Chapter 583 The wild female ninja appeared! 【6000】
The next day, at noon
At the foot of the mountain where Kanto Village is located
"We finally went down the mountain..." A-Machi, who was holding the grapes, said with emotion as he looked at the flat plain in front of him.
This morning, when Ogata and the others were preparing to go down the mountain, the villagers of Kanto Village pointed out a shortcut to go down the mountain that only people in their village knew.
This shortcut down the mountain is not only much easier to walk, but also takes less time to get to the foot of the mountain. It only took Ogata and the others one morning to leave the mountain where Kanto Village is located and set foot on the plain again.
Ogata raised his hand and stroked the mane of the radish next to him, then turned to Lin Ziping beside him and asked:
"Mr. Lin, do you really plan to stay in Ezo and not consider returning to Japan with us?"
"Yes." Lin Ziping replied without hesitation, "Well, I plan to continue going north to continue further research and survey and map the topography of Ezo."
Last night, after finishing the conversation with Xuanzhi and returning to Xuanzhi's clinic where they were staying, Oconi informed Lin Ziping of their next plan to return to Japan.
Although Lin Ziping has an eccentric temperament, he is also a person who knows what to ask and what not to ask.
He did not ask what Ogata and Xuan Nao had talked about, nor why Ogata suddenly wanted to return to Japan. He only nodded lightly and said "I understand."
As early as last night, Ogata had asked Lin Ziping if he wanted to go back to Japan with them, but Lin Ziping said he "would continue to stay in Ezo to do research" and refused.
"That's it..." Seeing that his invitation again was rejected, he showed a look of regret on his face, "It seems that we really have to part ways."
"I will continue to go north, and you two will go south." Lin Ziping smiled, "We are truly going our separate ways."
"Mr. Lin, you will be traveling alone next time, so please pay attention to your safety." A-Machi reminded him sincerely.
"Hahaha." Lin Ziping laughed loudly, "Don't worry. When I was Ogata-kun's age, I had already traveled around alone to study. I am very experienced in 'traveling alone'."
But the problem is that you were treated as a spy a while ago and were arrested and imprisoned by the people of the Red Moon Fortress...
Ogata complained secretly in his heart. In order to save Lin Ziping's face, Ogata did not say this complaint out loud.
"Then again, do you remember the way back?" Lin Ziping asked at this time.
Ogata nodded: "When I left Red Moon Fortress and came to Kanto Village, I always took notes and drawings, so returning to Japan is not a problem."
When he followed Lin Ziping to leave the Red Moon Fortress and went north to look for Kanto Village, Ogata had always made drawings and memorized the route. In addition, Ogata had always been a person with a strong sense of direction and memory, and he still remembered where he had walked when he came here.
Which road, so it is not difficult for Ogata to retrace his steps and return to Japan.
"That's good." Lin Ziping nodded and asked a new question, "Then when you return to Matsumae Clan, is there a way to return to Japan by boat?"
"Well... not really." Atachi grabbed the hair on his temples and continued, "After returning to Matsumae Domain, we can only take one step at a time to see if there is any way to get on a ship back to Japan.
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"In that case... before I leave, let me do you one last favor."
"Do you know about the stowaway boats that help people smuggle people between Japan and Ezo?"
Ogata and Atachi both shook their heads in confusion. This was the first time they had heard of it.
"It is very troublesome to take a boat back to Japan or go to Ezo by legitimate means."
"And you also know that there are always some people who are inconvenient to travel by boat between mainland Japan and Ezo in a legitimate manner."
"So the 'smuggling boat' came into being."
"When you arrive at Matsumae Castle of the Matsumae Domain, you go find a general store called 'Sadaeya'."
"On the surface, that grocery store is an ordinary store selling groceries, but in fact the main 'product' they sell is to assist people in smuggling."
"When you get to Dingjiangwu, you just tell the person at the counter, 'A piece of reed is going to cross the sea.'"
"This is their secret code. As long as you tell this secret code, they will start to help you arrange smuggling."
"By the way, when I came to Ezo this time, I took the stowaway boat of Sadaeya."
"Sadaeya...'A piece of reed wants to cross the sea'..." Ogata chewed on the name of the store and these words over and over again, keeping them in mind, "Thank you, Mr. Lin. This is very useful to us."
Ogata thanked Lin Ziping sincerely.
"You're welcome, it's just a small favor that's not worth mentioning."
After saying that, Lin Ziping paused, then put on a somewhat regretful expression, and sighed softly:
"Although I haven't spent much time with you, the time I was able to travel with the famous executioner Ittousai, whom I have always respected, is a very rare and valuable experience in my life."
