I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Is it someone from the Ishikawa Sword Gym who came to seek revenge on me...

Ogata quickly grabbed the knife beside him, then tiptoed towards the door...

However, the people outside the door seemed to have a pair of clairvoyant eyes that could see what Ogata was doing inside the room, and shouted:

"Ogata Itsushi-kun! Please rest assured! We are not from the Ishikawa Sword Hall!"

Not Ishikawa Sword Gym?

Although the people outside the door said so, Ogata still did not relax his vigilance.

Although the people outside the house said so, Ogata would not let his guard down because of the one-sided words of the people outside the house.

Ogata, who was standing 2 steps away from the door, pulled out his sword and inserted the blade into the gap between the door and the door frame.

Because the door of Ogata's house is the most common type of sliding door, the door can be pushed open by pushing to the right.

After inserting the blade into the gap between the door and the door frame, Ogata pushed horizontally to the right and pulled the door open.

The door opened, and two young samurai with extremely strange faces, who had never been seen before, appeared in Ogata's field of vision.

The hands of the two young warriors were naturally hanging by their sides, and they were standing in a normal manner without drawing their swords, let alone posing in any fighting posture.

No hostility. This is the current state of these two young warriors.

But Ogata still did not relax his vigilance.

Ogata silently took 2 steps back, opened the distance between himself and the two young samurai, raised the knife in his hand, and separated himself from the two samurai with the sharp blade.

"You are Ogata Itsuki-kun, right?"

The leader of the two young warriors spoke up.

Although the sentence pattern he used is that of interrogative sentences, the tone is that of affirmative sentences.

"That's right... I am. Who are you? Why are you looking for me all of a sudden?"

"We are the vassals of the old Kura Nagazaemon. We have come here this time because we want to invite you to come to my lord's mansion."

"Kuranaga...Saemon...?"

A look of surprise appeared on Ogata's face uncontrollably.

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Hirose Domain, Sakakibara Sword House.

At this time, the Sakakibara Sword Gym was quite lively.

On the wooden floor of the dojo, there were enough tables for Hanbei and all the disciples of Sakakibara Sword Gym to sit.

Because it was almost time for the agreed banquet to start, half of the people had already arrived at the dojo.

These people who came to the dojo in advance performed their duties.

Some are responsible for placing drinks and food on the table.

Some are responsible for wiping up some places on the floor that have not been wiped clean.

There are also some people who just gather together and chat, passing the boring time by chatting.

Makino was one of those people who had nothing to do and sat around chatting with other seniors.

Makino chatted about all the topics they could think of with the few brothers who were usually close to each other.

"Let's talk," Makino said with a drawn-out tone, "I heard a very interesting news from a friend recently. Are you interested in knowing?"

"News? Senior Makino, what's the news?" The person who spoke was Goro Sawamura, the youngest and youngest junior at the Sakakibara Sword Gym, who is only 15 years old this year.

Chapter 77 The meeting between Ogata and Kuranaga 【Please recommend!Ask for collection! 】

"Makino, the interesting news you mentioned is that you found a beautiful woman again, right?" A senior sitting next to Makino said in a half-joking tone.

"How is that possible." Makino patted the shoulder of this senior angrily, "The interesting news I want to tell is not such a boring thing."

"Senior Makino!" Sawamura said anxiously, "Then tell me what this interesting news of yours is."

"Hmph, the news I want to share has something to do with the shogunate."

Makino lowered his voice, and he paused when he was talking about evil, to whet Zecun's and others' appetite.

And Makino's little trick was quite successful. Sawamura and the others, who had a growing sense of anticipation, unconsciously pointed their necks in the direction of Makino and stretched forward slightly.

Seeing that he had successfully aroused the interest of Sawamura and the others, Makino stopped playing tricks, cleared his throat, and then

"Recently, the shogunate...seems to be summoning criminals from all over the country."

"Call the felons?" Sawamura muttered, frowning.

The same frowning people, and the rest of the people sitting around Makino.

"I have a friend who works in the prison." Makino continued, "He told me that the shogunate recently issued an order to the feudal clans, asking them to send the felons in their prisons to Kii."

"Ki...?" Sawamura frowned even deeper, "The more I listened, the more confused I became...Why did the shogunate summon the felons from all over the country for no reason? And why did they send them to Kii?"

"How do I know?" Makino shrugged with a wry smile, "We can't figure out what those big figures in the shogunate are thinking."

"Then, are there any serious criminals in our Hirose Clan now?" asked another junior of Makino.

"According to my friend who works in the prison, no." Makino said, "So they are free now, and they don't need to be as busy as people in other domains, taking those vicious felons to Jiyi... ...Ah, Ogata-senpai is here!"

