I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

In the previous chapter, there is the author’s 2021 year-end summary, as well as some information about the next book. Those who haven’t read it can go and read it first~

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"When I was 14 years old, my grandma and mother passed away successively due to the end of life and illness."

Lynn spoke in a calm tone about things that should be heavy for her.

"After my grandma and mother passed away, in order to realize my own dream, I left my hometown with my uncle."

"Dream?" Ah-Ming tilted his head and asked back.

"I have no interest in revival of Toyotomi in any shit." Lin replied, "I never thought there was any possibility of revival of Toyotomi."

"I have only one dream since I was a child - to make a lot of money, to be a big businessman who will never worry about spending money, and to live a life where I can eat whatever I want."

"So, not long after He Bogong left his hometown, he founded Huluwu, a rice merchant whose main business was to sell rice at first."

"Although I have no interest in revival of Toyotomi, I adore my ancestor - Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"My ancestors started at the very end. A commoner who was not even a warrior, relied on hard work and grasping opportunities to sit on the throne of the world."

"My background is also not good. Thanks to my bastard brother who took away all the family savings, I was almost hungry enough to pick up trash to eat."

"So I aspired to learn from my ancestors."

"At that time, the ancestor Toyotomi Hideyoshi used the gourd as his horse seal (an indicator tied around the general, used to exaggerate the power of his own army and indicate the location of the general of his own army), and the gourd horse seal was completed with his ancestors. The unified hegemony of the world."

"So, determined to learn from my ancestors, I named my chamber of commerce as 'Gourd House', and made the gourd the symbol of my 'Gourd House'."

"After the initial establishment of the Calabash House, after several hard struggles, it finally managed to make the Calabash House operate stably and bring me wealth steadily."

"After I had some money, I wanted to wear a good knife for myself."

"After Bogong returned to his country, he took me in as a disciple and taught me the Wuwu Two Swords Style."

"I've never had a good knife that I could call a name on - I've always had a hard time with it."

"After all, I am also a swordsman. Without a good knife, I feel like a part of my body is missing."

"So I used my personal connections to look around for a good knife that I could see."

"Then——I found this Enma, which is kept in the Honzoji Temple."

Lin raised her hand again to touch Yan Mo on the right side of her body.

"Under my detailed investigation, I found out that this knife has a lot of ties with me - this Yan Mo was once one of the Tibetan knives of my ancestor Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"According to rumors, this knife is made of a special metal, so the blade is black."

"In terms of sharpness, it's not the top class."

"But in terms of tenacity, no knife can compete with it."

"Out of my admiration for my ancestor Toyotomi Hideyoshi, I have a strong interest in this knife that was once collected by my ancestors and the willingness to keep it as my own."

"So I took Kuro, who was under my command at that time, to Honzoji Temple in Nara."

"By the way—the job of Kuro at that time was planning."

The corners of Lin's mouth were slightly raised at this time, revealing a slight smile.

"Kurang's calculations are very good, so he was in charge of my gourd house's finances at that time."

"I have learned how to calculate abacus and keep accounts in Edo before." Mamiya added abruptly.

"Before I arrived at Honzoji Temple in Nara, I expected that this trip to buy knives would not be smooth."

"After all, this Yan Mo is the treasure of the temple in the Xiangsi Temple. It is impossible to buy this knife with just a few words."

"It turns out—and it did."

"The abbot of this elephant temple: Yunhe, his attitude is extremely tough."

"I have raised the bid to almost all my savings at the time: 1,000 taels of gold,

He was unmoved, unwilling to sell Yan Mo. "

"I didn't want to give up this sword just like that, so I temporarily stayed in Nara to enjoy the scenery of the ancient capital of Nara, which I have never visited before, and at the same time, I thought about ways to persuade Yunhe to sell the sword."

"That's when I was temporarily staying in Nara...a monk from Honzo-ji Temple: Mizaku found me secretly."

"He told me one... the truth that made me break out in cold sweat at that time."

At this moment, Lin's face slowly sank.

The complexion of Jian Gong on the side also became no longer pretty.

"Mique told me: Yunhe, the abbot of their Xiangsi Temple, has a kind face and kind eyes on the outside, but in reality he is full of villains who thieves and prostitutes."

