Chapter 248 Finally meet! Qingdeng and Tianzhangyuans eldest sister!75
Aoto pulled out the Sadikigami from Tada Koemon's body. The muffled "squeaking" sound made one's teeth feel sore after hearing it.
As the blade of the knife was pulled away, more and more blood, physical strength, and vitality spurted out from the neck where the large gash had been opened.
"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 is not without effort, but such an injury is 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 his neck injury... 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.
Close to the ground.
"Lord! You can't do this to me! You can't do this to me!"
This spearman, who until half a minute ago was still scowling and fiercely fighting Qing Deng and the others alone, was now crying in a stateless manner, looking really embarrassed.
While he kept repeating "You can't do this to me", he kept kowtowing hard... The kowtow was so powerful that just once, his forehead turned red. Another time, the skin and flesh burst. Another time, wisps of blood flowed from it.
The broken forehead shot out, 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 he was kowtowing to something in front of him, which was his world and everything for the rest of his life.
Even Aoto and his party, who had become accustomed to Tada Koemon's crazy behavior, couldn't help but be stunned at this moment.
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 disgusting red liquid.
After a while, his cries gradually became weaker.
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 running out, the "fountain" turned into a "stream."
The pores began to spread, and the eyes quickly darkened. …
It happened at the moment Qingdeng blinked.
After the darkness reappeared in less than half a second, the scene in front of him changed - Tada Koemon, who just a moment ago was kneeling on the ground in a very standard Dogeza posture, shouting "Lord" into the air in front of him, pleading loudly for mercy, looked like
It 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 at all.
He obviously just said "You can't do this to me", and looked extremely 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 in his eyes.
There is no trace of hatred...
At this time, Ayoto suddenly saw something rolling down from Tada Koemon'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.
Qingden felt... no, he was convinced! He was sure that he had seen this pill somewhere before!
Thanks to the talent copied from Shannan Keisuke: "photographic memory", Qingto now has a very strong memory.
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, he
When I went to capture Xunzaburo alone, I saw exactly the same pills at 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, snap…
Noisy footsteps suddenly came from the east side of the street.
Looking up, a group of "three-time" 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 Hokubansho 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 were faintly visible in the corners of his eyes, and his clothes were stuck up high on his waist and abdomen.
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 official servants 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 Seito will be promoted to the position of "Captain of the Third Division of the Fire Thieves Reform Team and Leader of the Seventh Division of the Advanced Archery Team" 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."
"Hmm? Tachibana?"
Dongcheng glanced at Qingdeng in surprise.
"How will you be here?"
"This is a long story... Mr. 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 lunatic. He has been subdued by me and my partners."
Tojo glanced sideways at the body of Tada Kouemon not far away.
"Ju, what's 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 any 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 Nazi, 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 the sloppiness of Dongcheng, explained everything he knew in detail with a calm expression.
While listening to Aoto's report, Tojo walked slowly to the body of Tada Koemon.
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?"
"...So be it."
Dongcheng grinned.
"I have met him several times. This guy is a feudal lord of Koriyama Domain. He is a very skilled spearman. He relied on his excellent spearmanship to conquer Oishio Heihachiro 23 years ago.
He has made many outstanding achievements."
"Oshio... Heihachiro...?" This time, Qingden's cheeks flashed with surprise.
"Tachibana, you should know who Oshio Heihachiro is, right?" Dongcheng gave Qingnobo a teasing look.
"Of course I know...it's impossible not to 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 famous "Oshio Heihachiro" is an unquestionable fact!
This person was originally an ordinary martial arts disciple. Compared with other people of the same age, 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 come into contact with various social realities that I could not see in school, and I gradually realized that my past aspirations for fame and integrity were only based on a competitive spirit.
After 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 accomplishment and life realm.
After this epiphany, Oshio Heihachiro began to study Confucianism with great concentration 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, exaggeration prevailed, and serious disconnection 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 Yangming's mind science. 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 Heihachirou's second life transformation.
