I Was a Swordsman in Ancient Japan - Chapter 697

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“You know the general topography of Mt. Koya and the location of the main temple? Really?” The quick-tempered Asai exclaimed first.

“My mother and I both believe in Buddhism.”

The color flower replied softly.

“My mother and I often go to the Kongobuji Temple in Koyasan to worship Buddha on weekdays. Therefore, I know more about Koyasan.”

“If you want, I can do my best to draw a map of Koyasan for you.”

“but……”

Having said that, Ishikawa paused.

After a pause, she said word by word:

“I want you to promise me a condition first.”

“My family…was also taken away by the Toyotomi people. The whereabouts are also unknown.”

“If you plan to go to Koya Mountain to find your companions in the future, can you take me with you?”

Isshiki’s tone rose from excitement.

“My family may also be caught in Koyasan.”

“I want to go to Koyasan to find my family!”

As soon as her voice fell, the Huluwu group looked at each other in dismay.

In the end——they focused their eyes on Ogata.

After Ishikika took the initiative to say that she knew about Koyasan just now, Ogata kept looking at Ishiki with surprise.

Looking at Isshiki Hana who said firmly, “I want to go to Koyasan to find a family”, Ogata looked thoughtful.

Just when Ogata was about to say something to Isshiki-

“…I don’t think we should rush to find out the detailed information on Koyasan now.”

Mamiya’s voice sounded suddenly.

I saw him push the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then sighed lightly.

“Let’s plan it out now… let’s talk about our next action plan.”

“I’m going to continue to torture Youemon and that Iga Ninja to get more information.”

“Let’s go to Koya Mountain immediately and find the lord.”

Mamiya’s simple words made the atmosphere around everyone become much more dignified.

“…I think it’s better to continue to torture the left and right guards and the Iga ninja.” Makimura, who has always been rough and subtle, took the lead in a deep voice, “We currently have too little information.”

“There is no certainty even ‘whether the lord is really in Koyasan’.”

“Yaoemon is a confidant of Toyotomi Nobuhide, and he must know a lot of useful information.”

“Although this guy is very hard-mouthed, as long as the torture continues like this, he will always open his mouth.”

“When I was working in Kyoto before, I used waterboarding countless times, and I have never seen anyone who has been waterboarded.”

“I’ve seen people who are tougher than Yoemon, but after being waterboarded for 2 consecutive days, the guy ended up crying like a bitch, ‘I’ll say anything’.”

“It’s safer to get enough information from Yoemon before taking action.”

As soon as Makimura finished speaking, Asai immediately put forward a completely opposite opinion to Makimura:

“no.”

“I don’t think we can spend too much time interrogating Yoemon.”

“The reason why the lord was taken away is still unclear.”

“That bastard, Toyotomi Nobuhide, was able to take away all the money and valuables in the house when he ran away from home, leaving nothing to his family, leaving his grandmother, mother, and sister to starve. A cold-blooded thug who was frozen and never went home once.”

“God knows what he intends to do when he suddenly captures the lord, who is bloodless and tearless.”

“The lord must be rescued as quickly as possible.”

“Then let me ask you—” Makimura frowned slightly, staring at Asai, “If we go to Koya Mountain now, but find that the lord is not in Koya Mountain at all, and we miss it, what should we do?”

“Then I’ll come to ask you too.” Asai stared back at Makimura, not to be outdone, “While we were torturing the left and right guards step by step, the lord suddenly had an accident, what should we do?”

“That…” Shimada, who had the lowest status in Huluwu, silently interjected, “Can I speak?”

Everyone looked at Shimada.

“I think… Makimura-senpai’s words are more reasonable…” Shimada, who dared not look at Asai’s expression, slowly said in a slightly shrinking tone, “It’s better to try to get more information first.”

“At the very least, we have to design an action plan that can not only save the lord, but also save ourselves…”

“Lord Kashimi was right…” Shimada turned his gaze to Fuuma who was not far away, “Mt. Koya is not the Mount Hiei two hundred years ago, but Mt. Koya today is an unquestionable holy place.”

