I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

As long as they don't spend it indiscriminately, the money is completely enough for the "protracted battle" they will fight in Ezo.

After getting up, washing, and changing clothes, A-machi asked Ogata:

"Where shall we go first?"

"Let's go to the port first." After pondering for a moment, Ogata replied, "If Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi have landed in Ezo through the port of Matsumae Castle in a proper manner, then there may be jobs at the port. Personnel remember them."

After quickly deciding on the first investigation location, Ogata and A-Machi quickly left the hotel and headed towards the port.

Just when he was about to reach the intersection connecting the port and the city, Ah-machi's eyes suddenly lit up, he held Ogata's sleeve with his right hand, and pointed at the street intersection not far away with his left hand.

"Ayi, look at that!"

After Ogata looked in the direction that Ah-Machi's finger was pointing at, he couldn't help but let out a faint exclamation: "Wow!"

I saw an old man sitting at the corner of the intersection connecting the port and the city ahead.

There are many wooden cages in front of this old man.

These wooden cages house many kinds of animals.

As far as Ogata can recognize, there are two kinds of foxes and squirrels.

Looks like a pet stand selling pets.

Girls have always loved cute animals.

A-Machi is no exception.

With bright eyes, Amachi pulled Ogata and ran towards the pet stand in front of him.

Before and after coming to this pet stall, Ah-cho squatted down, like a child who received a favorite gift from his parents, looking at the small animals in these cages with joy.

"Hehehe, just take a look." The owner of this pet stall, the old man sitting behind these wooden cages, smiled and said to A-Ding, "If you have an animal you like, you can buy it home. The price Absolutely fair."

"Sir, what is this?" A-Ming pointed to an animal that looked like a mouse and a rabbit in a certain cage.

"It's called a pika." The old man replied, "It's a unique animal in Ezo. Isn't it cute? It only costs 40 silver."

After introducing the animal named pika, the old man began to introduce animals in other cages.

"The pets I sell here are all unique animals in Ezo."

"This is a red fox."

"It's the red squirrel."

"It's a flying squirrel."

Machi listened intently to the old man's introduction.

Ogata, on the other hand, accompanied Ah-Ming and listened to the old man's introduction.

Ogata also likes cute little animals.

So now he and A-Ming are also looking at these cute little animals in the cage with great interest.

But when the game is over, Ogata has not forgotten the business.

After the old man's introduction fell, Ogata raised his head and asked the old man:

"Sir, how many years have you been running this pet stall here?"

"It's been a long time. Many years ago, I sold pets here."

"Have you always set up a stall here?" Ogata continued to ask.

"Yes. I mainly do business with those merchants who do business in Ezo and the local area."

"It connects the city and the port. People who land from the port have to pass through here if they want to enter the city, so it is convenient for me to do business with those merchants."

"The animals I sell are all unique to Ezo. So many merchants will buy animals from me, and then bring them back to the mainland and sell them to princes, nobles and rich people who love to keep pets."

"You usually set up a stall here? Then why didn't my wife and I see you here yesterday?"

Ogata remembered it very clearly. When he and A-Ming landed in Ezo and left the port to enter the city yesterday afternoon, they didn't see this pet stall.

"Oh, then you probably just missed the time when I opened the stall."

"I usually open the stall at five o'clock in the morning and close the stall at four o'clock in the evening."

"Because it takes time to bring so many pets back to where I live, I always close the stall earlier."

Ogata recalled the time when he landed yesterday. When he and A-Ming landed, it was already past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, which happened to be later than the old man's closing time.

After thinking for a moment, Ogata continued to ask the old man:

"Sir, may I ask your name?"

"Just call me God Tang." The old man smiled.

"Mr. Tang Shen, I want to ask, do you have any impression of these two men."

Ogata described the appearance characteristics of Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi one by one.

When he was Xuanzheng's young apprentice and Xuanzhi's younger brother Xuanren in Kyoto, Xuanren told Ogata and the others the appearance characteristics of Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi.

Ogata had already memorized the physical characteristics of the two that Xuanren mentioned.

The old man has set up a stall here for many years.

And this place is the intersection connecting the port and the urban area, and everyone who lands at the port and wants to enter the urban area must take this intersection.

Therefore, if Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi landed in Songqian Castle by boat in an orderly manner, then the old man might have an impression of these two people.

So Ogata decided to start with this old man first, firing the first shot in this "protracted battle" to find Xuanzheng and Xuanzhi.

For this old man, Ogata actually had no expectations.

After all, this old man looks at least 60 years old, and there are many people who see it every day.

Ogata had no expectations of his memory.

Not only is Ogata like this, but A-Machi also doesn't have any expectations.

"Well, old people in their fifties, and young people in their 30s speak with a Kyoto accent."

The old man muttered about the physical features that Ogata had just mentioned.

"Oh! Come to think of it, I have seen these two people, I have quite an impression of these two people."

