I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Don't even think about getting revenge afterwards."

"I don't want to learn the news that this maiko died tragically on the street for no reason in the future, understand?"

"Understood!" Takikawa, who was covered in cold sweat and still maintained the Dogeza posture, lowered his head and pressed his forehead tightly on the tatami.

"Also, remember to compensate the shopkeeper. If you make such a fuss, the shopkeeper will lose a lot of money."

"Yes!" Takikawa said loudly again.

"As well as your behavior, it should be regarded as disturbing the order of Yoshihara. You will consciously report to Shirobei Clubhouse later and receive the punishment you deserve."

"Yes!" Just as Matsudaira Sadanobu had finished speaking, Takikawa hurriedly echoed again loudly.

Takikawa had already made up his mind.

No matter what Matsudaira Sadanobu said, he agreed to it one by one.Try to restore his image in Matsudaira Sadanobu's eyes as much as possible.

After silently stating the three conditions for Takikawa and others to fulfill, Matsudaira Sadanobu turned his head and looked at Shirobei who had just come with him.

"The dispute tonight was caused by nothing more than a trivial matter."

"So let's call it a day. What do you think? Shirobei-sama."

"Of course!" Shirobei nodded hastily, "It's really a perfect solution!"

At the end of the story, Shirobei did not forget to flatter Matsudaira Sadanobu a little.

"Then let's do this." Shirobei slightly nodded, "That's the end of tonight's incident. You guys remember to go to Shirobei's clubhouse to receive the punishment you deserve."

Under Matsudaira Sadanobu's few words, the dispute that was about to erupt into violent conflict ended peacefully and perfectly.

After personally mediating the incident, Matsudaira Sadanobu led the young man who had been by his side and left the scene, where he went.

It is worth mentioning that before leaving, Matsudaira Sadanobu walked to Shirobei and whispered something to Shirobei.

After whispering to Shirobei for a while, Matsudaira Sadanobu slowly left from the sight of everyone.

When Matsudaira Sadanobu whispered something to Shirobei, Shirobei kept nodding vigorously, and Shirobei nodded seriously, as if saying: Okay, I understand.

Because Matsudaira Jonobu was whispering in Shirobei's ear, so other people except Shirobei did not know what Matsudaira Jonobu said to Shirobei.

After Matsudaira Sadanobu finished whispering, Shirobei immediately said something to a subordinate who had followed him to the bayberry house just now.

After Shirobei's subordinate said softly "I see", he immediately followed Matsudaira Sadanobu and left the scene with Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Naturally, Takikawa, Uesaka and the others don't have the face to hold a banquet here anymore. After obediently following Matsudaira Sadanobu's instructions and paying Yangmei House a large amount of compensation, they slowly left the Yangmei House and walked towards Shiro Bingwei Clubhouse, ready to receive the punishment he deserved.

After Takikawa and the others left, Shirobei also left.

Because Takikawa's status is not low, Shirobei has to personally decide how to punish the group of people who disturbed the order of Yoshihara.

Before Shirobei left, Ogata asked Shirobei specifically what kind of punishment Takigawa and the others would suffer.

According to Shirobei, because of the faults Takikawa and the others made tonight, they only caused some property damage to the bayberry house, disrupted the management of the bayberry house, and insulted the servants of their Shirobei clubhouse. No greater fault was committed.

Therefore, the punishment they received was at best to pay a fine and then live in the prison of their Shirobei Club for 2 or 3 days.

The matter has been resolved peacefully, and Ogata and the others who were sent to support Yangmeiwu's clubhouse will naturally go back to everyone. He will go back to wherever they were on duty before Takikawa and others made trouble.

However, Ogata did not continue to be on duty in Yangmei House.

When Shirobei left, he brought Ogata back to the Shirobei clubhouse.

Ogata: "Master Shirobei, take me back to the Shirobei clubhouse, what's the matter?"

Shirobei and Ogata walked in tandem on the road back to Shirobei's clubhouse.

"Well." Shirobei smiled helplessly, "It's not convenient to go into details now, but you will know later."

Because Yangmei House and Shirobei Clubhouse are not far apart, not long after leaving Yangmei House, Ogata and Matsudaira Sadanobu saw the lantern with the two Chinese characters "club" hanging at the door. A mansion of style.

Shirobei led Ogata into the clubhouse, turned through corridors and stairs, and came to the top floor, which is in front of a room on the third floor.

Ogata knew what this room was.

It is a reception room specially used to receive visiting distinguished guests.

Ogata had heard from Guasheng before that the room had not been used for a long time because there were very few distinguished guests, but he still cleaned the room carefully every day for emergencies.

"Mashima-kun, go in." Shirobei said seriously, "There is a guest waiting for you inside."

"Guest?" Although Ogata was puzzled, he nodded vigorously, "I understand."

guest?

This is the second time Ogata heard this word tonight.

After hearing the word "guest" from Shirobei, Ojai suddenly thought: Could it be that person?

Ogata slowly opened the door of the room while thinking "could it be that person".

The room is very bright, with a total of 6 candles inserted in 6 different corners of the room, illuminating the room very brightly, like daytime.

On the tatami mat on the north side of the room, two people are sitting upright.

2 people Ogata met just now.

Looking at the two people who were sitting upright, as if they were waiting for someone, the corners of Ogata's mouth twitched involuntarily.

It's really that person

The identities of the two people sitting in the room accurately hit Ogata's guess just now, the old Naka Matsudaira Sadanobu, and the young man who had been following Matsudaira Sadanobu all the time.

"My lord." Shirobei Asamatsudaira said in a respectful voice, "Mashima Goro-kun is here."