“Two hundred years ago, Oda Nobunaga set fire to Mount Hiei, who did all kinds of evil things except to worship Buddha, and some people applauded.”

“And now, when you trespass on Koyasan, no one will give you good words… The world does not know that the Toyotomi clan who tried to overthrow the Edo shogunate is lurking in Koyasan.”

“If you rush into the Holy Land, you will be infamous forever… and maybe you will be punished by God…”

“Hello. Shimada.” Asai, who was displeased, raised his eyebrows, “God punished? When did you become a Buddhist?”

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“I don’t believe in Buddhism…” Shimada, who was terrified by Asai’s stare, shrank his neck, “I just think that things like gods and Buddhas are more likely to be believed than non-existent. Respect……”

“Qi…boring.” Asai curled his lips, “Shimada, then let me ask you—more than a hundred years ago, when the Edo shogunate expelled all the Chizhidans in the country, why didn’t their gods not see Chizhidans to save them and give them to them? Did the Edo shogunate impose divine punishment?”

“If Gods and Buddhas really existed and had such great ability, there would not be so many tragedies in the world.”

[Note·Chizhidan: The name for Christians in the Warring States Period and Edo period of Japan. After the establishment of the Edo shogunate, in order to maintain the rule, the Edo shogunate expelled all the domestic chizhidan, and strictly prohibited anyone from becoming a chizhidan]

Shimada, who was speechless by Asai’s words, lowered his head silently and stopped speaking.

“…Mamiya.” Asai turned his eyes to Mamiya at this time, “What do you think?”

“…” Mamiya didn’t answer immediately, he pursed his lips in thought.

at this time–

“Then… can I express my opinion?”

A voice that no one thought of, suddenly sounded.

Everyone cast their surprised eyes on Ogata, the owner of the voice just now.

…

…

Koyasan, somewhere—

“Snoring…snoring…snoring…”

Hasegawa, who was sleeping against the stone wall behind him, purred very loudly.

The conditions of the prison that Toyotomi Nobuhide provided for Hasegawa were quite good. They didn’t have to worry about eating and drinking, the food was still delicious, and they could sleep on tatami mats.

Everything is fine except no freedom.

Because there is nothing to do and no recreational activities to pass the time, Hasegawa can only pass the time by “eating” and “sleeping” in addition to eating and sleeping these days.

The place where Toyotomi Nobuhide detained Hasegawa was a cell with no windows and no sunlight.

At the beginning, Hasegawa was able to calculate the number of days he was captured by Toyotomi Nobuhide and detained here based on the time he was sleepy.

However, due to sleeping too much in recent days, Hasegawa’s biological clock has been slightly disordered, making Hasegawa no longer able to judge the current time based on when he is sleepy.

At this moment, while Hasegawa is sleeping soundly right now——

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa…

There was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the cell.

Too many and too dense footsteps made up a strange sound of “crashing”.

Hasegawa, who was awakened by the sound of footsteps, quickly opened his eyes, then threw himself on the fence in front of him and looked out.

While looking out, he secretly said in his heart:

– What time is it now…

——Is that Toyotomi Nobuhide here…

Hasegawa gritted his teeth with resentment when he mentioned the name “Toyotomi Nobuhide”.

Since the first meeting with Toyotomi Nobuhide, he has never seen this strange young man again.

Toyotomi Nobuhide told him beforehand: The reason why he was arrested was because he saw his talent and planned to bring him under Toyotomi’s command.

As a result, after meeting Hasegawa once, Toyotomi Nobuhide never came to this cell again, nor did he send anyone else to make contact with Hasegawa.

Just kept Hasegawa locked up, keeping Hasegawa in a cell like a pet.

This made Hasegawa feel puzzled.

Because in his perception, when trying to bring someone under his command, shouldn’t it be to send a large number of lobbyists to lobby?

Toyotomi Nobuhide kept him here, and he didn’t send anyone to lobby him. What was he going to do?

