I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"How can the weather change?"

Ogata complained with a wry smile, while tightening the clothes on his body and the bamboo hat on his head.

It was still sunny this morning.

As a result, before noon, the sky suddenly became overcast and a heavy snowstorm blew up.

No matter what the weather is like, it is not suitable to go on a long journey.

However, there is no shelter from the wind and snow around.

So Ogata could only go straight ahead against the heavy wind and snow, try his luck, and see if he could find a good place ahead that could shelter from the wind and snow.

Ogata felt his head was heavy now.

Because the bamboo hat above his head was covered with snow.

Raise your hand and pull it on the bamboo hat, and you can take a picture of a large snow block.

Not long after that, the bamboo hat that had just been cleaned was covered with snow again.

So Ogata didn't bother to care about the snow squeezed on the bamboo hat anymore.

After feeling that the bamboo hat was too heavy, he shook his head.

With just a slight shake of the head, a large amount of snow can be shaken from the bamboo hat.

Just as Ogata was walking forward against the wind and snow, he suddenly found a very abrupt black patch in the white snow ahead.

And judging from the size, the size of this abrupt "black" is not small.

What is this? With this thought in mind, Ogata walked slowly towards the "black".

It wasn't until he got closer that Ogata realized that this "black" piece was a person squatting on the ground.

Chapter 124 The Negishi Family

"Hey!"

Ogata leaned down and shouted to the person squatting in the snow.

"Are you ok?"

After hearing Ogata's shout, the unknown person squatting in the snow raised his head and looked at Ogata.

It was the face of a weather-beaten middle-aged man.

But for some reason, there was a bit of pain on his face.

"Samurai-sama" the middle-aged man looked at the knife on Ogata's waist, "Can you help me, please?"

"I accidentally fell down just now, it seems that I hurt my foot"

"I can't walk back to the village alone with my injured foot"

"Can you help take me back to the village?"

"The village where I live is not far from here, please!"

"Send you back to the village?" Ogata looked the middle-aged man up and down, "I'd be happy to do this kind of thing within my power. But before helping you."

Ogata stretched out his hand and groped up and down the middle-aged man's body.

"Master Samurai," the middle-aged man asked suspiciously, "What are you doing?"

"I'm just checking to see if you have any weapons like knives and poison on you."

After groping the whole body of the middle-aged man, Ogata clapped his hands.

"Okay, you don't have a murder weapon on your body, it seems that you are not planning to use dirty tricks to deal with my assassin."

"Master Samurai, you are joking." The middle-aged man smiled wryly, "Why should I harm you for no reason?"

To the middle-aged man's words, Ogata responded with a meaningful smile.

Ogata pulled the middle-aged man onto his back, and carried it on his back.

"Hurry up."

"Okay, samurai, thank you." The middle-aged man said in a sincere tone, "In this world, there are not many samurai with an old-fashioned heart like you."

"You're welcome." Ogata smiled, "Anyway, it's just a trivial matter for me. Please show me the way, which direction is the village you live in?"

Under the guidance of the middle-aged man, Ogata walked slowly towards the village where the middle-aged man lived.

Coincidentally, the direction of the village where the middle-aged man lived coincides with the direction that Ogata wanted to go at the beginning.

So Ogata also dropped by to send the middle-aged man home.

When sending the middle-aged man home, Ogata chatted casually with the middle-aged man.

Through chatting with this middle-aged man, Ogata learned that the name of this middle-aged man was Jiro, and the village he lived in was called Sihe Village.

He went out to leave the village this time to find something to eat in the wild.

"Looking for something to eat?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "In such a snowy day, how can there be anything to eat in the wild?"

"Haha" Jilang laughed helplessly, "So I'm just here to try my luck, maybe I can meet something that can be eaten. My family and I haven't eaten enough for a long time. "

Speaking of this, Jiro let out a long sigh.

"It's all because of the hateful Negishi family. If it weren't for them, our village wouldn't be what it is now."

"The Negishi family?" Ogata asked doubtfully.

"It's the Yakuza entrenched in this place." Speaking of this, Jiro sighed again, "The only thing the Negishi family knows how to do is to bully ordinary people like us."

"It is said that the power of the Negishi family covers half of the Tatsuno clan."

"All nearby villages, including our Sihe Village, are targets of oppression by the Negishi family."

"They send people to every village every month to ask every family for a lot of money."

"They put it nicely in the form of a protection fee."

"But it's actually blackmailing us outright."

"We ordinary people already have heavy taxes to pay."

"After paying the tax, a large sum of money has to be paid to the Negishi family."

"If you don't obediently pay the money to the Negishi family every month, you will be harassed endlessly by the Negishi family members."

