I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

It was an old man who first caught Shuntaro's gaze and attention.

An old man lived in this cell, probably in his early 50s, with mixed black and white hair and beard.

Both the hair and the beard are messy, and although he is old, his body is unexpectedly strong, and he is not the kind of person who is powerless.

The prisoners in other cells are sleeping soundly now, only this old man has not fallen asleep yet, sitting cross-legged on the ground, holding a small stone in his right hand, muttering something, but Shuntaro can't hear what he is saying .

After Shuntaro took a closer look, he realized that the walls and floor of this cell were covered with things.

The old man probably used stone as a pen to write on the stone walls and ground.

The walls and the ground are covered with words, which looks quite spectacular.

It's a pity that Shuntaro can't read Chinese characters, and the old man's handwriting is really sloppy, so Shuntaro can't understand what the old man is writing.

The old man sitting cross-legged on the ground seemed to be concentrating on something.

After writing something on the ground in front of him, he quickly wiped it off.

Because he was so focused, he didn't even notice that there were two more people in front of his cell.

"That's right, he is Lin Ziping." Hui Taro on the side looked at the old man's side face for a while, and then nodded vigorously.

"Is he Lin Ziping?" Shuntaro asked.

"There is absolutely no mistake. We have a portrait of Lin Ziping, and this person is undoubtedly Lin Ziping."

Huitaro cleared his throat, raised the volume a little, and said to the old man in the cell...or Lin Ziping:

"Mr. Lin Ziping, Mr. Lin Ziping."

After Hui Taro's call fell, Lin Ziping's consciousness was finally pulled back to reality.

When Lin Ziping turned his head to look at Shuntaro and Keitaro in astonishment, Keitaro continued:

"Mr. Lin Ziping, please..."

Before Hui Taro finished speaking, Lin Ziping interrupted in a displeased tone:

"You guys are really rude. Didn't you see that I was thinking just now? There was a new idea about how to guard against Lucia country just now, but because of your sudden interruption, I lost my train of thought. "

Lin Ziping's crackling words directly confused Shuntaro and Huitaro.

"That... uh... sorry to disturb your thinking... please don't panic, we are..."

Lin Ziping interrupted again before Keitaro finished speaking:

"I'm not panicked at all. I'm only angry and a little bit surprised. Looking at you, you don't seem to be jailers. Who are you? What are you here for? If you came to rob a prison, did you find the wrong person? I am Lin Ziping, a useless warrior who can neither write nor martial arts, Lin Ziping."

Fortunately, Lin Ziping and Hui Taro didn't speak loudly, and the prisoners in other cells around them were all sleeping soundly, so no one was woken up by their voices until now.

Ever since Lin Ziping spoke, Shuntaro's brows became more and more wrinkled.

Whether it's the weird behavior of not sleeping in the middle of the night, sitting cross-legged on the ground and thinking about something, or the way he speaks, it has cast a layer of "weird" on Lin Ziping.

"We were ordered by Iwakura Zaemon to rescue you." After saying that, Keitaro took out the small fan that Keitaro showed to Keitaro just now.

"Iwakura Zaemon?" Hayashi Ziping's tense face became a little softer at this time, and after glancing at the fan in Keitaro's hand, he continued, "I really gave it to Iwakura before. Where's the fan...Iwakurazaemon, is he alright?"

"That's right, Mr. Hayashi Tzu-hei, it's your dear friend—Iwakurazaemon, please let us rescue you." Keitaro's tone showed a little helplessness, "Iwakurazaemon is fine now, please Wait a moment, I'll hit the lock soon..."

Just when Hui Taro said this.

Lin Ziping shouted loudly enough to resound throughout the prison:

"There are thieves!!"

The prisoners in the surrounding cells were immediately awakened.

The jailer nearby was also alarmed instantly.

As Lin Ziping yelled, the entire Chengdong Prison instantly became "vigorous".

