Aoto pulled out the Sadikigami from Tada Koemon's body. The muffled sound of "plop" makes one's teeth feel sore.
As the blade of the knife was pulled away, more blood, physical strength, and vitality spurted out from the neck where a large gash had been made.
"Ho...ho...ho...ho..."
Driven by the desire to survive, Tada Koemon let go of the gun in his hand, raised his arms to cover the wound on his neck, trying to stop the flow of blood.
Tada Koemon's self-rescue was not without effort, but such an injury was beyond the reach of any medicine.
The hands used to cover the wound were stained red with blood in just a blink of an eye.
Unable to stop the flow of blood and the passage of life, his face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had been covered with a layer of frost.
At this moment, Tada Koemon seemed to have seen something terrible, and his expression changed drastically——
"Lord!"
He no longer blocked the wound on his neck... After shouting "Lord", he faced the empty air in front of him, and with a "pop" sound, he knelt on the ground and respectfully raised his forehead and palms. Stay close to the ground.
"Lord! You can't do this to me! You can't do this to me!"
The gunman, who up to half a minute ago was still fighting Qing Deng and the others with an angry look and a ferocious look, was now in a state of embarrassment and was crying.
While he kept repeating "You can't do this to me," he kept kowtowing hard... The kowtow was so powerful that his forehead turned red in just one blow. Another blow, and the flesh bursts. Another attack, and wisps of blood spurted out from his broken forehead, staining the ground and most of his face red.
Ignoring the blood still flowing out of his neck...ignoring Qingdeng and others around him...he just kept kowtowing.
It was as if kowtowing to something in front of him was his world and the rest of his life.
Even Aoto and his party, who were used to Tada Koemon's crazy behavior, couldn't help but be stunned at this time.
At this moment, Tada Koemon finally shouted something other than "You can't do this to me."
"Lord! I admit that I made a mistake! But the crime does not end there!"
"Just because of this small mistake, I was stripped of my official status and expelled from the domain... I don't accept this kind of punishment... I don't accept this kind of punishment -!"
"We, the Tada family, have dedicated our lives to the domain for generations! How can we abolish the name of our Tada family just for this reason?!"
"My lord! My lord! For the sake of my many achievements in countering the rebellion more than 20 years ago, please take back my life!"
After shouting, Koemon Tada pressed his forehead to the ground like a lost and helpless child, howling heartbreakingly.
Tears and snot mixed with the blood on his face, turning into a stream of disgusting red liquid.
After a while, his cries gradually weakened.
The cry just now, the plea to the "Lord" just now, are just the reflection of Tada Kouemon.
Now, his comeback is over.
Because the blood was almost gone, the "fountain" turned into a "stream."
The holes began to spread, and the eyes quickly darkened. ….
It happened at the moment Qingdeng blinked.
After less than half a second, the darkness reappeared, and the scene in front of him changed - just now, Tada Kouemon, who was kneeling on the ground in a very standard Dogeza posture, shouting "Lord" and pleading loudly into the air in front of him, looked like He fell to the ground like a mountain collapsing.
He would not close his eyes until he died... his eyes were wide open, filled with a strong sense of unwillingness, sadness, and indignation.
The strange thing is - there is no hatred whatsoever.
He obviously just said "You can't do this to me", and looked very dissatisfied with what the so-called "Lord" did... He had such a big opinion against that "Lord", but in the end there was not even a trace of anger in his eyes. There is no trace of hatred...
At this time, Qingden suddenly saw something rolling down from Tada Kouemon's body.
It is a very small medicine bottle.
Because the mouth of the bottle was not tightened, when the bottle rolled down from Tada Koemon's body, the contents of the bottle - red and purple pills - fell out.
"This is?"
Qingdeng lowered his head and looked at these pills with extremely strange colors. He suddenly felt that they looked very familiar and raised his eyebrows vigorously.
Qingdeng felt... no, he was convinced! He was sure he had seen this pill somewhere before!
