I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Kyoto, the execution office, the office of Dapantou Abe Riri.

Abeliri is very depressed now.

Because Mucun escaped.

When he learned from his confidant just now that Mucun had escaped from prison, Abe felt both angry and aggrieved.

Angry at Mucun's escape.

I feel aggrieved because I have no choice but to take out the escaped pastoral village.

Mucun swaggered out of prison with the help of that guy Hasegawa Heizo.

Hasegawa took Mucun out of prison in the name of "needing the prisoner Mucun to assist him in investigating the case".

Hasegawa's reason for taking Mucun out of prison--impeccable.

Abe has nothing to criticize for Hasegawa's almost forcibly taking Mucun out of prison.

Huofu Thief was changed to a special security force, which already had the privilege of temporarily transferring prisoners related to the case under investigation from prison.

Abe had no reason to protest or stop Hasegawa's act of taking Mucun away.

Thinking of this, Abe felt quite aggrieved.

In order to adjust his emotions, Abe walked slowly to the window and looked at the scenery outside the window.

The window of Abe's office is facing Nijo Castle in the distance.

As long as you stand in front of the window and look out, you can see the magnificent Nijo Imperial Palace.

Looking at the Nijo Imperial Palace in the distance, Abe's eyes flashed with jealousy.

Abe Riri, who is only a big boss in Kyoto, is not eligible to participate in the banquet held in Nijo Castle tonight.

Abeliri raised his hand and stroked his hair on the temples.

Abe's temples were already pale.

Touching the white hair on his temples, Abe couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He is not young anymore.

So he knew—for the rest of his life, he might not be able to go further and reach the height of being able to participate in a banquet of this level like tonight.

Abe let out another long sigh as he put down his hands touching the white hair on his temples.

"Master Abe!"

At this moment, there was a shout outside the door.

This was the voice of Abe's confidant.

After hearing the call from his confidant, Abe responded immediately:

"Come in."

The paper sliding door was pulled open, and the confidant quickly walked behind Abe who was facing out of the window.

"Abe-sama, someone found Makimura Yahachi on Sanjiji Street."

After hearing the name "Makimura Yahachi", Abe immediately opened his eyes wide, turned around, faced his confidant and said loudly:

"Did you find Yahachi Makimura on Third Prince Street?"

"yes!"

The confidant used as simple a sentence as possible to explain to Abe as concisely as possible the series of incidents of the unknown explosion on Sanji Street and the nearby officials who went to check and found Yahachi Makimura.

"...Are you sure that person is Yahachi Makimura?"

"There are very few people with the height of Yahachi Makimura. I can be sure that the person who appeared on Sanji Street just now is Yahachi Makimura." The confidant replied.

After the voice of his confidant fell, Abe was silent for a while.

Then, a look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"Go!" Abe said loudly, "Pass my order—go chase Yahachi Mucun!"

Abeliri is happy now.

Just now, he was still troubled by the fact that there was no way to find out the escaped Yahachi Mucun, but now Yahachi Mucun himself gave the handle.

It is true that Hasegawa can use "case-handling needs" as an excuse to raise Makimura Yahachi from prison.

But that doesn't mean that criminals raised from prison can be allowed to walk down the street.

Now that Yahachi Mucun appeared on the street, Abe had enough reasons to chase Mucun back.

Not only that, after taking Mucun back, Abe can also use the excuse of "taking away the criminal but not guarding him well" to give the elder who dared to sing against him and took Mucun out of prison under his nose. Tani Chuan a harsh impeachment.

Hearing Abe's order, a little hesitation appeared on the face of his confidant.

"Master Abe, the explosion on Sanji Street..."

Abe, who knew what his confidant was going to say, took the lead and said:

"After the explosion on Sanzi Street, we will investigate slowly! Chase Yahachi Mucun first!"

Abe's words were mixed with a tone of reprimand.

After noticing the blame in Abe's tone, his confidant hurriedly said in a panic:

"Yes, yes! I will do it immediately!"

"etc!"

When his confidant was about to leave the room, Abe stopped his confidant.