Although Yangmingism is a highly idealistic theory, 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 that is useful to society.
Oshio Heihachiro, who was a master of learning, initially only gave lectures after official duties.
Later, as his reputation gradually improved, he had more and more disciples.
In order to have a better teaching environment, Oshio Heihachiro opened a school in his home in 1823, named it "Xinshindong", formulated eight oaths for admission, eliminated empty theories, and strictly implemented the purpose of Oshio School -
pragmatic.
In addition to the disciples of the martial arts family who were born in the samurai class, many of the disciples of Xishindong were farmers who came from farming families near Osaka.
Although Heihachiro Oshio was a samurai, he did not have any class concept. He had a strong affection for farmers and often visited rural areas in the suburbs to mingle with the poor people at the bottom of society.
He has always insisted that farmers are very simple, and if they are educated, they will have the state of mind of a saint.
In addition to "respect", Oshio Heihachiro also had infinite sympathy for the farmers who suffered from natural and man-made disasters, so he hated the corrupt Edo shogunate and the privileged businessmen who were connived by the Edo shogunate.
Oshio Heihachiro's resentment towards the Edo shogunate grew day by day.
This strong dissatisfaction against the incompetent Edo shogunate finally "exploded" in 1837...in the winter of that year.
The trigger was the Tianbao Famine (1832-1833), which killed millions of poor people.
In the first year of Tenpo (1830), there was a major earthquake in Kyoto in July, and the Yodogawa flooded in September.
The Yodogawa flood occurred in March of the second year of Tenpo (1831).
In the third year of Tenpo (1832), agricultural harvests in various places were poor. By 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 rice 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 his entire family 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 and rise up! ...
This scholar, who initially only worked hard to bring glory to his family, has now completed the final transformation of his life - he decided to risk everything to repair 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 mobilized the poor people and marched into Osaka holding high the banner of "saving the people" 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 military superiority.
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 a separate house of Miyoshiya Gorobei's family in Hyoukakecho, Osaka City.
inside.
The Osaka Town Order immediately sent a large team 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 set himself on fire to death.
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".
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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 and poets 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", it was not until the 9th year of Tenpo (1838) that kabuki songs praising Oshio began to appear in Kyushu. However, to avoid suspicion, the era was changed to the Muromachi Shogunate period. The names of the characters were also changed, Oshio Heihachiro became Oshio Teihachi.
In this play, Koshio Tehachi upholds justice for heaven, and the town performs all the ugly things. Generally, drama performances last for 20 days, but the drama about the Oshio Uprising lasted for more than 100 days and was still full. People came from dozens of miles to watch the play.
Not surprising.
The legend "Mr. Dashan 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 person was Oshio Heihachiro's stand-in, it is not impossible.
Some people say that Oshio Heihachiro fled to Jiu Mountain in Yin Dou; some people say that Oshio Heihachiro fled to Kyushu; some even directly say 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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Until now, many people firmly believe: Mr. Oshio is still alive! And he will come back! He will lead them poor people to fight against the evil Edo shogunate again!
Oshio Heihachiro has basically become a symbol of faith, and his name still has extremely exaggerated popularity and influence even today, 23 years later.
The Koriyama Domain, which has a height of 150,000 koku, was one of the domains that sent troops to reinforce Osaka and suppress the uprising of Oshio Heihachiro. Judging from the age of Tada Koemon...if he was born in the Koriyama Domain, then he is indeed possible. Participated in the Osaka battle 23 years ago.
This lunatic who talks nonsense actually has such a past... When the director learned about this, he couldn't help but ask:
"Since this man is a military commander who has outstanding martial arts strength and has made dazzling achievements on the battlefield...then why has he fallen into this situation today?"
"Well... I heard a little about Tada Koemon's deeds from a friend a while ago."
Dongcheng sneered "hum hum" a few times.