"Cough, cough cough!" Ogata happened to be swallowing his saliva just now.

He had just swallowed half of his saliva when he choked on his own saliva after hearing the old man's answer.

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When Ogata was coughing, the old man who claimed to be Tang Shen continued.

"I probably met them both more than a year ago."

"Those two left a deep impression on me, so I still remember them."

After coughing hard a few times and barely calming down his breathing, Ogata asked anxiously the old man named Tang Shen.

"Have you seen these two people?! Then do you know the whereabouts of the two of them?"

While asking, he also carefully looked at Tang Shen's appearance.

Tang Shen looks to be at least 60 years old, and his dark face shows that this face has been associated with the outer sun for a long time.

The gray beard on his chin did not match his bright eyes.

Wearing a furry hat like a dog fur hat on the head, a scarf around the neck, gloves on the hands, and moccasin boots on the feet, only the skin of the face is exposed from the whole body.

Although Tangshen's figure could not be seen clearly because the clothes he was wearing were too thick, but judging from his tight facial skin, his figure should be thin.

In his arms, he held a very thick wooden crutch, which was half as thick as the mouth of a bowl, and could be used as a shoulder pole.

"I don't know, I just met them once. After meeting them more than a year ago, I haven't seen them again."

"Then can you tell us, where did you meet them?" This time it was A-cho who asked.

"Yes, yes. But" Tang Shen slightly opened his small eyes, and looked at Ogata and A-Ming, "What are you two doing with those two people? Are you his relatives?"

"I have a disease that is difficult to treat." Ogata said, "I heard from other doctors that these two doctors are very skilled doctors, and they may be able to cure my disease, so I came all the way to find them. them."

"That's it, forget it. Anyway, those two people are not related to me. If you want to know how I met those two people at that time, then I will tell you."

"Most of my pets are hunted by myself."

Tang Shen pouted at the pile of wooden cages in front of him that housed various small animals.

"So every once in a while, I go deep into the wild to hunt animals."

"When I went out to hunt animals more than a year ago, I encountered a big snowstorm."

"In order to escape the blizzard, I hid in a certain cave."

"As soon as I hid in that cave, I saw those two people."

"Those two people were also avoiding the snowstorm. It was dark at that time, and they didn't have enough energy and time to look for other shelters, so they asked me if I could share this cave with them."

"The cave is so big that even if 10 people go in, it won't feel crowded."

"I have lived for so long, and I have seen many storms, so even if they want to make trouble, I have plenty of ways to deal with them, so I allow them to come in."

"What happened next is still fresh in my memory."

"The younger one of the two didn't speak when he first entered the cave. I greeted him, but he ignored me."

"While I was lighting the fire to cook, he sat next to me and watched me cook with a blank face."

"I didn't care too much. I just regarded him as the kind of person with a more withdrawn personality."

"Then when my meal was almost ready, the guy suddenly laughed."

"Happy smiley face and that 'hee hee hee' laugh."

"I didn't say anything to the older guy who was walking with him. He just laughed out of nowhere."

"Can you imagine that kind of scene? It's a person who has been keeping a straight face and saying nothing just now, suddenly showing a very happy smile and laughing."

"I got goosebumps when I saw that guy laugh out of nowhere."

Ogata imagined the scene.

The picture of a person who had been expressionless just now suddenly burst out laughing inexplicably, and the laughter was "hee hee hee" is indeed quite horrifying.

"After the guy laughed out loud, the older man who was walking with him grabbed the guy's shoulder with one hand, shook the guy, and said wake up, don't do this."

"The older guy didn't show any surprise when he saw the young man who was walking with him suddenly burst into a strange laugh."

"I thought there might be something wrong with that young guy."

Tang Shen stretched out his finger and poked his head.

"I remember I cooked a pot of fish soup that night."

"I'll share my pot of fish soup with those two."

"While drinking the fish soup I cooked, the boy finally spoke."

"He had three words with the old guy who was walking with him."

"Chat?" Ogata interrupted, "What were they talking about?"

"I didn't talk about anything special." Tang Shen shrugged, "Just chatted for three simple sentences."

"The young man said to the old fellow: I wonder if Junior Brother Xuanren has had a good dinner now."

"Then the old guy said: Who knows, he hasn't had the habit of eating dinner before."

"Then the young man said: I managed to help him correct his bad habit of skipping dinner before. I really hope he can keep it and don't let this bad habit repeat itself."

"They just talked about these three sentences, and they stopped talking after the chat."

As soon as Tang Shen finished speaking, the eyes of Ogata and A-Ming lit up.

They heard a familiar name: Xuanren.

Xuanren Xuanzheng's little apprentice, Xuanzhen's junior apprentice.

In the summer of last year, Ogata and the others took great pains to finally find Xuanren in Kyoto who was left behind by Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen, who had no idea what his master and senior brother were doing before.

It was through Xuanren's mouth that Ogata learned that Xuanzheng and Xuanzhen had come to Ezodi.