I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

I found that some book friends often misunderstand Matsudaira's age because of Matsudaira's mature speech and noble status.

The reason why Matsudaira Sadanobu speaks maturely is the author's intention. A person with power over the world like him will naturally speak more maturely, and will not laugh like a young man.

The author has popularized the age of this historical figure Matsudaira Sadanobu before, so let me do it again now.

Matsudaira Sadanobu was born in 1758 AD. At the current time of this book (1791 AD), he is only 33 years old now.

Although this age was regarded as a middle-aged person who could be hugged by a grandson in ancient society, it was far from being called an "old man".

By the way-Sadanobu Matsudaira was only 29 years old when he became the second in command of the country.

High positions such as Laozhong and Ruonianji were basically held by feudal lords of feudal states that were close to the shogunate.

Therefore, those who can become old middlemen are basically both old middlemen and the lords of the XX domain.

Before Matsudaira Sadanobu became Laozhong, he was the lord of the Shirakawa domain in the Mutsu area. He is now not only the senior middleman of the shogunate, but also the lord of the Baihe clan.

But occasionally there are exceptions. In Japan during the Edo period, when the class was extremely solidified and the system of seniority and wealth was implemented, there were also heroes who were born from the bottom, but ended up succeeding and ruling the world. Matsudaira Sadanobu's former senior middle schooler, Eiji Tanuma, is such a hero.

At the beginning, Tanuma Yiji was just a low-level samurai of the Kii clan. Finally, after various manipulations, he miraculously succeeded in jumping from a low-level samurai to the second in command of the country and dominated the world. As for how he did it, I will share it with you when I have a chance in the future.

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"I didn't expect that we just came to the Red Moon Fortress and were about to leave..." Ah Ding muttered, "How should we get to that Huxi Village? Can we find someone who knows where Huxi Village is to show us the way?"

Ogata and Machi walked side by side on the way back to where they lived.

It was just after dinner time, so there weren't many people on the road, so the scene of many people watching Ogata and the others during the day did not appear.

"That's the only way to do it." Ogata said, "When we go back, we can ask the villagers of Qina Village to see if any of them know where Huxi Village is and are willing to take us there."

Compared with the unfamiliar residents of the Red Moon Fortress, Ogata naturally wanted to ask the villagers of Huxi Village who were close to them to help them.

"In order to find Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen, we really took great pains..." Ah-Ming didn't have the slightest expression on his face, but his tone was full of displeasure, "Chasing all the way from Kyoto to Ezo, and then And running around in Ezo again..."

A-Machi put on a half-joking tone.

"We have suffered so much. Now I really have the urge to punch those two people in the face after I find them."

"I really want to go back to Japan soon..."

"Although Ainu food is quite delicious after getting used to it, I still prefer our Japanese food."

"And I have never been used to living in an Ainu house. I really miss the feeling of sleeping on tatami..."

"Persevere." Ogata said softly.

While talking and laughing with A-Ming, Ogata suddenly found a familiar figure not far in front of him.

Looking intently, he found that the figure standing not far from them was Aisuma who had just parted with them not long ago.

Asuma sat on the ground, leaning against a big tree, with her head down, as if she was thinking about something.

Aisuma was one of the few people that Ogata and the others knew in Red Moon Fortress.

When Ogata and the others discovered Aisuma, Aisuma also discovered Ogata and Acho.

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Atachi." Asuma looked at the two of them, "Why are you here?"

Ogata: "That's a long story..."

Ogata told about Lin Ziping's affairs,

Briefly and concisely informed Aisuma.

"Huxi Village..." Aisuma said, "I know this village, it's not very far from our Heyezhe, but because that village is not very familiar with our Heyezhe, so I also I have never been to that village, and I don’t know where it is.”

"I just hope that someone in Qina Village knows where Nahuxi Village is." Ogata smiled.

Ogata looked around.

"By the way—why are you here alone? Where's your brother?"

