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"Master Teacher Fan, good afternoon!"

"Mr. Shifandai, Gui'an!"

"Mr. Shi Fan Dai."

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After Chiba Shigetaro entered the third field, all the apprentices in the third field stopped what they were doing, stood up straight, and bowed to Chiba Shigetaro.

Chiba Shigetaro nodded to the surrounding apprentices, and walked quickly towards Sanako's position.

Dressed in a kendo suit, with black silk tied into a high ponytail hanging down to her waist, Sanako, who was barefoot and holding a wooden naginata, was standing in a corner of the third field, and was meticulously addressing several female disciples. Teaching naginata.

Sanako is not only the "Master of Little Swordsmanship" of their Little Chiba Sword Gym, but also the "Master of Naginata Swordsmanship".

Sanako is basically responsible for the teaching of Kodachi and Naginata in the Little Chiba Sword Academy.

Chiba Dingkichi is a very open-minded person.

He allowed his daughter Sanako to show her face openly in the sword hall.

At the same time, Sanako was allowed to serve as the "Xiao Tai Sword Master" and "Naginata Master" of the sword gym.

Even though Sanako is 22 years old this year, from the perspective of this era, she is already a complete leftover girl. Chiba Sakakichi is not in a hurry at all, respects Sanako's wishes, and never forces Sanako The son wants to marry so and so.

Judging from Chiba Dingyoshi's daily practices, it is not difficult to see that he is not the kind of person who thinks that "women are just tools for marriage and marriage".

Therefore——under the instruction of the open-minded Chiba Dingkichi, their Little Chiba Sword Gym is allowed to recruit female disciples, and there are quite a few girls studying in the Little Chiba Sword Gym.

As early as the early Edo period, people had already formed such a mindset: "If a woman wants to learn martial arts, she must learn naginata".

Affected by this way of thinking, there are very few women who can learn swordsmanship. These female disciples who come to Xiaoqianye Sword Academy are basically here to learn naginata.

Therefore, the teacher they face most often on weekdays is Sanako, who is a "Master of Naginata".

For a long time, sword gyms were generally divided into two types.

One is purely teaching swordsmanship, and the typical representative is the test guard hall.

The other is not only teaching swordsmanship, but also teaching martial arts such as naginata, spear, bow, jujitsu-Xiaoqianye Sword Hall belongs to this category.

Xiaoqianye Sword Academy not only teaches Beichen Yidaoyu swordsmanship, but also teaches traditional martial arts such as naginata and jujitsu.

Seeing her brother came back, Sanako first nodded to Chiba Shigetaro who greeted her, and then said to Chiba Shigetaro with her eyes: Brother, wait a moment.

Chiba Shigetarou, who understood the meaning of his sister's eyes, nodded, then stood still, temporarily keeping a certain distance from Sanako.

After successfully gesturing to her elder brother to "wait a moment" with her eyes, Sanako looked at a beautiful young girl in her cardamom age in front of her.

"Ah Yue, did you understand what I just said?"

The girl who was called Ah Yue by Sanako laughed awkwardly: "Miss Sanako, I'm sorry... I don't quite understand... What does it mean to sink your dantian?"

This girl named "A Yue"...Chiba Shigetaro has a little impression.

She is the youngest daughter of the big wine merchant: Natsume Sohachiro: Natsume Tsuki.

Speaking of this Natsume Sohachiro... this person can be regarded as one of the influential figures in Edo.

He specializes in the wine business, but he was originally just a not very well-known wine merchant.

Although his starting point is low, he has a good and sensitive nose.

After the Western powers opened the door to Japan, Natsume Sohachiro keenly sensed business opportunities, and decisively and boldly started doing business with those Westerners who were interested in Japanese sake.

Relying on business contacts with Westerners, Natsume Sohachiro's financial resources have expanded rapidly, and their family has now developed into one of the most famous wine merchants in Edo.

Because he wanted his daughter to be more temperamental, Natsume Takahachiro sent his youngest daughter to Xiaoqianba Sword Gym to learn naginata. At least eight of the ten women who learned naginata were all because of That's why I picked up the naginata...

