I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

　　After a brief chat with curator Baosheng, finally the door of Chiyoza opened.

　　 Several staff dressed up stood outside the door, directing the spectators to enter the venue in an orderly manner.

　　 After the door opened, Ogata and Amachi filed in with the flow of people.

　　 As soon as he walked through the gate, Okinawa saw Jiro Nishino.

　　 Nishino Jiro stood outside the door, as if looking for someone, tiptoeing, constantly moving his eyes, and constantly looking at the influx of people.

　　 After seeing Ogata, he raised his hand high, waved vigorously, and shouted at Ogata:

　　 "Mashima-sama! Come here!"

　　 Seeing that Jiro Nishino called him over, Okini talked to the curator Baosheng next to him, saying that he was out of company, and then led Amachi towards Jiro Nishino.

　　 "Mashima-sama, Madam Mashima, good evening! You guys came so early."

　　 As soon as Ogata came to Jiro Nishino, he greeted both Ogata very enthusiastically.

　　 "Hmm." Ogata nodded with a smile, "I'm not busy anyway, so I waited outside Chiyoza in advance."

"Then Majima-sama, you came earlier than me." Nishino Jiro smiled, "I just came here. Majima-sama, come with me, I will take you to your seats. Your seats and me. The seats are leaning against each other."

　　 "Hmm." Ogata nodded, "Thank you."

　　 "Hahaha, it's just a small matter!"

　　 Nishino Jiro led the two Ogata, walking around in the Chiyo seat in a familiar way.

　　 Soon, a vast stage appeared within Ogata's field of vision.

　　 There are a large number of candles for lighting around this stage, illuminating the stage like daylight.

　　 The scene has been set up on the stage.

　　 Below the stage is a dense crowd of auditoriums.

　　 The auditorium is divided into six or nine classes according to the distance from the stage.

　　The closer the seat is to the stage, the more expensive it is, and vice versa.

　　 Under the backstage operation of Nishino Jiro, Ogata and Amachi sit in the best seats closest to the stage—and they don’t cost a cent.

　　 These seats very close to the stage are also equipped with cushions to make them sit more comfortably.

　　 "Mashima-sama! This is our location!"

　　 Nishino Jiro's location is on the left side of Ogata, and Amachi's location is on the right side of Ogata.

　　As soon as he sat on the cushion, Jiro Nishino continued:

　　 "It will be a while before it officially starts, so let's wait slowly now."

　　 Amachi turned his head and glanced at the seat behind.

　　 "There are so many people..." Ah Ding whispered.

　　 "Hahaha." Jiro Nishino said in a proud tone, "Everyone is looking forward to "Ichitosai"! From today to the next 7 days, the tickets have been sold out."

　　 "I have all been bought out?" Ogata exclaimed in a low voice.

　　 "Hmm." Jiro Nishino nodded, "I also just learned from Takashimaya. Tickets were sold out, and the popularity is beyond the imagination of Takashimaya."

　　 "I just hope that those spectators who are looking forward to it can come back with joy..."

　　 When he said this, Jiro Nishino's hands on his knees clenched unconsciously, and a little tension flashed under his eyes.

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　　The waiting time is often boring.

　　 There is still a little time before the official start.

　　 In order to pass this boring waiting time, Ogata decided to talk to Jiro Nishino about the idea that he had just thought of "using the deeds of Shintobujosai as a model and adapting it to Kabuki."

　　 "Nishino-kun, do you know Shendu Bujingzhai?"

　　 "Shendu Bujingzhai?" Nishino looked blank, "I don't know."

　　Ogata had long expected that Nishino would answer like this with a blank face. After all, Nishino was also a younger generation, and I didn't know that this swordsman who had disappeared for more than 40 years was normal. In the entire Baosheng Sword Hall, only the curator Baosheng knew about this person.

　　 "He is a famous swordsman in Ou before."

　　 Ogata said slowly.

　　 "It can be regarded as an incredible hero, I think his story is quite suitable for adaptation into Kabuki."

　　 "Oh?" An interesting light appeared in Jiro Nishino's eyes, "Sword Hao...Mashima-sama, can you tell me more about this person?"

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　　 is located in the northernmost part of the Matsumae clan in Japan. Nominally, the entire Ezo land is the land of the Matsumae clan.

　　 Of course, only in name.

　　 In essence, Matsumae Clan can only control a small piece of land at the southern end of Ezo Land, and the total number of stones is only 10,000 stones.

