I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

This old samurai looked like a well-bred person.

This kind of well-cultivated samurai seems to be the kind of person who knows a lot about the "imperial test".

After finally finding a suitable target, Ogata took the initiative to attack.

After asking A-Ming to stand aside and wait for him to come back, Ookai quickly walked towards the old warrior.

"Excuse me, is there someone sitting next to you?"

Walking up to the old samurai, Ooyo asked the old samurai politely.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, the old samurai smiled slightly:

"No one, sit down."

"grateful."

Sitting next to the old samurai, after casually ordering a cup of tea, Ogata began to make friends with the old samurai.

This old samurai is also a talkative person. Seeing that Ogata took the initiative to chat with him, the old samurai also actively responded to every word of Ogata.

In order to quickly close the distance between the two, Ogata took the initiative to introduce himself, saying that he is a ronin from Izumo, named Mashima Goro, who traveled around to hone his swordsmanship, and came to Edo only yesterday.

After a brief exchange, Ogata learned that the old samurai's surname was Nakahara, and he was an Edo native who was born and raised in Edo.

After seeing that the conversation was almost done, Ogata changed the subject:

"Mr. Zhongyuan, do you know about the imperial trial match? After I came to Edo yesterday, I kept hearing people talking about the imperial trial match."

"Oh oh, the trial match before the imperial court." Nakahara smiled, "Mashima-kun, you don't know that the trial match before the imperial court is normal."

"After all, this is a new activity launched by Mr. Nakamatsudaira Sadanobu this year."

"Mashima-kun, you must have heard of it more or less, right? Matsudaira Jonobu-sama has been actively working on the reform of the shogunate government since he took office three years ago in the 3th year of Tianmei, and he has been actively working on the reform of the shogunate government, hoping to strengthen the power of the shogunate government."

"In order to achieve this goal, Mr. Lao Zhong has put forward many propositions in the past three years."

"One of the proposals is to revitalize the samurai family."

"Your Majesty thinks that warriors are corrupt."

"Indulging in pleasure, forgetting to practice literature and martial arts. There is even an absurd phenomenon of selling the family heirloom sword for pleasure."

"In order to cheer up the samurai, Lao Zhong put forward the idea of ​​revitalizing the samurai family, encouraging the samurai to practice literature and martial arts, and to emulate the former samurai."

"The trial match before the emperor is the product of the idea of ​​the old middle-aged man. Simply put, it is to let those who participate in the trial match compete in knowledge and martial arts."

"The imperial test will be divided into 2 games."

Nakahara stretched out 2 fingers.

"The first competition is about knowledge. Only those who pass this knowledge competition can enter the second competition to compete in martial arts."

"In order to encourage the civilians to practice literature and martial arts together and strengthen their bodies, there is no restriction on the participants in the imperial trial."

"Whether it's a warrior or a commoner, everyone can participate in this imperial trial."

"However, I don't think many civilians will participate in this imperial trial."

"After all, when it comes to learning and martial arts, civilians can't possibly be the opponents of warriors."

"Civilians with a little bit of self-knowledge will not participate."

"There are also no restrictions on the weapons used by those involved."

"It doesn't matter whether you use a gun or a sword in the martial arts competition. There are no restrictions on the weapons and martial arts styles used."

"As far as I know, those who have achieved good rankings in these two competitions can get not low bonuses."

"I just forgot how much the bonus is."

"Just remember that the huge bonus has attracted many people to Edo."

"It's just because this imperial trial is held for the first time, and the shogunate doesn't seem to promote it well."

"So the spread is not widespread. According to my estimation, the news that Edo is going to hold an imperial trial is probably only spread in the Kanto region."

Ogata has been listening carefully and memorizing.

After Zhongyuan's voice fell, Ogata nodded gently:

What Zhongyuan said just now, can be regarded as dispelling a lot of fog that filled Ogata's mind.

Ogata understands why since last night, locals in Edo have frequently heard complaints about the increase in the number of ronin in Edo Castle. These extra ronin must have come here because of the bonus of the "Imperial Trial Match".

It can be regarded as understanding why he and everyone in the gourd house do not know the existence of the "Imperial Trial" because the spread is not wide enough, and only people in the Kanto region know the existence of the "Imperial Trial".

"Mr. Central Plains." Ogata asked, "This Yuqian Trial has the prefix Yuqian. Could it be a competition in front of the general?"

"How is that possible." Zhong Yuan chuckled, "Your Excellency, how can you have such leisure time?"

"The reason why it is called Yuqian Trial Held is purely a name just for the sake of sounding good."

"Then when will this imperial trial start?" Ogata continued to ask.

"Ten days later." Zhong Yuan said without hesitation, "The registration deadline is seven days later."

"After 10 days, compare knowledge first."

"After screening out a group of people with insufficient knowledge, the remaining people will compete in martial arts."

"Mashima-kun, you can try to participate." Zhongyuan said in a half-joking tone, "Let's not worry about bonuses or anything. If you can get a higher ranking in this two competitions of civil and military, then it is a must." It's an honor."

"I'll think about it later." Ogata said perfunctorily with a wry smile.

While extracting information related to the "Imperial Trial" from Nakahara, Ogata also asked if there was anything worth mentioning that happened in Edo in a sideways manner.

It's a pity that I couldn't find anything from Zhongyuan. According to Zhongyuan, Edo has been calm recently, and nothing major has happened.

