I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Kyoto, Yonejuya.

Rice Shouya - a very ordinary-looking rice shop in Kyoto.

It is night now, and it is also the time when the Yamaboko parade is about to start, so there is no business in the store at this time, and no customers come to the door.

The owner of Mishou House, Ikeda Sun Qilang, also took advantage of this time when few customers came to the door, sitting at the counter and calculating the accounts for the past few days.

At this moment, Chojiro, who has been with him for many years and is regarded as his old "retainer", suddenly walked to the counter in three steps and two steps, and said anxiously to Sun Qilang:

"Master Ikeda! The people from Gourd House are here!"

Hearing the term "Gourd House", Sun Qilang frowned and asked:

"Which adult from the gourd house is here?"

"Yes, Miss Kinoshita came in person!"

Hearing this sentence from Chojiro's mouth, Sun Qilang couldn't keep calm, so he hurriedly said to Chojiro:

"Let them in quickly!"

"yes!"

It didn't take long for Chojiro, who hurriedly left from Sun Qilang's eyes, to return to Sun Qilang's eyes again.

Chojiro who returned this time did not come back alone.

Behind him were Lin and Asai.

"Ikeda-kun, long time no see." A slight smile appeared on Lin's face.

Sun Qilang hurriedly got up from behind the counter and bowed to Lin in a hurry.

"Miss Kinoshita, it's been a long time since I saw you! Chojiro, serve tea!"

"yes!"

Mishouya is an ordinary rice shop in Kyoto—of course, it is just an ordinary rice shop on the surface.

The relationship between Mi Shouya and their gourd house is very close.

Not long after Lin established the gourd house,

So he once helped Sun Qilang who almost closed the Mishou House due to poor management at that time, and lent Sun Qilang a large sum of money.

Thanks to this large sum of money lent by Lin, Sun Qilang was able to successfully bring Mi Shouwu back to life.

Mi Shouwu and Huluwu formed a deep love relationship.

If Sun Qilang has any strengths, it should be that he is well-known in the capital and has fairly extensive channels for collecting information.

In addition - Sun Qilang himself is the kind of person who loves to inquire about all kinds of gossip and gossip.

So after deciding to find out what happened between Shiranui and the shogunate, the first step that Lin thought of was to find Sun Qilang.

After all, the front of the counter is not a good place to talk, so Sun Qilang quickly walked out from behind the counter and led Lin and Asai to the inner room of Mishou House.

When leading Lin and Lin to the inner room of Mi Shou House, Sun Qilang asked Lin:

"Miss Kinoshita, why did you come to Kyoto?"

"Come to the capital to do something. Just now, I heard some rumors from some passers-by that I have to pay attention to."

"Those passers-by said: The shogunate has cooperated with some ninjas."

Hearing Lin's words, Sun Qilang, who was leading the way, became slightly more serious.

"Ikeda-kun, have you heard similar news?"

"Yeah." Sun Qilang nodded seriously, "I've heard of it. For details, let's talk about it after we enter the room. Ms. Kinoshita, we're here."

After finishing speaking, Sun Qilang slowly opened the door of the room in front of him.

This is a room dedicated to receiving guests.

Be it the tatami mats or the furniture in the room, they were all cleaned spotlessly.

Sun Qilang's younger brother named Changjiro is also clever enough, and his hands and feet are also very fast.

As soon as Lin and Asai sat down on one side of the low table, he immediately served 2 cups of hot tea that were steaming outwards.

Looking at the steaming tea on the table in front of her, Lin twitched her lips.

After noticing the subtle expression change on Lin's face, Sun Qilang said hastily:

"Miss Kinoshita, you can do whatever you want, in front of me, you don't need to pay attention to any etiquette."

"Then... let me be rude."

After all, Lin stretched out her hand, grabbed the cup of boiling hot tea, and then frantically blew air on the surface of the tea.

Looking at Lin who was blowing on the tea, Sun Qilang couldn't help smiling, and thought to himself:

——I almost forgot that Ms. Kinoshita can't eat too hot food... I should have asked Chojiro to serve the tea that wasn't too hot...

