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.
To be continued...