I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"This is the 'Rendan Pill'." The tall wandering girl said every word.

The other two wandering girls looked at the black pill and swallowed one after another.

"Is this the 'Rendan Pill'..." one of the wandering girls murmured.

"Is this really the real thing from the Yamada Asemon family?" asked another wandering girl.

"It should be..." said the tall girl, "Anyway, the customer who gave me this pill said that it is genuine. As for whether it is genuine, I don't know."

"The guest who gave you this pill is really strange...Why did you give you a pill specially used to treat lung diseases?"

"He's a drug dealer." The tall girl said, "He can't give away gold, silver and jewelry, so he always gives me medicine."

"I told him a few days ago that I've been coughing all the time recently, and that's probably why he sent me the 'Bill Pill', but he delivered the medicine late...my cough is gone."

"It's the first time I've seen it...the 'human gall pill' made from human gall...does it taste very bitter...by the way, why didn't you show Gua Sheng your 'human gall pill' just now Maru' huh?"

"I've heard it said before—Miss Guasheng doesn't like this kind of medicine made from human internal organs, so it's better not to show her this 'human gall pill', it will make Miss Guasheng unhappy Not good."

After all, the tall wandering girl rewrapped the gallbladder pill and put it back in her bosom.

"Since your cough is healed, what are you going to do with such a 'rendan pill'? Do you want to sell it? If this pill is really from the Yamada Asemon family, it should still be sold A lot of money." The girl standing on the left hand side of the tall girl asked.

"I can't see that little money." The tall girl smiled wryly, "Anyway, just collect it first, maybe I will need this medicine someday in the future."

"The Yamada Asemon family..." The wandering girl standing on the right hand of the tall wandering girl trembled as if remembering something terrible, "Unexpectedly, in my lifetime, I would still have the opportunity to see To the medicine made by the Yamada Asemon family."

"Me too." The tall girl nodded in agreement. "I've always heard that the mansion of the Yamada Asemon family is full of dead bodies... It's scary to think about it..."

"I have also heard that the mansion of the Yamada Asemon family is full of corpses, and new corpses will be sent to their mansion every once in a while... I have always been curious about how their family members sleep with the corpses every day. Together, don’t you feel like you can’t eat or sleep?”

"They may have gotten used to it by now." The tall girl replied, "Anyway, I can't imagine what their normal life is like...Forget it, let's not talk about this scary topic, let's talk about something more relaxed , Interesting thing."

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Chapter 368 "Chinese" I haven't heard for a long time [Explosive update! 8800 words! 】

"Ah, that's right." Guasheng, who was leading the way, suddenly said to Ogata who was behind him, "Mashima-kun, there is one thing that needs to be reminded you in advance before arriving at the residence."

"Huh?" Ogata asked, "What's the matter?"

"A while ago, our Shirobei Club recruited a new teacher."

A faint look of disgust slowly appeared on Gua Sheng's face.

"This new teacher is Takikawa Heiichiro, he is quite annoying. To be honest, I really hope that he can leave the residence."

"Oh?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Is he a poor teacher?"

"Do not."

Guasheng shook his head.

"In terms of education, he can be regarded as an excellent kind of person."

"Takikawa is the eldest son of the Banner Takikawa family."

"Although the annual salary of the Takigawa family is only 3000 koku, and he is not considered the top family among the Banners, he can barely be regarded as a descendant of a famous family."

"He studied under Xiangsheng Shunsui, a well-known sinologist in Edo. It is said that his talent and attainments in Sinology are extremely high, and he is often praised by Xiangsheng Shunsui."

"At the same time, he is still studying Wudaojian swordsmanship at the Anyun Sword Academy in Edo. Last year, he just got the certificate of Wudaoli Exemption."

"He is a person with both civil and military skills, and he can also be regarded as a teacher. After he came to teach in Liuwu, many girls told me that he could speak well."

After listening to Guasheng's introduction to Takikawa, Ogata was secretly speechless.

