I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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Ogata hurriedly looked forward.

At the intersection of the street ahead, there is a traveling girl's house that is much more luxurious than the rest of the surrounding counterparts just from the appearance.

On the gate of this extremely luxurious traveling girl's house, there is a plaque with the inscription: Seven Grass House.

Feng Mo led Ogata and the others strode towards the Seven Grass House.

As soon as he stood in front of the gate of the seven-grass house, Fumo said loudly to the two young men who were cleaning the ground in front of the seven-grass house:

"Please go and show your boss a look at this, and then inform him, just tell him: An old friend is visiting."

After finishing speaking, Feng Mo took out a small fan from his bosom, and handed the fan to the two youths.

Suddenly came an old man whom he had never seen before, and as soon as the old man showed up, he said "go and inform your boss" and gave them a fan, which made the two youths look confused , looking at each other.

"Go and report to your boss. I'm not a suspicious person, I'm an old friend of your boss." Feng Mo changed into a half-joking tone at this time, "If the word is slow, your boss will find out afterwards, and he might be angry Oh."

Feng Mo's confident appearance successfully frightened the two youths.

Thinking "If this old man is really the boss's friend, then there is no delay" the two left one to stay at the gate, while the other took the fan from Feng Mo and hurried to find their boss.

After a while, the young man who went to find their boss came back.

"Please follow me." The returned young man returned the fan that Fumo had just handed to him, and then saluted Fengmo respectfully, using the highest level of respect, "Our boss is waiting for you upstairs .”

There are 3 floors in total.

The young man led Ogata and the others directly to a certain room on the highest floor.

"My lord!" The young man said loudly toward the room, "I have brought the guests here!"

"En." Just as the young man's voice fell, an old but calm voice sounded in the room, "Bring them in."

"Yes!"

The young man opened the door.

As the door opened, the scene in the room came into Ogata's eyes.

Behind the door is a rather simple looking room.

The only furniture is a desk, a cabinet and a bookcase full of books.

An old man in his 70s who seemed to be about the same age as Feng Mo was sitting behind the only desk in the room, flipping through a book on the desk.

The first impression this old man gave Ogata was that he was "a handsome old gentleman".

He doesn't have the hideously ugly Tsukiyo hair, nor does he have a bald head like Fuma, but his extremely thick silver hair is combed back into a big back that is not out of date even in modern times.

Although the cheeks are densely wrinkled due to age, and there are age spots on the forehead and other places, but the skin is quite shiny and rosy.

On the bridge of the nose are rather rare glasses with thin frames. Behind the lenses, the slender eyes are shining with the unique light of a person who has read a lot of poetry and books.

After Ogata and others entered, the old man waved to the young man who led them in, signaling him to step back first.

After the young man withdrew and closed the door of the room, Feng Mo sat down across from the old man with a big grin, and then smiled at the old man:

"Long time no see, Sataemon. You still have so much hair."

For some reason, Feng Mo, who had greeted the old man with a smile at the beginning, changed his expression from a smile to a serious one in the second half of what he said just now.

"Well, it's indeed been a long time."

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the old man whom Fuma called "Sawaidaemon" raised his hand and stroked back the thick silver hair on the top of his head while speaking.

"I don't know what should I call you now?"

"Just call me Wind."

"Is it the wind? Then Lord Feng, who are the three people behind you?"

"is my friend."

"Oh? I didn't expect you to have such young friends when you're so old."

After finishing speaking, Satodaemon stood up and bowed gracefully to Ogata and the others.

"It's the first time we met, Shimotaemon."

The bow of Sotaemon was so graceful that the three of Ogata and the others couldn't help wondering whether this person was a nobleman who had received strict education since childhood.

"We met for the first time." Ogata returned the salute, "I'm Mashima Goro."

"I'm Mashima-cho."

"I'm Azuki."

"Saitaemon." Fuma said suddenly at this moment, "I'll get straight to the point. I have something to ask you, the Osaka know-it-all, to help."