"I've done everything I can do for you."
"Next, I can only wish you good luck in martial arts."
"Yes." Ogata nodded vigorously, "I also wish you can complete your research on Ezo Land as soon as possible."
"Ah, by the way." Lin Ziping said suddenly, "Ogata-kun, before we say goodbye, can you do me a small favor?"
"A small favor? Please tell me."
"I don't remember if I told you this before." Lin Ziping raised his hand and touched his scalp that was bare due to his Tsukiyo haircut. "I plan to write a new book."
"The content of this new book is mainly to introduce how important 'enhancing coastal defense' is for Japan as a maritime country."
"I have already written most of the content of this book. I will publish this book after I successfully complete the topographic survey of Ezo and return to Japan."
"But I don't know what better title to give."
"I've never been a good person with names."
"As for the title of the book, Ogata-kun, can you give me some suggestions?"
"Any suggestions for book titles..." Ogata pondered for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "I'm not a very good person at naming..."
"If possible, I would like to think of a title that can sum up the content of this book concisely and concisely." Lin Ziping said.
"If your book introduces the importance of improving coastal defense... then you can't give it a fancy name. After all, it is a book with very serious content..." Ogata pondered again, "Then... "Sea Country"
How about "War Talk"?"
""Hai Guo Bing Tan"?" Lin Ziping raised his eyebrows.
"It perfectly meets your requirements." Ogata said in a joking tone, "It summarizes the content of your book in a concise and concise manner, and the name is not fancy."
"...It is indeed a pretty good name." Lin Ziping pondered for a while and then grinned, "Ogata-kun, thank you for your suggestion!"
"I will give priority to using your name as the title of my book in the future!"
Speaking of this, Lin Ziping changed into a joking tone.
"If I decide to use your book title in the future, I will consider adding a sentence of thanks to you in the book, 'Thank you Ogata Issei for your contribution to the birth of this book.'"
"I suggest you don't do that." Ogata also changed to a joking tone, "If you add this sentence to that book, not only will your book be gone, but your whole person will be gone too.
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Ogata and Omachi rode on Radish and Grape and headed towards the south.
Lin Ziping stood there, watching the two of them leave.
After the two figures were about to disappear from his sight, Lin Ziping looked thoughtful: "The Battle of the Sea..."
Lin Ziping slowly took out the paper and pen he carried with him.
In order to facilitate writing at any time, the bristles of Lin Ziping's pen are soaked in ink. When it is time to use it, just dip it in some water and you can start writing.
Lin Ziping smeared the tip of the brush on his tongue, moistened the ink on the tip with saliva, spread out the paper, and wrote the four large characters "Hai Guo Bing Tan" on the paper.
Looking at the four big characters he just wrote, Lin Ziping nodded gently, with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Afterwards, Lin Ziping put away his pen and paper, packed his luggage, and headed north, in the completely opposite direction to Ogata and A-Machi.
One goes north and one goes south.
They have all embarked on their own journeys.
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"Are we finally going back to Japan..." Amachi, who was walking side by side with Ogata, said with emotion, "The long journey of 'searching for Xuanzheng, Xuanzhen' has finally come to an end..."
Speaking of this, Amachi suddenly seemed to have remembered something, turned his head and asked Ogata:
"By the way, Ayi. When you asked me for paper and pen last night, didn't you say you wanted to leave something to Xuanzhi? What did you leave for him?"
"One thing... that may be useful to him in the future." Ogata sighed softly, "Before leaving, I quietly asked the mayor of Kanto Village to help me give that thing to him.
Xuanzhi, I don’t know if he has seen the thing I left for him now..."
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Kantuo Village, Xuanzhi’s home
"Hirachiyo, this is for you."
"Village Chief, what is this?" Xuan Zhi looked at the neatly folded piece of paper handed to him by the village chief with confusion on his face.
"It was Kazuto named Majima Goro who asked me to give it to you before he left." The village chief said, "It seems to be a letter. But don't worry, I didn't read the contents."
"Thank you..." Xuanzhi slowly took the letter.
"Hirachiyo..." After handing this letter to Xuanzhi, the village chief looked at him with complicated eyes, "Will you... change back to Hirachiyo now?"
It has never been a secret in Kanto Village that there are two people living in Xuanzhi's body.
When Xuanzhi first came to Kanto Village, due to his first split in personality, he frequently switched back and forth between Xuanzhi and Pingchiyo.