"Thank you." Matsudaira Sadanobu slightly nodded, "Shiroubei, you go down first."

"Yes."

After a respectful reply, Shirobei turned and left.

But when he left, Shirobei whispered to Ogata beside him:

"Mashima-kun, go in quickly. It will be rude to stand at the door of the room all the time."

Hearing Shirobei's words, Ogata hesitated for a moment, then walked slowly into the room holding Dashiten in his right hand.

After Ogata entered the room, Shirobei who stayed outside the room helped Ogata close the door.

The light in this corridor also became dim due to the closing of the door of this room.

After closing the door, Shirobei let out a long sigh of relief.

Just now, the words that Matsudaira Takanobu whispered in his ear, if the content is simplified, the main content is: prepare a quiet room in your Shirobei clubhouse where no one will disturb, and then put Mashima Goro-kun brought it here.

After receiving this order from Matsudaira Sadanobu, Shirobei asked the reliable subordinate who followed him to Yangmei House to lead Matsudaira Sadanobu back to the club, and then took the highest-level room that was not used much but was always cleaned. The reception room was vacated to give Songping credit.

After successfully bringing Ogata in accordance with Matsudaira Sadanobu's instructions, Shirobei no longer stayed here, and quickly left from the door.

In the room

Ogata knelt down in front of Matsudaira Sadanobu in a very standard posture.

Da Shitian lay quietly on the tatami on the right side of his body.

Matsudaira Sadanobu didn't speak to Ogata immediately.

Instead, he turned his head and said to the young warrior sitting next to him:

"Tachibana, you should go out first too."

"Stay at the door and don't let anyone approach here."

"Yes." The young warrior answered without any hesitation.

Nodding his head forcefully, he picked up the saber that was placed on the tatami on the right, and quickly exited the room.

With the young samurai gone, only Ogata and Matsudaira Sadanobu were left sitting face to face in the room.

It wasn't until after the young samurai left that Matsudaira Sadanobu finally said no to Ogata, which should be said to be the first words they have spoken since they met.

"Mashima Goro-kun."

A faint smile appeared on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face.

"I finally saw you."

"Don't be so restrained."

"Take it easy."

"Just imagine you're chatting with a friend."

"Come with me tonight and have a good chat, Mashima Goro-kun."

Chapter 404 Ogata Recruited by the Shogunate

There was only a little more than two steps between Ogata and Matsudaira Sadanobu who was kneeling in front of him.

When I met Matsudaira Sadanobu for the first time at the bayberry house just now, Matsudaira Sadanobu was nearly 6 steps away from him.

Because of being closer now, Ogata was able to see Matsudaira Sadanobu's face more clearly.

Matsudaira Sadanobu's face gave Ogata the first impression of maturity and majesty.

According to Ogata's estimation, Matsudaira Sadanobu was about 30 years old.

In the Edo period, when medical care was underdeveloped and food was casual, so the average life expectancy was not much longer, Matsudaira Sadanobu at this age already belonged to the category of "middle-aged men".

The skin quality was very poor, just by looking, Ogata could tell that Matsudaira Sadanobu's skin was rough and somewhat sallow.

There are faint dark circles under the eye sockets, and there are quite obvious red bloodshots in the whites of the eyes.

Although his brows and eyes are slightly tired, his eyes are quite sharp.

The sharp eyes made Matsudaira Sadanobu look very majestic, obviously just kneeling on the ground without saying a word, but Ogata felt as if there was a big stone standing in front of him.

It was the kind of person who could calm the audience with just his eyes during a meeting, so Ogata concluded.

"The doors and windows are closed tightly, so it will be a bit stuffy. Mashima Goro-kun, do you mind if I open the windows a little?"

"I don't mind." Ogata said, "Let me open the window."

Having said that, Xu made a gesture ready to stand up.

But before Ogata could stand up, Matsudaira Sadanobu stood up first and said:

"No, I'm relatively close to the window, let me open it."

Matsudaira Sadanobu stood up directly and walked slowly to the window right behind him, leaving no room for Ogata to refute.

Seeing that Matsudaira Sadanobu had said so, Ogata obediently lowered his raised left knee again.

The night wind tonight is not strong, so weak that it can't even blow up a person's scarf.

The window was opened, and the cool night wind flowed into the room along the opened window.

Candles flicker slightly from candles placed in 6 different locations in the room.

Even the elongated shadows of Ogata and Matsudaira Sadanobu that were projected on the wall shook together.

After opening the window, Matsudaira Sadanobu was not in a hurry to return to his original position.

Instead, he put his hands on the window frame first, and looked at the scenery outside the window expressionlessly.

"Yoshiwara is such a beautiful place."

Without any warning, Matsudaira Sadanobu suddenly said something as if he was talking to himself.

"Bright lights, beautiful women everywhere, and nice scents."

"But Yoshiwara is also a place that terrifies me."

Matsudaira Sadanobu's hand that was holding on to the window frame slowly tightened.

"Mashima Goro-kun, you are here at the Shirobei Club, so you should be very clear about how many samurai hang around Yoshihara every night."

"200 years ago, when Yoshihara was first built, the warriors still knew what it meant to be ashamed, and they even knew how to wear bamboo hats to hide their faces when entering and leaving Yoshihara."

"And now no one feels ashamed to go in and out of Yoshiwara anymore."

"Some people are not only not ashamed, but proud."

The corners of Matsudaira Sadanobu's mouth turned up slightly, revealing a sneer that made it difficult to fathom his specific emotions.

"The current samurai is really getting worse and worse. It's really worrying."

After saying this emotion as if talking to himself, Matsudaira Sadanobu returned to the place where he was sitting just now, and sat down again.