I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Chapter 376 The Sword Is Not Used Like This [6400 words]

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Mucun: "..."

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--Well!

After seeing Asai's bright smile and hearing what he said just now, Mucun felt as if he had lost consciousness at that moment.

Fortunately, he grabbed back his soul that was about to disperse just in time.

— Am I dreaming?

Mucun couldn't help questioning himself like this.

"Makimura-kun, what are you doing? Let's go☆"

In order to make herself look more girly, when smiling at Mucun, Asai twisted the fingers of both hands together and put them in front of her chest.

- not dreaming!

Asai was originally a handsome boy.

After putting on women's clothes and women's makeup, she transformed into a cute and beautiful girl.

With such a pretty face and such a bright smile, it should look very charming.

But Mucun didn't feel moved now, only terror.

Very scary.

Obviously the face itself is very cute, and the smile is impeccable, but Mucun only finds it scary.

The reason was that Asai was only smiling on his face, not his eyes.

The emotion in Asai's eyes right now was quite scary. There seems to be some blue veins on the neck.

Smiling into a pair of crescent moons, there was 50% humiliation and 50% sadness and anger in the eyes, and there was no smile at all in the eyes.

At the same time, Mucun could vaguely feel the tension of Asai's hands that were twisted together and folded in front of his chest.

There is faint green energy emerging from the back of the hand...

To give a vivid example... Asai is now like a ferocious beast trapped in a cage, yearning for freedom outside the cage, while gnawing on the bars of the cage.

If you ask Mucun whether you have a bad relationship with anyone, Mucun will definitely say "no".

But if Mucun is forced to pick out the person with the worst relationship, then Mucun should say Asai's name.

Asai's personality is very serious and reticent, and he doesn't like to communicate with others.

In terms of personality, they are completely opposite to Mucun, so the two will always quarrel over various trivial matters.

In the past, Mucun might have smiled gloatingly at Asai's embarrassment.

But now after seeing Asai like this, Mucun didn't feel like laughing, but rather sympathized...

"Yes." Mucun nodded vigorously, "Let's go, Ah Jiang."

With the mood of saving Asai from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible, Mucun led Asai quickly followed behind Ji Taro.

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Like the information provided by Ogata, Ji Taro likes the "public relations club" in Yoshihara very much.

Tonight, he took his attendant straight into the Four Seasons House.

After seeing Jitaro and his followers enter the Four Seasons House, Mucun and Asai rushed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Originally, the two were still worried that Ji Taro would suddenly make up his mind tonight and didn't want to go to the Four Seasons House to drink.

If he didn't go to the Four Seasons House to drink tonight, then the two of them tonight—especially Asai, who spent a lot of time putting on makeup and learning how to wear women's kimonos, would be in vain.

Makimura and Asai did not immediately enter the Four Seasons House.

Instead, after waiting outside for a while, they walked towards the Four Seasons House together.

As soon as they arrived at the door of the Four Seasons House, there was a young man guarding the door of the Four Seasons House, with a full smile on his face, and greeted the two of Mucun.

If Ogata were here, he would be able to recognize this young man as the one who introduced him to Shijiya last night.

"I brought my friend here." Mucun said to Youqi first, "Is there any space inside?"

"Yes, Lord Samurai, you came early, so there are still vacancies. If you come later, there may not be any vacancies!"

Youqi led Mucun and Asai into the Four Seasons House.

As You Qi said, there are still at least 50% vacancies in the reception hall of Four Seasons House.

After arriving at the reception hall, Makimura and Asai quickly moved their eyes, looking for Kyutaro.

Because there are not many people now, the two quickly found Ji Taro.

He is now sitting opposite his attendant, and beside him and him, there is a young girl sitting right now—these two girls must be the girls from the Four Seasons House.

Makimura and Asai were lucky—a table quite close to Kyutaro was now vacant.

There is only one table between that table and the place where Jitaro is sitting - neither far nor close, which is the most ideal "eavesdropping place".

After the two sat down in the most ideal position one after the other, a waiter immediately came to the two and asked them what food and drinks they wanted.

On the west wall of the reception hall, there is a very conspicuous large wooden sign, which says the drinks and food they are selling.

After randomly ordering two bottles of sake, as well as some squid, peanuts and other things that can be served with wine, Makimura and Asai began to look around with curiosity.

The two had never seen such a business method, so they were quite curious about everything in the guest hall.

"It's the same as Brother Ogata said..." Mucun whispered, "Everyone gathers in the same place to drink, you can ask a girl to drink with you, or you can bring a girl here..."

The two noticed that more and more guests were pouring into the Four Seasons House, perhaps due to the gradual entry into the prime time when there were more guests.