Makino's face was facing the gate of the dojo.

So he can clearly see who is going in and out of the dojo.

Makino, who was chatting with Sawamura and the others, caught a glimpse of a familiar figure at the gate of the dojo out of the corner of his eye.

He quickly raised his head and looked towards the gate of the dojo.

The person who appeared at the gate of the dojo was none other than Itsuki Ogata.

Makino only noticed that Ogata was coming.

But he didn't notice that Ogata's face and expression were a little strange at this time.

Makino hurriedly stood up and led Sawamura and others to meet Ogata.

"Senior Ogata! Good evening!" Makino greeted Ogata first.

"Well. Good evening, too." Ogata smiled.

After exchanging pleasantries with Makino and the others, the smile disappeared from Ogata's face.

"Sorry, everyone, I suddenly have some urgent matters to deal with, so I will be late for tonight's banquet."

"Huh?" Muye cast a puzzled look at Ogata, "What's urgent? What's urgent?"

"...Sorry, I can't say. Makino, you can tell others for me later."

"Because I may arrive later, you can hold the banquet according to the scheduled time without waiting for my return."

"Makino, please."

After all, Xu Fang didn't make any stop, and quickly left from the gate of the dojo.

Only Makino and the others looked at each other with puzzled faces.

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Waiting for Ogata outside the dojo were the two retainers of Kuranaga Zaemon who had just found Ogata's family.

"I kept you waiting for a long time." Ogata said to the two of them in a neither salty nor light tone, "Let's go."

"Yes. Ogata Itsushi-kun, please come with us."

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The two young samurai led Ogata to turn left and right in the castle town.

Finally, they stopped in front of a magnificent mansion.

Looking at the generous gate in front of him, Ogata asked the two people in front of him:

"Do I need to hand in my saber?"

"Need not."

"Is that so..."

Ogata pulled out the sword from his left waist, and then held the sword with its sheath in his right hand.

After one of the two young warriors whispered a few words to the two servants who guarded the gate, the two servants pushed open the gate of the generous mansion.

"Ogata Yishi-kun, please."

"En." After nodding to the two young warriors, they walked slowly into the old man's mansion under the leadership of the two.

After Ogata and others walked into Kuranaga's mansion, the two gatekeepers closed the gate again.

The slowly closed gate of the mansion re-isolated the mansion from the outside world.

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"Ogata Yishi-kun, please sit down."

After the leading young samurai led Ogata into a clean and tidy room, he made another "please" gesture towards the tatami in the center of the room.

After Ogata nodded to the young samurai again, he knelt and sat at the position the young samurai had just pointed to, and placed the sword he had been carrying in his right hand on the tatami on the right side of his body.

Then straighten your back and place your hands flat on your legs.

In front of Ogata, there are two paper sliding doors that can be opened to the left and right.

These two paper sliding doors together form a huge paper wall, blocking Ogata's sight.

After Ogata knelt on the ground, the two young samurai responsible for bringing Ogata all the way here walked towards the two ends of the two huge paper sliding doors, one left and one right.

One person kneels and sits by the paper sliding door on the left.

The other kneels and sits by the sliding door on the right.

As if rehearsed in advance, the two reached out their hands at the same time and opened the paper sliding doors on the left and right sides.

The paper wall blocking Ogata's line of sight was divided into two halves.

Ogata's sight also suddenly brightened.

Behind the paper wall consisting of two paper sliding doors, is an old man who is also sitting upright.

Ogata was too familiar with this old man.

After all, they had just met each other in the God Worship Competition more than a month ago.

This old man is none other than Kura Yongzaemon, the old family member of the Hirose Clan.

Cang Yong looked at Ogata.

Then, in a calm tone, he said to the two young samurai who were responsible for bringing Ogata here, and then helped to open the paper sliding door that separated Ogata from Kuranaga:

"You two go back first."

"Yes!" 2

The two young warriors agreed in unison, stood up in unison, and left the room.

In this space, only Ogata and Cang Yong are left.

"It's been more than a month. Ogata-kun." Cang Yong smiled at Ogata.

"Good evening, my lord." Ogata squeezed out a polite smile towards Cang Yong as much as possible, "I don't know if my lord invited me into the house late at night. What's the matter?"

Ogata was actually somewhat displeased with Cang Yong inviting him into the mansion at this time.

Because the time Cang Yong chose is too difficult to describe.

According to the original plan, Ogata should have been drinking happily with his brothers at the Sakakibara Sword Gym by now.

As a result, Ogata's original plan was completely disrupted because of Kuranaga's sudden "invitation".

Chapter 78 "Are you willing to be an executioner?" [Please recommend!Ask for collection! 】