I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Miss Lin, you and Kinoshita-sama are worthy of being relatives, they both like to do messy things."

"Is it possible to find the location of Shiranui's base? It may be difficult."

"Although I don't know much about Shiranui, I also know that they are very persistent in keeping the location of their base secret."

"Few outsiders know the exact location of their base."

"Even for me, it's not easy to find out where their base is."

"It may take a lot of time."

As soon as Dongcheng's voice fell, Lin said:

"It's okay, I can wait."

"Miss Lin, if you're not in a hurry, then it's easy to talk."

"I will let the people under my hand go to investigate later."

Speaking of this, Dongcheng paused.

After a pause, a weird smile appeared on Dongcheng's face.

"Although I know that Miss Lin, you can't owe the money, but let me remind you, Miss Lin."

Dongcheng raised his hand and made a gesture of "Qian".

"Helping you find the location of Shiranui's base is not a small favor that can be done for you."

"I'm sure I'm going to get paid."

"And the price is not cheap."

"You don't have to worry about the money." Lin replied without thinking, "This is not the first time that I, Gourd House, and your Dongcheng House have cooperated. Don't you guys know the financial resources of our Gourd House and my Kinoshita Lin's money-making skills? ?”

"I, Kinoshita Rin, have plenty of money."

"Hahaha." Dongcheng let out a series of bold laughs, "I just like dealing with a bold person like you, Miss Lin."

"Okay! I'll get everyone under my hand to move later!"

"Miss Lin, besides helping you find the location of Shiranui's base, is there anything else you want to entrust me to do? I will never refuse any profitable business."

"For now, there are two things I would like to ask you to do."

As Lin spoke, she reached into her bosom, took out a neatly folded piece of paper, and handed it to Dongcheng in front of her.

"First thing: Master Dongcheng, I hope you can help me buy what is written on this paper."

With some doubts, Dongcheng took the paper from Lin and unfolded it.

After moving his eyes and quickly scanning the words written on this piece of paper, Dongcheng's pupils shrank slightly:

"This is?!"

"This is what I hope you, Mr. Dong Cheng, will buy for me." Lin said lightly.

"Miss Lin, what are you buying these things for?"

"Do you still need to ask?" Lin said lightly, "Of course it is used to trouble Shiranui. I want to use it as our secret weapon against Shiranui."

When speaking of the word "secret weapon", Linte emphasized her tone.

"How much do you want?" Dongcheng asked.

"I'll buy as much as you can get." Lin's answer was straightforward.

"Miss Lin, with all due respect, it's hard for me to get what you wrote on the paper."

"I know that what I have written on this paper is very difficult to come by."

"But I also know your ability, Master Dongcheng."

Speaking of this, a faint smile appeared on Lina's expressionless face since entering the room.

"Tojo-sama, you are the leader of Tojoya, the largest knight-errant force in Edo. The most powerful person in the world of knight-errants in East Japan."

"The forces under your command spread throughout the entire Kanto and Northeast, and your hands and eyes are open to the sky. Many high-ranking officials in the shogunate have quite close ties with you."

"The thing I wrote on the paper is just difficult for you to get, not impossible."

"Master Dongcheng, I know you just mentioned that these things are hard to get, but you just meant to imply that I need to spend a lot of money."

Seeing that his little thought just now was accurately exposed by Lin, Dongcheng didn't show annoyance, but grinned instead.

"Don't worry, Master Dongcheng."

Lin paused here.

After taking a deep breath, he said word by word:

"As I said earlier, what I have is money."

"Okay!" A bright smile appeared on Master Dongcheng's face, "I will try my best to get you the things you wrote on this paper."

"Miss Lin, you just said that besides asking me to find the location of the base in Shiranui, you also have two requests."

"One of the requests is for me to help you buy those things."

"What's the other request?"

"Another request is easier for you, Master Dongcheng." Lin said softly, "After you buy me the things I wrote on the paper, I hope you can lend me a batch of things that I can use your subordinates."

"I'm going to hire them."

"Ha, it's really an easy thing to do." Dongcheng smiled, "Okay, no problem! But hiring my subordinates also requires money."

"However, in order to show my apology for keeping you two waiting for so long today, I will pay you a little less for this employment fee."

"Thank you very much." After saying this in a flat tone, Lin picked up the saber that was placed beside her, "The things to be discussed have been finished, Master Dongcheng, let's take our leave first."

"If you find the exact location of Shiranui, or buy the things I entrusted you to help buy, come to the hotel where I live now to find me and my people."

Lin quickly reported the address of the hotel where they are currently living.

"Miss Lin, Master Kinoshita, do you need me to see you off?"

"No need." Lin said without thinking, "Master Dongcheng, you should still have a lot of things to do, right? So I won't bother you any more."

"Hahaha! I just like Miss Lin's character! Hey! Zong Bing, send Miss Lin and the others away!"

As soon as Lord Dongcheng's words fell, there was a resounding echo from outside the door.

The paper sliding door of the room was pulled open, and the person who opened the door and the person who just responded was the young man who first informed Lin and Yuanyi that "Dongcheng is coming".

Under the leadership of this young man named Zongbing, Lin and Yuanyi left the mansion in Dongcheng.

After leaving the mansion and walking on an uninhabited path far away from the Dongcheng mansion, Yuan Yi stretched vigorously.

"The negotiation with Dawu Dongcheng was much smoother than expected." Yuan Yi smiled.

