Chapter 24 2. Changes in Teradaya

Sakamoto Ryoma and Sawamura Zongzhicheng are still wandering in the land of Keizaka. "Hey, Sawamura, where did Yoshimura Tootaro go?" On this day, Ryoma wandered the streets of Kyoto in a leisurely manner.However, at this time he was a little bit down, a bit like a lost child. Both of them came from the countryside. Without the guidance of someone who had left the domain like Yoshimura Toutaro, they would not be able to join the ranks of people with lofty ideals. Moreover, they had less and less money with them.The place to stay had to choose the kind of small inn that does not provide meals.Next to Higashi Honganji Temple, these cheap inns are next to each other.This is for believers from all over the world who come to worship this mountain.Most of the people staying in this kind of inn are old people.Every morning and evening, the annoying sound of chanting comes from every room.Already in a depressed mood, and listening to these chanting sounds every day, Sawamura Shoichiro lost a lot of weight.

"Mr. Sakamoto." Walking in Teramachi, Sawamura whispered, "People from all over the world gathered in Kyoto to raise the flag of King Qin's rebel army. At this time, there is no sign on the street and it is so quiet. I invite you to come out. It seems to be wrong. We must not be deceived, right?" "Don't worry." Ryoma was very calm, "If those guys don't raise their troops to revolt, we will revolt." "yes." "I have some regrets. Because others do it, we follow suit, which is not good." "Ha ha." The walls of the temple are one after another, and the setting sun has painted a thick layer of gold on the white walls.A cat quickly ran past Ryoma, and there were no pedestrians around.

"Mr. Sakamoto, are we the only two revolting in Kyoto?" "It won't work?" "Of course it won't work." Sawamura said unhappily. "Sawamura, a man should have this kind of heart. For example, if you run to Mount Hiei with the emperor on your back, I will cover in Kyoto to resist the shogunate army." It's raining. Seeing that Ryoma was still calm, Sawamura became angry. "Sawamura, if it were me, I would definitely not raise troops in Kyoto as planned by the rebel army this time. The terrain of Kyoto is not suitable for defense. Since ancient times, there has been no victory in defending Kyoto. If I raise troops to rebel, I will choose Seto Inner Sea."

"Really?" Sawamura ignored him, "Mr. Sakamoto, let's go to Kawaramachi." Kawahara Tosa's Kyoto Domain.It is natural to meet warriors from the same domain there, and they had tried to avoid them before. "Sawamura, since we have come to the foot of the Imperial City, why don't we find some beautiful prostitutes to drink some wine." "Where do we have money!" Sawamura was very displeased. Ryoma and Sawamura climbed up the Higashiyama Sanneizaka, and approached the Mehoyotei restaurant at the foot of the mountain, where Ryoma and Miss Tianzuru met before.What is Miss Tian He doing now?

The sun was in the sky, but it began to rain with a tick.The soil on Channing Ban is eye-catchingly red.Ryoma climbed up unhurriedly.Right now is the new green season, and the endless green on Dongshan in front of you looks even more dazzling under the sun and rain. That was probably the autumn of the fifth year of Anzheng.At that time, the ministers and patriots in Kyoto were trembling in the so-called Anzheng Prison.Even Ms. Tian He, who worked as a maid in the Sanjo family, was followed by spies.Now that I think about it, I really can't judge people by their appearances, such a weak Miss Tian He would have such a heart.Under surveillance, she dared to come here for a secret tryst.

Ryoma wiped the rainwater from his eyebrows with the back of his hand.It's been four years and times are changing every day.Even Ryoma, who slept soundly amidst the vicissitudes of life, has now left his domain and devoted himself to the vast world.But even though he has left the feudal clan, he doesn't know where to go now, so he can only wander in the red land of Sanningban. Four years ago, when I was climbing this slope, I couldn't restrain my yearning for Ms. Tianhe from the bottom of my heart.Now, climbing the slope again here. "Miss Tian He..." He whispered.In the depths of his heart, he began to tremble inexplicably, feeling a trace of painful sadness.He likes her.But the strange thing is that he didn't go to her.Is it because it is troublesome?Ryoma began to examine his own heart. "No, it's impossible for me to be troublesome. It's probably because I'm a hopelessly flirtatious lover." Ryoma said with a clear expression.

