'executor Yidaozhai' who can kill hundreds of people with his own power."

"This title of others was forged with the blood of others."

"Where do you have the confidence to think that you can win the 'one knife fast' where one enemy can fight a hundred?"

"People's 'One Dao Zhai' may have slaughtered countless idiots who didn't know what to do and thought they could get the 300 taels."

"Hey..." The short ronin smirked a few times with embarrassment on his face, "I'm just talking casually..."

Just when the four ronin were chatting with each other——

"...It's too wrong, where did you hear these rumors?"

A young male voice that was quite unfamiliar to the four ronin sounded.

The four ronin were taken aback for a moment, then followed the prestige.

At the end of the line of sight of the four people, they locked on the ronin who was leaning against the wall in the corner of the ancient temple and sleeping with a bamboo hat covering his face.