I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Ogata recognized this strong man.

This strong man must be the number one swordsman of their Hirose Clan - Mataichiro Qihara.

Among the warriors of the Hirose Domain, Qiyuan's name is known to everyone, and everyone knows it.

Qiyuan's title of "the number one swordsman in the Hirose Clan" was not touted.

Instead, relying on his own sword, he chopped it out bit by bit.

Qiyuan is the master of the Ito Issou style.

In the Edo period, various schools of swordsmanship began to award certificates or scrolls of different stages according to the strength of the disciples.

For most schools of sword skills, the certificates or scrolls awarded from low level to high level are: paper cutting, catalogue, and exemption.

The Sakakibara Ichidou style that Ogata studied adopts the certificate levels in this order, the lowest certificate level is "paper cut", and the highest level certificate level is "exemption".

Regardless of the order in which certificates are awarded by each genre, the highest level of certificates is basically the same—exempt everyone from passing on.

What does it mean to have a license-exempt transfer of such-and-such a genre?

It means that when you go out to fight with others in the future, as long as you take out your certificate of exemption from universal transmission, the enemy may be frightened and his legs will tremble.

The gold content of the "exemption from all pass" certificate is quite large, which means that it is quite difficult to get.

Take Sakakibara Issou-ryu as an example—the Sakakibara Sword Gym where Ogata is located, since its establishment, no one has successfully obtained a certificate of exemption from universal transmission.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Sakakihara Sword Gym is a young sword gym.

Only a few years have passed since the museum was built.

Ogata himself was one of the first batch of disciples who entered the Sakakibara Sword Academy after its establishment.

In short, no matter what genre it is, those who can obtain the certificate of dispensation of the genre are without a doubt—the top powerhouses.

This is the case with Qiyuan, who owns the Ito Issou style of exempting everyone.

It is said that Qiyuan once fought 10 people at the same time.

In this life-and-death struggle of 1 vs. 10 with a huge difference in the number of people, Qiyuan insisted on relying on his extraordinary swordsmanship to behead these 10 people one after another.

With 1 against 10, they can still win a complete victory - just from this battle, we can see how terrifying Qiyuan's strength is.

Qiyuan also relied on her extraordinary swordsmanship to win the appreciation of the previous generation's lord. Many years ago, she was sent to Matsudaira Gennai's side and served as Matsudaira Gennai's personal guard until today.

As a result, Qiyuan has become the dream object of almost all the samurai who are interested in relying on swordsmanship to support themselves in Hirose.

Qi Yuan belonged to the kind of existence who could rise to the top by relying on swordsmanship alone, and envied countless warriors.

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"Is this the warehouse where the salt is stored?"

Matsudaira Genuai's tone was still so indifferent, as if there was no emotion at all.

As soon as Matsudaira Gennai's voice fell, Inoue quickly shouted:

"My lord, yes!"

"Take me in and take a look."

"Yes!"

Inoue got up and pushed open the door of the warehouse behind him.

Matsudaira Gennai did not bring too many attendants into the house, but only Qiyuan and a small surname.

After Inoue, Matsudaira Gennai and the others entered the house, Ogata and the others got up and followed closely behind Matsudaira Gennai and the others.

"We intentionally keep the warehouse dry to prevent the salt in the warehouse from going bad due to moisture..."

Inoue, who was at the front, led the way and continued to explain.

Ogata and the others don't have to do anything next, they just need to respectfully follow behind Matsudaira Gennai and the others, and accompany them for a walk around the warehouse.

And Inoue worked hard.

He has to lead the way and constantly explain various details in the warehouse to Matsudaira Gennai.

This is the first time Ogata realized that being a low-level samurai with a meager salary is not completely useless, and there are many troublesome things that he does not need to do by himself.

Inoue was already nervous.

Genuai Matsudaira's indifferent reaction made Inoue even more nervous.

No matter what Inoue said, Matsudaira Genuai remained expressionless.

Neither made a sound nor did any movement.

In this situation, it's like you tell a joke that you think is funny, but everyone doesn't laugh—embarrassed and overwhelmed.

Inoue is like this now, Matsudaira Gennai's indifferent reaction made him unable to get up or down.

Maybe it was to cover up his unsteady mood right now, Inoue tried harder to explain.

"Currently, there are a total of 200 sticks of salt stored in the warehouse."

"The vast majority of the salt is purchased from foreign domains."

"Among the 200 guans of salt, 120 guans are relatively old salt, and the other 0 guans are new salt just purchased."

"Ah, my lord, please look here. The salt stored here is the new salt we purchased."

Inoue wanted to introduce these new salts in the warehouse to Matsudaira Gennai, so he stopped, turned around, and prepared to introduce these new salts to Matsudaira Gennai slowly.

However—I don’t know whether Matsudaira Genuai didn’t notice that Inoue had stopped in front of him, or because Inoue’s footsteps were heard too suddenly, or for some other reason, in short—Inoue had already stopped, but Matsudaira Gennai is still making great strides forward.

This led to - Inoue crashed heavily into Matsudaira Genuai's arms.

The blood on Inoue's face faded away instantly.

"My lord! I'm so sorry!"

Inoue took 2 steps back in a panic, then knelt down on the ground, apologizing loudly with the highest volume he could achieve.

"My lord! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so... Goo!"

Before Inoue finished speaking, Matsudaira Gennai forcibly stopped Inoue's words...

The only attendants that Matsudaira Gennai brought into the warehouse were Qiyuan, who served as the guard, and Xiao Xing, who was in charge of holding the knife for Matsudaira Gennai.

