Chapter 635 The prelude to the Osaka Spring Formation and the good smell of incense [5100]
Looking at Kitahara who hurriedly bowed to apologize to him, Ogata's depression caused by Kitahara's arrogant attitude just now dissipated a little.
He nodded slightly to show his acceptance of Beihara's apology.
And after Naoshu saw Kitahara so conspicuously and promptly apologized to Ogata, and saw that Ogata seemed to be no longer pursuing Kitahara's rude behavior, the last big stone in Naoshu's heart finally fell to the ground.
"Mr. Majima." Naoshu made a gesture of greeting to Ogata, "I'm very sorry for making you wait for us outside the hotel gate for so long. Come on, let's enter the hotel."
"It's okay. No need to apologize, I just arrived."
Ogata and Naoshu walked side by side towards the All Military Hall.
The four young men who were responsible for receiving visitors and who had gathered in front of Ogata just now to support Kitahara, now recovered from the shock.
One of them hurried forward very conspicuously to lead the way for Zhizhou and others.
At this time, Kitahara straightened up the waist that he had just bowed and apologized to Ogata, and stared blankly at Ogata who had already passed through the door and was about to enter the building.
——This guy... is actually Mr. Isshiki's distinguished guest...?!
Until this moment, the cold reality presented to him still made Beiyuan feel unbelievable.
Beiyuan's brain was running rapidly at this time.
He is now racking his brains to think: Judging from his voice, this guy wearing a bamboo hat is probably about the same age as him. What kind of identity does he have to be treated so politely by Isshiki Naoshu?
Is he the descendant of a high-ranking official? Or the descendant of a wealthy businessman?
Suddenly - Beiyuan's body shook violently and his face turned pale.
He suddenly discovered something that made him break into a cold sweat.
He is similar in age to him, and he is treated so politely by Isshiki Naoshu...
An unprecedented sense of crisis hit Beiyuan's heart.
He quickly shifted his gaze and subconsciously chased Isshikihua's figure.
However, his eyes could no longer follow her.
Everyone in the Isshiki Sword Hall had already entered the hall at this time.
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"Mr. Majima, let me introduce you." Naoshu, who was walking side by side with Ogata, enthusiastically introduced Ogata, "This is my eldest son - Isshiki Rusui."
"Rushui, this is the outstanding person I told you: Majima Goro."
"Mr. Majima, it's our first time meeting you." Rushui took the lead in bowing to Ogata and said hello, "Now, I'll ask you for your advice."
Ogata nodded gently and returned the greeting: "This is the first time we meet, I am Majima Goro."
When Ogata was introducing himself, Ru Shui looked at Ogata quietly.
——Is he the Majima Goro that his father said...
Because Naoshu and Isshikika were tight-lipped about Ogata's true identity, Ruishui naturally didn't know that the current "Japan's most wanted criminal" was by his side.
Naoshu only told Rushui: He invited a young samurai named "Mashima Goro" to watch the "Grand Trial" with them. When you see him, you must remember to be polite and don't treat him badly.
Do anything disrespectful.
His name is Majima Goro, and his father respects him very much for some unknown reason - this is all the information Rusui knows about Ogata so far.
Ru Shui knew very little about Ogata, let alone the apprentices in the museum.
Walking behind Ogata and Naoshu, the apprentices of the Isshiki Sword Hall were looking at Ogata, who could only see his back, with curious and doubtful eyes.
"And this one..." Naoshu turned his attention to Isshikihua, his expression slowly turned weird, "This one... probably doesn't need any introduction from me."
"Long time no see, Mr. Majima." Isshikika nodded to Ogata and said calmly.
At this time, Isshiki Ka's face was expressionless.
But when Isshikika nodded and said hello to Ogata, Isshikika looked at Ogata, and the emotions contained in them became weird and complicated, as if subconsciously.
The extremely embarrassing scene with Ogata in the bathhouse flashed through Isshikika's mind...
And Ogata is like this too.
