I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

What appeared in front of the two of them was a spacious avenue in Matsumae Castle. There were rows of shops on both sides of the avenue, and there were bustling crowds on the avenue.

Pedestrians who came to pass the time wandered aimlessly on the street; large trucks pulling goods rampant; I don’t know which rich family is traveling slowly in a sedan chair...

What passed into the ears of the two was the noise from the bustling avenue.

The sound of the ground being trampled on by human feet; the shouting of vendors; the quarrels erupting due to some small friction of pedestrians...

Looking at the scene in front of him and listening to the voices in his ears, Ogata felt as if he had passed away.

They returned along the same road they came from, and after an unknown amount of time, they finally returned to Matsumae Castle of the Matsumae Domain.

They finally returned to the cities of the agricultural society.

How long have you and Machi been in Ezo?Ogata couldn't remember clearly.

I just remember that it was still cold winter when they first entered the Matsumae Domain, but now the Matsumae Domain is about to enter spring.

After returning to the Matsumae Domain, Ogata clearly felt that the temperature in the Matsumae Domain had warmed up a lot. A man with a normal physique like A-Machi only needed to wear three thin clothes to keep out the cold.

After spending several months of tribal life in the territory of the Ainu people, looking at the bustling street with a very modern atmosphere in front of him not only makes Ogata feel nostalgic, but also feels like a world away.

"It's been a long time since I've seen so many people, and I feel a little unaccustomed to it." A-Machi, who has been living in an Ainu house and is not used to it, showed a relieved expression on his face while pushing hard. Stretched.

"It's almost noon." Ogata looked up at the sun above his head, "Let's go have lunch. What do you want to eat?"

A-Machi nodded obediently: "Finally, I can eat Japanese food that I haven't seen for a long time... Soba noodles and onigiri are more suitable for me."

Ogata didn't know much about Matsumae Castle, after all, he had only stayed in Matsumae Castle for one day before.He casually found a passerby who looked very idle:

"Excuse me, I want to ask - where is the nearest restaurant from here?"

pedestrian:"……"

When this idle-looking pedestrian turned his head to look at Ogata, there was a look of disgust in his eyes.

But after seeing the double knives on Ogata's waist, the pedestrian immediately suppressed the disgust in his eyes.

Although his movement of suppressing the emotions in his eyes was quick, Ogata still clearly captured his subtle expressions and emotional changes.

After seeing the pedestrian quickly cover up the emotion in his eyes, he held his breath:

"Go straight along this road and then turn right and you will find a street with many restaurants."

After saying that, the pedestrian quickly walked away from Ogata.

Ogata, who was stunned in place, stared blankly at the pedestrians leaving quickly.

"...Did I read it wrong?" A-Machi, who had been standing next to Ogata just now, also stared blankly at the pedestrian walking away, "Did that person hold his breath when he was talking to us just now?" ?”

"You don't seem to be mistaken..." Ogata had just finished speaking when he suddenly heard a "buzzing" sound above his head.

Ogata looked up - it was a fly hovering over his and O-Machi's heads.

Ogata suddenly realized something, put his nose close to A-Ming's neck, and inhaled hard - the smell like salted fish went straight into Ogata's nostrils.

Only then did Ogata realize what had happened:

On the way back to Matsumae Castle from the original road of Kanto Village, Ogata and the others naturally did not have the conditions to take a bath or something. In such a bitterly cold place, it is impossible to take those things that will make your hands and feet numb with just a light touch. river water for bathing.Therefore, the taste of the two of them has already become no different from that of salted fish dried by the sea.

But because both of them are used to smelling each other's body odor, their noses automatically filter the body odor of each other...

"I said..." A-Ming seemed to have discovered something terrible, his face turned pale, "Are the two of us really smelly enough to attract flies?"

Ogata raised his head from Ah-Ming's neck and looked around - the pedestrians around him were walking around Ogata and the others intentionally or unintentionally, making it seem like there was an invisible circle around Ogata and Ah-Machi The shape of a protective cover is like that of Ogata, which isolates the two of them from pedestrians.

