I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

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"The head of the Toyotomi clan: Toyotomi Hideyori committed seppuku suicide when the Osaka Castle was broken."

"Toyotomi Hideyori's 8-year-old only son: Toyotomi Kunimatsu, was also beheaded in Rokujo Kawara later."

"Only Toyotomi Hideyori's only daughter: Chiyohime survived, but she also became a nun under the compulsory request of Tokugawa Ieyasu."

"The above is the final outcome of the Toyotomi clan recorded in the official history books."

"But the real history is not like this."

"When Tokugawa Ieyasu launched the second battle of Osaka, that is, the Osaka Summer Battle, and completely destroyed the Toyotomi family, someone risked his life and rushed into the Osaka Castle that had been engulfed by the fire at that time, and rescued Toyotomi. Hideyori's only son: Toyotomi Kunimatsu."

"The person who risked his life to save people is the ninja from Shiranui who received great favor from Toyotomi."

"The Toyotomi Kunimatsu who was beheaded in Liujo Rivera is just a substitute whose appearance is indistinguishable from the real Kunimatsu."

"After Toyotomi Kunimatsu was rescued, he was taken to Satsuma, far away from the ruling center of the Edo shogunate, and changed back to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's original surname Kinoshita. Since then, he has lived in seclusion in Satsuma under the name Kinoshita, and has multiplied to this day."

"This is my uncle and I's family background."

"My uncle and I are both direct descendants of the Toyotomi clan."

As if the "time still button" was pressed, the room became silent as Lin's voice fell, and no one moved.

After a while, A-Machi, with an unbelievable expression on his face, murmured and broke the silence:

"Is there such a history in Shiranui?"

If anyone at the scene was the most shocked by Lin's words just now, it would undoubtedly be A-Machi who was once a member of Shiranui.

Because Ogata saw more wind and waves, he reacted fairly calmly, and his expression was fairly calm.

"It's normal if you don't know." Lin said, "After successfully rescuing Toyotomi Kunimatsu more than 200 years ago, in order to ensure that the secret of the Toyotomi family's bloodline was not cut off, the rescue of the Toyotomi family was organized and planned. The ninjas in the operation are keeping this secret and don't mention it to anyone, including their family members and the rest of Shiranui's companions."

"After these ninjas who participated in the rescue of Toyotomi died one by one, no one in Shiranui knew that their companions and seniors had done such a feat."

"The only ones who know about Shiranui's rescue of the Toyotomi clan are the descendants of our Toyotomi clan."

In addition to A-machi, who was once a member of Shiranui, there is another person with a very exciting expression, that is Shimada.

"My lord, my lord, so you are the descendant of that Toyotomi Hideyoshi?" Shimada's face flushed slightly because of emotion.

At this moment, Shimada suddenly noticed that Mamiya, Makimura, and Asai who were sitting beside him all had very calm expressions.

A look that seems to have known the life experience of Lin and Yuanyi for a long time

"Seniors." Shimada turned his gaze at a high speed, letting his gaze repeatedly pass over the faces of Mamiya, Mucun, and Asai, "Did you all know the secret of the lord?"

"That's right." Mucun said bluntly, with his arms folded around his chest, "We all knew about it a long time ago. After all, the three of us are all old people in the gourd house."

"Shimada, you are a newcomer who just joined." Mamiya showed a slightly apologetic smile at Shimada, "So I can't tell you this important secret. We all joined the Calabash House , I have worked under the lord's command for a long time, and after being tested by the lord and confirmed that he is a trustworthy person, I was told this secret."

"So that's the case." Shimada raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, "If that's the case, then I can understand it. After all, it's really impossible to tell such an important secret to a newcomer who hasn't been here for long."

"Does that mean I have been working for Toyotomi?"

"I never thought that Shiranui would have such a relationship with the lord."

Speaking of this, Shimada paused as if he suddenly remembered something.

"In this case," Shimada looked at Lin with a strange expression, "Has it been ungrateful for us to crusade against Shiranui six months ago?"

"Of course not." Lin said without thinking, "Shiranui's helping Toyotomi is considered a kindness."

