I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"In this way, I met the master who almost saved my life, and then became a member of the gourd house before I knew it."

"Your process of joining the Gourd House is very similar to mine." Mucun smiled, "After I gave up my official position and left Kyoto, I was almost reduced to picking up trash because I ran out of money. Difficulty eating."

"Fortunately, I met the lord in time, and as you just said, the lord gave me a job with money to do, so that I finally had a full meal after a long absence."

"Then unconsciously, I became a part of the gourd house."

"That's it, I didn't expect that the process of you joining the Gourd House, Senior Mucun, is very similar to mine." After finding the same kind, Shimada smiled brightly, "Speaking of which, I have never known how all the seniors joined the Gourd House. .”

"Why did senior Asai join the gourd house? Was he also saved by the lord?"

"The process for him to join the gourd house was relatively ordinary." Mucun shrugged, "He was originally a low-level samurai of the Satsuma domain. Because his salary was so low that he couldn't live on, he left the domain and became a ronin, intending to go out and fight for a while."

"Not long after leaving Satsuma, I met the lord. Because the lord's salary is very high, he joined the gourd house."

"The process of his joining the Calabash House was really ordinary," Shimada said, "Where is that senior?"

"Jian Gong," Mu Cun twitched the corner of his mouth, "I don't know."

Shimada: "Huh?"

"It's not like you don't know that Jiangong has always been mysterious." Mucun shrugged, "He never talked about his past, and he kept secret about how he joined the gourd house."

"The only thing I can be sure of is that he was the first to follow the lord, and then he was very trusted by the lord."

"Senior Mamiya must have been engaged in some shady job before?" Shimada said in a half-joking tone, "That's why he has been like this all the time, and he doesn't want to mention anything about him before."

"Who knows." Mucun shrugged again, "In short, he doesn't want to talk about his past, so let's not ask too much."

"Whenever Jiangong plans to tell his past, he will naturally say it."

"Okay, let's go quickly, I'm starving to death. Hurry up and go back to eat the lunch made by the lord."

Ezo, somewhere in the north

"Look! There are lights ahead!" Lin Ziping, who was sitting behind Ogata, pointed forward.

Because of the low temperature, every breath Lin Ziping exhaled turned into white mist.

"Tuohe Village is ahead!" Lin Ziping then shouted loudly.

"Is it finally here?" Ogata murmured in a low voice, and then silently increased the speed of the horse.

It was evening now, the sky had turned a dull dark blue, and the Ainu settlements in the distance were all lit up.

Since the heavy snowstorm 2 days ago, Ogata and the others have not encountered any accidents, and arrived at this Tuohe village smoothly all the way.

According to Lin Ziping, after arriving at Tuohe Village, he was very close to Kanto Village where the strange and doctor lived.

After Ogata and his party rushed to Tuohe Village in the distance, the villagers of Tuohe Village also quickly discovered the uninvited guest. Ogata caught a glimpse of many men holding various weapons, pouring out of the village .

"It's me! Lin Ziping! Ainu language" Lin Ziping shouted loudly to the men rushing out of the village with weapons.

Afterwards, the villagers who rushed out of the village made a small commotion, and then slowly put away their weapons.

In order to show politeness, Ogata and the others got off their horses and walked on foot after marching to a distance of more than ten steps from the village.

When they led the horses and approached the villagers blocking between them and the village, a very old man walked out from among the villagers and walked towards Ogata and the others slowly.

Lin Ziping: "Orowa! Long time no see! Ainu language"

"Lin Ziping, it's been a long time." The old man whom Lin Ziping called Orowa nodded with a smile.

Ezodi, Toha Village, the home of the village head, Orova

The old man Lin Ziping called Oulova was the head of this Tuohe village.

After Lin Ziping's relationship was confirmed to be harmless, Ogata and others were taken to Orova's home.

"The method of making fire is definitely the greatest discovery in human history." A-Ming, who was trembling slightly from the cold, murmured as if in a daze while putting his hands close to the flame that was boiling the thick soup.

I don’t know if it’s because the weather is getting colder because they’re walking all the way north, or because there’s been another cold wave recently. In short, since the heavy snowstorm 2 days ago, the temperature has been so low that people can’t wait to burn the flames. The extent of holding it in my arms.