"He has been taking advantage of the status of presiding over the big temple to deceive those girls who are devout to Buddhism, secretly detaining them in the temple, and humiliating them."

"Most of the high-level personnel of Honzoji Temple have participated in Yunhe's evil deeds—the Mique who reported this to me was also a member of Yunhe and the others."

"According to Mique, after he was invited by Yunhe to join their evil deeds, he also enjoyed the feeling of being able to abuse girls wantonly at first."

"However, gradually, after seeing the tragic situation of the girls, Mique, who has not been as devastated as Yunhe and the others, gradually felt pain, and finally could no longer bear the condemnation of conscience, and decided to expose the darkness."

"However, Yunhe has a very good relationship with the officials of Nara's town magistrate. If he reports to the officials, his report is very likely to be lost because of the collusion between Naramachi magistrate and Yunhe."

"So Mique continued to endure the condemnation of his conscience, silently waiting for the opportunity to expose this darkness."

"That's how I waited until the arrival of Jiangong and I."

"Mi Que said that he was about to be condemned by his own conscience and was about to go crazy. If he didn't find a way to report the villains like Yunhe, he might really go crazy."

"So he, who was broken and broken, decided to pin his hopes on me and Kuro, who he thinks have very honest eyes."

"I can't leave freely, and at the same time I don't have the ability to leave Nara, let Kuro and I go to the temple temple that specializes in Buddhist temples and shrines, and report the matter to the temple temple."

"At that time, I was skeptical about Mi Que's words. After all, 'Yunhe is a villain full of male thieves and prostitutes' is completely Mi Que's one-sided statement."

"It cannot be ruled out that Mique is maliciously reporting Yunhe."

"So I planned to wait until after dark, and together with Kuro, I would sneak into Honzoji Temple to spy on information, to see if what Yazaku said was true or not."

"After confirming the authenticity of Mizaku's words, we can make plans for the next step."

"But who knows... the night just fell, and the accident came."

"After reporting Yunhe's evil deeds to me, in order to prevent Yunhe from discovering his betrayal, Mique hurried back to Honzoji Temple."

"As soon as it got dark, Jiangong and I saw Mique, who was dripping with blood and fled to me with his last breath."

"It turns out that Yunhe has long suspected that Mi Que has a heart of betrayal, so every time Mi Que goes out, he will secretly send a tracking expert to follow Mi Que."

"Just today... Yunhe finally caught evidence of Mique's betrayal."

"So after Mi Que returned to the temple, Yunhe planned to kill Mi Que, but Mi Que escaped by luck."

"However... even though he escaped... the blood on his body was almost drained at that time, when he fled to me, he had no breath left..."

At this moment, Lin slowly lowered her head, looking at her open left palm.

"The bloody Mizaku grabbed my hand with all my strength and told me to go to Hongzoji Temple to save those poor girls."

"After Skylark learned that Miquero had really betrayed him, he hastily mobilized all his accomplices to kill the poor girls they hid in the temple, and destroyed the corpses and evidence."

"After exhausting the last bit of strength in his body and asking me to save those poor girls, Mique swallowed his last breath."

"Kurou and I rushed to the Honzoji Temple as quickly as possible, carrying the sword."

"However... it's still a step too late."

"After Kuro and I rushed to Honzoji Temple and sneaked into the depths of Honzoji Temple, we quickly found a secret room...with a strong smell of blood."

"At that time, there were two monks cleaning the secret room. After interrogating the monk with Jiasheng Jiangong, I finally found out that the evil deeds that Mique said about Yunhe... were all true. .”

"Those girls have been killed, and their bodies have been cleaned up. There is no evidence to prove that Yunhe and the others have done those nasty things."

"Without these evidences, the government will have nothing to do with Yunhe—but this kind of thing doesn't matter anymore."

"Because I was determined at that time not to let Yunhe see the sun of tomorrow again."

"This is...the truth about my attack on Honzoji Temple."

"The burning of the Honzoji Temple was purely an accident—Kurō and I accidentally knocked over the candlestick when we were fighting with that Yunhe."

"The overturned candlesticks ignited screens, paper windows and other inflammable objects. That night happened to be another dry, windless night. The fire got out of control in an instant and engulfed the entire Honzoji Temple."