　　 Generally speaking, he is a poor little fan.

　　 But this poor Xiaofan has become more and more lively in recent years-but it is not a positive one.

　　 First, Ezo became more and more restless. Not long ago, in the first year of Kuanzheng (1789 AD), Ezos rebelled in Kunasi Limenasi.

　　 The Matsumae clan, located in the northernmost part of Japan and adjacent to the sphere of influence of the Ezos, has always been obliged to monitor the movements of Ezos.

　　 A large-scale rebellion broke out among the Ezos, and Matsumae Clan naturally needed to send troops to quell it.

　　 However, the scale of the rebellion that broke out in Kunasi Limenasi was so large that it was unable to quell it only by the power of the Matsumae clan.

　　 In the end, it was only after getting the help of the shogunate that the Ezos who were upset in Kunasi Limenasi were finally put down.

　　 In addition to Ezo becoming restless, the country of Lucia, located on the other side of the ocean, also began to make small movements.

　　 In order to guard against Lucia, the shogunate had to send a corps to the Matsumae clan to monitor and guard Lucia.

　　 Then—today, another big event has happened.

　　 That is-the current old man of the shogunate: Matsudaira Matshinbu finally visited Matsumae Castle, the capital of the Matsumae clan, today after spending nearly a month.

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　　Kansei three years, January 1st, night—

　　 Song Qianfan, Song Qiancheng—

　　In the spring of last year, Matsuhira was entrusted with an important task. Inamori, the general who was in the north and commanded the army stationed on the front line in the north, was wearing the most formal dress and sitting in a spacious room.

　　 There are currently 5,000 shogunate troops stationed in the north.

　　 Inamori General's main formation is located in Matsumae Castle.

　　 Inamori, who is the commander-in-chief of the corps, naturally lives in Matsumae Castle.

　　 When Matsumae Matsuzuma arrived at Matsumae Castle this afternoon, Inamori led all the senior generals of the troops currently staying in the city, and accompanied the lord and ministers of the Matsumae clan to go out of the city to greet Matsuba Matsuba.

　　 Several hours passed after welcoming Matsuhira Dingxin into the city. After dark, Inamori suddenly received a message just now: Matsuhira Dingxin wanted to see him now.

　　 After receiving this order, Inamori immediately put aside all the affairs at hand, put on the most formal dress, and arrived in this room under the leadership of a special person.

　　 At this moment, Matsubishi Dingxin has not yet arrived.

　　 Although there is no one in the room except him, Inamori still keeps his waist straight, puts his hands on his legs, and sits in the most standard kneeling posture.

　　 Even though he was tired like this, he didn't have the idea of ​​"changing a sitting posture to relax while no one is here yet".

　　 Like a stone, he sat upright and closed his eyes.

　　 Finally—the door on the side in front of him was slowly opened.

　　 At the same moment as the sliding door sounded, Inamori opened his eyes suddenly.

　　 As the door opened, two figures walked into the room from the opened door one after another.

　　 The two people who walked into the room were Matsuba Matshinbu and his little surname Tachibana.

　　Matsuhira Dingxin walked ahead, and Tachibana was holding Matsupira Dingxin's saber, keeping a certain distance from Matsupira Dingxin, and closely behind him.

　　 After entering the room at an unpleasant speed, Matsudaira did not choose to sit on his knees. Instead, he folded his legs and sat cross-legged in front of Inamori very casually.

　　 and Tachibana is holding Matsudaira Matshinbu's sabre respectfully, kneeling in a standard posture behind Matsudaira Matshinbu.

　　 As a personal attendant, one of the tasks he often needs to do is to hold a knife for his lord.

　　 When his lord met someone, he held the lord’s sword and sat on the side of the lord’s back to increase the lord’s prestige.

　　 After Matsudaira Matshinbu entered the room, Inamori immediately put his hands on the tatami mats underneath, and bowed his head to salute Matshinari Matshinbu.

After he sat down in front of Inamori, he said to Inamori who quickly put his forehead on the tatami:

　　 "Inamori, raise your head."

"Yes!"

　　 After Inamori raised his head, Matsudaira Matshinbu said:

　　 "Inamori, you don't need to be cautious, just sit casually like me."

　　 After that, Matsuba Matshinbu lightly patted his legs that were crossed casually.

　　 As soon as his voice fell, Inamori shook his head immediately.

　　 "How can you do such rude things in front of the old man?"

　　 Seeing that Inamori insisted on sitting upright, Matsudaira did not say more.

