Chapter 627 Ogata (tactical lean back): What is the backstage? (Part 2) 【7400】
Because Miura was no longer looking at A-Machi at this time, he didn't see it - when he just looked away, the corners of A-Machi's mouth twitched:
——Isn’t it just a matter of making a business deal with someone, and then mutually benefiting each other...Isn’t this a great thing?
Miura's bragging just now, Amachi actually heard every word of it.
Regarding Miura's boast just now, Machi's thoughts... To put it simply, it can be said in two words: That's it?
To give a similar example - what A-Machi feels now is probably like hearing a bunch of children bragging about how far they managed to shake their urine today.
When you hear a bunch of kids bragging about their peeing skills in a serious manner, your only thoughts are "That's it" and "Is this something amazing?".
——Have I... stayed with Ayi for too long, so my eyes have become strange without realizing it...?
The corners of A-Machi's lips raised slightly, and he smiled knowingly.
Since meeting Ogata, various "big scenes" have happened one after another.
Conquered Nijo Castle, defeated Shiranui Sato, and routed the 10,000-strong army of the shogunate...
Perhaps before meeting Ogata, Amachi might have been surprised by what Miura said about the big business of earning 3,000 taels of gold and an izakaya in one fell swoop, and thought that the Miura family was very powerful.
but now……
There was no fluctuation in A-Ting's heart, he just felt "That's it?".
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After Miura enjoyed the compliments from his friends for a while, he raised his hand to signal his friends to quiet down.
"Okay, okay, let's have a good chat later. Now let's continue to listen to Miss Chuguang's performance. Miss Chuguang can't play with us making such a noise."
According to the agreement, Chuguang will play 3 pieces of music at the banquet tonight, and he just finished playing the first piece.
After the banquet slowly became quiet under Miura's hand gesture, Hatsumi showed Miura a grateful smile, and then strummed the strings again.
Just as Chuguang strummed the strings again, someone suddenly left the table.
This person's name is Takasugi, and he is a person who prefers drinking to listening to music and chatting.
From now on, whether it was Hatsumi playing or other friends praising Miura, Takasugi kept drinking.
With so much alcohol in his stomach, Takasugi now only felt the urge to urinate.
He was not very interested in music, so even though Hatsuko had started playing again, Takasugi picked up his sword without thinking, quietly left the table, and prepared to go outside to solve his physical problems.
Leaving the table to go to the bathroom or do other things is a common thing, so no one paid much attention to Takasugi's departure.
Everyone only glanced at Takasugi who was leaving the table and then continued to do their own things, either listening carefully to Hatsuko's performance, or pretending to listen carefully, but in reality they were in a daze...
As one of the top luxury teahouses in Osaka, Shoutaya naturally has no shortage of restrooms.
There are not only plenty of restrooms, but they are also extremely clean and don't smell at all.
After settling his physical problems comfortably in the bathroom, Takasugi, who kept belching wine, strode back to the banquet while holding on to the saber at his waist.
——It is really tiring to have two swords on my waist all the time... It seems that I have to spend more time to get used to my new identity of "samurai".
Takasugi let out a "hum" laugh and patted the double swords on his waist.
Takasugi is the son of a wealthy businessman in Osaka who has become prosperous in recent years.
Almost every developed businessman will try to turn his family from a businessman into a samurai family - Takasugi and his friends are no exception.
Half a month ago, Takasugi's family finally succeeded in using the method of "recruiting a samurai as a son-in-law", transforming Takasugi into a son of the samurai family.
Becoming a samurai - this can be considered one of Takasugi's long-cherished wishes. And this long-cherished wish has finally come true.
During this period of time, let alone the saber, Takasugi wanted to fall asleep holding his saber in his arms.
The bathroom was not far from Miura's room. After a while, the door to the room appeared within Takasugi's field of vision.
However, at this moment - an old man dressed very simply appeared in front of him, holding a bucket and a rag in his hand.
Takasugi was not very good at wielding a sword, so the sword on his waist was worn crookedly and looked very unseemly.
The normal way to wear it is that the scabbard should be sticking out directly behind the person.
However, the scabbard of Takasugi's sword is pointed diagonally behind Takasugi... almost straight out to Takasugi's left side.
The old man who was about to pass by Takasugi frowned at this moment - the corridor was not that wide, but with Takasugi's method of sabering, nearly half of the corridor was blocked by Takasugi's scabbard.
