I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

He is Kyoichiro Miyashita, the head of the Miyashita family with a salary of 7000 stone years.

In addition to the astonishing family salary, the identities of Gongxia's relatives are also astonishing.

Miyashita's grandfather is the current lord of the Aizu domain.

The elders of Gongxia also held various important positions in the shogunate.

It's a pity that although Gongxia's family background is strong and he has a lot of relatives with prominent identities, Gongxia himself is an embroidered pillow.

He is ignorant and incapable of learning, and loves a romantic place like Yoshihara.

Looking at Miyashita walking towards him slowly, Takikawa's brows became more and more wrinkled.

His relationship with Miyashita is very bad.

The ignorant Miyashita is the type of person Takikawa despises the most.

And Miyashita also dislikes Takikawa, who is capable of both literature and martial arts.

The two of them had learned Wudiao swordsmanship in the same dojo, and it was at that time that the two met each other, and it was also at that time that the two became existences that were not pleasing to each other.

"I never imagined that I would be able to see Takigawa, a busy person like you, in a place like Yoshiwara." Miyashita said in a strange tone, "Aren't you going to study or practice swords tonight?"

"What am I going to do? It's none of your business?" Takikawa said coldly.

"It's really none of my business."

Miyashita shrugged his shoulders, and then continued with a strange tone of voice.

"I just care about you."

"After all, you can't even get into the top 10 of the imperial examination, so I'm worried that you have neglected your studies."

"Takigawa-kun, don't be too obsessed with having fun, and neglect the study of literary and martial arts."

As soon as Miyashita finished speaking, the expressions of Takikawa, Uesaka and others around him changed suddenly.

Takikawa clenched his naturally hanging hands: "Hmph! So what if I can't get into the top 10 of the imperial examination and essay test? If you were to participate in the imperial examination, I'm afraid you wouldn't even be able to pass the essay examination!"

Regarding Takikawa's counterattack, Miyashita only shrugged his shoulders with a look of "indifferent":

"I admit it, if I participate in the Yuqian trial, I will definitely not be able to pass the literary test."

"But whether I can pass the essay test, and whether you, Takikawa, can enter the top 10 in the essay test, is there any inevitable relationship?"

"Regardless of whether I can pass the essay test or not, it's a fact that you, Takigawa, couldn't even get into the top 10."

"I've heard that before the results of the essay test were announced, you were full of confidence. You felt that you would definitely be the first in the essay test, and no matter how bad you were, you would be able to enter the top 10."

The mocking look on Miyashita's face became more intense.

"I've always been curious, Takigawa-kun, you, who are full of confidence, found out last night that you didn't even make it to the top 10 in the essay test. What kind of mood did you feel?"

Takikawa's face turned from white to purple, and then from purple to black again.

Seeing the sudden change of Takikawa's face, Miyashita seemed to have seen some wonderful show, chuckled a few times, then led the two followers behind him, and walked away towards the depths of Yoshihara.

Looking at the back of Miyashita going away, the first thought that popped into Takikawa's mind at this moment was: draw the sword and chop this bastard who insulted him.

And Takikawa's hands really started to act according to his thoughts

But as soon as the thought of "killing Miyashita" emerged from Takikawa's mind, Takikawa's rationality dismissed it.

As this thought dissipated, a few traces of fear flashed across Takikawa's eyes.

Although Takikawa was so angry that he felt that the blood was about to burst through his forehead, but he did not lose his rationality.

Takikawa knew very well what the consequences would be if the eldest son of Miyashita, who was also the banner owner, was cut off.

The shogunate will not forgive this behavior of drawing swords between Banners, and their Takigawa family will be deprived of Banner's identity, which is the lightest punishment.

Maybe Takigawa will be asked to apologize by harakiri.

Takikawa, who still had a sliver of reason, resisted the urge to draw his sword, and was about to go forward and argue with Miyashita again.

But Uesaka reached out his hand at this time and pressed Takikawa's shoulder.

"Takikawa, don't talk to him." Uesaka said in a deep voice after seeing what Takikawa was going to do, "That guy Miyashita is a rascal, even if you go to quarrel with him, he will only be rude."

At this time, the rest of Takikawa's friends also stepped forward to comfort and persuade Takikawa.

Listening to the comfort and persuasion from his friends, Takikawa took a deep breath.

"Let's go." Takigawa said in a deep voice, "Let's go to the bayberry house for a drink."

Seeing that Takikawa gave up to fight with Miyashita, Uesaka showed joy and nodded vigorously.

A group of people quickened their pace, entered the bayberry house, and then, under the guidance of the staff of the bayberry house, entered the room reserved by Uesaka.

From entering the bayberry house, to entering the pre-booked room and taking their seats, Uesaka paid attention to Takikawa's expression the whole time.

Take Takikawa's face as an example, as if he had eaten a lump of feces. His face, which was originally fair, was as black as coal.

After entering the room and taking a seat, he kept drinking the freshly served sake.

Looking at the extremely ugly face of Takikawa sitting beside him, Uesaka sighed silently in his heart, and then said loudly to the other friends sitting around:

"Everyone, why don't we invite kabuki players to come over to help us out!"

As soon as Uesaka made this proposal, he immediately got responses from the people around him.

"Oh!! I agree!"

"That's a good idea! If you don't invite kabuki performers to sing a few songs and dance a few dances at the banquet, you'll feel that something is missing."

"I don't know if there are any free kabuki at the moment."

With the exception of Takikawa, everyone has already made a statement, and they all agree.

"Takikawa." Uesaka asked, "What do you think?"

"Whatever." Takikawa, who still had a gloomy face, spit out the word coldly, and then continued to drink on his own.

"Master Uesaka." Lai Jiu squeezed out a flattering smile at Uesaka in front of him, "Thank you very much for coming to our shop tonight!"