When Sun Qilang was secretly annoyed, Lin asked Sun Qilang while blowing on the tea in the cup:

"Ikeda-kun, tell me in detail what you know."

"Yes." After Sun Qilang responded respectfully, he continued, "About half a month ago, I heard that the shogunate wanted to cooperate with a certain group of ninjas."

"I am also more concerned about this matter, so after receiving this wind, I started asking around."

"Then I actually got some interesting news from some of my friends who work in Kyoto Prefecture."

"The news that the shogunate is cooperating with a group of ninjas is true."

"The shogunate who cooperated with this group of ninjas also boldly let these ninjas guard Nijo Castle."

"Guard Ertiao City?" Lin frowned slightly.

"My friend said: Tokugawa Munemu, the daimyo of the Owari Clan who came to watch the Gion Festival, will hold a banquet at Nijo Castle tonight."

"The task of that group of ninjas is to guard Erjo Castle and ensure the safety of this banquet."

"That's all I know. As for how many ninjas guard Nijo Castle and how long these ninjas will guard Nijo Castle, I'm not sure."

"When I went out this evening, I took a special detour and went to the Higashi Otemon of Nijo Castle to have a look."

"There are really two young men dressed in black guarding the Higashi-Otemon gate."

"What kind of clothes are they wearing?" Lynn asked, "Can you describe it a little bit?"

"This... I don't know how to describe it with just a mouth... Let me draw it for you to see."

Sun Qilang took the paper and pen and ink, and sketched on the drawing paper following his memory.

Although Sun Qilang's painting skills can't be called superb, they are still so-so and passable. At least the things he draws can be understood.

Lin continued to blow the tea that was still steaming, and took a closer look at the painting Sun Qilang had drawn.

After taking a few glances at this painting, Lin narrowed her eyes slightly:

"...It's the decoration of the ninjas in Shiranui. It seems that Shiranui really cooperated with the shogunate..."

A place like Ertiao City is not where any cat or dog can be the guard of that place.

The ninjas in Shiranui were able to stand guard at the gate of Nijo Castle swaggeringly - there is quite a lot of intriguing information in it.

"...My lord, Shiranui actually cooperated with the shogunate, which is quite troublesome."

Asai sat neatly behind Lin from the beginning to the end.

"Hmm...you're right." Lin, who was still blowing on the tea, said in a deep voice, "In my impression, the current Balrog in Shiranui is a person who will take revenge..."

"That..." Sun Qilang, who felt that Lin and Asai seemed to be talking about something very serious, said hesitatingly, "Do I need to avoid it?"

"No need." Lin said without thinking, "This is not a very confidential matter. Those grievances and grievances between our gourd house and Shiranui will be cleared by people on the road."

"Thanks to Uncle, the relationship between us and Shiranui is quite bad, and we are only about a thin line away from 'Total War' from the beginning to the end."

"My lord, I remember..." Asai said softly, "When Genda was young, he had a fight to the death with the current Balrog in Shiranui, right?"

"That's right. Uncle also fought very dangerously in that battle. The battle with the Balrog was the first time that Uncle entered the realm of selflessness."

"The uncle who entered the realm of selflessness instantly suppressed the Balrog who was originally comparable to him, and cut off the left eye of the Balrog with a single knife."

While blowing the tea, Lin raised her hand and stroked her left eye from top to bottom.

"It's a pity that the battle failed to end the Balrog. After blinding one eye of the Balrog, he let the Balrog escape."

"Ninjas have no other skills, but they are all very good at escaping."

"This is the first time we have had a grudge against the Balrog."

"Then there was a second feud 10 years ago."

"10 years ago, Fuma-sama attacked Shiranui by himself."

"Uncle intervened in the all-out war between Fuma no Sato and Shiranui and mediated the war."

"At that time, Shiranui was messed up by Fuma-sama, and because of Uncle's intervention, and because of his light words, Balrog had to swear that he would never embarrass the people in Fuma Village, and would not hold Fuma for attacking them. matter."

"How could the Balrog bear this kind of humiliation?"

"The reason why the Flame Demon didn't dare to tear up his skin with our Calabash House is because he is still afraid of Uncle."

"As long as uncle is still alive, the Balrog will not dare to act rashly."