The rain is thin and thin, like smoke and mist.At some point, his eyebrows and face were already wet with rain, and the rain flowed from his cheeks to his chin. "Tian He..." Long Ma suddenly woke up. "What did you say?" Sawamura Shozhicheng asked, looking up at Ryoma. "nothing." The two came to the gate of Ming Baoye Pavilion. "Sawamura, go in." "Okay? We don't have any money." "It doesn't matter." Ryoma thought that Ms. Tian He would pay the bill for them anyway. The owner of Akeboneti still remembers Ryoma. "Please." He led them to an inner room.

That's the beauty of Kyoto.If there is no new customer introduced by someone, the store will generally reject it, but if the customer has been here once, no matter how many years have passed, they will still remember it.Especially Ryoma, the owner of Ming Baoyeting couldn't forget it, because he came here with the maid of the Sanjo family last time. "It's really nice here." Sawamura Shozhicheng stared at the courtyard with wide eyes, unable to calm down.No wonder.The poor peasants who came out of the mountains of Tosa are now sitting in a famous garden in the capital full of flowers.

"It smells so good." He was breathing the air in the room vigorously.Incense was burned in the room. Soon, the proprietress came to greet the two of them.After greeting the two of them respectfully, she said with a smile: "It really is Mr. Sakamoto, long time no see." Don't mention Tianhe, it would be bad for Sawamura to hear it.Sawamura is from Tosa, and Ms. Tianzuru is the daughter of Lao Fu's family in the domain country, and she is also a beautiful woman. He must have heard of her name.Ryoma prayed silently in his heart.The other party is worthy of being the proprietress of a famous garden in Kyoto, she seems to have understood Ryoma's thoughts, and said nothing further.

"Mr. Sakamoto, it's amazing." After the proprietress left, Sawamura shook his head exaggeratedly, and said, "You are worthy of being our leader." "Oh." Ryoma felt a little funny in his heart. Soon there were maids coming in and out, serving wine and dishes. Ryoma went to another room and asked for a roll of paper to write to Ms. Tian He.After writing the letter, he sealed the handle, borrowed a small square silk scarf to wrap it, called the waiter from the restaurant, gave him all the money left in his pocket, and asked him to hand over the letter to Tian He from the Santiao family. Miss.Then he called a geisha from Gion and started drinking.

