I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Ogata threatened Lin Ziping very directly.

Facing Ogata's threat, Lin Ziping did not show any panic.After nodding vigorously, he said:

"Don't worry. I won't break my word."

"I dare not speak big words."

"But I still dare to pat my chest and say that I keep my promise."

At the side, Ah-machi was looking at Ogata with somewhat surprised eyes.

"Are you really going to help this man?"

"This person has information that might be useful to us. I don't want to just throw away this rare and useful information."

Ogata said softly.

"Let's try it anyway, even if we fail to get this person out in the end, we won't have any substantial loss."

"Please don't say that!" Lin Ziping immediately protested, "Please do your best to rescue me!"

"I also told you just now that my friendship with the high-level officials of the Red Moon Fortress is not so good that they will let them go if I say a word to them."

"I met their leader for the first time just now."

Ogata put his hands on the Dashitian knife handle on his left waist, and asked Lin Ziping in an interrogating tone:

"I have to figure out the real purpose of your coming here first. Otherwise, if you want to persuade the senior management of Red Moon Fortress to let you go, you won't even be able to say anything."

"Tell me first, why are you here in Ezo, and why are there so many hand-drawn maps on your body?"

Ogata never imagined that after coming to this Edo period, he would become a "defense lawyer", collect information and evidence, and then fish people out of prison cells one day

"As I said just now, it is for academic research." Lin Ziping said, "I mainly study geography."

"I came to Ezo just to survey the topography of Ezo and study the geography of Ezo."

"The shogunate has always paid little attention to Ezo, so that very few people have studied the history and geography of Ezo."

"For those of us who specialize in geography, Ezodi is a treasure house with a lot of knowledge waiting for us to investigate and study."

"The reason why I came to Ezo and hand-painted so many maps is just to do academic research! It's just to study the geography of Ezo!"

"Did you come to Ezo alone?" Ogata asked.

"Well. I came here alone." Lin Ziping said, "I wanted to hire a few ronin to be my bodyguards, but I don't have much money, and it's not safe to hire ronin who don't know the details."

"You are really courageous." Ogata couldn't help but looked at Lin Ziping several times again, "Obviously I'm quite old, yet I dare to come to Ezodi without a companion."

Ogata, who has been here in Ezo for some time, already has a very clear understanding of the danger of Ezo.

He and A-Ming first meet the cannibal bear, and then the brutal Cossacks.

And this Lin Ziping dared to come to Ezo without a guard or a companion, and Ogata didn't know whether to call him brave or stupid.

"I also know it's dangerous to do so." Lin Ziping smiled wryly, "But compared to the danger, I'm more afraid that I won't be able to complete my academic research."

"And I'm not incapable of protecting myself."

"For the sake of academic research, I have been running around, traveled far and wide, and developed a strong physique. I can guarantee that most warriors may not be as strong as me."

"And I'm also the catalog holder of Zhongtiaoliu."

"I also know a lot about hunting. I know what to do to avoid encountering beasts."

Catalog the swordplay genre levels of this era.

Most of the swordsmanship genres are divided into three levels from low to high: paper cutting, catalog, and exemption.

If the assessment conditions are not mixed with water, then those who have the "catalogue" certificate are indeed quite powerful people.

After listening to what Lin Ziping said just now, Ogata said silently in his heart:

Are you an academic madman?

Lin Ziping's sentence just now, "Compared with such a danger, I am more afraid that I will not be able to complete my academic research", exudes the atmosphere of an academic madman from the beginning to the end.

Ogata has seen many people who are obsessed with improving their martial arts.

But this is the first time Ogata has met this kind of person who is obsessed with improving his academic level.

"Then here in Ezo, do you have any Ainu friends you know? If you know any Ainu friends, you can find him and let him help clear your suspicion."

Lin Ziping shook his head.

"Although I have passed through a lot of Ainu villages and lived temporarily in many villages, I don't have any Ainu friends I know."

"It's so difficult." Ogata suppressed the thought of sighing, "There is no physical evidence to prove that you are not a spy of the shogunate."

"What you have now is only your one-sided words."

Ogata lowered his head, thinking.

After a while, Ogata said slowly:

"Let's do this for now. I'll go to Chanup first."

"Go talk to him about you."

"The evidence that we think is useful, people may not necessarily buy it."

"You must first know what kind of evidence is useful in the eyes of the people in Red Moon Fortress, and can prove that you are not a shogunate spy."

"After talking about your matter with Chanup in detail, let's slowly think about how to get you out of prison."

"Who is Chanup?" Lin Ziping asked.

"The person who leads the Red Moon Fortress should be regarded as the supreme ruler of the Red Moon Fortress."

"Oh" Lin Ziping murmured, "Should I talk to the supreme ruler of the Red Moon Fortress first?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Ziping nodded gently:

"Well, that's all we can do first."

Ogata and A-Machi walked side by side on a certain street in the Red Moon Fortress.

The "guide boy" who was in charge of taking the two of them to Lin Ziping just now was walking in front of them.

