I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Falling asleep in this half-asleep and half-awake state, once there is any movement around you, you can immediately notice and wake up.

Although the surrounding rooms were occupied by officials of Huofu Thief Kai headed by Hasegawa Heizo, Ogata still slept soundly without any psychological pressure.

Hasegawa also obeyed what he said - he spent the night peacefully with Ogata as if he hadn't seen Ogata.

And Hasegawa, who is on a mission, does not want to lose his precious subordinates because of Ogata.

And Ogata didn't want to cause trouble in his life and bring trouble to Grandma Cake.

Ogata, Hasegawa and the others spent a peaceful night in this way.

When it was just dawn, Xu Bian heard noisy footsteps coming from outside the door.

The sound of noisy footsteps slowly shifted from outside the door to outside the hotel's gate.

Awakened by the loud footsteps, Ogata turned his head and looked out the window.

Hasegawa and his party have mounted their respective horses and are ready to go in front of Grandma Cake's hotel gate.

After watching Hasegawa and his group leave, Ogata retracted his gaze, tightened the knife in his arms, and went back to sleep——Hasegawa and others traveled at different times from him, avoiding each other. It's exactly what Ogata wanted.

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"Guest officer! Come! This is for you!"

After sleeping for an extra half an hour, Ogata stretched his waist, stood up slowly, and was about to leave the hotel where Granny Cake was staying and set off for Kyoto.

Just when Ogata was about to leave, Granny Cake stopped him suddenly and handed some grandma cakes to Ogata.

"This is?"

"For you!" Granny Cake smiled.

"Ah, this..." Ogata just wanted to politely refuse, but Granny Gao took the lead and said:

"Take it with peace of mind! It's just a few pastries! It's not worth a lot of money!"

Speaking of this, Granny Cake paused.

Then he slowly revealed a warm smile.

"Thank you for chatting with me for so long with Hasegawa-sama last night. Mother-in-law, I haven't tried to chat for so long."

"...you're welcome, then——I'll accept this grandma's cake."

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On the distant horizon, the shadows of a large area of ​​blurred buildings can already be vaguely seen.

Ogata, who was standing in the distance, looked at Kyoto, which was already close at hand.

Knowing that Xinri Village is very close to Kyoto, and that it takes less than half an hour to walk, Xu conveniently left his horse to Grandma Gao to take care of it temporarily.

Riding a horse into Beijing is not only too ostentatious, but also how to place the horse in Kyoto is also a problem.

Therefore, it is more convenient not to ride a horse when entering Beijing.

Regarding Ogata's request to take care of the horse, Granny Cake accepted without hesitation.

Granny Cake, who has been alone for a long time, not only has no resistance to this kind of work of taking care of animals, but even quite welcomes it.

Ogata is racking his brains now.

I racked my brains to think of ways to enter Kyoto.

Ogata has not forgotten his identity - the most wanted criminal in the country.

Although he was arrested once by Hasegawa and the others, whether his arrest warrant has been revoked with his imprisonment a few months ago-this is unknown.

In this era of backward information circulation, criminals have been arrested for a long time, but the arrest warrant is still hanging out - this kind of thing is not uncommon.

Ogata didn't want to encounter too many moths outside the capital before he even entered the capital.

Just when Ogata was thinking about whether there was a safer and safer way to enter Beijing——

"Hehehehe..."

There was a low laugh from behind.

"Master Samurai, you seem to have encountered some troubles, and I may be able to help you solve the troubles you are encountering now."

Ogata turned his head and looked behind him.

It was a short old man who was grinning at him.

Ogata couldn't help looking at the old man's face a few more times.

Because this old man's front tooth is actually missing - it's really hard to bear to look at it a few more times.

"Oh? Do you know what my trouble is now?"

"I don't know how to get into Kyoto - am I right? I have met countless people like you, so I can tell at a glance that you are also the kind who can't swagger for various reasons Those who entered Kyoto."

What the old man said was actually no different from Ming saying: "You are a wanted criminal".

"You know that I'm the kind of person who can't enter the capital openly, but you still dare to talk to me." Ogata said in a joking tone, "You are very courageous, old man."

"That's natural. If a businessman like us who travels north and south is not courageous enough, he won't be able to accomplish anything."

"I don't usually have the habit of reading wanted notices, so I don't know who you are—but this kind of thing is not important."

"Whether it's ordinary people who keep their own laws, or people like you who are inconvenient to show their faces, the best way to enter Kyoto is to go to the 'Seven Ports of Kyoto'."

"'Kyo no Seven Kouchi'?" Ogata, who didn't know much about Kyoto, frowned.

"200 years ago, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi completed his unification of Japan, he built a fortification called 'Odoi' in Kyoto."

The old man with one missing front tooth was talking to Ogata.

"The so-called 'Royal House' can be understood as a city wall."

"'Odoi' starts from Omiya in the north, ends at Toji Temple in the south, starts from Kamogawa in the east, and ends at Kitano Shrine in the west, almost enclosing all the main streets in Kyoto."

The old man knows the history of Kyoto very well.

