I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Lin and his party all focused their attention on that young man—that is, Xuan Ren.

With an ordinary appearance, there is a bookish look in his brows and eyes-from the appearance, this Xuanren has a very standard doctor's appearance.

"Then—" Shenshan stood up slowly while talking, "I have already delivered the person, so I will take my leave first."

Lin and his party were not surprised that Shenshan left so quickly.

After experiencing a series of incidents such as the "Nijo Castle attack" three days ago, when Tadahiro Toda was forced to self-confine in his own home, all the big and small things in Kyoto City were on the shoulders of Kamiyama.

The various scrolls and documents currently piled up on the Shenshan table are probably already piled up as high as a mountain.

Shenshan actually took time out of his busy schedule to meet Mucun, which surprised Lin and his party.

He stood up straight and walked out of the room. When Shenshan was about to pass through the door, Shenshan's feet suddenly stopped.

"... Mucun."

Shenshan, who was standing at the door of the room, turned his head to look at Mucun.

"Need me to announce to the whole of Kyoto: the reason why our Kyoto Prefecture can catch those lunatics who are planning to destroy Kyoto is all thanks to the blessing of a 'yuan and power' named Yahachi Mucun?"

"No need." Mucun shrugged and replied without thinking, "I didn't do so many things to make the common people in Kyoto feel grateful to me."

"Also—it's not entirely my credit to be able to catch those lunatics."

Speaking of this, Mumura raised his left and right hands, his right hand hooked Shimada's neck sitting on his right side, and his left hand hooked Asai's neck sitting on his left side.

"Without the help of my companions, Mr. Hasegawa, and the officials of the execution office, even if I have superpowers, I would not be able to catch those lunatics."

"Master Shenshan, instead of announcing my great achievements to the whole of the capital with great fanfare, you might as well use that energy to thank my companions, invite Master Hasegawa to drink some good wine, and give some generous rewards to the officials in the execution office."

As soon as Mucun's voice fell, Asai, who was hooked by Mucun's shoulders, immediately said:

"I did nothing 3 days ago, don't thank me."

Just as Asai finished speaking,

Shimada on the side, who was also being hooked by Mucun's neck, also said immediately:

"I don't need it anymore. I didn't do anything extraordinary 3 days ago, so I don't need to thank me or give me rewards or anything."

Shenshan directed his gaze directly at Mucun.

The emotions in the eyes are quite complicated, making it difficult for people to see clearly what Shenshan is thinking.

After a while, Shenshan let out a few low laughter:

"Instead of thanking me, how about thanking other people... Haha, Mucun, this answer is really full of your demeanor."

"I see. Since none of your companions are willing to accept my thanks. You also don't want to let the whole capital know about you, so I won't force you either."

"As you said, I will treat Hasegawa to a good drink afterwards, and give enough rewards to the officials in the execution office."

After all, Shenshan did not stop any longer, and walked out in big strides.

It wasn't until Shenshan disappeared from everyone's field of vision, and the sound of its footsteps gradually faded away until they could not be heard at all, that Lin and his party turned their attention back to Xuanren who was still kneeling and sitting opposite them.

"That..." Xuanren whispered softly, just about to say something.

However, before Xuanren could utter the complete words, Lin interrupted:

"Let's talk slowly after the business, anyway, there is still more time. Let's eat first."

Lin took out the pile of steamed buns that Shimada had just bought.

"I can tell just by looking at your face—you must have not eaten properly for many days, right?"

As if to confirm what Lin said just now, Xuanren swallowed frantically after seeing the bread Lin took out.

"Katsurokuro."

"exist!"

"Go out and buy something and come back."

"yes!"

...

...

That night——

Kyoto, the residence of Fuma.

Ogata, Lin, and Fumo gathered in the room and had dinner together.

Ogata, who was silently drinking the hot porridge in the bowl, looked at Machi sitting opposite him from time to time.

And Ah-machi didn't seem to notice the gaze cast by Ogata, just kept eating the food in his bowl silently.

Fuma also noticed the slightly weird atmosphere between Ogata and A-Machi, and raised his face from the bowl from time to time, looking at Ogata and A-Machi at the same time.

