I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Speaking of this kind of thing, I'm afraid it will make many people envious." Lin Ziping continued at this time, "Mr. Ogata, I don't know if you are clear-you are among the general public, but you are loved by many people. You are welcome."

Ogata heard similar things in Shendu last night.

"I have always felt sincere and sincere about this." Ogata smiled helplessly, "I have never felt that what I have done so far deserves such respect from others..."

"Mr. Ogata, you are too modest." Lin Ziping shrugged, "In the eyes of many people who dislike the shogunate, you are a hero who stood up to the sky and did what we always wanted to do but dared not do— Just like me."

"Oh?" Ogata glanced at Lin Ziping behind him, and said in a half-joking tone, "Do you admire me too?"

"It's more about respect than worship." Lin Ziping said with a smile, "At the beginning, when I learned that you had breached one of the symbols of the shogunate—the Nijo Castle, I was so excited that I danced with my arms and legs."

"It's been too long since anyone dared to challenge the authority of the shogunate." Lin Ziping changed his serious face, "According to my judgment, the current shogunate has reached a state where it cannot be broken or established."

"For me, the more people like you who dare to challenge the authority of the shogunate, the better! In this way, maybe the shogunate can be forced to make new changes!"

"Brave man?" Ogata laughed dumbly, "It's the first time I've heard someone call me a man of the day..."

"I'm sure - if the Edo shogunate doesn't try to change, there will be more and more people who have fallen behind the shogunate."

Speaking of this, Lin Ziping paused, and then changed his tone half-joking.

"By that time, those shogunate warriors might respect you as the 'ancestor of the shogunate warriors', thinking that you were the first person who dared to challenge the authority of the shogunate."

"That's terrible..." Ogata twitched the corners of his lips, "I don't want to see my name being used as a banner..."

"Mr. Lin." At this moment, Ah Ding suddenly interjected. "Isn't it just a matter of walking straight ahead?"

"That's right." Lin Ziping nodded, "According to the current speed, it will take about 3 days to go straight forward."

"That weird and human doctor is quite far away from here, you have to be mentally prepared."

"We're not afraid to spend time." Ogata sighed softly, "We're just afraid that we'll be in vain in the end..."

……

……

Edo, the mansion where Gourdya and his party lived——

call--!call--!call--!

In the huge courtyard, Lin is the only one now.

Lin stood alone in the middle of the courtyard, holding a wooden knife tied with many large stones, practicing Suzhen there.

Because of the many stones tied to it, the weight of this wooden knife has reached an astonishing value.

However, Lin swung such a heavy wooden knife very steadily. When he slashed the wooden knife forward heavily, there was no mess in the path of the knife.

Just when Lin was silently practicing swordsmanship alone, she suddenly heard footsteps coming from beside her.

"Katsurokuro?" Lin put down the wooden knife in her hand, turned her head to look at her subordinate Shimada who was walking towards her quickly.

"My lord," Shimada Masashiro said, "I've made up my mind—before we leave Edo, I've decided to visit my father."

"Have you finally decided..." Lin cast a somewhat gratified look at Shimada, "Then you can find a good time to go home later."

"If you want money to buy some souvenirs or something, just come to me and ask for money."

Shimada: "Yes!"

……

……

at the same time--

Edo, in a dark, deserted alley——

"Ha ha ha ha……"

In this gloomy, dirty alley where no one would normally come, there was a girl's panting suddenly.

A young girl wearing a dirty and old cloak ran hurriedly through the alley.

While sprinting, he looked back from time to time.

"what!"

At this time, her foot accidentally kicked a protruding stone on the ground.

Subconsciously, she let out a scream, and fell forward heavily, and a big dog eating shit came.

"it hurts……"

The girl got up from the ground, and there was a little cry in her voice.

She looked down at her left arm - when she fell down just now, her left arm was accidentally scratched by some sharp stones on the ground with bloodstains.

However—these bloodstains only appeared for a moment.

When the girl lowered her head to look at her wound, the bloodstains recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few breaths, her arm was back to normal.

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Originally, as expected, this chapter was the last chapter of Volume 7.It not only gave an explanation to all the main characters in Volume 7, but also laid new suspense in the final part.It is the most perfect "final chapter".

But after various considerations, it was finally decided to list the last three chapters in the final volume.