"I'm here to blow the air." Aisuma squeezed out an ugly smile, "Blowing the night wind can calm down my full stomach a little bit."

"I was really pissed off by my brother just now..."

"What's wrong with your brother?" Machi asked.

"He said a lot of stupid things. As for what he said... please allow me to keep it a secret."

Speaking of this, Aisuma let out a sigh of relief.

"What a worrying little brother..."

"He is in this state, how can he participate in the hunting festival..."

"Hunting festival?" Ogata tilted his head, "What is this?"

"Don't you know about our Heyezhe's hunting festival?"

Ogata and A-Machi both shook their heads.

A-Machi: "Is it a sacrificial event?"

"Hmm... It's barely a sacrificial activity." The ugly smile on Aisuma's face gradually softened, "This hunting festival should be regarded as a unique sacrificial activity for Heyezhe."

"Ten years ago, the climate in the north changed suddenly for some reason."

"The weather has become extremely cold, and a large number of animals, including deer, froze to death."

"The large reduction in the number of deer, rabbits and other animals has also caused bears, wolves and other animals to find food and starve to death."

"The massive reduction of animals has also put us, who rely on hunting for a living, in an instant of food shortage."

"The living environment is getting worse and worse, so many people finally made up their minds to abandon their current homes and go south to find new homes."

"A total of four tribes decided to go south to find a new home."

"And my father, Chanup, happens to be the village chief of one of these four tribes."

"The people of the four tribes joined together and headed south aimlessly."

"Although I was only a 5-year-old kid at that time, and I still don't remember much, I still remember all the hardships of going south at that time."

"Because of the unfamiliarity of life, it is a big problem to find clean water and enough food."

"Almost every day, there are people who, due to various reasons, can no longer continue to search for a new home with everyone."

"We are what we are today thanks to the young people in the tribe."

"In order to obtain enough food and water, the young people of the four tribes worked extremely hard every day in the unfamiliar mountains and forests, looking for prey."

"Many people died at the mouth of bears and wolves because they were not familiar with the conditions in the mountains and forests, or got lost and never came back."

"After hunting prey, everyone gives the food to the weaker old, weak, women and children first, and the young people eat last."

"Thanks to the sacrifices of those young people, we were able to survive all the way, and finally successfully found the fortress left by the white men, settled here, and built a new home."

"In order to commemorate these young people who died on the way to the south for the sake of the tribe, after building a new home here, my father, Chanup, together with Retan Noe, initiated a proposal: to organize a new, An event to commemorate those young people."

Speaking of this, Ai Suma paused, and then immediately added:

"Ah, you probably don't know who Retannoe is."

"Leitannoe's position in our Heyezhe... In the words of you and others, it should be the second in command."

"He's like my father — he's the village head of one of the four tribes that went south."

"Although his personality is a bit irritable, he is also a very capable person. On the way to find a new home in the south, his role and contribution are not weaker than my father's."

"His status and influence in Heyezhe is second only to my father Chanup."

"Ah, that Puccina you saw just now is the son of Retannoe."

"Under the call of my father and Retannoe, the 'Hunting Festival' was born."

"The young people of Heyezhe gathered together to compete in archery—this is the 'hunting festival'."

"By letting young people compete with bow skills, let those heroic spirits who fell on the southward road and have gone to the 'other world' know that their sacrifices are all worthwhile. We have successfully found a new home. The young people in the tribe People are thriving, bow skills are not in vain, and everyone is an excellent hunter."

"At the beginning, the 'Hunting Festival' was relatively rough, but now it has gradually become more and more grand."

"The current 'Hunting Festival' is held twice a year."

"The 'Hunting Festival' has now become a festival that many of us in Heyezhe attach great importance to."

"Many young people are eager to show their talents in the 'hunting festival'."

"The first 'hunting festival' of this year will start in six days."

"My younger brother will participate in the 'Hunting Festival' for the first time this year."

"But his current level of archery..."

The smile on Asuma's face instantly turned bitter.

