I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"That Jitaro also passed the essay test."

"It's expected." Ogata shrugged, "Since Shiranui will send him to participate in the imperial examination, it means that Ji Taro must have the ability to pass the literary examination."

"I saw the name Jiichiro on the list just now, this name should be Jitaro's pseudonym, right?"

Although Ogata's sentence is in the form of an interrogative sentence, the tone is that of an affirmative sentence.

During this time, Makimura and Asai have been lurking in the Four Seasons House where Ji Taro often goes to eavesdrop on the conversations between Ji Taro and others.

Mucun and the others overheard that both the "accompanying girls" and Ji Taro's follower named Keitaro called Ji Taro "Jiichiro".

So when I didn't see "Kyutaro" on the list just now, but only "Kyukichiro", Ogata guessed that this "Kyukichiro" should be Kyoichiro.

"Yeah." Hasegawa nodded, "Koichiro is indeed the pseudonym of Kyutaro."

"It wasn't until a few days ago that we found out that Ji Taro participated in the imperial trial under a pseudonym."

"I hoped that this Jitaro would fail the essay test. As long as he failed the essay test, it would save a lot of work. But now it seems that this kind of thing can't be counted on."

"That's it again." Ogata said, "Mr. Hasegawa, you sent other people to participate in the imperial test, right? How many people did you send in total? Did they all pass the literary test?"

In order to successfully prevent Ji Taro from winning the first place in the military test, Hasegawa used the "human sea tactic".

According to what Hasegawa said before, in addition to Ogata, he also planned to let other people he can call to participate in the "Imperial Trial", but Ogata still does not know the exact number of people.

Hearing Ogata's question, Hasegawa smiled wryly, and then raised 4 fingers.

"I wanted to lie, no, I persuaded some of my friends who are not bad in skills to also participate in the imperial trial."

"But they either don't have the time, or they don't have the interest. No matter what I say, they don't want to participate in the imperial trial."

"So in the end, apart from you, I only succeeded in convincing the four masters of my Huofu Thief Kai to participate in the imperial trial."

"Fortunately, these four of my subordinates listened to me very well. I told them that I hoped that they would use the imperial trial as a springboard to improve their knowledge and swordsmanship, and they all agreed to participate in the imperial trial."

"And all four of them have successfully passed the written test."

"So, they don't know what your real purpose is for letting them participate in the imperial trial?" Ogata asked.

"As for the truth about the fact that I let so many people participate in the imperial trial, the less people know the better." Hasegawa said with a wry smile, "Since fooling them casually can make them willingly participate in the imperial trial, then there is no need No more going to the trouble of telling them the real reason.”

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Edo, Yoshiwara, in a certain house for traveling girls.

Makimura and Asai originally went to Yoshihara tonight, intending to lurk into the Four Seasons House as usual and eavesdrop on Kyutaro's conversation.

It's a pity that Mucun and Asai missed out.

Although Ji Taro likes the izakaya of the Four Seasons House, he doesn't go to the Four Seasons House to drink every day.

Basically keep the frequency of going 7 or 4 times in 5 days.

Tonight, Mucun and Asai were very disappointed.

After entering Yoshiwara tonight, Ji Taro didn't go to the Four Seasons House to drink, but went straight to a certain girl's house to start the night's joy directly.

After realizing that they were in vain, Mucun and Asai could only temporarily return to the hotel where they lived.

As for Ji Taro, after he entered a room he had never been to before and ordered a tour girl he had never ordered before, he put his arms around the tour girl, and one of them sipped what the tour girl had poured. Drinks, making preparations for the joy in the future.

"Sir, I'm back."

Just when Ji Taro was drinking happily, Keitaro's voice suddenly sounded outside the room.

"Oh, it's Keitaro." Ji Taro, who blushed from drinking, shouted, "Come in!"

As soon as Ji Taro's voice fell, the door was opened with a "hu". Hui Taro walked into the room quickly, and then knelt respectfully in front of Ji Taro.

