Chapter 325 I, Edo, have my own national conditions
Chapter 325 I, Edo, have my own national conditions
The Shinsengumi people sealed off Luye Castle and began to search for assassins from house to house.
But because of this, many evils were temporarily hidden.
At this time, Hijikata Toshizo was having a headache. The Shinsengumi office received many uninvited guests, all of whom were foreigners who were in a hurry to do business.
"Deputy Chief Hijikata, if your Shinsengumi is incompetent, then simply relax the ban. After all, our business out of the city has been greatly affected." A Portuguese began to put pressure.
"If you can't catch the murderer, then it's better to lift the ban and hire our own bodyguards." Another Korean guy also agreed.
Hijikata Tobizo, the second-in-command of the Shinsengumi, could only keep laughing.
But deep down in his heart, he scolded these people countless times.
They were the ones who put pressure to catch the murderer, but the Shinsengumi failed to catch the murderer on the first day, and they were the ones who put pressure to lift the ban.
Hijikata Toshizo finally understood that what these foreigners wanted was to accurately catch the murderer without any prohibition.
But how is that possible?
After being exposed to the ban, the business flow alone is tens of thousands of people a day. Who knows if you can sneak in and out of the city or sneak in and out?
It was obviously the foreigners who wanted to catch the murderer, but the Shinsengumi, under countless pressures, sealed off the city to arrest the assassin, and they started making noises about opening the city again.
"Everyone, we agreed before to capture the assassin." Deputy Chief Hijikata said, trying his best to endure it.
"But you didn't say you were going to close the city? What will you do if we close the city and our goods stink? Can you bear the loss of tens of thousands of taels of silver a day? Do you, the deputy chief, feel that your position is too good?
At the end? Then do you want your feudal lord to talk to us directly?" Another bald eagle businessman asked several questions in a row even more shamelessly.
Toshizo Hijikata resisted the urge to draw his sword and hack the bald eagle businessman to death, but instead became angry. He felt that he had been insulted, but at this time he must not be angry or fall out.
The Black Ship Incident has dealt the heaviest blow to the shogunate, and we can no longer fall out with foreigners over trivial matters.
"Shut up. We in Edo have our own national conditions. It's not your turn to interfere in our internal government affairs." But even though Hijikata Toizo held back, the samurai next to him who felt insulted couldn't help it and yelled directly.
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"There will be compensation for the loss of our goods. A total of 80,000 taels of silver will be compensated by your Edo shogunate. Then you will have no problem sealing the city for any time." The Bald Eagle merchant obviously did not give face.
His bodyguards all had their hands on their waists, and their waists had bulging bags, obviously carrying revolvers.
The samurai also put their hands on their swords, and the scene was full of gunpowder.
"That's enough, Jushiro! Your Excellency, give us one more day. After one day, no matter what, we will unblock Luye Castle. Please bear with us." Hijikata Toshizo bowed slightly and then said.
"Then I'll only give you one day." The Bald Eagle man dropped these words and left.
The other businessmen also left.
The entire Shinsengumi was eerily silent, and everyone was furious, but when faced with the bald eagle, there was nothing they could do.
After all, the scene of the Black Ship Mayflower blasting open the gates of Edo was still vivid in their minds. Whenever they faced the bald eagle, they all felt that they were a head short.
"Vice-Commander...we..." The samurai named Jushiro just wanted to say something, but was stunned by Hijikata Toshizo's look.
"We only have one day, and we must open the city gate no matter what." Hijikata Tobizo said, his tone was very calm, but within the calm was extremely suppressed anger.
This anger is directed not only at the foreigners but also at the foreigners.
"Deputy Chief, it's due to our incompetence and the cunning of those anti-barbarian losers. They hid after their defeat and only used assassination methods. They were so cruel that we couldn't even catch them alive," the subordinate said.
Even if the anti-barbarian faction is caught, they will directly commit suicide without asking anything.
"But there is good news. The foreigner who put the assassin into the foreign pavilion has been found. He is now living in a shoemaker's house. Do we need to catch him?" a subordinate reported.
Hijikata Toshizo kept knocking on the table, but there was no response.
"Don't take action yet, we still have one day, and we will make plans after one day." In the end, he could only sigh.
He was tired of maintaining this shaky shogunate.
