I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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"Then Komachi, I'll leave the liquor to you." Fuma sat back without pretense, "Hey... just buy 4 bottles of sake and come back."

Feng Mo put his hand into his bosom, as if he wanted to pay.

Seeing this, Ah Ding hurriedly raised his hand to stop him: "Okay, just a few bottles of wine, I'll pay for it."

After finishing speaking, Ah Ding walked quickly towards the door: "I'll be back soon."

"Be careful on the road." Ogata said loudly towards the back of A-Machi who was walking away quickly.

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"No big changes..." Ah-cho walked towards the direction of the liquor store she remembered, while looking around.

The surrounding scenery is the same as half a year ago.

However, there has been no major change. From a certain point of view, it is also a good thing. This means that the city has not encountered any major changes.

At this moment, Ah Ding was in a busy commercial street, looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly curled up into a smile.

The sellers who sell goods enthusiastically, the ones who wander around idly, and the sound of fierce bargaining from time to time makes it hard to imagine that this city was almost destroyed by a gang of lunatics more than half a year ago.

A-Machi has a different feeling for the city of Kyoto. Last summer, she reunited with Ogata in this city.

So A-Ming felt an inexplicable sense of relief at the ordinary and peaceful scene in front of him.

Ah-machi soon found a shop that sold alcohol, and bought 4 bottles of sake according to Fuma's order.

When she was carrying the 4 bottles of sake and was about to return to Fuma's house, Ah-Machi suddenly heard a shout from not far away that made her stop involuntarily.

"Guest officers! Come and take a look! Beautiful clothes! Now the price is reduced! You see! Such beautiful clothes! Only 200 yuan!"

"If you buy these clothes now, you can also embroider your family's pattern for free! It only takes half a day to help you embroider your family's pattern!"

Ah Ding followed the prestige, and saw an aunt standing in a clothing store, yelling and selling their clothes.

This aunt is holding a haori in her hand. Although A-Machi is not someone who knows a lot about clothes, she can tell at a glance that the haori in this aunt's hand is indeed of good quality.

Looking at the haori in Big Mom's hand, Ah-cho's eyes gradually brightened.

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Right now

Kyoto, inside the town prefectural office, in a certain room

"Hoo... hoo... hoo... hoo..."

In this small room, a middle-aged man sat behind a desk, dozing off with his head propped on one hand.

A thunderous grunt filled every corner of the room.

The middle-aged man's head shook back and forth rhythmically with the sound of grunting.

At this time, the head of the middle-aged man accidentally slipped from the raised arm, and he woke up instantly.

"Hmm... I fell asleep...?" The middle-aged man first looked around with sleepy eyes, and then rubbed his eyes vigorously with both hands, "You are really getting older...the energy is not as good as before."

"Okay." The middle-aged man patted his cheeks vigorously with both hands, "Continue to work!"

The middle-aged man picked up the pen that was placed on the pen mountain next to him, and was about to continue to write something on the table

"Master Hasegawa! Master Hasegawa!"

There was a bluffing sound from outside the room.

"Come in." The frowning middle-aged man...or Hasegawa put down the pen in his hand.

After obtaining Mr. Hasegawa's permission to enter, a young man hastily opened the door.

The name of this young man was Soujiro Yamauchi, he was a newcomer who had just joined Huofu Thief Kai recently, because he was considered a good gem in the rough, so Hasegawa brought him to his side and planned to train him personally.

"How." Hasegawa said indifferently, "Do you have the latest information about the Blood Mist?"

The Blood Mist is a group of bandits that suddenly appeared in Kanto almost 2 months ago.

The total number of this bandit gang is about 20 people, all of whom are ronin.

What they did was extremely cruel and hateful. They intercepted and killed those who were alone, and then picked up money from the corpses.

They are also very cunning, they will never stay in a certain place for too long, and after robbing money in a certain place, they will flee to other places.

As soon as this vicious bandit gang emerged, it immediately attracted the attention of the government.

Because what they did was too bad, and their strength should not be underestimated. After deciding that the gang of thieves was not something that officials from all over the country could handle, the government immediately handed over the case to Huofu Thieves.