"I want to go out myself!"

After finishing speaking, Abe took down the Dao that was placed on the knife rack at the side, then carried the Dao and led his confidants to walk quickly out of the room.

Abeliri is very happy now.

He has already started to imagine the scene of capturing Yahachi Makimura again.

The reason why he ordered the arrest of Yahachi Mucun tonight was to complete a perfect plan of "killing three birds with one stone".

One: After capturing Yahachi Makimura, he can feel disgusted with this guy who has been having a bad relationship with him since he became Kyoto Yori.

Two: With Makimura Yahachi as a witness, impeach Kamiyama Koshinosuke for "appointing someone who is not even an official to intervene in a major case".

Three: After successfully impeaching Kamiyama, who has always been against Toda, he can be praised by Toda Tadahiro.

When he learned that Mucun had escaped with Hasegawa's help, Abe thought his perfect plan had gone bankrupt.

But now, the reality before Abe tells Abe: His plan can still be implemented!

And this plan has evolved into a perfect plan of "killing four birds with one stone".

If Yahachi Makimura can be recaptured this time, Heizo Hasegawa, who dared to sing against him tonight, can be impeached for "dereliction of duty, failing to take good care of the criminals transferred from prison, causing the criminals to escape."

This kind of perfect plan of "killing four birds with one stone" is really hard to find even with a lantern.

And it is not very difficult to complete this perfect plan - as long as Yahachi Mucun is captured again.

Thinking of this, joy appeared on Abe's face uncontrollably.

Under the impact of this intense joy and excitement, Abe decided to go out and lead the team to recover Yahachi Mucun in person...

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Kyoto, Nijo Castle, Ninomaru Garden.

If you say who has the highest status at the banquet tonight, except for Tokugawa Munemu, the daimyo of the Owari Clan, then no matter who you ask, he will definitely answer:

Tadahiro Toda, the governor of Kyoto, and Masahiro Hotta, the governor of Osaka Castle.

Osaka Castle Generation——The representative of the shogunate in Osaka Castle, responsible for the defense of Osaka Castle, and in charge of the shogunate servants on duty in Osaka. At the same time, it monitors the Kansai daimyo, and holds the military command and litigation judgment power in Kansai emergency.

In terms of position level, it is equivalent to that of the Kyoto office.

"Master Hotta! Please!" Toda, who was sitting on the side of Hotta, warmly toasted Hotta again.

After Toda toasted him again, Horita immediately put a smile on his face and responded to Toda's toast.

Toda, who was toasting to Hota, had a smile on his face, but the smile on his face was mixed with a bit of... provocation.

Sensing the somewhat provocative look on Toda's face, Hotta instantly felt angry.

Hotta understood what Toda's slightly provocative smile meant - Toda was showing off to him that he had Tokugawa Munemu's favor again.

After putting down the wine glass, a slight displeasure appeared on Hotta's face.

Horita and Toda are not on good terms.

Toda Takashi is the governor of Kyoto, but has been neglecting his duties--Hotta hates this.

Hotta wanted to report Toda more than once.

However——Toda has not made any achievements in his ability to govern. On the contrary, he has always been impeccable in "preventing being reported and impeached by others", and he can't catch Toda if he wants to.

Toda also knew that Hotta had been trying to find a way out of him, so while Toda was working harder to be impeccable in all aspects, he also took every opportunity to provoke Hotta—such as just now.

After receiving a few words of praise from Munemu Tokugawa tonight, Toda's face has been filled with pride, and it hasn't dissipated until now.

Looking at Toda's smug face, Hota got angry for no reason.

Because Toda came to toast him again just now, the wine glass on Hotta's table was empty.

Seeing this, the maid at the side quickly ran to Hota's side and refilled Hota's wine glass.

When the maid was pouring wine for Hota, she suddenly turned her head to one side and whispered something in Hota's ear.

When the maid's voice fell, Horita's pupils suddenly shrank.

He turned his head and looked at the maid in surprise.

As for the gaze projected by Hota, the maid deliberately pretended not to see it, poured the wine, and quickly walked away from Hotta's side.

