Is Osaka originally such a small city?

Ogata couldn't remember how many times he had expressed such emotion.

Standing in front of Ogata was undoubtedly Isshikika, who had just been separated for perhaps less than an hour.

Ogata and Isshikika looked at each other.

Looking at Ogata who was reunited so soon, a faint light of joy first appeared in Isshikika's eyes.

Then...she, who was looking straight at Ogata's face, noticed from the corner of her eye the yellow book Ogata was holding in his hand...

She subconsciously rolled her eyes and looked over there... After she looked closely and saw clearly what Ogata was holding, Isshikika's expression was startled.

The next moment her expression froze, a wisp of red cloud centered on Isshikika's cheeks and quickly spread to most of her face, even her two small ears turned red.

Isshikika is not a young lady who is ignorant of the world. She naturally knows what the thing Ogata is holding is.

Not only did she understand it, she also saw it.

That was when she was 14 years old.

Regarding this memory, Isekika still feels like it was yesterday.

Isshikika is not a person who likes reading very much, but on that ordinary afternoon, she suddenly wanted to read a book to relieve her boredom.

Ru Shui happened to not be at home at that time, so Isshiki Ka went to her father's study without his permission to see if there were any interesting books.

Unlike Isekihana who doesn't like reading, Rushui is a bookworm and has a huge collection of books. In order to make it easier to store his pile of books, Rushui even vacated a utility room in his home and transformed it into a study room.

Isshiki glanced at her father's huge bookshelf from top to bottom.

When her eyes swept to the corner of the bookshelf, Isshiki suddenly made a surprising discovery: In Sima Qian's "Historical Records", which has 12 volumes, there seems to be a thin book sandwiched between volumes 5 and 6.

thing.

What is this? With curiosity, Isshiki took out this thin booklet that was sandwiched in "Historical Records".

This is a book with a yellow cover...

Why is the cover yellow? How strange!

Isshikihua thought this while opening the book.

Isshikika, who was only 14 years old at the time, was fully protected by her parents and did not yet know what yellow paper was.

On that day, she opened the door to a new world.

After only reading two or three pages, Isshiki's face turned red. The 14-year-old girl was of marriageable age in the Edo period. She had already been taught the ways of men and women by her mother at that time, so she did not have trouble understanding pornographic films.

condition of what is written on the paper.

The yellow watch paper collected by Ru Shui is a kind of plot with a slightly heavy plot. It tells the story of a son of a swordsmanship master. With his powerful swordsmanship, he captured the hearts of seven young women in one breath. With his last breath

The story of sleeping with these seven young women.

The plot was so exciting that it was far beyond the psychological endurance of Isshiki Ka, who was still young at the time.

After reading half of it, Isshikihua couldn't stand it anymore, hurriedly stuffed the yellow paper back into its place, and then hurriedly escaped from her father's study.

Later, after some investigation on her own, Isshikika found out that this yellow-covered booklet was called "yellow paper."

For a long time after that, she could not look directly at her father who secretly hid such things in the study.

Every time she saw her father teaching swordsmanship to the disciples in the hall in a serious manner, Isshiki Ka could not help but think of the scene where her father was secretly hiding in the study, showing a sly smile while carefully reading the yellow paper...

Looking at Ogata holding the yellow paper in his hand, Isshikika's expression changed wonderfully, and Ogata's expression changed equally wonderfully.

He looked surprised at first.

Then when Isshikihua's eyes turned to the yellow paper in his hand, the blood on his face hidden under the scarf quickly receded.

Like a conditioned reflex, Ogata quickly closed the yellow paper in his hand.

My brain was working rapidly, thinking about what to say at this moment to break this embarrassing situation.

"Hmm? Xiaohua, do you know this guest officer?" The old man behind the counter looked at Ogata, and then at Isshikihua.

"Forget it, let's consider him an acquaintance." Isshikihua quickly took his eyes away from Ogata and turned his back to Ogata, "Uncle Katsu, can you take me to my mother's place? I want to give her something she forgot.

past."

