I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

As soon as Jiro Nishino finished talking about the masterpiece he was about to complete in a proud tone, he found that the faces of the two outsiders in front of him were strange.

"Huh? What's the matter with you?" Nishino Jiro asked.

"No..." Ogata raised his hand and rubbed his face, so that his current expression would look more natural. "It's just a surprise... I didn't expect you to use the executioner Ichitosai as a prototype to write one. A Kabuki script..."

"I've been fascinated by Ogata Ichitosai for a long time!"

"Knowing that the enemy is many and we are few, I still held up the righteous sword without hesitation, and launched a charge against the cruel lord."

A bit of longing appeared on Jiro Nishino's face.

"At the beginning of this year, I learned about the execution of the executioner Yidao Zhaizhu to kill the tyrant."

"After learning that such a hero actually appeared in this world, I was so excited that I didn't sleep for 2 full days."

"It would be a shame if you didn't use such a hero as a prototype to write a kabuki script that is as thrilling as "The Loyalty"?"

"So I spent a few months to prepare first, collecting the true details of Ogata Ichitosai's murder of the tyrant from various sources such as official and private sources."

"Then formally started writing the script last month."

"But as soon as I started writing. I ran into the troubles I just mentioned."

"I have never been to Izumo, and I have no friends there, so I don't know what the local food in Izumo is, or what the dialect of Izumo is."

"The Ogata Ishie I wrote... No, it should be said that it is all the characters in my writing. Speaking of it, it is like a shareholder Beiren..."

"So in order to ensure the completion of my script, I have been looking for foreigners from Izumo for this period of time."

"You are quite demanding of your own script..." Ah Ding's expression is still quite weird until now.

"Of course!" Jiro Nishino straightened his chest, "My goal is to write a work that is the same as "The Loyalty Collection"...No! Beyond the "loyalty Collection"!"

Kabuki is a traditional Japanese art, similar to Chinese opera.

The Edo period was a period when Kabuki art flourished.

A large number of excellent plays and well-known families of Kabuki performers were born in the Edo period.

For example, "The Loyalist Collection" mentioned by Jiro Nishino was born 42 years ago in the first year of Kanyan (AD 1748).

Although it is an old repertoire with a history of more than 40 years, "The Loyalty Collection" still exudes strong vitality until now, and it is still one of the most famous and popular kabuki repertoires.

Kabuki plays are generally divided into two types.

One is a script completely broken up by a playwright.

The other is a script written based on a certain historical fact.

"The Loyalty Collection" belongs to the latter, based on the "Forty-Seven Akoite Incident" nearly 90 years ago.

"Akaho Forty-Seven Righteous Scholars" and Ogata's "Hundred People Slash" are very similar in nature. They are both under Katsu, and ministers slaughter people of high status.

Ninety years ago, the feudal lord of the Ako clan died maimly because of being murdered by a traitor.

In order to avenge the lord, 47 retainers of the Ako clan secretly sneaked into Edo, then attacked the mansion of the high official of the shogunate who killed their lord, and chopped the man into meat sauce.

After successfully avenging the monarch, they voluntarily surrendered, and all of them were asked by the shogunate to apologize.

Except for the 47 maidens who successfully survived due to special reasons, the other 46 people all died generously and cut their stomachs beautifully.

The "Forty-seven Righteous Akaho" incident had a far-reaching impact, because the story was ups and downs, and it was very emotional, and it was quickly adapted in various ways.

First it was adapted into a puppet show, and then it was adapted into a kabuki play "The Loyalty",

"...I understand the specific reason." Ogata subconsciously raised his hand and touched his neck, "I didn't expect your ambition to be quite small..."

"I want to give the executioner a knife and write a book and say..."

Speaking of this, Ogata changed into a joke.

"As far as I know, Ichitosai Ogata is still alive."

"You are not afraid that he will see the script you wrote in the future and think that the script you wrote is far from the real situation, and then he will come to your trouble?"

"So I should write more seriously." Jiro Nishino's eyes were full of fighting spirit, "Write a script that even Ogata Ichisai himself is quite satisfied with!"

"So! Samurai! I need your help!"

Jiro Nishino once again cast his fiery eyes on Ogata.

"I hope you can help me complete my script!"

"Teach me the various customs of Izumo, as well as the accent and language habit of speaking!"

Ogata showed a strange expression again.

"...It's not impossible to ask me to help you."