Hotta pursed her lips and fell silent.

After contemplating for a moment, Hotta stood up from behind the table, and then walked quickly to the outside of the banquet.

People around only thought that Hotta might be going for convenience, so no one cared about Hotta's sudden departure.

After quickly leaving the banquet scene, Hotta first pretended to go to the bathroom.

After being far away from the banquet scene, he suddenly turned and turned into the back of a big tree.

Behind the big tree stood a middle-aged man.

A... middle-aged man who had been waiting here for Horita for a long time.

"Master Hotta." The middle-aged man greeted first.

"Master Shenshan."

Hotta said in a calm tone, he and Kamiyama are just nodding acquaintances, so his tone is a bit cold.

"Let's cut out the pleasantries and get straight to the point. Tell me about your plan to give Toda Tadahiro a sharp blow."

The person standing behind the big tree waiting for Horita to come is none other than Kamiyama Koshinosuke.

At the same time, it was Kamiyama who bribed the maid to ask Hota to go behind this conspicuous tree when she was pouring wine for him.

What Kamiyama asked the maid to pass to Hota was: Kamiyama Koshinosuke wants to discuss with you a plan that can give Toda Tadahiro a sharp blow behind that big tree.

"Master Hotta." Seeing that Hotta didn't intend to exchange more greetings, this was exactly what Kamiyama wanted, "A group of people are secretly plotting something in Kyoto."

Kamiyama pointedly stated that the wife and daughter of the owner of the Metaphysics Hall, Inaba, were kidnapped by a group of mysterious people, that the group of mysterious people made strange requests to the owner of the Inaba Hall, and that the wife and daughter of the owner of the Metaphysics Hall have been successfully rescued, etc. Everything was revealed to Hota.

After quietly listening to Kamiyama's words, Hotta frowned slightly, and said:

"And then? What are you going to do?"

"I disguised the wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba House as my family members and brought them here. The two of them are sitting next to my seat now."

Shenshan's tone was a bit more meaningful at this time.

"Hotta-sama, if you take the wife and daughter of Inabakan Master to the feudal lord, and tell the feudal lord: 'There is a group of extremely powerful forces secretly plotting something in Kyoto, but Kyoto Soshidai-sama is still unaware of it' , guess what will happen?"

Hearing Kamiyama's words, Hotta frowned slightly.

After a while, Hotta smiled and said:

"I see……"

"The wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba Museum are our witnesses. And we not only have human witnesses, but also physical evidence."

After finishing speaking, Shenshan bent down and picked up a long stick covered with cloth that was placed at his feet.

After tearing off the cloth covering the long object, Hotta revealed a look of shock, and said:

"Iron cannon?"

"This is an iron cannon seized from the group that kidnapped the wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba Pavilion. As you can see—this is an extremely rare Nanban iron cannon, and not all forces can buy this iron cannon." Pao, if you take this iron cannon to meet the feudal lord, you will be able to sit back and watch 'some extremely powerful force is secretly plotting something in Kyoto'."

"... There are personal and physical evidences. Master Shenshan, you have prepared everything." Hotta sighed, "It is forbidden to bring any weapons to this banquet. It is a good thing that you have a way to bring this iron cannon in."

There was a bit of helplessness on Shenshan's face:

"I'm ashamed to say that this personal and physical evidence was sent by someone else, and I didn't find it."

"As for the method of bringing in the iron cannon... In any case, it is also practiced in Kyoto Town. Try to bring in a long rod that is not too conspicuous-I can still do this kind of thing."

Speaking of this, Shenshan paused, and then his tone gradually became serious:

"Hotta-sama, I know you hate Toda Tadahiro. And I also hate Toda Tadahiro."

"Although you and I don't have a deep friendship, an enemy's enemy is a friend."

"The lower official is just a Kyoto town follower, and he speaks lightly."

"As the representative of Osaka Castle, you should bring this personal and material evidence to speak frankly to the lord of the feudal lord. Only then can you inflict the greatest damage on Toda Tadahiro."

