Chapter 22 22. Longma leaves the feudal domain

Sakamoto Ryoma began to make preparations to leave the feudal domain. He needs money to get rid of the feudal clan, and he also wants a good knife.After leaving the vassal, he will no longer be under the jurisdiction of the vassal state, and will become a lonely guest in the world.To protect yourself, you only have a knife at your waist. The Longma family is worthy of being one of the richest and richest martial arts families in the city, and the family hides a top-notch treasured sword "Shao Bao Luo Zhu Guang".Quan Ping was vigilant against Longma's departure from the feudal clan, and locked the knife cabinet, so he couldn't take it out.what can we do about it?He went to Saitani House.

Caiguwu also operates banks and pawnshops, and is one of the three wealthy merchants in the city.They are the main family of the Sakamoto family, and they are connected with the mansion of the Sakamoto family. The north gate is the Sakamoto family, and the south gate is the shop gate of Saitani House. "Is Uncle there?" Long Ma called out and walked into the room.The head butler and the guard who stood in the account room blinked cautiously and said, "Master Sakamoto." A few days ago, Kwon Ping came to the store and repeatedly told him: "Everyone, listen well, Long Ma will come to ask for money and a knife sooner or later, so you can't listen to him."

"The master is called by the tax officer of the Fan Hall, and he is not in the shop. Do you have anything to do?" "Where's Auntie?" "Yes. But I'm taking a rest due to the wind and cold." "I don't have anything important, can you give me the key to the knife magazine?" "This this……" "Please. I'll drink in there, you give it to me." Then he ran into the house, asked the girl to serve the wine, and waited for his uncle to come home.Soon it was dark. Caigu's family style is relaxed, probably because it is more relaxed here, so it becomes a gathering place for the women of the family.On this day, Grandma Ashi, Grandma of Ryomatang, came here early in the morning with her niece Jiuwan and granddaughter Juhui. When she saw Ryoma, she greeted Ryoma, "Oh, what a rare visitor." liquor.

Ashi's mother-in-law actually already knew why Ryoma came here today.Because Kwon Ping told many relatives about Ryoma. "I want to see the knife magazine." "Xiaolong, you." Ashi's mother-in-law said with a straight face.When a woman is over fifty, she becomes defiant. "You probably don't know that according to Caiguwu's family law, it is not allowed to enter the warehouse with a light on. You can come back tomorrow morning." Long Ma pretended to be listening intently, nodded his head, but thought to himself: What nonsense are you talking about?He didn't hear a word.

Soon, his uncle Hachirobei came back. "Ryoma." As soon as he saw Ryoma, his face changed. He heard from his nephew Kwon Pyong that Ryoma might commit a serious crime of leaving the domain. "What? You want to go to the knife store? No, no. We are an ordinary family, and we don't have any good things. Aren't you going to marry our Fourth Miss as a wife? I heard that she is crazy about you." "I don't want a wife." Long Ma said seriously, "Uncle, I don't want a wife, can you give me the knife?" "I don't have any good knives."

This is lying.Caiguwu is the leading pawn shop in the city, and it lends a lot of money to the feudal manor, and sometimes it also lends to feudal vassals.After some fairly well-known vassals put long knives and other weapons here as collateral, they stayed because they had no money to redeem them.These things alone are too many to count.Longma has been eyeing this for a long time. "What do you want a sword for? Aren't the long and short swords you wear right now?" "I just want it. Uncle, do you have a handful of Jixing in your warehouse?" Although Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki is a new sword, it is a treasured sword.This was forged by a knife maker in the Kuanwen period.This person was originally from Oshu and became famous in Osaka. Later, he was invited by Tosa Domain to move to Kochi Castle.He mainly makes T-shaped random blades, and has played many famous knives.

"There is no good fortune." Hachiro Bingwei pushed Ryoma out. Back home, Ryoma saw Kwon Ping waiting for him nervously. "Ryoma, what are you doing at Saitani House?" "Go around, go around." He fled to his room and fell asleep.Being watched and guarded from all directions like this made him feel uncomfortable.Not long after, he started beating in a daze. After about an hour, someone suddenly seemed to come in, and the dragon horse jumped up.The room was dark.The man who came in had a candle in his hand, and with it lit the lamp in the house.It's my sister Arong.