Thanks to the talent copied from Shannan Keisuke: "photographic memory", Aomori's memory is now very powerful.
After a while, Qingden recalled when and where he first saw this pill - the first case he investigated after traveling to this era: the murder of Xinsaburo's murder of Granny Ping. At that time, when he went to capture Xunzaburo alone, he saw exactly the same pills in Xunzaburo's house.
Same size, same weird color.
——What kind of medicine is this...?
Qingdeng was about to squat down and study the pill carefully——
Snap, snap, snap, snap…
Noisy footsteps suddenly came from the east side of the street.
Looking up - a group of "Three Chapter" officers formed a neat team, carrying various weapons, and ran straight towards them.
The person who took the lead was an acquaintance of Aoden - the leader of the "Tōjo Group" who worked with their "Arima Group" to return the Sadacho town of Kitabansho to "dividing the world into two parts": Shintaro Tojo.
Dongcheng was dressed as slovenly as ever - his hair was as messed up as a bird's nest, his face was greasy as he probably hadn't washed it once in the whole day, some eye stains could be seen vaguely in the corners of his eyes, and the clothes on his waist and abdomen were pushed up high into a big bag. His belly bounced as he ran.
"Is there any mistake..." Looking at Dongcheng's group who had just arrived, Souji couldn't help complaining, "We have subdued the lunatics who were causing trouble, and these officials only showed up...!"
Qingdeng smiled helplessly: "Just get used to it."
As a member of the government, Qingdeng has always had a deep understanding of the inefficiency of government offices.
Although Aomori will be promoted to the position of "Captain of the Third Division of the Fire Thieves and the Leader of the Seventh Division of the First Archer Division" on November 1st, before he officially takes office, his identity is still "Sadamachi Kai Doshin" is one level lower than Tojo.
When facing someone with a higher official position than yourself, you still have to do the necessary etiquette. ….
Qingdeng tidied up his mood and clothes for a while, and then took the initiative to face Dongcheng.
"Lord Tojo."
"Huh? Tachibana?"
Dongcheng glanced at Qingdeng in surprise.
"How will you be here?"
"This is a long story... Master Dongcheng, you are here. I believe you have heard about what happened here, right? The person who fell over there was the one who was just messing around indiscriminately on this street. A murderous madman. He has been subdued by me and my partners."
Tojo glanced sideways at the body of Tada Koemon not far away.
"Tachibana, what is going on? Can you explain it to me?"
After asking, Dongcheng stretched out the little finger of his right hand, inserted it into his right nostril without scruples, and then picked his nostril carelessly.
Dongcheng's unruly behavior of directly pointing his finger to pick out his nose in public, without any regard for his own image, shocked Kondo and others who were not familiar with Dongcheng.
The two girls, Souji and Zuo Nako, were so disgusted by Dongcheng's behavior that they couldn't help but shrink their necks. They subconsciously took a few steps back to distance themselves from Dongcheng.
Qingdeng, who had long been accustomed to Dongcheng's slovenliness and informality, explained everything he knew in detail with a calm expression.
While listening to Aoto's report, Tojo slowly walked to Tada Koemon's body.
As soon as he squatted down, a look of surprise flashed across his cheeks.
"Huh? Isn't this Tada Koemon?"
Qingdeng was startled: "Master Dongcheng, do you know this person?"
"……Calculate
right. "
Dongcheng grinned.
"I have met him several times. This guy is a feudal lord of the Koriyama Domain. He is a very skilled spearman. He relied on his excellent spearmanship to conquer Oshio Heihachiro 23 years ago. He has made many outstanding achievements.”
"Oshio... Heihachiro...?" A look of surprise flashed across Qingto's cheeks this time.
"Tachibana, you should know who Oshio Heihachiro is, right?" Tojo gave Aonto a teasing look.
"Of course I know...it's impossible that I don't know this person, right?"
"Hahaha! That's right." Dongcheng laughed loudly, "There's no way anyone in this country doesn't know this name!"