"So—Master Hotta, would you like to cooperate with the lower officials?"

Almost at the moment when Kamiyama's voice fell, Hotta immediately said loudly:

"Of course! This kind of thing that can disgust Toda Tadahiro, I will never refuse."

Hearing Hotta's words, a relieved smile appeared on Kamiyama's face, as if he was relieved.

Kamiyama and Hotta returned to the banquet scene one after the other.

After returning to the banquet, Hotta led the mother and daughter Inaba, who had been sitting by the seats in Kamiyama, to Tokugawa Munemu.

Due to his position, Shenshan did not have the right to approach Tokugawa Munemu.

But Hotta has.

After coming to Tokugawa Munemu's side, Horita whispered a few words into Tokugawa Munemu's ear.

Tokugawa Munemu, whose expression changed slightly, slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, said loudly, "Everyone continue, I will leave for a while", and then followed Hota and Inaba wife and daughter to the outside of the banquet.

Looking at Hotta and Munemu Tokugawa who left the meeting suddenly, Toda's expression changed.

He instinctively had some bad premonition...

It didn't take long for his bad premonition to come true.

A maid hurriedly ran to Toda's side, and after saying something to Toda, Toda calmly walked towards the direction Hotta and Munemu Tokugawa left just now...

Not long after, the three of them and Inaba's wife and daughter all came back.

The expressions and expressions on the faces of the three people are different.

Hotta's face was refreshed.

Tokugawa Munemu had a cold face.

Toda's face was pale, and he was a little unsteady when he walked.

After returning to his seat, Toda quickly waved to his subordinates who were waiting not far away.

"Go!" Toda said in a low voice to his subordinates, "Go and send an order to Abed Riri, and pass on to Abed Riri verbatim what I said next..."

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In a certain unremarkable alley in Kyoto.

"Master Fuma." A-Ming asked Fumo in a surprised tone, "How did you find us here?"

"Komachi, have you forgotten?" A faint smile appeared on Fuma's face, "I used to say that I was also a ninja, isn't 'tracking others' one of the things we ninjas are best at?"

"What's more, I'm familiar with Kyoto."

"It's very easy for me to do things like 'find someone in Kyoto'."

After all, Fuma casually threw the ninja in his hand in front of Ogata and Atachi.

"Master Fumo." This time, Ogata asked, "What's the matter with this man?"

"That's a long story."

Feng Mo spoke eloquently.

"Because I encountered something related to brother Ogata, I plan to come to you two and report to you."

"I was looking for it, and suddenly I found 4 guys dressed as ninja in Shiranui jumping up and down, as if they were looking for something."

"When you're curious, just go and have a look."

"Then I heard Machi's name mentioned."

"So I went over and asked them what they wanted to do with Komachi."

"I didn't want to conflict with them. After all, I made an agreement with Shiranui 10 years ago, and I will not take the initiative to trouble Shiranui again."

"However, these four ninjas don't answer my questions, they just keep asking me if I have something to do with A-cho."

"I'll tell them honestly: I have a good relationship with A-cho."

"Then they suddenly drew their knives and asked me if I knew the whereabouts of A-cho."

"Since they drew their swords, I can only fight back."

"I used to be a ninja no matter what, so my counterattack was a little... stronger, and I killed three of the four ninjas in one go, leaving only this guy."

Speaking of this, Fumo Asahi Ogata and the half-dead man at the feet of Ah Ding pouted angrily.

"Because I still wanted to ask him what he was doing with A-Ming, so I gave him a sigh of relief."

"Are you looking for A-cho..." Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly, "A-cho, do you know this person?"

At this moment, A-Machi leaned down and glanced at the face of the dying ninja lying at her feet.

After seeing the ninja's face clearly, Ah-cho's face sank:

"...Well, I know him, his name is Heitaro, and he is the Jonin from Shiranui..."

"Oh...you don't need to be old..." Feng Mo let out a long sigh at this time, and then sat down on the ground beside him, "After just a few moments, my legs hurt so much that I have been trembling until now... Ugh……"

Ogata looked at Fuma's legs - as Fuma said, Fuma's legs were trembling slightly.

