I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

When Ogata was coughing, the old man who claimed to be Tang Shen continued.

"I probably met them both more than a year ago."

"Those two left a deep impression on me, so I still remember them."

After coughing hard a few times and barely calming down his breathing, Ogata asked anxiously the old man named Tang Shen.

"Have you seen these two people?! Then do you know the whereabouts of the two of them?"

While asking, he also carefully looked at Tang Shen's appearance.

Tang Shen looks to be at least 60 years old, and his dark face shows that this face has been associated with the outer sun for a long time.

The gray beard on his chin did not match his bright eyes.

Wearing a furry hat like a dog fur hat on the head, a scarf around the neck, gloves on the hands, and moccasin boots on the feet, only the skin of the face is exposed from the whole body.

Although Tangshen's figure could not be seen clearly because the clothes he was wearing were too thick, but judging from his tight facial skin, his figure should be thin.

In his arms, he held a very thick wooden crutch, which was half as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and could be used as a shoulder pole.

"I don't know, I just met them once. After meeting them more than a year ago, I haven't seen them again."

"Then can you tell us, where did you meet them?" This time it was A-cho who asked.

"Yes, yes. But—" Tang Shen slightly opened his small eyes, and looked at Ogata and Atachi, "What are you two doing with those two? Are you his relatives?"

"I have a very difficult disease to treat." Ogata said, "I heard from other doctors that these two doctors are very skilled doctors, and they might be able to cure my disease, so I came all the way to find them. them."

"That's it... Forget it, anyway, those two people are not related to me. If you want to know how I met those two people, then I will tell you."

"Most of my pets are hunted by myself."

Tang Shen pouted at the pile of wooden cages in front of him that housed various small animals.

"So every once in a while, I go deep into the wild to hunt animals."

"During a hunting trip more than a year ago,

There was a big snowstorm. "

"In order to escape the blizzard, I hid in a certain cave."

"As soon as I hid in that cave, I saw those two people."

"Those two people were also avoiding the snowstorm. It was dark at that time, and they didn't have enough energy and time to look for other shelters, so they asked me if I could share this cave with them."

"The cave is so big that even if 10 people go in, it won't feel crowded."

"I have lived for so long, and I have seen many storms, so even if they want to make trouble, I have plenty of ways to deal with them, so I allow them to come in."

"What happened next is still fresh in my memory."

"The younger one of the two didn't speak when he first entered the cave. I greeted him, but he ignored me."

"While I was lighting the fire to cook, he sat next to me and watched me cook with a blank face."

"I didn't care too much. I just regarded him as the kind of person with a more withdrawn personality."

"Then—when my meal was almost ready, the guy suddenly laughed."

"Happy smiley face and that 'hee hee hee' laugh."

"I didn't say anything to the older guy who was walking with him. He just laughed out of nowhere."

"Can you imagine that kind of scene? It's a person who has been keeping a straight face and saying nothing just now, suddenly showing a very happy smile and making a 'hee hee hee' laugh."

"I got goosebumps when I saw that guy laugh out of nowhere."

Ogata imagined the scene.

A person who had been expressionless just now suddenly burst into inexplicable laughter in the next second, and it was still a "hee hee hee" laugh-this scene is indeed quite horrifying.

"After the guy laughed out loud, the older guy who was walking with him grabbed the guy's shoulder with one hand, shook the guy, and said 'wake up, don't do this'."

"The older guy didn't show any surprise when he saw the young man who was walking with him suddenly burst into a strange laugh."

"I thought there might be something wrong with that young guy."

Tang Shen stretched out his finger and poked his head.

"I remember I cooked a pot of fish soup that night."

"I'll share my pot of fish soup with those two."

"While drinking the fish soup I cooked, the boy finally spoke."

"He had three words with the old guy who was walking with him."

"Chat?" Ogata interrupted, "What were they talking about?"

"I didn't talk about anything special." Tang Shen shrugged, "Just chatted for three simple sentences."

"The young man said to the old fellow: 'I don't know if Junior Brother Xuanren is having a good dinner now'."

"Then the old guy said: 'Who knows, he hasn't been in the habit of eating dinner'."

"Then the young man said: 'I managed to help him get rid of his bad habit of skipping dinner, I really hope he can keep it and don't let this bad habit repeat'."