Chapter 577 Killing People as a Business, Using Human Gallbladder as Medicine [5800]

Ezodi, somewhere in the north

"After my third letter was ignored by the lord of the Sendai Domain, by various chances and coincidences, I received news that the Lucia Kingdom was frequently engaged in various small actions in Ezo."

"After my investigation, I feel that if the country of Lucia is ignored, the country of Lucia will be a serious problem for our country in the future."

"I think: We should live in a friendly relationship with the Ainu, and then develop the Ezo together with the Ainu, and build the Ezo as a forward position to prevent the Lucians from going south."

"So in order to realize my long-cherished political wish, 8 years ago, I landed on Ezo for the first time, and began to personally survey the topography, landforms, natural resources, and Ainu culture of Ezo."

Lin Ziping, who was sitting behind Ogata, was talking eloquently, while Ogata and Atachi were listening carefully while controlling the horses to jog forward.

The process of rushing is always boring.

And on the way, the only thing that can be used to pass the time is small talk.

In order to pass this boring time, Ogata and his wife chatted with Lin Ziping about various things alternately.

From what I saw and heard during my travels, to talking about various things I have personally experienced, I will talk about everything.

At this moment, Lin Ziping was chatting about his life so far.

Just now, he has briefly outlined his life from childhood to youth: a Sendai samurai born in Edo, who was scorned by others as a deviant since childhood, was studying Confucian classics when his peers were studying Confucian classics hard. Various miscellaneous books on history, geography, art of war, economics, etc.

When he was young, he began to travel around to study. During the study tour, he discovered all kinds of corruption and incompetence in the shogunate, so he gradually began to worry about the future of Japan.

He has written to the lord of the Sendai vassal three times, suggesting to the lord of the Sendai vassal to reform the internal affairs, enrich the country and strengthen the army, all of which were ignored by the lord of the Sendai vassal.

And now, Lin Ziping is telling the story that after his third letter to the lord of the Sendai domain was ignored, he began to notice the threat of the Lucia people to their country, and then began to go to Ezo for investigation.

"Eight years ago, after careful inspection of Ezo, in the 8th year of Tianming, 5 AD, I published the military important topography of Korea, Ryukyu, Ezo and other places: the map of the three kingdoms. It's a pity There was no response and no one was interested in my book"

After all, Lin Ziping sighed heavily.

"Your book even covers North Korea and Ryukyu?" Ah-Ming interjected at this moment, "Have you been to all these places?"

"Uh, no." Lin Ziping laughed awkwardly, "I have never been to other places except Ezo. I compiled the records of North Korea, Ryukyu and other places based on other people's classics. of."

After all, Lin Ziping coughed a few times, and used blunt methods to bring up this embarrassing topic for him.

"Okay, let me continue."

"In short, after the publication of the map of the Three Kingdoms, the response was mediocre. No matter whether it is the shogunate or the people, no one is interested in my book."

"Officials of the shogunate also scoffed at my proposal to build coastal defense and work together with the Ainu to build Ezo."

"Probably because people like me who criticize the lock-up policy are too annoying. So some time ago, I was caught by the officials, and then I was taken to a prison in Edo for confinement."

"I seemed to have been sentenced to permanent confinement by the government."

"Fortunately, not long after being confined, I was rescued by a group of unknown people."

"Those people seem to want to invite them to work there."

"I'm not interested in being an official at all. When I was thinking about how to escape, those people seemed to be attacked by their enemies, and I was able to sneak out while taking advantage of the chaos."

"As soon as I sneaked out, I learned that the Lucians are doing more and more tricks in Ezo."

"I happen to also feel that in my Three Kingdoms Guide, the part that introduces the land of Ezo still needs to be optimized. So not long after I regained my freedom, I set foot on the land of Ezo again. , ready to conduct another in-depth investigation of Ezodi.”

"You all know what happened next. When you came near the Red Moon Fortress, you were mistaken for spies and arrested, and then you met you."

After listening to Lin Ziping's overview of his life so far, Ogata said sincerely: "You are also a person with a particularly rich and tortuous life experience. You just said that you escaped from prison with the help of others. Isn't it very likely that Japan has already posted your wanted warrants?"