At first, many villagers disliked Xuanzhi who was mentally ill and suggested that Xuanzhi be driven out of the village.
However, a sudden incident became an opportunity for the villagers to change their views on Xuanzhi. A little girl in the village accidentally fell down a hillside while playing and was seriously injured.
There was no doctor in the village, and when everyone was at their wits' end, it was Xuan Zhi, who was still mentally unstable at that time, who stepped forward and rescued the little girl.
From then on, the villagers began to change their view of Xuanzhi and finally slowly accepted him.
And Xuanzhi's main personality gradually stabilized and became "Taira Chiyo".
Now, all the villagers keep Xuan Zhi's secret from outsiders and protect Xuan Zhi, while treating Xuan Zhi as one of their own.
The village chief of Kanto Village is one of the people who has the best relationship with Xuanzhi, so as early as last night, the village chief had discovered that this person was no longer the Hirachiyo he was more familiar with.
"...Village Chief." A big smile slowly bloomed on Xuanzhi's haggard, dull face, "I don't know when I will turn back to Heirachiyo. After all, I have no way to control this kind of...
The transformation of 'identity'."
"It's possible that it will change back later."
"It may also take a long time to change back."
"But whether I change back to Hei Chiyo or not, I still have all of Hei Chiyo's memories and all my feelings for you."
"I will always be that Hirachiyo."
"...That's it..." The village chief slowly showed a smile filled with relief and joy, "Then we will always call you Hei Chiyo, is that okay?"
"Of course." Xuanzhi said without hesitation.
"Today my son hunted a very fat deer." The village chief said, "You cured my wife's back disease before, but I never had time to thank you properly. Come to my house tonight for a venison pot."
"Okay. I will definitely go."
Having done everything he had to do and said everything he wanted to say, the village chief left Xuanzhi's home with a satisfied look.
After the village chief left, Xuan Nao unfolded the letter that Ogata had entrusted the village chief to give to him.
There were only three sentences written in neat handwriting on the letter.
The first sentence is:
[This is where your junior brother Xuanren lives now]
The second sentence is where Xuanren currently lives, which is the address of the village at the foot of the Huluwu Base Camp Mountain.
As for the third sentence:
[I hope this piece of paper can help you who want to see your loved ones in the future]
Looking at these two simple words written on this piece of paper, Xuan Zhi froze in place as if some magic had been cast on him.
"Woo...Woo...Woo..."
In the originally silent room, the sound of sobbing slowly emerged.
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at this moment
Ezochi, in a valley deep in a mountain
The mist fills the air, making it look like a fairyland. This is what this valley looks like.
If you are someone who knows nothing about hot springs, you may really think that this valley is some kind of fairyland.
But in fact, these "fairy mist" are just mist evaporated from hot springs.
In the deepest part of the valley, there is a large natural hot spring that can accommodate 30 people to soak in it.
"Fairy mist" floats out from this natural hot spring.
There are natural hot springs in the valley, and a large amount of mist steams out: this should have been a beautiful scene.
But the person who is soaking in this hot spring has "tarnished" this beautiful scene.
At this moment, in this natural hot spring, an extremely fat man was soaking in it.
This strong man looks very ugly.
With dark skin and a plump figure, this strong man's belly is as big as that of a pregnant woman. Because he is so fat, his chin has three layers.
She has long, curly hair that reaches her shoulders. The hair is extremely thick. The chest hair on her chest and the beard on her chin and cheeks are so thick that you can even see the skin underneath the hair.
Be it eyes or ears, any part of the facial features is ordinary when taken out, but when combined, a strange chemical reaction occurs, making the entire face look extremely ugly.
In a word, this ugly man is so ugly that people dare not look at his face for fear of contaminating their eyes.
This ugly man just leaned on the corner of the hot spring with his eyes closed, enjoying the natural hot spring.
Just because such an ugly man appeared here, the originally picturesque scenery was tarnished. It was like a big ball of mud falling on the beautiful silk and satin.
"Lord Yitong! Lord Yitong!"
While the ugly man was enjoying the hot spring in silence, a young man whose ugliness could compete with him ran quickly to the side of the ugly man, and then leaned towards the ugly man.
The ugly man said something.
After the young man's whispers fell, the ugly man's closed eyes suddenly opened, and a light of surprise bloomed in his eyes:
"Are they really coming?"
The young man nodded vigorously.
"Invite them all in quickly!"
The ugly man stood up from the hot spring while shouting loudly.
"Come here! Hurry up and bring me a change of clothes!"