Ogata originally thought that Ah-machi would slap him after seeing him wake up, and blamed him for knocking her unconscious 3 days ago and doing such a dangerous thing as "attacking Nijo Castle".

However—such a picture did not appear.

After A-cho returned home this afternoon after buying the ingredients for tonight, and saw Ogata who had woken up, A-cho's reaction...was very flat.

After only saying "Great", he took the pile of ingredients he bought and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner for tonight.

A-Machi's overly bland reaction made Ogata feel...he couldn't get up or down.

Probably to ease the weird atmosphere around him, Fumo suddenly cleared his throat, and then said to Ogata:

"By the way, brother Ogata, I forgot to tell you something."

"Kondo came to my house in the middle of the night three days ago, and he said—his master and him are waiting for him at my house."

"Kondo?" Ogata raised an eyebrow.

——Yeah... I almost forgot about it...

After hearing the name "Kondo", Ogata suddenly remembered that he and Kondo still had an agreement.

Ogata promised Kondo that as long as Kondo handed over the wife and daughter of the owner of Inaba Hall and the rifle to Shenshan or Hasegawa, he would give Kondo some guidance on swordsmanship.

The place they agreed on was Feng Mo's home.

"Because you were still injured and unconscious at that time, I told Kondo: Your master was injured a little bit and is recovering from his injuries. You can come back in a few days. Send Kondo away temporarily."

"Master Fumo, I'm really sorry to bother you..." Ogata smiled wryly.

"Nothing." Feng Mo waved his hand, "It's just a trivial matter."

Thanks to Fuma's interjection, the surrounding atmosphere has improved a lot.

After silently eating everything in the bowl and saying: "I'm full", Xu Bian silently got up and went back to the room where he was recuperating and resting these days.

Although Ogata was still a little unsteady when he walked due to the large and small injuries on his body, he was able to do such a small thing as walking back to his room.

After returning to his own room, Obi went straight to the knife rack placed in the corner of the room.

On the knife rack, there are the two treasured swords of Ogata - Da Shitian and Da Zizai.

After taking Da Shitian and Da Zizai off the knife holder, Ogata slowly pulled the two precious swords out of their sheaths.

With the help of the candlelight next to him, Ogata carefully looked at the blades of the two knives.

Looking at the blades of these two treasured swords, Ogata frowned slightly.

Then he sighed lightly:

"Even such a great sword will be damaged..."

At this time, Da Shitian and Da Zizai are no longer like the ones they just got on Diedao Island, the blades are as complete as new.

At this time, there were more gaps on the blades of the two knives.

Ogata counted, and there were 3 gaps in Da Shitian's sword.

On the other hand, there are as many as four gaps in freedom.

Luckily - the gaps are pretty small.

These extra gaps on the two treasured swords were all left in the "Battle of Nijo Castle Castle" 3 days ago.

Even for such a treasured sword whose quality is far superior to ordinary swords, there is no reason why it will not be damaged after such a fierce battle.

To a certain extent - until now there has been a gap, which just proves that Da Shitian and Da Zizai are of extraordinary quality.

If it were an ordinary sword, in the fierce battle 3 days ago, it would be impossible to use it after killing a few people.

But Da Shitian and Da Zizai were able to fight the whole game, and after the battle, there were only a few gaps.

After looking up and down again several times behind the two knives, Ogata retracted Da Shitian and Da Zizai into their sheaths.

Although there was a little damage, this damage will not have a great impact on the sharpness of the two knives, and will not affect Ogata's use of them. From a certain point of view, it is indeed unfortunate. Fortunately.

Just as Da Shitian and Da Zizai were put away and put back on the knife holder, a female voice suddenly sounded from outside the room:

"Ayi, it's me. I'm here to change the cloth for you."

It was Machi's voice.

Knowing that it was A-Machi, Ogata raised his eyebrows, and then hurriedly said:

"Please come in."

Wow...

The paper sliding door was slowly opened.

A-Ming held a few rolls of clean linen and walked slowly into Ogata's room.

There is no such thing as a bandage in this era. People in this era use sackcloth or muslin to bandage their patients.

