I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

The latest website: Edo, Yoshihara, Four Seasons House.

"...Then, the four warriors who provoked me were knocked down one by one by me."

"I was in a good mood at the time, so I spared the lives of those four people."

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Ever since Jitaro mentioned to the girl around him that he was going to participate in the upcoming imperial trial, Jitaro began to chatter about his various heroic deeds in the past.

Neither Makimura nor Asai knew how many stories Kyutaro had told about his heroic deeds.

I just remember being very impatient to hear it now.

How long will he have to tell his heroic deeds? Mucun and Asai also don't know how many times the two of them whispered this sentence...

Makimura admired the two girls sitting next to Jitaro and Jitaro's attendant...

After listening to "Gekutaro's Heroic Deeds" for so long, I can still put on a look of great interest.

I don't know whether they are superb acting skills, or they are really interested in the heroic deeds that Ji Taro said...

After drinking up the wine in the glass, Kokutaro, whose cheeks were clearly red, said to his follower:

"How long have we been here?"

"One hour." Ji Taro's follower replied without thinking.

"It's been such a long time." Ji Taro stretched vigorously, "Okay, let's drink this tonight first."

"Ketaro, let's go."

Ji Taro put the money on the table, said goodbye to the girl he ordered tonight, and then led his attendants to stride outside the Four Seasons House.

Although he drank a lot of wine, Ji Taro's pace was still steady and strong. If his face was not very red, he would not look like a person who drank a lot of wine at all.

After Jitaro and his followers left, Asai said softly to Mucun beside him:

"It's finally gone..."

"Probably to have fun.

"Makimura agreed.

According to the information Ogata gave them, Kyutaro would come to Yoshiwara every night to seek pleasure, without exception. After drinking in the Four Seasons House, Ji Taro should have gone to a certain house for girls to have fun.

Mucun and Asai's eavesdropping mission tonight is now over.

Ji Taro left the Four Seasons House and ran to find sex, and they had no choice but to eavesdrop on the conversation between Ji Taro and others.

It was not until Jitaro and his followers left the Four Seasons House that Mucun and Asai left the Four Seasons House together.

After walking out of the Four Seasons House, the two came to a remote corner, and then they talked in a low voice.

"It's a little rewarding tonight." Asai said.

"Yeah." Mu Cun showed a faint wry smile, "It's just that the price I paid was very high... I listened to that guy's nonsense for an hour, and my head swelled..."

"I'm a little concerned." Asai frowned slightly, "Why did that Jitaro participate in the 'Gozen Trial'? He can come to Yoshiwara every night, so he shouldn't be short of money."

"Is it for the sake of being able to compete with all kinds of masters and hone your skills?"

The "a little harvest" that Asai just said just now refers to knowing that Ji Taro will participate in the "Imperial Trial".

Mu Cun shrugged: "Who knows. As far as the results are concerned, the information obtained tonight is still too little, and some more interesting information was not obtained."

"However, it's better to have something than nothing."

When Mucun and Asai were exchanging their harvest tonight, the conversation of a group of people in the distance suddenly caught their attention.

"Hey, have you heard? At the gate of Yoshiwara, the officials from the Shirobei Clubhouse are fighting with officials from other places."

"Official missions from other places? Official missions from which place?"

"It seems to be modified by Huo Fu Thief."

"Huo Fu Thief Kai? How come the official post of Huo Fu Thief Kai is in Yoshihara? Are there any vicious thieves or arsonists here in Yoshihara?"

"I don't know the specifics. I only know that the two waves of people fought, and then all the officials changed by Huo Fu Thief were beaten to the ground!"

"When did the officials in Shirobingwei Club become so powerful? They can beat the officials changed by Huofu Thieves to the ground?!"

"Also, I heard that the officials of Huofu Thief Reform were all defeated by one person."

"Alone? Did you hear wrong?"

"I heard that it was just one person! A servant from the Shiro Bingwei Club single-handedly wiped out more than 20 officials who were converted from Huofu Thief!"