After seeing Isshikika, a memory fragment consisting of keywords such as Isshikihana and bathhouse automatically popped up in Isshikika's mind, causing Ogata's expression to become uncontrollably weird when he looked at Isshikika.
"Well..." Ogata said softly, "Long time no see..."
The venue where the "Grand Trial Combination" is held is the most spacious "Dojo B" in the entire military hall.
After arriving at "Dojo B", the scene inside the dojo made Ogata involuntarily let out a low exclamation.
This was the first time for Ogata to see such a spacious and luxurious dojo.
The dojo is so spacious that even if there are more than 50 people sparring and competing inside at the same time, it will not feel crowded at all.
In order to welcome the arrival of the "Grand Trial", the floor of the dojo was scrubbed until the shadows of people could be seen.
The ceilings and other places that were difficult to clean were all cleaned up.
Half of the seats on the edge of the dojo are already occupied.
After entering the dojo, Ogata immediately felt countless gazes coming towards them - most of them were directed at Isshikika who was sitting behind Ogata.
Ogata made a cursory observation and found that the people currently staring intently at Isshikika were mostly young men.
The way they looked at Isshikihua all contained the same emotion - fiery.
Facing the fiery looks cast by these people, Isshikika didn't even move her eyebrows, looking like she was used to it.
Most of the young people were looking at Isshiki Hana, while the older people were mostly looking at Ogata, casting doubtful glances at Ogata, who stood out because he was wearing a hat and a scarf, and who was also a very strange person.
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"Eh? Majima-kun?"
At this time, a familiar voice suddenly came from Ogata's side and entered Ogata's ears.
"Shibata?" Ogata looked at the owner of the voice in surprise.
"Ah! It's really Majima-kun!"
The owner of the voice - that is, the bodyguard of Hatsuko, the "number one artist in Osaka" who had worked with Ogata for one night: Masaru Shibata showed a hearty smile while waving his hands vigorously towards Ogata.
Come running.
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At this moment——
All Military Hall, somewhere in a remote corner where no one is around——
"An Yunjun, let me confirm, you haven't forgotten the content of the new mission you received last night, right?" A young man with a stern expression asked a strong man in front of him who was constantly flexing his neck muscles.
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This strong man, who was called "An Yunjun", had a large horizontal scar on his forehead. This large scar made his face even more ferocious.
"Remember, remember." An Yun stretched out her scarlet tongue and licked the left corner of her mouth, "This new mission is my favorite type of mission... I will never forget it."
"Leave it to me with confidence."
An Yun stretched herself vigorously and smiled evilly.
"Toyotomi-sama finally gave me some interesting tasks to do..."
"It's such a great honor to be able to compose a wonderful prelude to the 'Osaka Spring Formation'... I really made the right choice when I chose to work for 'Taiko Kiri'."
"Prajna, when the 'big trial' starts later, you can watch it carefully from the audience."
An Yun now turned her gaze back to the stern young man in front of her.
"Look how well I accomplished my task."
The stern young man known as "Prajna" nodded:
"I will look forward to your performance."
"You can do whatever you want later."
"But remember - no matter what, we must ensure that you can be sent to the Yangwu in Osaka."
"If we fail to achieve this most important goal, all our efforts will be in vain."
(Yangwu: that is, prison)
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Osaka, in a downtown area——
"Ms. Atachi! Look! This squid is so big!"
Azuki was very excited and showed Azuki the skewer of grilled squid in her hand that was as big as her whole face.
"Wow, it's really big. Where did you buy it?" Atachi was stuffing glutinous rice dumplings into his mouth. Because his mouth was full of glutinous rice dumplings, his speech was a little slurred.
"It's at the intersection over there." Azuki pointed towards the intersection not far away, "There's a grilled squid stall there. A skewer only costs 20 cents. Ms. Atachi, would you like to buy one to try too?
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"Well... I don't need it." After thinking for a moment, A-Ting shook his head, "I still prefer sweets to grilled squid. I want to have more room in my stomach to eat more sweet things."