"...Machi, before we have lunch, let's find a bathhouse to take a bath..."

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After taking a good bath and eating lunch, it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

It was far from too late to "leave everything until tomorrow", so after lunch, Ogata and the others went non-stop to find the "smuggling" building that Lin Ziping had told them before. Dingjiangya of business.

The Matsumae Domain is just a small domain, so the Matsumae Castle, which is the hall of the Matsumae Domain, will naturally not be too big.

Ogata and the others found Dingjiang House after only asking a few passers-by.

Dingjiang House is an ordinary-looking grocery store, located at the corner of a street with a lot of people.

After entering inside, you can see a counter facing the door of the store, and behind the counter are two young people sitting side by side.

Ogata didn't talk nonsense, and rushed directly to the counter, bursting out the code that Lin Ziping had told him before: "A piece of reed crosses the sea."

After hearing the secret signal from Ogata, the two young people sitting behind the counter raised their eyes, and after giving Ogata a meaningful look, one of them stood up:

"You two please follow me."

Ogata and A-Machi followed the man up to the second floor of the store and entered a certain room on the second floor.

In the room, there was a middle-aged man leaning against the window, smoking a pipe, holding a pipe.

"Mr. Shirataro." The young man who led Ogata and the two into the room said to the middle-aged man with standard respect, "These two want to take a boat."

The middle-aged man turned his head and glanced at Ogata and A-Ming: "Understood, you go down first."

"Yes."

After the young man echoed, he quickly walked out of the room.

"Both, you can sit down wherever you want." The middle-aged man beckoned Ogata and A-Ming to sit down.

"The two of us want to go back to Japan by boat." As soon as our buttocks touched the tatami, Ooman said bluntly, "Where will we land? How much will it cost? When will we leave?"

"Well." The middle-aged man waved his hand towards Ogata, "Don't be so anxious."

"Let me introduce myself."

"My name is Shirataro. Think of me as a go-between who helps people get on boats."

"Although I don't know who introduced you to us, but the news you got seems to be a bit behind-we don't carry samurai now."

After finishing speaking, Shirataro glanced at the twin swords on Ogata's waist.

"Huh?" Ogata frowned, "No samurai? Why?"

"This happened a month ago." Bai Taro took a strong puff on his cigarette, and then said slowly, "A month ago, we brought a few samurai to Ezo."

"But those warriors fought on the boat halfway."

"And the reason they fought was simply because of the sheath."

Sheathing - one of the reasons for a very classic samurai to break out in street brawls and even weapon fights.

The samurai sword is known as the soul of the samurai, so there will always be some bewildered people who get angry when their saber is touched by others.

That's why we often see this scene on the street - a certain samurai wants to hack the opponent to death just because the scabbard is touched by others.

This kind of conflict caused by the saber being touched by outsiders is collectively referred to as "sheathing".

"This is not an isolated case. Compared with civilians, warriors are more likely to cause various troubles."

"And because the samurai all carry knives, it's quite tricky to deal with when the samurai get into trouble."

"We have suffered a lot from the samurai riots."

"A month ago, our boss finally couldn't take it anymore."

"Anyway, the number of samurai who will come to board the ship is far less than that of civilians, so the boss decided a month ago that he will no longer allow samurai to board the ship."

"So you came quite late."

Having said that, Shirataro shrugged.

"If you had come a month earlier, you would have been able to board the ship."

"But this woman next to you can go aboard. She's not a samurai, after all."

"Why are samurai banned from boarding just when I need to take a boat..." Ogata twitched his lips, "Can't you be more flexible? I'm different from that kind of samurai with a brain problem, I will never make trouble Something's going wrong."

As soon as Ogata's words fell, Shirataro straightened his back suddenly, and said in a righteous tone:

"Of course not."

"How could we let you on board just because of your one-sidedness?"

"In the past, many people promised us that 'there will be no trouble'. What happened?"

"This is the rule set by the boss, and I have no way to change it."

