I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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Hearing Ogata's personal explanation, the cloud that originally hung over Mu Cun's face dissipated a little.

"That's good." The head of the village let out a sigh of relief, "It's good that I didn't do anything rude to you."

Great

Mucun added silently in his heart.

Yukimura's life is safe

At this time, Yukimura bowed to Ogata and Atachi with a very humble attitude.

"I'm very sorry!" Yukimura said loudly, "I didn't know that the two of you are distinguished guests of Lord Mucun and the others. I was rude just now! I didn't say hello to you and salute you, please forgive me!"

Now in this room, there are not only Miura and others, but also his own father-in-law and subordinates. Even under the eyes of so many people, Yukimura still bowed humbly to Ogata and the others without hesitation. .

Everyone present was dumbfounded when they saw this.

Yukimura, who is known to everyone in the business circle of Osaka, apologized to a man and a woman who were very young and looked very humble, expressing that he was not polite. The scene in front of him was full of unspeakable absurdity feel.

Everyone is guessing who is this man and woman, and who is this tall young man who suddenly appeared?Why can Yukimura be so humble in front of them?

Among all the people in the room, Miura reacted the most after seeing the scene in front of him.

He was staring blankly at Ogata not far away, as if he had lost his soul.

Isn't this guy a guy who was selling tooth powder on the street yesterday?

Shouldn't he just be a guy struggling to survive at the bottom and just lucky enough to have a beautiful wife?

He was leaning against the well-known Miura family in Osaka, and he was nothing in front of Yukimura. Yukimura yelled at him, but he didn't even dare to breathe.

Yukimura like this is humbly saluting to someone he has never looked at directly

How tough is the backstage that this guy is relying on?

Is he a son of some giant businessman?

Or is it the descendant of a high-ranking official in the shogunate?

The more Miura imagined the identity of this guy who covered his face with a bamboo hat and a face scarf, the paler his cheeks became

Reminiscing that I was proudly showing off the commercial achievements of their Miura House in front of Ogata and Atachi just now, if there is a seam here, Miura really wants to hide in the seam

"Ma, Mashima-kun."

Ogata heard Shibata next to him, and asked him in a low voice with a forced calm voice:

"You are not a child of the Wu family who went to the bottom to experience folk life, right?"

Ogata looked sideways at Shibata and Hatsumitsu next to him.

Shibata was looking at him and Machi in panic.

Ogata noticed that he seemed to have moved aside secretly just now, and distanced himself from Ogata and the others.

I don't know if it's because Chuguang often goes to places where big shots are present, but her psychological endurance seems to be surprisingly good.

Although she also looked panicked, the emotion contained in her gaze towards Ogata and Atachi was mainly "curiosity".

Ogata scanned his surroundings, and the current situation in front of him made Ogata couldn't help showing a helpless wry smile.

The sudden appearance of Mucun made Ogata and Atachi the undoubted focus of the audience

After letting out an imperceptible sigh, Ogata looked at Mucun, whose expression changed for the better after the misunderstanding was resolved.

"Makimura, why are you here?"

"The reason for this is more complicated, and it will be difficult to explain clearly to you in a while." Mucun scratched his hair, "When are you free? Let's have a few drinks together after a long absence tonight."

After all, Mucun made a gesture of drinking.

Ogata immediately understood what Mucun meant, and after looking at the surrounding environment where it was obviously impossible for Chuguang to continue playing, he said:

"I think I'll be free soon."

"That's good." Mu Cun nodded, "Then let's go to a bar together later!"

Having said that, Makimura turned his attention to Yukimura.

"Yukimura, thank you for your hospitality tonight. I decided to go drinking with my brother later, so I won't bother you anymore!"

"Hey, but" Yukimura's face changed slightly.

He also wanted to entertain Mucun for a while longer, to get close to Mucun more.

Before Yukimura finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mucun's hearty laughter:

"The tea you gave me tonight was delicious! I'll be back later!"

