I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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Then he looked around and confirmed that Miura was speaking to him, then smiled awkwardly and politely.

"Thank you for the compliment." A-cho first thanked Miura for her compliment just now, "My name is Mashima-cho."

"Machi! What a good name for a beauty like you! Do you have time now? There happens to be a tea house owned by our Miura house nearby! Would you like to drink some tea and have some snacks together?"

Miura's actions from the beginning just now can be described in one word, which is honesty.

He introduces himself very straightforwardly, and then invites Machi to have tea with him very straightforwardly.

He is straightforward, but Ah-Ming is equally straightforward:

"Sorry." Ah-Ming continued to put on a polite smile on his face, "Thank you for your invitation, but I still have something to do with my husband, so please forgive me for not being able to accompany you."

"My husband?" Miura's eyes widened immediately.

At this time, Ogata took half a step across without making a fuss, and stopped between Miura and Atachi.

"Here is his husband." Ogata said lightly.

Miura's expression now is quite wonderful.

He first looked at A-Ming with regret and reluctance, and then gave Ogata a few jealous eyes.

After looking back and forth between Ogata and A-machi for a while with eyes full of complex emotions, Miura said faintly:

"Then please forgive my intrusion."

After finishing speaking, Miura turned around and left with the rest of the people around.

Not long after Miura and the others left, Azuki pouted immediately: "Why did you only invite Ms. Acho and not me?"

"What?" Ah-ding joked at this moment, "Do you really want to drink tea with strangers?"

"It's not that I want to drink tea with strangers, it's just that you are the only one invited when I'm standing with Miss Atachi, which makes me feel weirdly frustrated." Azuki raised his hand and rubbed his still face With a childish face, "By the way, that person's clothes just now are really exaggerated. Those fabrics look expensive at first glance, and the people in Osaka are really enthusiastic. I have been following you for so long, and this is the first time I see someone take the initiative to follow you." Machi-san is talking to you."

After all, the Edo period was still an ancient society, and the relationship between men and women was not too open. It was very rare to strike up a conversation in this era.

A-cho nodded: "Well, yes. The people in Osaka are indeed very active and enthusiastic. Alright, don't worry about that person just now, let's go."

Neither Ogata nor A-Machi took the incident of "hitting up" just now to heart.

Someone who had the courage to strike up a conversation with Ogata Omachi didn't think it was such a surprising thing.

After all, Ogata knows how good-looking his wife is and what her figure is. If no man comes to strike up a conversation, he will wonder if there is something wrong with the aesthetics of other men in this era.

Both Ogata and A-Machi only regarded the strike-up incident just now as an ordinary episode in their daily life.

But as another party to this incident, he never forgot

"What a pity. Miura." Kitahara joked, "I dared to invite that woman, but she turned out to be a married woman."

"All good radishes are eaten by donkeys." Miura's face was covered with many black lines at this time, "Such a good woman is already married. It's fine to marry, but she is married to a juggler, a prostitute. Tooth powder for a living"

"Even I'm not worth it for that woman! That woman really doesn't know how to find a man"

"Forget it, Miura." Kitahara patted Miura's shoulder at this time, comforting, "I heard that woman's accent, and that woman is also from other places."

"That woman speaks an Omi accent. She's probably just a lumpy country bumpkin from Omi."

"She probably doesn't know what Miura House means in Osaka, so she refuses your invitation."

"If you let her know how huge the family business you will inherit in the future, maybe she will immediately feel extremely annoyed at the fact that she refused your invitation, and then she will beg you, begging you to accept her as a concubine, and then go on Kick her poor husband aside."

Kitahara just said a bunch of good things to comfort Miura.

But Miura seems to be quite useful.

The black lines on his face slowly dissipated, and the gloom on his face was gradually smiling now.

"That's right!" Miura nodded solemnly, "It's that woman's loss for declining my invitation!"

"You're right if you think so! Well, don't worry about that woman." Kitahara patted Miura's shoulder again, "Hurry up and have a drink at the old place."

"Ah, yes, Kitahara-kun." Miura patted his forehead as if remembering something at this moment, "I'm going to hold a banquet with some friends in Shinmachi tomorrow night."

"Do you want to come together?"

Having said that, Miura lowered his volume and put on a mysterious look.