"But—you should know that too? Rice won't fall from the sky."

"What reward are you willing to give me?"

As soon as Ogata's words fell, Jiro Nishino patted his chest.

"I've heard from my elder brother just now! You plan to let our merchant ship pick you up and take you to Ezo Land!"

"Although this is a bit of self-promotion, but my father actually loves me quite a bit."

"As long as you are willing to assist me, I am willing to persuade my father to take you on a journey before sending a merchant ship to Ezo land next time!"

After listening to Jiro Nishino's words quietly, Ogata asked calmly:

"Can you convince your father with absolute certainty?"

Ogata's rhetorical question made Jiro Nishino's expression stiff.

After hesitating for a while.

Nishino Jiro stubbornly said:

"As long as I beg my father, my father should agree. After all, it's not sending a large group of people to Ezo land, just two people..."

"In other words, you don't have the absolute certainty that you can convince your father..." Ogata sighed lightly, and then said, "Well then-you can ask your father tonight to see if you can convince him. Your father gave us a ride."

"I will come to your source orange house tomorrow morning to receive a reply."

"If your father is willing to give us a ride, I will help you."

"If your father doesn't want to pick us up and help you write a Kabuki script, then we won't talk about it."

"Okay!" As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Jiro Nishino nodded vigorously. "Then do it!"

"I will look for you at the source orange house at 5 o'clock in the morning (8 o'clock in the morning) tomorrow morning, okay?"

Jiro Nishino nodded vigorously again:

"Okay! No problem! I will ask my father now!"

After all, Jiro Nishino turned around and ran away.

However, just a few steps away, he suddenly paused his feet as if thinking of something, then turned back and ran back to Ogata and Amachi.

"By the way! I haven't consulted the two's names yet!"

Ogata: "Izumo Rani, Majima Goro."

"His wife, Amachi." Because Ogata's current identity is "Majima Goro", Amachi did not report his current full name: Ogatamachi.

"Mashima-sama! Please come to my source orange house on time tomorrow morning!"

"I will convince my father at all costs tonight!"

After that, Jiro Nishino turned around again, and then ran towards the Gen Tachibana without hesitation.

After a while, he ran out of sight.

After Jiro Nishino completely disappeared from the field of vision, Ogata and Amachi looked at each other in a tacit understanding, and then smiled helplessly.

"What a vigorous and energetic young man..." Ogata said.

Although Jiro Nishino didn't say his age just now, according to Ogata's estimation, his age should be only about 16 years old, and he must not be 20 years old.

"Unexpectedly, someone wanted to write a Kabuki script based on your deeds..." Ah Ding smiled bitterly. "But this is not surprising... After all, your original feat of killing the tyrant is indeed suitable for adaptation. Kabuki script..."

"If that Jiro Nishino really convinced his father and asked his father to give us a ride, are you really going to help him complete his script?"

"Of course it will." Ogata nodded without hesitation, "I missed this opportunity to board the ship to Ezo Land. I don't know when it will be when I encounter such a good opportunity next time."

"Do you mind if that person writes Kabuki scripts based on you?" Acho asked next.

"I don't mind if my deeds are adapted into Kabuki scripts by others, or something else." Ogata Chao Amachi smiled with a hint of helplessness. "I only mind my deeds being changed into a mess..."

As early as when he left the Hirose clan, Ogata was mentally prepared for various secondary adaptations of his deeds.

After all, as Ah Ding said just now, his deeds are too suitable for adaptation.

It has both a succession and a heart-pounding climax-such a deed, whether it is adapted into a Kabuki script, or into a puppet show or a storyteller, is quite appropriate.

Ogata doesn't mind others adapting his deeds.

He only minded that he and his deeds were changed by demons...

People's imagination is still very limited now, so even if it is the deeds of Ogata, it will not be changed.

But it will be different in the future...

As a traveler, Ogata is quite aware of the richness of human imagination in the 21st century...

He remembers very clearly that in his previous life, there was a very famous game. He hadn't played it before, but he had heard of it, so he had a certain understanding of this game.

This game is called "fategrae".

The gameplay of this game is simply to summon famous historical figures to fight various enemies.

And this game has a special feature.

That is, it always turns some historical figures into lovely women...

For example: In this game, King Arthur Pendragon, great swordsman Miyamoto Musashi, swordsman Okita Souji... these famous hunks in history are all lovely girls...