　　 After carefully examining Inamori's face several times, Matsudaira's mouth twitched, revealing a faint smile.

　　 "Inamori, I haven't seen you in a while."

　　 "Farewell to Kii six months ago, you seem to be thinner."

　　 "Usually you should eat well, take a break, and don't work too hard."

　　 "Thank you Mrs. Zhong for your concern!" Inamori replied, and then he lowered his head, who had just gotten up, and saluted Matsuhira Dingxin again.

　　 When he raised his head again, Inamori continued.

　　 "Compared with the hard work of the old masters, the little hardship underneath is not worth mentioning!"

　　 Inamori's words didn't bring any flattery.

　　 He uttered this sentence sincerely.

　　 Inamori has always held a feeling of admiration for Matsuba Matshinbu.

　　 He admired Matsuhira Dingxin, both his talent and diligence made Inamori admire him.

　　 In order to inspect Ezo Land with his own eyes, he would go north by himself.

　　 The New Year of the second year of Kansei, Matsudaira Matshinbu just spent on his way.

　　 It took nearly a month to arrive at Matsumae Castle of Matsumae Clan on the afternoon of January 1st.

　　 Then tonight, I called Inamori over.

　　 Inamori is very clear about Matsuhira's certainty.

　　Matsuhei believes that this person almost never does meaningless and meaningless things.

　　 Inamori dare to conclude—Matsuhira Matshinbu called him on the first day of his arrival at Matsumae Castle. It was definitely not just to say hello, but to talk to him about business.

　　 At the compliment Inamori just said, Matsuhira Matshinbu just smiled.

　　 and then chatted with Inamori.

　　 To Matsuhira's greetings, Inamori responded one by one.

　　 While responding, Inamori's gaze drifted unconsciously to Tachibana who was sitting behind Matsuba Matshinori and was holding Matsuba Matshin's saber.

Do not.

　　 To be precise, Inamori's gaze floated to Matsudaira's saber, who was being held by Tachibana.

　　 Looking at the knife in Tachibana's arms, Inamori's eyes glowed uncontrollably.

　　 As the most powerful person in the shogunate other than the shogun, his sword is naturally not a common product.

　　 The saber used by Matsuba Dingxin is the famous Nagasone Tiger Toru.

　　Nagaso Toru Toru is actually the name of a knifemaker.

　　Because of the superb skills and the extraordinary quality of the knives created, all knives made by Nagasone Toru Toru are called "Nagasone Toru Toru".

　　 So "Nagasone Tiger Toru" can be regarded as a brand name. There are quite a few Nagasone Tigers in the world.

　　Nagaso, the legendary knifemaker has passed away, so there will be no new Tiger Toru in the world.

　　 Although Nagasone made a lot of swords when he was still alive, because the knives he forged while he was still alive were already famous, many fakes were circulating in the market.

　　 Because Hu Che’s reputation is so great and the quality is so good, even Hu Che’s fakes are often sold at sky-high prices.

　　 Even if you pay 100 taels of gold, you may not be able to buy Hu Che's fakes.

　　 Until today, due to the popularity of fakes, there have been 100 tigers, 99 of them are fake.

　　 Finding the true Nagasone Tiger Toru-this may be quite difficult for ordinary people, but for the shogunate, it is not impossible.

　　When Matsuhira Matsuba was appointed as the old and new middle school, the current shogun Tokugawa Ieaki gave a genuine Nagasone Toru Toru to Matsudaira.

　　 Since then, this long Soone Tortoru has become Matsudaira's saber.

　　 It’s just that I have never used this long Soone Tortoru.

　　 After all, Songping Dingxin, who is under one person and over ten thousand people, will never encounter a situation where he needs to draw his sword and fight himself.

　　 Although he has never used this long Soone Toru Toru, after receiving the sword from the general, Matsudaira sent someone to try it.

　　 And the genuine Nagasone Tiger Toru is also worthy of its fame—six corpses stacked on top of each other, and these six corpses were cut open with a single knife.

　　 After cutting the six stacked corpses from top to bottom, the blade was still inserted into the paper, and the blade easily cut into the soil underneath.

　　 After trying the knife, pick up the knife and have a look-it doesn't even have a gap in it.

　　 Inamori, as a samurai, is also one of the country's leading generals. These swords are extremely attractive to him.

　　 The saber currently used by Inamori is just a "more powerful ordinary product", far from being a treasured sword.