Hearing what Mucun said, Yukimura's slightly changed face became better.

"I understand." Seeing that Mucun seemed to have made up his mind at this time, Yukimura didn't bother anymore, "My door here is always open for you, and you are welcome to come back anytime."

After bowing respectfully to Makimura, Yukimura turned to salute Ogata and Atachi.

"I also welcome your visit. If you need any help in Osaka in the future, please feel free to come to me!"

"Master Mucun and their friends are my friends!"

Right now

Kyoto, the Kyoto Magistrate's office, the office of the town's magistrate

"Are you really planning to go back to Edo tomorrow?"

Kamiyama, who is a good friend of Hasegawa, who is the governor of Kyoto Town, poured a full glass of wine into Hasegawa's wine glass while asking Hasegawa in front of him.

At this moment, in the office of Machibuki, Kamiyama and Hasegawa were sitting opposite each other.

"The Blood Fog has been executed." After Hasegawa sipped the wine that Shenshan poured for him, he said slowly, "The finishing work is almost done, there is no reason to stay in Kyoto any longer, I naturally have to go back. "

"Isn't it true that the two mysterious people who attacked the casino of the Great Buddha family and killed Bai Chuan and others have not yet been found?" Shen Shan frowned slightly.

"Well." Hasegawa's mouth twitched slightly, and then he began to talk nonsense with his eyes open, "There are too few clues. If we want to find those two mysterious people, it will take a lot of manpower and material resources." and time."

"Anyway, those two mysterious people didn't do anything harmful, and they even helped us in disguise."

"So I decided to postpone the search for the two mysterious people, and deal with other more urgent matters first."

"Forget it, how to assign the priorities of various tasks is your responsibility, and I won't interfere too much." Shenshan picked up his wine glass and took a sip of wine, "Just pay more attention to your health."

"You are not young anymore, you are almost 50 years old. At such an age, you can't be like when you were young. You just need to sleep, and all the fatigue will disappear the next morning."

"What is 50 years old." Hasegawa said angrily, "I'm only 46 this year."

Hasegawa drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Speaking of which, do you know where Mr. Laozhong has gone? Did he go back to Edo?"

It wasn't until yesterday that Hasegawa knew that Matsudaira Sadanobu had quietly left Kyoto at some point.

"A person of my level doesn't know what the old man is doing." Shenshan sighed softly, "I guess he probably returned to Edo."

"I hope that when I go back to Edo in the future, I won't run into Mr. Lao Zhong on the way." Hasegawa grimaced and shuddered a few times, then handed back the wine glass in his hand to Shenshan.

"This wine is good. Thank you for the hospitality. I still have some clerical work to deal with, and I will come to you for a few drinks after I finish the work."

"Yes." Shenshan nodded with a smile, "For the sake of your going back to Edo tomorrow, I will accompany you anytime tonight."

"You blushing guy after a few drinks, where do you have the confidence to say that you are always with me?"

After Hasegawa laughed jokingly a few times, he picked up his saber and stood up.

But just as he stood up, he heard the voice of his recently promoted young subordinate: Yamauchi from outside the office.

"Master Hasegawa, there is an urgent message from Mr. Imai from Edo!"

"Imai's dispatch?" Hasegawa frowned.

Imai Hasegawa's adjutant.

When Hasegawa led his troops to Kansai to capture the blood mist crowd, Imai was responsible for replacing Hasegawa and sitting in Edo.

"Come in."

"Yes!"

Holding a letter, Yamauchi entered the room respectfully, and handed it to Hasegawa.

Hasegawa took the envelope, and after confirming that the envelope was intact, he waved his hand to signal Yamauchi to step back first, then tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper inside, and looked at it at a glance.

"Did something happen?" Shenshan frowned slightly.

"It's nothing serious." Hasegawa put down the letter paper in his hand, and sighed, "It's just that Imai reported a new case to me: Temple Shrine is seeking help from our Huofu thief Kai."

