Kii area, Kii domain, Ogawa town.

It has been raining here since 5 days ago.

And now, the rainy weather that lasted for many days is finally over.

In the early morning, it was a gray, dark sky with constant raindrops. As it approached noon, the tangled clouds finally gradually dispersed.

In the gaps vacated by the clouds, azure blue like the clear sea was revealed again. The long-lost morning sun shone softly on every house in Dahe Town.

The grass, green trees nearby and the hillsides and fields in the distance were all shining wetly.

Although there is still a lot of water on the road and the road has become muddy due to the water, it is no longer as hard as it was a while ago, which makes the residents of Dahe Town less able to walk when they go out.

bitter.

Ohga Town is just an ordinary castle town of the Kii Domain.

There are not many ordinary towns like this in Japan.

Although Yanagiya has such a literary name, it is actually just an ordinary bathhouse.

Yanagi House exudes the aura of "ordinary" just like this town of Dahe, and it is also an ordinary bathhouse similar to this. Looking at the whole of Japan, there are many ordinary bathhouses.

It's just past noon, which is the busiest time for bathhouse business during the day. There aren't many customers coming to Yanagi House now, and the shopkeeper sitting at the counter is bored and admiring the ukiyo-e he recently bought secretly without telling his wife.

The shop owner has recently become fascinated by the ukiyo-e paintings painted by a painter named "Konraku".

And the ukiyo-e he was looking at now was also a painting by Konraku.

Every painter has his own subject matter that he is good at and not good at.

The subject matter that Konraku is best at...to describe it in more elegant words is "beauty painting", and to use easy-to-understand words it is "spring painting".

The human body painted by Konraku is the best among all the human body paintings the shop owner has seen in his life.

Just a few simple strokes can outline the plumpness of the body.

After just a few glances at Konraku's paintings, Konraku became completely obsessed with them and couldn't extricate himself.

Until now, the store manager has secretly collected several pieces of Konraku's works, which he could only buy because of the store manager's connections.

The works of highly skilled painters, especially those like Konraku who specialize in painting beauties, are always bestsellers.

Kinraku's works have always been priceless and extremely difficult to acquire.

If it weren't for the relevant connections, the store manager really wouldn't be able to buy Kinraku's paintings.

Because if his wife knew that he actually spent so much money to buy such beautiful paintings, disaster would definitely be imminent, so the store manager had been hiding it from his wife and secretly used his own money to collect Konle's paintings.

Just as the store manager was admiring the latest Konraku painting he had purchased, and was getting hot all over from looking at it, he suddenly heard the sound of the bathhouse door being opened in front of him.

The store manager quickly put away the paintings in his hands, then looked up towards the door of the bathhouse.

After casting his gaze at the door of the bathhouse, a look of surprise immediately appeared on the manager's face.

Opening the door of the bathhouse, the guests who appeared at the door were three samurai.

The leader of these three warriors wears a very rare pair of Nanman glasses.

Standing on the left side of this "spectacled warrior" is an extremely tall and strong man, carrying an Odachi sword.

The samurai standing on the right side of this "spectacled samurai" appears to be relatively ordinary. There is nothing noteworthy about him. Although his stature is considered tall, compared with the samurai carrying the large sword, his stature is only

It's pretty unremarkable.

Although these three people have different appearance, they have one thing in common.

That is, their bodies were covered with all kinds of mud, and they looked like they had been trekking in the wild for a long time and had not taken a bath for a long time.

After entering the bathhouse, these three samurai went straight to the store manager.

Before the store manager had time to ask the three samurai anything, the leader wearing glasses said to him bluntly:

"Go tell Zhang San that the people from Huluwu are here."

Hearing the glasses warrior's words, the store manager's pupils shrank uncontrollably.

Who is Jozo? Of course the store manager knows that he is the leader of Yakuza who is entrenched in their town of Ogawa.

The store manager is also one of the many cadres under Zhang San.

This Yanagi House is also one of the many stores owned by Josan.

The store manager is the cadre responsible for managing this bathhouse for Zhang San.

Although I don’t know what “Calabash House” is, the store manager has heard of the name.

A long time ago, the store manager heard from Zhang San that if anyone said that he was from Calabash House, he should report it to the superior immediately.

Therefore, although he was wondering who the three samurai in front of him were, the store manager who remembered Jozo's instructions did not dare to stand up carelessly. After saying "I'll be back as soon as I go," he hurriedly left the counter.

He jumped out from behind and rushed out of the bathhouse.

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After watching the manager of the bathhouse rush out, Ogata turned his head and looked around.

The surrounding air is filled with the vaporous atmosphere unique to bathhouses.

While Ogata was visiting the bathhouse, he asked Mamiya next to him:

"Who is Zhangsan?"

"The local Yakuza leader." Mamiya replied, "He is not small in power, but he is a pretty good person. Although he is a Yakuza, he does not bully ordinary people because of his righteousness, and he also helps those in need from time to time.

He is very loved by the people here because of the common people here.”

"He can be regarded as a veritable Ren Xia."

"Because our Lord is kind to him, whenever someone from Calabash House asks for help, he will do his best to help."

"In fact, he has indeed provided a lot of help to our Calabash House and is one of the few allies of our Calabash House."

As soon as Mamiya finished his introduction, the manager of Yanagi House came back.

He did not come back alone, he was accompanied by a short but very strong middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows after seeing Mamiya and Makimura.

"It turns out it's Mamiya-sama and Makimura-sama."

"Can we help you in any way?"

This middle-aged man said this very directly and without any euphemism.

"Please help prepare clothes suitable for the three of us." Mamiya also directly stated his needs without hesitation, "and help us prepare three horses that can be ridden and dry food that can be eaten on the road."

"And please provide us with a place where we can take a shower."

After remembering these requests made by Mamiya one by one, the middle-aged man nodded gently.

"I understand, I will start preparations immediately."

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Now is the busiest time of the day for the bathhouse.

So the middle-aged man directly rented out the entire willow house for Ogata and the three of them to take a bath.

The layout of Yanagi House is a two-story structure like most bathhouses.

The first floor is a place for receiving guests, bathing, and bathing.

The second floor is for guests to rest and entertain after taking a bath.

The structure of the first floor is also very ordinary. The washing and bathing areas are independent of each other.

After washing your body in a large room, you can take a bath.

Because Makimura took off his clothes slowly, Ogata and Mamiya entered the washing room before Makimura.

After pouring hot water of just the right temperature on his body, Ogata instantly felt like he had come to life.

He almost forgot the last time he took a hot bath.

"This Zhangsan is really powerful."

While Ogata was washing his body, he casually chatted to Mamiya beside him.

"As a Yakuza, can he even get horses?"

Horses were an extremely precious resource in ancient times, especially in ancient Japan.

It was really hard for Ogata to imagine that a Yakuza could get expensive horses, and there were still three of them.

"I just said it, didn't I? Jozo's power is not small." Mamiya responded, "The connection between him and the government is very close, and it is precisely because of this connection with the government that he got the horse."

Things were not difficult for him."

As soon as the conversation between the two ended, Makimura, who had already taken off his clothes and was already naked, strode into the bathroom.
To be continued...