"Turn around." Atachi, who was kneeling in front of Ogata, holding a clean linen cloth, said to Ogata concisely.

"Ah good."

Ogata followed Atachi's order and turned around, and took off the kimono on his upper body, exposing his upper body which was almost covered with sackcloth.

When A-Ming untied those old sackcloths on Ogata's upper body, Ogata asked back aloud:

"When Lord Fengmo changed my dressing this afternoon, didn't he just put on clean linen? Why do you have to change it now?"

"Master Fumo asked for this." A-Ming said softly, "He said that the linen should be changed more frequently than the medicine."

"That's it..."

The two fell silent...

The only sound left in the room was the sound of Machi unfurling the new sackcloth, and the sound of wrapping the new sackcloth around Ogata's upper body.

The atmosphere between the two also became a little awkward because of each other's silence.

In order not to let the surrounding atmosphere continue to be so awkward, Ogata racked his brains to think about the topic.

"That..." Ogata, who really couldn't think of a good topic, said casually, "I heard Mr. Fuma say that he is responsible for changing the medicine and changing the linen, and you are responsible for cooking and washing clothes. Why are you changing the linen for me now?"

"Because Master Fuma asked me to come." A-Ming replied, "Master Fuma said that he suddenly wanted to wash the dishes tonight, so he asked me to change the linen for you."

Hearing Ah-Machi's answer, Ogata was slightly taken aback.

——It turns out...that's what happened...Master Fuma, I owe you a favor...

Realizing Fuma's good intentions, Ogata cleared his throat, and then said to A-Machi behind him:

"Machi... I always thought that when you saw me wake up, you would slap me angrily and scold me for doing such a dangerous thing..."

"What?" Ah-Ming changed into a half-joking tone, "Do you really want to be hit by me? If you really want to be hit by me, it's not like I can't satisfy your little request."

"I'm sorry, I don't have this strange habit of being beaten up..."

"...I'm actually..." Ah-Ming said slowly after being silent for a while, "3 nights ago, when I woke up after being knocked unconscious by you, I also wanted to beat you up when you came back. Fist, I will teach you a bastard who has a brain problem, does things regardless of the consequences, and dares to attack Ertiao City."

"But... when I saw Mr. Fumo coming back with you covered in blood and passed out, all my thoughts and anger disappeared."

"There was only one thought in my mind at the time: it's great that you came back alive."

"..." Hearing what Ah-Ming said, Ogata couldn't help but tighten his lips.

Want to say something, but don't know what to say at this moment is the most appropriate.

While Ogata was still thinking about his words, A-Machi behind Ogata continued:

"Are you a fool? When you attacked Nijo Castle that night, you offended the Shogunate and Shiranui at the same time."

"Haven't you thought about the consequences? You are in the same situation as me now! You will be hunted down to the ends of the earth by Shiranui!"

"Then I can only fight Shiranui with you to the end." Ogata responded without thinking.

"Puchi..." A-Ming let out a chuckle, "How dare you say it, do you know how powerful Shiranui's combat power is and how many hidden masters there are? Thank you for being able to say that you want to fight Shiranui with me." Li is right to say that.”

"If I was alone, I might not have the confidence to fight Shiranui to the end."

While talking, Ogata turned his head to look at Machi behind him.

"But if I'm with you, I feel like I can do anything."

"Okay." A-Machi patted Ogata's uninjured right shoulder angrily, "Let's not say such flattery."

Although A-Machi said so, there was no displeasure in her tone.

"...Are we reconciled like this?" Ogata asked back.

"What reconciliation? Has the relationship between the two of us become difficult?"

"Since I woke up this afternoon until now, you have been very cold to me. I thought you were deliberately ignoring me to show your dissatisfaction with me for knocking you unconscious and breaking into Erjo Castle alone..."

"You're really right. I actually did this on purpose. I intend to deliberately snub you and get angry with you."

"Please don't do this..."

"Well...let's talk about it later when I feel better."

After saying that, A-Machi winked at Ogata and showed a sly smile.

"Ah ah ah ah ah--!"

At this moment, Ogata and Atachi both heard screams.

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