"So it's my sister." Ryoma whispered with an unhappy face. I don't know why, not only the Sakamoto family, but the whole family seems to be rich in women.Ryoma has three older sisters.The eldest sister, Chizuru, married into the family of Shi Takamatsu, a villager in the lower part of the city, and is now the mother of two boys and a girl.The third sister is the Otome who loved Ryoma very much and raised him.Between the two sisters is the second sister named Ah Rong.She is an unfortunate person. She once married into Shibata's family, a villager of comparable family status, but later divorced and returned to her natal family.

Ryoma is the youngest of the children in the Sakamoto family. He is quite different from the second sister in age, and the siblings have almost no contact with each other.What's the matter with this sister?Ryoma looked at Arong suspiciously. She is slender.People even suspect that she and Otome, known as "the door god of the Sakamoto family", are not biological sisters.She looks most like Sachiko, Ryoma's mother who died when Ryoma was twelve years old. "Ryoma, are you looking for a knife?" "You know all about this. There are many women in our family. If something happens, it will be like burning a wilderness."

"No one will spread it to the outside world, and if it is spread out, they will be punished." "why?" "Are you planning to leave the domain?" Ryoma scratched his head on purpose and smiled.Ah Rong didn't smile. "I know. This is a big event for relatives such as the Sakamoto family, the Takamatsu family, the Yamamoto family, the Saitani family, and the Okakami family. You will cause great trouble to them if you leave the domain, don't you know?" "I'm not that careless." "It's the same for you yourself. If you leave the domain, you will never come back, and you will never see your brothers, sisters, and your beloved niece Chunzhu for the rest of your life. Naturally, the family will not send money to the defectors, If the corpse is left in the wild, no one will care. Have you thought about all this?"

"You're scaring me to death." Ryoma couldn't lift his head anymore.He didn't expect that he would meet the honest sister Arong face to face and listen to her preaching. "Have you considered?" "I am a man. For the sake of my ambition, I am not afraid even if I die in the wild." "Then I understand." "Sister, can you forgive me?" "Of course. And, I'll give you Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki." "Sister, you..." Why is it in her hands?Ryoma was dubious. "I have one. But let me tell you first, it doesn't belong to the Sakamoto family, nor the Saitani family, it's mine." "I didn't expect my sister to have Mutsu Moriyoshi." Ah Rong just laughed.She wasn't lying.But because she gave Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki to Ryoma, she ran into a lot of trouble later. Ah Rong left for a while, then returned to Ryoma's room with a long knife in his arms. "Ah, this is it?" Ryoma snatched the knife from Ah Rong's hand and pulled it out.The body of the sword is blue and clear, and the blade has the unique pattern of Yuzi chaotic blades unique to Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki, full of pride. "Two feet and two inches." This size is just right for an ordinary samurai with a height of five feet two or three inches. "Exactly." Ryoma waved it.For a big man like him, long knives of two feet three or four inches or even two feet six inches are also available, but for some reason, he prefers short knives.The knife was just what he wanted.As a precaution, he removed the nail and examined the tang, which had the maker's name engraved on it. "Sure enough, it's Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki. But sister, why do you have this sword?" Ah Rong looked a little sad. "Master Shibata gave it to me as a reminder." "Brother-in-law Shibata gave it to you?" In fact, this person is no longer his brother-in-law.Shibata Yoshihide is Arong's ex-husband, and the two have already gone their separate ways.Ryoma doesn't quite know why Arong returned to her natal family, but at least he knows it's not because of the disharmony between husband and wife.They are very much in love.The reason for the divorce seems to be the discord between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.So when Shibata Yoshihide sent Arong back to her natal home, she gave her this Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki.Longma couldn't figure it out. "Then, sister, this should be more important than life to you." "No, I'm alone now, I don't have a husband, I keep it..." She lowered her head as she spoke, "What's the use? Instead of letting this knife stay as a gift from a man in me, a woman If you sleep in your closet, it is better to give it to you. One day you will become a