Hasegawa continued while stuffing the letter paper back into the envelope.

"There was a very powerful thief on Koyasan. A large number of Buddhist supplies were stolen, and the amount of loss was as high as 500 taels."

"The temple followed and sent a large number of people to investigate, but they didn't find out why."

"In desperation, we turned to our Huofu thief for help. Let us go to Koya Mountain and bring the thief to justice."

After all, Hasegawa let out a long and helpless sigh.

"Huofu Thief Kai is indeed a brick that can be perfectly embedded in any gap."

"Where you need it, move it there."

The temple is a senior official responsible for governing the territory of the temple and its residents across the country.

In the Edo period, those large temples and shrines all had a small territory under their jurisdiction.

It can be understood that every large temple or shrine is a miniature feudal kingdom, and the temples or shrines in this "vassal kingdom" have a certain degree of autonomy.

All kinds of big and small matters in the territory of these temples are under the jurisdiction of the temple, including all administrative and criminal cases in the territory of the temple, and outsiders are not allowed to intervene

For example, if a murder occurred in the territory of a certain large temple or shrine in Kyoto, Kamiyama, who was enshrined in the Kyoto town, could not intervene in this matter, and the case could only be handled by the enshrinement of the temple.

If any criminal escaped from the city of Kyoto to the territory of a certain large temple or shrine in Kyoto, then the officials of the prefectural office under the command of Shenshan could not rush in to arrest them, otherwise it would be a very serious crossing the line.

Because of such regulations, the territories of those big temples and big shrines became the favorite places for fugitives.

There is only one security force that is not bound by such rules, and the common people's cities, towns, and temple territories can be unimpeded, and that is Huo Fu Thief Kai.

It is not uncommon for the temple to follow a case that they cannot solve, and hand it over to Huofu Thief Gai to help solve it.

"A new case came so soon." Kamiyama clicked his tongue, "Mt. Koya is pretty close. If you use fast horses to advance alternately, you can reach Mount Koya in less than 2 days."

Koyasan, a sacred place for Buddhists from all over the country.There are more than 120 temples standing on the continuous peaks. This place has always been the key jurisdiction and care object of the temple priests.

"Just now, a blood mist group was eliminated, and another guy who stole Buddhist supplies came out." Hasegawa scratched the back of his head, "Isn't that thief who dares to steal Buddhist supplies afraid of being punished by God?"

"Oh? Hasegawa, when did you become a Buddhist?"

"I am not a believer in any religion, but when it comes to gods and Buddhas, I have always adopted an attitude that I would rather believe in something than believe in nothing."

"I have no choice but to wait until later before returning to Edo."

"Do you want to go to Koyasan to investigate this case now?" Shenshan frowned.

"Koyasan is just south of Kyoto." Hasegawa rubbed his slightly frowning brows, "Since I'm so close to Koyasan now, I'll drop by the way, saving time and effort."

"I hope the thief this time is an easy one to deal with."

Chapter 629 Ogata and A-Machi's Prospects for Descendants and the Woman Wearing Gloves 【5600】

Osaka, Shinmachi, Seven Grass House, and the offices of Satodaemon

"I understand the specific reasons."

Left and right Daemon glanced at the 4 people sitting in front of him, Ogata, Atachi, Hatsumitsu, and Shibata, and sighed softly.

After the incident of "Xingimura's attack" happened, Miura and the others were naturally not in the mood to hold any more banquets. The banquet ended hastily, and Ogata and the others escorted Hatsuko back to Nanakusa House, and at the same time reported to the right and left Daemon A dramatic sequence of events.

"I didn't expect so many things to happen tonight"

"It's really hard for you tonight."

Speaking of this, Mashidaemon turned his attention to Ogata and Acho who were sitting behind Hatsune.

Emotions are mixed.

"Chuguang, Shibata, you two should step back first."

Chuguang and Shibata: "Yes."

Neither of them said much, they said "yes" in unison, and left the room quickly.