I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

The loud noise before the fire broke out made Shenshan very concerned, making Shenshan suspect that the fire might be man-made.

Therefore, Kamiyama asked the Edo shogunate for help, asking the shogunate to mediate the arson case expert Huofu and the officials sent by the robbers to come to Kyoto to investigate the case.

Hasegawa, who happened to be free at that time, readily took the order and led his subordinates headed by Imai to Kyoto to investigate the case.

This is why Hasegawa and his subordinates appeared in Kyoto.

Early this morning, after leaving Granny Cake's hotel and parting with Ogata, Hasegawa rushed directly to the crime scene in Luowai to collect clues.

With a sullen face, he handed back the gunpowder powder Hasegawa found from the scene of the crime to Hasegawa, and suddenly anxious footsteps and anxious shouts came from outside the room:

"Master Shenshan! Another murder has occurred! Just now, another person was killed in the Gion Park! The victim was Inano Saburo, a disciple of the Xuanxue Academy! He was stabbed in the neck and killed with one blow!"

"Another victim?" Shenshan's face darkened suddenly, "...I see, you should step back first."

After the reporter left, Hasegawa frowned and asked Shenshan:

"Shenshan, what did you say about another victim?"

"...Since last night, a murderer has appeared in Kyoto." Shenshan sighed, "From last night to now, he has killed 34 people in a row."

After hearing the number "34", Hasegawa felt a "thump" in his heart.

34 people were killed. This is no small case.

At this time, Shenshan went on to say:

"Fortunately, when this murderer was killing people, many people present saw his face."

"Kyoto Soshidai-sama is very nervous right now." Kamiyama changed his tone of sarcasm, "When the Gion Festival is being held, there appears such a vicious criminal who may destroy the Gion Festival, but it is very likely that the general will be punished." scolded."

"My lord, Kyoto City Chief, is now asking people to compare each arrest warrant based on the appearance reported by these witnesses, to find out if there is any wanted criminal who matches the appearance reported by the witnesses."

"I don't know when the results will come out..."

Before Shenshan finished speaking, there was another anxious announcement from outside the room:

"Master Shenshan! The comparison results of the arrest warrant...are out!"

The messenger was out of breath because of running so fast, and his speech was intermittent.

"Oh?" Shenshan narrowed his eyes, "Have you found any wanted criminal whose face matches the murderer's face seen by the witnesses?"

"Yes!" The messenger said anxiously, "It's the executioner, Yidao Zai Ofang Yishi!"

"After showing Ogata Iktosai's arrest warrant to the eyewitnesses, the eyewitnesses also said that it was this person!"

As soon as the messenger finished speaking, the pupils of Shenshan and Hasegawa, especially Hasegawa shrank suddenly.

Chapter 280 Six Great Sword Gyms: Qian Xue Gym

Ogata and A-Machi were walking slowly along the street side by side, looking for the next pharmacy, when they suddenly noticed a lot of people gathered on the street not far ahead.

Curious, the two walked slowly towards the crowd in front of them.

After reaching the outermost edge of the crowd, Ogata and A-Machi saw clearly that these people were gathered outside the gate of a magnificent mansion.

The gate of this imposing mansion was closed tightly, and two men dressed as samurai were guarding the gate outside the gate.

Next to the gate is a plaque with three big Chinese characters written on it.

"Thousand school hall...?"

Ogata read out the three Chinese characters written on the plaque one by one.

"It seems to be a sword hall." A-cho at the side echoed.

A young man who was also dressed as a samurai standing in front of Ogata and A-Machi heard what Ogata and A-Machi said, turned his head, and looked at Ogata and A-Machi with surprised eyes.

"You two, don't you know the Sengakukan in Kyoto?"

"We are foreigners." A-Ting said, "I don't know much about Kyoto."

Seeing that Ogata and Atachi were not natives of Kyoto, the doubt on the young man's face gradually dissipated.

"So it's a foreigner... No wonder I have to know Sengakukan. Both of you, do you need me to introduce the famous Sengakukan in Kyoto?"

A-Machi turned his head and asked Ogata with his gaze: "Are you interested in listening?"

Ogata nodded after thinking for a while.

"There are countless sword gyms in the huge capital city." The young man said eloquently, "But the most powerful sword gym has a total of six."

"We Kyoto people collectively refer to these six sword halls as the Six Great Sword Halls."

"The six sword halls are the Qiangakukan, which teaches the Mito Issou style, the training horse hall, which teaches the Katori Shinto style, the metaphysics hall, which teaches the Nakajo style, the Baihukan, which teaches the Ono Isdou style, and the Seigakukan, which teaches the Wudou style. And the Sengakukan where Bell Jumaki is taught."

The young man spat out a large number of unfamiliar names in one breath.

Although he was already listening carefully, Ogata still didn't remember any of the museum and that museum that the young man said...

Although he didn't remember the names of these six sword halls, Ogata understood one thing. These six sword halls are very famous and powerful in Kyoto.

"Then what are these people here gathering in front of the Qianxue Pavilion?"

"Today is the opening day of Qianxue Hall!"

The young man replied.

"The current owner of Sengakukan, Nobuyoshi Mizuno, will show the bell roll of Sengakukan to outsiders today."

"Everyone came to watch it because of the fame, so they gathered here."

Speaking of this, the young man looked up at the sky.

"It should be time for the museum to open in a while."