dragon, and you will fly into the sky, so it is most suitable to hang on your waist." "I see. I'll take it then." After Ryoma left the domain in the future, the domain government conducted an investigation and found out that the treasured sword of Shibata's family was given by Arong.When Shibata found out, he was furious. He went to Sakamoto's house and scolded Arong: "Why did you give away the thoughts I left for you?!" Arong committed suicide that night. In order to push Ryoma to the world, God made one of his sisters leave her husband's house, and the other sister committed suicide. Is this all predestined? A few days later, Ryoma suddenly came to Wushi's home. "It's been a while since I saw you." Wu Shi missed him somewhat.He already had a vague premonition that Ryoma came to say goodbye today. Regarding leaving the domain, Ryoma said nothing to Takeshi.If Wu Shi, who wants to be the "King of All Fan Qin", knows about this, he will definitely try his best to stop him.If Ryoma leaves, it will be tantamount to losing an arm for him, and it will also have a bad impact on his plan. "Ryoma, you look weird today." "Really?" Ryoma touched his face.He was also very sad.Once he leaves the domain, he may never see this daring friend for the rest of his life. "Wu Shi, is there any progress in the plan?" "There is progress. After killing Yoshida, the candidates for political participation, governance, chief supervisor, and county magistrate have been basically determined." Takeshi listed the names of some candidates, except for Kominami Goroemon and Hirai Sojiro, they are all incompetent and old-fashioned members of the family.Wu Shi himself was not selected because of his low status. He probably planned to manipulate it behind the scenes. "Why do these people seem to have moved out of the grocery store?" "Hey, there's no other way. However, the old man's brother Minbu and others have urged him several times." Yamauchi Minbu is the same family as the vassal, and the Yamauchi family belongs to a rare person with a clear mind and sharp vision.Unlike Rong Tang and Fan Fan, he does not need to assume the responsibility of governing, so he supports Wu Shi's King Qin plan in private. "Brother wants to draw a bow and shoot the old feudal prince and feudal lord? This is just like what the storyteller said about causing trouble to Xiao Qiang." Long Ma laughed, but thought in his heart: Wushi, you are so stupid.Even if the assassination is successful, the old vassal is now in Edo.Moreover, the one who promoted Yoshida was the old fan himself, who was outstanding among all the princes.Although he has retired, how can he sit idly by and ignore the coup in the domain? "Wushi, listen, even if the assassination and the coup succeed, and the old feudal lord of Edo does not approve, what should we do? Do you want to target the old feudal lord then?" "Bastard, it's really treason. After I succeed, I will immediately go to Edo to persuade the old feudal lord." "He is more learned than you. Moreover, he is very eloquent, unlike the current feudal lord. What's more, he has a stubborn personality and never listens to others. Brother Wushi, I will advise you one last time." "Just say it." "Abandon Tosa and leave the domain." "Leaving the feudal clan?" Takeshi stared at Ryoma with wide eyes, "Ryoma, don't you want to leave the feudal clan?" "No, don't take it off." After Ryoma finished speaking, he suddenly sang sadly. Tosa's participation in politics, Yoshida Toyo, was assassinated by the Qinwang party in Takeshi after the eighth night of April in the second year of Bunkyu (1862). It began to rain in the evening, and it was still dark at night.From the city below came the mournful cries of cuckoos. Toyo is in the city.According to the usual practice, this day was the day when he taught the young feudal lord. He talked about Oda Nobunaga's "Honnoji Change" in Lai Sanyang's "Japanese Foreign History", which seemed to imply Dongyang's own destiny. Yoshida Toyo is not only a powerful minister, but also has profound knowledge.When talking about Nobunaga's suicide, he took "The Foreign History of Japan" and vividly showed the feudal lord a living Nobunaga.At the same time, he also talked about the traitor Mitsuhide Akechi and his suffering. The young feudal lord listened with gusto.Yuhio Inauchi, Ichihara Hachirozaemon, Goto Shojiro, Fukuto Fujiji, and Osaki Makizo who were accompanying the reading all later recalled that Toyo was more passionate than usual at that time, and he spoke vividly, as if the scene at that time was the same. in sight. After the lecture, the feudal lord gave him wine.Dongyang was drunk. "Tonight's lecture is really wonderful." said the young feudal lord.Toyo nodded in satisfaction. "The feudal lord will leave the mansion soon, and this may be the last time, so