"My lord, you and Jiangong are fighting with that Yunhe?" Shimada widened his eyes at this time, "Is that Yunhe so powerful? Can he fight with the lord and Jiangong?"

Lin nodded: "That's what I'm going to focus on next."

"That Yunhe's skill is not outstanding, in terms of skill alone, he is naturally not as good as any of me and Jian Gong."

"But—he was an extremely difficult man to die."

Ogata's brows twitched sharply.

Then he held his breath, ready to listen carefully to Lin's next words.

"His self-healing ability is extremely strong. After a knife is cut on him, it can be clearly seen that the wound on his body heals at a speed visible to the naked eye."

"With more than a dozen knives in his body, he can still fight with me and Jiangong like a normal person."

"What's even more frightening is that his physical fitness is far beyond ordinary people."

"All of you here are not ignorant of martial arts. You should all know what it means if a person's strength, agility, and reaction speed are much higher than yours."

"No matter how good your skills are, it's hard to make an effective attack against someone whose physical fitness is far superior to yours."

"Of course - that Yunhe was able to last so long under the attack of Jian Gong and me. Apart from his body being different from ordinary people, there is another very important reason, because I want to capture him alive."

"I wonder how his body came to be like this."

"So when Jiulang and I used the saber, we both showed some affection."

"Although his self-healing ability is amazing, he is not a real undead who can't be killed no matter how hard he cuts."

"After giving him a certain amount of trauma, the recovery speed of his wounds became significantly weaker."

"After cutting hundreds of knives on his body, the self-healing of his wounds finally stopped."

"But I didn't expect that Yunhe is also a ruthless character."

"Seeing that there was no hope of surviving, he immediately swallowed a poison, which completely failed my plan to capture him alive."

"But before he committed suicide, he said something that concerned me very much."

"He said: 'If I had a real immortal body, I wouldn't be afraid of you'!"

"After shouting this sentence, he committed suicide by taking poison."

"After his suicide, the officials of the Naramachi Prefectural Office also rushed to the periphery of the Honzoji Temple that was about to burn down."

"I don't want to conflict with the official, so I can only temporarily retreat with Jiulang."

"Before leaving Honzoji Temple, I took Yan Mo away."

"Letting Yan Mo stay in such a dirty place like Honzoji is an insult to this precious sword."

"Besides, taking away Yan Mo can be regarded as revenge. Although not all monks in Honzoji Temple participated in Yunhe's evil deeds, I still don't have any good feelings for Honzoji Temple."

"But I'm not in vain."

"When I took Yan Mo away, I put all the money I had on my body at the time, a total of 300 taels. But it was useless for me to do so. I was still regarded as a villain who burned temples and stole treasures. thief."

"But it doesn't matter. When I decided to make Yunhe never see the sun again, I was already mentally prepared to be regarded as the enemy of Buddhism. I don't care if my reputation will become worse. It's one o'clock."

"After leaving Nara smoothly, Yunhe's words before his death have kept me in my heart."

"According to Yun He's dying cry and my intuition, I have to suspect that there is a mysterious organization or a mysterious person who has the ability to turn a human body into a monster-like body."

"And Yunhe's immortal body is probably not the most complete one, because before he died, he shouted 'If only I had a real immortal body'."

"There is a mysterious organization or a mysterious person who has the ability to turn people into monsters-this makes me very uncomfortable."

"After all, if this ability falls into the hands of some lunatic or careerist, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Judging from Yunhe's character, it is very likely that this ability that allows people to have an immortal body will fall into the hands of unscrupulous people."

"That's not what I want to see."

"Affected the realization of my dream."

"Even people who don't know anything about business should know that business can only be done in a stable and peaceful environment."

"If the world is messed up by ambitious people, how can I make money?"

"And I don't like to see that kind of ambitious person who only has his own selfish desires in his mind, making the world miserable."

"So I decided to investigate 'immortality' and find out who has the ability to turn people into monsters."

"Finding out the truth about 'immortality' will inevitably lead to battles, so I successively recruited Yahachi, Shichirobei, and Katsurokuro, who have excellent skills, into my subordinates. I will also expand the scale of my business and earn more funds."

"Following that, at the beginning of last year, I finally collected useful information - I heard rumors of 'undead' appearing on Butterfly Island, so I sent Kuro and Mibaden Island to check the situation."