So sometimes, Ogata can't help but fantasize:

If he is now in the future of time and space, there will also be a work similar to "fategrandorder" that will maiden historical figures into women...that shoulders "Executioner Ichizai", "Man Zhan Yishi", "Sura" "Will he be included in this game as well?" Will she also be mothered as a female?

When I think of this, certain images will involuntarily come to Ogata's mind:

In modern times more than two hundred years later, he was included in a game similar to "fategrandorder".

In order to attract fans, the game producer set him to be only one and a half meters tall, with a bob head, holding a treasure knife, and using a soft voice to call out "Ogata Yishi~Sanshang~~", "You are mine." Master?" The lovely female swordsman...

Then there will be a bunch of game fans shouting "Ogata Ise my wife!", "I will always like Ogata Ise!", "Ogata sauce is mine, everyone, please draw your sword!"...

Then, a bunch of derivative works were born, and a bunch of comics or comics featuring him as the heroine were circulated and used by a bunch of people...

Every time I think of these pictures, Ogata can't help but shiver...

Ogata shuddered now at the recall of these bad scenes, and then he was scanned with suspicious eyes by Amachi.

"What's wrong with you?" Ah Ding asked, "Are you cold?"

"It's okay... It's just that I suddenly remembered something not so good..." Ogata grinned and tightened Haori, "All in all-let's wait until tomorrow morning. See if his father agrees. Give us a ride."

"If that Jiro Nishino can't convince his father, then we will leave Kinye Town tomorrow and go to the next town to see if there are any merchants willing to help us."

"Yeah. Let's do that. Ah Yi, what are we doing now?"

Ogata raised his head and looked at the sky now.

The time now is about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.

Because it is winter now, and because it is in the north, it gets dark quickly.

At this time, the sun has sunk below the horizon, and the sky has turned into a gray with black color.

"Let’s find a restaurant for dinner first." Ogata said, "How about going around together after dinner?"

"Yeah!" Ah Ding nodded vigorously, "Agree!"

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Ogata and Amachi randomly found a soba noodle shop, and after solving tonight's dinner, they dangled aimlessly in Kinno Town together.

Kinnocho is the largest town that Ogata and Acho have encountered since they left Edo.

Curious about the size of Kinno Town, Ogata asked a passerby to ask about the total population of Kinno Town.

According to the passerby, Kinye Town now has a population of approximately 100,000.

Although this scale is completely incomparable with a behemoth city like Edo with a population of one million, it is not too small.

After wandering to the center of Kinnocho, Ogata and Acho found a shrine.

I asked someone to find out that this shrine is called "Nishinei Shrine" and it is dedicated to the famous god, Inari Great God, and it is the only shrine in Kinno Town.

Inari is one of the most famous gods in Japan. In Japanese mythology, it is the **** of grain and food in charge of harvesting.

Because of the harvest, shrines dedicated to the **** of Inari are spread all over Japan.

Legend has it that he sometimes appears in the form of a man, sometimes in the form of a woman, and even changes into other forms such as spiders.

The main envoy of Inari is the fox, so you can see fox sculptures in every shrine dedicated to Inari.

This Kinei Shrine was built high up in the center of Kinno Town. If you want to enter this Jinei Shrine, you have to pass through the torii gate first, and then step on a staircase of twenty steps.

The so-called Torii is a kind of building that every shrine must have-a vermillion gate shaped like "π".

Torii represents the entrance to the sacred realm, and is used to distinguish the sacred realm where gods inhabit and the secular realm where humans live.

The torii exists to remind visitors that stepping into the torii means entering the realm of the gods, and all subsequent behaviors and behaviors should be paid special attention to.

Ogata and Amachi wanted to enter the shrine and visit them casually.

But before passing through the torii gate, I was told by passers-by who happened to pass by here: Kinei Shrine is not open when it is dark, and you have to wait until dawn for anything to be said tomorrow.

So Ogata and Amachi had no choice but to give up and left in front of the torii gate of Kinei Shrine, and went to other places to stroll around.

The two wandered around in Kinno-cho until 10 o'clock in the evening.

At this point in time, there are not many pedestrians on the road.

The two of Ogata visited most of Kinnocho, but apart from the Kinei Shrine, there was no other building or facility that successfully aroused their interest.

Only a few hours were enough for them to visit half of Kinno Town.