I will talk more." Hanpeita Takeichi received the news that Yoshida will be going to the city to give lectures to the feudal lord in the evening. "After the lecture, the feudal lord will give wine as usual. He came out of the city, it should be after the Xu time." Wu Shi said to the assassins. The candidates for the assassin were Shingo Nasu, Kasuke Anto and Danzo Oishi, and Manjuya Kono was in charge of the aftermath. According to the plan, if the assassination is successful, the three assassins will temporarily gather in the Avalokitesvara Hall in Changshengshou under the city.Kono waited there, received Yoshida's head, and put the three people's bags and equipment for escape into the Guanyin Hall. Nasu Shingo checked the sword, and suddenly ran out. "There is still some time, I will go to the street first." It is raining.Nasu went to the longhouse in Fukao's house and found his nineteen-year-old nephew who lived there.This nephew was Mitsuaki Tanaka in the future.He also left the domain later and went all over the place. After the Restoration, he became the so-called founding father of the country. He died in the 14th year of Showa at the age of ninety-seven.At this time, he came out from the countryside of Sagawa and studied in the school in Takeshi. Nasu shook the rain off the umbrella. "Xiansuke, come." Nasu sent his nephew to Doma, "Listen, I want to tell you something important. Although you are still young, you are still a man, so keep this matter secret. I am going to assassinate Kanzheng Yoshida tonight. Toyo." "what?!" "Stupid, keep your voice down. I didn't tell my father-in-law or your aunt about this. After killing Dongyang, I want to tell the news to one person as soon as possible. Dongyang has just been placed under house arrest, so he hates Yoshida Toyo. Can you go back to Sagawa and tell him what happened?" "Where is the ambush?" "Obiyacho under the castle." "What time?" "Tonight. Go to the scene before dawn tomorrow to confirm the corpse and blood, and then go straight back to Sagawa. You are still young, so even if someone sees you on the way, no one will be suspicious." Hyunsuke trembled all over, a little at a loss. Regarding this paragraph, Mitsuaki Tanaka mentioned it in his oral autobiography when he was ninety-four years old, which should be more credible: Dongyang came out of the city at Haishi. "Oh, I'm so drunk." He took the umbrella handed to him at the entrance of the Royal Palace, and opened it with a clatter.The surroundings are dark and damp. His subordinates led the way with lanterns, and the master and servant walked down the stone steps in the city.Dongyang brought two followers as usual, one was a young samurai and the other was a junior servant. After descending the stone steps, several young samurai surrounded Toyo, most of whom were accompanying readers during the day, such as Goto Shojiro, Ichihara Hachihara Hachirozaemon, Fukuoka Fujiji, Yuhiinai, Osaki Makizo, etc. He was a disciple of Dongyang Fei Jushi.After the Dongyang officials were restored to their posts, they were promoted to new nobles. "My lord..." Fukuoka Fujiji tilted his umbrella to the side and said with a smile, "Your handouts are getting more and more exciting. The last moments of Lord Nobunaga at Honno-ji Temple, for a generation of heroes, it can be said to be a dramatic ending, tragic. But there is magnificence in it. After listening to your words just now, the scene seems to be in front of my eyes." "Oh?" Toyo Yoshida slowly walked down the steps in the rain.Hearing people praise him so much, to be honest, he was in a good mood.He himself also felt that today's lecture notes had a kind of ecstatic state of mind, and the effect was better than expected. "I also like that passage very much. The life of a hero is a magnificent poem. When I think about Nobunaga's life, I feel like I am the hero who wields his beloved spear in the red flames of Honnoji Temple." "My lord is also very satisfied." Osaki Makizo lowered his head.Yui Inuchi took over the conversation and boasted tactfully, "It's the best farewell ceremony for the feudal lord to go to Edo Sanjin." Yoshida Toyo and his party walked out of the city gate and reached the main road.It rained harder. "My lord, we bid farewell." Fukuoka, Yui and Ichihara broke up with Yoshida Toyo.They left the main road and immediately turned south, only Osaki and Goto remained beside Toyo. Walk past the gate of the academy, then turn south, and you will arrive at Obitayacho Road in the east-west direction.The homes of Goto and Osaki will continue to go south.Toyo wanted to go home, so he turned east at the Obitiya-cho intersection. "Be careful, my lord," said the young Goto Shojiro.Xiang Erlang is a relative of Dongyang, with a rough and unrestrained temperament. Later, he became Tosa's political