"Really... let's go, let's go directly to the gate of Yoshihara to see the excitement."

"That's right, let's just take a look. I want to see if all the officials changed by Huofu Thief are really fucked up."

After the group finished their conversation, they lifted Hakama's trouser legs and hurried towards Yoshihara's gate.

Mucun and Asai have been quietly listening to the conversation of this group of people since just now.

After the group finished their conversation and hurried towards the gate of Yoshihara, Mucun and Asai looked at each other with complicated expressions.

"Makimura." Asai said, "The person who single-handedly converted more than 20 thieves into official cadres, could it be..."

"Yeah." Before Asai finished speaking, Mucun answered with a wry smile, "Except for that guy, there is no one with the strength to kill more than 20 official errands converted by Huofu thieves in one go... "

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Edo, Yoshihara, at the gate.

The officials of the clubhouse gathered at the gate of Yoshihara were divided into three parts.

Some people drove away the crowd of onlookers gathered around.

After all, this is the gate of Yoshihara. If too many people gather here, it will cause great inconvenience for the guests to enter and exit.

Some people moved the official servants who had been beaten down by Ogata into the club one by one.

Because Ogata used the back of the sword just now, no one bleeds or died.

The most seriously injured person only had some injuries to his bones, and he could be healed by applying medicine.

Although some unpleasant things happened with the officials who were reformed by the Huofu thieves just now, they are also the courtiers of the shogunate after all, and it is impossible to let them just lie on the street like this.

Therefore, Guasheng and the others assigned some people to move all the members of the Huofu Thief Kai Sixth Group into the clubhouse.

A small group of people surrounded Ogata, casting admiring and reverent gazes at Ogata.

"Mashima-kun! You are really amazing! You can defeat 25 officials who have been changed by Huofu thieves by yourself."

"Mashima-kun, what kind of swordsmanship do you use?"

"I just saw that you used the special technique of slamming the thorn when dealing with the person who used the thorn. This technique is really amazing! What is the name of this technique?"

"Good job, Mashima-kun! Those people look so domineering, it makes me angry! You helped us vent our anger!"

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The people around were throwing all kinds of compliments and questions to Ogata.

Looking at the group of people surrounding him, a helpless smile appeared on Ogata's face.

Just now when he was facing the official sent by the more than 20 Huofu thieves, the system's prompt sounded continuously in Ogata's mind.

His head has just been cleared, and Ogata really doesn't want to hear these people's noisy praises and questions at this time...

Just when Ogata was thinking about how to break free from the "surrounding" of these people, out of the corner of Ogata's eyes, he caught a glimpse of Guasheng walking towards him slowly.

"Miss Guasheng." Ogata said, "Have all the officials assigned by Huo Fu Thief have been settled?"

Guasheng did not walk towards Ogata alone.

She was followed by Kawajiro.

It is Guasheng and Kawajiro who are in charge of directing everyone to arrange Natori and others.

"Yeah." Gua Sheng nodded, "We've placed them in various rest rooms in the clubhouse."

"Is your face okay?" Ogata pointed to his left cheek.

When Gua Sheng was pushed away by Huofu Thief's official post, because he didn't expect them to attack suddenly, when Gua Sheng was pushed down, he didn't have time to adjust his landing posture. A few bloodstains.

"It's okay." Gua Sheng touched his left cheek.

A piece of sackcloth is now stuck to Gua Sheng's left cheek.

In this era, there is no such thing as a bandage, so when hemostasis or dressing a wound, linen is basically used.

"I've been prescribed medicine and bandaged just now. It's just a small injury. It will be healed in a few days."

"Mashima-kun..." At this moment, Kawajiro, who was standing next to Guasheng, suddenly smiled bitterly, "You beat all the officials who changed the fire to the thieves to the ground. Although it is relieved, it is not easy to end now. Ah..."

"What if the people who changed Huofu Thieves came to trouble us with the excuse of 'we beat their people', what should we do..."

