I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

After the male voice fell, Lin and Asai beside him raised their eyebrows.

"...Master." Asai lowered his voice and whispered to Lin beside him, "It seems that this acquaintance of Mucun is really a weird person..."

There are strangers visiting, and they don't come out to see who is coming, just let people pull the door in-this kind of behavior is not enough to describe it with the word "weird".

Lin slowly opened the paper sliding door, led Asai slowly through the paper sliding door, stepped on the soil of the house, and entered the house.

Behind the paper sliding door - no one came to greet them both.

"My lord, shall we take off our shoes?"

"Of course." Lin said without thinking, "We're not here to fight, of course we have to compromise."

When they were outside the house just now, Lin and Asai could hear the middle-aged male voice mixed with vicissitudes coming from the second floor of the house.

So after taking off their shoes in Tujian, the two pulled out the knives with their sheaths from their waists, held them with their right hands, and then walked straight towards the stairs not far away.

After walking up the stairs to the second floor of this house, Lin and Asai both noticed that there was a special sweet fragrance in the air on the second floor of this house.

Asai frowned slightly:

"What kind of smell is this...?"

"...It's aromatherapy." Lin responded, "The smell is really strong... How much aromatherapy do I need to make the fragrance so strong..."

At this moment, the middle-aged male voice sounded again:

"I'm here, come here."

The source of the sound was the deepest room in the corridor in front of Lin and Asai.

The two walked slowly along this corridor towards this room.

The closer you get to this room, the stronger the aroma will be.

When they stood in front of the door of this room, the scent of the aroma was so strong that Lin and Asai couldn't help but hold their breath.

Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Lin slowly opened the paper sliding door of the room.

After pulling the door to the end, the first thing Lin and Asai saw were pieces of ukiyo-e.

This fairly spacious room is filled with various ukiyo-e prints.

On the ground, on the walls... Ukiyo-e are everywhere.

The tatami mats in the room are splashed with various paints, making it impossible to see the original color of the tatami mats.

The sharp-eyed Lin first noticed that the ukiyo-e paintings in the room basically had the same theme: women.

Chapter 311 The Partisan Kyoto Prefecture

All kinds of women.

Women in various poses.

However, no matter what kind of woman, they are all very well drawn.

Even a person like Lin who doesn't have much research into painting can tell at a glance that the painters who drew these women have excellent skills. With just a few simple strokes, they can outline the charm of women and the plumpness of their bodies.

A middle-aged man was lying in the center of the room right now.

With a thin figure and messy hair, he seemed unkempt at first glance, but both his clothes and his body were surprisingly clean. This was the first impression of this middle-aged man on Lin.

This middle-aged man lying on the tatami is painting.

And what he drew was a girl in a yukata.

The girl's figure has been outlined, and the middle-aged man is coloring the girl in the painting.

A total of 8 incense sticks were lit beside the middle-aged man.

The special sweet smell in the air comes from these 8 incense sticks.

Because the floor of the room was covered with ukiyo-e prints, it was extremely difficult for Lin and Asai to find a place to stay.

After a lot of effort, the two finally arrived in front of the middle-aged man and knelt down.

After Lin and Asai sat down in front of the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man put down the brush in his hand and looked at Lin and Asai.

"Let's talk." The middle-aged man didn't ask who Lin and Asai were, "What are you two doing here?"

Lin didn't rush to say what Mucun wanted her to hand over to the middle-aged man.

Instead, he turned his head away first, scanned the surrounding area again with interested eyes, and said softly to the middle-aged man in front of him:

"I really didn't expect that I could meet the famous Jinle in this kind of place."

"Oh?" The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows, "You can actually recognize me as Jinle, have you ever bought my paintings?"

After hearing the conversation between Lin and the middle-aged man, Asai raised his eyebrows.

Asai has no interest in ukiyo-e, nor has he bought any ukiyo-e.

But even Asai, who has no interest in or understanding of Ukiyo-e, has heard of the name "Kinraku", a painter who specializes in painting beauties. His works are always bestsellers, and his works have always been priceless. Hard to get.

Asai also heard that Jinle is a very mysterious person, even those vendors who specialize in selling ukiyo-e, no one has seen Jinle's appearance, and they don't even know what age Jinle is.

"I haven't bought your paintings." Lin shook her head lightly, "but I have seen your paintings. Your superb painting skills have left a deep impression on me, so I saw the paintings in this room. After these paintings, I immediately recognized you as the famous painter Jin Le."

"Thank you for the compliment." The middle-aged man or Jin Le chuckled a few times, "I'm not really famous. I just have a high reputation among those customers who like beauties."

"Did the two of you come here specially to buy paintings?"

"If you came here to buy paintings, you can take the paintings in this room as you like. They will be given to you for free."

Jinle raised his finger and pointed to the tatami beside him.

"Oh?" Asai said at this time, "We can take the paintings in this room as we please? Is that okay? You put a lot of effort into these paintings, right? In your name, Jinle, If you sell these paintings, you should be able to sell them for a lot of money, right?"

"Hehehe" Jinle chuckled a few times, "I paint purely out of interest. Ukiyo-e artist is just a side job I use to pass the time."

"I'm not short of money now, so you can take any of the paintings in this room if you like."

"Master Jinle." Lin said softly, "We took the liberty to come here this time just to bring you a message for Yahachi Mucun."

"Oh?" The light in Jinle's eyes flickered slightly, "Makimura Yahachi? Is it the sword dragon Makimura Yahachi who used to be powerful in Kyoto?"

Lin nodded.

"What did he ask you to bring?"

"A very short sentence. A group of people are killing people everywhere in Kyoto. Since last night, 45 people have been killed. Please be careful."