Touching the samurai's scabbard was tantamount to provoking the samurai - this was common sense in the Edo period.
In this era, it was taboo to dirty or step over a samurai's sword, and it was also taboo to touch the samurai's scabbard.
"Hey! You touched my scabbard! You're so courageous!" - This kind of words can be easily heard in the streets and alleys in the Edo period.
A few demons are so startled that they even draw their swords and want to fight anyone who touches their scabbard.
People refer to a series of disputes caused by "touching other people's scabbards" as "sheathing".
In order not to cause "sheathing", the old man frowned and pressed his body against the wall next to him, trying his best to stay away from Takasugi's sword.
The old man's plan...maybe half successful.
Judging from the distance between the two, the old man was already walking close to the wall, and it was almost impossible for him to touch Takasugi's scabbard - but he ignored the huge bucket in his hand.
Boom.
As the two passed each other, the old man's bucket and Takasugi's scabbard lightly bumped into each other.
Takasugi immediately turned his head as if on a conditioned reflex and looked at the old man who touched his scabbard.
Seeing that the old man was dressed simply, with a bucket and a rag in his hand, and dressed like a waiter, Takasugi immediately shouted to the old man menacingly:
"Hey, old man, you touched my scabbard."
The old man is not a good-tempered person.
He originally felt that Takasugi, who wore the sword in that ghostly manner, was the bigger problem. The old man, who felt that he had done his best and had done nothing wrong, rebuked without thinking or showing any signs of weakness:
"Young man, since you don't want others to touch your scabbard, then put the knife on me and wear it better."
Gao Shan's eyebrows immediately stood up.
Under the influence of alcohol, Takasugi drew out the knife from his waist without thinking.
"Old man, have you seen this thing in my hand? Do you want to try being 'rudely begged' by a samurai?"
Disrespect - the privilege of samurai to kill civilians on the grounds of "disrespect".
Gao Shan suddenly drew his sword, causing the old man's expression to change and he quickly took two steps back.
Due to his old age, the old man's legs and feet were already weak. When he subconsciously stepped back quickly, he accidentally tripped over his left foot and fell to the ground.
The old man's reaction made Gao Shan very satisfied. After laughing a few times, he sheathed the sword.
"I'll spare you this time, but be more careful next time."
Gao Shan walked away triumphantly, laughing in his heart and saying:
——Finally experienced what it feels like to use a "sheath"!
Takasugi, who had just become a samurai, had long wanted to try what it would feel like to yell at someone, "You touched my scabbard!"
It's a pity that after finally becoming a samurai, Takasugi never had the opportunity to try "sheathing".
Today I finally got what I wanted. I met a man who was dressed simply and seemed quite easy to bully.
Because he just wanted to try yelling at others "You touched my scabbard", he had no intention of doing anything to the old man from the beginning. After scaring the old man, Takasugi was too lazy to talk to him anymore.
Gao Shan was too lazy to talk to the old man anymore, but the old man "never forgot" Gao Shan.
The old man stood up from the ground slowly with a gloomy face, looking at Gao Shan's leaving back.
Until he saw Takasugi opening the door of a room not far away. After entering that room, the old man silently remembered the location of the room, and then left quickly.
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When Takasugi came back, Hatsumi had just finished playing the second piece.
As soon as he sat back down in his seat, he heard someone ask him:
"Takasugi, what's wrong? You look very happy."
The person who asked this question was Miura.
"Nothing." Takasugi smiled at Miura, "I just taught a rude old man a lesson."
Gao Shan briefly and concisely told everyone at the banquet what he had just experienced.
"Awesome." A thin man sitting next to Takasugi patted Takasugi on the shoulder, "I didn't expect that not long after you became a samurai, you already look like a samurai!"
Listening to his friends' praise, Takasugi smiled even more happily.
"...Although Takasugi-kun, you have done nothing wrong in defending the honor of the samurai..." But at this time, someone said in a worried tone, "But this is the Xudaya after all, so it is better to keep a low profile as much as possible to avoid causing any trouble.
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As one of the most luxurious teahouses in Osaka, those who come to Xutianya to spend money are not ordinary people.
"Don't worry. Judging from the old man's appearance, he's probably just a waiter here! There's nothing to be afraid of!" After that, Takasugi waved his hand proudly.
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At this moment, in a room not far from Ogata and the others——
"...I understand the specific reasons." Yukimura nodded solemnly, "Do you want me to help investigate the disappearance in Kansai..."