While A-Machi was getting close to the flames to keep warm, Ogata and Hayashi Zihei were negotiating with Orova.

"Well, I understand the specific reasons." Orowa nodded, "You want us to take you to Kanto Village, Ainu language"

"That's right." Lin Ziping nodded, "Because it's been too long, I can't remember the exact location of Kanto Village, so I have to trouble you to send someone to take us. Ainu language."

"I can draw a map for you. But I can't send someone to bring you. Ainu language" Orowa shook his head.

"Huh? Why? Ainu language," Lin Ziping asked in confusion.

"Because it's not very peaceful here recently." Orova said slowly, "Pirates have appeared here recently. Ainu language"

"Huh? Pirates? Here?! Ainu language" Lin Ziping exclaimed.

"Mr. Lin, what did Mr. Orowa say just now?" Ogata asked.

"Olowa said that there have been pirates here recently."

"Huh? Pirates? Here?!" Ogata exclaimed exactly the same as Lin Ziping just now.

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In Ogata's view, Ezodi and Pirates are two terms that are extremely difficult to equate.

In Ogata's impression, Japanese pirates should mainly operate in North Korea, Tsushima, Iki, Ryukyu and other places.How could there be pirates appearing in the northern Ezo land?

Like Ogata, Lin Ziping was very puzzled and curious about the appearance of pirates in Ezo, so without Ogata's order, Lin Ziping asked Troy what was going on with the pirates.

While Talova was explaining, Lin Ziping was also slowly translating for Ogata and his wife.

Since about 2 months ago, inexplicable disappearances suddenly appeared in Tuohe Village.

The missing persons were all women. After the third woman in the village disappeared, all the villagers in Tuohe Village finally couldn't sit still, and concluded that someone must be abducting their villagers, so they began to investigate.

To find out who the culprit was, the villagers of Tuohe set a trap: They left a young village woman alone in the mountains, pretending to be picking mushrooms.

The soldiers are lurking around, waiting for the traffickers to take the bait.

Their luck was very good. The first time they tried this decoy operation, they achieved great success.

At the beginning of the operation, they saw four Kazutos with a faint fishy smell rushing out, ready to take away the woman who was acting as a bait.

After the 4 Kazutos appeared, the soldiers lurking around immediately rushed up and captured all 4 Kazutos.

Afterwards, the four Kazuhito were severely tortured.

These four Kazuhito were not strong-willed people. The villagers in Tuohe Village just punched them a few times, and they revealed their identities, their purpose, and everything they knew.

They are a group of pirates based on Iki Island.

Iki Island is an island located between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula.Due to the superior geographical location, pirates often appear in this area.

Different pirates have different "businesses".

Some pirates specialize in robbing merchant ships to make a fortune.

Some pirates are nothing more than sea merchants wearing pirate skins.

Very few pirates are explorers in pirate skin.

And this group of pirates who provoked Tuohe Village were doing the most unscrupulous "business" of human trafficking.

The group of pirates based on Iki Island mainly trafficked Koreans and Japanese, mainly young women.

Their sellers are a group of Dutch businessmen. After buying these young Korean women and Japanese women, these Dutch businessmen resell them to Europe or America. Asian women have always been sought-after goods.

Their gang of pirates, whose "main business" is abducting Korean women and Japanese women, appeared in Ezo in the north and started abducting Ainu women is because of their boss, Toshi Chougoro.

Ezodi is a treasure land rich in high-quality hot springs, and Yitong has always been very interested in soaking in hot springs.

So when winter comes, Yi Tong will take part of the staff to go north to Ezo to soak in the hot springs and give himself a vacation.

Since I don't know when, Yitong, who just wanted to come to Ezo to soak in the hot springs and have a vacation, suddenly had an idea: I don't know if Ezo women are good for sale?

So Yitong discussed this matter with the Dutch businessman they have been cooperating with.

Those Dutch businessmen also sold Ezo women before. Although Ezo women are not as popular as Korean women and Japanese women in Europe and America, they are still easy to sell.

After knowing that Ezo women are also quite valuable, Yi Tong's greedy heart, which has no conscience at all, is ready to move.

Since then, Yitong will dispatch his subordinates to abduct young Ezo women every winter when he goes to Ezo for vacation.

Take a vacation, make money, do both.