Sawamura was already going crazy with joy.It's no wonder that after leaving the feudal clan, they went through all kinds of hardships and dangers, even sleeping on the streets.Because of the cash-strapped, they didn't have a good drink. "It's really comfortable. I really admire you, Mr. Sakamoto." He was sincere.When he was slightly drunk, a few people entered the next room, and a banquet began there.Not long after, they began to discuss something in passionate tones. "It's a samurai." Ryoma whispered to Sawamura, "It looks like Changshu." They speak in dialect. After a while, Sawamura Shozhicheng let out a soft "ah", put down his cup, and looked at Ryoma. "What's wrong?" Ryoma asked. "Mr. Sakamoto. Listen carefully to the voice of the person next to you. The Changzhou dialect seems to be mixed with the voice of my clan, Yoshimura Torajiro." "good." Yoshimura Toujiro's unique duck voice came over. Ryoma clapped his hands and called the maid, and told her to go to the next room and ask if there was Tosa Yoshimura Toujiro. "Yes." The maid readily agreed. The neighboring room suddenly fell silent.The partition door slammed open, and Yoshimura Toujiro stood there holding a knife in his left hand like a door god. "Oh, it turned out to be Ryoma." Yoshimura looked relieved. "Why are you so nervous?" Ryoma laughed. "I thought it must be a clerk who was going to kill someone. No matter how we say it, we can still distinguish my voice when we are talking in secret. It's not ordinary." "Is this considered a secret conversation?" These people are so careless, Ryoma is really helpless.Judging from this situation, wouldn't it be futile to raise troops in Kyoto and set fire to Suo Sidai's mansion? "Mr. Sakamoto, long time no see." Walking out from behind Yoshimura was Changshu Hisaka Genzui.Then, the people with lofty ideals from Changzhou came in one by one. "So it's all there." Ryoma said happily. Sawamura, like a lost child who just found his mother, was too happy to speak. "Ah, really... let us..." At this point, Ryoma swallowed the word "find" suddenly, and said, "It must be very hard for you to find us, right?" Suddenly he put on airs.Because he felt that it would be too worthless for others to treat him as a lost child. Yoshimura also wanted to deliberately raise Ryoma to show the Changzhou people. "Well, let's find it easier. Ryoma, without your joining, it would be difficult for us Tosa people to grow in power." "Too high." This time, it was time for Ryoma to feel embarrassed. "Yoshimura, what have you been doing these days?" "After that? Now that I have left the feudal clan, there is no room for me in the world. Thanks to Mr. Hisaka, I was allowed to live in the Kyoto feudal mansion in Changzhou, and then I plan to raise troops to revolt with the comrades of the Changzhou feudal clan. That's right, Nasu , Yasuoka, Dashi and others are also in Changzhou Fanfu." "yes?" "Ryoma, Sawamura, you've all left the feudal clan, go to the Choshu feudal clan." Ryoma and the others left Akeboneti in Sanneizaka.Before leaving, he went to the counter and said to the proprietress: "The Santiao family will definitely send someone here to inquire about my whereabouts. Please tell them that 'Dragon Character' has gone to the Changzhou feudal mansion." He didn't want Miss Tian He to feel that , I just asked her to pay for the meal, and then disappeared without a trace. Changzhou Fanfu is in Kawaramachi.Changzhou deserves to be a big feudal clan of 370,000 shi, and the feudal mansion is very large. Unfortunately, the feudal mansion was burned down in the Hayumen Change in the first year of Yuanzhi.Ryoma stood in front of the feudal mansion, which later became one of the origins of the Meiji Restoration. "By the way," Ryoma suddenly remembered, and asked Jiusaka Xuanrui, "Is Mr. Gui Xiaowulang in this feudal mansion now?" "No, Kogoro is now in the Edo feudal mansion, serving as the owner of the mansion's Chinese martial arts gym. Please come in." "Excuse me." Ryoma walked into the door. The air in the feudal mansion is a bit strange.The palace and every longhouse on the opposite side were lighted, and three or four torches were burning in the courtyard.Some people were holding guns in their hands, and some people were walking around in armor. It was very noisy.Ryoma was taken to a room in the longhouse. "Mr. Hisaka, your residence is very lively." Ryoma pretended to be confused. Just now, on the road from Mingobonotei to Kawaramachi feudal mansion, the clever Ryoma has already guessed eight or nine points of the situation just by listening to Hisaka's description.The patriots of the Changzhou domain did not want to lose to the patriots of the Satsuma domain, and were ready to explode.he thought.Now something