I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Zong Hai, the three people behind me... are all people I know."

Ogata smiled wryly at Zonghai.

"Sorry, Zonghai, can you let Tenmanji stay with 3 more people?"

Zong Hai glanced at Mamiya, Mucun and Matsumoto.

"...All right." After sighing lightly, Zong Hai nodded with a wry smile, "Anyway, the small temple has a lot of food, so it doesn't matter if there are three more people. Four benefactors, please come in."

Zonghai led the Ogata five people through the gate of Tenmanji Temple and into the Buddhist hall of Tenmanji Temple.

Mamiya glanced at Fudo Myoko enshrined in the Buddhist hall, raised his eyebrows, and then asked Zonghai who was leading the way:

"You actually enshrine Lord Fudo Ming, are you a member of Tian Xiangzong?"

"Oh?" Zong Hai turned his head and cast a surprised look at Mamiya behind him, "This benefactor, you actually recognize me, Tian Xiangzong? Did Master Ogata and Ms. Ating tell you?"

"No, they didn't tell you which sect your temple belongs to. I just recognized the monk from the Tianxiang sect under my feet simply from the Buddha statue enshrined in the temple."

"I have studied some Buddhism in Nara, so I know that the sect that only enshrines Fudo Myoko in the Buddhist hall is the Tenko sect."

"Haha." Zong Hai chuckled a few times, "What a surprise...I didn't expect that all the guests who came for two days in a row would recognize me, Tian Xiangzong."

Mamiya recognized his sect - which seemed to please Zonghai very much.

Ogata clearly felt that Zonghai's attitude towards the new guests, Mamiya and Mucun, was more cordial.

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Ogata and the others came back quite in time.

When they came back, Zong Hai and Xian Hai were preparing to make dinner tonight.

After Zong Hai asked Xian Hai to bring out more rice, he ran to the well and fetched some more water for cooking tonight.

After Zong Hai brought a bucket of well water from the well with a bucket, when he was about to move it to the back hall, he suddenly found that Ogata was standing behind him at some time.

"Benefactor." Zong Hai smiled slightly at Xufang, "Are you here to drink water?"

"... Zong Hai." Ogata, who was expressionless, did not answer Zong Hai's words just now, but asked Zong Hai, "I ask you—you really...have everything you know Did you tell us?"

"Benefactor, why did you mention this?" Zong Hai smiled wryly, "It's absolutely true, the little monk really told you all the things he knows."

"...Just tell us everything." Ogata said softly with his face still expressionless, "If you have anything else that you forgot to tell us, if you remember it, please tell us in time. "

When he said the word "timely", Ogata emphasized his tone, which made the tone of his whole sentence quite strange.

"Young monk will." Zong Hai still has that warm smile on his face, "If you think of any important information, little monk, I will tell you in time. Let's go, benefactor, let's go back to the back hall to cook together .There are a lot of guests today, and I need you to help."

"……Um."

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Tonight's Tianmanji Temple is extremely lively, and there is not room for so many people to sit next to the pot.

There was also a small disturbance during today's dinner, and that was - Kiyohito Matsumoto burst into tears while eating the vegetable porridge.

Matsumoto Kiyohito said that he hadn't eaten such hot food for a long time, and couldn't help but shed tears from excitement and happiness.

After simply finishing today's dinner and Xianhai started to clean up everyone's dishes, Ogata picked up his knife and stood up while winking at Mamiya.

Facing the look that Ogata gave, Mamiya nodded understandingly, and then also picked up his sword and got up.

"Zonghai." Ogata asked Zonghai, "Can you lend us a room? I... want to chat with these friends of mine."

"No problem." Zong Hai said without thinking,

"You can just use the guest room I lent you and the benefactor yesterday."

"Thank you so much. Ding, let's go." Ogata raised his chin at Ding.

"it is good."

"Makimura." Jian Gong also raised his chin towards Mucun, "Let's go, the two of us go to have a good chat with Ogata-kun."