"It is said that he accidentally made some mistakes and was demoted to a ronin by the lord of Koriyama Domain three years ago and was expelled from the domain."
"Wrong?" the general manager asked curiously, "What's wrong?"
"I don't know about that."
Dongcheng shrugged and then continued:
"Well, this is a common thing."
"Moving to the right is as difficult as climbing to the sky, but moving to the left is as easy as climbing to the sky."
"Nowadays, a large number of vassal states are so poor that they can only survive by borrowing money from the giant businessmen in Osaka."
"Even the finances of those powerful lords are not much better."
"In order to save financial expenses, we often had to use various excuses to deduct the salaries of the feudal officials, and even directly demoted the feudal officials."
At this point, Dongcheng sneered a few more times, and then changed into a tone full of teasing and a sinister tone:
"No matter how much you have done for your lord, when the situation calls for it, your lord will abandon you without any hesitation."
"Hmph, huh, this can be considered a tragedy for us so-called 'warriors'."
After saying that, Dongcheng clapped his hands, dusted his knees, and stood up quietly.
"Ju, you are also a member of the government, and you should be very familiar with the investigation process, so I won't say anything else."
"You have had close contact with Tada Koemon, so now I have to ask you and your friends to go to the shrine for a while. We want to ask you about the incident in detail."
Qingdeng showed a helpless smile: "Please be sure to ask your subordinates to move faster when asking questions, so as not to waste my and my friends' time too much."
"That's natural." Dongcheng nodded.
"Ah, Master Dongcheng, can you allow me to go to Beifansuo later? I have to deal with an urgent matter now."
The "urgent matter" Qingden mentioned was naturally referring to sending Elodie home.
It was Qingdeng who quietly brought Elodie out, so he naturally had to take the responsibility of sending Elodie back to the residence, beard and tail, and back to the warm quilt in her room.
Qingdeng was a member of their "Three Chapters", and he was not an unknown person that he was not familiar with. Probably out of his trust in Qingdeng, Dongcheng said without hesitation: ...
"Sure. As long as you can report to Beifan Station before noon tomorrow."
Qingdeng: “I can’t thank you enough.”
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Hijikata, Nagakura, and Harada all expressed their strong dissatisfaction with having to temporarily go to the Northern Police Station to cooperate with the "Three Chapters" in investigating the case.
Especially Harada - I couldn’t even watch the fireworks when I went to Kitabansho!
However, Hijikata and 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 which forces cannot be offended.
Qingdeng and his party followed two of Dongcheng's men and slowly left this bloody street.
After Qingdeng and his party left, Dongcheng directed the rest of his subordinates to do their own things - go and ask people nearby, find out if there were any other victims nearby, build a human wall outside, and don't let anyone
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 large gun that fell next to Tada Koemon's body, and glanced briefly at the gun head, which reflected the shining light under the moonlight.
"Well maintained... Huh! Even if you become a ronin who can't even guarantee three meals a day, you will never treat your weapons 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 corpse.
"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 with Tachibana and the others, you kept shouting about 'you gang of traitors' and 'suffer death, traitors of Dashan'..."
"Hmph, it looks like you are really crazy. You have confused 'reality' with 'past'."
"Wandering in 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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Qingden 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", and 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, they discovered that they went to the fireworks display with Kinoshita Mai and Saunako, and then they encountered Tada Yuemon who was completely lost.
A sane madman.
From another perspective... Aoto has to thank Tada Koemon - thanks to this lunatic's timely appearance, Aoto was able to escape from Mai, Zuo's Shura field.
Of course - it's only temporary.
It’s not like he was dancing with Kinoshita, and Zuo Nazi was never seen again, so what should come will still come, what issues should be dealt with still have to be dealt with, and what should be faced still have to 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 worry about these troublesome things that consume both his energy and brain.
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 would often feel sad involuntarily - 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 28——
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 can this dignified appearance look like it can compete with Miss Zuo Nazi on the same stage?
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