"To put it bluntly...if he plays at his current level, I'm afraid he will lose face to my father and me..."

"My younger brother has always been introverted."

"Not good at interacting with people."

"Until now, I don't have any friends. I'm only close to my father and me. I can't even find a companion who can practice bow with him."

"It's very inefficient to practice archery alone, because if you are alone, you often don't notice that your movements are wrong."

"I really hope that kid can be more competitive..."

"Based on his current state... I'm really worried that he will be embarrassed in the upcoming 'Hunting Festival'..."

Speaking of this, Aisuma sighed again.

"It's really not easy for you to be an older sister." Ogata said.

Ogata is an only child no matter in the previous life or in this life, and he doesn't have any brothers and sisters, so Ogata has a strange feeling about this kind of brother and sister relationship.

"Who told him he was my younger brother." Aisuma smiled wryly, "Not long after he was born, his mother died of illness."

"At any rate, I felt a bit of maternal love in my childhood, but he doesn't even have the slightest memory of his biological mother."

"While I am playing the role of 'sister', I am also trying to play the role of 'mother'."

Speaking of this, Aisuma paused as if recalling something.

"...Thinking about it now...the reason why the child is so interested in things related to people may be the influence of his mother's early death..."

"My mother got a very strange disease not long after giving birth to Otunpuyi."

"The high fever persisted, and I couldn't eat any food. As soon as I ate it, I immediately vomited it out."

"I called all the doctors I could find, tried all the available methods, but none of them worked..."

"Otunpuyi often tells me: If our doctors' skills are better, if our medical skills are better, maybe my mother won't die..."

"That child probably became interested in Kazuto because of this... I think that as long as I live an advanced life like Kazuto, my mother might be able to be cured and not die..."

After finishing speaking, Aisuma pursed her lips tightly.

After a while, she took a deep breath, then raised her hands and patted her cheek vigorously.

"Sorry..." Asuma apologized to Ogata and A-Ming in front of her, "I seem to have said something very serious."

Ogata shook his head: "It's okay. Don't worry about us. It's us who should say sorry, and let you recall some not-so-good memories."

"...Thank you." Aisuma smiled, "Thank you for chatting with me. After chatting with you for a while, I feel much better."

Asuma stood up.

"I've been outside long enough, and it's almost time for me to go home."

"Just now... because of a moment of excitement, I said something... a little too much to my brother..."

"I have to apologize to him..."

Asuma scratched her hair.

"Mr. Mashima, Ms. Machi, I'll see you later. I wish you all the best in advance to reach that village of Kushi, and then get what you want."

"Thank you." Ogata smiled, "Thank you for your good words. I also wish you in advance that you can successfully lead your brother to practice bow skills in the future, so that your brother can have a brilliant performance in the hunting festival."

Ogata and A-Machi bowed to Asuma.

And Aisuma also bowed to Ogata and the others in a somewhat awkward Japanese style, and strode aside.

Looking at Asuma's leaving back, A-Ming whispered in a voice that only she and Ogata could hear clearly:

"I didn't expect that the reason why Aotongpuyi would care so much about our culture and people's culture is that there is such a hidden secret..."

A-Machi also lost his mother when he was very young, so he can understand the feeling of not being accompanied by his mother since childhood.

Although she is accompanied by Ai Suma, the elder sister who assumes part of the mother's functions, but the elder sister is the elder sister after all, and it is difficult to fully assume the role of "mother".

Ogata nodded slightly in agreement.

He originally thought that the reason why the child Aotongpuyi liked Japanese culture so much was only because of his natural personality.

Only now did I find out—the reason why the child became like this should be greatly affected by the incident of the mother's early death.

"I feel that this kind of sister-sibling relationship that supports each other is really beautiful." At this time, Ah-Ming went on to say with emotion, "I really want to experience what it's like to have a younger brother."

Like Ogata, A-machi is also the only child in the family, and has never experienced what it is like to have brothers and sisters.