"Oh! Come with me, your mother and my wife are upstairs!"

"Miss Isshiki!" Ogata said quickly, "Please wait a moment! You must have misunderstood something, I am not looking at anything strange!"

As Ogata spoke, he quickly put the yellow paper in his hand back on the counter.

Ogata doesn't want people he knows to have any strange misunderstandings about him...

Although in this era, it is normal for men to read calligraphy and painting works with this theme, he does not want to leave others with the impression that "a man with the nickname 'Shura' would secretly read erotic books in a bookstore."

impression……

"Misunderstanding?" Isshikika paused and turned her gaze back to Ogata.

"I, I have to give her the things my mother forgot now." Isshikihua glanced at Ogata for a few times, then hurriedly turned away, still stuttering when speaking, "I'll be back in a minute.

"

Ogata, who understood what Isshikika meant for him to wait here for a while, stopped talking and stood still.

Isshikihua quickly held the cloth bag in her hand and followed the old man towards the stairs not far away.

Isshikika didn't keep Ogata waiting for too long.

After a while, this beautiful goose yellow color appeared in front of Ogata's eyes again.

Until now, there is still a faint blush on Isekihua's face.

Ogata was about to explain immediately, but Isshikika took the lead and said:

"Let's go somewhere else. Talking here will affect other people's business."

…

…

Osaka is a city close to the ocean and densely networked with rivers.

A considerable part of the reason why it was able to develop into the first commercial capital in the Edo period was because of the dense river network in the city and the developed transportation.

Canals of varying widths and narrowness can be seen everywhere, with cargo ships transporting goods and small boats ferrying people through the canals.

After following Isshikika out of the bookstore, Oubon was led by her to a secluded river embankment not far from the bookstore that almost no one passed by.

After he and Isshikika both stood on the river embankment, Ogata hurriedly tried to quibble with Isshiki...ah, no, he was explaining everything Isshiki had just seen.

"...In short, that's it." Ogata said seriously and conclusively, "I just happened to be forced into a book of yellow paper by that person."

"I didn't want to see this kind of stuff at first, but the old man insisted on stuffing the yellow form into my arms."

"I couldn't resist him, so I picked it up and turned it over."

"It was just a casual glance, and here you are."

Speaking of panic, being able to keep his face straight is one of Ogata's strengths.

He threw all the blame on the old man.

Ogata actually didn't feel that what he just said was not entirely a lie, at least half of it was correct.

He only made small changes in two items: "I actually picked up the yellow form paper immediately and looked through it" and "In fact, I read it carefully for a while."

Isshikika folded her hands in front of her body, stood in front of Ogata with a graceful posture, and listened carefully to Ogata's explanation.

After Ogata's words fell, Isshikihua nodded gently: "So that's it..."

After saying that, a gentle smile bloomed on Yisekhua's face.

"It seems that I did misunderstand you."

"I was really wrong just now. I mistook you for the kind of person who is very serious in front of outsiders, but very dishonest in private."

"That's right. How could a 'Shura' who dared to fight against the tyranny of the shogunate to this day do such a thing as secretly reading yellow paper in a bookstore."

The corners of Ogata's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

In order to cover up his embarrassment, Ogata quickly cleared his throat, and then asked Isshikika:

"Miss Isshiki, do you still know the person from that bookstore? I just saw that you were very familiar with that old man."

"The proprietress of the bookstore is my mother's friend." Isshikihua replied, "My mother happened to be visiting her old friend's house today, but she forgot to bring the gift she wanted to give."

"So I just came to deliver the gift that my mother forgot."

"I didn't expect to see you again like this..."

Isshiki took a long breath.

At this time, Isshikika seemed startled as if she suddenly remembered something.

After the light called "hesitation" flickered in Isshikika's eyes for a few times, Isshikika took a deep breath

"Master Ittousai, please...do you have time now?"
To be continued...