Dongcheng's statement may be a bit exaggerated...but the reputation of "Oshio Heihachiro", a famous family member, is an unquestionable fact!
This person was originally an ordinary member of the martial arts family. Compared with other peers, his biggest difference is that he has been eager to learn since childhood and has a strong personality.
In order to bring glory to the family, he worked hard to practice both civil and military arts.
It was not until the age of 20 that I began to be exposed to various social realities that could not be seen in school, and gradually realized that my past aspirations for fame and integrity were only based on a competitive spirit.
Realizing this, Oshio Heihachiro felt extremely ashamed and realized that he was just a young boy who was still far behind in terms of academic cultivation and life realm.
After this epiphany, Oshio Heihachiro began to devote himself to the study of Confucianism and improve his intellectual quality - this was Oshio Heihachiro's first life transformation.
However, Oshio Heihachiro, who embarked on the path of Confucianism, became more and more confused the more he studied.
At that time, the atmosphere in Japanese Confucian academic circles was one of keen pursuit and exaggeration, which was seriously divorced from reality. After deeply studying Confucianism, Oshio Heihachiro not only did not feel that his intellectual quality had been improved, but instead felt increasingly confused and chaotic. ….
By various coincidences, Oshio Heihachiro discovered the "Moaning Language" written by the Ming Dynasty Confucian Lu Xinwu, and through it he learned for the first time the great spiritual wealth left by the "one sage through the ages" Wang Yangming: Yangming's philosophy of mind.
As if he had found a treasure, Oishio Heihachiro began to concentrate on practicing Yangmei's philosophy of mind. After countless years of study, he finally achieved the goal of using sincerity as the goal and conscience as the means, rejecting the temptation of the outside world, and clarifying the original intention of the heart - the law of heaven. situation.
This is Oshio Heihachiro's second life transformation.
Although Yangmingism is a high degree of idealism, it is actually a pragmatism that advocates virtue as the first priority - the so-called "unity of knowledge and action" philosophy.
Oshio Heihachiro developed it on this basis and closely integrated it with reality to become a kind of knowledge useful to society.
Oshio Heihachiro, who was a master of learning, initially only gave lectures in his spare time from official duties.
Later, as his reputation gradually improved, there were more and more disciples.
In order to have a better teaching environment, Oshio Heihachiro came to 1@
There was a major earthquake in Kyoto in July of the first year of Homoto (1830), and the Yodo River flooded in September.
In March of the second year of Tenbao (1831), the Yodogawa flooded.
In the third year of Tianbao (1832), agricultural harvests in various places failed. In the fourth year of Tenpo (1833), there was a great famine across the country. In addition, natural disasters such as the Dewa flood, the Ou flood, and the Kanto storm continued to cause the price of rice to continue to rise.
The sudden appearance of famine plunged the poor into dire straits.
In order to buy or exchange rice, many destitute victims even had to ask their wives and daughters to sell meat on the roadside.
The Edo shogunate tried to provide disaster relief... but their disaster relief efforts were like a human's appendix - whether they had it or not.
When the poor were in dire straits due to food shortages, Oshio Heihachiro, who always sympathized with and helped the poor, stepped forward and sold his entire collection of books to obtain 620 taels of gold, which he distributed to 10,000 poor households.
However... this little money is always a drop in the bucket.
Oshio Heihachiro saw that more and more poor people were starving to death, but the Edo shogunate was helpless. Although he spent all his money on relief, it was of no avail.
The resentment against the Edo shogunate has grown to an extreme... Finally, Oshio Heihachiro decided to take a desperate risk! Rise up! ….
This scholar, who initially worked hard just to bring glory to his family, has now completed the final transformation of his life - he decided to risk everything to mend the cracks in the sky with one hand.
He led his disciples to secretly manufacture cannons, gunpowder and other weapons in preparation for the uprising.
The uprising was originally scheduled for February 29, but due to the traitor's informant, the uprising had to be brought forward.