Hasegawa would rather see Toyotomi Nobuhide sending a large number of people to persuade him, rather than sleeping in a cell with nothing to do every day like now.

At least the former won’t get bored, and can get some useful information from the lobbyist.

The sound of footsteps outside the cell approached those who were approaching Hasegawa at an extremely fast speed.

After a while, he saw who was coming.

A large group of guards in charge of guarding the prison pushed the three people who were slightly dirty, and pushed the three people into an empty cell in front of Hasegawa with rough movements.

“Be honest! Be gentle with you as long as you are honest!” After the prison guards yelled at the three people, they strode away arrogantly.

After watching the jailers leave and confirming that all the jailers had left, Hasegawa turned his attention back to the three new “companions”.

Of the three, two were male and one female. One of the men was quite old, he looked at least 60 years old, his hair was gray, and the three men were not in a good state of mind, especially the old man, who looked extremely haggard.

These days, Hasegawa has been living alone in a cell, with no one to talk to.

The long-lost desire to chat with people and the eagerness to use the mouths of those three people to know the situation outside made Hasegawa impatiently lower his voice and said quickly to the three people:

“Hello. What’s your name? How did you get locked in?”

The old man among the three raised his eyes and cast a suspicious look at Hasegawa.

“You are?” he asked.

“My name is Hasegawa Heizang.” Hasegawa responded, “It has been a long time since I was caught here.”

“Hasegawa… Pingzo…?” The old man and the man and woman beside him slowly widened their eyes in shock, “You are that ‘Guiping’?”

“Yeah. I’m the ‘Guihei’.” Hasegawa smiled wryly, “I’m really ashamed to say it… My dignified ‘Guihei’ even became a prisoner one day… What are the names of the three of you? What were you arrested for?”

“The old man’s name is Yi Se Zhi Zhou.” The old man pointed to the man and the woman beside him, “This is a dog: Yi Shi is like water, this is my daughter-in-law: Yi Shi is real.”

“We run a sword shop in Osaka.”

“As for why he was caught…”

Zhi Zhou fell silent.

“I’m sorry… can this be omitted?”

“…Of course.” Hasegawa pondered for a moment, then nodded, “Then before you were arrested, did something happen outside?”

“This… we don’t know…” Zhi Zhou shook his head, “The three of us have been locked in a dim little room before.”

“Probably… Yesterday? Because the sun has never been seen, I don’t know when it is. In short, not long ago, the three of us were put on hoods and put on a carriage.”

“When I opened my eyes again, I was already here.”

“I was imprisoned in a dimly lit small room before? Was it imprisoned in a small room in Osaka?” Hasegawa pressed.

“should be.”

“Do you remember how long you’ve been in the carriage?”

“I don’t remember that…but there should be one or two hours…”

——1 or 2 hours… In other words, I am now locked in a place 1 or 2 hours away from Osaka by car…

Hasegawa silently digested the important information he had just received from Isshiki Naoshu.

“Then do you remember how many horses were pulling the carriage in the carriage you were in?”

Hasegawa asked a new question to Isshiki Naozhou.

However, Isshiki Zhizhou hadn’t had time to respond to his question——

clap, clap…

At the end of the corridor outside the cell, footsteps were heard again.

This time, the sound of footsteps is no longer a big clatter.

From the sound, there were only two people coming.

Hearing these two footsteps, Hasegawa hurriedly closed his mouth, then raised his hand to signal Isshiki Zhizhou not to speak.

Hasegawa pressed his face against the fence of the cell again and looked out of the cell following the sound.

The footsteps were quick.

After a while, Hasegawa saw who was coming.

After seeing the appearance of the visitor, Hasegawa’s pupils shrank slightly uncontrollably:

“Toyotomi Nobuhide?!”

“Yeah, it’s been a long time. Mr. Hasegawa. I’m relieved to see that you’re still so energetic.”