Having said that, Omachi stuffed a whole bunch of glutinous rice dumplings into his mouth - four full dumplings in one go.
A-Machi and A-Zhu are both lively girls.
There are still many places in Osaka that they have not been to, but they are just sitting around in the hotel doing nothing, wasting their time - they cannot do this kind of thing.
Therefore, after Ogata rushed to the All-Arms Hall to prepare for the "Grand Trial", Atachi and Atzuki went out together, preparing to continue their "adventure" to areas they had not yet visited.
After they left the hotel, they walked and stopped, ate and drank, and were very happy.
"Ms. Atachi." Azuki stuffed the huge grilled squid in his hand into his mouth. His whole mouth was obviously filled with squid, but his words were unambiguous. "I just found out - along the way
Go straight on this street, then turn 2 turns to the right, and you will see a very lively Happy Street."
"There are many artists who play the piano, tell stories, and perform jugglers on that street."
"This street is not very far from our place. How about we go take a look together now?"
When he heard the word "storytelling", Ating's eyes immediately lit up, and then he nodded vigorously without thinking:
"Okay, okay, let's go take a look now."
The two of them were talking and laughing as they strode towards the location where the Happy Street that Azhu mentioned was located.
"Speaking of which--Ms. Atachi." Asuki swallowed the last bite of squid, "I have a question I've always wanted to ask you."
"Huh? What's the problem?"
"Xu...ah, no, Master Majima, doesn't he have any religious beliefs?"
"Ah? Why do you ask this suddenly?" A-Machi cast a surprised look at A-Zhu.
"I'm just curious for a moment and want to ask." Azhu said, "After all, no matter who you are, you should have some respect for gods and Buddhas."
"But Majima-sama, that doesn't seem to be the case."
"Before, when we were heading to Owari and passing through the Mikawa area, we passed by an abandoned temple."
"When we were passing by this temple, because it was going to be dark soon, we spent the night in that abandoned temple. Do you still remember this?"
A-Machi: "Hmm... I seem to remember a little bit..."
"It doesn't matter. Just listen to me. Listen to me and you will probably be able to recall this matter."
"There is still an old wooden Buddha statue enshrined in that temple." Azuki continued, "You and I both bowed respectfully to the Buddha statue, but in the end, only Majima-sama ignored the Buddha statue.
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"But that's all."
"What Majima-sama wants to do in the future is incredible..."
"When we were lighting a bonfire, we couldn't find any wood, so we couldn't light it for a long time."
"So Majima-sama suggested smashing the wooden Buddha statue and using it to light a fire..."
At this time, A-Ting burst into laughter, and then said in a helpless tone:
"Ah, I remembered...I remembered everything. This is indeed the case."
"You put a lot of effort into stopping him at that time..."
"That incident gave me a huge impact..." Azhu shrank his neck at this time, a bit of fear flashed across his face, "This is the first time I saw someone who wanted to smash the Buddha statue to make a fire.
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"Although I am not a Buddhist, I still feel that smashing Buddha statues to keep warm is a bit too presumptuous..."
"Afterwards, I tried to persuade Majima-sama and told him that when dealing with gods and Buddhas, you should rather believe that they exist than believe that they don't exist."
"Fear the gods and Buddhas, bow frequently when you see their statues, and pray to the gods and Buddhas often. There will be no harm in that."
"Result! Miss Atachi, guess what Master Majima said to me?"
"He smiled and told me: If I often pray to gods and Buddhas, I have to clasp my hands frequently. How can I hold the sword?"
"I think I can remember this forever..."
"...A Yi really doesn't believe in any gods and Buddhas, so he can often do some very puzzling things." A Ding let out a soft and silent sigh, "So I am somewhat accustomed to his behavior.
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"He has done many more exaggerated things."
"You also know - I believe in Shintoism."
Ashu listened carefully and nodded in agreement: "Yes, I know."
Through various details of A-Machi's daily life, A-Zhu already knew that A-Machi was a devout Shinto believer and was very respectful of Buddhism.