　　 It has always been Inamori's dream to have a sword like Toru Nagaso.

　　 Even if I can't own it, I want to try to fight with this kind of sword-even if it's only once.

　　It is always a rude thing to keep staring at others' sabers like this, so Inamori only glanced at Matsuhira's saber, and Inamori closed his gaze back.

　　 After briefly chatting with Inamori about the parental relationship, Matsudaira's tone suddenly became serious.

　　 "Inamori, the reason I called you over tonight is actually to ask you something."

　　 The last sentence was still talking about everyday life, but the next sentence suddenly changed to serious matters—this is one of the characteristics of Matsuba Dingxin's speech.

　　 As soon as Matsuhira Dingxin's voice fell, Inamori straightened his waist immediately, putting him in a respectful appearance.

　　 "Don't be so restrained." Matsudaira waved his hand, "Relax, and just answer with a relaxed mind."

　　 "What I want to ask is not too difficult to answer."

　　 "Inamori, during the time between when you sent a letter back to Edo and when I arrived here, did the Lucias have any new changes?"

　　 After hearing this question from Matsudaira, Inamori sighed in relief.

　　 He was suddenly summoned by Matsuhira Masanun tonight, so he didn't make any preparations.

　　 Therefore, he is still quite worried that Matsuhira Dingxin will ask some difficult questions to answer.

　　 After learning that it was such an easy-to-answer question, the stone that Inamori was hanging in his heart also fell.

　　 While feeling a sigh of relief, he also admired Matsuhira Dingxin even more.

　　I arrived at the forefront a few hours ago, and after a few hours, I immediately started to work-this seriousness, Inamori is ashamed.

　　 Inamori cleared his throat and organized his words, and said seriously:

　　 "In the past two months, Lucias have been as usual without any new changes."

　　 "Only scurry around in Ezo land."

　　 "However, half a month ago, I successfully collected some new information related to the Lucias."

　　 "Oh?" Matsuhiro Dingxin raised his eyebrows, "New information? Let's listen."

　　 "Yes. According to the following investigation, the Lucias currently haunting Ezo land does not seem to have a unified commander."

　　 "Each group of Lucias is doing its own business, and each doing its own."

　　 "Separate governance?" Matsudaira's brow furrowed deeper.

　　 "Different Lucians do different things."

　　 "Some of them don't damage, they just scurry around to investigate the topography of Ezo Land."

　　 "Some not only investigate the topography of Ezo land, they will also actively provoke Ezo, and then clashed with Ezo."

　　 "But as of now, no Lucian has taken the initiative to provoke us and others."

　　The Japanese to Japan is similar to the Han to Tangtu.

　　 "The Lucians seem to avoid us deliberately."

　　 "After seeing us and people from a distance, I will leave immediately."

　　 "...Does it matter to each other?" Matsudaira muttered, silently digesting the important news Inamori just said.

"Although they do not belong to each other, the weapons they use are basically the same." Inamori continued, "No matter which type of Lucian, they wear strange scimitars on their waists, use iron cannons without arquebuses, and ride. Tall horses."

　　 "According to the generals who have witnessed the Lucias, the horses that the Lucias ride are much taller than ours, and those Lucias are very good at riding and come and go like the wind."

　　 When the Lucias started their frequent movements in Ezo land, the Matsumae clan sent a letter to Edo, reporting the appearance and equipment of the Lucias and other basic information.

　　 Therefore, the Lucias use strange scimitars and iron cannons without arquebus—Matsuhira Matshinbu knew it a long time ago.

　　 The shogunate has always asked those businessmen who do business with foreign countries to submit "wind sayings" describing foreign affairs.

　　Matsuhira Dingxin still read the "Wind Talking Posts" submitted by these merchants-although in the eyes of Matsuhira Dingxin, other countries are barbarous countries except for a few countries such as Japan, Tangtu, and Korea.

　　Because I have read some posts that briefly introduced the country of Lucia, Matsudaira still knows a little bit about the country of Lucia.

　　 knows that it, like the Netherlands, is one of the Western nations established by Nanban. It's just that the land area is very large.

　　 Nanban now uses a kind of iron cannon without a matchlock—this is not a secret in the shogunate.

　　 Therefore, a long time ago, when they learned that these Lucias on the Ezo land were also using that kind of iron cannon without a match, Matsuhira was not surprised—after all, they were also Nanbans.

　　 As for the horses that the Lucias ride on are much taller than the horses they use for the Japanese, Matsudaira had known this from a report a long time ago.