Kawajiro's worries had to be said—quite realistic.

After hearing what Kawajiro said, the expressions of these people around Ogata, as well as Guasheng, all changed.

"Yes, we are the ones who are right!" A servant shouted loudly, "Those people robbed the prisoner we captured, and they were the first to use force on us, Miss Guasheng's face was injured by them! Is there anything wrong with us firing back at them?"

"Although it is true that we are right." The bitterness on Chuanjiro's face became more intense, "But if the person who changed the fire to the thief is unreasonable and insists that it is our fault, it will still be quite troublesome. what……"

At the moment when the faces of the people around became heavy, only one person's face remained unchanged.

Also showed a faint smile.

"Don't worry, Mr. Kawajiro." Ogata smiled, "I have a solution."

"Huh?" Kawajiro widened his eyes, "What way?"

Just as Kawajiro finished speaking, a voice quite familiar to Ogata suddenly sounded from the crowd not far away:

"Mashima...you really screwed up all the officials who changed Huofu Thief..."

"Oh." Ogata followed the prestige, "Mukun, you are here."

Mucun and Asai with complicated expressions pushed through the crowd and walked slowly towards Ogata.

After they learned that there was a guy who settled the official positions of more than 20 Huofu thieves, they vaguely guessed who "this guy" was, so they rushed to the gate of Yoshihara.

As soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw Ogata surrounded by officials from the clubhouse...

"Mashima-kun." Guasheng asked, "Who are the two of them?"

"They are my friends." After answering Guasheng's question, Ogata turned his attention back to Mucun and Asai, "You two came just in time, so I won't have to look for you later."

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at the same time--

Edo, an inconspicuous tea house.

"Master Hasegawa."

Imai, who was leading the way, said in a low voice to Hasegawa Heizo behind him.

"Here we are."

"Yeah." Hasegawa nodded, "Let's go, let's go in."

Hasegawa's only side is his adjutant, Imai Cheng.

Apart from Imai, Hasegawa didn't bring any other guards or attendants by his side.

Together with Imai, he untied the knife on his left waist and carried it in his right hand, then the two stepped into the inconspicuous tea house in front of them one after the other.

As soon as I entered the tea house, I saw a young and slightly older samurai at the door of the tea house.

When the warrior saw Hasegawa, he nodded slightly to Hasegawa as a greeting, and then led Hasegawa to the second floor of the teahouse.

Before following the samurai up to the second floor of the teahouse, Hasegawa said to Imai:

"Imai, you stay here and wait for me."

"yes."

After giving this order to Imai, Hasegawa followed the samurai upstairs.

The samurai led Hasegawa all the way to the door of a certain room on the second floor, knelt down on one knee beside the door, and then slowly opened the door of this room.

The door opened, and the scene inside the room was displayed in front of Hasegawa's eyes.

The layout of the room is just the layout of a very ordinary tea house room.

A middle-aged man, about 40 to 50 years old, with a neatly shaved head, was sitting kneeling in the center of the room.

After seeing Hasegawa, the middle-aged man smiled slightly and said in a half-joking tone:

"Master Hasegawa, good evening."

"Sorry, Master Sakura." Hasegawa said to the middle-aged man in an apologetic tone as he entered the room, "I'm a bit late."

Hasegawa knelt down in front of the middle-aged man in a very standard posture, and then placed his saber on the tatami on his right.

"It's all right." The middle-aged man who was called "Sakura" by Hasegawa waved his hand, "You and I have quite a lot of official duties on weekdays, I can understand."

After Hasegawa entered the room, the samurai who led Hasegawa to this room just now slowly closed the door.

In the room, there were only Hasegawa and the middle-aged man named "Sakura".

"Master Hasegawa, you and I are people who don't like to talk nonsense." Sakura said to Hasegawa in front of him seriously, "So let's get straight to the point and continue the topic that didn't result in the discussion last time."

Sakura cleared her throat, then lowered her voice, and said in a deep voice:

"Master Hasegawa, are you willing to help me to destroy Shiranui's attempt in the 'Imperial Trial'?"