Looking at Fuma who was resting on the ground, Ogata couldn't help asking:

"Master Fengmo...are you really in your seventies?"

"Hehehe." Feng Mo chuckled a few times, "I'm more than seventy years old, the battle just now was not easy for me... Ah, yes, yes, I almost forgot the business .I came here specifically to report to you.”

"Report?" A-cho asked puzzled, "Did something happen?"

"A very bad thing has happened." Fumo smiled wryly, "Brother Ogata, do you know? The Six Swords Hall now claims that you killed their owner and many of their disciples, and asks you to go to Erxiang Town Confront them. And there seems to be something weird about those people."

"...Fuma-sama, please tell me and A-Machi about this in detail."

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...

Fumo explained the ins and outs of the matter to Ogata in as simple a sentence as possible.

"I went to Erxiang Town to take a few glances just now, and hid in the distance to eavesdrop on the conversations of the disciples of the Six Swords Hall who are currently entrenched in Erxiang Town, and found that they were all talking about strange things. Strange stuff. So I think these people are weird."

"Strange thing?" Ogata asked.

"I heard them repeatedly mentioning the name 'Ryunosuke'. And talking about 'capturing Ogata Yidaosai alive' or something."

"It's a pity that my ears are not working well because of my age. I can't hear other more useful things."

After Fuma's voice fell, A-Machi immediately cast a worried look at Ogata.

"Ayi... the disciples of the six sword halls who are still alive, could they..."

"...Well." Ogata said in a deep voice, "It should be those members of the 'gravediggers' who have mixed into the six sword halls..."

After learning from Fumo that the "disciples" of the Six Great Sword Gyms entrenched in Erxiang Town had repeatedly mentioned the name "Ryūnosuke", Obi is sure that the "students" of the Six Great Sword Gyms who are still alive Disciple" must be Ryunosuke's subordinate, that is, a member of the "Gravedigger".

"What the hell are the gravediggers planning to do..." Ogata let out a long sigh.

According to the various information currently known, it is not difficult to deduce that the "gravedigger" is forcing him to go to Erxiang Town.

For Ogata, Erxiang Town is obviously the Hongmen Banquet.

Ogata is feeling... very irritable now.

The "gravedigger" first pretended to be him, and killed people everywhere in Kyoto, causing him to take the blame for no reason.

But now, for some unknown reason, he poured black water on him for "suspectedly killing the master and many disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls", forcing him to go to Erxiang Town for the Hongmen Banquet.

"Gravedigger" made trouble for him one after another. To be honest, Ogata felt... a little annoyed now.

No, it should be said—very annoying.

This irritability accumulated in Ogata's chest, which made Ogata feel like his chest was blocked.

"Well……"

At this moment, Ogata and Atachi heard a low moan of pain coming from their feet.

The two followed the sound and looked towards their feet.

I saw Heitaro, who was in a half-dead state just now and had been in a coma just now, faintly woke up...

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The deafening thunderous sound and the rolling sound of the air waves are still echoing in Mucun's ears until now.

——I... when was the last time I heard the sound of this bomb exploding...?

Mucun asked himself this question for no reason, and asked himself to answer...

——It seems...it was already 2 years ago...

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2 years ago - Tianming 8th year (1788 AD), March 7th.

Kyoto, somewhere outside the city.

"Shun Liu, why did you drag me to this wilderness?" Mucun looked at Shun Liu, who was holding a square object in his hand, with a puzzled expression.

"Look at it." A smug smile appeared on Shun Liu's face, "Didn't we capture a Nanban who smuggled from Osaka in Kyoto a while ago, and then fled to our capital?"

"Of course I know, isn't it the one who escaped from prison a while ago?"

"I learned a very interesting crafting technique from Nanman."

"Very interesting thing?"

"Let you see and see."

After finishing speaking, Shun Liu placed the square object in his hand under a big tree, then took out a torch and lit a matchlock-shaped thing on the side of the square object.

"Ahba! Come here!"

