I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

Ogata looked the boy up and down several times.

The teenager's clothes are quite neat.

The body is also quite clean, as if it has just been bathed.

But the look in his eyes made Ogata feel a little nervous.

The boy's eyes...have no expression...

Like a pair of dead man's eyes.

The young man, led by the flying monkey, knelt on the left side of Ogata.

After the boy sat down, Flying Ape took a few steps back and knelt on the boy's right rear side.

"Samurai-sama, it's our first time meeting..." The young man first introduced himself to Ogata, "My name is Rigi..."

After the voice of the boy who called himself Rigi fell, Ogata hurriedly turned his kneeling body to the left, so that his body was facing Rigi.

"Nice meeting. My name is Ogata Itsuki."

"Ogata-kun." Cang Yong said at this time, "Riji was born in an ordinary village called 'Miaozhang' in my domain."

After listening to Kuranaga's supplementary introduction to Rigi, Ogata thought to himself:

——Why did you bring a person with such terrifying eyes to see me for no reason...

As soon as the voice in Ogata's heart fell, Cang Yong added something that made Ogata's heart almost skip a beat:

"Five months ago, Miao Zhang Village ceased to exist."

"...Ah?" Ogata turned his head and cast a surprised look at Cang Yong, "It no longer exists? What happened?"

Cang Yong pursed his lips.

After a pause, he said:

"...Since Lord Zi came to the throne, in order to satisfy his own selfish desires, he has increased taxes indefinitely to various villages in the domain."

"Five months ago, the villagers of Miaozhang Village launched an uprising because they couldn't bear the harsh tax."

"The uprising of the villagers in Miaozhang Village was naturally put out quickly."

"Only 3 days have passed since the uprising was launched and the uprising failed."

"Ogata-kun, you must be very confused right now? You wonder why you have never heard of this uprising."

Ogata's pupils shrank slightly upon hearing Kura's words.

Because what Cang Yong said just now hit Ogata's heart very accurately.

Ogata just now was just wondering why he had never heard of this matter.

"Mr. Ogata, the reason why you haven't heard of this is because we have tried our best to block the news of 'Miaozhang Village Uprising' and 'Miaozhang Village Uprising Failed'."

"There are two reasons that compel us to do this."

"The first reason: because farmers in a certain village in the domain started an uprising because they couldn't bear the harsh taxation—this kind of disgraceful news, naturally, the less people know about it, the better."

"As for the second reason..."

Cang Yong suddenly fell silent.

The hands that were naturally resting on the legs also slowly clenched.

The emotions in his eyes gradually became complicated.

"...The second reason...is because...my lord, he punished the villagers who were captured because of the failure of the uprising...very cruel punishment..."

What Cang Yong said just now seems to have some magical power.

As soon as the voice fell, Riggy had a strange reaction...

Riggy clenched his teeth and clenched his fists, and his body began to tremble slightly.

Li Ji's strength seemed to crush his own teeth and scratch his palms to bleed.

On the other hand, Ogata looked blankly at Kurunaga, and then at Riji.

"... Next." Cang Yong sighed softly, "Let's let Li Ji tell you what the Lord has done to the villagers of Miaozhang Village..."

Ogata looked at Riki.

Rijilian took several deep breaths to calm down his emotions.

Then opened his mouth,

Make a hoarse sound:

"...that dog thief in Matsudaira Gennai...is not a human..."

"He brought everyone in the village... back to his city..."

"The men in the village were taken to a dojo in the city, and the women were taken to other places..."

"That dog thief in Matsudaira Gennai... likes to watch close relatives and close friends kill each other... He euphemistically calls it 'martial arts competition'..."

"That dojo... is where the dog thief watched the fight..."

"The reason why we were brought to that dojo was to see us and our family members and friends killing each other..."

"He gave each of us a knife..."

"Each duel can only survive one person..."

"And my first opponent... is my younger brother...!"

Speaking of this, Li Ji, who could no longer control his emotions, began to roll out big and big tears from his eyes.

"If there is no winner in each duel, then both of them will be killed by that dog thief...!"

"I don't want to kill my brother..."

"But I don't want to die either..."

"So... I finally... pierced my brother's chest with a sword..."

"Then...my second opponent...was my father..."

"My father ran into my knife in order to keep me alive..."

"After that... I continued to kill each other with many friends in the village..."

"I killed my younger brother, my father, and almost all my friends before I finally survived..."

"I really hate...I who killed all my relatives and friends just to survive..."

"But I hate the Matsudaira dog thief who forced us to do such things even more!!"

Reggie jumped at Ogata and grabbed Ogata's right hand tightly.

"Master Samurai! Please help me! Help us!"

"Please help us kill that dog thief Matsudaira Gennai!!"

Riggy's hands gripped Ogata's right hand tightly.

Ogata's right hand could clearly feel the strength of Rigi's hands, the tremor of excitement and anger, and...the boundless hatred hidden in Rigi's body...

Compared with Riji's tearful request, what makes Ogata feel more uneasy is Riji's tears.

Originally, Riggy's tears were still an ordinary transparent color.

However... as Riji continued to explain his previous experiences, Rigi's tears gradually began to change...

Slowly change from transparent color to light red.

In the end...it became the scarlet color it is now...

Scarlet tears... No, they can't be called tears anymore.

It should be said that blood kept rolling out of Rigi's eye sockets, and then dripped onto the hakama on Ogata's leg...

For Ogata, the drops of blood dripping on Ogata's hakama are like sparks, burning all over Ogata's body, causing large goosebumps to appear uncontrollably on Ogata's skin...

Looking at Li Ji who was bleeding and crying, Cang Yongchang sighed.

"Flying Ape... take Riggy down to rest..."

"Yes……"

Flying Monkey supported Riji who was still howling and left the room.

Ogata stared blankly at the direction Riji left.

I was speechless for a long time.