"They just talked about these three sentences, and they stopped talking after the chat."

As soon as Tang Shen finished speaking, the eyes of Ogata and A-Ming lit up.

They heard a familiar name: Xuan Ren.

Xuanren——Xuanzheng's little apprentice, Xuanzhen's junior apprentice.

In the summer of last year, Ogata and the others took great pains to finally find Xuanren in Kyoto who was left behind by Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen, who had no idea what his master and senior brother were doing before.

It was through Xuanren's mouth that Ogata learned that Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen had come to Ezodi.

When Ogata and A-Machi were secretly excited, Yugami went on to say:

"The two of them went to bed after eating."

"They left at dawn."

"I haven't seen them since that night."

Tang Shen succinctly explained the whole story of his encounter with the master and apprentice.

"Have those two talked about anything else? Or have they told you anything?" Ogata asked.

"No." Tang Shen shook his head, "The two of them are very silent."

"The two of them only talked about the three sentences I just said during the meal from the beginning to the end."

"And then I never spoke again."

"That lad never spoke to me at all."

"As for the old guy, he only said hello to me when he entered the cave, and said goodbye to me when he left the next morning. He never said anything else to me."

"Then do you remember which direction the two of them left?" Ogata continued to ask.

"Yes. They went north."

"North?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

"Well. I only know that they went to the north. As for where they went, I don't know."

"I remember seeing the two of them in the area near Xiongshi in the Matsumae Domain."

"If you go further north from that place... you will leave the Matsumae domain and enter the territory of Ezo."

"Ezo's territory...?" Ogata frowned, "That is to say...the two of them are very likely to go to Ezo's territory..."

"Maybe." Tang Shen shrugged, "Anyway, I haven't seen the two of them since that brief meeting."

"...Thank you very much." After pondering for a moment, Ogata stood up, bowed solemnly to God Tang and thanked him.

And A-Machi quickly stood up with Ogata, and bowed to Yushen.

Ogata: "A small thank you is not a respect."

Ogata has two purses.

A purse is designed to hold relatively large sums of money.

Another purse is dedicated to smaller amounts of money.

Ogata took out 3 pieces of douban silver from his pocket for small change, and handed them to Tangshen.

"Oh!" God Tang raised his eyebrows, "Do you want to thank me? Thank you very much, then I will accept it unceremoniously."

After all, Tang Shen accepted the three douban silver from Ogata without any pretense.

"Hehe, I have money for the drinks in the next few days."

After accepting the broken silver handed over by Ogata, Tang Shen raised his head and asked Ogata:

"Are you planning to go to the territory of Ezo to find those two people?"

"If you plan to find those two people in the territory of Ezo later, then for the sake of the gift just now, let me tell you a piece of information that may be useful to you."

"Go to Rong Street to the east and find a fur shop called 'Dahewu'."

Tang Shen raised his hand and pointed to the east.

"The owner of the fur shop has a part-time job renting out 'dog sleds.'"

"You can rent dog sleds from them."

"Although I can't take you to the territory of Ezo, it is still possible to take you to the northern border of the Matsumae Domain."

"If you want to, you can rent dog sleds."

"Dog sledding... Thank you, your information is really useful to us." Ogata bowed again to Tang Shen.

Tang Shen smiled and waved his hands: "You don't need to be so polite."

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Ogata and A-Machi bid farewell to Yushin and left from Yushin's pet stall.

After throwing Tangshen's pet stall far behind him, Ogata could finally take a deep breath.

Although the various small animals in the cages in Tangshen's pet booth are very cute.

But they really stink...

Especially red foxes.

Tang Shen also seemed to know that the red fox had a strong smell, so he put the wooden cage where the red fox was kept in the back.

But even so, Ogata can still smell the "body odor" that is continuously emanating from the red fox, which is far better than that of animals in other cages.

After leaving Tangshen's pet stall, A-Machi immediately muttered:

"It's really lucky... to find the clue so quickly..."

"Yeah..." Ogata couldn't help but sighed, "I'm so lucky that I find it incredible..."

Ogata felt more and more that his luck was very miraculous.

He always felt that his luck was constantly jumping back and forth between the extremes of "extremely bad" and "excellent".

Sometimes the luck is terrible-on the first day of entering Kyoto last summer, I was inexplicably involved in a series of troubles.