After igniting the match-like thing, Shunliu hurriedly pulled Mucun towards a huge boulder in the distance.

Mucun, who didn't know what Shun Liu wanted, let Shun Liu drag him to hide behind the boulder.

As soon as he dodged into the Houtian of this boulder, there was a loud bang, and a wave of air swept over, shaking Mucun's eardrums with pain.

"This...what...?" Mucun slowly crawled out from behind the boulder while rubbing his ears on both sides.

The square object was gone.

The big tree that the square object was leaning on had been blown off at the root, and the surrounding ground was scorched black, and flames could be seen everywhere.

"I call it Bomb." Shunliu introduced to Mucun proudly, "The Nanman taught me how to make Bomb, and the principle is actually very simple, as long as you mix gunpowder and other materials according to a certain ratio, it will be ready. do it."

"Then why did Nanban teach you this?" Mucun couldn't help asking.

"Of course it didn't teach me for free, it was conditional - the condition for teaching me is: I let him go."

"I'm still wondering how that Nanman escaped from prison..." Mu Cun looked helpless, "So you let him go..."

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, he didn't commit any major crimes. He just came to our country illegally. If you let him go, let him go."

"Then—is there any use for you to learn how to make bombs?" Mucun said angrily.

"Actually, it's really useless." Shunliu smiled coquettishly, "You don't need to overwhelm yourself with too many skills. In short, there is no harm in learning one more skill. Let's go, Mucun, let's go back to Kyoto."

"I was dragged all the way to this wilderness by you, just to see what kind of explosive bomb... I always feel that I am at a disadvantage..."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, in order to show compensation, you come to my house for dinner today. I'll ask Adian to cook some of your favorite food for you."

"Oh? Then I won't be polite. But is it okay? If I come to your house so frequently, will it affect your married life? "

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Shunliu raised his hand and hooked Mucun's shoulder, "We are brothers, you don't need to be so polite to me!"

"...Think about it carefully, time flies so fast." Mucun sighed softly, and said with emotion, "You and Adian got married half a year ago."

"Yeah... Time flies so fast... Before I knew it, I became a man with a family... Ah Ba, you have to hurry up! It's almost time for you to start a family."

"Hahaha! I'm not in a hurry for this kind of thing... eh? Shunliu... Did I read it wrong...? The Kyoto side... is there black smoke?"

Shunliu looked in the direction that Mucun's finger was pointing - and saw puffs of black smoke rising from Rakunai, Kyoto.

Although the distance is a bit far, the two of them can still vaguely see the flash of fire...

The two froze in place.

After a while, layers of cold sweat began to surge from the two of them.

They don't need anyone to explain to them, they know what happened...

Rushing back to the capital in a hurry, the two saw the citizens in chaos.

Back at the enforcement office, the chaotic situation inside the enforcement office was no better than the street outside.

"Qiu Shan!" Seeing Yuli, who had a close relationship with him, pass by him, Mucun hurriedly stopped him, "What happened?"

"I don't know the details!" Akiyama said anxiously, "I only know that a certain place is on fire! The fire is huge!"

"Has the town fire been dispatched?" Shunliu asked anxiously.

"The whole army has already been dispatched! But... the weather today is very dry! The wind is very strong! The fire may not be suppressed!"

"...Let the town firefighters find a way to suppress the fire!" Mucun said decisively, "Let's do what we can! Listen, everyone! Come with me to assist the citizens of Kyoto to evacuate!"

Although Mucun and Shunliu have only been in the position of Yuli for a short period of 5 years, because of their superb handling skills and generous personality, the two have long been the mainstays in the execution office.

After Mucun uttered his voice, everyone around him immediately regained their composure as if they had taken a reassurance.

At this moment, a voice sounded, causing Mucun and Shunliu's expressions to change:

"Listen everyone! Come with me to Nijo Castle!"

"Master Abe..." Mucun looked at the owner of the voice with a look of astonishment.

Abe, who left the crowd and walked slowly to the center of the surrounding people, said loudly again:

"I'll say it again—come with me to Nijo Castle!"