big is going to happen in Kyoto. The radicals of the same domain headed by Arima Shinshichi, a Satsuma feudal lord, and the rogue group headed by Maki Izumi are now gathered in Teradaya in Fushimi, ready to raid Kyoto.Since Teradaya can accommodate them, it means that there are not many people.But all of them are desperate, tough and ambitious.They planned to rush into the mansion of the shogunate Soshidai in Kyoto, kill Soshidai, and at the same time support the Nakagawa Palace, raise the banner of rebellion, and persuade the father of the Satsuma lord in Kyoto, Hisamitsu Shimadzu, to form an alliance with the Satsuma soldiers. He overthrew the shogunate with people with lofty ideals, regained the great power in one fell swoop, and returned it to the court. This incident stimulated the radicals of the Choshu Domain in Kyoto. "How can the Satsuma clan be ahead of us!" Hisaka Xuanrui became the organizer, and more than 200 people living in the clan's mansion were fully armed. Ryoma saw all this.The Kusaka Shogunate still possesses great power and power. Isn't their plan a bit like a daydream? It was the early summer of Wenjiu's second year.The current situation has begun to boil, but there is still a long way to go before it boils. As far as the current situation is concerned, such a fierce word as "discussing the curtain" is not suitable for publicity. Of the 300 famous names in the world, most of them are still intoxicated in the gentle and gentle countryside of Taiping.None of the big names really want to take the blame.This is true of Satsumahou, Changzhouhou, and Tosahou, who was originally loyal to the general. In addition, there are several great vassals in the world. The strange thing is that among the three vassals of Sa Changtu, talented scholars, strange scholars, heroes, strategists, strategists and commentators emerged in large numbers.San Francisco lords are mediocre in thinking, but their retainers have extraordinary ideas.The territory of the Kaga Clan is one million koku, and the Oshu Sendai Clan has 620,000 koku. However, due to the lack of talents, when the Meiji Restoration is restored in the future, they will be like old people who have just taken a nap. The Chitokugawa era is over.That's all.But even so, not all the retainers in the two feudal clans of Sa and the Chief are discussants. The leaders and 90% of the sergeants in the three feudal clans are conservatives. People are no different.Shimadzu Hisamitsu, the father of the Satsuma feudal lord and the actual ruler, even said after the Restoration: "I didn't have that plan at first, it was Xixiang and others who acted without authorization." In the end, it was all the tough Saba faction, which made Ryoma and Takeshi Hanpei suffer a lot.The aspirants of the Tosa domain later left their lords and led the domain soldiers to point to the shogunate.Mao Lihou in Changzhou is even more timid.Although the master of the Changzhou Domain is not dull, he is by no means heroic either.It is said that after the Meiji era, he asked others: "Hey, when can I become a general?" These are unbelievable, but the situation in Changzhou is different from Satsuma and Tosa. Holding hostage, rushing left and right.It can be said that he accidentally fell into the vortex of the Meiji Restoration.This is all for later. Regarding the situation at the end of the Bakumatsu, it can be said that it is only the beginning of the prelude. Closer to home, let’s talk about the commotion at Teradaya.Due to the above situation, only 20 or 30 people from the Satsuma domain actually participated in the riot.Shimazu Hisamitsu, who lives in the Satsuma clan's mansion in Nishinokoji, Kyoto, was furious when he heard about this.The Satsuma domain was originally different from the Changzhou domain. Satsuma was a centralized domain with the lord as the core, and it pursued thorough centralization.Jiuguang thinks that everyone's actions are disobedience.Hence the misfortune. Before dawn the next day, an urgent report of a tragedy at the Fushimi boatman’s house in Hakeda Temple spread to the Choshu feudal government in Kawaramachi, Kyoto, more than 20 miles away.Someone hurriedly ran in the corridor and shouted: "Masters, get up, get up, something is wrong. The Qin Wang Zhishi of the Satsuma domain was wiped out in Fushimi." "The whole army was wiped out?" Long Ma jumped up.He jumped out the door and into the dark courtyard.At this time, Jiusaka Xuanrui also ran over, shouting something, and disappeared into the darkness. Fool.Ryoma looked up at the pre-dawn sky.There are stars in the sky.It is still too early, the time has not come.Ryoma felt an inexplicable anger at those who lost their lives for no reason. After dawn, detailed news came that the Satsuma