"Ayi knows that I believe in Shintoism, but he always tries his best to persuade me to wear a witch costume... saying he wants to see me in a witch costume."
After saying that, A-Machi put on a look of being "unable to complain".
As for Azhu, she couldn't help but say in an annoyed tone: "Miko uniforms... non-clergymen can't wear them casually, right? And what's so good about wearing miko uniforms?"
A-Ting nodded: "Yes, that's why I just said that A-Yit often does some very puzzling things."
Speaking of this, Amachi changed into a joking tone:
"I once thought that maybe Ayi could become good friends with Oda Nobunaga, who has been dead for more than 200 years."
"After all, both of them can light a fire with a Buddha statue without blinking an eye."
"Ah! It's Master Kiyosumi!"
"It's Master Kiyosumi!"
At this time.
Just as A-Machi finished speaking, he and A-Zhu both heard an extremely noisy sound suddenly coming from ahead.
These noisy sounds were mixed with cheers and "Master Kiyosumi" said in a respectful tone.
Amachi and Azuki looked at each other in confusion for a while, then quickened their pace slightly and ran forward.
After running for about a hundred meters, the two of them saw - in the middle of the street ahead, there was an old monk with kind eyes and a brown cassock.
There were many people surrounding the old monk. These people said hello to the old monk enthusiastically, while the old monk nodded and smiled at them one by one.
"Who is this monk?" Azhu was stunned, "Such a big battle..."
"Huh? Don't you know Master Kiyosumi?" A middle-aged man with a pimpled face stood in front of Atachi and Aszuki. After hearing what Aszuki just said, he turned his head and cast doubt on the two of them.
Sight.
"I don't know." Azhu shook his head honestly, "Who is this Master Kiyosumi? Why does he look so loved by others? So many people gathered around him to say hello to him... That Master Kiyosumi is so popular
There are so many people around, I feel like I can hardly walk..."
"Master Kiyosumi is the famous Living Bodhisattva here in Osaka." "Pumpy Face" showed a proud expression, "He is the abbot of Ryushui Temple. Not only is he profound in Buddhism, but he is also proficient in medical skills."
"As long as he had free time, he would go outside the temple and treat the poor for free. He was a lifesaver to many people, so many people are very grateful to him."
"Master Qingcheng is probably going somewhere to treat the poor now."
While listening to "Pumpy Face" introducing Master Kiyosumi, Master Kiyosumi had already passed by A-Machi and the others not far away.
When Master Kiyosumi passed by them, A-Machi felt a special, refreshing fragrance rushing toward her face.
"What does this smell like..." Amachi twitched his lovely nose.
"Oh, this is the incense specially made by Master Qingcheng." "Puppy Face" said, "In addition to being the abbot of the temple and a doctor, Master Qingcheng is also an outstanding incense master."
"The fragrance you just smelled is his special incense. Does it smell good? This is the only fragrance in the world."
"Master Qingcheng often uses his special incense to make his clothes fragrant."
"It's a pity that the fragrance of Master Kiyosumi's special incense doesn't last long. If this flaw can be corrected, then this incense will really be perfect."
Incense ceremony - one of the Japanese "elegant ways" along with flower arrangement and tea ceremony.
Making incense, smelling incense and appreciating incense - this is the incense master.
Omachi's background... To put it bluntly, she is just a village girl with no culture. She can't even recognize Chinese characters, so she can't smell anything elegant or vulgar. She can only smell that this special incense made by Master Kiyosumi is indeed very good.
Smell it, it's the smell that Amachi likes.
Amachi couldn't help but take a few deep breaths, and after trying to take in a few more breaths of this delicious smell, he turned to "Pimple Face" and asked:
"Does Master Kiyosumi sell his special incense?"
"Uh...no such thing." "Pumpy Face" shook his head, "Master Qingcheng never sells his incense."
"That's it..." A look of regret appeared on A-Machi's face, and then he took a few strong breaths of the aroma that had become weak due to the departure of Master Kiyosumi.