The tall young man sitting opposite Yukimura nodded: "That's right. Once there are any results, report to us immediately. Remuneration and so on, everything is easy to discuss."
As soon as the young man finished speaking, Yukimura quickly waved his hand: "You don't need any reward for such a small thing!"
"Sir, please feel free to leave this matter to me! Tomorrow... no, I will arrange for people to find clues to the disappearance later!"
The young man nodded: "Then I'll help you."
At this time, a close confidant of Yukimura suddenly walked quickly to Yukimura's side and whispered something into Yukimura's ear.
As soon as the confidant finished speaking, Yukimura's expression changed slightly.
"Sir, please wait here quietly for a moment. I have something urgent and I need to excuse myself for a moment."
"It's okay. If you have anything to do, just go ahead and get busy. Anyway, I've already finished the important things I want to tell you."
After thanking Makimura several times, Yukimura quickly walked out of the room.
As soon as he walked out of the room, Yukimura saw an old man dressed in simple clothes.
"Father-in-law." Yukimura asked the old man urgently, "What happened? Who is so rude to you?"
This old man's name is Kameda Taisuke. Compared with his name, his identity is more resounding - Yukimura's father-in-law.
He is a wealthy businessman in Nagasaki, and he is also a fierce man who takes both black and white like Yukimura. About twenty years ago, he married his daughter to Yukimura and became in-laws with Yukimura.
In recent years, due to his advanced age, Kameda has handed over all the family property to his eldest son.
He originally wanted to retire, but found that he was a restless person.
After staying at home for a few days, he felt uncomfortable all over.
Kameda could no longer get involved in the business that consumed so much brainpower and energy, so in order to pass the boring time, he started doing what he loved most - cleaning.
For some reason, Kameda loved cleaning very much, so he worked as a cleaner in their Kameda family's shop.
Kameda started from scratch and worked hard to build such a family business.
Because of the hardships he suffered, Kameda lived a simple life and always dressed in a very simple manner at all times.
Kameda, who lives in Nagasaki, comes to Osaka regularly every spring to meet his daughter and son-in-law.
As usual this year, Kameda went to Osaka at the beginning of spring and just arrived in Osaka 10 days ago.
After arriving in Osaka and receiving a warm reception from Yukimura, Kameda learned that his son-in-law had recently purchased a luxurious teahouse like Tsudaya.
Kameda’s “spirit of cleaning” immediately ignited.
At such an old age, he has never cleaned a teahouse!
So ever since he came to Osaka, Kameda has been working as a "temporary cleaner" at Xudaya from time to time.
Yukimura also knew about his father-in-law's weird hobby. Out of respect for his father-in-law, Yukimura let Kameda's weird hobby go. Anyway, this hobby was not dangerous and would not bring him any trouble - but he didn't expect that today
Something happened.
"Yogorō." Kameda said slowly to Yukimura in a deep voice, "I was almost chopped down by a rude guy just now."
Kameda informed Yukimura of the series of encounters he had just had in the corridor.
After hearing and understanding the cause and course of the incident, Yukimura snorted coldly: "I can't even wear a sword, but I still have the nerve to scold others..."
Kameda betrothed his precious daughter to him before he had any great achievements. Yukimura has always admired his father-in-law extremely.
His father-in-law was treated so rudely by a stupid young man - he could not turn a blind eye no matter what.
"Father-in-law, you remember which room that boy entered, right? That will be easy..."
Yukimura turned his head and asked the cronies behind him: "Go and check quickly. I want to know who are the people in that room."
The confidant agreed and left quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the confidant returned to Yukimura's side holding a thick book.
"That room was reserved by Taro Miura of Miura House to hold a banquet tonight." The confidant quickly flipped through the thick book.
"Miuraya? It's still a familiar name. Miura Taro is the son of Miura Keemon, right... Hum, in that case, it's easy to handle." Yukimura sneered a few times, "How dare you treat me in my territory?
Father-in-law draws his sword... Father-in-law, don't worry, I will go and personally seek justice for you right away."
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At this time, Chuguang had already played the third song... and also the last song.
After hearing Hatsuko playing the third piece of music, Ogata couldn't help but feel a sense of relief - tonight's mission was finally completed.
After Chu Guang finishes playing the third song, they can leave here.
By then, Ogata and Atachi's "temporary" work will be declared over.