adviser, and under Ryoma's persuasion, he switched from the Saba faction to the Qinwang faction.At this time, he didn't have any premonition. Toyo ends up traveling with only one underling and one servant.Holding the handle of the umbrella with his left hand to prevent the rain from wetting his clothes, he walked forward slowly. The three assassins were lying in ambush a dozen steps ahead.They all covered their faces with cloth and wore farmers' coir raincoats, and they were in the dark behind the door or behind the wall. The impatient Oishi Danzo became anxious.At this time, his body suddenly trembled. I don't know if it was because there was a jumping saint in the coir raincoat, or if people would react like this at such a time. Anyway, his whole body was itchy, and he began to scratch continuously. Yasuoka Kasuke was lying in ambush by the wall of the home of a sergeant named Maeno Kuminosuke.His bun was soaked through.Rainwater kept pouring into his eyes, nose and mouth.He squatted there and urinated several times.Moreover, it can only be solved a little bit every time.After each solution, soon there will be urination. Nasu Shingo sat cross-legged under the eaves of Maeno's house, covering his face with an old handkerchief.His wife and two sons in the country kept appearing in front of his eyes, his eyes widened and his teeth gritted, but the image of his wife and children could not be left behind.There will be no time to meet again in the future. The old father-in-law should be able to take good care of the two children and raise them up.As he sighed, tears continued to flow from a pair of godless eyes. A child can grow up without a father.He wiped the tears with his arm several times.Although my father-in-law is a poor countryman, he is more or less landed, and there is a rural martial arts school that teaches spear skills, so he won't worry about making a living. A flash of light from a lantern appeared at the Obiyamachi 1-chome intersection.Oishi Danzo was the first to discover the light.He threw away the coir raincoat on his body, and only wore a black kapok patterned suit and a small barn hakama, and the tassels of the long sword were crossed.This sword is the treasured sword Tenwen Yuding handed down in his family. It was forged by Bizen Osafune. It is two feet three inches long and six minutes wide. It has a random blade and a half-rolled handle. vermilion. Oishi Danzo pulled out his knife and ran out, followed by Yasuoka. Nasu Shingo also rushed out from the door.He was not wearing a hakama, and the hem of his clothes was lifted up, revealing his buttocks.Oishi Danzo cut off the lantern of Dongyang's entourage, and it was suddenly dark all around.Dongyang's entourage and servants ran away, and Dashi and Angang couldn't tell their faces, so they immediately chased after them. "Assassin!" Toyo shouted.His swordsmanship is the Shenying style, and he has obtained the qualification of Jichuan, it is by no means a show of strength.The long knife at his waist was not the gorgeous and useless thing used by general ministers, but a sharp blade.This is a two-foot-seven-inch long sword that he specially asked the famous craftsman Yukihide who lived in the town of Kochi Castle to make.The blade is very wide, the diameter is moderate, and it looks like a long knife.People who use this kind of long knife must be tall and strong.It’s okay if you wear it right away, but it’s not suitable for everyday wear.It's just that the East is warlike, and he feels that the long sword is used to kill warriors in armor, so it has awe-inspiring prestige. Nasu Shingo raised the sword high above his head, and rushed towards Toyo. "Yuanji is to die!" He just yelled, his feet slipped and he nearly fell, "I'm here to kill you for the sake of the world!" Dongyang didn't have time to draw his sword, so he had to block Nasu Shingo's sword with the open umbrella. Nasu Shingo cut off Toyo's umbrella and chopped it on Toyo's shoulder, but the wound was not deep. "Thugs, report, report your name!" Dongyang shouted, throwing off the high-heeled clogs, and jumped back three steps barefoot.He finally drew his knife. "What enmity do you have with me?" "Do justice for the sky." Nasu took a step forward, swung his big knife and chopped down.Dongyang caught the knife.The two knives collided, and sparks pierced the darkness. Dongyang took a sharp step forward, using Shenyingliu's unique assault method, and shouted: "Where are the poor people?" The two fought fiercely for several more rounds. Nasu is gradually at a disadvantage.The rain beat relentlessly on the face and flowed into the eyes. "Things looking for death!" Dongyang's imposing manner was pressing. Surrounded by sergeant's mansion.They should be able to hear Toyo's shout, but there was no movement around.In the chaotic