Seeing that Natsume Yue bluntly said that she didn't understand the teaching just now, Sanako didn't show any anger or annoyance.

She stood half a step sideways, and stood beside Natsume Tsuki.

"Tighten your abdomen." Sanako stretched out his left hand and gently pressed Natsume's belly, "Use your waist and abdomen to release Qihe, only in this way can your Qihe sound be loud enough."

"Now do what I said just now. Stress your waist and abdomen and let out your breath."

"Is this so?"

Natsume Yue opened his mouth and let out a slightly soft gas.

"Your waist and abdomen didn't exert strength just now." Sanako tightened his left palm slightly on Natsume's abdomen, "Come on, exert strength on your waist and abdomen."

Xia Muyue swallowed hard, cleared her throat, then opened her mouth, and let out another breath.

The volume of Qi He she emitted this time was much louder than before.

"Well, not bad." Sanako nodded, and let go of Natsume's stomach, "Your stomach has exerted strength just now."

Being praised by Ms. Sanako...Natsume Tsuki let out a "hehehe" laugh, with a bright smile on his face.

"Okay, let's practice here for now." Zuo Nazi glanced at the faces of every female disciple in front of him, "Everyone, it's time to rest for a stick of incense, go drink some water, Wipe off your sweat."

"Okay!" As soon as Sanako's voice fell, Natsume Tsuki immediately raised her hands like a conditioned reflex, posing for "Long Live"—then she received Sanako's glance without any surprise .

"Zozuo, Ms. Sanako, I, I'm not, I'm not happy that I don't have to practice anymore...!" Xia Muyue hurriedly put away the hands that were raised just now, and stammered, "I Just, just...just..."

Looking at Natsume Tsuki's eagerness to explain...Sanako, who is usually very cold, showed a very rare expression of dumbfounded laughter.

"Ah Yue, don't be nervous, I don't intend to blame you for anything."

"When I used to practice martial arts with my father, I would occasionally look forward to hearing the words 'you can rest' from my father."

"Okay, let's go to rest."

Sanako's words seemed to have some magical power, making Natsume Tsuki, who was still anxious just now, immediately smile.

Xia Muyue nodded her head vigorously, and after answering loudly "Yes", she quickly ran to the edge of the dojo like a fluttering butterfly, picked up her water canister, and said "gudong gudong" boldly The cow drank.

After asking the female disciples to rest for a while, Sanako raised his left hand, tested the sweat on his forehead with the back of his left hand, then turned around and walked towards Chiba Shigetaro who was waiting by the side.

"Brother, sorry for keeping you waiting, have you brought back the medicine for father's back disease?"

"Hmm." Chiba Shigetaro shook the medicine bag in his hand, "I bought four medicines in one go, where is father now? I'll go and apply the medicine to him."

Sanako did not immediately answer Chiba Shigetaro's question.

I saw that she first glanced at her brother with a smile, and then said with a smile on the corner of her mouth:

"Brother, you probably don't know that when you went out to buy medicine, a guest came that you absolutely did not expect."

"Guest?" Chiba Shigetaro was taken aback, "Who?"

"Second cousin." Zuo Nazi replied word by word, "Second cousin is back, and my father is chatting with Brother Rong in his bedroom."

"Second cousin?" Chiba Shigetaro opened his eyes with joy, "Brother Rong is back? Isn't it a few days before he returns to Edo?"

"He came back early." Sanako replied, "He returned to Edo at noon today."

"In the afternoon... that is, when you just went out to buy medicine, he came to visit our Little Chiba Sword Hall alone with a gift."

"Hahaha." Chiba Shigetaro grinned, "Brother Sakae finally returned to Edo... I haven't seen him for a long time."

The Chiba brothers and sisters didn't deliberately control their chat volume.

The content of the chat between the two of them just now was heard by the female disciples headed by Natsume Tsuki who were resting not far away.

"Hey." A certain girl with faint freckles whispered to Natsume Tsuki next to her in a tone of suppressed excitement, "The 'second cousin' Miss Sanako mentioned... Wouldn't it be Eijiro Chiba from 'Chiba of Skill'?"

