Edo Traveler

　　 Where is the knife?

　　 Seeing the scabbard, subconsciously, where is the knife? After all, the scabbard exists for the sword, but Chuemon took the scabbard and looked into the large cabinet, but there were no other cages.

　　 What does this mean?

　　According to Chuemon’s memory, the old gentleman Ci Ai didn’t seem to have collected any famous swords. And that said, now the temple is not a temple of the Warring States Period. There is no need for armed monks and soldiers, so how many swords and guns are needed. In particular, Myogan Temple is still under the Edo Castle, where the Shogunate has the strongest power. With sufficient security forces, there is no large-scale bandit group.

　　 "Look at you two." Chuemon was facing a scabbard, and he couldn't see anything.

　　The scabbard is made of plain lacquer, that is, after the two pieces of wood are joined together, the lacquer is closed. The wood is good wood, it should be plain wood, besides, there is no other decoration. The carp mouth of the scabbard is made of buffalo horns, of course it may also be ivory, which is a little yellow. The crotch of the scabbard is a copper bottom, there is no special decoration, just a simple piece of copper.

　　 has no patterns on the whole body. It stands to reason that if it belongs to a certain samurai, the family pattern is usually painted on the lacquer surface, or a family pattern card made of gold and silver is placed directly on it and embedded in a wooden scabbard.

　　 "Small eyes are clumsy, I really can't see how valuable it is." The pawnshop man who took the scabbard took a look at it, and it was also out of reach.

　　 "Look at it." Hei San, who came from the Wu family, seemed to have some thoughts.

　　 As I said, Kang Kang's Ping took three scabbards, and after a closer look at the mouth of the carp, he shouted to palm the lantern. One of the eyes immediately took a candle. With the light of the candle, Ping San glanced inward fiercely, with a sudden realization.

　　 "If the knife is there, it would be a great thing!"

"How to say?"

　　 "On the ivory piece of Koikou, there are three characters Yonezawa live." Heizo handed the scabbard to Chuemon.

　　 Tademon's eyes widened, and he looked carefully for a while, only to find the little Yonezawa live in the corner. When I heard the words Yonezawa Zumi, the eyes of the two pawnshop guys brightened, because Yonezawa Zumi was the imprint of Tsunanobu Yonezawa Zumi Akama, the most famous swordsman in the middle and late Edo period.

　　 The so-called Yonezawa living in Akama Tsunanobu means the same thing as the so-called Shishu living in Fujiwara Village. It is just the title of a swordsman. But Akama Tsunanobu is indeed the real name of this swordsmith. This man lived under the castle of Edo and had passed away a few years earlier. Everyone understands that when this man is dead, the things he makes are worth more than when he was alive.

　　As the famous swordsmiths of Bizen, Tsunanobu Akama, Naganobu Takahashi, Shido Shiichi, Moritsu Ao Ryuken, Suji Koyama and others shined brightly for a while. It was respected and loved by scholars, and because of being in Edo, he had relationships with many princes and shoguns.

　　 It is said that the former general Tokugawa Ieaki had two ribs that were dedicated by Akama Tsunanobu. The emperor in Kyoto also had a ceremonial sword made by Tsunanobu Akama. If nothing else, the sword that Meiji will wear when he becomes king will be made by Akama Tsunanobu.

　　 You said it's worthless!

　　 "So what about the sword?" Chuemon turned to look at his fellow brothers.

　　 The seniors waved their hands again and again, saying that they did not know that they knew where the knife was. The old Ci'ai monk had never collected swords or other things at all, and Chungemon hadn't seen it. Some of them had been with the old Ci'ai monk for thirty or forty years, and they had never seen it.

　　 "Honestly!" Heizo held up the scabbard and tried to fight.

　　 That appearance is exactly the same as the one in Jingcheng who went out and shouted for several days that he hadn't killed anyone, and made the little yellow belt uncle. If you really have an official hide, even if you are only seventeen, you can bluff people.

　　 "We really don't know, we really don't know." Monk Puyu was about to cry.

　　 It's difficult, the old monk really only has a scabbard in this wooden box, there is no knife at all. The wooden box also has no interlayer, so there is no possibility of hiding.

　　 "Find a ladder and go up the beam!" Ping San immediately greeted Muming who was guarding outside.

　　 Japanese-style knives can also exist in the form of a pure blade. After all, the knives also used iron bars to strike out the knives with one hammer and one hammer. If it was just a blade, there would be more places to hide.

　　 "This lord, if the original sword can be found, my shop will have 400 taels!" Akama Tsunanobu's swords have hardly ever flowed into the market. Most of them are the collections of the upper-class samurai officials, and even the generals and the emperor.

　　The point is that people are already begging, so the price is high enough!

　　 "My shop can produce six hundred taels!" Another pawnshop's clerk could hardly afford to scramble.

　　 "Wait, this crotch bottom has been rubbed off!"

　　 Pingsan howled, and then attracted everyone's attention. At first, the light in the room was dim, and even Chuemon didn't notice it. Now two candles were fetched, the room was lit up, and after a serious look, they came out.

　　 The crotch bottom is well polished, UU read www.uukanshu.com and because of the time, it may not be possible to feel it when you rub it with your hands. That is to say, the light was bright, only to find that there were traces of wear on it.

　　 "Could it be that the family crest was rubbed off?" This was the first thought that popped out of Chungemon's mind.

　　 "It's possible!" Ping San nodded.

　　 After speaking, he took the scabbard and walked out, trying to meet the light to see if there were any traces of existence. After all, most of Akama Tsunanobu’s swords are owned by owners. For example, in the previous Sagami country’s Odawara domain lord Okubo, there was a sword made by Akama Tsunanobu, which was specially worn when interacting with the public at the office of the Kyoto director. .

　　 Basically every knife can be traced back to the owner!

　　 It's a pity that the crotch bottom is well polished and there are no traces left. Hei San couldn't see any flowers, so he shook his head and said he gave up.

　　 In that case, Chuemon could only take the scabbard back into the wooden box. The other clothes and furnishings, as well as some artifacts and the like, were not used by Chuemon, so they were sold to two pawnshops at a discount. They didn't bring so much money with them. After asking about the address of Chuemon, they said that they would be delivered to the door tonight.

　　 The remaining playthings of the loving old monk, Chungemon took back the cages in different categories, and naturally took them home. Taking the buyout money from eight hundred two brothers, Chungemon temporarily left Myogan Temple.

　　 After arriving home, he entertained the Muming public who followed today to have a banquet. They ran with them for a day, and they were all subordinates of their own family. Besides, the money came from the brothers, so I didn't feel so distressed.

　　 The banquet was all eaten, and the crowd dispersed happily. Heizo seemed to have thought of something at this time. He looked at no one on the left and right, and asked Chuemon.

　　 "What is the background of Master Ci Ai, have you ever told you?"