"In short - if you insist on boarding the ship, then no matter what you say, all I can answer you is 'please go back'..."

Bai Taro chattered on and on, constantly emphasizing how important the rules are and how strong his determination to defend the rules is.

When Shirataro was halfway through the talk, Ogata stopped listening to it—the memory of the past emerged in Ogata's mind at this time.At this moment, Ogata thought of Kinoshita Rin who was also his friend.

Kinoshita Rin has shown Ogata several times a skill that is extremely useful no matter how the times change, and it can be said to be tried and tested.

As long as this skill is used, many difficult troubles can be easily solved, and many difficult enemies have to bend their knees.

Ogata was also envious of Kinoshita Lin's god-level skill.

But after going through many obstacles, Ogata finally mastered this god-level skill slowly, and gradually tasted the sweetness of this god-level skill.

While Shirataro was still chattering, Ogata silently put his hand into his arms.

Then he took out a small gold coin.

"Oh, Mr. Bai Taro, I almost forgot about this - I just picked up this small gold at the door of this room. Is this small gold yours?"

"——If you insist on boarding the ship, there are actually loopholes in the rules that you can exploit." Bai Taro still spoke righteously, "As long as you pretend to be a commoner, it's fine. Take off your saber Then wrap it in a cloth and pretend to be a civilian so you can easily board the ship."

The god-level skill that Kinoshita Lin has tried and tested is the "money ability".

Although this kind of words may be difficult for many "demon warriors" who are too obsessed with katana and swordsmanship, Ogata still wants to shout out: the money ability is really easy to use!

"Pretending to be a commoner..." Ogata tossed the small penal gold in his palm to Shirataro whose eyes had been glowing green since just now, "This method is acceptable..."

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Now it is the final volume of this book, so the author intends to reveal to you from time to time the basic setting of this book that everyone easily overlooks.

I don't know if you have noticed: Except for the first and second volumes, the male lead in each volume of this book is changing.

The male second in volumes 3 and 4 is Mamiya, the male second in volume 5 is Mucun, the male second in volume 6 is Genichi, and the male second in volume 7 is Matsudaira Sadanobu.Everyone can guess who will be the male second in the final volume~

Chapter 585 The Petite Girl Holding a Pipa [4400]

"Our rule is that warriors are strictly prohibited from boarding ships."

Shiratarou, who was holding the small gold that Ogata had just thrown to him like something fragile, added.

"So if you don't mind hiding your saber and pretending to be a civilian, you can indeed come aboard."

"But remember not to reveal the identity of the samurai after boarding the ship, otherwise both you and I will be in trouble"

"There are many hired guards on our ship to ensure the safety of the ship."

"Although I won't kill you or throw you overboard, I will definitely teach you a good lesson for someone who doesn't follow the rules."

As soon as Bai Tailang's voice fell, Xu Fangyi said without thinking:

"No problem, I can hide my saber and pretend to be a civilian."

"As for the issue of identity exposure, please rest assured on this point, as I just said: I am not the kind of samurai with a problematic head. I will never make trouble on the ship. I will stay obediently until I disembark."

As a time traveler, Ogata is naturally not the kind of "magic samurai" who does not allow his sword to be touched by others, and must always wear his sword on his waist when he goes out.

For Ogata, hiding his sword and pretending to be a commoner was not unbearable.

"If that's the case, then pay the money." Bai Taro said, "The smuggling fee is 20 silver per person. The landing place is a secret port in the Oshu area."

"We happen to have a ship leaving in three days' time."

"Now wait patiently for 3 days after paying the money, and come back to us in the morning after 3 days, and we will take you to the boat."

"Then, after another 5 or 6 days of floating at sea, you will be able to reach the mainland of Japan."

As soon as Bai Tailang's words fell, Xu Fangfang suddenly continued:

"In addition to carrying people, can your stowaways carry horses?"

"Ah? Horse?" Bai Taro widened his eyes.

"Well, yes, horses." Ogata said, "We have two horses. If possible, we would like to bring them back. If your ship can carry horses, the price is negotiable."