"I don't need to repeat what happened after that."

It's not a long story, it's over.

Ogata pursed his lips, silently digesting the story Lin just told.

And Shimada touched his nose at this time, smiled and said in an admiring tone:

"So that's how it is... so it's for this reason that I've worked so hard to investigate 'Immortal'."

"As expected of the lord... I am willing to take the initiative to dip into this kind of muddy water in order to prevent ambitious people from raging on the people of the world. If it were me, I should avoid this kind of muddy water..."

"...Didn't you listen carefully to what I just said?" Lin turned her head slightly so that Ogata and others could not see her face, "I didn't spend my time investigating for such a noble reason. 'Undead' Oh, I mainly want to make my dream of making a lot of money and being a big businessman come true."

Seeing Lin's reaction and Lin's words, Genichi, Mamiya, Mucun, and Asai seemed to have a tacit understanding, and they all smiled knowingly.

At this time, Shimada also discovered that Mamiya and the others did not show admiration after listening to Lin's story just like him.

So Shimada looked at Mamiya and the others with surprised eyes: "Could it be that you, seniors, already knew the reason why the lord investigated the 'undead'?"

"I've said everything just now." Mucun said, "As a newcomer, it's naturally impossible for you to tell you too many secrets."

Lin turned her head back at this time, looking directly at Ogata.

"I've also finished answering your second question."

"Is there anything you want to ask?"

"...not anymore." Ogata shook his head.

"Since you don't have any other questions to ask." Lin sat up slightly at this moment, "Then please take my turn to ask you a serious question—"

Lin put on a serious expression.

"Ogata Yidao Zhai, do you want to join forces with our Calabash House to investigate 'Immortal'?"

Ogata hardly hesitated.

All the mysteries of the Gourd House that he wanted to know were now clear.

Now he can't find any reason to reject the ready ally in front of him.

Not long after Lin's voice fell, Xufang showed a faint smile:

"...Please take care of each other as we did when we worked together to deal with Shiranui last year."

Hearing Ogata's words, a smile appeared on Lin's face.

"I also ask you to take care of me."

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At this very moment—

Osaka, Isshiki Sword Gym, in a utility room——

At this time, Isshiki stuffed most of her body into the closet of this room full of sundries, only exposing the buttocks that would make the man full of urge to step forward and slap hard.

Isshiki was fiddling with something in the closet, causing the buttocks exposed to the outside to shake slightly, making people want to slap hard on it even more.

"Xiao Hua." Zhi Zhou walked over slowly at this time, "How is the secret path here? Is there anything that needs to be repaired?"

"There's nothing wrong with the secret path." Isshiki pointed his butt at Naosuke, and slowly pulled his body out of the closet.

"Well, that's good." Zhi Zhou nodded.

"Grandpa." Isshiki cast a displeased gaze at Naosuke at this time, "Why is it necessary to build and maintain this kind of secret road? We are not people from the Warring States Period who are always disturbed by wars." Daming, you need to build multiple secret passages to facilitate your escape."

"Xiao Hua, how many times do I have to say that?" Zhi Zhou straightened his face, "Secret passages don't cost much to build and maintain."

"It only takes a little money to give yourself an extra means to deal with any emergencies. Why don't you build such a good thing?"

Zhi Zhou chattered there.

Facing Naosuke's nagging, Isshiki turned a deaf ear to it and let out a silent sigh.

——Grandpa is really stunned...

Yishihua secretly said in her heart.

About 5 years ago, I don’t know if it’s because he’s getting older, his way of thinking has changed or some other reason, Zhi Zhou, who had never been interested in secret ways before, listened to the persuasion of a friend of his 5 years ago And suggestions, took a lot of money to build a lot of secret passages leading to the outside in their Yishi home.

At the beginning, Isshika and Isshika's parents were very opposed to building such a useless thing, but Naosuke stubbornly refused to listen, saying plausibly: My friend is right! Something like a secret way might come in handy at some point! Must be built!

Isshika and others who can't talk about Zhizhou can only helplessly accompany Zhizhou's self-willedness.

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I originally planned to celebrate New Year's Day with my friends tomorrow, but the plan has changed, and it has been changed to January 2, so I will update it as usual tomorrow, and I will ask for leave on January 2, please let me know~