I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"None of them speak our language."

Aiyaka continued.

"Only their red-haired boss, and their second-in-command, Vasily, can speak the language of you and others."

"So when we communicate with them, we use Japanese to communicate."

"I am one of the people in our village who speaks the Japanese language best."

"So basically I come forward to talk to them."

"When I come and go, I will get acquainted with them."

Aiyaka’s grandma: "￥#@%&*￥@#%. (Ezoi language

At this moment, Ayaka's grandmother opened her mouth abruptly.

Even before Ogata asked Ayaka, what his grandma was talking about, Ayaka took the initiative to translate to Ogata:

"My grandma said: The bear paw is already cooked. It's ready to eat."

Two bear paws floated in the soup in the pot.

The pot used by Aiyaka's grandmother to cook bear paws is actually the pot of Ogata and Amachi.

Before leaving Edo, the two of them bought a small pot in Edo that was convenient for travel.

When they couldn't find the inn and had to sleep in the open air meal, Ogata and the others would occasionally use this small pot to cook miso soup, or to boil the dry food they brought to make the dry food more delicious.

Although the peeled and boiled bear paws look very much like human feet, and look a little crooked, they do smell very fragrant.

In addition to this small pot, Ogata and the others also carried a pair of tableware with them.

Their bowls and chopsticks are made of bamboo, so that they are not easy to break.

Ogata and Amachi took out their bowls, and each fished a bear paw into the bowl they carried.

In his previous life, Ogata had only eaten meat from domestic animals such as pigs, cows, and sheep.

Bear meat, it was the first time he saw and ate it.

Let alone Ah Ding.

She has never eaten any domestic animals such as pigs, cows, and sheep.

For the first time, Amachi, who saw meat other than fish, handed a bear's paw to the tip of his nose and smelled it like a dog.

In terms of smell, this bear's paw is absolutely impeccable, and it smells a lot of forefinger.

Ogata picked up the bear paw with chopsticks, handed the bear paw to his mouth, and tore off a piece of bear meat with his teeth, and then chewed it in his mouth carefully.

The moment the bear meat entered his mouth, a few joyful colors burst into Ogata's eyes.

Just bite the bear meat with your teeth, and the rich flavor spreads from the tip of the tongue to the entire mouth.

The taste of bear meat is quite distinct from the meat of livestock such as pigs, cattle, and sheep.

I don't know if it is because of Ayaka's grandmother's unique method, or the taste of bear meat is like this, the bear meat in the mouth is very springy.

What surprised Ogata most was that the bear meat did not taste any fishy.

Amachi and Ogata will bite off a piece of bear meat almost at the same time.

Then there was an expression similar to that of Ogata, with a light of surprise in his eyes.

According to Ah Ding's reaction, it is not difficult to see that Ah Ding is also very satisfied with the bear meat in the bowl.

Seeing this expression on Ogata and Amachi, Ayaka smiled happily.

"How? Am I right? The bear paws cooked by my grandma taste very good, right?"

"Your grandma's craftsmanship is amazing." Ogata said, "the bear paw doesn't even smell at all."

"Because my grandma put Pucusaccina, it can make the meat fresh and smelly."

"Pkusacina?" Ah Ding asked in confusion, "What does this mean?"

"Pukusacina in Japanese... I remember it means lilies."

"We Ainu love to use Pucusaccina to remove fishy meat, but my grandmother is very good at controlling the amount of Pucusaccina. I don't put too much, and I don't put too little."

"So my grandma's meat is very delicious."

After listening to Iyaka’s explanation, Ah Ding nodded gently:

"So...this bear paw is really delicious."

After all, Ah Ding picked up the bear's paw again and gnawed attentively.

When Ogata also picked up the bear paw with his chopsticks again, he suddenly heard a small strange noise coming from the window of the house.

Following the reputation, he saw four small heads poking out from the window of the house, casting curious eyes at Ogata and Amachi inside the house through the window.

When the children in these four villages noticed that Ogata had spotted them, they immediately shrank their heads and retracted them under the windows.

Aiyaka also found the four children lying outside the window.

"%￥#@@#￥@￥! (Ezoi language

Ayaka yelled out loudly, and got up quickly and rushed towards the door.

When he opened the door of the room, he happened to see four children, about 5 or 6 years old, laughing and escaping from Ayaka's field of vision.

"I'm sorry, Majima. I made you look at the joke." Aiyaka said with a wry smile as Ogata, who returned to the position he was sitting in, "They probably wanted to come and see the warriors who killed 2 Unkamuyi What does it look like."