But sometimes it’s too good to be good—take Kyoto as an example. Although he was inexplicably involved in a series of troubles on the first day in Kyoto, he also reunited with A-Machi on that day.

This time, Ogata's luck once again jumped to the extreme of "excellent".

Originally, both Ogata and A-Machi were ready to fight a "protracted war" and spend an unknown amount of time to find relevant clues.

But who would have found a clue from the first person who asked the question on the first day.

And it's a very useful clue.

According to the information provided by Tang Shen just now, it is basically certain that the two people are Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen. After all, there should be no one who can say "Junior Brother Xuanren" except Xuanzhen.

But the information Tang Shen just said has something that Ogata is very concerned about.

That is - Xuanzhen's state is quite strange.

One second he was expressionless, the next second he suddenly smiled strangely, and Xuanzheng shook his shoulders while saying "Don't do this" - no matter how you think about it, it feels very abnormal.

Not only is Ogata very concerned about this place, but A-Machi is also very concerned about Xuanzhen's state.

"Ayi." Ah Ding hesitated, "That Xuanzhen...is there something wrong with his sanity?"

As Machi spoke, she stretched out her finger and nodded her head.

In Ah-Ming's cognition, the only people who are expressionless one second and laugh out loud the next are probably the only ones with brain problems.

"...I don't know." Ogata shook his head, "Except for seeing that Xuanzhen with his own eyes, no one knows what happened to that person."

"That's right... what are we going to do now?" A-cho asked, "Should we go north to find new clues?"

"...That's the only way to do it." Ogata sighed softly, and then smiled wryly, "Since it's rare to find the clues for those two people going north, we can only follow the north to find new clues."

"How do I find it?" Ah-Ming continued to ask.

"Since the two of them are very likely to enter the territory of Ezo...then we can only ask those Ezo settlements in the north."

"Ask from settlement to settlement."

"There's nothing else to do but this."

"Ask from settlement to settlement..." Ah-Ming also smiled wryly, "I really hope that the Ezo settlements we meet can be kinder..."

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Now that useful clues have been found, there is no need to stay in Matsumae Castle.

After a brief discussion with A-Machi, Ogata made a unanimous decision-the speed of battle is precious, and he set off directly to the north today.

Now that they have decided to leave today, the two plan to go to the fur house recommended by God of Soup that has a part-time "dog sledding" service.

The two went back to the hotel first and took all their luggage.

None of them expected that the hotel, which they thought they would live in for a long time, would withdraw their lease so quickly.

The two of them took their luggage and went to the east of Matsumae Castle. After finding the street named "Sakae Street", they went from shop to shop.

Soon, he found the fur shop that Tangshen had mentioned just now—Dahewu.

Ogiya is a very grand store with 3 floors alone.

After entering the first floor of the large house, Xu Fang saw all kinds of fur products on the shelves.

Ogata didn't come here to buy furs, so he didn't take a second look at the furs, and went straight to the counter on the first floor.

A middle-aged man was sitting behind the counter on the first floor.

Ogata directly explained the purpose of coming, saying that he would rent a dog sled.

And the middle-aged man was unambiguous, saying that the farthest he could only send them was to a place close to the northern border of the Matsumae Domain, and then directly quoted a price.

Even if he could only send them to a place close to the northern border of the Matsumae Clan, Ogata would be satisfied. Although the price was expensive, it was not unacceptable, so Ogata readily gave the money.

After giving the money, the middle-aged man called a clerk in the store, and after talking to him, he led Ogata and A-Machi to the backyard of their big house.

Before approaching the backyard, Xu conveniently heard the dog barking "Wow, woof, woof".

After entering the backyard, the strong smell unique to dogs came to Ogata.

There are dozens of dogs of different colors in the backyard.

The dogs were big dogs, big enough for a child to use as a mount.

Each dog is hairy enough to make one want to rush up and rub it.

"Oh, so cute." A-cho's eyes lit up, "Can I pet them?"

"Please." The middle-aged man said with a somewhat proud tone, "Our dogs here have been specially trained, they are not afraid of people and will not bite, as long as you don't take the initiative to provoke them That's it."

"You guys wait here for a while. The guy in charge of pulling you will be here soon."

