Zuocun stood with a knife, behind him were the bodies of a group of bandits.
Recently... the number of bandits has increased again.
Zuocun took out a piece of cloth expressionlessly and wiped away the blood on the pheasant feathers.
After observing along the way, except for the villages next to the big city, these relatively far away villages...
It can only be said that the number of killings in Zuocun has increased by a certain level.
Japan... has transformed towards hell.
With a long sigh, Zuocun rubbed his temples.
During the period after leaving Rensheng Temple, he had always felt something was wrong with his emotions.
Becoming more silent and more irritable than ever.
"Hmm?" He suddenly felt a slight vibration from the air above and subconsciously looked up.
Although I didn't see anything, Zuocun felt something approaching him.
But there is no malicious intention.
Suddenly, he thought of something, with a smile on his lips: "Is it Sakamoto?"
This place is a barren mountain forest with few people. No one else will appear except for bandits, so Miss Aaron did not hide her figure. She appeared directly from the clouds and waved at Zuo Village.
The weather today was not very good. Although it did not rain, it was gloomy and the clouds were very low.
Miss Along landed on the ground, and Ryuma Sakamoto, who had not seen for a long time, greeted Zuomura: "Yeah, long time no see."
"You guy." Zuocun couldn't help laughing twice.
The two of them smiled and hugged each other gently, patting each other on the back.
"Start—" Miss Along, who has turned back to human body, appeared, "Miss Along is here too."
"Miss Aaron has long been here, too." Zuocun also patted Miss Aaron on the shoulder and said with a smile.
"How did you find me?"
"We met Senior Brother Shannan Jingzhu in a village. He told me that you had just left, so I asked Miss Along to come up with your breath." Longma glanced at the corpse on the ground behind Zuo Village, and didn't care much, "Let's talk in another place."
Survive in hell, even if Longma doesn't want to take the initiative to kill, she will definitely take the initiative to adapt to others' killing.
"Yes." Zuocun used a piece of cloth to dip off a little blood that was splashed on his face and sheathed the pheasant feathers.
The three of them left, and what was left behind was a pile of corpses.
......
"What have you been doing this year?" Zuocun leaned his two knives against the table and asked at Ryuma.
Zuocun and Longma came to the tavern in the village and sat down in a corner with few people.
When old friends meet again, they will naturally have to have some wine.
"I first went back to Tosa. I learned something at the beginning of the year, and then returned to Edo to see if I could find you, and then I found it." Ryuma smiled and poured wine and handed it to Miss Aaron, "What are you doing this year?"
"I learned something, too." Zuocun took a sip of wine and breathed comfortably, "What have you learned?"
"I have some interpersonal relationships in Tosa and contacted people to learn about Western artillery technology." Ryuma looked at the wine in the bowl, and his own face was reflected in the wine. "For this country today, maritime power is crucial, and learning artillery technology is urgent."
"I organized a group of people and wanted to set up a group in Tosa and see if I could enter the core of Tosa's zodiac."
"As a sea-sided Dafa, Tosa has many ports. I can buy some ships and find ways to see if I can train a group of naval forces. As for the attitude of the shogunate... they themselves cannot protect themselves, but I am quite interested in a person in the shogunate."
Zuocun's heart skipped a beat and blurted out: "It's not Masahiro Abe."
"No." Ryuma smiled and shook his head, "It's another, the director of the Edo warship training center, Katsukaishu. But he seems not in Edo for this period, but has been going to Kyoto frequently. I have always wanted to meet Lord Katsukai."
Ryuma said regretfully: "Although the shogunate itself is equivalent to a big tree that is about to die of illness, there are still some roots trying to absorb nutrients. Although the nutrients absorbed can no longer be saved."
"What did you say just now, Masahiro Abe? I heard...he was assassinated recently?" Ryuma's eyes were a little strange.
Zuocun sighed and thought for a moment.
"Ryuma, what is your evaluation of Abe Masahiro Laozhong?" After considering it, Zuocun decided not to tell the truth for now.
Ryuma did not doubt Zuomura too much. He touched his chin: "If we rely solely on rumors, that Masahiro Abe should be a wise and wise wise man, but he has never seen his real person before, and I don't have much comments. However, some of the policies he made can indeed show that he wants to help the corrupt shogunate make the final struggle. This is what I think."
"...I met this old man in winter." Zuocun was silent for a few seconds, drank a big sip of wine, and said.
"Wait a minute." Longma was stunned when he heard Zuocun's words, and then seemed to have thought of something. He looked around. No one except Miss Along, who was eating a lot, noticed this place.
He lowered his head and asked Zuocun in a low voice: "You can't kill it."
Zuocun nodded.
Ryuma sighed: "He...have you had any conflicts?"
"It's not a contradiction, he wants to recruit me." Zuomura poured himself a bowl of wine again, "I don't want to do business under the shogunate, and Masahiro Abe...is not like the rumored person."
"After the recruitment failed, he wanted to kill me. I killed two of his men and left."
"Later, about a month ago, I left Kyoto and he sent his ninjas...and then, he died."
Longma looked at Zuo Village who said these words casually, and couldn't help but sweat.
Although Zuocun said it simply, the process in between...
"When you started, you didn't let others see you clearly." Longma was a little worried about Zuocun.
He didn't feel sorry for Abe Masahiro. After all, even if Abe Masahiro is really wise, he is just a piece of bark on the sick tree that he doesn't want to fall off.
Longma and Zuocun are both loggers, and they may have the tenacity to appreciate the bark. However, instead of paying attention to the bark that has fallen to the ground, it is better to care more about their own loggers companions.
"No, I didn't bring the crane and pheasant feathers at that time, and I also put on ninja clothes. As for the weapon, I used this one."
Zuocun picked up the vine feather from his chest and handed it to Longma.
Longma pressed the selves back to Zuocun's chest and shook his head: "Let's talk about other topics. What have you learned during this period?"
"I... learn English." Zuocun wanted to pour wine again, but found that the wine jar was empty.
Chapter completed!