I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"The premise for me to fulfill the agreement is that you really answered all my questions truthfully, right?"

Matsudaira Sadanobu also sneered.

"Did I say that just now? I feel that you have hidden a lot from me."

"You broke the contract first, so don't blame me for breaking the contract."

The atmosphere between the two suddenly became solemn and suffocating.

Inside the small tent, the only sound left was the breathing of the two of them.

In the small tent, only light and shadow remained, only the firelight of the candlestick, and the eyes of the two who were staring at each other, both of which were shining with complex lights.

After a long time, Ogata's soft voice broke the suffocating silence:

"Then what do you want to do?"

he asks.

"Are you going to kill me now?"

"Or are you going to take me back to Edo and interrogate me slowly?"

The voice of the question fell.

The tent returned to deathly silence.

Songping firmly believed in his hands behind his back, clenched and then let go, let go and clenched again.

The extremely complex light flickered wildly in his eyes at this moment.

The man in front of him is the most wanted criminal by the shogunate.

He is now extremely weak, unable to resist his guards at all, his life and death, his future, now all depend on his own words.

for myself

also for the shogunate

My best solution now is to escort him back to Edo, slowly interrogate him, and torture him to find out all the information he has concealed.

Yes

no need to hesitate

complete

no need to hesitate

Matsudaira Sadanobu closed his eyes and took another deep breath.

"Tachibana!"

Matsudaira Sadanobu turned around, poked his head out of the tent, and shouted:

"Turn up all the guards"

Rushing

The waves beat rhythmically on the coast, and there was a very regular sound of waves.

It is now approaching evening.

The sky was as clear as it had been after a shower.

The sun that set in the west began to dye the sky with the color of sunset, and under the reflection of the sunset, the ground was still bright.

Lin and Mucun stood side by side at a corner of the coast, looking at the sea in the distance.

"How is it? Did Ms. Machi eat anything today?"

"Eat something." Mucun Xianglin sighed softly, "During the day, I almost didn't eat anything."

"Until just now, I finally ate some porridge brought by Azhu, but I didn't eat much, it was only half a bowl of porridge."

"It's good to have something to eat." Lin sighed.

In the past few days, there have been one or two showers almost every day, and the mood of Lin and others these few days is also like the weather is cloudy and rainy.

Nearly 10 days have passed since the decisive battle with Toyotomi at sea.

It has been nearly 10 days and until now there is no sign of Ogata.

At the end of the night of the decisive battle, Lin, who was knocked out by Toyotomi, finally woke up.

After waking up and knowing what happened, Lin gave the death order without hesitation: Find Ogata at all costs!

In order to improve the efficiency of the search, Lin once again activated her usual banknote ability: go to a distant fishing village to borrow a few more boats, hire all the villagers that can be hired, and ask the hired villagers to assist them Let's find Ogata together.

No matter day or night, the people drove the small boat almost non-stop to the surrounding sea area where the warship was destroyed, searching for the figure of that person.

Ogata should be hugging a piece of wood, waiting for their rescue on the sea with difficulty, everyone thought so.

Or trying to think about it from this optimistic point of view

However, with the passage of time bit by bit, day by day, no matter how optimistic the attitude is, it will inevitably reach its limit after all.

It's been almost 10 days and still nothing

After losing contact at sea for nearly 10 days, everyone vaguely realized what

However, everyone did not make it clear.

Everyone kept silent as if they had made an appointment in advance, no matter whether it was in front of everyone or in private, they didn't mention any topics related to Ogata's life and death.

Just as if still acquiescing that Ogata is still alive, he kept going to sea to search.

just kept silent

No one has the guts to mention "Ogata may not be found anymore", especially when A-Machi is present.

These days, apart from Ogata, Lin and the others are most worried about A-Machi.

Since Ogata's disappearance, Lin and the others have been worried about Ah-cho's mental state.

If she was crying and making a fuss, Lin and the others would be more accepting.

However, Machi has been very quiet these days

Be quiet, don't show any expression, don't say anything

Only has been silently participating in the search for Ogata.

At the beginning, Ah-cho could barely eat and sleep normally.

But as the search for Ogata has been fruitless, Ah-Machi's mental state is deteriorating at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Since about 5 days ago, Machi hasn't eaten much every day.

Did she have a good night's sleep? Looking at A-Ming's increasingly pale skin, her increasingly haggard hair, and her eye sockets with increasingly heavy dark circles, Lin guessed that there should be no

Lynn doesn't know how to make Ah-Ming's condition better.

For the situation Ah-Ming is facing, I am afraid that any words of comfort will be powerless.

"Makimura. Look at Ms. A-Machi more these days." Lin softly ordered Makimura, who has the closest relationship with the Ogata couple, "If Ms. A-Machi doesn't eat, you should find a way to make her eat. .”

"If Miss A-Ming is going to do something stupid, you have to stop her immediately."