The middle-aged man stayed where he was, and waited with Ogata and the others for the arrival of the guy who he just said was in charge of Rasuka and A-cho.

Compared with dogs, Ogata actually prefers cats, he is a pure "cat school".

And A-Machi's preference seems to be the opposite of Ogata's. Compared with cats, A-Machi seems to like dogs more.

Because of different preferences, Ogata did not have such a strong desire to rub the dog.

After only a moment, a young male voice finally sounded behind Ogata and Acho:

"Sorry for keeping you waiting!"

Ogata turned his head and looked back.

After seeing clearly the face of the owner of the young male voice, Ogata was taken aback.

The owner of the voice is a very young male, who appears to be in his early 20s.

The reason why Ogata was stunned was because this person's facial features were a bit special.

Not a pure and human face.

His facial features are deeper than those of ordinary people, but they are not too deep.

To give an image metaphor... the facial features of this person are between Wazuto and Ezo.

"Two guest officers, my name is Ichiro Nakahara." The young man bowed to Ogata and Atachi, and said in a very standard "Matsumae-style Japanese" mixed with a local accent, " I will be in charge of driving the sledge for you two."

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Ogata and the others had to drag the sled and dogs to the outskirts of the city first, because dogsleds could not be driven in the city.

In just over half an hour, they arrived at the outskirts of the city with their sleds and dogs.

Then—

"Can dogs pull so fast?" A-Ming looked at the four big dogs pulling the sled in surprise.

Just now, Ogata and A-Machi got on a huge sled that could accommodate four people.

The sled is long, and passengers cannot sit side by side, but can only sit vertically in a row like riding a motorcycle.

Ichiro Nakahara, who was in charge of driving the sled, sat in the driver's seat in the front row, then Ogata sat behind Nakahara, and Machi sat in the back.

Four of the big dogs we saw in the backyard were responsible for pulling the huge sled.

The young man named Zhong Yuan sat in the driver's seat and only yelled at the four big dogs pulling the sled in front, and the four big dogs rushed forward pulling the sled like a conditioned reflex.

The speed was far beyond the imagination of Ogata and A-cho.

It was the first time for both of them to see dog sledding.

Before, the two of them had only heard of dog sledding as a special means of transportation in Ezo.

Dog sleds were originally a means of transportation for the Ezo people in the Ezo region.

Many Ezo who can afford dogs use them for transportation.

During the years of confrontation between the Matsumae clan and the Ezo, they also enjoyed cultural exchanges invisibly.

Dog sleds, a means of transportation, were learned by the people of the Matsumae Domain.

For some reason in Ezo, animals generally grow very large, and dogs are no exception.

The dogs in Ezo are so big and strong that a few dogs can pull a sled with a person on it.

It was the first time for Ogata to see a dog sled, and for the first time to ride a dog sled.

The two of them who didn't expect that the dog could pull the sled so fast had expressions of surprise on their faces.

"Hahaha." Zhong Yuan smiled, "This speed is nothing. Apart from dogs, cats can actually pull sleds, and the speed is not slow."

"Cats can also pull sleds?" Ah-Ming exclaimed.

"Yeah." Zhong Yuan nodded, "But I've only heard about it, I've never actually seen it."

"I heard that cats in Lucia are big and strong, so many local people use cats to pull sleds."

The Matsumae clan was originally a small clan with only 10,000 stones in total.

Nakahara said: By around 4 pm, you will be able to reach the northern border of the Matsumae Domain.

Central Plains never asked Ogata why they were going to the northern border of the Matsumae Domain. Just concentrate on driving the sled.

He holds what looks like a joystick in each of his left and right hands.

Ogata asked Nakahara what the two joysticks were for. Nakahara said that the two joysticks were used to adjust the direction, and he used these two joysticks to control the direction of the sled.

The surroundings are nothing but snow, and Ogata is already tired of seeing this kind of scenery from Ou's side.

After the sled drove to a relatively flat place, in order to pass the time, Ogata asked Nakahara in front of him a question that he had been curious about ever since he saw him.

"Mr. Zhongyuan, are you a naturalized Ezo?"

After finishing speaking, Ogata glanced at Nakahara's characteristic profile.

"Hahaha." Zhongyuan laughed a few times, "No, I'm not a naturalized Ezo."

"It's just that my ancestors were naturalized Ezo."