Some came alone.

Some are in groups.

Some brought women over by themselves.

Some didn't bring women with them, and they probably came here specially to experience this novel service of Four Seasons House.

Because the Four Seasons House does not have a single room, everyone gathers in the same reception hall, which makes the whole reception hall noisy and lively at the same time.

"What a clever design..." Mucun murmured, "There is no single room, although it will lose those guests who like to be quiet, but it can greatly arouse the interest of those who like to be lively."

"But that's not the best design yet."

"The most powerful design is to link the pay of the girls to the drinks and food ordered by the guests."

"It's going to be a huge motivational boost for girls."

"Let the girls try their best to please their guests."

After Mucun briefly observed the situation in the store, he discovered the uniqueness of this store.

Being able to ask a girl to come over for a drink and chat - this is actually not a very unusual thing.

Some larger tea houses actually have such services.

But the strength of this Four Seasons House lies in the two points that Makimura just mentioned: increasing the excitement of the store by not setting up a single room, and linking the girls' remuneration to the drinks and food ordered by the guests.

"Makimura." Asai said at the side, "Don't forget the business."

"I know."

The service of this Four Seasons House was very fast, and after only a short while, all the drinks and food ordered by Mucun and Asai were served.

After Asai filled Mucun with a small glass of wine in a very unskilled manner, he began to chatter about some things that are and are not:

"Makimura-kun, do you know? I heard that the Satsuma clan has been using its convenient location to carry out smuggling activities with foreign countries, and even sent troops to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom..."

Asai was in charge of speaking, and Mucun was in charge of eavesdropping—this was the division of labor between the two.

If the two of them don't speak, just drink and eat in silence, it will look very unnatural.

So the two of them divided up the work - Asai said whatever he wanted, it didn't matter what he said, as long as he pretended that the two of them were communicating.

And Mucun is only responsible for nodding and answering from time to time, pretending to be listening to Asai, but actually focusing on eavesdropping on the conversation between Jitaro and his follower.

In this way, in the eyes of outsiders, Mucun and Asai are a pair of men and women where "women are more talkative, while men are more taciturn", so it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

In order to make her voice sound more like a girl's, Asai also raised her voice very carefully to speak, and successfully shaped herself into a beautiful woman whose voice "neither resembles a man nor a woman".

In the words of the modern earth, the voice is like a eunuch.

While Mucun sipped his drink, he nodded from time to time and said some perfunctory sentences like "Oh!", "Really?"... and so on.

Makimura, who pretended to be listening to Asai's speech, put all his body and mind on Kyutaro.

Although the surrounding area is very noisy due to the increasing number of guests, Makimura can barely hear the conversation between Jitaro and his servant.

"Keitaro! Do you know? I heard from someone recently that just mixing garlic and soy sauce and rubbing it on it can make it grow bigger!"

Listening to the conversation between Kyutaro and his follower, Mucun couldn't help frowning. I secretly said in my heart:

——What the hell are they talking about...

Although what he heard from Jitaro and his followers were all messy things, Mucun still continued to listen patiently.

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at the same time.

——I don’t know how Makimura and Asai are doing now...

Ogata, who was whispering in his heart, turned his head from time to time, looking in the direction of the Four Seasons House.

Ogata is still patrolling the first half of Nakanomachi, so no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to see the Four Seasons House, but out of concern for Makimura and Asai, Ogata will subconsciously look at the Four Seasons House from time to time. direction.

Ogata was not worried whether the two would be discovered by Kyutaro and the others.

Ogata was only worried that something would happen to Asai because he couldn't bear the women's clothes on his body, or the behavior of having to cuddle up next to Mucun...

Just when Ogata was looking at the Four Seasons House, which was out of sight, a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside Ogata:

"Mashima-kun."

Ogata followed the sound and looked.

"Miss Guasheng, what's wrong?"

Guasheng, who was wearing a special haori for the club, was walking slowly towards Ogata, holding the wooden knife at his waist.

"Mashima-kun, there is an urgent mission coming, can I trouble you to go to the bank of the Rashomon River?"

"Urgent mission?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Did something happen on the bank of the Rashomon River?"

"It's nothing serious." Gua Sheng smiled wryly, "It's just that there are not enough people on the bank of the Rashomon River."

"Fan, who was in charge of the security of the Rashomon River just now, reported to Lord Shirobei that the number of guests visiting the Rashomon River tonight has increased compared to usual."

"That's why I'm applying for a little more manpower to support."

"That's why Shirobei-sama just asked me to select some people to go to the Rashomon River bank where there is a shortage of manpower."

"How? Mashima-kun, can I trouble you to go to the bank of the Rashomon River?"