Just now, the "guide leading the way" brought the two of them from Chanup's home to the hut where Lin Ziping was held.

And now it's the other way around.

Now this "guide leading the way" is taking Ogata and the two from the hut where Lin Ziping was detained to Chanup's home.

"I don't think there is any way to prove that Lin Ziping's innocence."

Atachi, who was walking beside Ogata, said abruptly.

"There is no physical evidence, and no high-level trustworthy person in Red Moon Fortress can help identify him as not a spy."

"Based on our two words, I don't think we can persuade Chanup and the others to let them go"

"Anyway, let's try it first." Ogata smiled wryly and shrugged, "If it's really impossible to get that Lin Ziping out of prison as soon as possible, let's wait until that time comes."

Soon, Ogata and the others returned to Chanup's house.

The "leading boy" yelled something into the house in Ainu.

Later, Ogata and the others heard Chanup's response, but because Chanup spoke Ainu, Ogata could not understand what Chanup was saying.

After Chanup's response fell, the "guide leading the way" turned around and nodded towards Ogata and Acho:

"You can go in now."

After obtaining the entry permit, Ogata and Acho entered Chanup's house one after the other.

Village Chief Chepke and the others are still present, so there should be important matters to discuss.

But compared to when Ogata and the others left just now, there are 2 more people here.

The two extra people sat on the left and right sides of Chanup respectively.

One of these two people is Asuma who Ogata is familiar with.

And beside Aisuma, sat a young man that Ogata didn't know.

After seeing Ogata and A-Machi entering, the boy was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Ogata with joy.

"Mr. Mashima, Miss Atachi, you are back." Chanup said to the two first, "How is it? The old man in the cell is the person you are looking for?"

Ogata shook his head: "That person is not the one we are looking for."

"It's such a shame, Mashima-san, Machi-san, let me introduce you."

Chanup pointed to Asuma and the boy who were sitting on the left and right sides of him.

"This is my eldest daughter, Asuma."

"You should also know each other. So I won't introduce much."

Chanup had already known that Aisuma and others were in a team with Ogata and the others, and returned to the Red Moon Fortress with Ogata and his party.

"And this is my eldest son Otunpuyi."

eldest son?

Ogata looked at the boy.

Ogata was not surprised by the sudden emergence of Chanup's eldest son.

Whether it is the Japanese society that has already entered the feudal era, or the Ainu society that is still in the tribal era, there is a lack of entertainment in common.

It's okay during the day, but at night there is really nothing to do.

Therefore, in this era, making children has become the only entertainment that ordinary people can do at night.

Since they left Edo with A-cho, trying to hand over the ancestral chromosomes to A-cho has become an important pastime for Ogata and A-cho to pass the long night.

So in this era, it is very common for a family to have 7, 8, or even a dozen children.

If Chanup had only one child, Aisuma, Ogata would be surprised.

After carefully observing the young man named Otongpuyi, Ogata found that the facial features of this young man were indeed somewhat similar to Aisuma.

The boy looked about 13 or 4 years old, and he and Ai Suma should be siblings.

Ou bowed to Otong Puyi:

"Meeting for the first time. Ainu language"

Ogata first said "meet you for the first time" in the not-so-standard "plastic Ainu language", and then switched back to Japanese.

"This is Goro Mashima. This is Uchiko Mashimacho."

This sentence was too complicated for Ogata to say in Ainu.

After the sound of Ogata's self-introduction fell, Otunpuyi seemed a little nervous, and stammered:

"First, first time meeting. I'm Otonpuyi."

Otsubui spoke Japanese.

And it is much more standard Japanese than his sister and his father.

In terms of standards, if you only listen to the sound, the owner who can't hear the sound at all is an Ainu.

Although Ogata is no stranger to the Ainu people who can speak Japanese now, after hearing Otsupui's unusually standard Japanese, Ogata still couldn't help casting a surprised look at him.

Otsubui, who caught the astonishment in Ogata's eyes, smiled shyly:

"I have studied Japanese Japanese carefully, so I may not be able to speak it well, please forgive me."

"No no no." Ogata shook his head, "Nothing. Your Japanese is very good."

After a brief greeting with Otunpuyi, Ogata turned his attention back to Chanup.

"Mr. Chanup, do you have anything to discuss with Chief Chepuk? I have something to tell you now. If you have anything to discuss with Chief Chepuk, then I will Wait a while."

"Huh? Do you have something to tell me?" Chanup cast a surprised look at Ogata, "I have already finished talking about the important things that I should talk to Chepke and the others. I was talking to Chep just now. It’s just chatting with them, if you have something to tell me, you can tell me now.”

Seeing that Chanup had said so, Ogata was not hypocritical, and directly told Chanup about Lin Ziping.

After Ogata's voice fell, Chanup raised his eyebrows: "You want to let that old man go free?"

"Yeah." Ogata nodded, just as he was about to say something more, Chanup suddenly smiled bitterly and said:

"That might be difficult."