"If you don't mind, I can pretend to be your younger brother, and play the role of sister and brother with you for a day." Ogata said abruptly.

"Then you call 'sister' to listen."

Ogata: (????)?? "Sister."

A-Machi: ╰(*°▽°*)╯ "Hey!"

Ogata: o(=?ω?=)m "Give me pocket money."

A-cho: (o′? ェ?｀o) "Oh, look carefully, you don't seem to be my younger brother. Sorry, you misidentified the person, I am not your sister."

"The promised sister-sibling relationship of 'supporting each other'..."

At this moment—Ogata suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

The footsteps were approaching him from behind him at an extremely fast speed!

Ogata turned his head quickly and looked behind him.

But when his eyes moved to the back, Ogata was startled by the scene behind him and his pupils shrank slightly.

It was true that someone was approaching him from behind him.

But the height of this person should not exceed his knees.

is a little girl.

Although the light is a bit dim tonight, Ogata can still see clearly—the little girl is only about 6 years old.

She raised her right hand high, holding a stone tightly in her right palm, and rushed straight towards Xu Fang.

"#￥%*Acha%￥#@! (Ainu language)"

As the little girl rushed towards Ogata, she yelled a word in Ainu language that Ogata couldn't understand in the vague tone unique to young girls.

Although Ogata couldn't understand what the little girl said, Ogata heard the word "Acha" in what the little girl said.

Ogata knew what "Acha" meant.

"Acha" in the Ainu language means "father".

Before and after rushing to Ogata's heels, the little girl slammed the stone held in her right hand at Ogata.

Even if Ogata had a high fever of 41 degrees and was drunk like mud, it was impossible for Ogata to be beaten by this little girl.

With only half a step to the side, Ogata easily dodged the little girl's attack.

Just when the little girl was about to launch a second attack on Ogata, Ogata reached out and grabbed the little girl's right hand holding the stone to control it.

There was no way to hit Ogata with stones anymore, so the young girl spat at Ogata while trying to kick Ogata with her short legs.

But all she did was useless, her short legs couldn't kick Oufang at all, and because of her weak strength, she couldn't spit far, and neither could she.

Aisuma, who hadn't gone far, heard the noise made by the young girl, and hurried back in a hurry.

"What happened?" Asuma asked.

"This little girl suddenly appeared, and then wanted to hit Mashima with stones." A-Machi frowned slightly.

Ai Suma fixed her eyes on the little girl, and then her pupils shrank slightly.

"I remember this child... this child seems to be a child from Kapasi Village..."

After hearing the word "Kapasi Village", no matter whether it was Ogata or Atachi, their expressions all changed.

Not long ago, they heard Ai Suma introduce the people in this village.

Kapasi Village participated in the Battle of Kunasi Limenasi that ended in the disastrous defeat of the Ainu three years ago. After a long period of wandering, the surviving villagers were taken in by Chanup and became Part of Heyezhe...

Ogata and A-Machi's doubts about why the little girl attacked them all disappeared at this moment.

The two looked at the little girl with complicated eyes, not knowing what to do with the little girl now.

"#￥%*Acha%￥#@! (Ainu language)" the little girl yelled what he had just said to Ogata with red eyes.

Hearing the little girl's words, Aisuma's expression changed slightly.

At this time, a young woman who was not very young suddenly appeared in the field of vision of Ogata and others.

The young woman appeared from the end of the trail not far away, and then rushed towards Ogata and the others in a panic.

Seeing that Aisuma was also present, the young woman immediately said something to Aisuma in the Ainu language.

"This woman is the little girl's mother." Aisuma told Ogata and the others, "I didn't pay attention for a while, and let my daughter run out."

"She said that her daughter was ignorant and disturbed us. She apologized to us on her daughter's behalf. I hope we can let her ignorant daughter go."

Ogata and A-Machi looked at each other, then nodded.

Ogata returned the little girl who tried to assassinate him with a small stone to the young woman.

