I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

A middle-aged man who was gnawing on a stick of glutinous rice dumpling, and an extremely burly young man.

While chewing the glutinous rice dumpling in his mouth, the middle-aged man said in a casual tone:

"Is that so...Makimura-kun, are you leaving Kyoto again..."

"Yeah." The young man sitting next to the middle-aged man nodded, "I'll leave later. I came here specifically to say goodbye to you."

"When are you going to return to Kyoto next time?" the middle-aged man asked back.

"I don't know." The young man replied without hesitation, "In short——for a long time in the future, I probably won't be returning to the capital."

"Then—I'm here to wish you the best of luck."

"Thank you." The young man smiled.

This middle-aged man is Jinle who has the dual identities of ukiyo-e artist and tattoo artist, and the title of "Ji Le Zhai".

And this young man is naturally Mucun.

What Mucun and Shimada said they needed to make a special trip to say goodbye to their old friends in Kyoto was Jinle.

After casually throwing aside the bamboo stick that no longer had any glutinous rice balls in his hand, Jin Le said softly:

"I have buried Kunieda Junroku's body in Koenji Temple in the northwest of Kyoto for you."

"Grateful."

"I don't understand one thing - why must Kunieda-kun's body be buried in Guangyuan Temple?"

"Because... there is a girl named Adian who is buried in Guangyuan Temple."

"Adian..." Jinle's eyes flashed memories, "Is Kunieda-kun's wife...so that's the case."

After all, Jin Le took a deep breath and looked towards the busy street ahead.

"I feel like this picture is familiar." A meaningful smile flashed across Jin Le's face, "It's exactly the same as 2 years ago."

"That's right..." Mu Cun's mouth curled up slightly at this time, "If it's a coincidence...it seems too coincidental."

Two years ago, Makimura, who was so disappointed with the samurai and decided not to do anything with Yori in Kyoto, only said goodbye to Jinle before leaving Kyoto.

Sitting in the same way on the bench outside the tea house.

The color of reminiscence in Jin Le's eyes gradually became stronger at this time.

"Mucun-kun. When you came to say goodbye to me two years ago, you told me: I was wrong, I shouldn't have the red dragon tattooed on your back."

"You said that you are just an ordinary person who found out that your fantasy and reality did not match, and fled in order to escape this disappointment. You are not worthy of the red dragon I tattooed on you."

"Did I say such a thing 2 years ago..." Mu Cun smiled wryly.

"You should also remember, right? What I said once." Jin Le cast a playful look at Mucun.

"Haha, I can only vaguely remember it."

"I was hearing what you said at the time, and I told you: I can't miss it." Jin Le turned his gaze back to the busy street in front of him, "But at that time, you seemed Don’t take my word for it.”

"Actually, I still don't take it seriously." Mu Cun added abruptly.

Jinle let out a few low laughs.

"Mukura-kun, do you know why I tattooed the black dragon on Kunieda-kun and the red dragon on you?"

"Kuniee-kun has a very extreme character."

"If he walks on the right path, he is a very reliable and great man."

"But if he takes the wrong path, he will become a terrible man."

"At the same time, he is also a very courageous and resourceful person."

"If he was born in the troubled times of the Warring States Period, with his courage and methods, I'm afraid that he is very likely to become a generation of heroes like Toyotomi Hideyoshi."

"So I tattooed a black dragon on his back that symbolizes 'extremely destructive power.'"

"Although you are as close as a brother to Kunie-kun, your personality is completely different from Kuniea's."

"You have an indomitable heart."

"No matter what happens, you will never change or forget your original intention."

"This kind of power is a very terrifying and precious power."

"There are few people in this world like you."

"That's why I tattooed the red dragon on your back, which symbolizes 'unyielding, never changing your original intention'."

"I can't miss it."

"Now it seems—it really is."

Speaking of this, Jinle crossed his arms, smiled, and asked Mucun a question that seemed to point to him:

"Mr. Mucun, let me ask you: You have put in so much effort to save so many people in Kyoto. In the end, the people in the whole capital don't know who you are, and you haven't received any reward yourself. Did you ask for a name?" Don’t you feel reconciled or unhappy if you want profit or not?”

Mucun only smiled slightly when Jinle asked this question.

He just smiled and didn't answer anything.

After smiling like this and being silent for a while, Mucun slowly stood up.

"It's almost time. Master Jinle, I should go. My companions should be waiting for me now."

"Yeah." Jinle picked up the teacup next to him and took a sip of the tea in the cup. "Mr. Mucun, I wish you prosperity in martial arts. If you are free to return to Kyoto, you are welcome to come to me again at any time. I can give you back for free. Make up the tattoo on the top."

"Yes." Mucun nodded lightly, "Master Jinle, I also wish you a prosperous business. The more paintings you sell, the better."

After all, Mucun walked onto the busy street without any hesitation or hesitation.

Slowly leaving the tea house where he talked with Jinle just now, until he could no longer see Jinle at all, Mucun suddenly stopped in his tracks.

Mucun just stood in the middle of the street, looking at everything around him with great interest.

On his right is a kimono shop that mainly sells women's kimonos.

The owner of this kimono shop also seems to have a business mind.

The owner of this kimono shop set up a real mannequin at the entrance of the shop - a young woman wearing a red kimono with open arms and turning her body from time to time, letting the passing road People can clearly see the kimono on her body, and let passers-by see the effect of this kimono on her body.

I just don't know if the person in charge of acting as a model is specially hired by the shop owner, or is the shop owner's family member.