"After all, it was the Toyotomi clan who was first to be kind to Shiranui."

"Without the help of the Toyotomi clan, how could there be Shiranui?"

"So the rescue of Toyotomi Kunimatsu from Shiranui is equal to our Toyotomi clan, and no one owes anyone else."

"So I don't have any psychological burden to crusade against Shiranui."

"Although we all know about the master's life experience." Asai, who had been silent since just now, said abruptly, "I don't even know about the master's older brother."

"I don't know either." Mucun agreed.

Mamiya didn't speak.

But he turned his suspicious gaze to Lin.

Judging from their words and actions, none of them knew that Lin had an older brother named "Toyotomi Nobuhide".

Lin's gaze dimmed slightly at this moment.

"The reason why I don't tell you that I have an older brother is because I don't really want to mention that person."

Genichi, who was sitting next to Lin, glanced at Lin.

Seeing Lin's gloomy expression, Genichi let out a silent sigh.

"Next," Yuan Yi said, "let me do the talking."

"Toyotomi Kunimatsu was rescued and sent to a remote village in the Satsuma domain, and Toyotomi's blood continued."

"A few diehard Toyotomi clan members were rescued there together."

"The throne of the people of the world was taken away by the Tokugawa clan, and those diehards who were rescued to the Satsuma domain were all so unwilling to bite their teeth, wishing to crush their teeth."

"So in order to regain the world, they strictly cultivated Toyotomi Kunimatsu, which was renamed Kinoshita Nobuji at that time to deceive people."

"Under the influence of Toyotomi Kunimatsu, he also took restoring Toyotomi's country as his highest goal, and worked hard to temper himself."

"However, I don't need to go into details about the restoration of the country. You should all know how difficult it is and how slim the success rate is, right?"

"Toyotomi Kunimatsu also knows that it is almost impossible to succeed in restoring the country with the efforts of his own generation."

"So after having his own heir, Toyotomi Kunimatsu gave his heir a brainwashing education."

"Tell your heirs the bitter history of how the Toyotomi clan survived tenaciously until now, and educate your heirs: To restore Toyotomi's country, even if it takes hundreds of generations, to take back the throne of the people of the world. "

"This education is like a curse, passed down from generation to generation."

Yuan Yi let out a self-deprecating sneer.

"Every generation of our Toyotomi family has received the education that we must overthrow the Edo shogunate and reshape Toyotomi's country."

"Just pass it on, pass it on, pass it on until now, and the curse has not ended."

"You should also know, right? Toyotomi Hideyoshi is a person with poor fertility. He has many wives and concubines, but he only gave birth to two children in his life. One of the children died young, and only Toyotomi Hideyoshi lived alone. down and grow into adults."

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi's defect of birth difficulty was unfortunately passed down to the family."

"Although it has been multiplied for 200 years, our Toyotomi family is still a withered descendant until now. When it was passed down to my generation, there were only two direct descendants in my generation, me and my brother, who is Lin's grandfather."

"My father was also a man deeply cursed by that."

"As long as I can remember, I have been taught by my father to revive the Toyotomi clan."

"But maybe it's because my brain is different from ordinary people."

Yuan Yi shrugged with a smile.

"So even though I have received this kind of curse-like education since I was a child, I have not been harmed by this curse."

"I have always been less interested in revival of the Toyotomi clan."

"After I first came into contact with swords at the age of 13, I was even less interested in revival of the Toyotomi family."

"The reason why I came into contact with swordsmanship so late is also because of my father's blessing. He always felt that swordsmanship and the like can only achieve ten or a hundred enemies at most, which is not beneficial to revive the Toyotomi family. I'm going to learn the military strategy that can be defeated by thousands of people, and what kind of emperor's mind."

"I only came into contact with swordsmanship through various chances and accidents."

"After being exposed to swordsmanship, my interest in swordsmanship completely overwhelmed my interest in revival of the Toyotomi clan."

"My father was furious when he saw this."

"Originally, I also tried to argue with reason, and even told my father bluntly: The revival of Toyotomi is completely a dream."

"But father has been too deeply affected by that curse, and he can't listen to me at all."