The young woman hugged her daughter and left in a panic.

Ogata noticed—the little girl who was held in the arms of the young woman did not forget to look at Ogata with vicious eyes before leaving.

"... Please forgive that child." After the mother and daughter left, Aisuma sighed, "That child is still naive..."

"I'm not going to get angry with a kid who didn't make any big mistakes..." Ogata said softly, "The kid kept saying the same sentence to me just now, but I couldn't understand what it meant. The kid just kept saying the same thing. What are you talking about?"

Aisuma pursed her lips, and after hesitating for a while, said softly:

"...the child said; 'Give me back my father'."

"The fathers, sons, and husbands of many people in Kapasi Village... all died in the battle of Kunasi Limenasi three years ago..."

This time, Ogata and A-Machi pressed their lips tightly together.

Ogata turned his head, looking at the direction where the mother and daughter left just now, the expression on his face and the look in his eyes were very complicated.

"I will report this matter to my father, and let my father come forward and warn the people in Kapasi Village." Aisuma said, "Please don't mind what happened just now."

"Don't worry." Ogata squeezed out a not-so-pretty smile, "I said it just now, I wouldn't be angry with a kid who didn't make any big mistakes..."

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Ogata and the two bid farewell to Aisuma again.

Asuma continued to return to her home.

After experiencing this "attack" incident, Ogata and the two had no mood to stay where they were talking and laughing, so they also returned to the place where they lived with the villagers of Qina Village.

On the way back to the residence, Ah-machi suddenly said to Ogata beside him:

"...During the time we stayed in the Red Moon Fortress, we really should be more careful."

"Although the people in Kapasi village said to us, 'They respect Chanup and will not do anything excessive to us as Heyezhe's guests'."

"But people like the little girl just now, who ran to attack us regardless, might appear again..."

Ogata didn't reply, just nodded slightly.

After returning to their residence, the two happened to run into the village chief Chepke of China Village.

"Oh! Mashima Goro, A-cho." Chepke greeted the two of them, "You are back, I couldn't find you just now, and I am still wondering where the two of you went."

"We went to deal with some things." Ogata said, "Chepke Village Chief, you showed up just in time. I have something to ask you for."

Ogata briefly told Chepke about Lin Ziping.

"Huxi Village...?" Chepke frowned slightly.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, "Does anyone in your village know where Huxi Village is?"

"Huxi Village... I have an impression..." Chepke said slowly, "Oh! I remembered, there is indeed a family in our village who should know where that Huxi Village is."

"If I remember correctly, that family seems to care about a relative in Xi Village."

"Which family?" Ogata asked anxiously.

"You two should be quite familiar with that family." Chepke said, "It's Ashley's family."

"Ahili?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

A figure of a girl who likes to wear an orange headband very much appeared in Ogata's mind.

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The reason why there are not many words in this update today is because the author spent most of his time sorting out the materials.

In today's small chapter, there are as many as 3 documents involved. I will list the references later to prove that the author is not lying.

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References for this chapter:

[1] Zhang Haimeng. Analysis of Ainu History and Traditional Culture. [J]. Heilongjiang Ethnic Series (bimonthly), 2016 (03), 167-171

[2] Dai Yaling. Research on Ainu's Religious Belief and Religious Cultural Connotation. [C]. Fujian Foreign Language Society 2013 Annual Conference and Cross-Strait Translation Academic Symposium Collection. 2013, 4-8

[3] Wang Lizhen. On the Language, Culture and Religious Belief of the Ainu Minorities in Northern Japan. [J]. Manchu Studies, 1999 (02), 91-97

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The Ainu believe in shamanism and believe in animism. All things in nature are personified and sanctified, forming worship and belief in all things in nature.

The Ainu believe that the soul is immortal, and the world in which their bodies live is the "present world", and the soul will go to the "beyond world" after death.

Please keep in mind the knowledge that "the Ainu believe that after death, the soul will go to the 'other world'".