Some Toyotomi Nobuhide, who hadn’t seen him for a long time, was still the same – wearing a knife with a purple handle on his waist, a faint smile on his face, and the dress and temperament of a graceful young man.

Behind him, followed by a bald monk that Hasegawa had never seen before.

The bald-headed monk was quite old, he should be over 60 years old, and he had quite a few lines and wrinkles around the corners of his eyes. He was wearing a cassock and followed Toyotomi Nobuhide step by step.

“Sorry, Mr. Hasegawa.” Toyotomi Nobuhide walked quickly to Hasegawa’s cell and bowed apologetically to Hasegawa, “I’ve been too busy these days, there are so many I’ll go to I’m worried about things, so I greet you for a long time.”

“Stop talking about these things.” Hasegawa lowered his voice and said solemnly, “How are my subordinates now?”

At first, Hasegawa was comatose with his subordinates, and Hasegawa still doesn’t know where his subordinates are now locked up.

“Don’t worry.” The smiling Toyotomi Nobuhide showed his beautiful white teeth towards Hasegawa, “Your subordinates are now eating well, drinking well, and living well.”

“Did I tell you? My goal is to take you under my command. I won’t do anything too rude to you and your subordinates.”

After hearing Toyotomi Nobuhide’s remarks just now, Hasegawa’s originally gloomy face became a little better.

“…What are you doing here?” Hasegawa asked tentatively while glancing at Toyotomi Nobuhide in front of him, “Are you here to persuade me to betray Tokugawa and join Toyotomi, as I did before?”

“No no no.” Toyotomi Nobuhide shook his head gracefully, “If possible, I really want to talk to you more now.”

“But time doesn’t allow me to do that.”

“I’m still in a hurry to see my lovely sister whom I haven’t seen for a long time.”

“I came here this time just to see you, who I haven’t seen in a long time, to see how you are doing now.”

“Sister?” Hasegawa first frowned slightly, then sneered, “There are more people with direct lineage of the Toyotomi family than I thought.”

“The only people who have the direct line of the Toyotomi family are me, my sister, and my uncle.” After a smile, Toyotomi Nobuhide saluted Hasegawa again, “I can rest assured that you are in good spirits. already.”

“Then – please allow me to retire first, and I will come later when I have time.”

After all, Toyotomi Nobuhide turned around to leave~www.mtlnovel.com~ But just as he turned around, he noticed Isshiki Naozhou and the others who were now living in the cell in front of Hasegawa.

Toyotomi Nobuhide was stunned for a while, then lowered his voice and asked the old monk with a volume that only he and the old monk behind him could hear clearly:

“Master, who are those three people?”

“Ishiki is straight around, like water, and solid in the Osaka Isshiki Sword Museum.” The old monk responded with a volume that only he and Toyotomi Nobuhide could hear clearly, “Master Toyotomi, have you forgotten? You ordered a few days ago to The three of them brought them to Koyasan.”

“Oh.” Toyotomi Nobuhide raised his hand and patted his forehead, showing a shy smile, “I remembered. Are the three of them from the Isshiki family…”

“Master, please help me tell the jailers later and take care of those three people.”

“There are three of them, but they are the spare pillars of the later ‘Edo War’.”

“Just make sure they don’t die before the ‘Edo War’ begins.”

“Yes.” The old monk replied respectfully.

[Note · Human Pillar: In ancient Japan, there was also the evil custom of using living people to sacrifice to gods. This evil custom is collectively referred to as “personal offerings” in Japan. The Human Pillar is a type of personal offering.

When building a house or building a bridge, bury a living person under the foundation or pier. The ancient Japanese believed that as long as this was done, the house and bridge would not collapse. These poor people who are used as “pillars” are called “person pillars”.

Until the Edo period, the vulgarity of “human pillars” did not end. There are pillars under the Fukushima Bridge built during the Kanaga period in the 17th century. When you travel to the Fukushima Bridge, you can see a sign indicating that there are people under the bridge. Therefore, during archaeology in Japan, a large number of human bones can often be excavated under ancient buildings]