I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

"My lord." Qiyuan on the side made a relief, "Please be patient, we have reached the castle town now, and we will be able to return to the city soon."

"No." Matsudaira Gennai directly refused without thinking, "I want to drink hot tea now."

As early as before Matsudaira Gennai became the new daimyo of the Hirose Clan, Qiyuan served as Matsudaira Gennai's guard.

Having been with Matsudaira Gennai for such a long time, Qiyuan has long been accustomed to Matsudaira Gennai's character of suddenly wanting to eat or drink something.

At the same time, I am also used to Matsudaira Gennai's unreasonable insistence on eating and drinking now.

"...I understand." Qiyuan said, "We will try our best to make hot tea for you as quickly as possible..."

Before Qiyuan finished speaking, Matsudaira Gennai interrupted:

"No. I've found a way to drink hot tea."

While saying this, Matsudaira Gennai cast his gaze somewhere in front of him.

Qiyuan followed Matsudaira Gennai's gaze.

At the end of the line of sight is a sword hall with lights shining outwards.

On the plaque hanging beside the gate of the sword hall, it reads - Sakakibara Sword Hall.

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The residence of Hirose Domain, Kuranaga——

Kuranaga and Ogata walked one after the other in a certain corridor of the mansion.

The entourage, and the flying ape.

Flying Saru followed closely behind Kura Naga, walking a little ahead of Ogata.

Just now, after Kuranaga said, "I'll take you to see how the women in Miaozhang Village have been treated by Matsudaira Gennai", he and Feilu led Ogata out of the room and walked towards the depths of the mansion. go.

Both Cang Yong and Ogata remained silent, and neither of them spoke.

Ogata just silently followed behind Cang Yong.

Although he remained silent on the surface, Ogata was not at peace in his heart.

He is constantly imagining what he might see in the future, imagining how the women in Miaozhang Village have been tortured by Matsudaira Gennai...

Thinking about the horrible scene I might see later, Xu Fang felt goosebumps all over his body...

At this moment, Kurangaga, who was walking in front of Ogata, suddenly asked Ogata behind him:

"Ogata-kun...have you...have you read the "Historical Records" written by Tang Tutai Shigong?"

"Read some..."

Although Ogata didn't understand why Kurunaga asked him this question for no reason, Ogata still answered honestly.

Although Ogata has not read "Historical Records" thoroughly, before coming to this Edo period, Ogata still read several articles in "Historical Records" from Chinese textbooks.

"Then...Mr. Ogata, do you know the human pig...? It is the human pig recorded in the "Historical Records: The Chronicle of Empress Dowager Lu" compiled by Tai Shigong..."

"I have heard a little..."

Hearing this question from Kura Naga, a strong and extremely ominous premonition emerged in Ogata's heart and swelled wildly.

At this time, Cang Yong just stopped in front of a paper sliding door.

Cang Yong looked at the paper sliding door in front of him with a complicated expression, then turned around and looked at Ogata.

"Ogata-kun...you should have guessed something when you heard my question just now..."

"The old master is a person who pays great attention to the cultivation of Sinology."

"When he was still alive, he forced the lord to read all kinds of Chinese books, mainly the Four Books and Five Classics, and the history books of Tang Dynasty."

"However...my lord, when he read these Chinese books, he was not influenced by the words of the sage, nor did he experience any other feelings from the history books."

"On the contrary... I also know something that I shouldn't let him know..."

"My lord, in the process of reading "Historical Records\

,"Inadvertently learned of the existence of human beings..."

"Since then, the lord has developed a strong interest in human beings..."

"And he's only interested in female human pigs. So whenever the lord has a chance, he will turn women who made mistakes into human pigs..."

"The women of Miaozhang Village... no matter they are old or young, they have all been made into human pigs by the lord..."

"and many more!"

Ogata hurriedly raised his hand, motioning for Cang Yong to stop.

"My lord...don't say any more...I can't listen anymore..."

Just listening to what Cang Yong said just now, Ogata felt dizzy, and a strong sense of nausea continued to emerge from Ogata's stomach, making him nauseous...

Looking at Ogata who raised his hand to cover his mouth with a pale face, Cang Yong sighed softly.

"...After the lord got tired of seeing and playing with these poor women, he casually threw them out of the city."

"I really can't bear to let them wait to die in the wild like this."

"So I brought them back to my mansion and adopted them..."

"They are behind this paper sliding door now..."

Cang Yong glanced at the paper sliding door next to him.

"Ogata-kun... If you want to take a look at them, and if you are mentally prepared, just open the door and go in..."

"I won't force you to go in. If you don't want to see it, you don't have to go in..."

Having said that, Cang Yong took half a step back, giving Ogata a path leading to the paper sliding door.

Looking at the paper sliding door in front of him, Ogata could only feel his heart beating wildly at a rare high speed.

The forehead also began to secrete fine cold sweat...

Before coming to the Edo period, Ogata learned about what a human pig is from various channels such as books and the Internet.

Ogata just read the text introduction of the human pig, and Ogata felt his scalp go numb, and he didn't dare to think about it...

To enter or not to enter - Ogata was having a fierce ideological struggle in his mind.

In the end, Ogata made a decision—stretched his hand towards the paper sliding doorknob in front of him.

The paper sliding door was slowly opened by Ogata.

Light flowed through the opened door into the dimly lit room.

Ogata walked into the room slowly, because his eyes were not used to the darkness for a while, he couldn't see the scene in the room clearly in time.

After his eyes gradually got used to the dim environment, Ogata finally saw everything in the room clearly.

In this fairly spacious room, there are beds of futons.

Most of the quilts are unnaturally puffed up, it is obvious - someone is lying in these quilts.

There are 6 maids either squatting next to some quilts, or walking between each quilt.

After seeing Ogata, a stranger, suddenly broke into this room, the six maids immediately cast surprised and wary eyes on Ogata.

When one of the 6 maids was about to question who Ogata was, he saw Kuranaga who followed Ogata into the room.

Kura Naga gestured the maids to keep quiet, so the maids could only resist the urge to ask who Ogata was, and let Ogata scan everything in the house with astonished and shocked eyes.

After scanning everything in the house, a terrifying scene directly locked Ogata's gaze.

On a certain bed not far from Ogata, there is a "person" lying down.

Because this "person" is not covered with a quilt like other people, Ogata can clearly see the appearance of this "person".