As soon as the ugly man finished speaking, several guards who had been guarding not far away immediately rushed to the hot spring pool with a set of the ugly man's clean clothes.
With the help of the guards, the ugly man quickly stuffed his fat body into his clothes, and then walked quickly toward the southwest of the natural hot spring.
To the southwest of the natural hot spring, there is a huge cave.
As soon as he stepped into the cave, the ugly man saw a group of people sitting in the center of the cave.
The leader of this group of people is a handsome man with extremely handsome appearance.
After seeing Yitong, this handsome man slowly showed a gentle smile: "Master Yitong, long time no see."
"Hahahaha!" The ugly man known as "Antong" opened his arms and posed as if he wanted to embrace someone, laughing loudly, "Mr. Miyabe! It's been a long time!"
Miyabe...that is, this handsome man, his appearance is in great contrast with that of Yitong.
If Yitong is so ugly that people can't bear to look at him, then Miyabe is so handsome that people can't look away.
He has exquisite facial features and fair skin. The only shortcoming is probably that he has a hairstyle that was not popular in this era: he did not shave his head, but only combed his long hair into a high ponytail on the back of his head.
If he had the most popular and trendy hairstyle in this era, he would definitely become a killer of women of all ages when walking on the street.
After Yitong appeared, Miyabu took the initiative to greet him, and then gracefully performed a standard bow that could not be faulted.
And Yitong also exchanged a very awkward gesture.
"Miyabe-sama!" Yitong asked Miyabe impatiently, "Why are you here suddenly? Where is Mr. Kinoshita? Is Mr. Kinoshita here?"
"Kinoshita-sama didn't come." Miyabe smiled slightly, "We were ordered by Kinoshita-sama to come to say hello to Yitong-sama and give him gifts."
"Say hello and send gifts?" Yitong looked confused.
"Kinoshita-sama, he has never forgotten the friendly cooperation with Yitong-sama before." Miyabe said slowly with a smile on his face, "Kinoshita-sama, he has told us more than once in public and privately: Yitong-sama
One of the best partners he's ever had."
"Although due to various reasons, we have left Ezo and cannot cooperate with you anymore, Kinoshita-sama has still not forgotten you."
"Kinoshita-sama knows that at this time of year, you will take a boat to Ezo to enjoy the hot springs."
"That's why I was specially sent to give you, this old friend, my long-lost greetings and gifts."
After saying that, Miyabu winked at the subordinates behind him.
After receiving the look from Miyabe, the subordinates who had formed a tight square formation immediately moved quickly and methodically, and four people carried up two large boxes.
After the four people brought the big box up, they opened it.
The cave, which was originally a bit dark due to the dim light, immediately became brighter. These two large boxes were filled with gold.
Yitong has been a pirate for so long, so he is extremely sensitive to things like money.
He quickly calculated the total amount of 3,000 taels of gold in these two big boxes with just one glance.
Yitong smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.
"Hey!" Yi Tong shouted to his subordinates behind him, "Prepare the most luxurious meal tonight! Entertain the guests!"
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Ezochi, somewhere
"Ouch!"
A wild dog howled loudly and then pounced on a man in black robes in front of him.
This wild dog was extremely thin. When it pounced on the man in black robes, saliva kept dripping from his mouth. It must be very hungry.
Its four claws alternately grasp the ground quickly, like a gust of wind.
However, just when it was only a few steps away from the man in black robe, and when it almost hit the man in black robe, the black robe on the man in black robe shook violently.
Three shurikens flew out from the black robe, one missed, and the other two hit the wild dog's head and neck respectively.
"Woo..." The wild dog whimpered and fell to the ground.
"Hmph!" A proud voice came from under the black robe, "How is it? Are the shurikens shot by the kunoichi delicious?!"
Gu Gu Gu Gu...
As soon as the man in black robe finished these powerful words, a "coo" sound sounded very suddenly.
"Ugh...I'm so hungry..."
Plop.
The man in black robe was so hungry that he fell to the ground.
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Today’s chapter is 6,000 words long, and the content is so full that I need a monthly vote after a long absence!
If you forget who Antong is, the author will remind you: he is the pirate who specializes in human trafficking mentioned in the previous chapters.
PS: "Hai Guo Bing Tan" is a book that actually existed in reality. According to historical facts, "Hai Guo Bing Tan" was published in the third year of Kanzheng (1791).
If you want to know more about this book, you can go to Station B and search for "Zhang Zhaozhong and Lin Ziping". The famous bureau leader introduced this book and Lin Ziping.