Anzheng Prison has begun.
Serizawa Kamo and Niimi Nishiki... were arrested together because they were implicated in something.
When Zuo Cun and Ryoma learned the news, it was already a month later.
Zuo Cun, who had learned how to swim, no longer had to jump into the sea frequently, and his walking distance was smoother. As October approached, the two of them had returned to Tosa.
As a result, I heard the news as soon as I checked into a hotel.
"Samura, what do you think?" Ryoma asked.
"Elder Jingyi, we are going to eliminate dissidents..." Zuo Cun frowned, "What a...stupid persecution."
"I know Naoki Ii... an extreme moderate who is obedient to foreigners, but for his own status in the court... he is ruthless."
"Dozens of people have been arrested this time, and the number is expected to increase..." Ryoma clicked his tongue, "This is simply a tendency to destroy all the talents that have been discovered. Ii Naomi... ...What the hell was he thinking."
Although Ryoma is now ready to stand on the opposite side of the shogunate, Ryoma still feels very sad for these talents who have been persecuted, implicated in prison, and may even be executed.
"It's just stupid short-sightedness." Zuo Cun felt that he had never heard of such a Shabby person. "Choose to destroy the future of the entire country for his own lust for power... It's ridiculous."
"To be honest, I can already predict how he will die by then." Zuo Cun sneered.
Ii Naobi has already caused public outrage.
Anyone who offends a country's patriots will always have someone take his life away.
...
The occurrence of the Ansei Prison put everyone in Japan, especially from Kyoto to Sendai Domain, in danger.
Ii Naomi used some tricks to directly beat Hitotsubashi Keki, Tokugawa Saaki and others to the end and sent them to prison.
He had been preparing for this day...for a long time.
The new shogun who came to power with his assistance, Tokugawa Iemo, was only fourteen years old.
However, although Tokugawa Iemoji is very young, he has a lot of experience in politics. When he was only four years old, he became the lord of Kishu Domain. At the same time, he was also the grandson of Tokugawa Ieqi, the previous shogunate, and sat on the throne. It's justifiable to be in this position.
After taking office, when he went to visit the emperor, Tokugawa Iemo looked at Mr. Ii Naoki who was riding in front of the car and showed an inexplicable smile.
Ii Naobi thought he had found a puppet, but in fact, would Tokugawa Iemoji, who was capable enough to control a feudal clan at a young age, really become Ii Naobi's puppet?
In the continued panic, time moved forward slowly.
The Americans returned to Edo and re-discussed many matters with the new general. In 1859, Kanagawa and Nagasaki were also opened to foreigners as seaports.
Samura learned how to swim. When he was in Tosa Domain, he often went to sea with the boats. He met a lot of people. He also took the time to go to Shimoda and spent some money to get Dutch and Japanese dictionaries.
Later, after a long night of chatting with Sakamoto Ryoma, Samura quietly left Tosa.
The current situation in Japan is... very chaotic, so chaotic that everyday life is frightening.
The craze for learning swordsmanship has become even higher, but it has brought not only more people with lofty ideals who have awakened their minds, but also more bandits who have learned one or two moves and turned into bandits.
The shogunate had no time to take care of more things, and each domain was in charge of its own affairs. There were many vassals of Tokugawa Iemo who were not convinced by Ii Naomi's assistance, but after all, they were afraid of the military power of the shogunate.
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The shogunate is already in its twilight years, but not everyone can make mistakes.
Until March 3, 1860...
There is light snow in spring, which is extremely rare weather.
Naoki Ii has gained power in the past two years and is very high-spirited, but he keeps it secret and still acts as a courtier in front of Tokugawa Iemo.
He has already got everything he wants, no need to work harder, just...peaceful enjoyment.
At this time, Ii Naobi was sitting in the car and was about to go to the city to deliver his congratulations on the last festive season.
It was extremely quiet along the way.
The car drove for a while, and suddenly there was a commotion from the front.
Ii Naobi frowned, opened the car's curtain, and asked, "Where are we? Why is it so noisy ahead?"
The heavily armed disciple bowed slightly: "Sir, we have arrived at Sakurada Gate. As for why there is noisy ahead, it seems that someone is blocking the road to complain."
The person in front of him who was holding a complaint and crying burst into tears, but when someone approached him——
He took out a dagger from his loose clothes and hacked this seemingly high-status sergeant to death.
"Patriots! Take Ii Naobi's head!" he shouted.
A group of crying people instantly turned into knife-wielding thugs.
"Alert!" someone shouted.
The situation suddenly turned into a fight.
Ii Naobi finally reacted at this time and panicked and wanted to abandon the sedan and run away.
But at this moment, a figure suddenly rushed out from the woods on the side.
The person coming is holding a wakizashi, as if he is flying into the sky.
Ii Naobi was still sitting in the sedan, and the man who flew out directly waved his sword.
Zheng——
The sedan was split into two, revealing the astonished Ii Naobi inside.
The man kicked the upper part of the sedan open, killing the soldiers on the side.
After sheathing the wakizashi, he pulled out a dagger from the sheath on his chest.
"Wait - don't kill me!" Ii Naobi couldn't help shouting in fear.
The man's face was expressionless.
"I am not killing you out of hatred, but because of the stupid things you have done over the years, which have ruined the future of this country."
The person who came was none other than Zuo Cun Annuo, who had disappeared for two years.
The dagger stabbed without hesitation.
Samura cut off Ii Naobi's head, threw it on the ground, and looked at the commotion ahead.
"The idea is clever, but it's a pity that the skills are not good enough."
After saying this, Zuocun jumped up again and disappeared into the woods.
The patriots in front, after breaking through the soldiers' defense line, finally came to Ii Naobi's sedan chair.
But the scene before him made him dumbfounded.
Four or five corpses that were directly split in half fell to the side, and the sedan was split in half. The key to their operation, Ii Naobi, also died with his eyes open, and his head was lying in the sedan.
You can still smell a fishy smell from the blood on the ground.
Is there anyone else involved in this operation?
Without any time to think about it, he grabbed Ii Naobi's angry-looking head and shouted: "The thief has been killed!"
Then he hugged Ii Naobi's head and ran away.
The soldiers finally took control of the situation. When they turned around, they saw the man running with Ii Naobi in his arms, and they also gave chase.
The escort mission failed. If he couldn't even save his master's body, he might as well commit seppuku!
On the other side, Zuo Cun, who killed Ii Naobi with the power of thunder, had already arrived at a surrounding village.