They still had enough physical strength to go on shopping, but because the night was late, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road, and almost all the shops on the street were closed. There was no point in shopping anymore, so they could only go back to the hotel. Do something else to kill time.

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Last night, after Ogata and Amachi returned to the hotel where they lived, they did some physically demanding physical work in the hotel, and did not fall asleep until the early hours of the morning.

Early the next morning, Okinawa complied with yesterday's agreement with Jiro Nishino and arrived at Yuan Tachibana House on time at 8 o'clock in the morning.

Ogata and Amachi came to the gate of Gen Tachibana together with Ogata, and Ogami saw Jiro Nishino who was standing outside the gate and looking around.

He should be waiting for Ogata.

After seeing Ogata and Amachi walking towards him, Nishino Jiro immediately ran toward Ogata with a smile of joy.

"Mashima-kun!"

"Good morning, Nishino-kun." Ogata smiled. "How did you talk to your father last night?"

"Well..." Jiro Nishino raised his hand and grabbed his hair. "My father said he wanted to see you first."

"See me?" Ogata wondered.

"Yeah. My father said he would like to ask in person where you want to go to Ezo and what is the latest departure time you can bear."

"After you ask these things clearly, you can decide whether you want to agree to pick you up."

"...Okay then." Ogata nodded, "Nishino-kun, take us to see your father."

"Hmm! Please come with me!"

Nishino Jiro led Ogata and Amachi into the Gen Tachibana House, went up to the second floor, and then stopped in front of the two beautifully painted paper sliding doors on the second floor.

"Father! It's me!"

As soon as Jiro Nishino's words fell, a middle-aged male voice full of breath came out behind the door:

"Come in."

After obtaining his father's permission to enter, Jiro Nishino opened the door, followed by Ogata and Amachi, and entered the room.

This room should be the office of Jiro Nishino's father.

The room is a little messy, with various scrolls and books all over the room.

What is striking is that there is a deer head that has been made into a specimen on the east wall of the room.

There was only one person in the room—a middle-aged man whose five senses were very similar to Jiro Nishino and Ichiro Nishino whom Ogata saw yesterday.

He was sitting on his knees behind a table and writing something.

After seeing Ogata and others come in, the middle-aged man immediately put down the pen in his hand, and then moved his gaze to look at Ogata and Amachi.

"Father." Jiro Nishino knelt and sat in front of the middle-aged man, "These two are the couples I said last night that we want us to take them on a journey."

"Gui'an." Ogata knelt down and sat behind Jiro Nishino, bowing to the middle-aged man, "In Shimomashima Goro. This is Uchiko Amachi."

"Gui'an." The middle-aged man gave a gift. "I am the father of Jiro Nishino, and I am also the owner of this source orange house-Sotaro Nishino."

After a brief introduction, Nishino Sotaro looked at Ogata again.

"I heard that you are a ronin from Izumo?"

"Yeah." Ogata cleared his throat, then changed to Izumo's voice, "I am indeed from Izumo."

Because the accent was biased by Amachi, Ogata was a little uncomfortable with the Izumo accent, which he hadn't used for a long time.

As soon as Ogata's words in Izumo's voice fell off, Nishino Sotaro raised his eyebrows: "It's indeed an Izumo accent..."

"Do you recognize Yunqiang?" Ogata raised his eyebrows.

"I have been to Izumo several times, so I can recognize what Yun's accent is like."

"But I don't know how to speak Yunqiang, nor do I understand the local customs of Izumo, so I can't help with the Kabuki script written by Inuko."

After a bitter smile, Nishino Sotaro changed his serious face and tone again.

"If you are willing to help Inuzi complete his script, then I am willing to let you take our merchant ship to Ezo Land."

"It's just that our merchant ships will eventually stop at Hirahiro-cho of the Matsumae clan."

"So we can only send you to Hirahiro-cho of the Matsumae clan. Can you accept landing in the Hirahiro-cho of the Matsumae clan?"

"Yes." Ogata said, "As long as we can send us to Ezo land."

"Next time we sail, we have to wait for January next year." Nishino Sotaro continued, "Can you wait until this time?"

"January next year?" Ogata frowned. "Will you wait that long?"

It's only the end of November, which means it will take more than a month to get on the Yuan Tachibana boat.

"It's not just us. All merchants will not send ships to Ezo land this year." Nishino Sotaro slowly said, "It is the end of the year, and every family is preparing for the New Year."