"My ancestors lived in Matsumae Castle during the Genroku period (AD 1688-AD 1703) and became naturalized people."

"My grandma is Nawato, so I have both Wato's blood and Ezo's blood in my body."

"Genroku years?" A-Ting said, "Isn't that a hundred years ago?"

"Yes." Nakahara nodded, "So I'm not a naturalized Ezo, I'm a native of Matsumae."

"I can't even speak a word of Ezo now, I can only speak Japanese."

"It's more like being with people than being with people."

"only……"

Speaking of this, a bit of bitterness appeared on Zhong Yuan's face.

"Even though I'm a native of Matsumae who was born and raised in Matsumae Castle, many people in the city still treat me as Ezo..."

"Kazuto treat me like an Eizu. The Eizu in the city treat me like a Kazuto..."

"Fortunately, the shop owner does not discriminate against Ezo, and is willing to hire me as a shop assistant."

"Otherwise, if you are discriminated against by both Kazuto and Eizo, then you really don't know how to live."

After all, Nakahara paused for a moment, then hurriedly turned around and apologized to Ogata and A-Machi.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I seem to have said some heavy topics that are not very interesting."

"Sit tight! We're on flat ground, I'm going to speed up the dog!"

After all, Zhongyuan yelled at the four big dogs in front of him, and then the four big dogs accelerated again, pulling Ogata and others straight forward.

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at the same time--

Ezo, a certain river——

rustle...

The sound of sifting rice with a rice sieve resounded one after another on the river.

Eleven men of various ages stood on the bank of the river, holding something like a rice sieve, and constantly shaking the "rice sieve" in their hands by the river water, as if they were sifting something.

Although their actions resembled sifting rice, and the object in their hands also resembled a rice sieve, they were not actually sifting rice, and the object in their hands was not a rice sieve.

Their "rice sieve" is filled with the soil that has just been salvaged from the river.

The utensils in their hands are specially used to sieve gold dust.

They are panning for gold.

At this time, one of the 11 people, an extremely strong man, shouted loudly to the other 10 people:

"Hey! Take a break! Take a break!"

As the strong man's voice fell, the other 10 people straightened up very obediently, put down the utensils used for panning for gold in their hands, and then walked towards the camp they built not far from the shore.

These 11 people are a group of gold digging groups.

At a time when gold panning has been banned by the shogunate and hated by Eizo, panning for gold has become a life-threatening activity with the head pinned to the waist.

Under such heavy pressure, in order to survive, the gold diggers also huddled together.

After the 11 gold diggers returned to their camp, they sat around a large rock, chatting casually while recovering their strength.

"I got nothing again today." A very short man sighed.

"There doesn't seem to be any gold in this river." The person sitting next to him echoed.

"Look for another two days on this river." The strong man who let everyone rest just now said, "If you still get nothing in two days, then look for another river."

This strong man can be regarded as their leader. Not only is he superb in swordsmanship, but he also has a wealth of experience in gold panning.

In such a wilderness forest, their only entertainment is to chat together.

After chatting briefly with the people around him, the leader suddenly turned his head and said loudly to a warrior who was as thin as a monkey sitting not far away:

"Hey, Grandfather Jiang! Tell us about your time as a bounty hunter."

The thin warrior whose name was suddenly called was stunned, then smiled wryly:

"Boss, I have basically finished all the stories I can tell."

Grandfather Jiang—it looks like a nickname, but it is actually a serious surname, but it is relatively rare.

Grandfather Emoto is a bounty hunter who makes a living from rewards.

But his skills are mediocre, he is said to be a bounty hunter, but in fact he has never caught or killed a wanted criminal.

Having lived enough of a poor life, he decided to give it a try—to come to the land of Ezo to seek gold and get rich.

Determined to do everything he could, he snatched some money from a certain rice shop.

Then, through various means, they smuggled to Ezo.

Not long after entering Ezo Land, I saw this group of gold diggers.

At the invitation of this group of gold diggers, Grandfather Jiang joined them and became a member of them, panning for gold with them.

Grandfather Jiang joined them—this was about three months ago.

For more than three months, grandfather Jiang followed them around in Ezo, panning for gold.

While guarding against the shogunate, also guard against Ezo.

Ezo basically hate gold diggers, because they think that gold diggers have destroyed their peaceful life, and also destroyed forests and rivers.