"If in the future, uncle dies, that fellow Balrog will definitely lead all the strength of Shiranui to attack us happily."

"So sooner or later there will be a battle between us and Shiranui..."

"Now that Shiranui is cooperating with the shogunate, it's not good news for our Calabash House anyway."

"At the moment when he is cooperating with the shogunate and his strength has greatly increased, no matter what that guy Balrog does..."

"Maybe they will attack us right now..."

"...My lord." Asai said in a deep voice, "If Shiranui attacks our gourd house, how should we fight against the enemy?"

"How else can we fight the enemy..." Lin, who was still blowing tea, let out a rare chuckle, "Of course we are facing the enemy head-on. I will let the Balrog and those ninjas under his command take a look at me How can Kinoshita Lin and my generals stand out against each other?"

"Facing the enemy head-on..." Asai muttered.

"What? Qibingwei, are you afraid?"

"Heh." Asai, who had the same pitiful expression on his face as Lin, had a smile on his face at this moment, "If the ninjas from Shiranui come to attack, I will let them understand why people often say 'no Hard to pick up the sword of a swordsman who practiced Satsuma'."

"Well said." Lin nodded slightly, "Of course - if one day in the future I have to face an all-out confrontation with Shiranui, I won't foolishly wait for Shiranui to attack."

Speaking of this, Lin's eyes shone coldly.

"Take the initiative to strike first and act first—this is in line with our Hulu House's style."

Boom boom boom!

At this moment, loud footsteps of "dong dong dong" suddenly sounded in the corridor outside the room.

"Master Ikeda!"

The voice of Sun Qilang's shop boy: Changjiro sounded outside the door.

"It's not good! Something big happened outside!"

"Big event?" Sun Qilang frowned, "Come in, tell us in detail!"

"yes!"

Chojiro opened the sliding door, rushed to the desk of Lin and the others, knelt down on one knee, and said urgently:

"The masters of the six sword halls and a large number of disciples were killed!"

Just one sentence from Chojiro changed the expressions of Lin and the others.

And Chojiro went on to say:

"The disciples who are still alive in the six sword halls claim that they suspect that it was Ogata Yidaosai who slaughtered their master and brothers."

"They asked Ogata Ittosai to confront them in Futokocho!"

"Currently, quite a few disciples from the Six Great Sword Gyms have gathered in Erxiang Town!"

After Chojiro's voice fell, Sun Qilang was shocked.

Only Lin and Asai slowly regained their composure.

But judging from the changes in the expressions in their pupils, they were not too calm.

"...How many people are currently gathered in Erxiang Town?" Lin asked.

"It is said that there are already more than fifty people, and the number is still increasing!"

"...My lord." Asai said in a deep voice, "What do you think?"

"I don't think Ogata will do such a thing." Lin said bluntly, "No matter how powerful Ogata is, it is impossible to kill so many people in such a short period of time."

"But... since these people in the Six Great Sword Gyms are now blatantly asking Ogata to come and confront them, then Ogata is in a difficult situation at this time..."

"The disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls have been assisting the officials to hunt down Ogata tonight."

"Under the circumstances where the owner of the Six Great Sword Gyms and a large number of disciples were killed inexplicably, Ogata is indeed the biggest suspect..."

"If Ogata doesn't confront them, people will think that he is cowardly and scared... and will be suspected by others as having a ghost..."

"If you go... I don't believe that if Ogata goes to confront them, the confrontation will end fairly peacefully..."

"No matter which option it is, it is not a good option..."

After Lin paused, she asked:

"Are all the masters of the six sword halls dead?"

"It doesn't seem to be... the owner of the metaphysics hall who is recuperating in a medical hall seems to be fine. However, many disciples of the metaphysics hall were killed."

"Because the owner of the Xuanxue Hall, Inaba, is recovering from his injuries, the Xuanxue Hall is now without a leader."

"In order to find out the truth about the murder of the master and his brothers, the surviving disciples of the Xuanxue Academy also responded to this call and gathered in Erxiang Town with people from other sword halls. Waiting for Ogata to come and confront them."

"...Tonight is really an eventful night." After being silent for a while, Lin let out a long sigh.

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