I assembled the strongest swordsman group.

Without a doubt, this beautiful woman must have been a stunning beauty in her youth.

Besides her beautiful appearance, the woman also had an excellent figure.

She was wearing a bright red yukata, with a wide white sash tied around her waist that reached the bottom of her southern hemisphere.

The thin fabric clinging to the body, along with the belt that accentuates the presence of something, greatly highlights the beautiful woman's alluring and captivating figure.

In short, she was a beautiful woman whose appearance and temperament exuded mature charm, and who was extremely attractive to men who inherited the style of Cao Cao.

"Tsk... Where exactly is this?" The beautiful woman raised her straw hat slightly and looked around.

“Wait… let me see the map…” The middle-aged man reached into his clothes and pulled out a very small map. “Hmm… this… this should be… Takeuchi Town. Then… going straight ahead is Takamachi, and going to the right is Hara Town…”

"Is your old map reliable?" the beautiful woman asked, hands on her hips, sounding annoyed. "We've been following your map the whole time, and we still got lost."

"It should be... reliable, right?" The middle-aged man scratched his head guiltily. "I bought this map 10 years ago. In just 10 years, the street scene of Edo shouldn't have changed too much."

After speaking, the middle-aged man buried his face even closer to the map in his hands, engrossed in studying it.

"Tsk... It's late at night now, and there's not a soul on the street. I can't even find anyone to ask for directions..." The beautiful woman sighed helplessly, then lowered her hands from her hips and looked around at the street scene with a reminiscent expression. "Speaking of which... we seem to have been here before. I have a memory of this area."

“I remember this used to be a kimono shop, and that place used to be a confectionery shop. And there wasn’t such a wide road over there before… Edo has changed so much. It feels like a completely unfamiliar new city.”

"Haha, thinking about it, it's been a long time since we've been to Edo."

"Yes, that's right," the middle-aged man replied softly with a slight smile.

"After attending Kondo Isami's wedding, shall we stay in Edo for a few more days?" the beautiful woman suggested.

“Sure.” The middle-aged man nodded without hesitation. “That’s exactly what I was thinking.”

"Hahaha, see! I told you so, didn't I? Travelers often pass through this place! Waiting here for them to come to us is definitely the right thing to do!"

Suddenly, a hoarse, rough shout came from in front of the middle-aged man and woman.

The middle-aged man and woman calmly looked up in the direction of the sound and saw four ronin with swords at their waists and wearing dirty clothes swaggering towards them.

The leader was a burly man with a lot of excess fat on his body, who was grinning menacingly at the middle-aged men and women.

"Listen up, you two!"

The burly man shouted arrogantly.

"We are patriots dedicated to expelling the barbarians! We are working tirelessly to realize the great cause of 'expelling the barbarians'! The rise and fall of the nation is the responsibility of every citizen! We do not demand that you also shed blood and sacrifice your lives like us, but we only hope that you can contribute some money, food, and supplies to help us..."

"Edo was just as chaotic as Kyoto."

The burly man's "eloquent speech" had barely begun when the beautiful woman interrupted him in a calm tone.

"I thought that Edo, as the center of the Edo Shogunate, would be a bit safer... I never imagined that even Edo had so many scum who used the name of 'expelling the barbarians' to commit crimes."

"What?" Upon hearing the beautiful woman call them scum, the burly man was first taken aback, then his eyes widened suddenly, and he subconsciously reached for the sword at his waist.

The burly man's right palm had just touched the hilt of his sword—

"It's so noisy..."

The middle-aged man slightly raised the brim of his hat and gave the burly man a look that was so calm that even the word "stare" would be too intense and inappropriate.

In the next instant, an unbelievable scene unfolded on the burly man.

"Well……!"

The burly man's face turned deathly pale in an instant, and his legs seemed to have lost their bones. After struggling for a few moments, he collapsed face down on the ground, his body twitching slightly.

"Hey! What's wrong?"

"what happened?"

"Is he having an epileptic seizure?"

……

The burly man's three companions hurriedly helped him up, only to find that he had already fainted.

"He didn't have any epileptic seizures."

The middle-aged man put away the map in his hand and said calmly.

