Volume 3 Buddha's Enemy Chapter 127: The Stolen Wallet
After ordering the food and tea he had ordered, Ogata took off his hat and sat down on the bench outside the teahouse.
At the same time, he drew out the two swords from his left waist and placed them on the bench on his left side.
After walking for such a long time, Ogata couldn't help but feel his feet were a little sore.
Ogata couldn't help but feel lucky to have come across a place where he could rest, drink tea and eat food.
Because Ogata was the only customer at the moment, the owner quickly prepared the five skewers of glutinous rice dumplings that Ogata requested, as well as the best tea in their store.
After the shop owner placed the food and tea that Ogata ordered on the bench to his right, Ogata thanked the shop owner and reached into his arms, ready to take out his purse to pay.
There is a reason why Ogata dared to say to the store owner, "I want the best tea in the store," which sounds very arrogant at first glance.
Ogata really has the capital to be arrogant.
The amount of money that Kuranaga gave to Ogata was astonishing.
A big bag of gold.
The Daibankin was the highest denomination coin during the Edo period.
According to Ogata's estimation, the money Kuranaga gave him was enough for him to live a carefree life for many years without having to worry about eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, sleeping, etc.
Ogata is not the kind of person who would live a tight life just to save money.
If you have money, enjoy it - this is Ogata's consumption concept.
Therefore, from the time he left Hirose Domain until now, Ogata has always been eating the most delicious food and drinking the best tea and wine.
Ogata reached for the place in his arms where the purse should have been quietly lying...
But in the end, I got nothing.
When his hand did not touch the purse but felt empty air, Ogata's heart skipped a beat.
After saying "No way" inwardly, Ogata used both hands to feel around his body.
He touched the light green haori on her body, then the dark blue kimono underneath, and even the hakama on her lower body.
I didn't even touch the purse...
Looking at Ogata touching his body, the teahouse owner standing nearby slowly frowned.
"Sir...is your purse missing?"
"Yeah!" Ogata nodded quickly, stood up and looked in the direction he had just come from, to see if his purse had fallen on the road.
The shop owner pursed his lips, then asked Ogata again in a deep voice:
"Sir, did you just meet a man with a horse face, and did this man with a horse face 'accidentally' bump into you when passing by you?"
"That's right." Ogata looked at the shop owner in surprise, "Shop owner, how did you know?"
The man who accidentally bumped into Ogata's shoulder just now left a deep impression on Ogata because of his ugly horse face.
As soon as the shop owner mentioned it, Ogata immediately thought of this person.
After hearing what Ogata said, the store owner sighed softly.
"It seems... your wallet was stolen by that guy..."
"'That guy'?" Ogata repeated the word the shopkeeper had just mentioned. "Shopkeeper, do you know that guy?"
"Of course I know. That guy is considered a celebrity in our area."
"That guy is a member of the Negishi family."
——The Negishi family?
After hearing this word, Ogata's eyebrows raised slightly uncontrollably.
This was the second time he heard this term today.
"That horse-faced guy doesn't have any skills."
"The only skill I have is stealing."
"That guy is pretty good at pickpocketing."
"His best way of pickpocketing is to pretend to bump into someone by accident, and then take their wallet."
"His technique is quite sophisticated."
“It can be said that it has reached the level of perfection.”
"I can steal someone's wallet without anyone noticing when I run into him."
"I heard that guy never misses."
"So, Samurai-sama, there is nothing you can do about your purse being taken by that guy ."
"Asshole!" Ogata cursed, "That guy even dared to steal the samurai's things!"
"Why are we afraid?" The shop owner shrugged with a wry smile, "The Negishi family is used to being overbearing in this land."
"They don't take ordinary warriors seriously."
"Master Samurai, I advise you to just swallow your anger. If you go against the Negishi family, you will die... Hey! Master Samurai! What are you going to do? Where are you going?!"
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Tatsuno Domain, Yokawa Village.
"Hey! You bastards! Didn't we just pay the money a while ago?!"
A young man looked at the five ruffian youths in front of him with an angry face.
Surrounding these five ruffian youths were many villagers from Sihe Village who were looking at them with anger and hatred.
These five ruffian-looking young men paid no attention to the looks from the villagers.
The leader of the five people, the one with the horse face, said with a grin :
"Don't get excited!"
"You all should know that the world is getting worse and worse."
“Things are getting worse and worse.”
"So we can only slightly increase the amount you have to pay every month."
"This is an order from our boss! Please cooperate!"
In response to Ma Lian's unreasonable talk, several villagers from Sihe Village wanted to yell at him, but they had to hold back.
"We have no money left!" Finally, an old man with gray hair took the lead and shouted to Ma Lian and others.
After hearing the old man's words, Ma remained calm and still had a strange smile on his face.
He just raised his right hand silently, stretched out his little finger to pick the earwax, and said casually:
"Since you have no money, then sell people."
"Old man, I remember you seem to have a granddaughter, right?"
"If you don't have money, just hand over your granddaughter."
"It just so happens that our 'stores' are in need of new young women."
Ma Lian's words made the indignation on the faces of the surrounding villagers even more intense.
However... no one dared to step forward and yell at these five people, or to use violence against them...
Ma Lian is in a very good mood now.
Because he had just successfully stolen a large sum of money from a stupid ronin with a long curly hair and a tacky light green haori.
At first - Horse Face thought that this stupid wanderer probably didn't carry much money.
Because ronin are generally poor.
But after stealing the guy's purse and waiting for him to walk away, Horse Face opened his purse. The faint golden light coming out of the purse made Horse Face's eyes widen.
The purse was filled with coins of various levels, mainly dapanjin.
This was the first time in Ma Lian’s life that he saw so much money.
Having successfully caught a big fish, Ma Lian's face was filled with an unrestrained look of ecstasy.
