I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Master Hotta." Seeing that Hotta didn't intend to exchange more greetings, this was exactly what Kamiyama wanted, "A group of people are secretly plotting something in Kyoto."

Kamiyama pointedly stated that the wife and daughter of the owner of the Metaphysics Hall, Inaba, were kidnapped by a group of mysterious people, that the group of mysterious people made strange demands on the owner of the Inaba Hall, and that the wife and daughter of the owner of the Metaphysics Hall have been successfully rescued, etc. Everything was revealed to Hota.

After quietly listening to Kamiyama's words, Hotta frowned slightly, and said:

"And then? What are you going to do?"

"I disguised the wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba House as my family members and brought them here. The two of them are sitting next to my seat now."

Shenshan's tone was a bit more meaningful at this time.

"Master Horita, if you take the wife and daughter of the owner of Inabakan to the feudal lord, and tell the feudal lord that an extremely powerful force is secretly plotting something in Kyoto, but the master of the capital is still unaware of it, you Guess what's going to happen?"

Hearing Kamiyama's words, Hotta frowned slightly.

After a while, Hotta smiled and said:

"I see"

"The wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba Museum are our witnesses. And we not only have human witnesses, but also physical evidence."

After finishing speaking, Shenshan bent down and picked up a long stick covered with cloth that was placed at his feet.

After tearing off the cloth covering the long object, Hotta revealed a look of shock, and said:

"Iron cannon?"

"This is an iron cannon seized from the group that kidnapped the wife and daughter of the owner of the Inaba Pavilion. As you can see, this is an extremely rare Nanban iron cannon. Not all forces can buy this iron cannon. If you take this iron cannon to meet the feudal lord, you will be able to sit back and watch a group of extremely powerful forces secretly plotting something in the capital."

"There are witnesses and physical evidence. Master Shenshan, you have prepared everything." Hotta sighed, "It is forbidden to bring any weapons to this banquet. It is a good thing that you have a way to bring this iron cannon in."

There was a bit of helplessness on Shenshan's face:

"I'm ashamed to say that this personal and physical evidence was sent by someone else, and I didn't find it."

"As for the method of bringing in the iron cannon, I say it is also practiced in Kyoto Town. I can still manage to bring in a long rod that is not too conspicuous."

Speaking of this, Shenshan paused, and then his tone gradually became serious:

"Hotta-sama, I know you hate Toda Tadahiro. And I also hate Toda Tadahiro."

"Although you and I don't have a deep friendship, an enemy's enemy is a friend."

"The lower official is just a Kyoto town follower, and he speaks lightly."

"As the representative of Osaka Castle, you should bring this personal and material evidence to speak frankly to the lord of the feudal lord. Only then can you inflict the greatest damage on Toda Tadahiro."

"So Hotta-sama, are you willing to cooperate with the lower officials?"

Almost at the moment when Kamiyama's voice fell, Hotta immediately said loudly:

"Of course! This kind of thing that can disgust Toda Tadahiro, I will never refuse."

Hearing Hotta's words, a relieved smile appeared on Kamiyama's face, as if he was relieved.

Kamiyama and Hotta returned to the banquet scene one after the other.

After returning to the banquet, Hotta led the mother and daughter Inaba, who had been sitting by the seats in Kamiyama, to Tokugawa Munemu.

Due to his position, Shenshan did not have the right to approach Tokugawa Munemu.

But Hotta has.

After coming to Tokugawa Munemu's side, Horita whispered a few words into Tokugawa Munemu's ear.

Tokugawa Munemu, whose expression changed slightly, slowly put down the wine glass in his hand, said loudly, "Everyone continue, I will leave for a while", and then followed Hota and Inaba wife and daughter to the outside of the banquet.

Looking at Hotta and Munemu Tokugawa who left the meeting suddenly, Toda's expression changed.

He instinctively had some bad premonition

It didn't take long for his bad premonition to come true.

A maid hurriedly ran to Toda's side, and after saying something to Toda, Toda walked towards the direction Hotta and Tokugawa Munemu left just now with a sullen face.

Not long after, the three of them and Inaba's wife and daughter all came back.

The expressions and expressions on the faces of the three people are different.

Hotta's face was refreshed.

Tokugawa Munemu had a cold face.

Toda's face was pale, and he was a little unsteady when he walked.

After returning to his seat, Toda quickly waved to his subordinates who were waiting not far away.

"Go!" Toda said in a deep voice to his subordinates, "Go and send an order to Abed Riri, and pass on to Abed Riri verbatim what I said next."

In a certain unremarkable alley in Kyoto.

"Master Fuma." A-Ming asked Fuma in a surprised tone, "How did you find us here?"

"Komachi, have you forgotten?" A faint smile appeared on Fuma's face, "I used to be a ninja, isn't tracking people one of the things we ninjas are best at?"

"What's more, I'm familiar with Kyoto."

"It's very easy for me to find someone in Kyoto."

After all, Fuma casually threw the ninja in his hand in front of Ogata and Atachi.

"Master Fumo." This time, Ogata asked, "What's the matter with this man?"

"That's a long story."

Feng Mo spoke eloquently.

"Because I encountered something related to brother Ogata, I plan to come to you two and report to you."

"I was looking for it, and suddenly I found 4 guys dressed as ninja in Shiranui jumping up and down, as if they were looking for something."

"When you're curious, just go and have a look."

"Then I heard Machi's name mentioned."

"So I went over and asked them what they wanted to do with Komachi."

"I didn't want to conflict with them. After all, I made an agreement with Shiranui 10 years ago, and I will not take the initiative to trouble Shiranui again."