After the essay test was finally released just now, Ji Taro asked his follower Keitaro to help him see if he passed the essay test.

Now that Keitaro is back, it means that Keitaro has read the list of those who passed the literary test.

"How?" Jitaro asked Keitaro who had returned, "Did I pass the literary test?"

As soon as Ji Taro's question fell, Keitaro said with a smile on his face:

"My lord, congratulations, you have passed the literary test."

Regarding the good news reported by Hui Taro, Ji Taro did not show any overly excited emotions, he only smiled slightly, raised the wine glass in his hand, and took a sip of the wine in the glass.

With his calm appearance, he seemed to have expected that he would pass the essay test.

Ji Taro's reaction was flat, but the reaction of the wandering girl sitting next to Ji Taro was mostly her.

"Wow! My lord! Congratulations!"

"I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable! I just heard from my friends about the literary test of the imperial examination! I heard that many people failed the literary test!"

The wandering girl kept praising Kyutaro.

Hearing the praise of the traveling girl beside him, the smile on Kyutaro's face spread slightly.

"I took it for granted that I passed the essay test."

"I read these classics of Sinology every day."

"A mere literary test can't help me."

"My lord, do you read classics of Sinology every day?" You Nu asked.

"Yeah." Ji Taro nodded after taking a sip of his wine, "Don't look at me like this, I really like reading."

After all, Ji Taro drank the wine in the glass, and then slammed the wine glass back on the table in front of him.

"Now that the literary test has been passed, only the military test is left."

Ji Taro let out a smirk.

"Fighting people is what I'm really good at."

Although Hasegawa's personal arrival did not bring any very useful information to Ogata, it was not without gain.

At least I know that Ji Taro passed the literary test, and that Ji Taro participated in the "Gozen Trial" under the pseudonym "Jiichiro".

After bidding farewell to Hasegawa, Ogata returned to the guard post he was in charge of tonight.

Not long after returning to the guard post, it was time for Ogata to leave work.

After Sashuang "off work", Xu returned to the hotel where he lived.

As soon as he returned to the hotel, he was warmly received by the crowd headed by A-Machi.

They have all learned through different channels that Ogata has won the first place in the essay test.

After Ogata came back, they all looked at Ogata as if they were looking at a rare animal.

Ogata has seen this kind of gaze many times tonight, so he is quite used to it.

Because I don't know how I got the first place in the essay test, so when A Machi and others threw him questions such as "Are you proficient in Sinology?", Ogata could only say something like " It's just that I'm luckier" to fool the past.

Of course, while accepting everyone's inquiries and congratulations, Ogata did not forget to share with everyone the new information he just heard from Hasegawa.

Because everyone was congratulating and celebrating Ogata, the noise tonight reached almost 23 o'clock in the evening, and everyone went back to their rooms and got ready to go to bed.

Only Yuanyi huddled in the corner of the room as usual, drinking in silence after everyone else fell asleep.

Ogata was sleeping soundly.

But all of a sudden, a slight abnormal sound was heard beside him.

The ability to "maintain a high level of sharpness even when asleep" that was exercised when wandering around was brought into play at this time.

Despite the loud noise, Ogata was awakened by it and quickly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, Xu Yi looked in the direction of the strange noise.

While moving his gaze to the source of the sound, Ogata's hand subconsciously touched the two swords, Da Shi Tian and Da Zi Zai, who had been placed beside him and were inseparable from him.

The line of sight made contact with the object that made this subtle noise, and then Ogata saw Genichi.

Genichi, who was only wearing a white yukata, was barefoot, with his Wakizawa Yanrong stuck in his waist, and his right hand was holding his Dato Yangshen, barefoot, slightly arched, standing by the window of the room forward.

What caught the eye was that Genichi was wearing a mask on his face at this time.

A dark red tengu mask.

