I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Ogata could tell——Inoue was quite nervous right now.

Ogata and the others are standing outside the gate of the Yanba Warehouse, waiting for Matsudaira Gennai's arrival.

Since just now, Inoue has been taking out his handkerchief to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.

Inoue was already over 40 years old, and this age was already considered an old man in the Edo period.

Looking at Inoue's legs that were constantly trembling due to tension, Ogata couldn't help but worry about him.

"Master Inoue." Ogata asked Inoue, "Are you okay? Do you want to try to take a few deep breaths? If you keep taking deep breaths, you may feel better."

"No." Inoue smiled wryly and shook his head, "No need. I've already taken deep breaths until my chest hurts..."

Compared to Inoue's nervousness, Ogata was much more relaxed.

When Matsudaira Gennai came, he only needed to kneel on the ground.

Apart from kneeling on the ground and welcoming the arrival of the lord, Ogata didn't have to do anything else.

So Ogata didn't feel nervous, and even hoped that Matsudaira Gennai would come to inspect the Yanba warehouse sooner, so that they would be relieved sooner.

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While Ogata and the others were waiting for Matsudaira Gennai's arrival, a samurai hurried towards Ogata and the others.

Ogata recognized the samurai - also one of the treasury officers.

But Ogata didn't know him very well, he just recognized him as one of his colleagues, other than that, Ogata didn't even know his name.

The fellow warehouse officer rushed to the front and back of Ogata and the others, and said anxiously:

"The lord is coming! Hurry up and prepare!"

As soon as the samurai finished speaking, Inoue turned his head and said to Ogata and the others in an anxious tone:

"Quick! Get down on your knees! The lord is here!"

After saying that, Inoue took the lead in kneeling on the ground, buried his head so deeply that his forehead almost touched the ground.

After Inoue fell to his knees, Ogata and the others followed closely behind.

The air seemed to freeze at this moment.

Inoue and Ogata's colleagues all slowed down their breathing, not even daring to breathe.

Ogata couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Gradually——Ogata gradually heard the sound of footsteps and horseshoes approaching from far and near to his left.

Judging from the loudness of footsteps and horseshoes - there were quite a few people coming.

Ogata could only see the soil in front of the tip of his nose because his hands were on the ground and his forehead was almost touching the ground, but he couldn't see anything else.

Therefore, it is natural that the lord and his party who are walking slowly towards the Yanba warehouse cannot be seen.

Ogata couldn't see it.

At the same time, I dare not look at it.

In this day and age, to look up at your lord without permission—this is arrogance.

Ogata didn't dare to defy the law, and got into unnecessary trouble just to catch a glimpse of the lord.

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Soon, the dense footsteps and horseshoes finally stopped in front of Ogata and the others.

Da da.

Ogata heard the sound of his feet landing on the ground.

Somebody who was riding must have jumped from his horse.

"Keep your heads up."

An extremely indifferent male voice, whose tone seemed to contain no emotion, entered the ears of Ogata and the others.

"Thank you, my lord!" Led by Inoue, Ogata and the others shouted "Thank you" in unison.

After raising his head, Xu conveniently saw a young man standing not far in front of them.

The young man is wearing a kimono with a light yellow color as the main color.

Although Ogata didn't know much about clothes, he could tell that the cloth used for this young man's clothes was quite advanced.

I don't know how many years of Ogata's salary I need,

To buy such a set of clothes.

In addition, the wakizashi that this young man put on his waist can be seen to be expensive just from the handle and scabbard of the knife.

The young man's face was extremely pale.

Ogata originally thought that the reason why the young man's face was so pale was because of the makeup powder.

But after taking a closer look, Ogata realized that it wasn't like that.

The young man did not apply any cosmetics on his face.

His face was so pale.

The bloodless face looked very creepy.

The lips were thin, and they were as pale as his face.

The eyes are very thin, the eyes are dull, and they look careless.

At such a young age, wearing such exquisite clothes, and wearing such a precious sword on his waist, the identity of this young man is self-evident—it is the lord of the Hirose Domain and the lord of Ogata and the others: Matsudaira Gennai.

Behind Matsudaira Gennai stood an extremely tall and strong man.

Ogata recognized this strong man.

This strong man must be the number one swordsman of their Hirose Clan - Mataichiro Qihara.

Among the warriors of the Hirose Domain, Qiyuan's name is known to everyone, and everyone knows it.

Qiyuan's title of "the number one swordsman in the Hirose Clan" was not touted.

Instead, relying on his own sword, he chopped it out bit by bit.

Qiyuan is the master of the Ito Issou style.

In the Edo period, various schools of swordsmanship began to award certificates or scrolls of different stages according to the strength of the disciples.

For most schools of sword skills, the certificates or scrolls awarded from low level to high level are: paper cutting, catalogue, and exemption.

The Sakakibara Ichidou style that Ogata studied adopts the certificate levels in this order, the lowest certificate level is "paper cut", and the highest level certificate level is "exemption".

Regardless of the order in which certificates are awarded by each genre, the highest level of certificates is basically the same—exemption.

What does it mean to have a license-exempt transfer of such-and-such a genre?

It means that when you go out to fight with others in the future, as long as you take out your certificate of exemption from universal transmission, the enemy may be frightened and his legs will tremble.

The gold content of the "exemption from all pass" certificate is quite large, which means that it is quite difficult to get.

Take Sakakibara Issou-ryu as an example—the Sakakibara Sword Gym where Ogata is located, since its establishment, no one has successfully obtained a certificate of exemption from universal transmission.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Sakakihara Sword Gym is a young sword gym.

Only a few years have passed since the museum was built.

Ogata himself was one of the first batch of disciples who entered the Sakakibara Sword Academy after its establishment.

In short, no matter what genre it is, those who can obtain the certificate of dispensation of the genre are without a doubt—the top powerhouses.

This is the case with Qiyuan, who owns the Ito Issou style of exempting everyone.

It is said that Qiyuan once fought 10 people at the same time.

In this life-and-death struggle of 1 vs. 10 with a huge difference in the number of people, Qiyuan insisted on relying on his extraordinary swordsmanship to behead these 10 people one after another.

With 1 against 10, they can still win a complete victory - just from this battle, we can see how terrifying Qiyuan's strength is.

Qiyuan also relied on her extraordinary swordsmanship to gain the appreciation of the lord of the previous generation. Many years ago, she was sent to Matsudaira Gennai's side and served as Matsudaira Gennai's personal guard until today.

As a result, Qiyuan has become the dream object of almost all the samurai who are interested in relying on swordsmanship to support themselves in Hirose.

Qi Yuan belonged to the kind of existence who could rise to the top by relying on swordsmanship alone, and envied countless warriors.