However, at this moment, just before half of Chuguang's third song, the only two doors in the room were opened at the same time.
Then, a dozen people dressed as warriors filed in through the suddenly opened door and entered the room.
The sudden entry of these uninvited guests shocked everyone in the room, and the sound of Chuguang's piano also stopped at this time.
Shibata, who was sitting next to Ogata, subconsciously stood up and stood in front of Hatsuko.
Ogata knelt down and sat calmly, not moving - but as if out of professional inertia, he subconsciously observed the positions of the dozens of samurai who suddenly rushed into the room...
And...in what order should we kill them in order to kill them most efficiently...
Just before completing tonight's mission, something unexpected happened - for some reason, neither Ogata nor Amachi felt surprised or angry about this.
Both of them are quite calm, and both have a feeling of being "used to it" and "unexpected and reasonable"...
"Who are you?! Why did you break into the room where I'm waiting!" Miura stood up with a "hoo" and shouted angrily.
Among all the people at the banquet, Miura had the most background and energy. Miura could be said to be the backbone of their group. Therefore, after Miura stood up and shouted this powerful shout to the uninvited guests,
Everyone in the room, who originally looked panicked, slowly became calmer.
A few people also stood up like Miura and loudly questioned these people who suddenly broke in.
"Are you Taro Miura?" At this time, a faint voice sounded outside the room, "You look quite similar to your father. Don't worry, I won't bother you for too long. After I help my father-in-law get justice, I will
Leave immediately."
As soon as this faint voice fell, Ogata and the others saw an old man and a middle-aged man with a cross scar on his face walking into the room one after another.
After seeing the middle-aged man with the cross scar on his face, Miura... no, it should be said that most of the people in the room, including Hatsumi and Shibata, all changed their expressions.
Especially Miura, the expression change on his face was the most exaggerated. His whole face immediately turned pale as if by magic: "Yuki, Yukimura-sama... you, why are you here?"
Yukimura ignored Miura's question and asked Kameda:
"Father-in-law, please come and identify me. Who is the person who just wanted to chop you with a knife?"
"...That's the guy." Kameda raised his finger and pointed at Takasugi, "He's the guy who obviously didn't wear his sword properly, but instead scolded me for touching his sword and tried to chop me with it.
people."
When Yukimura first entered the room, Takasugi immediately recognized that this person was the famous Yukimura.
Just now, when he saw Yukimura calling "father-in-law" to the old man he had just played with, Takasugi felt a cold air rushing from his heels to Tianling Gai.
He was now so frightened that he was no longer drunk at all, and he did not look as triumphant as he had been after teasing Kameda. After Kameda put down his finger, Takasugi immediately knelt down on the ground in a soil seat position.
"No, I'm very sorry! It was all my fault just now! I didn't wear the knife properly!"
Takasugi apologized in a tearful voice.
Takasugi has forgotten all about the glory and dignity of a warrior.
After Yukimura glanced at Takasugi indifferently, he turned to Kameda and asked:
"Father-in-law, what are you going to do with this kid?"
"Yuki, Yukimura-sama!" Miura now had the courage to shout to Yukimura loudly, "I am Miura Taro from Miura House!"
"I, my friend accidentally did something wrong. But look - my friend already knew he was wrong. Could you please go around him?"
No matter how stupid Miura is, he still knows what happened.
That guy Takasugi pissed off Yukimura.
At this moment, Miura just felt like the whole world was spinning.
Although he and his group of friends are all rich or noble, they can only show their power in front of ordinary people.
In front of the real big guys in Osaka, their little family fortune is not worth mentioning at all.
And Yukimura happens to be that kind of "real boss".
Just now, Miura was bragging about the business he had done with Yukimura before his family, how powerful it was.
As a result, in the blink of an eye, Yukimura appeared in front of him aggressively...
The rational part in his mind told Miura - at this time, he must pretend to be mute and not force himself to stand out.
But Miura's face-saving heart is always ready to move.
Almost all of his friends are here. If he remained silent and mute at this moment, wouldn't he look like a coward and lose face?
After weighing the pros and cons, Miura finally decided to stand up for face!
"...Your Miura house just did business with me a while ago, so I don't want to say anything too unpleasant to you. This is a personal feud between me and your friend, so don't interrupt."
Yukimura's words to Miura were extremely rude. It could be said that he didn't give Miura any face.
However, Miura didn't even have the guts to be angry with Yukimura...