"With the establishment of 'Royal Residence', Kyoto has been divided into 'Luozhong' and 'Luowai'."

"Although it is divided into two parts, almost all the essence of Kyoto is in Luozhong."

"So it can be said——Luozhong is Kyoto, and Kyoto is Luozhong."

"The connection between Luozhong and Luowai is the 'Seven Ports of Beijing'."

"The current 'Seven Exits of Beijing' are Nagasaka Exit, Kurama Exit, Ohara Exit, Awata Exit, Fushimi Exit, Niaoyu Exit, and Tanba Exit."

"But in fact—there are more than these 7 gateways to enter Kyoto."

"The gates to enter Kyoto are not always the same. In addition to the construction of the imperial palace, there will be new gates set up in the name of the construction of the imperial palace and the shrine."

"The number of gates sometimes even reaches more than 10."

"As far as I know - there are currently nine gates open."

"But when you go in and out of Luozhong and Luowai, you mainly use the 7 ports I mentioned just now."

"If you want to enter Kyoto, there is no other way but to go through these gates."

"Is there no other way to enter Luozhong other than going through these gates?" Ogata asked, "For example, by water."

The old man shook his head.

"If you don't go through these gates, the best way to enter Luozhong is probably to forcefully cross the 'Royal Residence'."

"But 'Odoi' is not so easy to read."

"'Odoju' is a fortification built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi with a lot of money."

"Over the past 200 years, the shogunate has never slackened in the maintenance and repair of the imperial residence."

"Even those skilled ninjas can't get over Midoi."

"If you want to enter Kyoto, the safest way is to go to the 'Seven Ports of Kyoto'."

Speaking of which, the old man opened his mouth wider.

The smile on his face was also a bit more intriguing because of the widening of his mouth.

"I still have a pretty good deal I want to do with you. This deal will allow you to pass through the 'Seven Gates of Beijing' and enter Luozhong in one breath. What is your intention?"

"...Tell me about your business."

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The Gion Festival is the busiest time of year in Kyoto.

Not just ordinary people

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At Fushimiguchi, one of Kyoto's "Seven Gates of Kyoto", an official about 30 years old registered a group of traveling merchants from Edo and waved to the people behind.

The leader of the merchants who lined up behind this line of Edo traveling merchants was an old man with a missing tooth.

Before the official could make a sound, the old man with one tooth missing walked over quickly while wearing a flattering smile.

While following the official saying something like "my goods are just some drinks, no problem", at the same time, he quietly stuffed two small things into the official's big slap.

The official lowered his eyes and looked at the palm of his hand to see two pieces of douban silver.

After looking at the two douban silver coins, the officials quietly put the money away.

The handing and receiving of money by the old man and the official was smooth and smooth, as if it had been rehearsed in advance, or had been done countless times.

4 ox carts, and the goods loaded on these 4 ox carts. These are all the things that the old man and his guys brought to Kyoto.

The official who received money from the old man made some gestures around the four ox carts of the old man, pretending to be a "search", and then waved his hand to signal that the old man could enter the city.

After the old man with one missing front tooth led his caravan into the city, he didn't go straight to any hotel, or to a certain commercial area in Kyoto.

Instead, he led his caravan into an inaccessible alley in Kyoto.

"Master Samurai!" After checking the surroundings and making sure that there were no other people around, the old man shouted to the compartment of one of the bullock carts, "You can come out now."

bang.

As soon as the old man finished speaking, the door of the ox cart was pushed open.

"I didn't expect it to be so smooth."

Ogata sighed with emotion as he slowly stepped down from the carriage of the bullock cart.

The old man with one missing front tooth just said that the deal with Ogata was that Ogata gave him money, and he took Ogata to "smuggle".

According to the old man, he is already a habitual offender in this area.

On the surface, he is an ordinary wine merchant, but in private, he has helped countless people like Ogata who are inconvenient to enter Kyoto to "smuggle" smoothly, so as to earn huge extra money.

Holding the idea of ​​"try it, even if I fail, I still have a way to escape", Ogata nodded and agreed to the deal.

So there was the scene where the old man bought the officials with 2 douban silver just now, and the old man successfully took Ogata "smuggling" with him.

After getting out of the car, Ogata supported the knife on his waist and looked in the direction of the Fushimi Exit.

"It went smoothly beyond my imagination."

"These officials and officials in the capital are very corrupt."

The old man let out a sneer, and the smile on his face was full of strong mockery

"No, it should be said that all parts of Japan now have the same virtues: utterly filthy. The Edo shogunate is now dying."

"Kyoto has long been in disrepair. As long as you are willing to pay these gatekeepers, no matter who you are, Kyoto will let you in and out."

"I myself don't remember how many people I brought into Kyoto over the years."

"I thought that in Kyoto, the name of Kamiyama Eshinosuke was enshrined, and the officialdom here would not be too corrupt."

Ogata has also heard of the name of "Mingho" Kamiyama Koshinosuke.

Although he didn't have a deep understanding of this character, Ogata had heard of titles such as "Kaiyama Eshinosuke's outstanding talents".