In a report a long time ago, they described in detail the horses that the Lucias rode: much taller and stronger than the horses used by the Japanese, and basically higher than the horses used by the Japanese. Half a foot (15 cm) to 1 foot (30 cm).

　　 "Using a weird scimitar, and also very good at riding..." Matsuhira Dingxin smiled, and then continued in a half-joking tone, "How does this sound like Tangtu nomads."

　　 "I really want to see what the scimitars used by these Lucias look like."

　　 "Inamori, is there any knife that has been successfully confiscated from Lucia?"

　　 Hearing Matsuhira's question, Inamori's face appeared a little embarrassed.

　　 "I'm very sorry. Because the Lucias ran when they saw us, we haven't had any conflict with the Lucias so far, so we have not succeeded in confiscating a Lucia knife."

　　 "Well... forget it, there will be a chance in the future."

　　 "Inamori, let's report again."

　　 "Old Master, I'm very sorry. The only new information that has been discovered so far is this one." The embarrassment on Inamori's face has not subsided.

　　 "Is it gone?"

　　 Matsushita surely raised his eyebrows.

　　 "Never mind. Knowing that these Lucian people currently haunting Ezo land are not under each other's own affairs, and it is a great harvest."

　　 As soon as Matsuhira Dingxin's words fell, Inamori suddenly seemed to be thinking of something, and was stunned.

　　 Noting Inamori's strangeness, Matsuhira Sadashin asked:

　　 "Inamori, what's wrong?"

　　 "I received a...some strange report about a month ago." Inamori hesitated, "I don't know if I want to report it to you."

　　 "Report it." Matsudaira said without hesitation.

　　 "Yes." Inamori cleared his throat, "About a month ago, an Ezo settlement that we had good friends with talked to a Chinese caravan that did business with them."

　　 "Three months ago, a group of Lucians visited the Ezo settlement."

　　 "The Lucian leader can speak Ezo."

　　 "According to the description of the Ezos in that settlement, the Lucian leader has bright red hair."

　　 "These Lucias are very gentle, they only ask questions, and have nothing to do with Ezo Qiu in that settlement."

　　 "After asking common questions about the surrounding terrain, whether there is water source, etc., I asked a...very strange question."

　　 "Weird question?" Matsudaira asked.

　　 "Hmm." Inamori nodded, "The Lucias are looking for someone."

　　 "The red-haired leader of theirs asked the Ezos in the settlement if they knew the character "Genichi Kinoshita"."

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　　Oshu area, Kinnocho, Chiyoza—

　　 After Ogata introduced the story of the character Shintobujinsai to Jiro Nishino with the simplest possible words, Jiro Nishino said with beaming eyes.

　　 "Bu Jingzai... His story is indeed suitable for adaptation into a Kabuki script..."

　　 "Mashima-sama, thank you. If it weren't for you, I didn't know that Ou had such characters."

　　 After thanking Ogata, Jiro Nishino asked Ogata expectantly:

　　 "Mashima-sama, do you know the stories of other swordsmen? Can you tell me together?"

　　 "I feel more and more that these swordsmen are treasure troves, and their stories often have the potential to be adapted into Kabuki scripts."

　　 Hearing this question from Jiro Nishino, Ogata smiled bitterly and shook his head.

　　 "Sorry, apart from Shendu Bujingzhai, I don't know the stories of other swordsmen."

　　 Ogata’s words are true.

　　 The only people he knows who can be called "Swordsmen" except for those historical figures and Shendu Bujingzhai are Genichi.

　　 Although I have been with Genichi for a long time, Ogata doesn't know much about Genichi's past.

　　Genichi doesn't seem to like to talk more about his past.

　　 When he was in Edo, Ogata also actively asked Genichi when he was chatting with Genichi and asked Genichi to talk about his past.

　　 But when Ogata asked about Genichi’s past, Genichi always smiled and said very modestly:

　　 "My past is actually very boring. It's just going to'go to a new place, provoke a new enemy, and then go to a new place, provoke a new enemy," and continue to cycle this process."

　　Genichi humbly claimed that his past was a "journey to the death of the evil spirits", he didn't want to talk more, and Ogata couldn't ask more.

　　Ogata doesn't think that Genichi Kinoshita, who can be crowned the "Juggernaut", has really just caused trouble in the past.

　　 Ogata sometimes can't help but sigh:

　　 In terms of his swordsmanship and his own past, Yuan Da is really humble!

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