Oshio Heihachiro and his disciples, as well as the mobilized poor people, held high the banner of "saving the people" and marched into Osaka, and started a fierce battle with the shogunate army in Osaka City.
Due to limited manpower and material resources, the homemade weapons used by the rebels were actually quite crude... but the corrupt shogunate army was still beaten to a pulp.
After hearing the news, the Edo shogunate quickly recruited troops from nearby vassals such as Amagasaki, Kishiwada, and Koriyama to reinforce Osaka.
Although the rebels fought tenaciously... they were still defeated by the shogunate army, which had overwhelming manpower and force advantages.
After the uprising was suppressed, the Edo shogunate cast a dragnet across the country to hunt down Oshio Heihachiro and others. It was finally found out that Oshio Heihachiro and his adopted son were hiding in an independent house of Miyoshiya Gorobei's family in Hyoukakecho, Osaka City. inside.
Osaka Town immediately sent a large number of troops to surround the house. Knowing that he could no longer escape, Oshio Heihachiro lit the prepared explosives, blew up the house with a loud bang, and died.
After the flames were extinguished, the shogunate officials pulled out two charred corpses with completely unrecognizable features from the ruins.
The Edo shogunate, who thought they could finally rest easy, made plans to bring peace to the people - but no one bought it.
The fierce battle between the rebel army and the shogunate army in Osaka caused countless houses in Osaka to be burned down, and a large number of town residents became homeless and displaced. However, instead of hating Oshio Heihachiro, they respected him as "Mr. Oshio" and "Mr. Heihachiro" ”.
After all, their eyes are not blind - they can still clearly identify who is really good to them.
Out of admiration and commemoration of Oshio Heihachiro, countless literati came out one after another.
In the "storytelling world", in April and May of that year, storytellers from Kyushu compiled stories about Dashan's deeds, which became very popular.
In the "theater world", in the 9th year of Tenpo (1838), kabuki singing the praises of Oishio began to appear in Kyushu, but to avoid suspicion, the era was changed to the Muromachi shogunate period. The names of the characters have also been changed, Oshio Heihachiro becomes Xiaoshio Sadehachi. In this drama, Xiaoshio Sadehachi does justice for heaven, and the town is full of ugliness. Generally, drama performances last for 20 days, but the drama about the Great Salt Uprising was still full for more than 100 days. It is not surprising that people traveled dozens of miles to watch the show.
The legend of "Mr. Oshio is not dead! He is still alive" has never disappeared - this legend is not groundless.
After Oshio Heihachiro detonated the bomb, the shogunate officials only found two indistinguishable charred corpses from the ruins... If the dead people were said to be Oshio Heihachiro's stand-ins, then it would really be true.
It's not impossible.
Some people say that Oshio Heihachiro fled to Jiu Mountain in Yin Dou; some said that Oshio Heihachiro fled to Kyushu; some even directly said that Oshio Heihachiro crossed the sea to the mainland, or even said that he took a black ship to the West.
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Especially Harada - even when I went to Hokubansho, I couldn't watch the fireworks!
However, Hijikata and the others were dissatisfied, but they only dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
First of all, cooperating with the government in investigating the case is a matter of course and beyond reproach.
Secondly... they are not reckless and brainless people. They can also clearly distinguish which people and forces they cannot afford to offend.
Qingdeng and his party followed two of Dongcheng's men and slowly left this bloody street.
After Qingdeng and his entourage left, Dongcheng directed the rest of his subordinates to do their own things—find people nearby to question, find out if there were any other victims nearby, and set up a human wall outside to prevent anyone from leaving. No one is near this place...
In the blink of an eye, Dongcheng was the only one left at the scene where everyone was clamoring for the discovery.
"..."
Tojo looked around the deserted surroundings, then slowly lowered his chin and stared at the body of Tada Koemon at his feet.
