I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan

In the wild boar forest, there is silence—it should be like this.

Today's wild boar forest has become noisy because of the arrival of a group of unexpected guests.

Matsudaira Gennai, who had just successfully hunted down a wild dog with a bow and arrow, is now sitting contentedly beside a big rock, while sipping the freshly brewed tea in his hand, casually following Qiyuan, who was kneeling beside him. said:

"Qiyuan, yesterday's contest between the couple was really interesting. I haven't seen such an interesting contest for a long time."

As soon as Matsudaira Gennai's voice fell, Qiyuan immediately echoed:

"Yes! Yesterday's contest was really exciting!"

Yesterday, their colleagues from the Hirose Clan caught a couple who made a living by stealing.

Matsudaira Gennai was overjoyed after learning the news.

Because he is short of new "toys".

Overjoyed, Matsudaira Gennei hurriedly summoned the couple who had already been imprisoned into the city, and then brought them into his "contest field" to let the couple play his favorite "contest game".

Matsudaira Gennai was quite satisfied with the "martial arts competition" held by the couple yesterday.

At the beginning of the "martial arts competition", the wife kept crying, expressing that she couldn't do it.

The husband was moved by his wife's tears, so he threw away the knife in his hand and opened his arms, expressing that he would let his wife take his life.

Then... before the husband finished speaking, the wife immediately stabbed her husband into a hedgehog with joy...

Matsudaira Gennai likes this kind of dramatic "martial arts contest" the most. Until now, he is still reminiscing about the beauty of yesterday's "martial arts contest".

Around Matsudaira Gennai, there are currently only 4 surnames and 3 guards headed by Qiyuan.

The rest of the guards scattered in all directions, watching out for any thieves or wild animals approaching in all directions.

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...

"what……"

A warrior with a beard yawned big, and then said to a fellow with a short beard standing next to him:

"It's so boring, how long have we been standing here?"

This bearded warrior, as well as this short bearded warrior, are one of the many guards in Matsudaira Gennai.

After resting in Matsudaira Gennai, the two of them spread out with other partners, guarding all directions.

The position that the two of them are responsible for guarding is a certain corner in the northwest of Songpingyuan.

After listening to the bearded complaint, the short-bearded warrior smiled wryly, and said:

"There should be 2 sticks of incense..."

As soon as the short beard finished speaking, the bearded man let out a long sigh:

"I don't understand... what is there to be on guard against? It's impossible for wild beasts to approach a place with so many people. There is no need to guard against wild beasts."

"We mainly guard against assassins," Short Beard said.

"Assassin?" The bearded man twitched his mouth and sneered, "Who has the ability to assassinate a daimyo who is protected by hundreds of warriors?"

"That's right." After finishing speaking, Duan Xu adjusted his standing posture, shifting his center of gravity from his left leg to his right leg, so that his left leg, which had been bearing the weight of his whole body, could rest, and then continued:

"But—there's always an 'what if' in the world, isn't there?"

"Stop talking nonsense, take good precautions, if Master Qiyuan finds out that you are not taking precautions seriously, you will never be spared."

After hearing Duanxu say the word "Master Qiyuan", the bearded shoulders shrank, and a few traces of fear appeared on his face.

"Cut..." The bearded man said in a tone full of dissatisfaction, "I hate that guy Qiyuan the most... That guy is like a heartless puppet, let the master play... To be honest, Qiyuan's look It's really scary to look like you don't have your own consciousness and let the protagonist manipulate you..."

"Is there anything wrong with this?" Short Beard said lightly,

"As warriors, don't we have to serve our lord wholeheartedly?"

"It's true to say so, but... well, forget it, let's not talk about this. I'm going to take a pee, and I'll be back soon."

"Well, hurry up and go back, if Lord Qiyuan finds out that you have left your post without permission and went to pee, maybe he will kill you with a sword."

"I know, I'll urinate quickly."

It is convenient for the beard to go to a big tree not far away.

The short beard continued to hold the samurai sword at his waist, looking around.

Because of the convenience of the beard, the roots of the ears with short beards were cleaned up.

Just when the short beard was intoxicated by the long-lost tranquility, he suddenly heard a strange voice from the bearded man.

"Brother...?" The short beard turned his head and cast a puzzled look at the bearded man, "What's wrong with you?"

The bearded man who was supposed to be facing the tree trunk and urinating standing up fell to his knees on the ground with his forehead firmly pressed against the tree trunk.

"Brother? Brother?" The short beard called several times in a row, but he failed to get any response from the bearded beard.

The short beard with an ominous feeling in his heart walked slowly towards the bearded beard.

After coming to the side of the bearded man, the eyes of the short-bearded man opened wide in horror!

The bearded man lying on the ground had his neck artery cut open.

Big streams of blood were gushing out from his open wound, and soon stained all the clothes below the bearded neck red.

Anyone with a little bit of common sense can see that the bearded beard is dead now, and even if he still has a breath, he is not far from death.

The bearded man whose throat was cut to death, his eyes are still open.

The bearded eyes, which had lost their luster, still showed a bit of fear and confusion.

Looking at the bearded man who died in such a tragic and unrepentant manner, Short Beard immediately felt his legs go limp and almost fell to the ground.

However, Duanxu was a warrior after all, so he reacted quickly and stabilized his body that was about to fall limply to the ground.

"Have……"

Duanxu immediately opened his mouth and shouted loudly.

However... Before the short beard could say "there is a situation!", he felt an extremely powerful hand stretched out from behind him, and tightly covered his mouth, preventing him from uttering any words. sound.

Afterwards, Short Beard felt a sharp blade close to his neck, and then slashed suddenly...

After feeling a sharp object across his neck, Duanxu immediately felt severe pain from the place where he was struck by the sharp object just now!

Although because of the angle of view, he couldn't see the condition of his neck.

But Duanxu is sure that his neck must have been cut open now! Warm blood must also be gushing out from the wound on the neck like a spring!

The strong desire to survive caused an astonishing force to erupt from Duanxu's body, and he began to struggle frantically!

However, the man standing behind the short beard and restraining him was very powerful.

No matter how much the short beard struggled, he couldn't break free from control, let alone make a sound.

After a few seconds, the strength of the short beard gradually weakened.

The look in the pupils also slowly dissipated.

Finally——Hands hang down limply, and the whole person stops struggling.

The person who stood behind Duan Xu and cut his throat, after confirming that Duan Xu was completely dead, he gently laid him flat on the ground.