Not only was he born in the banner, but he also has a certificate of swordsmanship exempted from passing on to everyone. At the same time, he studied under the famous scholars and has a lot of accomplishments in the most mainstream subjects of this era. According to Guasheng's description of this Takikawa, this Takikawa is Tall, rich and handsome according to the standards of the Edo period.

In the Edo period, when the hierarchy was strict, the samurai class was also divided into ranks.

Banner, also known as Banner Warrior, is a warrior directly under the supreme ruler of the shogunate, General Zheng Yi.

He is a direct minister of the shogunate and has the right to directly meet the shogun.

It can be regarded as the highest samurai in the Edo period, except for the shogun and daimyo.

Among the Banners, they are still divided into three, six, and nine classes.

The life of some bannermen is not generous, and their annual salary is not even 500 shi.

However, there are also some bannermen who live a very rich life, with annual salaries in the thousands.

The Takikawa family that Guasheng just mentioned was born with a salary of 3000 stone years, probably belongs to the middle position in the banner.

It is neither considered the top giants in the banner, nor is it considered the bottom of the banner.

Thinking of this, Ogata suddenly recalled that Katsurokuro Shimada seemed to be from the Banner family in Edo.

Ogata remembered that Shimada had said that the family he came from had an annual salary of 9000 koku.

This level of salary can already support a small-scale private armed force.

The annual salary of the Banner samurai would not exceed Wanshi, so the family Shimada came from should be regarded as the top class in Banner.

It's just that Ogata doesn't know Edo that well, and he doesn't know anything about the ranking of strength among these wealthy families in Edo.

Therefore, Ogata did not know what status the Shimada family, where Shimada was born, belonged to in Edo.

"Based on your description, this Takigawa seems to be a qualified teacher, capable and able to teach at the same time." Ogata said, "Is it because he has a bad personality that you hate him?"

"That's right." Guasheng nodded, "I'm not used to Takikawa's character."

"I don't know how to describe Takikawa's character."

"I have a question." Ogata asked at this moment, "Since that Takikawa is from the Banner family with a salary of 3000 stone years, he shouldn't be short of money, right? Then why did he come to Liuya to teach? ?”

"That's one of the reasons why I hate Takikawa." Gua Sheng's mouth curled up, showing a sneer, "The purpose of that guy's coming to keep the house is not pure at all."

"He's all here for someone."

"Someone? Who?" Ogata asked doubtfully.

"Who else could it be?" Gua Sheng sneered again, "Of course it's for Mrs. Fengling."

"Master Wind Chime?"

"Did I tell you just now? Mrs. Fengling is very studious, and she comes to stay in the house every day to read and practice calligraphy."

"That Takigawa probably learned from nowhere that Mrs. Fengling would go to Liuya every day. In order to get close to Mrs. Fengling, he accepted the recruitment of Liuya and became a lecturer here."

"Does he want to pursue the oiran? He has a lot of ambition." Ogata couldn't help expressing a little emotion.

The oiran is like the superstar of this era, only those who are either rich or expensive have the opportunity to contact the oiran.

Taifu Fengling has seen and known countless high-ranking officials and dignitaries.

People from Takigawa's Banner family, and it's not a top-notch Banner family, may not really be able to catch Taifu Fengling's eyes.

As soon as Ogata's words fell, Guasheng immediately responded:

"In my eyes, Takikawa just doesn't know what's good or bad. Taifu Fengchi doesn't seem to like Takikawa very much, but Takikawa still keeps going forward to curry favor with Taifu Fengchi."

Speaking of this, Gua Sheng sneered again.

After clearing his throat and looking ahead a few times, Gua Sheng stretched out his finger and pointed forward.

"Okay, let's stop chatting here. Mashima-kun, look ahead, the room in front is the lingering room."

Ogata looked forward and saw an ordinary private house from the outside. There were two lanterns hanging on both sides of the door of the room. On the lanterns were written two vigorous Chinese characters "Liuwu".

