"Ahem--" Takasugi Shinsaku was lying on the bed, even the sound of coughing seemed extremely weak.
It is now April of the fourth year of Qingying.
Zuomura and Kido Junichiro were by his side, both of them were silent.
"Gui, Zuocun."
Takasugi Jin's voice was like a small mosquito, calling softly.
"You say, Takasugi, you say." Junichiro Kido held Takasugi Shinsaku's hand, felt his dry skin, and tried to control himself from crying.
"Cough...it's so painful..." Takasugi Shinsaku said softly.
"I want to die, but I don't want to die." Two lines of tears flowed down the corners of his eyes, "Because... if I die, who will accompany you to continue this great cause..."
"Who will come..."
"Make this boring world interesting..."
He turned his head slightly and looked out the window.
"How much time do I have... haven't walked out of this room..."
"Stop talking, Takasugi, stop talking, you will get better, you will get better." Junichiro Kido put Takasugi Shinsaku's hand on his forehead, tears flowing, and incoherently speaking.
Zuocun pinched Wufu's hem with both hands, bit his lips, and looked at this friend.
"I really want to go out again...see the dance, listen to Sanwei Shi..."
After saying this, Takasugi Shinsaku slowly closed his eyes.
Feeling Takasugi Shinsaku's hands becoming weak, the breathing sounds like a bellows disappearing.
"Takasugi! Takasugi! Takasugi!!!" Junichiro Kido looked at Takasugi Shinsaku's face in disbelief.
All I saw was the dead silence with a smile.
"Takasugi!!!!!!"
......
Takasugi Shinsaku passed away.
Looking at Takasugi Shin's life, it was magnificent and charming.
Zuomura stood in front of Takasugi's grave and clenched his fists.
Before his death, Takasugi arranged all military forces and laid the foundation for the upcoming and real war.
"We will take your part forward, sleep peacefully, Takasugi-kun."
Zuocun turned around and left, leaving Kido Junichiro, staring at the tombstone in a daze.
......
In June, after Meiji ascended the throne, April.
The Satsuma family, which had not yet completely abandoned the non-violent means, proposed a "parliamentary system" to Tokugawa Keiki.
The general content is that, with the Tokugawa shogunate where Tokugawa Keiki is located, the vassal lords of various powerful vassals and Emperor Meiji, everyone will discuss major events in the world together.
This not only dilutes the rights of the shogunate, but also allows the shogunate to retain at least its last face.
But after careful consideration, Tokugawa Keiki chose to deny this proposal.
If you hold the rights in your own hands, it is called rights. If you hold the rights in everyone's hands, it is not rights.
Tokugawa Keiki didn't want to be a grandmaster. Like the previous general Tokugawa Ieshima, he also wanted to revitalize the shogunate with ambitions.
After Tokugawa Keiki denied the parliamentary system, Ryuma Sakamoto, Anno Zuomura, Moritsutsu Saigo, Junichiro Kido and others immediately realized that the opportunity might have arrived.
Saigo Morita actively advised the vassal lords in Satsuma that since the parliamentary system was rejected, it means that the Tokugawa family, which was losing power, was still unrealistic and wanted to monopolize the power of the world.
Zuomura, Ryuma, and another Goto Ekiro, came to Kyoto from the water route. The three of them acted separately. Zuomura went to Kyoto, while Ryuma and Goto went to Edo to meet General Tokugawa Keiki.
They wanted to present Ryuma's work "Eight Strategy in the Ship" to General Tokugawa Keiki, and further force the shogunate to act.
Zuocun secretly met Emperor Meiji and received the order to attack the shogunate from Meiji.
Everything is operating nervously and fiercely in the secret.
Everyone who runs around holds the same goal.
——Destroy the shogunate and support Meiji!
......
Kyoto, the new group's resident.
"Ahem—"
Pick.
Okina Mainji looked at his hands.
Her hands were thin and weak, and she was trembling.
She looked at the California Qingguang on the ground.
"......No."
Her tone was trembling.
She picked up the California Qingguang and held it in her hand.
But no matter what, you can't hold it tightly.
"Ahem—"
A mouthful of blood was coughed out by General Okada.
Pick.
California Kiyoshihiro fell to the ground again, and Okina General couldn't help but fall to the ground.
“This…this is impossible…”
Her eyes were once again concentrated on her hands.
The hands were shaking, nothing wrong.
The tremor that cannot be stopped.
Can't use force.
Fear, fear, and incredible emotions appeared in the eyes of Okina Soshi.
"This is not true."
Her hands couldn't force them.
she--
Can't pick up the knife anymore.
"Ahemhem—"
Okita coughed violently, and once again brought out a mouthful of blood.
She felt like stars and dizzy.
"I...can't pick up the knife..."
Chief Okina fainted.
When she opened her eyes again, she woke up in the infirmary.
She looked at the ceiling with her eyes blank.
I can't pick up the knife anymore?
"Okita." A familiar voice came from the side.
Okita Main-Shiji looked toward him.
"Director..."
"...I found you unconscious in the training ground." Kondo Yuki sat next to the hospital bed, his eyes filled with anxiety and anxiety.
To be continued...