"Seven days have passed since the last discussion."

"Such a long time should be enough for you to come up with a specific answer, right?"

After hearing Sakura's words, Hasegawa lowered his head slightly.

A serious look appeared on his face.

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When serializing volume 5, I tried to write a little story about Genichi and Fuma when they were young.

I plan to update it from time to time in the form of special codes, and release special codes at the end of chapters from time to time, telling the stories of Genichi and Fuma when they were young.

I have already thought of a name for this series that is updated from time to time.

It's called "The Legendary Adventure of Sword Master and Wind Demon!" "

Let's start today, and then update it slowly and irregularly in the future.

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Volume 6 Special 2: "Legendary Adventures of Juggernaut and Wind Demon!" (1)"

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The timeline of the story begins 47 years ago - the 3rd year of Kuanbo (1743 AD).

That year, Genichi Kinoshita was 17 years old and Fumo was 25 years old.

That year, the two of them didn't even know each other.

That year, the two of them were still nobodies.

(Note: The name Fuma used before being named the 17th Fuma Kotaro was "Kanshi", that is to say——Kanshi is the Fuma that everyone is familiar with)

No one expected that the first set of conversations between these two heroes would be like this...

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Kuanbao 3 years (AD 1743), June 11.

Kobe, somewhere.

It's the height of summer.

Even though it is only the middle of June, the sun has mercilessly sprinkled light and heat on the world.

The scorching sun beat the earth fiercely like thorny whips.

In the scorching sun, Xia Chan groaned feebly while hiding in the branches. The scenery as far as he could see was steaming with steam, and the world seemed to be melting into a viscous liquid.

Gan Shi wiped the sweat dripping from his cheeks, untied the bamboo tube with some water left from his waist, and poured all the remaining water in the bamboo tube into his mouth without leaving a drop.

After wiping off the remaining drops of water at the corners of his mouth, Ganshi let out a long breath.

"Okay, let's go on."

After giving himself a simple cheer in a low voice, Gan Shi slightly lowered the bamboo hat on his head, and then continued to walk straight forward along the street under his feet.

Tangerine is now located on an ordinary street in Kobe.

His destination was a magnificent mansion in the center of Kobe's town.

The city center of Kobe is the residence of dignitaries.

Compared with the crowded and dense layout of mansions in other areas, the layout of the mansions in the center of Kobe Jomachi is much sparser.

There are no more than seven or eight households on a street, but each household occupies a frighteningly large area.

Gan Shi's footsteps were very fast, and within a short while, Gan Shi arrived at his destination.

This is a very impressive mansion.

The gate of the mansion is wide, and the walls on both sides are more than thirty steps long.

If you stand on a high place and overlook the mansion, you can see green plants such as pines, bamboos and wisterias all over the walls, which are sparse and suitable.

The roofs of the mansions in the courtyard are covered with light blue tiles, and the tallest mansion is 4 stories high, showing its grandeur.

There happened to be an old man with white beard and hair sweeping the floor in front of the gate of the mansion.

Gan Shi walked up to the old man, and said in a polite tone:

"Gui'an, Xia Ganshi..."

Before Gan Shi could speak, the old man let out a soft "ah" and laughed.

"Is it Ganshi under one step? I have been waiting for a long time, and I have heard about you yesterday. Come, come in."

"Excuse me." After bowing respectfully, Gan Shi followed closely behind the old man and walked towards the mansion.

Before passing through the gate of the mansion, Gan Shi paused for a while, and raised his head to look at the majestic mansion gate above him.

Gazing at the majestic gate of the mansion, Ganshi secretly said in his heart with a sonorous and forceful tone:

——Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to save enough money!

In order to improve his skills, Kanshi resolutely decided to leave Fengmozhili half a year ago to travel around and practice "warrior training".

Many warriors, in order to hone their skills and physical and mental will, choose to travel around the world with their swords, travel around, and fight and learn from masters from all walks of life in the world.