"He was just stunned by my 'power'."

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Chapter 261 King Meets King!

"Power," "stun"... These thieves, who were committing crimes under the banner of "patriots who resist foreign invaders," couldn't understand what these words meant at all.

They instinctively sensed that this middle-aged couple was not to be trifled with!

"Bullying the weak and fearing the strong" has always been the nature of these thieves who "only dare to draw their swords against the weaker ones".

Realizing they had met with a tough opponent that night, they hurriedly helped the unconscious burly man to his feet and tried to escape.

But at that very moment, another unbelievable scene unfolded before the thieves' eyes.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man who had been standing calmly 10 steps away from them, shoulder to shoulder with the beautiful woman, vanished from his spot.

The Edo map he was holding, which was from 10 years ago, was still suspended in mid-air for a moment before drifting down naturally like a falling leaf.

Then, they saw the light blue haori.

Their field of vision was filled with light blue haori embroidered with "bellflowers" fluttering in the wind.

Along with the night wind, a cold glint was hidden behind the haori...

Pasha... that old Edo map fell to the ground.

At the same time, several lifeless corpses also fell to the ground.

"Why do we always encounter highway robbers... Do we look that easy to bully?"

As the middle-aged man muttered this, he flicked the knife in his hand, wiping away the blood clinging to the blade, then placed the tip of the knife back into the scabbard and sheathed the knife.

"Perhaps it's because I'm too beautiful that the bandits, while robbing me of my money, also have the desire to rob me of my beauty."

The beautiful woman picked up the old Edo map and walked back to the middle-aged man with a smile.

The middle-aged man smiled slightly at the beautiful woman, neither agreeing nor disagreeing with what she had just said.

"You didn't get any blood on your clothes, did you?"

"Don't worry, who do you think I am? When it comes to killing people... there aren't many people in the world more experienced than me, are there?"

Whether they were middle-aged men or beautiful women, their expressions were extremely calm.

It's as if they've gotten used to it.

It was as if they were used to encountering robbers who blocked their way to steal money or wielding knives to kill people.

These days, it's extremely common to see dead bodies on the streets.

This was especially true for Edo, a large city where all sorts of people mingled and various factions were deeply entrenched.

People have long been accustomed to encountering all sorts of corpses in this city: "traitors" killed by obsessed "anti-foreign" figures, pitiful people harmed by bandits, bandits killed in self-defense...

Tomorrow morning, someone will come to handle the remains of these bandits. Then, the "Sanhui" samurai of the magistrate's office will be dispatched to investigate the case. However, due to limited investigative methods and the fact that the "Sanhui" samurai have too many things to do every day, the investigations usually end without any results.

“Let’s go,” the middle-aged man said. “I’ve found the way. Go straight down this street and then turn right; we should find a hotel that’s still open.”

"Really...?" The beautiful woman cast a suspicious glance at the middle-aged man. "You've been saying that since just now, and as a result, we've been lost until now."

"Even if we go the wrong way again, it doesn't matter." The middle-aged man shrugged nonchalantly. "We have plenty of time. We can just treat it as a 'nighttime tour of Edo'."

The beautiful woman thought for a moment and nodded:

"That makes sense... Let's go then."

The beautiful woman adjusted her straw hat and strode forward with the middle-aged man.

The two had walked a few steps when the beautiful woman seemed to remember something and abruptly asked the middle-aged man:

"Seriously, shouldn't we go to Senjiya tonight and see Mamiya-kun and Mai?"

“It’s late now,” the middle-aged man replied. “Mamiya-kun and Ama are probably already getting ready to rest. It’s not appropriate to visit them at this time.”

"Anyway, we'll be able to see Kondo Isami at his wedding tomorrow morning, so a little more time won't make a difference."

"Alright then... Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we've seen A-Wu. We wonder how she's doing now."

Having said that, the beautiful woman smiled sweetly, a hint of reminiscence flashing in her eyes.

"She's probably reached the age where she can get married and start a family... Sigh, I'm a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" the middle-aged man asked, puzzled.

"Are you worried about A-Wu? You know what kind of personality A-Wu has."