"The reason why it went so smoothly is because of your presence, Uncle." Lin said indifferently, "Dongcheng Dawu is a man who loves money like his life. As long as it is a business that can make a lot of money, he will not refuse."

"The reason why he agreed to all our commissions so happily just now is because you are present, uncle, and he dare not make mistakes."

"Uncle, didn't you notice that Dongcheng Dawu entered the room, and when he saw you present, his eyes changed immediately?"

"If you weren't there, believe it or not, he would have kept talking to me about everything, in order to get the most benefit from me."

"The reason why I brought you, Uncle, is to warn Dongcheng: Juggernaut Genichi Kinoshita is also here, so don't mess around."

"I feel like I'm about to become a powerful negotiating chip for you, Xiaolin." After making a little joke, Yuan Yi asked Lin, "Xiaolin, since you have successfully negotiated with Dongcheng Dawu about this mutually beneficial agreement The business is over, so what are we going to do now? Go directly to the hotel to rest?"

"No." Lin said softly after being silent for a while, "I don't intend to go back to rest so soon."

"Although Dongcheng Dawu has been entrusted to help us find the location of Shiranui's base, it is still unknown how long it will take him to find the location of Shiranui."

"To be on the safe side, I want to entrust a few more powerful and trustworthy people in Edo to help me find the location of Shiranui"

After finishing speaking, Lin turned her head and cast a questioning look at Yuan Yi beside her.

"Here in Edo, the only reliable and powerful person I know is Tojo Daigo."

"So Uncle, I know that you have always had a wide network."

"Is there anyone in Edo who you think is reliable and can help us find the location of the base in Shiranui?"

"Is someone reliable and powerful enough?" Yuan Yi stroked the goatee on his chin.

After pondering for a while, Yuan Yi let out a soft "ah".

"There really is such a person."

"Who?"

"Xiao Lin, do you know the Shirobei clubhouse in Yoshihara?"

Edo, somewhere.

"There are a lot of people gathered in front." Ah Ding, who was holding a big blessing in his hand, said in a vague tone while nibbling the big blessing in his hand, "Ayi, let's go, let's see what's going on ahead."

After all, without waiting for Ogata's reply, A-Machi took the lead and walked quickly towards the crowd gathered in front.

Although it's a bit embarrassing to say that, Ogata has to admit that he and A-Machi seem to be a little more relaxed now.

To some extent, the two of them have become "playing first, supplemented by intelligence".

However, although he has realized that he and A-Machi seem to be a little too leisurely now, Ogata does not intend to correct it.

From leaving Kyoto to now, Ogata's nerves have been tense almost all the time.

So Ogata is also willing to take this opportunity to let himself and A-cho relax a little bit.

However, the two returned leisurely, and the intelligence collection work did not actually fall behind too much.

After experiencing the little incident of "Yoshihara-ri Tongxin Guashengxiu catching the scum who ran away with arrears" at noon, and filling their stomachs at that sushi restaurant, the two successfully collected a piece and " New information related to "Trial Cooperation before the Imperial Palace":

Only the No. 1 in the literary and military tests of the "Imperial Trials" can get bonuses.The bonus for the first place in both the literary and military examinations is 20 taels.

20 taels, this is already a sum that is enough to make those ronin who live a poor life and warriors from poor families flock to it.

With such a high bonus amount, it was only natural that many warriors who were short of money were attracted.

The reason why the system is set up that only the first place can get the bonus is to motivate everyone to win the first place.

If it is set that there are bonuses for the top 3 or top 5, it will easily lead many people to have this idea: anyway, there are bonuses for other rankings, so it doesn’t matter if you don’t get the first place.

According to Ogata's knowledge, although only one person can get a bonus for both the literary and military examinations, there are still too many people who sign up for this "imperial examination".

It can be seen how amazing the allure of the 20 taels bonus is.

Those who are confident in their knowledge hope to get the 20 taels of the first place in the literary examination.

People who are confident in their martial arts are eager to get the 20 taels of the first place in the martial arts test.

There are also some people who are confident in their own knowledge and martial arts, and want to get all the 20 taels of the first place in the literary and martial arts examinations.

At the same time, there are also some people who are not interested in money, and the reason why they participate in this trial match is to compete with the masters.

In this way, a large number of people of all kinds gathered in the "Imperial Trial".

Ogata followed A-Machi and rushed towards the crowd in front of him.

After reaching the outermost edge of the crowd, the two raised their heads and looked into the crowd.

I saw a sedan chair in the innermost part of the crowd.

Everyone surrounded the sedan chair like this.

The sedan chair was parked in front of a magnificent mansion.

A few warriors dressed as guards guarded the sedan chair, preventing the spectators from approaching the sedan chair.

Looking at the sedan chair, Ogata muttered:

"Double waist cage, it seems that the person sitting in this sedan chair is from the Wu family."

Japanese sedan chairs are also called "driving cages".

People of different classes can use different sedan chairs.

The double waist cage is a sedan chair that only warriors can use.

"What are you all doing here?" Ah-Ming turned her head and asked an uncle beside her, "Is there some important person sitting in the cage? Why are you all looking at this cage?"

"There is no big person sitting in the cage." The uncle replied, "Did you see that big mansion?"

The cage stopped in front of the gate of a magnificent mansion, and the big tree pouted towards this magnificent mansion.