Genichi's appearance reminded Ogata of the kind of thief who disguised himself, curled up, and sneaked into other people's homes to steal.

The subtle noises that Ogata heard just now were probably the sound of Genichi picking up his saber and the sound of footsteps walking towards the window.

At the same time Ogata woke up and looked at him, Genichi also turned his head to look at Ogata.

After the eyes of the two met in mid-air, Genichi took off the tengu mask on his face, and a slight embarrassment appeared on his face.

Just as Ogata was about to say something, Genichi raised his finger to his lips to signal Ogata not to speak, and then raised his thumb to gesture towards the door.

After understanding the meaning of Genichi's gesture, Ogata closed his slightly parted lips, then crawled out of the bed, followed Yuanyi, and walked out of their room one by one.

Just after walking out of the room and stepping onto the corridor outside the room, Ogata closed the door while checking whether there were other outsiders around the corridor.

After closing the door and confirming that there are no outsiders around the corridor, Xu Yi immediately frowned slightly, and asked Yuan Yi with a puzzled face:

"Master Yuan, what are you doing? What are you doing with the knife?"

Hearing Ogata's questioning, the embarrassment on Genichi's face became more intense, and he raised his hand to scratch his hair.

"I didn't expect to wake you up."

"After all, the distance between us is very close." Ogata said, "I'm very sensitive to the sound of footsteps. We are in the same room, and the distance between each other is less than 2 steps away. I don't want me to hear your footsteps. , but it is difficult."

Ogata is very sensitive to the sound of footsteps close to him, which can be regarded as an almost instinctive ability cultivated in his previous wandering life.

"Okay, Master Yuan, tell me what you are doing."

Although both of them are outside now, Ogata and Genichi lowered their voices in order not to disturb other people in the room.

During this period of time, Yuan Yi lived an extremely regular life and drank like a waste every day.

Almost every day he drank until Ogata and the others fell asleep before he went to bed.

Ogata also admired Genichi's drinking capacity, he drank from morning to night, but never got drunk.

"It was discovered, so there is nothing I can do." Yuan Yi shrugged, "I plan to go out and exercise my body."

"Move your body? Do you want to go for a walk?"

"That's not true. I'd rather like a walk, but I wouldn't walk like a fool in the middle of the night."

"The more I think about it these days, the more I feel something is wrong."

Genichi raised his head slightly, as if recalling.

"Because many of my enemies are looking for me outside, it doesn't seem to be in my character to stay in the hotel and not go out."

"Huh?" Ogata tilted his head.

A bad premonition emerged in Ogata's heart.

"He came all the way to Edo to find me just because Kinoshita Genichi might be in Edo. If I don't respond, I feel a little disrespectful."

Speaking of this, Yuan Yi showed a bright smile.

"So I've decided."

"I will take the initiative to attack and kill all the enemies who came to take my life."

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He clearly showed such a bright smile, but what he said was something that didn't match Genichi's current expression at all.

"Master Yuan, are you serious?"

"Of course I'm serious." Yuan shook the tengu mask in his hand, "In order to prevent unrelated passers-by from seeing my face, I asked Shimada to buy this tengu mask for me."

"No wonder you suddenly asked Shimada to buy so many toys for you. So you wanted to use other toys as a cover to buy this mask?"

Having said that, Ogata sighed lightly.

"Master Yuan, you probably didn't ask Ms. Kinoshita's consent for your idea of ​​hunting and killing your enemies?"

"If I had Xiaolin's consent, I wouldn't need to be so sneaky about opening the window in the middle of the night." Yuan Yi looked confident, "Xiaolin is quite talkative sometimes, if I let Xiaolin know I actually plan to take the initiative to meet those smokers of mine, and they will definitely teach me for a long time."

"Master Gen, I think the same as Ms. Kinoshita." Ogata scratched his neck, "I think it's better for you to continue to be patient."

"Our primary goal now is to defeat Shiranui."