I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Executioner Iktosai—the name may not have spread throughout Japan. People in the far northeastern region and Kyushu region may not have heard of this person.

But this name has already spread throughout the Kinki region.

All the shogunate territories in the Kinki area and all the samurai of the clan knew that there was a lord-killing monster in the Hirose clan.

"That is to say..." Xiao Ban murmured, "Did 'Guiping' come to chase 'Executioner Yidao Zhai'?"

"It should be." Sano nodded lightly.

"I don't know if 'Gui Ping' is easy to get along with..." Xiao Ban muttered in a slightly disturbed tone.

"I heard that he is cruel to thieves and friendly to ordinary people." Sano smiled, "So, Xiaoban, you can relax and get along with 'Gihei' with an attitude that is neither humble nor overbearing."

Just then—they heard the sound of a horse's hooves on the horizon ahead.

"Here we come!" Sano raised his eyebrows after hearing the soft sound of horse hooves, then hurriedly turned around and shouted to the subordinates behind him, "Get ready! Master Hasegawa and the others are here."

Hearing Sano's loud shout, everyone immediately cheered up.

They all stood up straight and straightened their clothes.

The sound of horseshoes reaching the horizon changed from light to heavy at an extremely fast speed.

A black dot gradually appeared on the horizon.

And this black dot emerged from the horizon bit by bit as the sound of the horseshoes amplified.

Finally—the black dot was completely exposed from the horizon, revealing its complete appearance.

This black dot is a group of warriors riding fast horses.

The number of people is between 5 and 60 people.

All members are wearing Huofu Thief Kai's iconic team uniform with "black" as the main color.

Huofu Bandit Kai's officials came riding fast horses through the snow, and then slowly reined in the horses in front of Sano, Xiaoban and the others, and all got off their horses.

And Sano, Xiao Banan and the others hurriedly led their subordinates forward to meet them.

Sano showed a friendly smile that was neither humble nor overbearing,

"It's been a long journey to this point, it's really hard work, gentlemen!"

The officials of Huo Fu Thief Kai separated to the two sides.

Make way for a middle-aged man standing between them.

The middle-aged man with a gentle smile on his face walked slowly towards Sano and his party along the path made by the officials.

"Thank you for your welcome." The middle-aged man's voice was a little low, and his tone was unhurried, "I am Huo Fu Thief Changing Chief—Hasegawa Heizo."

"I have admired your name for a long time." Sano said hastily, "I am the elder of the Tatsuno Clan—Sano Soten. This is Kobata Yuichi..."

While introducing themselves to each other, Sano, Xiao Ban, and the rest of the subordinates behind them were all secretly looking at the famous "Ghost Ping" who made the thieves all over the world fearful.

He is not too tall.

Neither fat nor thin.

Some dark faces indicate that this person has been associated with the sun for a long time.

There are many signs of age on the face - wrinkles.

From appearance, he is about 40 years old. This is also consistent with the rumors that Sano and the others heard.

According to the rumors heard by Sano and the others, "Onihira" happens to be 45 years old this year.

Although the smile on his face is full of smiles, this smile also carries a sense of distance.

Sano was all too familiar with this kind of smile.

Those who need to please the people above and deal with the people below always have this kind of smile that can't find any mistakes on their faces.

"Guiping"'s appearance can only be regarded as ordinary, but his eyes are very brilliant.

The gaze of "Guiping" is like a treasured sword that hides its sharpness.

When you are caught by his gaze, you don't feel how sharp his gaze is.

But you can feel it - there is unfathomable power hidden in his not sharp eyes.

After the two parties finished their brief self-introductions, Sano said:

"Master Hasegawa! We have arranged a residence and a reception banquet for you."

"Please don't worry—my fan will definitely cooperate with you in arresting 'Executioner Yidao Zhai'!"

After hearing Sano's words, the smile on Hasegawa Heizo's face froze.

Then, the look on his face became weird.

It wasn't just that Hasegawa Heizo's face became weird, even the expressions on the faces of the officials behind Hasegawa Heizo also became weird.

After noticing the strangeness of Hasegawa and the others, Sano asked with a blank face:

"Master Hasegawa, what's wrong?"

"'Executioner Yi Dao Zhai'?" Hasegawa asked doubtfully.

"Huh?" Sano frowned in confusion, "Master Hasegawa, didn't you come to our domain to pursue 'Executioner Yidaosai'?"

"...Master Sano, it seems...you have misunderstood us."

The person who spoke was a young man standing behind Hasegawa.

Through the self-introductions of the two parties just now, Sano recognized this young man, and he remembered that this young man seemed to be called Imai Cheng.

After Imai's voice fell, Hasegawa also continued:

"We didn't come to chase the 'One Swordsman'." Hasegawa said in a deep voice, "We came to Guifan this time to chase the 'Buddha Enemies'!"

...

...

2 days later.

Somewhere in Tatsuno Fan.

call--!

Another gust of wind mixed with snow blew towards Ogata.

"How can the weather change..."

Ogata complained with a wry smile, while tightening the clothes on his body and the bamboo hat on his head.

It was still sunny this morning.

As a result, before noon, the sky suddenly became overcast and a heavy snowstorm blew up.

No matter what the weather is like, it is not suitable to go on a long journey.

However—there is no shelter from the wind and snow around.

So Ogata could only go straight ahead against the heavy wind and snow, try his luck, and see if he could find a good place ahead that could shelter from the wind and snow.

Ogata felt his head was heavy now.

Because the bamboo hat above his head was covered with snow.

Raise your hand and pull it on the bamboo hat, and you can take a picture of a large snow block.

And not long after, the bamboo hat that had just been cleaned was covered with snow again...

So Ogata didn't bother to care about the snow squeezed on the bamboo hat anymore.

After feeling that the bamboo hat was too heavy, he shook his head.

With just a slight shake of the head, a large amount of snow can be shaken from the bamboo hat.

Just as Ogata was walking forward against the wind and snow, he suddenly found a very abrupt black patch in the white snow ahead.

And judging from the size, the size of this abrupt "black" is not small.

What is this? With this in mind, Ogata walked slowly towards the "black".

It wasn't until he got closer that Ogata discovered the true face of this "black" piece - a person squatting on the ground.