After finishing speaking, Lai Jiu bowed deeply to Uesaka in front of him.

"Lai Jiu, help us arrange some kabuki." Uesaka nodded to show that after receiving Lai Jiu's salute, he directly stated his intention of coming.

The reason why Uesaka chose to come to Yangmei House to hold a banquet tonight was because he knew Lai Jiu from Yangmei House.With an acquaintance around, hosting a banquet can save a lot of cumbersome procedures, and by the way, you can also praise your friends.

Lai Jiu's status in Yangmei House is probably similar to that of a manager, a member of the management team.

After leaving the room, Uesaka approached Lai Jiu directly and asked Lai Jiu to help arrange Kabuki.

"This..." Lai Jiu looked embarrassed, "We have a lot of guests at Yangmei House tonight, so I don't know if there are any kabuki that are still free."

Hearing Lai Jiu's words, Uesaka frowned directly.

The reason why Uesaka decided to invite kabuki to cheer up on the spur of the moment was purely to make Takikawa, who had just been ruthlessly ridiculed by Miyashita, feel a little happier and cheer up.

Watching singing and dancing is one of Takikawa's great hobbies, so Uesaka wanted to match him up.

"Lai Jiu, can't you think of a way?" Uesaka's tone was obviously serious and displeased.

"This..." Lai Jiu smiled bitterly, then nodded, "Master Uesaka, I understand, I will do my best to help you arrange it."

"Well. As soon as possible."

After all, Uesaka left from Raijiu's field of vision without looking back, and returned to the room.

After Uesaka left, Lai Jiu breathed a sigh of relief as if relieved.

After Uesaka left, Lai Jiu hurriedly summoned his subordinates and asked them to arrange for Kabuki to come.

In the land of Yoshiwara, there are not only wandering girls, but also kabuki who do not sell themselves.

Some wealthy teahouses and girls’ houses even have a group of well-skilled kabuki performers, such as Yangmeiwu.

Yangmei House has nearly 60 Kabuki performers.

The subordinates sent by Lai Jiu to arrange Kabuki came back soon.

But the news he brought back made Lai Jiu's face straight down.

"What? Kabuki have basically been invited?"

"Yes, yes." Lai Jiu's subordinates nodded quickly, "There are too many guests tonight, our kabuki players have basically been invited, and only these people are left."

Raiku's subordinates reported the names of Kabuki who were still free.

After listening to his subordinates reporting the names of kabuki players who were still free, Lai Jiu shouted angrily:

"Isn't there a lot of people who are free?"

"But, but these kabukis who are still idle are basically newcomers who don't have much experience in acting."

Lai Jiu knew all the names that his subordinates reported just now.

Most of them are young people hired by Yangmeiwu recently.

In terms of strength, they still have some strength.

But they are still too young, and the number of times they perform in front of others is not too much. They are basically a group of capable people without much performance experience.

"What's the matter with newcomers?" Lai Jiu said solemnly, "In all walks of life, who doesn't start as a newcomer? As long as they perform a few times, can't a newcomer become an old man? Is it possible that because they are newcomers, they will never be old?" Let them perform? Stop talking nonsense, and arrange for them to go to Uesaka-sama's room."

The kabukis were there when the food and a fresh batch of drinks were served.

一共8号人，3男5女3男2女负责弹奏乐器，另外3女负责跳舞。

Meals, drinks, and Kabuki were all present, and the banquet naturally officially began.

Amidst the sound of Kabuki dancers, this small room gradually became lively.

The food and drinks were delicious.

The musicians played hard.

Maiko danced very hard, too.

However, there was one person who didn't look up at the Kabuki performances.

Since entering the room, Takigawa kept his face sullen, his head lowered, and drank with his head down.

Even though the song and dance performance he usually liked was going on in front of him, he was not interested in looking up.

The image of Miyashita mocking him just now kept flashing in Takikawa's mind.

Thinking of Miyashita's taunt to him just now, the hand that was holding the wine glass tightened unconsciously.

Even though he had drunk a lot of wine, his face turned red and his head was dizzy, Takikawa didn't feel that the resentment in his heart had eased in the slightest.

While feeling resentful, Takikawa also felt very wronged.

He didn't understand why he didn't even get in the top 10 of the essay test.

No matter which question it is, he should be able to answer it impeccably. Why is it that Goro Mashima got the first place in the essay test instead of him.

Resentment and grievance dominated Takikawa's brain, causing Takikawa's head and chest to swell and ache. When he put his finger on his temple, he could clearly feel the blood vessels throbbing "chug-chug", and he could only keep pumping into his mouth. It's a little more comfortable to have a drink.

The banquet went on in silence for more than a quarter of an hour.

After watching the song and dance performance for such a long time, everyone except Takikawa enjoyed it very much.

And after performing for such a long time, the kabuki performers, especially the three young girls who are only about 3 years old who are in charge of dancing, all showed obvious fatigue.

Takikawa's seat is a very typical row of seats divided into two rows on the left and right, and the two rows of people sit facing each other on the floor.

The three maikos danced in the middle of the two rows of seats.

However, at this moment.

It happened unexpectedly.

One of the three maikos held a fan in one hand and lowered their body. When they danced slowly, it was unknown whether it was because they had been dancing for a long time and their bodies were tired, or because of a simple mistake. Made it a little bigger.

The clothes they dance with have longer sleeves.

The long sleeves accidentally swept over the wine bottle placed on Takikawa's table.

The wine bottle fell, and the remaining wine in the bottle flowed out and landed on the tatami on the right side of the table.

And the wine that flowed out also spilled on Takikawa's knife handle that was placed on the right tatami.

The maiko turned pale with fright at her mistake.

And Takikawa's expression changed rapidly in a very short period of time.