According to the four captured in Tohe Village, they began to abduct and sell Ezo women at least four years ago.It's just that they were all active in the northern region before, and it wasn't until recently that they extended their claws to this area and attacked the girls in Tuohe Village.

After learning that this group of people were vicious human traffickers, the villagers of Tuohe Village were naturally outraged.

In order to get back the abducted girl, they unite with other settlements that have a good relationship with them to crusade against this group of pirates.

Although other settlements have not been poisoned by Tuohe Village, they are not stupid, and they know that if they don't try to get rid of this group of pirates, they might be the next to be poisoned.

Therefore, Tuohe Village responded to everyone's call, and the men from several settlements gathered into a mighty crusade team, and rushed to the base of this group of pirates according to the information said by the four captives.

But who knows, after arriving at the base of this group of pirates, the building is already empty. I didn't see the pirates, and I didn't see the abducted people. It should be expected that the four subordinates who were captured are very likely. It will expose the location of their base, so they evacuated in time.

Afterwards, they further tortured the four captives, wanting to find out the location of the other bases of the pirates, but unfortunately, the four captives said that they were just newcomers to the pirates and didn't know much, so they didn't know much about it. The location of the remaining bases is not known.

The villagers of Tuohe Village tried their best to torture the four captives. One of them was tortured to death by the villagers, and the other three were half dead. Seeing that they really didn't know the location of other bases, they could only give up with regret. .

Since the plan to raid the pirate base failed, the villagers of Tuohe Village have never seen this group of pirates again, but the villagers of Tuohe Village still dare not relax, until now it is strictly forbidden for anyone in the village to Do not go out accompanied by more than 2 men.

After quietly listening to Lin Ziping's translation of Trova's explanation, Ogata couldn't help but sigh:

"A pirate who specializes in human trafficking..."

Since leaving the feudal domain and wandering, Ogata can be regarded as a person who has seen many worlds and storms.

Yakuza, bandits, ninjas, terrorists trying to blow up Kyoto, vicious Cossacks...

But pirates have never been encountered before.

Ogata never expected that there would be pirates in this far north.

"Anyway, that's it." At this time, Troy added, "At this time, I can't let the villagers risk their lives and leave the village to show you the way."

"Lin Ziping, I hope you can understand us. Ainu language"

After Lin Ziping finished translating Trova's words, he turned to look at Ogata:

"Mr. Ogata, Trova insisted on only drawing pictures for us and not letting the villagers show us the way."

"Then let's do this." Ogata replied without thinking, "Since people have their own difficulties, then respect their opinions."

Lin Ziping nodded: "Well, I think so too."

Lin Ziping informed Troy of their decision.

"In this case, I will draw a map for you later." Troy said slowly, "Lin Ziping, you have been to Kanto Village once, as long as you see the map I drew, you should be able to think of Kanto How did the village go?"

"I don't know what you suddenly want to do in Canto Village, so I won't ask too much."

"But I still remind you: you were kicked out by the villagers of Canto Village last time."

"You have to be careful. We don't know the people in Kanto very well. If something happens to you, I can't help you. Ainu language"

Lin Ziping smiled embarrassingly: "Don't worry, Trova. I know it well. Last time it was just a small conflict with the villagers of Canto Village. I will pay more attention this time. Ainu"

"What were you talking to the village chief just now?" Ogata asked.

"It's nothing. The village chief told me: I was kicked out by the villagers of Canto Village last time, so let me pay more attention this time."

"Then I said: I know it well, and I will pay more attention."

"I guess the villagers in Kanto Village shouldn't reject us all because of me..."

"If we are turned away from the village, it will be troublesome." At this time, Machi interjected in a half-joking tone.

Ogata still remembers what Lin Ziping described before when he first arrived in Kanto Village.

At the beginning, he was treated friendly by the villagers.The doctor was also very friendly to Lin Ziping, and even invited Lin Ziping to his home to entertain him.

But when Lin Ziping became curious about a certain closed room in the doctor's home, and asked the doctor why the room was closed, everything changed.

He Yi, who was very friendly just now, suddenly seemed to be a different person, and drove Lin Ziping out hysterically.

And that doctor has a high reputation in Kanto Village, offending that doctor is tantamount to offending the whole village, so Lin Ziping was just kicked out of Heyi's home, and then kicked out of the village .