"So when I was 16 years old, in order to escape from my bewildered father, and to be able to travel around and further hone my sword skills, I left home and the Satsuma Domain."

"At the beginning, when I was away from home, I tried to persuade my younger brother Kinoshita Katsuichi, who was 2 years younger than me, to leave too."

"But Katsuichi is different from me, he is perfectly affected by the curse."

"Not only does he not plan to leave home with me, but he also plans to report me to his father."

"In desperation, I can only leave alone."

"After leaving home to practice, I also thought about going home several times to have a look, but for some reason, all kinds of troubles always came to me."

"Sometimes it's just going to a noodle shop to eat noodles silently, and you can get involved in trouble for no reason."

"However, thanks to these successive troubles, my swordsmanship has also improved rapidly."

Hearing Genichi's words, Ogata was taken aback for a moment.

Then, as if he had found a bosom friend, he nodded emphatically with a strange expression full of emotion.

He really empathized with Yuan Yi's words just now.

He will never forget that in the summer more than half a year ago, he just went to a noodle restaurant in Kyoto to eat noodles. Some officials suddenly rushed in for no reason to arrest him, and then he was involved in trouble for no reason. Just spent the longest night of his life so far in Kyoto.

"It wasn't until I was 24 years old that I finally had the time and leeway to go home."

"Going home again after 8 years has not come to fruition, and things have changed."

"The house is still the same house, but the parents are gone."

"There is only Katsuichi left in the family, and there is a strange girl who is Kinoshita Katsuichi's wife, who is also my sister-in-law: Aruo."

"My purpose of returning home this time is actually to take this opportunity to dissuade my father, Shengyi and the others from being harmed by the curse again."

"I have traveled abroad for 8 years, and my vision has grown a lot."

"It also made me more determined that the revival of the Toyotomi family is completely a dream."

"After traveling for 8 years, my eloquence has also made great progress, and I have the confidence to persuade my father and win them."

"Who knows that my father has passed away"

"Katsuichi, whom I haven't seen for 8 years, has grown up to be extraordinary."

"I thought I'd have a chance to get him sober."

"But who knows that we haven't seen each other for seven years, and he has been poisoned even more deeply."

"Not only did he not listen to my advice at all, but he also called me a traitor, a fool who could only wield a sword, and told me to get out of his sight."

"At that time, I was at the age of fledgling, and Shengyi was so stubborn and rude to me, and my anger also came up."

"I yelled at him then you can fend for yourself! I don't care about you! Then I slammed the door and left."

"When I slammed the door and left, I really thought that I would never have any contact with Shengyi again, and I would do whatever he likes."

"Not long after I left home, I came to Nagasaki Port, the only port in Japan currently open to foreign countries."

"There, I met a very powerful businessman friend."

"With his invitation and help, I boarded a Dutch merchant ship willing to take me abroad."

"At that time, I had already intended to travel abroad to see a wider world."

"However, because of the lock-up order of the Edo Shogunate, it has been difficult for me to realize this wish."

"The lock-up order stipulates that Japanese nationals are not allowed to leave the country. If a merchant ship assists its nationals to leave the country, the businessman will never be allowed to come to Japan again."

"Because of this troublesome regulation, merchant ships that are willing to take people abroad are rare."

"It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a merchant ship willing to take me abroad."

"I hesitated for a long time, and finally decided not to let go of this rare and great opportunity."

"The merchant ship that was willing to take me was a Dutch merchant ship. They are going back to Holland."

"So, I left Japan on this merchant ship and went to the continent of Europe in the west."

"Originally, my original plan was to travel to the Netherlands for a year and a half, and then return to Japan."

"But who knows that accidents happen frequently."

"After staying in the Netherlands for one year, I took a ship to Japan."

"However, when this merchant ship first arrived in the English Channel, it encountered a storm, and the whole ship sank directly. I carried a plank and floated to the English country."

"At that time, I could only speak Dutch and a little Chinese, so I couldn't communicate with the English people at all. The time when I drifted to the English country was a difficult time. At that time, I could only communicate with people through movements and momentum. .”

"And then, under all kinds of mistakes, I arrived at the country of France on the other side of the country of England."