But at this moment, a secret message from the ninja came over, preventing the Shinsengumi from leaving the meeting.
Hijikata Toshizo hurriedly opened the letter. It contained internal information intercepted by the ninjas. Under the auspices of Sakamoto Ryoma, the Anti-Barbarian faction carried out the war of Tosa Domain, Choshu Domain, Satsuma Domain and other vassals in Ikedaya a few days later.
Unity of lofty ideals.
At that time, if they could be defeated, they would be able to wipe out almost all the anti-barbarian factions in Kansai.
This news instantly cheered up the entire Shinsengumi. They had been waiting for this day for a long time, and here was the chance to completely defeat the rebel faction.
Help the building that is about to collapse and save all the people of Edo.
At this moment, even the unhappiness with the foreigners just now was put aside.
"From now on, everything is geared towards this moment, the moment when the rebel faction can be completely defeated. Everyone, we have to start releasing smoke bombs. We cannot let others know our true intentions. Even including arresting assassins, we have to behave very well.
Work hard." Hijikata Toshizo said.
"Hai!" The warriors below also became excited.
"Journey Shiro, you can invite the foreign Mr. Li Wei over. Please pay attention to the invitation." Deputy Chief Hijikata looked at his subordinates and said.
"Hai!"
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Even after two consecutive days of searching, the Shinsengumi could not find any trace of Kawagami Hikosai. Under strong pressure from foreigners, Kano Castle was forced to let go.
However, wanted notices for Hegami Yanzhai's reward began to be posted all over the city.
Under such circumstances, Kawagami Hikosai could not just put ashes on his face, but had to put on a more complicated disguise before he could go out.
He was dressed like a samurai who had been wandering for many years. His face was covered with a fur cloth, and only his eyes, nose and mouth were exposed.
The entire Luye City was opened directly to the public, because the closed Luye City made it difficult for foreigners to do business.
Two days after Heshang Yanzhai entered here, he had already found Li Wei.
However, he hesitated. Even though Mr. Sakamoto Ryoma gave Levi a Heavenly Execution Order, this time, when faced with this target, he found it difficult to take action.
In fact, he had been hiding not far from the shoemaker's house, no more than one kilometer away, but he had been thinking about it for a whole day.
He felt that his sword was for this country and the people of this land, but the more he killed people, the more he felt emptiness and torture.
Kawagami Hikosai did not dare to question Sakamoto Ryoma why Mr. Levi was always the target of the Tenchu Order. He had never helped the shogunate, nor had he persecuted the anti-barbarian patriots.
Why would such a person be chosen to be the target of divine punishment?
In the past, all the people he killed were people from the shogunate, or people who had contacts with the shogunate. He could still deceive himself, but now, with this heavenly execution order, he could not convince himself at all.
Far away in Ikedaya, Katsura Kogoro was also very puzzled as to why Sakamoto Ryoma would issue a decree of execution to a man who seemed harmless to humans and animals, and who should have even helped Hikosai across the river.
"Because Kawagami Hikosai is starting to get confused, and what we need is a ruthless executioner Battosai, not a hesitant counter-blade sword that may even point at himself." Sakamoto Ryoma said calmly.
"In other words, it doesn't matter whether the person named Li Wei lives or lives, but how Kawagami Hikosai chooses is very important to us." Katsura Kogoro took a sip of tea.
"Yes, if Kawagami Yansai succeeds in killing the man named Li Wei, then we can consider letting him break away from his status as a killer and become a middle-level patriot in front of the scene. If he fails or gives up, then
Just kill him." Sakamoto Ryoma said, seeming to decide a person's life or death casually.
"Kawagami Hikosai will definitely make the right choice. He is the person I discovered and I trust him." Katsura Kogoro said.
In Luye Castle, Kawakami Yanzhai looked at the shoemaker's house, and there was no movement for several days.
He also turned down and started to buy some food.
Tomorrow is his deadline. No matter what, he has to make a choice before tomorrow.
"Give me some steamed buns, not stuffed, the cheapest kind." Heshang Yanzhai came to a steamed bun shop and said.
It is said that shops here were opened by young people. In fact, steamed buns and steamed buns had been introduced before Edo, but it was not until a large number of young people fled here that steamed bun shops began to spread throughout Fuso.