Feng Mo is very direct, going straight to the point.

"You say it."

As for Fuma's directness, Yoshidaemon, who sat back on the tatami, smiled slightly, with a look of no surprise.

"But before I listen to your request, let me correct your mistake just now. The name Osaka Know-it-all really pissed me off."

Sodaemon smiled wryly.

"If I really have the ability to know everything about Osaka, I don't need to open any more girls' houses."

"So I don't guarantee that I will respond to all your requests."

"It's okay." Feng Mo said, "Just do your best."

Fuma told Sodaemon that they were looking for swordsmith Yuji.

After Fuma's voice fell, Sodaemon nodded:

"So that's why you want to find Yu Er?"

"How?" Feng Mo asked, "Do you know where Yu Er is?"

"You're very lucky." Satodaemon smiled slightly, "I just know where Yuji lives. I know a friend who happens to be good friends with Yuji. Under the introduction of my friend, I and Yu Er is an old acquaintance."

"That's great." Fumo patted his thigh, "Then tell us where Yu Er lives in Osaka."

"Feng-kun." Yoshidaemon, who was suddenly silent for a while, tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him rhythmically, "It's fine if I tell you where Yu Er lives, but you don't want to." , you have to do me a favor."

"Hey." Feng Mo frowned suddenly, "Do you have to exchange this kind of small favor?"

"In normal times, I would have helped you for free without saying a word about such a small favor." Satodaemon said with a wry smile, "but I just happened to run into a little trouble right now. I need your help."

"Don't worry, it's not a troublesome thing to ask for your help."

At this moment, Soshidaemon suddenly shifted his gaze to Ogata and Acho.

"The two are called Mashima Goro and Mashimacho, right? I don't know how they are related?"

"Husband and wife." Ogata replied honestly.

"Husband and wife?" Sodaemon nodded lightly, with a thoughtful expression on his face, "Mashima-kun, can I ask you a question without asking me, I wonder how your skills are?"

Yoshidaemon came to ask about his skills inexplicably, which made Ogata frowned.

Although I don't know why Satodaemon suddenly asked this question, but it is not a question that cannot be answered directly, so Ogata pondered for a moment, and after thinking about the appropriate wording, he quietly said in a tactful tone:

"Unarmed combat, riding and other skills, I dare not say how good they are, but when it comes to using a sword, I have experience that is many times richer than ordinary people."

"That's good." This time, Tianemon patted his thigh, "Then Mr. Mashima, Ms. Mashima, I would like to ask you two to do me a little favor."

"It's easy to help."

"Tonight, some distinguished guests spent a lot of money to invite Chuguang, the ace artist of our Seven Grass House, to perform."

"I hope Ms. Mashima can come to serve as Hatsumitsu's assistant tonight." Sodaemon fixed his eyes on Acho, "The job content is very simple. Before Hatsumitsu enters the venue, help Hatsumitsu hold her shamisen After entering the venue, pass the shamisen to her, and then you just need to sit beside Chuguang and wait for Chuguang's performance to end."

"And Mashima-san will serve as Chuguang's guard." Yoshida Weimon turned his attention to Ogata, "The task is even simpler. You only need to cooperate with Chuguang's other guard to guard Chuguang's place together." By your side, just prevent someone from stepping forward and hurting Chuguang."

"As long as you are willing to do me this favor, I will tell you Yu Er's address immediately afterwards."

Regarding Chuguang, you can look back at the end of yesterday's chapter.

Chapter 625 Ogata (Tactical Leaning Back): What is Backstage? (Part 7600)【[-]】

The biggest difference between those large girls' houses and those small ones is the different services they can provide.

That kind of small house for traveling girls can provide quite a single service. After ordering the woman they like, the guests can't do much other than chatting with the woman and studying the biological differences between men and women. thing.

This is not the case with the large playgirl houses.

Some large-scale tourist houses often have a group of artists and gangsters in their respective shops.

Artists, as the name suggests, are those who are responsible for performing talents.Such as: playing shamisen, pipa and other musical instruments, and offering a few songs and dances.