Naturally, Ogata would not be too relieved of the child's play, and after smiling, he said:

"It seems that the deeds of the bear fight between me and Uchiko have been completely spread in the village..."

"After all, our village is small." Aiyaka shrugged. "There are only 124 people in our village. No matter what, it will spread quickly."

After all, Aiyaka turned his head and said something in Ezo language to his wife who was sitting behind him.

Aiyaka graduated, his wife nodded, then got up and left the house.

After Ayaka's wife left, Ogata asked Ayaka:

"What is your wife doing?"

"I asked my wife to find the parents of the four children who just picked up our window." Aiyaka gave a smirk. "Although the four rascals just slid fast, I still saw their faces."

"Although I can understand their feelings of curiosity about the new guests in the village, it would be quite rude to pick up people's windows anyway."

"It is necessary for their parents to discipline and discipline them."

"It seems that I can hear four children crying tonight." Ogata responded in a half-joking tone.

Ogata didn't say anything like "This is too cruel" to Aiyaka.

Because he thought it was right for Aiyaka to do this.

Although Ogata would not take things like "child picking windows" at ease, picking someone else's windows is indeed quite rude, and it is necessary for parents to take care of them.

"By the way-since I entered your village, I really wanted to ask." Ah Ding put down the bear's paw that she had eaten most of, "Why do most of the women in your village have tattoos around their lips? what?"

Ah Ting stretched out his finger and drew a circle around his rosy lips.

"It's not just our village," Aiyaka said. "All Ainu women will have tattoos around their lips when they reach adulthood."

"It's our custom."

"The higher the status of a man, the bigger the tattoo his wife will get."

After all, Ayaka changed into a proud tone.

"I am one of the best hunters in the village. I have hunted 4 heads for Unkamuyi alone, so the tattoos on my wife's lips are bigger than all the women of the same age in the village."

"Then my grandfather who has passed away from illness is also an incredible warrior."

Aiyaka stretched out her arm to embrace grandma who was sitting next to him.

"My grandfather started hunting at the age of 12, and until his death, the bears had killed 79 animals. Deer and rabbits were countless animals. Unkamuyi had 14 heads."

"So my grandma has the biggest tattoo on her face."

The grandmother who was held by Ayaka reluctantly slapped Ayaka's arm around her.

Afterwards, she turned her gaze to Ogata and Amachi, and said something to them in Ezo language.

The two had studied the common phrases in the Ezo language in the "Guide to Ezo Languages ​​and Phrases", so they could barely understand some of the words in the words of grandma.

But the words that the two of them understood did not make them understand the meaning of what grandma just said.

So after the grandmother's voice fell, the two of them could only turn their eyes on Ayaka again "for help".

"Aiyaka, what did your grandma tell us?" Ogata asked.

"It's nothing." Aiyaka scratched his hair. "It's just to remind you that you must go astray and run to find some gold."

"Yeah. You should also know? Many speculators, dreaming of making a fortune, came to us to find gold."

"We Ainu hate these gold diggers the most."

Ayaka's tone became a little more serious.

"These gold diggers can do anything to find gold."

"Destroy trees and pollute rivers."

"There are even some people who think that every Ainu village contains gold, so they ran to attack our Ainu village."

"Before, there were not so many gold diggers."

"However, since a terrible famine broke out in you and Manland many years ago, the number of gold diggers on our side has increased."

Ogata heard it right away-the "famine" Iyaka just said was referring to "famine in the sky."

Why did more people come to Ezo land to search for gold after the outbreak of "Tianming Hunger"—it's not hard to think of the reason.

Once such a catastrophe that many people can't survive, the number of speculators is bound to increase sharply.

Ogata once again deeply felt the extent of the influence of "Tianmei Famine", and even the Ezo land was affected.

"The increase in the number of gold diggers has also increased the number of Unkamuyi."

"They unruly mess around in the mountains and forests, naturally it is easy to provoke the anger of bears, wolves and other animals."

"So in recent years, the frequency of Unkamuyi has also increased."

Speaking of this, Aiyaka let out a breath of helplessness.

"I feel a little embarrassed..." Ah Ding smiled wryly, "We and these scum among people are messing around and destroying the land where you live..."

"Don't say that." Aiyaka waved his hand hurriedly. "You are not gold diggers, so don't be embarrassed for the actions of those scumbags."

"Furthermore—you and people are not the only ones among the gold diggers."

"Many of our Ainu compatriots also ran to become gold diggers."

The helpless color on Ayaka's face became more intense.

"Although gold is useless here, it is no different from stone."