world of the night, who wants to get involved in the mystery of right and wrong? At this moment, Oishi Danzo and Yasuoka Kasuke ran back stepping on the splash on the ground.Dongyang was startled. Yasuoka looked at Toyo's back like a big mountain.Dongyang stood still, confronting Nasu Shingo who was facing him. Angang began to tremble.He raised his knife and chopped down.His right knee is forward, his head is tilted forward, but his waist is bent backward.He forgot the sword technique that he usually practiced so well, and with this hooligan-like holding knife posture, he shouted and slashed towards Dongyang's back. Dongyang turned around and blocked it with his knife.An Gang staggered, staggering and took two or three steps back. The surroundings were pitch black, and if Toyo wanted to escape, this moment was an excellent opportunity. Although the enemy is not only the same, with Nasu in the front and a big stone in the back, he is always strong and aggressive, thinking that everything is under control.His temperament brought him disaster. "Bastard!" Dongyang slashed at An's back with a knife. "Dongyang!" When Dashi saw it, he hurriedly used Tianwen Youding to chop Dongyang's back.Dongyang's back was chopped off, blood gushed out like a fountain, and he fell sideways.Because of the excessive force, the boulder even split the stones on the road. Shingo Nasu saw the right moment and shouted: "Yoshida, for the sake of the world, become a Buddha!"This knife ended Toyo's life.Nasu Shingo shouted urgently: "Kasuke, head, take off the head!" Yasuoka Kasuke approached the corpse and swung his long knife, but there was no light around him, so he couldn't see where it was.He missed, the blade touched his chin and failed to cut off the head. The smell of blood began to permeate the surroundings.He tried several times before he finally chopped it off, wrapped the head in a white cotton cloth, and handed it to Nasu.This piece of cloth was a loincloth pulled down in a hurry.Later, Wu Shi was furious about this and reprimanded them for not knowing the etiquette of warriors. Nasu, Oishi, and Yasuoka are all poor countrymen who have eaten their last meal and never finished their meal. How can they have money to buy new cotton cloth? Usually wrapped in luxurious silk, Yoshida Toyo, who even wears robes inside is made of bright red satin, strictly distinguishes between ranks, even saying that sergeants should be extravagant, and countrymen can only wear cotton cloth.What a sarcasm.Perhaps even he himself did not expect that one day his head would be chopped off by a poor countryman and wrapped in a ragged loincloth. The three of Nasu ran in the rain.Two or three wild dogs smelled the smell of blood, and kept rushing towards An Gang, who was holding the head.An Gang felt scared, and in order to avoid the dogs, he rushed forward so fast that his feet barely touched the ground. At this time Ryoma has left Kochi.Half a month before Takeichi and others assassinated Dongyang, that is, on March 24th of the second year of Bunjiu, he left Tosa at night. Quan Ping is naturally timid, but he is also carefree, no matter what he does, he is not in a hurry.After about five days, he asked, "Hey, Arong, I haven't seen Ryoma at home recently, where has he been?" Ah Rong had already noticed that Ryoma was not at home.She knew it in her heart, but she said: "Yes, maybe it's time to go to Caiguwu." "Playful." Kwon Ping was still worried.The fat man put on a patterned suit, put on a knife, and said, "I'll look for him." He went to his relative's house in the city, and went door to door to look for Longma. Probably because of being too fat, it is difficult to walk.Although he was only forty-nine years old, he was already showing signs of aging, like an old man. I too will be dead soon, the gentle elder brother thought to himself.But at least, he wants to protect his family's reputation.This is also the responsibility of the head of the family who inherits the family fortune. He first went to the house of Junzo Takamatsu, the family of his sister Chizuru's husband. "Qianhe," he asked as soon as he entered the door, "Didn't Ryoma come here?" "Brother, no." Qianhe replied, "Brother, can't you leave the feudal clan?" Quan Ping felt relieved and left Gao Song's house, and then went to Shangsai Valley House, Xia Saitani House, Nakazawa House, Doi's house, when he arrived at Kamada's house, he began to feel a little dizzy.He was sweating so much that the handkerchief he used to wipe his sweat could wring out water.Although it's only the end of March, it's no different from hot summer. He returned home with nothing, and saw that the old source who had gone to the house of Otome in Shanbei Village to inquire about Longma early in the morning had returned.Old source said: "Master, the second