Among them, the most famous representative is Miyamoto Musashi who was active at the end of the Warring States Period.

According to Miyamoto Musashi's own words - when he was traveling around and doing "warrior training", he fought with more than 60 masters back and forth.

In these more than 60 matches, Miyamoto Musashi won all.

"After more than 60 matches and all victories" - after all, this is what Miyamoto Musashi himself said, so it is difficult to distinguish whether it is true or not.

But it is true that Miyamoto Musashi traveled all over the world and competed with many masters.

It's just that how many masters he has competed with - the number of them is open to discussion.

Kanshi decided to learn from Miyamoto Musashi, travel around, hone his body and mind, and hone his skills.

However, it has only been half a year since he left Fengmozhili and started "Warrior Practice", and Gan Shi's practice has a big problem.

The big problem is: Gan really has no money.

Find a way to get the money to support your own practice—this is also one of the trainings of "Warrior Practice".

And it may be one of the most difficult training.

When wandering to Kobe, Kanshi's wallet was basically "empty".

It's just that Ganshi's luck is really good.

As soon as he wandered to Kobe, Gan Shi ran into a good opportunity to make money.

Tachibana Hanae, a wealthy merchant in Kobe, is recruiting guards to guard his mansion.

Not only is food and housing included, but the salary offered is also ridiculously high.

The only shortcoming is that the salary is only paid once a month.

Although this salary is only paid once a month, there are still a large number of wanderers flocking to it.

Naturally, it is impossible for the Huajiang family to bring all crooked melons and cracked dates into the mansion.

In order to hire real masters, the Huajiang family set up an assessment.

The content of the assessment is very simple - as long as the people they send are defeated, they can become the guards of their Huajiang family.

These people sent by Huajiang's family are all "active guards" who are currently serving Huajiang's family.

All the "active guards" of Huajiang's family have quite high strength, and beat all those who came to apply for the job.

Among the ronin who went to apply for the job, less than one hundred were successfully selected.

Ganshi, who is just short of money, rushed to the "application site" in the south of the city yesterday with the mentality of "trying it out".

Then it was selected successfully.

The Huajiang family sent their people.

Then Kanshi used their ninjutsu in Fuma no Ri, and defeated the people sent by the Huajiang family in 3 moves.

The above is the whole process of Ganshi passing the assessment.

There are no waves.

After defeating the people sent by the Huajiang family in 3 moves, all the people from the Huajiang family who were present at that time were all shocked.

The person in charge who was present at the time said directly to Gan Shi: "You come to our Huajiang family's mansion tomorrow!"

Thus, there was a scene where Gan Zhen was standing in front of this magnificent mansion.

After following the old man into the Huajiang family's mansion, the old man led the way in front, while introducing himself enthusiastically to Gan Shi behind him.

"My name is Hara Shiro." The old man smiled. "Yesterday, the people above told me that our Huajiang family has recruited a new guard named Ganshi. If Ganshi comes to the mansion, we will take him for a brief stroll first." Let's go to the mansion."

"Mr. Ganshi, let me take you for a brief stroll around the mansion first."

"Thank you very much." Gan Shi smiled, "Mr. Hara Shiro, you don't need to use honorifics for me, and you don't need to use any suffixes when addressing me, just call me Gan Shi."

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The Huajiang family's mansion is very large.

It took Hara Shiro and Kanden less than half an hour just to go around the Huajiang family's mansion.

After walking around Huajiang's house, Hara Shiro said to Kanshi:

"Let me take you to your room now. I helped clean and organize your room yesterday. You can go in with your luggage directly."

"Ah, thank you so much." Some flattered Gan Shi hurriedly bowed and thanked.

"Come with me."

Before Hara Shiro took Kanshin a few steps away, a man who was also dressed as a servant walked up to Hara Shiro from a distance and whispered something to Hara Shiro.

"Yeah." Hara Shiro nodded, "I see, I'll be there right away."