"However, these four ninjas don't answer my questions, they just keep asking me if I have something to do with A-cho."

"I'll tell them honestly: I have a good relationship with A-cho."

"Then they suddenly drew their knives and asked me if I knew the whereabouts of A-cho."

"Since they drew their swords, I can only fight back."

"I used to be a ninja anyway, so my counterattack was a little stronger, and I killed three of the four ninjas in one go, leaving only this guy."

Speaking of this, Fumo Asahi Ogata and the half-dead man at the feet of Ah Ding pouted angrily.

"Because I still wanted to ask him what he was doing with A-Ming, so I gave him a sigh of relief."

"Are you looking for A-cho?" Ogata narrowed his eyes slightly, "A-cho, do you know this person?"

At this moment, A-Machi leaned down and glanced at the face of the dying ninja lying at her feet.

After seeing the ninja's face clearly, Ah-cho's face sank:

"Well, I know, his name is Heitaro, and he is the Jonin in Shiranui"

"Oh, I don't need it when I'm old." Feng Mo let out a long sigh at this time, and then sat down on the ground beside him, "After just a few moments, my legs hurt so much that I've been trembling until now."

Ogata looked at Fumo's legs and it was exactly as Fumo said, and Fumo's legs were trembling slightly.

Looking at Fuma who was resting on the ground, Ogata couldn't help asking:

"Master Fengmo, are you really in your seventies?"

"Hehehe." Feng Mo chuckled a few times, "I'm over 70 years old like a fake, I didn't fight the battle just now easily. By the way, I almost forgot the business. I specially I came to see you, and I came to report to you.”

"Report?" A-cho asked puzzled, "Did something happen?"

"A very bad thing happened." Fumo smiled wryly, "Brother Ogata, do you know? The Six Swords Hall now claims that you killed their owner and many of their disciples, and asks you to go to Erxiang Town Confront them. And there seems to be something weird about those people."

"Fuma-sama, please tell me and A-Machi about this in detail."

Fumo explained the ins and outs of the matter to Ogata in as simple a sentence as possible.

"I went to Erxiang Town to take a look just now, and hid in the distance to eavesdrop on the conversations of the disciples of the Six Swords Hall who are currently occupying Erxiang Town, and found that they were all talking about strange things. Strange stuff. So I think these people are weird."

"Strange thing?" Ogata asked.

"I heard them repeatedly mentioning the name Ryunosuke. And talking about capturing Ogata Ittosai alive there."

"It's a pity that my ears are not working well because of my age. I can't hear other more useful things."

After Fuma's voice fell, A-Machi immediately cast a worried look at Ogata.

"Ayi, the disciples of the Six Great Sword Gym who are still alive, shouldn't be..."

"Hmm." Ogata said in a deep voice, "It should be a member of those gravediggers who have mixed into the Six Great Sword Halls."

After learning from Fumo that the "disciples" of the Six Great Sword Gyms entrenched in Erxiang Town repeatedly mentioned the name "Ryūnosuke", Ooman is sure that these "disciples" of the Six Great Sword Gyms are still alive , must be Ryunosuke's subordinates, that is, members of the "gravediggers".

"What the hell are the gravediggers planning to do?" Ogata let out a long sigh.

According to the various information currently known, it is not difficult to deduce that the "gravedigger" is forcing him to go to Erxiang Town.

For Ogata, Erxiang Town is obviously the Hongmen Banquet.

Ogata is feeling very irritable now.

The "gravedigger" first pretended to be him, and killed people everywhere in Kyoto, causing him to take the blame for no reason.

But now, for some unknown reason, he poured black water on him for "suspectedly killing the master and many disciples of the Six Great Sword Halls", forcing him to go to Erxiang Town for the Hongmen Banquet.

The "gravedigger" made trouble for him one after another. To be honest, Ogata felt a little annoyed now.

No, it should be said that it is very annoying.

This irritability accumulated in Ogata's chest, which made Ogata feel like his chest was blocked.

"Well"

At this moment, Ogata and Atachi heard a low moan of pain coming from their feet.

The two followed the sound and looked towards their feet.

I saw that Heitaro, who was in a half-dead state just now and had been in a coma just now, faintly woke up

The deafening thunderous sound and the rolling sound of air waves are still echoing in Mucun's ears until now.

When was the last time I heard this bomb explode?

Mucun asked himself this question for no reason, and answered the question himself

Seems like it was 2 years ago

2年前天明8年公元1788年，3月7日。

Kyoto, somewhere outside the city.

"Shun Liu, why did you drag me to this wilderness?" Mucun looked at Shun Liu, who was holding a square object in his hand, with a puzzled expression.

"Look at it." A smug smile appeared on Shun Liu's face, "Didn't we capture a Nanban who smuggled from Osaka in Kyoto a while ago, and then fled to our capital?"

"Of course I know, isn't it the one who escaped from prison a while ago?"

"I learned a very interesting crafting technique from Nanman."

"Very interesting thing?"

"Let you see and see."

After finishing speaking, Shun Liu placed the square object in his hand under a big tree, then took out a torch and lit a matchlock-shaped thing on the side of the square object.

"Ahba! Come here!"

After igniting the match-like thing, Shunliu hurriedly pulled Mucun towards a huge boulder in the distance.

Mucun, who didn't know what Shun Liu wanted, let Shun Liu drag him to hide behind the boulder.

As soon as he dodged into the Houtian of this boulder, there was a loud bang, and a wave of air swept over, shaking Mucun's eardrums with pain.

"What is this?" Mu Cun slowly crawled out from behind the boulder while rubbing his ears on both sides.

The square object was gone.