As soon as the young man's voice fell, the two young warriors who were guarding the gate of Qianxueguan, who should be the disciples of Qianxueguan, shouted in unison:

"It's time! Line up! Don't be crowded!"

As soon as these two people said this, everyone gathered in front of the museum, including the young man who had been explaining to Ogata and Atachi just now, immediately showed excitement.

"...Ayi." A-Ming asked, "Are you interested in going to see what the bell scroll looks like?"

"A bell scroll...I've never seen a bell scroll...Ah, maybe I saw it somewhere but I killed it."

Ogata, who was quite interested in the bell scroll stream and the six famous sword halls in Kyoto according to the young man just now, nodded at A-machi, and walked slowly towards Sengakukan following the flow of people...

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When Ogata and Atachi followed the flow of people into Sengakukan

Somewhere in an inconspicuous corner of the Qianxue Hall.

"Do you understand the steps?"

A samurai with a clean-shaven Tsukiyo head and a somewhat obese figure said this to a samurai in front of him with long hair, a dirty body, and a ronin appearance.

And after the fat warrior's voice fell, the ronin immediately nodded hurriedly:

"Understood, understood!" Ronin's face was full of fawning smiles, "Isn't it just pretending to lose on purpose, who wouldn't?"

"Then tell me the process." The fat warrior ordered.

"After Mizuno Shinyong-sama defeated the first person, I deliberately pretended to be disdainful and laughed."

"After I sneered, Mr. Mizuno Shinyong will call on me to play."

"After I played, I deliberately pretended to be defeated by Mizuno Shinyong-sama, and was defeated by Mizuno Shinyong-sama in one go."

Seeing that the random ronin in front of him had indeed memorized the procedure clearly, the fat samurai showed a satisfied smile.

"Very good, remember this process! After the matter is completed, you will be indispensable for the bonus! Alright, follow me into the museum!"

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Ogata and A-Machi sat down on the edge of the dojo, along with the spectators who came to see Mizuno Shinyong's heroic figure.

Dojo...

The air was filled with the not-so-pleasant smell unique to the dojo.

If you were an ordinary person, you would definitely not like this smell in the dojo.

But Ogata didn't hate it.

Because after smelling this scent, there will be a faint feeling of nostalgia floating in Ogata's heart.

While looking around at the layout of Sengakukan Dojo, Ogata muttered in a low voice:

"I really miss..."

Although Ogata's murmur was soft, it was still clearly heard by A-Machi.

"Ayi, are you missing the dojo where you used to practice swords?"

"Well... I haven't stepped into any dojo for... nearly a year." Ogata nodded lightly, "Time is so fast... about a year ago, the Sakakibara Sword Gym was still there, Everyone... is still here..."

Speaking of this, Ogata felt as if his throat was being slowly blocked by something.

And A-Machi also saw that Ogata's mood was falling rapidly at this time, so he also shut up, and stopped talking about this topic.

At this moment, there was a lot of movement in the dojo in front of him.

Ogata and A-Machi raised their eyes and looked forward.

I saw a young man in his prime, about 30 to 35 years old, walking through a small door surrounded by a group of young people in uniform white uniforms, walking slowly to the center of the dojo .

As soon as the young man came to the center of the dojo, he introduced himself to Ogata and the audience.

It turns out that this young man is the current owner of Sengakukan: Shinyong Mizuno.

Mizuno's self-introduction was very long.

A simple summary of his self-introduction is to praise himself for being the best of all the bells and whistles, and how powerful he is.

And how many years of history and how powerful his Qianxueguan has been.

There are also how many disciples he has under his command, how many capable people his disciples have produced, and how powerful they are.

In the final analysis, it is to praise how powerful he is...

This lengthy self-introduction made Ogata almost fall asleep after hearing it.

Just after Ogata started to yawn for the third time, Mizuno finally finished his overly informative self-introduction, and began to conduct a practical demonstration, showing the bell flow to the audience.

Seeing that the only link he wanted to see finally came, Ogata cheered up, his hands subconsciously wanted to cross into his sleeves.

But because of the hot weather now, Ogata has been using cuffs to tie up the sleeves on both sides, so his hands are empty, so he can only hug his chest with his hands in resentment.

Mizuno and one of his disciples stood facing each other holding a wooden knife.

Both of them have decent mid-section postures, and they are both very standard in appearance.

After a long confrontation like this, Mizuno was the first to move.

While Mizuno let out a mighty Qihe, he stepped forward and quickly narrowed the distance between himself and his disciples.

The next moment after the disciple entered his attack range, Mizuno immediately swung his sword at the disciple's left shoulder and made a strike.

The blade of the wooden knife precisely hit the disciple's left shoulder.

The disciple cried out in pain while falling to the ground.

Mizuno's set of actions just now was very fast.

Immediately after the disciple was brought down, exclamations resounded from the audience.

Hearing the exclamation of the audience, a faint smile emerged from Mizuno's face.

"...Huh?" When the rest of the audience exclaimed, Ogata's face hidden under the tengu mask raised his eyebrows.

"Puchi..."

At this moment, a sneer sounded out of tune with the surrounding atmosphere.

The sound of this chuckle was very small, it was the kind of soft laughter that could not be held back even though it had been suffocated desperately.

And the person who uttered this sneer was a samurai dressed as a ronin.

Although the sound of this sneer was very small and the start and end time was very short, it was still heard clearly by almost everyone in the dojo...

The disciples of Qianxueguan all kneeled and sat on the left and right sides of the dojo.