I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Therefore, in order to avenge the day before yesterday, it is still very possible that Takigawa drew his sword and slashed at Ogata.

Although Mucun didn't know what happened between Ogata and this person, after learning from Ogata that his relationship with this person was not that kind of friendly relationship, he silently raised his guard, like Ogata Slightly lowering the center of gravity of the body like that, staring straight at Takikawa and the others.

While staring closely at Takikawa, Ogata also observed Tsujiban not far away from the corner of his eye.

The six officials guarding outside the gate of Tsujiban all looked at them with strange eyes at this time.

At the same time, they quietly clenched the thorns in their respective hands.

Looking at their appearance, it is not difficult to imagine that if Ogata and Takikawa and others had a conflict, these officials would definitely rush to arrest them without saying a word.

While Ogata was staring at Takikawa, Takikawa was also staring at Ogata.

Seeing this, some of the unidentified companions behind Takikawa asked Takikawa in confusion:

"Takigawa-kun, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing."

Takikawa looked at Ogata, and then at the registration site next to Ogata for the "Gozen Trial Cooperation", and then

"Are you also here to sign up for the imperial trial?"

"That's right." There was nothing to hide about this kind of thing, so Ogata readily admitted it.

After continuing to stare at Ogata with complicated eyes for a long while, he didn't make a sound, ignored Ogata, and passed Ogata with his companions behind him.

Ogata and Mucun watched Takikawa and the others leave.

Knowing that Takigawa and his group had turned a street corner and completely disappeared from their field of vision, the two slowly adjusted their lowered body weight back.

As soon as the two looked away from the direction where Takikawa and the others disappeared, they heard an annoyed voice from beside them:

"It's scary. I thought you two were going to fight those people just now."

The person who spoke was the official who was in charge of checking whether the applicant was a fugitive.

"Sorry, I surprised you."

As soon as Ogata apologized, another official sitting next to him pouted at Tsujiban next to him, and said to Ogata:

"It's a good thing you didn't fight just now. If you had a big fight just now, you would all have to be caught in prison."

"If both of you are caught in prison, it will definitely be the two of you who suffer."

"I know the group of people just now. They are all a group of banner warriors. They have a big family and a big business."

"They go to prison in the morning, and with the help of their family members, they can come out of the prison in the afternoon."

"Although I don't know what's wrong with them, you'd better stay away from them. It's better not to provoke them."

After giving Ogata some kind reminders, the official showed Ogata a piece of paper that he had been writing on since the beginning, and it was covered with many words.

"Put it away. Don't lose it. This thing is your proof of identity."

"At five o'clock in seven days' time, take this document to the Kitamachi Magistrate's Office."

"After confirming your identity, special officials will take you to the examination site of the literary examination."

"Remember not to be late."

After briefly explaining to Ogata some key points of the "Imperial Trial Cooperation", the official handed the document-like paper to Ogata.

"Thank you." After Ogata took the piece of paper, he glanced at the words and sentences on the paper.

There is nothing superfluous written on this piece of paper, but important information such as Ogata's name, age, martial arts school used, and household registration are written, and a big red seal is stamped in the lower left corner of the paper.

After confirming that the ink was dry, Ogata solemnly put the paper in his pocket.

"Let's go, Mucun."

After greeting Mucun, Xufang took the lead and walked away from the registration point.

Mucun quickly walked a few steps, and after catching up with Ogata, he asked Ogata:

"By the way, Brother Ogata, are you confident in passing the literary test? If you can't even pass the literary test, you won't even be eligible to take the military test."

As soon as Mucun finished speaking, Xufang said angrily:

"If I don't have the confidence to pass the essay test, then I won't be so motivated to participate in the imperial test."

As early as the day before yesterday, Ogata learned about the content of the literary test from the mouths of passers-by when he was wandering around Edo Castle with Atachi, looking for information about the "Gozen Trial".

The content of the essay test is to make papers.

But it’s not about writing stereotyped essays.