The person responsible for telling jokes, performing sketches, and enlivening the atmosphere.

In that kind of large-scale playgirl house, entertainers and gangsters can be invited to liven up the atmosphere before starting the business with the playgirls.

Just looking at the appearance of this seven-grass house, it must be one of the largest large-scale playgirl houses in this new town. It is just a very normal thing for them to have entertainers in their shop.

But what Satodaemon said just now, "Let Ogata and Atachi be Hatsumitsu's guards and assistants", this is a bit abnormal

Before Ogata asked Sawaidaemon what he meant by what he said just now, Sawaidaemon began to explain on his own:

"Chuguang is an excellent artist recruited by our Seven Grass House last year."

"She has a beautiful appearance and outstanding temperament, and her shamisen playing skills are also very good. When she first came to our Nanakusa House, she became the number one performer of our Nanakusa House."

"Every day, countless people want to invite Chuguang to present a song. Although she is an artist, her popularity and popularity are no different from those of the oiran."

"How to promote popular girls and entertainers is actually skillful."

"One of the tricks is to let them have enough battles."

"To put it simply, it is like wrapping a gift more beautifully. Packaging people who want to be popular is one of the secrets to making them famous and raising their social status."

"So after Chuguang became popular, I arranged for Chuguang a beautiful assistant named Tong. He was responsible for helping her hold the shamisen when Chuguang was not playing the piano and performing."

"After Ah Tong came to help Chuguang fill the battle, Chuguang's popularity really rose immediately."

"Well, those who love arty are so vulgar."

Right now Sodaemon sneered.

"As long as an ordinary product is made to look high-end, countless people with stupid money will take the bait."

"For an ordinary wooden chopstick, you only need to inlay some silver on the tail of the chopsticks, and then make some plausible publicity, then even if the chopsticks are priced at 1 tael, people who are willing to buy them will flock to them."

"Ah, sorry, I seem to have strayed a little bit."

"After assigning Chuguang an assistant to help her with the shamisen, Chuguang's popularity immediately increased."

"But no matter whether it's a girl or an artist, once the popularity is high, it will easily lead to all kinds of troubles."

"Only four months after Chuguang came to our Seven Grass House, an accident happened."

"When Chuguang was performing for the guests, a lunatic who was obsessed with Chuguang suddenly rushed up and hugged Chuguang."

"Although Chuguang was not injured in that incident, Chuguang was quite frightened."

"Chuguang is now the most important heart of our Seven Grass House, so after that incident, in order to protect Chuguang and further package Chuguang, I assigned two highly skilled guards to her."

"At the same time, a rule has been established that whenever Chuguang performs for the guests at the banquet, the guards have the right to sit behind Chuguang and protect Chuguang."

"Actually, this regulation is quite overbearing, but Chuguang's popularity is too high. Even if such an overbearing regulation is established, more people would like to invite Chuguang to perform."

"These two guards of Chuguang have become a new package to increase her value as I wished."

"Chuguang's work area is not limited to our seven-grass house. As long as the money is paid, Chuguang can also perform in other girls' houses, tea houses, and izakayas."

"For example, tonight and tonight, the son of a big businessman hosted a banquet at Xutianya in Xinmachi, and spent a lot of money to invite our first light to perform at the banquet."

"Tonight's guests are not ordinary guests, so don't neglect them."

"However, just last night, there was an accident at Chuguang's place."

"One of Chuguang's guards, Ikeda Araiemon, and Chuguang's assistant, Tong, got on good terms at some point."

"Just last night, the two of them eloped secretly."

"That's a big problem."

"As I just said, equipping Chuguang with one assistant and two guards is her current package."

"I've been publicizing that Chuguang in our family is different from ordinary entertainers. She has an assistant who helps her with the shamisen, and two high-end bodyguards."

"So if you can't make up for the vacancies of assistants and guards before serving the distinguished guests tonight, it will have a bad influence on Chuguang."