When Inoue knelt down to apologize for bumping into Matsudaira Yuannai, Matsudaira Yuannai glanced expressionlessly at Inoue who was kneeling on the ground.

Then he directly pulled out the knife held by Xiao Xing behind him, and pierced the throat of Inoue who was kneeling on the ground with a sword.

Because Inoue was kneeling on the ground, the back of his neck was completely exposed to Gennai Matsudaira's eyes, so it was suitable for Genuai Matsudaira to swing his sword through his throat.

The sharp point of the sword pierced from the back of Inoue's neck and pierced out from Inoue's throat.

Inoue moved his twitching hands to caress his neck where the sword was stuck.

He seemed about to say something.

But what was said were all "cuckoo cluck" sounds with unknown meanings.

Matsudaira Gennai raised his foot, stepped on Inoue's head, and pulled out the sword in one breath.

After throwing the blood-stained sword back to Xiao Xing beside him, Matsudaira Gennai said:

"Be careful when you walk in the future. Don't bump into me again."

Matsudaira Gennai's tone was exactly the same as before.

They are all extremely bland, as if they are not mixed with any emotional color.

To pierce the neck of one's own courtier—to do such a cruel thing, Matsudaira Gennai's tone remained unchanged.

As if just doing a trivial little thing.

Ogata looked at all these scenes in front of his eyes in astonishment.

Things changed so quickly that Ogata didn't even have time to react.

In the last second, Inoue introduced all the details of the salt warehouse to Matsudaira Genuai with enthusiasm and a little nervous attitude.

In the next second, Inoue accidentally bumped into Gennai Matsudaira, and Gennai Matsudaira pierced his throat.

Ogata stared in shock at the scene in front of him, at the well on the ground that had fallen in a pool of blood and was no longer moving.

Gennai Matsudaira turned around slowly and looked at Ogata and the others.

The pale colleague next to Ogata was the first to kneel down on the ground.

With one person taking the lead, Ogata and the others quickly followed, kneeling on the ground.

Matsudaira Gennai looked at Ogata and the others who were kneeling on the ground.

"Dirty clothes."

Gennai Matsudaira touched his clothes on his chest which had been hit by Inoue just now, but was not actually stained.

"What a disappointment..."

After that, Matsudaira Gennai led Qiyuan and his surname who was in charge of holding the knife, and strode out of the salt warehouse.

After passing Ogata and the others in Matsudaira Gennai, Ogata and the others hurriedly maintained the posture of kneeling on the ground, and then turned around so that their head, which was almost close to the ground, was always facing Matsudaira Gennai.

It wasn't until Matsudaira Gennai got on his horse again and led his attendants away from the gate of the salt storehouse that no one except Ogata finally dared to show his air.

Although Ogata was not as frightened as his colleagues who turned pale and didn't dare to vent their anger, he was also quite frightened by Matsudaira Gennai's brutal actions just now...

"This is..." Ogata looked at the direction Matsudaira Genuai left, "My lord...?"

……

……

Today, the hearts of the treasury officials are very heavy.

A colleague was killed by Gennai Matsuhira for just an insignificant reason - no matter who it is, it will feel heavy...

Because everyone's heart is very heavy, so after today's "Master's Inspection" is over, the leader of Ogata and the others didn't say much to Ogata and the others. up.

Seeing that it was still early, Ogata decided to go to Sakakibara Sword Hall to practice swordsmanship.

With a heavy heart, after stepping into the sword gym, Xu conveniently saw several senior brothers who were currently practicing swords in the sword gym.

Among the brothers who are practicing swords, Makino, who has the closest relationship with Ogata, happens to be one of them.

Seeing Ogata coming, Makino immediately greeted Ogata enthusiastically:

"Senior Ogata! You're here... eh? Senior Ogata, why doesn't your complexion seem to be in a good mood? Is your body uncomfortable?"

Makino and Ogata had been together for a long time, and he could tell that Ogata was not in a good mood with just one glance.

Seeing that Makino asked this question, Ogata did not hide anything, and directly told Makino all the things that happened to him today.

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"Ah?" Makino's face turned pale, and he lowered his voice, "My lord, he killed someone for such a reason..."

"Yeah..." Ogata nodded with a wry smile, "It's ridiculous, isn't it?"

Ogata knew that Matsudaira Genuai was a very cruel person.

But after all, it was only heard before, and Ogata has never had a real sense of the brutality of Matsudaira Gennai.

It wasn't until today that he saw Gennai Matsudaira's brutal behavior with his own eyes, that he realized how cruel Gennai Matsudaira is who rules this land and them...

Just because someone accidentally bumped into him, he killed the other person, this is really... too ridiculous...

"Oh..." Makino sighed softly, "Forget it, Senior Ogata, let's not talk about this topic anymore, he is our lord after all, no matter what he has done, the fact that he is our lord Nothing will change."

"No matter what, we can't criticize the lord in private, or speak ill of the lord."

The ethics of ancient China centered on "benevolence".

The ethics of ancient Japan centered on "chu".

This characteristic of ancient Japanese ethics reached its peak in the Edo period.

In the Edo period, the most noble character of the samurai was "loyalty", followed by "martial courage".

Loyalty and innocence, swearing allegiance to your lord regardless of right or wrong—this is the common value of warriors in this era.

Therefore, no matter what the lord has done, all the warriors who are loyal to the lord must not have any complaints. They must swear allegiance to the death and risk their lives to protect the lord and complete all the orders issued by the lord.

If there is any act of disloyalty to his lord, he will be cast aside by everyone.