Huofu Thief Gai has done countless similar cases. After receiving this transferred case, he quickly traced the whereabouts of the blood mist crowd. After learning that these people were likely to escape to Kyoto, Hasegawa immediately brought them to the capital. people to chase.

These days, Hasegawa has been sitting in the Kyoto enforcement office, collecting and analyzing information from various channels, and confirming the current hiding place of the blood fog crowd.

Hasegawa originally thought that Yamauchi, who was in a hurry, was here to convey the latest information about the blood mist crowd.

But who knew Yamauchi shook his head.

"No, no." Yamauchi stammered, "Just, just now..."

"Straighten your tongue!" Hasegawa said displeasedly, "You are an official sent by Huofu Thief! Look at you now! Hurrying and stammering, what do you look like!"

Being reprimanded by Hasegawa, Yamauchi blushed with embarrassment.

After taking a few deep breaths and calming down a little, Yamauchi said in much smoother words:

"It's not about information about the Blood Mist."

"It's just that a big man came to the enforcement office and said he wanted to see you."

"Big man?" Hasegawa frowned again.

Yamauchi looked around and after confirming that there were no outsiders around, he quickly walked to Hasegawa's side and whispered something in Hasegawa's ear.

After the words fell, Hasegawa's expression changed suddenly.

"……I see."

After leaving these words, Hasegawa quickly stood up, left the room, and then ran straight to somewhere in the execution office.

While galloping all the way, Hasegawa used his hands to arrange the clothes on his body and the hair on his head, and made sure that there was no eye stain on his face when he just woke up.

The Buddhist monastery in Kyoto is not very big, and after a while, Hasegawa came to the door of an ordinary-looking room.

Standing in front of this door, Hasegawa took a few deep breaths, put on an appearance as if he was about to enter the execution ground, and resolutely opened the door.

In the room, sitting on the side is Hasegawa's old friend Kyoto Maho: Kamiyama Koshinosuke.

The new Kyoto Shoji Ota Suzuki who just took office not long ago.

The person sitting at the head of the room was a middle-aged man who Hasegawa was quite familiar with, but if possible, he would never see him again for the rest of his life.

Looking at the middle-aged man, Hasegawa immediately entered the room like a conditioned reflex, closed the door in three steps, and then knelt down in front of the middle-aged man, saluting respectfully.

"My lord, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

The middle-aged man sitting at the head of the room was exactly Matsudaira Jonobu who had just returned from Ezo.

"Hmm." Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly with a smile on his face, "It's true that you and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Lift your head up, Hasegawa. Let me take a good look at your face."

"Yes!" Hasegawa straightened his upper body.

"...the bloodshot eyes in your eyes have increased a lot." Sadanobu Matsudaira said slowly, "After leaving Ezodi, I returned to Edo briefly."

"When I first returned to Edo, I heard a lot about your deeds. During the time I left Edo, your work results were quite amazing, and many people in the shogunate praised them."

"Don't dare!" Hasegawa said respectfully, "I just did what the chief officer of Huo Fu Bandit Kai should do."

Although Hasegawa had a respectful face, he was actually smiling and criticizing in his heart.

Damn, you can really pretend!I worked so hard, it was not because I was caught by you!

Today's physical condition is not very good, writing 5000 is the limit...

Chapter 615 The first cooperation between Yidao Zhai and Fuma Kotaro 【6100】

In the past few months since Matsudaira Sadanobu left Edo and went to Ezo, Hasegawa can be said to have been up all night, working day and night with far more energy than before.

For no reason, he was caught by Matsudaira Sadanobu.

Hasegawa still vividly remembers the scene in Edo a few months ago. On the eve of going north to Ezo, Matsudaira found him personally, and then told him: I already know that you embezzled the funds of Huofu Thief Kai to speculate. This is the secret of earning money for operating people's foot deposits.

At that time, Hasegawa's cold sweat had already wet all his clothes...

Misappropriating funds allocated by the shogunate: this is not a small crime...

It is the most ideal and lightest punishment to be removed from the position of Huo Fu Thief and changed to the chief officer, and to be stripped of his status as a samurai.