There are far more gold diggers who died at the hands of Ezo than those who died under the sanctions of the shogunate.

During the rest, in order to pass the time and relax, during these more than three months, grandfather Jiang was often asked to tell interesting stories he encountered when he was a bounty hunter.

After telling the story for more than three months, all the interesting things worth telling in Grandfather Jiang's belly were basically told.

Grandfather Jiang's complaint of "I almost have no story to tell" just fell. An older warrior sitting next to grandfather Jiang laughed and said:

"It's okay! You can tell any story you think of. You have a good eloquence, and I also like listening to your stories."

As soon as the warrior's voice fell, the rest of the people responded one after another.

The reason why their leader suddenly asked grandfather Jiang to tell a story was not without reason.

Grandfather Jiang is very eloquent and tells stories vividly and interestingly.

Moreover, although grandfather Jiang had never caught a wanted criminal before, he had encountered many eye-opening things that everyone loved to hear.

Since grandfather Jiang joined the gang, listening to grandfather Jiang telling stories has become one of the important pastimes for everyone.

Bathed in the expectant eyes cast by everyone, grandfather Jiang scratched his hair with a wry smile, and after thinking for a while, he said:

"Then let me tell you the story of my encounter with Ogata Ittosai in Kyoto."

"Oh?" The leader raised his eyebrows.

Everyone present cast interested glances at grandfather Jiang.

"Have you encountered Ogata Yidaosai?" The leader exclaimed in a low voice.

"Yeah." Grandfather Jiang nodded, still maintaining a wry smile, "I happened to be in Kyoto last summer."

"Then it just happened to happen that Ogata Issai burned down Nijo Castle..."

"When I learned that Ogata Isai had invaded Nijo Castle, many ronin flocked to Nijo Castle, planning to take Ogata Isai's head and get rich overnight with Ogata Isai's head."

"That's what I thought at the time."

"Although Ogata Yidao Zhai is strong, under the siege of so many people, he might be able to reveal some flaws, and then I happened to behead him."

"Under such luck, I rushed into the castle tower of Nijo Castle with others."

"When I first went to the castle tower of Nijo Castle, I regretted it."

"Ogata Yidaosai—he is not human at all."

"Besieged by so many people, but still standing still."

"All those who dare to step forward, come and kill one, come and kill another."

"No one can get close, no one can fight."

"When I was the closest to Ogata Yidao Zhai, it was only 5 steps away."

"I happened to witness how Ogata Itsai, who was drenched in blood, chopped a ronin holding a spear in half..."

Speaking of this, grandfather Jiang trembled violently as if recalling something terrible.

"Ogata Ichisai's figure when he slashed people, and his eyes like a ghost, I still remember it vividly until now..."

"I still clearly remember Ogata Isaitosai's terrifying eyes... I can remember it for a lifetime..."

"I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me."

"I almost peed in fear."

"Then just ran away."

"At that time, I ran away desperately before Ogata Yidao Zhai killed me."

"At that time, many people, like me, realized that taking Ogata Isai Tosai's head was an extremely stupid thing, so they also fled desperately."

"After escaping from Nijo Castle by chance, I deeply realized how poor my skills are. Compared with that kind of monster, it is nothing worth mentioning."

"So it didn't take long before I left Kyoto and came to the Ezo land to pan for gold."

The crowd headed by the leader listened with gusto.

After grandfather Jiang finished speaking, the leader grinned and said:

"You kid actually encountered Ogata Yidaosai! Why didn't you say this earlier?"

"Because it's not such a glorious thing." Grandfather Jiang raised his hand again and scratched his hair.

"There is no shame! The most important thing for a person is to live! No matter how great your ability is, if you die, you won't be able to sing!" The leader laughed a few times, "Tell us more about you You must have seen the details of Ogata Ichidousai in the castle tower at that time! I want to hear more!"

After hearing the simple words of comfort from the leader just now, Grandfather Jiang smiled with some relief and joy.

"Details... I've only seen Ogata Isai at close range. Ogata Isai is very similar to the portrait painted on the arrest warrant. The artist responsible for drawing Ogata Isai's arrest warrant is really very skilled .”

Grandfather Jiang continued to tell the story of his encounter with Ogata in Kyoto.

And the others listened carefully.