"Abe-sama, I don't know." Shunliu said in a deep voice, "What are you doing in Nijo Castle at this time?"

"Master Toda just gave the order." Abe said in a calm tone, "Priority is given to protecting Nijo Castle."

"Nijo Castle is the symbol of the shogunate in Kyoto, and the residence of Lord Taishu in Kyoto. Don't miss it."

"Master Toda has issued a death order to us: Remove a barrier around Nijo Castle as quickly as possible. Prevent the fire from spreading to Nijo Castle."

"Wait!" Mucun said anxiously, "If you go to protect Nijo Castle, what will the people in Kyoto do?"

"Now there is no extra manpower to take care of things other than Erjo Castle!"

"Instead of saving people, save a building instead?" Shun Liu gritted his teeth, "Stop joking!"

"What? You two want to disobey?" After finishing speaking, Abe looked like he was too lazy to talk to Mucun and Shunliu, and turned his attention to the others, "What are you all doing in a daze? Get into action soon!"

All the officials present looked at Abe, then at Mucun and Shunroku, and finally—— walked out of the execution office quickly, and rushed towards Nijo Castle...

However—while all the officials were rushing towards Nijo Castle, two people ran in the completely opposite direction from the others.

These two people are Makimura and Shunliu.

"Hey! Where do you two bastards want to go?" Abe rushed forward and grabbed Mucun's shoulder, "Do you want to disobey... 噫!"

Before Abe finished speaking, the rest of his words turned into a low moan of astonishment.

After he grabbed Mucun's shoulder, Mucun turned his head and gave Abe a vicious look.

Abe had never seen such a terrifying gaze, and Abe, who was frightened by Mucun's gaze, groaned in astonishment, and then sat down on the ground in fright.

After Abe let go of him, Mucun withdrew his gaze, followed Shunliu closely, and ran towards a chaotic road not far away with Shunliu.

The two of them ran to evacuate the civilians.

Frightened by Mucun's eyes, Abe sat on the ground paralyzed, and there were a few low chuckles around him.

Hearing these sneers, Abe's face instantly turned red with grief and anger.

After hastily getting up from the ground, Abe stared at the direction where Mucun's back disappeared, gnashing his teeth...

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"Thank you for your rescue."

Shimada said seriously to the middle-aged man who was sitting on the edge of Mucun's bed, applying medicine to the wound on Mucun's forehead.

"You're welcome." The middle-aged man smiled, "Mu Cun-kun is my old friend, and I should extend a helping hand to him and his companions."

"That..." Shimada hesitated, "I haven't asked for advice yet, what is your step?"

"My name is Jinle." The middle-aged man said without hesitation, "I am an ukiyo-e artist and a tattoo artist. You should know that there is a red dragon tattooed on Mucun's back, right? That red dragon is my tattoo. "

"It turns out that the red dragon tattoo on Senior Jinle's back was done by you!" Shimada exclaimed, "Your skills are really superb! The dragon tattoo on Senior Jinle's back is the most powerful I have ever seen Tattoos! Senior Makimura seems to have a real dragon on his back!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Jin Le smiled and nodded, "Oh, Mr. Mucun seems to be waking up."

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Like a hot spring springing from the ground, Mucun felt his limbs gradually regaining strength.

Slowly opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was a face that was quite familiar but hadn't been seen for a while.

Looking at this face, Mucun subconsciously whispered:

"Master Ji Le Zhai..."

"Hey, hey, Mucun-kun, are you sleepy?"

The person sitting beside Mucun's bed smiled wryly.

"Why do you use such an unfamiliar name? You should return to the name 'Master Jinle', which sounds much more pleasing to the ear. I usually only let unfamiliar guests call me the name 'Ji Le Zhai'."

"Sorry... I recalled some past events just now, and unconsciously used the old address I used to call you..."

Mucun turned his head and looked around himself - he was lying on a bed, and Jinle was sitting beside the bed, applying medicine to the wound on his forehead...

Hasegawa lay beside him, seemingly asleep.

Standing not far away, Shimada saw Mucun wake up, and ran towards Mucun excitedly.