"Lord," Nanabahara on the side said to the rescue, "Please be patient. We have arrived at the castle town now and will be able to return to the city soon."
"No." Gennai Matsudaira refused directly without thinking, "I want to drink hot tea now."
Long before Matsudaira Gennai became the new daimyo of Hirose Domain, Nanabahara served as Matsudaira Gennai's bodyguard.
After spending such a long time together with Gennai Matsudaira, Nanahara has long been accustomed to the character of Gennai Matsudaira who is very talkative and wants to eat and drink anything all of a sudden.
At the same time, I was also used to Matsudaira Gennai's unreasonable insistence on eating and drinking now.
"...I understand." Qiyuan said, "We will try to make hot tea for you as quickly as possible..."
Before Nanabaru finished speaking, Matsudaira Gennai interrupted:
"No need. I've found a way to drink hot tea."
While saying this, Matsudaira Gennai cast his gaze somewhere in front of him.
Nanabahara followed Matsudaira Gennai's gaze.
At the end of the line of sight, there is a sword hall with lights coming out.
The plaque hanging next to the gate of the sword hall reads - Sakakihara Kenkan.
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Hirose Domain, Kuranaga's Residence——
Kuronaga and Ogata were walking down a corridor of the mansion one after another.
Among those accompanying him was the flying ape.
Tobiru followed closely behind Kuranagi, walking slightly ahead of Ogata.
Just now, after Kuranaga said, "I'll take you to see how the women of Myobari Village are treated by Gennai Matsudaira," he and Tobiru led Ogata out of the room and walked deeper into the mansion.
go.
Kuronaga and Ogata both remained silent, no one spoke.
Ogata just followed behind Kurunaga silently.
Although he remained silent on the surface, Ogata was not at peace in his heart.
He was constantly imagining what he might see in the future, imagining how the women in Myobaru Village were tortured by Matsudaira Gennai...
Thinking of what horrific scenes he might see later, Oufang felt goosebumps all over his body...
At this moment, Kuronaga, who was walking in front of Ogata, suddenly asked Ogata behind him:
"Ogata-kun...have you...ever read the "Historical Records" written by the Grand Historian of the Tang Dynasty?"
"Read some..."
Although Ogata didn't understand why Kuronaga asked him this question for no reason, Ogata still answered honestly.
Although Ogata has not read the entire "Historical Records", before coming to this Edo period, Ogata still read several articles in "Historical Records" from Chinese textbooks.
"Then...Ogata-kun, do you know about human pigs...? They are the human pigs recorded in "Historical Records: The Chronicles of the Empress Dowager Lu" compiled by Tai Shigong..."
"I've heard a little bit..."
Upon hearing Kuronaga's question, a strong, extremely ominous premonition emerged in Ogata's heart and expanded crazily.
At this time, Kurunaga happened to stop in front of a paper sliding door.
Kuronaga looked at the sliding paper door in front of him with a complicated expression, then turned around and looked at Ogata.
"Ogata-kun... you should have guessed something when you heard the question I just asked..."
"My old master is a person who attaches great importance to Chinese culture."
"While he was still alive, he forced his lord to read various Chinese books, mainly the Four Books and Five Classics, and the history books of the Tang Dynasty."
"However...my lord, when he was in these Chinese books, he was not influenced by the words of saints, nor did he experience any different feelings from the history books."
"On the contrary... I also learned some things that he shouldn't have known..."
"My lord, he accidentally learned about the existence of human pigs during a study in "Historical Records"..."
"Since then, my lord has developed a keen interest in human pigs..."
"And he is only interested in female human beings. So whenever the lord gets a chance, he will make the erring women into human beings..."
"The women of Miaozhang Village...whether young or old, have been made into human pigs by the lord..."
"etc!"
Ogata quickly raised his hand and signaled Kuronaga to stop.
"My lord... stop talking... I can't listen anymore..."
Just listening to what Kuronaga said just now, Ogata felt dizzy, and a strong sense of nausea kept rising from Ogata's stomach, making him gag...
Looking at Ogata who raised his hand to cover his mouth with a pale face, Kuranaga sighed softly.
"...After the lord got tired of looking at and playing with these poor women, he threw them out of the city at will."
"I really can't bear it if they are left to die in the wild like this."
"So I brought them back to my mansion and adopted them..."
"They are behind this paper sliding door now..."
Kuronaga glanced at the paper sliding door next to him.
"Ogata-kun...if you want to take a look at them and are mentally prepared, just open the door and go in..."
"I won't force you to go in. If you don't want to see it, you don't have to go in..."
After saying that, Kuronaga took half a step back and made way for Ogata to lead to the paper sliding door.
Looking at the paper sliding door in front of him, Ogata felt that his heart was beating at a speed that rarely occurred.
Thin cold sweat also began to secrete on the forehead...
Before he came to the Edo period, Ogata had learned about human pigs from various channels such as books and the Internet.
Just reading Ren Zhi's written introduction, Ogata felt his scalp numb and didn't dare to think about it...
To enter or not to enter—a fierce ideological battle was going on in Ogata's mind.
In the end, Ogata decided to reach out to the door handle of the paper sliding door in front of him.
The paper sliding door was slowly opened by Ogata.
Light flowed through the open door and into the dark room.
Ogata walked into the room slowly. Because his eyes were not used to the darkness, he could not see the scene in the room clearly in time.
After his eyes gradually got used to the dim environment, Ogata finally saw everything in the room clearly.
This is a fairly spacious room with a bed of quilts.
Most of the quilts bulged unnaturally, and it was obvious that someone was lying on them.
There were six maids squatting next to some quilts, or walking between each quilt.
After seeing Ogata, a stranger, suddenly burst into the room, the six maids immediately cast surprised and wary glances at Ogata.
Just when one of the six maids was about to ask who Ogata was, she saw Kuranagi who followed Ogata into the room.
Kuronaga motioned to the maids to keep quiet, so the maids could only resist the urge to ask who Ogata was, and allowed Ogata to scan everything in the room with stunned and shocked eyes.
After scanning everything in the room, a horrifying sight directly locked Ogata's eyes.
There was a "person" lying on a bed not far from Ogata.
Because this "person" was not covered with a quilt like the others, Ogata could clearly see what this "person" looked like.