He quickly took a pack of white steamed buns, and even though there was no filling, he ate them happily.
Because this may be the better thing he has eaten in these years. In the past, he might not even be able to afford white noodles. It was only recently that white noodles were able to reach the bottom.
While he was eating, without looking ahead, he suddenly bumped into someone.
He bit the bun fiercely, took a step back slightly, and placed his hand on his waist habitually, preparing to draw the knife.
But when he saw a woman falling to the ground in front of him, he was stunned for a moment and said, "I'm sorry, are you okay?"
He saw the woman in front of him, who was about a few years older than him and maybe a little taller than him, about 1.5 meters tall. She was wearing a kimono and had a faint fragrance on her body. She was carrying a bunch of vegetables on her back, which seemed to be...
I just came home from shopping for groceries.
"I'm fine, I bumped into you, samurai-sama." The woman hurriedly bowed and saluted.
"No, I didn't see the road." Kawagami Hikosai also apologized.
It wasn't until the woman left that he looked at her back, slightly lost in thought. It wasn't until the back disappeared around the corner that he picked up the half of the bun again.
Suddenly I felt that the steamed bun in my hand no longer tasted good.
He finished his meal quickly, however, and then continued back to his retreat, where he may have observed the shoemaker's house.
And in the afternoon, suddenly the door of the shoemaker's house opened, and he found that his target had gone out. Not only him, but also a couple who looked like Daqing were leaving together.
Heshang Yanzhai hurriedly followed. He seemed to realize that this was his last choice. Whether he killed Mr. Levi or gave up, he had to follow.
The short figure used a shrinking pace and hurriedly followed. His figure looked like an ordinary run, but it was ridiculously fast.
"What are you going to do! Let me go, sister!"
Suddenly a little boy's voice rang out, and Heshang Yanzhai's body froze.
He saw a bald eagle man push a dirty little boy to the ground and then walk into the house.
He stopped, looked at Levi who was leaving in the distance, and then looked at the little boy, as if he was hesitating whether to take action.
"Don't come over here. People from the Shinsengumi are on patrol and will be here soon!" A woman's voice came from inside the room, and he even thought the voice sounded familiar to him.
"Fake Squid, I'll give you the price of a geisha. Don't be ungrateful." An awkward foreigner's voice came from inside the room.
The ringing of the doorbell, the woman's exclamation, and the voice of the bald eagle soldier.
There seemed to be people around who noticed what was going on here, but those people watched numbly and did not make any move.
Speaking of which, it's just foreigners raping civilian girls. Since the Black Ship Incident, this kind of situation happens every day in this land, and it's not uncommon to say it.
In fact, many women were killed without even having time to call for help.
"Crack!"
A slap hit the little boy hard on the face, knocking him to the ground. The bald eagle wiped his hands on his clothes in disgust, as if his hands were dirty.
He didn't want to kill anyone, because the scalps of people here are not worth ten dollars, but today he saw a very upright woman, so he invited acquaintances to come and enjoy it together.
Anyway, no one cares about it here. They all treat the women of their own country as commodities and sell them. At most, the money is just the loss of commodities.
This is not the first time they have done something like this here, and it is not even the first time they have played with Fuso's woman to death. So what can the so-called shogunate do to them?
Kawagami Yansai looked at the back of the person leaving in the distance, and then looked at the little boy who fell on the ground again.
He seemed to think of himself ten years ago. If his master hadn't saved him at that time, he would have been like that little boy.
so……
"Qiang!" He drew the knife in his hand.
Blood spattered for a moment, and the bald eagle man didn't seem to understand the situation, so he covered his neck and tried to cry out, but the blood had already entered his lungs and blocked his alveoli, making him unable to make any sound.
"Davis, what's wrong?" Another bald eagle man came out of the house with a gun in his hand. Seeing this scene, he instantly drew his gun and pointed it at Kawakami Hikosai.
"Bang!"
Kawagami Hikosai quickly pulled out the gun that was attached to the corpse and pulled the trigger directly.
Violent gunfire rang out, and the man had just touched the holster of his gun.
"Don't worry, it's been solved." Kawagami Hikosai said to the little boy on the ground.
"Killing! Killing! Killing here! Foreigners are dead!" Suddenly, a loud roar came from a distance.