"It's because of these bastards that everyone in the village can hardly survive."

Jiro's tone was full of indignation and grievance.

At the end of the story, Ogata could hear a little crying from his tone of voice.

"Didn't you report it to the people in the feudal mansion?" Ogata asked, "The Negishi family is so powerful and their people are so arrogant, so it is impossible for the people in the feudal mansion not to know the existence of this group of people, right? ?”

"Samurai-sama" Yoshiro showed a wry smile with strong bitterness, "If the officials can be so reliable, we ordinary people won't have to go hungry anymore."

"The people in the feudal government have long colluded with the Negishi family."

"The Negishi family will send a lot of money every month to bribe the officials of the feudal government."

"So the people in the feudal government have always turned a blind eye to the various behaviors of the Negishi family."

"Didn't we try to report to the officials and reflect what the Negishi family has done to the people in the feudal government?"

"We tried many times."

"But no matter how many times we try, the people in the feudal government ignore us."

"It's fine to ignore us, they also told the Negishi family who will report to them today what the Negishi family has done"

"Because of the leaks from the people of the feudal mansion, those who had the courage to report the Negishi family to the feudal mansion were beaten into disabilities by the Negishi family, or were directly killed."

"As time goes by, everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak out, so they can only endure the oppression of the Negishi family in silence."

After quietly listening to Jiro's words, Ogata remained silent.

After being silent for a while, he let out a long sigh:

"These dog officials are really hateful."

"Yes." Jilang clenched his fists slowly, "Those dog officials are really hateful!"

When carrying Jilang back to his village, the originally heavy snowstorm gradually subsided.

Not only did the wind and snow subside, but the dark clouds that had squeezed the sky gradually dissipated, revealing the faint sunlight.

Without the hindrance of the wind and snow, Ogata walked more easily.

Carrying Jilang on his back, he walked along the country road covered with thick snow.

Finally, Ogata saw many thin streaks of cooking smoke in front of him.

"Master Samurai!" Jiro said excitedly, "We are here! My village is ahead!"

"Okay." Ogata lifted Jiro up on his back, "Sit still, let's speed up a little bit!"

Chapter 125 The Dilapidated Village

"Thank you, Samurai-sama! Thank you so much!"

A middle-aged woman kept thanking Ogata.

This middle-aged woman is Jiro's wife.

Jilang and his family are an ordinary family of three, with an ordinary wife and an ordinary daughter.

From the outside, his daughter looks about 14 or 5 years old. She is supporting Jiro with her mother, and casts a grateful look at Ogata.

"Thank you very much, Samurai-sama." With the support of his wife and daughter, Yoshiro bowed deeply to Ogata.

It is not without reason that Jiro and the others are so grateful to Ogata.

Jilang's foot was injured, and he couldn't go back to the village by himself.

If there is no one to help, then he can only stay in the cold snow.

If you stay in such icy snow for too long, especially at night, it is easy to die.

After Jiro thanked Ogata, his eyes flashed a little apologetic.

"I'm sorry, Samurai-sama." Yoshiro said in a cautious tone, "Our family is very poor, and we really can't give you anything to reward you. If you don't mind, we still have a few sweet potatoes at home."

Before Jilang finished speaking, Oo conveniently waved his hand and interrupted:

"There's no need for thank you gifts. I didn't send you back to the village just to get thank you gifts."

However, as soon as Ogata's words fell, Jiro hurriedly said to him:

"Master Samurai! If you don't want to thank us, we will be very sorry!"

Hearing Jiro's words, Ogata pondered for a while.

"Then why not."

Ogata smiled at Jiro.

"It's almost noon now, and I happen to be hungry too."

"Just tell me if there is a store selling food nearby."

"Tell me the location of the shop, it will be considered as a thank you gift from you guys."

"Ah, this, of course it's no problem!" Jilang raised his hand and pointed to the north, "Master Samurai, as long as you keep walking in this direction, after you leave the village, you can touch the sword and a teahouse."

"That tea house not only sells tea, but also snacks like glutinous rice dumplings!"

"Thank you so much." Ogata smiled at Jiro and bowed lightly to Jiro, "I have received your thank you gift."

"Goodbye, Jiro. We shall see you someday."

After saying that, Ogata turned around and wanted to leave.

"Master Samurai, at least tell me your name! I don't know your benefactor's name yet?"

"The benefactor is too exaggerated. I just did some trivial things. As for the name?"

A helpless wry smile appeared on Ogata's face.

"I think you'd better not know my name"

After all, Ogata stopped staying any longer, and left directly in front of Jiro and others.