"If you have something to talk to Ogata, just go by yourself." Mucun cast an unhappy look at Mamiya, "Why did you drag me? I don't have anything to talk to Ogata."

"No, no, you'd better come and listen to what I want to talk to Ogata-kun. Be obedient and follow up obediently."

"Oh...you are so troublesome..." After sighing, Mucun reluctantly grabbed his big sword and followed Mamiya out of the restaurant.

The originally bustling restaurant suddenly became deserted because of the departure of the four Ogata.

Only Xianhai who cleaned up the dishes, Zonghai who cleaned up the pot, and Matsumoto who sat there blankly, not knowing what to do next, were left.

"This benefactor." Zong Hai smiled slightly at Matsumoto, "We have a bathroom here. If the benefactor doesn't mind, you can use our bathroom to wash your body."

"Huh? Can you really lend me the bathroom?" Matsumoto asked anxiously.

"certainly."

After finishing speaking, Zong Hai looked at Xian Hai beside him.

"Xianhai, after washing the dishes, help this benefactor prepare some hot water for washing his body."

"Yes."

"I'm so grateful!" Matsumoto's eyes overflowed with tears of excitement again, and he lay down on the ground, doing dogeza to Zonghai and Xianhai.

Secretly feeling: I am really happy today, not only eating the long-lost hot food, but also taking the long-lost hot bath.

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Ogata took the lead, leading the three of them, A-cho, Mamiya, and Mucun, into the guest room that Sokai had lent him and A-cho last night.

On the tatami mats of the guest room, there were still the futons that Ogata and A-machi had used last night.

Looking at the two quilts on the tatami, Mucun raised his eyebrows, and then said to Ogata in a tone that didn't know whether it was a joke or a serious one:

"Brother Ogata... I really envy you more and more. It's fine if you are accompanied by a beautiful woman, but you can also have a warm bedding to sleep on."

"It's all right if you have a warm bedding to sleep on, you still have a beauty to sleep with you."

"We are all prisoners who were thrown on this island, why is there such a difference between your experience and mine?"

"What kind of beauty is sleeping with me..." Ogata cast a helpless look at Mucun, "Although there are two quilts here, we don't sleep together. When one sleeps, the other needs to watch over each other. of."

After Ogata's voice fell, Mamiya tapped Mucun's chest:

"Sit down obediently, and don't talk about these things."

"Yes yes yes..." After replying "yes" several times in a perfunctory tone, Mucun sat casually in the corner of the room holding his big sword.

"Okay, Ogata-kun." Mamiya sat down on the tatami while holding his sword, and put on a meaningful smile, and said to Ogata, "Let's... have a good chat .”

"You and I both have a lot of questions to ask each other."

"Ogata-kun, let me ask you first."

"In that case, I will not be polite."

Ogata did not sit on the ground like Mamiya and Mucun, but stood and asked Mamiya directly:

"Mamiya, when I was transported to this island, I had already heard a lot about you from Hasegawa."

"I already know that you have the title of 'Liuguang Hachiman', and I also know that you are a subordinate of an unknown person with the title of 'Buddha Enemy'."

"At the same time, I also know that you have a very serious suspicion of being deliberately arrested by the officials of Huo Fu Thief Reform."

"Gamiya, who are you? Why were you deliberately arrested by Huofu Thief Kai's officials? In order to be able to land on this island?"

"Who the hell am I..." Mamiya shrugged, "Don't you already know a lot about me? You know that my name is Mamiya Kuro, you know that I have the title of 'Liu Guang Hachiman', and you also know My lord's nickname is 'Buddha Enemy'."

"Mamiya..." Ogata frowned slowly, "Answer my question carefully."

"Okay." Jiangong spread his hands, "Since that's the case... I'll be honest with you."

"Ogata-kun, I told you before - my lord is a businessman."

"This is actually not a lie."

"Both Mucun and I belong to a rice merchant named 'Huluwu'."