Treasure hunt begins in England

Chapter 462 Origin
Historically, the Shinsengumi was not the core force of the shogunate.Just like what was introduced before, this is just a group of ronin recruited by the shogunate, that is to say, it belongs to the lowest level of the Japanese samurai chain of contempt.

In fact, Japanese samurai, European nobles and all kinds of pet lovers have one thing in common, that is, they attach great importance to blood, so they naturally look down on these lowly civilians in their eyes.

According to historical records, the Shinsengumi at that time was only responsible for the security management of a certain area of ​​Kyoto, and sometimes did some dirty work for the shogunate that regular samurai were not willing to do.

But also because this organization came from ordinary people, a large number of cultural works will use this organization as the prototype of the protagonist in the future, and this organization has basically become a representative symbol of the chaotic era in the last years of the Japanese Shogunate.

This is also the reason why a knife can draw five cards, because this knife embodies people's memories of that era full of countless possibilities, so naturally there is a lot of information that can be converted into cards.

"This should be one of the three knives that we know Soji Okita used." Fan Meng was quite interested in Japanese comics when he was in school, similar to "Gintama", "Rurouni Kenshin", " I have read such books as "Biography of the Bakumatsu Chronicles".

So after Liang En said that this knife was called California Qingguang, he immediately thought of who this knife belonged to, and at the same time a smile bloomed on his face.

After seeing the marks on the knife before, Fan Meng was a little depressed. After all, he could see that the knife was seriously damaged.

For antiques, the condition of preservation is closely related to the price. Under the same conditions, the better the preservation, the higher the price. It is estimated that such a completely damaged Japanese knife can only be sold as scrap iron.

But now the situation has obviously changed, because this knife was used by a certain celebrity in an important event, so the quality of the knife is no longer the core of determining the price of the knife at this time.

"Actually, this is the only one among the three knives owned by Souji Okita that is certain." Liang En said with a smile, "The sword of Yamato Shou'an is just a rumor that it was once held by Souji Okita, but the actual situation Not sure."

"As for the last handful of chrysanthemums, there is no need to mention Zongzong, because this kind of statement is completely based on novels. It first came from the works of Zimu Zekuro and others, and was later written by Sima Ryotaro in "New Senzu Blood Wind" "Records" and passed down to the present."

"But anyone who knows something about Japanese knives will know that the samurai in the Shinsengumi are basically not from mid-to-high-level samurai families or rich merchants, so it is basically impossible for them to afford this ancient sword. famous sword."

"But I remember what you said just now. Later, the Shinsengumi did a lot of things for the shogunate and got a lot of money for it. So I think they should have the money to buy these famous knives." Joan of Arc suddenly retorted at this time.

"You think, the members of the Shinsengumi should be some front-line fighters, so it is obviously necessary for them to have better weapons, so spending huge sums of money to buy good knives or even guns for themselves is a must. Very common thing."

"You are right, Jeanna, but the problem is that you may not understand the classification of Japanese swords." Liang En explained with a smile after hearing Joan's question. "The sword of Kikuichi Monomonori is not really suitable for the Shinsengumi."

The main reason for saying this is that this sword is a Japanese sword commissioned by the Toba Emperor after the Kamakura period and the Toba Emperor entrusted a swordsmith of the Bizen Kingdom, Imonmonori, to forge it. It has a history of hundreds of years at the end of the Edo period.

Although for a well-maintained Japanese sword, even after hundreds of years of history, the overall quality will not change much, but the ancient sword of Kikuichi was already a national treasure when it was in the shogunate, and it is unlikely to be used for cruel Go in street fights.

More importantly, this sword is a ceremonial Taidao, so the blade is relatively thin, which is not very suitable for actual combat, not to mention that fighting swords were popular in that era. Suitable for displaying one's own combat power.

As for why it is spread that Okita Souji owns this sword, it is probably because Okita Souji himself was one of the best swordsmen at that time, and Kikuichimonji Zong's sword is a symbol of Japan.

The name of Chrysanthemum Ichimonji Nozomune itself comes from the 16-petal chrysanthemum crest representing the royal family engraved near the handle of the blade and the horizontal one-character pattern engraved under the crest.

As a weapon made by the royal family, Kikuichimonjizong can be regarded as a symbol of Japan in terms of its name, appearance or function.

Therefore, in the eyes of modern literati, a swordsman at the end of the Edo period possessing a samurai sword that symbolizes the spirit of Japan has become a perfect match, and then rumors have been passed down to the present.

"In other words, this sword is the only samurai sword that can be confirmed to be used by Souji Okita." Fan Meng looked at this unremarkable sword with an excited expression.

"Well - I can only say that it is very likely." Liang En looked at the knife and said rigorously. "After all, we haven't found any more detailed evidence for the time being, so we can only say that this knife is very likely to be Okita Souji's saber."

After looking at the knife, Liang En quickly put the knife away and opened another box in this box. He thought that since this box was placed here, the contents inside should be as precious as this knife.

Unexpectedly, after opening the box, Liang En found that there were no cultural relics inside, but a large folder filled with various materials.

After inspection, he found that this folder mainly contained various documents, and basically everything he found this time could find corresponding legal documents.

As a man of yellow race who traded antiques in Europe, Liang En felt that Kimura should feel the same unfriendly aspect towards him as himself, and he might even suffer a lot of losses. That's why he prepared so many future plans in this regard. hand.

But from a certain point of view, this approach also helped Liang En, because it would be much easier to sell these things after having these documents, and the price could also rise a lot.

In addition, from several yellowed pages at the end of the folder, Liang En also understood the origin of the Okita Shoji Saber California Qingguang.

After the knife was discarded, it was handed over to the famous knife maker at that time, and then it has been collected by the knife maker and the descendants of the knife maker. It was not until the end of World War II that Japan fell into a depression that the knife maker sold the knife to an American.

However, the American did not collect this thing, but sold it to an Englishman when the price was right, and then resold it to France by the British, and finally it was bought by Kimura in the 80s.

For Liang En, the best news now is that the inheritance of this sword can be seen from these materials, which further proves that this sword is indeed the sword used by Souji Okita in the Ikedaya incident.

Although he proved the condition of the knife through the card, this obviously cannot be said on the face of it, and now these materials have clearly resolved his concerns in this regard.

(End of this chapter)