The official positions of the Shirobei Club can be roughly divided into three levels:

The official title of the supreme leader is "Totori", held by Shirobei.

The official official title of the cadre is "Bankata", and Kawajiro and Keemon, whom Ogata knew yesterday, are the Bankata of the clubhouse.

Further down are ordinary petty officials.

At the same time, there are also "temporary workers" hired by the clubhouse. The "temporary workers" are not official officials, and are somewhat similar to the "mercenaries" hired by the clubhouse.

Gua Sheng and Xu Convenience belong to this category.

Guasheng is a "mercenary" because of his strong strength, high ability to handle affairs, and being admired by many people, but his status in the club is actually no different from that of Fanfang.

Each district in Yoshihara is assigned a Banfang to manage it.

According to Guasheng, this "request for assistance" was made by Ban Fang, who was in charge of the area on the banks of the Rashomon River.

"I don't care." After listening to Guasheng's words, Ogata nodded.

Now that Kyutaro has arrived, he has successfully informed Makimura and Asai who is Kyutaro, and Ogata has no reason to stay in Nakanomachi anymore, so no matter where he goes now, Ogata doesn't care.

After all, Ogata's current status is a servant of the Shirobei Clubhouse, so Ogata still has to listen to some orders issued by the clubhouse.

When bidding farewell to Guasheng and preparing to go to the bank of the Rashomon River, Guasheng said to Ogata in a serious tone:

"Mashima-kun, when patrolling and standing guard on the banks of the Rashomon River, you must not only beware of those who may cause trouble, but also beware of the wandering girls who live there."

"Those wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River might sneak up on you from behind while you're not paying attention, knock you unconscious, and then rob you of your money."

"They even dare to snatch the money from the servants of the club?" Ogata tugged at the haori on his body, wondering.

"Why don't you dare to snatch it?" Guasheng said with a wry smile, "There are many wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River who don't care about laws and regulations at all."

"There have been many incidents of wandering women robbing the money of the servants on the bank of the Rashomon River."

"Anyway, be careful."

"...Understood." Ogata nodded, silently keeping Guasheng's reminder in mind, "I will pay attention."

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After bidding farewell to Guasheng, Ogata held the knife at his waist and walked slowly towards the westernmost side of Yoshihara.

A major feature of Yoshihara's layout is that the center of the circle is Nakano-cho, which is more prosperous the closer it is to Naka-no-cho.

So as Ogata gradually approached the bank of the Rashomon River on the westernmost side of Yoshihara, the noise became more and more sparse.

The surrounding lights also became more and more sparse.

After arriving at the bank of the Rashomon River, Ogata instantly felt like he was transported from one world to another.

As soon as he came to the bank of the Rashomon River, Xu Bian ran into a colleague who was wearing the same haori as him.

"Yo." The colleague was quite old, holding a long wooden stick in his hand, guarding the entrance and exit of the Rashomon River, looked Ogata up and down, and then said, "Are you new here? "

"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Today is the second day of working in Yoshihara."

"Then you should be careful when you are patrolling and standing guard on the banks of the Rashomon River."

This caring colleague began to tell Ogata about the horrors on the banks of the Rashomon River.

And what he said was similar to what Guasheng and Ogata said just now.

However, this colleague also added some things that Gua Sheng didn't mention just now.

"The wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River don't care if you are a servant of the clubhouse or not."

"As soon as they see a man approaching, they dare to go up to solicit customers."

"No matter what the girls on the banks of the Rashomon River tell you, don't enter their homes." The colleague said, "Only those who are extremely poor will come to the banks of the Rashomon River to seek pleasure."

"As long as you are not extremely poor, you will not look for a wandering girl on the banks of the Rashomon River."

"Looking at you, you shouldn't be a very poor person."

"That's why you must never enter the houses of wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River."

"It will be troublesome if you get any disease at that time."

"I see." Ogata nodded, "I will pay attention."

"Let me teach you a way to get out quickly if you are entangled by wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River."

The colleague smiled and pointed to his left waist.

"If a wandering girl on the banks of the Rashomon River stalks you, draw your sword."

"Then say: 'Whoever takes a step forward will be exempted from death!'."

"As long as you draw your sword and say these words, there won't be any wandering girls who dare to bother you again."

"Although the wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River are generally bold, they are not bold enough to dare to take a stab from a samurai."

"I see..." Ogata smiled wryly, "Thank you for your suggestion."

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Ogata brushed past this colleague guarding an entrance and exit on the Rashomon River Bank, and formally entered the Rashomon River Bank.

After walking inside for a while, Xu conveniently saw an ordinary path.

There are dense houses lined up on both sides of this trail.

There is a wandering girl standing in front of almost every house.

