End of Volume 2

Huo Fu Thieves changed to captain of the fifth division, and Kimura counted horses.

The Huoshu Thieves are now captain of the Sixth Division, Huosaka Genzo.

The person mentioned above was sentenced to beheading for committing the crime of framing his colleagues and treason and collaborating with the enemy.

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The fire-sucking thief becomes captain of the seventh division, Tsuchida Masayoshi.

The Huo Fu thieves changed to captain of the eighth division, Nobuyoshi Kazama.

The person mentioned above will be restored to his original position.

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The captain of the Huofu Thief Division, my grandson Chutaro—with the secret operation of the Great Salt Party and the secret help of Qingto, he was recognized by the shogunate as "died in the line of duty" and enjoyed a generous burial and full pension.

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Kitahara Konosuke and others who were captured alive by Aoto were secretly executed by Tenzouin.

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One day, a girl with the word "Ye" in her name secretly revealed to Qingdeng: That night, when she learned that Qingdeng single-handedly attacked Qingshui Residence, a certain widow turned pale with shock.

The news that "Qingden returned from the great victory and Qingshui Residence was destroyed" came thickly, and she sat on the tatami again, silent for a long time.

When Ayoto was hospitalized, the widow, who was unable to move around Edo due to her status, asked the two sisters to visit Ayoto for her.

The vase of flowers that the Erzhong sisters held when they visited Qingdeng were hand-picked and trimmed by the widow who was proficient in ikebana.

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April 15——

On a day when the cherry blossoms were first blooming, a long-awaited pilgrim was welcomed into the cemetery of a temple in Edo.

He took off the ancient sword with a black sheath from his waist, offered incense in front of the stone tablet inscribed with "Tomb of the Tachibana Family of Genji", and stood there for a long time.

The fine incense in front of the tomb burned quietly, and the light blue smoke swirled melodiously into the distant clear sky.