"A special client brought me a message, but it turned out that the message was just a reminder to be safe? Hehehe, he really looks like Mucun." After mumbling like this for a while, Jinle laughed in a low voice.

"We have successfully brought Yahachi's words to us, so we will take our leave first."

"Huh? Are you two leaving?"

"Yeah." After Lin nodded lightly, she picked up the knife placed on the tatami on the right side, and slowly stood up, "As I said just now, we took the liberty to come here this time just to help Miba with a sentence. It's just for you."

"Now that the mission has been completed, we naturally have no reason to stay here."

"That's it, then you two go slowly, I won't see you off."

After all, Jinle picked up his brush again and continued to concentrate on painting.

After Lin and Asai left Jinle's mansion one after the other, Asai turned around and took a look at Jinle's mansion, and muttered softly:

"I didn't expect Mucun to know the painter Jinle, and judging from the tone of Jinle's talking about Mucun just now, the two of them seem to be very familiar."

"Mihachi was born and raised in Kyoto, and he worked as a teacher in Kyoto for 5 years, and met some strange friends in Kyoto, which is extremely normal." Lin said casually.

"Let's talk." After Asai was silent for a while, Chao Lin asked aloud, "My lord, do you know why Mucun gave up being Kyoto's Yori and left Kyoto?"

"I'm not sure." Lin said without thinking, "I'm not interested in other people's past."

"Makimura often told us what happened before and when he became Yori." Asai said, "However, he has always kept secrets about why he gave up the glorious position of Kyoto Yori. "

"Miba doesn't want to take the initiative to tell me, which means that his history is not something he can take the initiative to talk to others." Lin's tone became more serious, "So I respect Miba Hachi's choice. As long as Miba doesn't take the initiative to speak up, I won't take the initiative to ask."

"Compared to Yahachi's past, I am more concerned about Yahachi's present and future."

"Hey! Have you ever seen the person on this arrest warrant?"

At this moment, a loud shout suddenly sounded from behind Lin and Qianjing, and stopped Lin and Qianjing.

The two of Lin followed the sound and looked back, only to see that it was five young people who were not too old to stop them.

None of these five youths carried the necessary weapon for official missions: ten hands, so it was obvious at a glance that these five people were not official missions.

The leader of the five youths held Ogata's wanted warrant in his hand. After calling Lin and Asai, he immediately handed the wanted warrant in his hand to Lin and Asai for their reading.

Lin simply glanced at the wanted notice, then shook her head, and said in a low voice:

"never seen it."

In order to deceive others, Lin has always dressed in men's clothing, and she deliberately lowered her voice when speaking, using a very neutral voice that is neither masculine nor feminine to talk to people.

Not only that, in order to prevent anyone from recognizing her as the "Buddha's Enemy" based on the knife at her waist, Linte wrapped the handle and scabbard of her sword "Yan Mo" and Wakizawa "Zhen Guishen" with cloth. .

After Lin's voice fell, Asai on the side immediately shook his head and said:

"I haven't seen it either."

"That's it, that's disturbing."

Seeing that they could not get any clues from Lin and Asai, the five youths did not show any signs of frustration. People go in the exact opposite direction.

After walking a few steps, the five youths stopped another person and asked him if he had seen the face on the arrest warrant.

Lin and Asai were not in a hurry to continue on their way, but turned their heads to glance at the five youths.

"It seems that it is true that the disciples of the Six Swords Schools all ran out to help the officials capture Yidao Zhai together." Asai said softly to Lin beside him, "These five people should be the six A disciple of the Great Sword Hall."

Just now, Lin and Asai heard the rumors from passers-by that "the Six Great Sword Gyms were also involved in the capture of Ogata".

Until now, after witnessing the disciples of the Six Great Sword Gyms holding Ogata's arrest warrant and asking people around if they had seen the face on the arrest warrant, Lin and Asai were convinced that it should be true.

After Lin nodded slightly, she said:

"Let's go."

Rin and Asai walked straight to the inn where they were staying.

When Lin and Mucun and Shimada separated to act separately, they agreed that Lin and Asai would go back to the hotel where they lived after they helped Mucun finish the conversation.

As soon as they walked back to the door of the hotel, Lin and Asai saw a familiar figure standing in front of the hotel, panting.

It's Shimada.

Before Lin and Asai had time to ask what happened to Shimada, Shimada noticed that Lin and Asai had returned, and immediately rushed towards them:

"My lord! Senior Asai!"

"Sorry, Katsurokuro, I kept you waiting." Lin took the lead to apologize to Shimada, "I kept you waiting, do you have something to ask us? Where did Yahachi go?"

Shimada shook his head:

"No, I just ran back just now."

"My lord! Something big happened!"

Lin, who noticed that Shimada was flustered now, frowned slightly, and said to Shimada in a calm tone, "Don't panic."

Lin untied the bamboo tube hanging from his waist, and threw it towards Shimada in front of him.

"You ran all the way, your throat is dry, right? I heard your voice is hoarse. Drink some water to moisten your throat first."

"Yes Yes!"

Shimada unscrewed the mouth of the tube repeatedly, and poured the water in the bamboo tube into his mouth.

"Don't worry." Lin said to Shimada in a calm tone, "Drink slowly."

After drinking almost all the water in the bamboo tube, Shimada put down the bamboo tube in his hand.

Hearing Lin's calm tone, Shimada couldn't help being affected by it, and his flustered heart gradually calmed down.

After his flustered heart returned to calm, Shimada told Lin concisely what happened to him and Mucun just now.

"Sorry my lord"

After explaining to Lin and Asai what happened, Shimada lowered his head, not daring to look at their faces.

His face was actually full of annoyance and remorse.