These wandering girls either look old or sick.

The wandering girls living on the banks of the Rashomon River are basically abandoned by their original owners for various reasons, and then forced to live on the banks of the Rashomon River.

Because they no longer belong to any girls' house, they can only rely on their own strength to solicit customers.

No matter day or night, on the banks of the Rashomon River, there are many wandering girls standing on both sides of the street, using various means to lure men who come here to their rooms.

Of course, there are also some women who use brute force to directly pull some men into their homes.

Ogata remembers—according to Guasheng, this is one of the reasons why this place is called "Rashomon Riverbank":

The wandering girls here forcibly pull guests into their rooms, just like the evil spirits of Rashomon.

Ogata tightened the clubhouse haori on his body, and then walked quickly towards the path in front of him.

For Ogata, who appeared here wearing a club haori, some wandering girls looked plain, and did not go up to talk to Ogata, and let Ogata pass in front of them.

Of course, there are also some wandering girls who are just like what the colleague just said—it doesn't matter who the man who came here is.

Ogata had just finished walking about a quarter of the distance on this path, when a dark-skinned wandering girl stepped forward and walked quickly in front of Ogata:

"Master Samurai, are you interested in playing with me?"

After the first person to step forward appeared, the rest of the wandering girls who were still hesitating about going forward also mustered up their courage and rushed towards Ogata.

After a while, Ogata was surrounded by seven wandering girls of different ages.

They talked at once, trying to persuade Ogata in every way.

What's more, he directly grabbed Ogata's haori and pulled Ogata.

Regarding this situation, Ogata couldn't make any other expressions except for a helpless wry smile.

"Sorry, I don't have time right now."

While shouting, Ogata used his own brute force to forcefully break out from the siege of the wandering girls.

And these wandering girls obviously won't just let Ogata go.

As soon as Ogata escaped from the encirclement, these wandering girls surrounded him again, forming a new encirclement circle against Ogata.

Ogata just kept repeating the steps of being surrounded, breaking through, being surrounded, breaking through...

After an unknown amount of time, Ogata finally passed through and got away from the trail.

And after Ogata stayed away from that trail, these wandering girls finally seemed to give up and stopped pestering Ogata.

After getting rid of these ghostly wandering girls, Ogata finally let out a sigh of relief.

"After going back, it seems that I have to smooth it out..." Looking at the extra folds on his feathers that were caught by the group of wandering girls just now, helplessness appeared on Ogata's face again.

Just when Ogata patted the haori on his body, trying to pat away some stains that could be cleaned, a strange male voice suddenly sounded from Ogata's side:

"You're such a weirdo."

"Huh?" Ogata followed the sound and looked towards the source of the sound.

The speaker was a young man leaning against a brick wall.

Looking at the man, Ogata couldn't help frowning slightly.

Because the young man's clothes... are a bit strange...

This young man was not wearing a men's kimono.

Instead, she was wearing a white women's kimono.

Men's and women's clothing in this era are still very recognizable.

Women's kimonos have wider sleeves than men's kimonos.

The young man's kimono had wide sleeves—a woman's kimono was recognizable at a glance.

——Why do I always see big men in women's clothing tonight...

Just when Ogata was secretly wondering what happened tonight, the lady-wearing tycoon went on to say:

"When you were pestered by those wandering girls just now, wouldn't it be fine if you just pulled out the knife from your waist?"

"As long as you show the knife at your waist, those wandering girls will definitely not dare to pester you."

"Why would you rather spend so much effort to get rid of the entanglement of those wandering girls slowly than pull out your own sword?"

"A person like you who suddenly asks a strange question out of nowhere is called a weirdo..."

After making complaints about this strange female clothing boss, Ogata straightened his clothes, and then said in a serious tone:

"A sword is a weapon designed to kill people."

"So I don't draw my sword casually. I only draw my sword against those who use force against me, who want to hurt me or kill me."

"Those wandering girls just now didn't do anything, they just babbled to me."

"That's why I won't draw my sword at them."

"Of course—if they put a weapon around my neck and force me into their room, that's a different story."

"...Did someone teach you what you said just now?" The tycoon in women's clothing continued to ask.

"No, it's just a principle that I realized and followed all the time."

"...ha." After being silent for a while, the tycoon in women's clothing let out a few chuckles, "My name is Wuliu, what about you?"

"Mashima Goro."

As soon as he announced his pseudonym, Xu Yi paused.

Then he laughed and said:

"We both have similar names."

The pronunciation of "Wu Liu" and "Wu Lang" are homophonic, and the pronunciation is almost exactly the same.

"I think so too." The self-proclaimed "Five Six" women's clothing boss showed a faint smile.

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