"Tomorrow's banquet will be very grand. I spent a lot of money to invite the artist Chuguang who has been in the limelight recently."

"Chuguang?" Beiyuan was taken aback, "You actually invited her?"

"How? Are you coming?"

"No." Kitahara shook his head with a wry smile without any hesitation, "It would be fine if it was in other places, Shinmachi would be"

"You also know that Miss Isshiki hates the kind of man who often haunts those places."

"In order to maintain my image, I will never set foot in Shinmachi again until I marry Miss Isshiki."

"It's just going to a banquet, not to play with women." Miura shrugged, "Forget it, if you don't go, don't go."

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Today, because I have a lot of things to do during the day, the update is a little later

In this chapter, Ogata’s routine of selling tooth powder by performing Iai cut is based on historical facts. In history, there was really someone who sold tooth powder by this method. For details, please refer to the "Writer's Words" below.

Chapter 624 Invite Yidao Zhai to be a bodyguard [5200]

Ogata and the others returned to the carpenter's shop opened by Xianbingwei around evening.

When they just returned to the carpenter's shop, Feng Mo happened to have finished chatting with this old subordinate whom he hadn't seen for a while.

Xianbingwei tried his best to keep Fumo, let Fumo and Ogata live in their house directly.

Xianbingwei's home is integrated with his carpenter's shop. The first floor is the shop, and the second floor is their home. Their home is not spacious. After living in Xianbingwei and his family, the whole house is basically There aren't many spaces left.

If forced to live in Xianbingwei's home, I'm afraid it will bring a lot of inconvenience to the lives of Xianbingwei and their family.

Therefore, in order not to cause too much inconvenience and trouble to Xianbingwei and his family, Ogata and the others declined Xianbingwei's invitation to let them live directly in their home, but spent money to live in an ordinary room. common hotel.

Ogata and the others spent their first night in Osaka peacefully and peacefully in this ordinary hotel.

next day

It is now mid-April, and it is the most pleasant time of the year. It is neither so hot that people want to sleep naked, nor is it so cold that people don't want to leave.

Just after the sun rose from the horizon, Xu Jing woke up under the action of the biological clock, and then let go of Ah Ding, who was naked in his arms, climbed out of the bed, and put on his clothes.

A-Machi and A-Zhu always wake up later than Ogata.

Ogata, who was thinking about going out to buy some breakfast now, left the room where he and A-Machi lived after getting dressed.

As soon as he left the room and came to the corridor outside the room, Ogata happened to see Fuma coming out of the next room at exactly the same time.

It is impossible for the four of Ogata and the others to live in the same room. They have 4 rooms in total, one for Ogata and A-Machi, one for Fuma, and one for Azuki. a row.

After seeing Ogata who happened to walk out of their respective rooms at the same time as him, Fumo took the initiative to greet Ogata: "Brother, good morning!"

"Good morning to you too." At this time, Ogata noticed that Fumo's eyes had dark circles, and there were many red bloodshot eyes, as if he hadn't slept well.

"Master Feng, did you not sleep well last night?" The corridor where Ogata and Fuma are standing is not a private place after all, so Ogata only calls "Master Feng", not "Master Fuma".

"Yesterday, because I reunited with my long-lost old subordinate, I was a little too excited last night. I didn't fall asleep until around 2 o'clock in the morning at eight o'clock in the evening." Feng Mo smiled with a bit of a naive air.

Feng Mo's eyes had been shining with excitement since seeing Xianbingwei yesterday.

Ogata also sympathized with Fuma's reunion with his long-lost old subordinates who were like family members.

Ogata thought to himself: last summer, when he reunited with Atachi in Kyoto, his mood was probably similar to Fuma's mood at this time.

Seeing Fumo's happy look, Ogata couldn't help but smile.

"Since you didn't sleep well yesterday, do you want to catch up on sleep now?"

"No need, no need." Feng Mo waved his hand, "Although I didn't sleep much last night, I'm in good spirits now."

"Even if you want to catch up on sleep, wait until you're done with your real work before you catch up on sleep."

Speaking of this, Feng Mo laughed a few times, and then continued:

"After Komachi and Xiaozhu wake up, I'll take you to meet that old acquaintance of me, Osaka Know-It-All. Try to help you find that Master Yuer as soon as possible."