"But in harmony with people and land, it is invaluable."

"Therefore, many of our compatriots have moved their brains."

"Go around to mine gold, and then secretly trade with people."

"A very few people even plan to take the gold they have collected to settle in Herendi."

"So this kind of speculators with wrong thoughts exist in all ethnic groups."

"Probably more than a year ago, for some reason, the legend of the'Golden Waterfall' suddenly came out as a real rumor."

"As a result, a large number of crooked compatriots went looking for waterfalls, causing many rivers to be severely damaged."

"Fortunately, this unhealthy trend is gradually disappearing now."

"'Golden Falls'?" Ogata raised an eyebrow. "What is this?"

Ogata and Amachi have heard of this term for the first time.

"This is a legend that we Ainu circulated a long time ago."

Aiyaka said slowly.

"A long time ago, there was a wealthy village chief named'Yu Kousy.' He owned a huge amount of gold that was passed down from generation to generation."

"And the head of another village named'Sazili' focused on Kouxi's gold and wanted to take Kouxi's gold as his own."

"One day, Corsey's daughter was married to another village."

"Most of the villagers in Korsey's village went out to celebrate."

"There are only a few old people and children left in the village."

"Sazili took advantage of this great opportunity, and led people to break into Yu Kouxi's village, intending to **** Yu Kouxi's gold."

"Fortunately, Korsey discovered Sazeri's attempt in time."

"In order to avoid the gold being seized, he took the gold and fled into the deep mountains, and then buried the gold in a cave next to a certain waterfall."

"Yu Koshi died a few years later. After Yu Koshi died, no one knew where this huge amount of gold was buried."

"It is said that at the lower reaches of the waterfall buried in gold by Kousy, you can see gold and golden sand being washed down from time to time."

"So everyone calls that waterfall'Golden Waterfall'."

"But this is just a legend."

"Until now, no one knows if there is such a thing or if there is such a waterfall where gold will flow down."

"More than a year ago, after the rumors of the'Golden Waterfall really existed' spread inexplicably, many people went around looking for the waterfall, but they did not find the legendary'Golden Waterfall'."

"So I think this legend is just bluffing."

Aiyaka shrugged.

"Probably it's just a story imagined by someone who wants gold and wants to get rich."

As soon as Aiyaka finished speaking, Ah Ding answered:

"We and people have similar legends."

"It is said that at the end of the Warring States period two hundred years ago, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified the world, worried that his successor Toyotomi Hideyoshi could not maintain his hegemony in the future."

"In order that the Toyotomi family of later generations will not fall into the embarrassment of having no money one day in the future. 450 million taels of gold are buried somewhere."

"The exact location is known only by his successor Hideyori Toyotomi."

"After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's death, the place where the gold was buried was completely lost."

"I don't know if this legend is true."

"It's fine if it's fake."

"If it is true, then Toyotomi Hideyoshi's gold is simply buried for nothing."

Ah Ding let out a sneer.

"Tootomi Hideyoshi didn't dig out this gold in the end, leading to the hegemony being seized by Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"If this legend is true, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi dug up the 450 million taels of gold in time, then there may be nothing to do with Tokugawa Ieyasu, and there will be no more establishment of the current Edo Shogunate. ."

"It seems that no matter which ethnicity it is, there are always these treasure-related legends." Aiyaka grinned, "The topic seems to be a little farther away."

"All in all-don't move your brains, go for gold."

"We Ainu know all the tools used for gold mining."

"If it is discovered that you are gold thief, then it will be in trouble."

"Our village is considered to be a more moderate faction."

"When we find people who are coming to pan for gold, we will only let them leave as soon as possible. If we don't listen to advice, we will resort to force."

"But people in other villages are different."

"Villages with zero tolerance for gold diggers are everywhere."

"Many villagers will kill the gold thief without saying anything after they find it."

Aiyaka raised his hand and wiped his neck.

"That's why my grandma did it for your good just now, telling you not to go on a crooked road and run to find some gold. It is very dangerous to pan for gold in this land."

"You must remember, never carry gold panning equipment on your body."

"Once the compatriots who have zero tolerance for gold thief find out that you are carrying gold mining equipment..."

Aiyaka raised his hand again and wiped his neck.

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The next morning—

The dinner last night was generally very smooth.

No one was absent, and there were no surprises.

Songping Dingxin doesn't know what other people think, anyway, he was very happy last night.

He himself rarely relaxed for a while.

Songping Dingxin is an extremely self-disciplined person.

No matter how much fun he had played yesterday, and no matter how tired he was, the next day he will definitely work hard.