Several girls were successfully attracted by the kimono on the model, they walked around the model, looked up and down the clothes on the model, and exclaimed from time to time.

Of course, the model attracted not only women, but also men—several men of various ages were also staring at the reasonably good-looking model.

Although it has tried its best to hide it, there is still a faint light of sex leaking from the pupils.

On the left hand side of Mucun is a grocery store.

There is a big flag at the door of this grocery store, and there is a big line of characters written on the flag-contains Nanban goods.

People who can afford goods from Western countries are generally literate.

And the stores that can buy these western goods through channels will not be ordinary stores.

The grocer was beautifully decorated, one of those stores that would put off the downtrodden and feel unworthy of entry.

After Mucun turned his attention to this grocery store, he happened to see a person dressed as a samurai coming out of this grocery store.

This samurai is smiling, holding two beautiful glass beads in his hands—presumably he is planning to give these two glass beads as gifts to someone.

Beautiful glass beads are very suitable for gift giving in this era.

Everything around looks so ordinary.

Everyone in Kyoto is doing their own things and living an ordinary life as usual.

Looking at the extremely ordinary scene around him, Mucun's face first showed nostalgia, and then turned into a calm smile.

Today is a sunny day.

The sky in Kyoto today is extremely blue and the sun is shining brightly.

He turned and left with a smile, joined the crowd of people on the street again, and walked slowly towards the end of the street.

Only a tall figure remained.

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Volume 5 "Kyoto Summer Array" - the end!

The Legend of the Executioner and the Dragon in Kyoto—Curtain!

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Please look forward to the sixth volume of "Edo Castle Imperial Trial"!

Volume 5 Epilogue

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After the huge scandal of the "Nijo Castle Attack Incident", Toda Tadahiro, who was undoubtedly the main responsibility, was forced to confine himself at home, waiting for the shogunate's punishment.

Knowing that he would not escape severe punishment, Tadahiro Toda committed suicide by caesarean section at home while in confinement.

Since Toda Tadahiro beautifully cut open his own stomach, the shogunate did not make any further investigation into Toda's dereliction of duty.

It is said that when the news of Toda Tadahiro's suicide came out, many citizens in Kyoto, especially those living in the burnt-down area, shouted with joy, and even cried with joy, feeling sincerely that Toda Tadahiro was punished excitement.

After Toda's death, the shogunate ordered that the priest of the temple shrine, Ota Suzuki, take over the position of Kyoto Soshidai.

As the second-in-command in Kyoto, Shenshan also has to bear some responsibility for the "Nijo Castle attack".

Because Shenshan didn't need to bear too many responsibilities, and after the "Nijo Castle Attack Incident", Shenshan made the achievement of "finding out a group of thieves who planned to destroy Kyoto".Therefore, in the end, the punishment received by Shenshan was only a negligible punishment of deducting the salary for the next three months.

Toda Tadahiro committed suicide, and the "Toda faction" headed by Daibantou Abbe Riri in Kyoto immediately collapsed and scattered.

Shenshan showed no mercy to Abbe Lili and the group of people who had made trouble for him in the past and now had no backing.

Abe Riri also knew that if he didn't think of a way, he would definitely be beaten to death by Shenshan, so he actively tried to survive.

It's a pity that in terms of means, he is not an opponent of Shenshan at all.

Under Shenshan's series of plans and arrangements, Shenshan has mastered a large amount of evidence that Abbe Riri has used a large amount of filth to test his sword for many years.and Abbeliri's other scandals.

As a result, Abe Riri was moved to Nara from the left, and was relegated from the majestic Kyoto Daibantou to the ordinary Nara Tongxin.

Not long after Abbe Riri was demoted to Nara, he was assassinated by some former enemies who did not dare to touch him because he had Toda's backing.

About half a year after the "Nijo Castle Attack Incident", a "Zido Riot" incident occurred in Kyoto.

For some unknown reason, after the "Nijo Castle Attack Incident", all the people in Kyoto became less honest than before.

Finally, half a year later, a large-scale riot broke out.

Although the riot was quickly suppressed, the momentum of the riot successfully frightened the Kyoto Prefecture. After the riot was quelled, the Kyoto Prefecture began to treat the Uedas in a more gentle way.

Volume 5 Epilogue

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Hi!tortured!

This is Shu Mengshi, an amateur novelist who has been recuperating recently.

Volume 5 of the Kyoto Summer Battle has finally come to an end.

The total word count is about 4 words as I expected at the end of volume 30.

The 288 chapters from the 333th to the 45rd of this volume are all about a story that happened in one night, and the total number of words is about 23 words.

The longest night of Maogata's life.

The inspiration for this volume comes from the encyclopedia entry of "Tianming Fire" when I was looking for information.

After learning that there was such a terrible fire in Kyoto in 1788, a steady stream of inspiration and ideas began to emerge in my mind.

I combined these ideas to create this volume.

When this volume was first serialized, many book friends speculated whether the Tianming fire was man-made.

In the end, the answer to the mystery finally revealed that the Tianming fire was not man-made.

But such a large damage is man-made.

There are also many historical figures appearing in this volume.

The daimyo Tokugawa Munemu of the Owari Clan, Toda Tadahiro, the governor of Kyoto, Ota Suzuki, the governor of the temple and shrine, Horita Masajun, the daimyo of Osaka Castle, and Kondo Neizosuke, the founder of Natural Rishin-ryu, are all historical figures.