"I heard Sensei Chiba say 'brother Sakae' on his behalf... that should be Eijiro Chiba!" Natsume Tsuki said excitedly, "Is the legendary 'Chiba of Skill' here now?"

"I admire 'Chiba of Skill' the most." Another girl clenched her two small fists excitedly.

Chiba Eijiro——Hearing this name, the group of female disciples who were gathering at the edge of the dojo to rest suddenly became agitated.

In the current Edo market, there is a well-known saying that is almost well-known to every household——

Chiba for skill, Saito for power, and Momoi for status.

This common saying refers to the three samurai known as "the three strongest swordsmen in Edo".

And these three samurai happened to come from the three major sword halls in Edo.

Chiba Eijiro, the "Chiba of Skills" of Xuanwukan.

Yakuro Saito, "Saito of Power" in the military training hall.

Haruno Momoi, the "Momoi of the Position" of the Scholars Museum.

The meaning of this whole proverb, in a nutshell, is——

In terms of sword skills, Eijiro Ye is the strongest!

In terms of the strength of the sword, Yakuro Saito is the strongest!

In terms of the elegance of the sword, Momoi Haruzang is the strongest!

And among these three people, Eijiro Eijiro Ye is the most famous.

As for why Chiba Eijiro is the most famous... There is no other reason: Chiba Eijiro's achievements so far are so dazzling that ordinary people just want to look away and lament the injustice of heaven——

At the age of 16, Chiba Eijiro defeated 18 swordsmen in a row in a certain swordsmanship competition, and these 18 swordsmen included "Swordsman" Toranosuke Shimada and "Momoi" Momoi Chun Zang!

Still at the age of 16, when Chiba Eijiro challenged Kakimoto Kiyoyoshi, who is also known as the "Swordsman", he used Kakimoto Kiyoyoshi's tricks and completely defeated Kakimoto Kiyoyoshi. Kakimoto Kiyoyoshi had no power to fight back.

At the age of 17, Yamaoka Tetsushu, known as "Ghost Iron", led more than 20 swordsmen to challenge Chiba Eijiro. Multiple Chiba Eijiro, insisted on defeating all the twenty challengers including Yamaoka Tetsushu, and when defeating these people, Chiba Eijiro used a bamboo knife with a broken handle.

At the age of 19, he fought against Saito Kawanosuke, the second son of "Saito of Power" Saito Yakuro, known as "Ghost Huan", and Saito Kawanosuke was beaten badly. Since then, it has left a deep psychological shadow.

At the age of 21, Chiba Eijiro challenged the well-known swordsman Mutian Gaojun. Mutian Gaochun was so frightened that he said he was sick at home and did not dare to fight Chiba Eijiro. Jiro.

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Skilled Chiba, Chiba's little tengu, the strongest swordsman in Edo at present... no matter what kind of compliments are given to this amazingly talented child prodigy, people will not be too exaggerated.

To put it bluntly, Chiba Eijiro is a "genius crusher".

What kind of "sword hero", what kind of "ghost" or "dragon", these people are the pride of heaven in the eyes of others, when facing Chiba Eijiro, they were either defeated or defeated.

Chiba Eijiro's strength is extremely strong - this is not the most terrifying.

The most frightening thing is that he is still very young!

"Saito of Power" Saito Yakuro is 62 years old this year, and "Momoi of Position" Haruzo Momoi is 35 years old this year.

And Chiba Eijiro... only 27 years old this year!

It is still far from the peak of a man's physical and energy.

At such a young age, he has already achieved such dazzling achievements, so many people are passing it on - as long as there are no accidents, Chiba Eijiro's future achievements will surely surpass his father who created Beichen Yidao Style: Chiba Zhou Zuo and his uncle: Chiba Dingji!

Xia Muyue and the others chattered excitedly and whispered excitedly about this legendary swordsman who had already shaken the world at a young age.

They thought that their discussions were very quiet and that Chiba brothers and sisters would not be able to hear them, but in fact their voices had already been heard by Chiba Shigetaro and Sanako word for word.

The Chiba brothers and sisters didn't say anything about it - they had long been used to the sight of outsiders being overwhelmed with excitement after hearing the name "Chiba Eijiro".