After the servant who came to report to Hara Shiro left, Hara Shiro said to Gan Shi behind him with apology:

"I'm sorry, Gan Shi. There is an urgent matter, so I have to excuse me for a while."

"This area is the living area of ​​our servants, so don't worry about entering places that shouldn't be entered."

"So Gan Shi, you should go around here first to get acquainted with it."

"I'll come back to you later. I'll be back soon."

"Yeah." Gan Shi nodded, "Mr. Hara Shiro, just take your time at your own pace, don't worry, don't mess up this urgent matter in order to come back quickly."

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After watching Hara Shiro leave, Kanumi, who folded her arms, began to wander around in order to pass the time.

The surrounding area is quite spacious, and Ganshi doesn't have to worry about having nothing to do in a short period of time.

——It’s really big... If you’re not familiar with this place, you might get lost easily...

Hara Shiro wandered aimlessly.

Before he knew it, Hara Shiro wandered into a corridor that was neither long nor short.

As soon as he stepped into this corridor, Gan Shi frowned immediately.

Because... he saw something strange.

At the easternmost end of this corridor, lay a person.

To be precise, it was a person lying on his side.

This person is a very young youth.

The skin is full of youthful breath. Judging from the appearance, this young man should not even be 20 years old.

With his right cheek facing down, the young man put his right hand under his right cheek, and lay carelessly on his side at the easternmost end of the corridor.

His face was facing straight to the west of the corridor, his eyes were not blinking, as if he was looking at something seriously.

On the ground in front of him lay a sword and a wakizaru—this should be the young man's saber.

This strange behavior of the young man aroused Gan Shi's curiosity.

After walking quickly to the young man's side, Gan Shi asked:

"That—what are you doing?"

Just as Gan Shi finished speaking, footsteps suddenly sounded from the west side of the corridor.

Gan Shi looked sideways, and saw that it was a person dressed as a maid.

With a pair of bare feet, she was carrying a big cloth bag and walking slowly towards the east side of the corridor—that is, where Gan Shi and the young man were.

The maid didn't show any surprise when she saw the young man lying sideways on the ground at the end of the corridor at his feet.

It's just... his face became a little weird, and then he continued to walk through the corridor at an unhurried pace.

After Gan Shi glanced at the maid, she withdrew her gaze.

Gan really thought the young man didn't hear his question just now.

So I asked again:

"Excuse me, what are you doing..."

Before Gan Shi finished speaking, he was interrupted roughly by the young man:

"Shh, if you have any questions, ask them later, don't bother me now."

Although Gan Shi, who didn't know why, was full of doubts, he obediently kept quiet.

The corridor was not very long, so the maid quickly passed through the corridor, and left from the easternmost side of the corridor—that is, in front of Gan Shi and the young man.

When passing in front of Gan Shi and the young man, the maid bowed slightly and saluted them.

It wasn't until the maid left that the young man turned his head and asked Gan Shi:

"Okay, what did you ask me just now?"

"Let me ask you—" Ganshi said in a helpless tone, "what are you doing lying here?"

"Oh, you asked me why I'm lying here..." The young man withdrew his gaze, and continued to cast his gaze to the west side of the corridor.

"I'm looking at the feet."

"... Huh?" Gan Shi tilted his head, wondering if he had heard something wrong just now.

"This corridor is the place where the maids of this mansion pass most often."

The young man then said in a calm tone.

"I like women's feet the most."

"Lying here leisurely like this, looking at the feet of the maids walking up and down this corridor, is one of the few pleasures I have."

After all, the young man lying on his side in the corridor turned his eyes again and looked at Gan Shi.

"I haven't seen you before. Are you a new guard?"

"Yeah." Gan Shi, who hadn't recovered from the young man's arguing just now, nodded with a dazed look, "I'm the new guard who officially entered the mansion today——Gan Shi, Please teach me more."

"My name is Kinoshita Genichi." The young man said, "Please give me your advice."

("Legendary Adventures of Sword Master and Wind Demon"-to be continued...)