After taking off the big Shitian from his waist and holding it with his right hand, Ogata followed Guasheng through the gate without a house.

Guasheng led Ogata to take off his shoes at Doma, walked through a short corridor, and stopped in front of a large paper sliding door.

Before entering the room, Xu could easily hear the voice of a woman chattering in this room.

Hearing this voice, Gua Sheng smiled and muttered:

"It seems that we came at the right time. They should have finished their classes and are resting now."

"If they are in class, we can't go in and drink tea, it will disturb their class."

Gua Sheng smiled faintly when he heard the chattering and laughing in the room.

After Ogata heard the voice in the room, he showed a strange expression.

Because in addition to the chattering girls talking and laughing, Ogata also heard some voices that were quite familiar to him.

Gua Sheng slowly opened the wooden door in front of him.

After the door was opened, the first thing that caught Ogata's eyes was a fairly spacious room.

About 30 short black tables are neatly arranged in the room.

There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones on all the desks.

The most conspicuous scenery in this room is naturally the more than 30 wandering girls who are taking classes in this room.

It should be time for a break after class.

Some wandering girls are still sitting behind desks reading books or practicing handwriting.

Some wandering girls gathered together and chit chatted.

Some wandering girls lowered their heads, and their heads were bit by bit, as if they were dozing off.

However, nearly half of the wandering girls are surrounded by the only young man in this room.

This young man is sitting at the northernmost end of the room, and in front of him is a table like a lecture table, which is more spacious than the desks where the girls put pens, ink, paper and inkstones Some.

According to visual estimation, this young man should be about the same age as Ogata, around 20 years old.

She has a clean, neatly shaved head.

In this era, it is a status symbol to be able to keep the moon to replace the head.

The ronin basically don't keep their hair on their shoulders, because they often wander around, have a rest, and basically don't have the leisure time to take care of their hair.

Therefore, a samurai who can keep his head on behalf of the moon basically means that he is not a ronin, but a person who has spare time to shave his head.

The young man's clothes were as clean and tidy as his hair.

He is handsome, with a bookish look in his brows and eyes.

From the outside, this young man was impeccable, and he belonged to the type that many girls should admire him.

Even without being introduced by others, Ogata knew that this young man should be the Takikawa Heiichiro that Gua Sheng and he had mentioned.

At this moment, Takigawa was holding a thread-bound book, and on the cover of the thread-bound book were written the two Chinese characters "The Analects of Confucius".

Takikawa just held the book and read it there.

"The Master said: Guan Zhong's weapon is so small! Or say: Guan Zhong is frugal?"

Takigawa knelt behind that "podium" and read.

And more than a dozen wandering girls sat around, casting admiration, surprise and other kinds of gazes at Takikawa.

Being able to read is no big deal.

The educated children of the Wu family can basically read the Four Books and Five Classics without hindrance.

In the Sakakibara Sword Gym where Ogata used to practice swords, there are many brothers whose family background is like Ogata's. Because of his low status, his family background is not rich, but they can basically read the Four Books and Five Classics.

They couldn't afford to go to the schools set up by the Hirose Clan to serve the children of the samurai family, but they could still afford to go to the temple houses run by temples.

Before Ogata traveled to the Edo period, "Ogata Hara" also completed basic education in a temple house run by a certain temple in the Hirose Domain.

If Takikawa recited in Japanese, it would be nothing unusual, and it would be impossible to attract so many wandering girls to gather around him to listen to him read.

The reason why Takikawa was able to attract so many girls around him to listen to him read was entirely because he was reciting chapters in Chinese now.

Before the fall of the Edo Shogunate, the Meiji Restoration, and the comprehensive Westernization of Japan, Sinology, led by the Four Books and Five Classics, had always occupied the most mainstream position in Japanese academic circles.

If you can have a deep attainment in Sinology, you will be highly regarded by others.

Therefore, if you can speak Chinese fluently, that is also something to be proud of.