After the two brothers and sisters glanced at Natsume Yue and the others helplessly, they continued to talk:

"Brother, my father specifically told me just now: After you come back from buying the medicine, I asked you to go to our warehouse and find the jugs of wine that my father treasured."

"Tonight, we're going to the Xuanwu Hall to hold a sumptuous feast for the second cousin with my aunt, third cousin, and fourth cousin."

"The jugs of wine that my father treasured?" Chiba Shigetaro scratched his hair, "I don't know where the jugs of wine that my father treasured are put in the warehouse... okay, I'll look for them later Yes, by the way, tidy up the messy warehouse in our house."

"You just said that Brother Rong was chatting with Father in Father's bedroom, right? Then I'll go and see if the two of them have finished chatting. Son, you can continue teaching, and I won't bother you anymore."

After finishing speaking, Chiba Shigetaro bid farewell to Sanako, and quickly walked out of the third hall alone.

Climbing up the stairs to the top floor, he walked towards Chiba Dingkichi's bedroom in two steps in three steps—suddenly, he happened to see the paper sliding door of Chiba Dingkichi's bedroom being pushed open, and two people, one old and one young, Dao figure walked out from the room.

Seeing these two figures, Chiba Shigetaro was startled, then waved his hands excitedly and shouted:

"Brother Rong! Long time no see!"

The two figures, the old and the young, are precisely Chiba Sakakichi and Chiba Eijiro who just finished the conversation in the room!

Just now, after his waist hurt again, Chiba Singkichi was not in the mood to chat with Chiba Eijiro anymore.

At the request of Chiba Sakakichi, Chiba Eijiro helped Chiba Singkichi, who had a backache that made it difficult to walk, and wanted to breathe fresh air outside, out of the bedroom—so, the two bumped into each other by chance and came to find them Chiba Shigetaro.

Hearing Chiba Shigetaro's voice, Chiba Eijiro was taken aback for a moment, and then looked at Chiba Shigetaro who was walking towards them with surprise on his face:

"Shigetaro! Long time no see! You seem to have grown stronger."

"Hahaha!" Chiba Shigetaro laughed a few times, "It's true that we brothers haven't seen each other for a long time!"

Chiba Shusaku has 4 sons: Chiba Kisutaro, Chiba Eijiro, Chiba Michizaburo, and Chiba Tamon Shiro.

Among them, the eldest son, Chiba Kisutaro, has long since died. Among the remaining three cousins... Chiba Eijiro has the best relationship with their little Chiba Sword Hall; and Chiba Shigetaro, Sanako and the others most sincere.

Before and after walking up to Chiba Eijiro, Chiba Shigetaro gave this long-lost cousin a big bear hug.

"We must have a drink together tonight!" Chiba Shigetaro grinned happily, "I have a lot of topics I want to chat with you!"

"Okay." Chiba Eijiro smiled softly, "We won't return tonight until we're drunk."

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That day, that night—

Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Shouwei Hall, Dojo——

call! call! call! call!

In the huge dojo, the sound of bamboo swords breaking the wind continued to be heard.

Qingdeng stood alone in the center of the dojo, holding a bamboo sword in his hand, practicing Suzhen rigorously.

After practicing until he was covered in sweat and the muscles of his arms began to ache, Qingdeng stopped the sword in his hand, raised the sleeve of his right arm, and wiped the sweat from his face.

——Tomorrow is the Marquis Aizu's swordsmanship competition...

Qingdeng said this secretly in his heart, and let out a silent sigh.

After a brief rest, Qingdeng picked up the bamboo sword in his hand again, ready to continue practicing.

But at this moment, Zhou Zhu's voice suddenly sounded from Qingdeng's side:

"...That's right, you can make every Suzhen's movements so standard."

"Master...?" Qingdeng opened his eyes, looking in surprise at Zhou Zhu who suddenly appeared at the door of the dojo, "Why are you here?"

Zhou Zhu, who was putting his hands behind his back, said with a smile, "I just wanted to see your practice on a whim."

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The author was very busy in reality yesterday, so today's update is a little less (Leopard headache crying.jpg), I will try to write more tomorrow.