"Are you looking for that old friend of yours today?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Master Feng, why don't you go and spend more time with Mr. Xianbingwei?"

Feng Mo waved his hand: "Accompanying Xianbingwei or something, this matter is not urgent."

"Anyway, I met him and greeted him yesterday. After I help you find Master Yuer, it's not too late to chat with Xianbingwei slowly and catch up on the old days."

Now that Feng Mo has said that, Ogata didn't say anything else, and bowed to Feng Mo, saying: "Thank you, Master Feng Mo."

Fumo waved his hand again, signaling Ogata not to thank you politely, and then showed a strange expression:

"Before I go to see my old friend later, let me remind you that the place where my old friend is located is quite special, so you have to be mentally prepared first."

"Special?" Ogata asked suspiciously.

Feng Mo's expression became even weirder at this time.

"My friend lives in Shinmachi, a place where men all over Osaka dream of. He is the owner of a house called Nanakusa in Shinmachi."

"Compared to Yoshiwara in Edo and Shimabara in Kyoto, the people in Shinmachi are better"

Feng Mo suddenly fell silent at this moment, as if he was thinking about what to say next.

After a while, he spoke quietly:

"Much more enthusiastic."

"So you, especially my brother, must be fully prepared."

about half an hour later

Osaka, Shinmachi

"Two guest officers! Are you interested in coming to our Sanye House?"

"Guest officer! What kind of girl do you like?"

"Two Guest Officers"

After A Ding and A Zhu woke up one after another, Fuma led the three of them as he said, and headed towards Xin Ding where his old friend was.

As soon as he stepped into Shinmachi, Ogata, who had worked in Yoshiwara, immediately smelled the same smell as the air in Shinmachi: a faint smell of women's powder.

The layout of Shinmachi is the same as that of Yoshiwara. It should be said that the architectural layout and architectural style of Yoshihara, Shimabara, and Shinmachi are basically the same.

On the first floor of every wandering girl's house, there is a window that is only blocked by a wooden fence. When night falls, the wandering girls sit behind the window and make poses to attract and choose from customers.

Because it is morning, it is the time for the girls who have worked hard all night to rest, so there are few girls on the road in Shinmachi and in the windows of the girls' houses at this time.

However, although from the appearance point of view, Shinmachi is simply a shrunken Yoshihara, but after entering Shinmachi, Ogata quickly and keenly noticed that Shinmachi is completely different from Yoshihara.

First of all, Shinmachi, like Shimabara in Kyoto, does not have a special management organization like the Shirobei Club like Yoshihara.

Secondly, the people in Yoshiwara are not as enthusiastic as the people in Shinmachi.

As soon as they stepped into Shinmachi, two or three Miseban people who were in charge of setting up a platform near the main entrance of the Yurome House to attract customers immediately surrounded them, advertising for their respective Yurome Houses.

Although the Miseiban of Yoshiwara would take the initiative to attract customers in this way, they were far less enthusiastic than the Miseiban of Shinmachi.

Perhaps it is because the enthusiasm of Osaka people is so enthusiastic.

As Ding and Azuki are women, they are naturally ignored by the Misaiban, and Fuma is too old, and they are also ignored by almost all the Miseifans. Almost all the Miseifans who surround them are all aimed at Ogata came.

Although Ogata was wearing a bamboo hat and a face scarf, he could still tell from the exposed palms and other skin that this person was very young.

These Mishiban gathered around Ogata, and introduced to Ogata the benefits of their respective girls' houses.

Now happens to be the time when the flow of people in Xinmachi is the least, so there are extraordinarily many Misei fans around at this time.

For these encounters, Ogata could only show an embarrassed but polite smile.

He didn't dare to show the slightest interest in this advertisement of Jian Shiban, after all, A-cho is standing by his side now.

Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that A-Ming beside him had been quietly sizing up his face with scrutiny.

This made Ogata's forehead break out in cold sweat.

If he showed a strong interest in a certain Miseiban's "advertisement", Ogata couldn't imagine how Ah-cho would react to him

While maintaining a polite smile, Ogata dismissed the crowd who had gathered around him.

"Master Feng." After sending away another Jianshiban, Ogata couldn't help asking Fumo in front of him, "Haven't you arrived at the place where your old friend lives?"

"It's here." Feng Mo said, "Look at the seven-grass house in front of you, it's the house run by my friend."