"No matter which merchant you go to, it is impossible to take a merchant ship to Ezo Land this year."

"Is this..." Ogata raised his hand and scratched his hair.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded slowly:

"...I see. Then let's wait until January next year, and then go to Ezo Land after the Chinese New Year."

"In that case—" Sotaro Nishino bowed and bowed to Ogata. "Inuzi's script is handed over to my step."

"Wait for one step to assist Inuzi to complete his script, and I will definitely keep the promise, and I will take you for a ride when I go to Ezo land to buy new products in January of the following year."

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The negotiation with Sotaro Nishino was less than 5 minutes from beginning to end.

After leaving Sotaro Nishino's room, Ogata whispered to Jiro Nishino who was walking beside him:

"Your father is kind to you. He is very caring about your script."

"Yeah." Jiro Nishino smiled, the smile on his face was a bit of pride and happiness, "Father, he has always supported my ambition to become a Kabuki script writer."

"I have always felt lucky...to have a father who has always supported me."

"only…"

A bit of bitterness appeared on Jiro Nishino's face, and then he whispered in a volume that only he could hear:

"The reason why my father supports my ambition so much is partly cruel..."

Jiro Nishino took a deep breath, and after slowly exhaling the deep breath, Jiro Nishino said to Ogata:

"Mashima-sama, without further ado, let's start writing the script now!"

"Yeah." Ogata smiled meaningfully. "You found me, you are looking for the right person... Before I left Izumo, I heard a lot of Ogata's deeds."

"Not only can I help you introduce Izumo people's living habits and speaking habits."

"I can also help you add some of Ogata's deeds along the way."

"Really?" Nishino Jiro grinned, "Then I am looking forward to working with you more and more!"

After all, Jiro Nishino walked straight to the next staircase.

"Majima-kun, Mrs. Majima! Come with me, and I will take you to my room!"

Ogata and Amachi followed Jiro Nishino and followed him to his room on the second floor of the Gen Tachibana.

Jiro Nishino's room is extremely inconsistent with his cheerful, carefree personality.

In a room with six tatami mats, everything in it is neatly arranged.

The tatami mats made of tatami mats are quite clean and can be described as spotless.

There is not much furniture in the room. There is almost nothing other than books.

A large number of books are stacked into hills of varying heights, crowding every corner of the room.

Because of the existence of these books, this originally spacious room has become quite small. Only the central area has no books for people to stand and sit on.

"Majima-kun, Mrs. Mashima, please sit down!"

Jiro Nishino took two cushions and placed them on tatami mats that were not occupied by books.

"This is the first draft I just finished writing a while ago."

Jiro Nishino handed Ogata a half-finger-thick book that was an adult.

"Let's give you a look first!"

"Because the real name cannot appear in the Kabuki script, I changed Ogata Ichitosai's name to "Hanyu I"!"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded slightly. "Have you finished the first draft... Then let us both read it."

Ogata also knows the rule that real names cannot appear in Kabuki scripts.

Although Kabuki scripts can be created based on actual events, the use of real names is prohibited.

The Kabuki script based on the real "Forty-Seven Righteous Akaho": "The Loyalty", all the characters in it have their names changed.

In the "Forty-seven Righteous Akaho" incident, the righteous men were instructed to punish the person who insulted their lord and was named Oishi Zangsuke.

Oishi Uchizosuke is undoubtedly the protagonist in this incident.

When later generations of Kabuki playwrights adapted this incident into the script "Tadashinzo", they changed the name of the male character of the incident: Oishi Uchizosuke to Oya Yuranosuke.

The names of the rest of the real people have also been changed.

Ogata knows the rules of the Kabuki world. So after learning that my name in the script was changed, I was not confused or surprised.

Ogata turned the first page.

Nishino Jiro has made detailed personal settings for each character in his script.

The first page of this first draft is his character setting for his "Ogata Ishi". UU reading www.uukanshu.com

When he saw the first line, Ogata's expression froze.

(Hanyu I, 18 years old, a beautiful man with a shaved head of the moon.)

There is no mirror nearby.

But even if there is no mirror to watch, Ogata is sure that his face must be black now.

As for Amachi, after seeing the first line of the first page with Ogata, she turned her head.

Her cheeks bulged, and her body trembled slightly—she was trying to hold back a smile.

"...Kun Nishino."

"in!"

"You can rewrite this script."

Jiro Nishino: ('°w°｀) "???"