master can't be seen in Shanbei either." "Oh?" Really gone.Kwon Ping was at a loss. There is a twenty-year difference between him and Longma, and he loves this younger brother more than his only daughter Chunzhu.At this time, many scenes of Ryoma's childhood emerged before his eyes.If he left the domain, he would never come back, and tears filled his eyes.If I knew that he had to leave the feudal clan, I would give him the treasured sword passed down in my family.This kid is holding that blunt knife, how dangerous the road is, it is worrying.Thinking of this, his tears could not stop streaming down. The old source said some things that he heard from the servants of Caiguwu's family. "What?" Quan Ping stared at the old source, and said, "Dragon is about to go to Gushan?" "Yes, sir. The servant of Saitani House, Zhu Qi, saw it with his own eyes." "when?" "Five days ago, on the twenty-fourth day, the cherry blossoms just bloomed for seven minutes." Caigu Mountain is a mountain privately owned by Caiguwu family outside the city. It is a small hill with a narrow stone step leading to the top of the mountain.There is a ancestral hall on the hill, which enshrines the spiritual tablet of Akechi Samasuke, the ancestor of the Sakamoto family, and a god called Helingshan.The main shrine is the Heling Myojin under Iyo Uwajima Castle, and the Helingshan God of Saigu Mountain is the spirit. This is not a shrine shared by the village, but a ancestral hall belonging to the Sakamoto family.Several generations of ancestors of Sakamoto built a private shrine here in order to pray for the prosperity of the Sakamoto family from generation to generation without disasters. "How does Ryoma dress up?" "Second Master was carrying a gourd on his back." "gourd?" "Yes, master, then..." Lao Yuanyuan said cautiously, "It should be to enjoy the cherry blossoms." "I know, I know." Kwon Ping also fell into deep thought, "Is anyone with him?" "It's a person." "But it's a bit late for cherry blossom viewing now. The cherry blossoms on Saigu Mountain bloom early, have they already fallen?" "It's all gone, my lord." "Then why is he carrying a reed on his back?" "I don't know..." The old source is still thinking hard, but Quan Ping has already guessed the reason: Ryoma is really going to leave the domain. When he left the domain, he went to Caigu Mountain to say goodbye to his ancestors.If not, how could he, who has always hated Shinto the most, go to Caigu Mountain to worship God? That's exactly what happened.On the day Ryoma left the feudal clan, he climbed to the top of Saigu Mountain, entered the shrine, and drank to his heart's content. "Smart Zuoma Zhuzu Grandpa." He called out the spirit of the ancestors in his heart, and then called out Heling Mountain God, praying: "Life is short, please bless me to do a great job." He went down the mountain and met Sawamura Soshojo who was hiding in the farmhouse at the foot of the mountain.Sawamura Zongzhicheng and Yoshimura Tootaro have left the domain.This time they came back secretly to persuade Ryoma to leave the domain together. "Ryoma, put on your travel clothes." "No, I'll just carry a cute reed on my back." Ryoma's coiled bag contained twelve taels of gold borrowed from a relative named Hiromitsu Zuomen, and on his waist was the Mutsu Shoujixing gifted to him by his sister Arong.However, he didn't even wear a hakama. "Only casual clothes?" "Well, so that it won't attract attention." "Let's do it like this." At night, they climbed over the mountain. To leave the feudal domain is to climb mountains, especially in Tosa.In the northern part of Tosa, the steep Shikoku Mountains run from east to west.If you want to go out from Tosa territory, you have to climb over Mount Shikoku.There are sentries and pedestrians on the main road, and even private houses are not allowed to live in, because the wind may leak.Therefore, they can only take the trail.They had to run to the Iyo border overnight like bandits and bandits along the mountains and valleys. "Ryoma, how about going to the top of Mount Mitake first?" Sawamura Shozhicheng said.He was already familiar with this road when he left the domain. "Okay." Ryoma was wearing casual clothes, with the hem of the clothes pulled up to his hips, straw sandals on his feet, and foot wraps. Taking advantage of the darkness, they rushed to the mountains northwest of Kochi City, and the journey became very difficult after that.They followed the mountainside, followed the rocks, grabbed the kudzu vines, and finally reached the top of Miyake. "Can you still go?" Ryoma kept looking back at Sawamura, but Sawamura's feet were not good enough. "It doesn't matter." Half a month later, Nasu, Yasuoka, and Oishi, who had assassinated Yoshida Toyo and had left the domain, also escaped from here.Nasu Shingo later