However, after deciding to rely on this method to earn money for running the human foot farm, Hasegawa had already made up his mind. After his clothes were soaked in cold sweat, he quickly calmed down and prepared to accept it calmly. Matsudaira Sadanobu's anger.

But who knew that Hasegawa was ready to accept all punishments, and Matsudaira Sadanobu let him go.

As if nothing had happened, Matsudaira continued to appoint Hasegawa as the chief of the Huofu Thief Kai, and secretly promised Hasegawa to continue to rely on the method of speculating coins to earn the operating funds of the people's foot farm.

Hasegawa is not an idiot who doesn't understand politics anymore. How can he not know what Matsudaira Sadanobu intends to use this matter to grab Hasegawa's lifeblood so that Hasegawa can continue to work for him and shine brightly? .

What Matsudaira Jonobu has done can be said that if Hasegawa, the mastermind, does not want to lose his official position and head, and wants people to continue to operate the foot yard, he must obediently listen to Matsudaira Jonobu and work his life obediently.

If not, Matsudaira Sadanobu can take Hasegawa down at any time, and drive Hasegawa and his hard-working people into the abyss of eternal doom.

Hasegawa had no choice.

In order to show his loyalty to Matsudaira Sadanobu and express his obedience to Matsudaira Sadanobu, Hasegawa dared not slacken the slightest slack in the past few months. After these few months, Hasegawa almost never gave himself a day off.

But this busyness is still rewarding. In the past few months, only those big thieves and big gangs with names and surnames, Huofu Thief Gai has caught 2 of them, which can be described as a gratifying result.

Although it is reasonable for Matsudaira Sadanobu to let him go, Hasegawa should be grateful to Matsudaira Sadanobu.

After all, it was Hasegawa who broke the law first, and Matsudaira Sadanobu could not deal with him too much.

It is all thanks to Matsudaira Sadanobu's kindness that he can continue to serve as the chief of Huofu Bandit Kai without any punishment.

However, although the truth is so, Hasegawa is really insensitive and can't like the old man who holds him in his hands and can kill him at any time...

If possible, Hasegawa would like to never meet Matsudaira Sadanobu again...

But the world is so unpredictable, Hasegawa never expected Matsudaira Sadanobu to appear in Kyoto...

So at this moment, Hasegawa's mood is very complicated...

With a gaze that seemed to be able to see through Hasegawa's body, Matsudaira Sadanobu took a deep look at Hasegawa and said with a smile:

"After I learned from Ota and Shenshan just now that you are now in the Buddhist monastery in Kyoto, I couldn't wait to call you here."

"The reason why you came to Kyoto, I have just heard the introduction from Ota and Shenshan."

"How? Have you found any clues about the Blood Mist?"

The topic involved his own work, and Hasegawa's face instantly became serious, and his tone also became passionate:

"We have now obtained the exact information from the informant that the Blood Mist is now in Kyoto."

"It can be confirmed now: their stronghold is probably located in the western suburbs of Kyoto. It won't take long before we can confirm the exact location of their stronghold."

Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly: "Good job."

"I just heard from Shenshan that several people in Kyoto have been killed by this blood mist."

"Counting the people who were killed by the blood mist before, the victims are countless."

"Hasegawa, you must arrest these scumbags as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Hasegawa said loudly, "I will definitely hang my life!"

As soon as Hasegawa's words fell, the corner of Matsudaira Sadanobu's mouth turned up slightly, and a smile appeared from the corner of the raised mouth:

"I have seen all your achievements during this period of time. I am quite satisfied with your efforts and achievements. It is really hard work for you, Hasegawa."

"If only... every official of the shogunate could be as outstanding as you..."

At this time, a trace of loneliness flashed in Matsudaira Sadanobu's eyes.

"I remember that you seem to have said that the funds for the thief's reform were insufficient, right?"

"I will start to make arrangements in the future to increase the allocation of funds for Huofu Thief Reform."

After Matsudaira Sadanobu's voice fell, Hasegawa was stunned for a moment, and then the joy and excitement that could not be concealed appeared on his face.

"Thank you, my lord!" Hasegawa hastily bowed his head in thanks.