One after another footsteps began to approach Shuntaro and the others.

It was the sound of the jailers rushing over.

Lin Ziping's actions once again put Shuntaro and Keitaro into a state of confusion.

"Help me delay the time!" Keitaro shouted at Shuntaro angrily, and then accelerated the speed of picking the lock as much as he could.

As soon as Huitaro's voice fell, groups of jailers appeared at the end of the space on both sides at the same time, and they rushed towards Shuntaro and Huitaro aggressively.

The faces and hair of the two were covered with black cloth, only a pair of eyes were exposed, so there was no need to worry about letting the jailers see their faces.

Shuntaro really wanted to say "what are you doing" to that Lin Ziping angrily.

But because the jailers were already approaching, Shuntaro could only suppress the desire to anger Hayashi Tzu-hei, and focus on dealing with the incoming jailers.

Shuntaro didn't draw his sword.

In this rather narrow aisle, it is inconvenient to draw a knife.

And Shintaro didn't want to kill people in this mission that that bastard Shintaro forced him to do.

Shuntaro used his bare hands to meet the guards running from the left and right ends of the shaft.

One of the jailors waved his ten hands and slashed at Shuntaro.

Shuntaro used his left hand to control the jailer's right hand holding ten hands, then raised his right hand to grab the skirt of the jailer's shirt, threw the jailer out heavily, and pressed heavily on the other guards.

Another jailer came to kill Shuntaro, this jailer was holding a stab.

Shuntaro turned his body to one side, dodged the stab stabbed by the jailer, then raised his hand to grab the stab that went out, and before he could take it back, he directly snatched the stab back with brute force .

Use this thorn as a wooden stick again, and wipe out the last prison guards.

The four major ninjutsu in Shiranui-stealth, breath holding, jujitsu, and assassination, Shuntaro has practiced these four major techniques to the level of proficiency early on.

In the face of the jailers holding ten hands, stabs and other kinds of traps, even if they only use bare hands to fight the enemy, Shuntaro is not afraid at all.

After a while, Shuntaro knocked down a dozen people.

After showing their strength, the rest of the jailers cast fearful glances at Shuntaro.

After seeing Shuntaro knock down a dozen of their companions with his bare hands, some jailers even gasped.

After Shuntaro knocked down another jailer, Keitaro finally heard the crisp sound of the lock being unlocked.

After successfully picking the lock open, Hui Taro rushed into Lin Ziping's cell and ran to Lin Ziping.

Lin Ziping subconsciously wanted to hide.

But how could he avoid Keitaro?

"excuse me."

After whispering to Lin Ziping in an apologetic tone, Keitaro put his right hand into a knife, and hit Lin Ziping on the back of the neck, knocking Lin Ziping unconscious.

Except for a few ninjas, the vast majority of ninjas are "prop masters", with a large number of props that can be used in different occasions.

Keitaro took out the long rope that he carried with him, and tied Lin Ziping on his back with a special binding technique. Keitaro shouted at Shuntaro:

"Withdraw!"

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Edo, Yoshihara, Miumeya——

Ogata wanted to try his luck, and went to Jianmei House to see if he could find any clues related to Taifu's disappearance.

However——an official of the execution office stood outside Jianmei House, and no one was allowed to approach Jianmei House.

So Ogata couldn't even go in to see Umeya.

At this time, a large crowd of onlookers had gathered outside Jianmei House.

At present, most of the people in Yoshihara don't know Taifu Fengling is missing. Those who are watching by Jianmei House are discussing and guessing what happened to Jianmei House.

Seeing that the Ume House could not be entered, and seeing that there was nothing to gain after wandering around outside the Ume House, Ogata let out a low, helpless sigh.

Unable to find any useful clues, Ogata could only give up and turned towards the direction of Yoshihara's gate, intending to leave Yoshihara and return to the hotel where he was staying first, and then make a long-term plan.