After hearing what Yukimura said just now, he immediately closed his mouth tightly, not daring to say another word.
From just now, Kameda has been looking thoughtfully at Takasugi, who is kneeling down to apologize.
In less than a minute, Takasugi, Miura and others felt as long as a century.
Finally - for Takasugi at this time, words like the sound of nature came to his ears:
"...Forget it." Kameda shook his head, "Since this kid has apologized, let's forget about it."
As soon as Kameda finished speaking, Takasugi immediately kowtowed and thanked her loudly.
Not only Takasugi breathed a sigh of relief, Miura also felt relieved.
Seeing that this matter could be resolved peacefully, Miura felt like the big stone in his heart had dropped.
Ogata calmly watched all this the whole time - he didn't bother to care about the affairs of Miura and others.
His current job is only to protect Chu Guang.
"Father-in-law, since you said that, then let's do what you say."
Since his father-in-law said "forget it", Yukimura didn't say much and respected the old man's choice.
He still has a distinguished guest to entertain, so he doesn't want to waste too much time here.
Just when Yukimura was about to greet his subordinates to leave, he finally noticed Hatsumi sitting in the corner of the room with a shamisen in his arms.
When Yukimura and the others first broke into the room, Hatsumi's expression changed, but she quickly regained her composure.
Regarding everything that just happened in front of her, Chuguang also adopted a calm and onlooker attitude.
At this moment, Yukimura finally noticed Hatsuko. After looking at Hatsuko thoughtfully for a while, he strode towards Hatsuko.
"Ms. Hatsumi, long time no see." Yukimura walked towards Hatsumi with a warm smile.
Hatsumi had played at a banquet where Yukimura was present, so Yukimura and Hatsumi had met each other.
"Sir Yukimura." Hatsuko smiled and saluted Yukimura, "Long time no see."
"I didn't expect you to perform here tonight." At this time, Yukimura had already walked up to Hatsumi, "I'm very sorry, I seem to have disturbed your performance."
Chu Guang shook his head and spoke a lot of very official clichés.
Hatsumi and Yukimura came and went, and after a brief exchange of greetings, Yukimura cleared his throat:
"Miss Chuguang, to be honest, my old friend is here tonight."
"I don't want to be disrespectful when treating old friends who come from afar."
"So, I would like to invite Miss Chuguang to come and play for my old friend later. Is it convenient for you, Miss Chuguang?"
Hatsumi first looked at Yukimura in front of him with a surprised look, then smiled and shook his head and said:
"Sorry, I can only go to one place to play every night. Since I have strummed the strings here tonight, I can't play anywhere else."
You can only play once in one place every night - this is a rule established by Uodaemon to maintain Hatsuko's status.
Seeing that his invitation was rejected, Yukimura frowned slightly.
"Can't you be accommodating once in a while?"
"Sorry, Yukimura-sama." Hatsuko smiled again and shook her head, "Rules are rules."
Yukimura's frown deepened.
Although Yukimura's brows furrowed even more tightly, Ogata didn't feel any malice from him.
Originally, when he saw Yukimura striding towards them, Ogata thought that this person came with evil intentions. While being prepared to deal with any emergencies, he secretly sighed in his heart:
——Why can't you just let me complete my escort mission tonight quietly?
Now it seems that Ogata is worrying too much, this Yukimura is not here to cause trouble with them.
Just when Yukimura opened his mouth and was about to say something else——
"Yukimura! What are you doing to the distinguished guests I'm waiting for?!"
There was a shout from outside the door not far away.
This shout undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
The owner of this shout was a tall young man standing outside the door.
"Sir?" Yukimura looked surprised.
Also looking surprised were Ogata and Atachi.
As soon as this shout was heard, Ogata and Ogata's expressions changed at the same time.
"Makimura...?" Ogata turned to look at the tall young man standing outside the room and whispered the name softly.
Under the gaze of everyone in the room, the tall young man...that is, Makimura strode up to Ogata and Atachi, and then looked at Ogata and Atachi from head to toe.
"You haven't done anything to Yukimura, have you?"
Before Ogata could even reply, Makimura glared at Yukimura angrily.
"Yukimura, you shouldn't have done anything rude to the two distinguished guests I'm waiting for, right?"
Hatsumi, Shibata, Yukimura and others, Miura and others... everyone in the room fixed their shocked eyes on Ogata and Omachi.
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