For a moment, he knelt down, picked up the big gun that fell next to Tada Koemon's body, and glanced briefly at the gun head that reflected the shining light under the moonlight.
"It's well maintained... Huh! Even if you become a ronin who can't even guarantee three meals a day, you will never treat your weapon badly... Ha... Hahahaha..."
After sneering repeatedly, Dongcheng propped the gun on the ground like he was holding a cane.
His gaze, without sadness or joy, once again cast his gaze on Tada Kouemon's body.
"Tada, you have become much weaker."
"If it were you before, you would never have been defeated so easily with the armor by your side."
"You have become a ronin, and you still carry around the armor that your family has passed down from generation to generation... Your obsession and the importance you attach to your status as a samurai are evident."
"I heard from Tachibana that when you were fighting Tachibana and the others, you kept shouting like you were crazy, 'you gang of traitors,' 'Suffer death, traitors of Oishio..."
"Hmph, it looks like you are really crazy. You are confusing reality with the past."
"Dwelling on the past... mistakenly thinking that I am still on the battlefield 23 years ago..."
"Not only can't you let go of your reputation as a samurai, but you still regard the atrocities committed back then as the greatest and most memorable honor in your life... How stupid!"
After saying that, Tojo flipped his wrist and swung Tada Kouemon's big gun several times with a very casual movement.
After a while, a small black dot fell gently from Dongcheng's side - a fly whose wings were cut off, but its body was not injured at all, and its tiny feet were still swinging sharply, fell to the ground. …
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Qingdeng looked back and realized that he seemed to encounter unexpected situations every day during the three-day fireworks display.
On the first day, he reunited with Otsuki Minoru, the childhood sweetheart of "Original Tachibana Aoden". In order to repay the favor of Otsuki Minoru's father, he helped Otsuki Minoru settle the relationship with Shimizu Gosaku, the nephew of Eiichi Shimizu, the leader of the "Shimizu Clan". The whole incident. ….
When I was going home on the second day, I met a group of mysterious masked men and was attacked by them.
Not to mention the third day... First, I was discovered by these two women about going to the fireworks display with Mai Kinoshita and Sanako, and then I encountered the complete loss of Tada Yuemon. A lunatic who has lost his sanity.
From another perspective... Qingto has to thank Tada Koemon - thanks to this madman's timely appearance, Qingto was able to escape from Mai and Zuo's Shura field.
Of course - only temporarily.
It’s not like he, Kinoshita Mai and Zuo Nako will never be seen again, so what should come will still come, what should be dealt with will still be dealt with, and what should be faced will still be faced...
It’s just that you have to eat the food one bite at a time and deal with the things one by one.
In the next few days at least, Qingdeng will have no time to pay attention to these things that consume both his energy and brain.
There's trouble.
Because August 28th...the day when I need to go to Edo Castle to meet Tokugawa Iemo is coming!
As soon as the fireworks display ended, Qingdeng began to gather his emotions and prepare for the upcoming visit to the city.
From the night of August 25th...the night when the fireworks display ended, Qingdeng often couldn't help but feel sad - thinking that this fireworks display, which was full of unexpected situations but also left many beautiful memories, was over. I feel a little lonely in my heart...
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The first year of Wanyan (1860), August 28th——
Edo, Edo Castle——
——This... is the famous Tianzhangyuan Highness who is said to be comparable to Miss Zuonazi in terms of beauty?
Qingdeng stared blankly at the woman in green in front of him.
——It’s a complete fraud! How could this majestic appearance look like she could compete with Miss Zuo Nazi on the same stage?
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Keen readers should also be able to find that the introduction of Shu Shuzi, a historical figure named Oshio Heihachiro, is quite ambitious. The appearance of this character not only makes the world view of the book more bloody, but also makes the layout of the book immediately different. (leopard fat.jpg)
Otherwise, why would I say that this book can be written in 800-1,000 words? The conception, complexity, and breadth of the plot of this book are far higher, more numerous, and greater than what you might imagine! (leopard smile.jpg).
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