"Well." Lin Ziping nodded, "It should be. So now I am also thinking about how to avoid being hunted by officials while continuing my academic research after I return to China, so that the shogunate can adopt my opinions and start Shogunate reform."

"You are amazing." A-Ming said in a tone of unadulterated admiration, "If I were you, I wouldn't have the courage to write letters to the shogunate again and again, criticizing the shogunate for this bad and that bad .”

"There is no way that you are willing to travel around in such a bitter cold place for the country like you. Maybe this is also related to my dislike of the shogunate."

"I've only been in Ezo for a few months, and I can't stand it anymore"

“I miss tatami so much now, and the taste of miso soup”

"When I was very young, I started to travel around to study." Lin Ziping smiled, "So I have developed a fairly good physique, so when I travel around and investigate in Ezo, I don't feel very tired. Hard work, huh? Ogata-kun, look at the northern sky, there are big dark clouds drifting over."

"Yeah. I saw it." Ogata nodded. "Keep your mouth shut and don't talk. I'm going to speed up my horse. I have to build a hunting lodge before the snowstorm comes down."

After finishing speaking, Ogata tapped the horse's belly lightly with his heel, and steered the radish towards a forest not far away.

After entering the woods, Xu Bian quickly found a big tree suitable for building a hunting lodge.

Earlier, when he moved to the Red Moon Fortress with the villagers of Kina Village, Ogata had learned the Ainu hunting lodge.

After making this big tree into a hunting lodge that can barely accommodate 4 people with a slightly rough technique, the large dark clouds floating from the north will cover the entire sky and bring down wind and snow.

"Huh..." After rushing into the hunting lodge, Lin Ziping glanced at the wind and snow blowing outside, and tightened his clothes, "Ezoland really deserves to be a place of bitter cold, now this At that time, it was almost spring in all parts of Japan, but here it is still the same as the severe winter."

"Fortunately, this hunting lodge was built in time." Ogata also glanced at the wind and snow that was blowing louder and louder outside, "If it was later, we would be blown by the wind and snow Become a snowman."

"Looking at the thickness of the dark clouds, the wind and snow will not stop for a while." Lin Ziping sighed softly, "I can only wait slowly. I hope the wind and snow will stop soon."

"How far is it to that so-and-so village where that weird Dr. Kazuto lives?" asked Atachi.

"It's Kanto Village." Lin Ziping showed a helpless smile, and corrected what Ah Ding said just now, "The settlement where the weird Kazuto doctor lives is called Kanto Village."

A-Machi: "It's such a hard name to remember."

"There is still a short distance." Lin Ziping replied, "If there is no accident such as a blizzard, we have to go north for another 2 days, and we must first arrive at a settlement called Tuohe. Kantuo Village is located in a deep mountain in the northwest of Tuohe Village."

"I still have to go so far." A-Ming twitched the corners of his mouth.

"Although it's still a bit far away, luckily the road is still easy to walk." Lin Ziping said calmly, "Actually, I can't remember exactly where Kanto Village is in that deep mountain."

"So when we arrive at Tuohe Village, we may have to entrust people from that village to help guide us."

"Huh? Are you familiar with that Tuohe villager?" Ogata asked.

Lin Ziping nodded: "It's pretty familiar. I've been here several times before, so after going here and there, I'm familiar with many villagers in Tuohe Village."

"I'm going to ask those people I know to show us the way, and they should readily agree."

"Is that so, I feel a little embarrassed," Ogata said, "I have to trouble you to sell favors to that person from Tuohe Village."

Lin Ziping smiled: "Compared to the life-saving grace I owe you, it's just a trivial matter."

"If you hadn't repelled the shogunate's army, I'm afraid I would have died in the chaos."

"You two, just treat my actions as repaying a favor, and accept it with peace of mind."

call!

At this time, a very loud gust of wind suddenly blew outside the hunting lodge.

Ogata and the others couldn't help but be startled by this extremely loud wind.

"This wind and snow seems to be getting stronger," Ogata murmured.

"Look at the intensity of the wind and snow, we probably won't be able to move within half an hour." Lin Ziping scratched his half black and half white hair.

"Let's do something to pass the time." A-Ming said, turning his gaze to Lin Ziping, "Mr. Lin, let's talk about your story?"

"My story is basically finished just now. There is nothing else to tell."