After collecting all the available information on Zhongyuan, Ogata bid farewell to Zhongyuan and went to join A-Ming who was hiding not far away.

After reuniting with A-cho, Ooi relayed all the information he had just collected to A-cho.

"Hey..." After listening to Ogata's narration, A-Machi raised his eyebrows, "Isn't it a trial match set up to encourage everyone to practice literature and martial arts? It's very interesting, and I don't know how much the bonus will be."

"What?" Ogata asked in a half-joking tone, "Have you taken a fancy to the bonus?"

"In the whole world, there is no one who doesn't love money." Ah-cho responded in the same tone as Ogata just now.

"Let's go." As Ogata said, he turned and walked towards the middle of the street, "Let's continue to search for more information."

Although after saying goodbye to the Central Plains, Ogata and Atachi have been actively looking for new information.

But it is a pity that after looking for several people one after another, these people have not been able to tell what Ogata does not know at present.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon.

After taking a look at the sun hanging high above his head, Ogata decided to find a restaurant with A-Machi for today's lunch.

Because A-Machi said that she wanted to eat sushi, Oo conveniently found a sushi restaurant with a decent decoration nearby.

Because it is already dinner time, nearly 8% of the seats in the sushi restaurant already have customers.

After the two found a vacant seat and ordered the sushi they really wanted to eat, they chatted one after another while waiting for the sushi to be served.

The disappointment was that the voices of the guests at a table not far from Ogata and A-machi were quite loud.

There were a total of 4 people at that table.

The accents of these four people are somewhat similar to the Izumo dialect. Ogata guessed that these four people should be from the area around Izumo.

The group chatted loudly while eating sushi.

Not only did they talk loudly, they laughed just as loudly.

Because the voices of these four people were too loud, Ogata had to concentrate to hear what A-Machi was saying to him.

Ogata doesn't like this kind of people who speak loudly in public.

After the laughter of the four overwhelmed A-Machi's voice again, Ogata couldn't help frowning slightly, and turned to look at the guests at the table.

After Ogata turned his head to look at the guests at the table, A-Machi followed suit and directed his unhappiness towards the four people.

A-Machi also hates people who make loud noises in public places, especially in restaurants.

Just when Ogata was about to get up to remind the four people to pay attention to their volume, Ogata suddenly caught a glimpse of the sushi restaurant's curtain being thrown open from the corner of his eye.

Someone walked slowly into the sushi restaurant along the opened curtain.

This person just got into the sushi restaurant, and Xu Yi heard a small exclamation from the customer at the next table:

"Ah, why did Yoshihara Satoshi come here?"

Chapter 356 Female Swordsman Gua Shengxiu [7200 words]

Concentric Yoshihara?

After hearing this unfamiliar term from the guests at the next table, Ogata turned his head and looked towards the door of the sushi restaurant.

The person who opened the curtain and entered the sushi restaurant just now was an extremely petite girl.

According to Ogata's visual inspection, the woman's height is only about 1 meters taller than Lin's, after converting her height into modern Earth units.

She has a pretty face, with a heroic spirit.

Very young, probably less than 20 years old.

She was obviously a girl, but she was wearing men's clothes.

Kimonos, hakamas, haori, foot bags, and straw sandals are all neatly dressed.

For some reason, the dark blue haori on the girl's upper body was worn backwards.

It is worth mentioning that the girl has a wooden knife stuck in her waist.

The wooden knife on her waist is shorter than ordinary wooden knives. This length is suitable for a person of her height.

As soon as this girl in men's clothing and with a wooden knife stuck in her waist entered the sushi restaurant, she immediately attracted the attention of all the staff in the sushi restaurant.

The girl turned a blind eye to the curious gazes projected from around her.

Due to her short stature, the girl stood on her tiptoes with difficulty, stretched her neck, and moved her gaze around the sushi restaurant, as if she was looking for something.

In the end, the girl's eyes fixed on the four people who were sitting not far from Ogata, who were very loud and noisy.

After her gaze was fixed on the four people, the girl put her tiptoe on the ground and walked slowly towards the four people holding the wooden knife at her waist.

The four looked at the girl walking towards them with puzzled expressions.

"Finally found you."

After coming to the front and back of the four people, the girl spoke in a cold tone without any emotion.

"I'm Hideo Kuwasou from Yoshiwara Shirobei Clubhouse."

The girl took the initiative to report out of the house.

After hearing the word "Yoshihara" from the girl's mouth, the expressions on the faces of the four people changed one after another.

After declaring her family name, the girl Gua Shengxiu then said in a calm tone:

"The four of you went to Yoshiwara's Plum Garden House to have fun the night before yesterday."

"After the fun, he claimed to go home to get the money."

"Meiyuanwu sent people to follow the four of you home to get the money."

"And the four of you were so bold that on the way home, you knocked out the person who was sent by Meiyuan House to follow you to get the money, and then ran away."

"The four of you are really easy for me to find."

"Repay the money."

"The four of you spent the night before yesterday at the Meiyuan House, plus the medical expenses of the guy who injured the Meiyuan House, totaling 4 taels."

"If you pay obediently, I will let you go."

Gua Sheng's words did not seem to have deterred the four of them.

After Gua Sheng's voice fell, the four people either sneered or showed disdainful expressions.

"We have no money! Go away, go away!" One of the four people waved his hand at Guasheng, as if trying to drive away some pests.

"You four, show me some shame."

Gua Sheng's face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Do you know what your non-repayment of debts means?"