Instead, fill in the blanks.

Hollow out the important content in some sentences in the Four Books and Five Classics, and then fill in the hollowed out content.

This is the whole content of the essay test, fill in the blanks.

There are a total of 100 sentences in the test. If you answer half of the sentences correctly, that is, if you answer 50 questions correctly, you will pass the literary test and you can enter the following military test.

Ogata was not surprised that the essay test only took fill-in-the-blank questions.

Almost a thousand years ago, when the "Dahua Reform" was implemented and the various cultural systems of the Tang Dynasty were comprehensively studied, the imperial examination system of the Tang Dynasty was also moved to Japan.

It's a pity that when Japan implemented the imperial examination system, it happened to be in a period when the power of the nobility was rising sharply.

There is a huge conflict between the imperial examination system with the spirit of equality and the aristocratic tradition.

The imperial examination system did not survive long in Japan before dying out.

By the time of the Edo period, the imperial examination system had completely disappeared.

Most people in this era don't even know what it means to take exams and make papers.

In the absence of an examination culture, it is definitely impossible to test something as difficult as the stereotyped essay.

There may be fewer than ten people in Japan who can write stereotyped essays.

Therefore, among various types of examination questions, only fill-in-the-blank questions are the most suitable.

Not only can it test how well the person doing the question memorizes the Four Books and Five Classics, but it can also allow people who have never taken the test before to quickly understand how to answer the question.

It couldn't be a more appropriate exam question.

As soon as Ogata finished speaking, Mucun laughed a few times.

"That's right, it seems that I asked a superfluous question."

"I remember Brother Ogata, you seem to have told me that you have learned the Four Books and Five Classics very well."

Hearing Mucun's words, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

"It's okay."

"Takigawa-kun."

Just after turning a corner and away from Ogata, a young man standing behind Takikawa asked Takikawa.

"Who was that person just now? Judging from the appearance of the two of you just now, it seems that your relationship with that person just now is very bad."

"A ronin from Izumo had some trouble with him."

Because what happened in the residence the day before yesterday was so profound that Takikawa couldn't even forget it. Takikawa still remembers this person who made himself a big embarrassment in front of so many people. Izumo Ronin, really Goro Shima.

What happened with Ogata in the residence the day before yesterday was not a feat worthy of being told to outsiders.

Therefore, Takikawa did not intend to tell his companions in detail what happened between himself and Ogata.

After learning from Takikawa that the person just now was just a rogue, these friends behind Takikawa all showed a look of losing interest.

After casually fooling the question that his friend asked just now, Takigawa shrugged and let out a sneer.

"Although I had some unpleasantness with him, I don't intend to fuss with him."

"He's just a wanderer from a foreign land, and I'm the eldest son of the Takikawa family in Banmoto."

"The dignified banner is haggling over every detail with a rogue, wouldn't it be worth it?"

Takigawa's words with a touch of contempt made the group of friends behind him laugh.

"You're right." The person who asked about the relationship between Takikawa and Ogata said with a smile, "We are Banner, and it would be too cheap to compare with a ronin who doesn't know where he came from."

"What's more, we are not ordinary Banners." Another friend of Takikawa echoed, "We are the people who are determined to be the samurai, let alone waste time on mere rogues."

The friend's words touched Takikawa's heart deeply.

"That's right." Takigawa said while puffing out his chest proudly, "Instead of wasting time on these ronin, it's better to concentrate and focus on other business."

"Okay, don't talk about that guy just now." Takigawa waved his hand, "Just now we wasted some time on that guy, let's hurry up and go to the teahouse to start our joint research today."

Be it Takigawa or other friends, when the word "ronin" is mentioned, there is either mild or strong contempt in the face and tone.

During this period of time, Takigawa and his group of friends gathered together almost every day to study the Four Books and Five Classics together to prepare for the subsequent "Imperial Examination" essay examination.

Takikawa and the others called their behavior of gathering together to study the Four Books and Five Classics every day as "co-research".