When the sun first came out, Matsuba Dingxin got up, washed, and then started today's work.

The first order he gave today was to call Inamori, who currently holds the position of General in the Army.

Although not as good as Matsuhira's confidence, Inamori is a very demanding person.

Last night’s banquet provided drinks, but Inamori didn’t get drunk and only took a few sips.

His self-discipline allowed Inamori to avoid the ugly appearance of Matsuhira Dingxin on the ground full of alcohol this morning.

After receiving Matsuhei Dingxin's call, Inamori rushed to Matsuhei Dingxin's room.

After Inamori appeared in front of him, Matsudaira did not say too much nonsense, and said to Inamori simply and clearly:

"Inamori. Now the feudal army of each clan has arrived at the Matsumae clan."

"I intend to settle the Red Moon Fortress as quickly as possible."

"I want to hear your opinion now-when do you think you can send troops?"

This is a serious question.

So Inamori didn't dare to be sloppy.

After thinking briefly for a moment, Inamori said solemnly:

"In terms of packing, we still need to do final finishing."

"The clan troops who have just arrived in Ezo land also need some time to rest."

"So we probably still need 12 days...no, 10 days or so before we can send troops."

"On the 10th..." After Matsudaira mumbled, Okinamori raised his head, "Can you think of a way to shorten this time slightly?"

"I can't guarantee success in shortening the time." Inamori said honestly, "but—I will try my best."

"That's good. Then you do your best." Songping Dingxin's tone was calm, "I want to settle the Red Moon Fortress as soon as possible."

"I hope you can realize this dream of mine."

"Yes!" Inamori replied loudly.

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Ezo Land, Kuma Village—

"￥%#@&*￥%#%@@￥%. (Ezo language The old Ezo standing in front of Ogata and Amachi was speaking at a very fast speed.

After he finished speaking, Ayaka Chong who stood beside Ogata shook their heads.

"He hasn't seen the two people you were looking for either."

"Have you never seen this one..." Xuren scratched his hair helplessly, "Let's go, let's find the next person to ask."

Last night, Ogata and Amachi, who temporarily stayed at Aiyaka’s house, both slept very soundly in Aiyaka’s house.

After waking up, the two men who had nurtured their spirits formally began to search for clues to Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen in the village of Kumar.

When the two of them arrived in this village of Kumar yesterday, it was already late.

Considering that it is not early, and the two of them have traveled for most of the day, leaving aside their physical strength for the time being, the spirits alone are a bit exhausted, and they both want to take a good rest.

Therefore, the two of them did not rush to look for the traces of Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen yesterday.

Instead, I chose to take a rest for the night, after I had enough energy and energy, I waited tomorrow morning—that is, now, and then I went to find people slowly.

Aiyaka also kept the promise he had made with Ogata and them-if Ogata and the others helped him hunt down the cannibal bear, they would help them find Xuanzheng and Xuanzheng.

Not long after dawn, the three of Ogata, Amachi, and Aiyaka went out and began to look for people from house to house.

Having Ayaka as a translator and Ayaka's help to prove that Ogata is not malicious, makes Ogata and Amachi a lot easier to ask questions.

However-until now, the two have not found any clues.

Whether it is the old people who are too old to hunt anymore, or the young people who frequently go out fishing and hunting, they have never seen the Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen Ogata they are looking for.

There are only 124 people in this Kuma village-a small village.

Towards noon, Ogata and the others asked all the villagers who happened to be out of the village.

The gain is-nothing.

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"The people in this village have never seen Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen..." Amachi, standing under the sun, muttered to Ogata beside him.

In such a cold and freezing environment, standing under the sun will not only not feel hot, but will feel quite comfortable.

Therefore, neither Amachi nor Ogata or Ayaka had the intention of going into the shadows to hide from the sun. They just stood in the sun, soaked in the sun, and talked.

"It seems... those two people may not have passed through this settlement..." Ogata said softly.

"I will take you to another settlement later."

Aiyaka on the side answered,

"There are 4 settlements that have a good relationship with our Kuma Village."

"So the only settlements I can take you to are these four."

"If in these 4 settlements, none of the clues to the two people you are looking for are found... then I can't help."

"It's okay." Ogata smiled at Iyaka, "You can help us, it makes us very happy."

"You can help us as much as you want to help us according to your own wishes."

Ayaka smiled and nodded.

"No problem, I will do my best to help you."

"So, when do you plan to leave for another settlement?"

"It's only noon, and there is still about half a day."