Ogata had already discussed with Genichi just now, if one of the two of them wanted to go back first, he could go back directly without waiting for the other.

Ogata guessed that Genichi might still be with his old acquaintance Shirobei.

The flow of people returning to Yoshiwara has gradually decreased.

The people who entered and exited here at the gate of Yoshihara became very few again.

When the gate of Yoshihara reappeared within Ogata's field of vision, Ogata looked around, but there were not many people in sight.

In front of Ogata, there was a young man walking straight towards the gate of Yoshihara just like Ogata.

Ogata's footsteps were faster than the youth walking ahead of him.

Originally, the distance between the two was nearly 10 steps, but after a while, the distance between the two was shortened to within 5 steps by the faster Ogata.

When passing through the gate of Yoshihara with the young man one after the other, Ogata suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye—there was a red mark on the back of the young man's neck.

In order to facilitate the return of those who escaped from Yoshiwara due to the fire, lanterns for lighting were hung around the gate of Yoshiwara, illuminating the surroundings of the gate of Yoshiwara like daytime, so that those returning to Yoshiwara can see the road under their feet clearly, so as not to Knocked, stumbled.

Because of the dim light just now, Ogata hadn't noticed the back of the young man's neck.

After passing through the Yoshiwara gate, which was now as bright as day, with the young man, Ogata finally discovered the red mark on the back of the young man's neck.

Looking at the red mark, Ogata was stunned.

He remembered the color.

The reason why he became acquainted with Mrs. Fengling was because he embarrassed Takigawa, who was always pestering Mrs. Taifu, and made Mrs. Taifu feel elated.

In order to thank Ogata, he called Ogata to her room that night, and then gave Ogata a box of her special "Sasaisehong" lip gloss.

After receiving the lip balm from Taifu, Obi handed it over to Ah Ding as a gift.

Ogata was very impressed with this lipstick.

The first impression this lip gloss gave Ogata was that it was expensive.

According to the Taifu, "Sasa Sehong" lip gloss is already expensive, and this special one for her is even more expensive, a small box costs one or two gold.

Because it is too expensive and difficult to buy, there are very few people in Edo who use this lip gloss.

Ogata's second impression of this lip gloss is that the color is beautiful.

Although it is very expensive, it is very reasonable. The color of this lip gloss used by Tai Fu is very different from other styles of lip gloss in color.

Putting 2 different styles of "Sasase Red" lipsticks together, anyone with good eyesight can tell which one is the one used by Taifu.

Ogata stared straight at the back of the neck of the young man in front of him.

The red mark on the back of the young man's neck is two slanted marks that gradually change in color from dark to light. Judging from this style, the mark seems to have been painted with fingers.

No matter how Ogata looked at it, the red on the back of the young man's neck was not a paint, and its color was the same as the lipstick used by the Taifu...

Ogata lowered his gaze to the young man's arms.

Ogata could vaguely see - the young man's hands and forearms were thick.

Ogata was too familiar with this kind of arm—his own arm looked like this too.

Looking at the young man's thick arms, Ogata's face gradually became serious.

Although the entire Edo must not be the only one who uses this lip gloss, but those who can afford it must be either rich or expensive.

And judging from the young man's clothes, this young man doesn't seem like the kind of person who can get in touch with Yueqing Yunke.

And who would use such an expensive lip balm to draw a line on the back of someone's neck for no reason?

Now there are 2 options in front of Ogata.

The first option is to run to inform the officials now, and tell the officials that he has found clues related to the whereabouts of the Taifu.

But when he turned around and ran to report to the police, the young man didn't know where he went.

The second option is a little easier - follow the young man.

This multiple choice question is not difficult to choose.

Ogata made a choice in an instant.

Ogata slowed down, and after getting a certain distance from the young man, he kept the distance and followed the young man secretly.

Tonight, Ogata was totally thankful that he had raised the "Shiranuri Stealth" to "Intermediate".