Takikawa and the 13 young men behind him who are also Banner warriors are not only friends, but also like-minded people with lofty ideals.

And Takikawa and the others also like to call themselves "spiritual warriors" very much, so as to distinguish them from other samurai who are eating and waiting to die.

The shogunate claimed to have "5000 riders in the banner", but the actual number of bannermen was actually less than [-].

Counting the level of samurai one level lower than the samurai of Banmoto, the total number of samurai of the royal family who do not have the right to directly meet the general like the samurai of Banmoto is less than 2.

Although they are high-ranking warriors directly under the general, most of them have been corrupted.

As one of the Banners, Takikawa naturally understands the corruption of Banners and the Royal Family better than anyone else.

Quite a number of bannermen and descendants of the royal family are greedy for pleasure, and both civil and military are abolished.

Thinking of how useless the children of so many Hashimoto and the royal family are, Takikawa felt a sense of superiority spontaneously.

Because he is not only capable of both civil and military skills, but also has lofty ambitions. He has always been determined to be the shogun, so that the shogunate can regain the strength of Ieyasu when he was alive.

At this time, the 13 friends who followed Takikawa also, like Takikawa, aspired to be Satoshi.

Because of the same ambition, they always get together like this and prepare together for the subsequent "imperial trial".

They are determined to show their talents in the "Imperial Trial", and get the appreciation of Matsudaira Sadanobu, and then they will make great progress and take a big step towards the goal of "Samurai".

When he thought that he was a bannerman with both civil and military skills, and a person with lofty ideals who aimed at Saku and continued to strive for it, Takikawa felt a sense of superiority.

If a person of his status wastes time on this kind of wanderer who may not even have a fixed residence, he will lose the most.

Of course, Takigawa asked himself that he was only out of status considerations, and didn't want to care too much about Ogata, who was a mere rogue, but it didn't mean that his resentment towards Ogata was gone.

Takikawa, who was leading the way in front of all his friends, subconsciously turned his head to look behind where Ogata was no longer there.

A few traces of imperceptible displeasure and resentment appeared in his eyes.

Takikawa still vividly remembered what happened in the residence the day before yesterday.

Because of Ogata, he lost face in front of so many wandering girls.

Takikawa still remembers the way those wandering girls looked at him until now.

Recalling the way the girls looked at him at that time, Takigawa felt that the resentment towards Ogata had swelled a little.

"By the way, did the person standing there just now want to sign up for the Gozen Trial?" Although Takikawa had already said not to talk about this topic, some people still unconsciously talked about Ogata topic of.

Takikawa nodded: "I just saw the two officials sitting behind the table looking through the arrest warrant to check whether the guy is a wanted fugitive. That guy should have signed up for the imperial trial just now."

"That person should also be the kind of person who has his eyes on the bonus." Another friend of Takigawa echoed in a contemptuous tone, "After all, he is a ronin."

"Probably so." Takigawa's mouth was slightly raised, and a faint complacency appeared on his face.

Hearing the words of his friends just now, Takikawa felt a strong sense of superiority emerge from the bottom of his heart.

The difference in identity between myself and the guy who made me embarrassed is like a cloud of mud.

What is it if you can recite the Analects in Chinese?Not just a rogue.

Unless a reliable new owner can be found to take refuge in, the rest of his life can only be mediocre in an inconspicuous corner like mud.

And he was born in the banner, and he is not an ordinary child of the banner.

Although the family salary of 3000 shi is not the top among the banner books, such a family salary is enough to disdain most of the banner books and imperial family members.

While having a superior family background, he is capable of both literary and military skills. He has the lofty ambition of "Zumu", and his future is limitless.

Thinking of this, the unhappiness caused by Ogata to be embarrassing in the residence room diminished slightly, and what made up for the diminished unhappiness was a strong sense of superiority.

This strong sense of superiority made the corners of Takikawa's mouth turn up even more, and he couldn't help but walk a little faster.