"If you take a dog sled, you can go back and forth to the village nearest to us in half a day."

"Will you leave for other settlements in the afternoon?"

"It's not in a hurry." Ogata shook his head. "Let's leave for another settlement tomorrow."

"Let’s stay here for now."

"Although the people in your village have never seen Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen."

"But... the other group of people living around here might have met."

After all, Ogata looked at Ayaka.

"Aiyaka, can you take us to the place where the Wahili gang live?"

Ogata has always remembered-currently in this village of Kumar, a group of Lucias live here temporarily.

"Are you going to ask Vasily and the others?" Ayaka's face was a little surprised.

"Yeah." Ogata nodded. "Their group of people have no fixed homes and they move around."

"They might have met the person I was looking for."

"So I want to ask them."

"Can you take us there?"

"It's okay." Aiyaka scratched his hair. "But I don't know if they would like to help you..."

"If I know them well, it's not that familiar..."

"They are not villagers in my village after all."

"If it is a villager in my village, based on my status and prestige in the village, I can persuade others to help."

"Vahili and the others are outsiders after all."

"If they don't want to help you, then I won't do anything..."

"It's okay." Ogata smiled. "Just take us there."

"If they don't want to help us—just wait until then."

"...Hmm." Aiyaka nodded slightly, "I see. Then come with me."

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The camp of Wahiri and theirs was set up not far from the village of Kumar.

Kuma Village is a settlement built along the river.

After leaving the village, walking some distance downstream along the river next to the village, you can see Wahiri and his camp.

Vahili and their camp, whether it is a tent or a flag, are full of exotic styles.

It's the first time Ah Ting has seen this kind of exotic camp, so after seeing Vasily and their camp from a distance, he kept looking at it with curious eyes.

When Vahiri and their camp were still some distance away, Ogata saw it—a large group of people were gathering outside the camp.

After approaching, Ogata saw clearly—this large group of people all had a white face.

It should be Vasily's subordinates.

And the Wahiri that Ogata and the others were looking for stood in the middle of the group.

He was talking anxiously with the few people beside him in front of him.

"Hey! Wahiri!" Ayaka called out Wahili's name when he was about to walk to Wahiri.

Vasily, who had just been concentrating on talking with people around him, heard Ayaka’s voice, and cast a bit of surprise at Ayaka and Ogata and Amachi who were walking behind Ayaka. look.

"Oh, what a rare guest." Vasily separated the subordinates who stood in front of him and greeted Ogata and them. "Aiyaka, what's the matter? What happened to us suddenly?"

"I want to ask you first." Aiyaka looked at the people behind and beside Vahiri, "Why are you and your men standing outside the camp and not staying in the camp?"

"It's nothing." Wahiri shrugged. "It's just that my men and I have been in a panic lately, so we plan to organize traditional events in the country of Lucia to consume our energy and energy."

"Quickly tell us what you are here."

"I'm busy now."

"It's not that I'm looking for you, but the guest I invited is looking for you." Aiyaka looked at Ogata.

After Ayaka's voice fell, Xu Jian immediately spoke out, clarifying his intention to Vasily.

"So..." Vasily touched his chin, "You are looking for someone..."

"Don't tell me, we've really met 2 strange-looking people before."

"It's just that I don't know if it's the two people you are looking for."

"What did the two Kazuto you met look like?" Ogata asked hurriedly.

"Yeah..." Vasily didn't answer immediately, but looked at Ogata and pondered.

Think about what you are thinking.

After a while, he grinned suddenly and laughed.

"Want me to tell you, it's not impossible."

"But—no meal is free. You should understand this, right?"

"...What do you want?" Ogata asked, "Do you want money?"

"No, no, no. UU reading www.uukanshu.com" Vasily raised his right index finger and shook it left and right. "What do I want your Japanese money for?"

"I just need you to participate in the traditional activities we are about to start."

"Traditional activities?" Ogata wondered, "What traditional activities?"

"To put it simply, it is divided into two groups of people to fight each other." Wahiri said, "The one who can stand to the end is the winner."

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Note: The "Golden Waterfall" mentioned in this chapter is the real legend of the Ainu people in reality. It's not the author Jun.

The Ezo's hatred of gold prospectors mentioned in this chapter is also a historical event. Gold prospectors can do anything for gold, so Ezo hates gold prospectors.

"The Great Secret Treasure of Toyotomi" is also a true legend. In addition to "Tootomi's Great Secret Treasure", there is also "Tokugawa's Great Secret Treasure". It is said that Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo Shogunate and the first general, also buried a huge amount of gold in a certain place.