I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"Is this the warehouse where the salt is stored?"

Matsudaira Genuai's tone was still so indifferent, as if there was no emotion at all.

As soon as Matsudaira Gennai's voice fell, Inoue quickly shouted:

"My lord, yes!"

"Take me in and take a look."

"Yes!"

Inoue got up and pushed open the door of the warehouse behind him.

Matsudaira Gennai did not bring too many attendants into the house, but only Qiyuan and a small surname.

After Inoue, Matsudaira Gennai and the others entered the house, Ogata and the others got up and followed closely behind Matsudaira Gennai and the others.

"We intentionally keep the warehouse dry to avoid the deterioration of the salt in the warehouse due to moisture..."

Inoue, who was at the front, led the way and continued to explain.

Ogata and the others don't need to do anything next, they just need to respectfully follow behind Matsudaira Gennai and the others, and accompany them for a stroll around the warehouse.

And Inoue worked hard.

He has to lead the way and constantly explain various details in the warehouse to Matsudaira Gennai.

This is the first time Ogata realized that being a low-level samurai with a meager salary is not completely useless, and there are many troublesome things that he does not need to do by himself.

Inoue was already nervous.

Genuai Matsudaira's indifferent reaction made Inoue even more nervous.

No matter what Inoue said, Matsudaira Genuai remained expressionless.

Neither made a sound nor did any movement.

In this situation, it's like you tell a joke that you think is funny, but everyone doesn't laugh—embarrassed and overwhelmed.

Inoue is like this now, Matsudaira Gennai's indifferent reaction made him unable to get up or down.

Maybe it was to cover up his unsteady mood right now, Inoue tried harder to explain.

"Currently, there are a total of 200 sticks of salt stored in the warehouse."

"The vast majority of the salt is purchased from foreign domains."

"Among the 200 guans of salt, 120 guans are relatively old salt, and the other 80 guans are new salt just purchased."

"Ah, my lord, please look here. The salt stored here is the new salt we purchased."

Inoue wanted to introduce these new salts in the warehouse to Matsudaira Gennai, so he stopped, turned around, and prepared to introduce these new salts to Matsudaira Gennai slowly.

However—I don’t know if Matsudaira Genuai didn’t notice that Inoue had stopped in front of him, or because Inoue’s footsteps stopped too suddenly, or for some other reason, in short—Inoue had already stopped, but Matsudaira Gennai is still making great strides forward.

This led to - Inoue crashed heavily into Matsudaira Genuai's arms.

The blood on Inoue's face faded away instantly.

"My lord! I'm so sorry!"

Inoue took 2 steps back in a panic, then knelt down on the ground, apologizing loudly with the highest volume he could achieve.

"My lord! I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm so... Goo!"

Before Inoue finished speaking, Matsudaira Gennai forcibly stopped Inoue's words...

The only attendants that Matsudaira Gennai brought into the warehouse were Qiyuan, who served as the guard, and Xiao Xing, who was in charge of holding the knife for Matsudaira Gennai.

When Inoue knelt down to apologize for bumping into Matsudaira Yuannai, Matsudaira Yuannai glanced expressionlessly at Inoue who was kneeling on the ground.

Then he directly pulled out the knife held by Xiao Xing behind him, and pierced the throat of Inoue who was kneeling on the ground with a sword.

Because Inoue was kneeling on the ground, the back of his neck was completely exposed to Gennai Matsudaira's eyes, so it was suitable for Genuai Matsudaira to swing his sword through his throat.

The sharp point of the sword pierced from the back of Inoue's neck and pierced out from Inoue's throat.

Inoue moved his convulsive hands,

He caressed his neck with the sword stuck in it.

He seemed about to say something.

But what was said were all "cuckoo cluck" sounds with unknown meanings.

Matsudaira Gennai raised his foot, stepped on Inoue's head, and pulled out the sword in one breath.

After throwing the blood-stained sword back to Xiao Xing beside him, Matsudaira Gennai said:

"Be careful when you walk in the future. Don't bump into me again."

Matsudaira Gennai's tone was exactly the same as before.

They are all extremely bland, as if they are not mixed with any emotional color.

To pierce the neck of one's own courtier—to do such a cruel thing, Matsudaira Gennai's tone remained unchanged.

As if just doing a trivial little thing.

Ogata looked at all these scenes in front of his eyes in astonishment.

Things changed so quickly that Ogata didn't even have time to react.

In the last second, Inoue introduced all the details of the salt warehouse to Matsudaira Genuai with enthusiasm and a little nervous attitude.

In the next second, Inoue accidentally bumped into Gennai Matsudaira, and Gennai Matsudaira pierced his throat.

Ogata stared in shock at the scene in front of him, at the well on the ground that had fallen in a pool of blood and was no longer moving.

Gennai Matsudaira turned around slowly and looked at Ogata and the others.

The pale colleague next to Ogata was the first to kneel down on the ground.

With one person taking the lead, Ogata and the others quickly followed, kneeling on the ground.

Matsudaira Gennai looked at Ogata and the others who were kneeling on the ground.

"Dirty clothes."

Gennai Matsudaira touched his clothes on his chest which had been hit by Inoue just now, but was not actually stained.

"What a disappointment..."

After that, Matsudaira Gennai led Qiyuan and his surname who was in charge of holding the knife, and strode out of the salt warehouse.

After passing Ogata and the others in Matsudaira Gennai, Ogata and the others hurriedly maintained the posture of kneeling on the ground, and then turned around so that their head, which was almost close to the ground, was always facing Matsudaira Gennai.

It wasn't until Matsudaira Gennai got back on his horse and led his group of attendants away from the gate of the salt warehouse that no one except Ogata finally dared to speak out.

Although Ogata was not as frightened as his colleagues who turned pale and didn't dare to vent their anger, he was also quite frightened by Matsudaira Gennai's brutal actions just now...

"This is..." Ogata looked at the direction Matsudaira Genuai left, "My lord...?"

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Today, the hearts of the treasury officials are very heavy.

A colleague was killed by Gennai Matsuhira for just an insignificant reason - no matter who it is, it will feel heavy...

Because everyone's heart is very heavy, Ogata and his leaders didn't say much to Ogata and the others after today's "Master's Inspection", and directly asked Ogata and the others to disband on the spot and do their own things up.

Seeing that it was still early, Ogata decided to go to Sakakibara Sword Hall to practice swordsmanship.

With a heavy heart, after stepping into the sword gym, Xu conveniently saw several senior brothers who were currently practicing swords in the sword gym.

Among the brothers who are practicing swords, Makino, who has the closest relationship with Ogata, happens to be one of them.

Seeing Ogata coming, Makino immediately greeted Ogata enthusiastically:

"Senior Ogata! You're here... eh? Senior Ogata, why doesn't your complexion seem to be in a good mood? Is your body uncomfortable?"

Makino and Ogata had been together for a long time, and he could tell that Ogata was not in a good mood with just one glance.

Seeing that Makino asked this question, Ogata did not hide anything, and directly told Makino all the things that happened to him today.