I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Would you like to find a place to sit, too?"

"I'm going to tell you a story that you might think I'm lying to."

Edo, Nihonbashi, Shinagawa-juku.

Naito Shinjuku is one of the most famous post stations in Edo.

Starting from Edo, there are 5 important traffic arteries.

The five traffic arteries are Donghai Street, Zhongshan Street, Sunlight Street, Aozhou Street, and Koshu Street.

These five traffic arteries are collectively referred to as the "Five Streets". Because they connect various important places in Japan, the "Five Streets" are of great significance both politically and militarily.

When the Edo shogunate built the "Five Streets", it built many post stations along the "Five Streets".

Take Sunshine Street as an example.

Taking Edo as the starting point, there are 21 stations in Nikko Kaido from the starting point to the ending point.

This is one of the reasons why there are so many ronin in Edo. There are a lot of post stations along the "Five Streets", which are convenient for ronin to stay.

The first dormitory in Shinagawa Sudonghai Street.

Because Tokai Street connects the two big cities of Kyoto and Edo, Tokai Street can be said to be the busiest and most popular street among the "Five Streets".

As the starting point of Tokai Street, "Shinagawa Judo" has been full of rooms for a long time.

While the tenants in the other rooms are asleep, the tenants in one room are still awake.

In this unlit room, a young man was leaning against the window, and by the moonlight outside the window, carefully looked at a knife in his hand.

This is a pretty dapper knife with a purple handle.

The shallow arc, the cold light, looks majestic and majestic.

Under the illumination of the moonlight, the light refracted by the blade is a little more warm.

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The door next to the young man was slowly opened.

An extremely burly man walked slowly to the young man's side, then knelt down on one knee.

"Gao Qing." The young man said in a young voice, "What's the matter?"

"Lord Toyotomi, the Balrog is dead. Shuntaro's relatives and friends have been brought under control." The strong man called "Gao Qing" by the young man summed up the latest information he had just received into a short sentence.

As soon as the strong man finished speaking, a smile appeared on the expressionless face of the young man.

"After 200 years, Shiranui finally returned to the control of our Toyotomi family?"

The young man's words carried a bit of self-deprecating air.

"Master Toyotomi, do you need to give Shintaro instructions for the next step?" the brawny man asked.

"Gao Qing, help me pass the order to Shintaro later." The young man seemed to have enjoyed enough, and slowly retracted the beautiful sword in his hand into the sheath, "Let him complete the complete mastery of Shiranui as soon as possible."

"Yes."

Edo, outside Yoshiwara, Kasa tea house

There is a tea house outside Yoshiwara, quite close to the gate of Yoshiwara.

In the past, this tea house was originally a shop specializing in selling bamboo hats.

In the past, samurai were more concerned about face. When they came to places like Yoshiwara to have fun, they would cover their faces with bamboo hats in order to avoid being seen by acquaintances.

This store specializes in the business of these samurai.

But with the passage of time, the samurai gradually let go of themselves and no longer considered it a shameful thing to go in and out of Yoshiwara. There were fewer and fewer samurai who would wear bamboo hats to go in and out of Yoshiwara, and the business of this shop became more and more difficult.

In order to survive, the shop had to be transformed into a tea house.

While doing ordinary tea house business, I also continue to sell bamboo hats.

Because of this, people now refer to this shop not far from the gate of Yoshiwara as "Wei Kasa Tea House".

Kasa tea house belongs to the kind of shop that is open 24 hours a day, which is quite rare in this era.

Because it is very close to Yoshiwara, from time to time, officials from Shirobei Club who is on night shift tonight will come to him to have a few drinks and eat something, and the number of people is not small.

Relying on this unique topographical advantage, even in the middle of the night, the Kasa Tea House still has a pretty good business.

In order to earn more money, the owner of Kasa Tea House has been operating 24 hours a day for several years.

Business was exceptionally good tonight.

Because a fire broke out in Yoshihara.

In order to extinguish the fire, a large number of local officials rushed to Yoshiwara, and successfully controlled the fire just now, preventing the fire from raging.

After the fire was brought under control and he could breathe a sigh of relief, some town firefighters who were exhausted and thirsty from the fire, as well as officials from the Shirobei Clubhouse, took advantage of the opportunity to this knitting tea house, which was still open in the middle of the night. Drink some tea, eat something, and restore your strength.

With so many officials coming to patronize, it is a great opportunity to make money, but the owner of the Kasa Tea House does not want to make this money.

His boss, he has always respected these heroes who dare to face the terrifying flames.

So I specially kept the prices of all the food and tea tonight to the lowest, basically only earning a cost price.

Because there are many guests tonight, it is naturally quite busy.

Even the owner, who is usually only responsible for housing behind the scenes, had to personally carry the tea trays and deliver snacks and tea to each table.

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When the owner was placing the two cups of tea on a Chinese plate on a table near the door of the store, he suddenly heard the sound of the curtain being lifted from the door of the store behind him.

"welcome!"

After putting all the tea and water on the plate on the tables of the guests, the host immediately showed a well-trained polite smile and looked towards the door of the store.

There is only one new customer entering the store.

There is a straight knife that is slightly shorter than the Da knife stuck in the waist, and a bamboo hat is worn on the head.

Because the brim of the bamboo hat is very wide, and because the guest lowered his head slightly, the host couldn't see his appearance clearly.

"Are there any free tables?" The person asked the host in a concise manner.

The voice is very old, and it is a voice that only old people can make.

"Yes!" The owner immediately said, "Excuse me, is there only one?"

"Yes." The old man nodded.

"plz follow me!"

The host made a gesture of "please" to the old man, and the old man also slowly approached the host, and under the leadership of the host, he walked towards the empty table.