"I know." Chief Mucun let out a sigh of relief, and nodded vigorously with a dignified expression.

"My lord! My lord!"

At this time, Shimada's voice came.

Following the sound, Shimada hurriedly rushed towards the beach where Lin and Mucun stood.

"What's wrong?" Lin frowned slightly.

"Come here quickly," Shimada said slowly with a strange expression, "Senior Mamiya found Yukimura."

Under Shimada's guidance, Lin and Mucun strode to another beach not far away.

As soon as he arrived here, Lin saw that it was his turn to search for Ogata by boat this afternoon. He had just returned, and now he was standing next to the small boat docked by the beach.

Around Mamiya, Qian Jing, Yuan Yi and others have already gathered.

Everyone surrounded a middle-aged man who was kneeling on the ground and was quite familiar to Lin

After her eyes fell on this person, Lin's eyes slowly glowed with indifference:

"The person I wanted to find was never found. The person I didn't want to find was found. Yukimura, I didn't expect that we would meet again."

As soon as Lin's words fell, the body of the middle-aged man kneeling on the ground trembled suddenly.

"Lin, Ms. Lin" the middle-aged man slowly raised his head, and cast complex gazes mixed with fear, annoyance and a touch of regret at Lin.

This middle-aged man was trusted by Lin Moda. Before he made a fortune, he helped him become a "well-known rich businessman in Osaka". He was also entrusted to help investigate the "disappearance case in Osaka", but in the end it was him Yukimura betrayed Rin and revealed information about Rin and others to Toyotomi.

Lin turned her head to ask how Jiangong found this person.

It turns out that since 3 days ago, Mamiya has been holding the idea that "Ogata-kun may have drifted far away", and went to further sea areas to search for Ogata.

Although Gamiya's idea is very good, the reality is still cruel Even if the search area is expanded, the familiar figure has not been found at all

Just when Mamiya thought he was going to return in vain today, and was about to return to the shore, he suddenly caught a glimpse of Yukimura hugging a driftwood on a piece of sea not far away, struggling to survive.

When the Hiki Maru exploded, Yukimura, who was also on the ship at that time, was very lucky not to be killed on the spot. After the ship sank completely, he was lucky enough to hug a piece of driftwood.

For nearly 10 days, Yukimura just hugged this driftwood, drifted with the waves, and barely survived by drinking rainwater.

After Lin woke up, she explained to everyone the complete story of her encounter with Yukimura at Riki Maru.

Now that he ran into this guy who betrayed their Gourd House, Li Mamiya, who naturally didn't let him go, dragged him back to the shore and asked Lin to deal with the traitor.

Because he hadn't eaten in the past 10 days, Yukimura was already thin and out of shape.

The dull skin was tight on the bones, the cheeks and eye sockets were severely sunken, and the lips were severely peeled due to lack of water, showing a bloodless paleness. His face was as black as his dark circles. Make people think only of ink.

"Miss Lin" Yukimura, who has survived so many days by drinking rainwater, is so weak that his voice trembles when he speaks.

But even so, he still tried his best to kowtow to Lin and apologize to Lin.

"I'm sorry! I'm delusional! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Spare me!"

"Xingcun." The indifference in Lin's eyes was not weakened by Yukimura's begging for mercy, "I really don't understand."

"Is there anything I can't do to you?"

"When you were just an unknown junior, it was I who supported you vigorously, allowing you to have your current status."

"After you gained power, I still value you, take care of you, and never treat you badly."

"When I encounter a good business, I will find you to cooperate. If you are in trouble, I will do my best to help you."

"I really don't understand why I failed you, so that you did not hesitate to seek refuge with Toyotomi, and made me and my companions almost face annihilation?"

Lin's tone has always been flat.

But under this plain tone, every word that Lin complained is as important as a thousand.

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu whom Yukimura's eyes are still dripping with tears."

Yukimura fell to the ground, crying bitterly.

"Two years ago, Toyotomi Nobuhide found out that I have a very close relationship with you through unknown channels!"

"He came to me because of this, and asked me to report your whereabouts and information to him regularly as a reward, and he will give me some of his overseas smuggling channels"

"I-I was planning to open up overseas markets at that time, so Yu-so obsessively agreed to him!"

After saying that, Yukimura cried louder and kowtowed harder to the ground.

"I'm sorry! Miss Lin! I'm sorry for you!"

Rin quietly looked at Yukimura who kept kowtowing and shedding tears of fear or genuine regret.

"I see." Lin took a deep breath and slowly closed her eyes, "Does that mean you betrayed me for money?"

"Oh, what a ridiculous and realistic reason."

Yukimura's begging for mercy continued.

He wasn't tired yet, but Lynn was tired of listening.

"Enough!" Lin interrupted Yukimura's prayer with an impatient growl, "You cruel, ungrateful, barbaric, inhuman thing! You beast!"

After saying that, Lin kicked up and kicked Yukimura to the ground.