wrote a letter to his elder brother Hamada Kinji in his hometown, describing the scene of leaving the feudal domain at that time: "(Previously abbreviated) when resisting the top of Yueshan Mountain along Daping Road, the cherry blossoms in the valley were in full bloom, competing with Takane's remnant snow. Morimura doesn't stay at other people's houses, just eat some dry food. After passing Takase Village, and then finally to Beie Village, crossing Dedao Pass. Take a boat from Sawatari, and finally arrive at Iwakawa in Jiuwan Mountain before dusk, and then stay." This is also the road that Ryoma walked, but Ryoma left half a month earlier than them. At that time, the spring was cold and the snow on the mountain had not yet melted, which was unbearable. When they arrived in Biezhi Village, they encountered an avalanche and accidentally fell to the bottom of the valley, and Sawamura sprained his ankle. So, Ryoma climbed up from the bottom of the valley with Sawamura on his back, and then continued to carry him, stepping on the snow, heading west. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Sawamura said, crying loudly on Ryoma's back.He is different from Ryoma, he loves to read, especially good at mathematics and English, he will become a non-commissioned officer of Ryoma's Sea Aid Team in the future, and contribute a lot.Unfortunately, on the eve of the Restoration, he mistakenly shot a drunk man as a thief in Nagasaki.It was later found out that the drunk was Hansuke Kawabata, a Satsuma vassal.Sawamura was worried that there would be discord in the relationship between the sea rescue team and Satsuma. Although Satsuma dissuaded him, he still died of seppuku. While stabbing the knife into his abdomen, he smiled and said to his friend: "It is more heroic to end your life like this than to lie on the hospital bed and groan, with the medicine jar as a companion." Later, on the Nishi Mountain in Nagasaki, there was the tomb of Sawamura Sonojo.The tombstone is covered with moss, lying lonely in the mountains. Longma left the vassal on March 24th in the second year of Wenjiu, and Dongyang was assassinated on the eighth day of April. However, the sergeants in the feudal clan have rumors that the person who did the murder may be the younger brother of Sakamoto Gonpei.The biggest reason why they guessed this way was that Longma was the best swordsman in the city.Moreover, among Tosa's young shoguns, he and Takeichi Hanpeita were the leaders of the group.Therefore, it is only natural that Ryoma, who left the feudal domain, should be suspected. He was also defended: Ryoma had left the domain before Yoshida was assassinated. At the same time, some people think that leaving is just to deceive others.On the surface, he made the appearance of leaving the domain, but in fact he was still hiding under the city, and then launched an operation secretly. Osaki Makizo, who accompanied Dongyang in the hall when he lectured, and separated from Dongyang by the moat after he left the city, was the chief inspector at that time. Besides, he was still a student of Dongyang, who was promoted by Dongyang and entrusted with important tasks at a young age. People hate assassins even more. Fanzhong called these upstarts who were promoted by Dongyang the "New Tiger Fish Group".These people lost Dongyang and suffered a considerable blow for a while, so their desire for revenge was very strong.They gather at Osaki's house every night to discuss. "Before and after Yoshida-sama was assassinated, there were four people who left the clan, led by Ryoma Sakamoto, Shingo Nasu, Danzo Oishi, and Kasuke Yasuoka. The murderer must have been among these four." They locked the target and decided to immediately send Shimoyoko to other feudal states to conduct a rigorous search, but just before the action, Osaki Konzo was dismissed. A coup d'état that Takeichi was behind the scenes took place. Almost all the Dongyang faction in the feudal mansion were dismissed. After that, the elders and clansmen who had been squeezed out by Dongyang before, such as Yamauchi Shimoso, Tongma Tibetan, Fukao Tanba, Koyagi Gohei, Goto Neizosuke, Yamauchi University These musty people returned to high positions, and Konan Goroemon, who was rarely seen among the sergeants, became the Chief Prosecutor. At this time, the feudal lord was only seventeen years old, so Wushi behind the scenes was naturally free from fear. "The goal of Quan Fanqin King has been achieved!" Wu Shi was very happy.However, things in the world are not as smooth as he thought. There is also the Yamatodo Hall, the old feudal lord who retired from Edo, known as the "Tiger of the Princes".He has always hated Qin Wang's party, and when he heard that such a drastic change had taken place in the feudal clan, he immediately flew into a rage.