Because the owner is much shorter than the old man, he can barely see the old man's face just by looking up.

So when the old man approached, the owner could vaguely see that the old man's hair was almost all gray.

There are many wrinkles on the face.

Most notable is that he has only one eye.

There is a vertical scar covering the old man's left eye.

Chapter 421 Swordsman, Juggernaut, Balrog [7800 words]

, I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Although Shintaro asked Shuntaro to find a place to sit down, Shuntaro didn't move at all, and continued to stand where he was, keeping his gaze firmly on Shintaro who was already sitting on a big rock.

"Shuntaro, I know you were born on the Rashomon river bank in Yoshiwara, and you may not know much about history, so you have to listen carefully so that you don't miss it."

"Even someone like you who hasn't studied in a school should know it? More than 200 years ago, this country was in the Warring States Period, and wars were everywhere."

"The daimyos competed in the dark, and finally a daimyo named Oda Nobunaga stood out. Relying on his genius strategy, he conquered all the daimyos."

"At that time, under Oda Nobunaga's command, there was a capable general named Hashiba Hideyoshi."

"When Oda Nobunaga was only one step away from unifying Japan and ending the troubled times of the Warring States Period, he was rebelled by another subordinate, Mitsuhide Akechi, and died tragically in Honnoji Temple."

"And the subordinate named Hashiba Hideyoshi quickly dispatched troops to defeat Akechi Mitsuhide after learning that Oda Nobunaga was killed by Akechi Mitsuhide."

"With the merits of suppressing the rebellion and avenging the lord, Hashiba Hideyoshi quickly flourished in the Oda family."

"In the end, Hashiba Hideyoshi seized most of Oda Nobunaga's inheritance, replaced Oda Nobunaga, and became the most powerful daimyo in Japan."

"Our Shiranui also joined Hideyoshi at this time and became the ninja army under Hideyoshi's command. It is the hegemony after Hideyoshi."

"The second strongest daimyo in the country at that time: Tokugawa Ieyasu was far from being the opponent of Hashiba Hideyoshi. He surrendered to Hashiba Hideyoshi early and became Hashiba Hideyoshi's courtier."

"Hashiba Hideyoshi finally created the unification of the world that Oda Nobunaga failed to complete."

"When you come to the whole of Japan, you are called the people of the world."

"Hideyoshi built a famous city in the world: Osaka Castle, and made Osaka the new base of his family."

"In the process of unifying the world, Hashiba Hideyoshi was given the surname Toyotomi by the emperor."

"Since then, Hashiba Hideyoshi has become Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Hashiba's family has become Toyotomi's family."

"The momentum and strength of Shiranui reached its peak when Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified the world."

"It's a pity that the good times don't last long."

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi was already old when he succeeded in unifying the world."

"The throne of the people of the world has not been seated for a few years, and it will pass away."

"After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, only the young heir Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's brainless mother: Yododen."

"Not long after the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu began to bully orphans and widows."

"In the Battle of Sekigahara in the 5th year of Keicho, Tokugawa Ieyasu defeated Ishida Mitsunari who was loyal to the Toyotomi family, and the Toyotomi family began to lose power."

"The world was replaced by the Tokugawa clan."

"Three years after the end of the Battle of Sekigahara, Tokugawa Ieyasu was appointed by the emperor as a general who conquered barbarians, and Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Edo Shogunate in his base Edo."

Shintaro turned his head and looked in the direction of Edo Castle.

But because of his vision, he naturally couldn't see anything.

"That's why history is so interesting."

Shintaro showed a self-deprecating smile.

"After the death of Oda Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, who was originally a subject of Oda Nobunaga, led his family and replaced the Oda clan."

"After Hideyoshi's death, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was Hideyoshi's courtier, led his Tokugawa family to replace Toyotomi."

"The stories of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu tell us a truth that we must give birth to a child as early as possible to ensure that when you die, your heir is already a person who can be alone."

"Shuntaro, do you think it makes sense?"

Shintaro's words were a bit of a joke. When he said this, he turned his eyes back and looked at Shintaro with a look of expectation in his eyes.

This look is like saying to Shuntaro: I told a pretty funny joke, let's laugh.

It's a pity that the corner of Shintaro's mouth didn't move, and he continued to stab Shintaro with his cold gaze.

Shintaro, who made himself a boring man, pouted his lips and continued:

"After the Toyotomi clan lost power, Shiranui did not abandon the Toyotomi clan. In order to repay Toyotomi Hideyoshi's kindness, he continued to assist the Toyotomi clan wholeheartedly."

"Although the Toyotomi clan has lost power and is no longer able to fight against Tokugawa Ieyasu's Edo shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu has always regarded the Toyotomi clan as a thorn in his side."

"11 years after the establishment of the Edo Shogunate, Tokugawa Ieyasu launched the Battle of Osaka in Keicho 19."

"Through the two battles of the Osaka Winter Battle and the Osaka Summer Battle, the Toyotomi Clan was completely uprooted."

"Historical records say that after losing to the Tokugawa clan, Toyotomi Hideyori, the patriarch of the Toyotomi clan, committed suicide at the age of 23."

"His son Toyotomi Kunimatsu was captured alive and then beheaded in Rokujo Kawara at the age of 8."

As soon as he finished speaking, a meaningful smile appeared on Shintaro's face.

"But that's actually what's written in the historical records."

"The truth is that Toyotomi Kunimatsu is not dead."

Shintaro's pupils shrank slightly with just this sentence.

"When Tokugawa Ieyasu launched an army to attack Osaka, and when Osaka Castle was in flames, a group of people risked their lives and rushed into the flames to rescue Toyotomi Kunimatsu."