feudal warriors were killing each other. go and see.Ryoma left the feudal mansion and headed for Fushimi.Fortunately, he and the proprietress of the inn, Dengshi, are old acquaintances.He wanted to visit her, and also wanted to mourn the heroic spirit of the warrior. Later, Ryoma learned more about the real situation of the turmoil in Teradaya, and the scene was tragic and heroic. Shimadzu Hisamitsu, who lives in the palace of the Satsuma clan on Kinkoji, Kyoto, called eight feudal vassals and said, "Go and tell those retainers of my family who gathered in Teradaya to try to riot. They quickly came to see me in the feudal mansion in Kyoto, and I personally persuaded them to give up this idea." "If they don't listen, what should we do?" A man named Horijiro, who is also Hisamitsu's think tank, asked.This person hates King Qin very much. "Responsiveness." Jiu Guang said lightly.Ask for it according to the Lord's will, that is to say, it can be killed.Jiu Guang added another sentence after a long time: "Send some people who are like-minded with their comrades." He was worried that if this was not the case, the group of people in Terada's house might not come to listen to his persuasion.But he also knows that those people have made up their minds, and the so-called persuasion is just an excuse. It is not difficult to imagine that comrades may kill each other. A total of eight people were selected, and one more person was added later, led by Kihachiro Narahara, all of them are masters of Satsuma swordsmanship.Moreover, they are kindred spirits with those at Teradaya.The Satsuma people are different from the Changshu and Tosa people. They put more emphasis on life than thought. After sunset, they hurried off to Fushimi. At this time, in Fushimi's Teradaya, the people with lofty ideals were fully armed and ready to revolt. Among the people who gathered here were still young Yasuke Oyama, Shingo, younger brother of Takamori Saigo, and others. Fushimi Castle prospered as a ferry port connecting Kyoto and Osaka.Travelers walk up and down the Yodo River between Kyobashi in Fushimi and Hachigen's house in Tenma in Osaka. The boat house is actually a place to wait for the boat.On the bank of Fushimi Kyobashi, there are six large boat inns, and Teradaya is one of them. In the past, when Ryoma lived here with the bandit Tobi Fujihei, the world was still peaceful, but now it is different.Narahara Kihachiro and other nine Satsuma vassals set off from Kyoto, divided into two groups, and rushed to Fushimi along Jing Road and Takeda Road.When they arrived at Teradaya, it was already after the time of Haishi. The lantern at the door hadn't been extinguished yet, and the words "Terada House Guest Looking for" could be vaguely seen in the dim light. Teradaya is a two-story building in the Kyoto style, with walls painted dark red.There are only railings on the second floor, and there is no lattice fan that is common in Kyoto inns. The Satsuma people who were about to start the uprising had already prepared their arms and made preparations on the second floor. Kihachiro Narahara left half of the people outside the door, risked his life and went in, shouting, "Shopkeeper!" A fellow ran out in response. "The guest officer lives in the hotel?" "There is Arima Shinshichi on the second floor. Go and tell him that I am Narahara from the same domain. I have important matters to discuss with him. My life is at stake." "Yes." The man hurried up to the second floor. "What? Nara turned out to be?" "Persuasion is useless, drive him back!" But Arima Shinshichi is the leader, and he and Narahara are friends. A horse came downstairs. When Narahara saw Arima, he knelt down and cried.He wanted to avoid this adventure as much as possible. "Arima, please. Please. This is God's order. Please postpone the riot." "Xihachi," Arima said, "this is the end of the matter, I can't stop it. I'm a samurai, even if I die, I can't stop it." "Even if the lord orders you to attack you, are you not afraid?" "Not afraid." For a moment, the eyes of both sides were full of murderous intent. However, neither of them had any hatred for each other.The two are comrades and friends of the Qinwang faction in Fanzhong.But the strange thing about the Samoans is that they have to defend their reputation as men at all times. This is the abnormal atmosphere formed in Samoa over the past seven hundred years, and it is also a kind of murderous aura. The conflict started when Michishima Gorobei next to Narahara got up. "Youma, don't you intend to obey God's orders no matter what?" "Never listen." It was Kensuke Tanaka who spoke. "Follow orders!" Daoshima Gorobing drew his sword and slashed, hitting Kensuke Tanaka between the eyebrows. The sound of "Ga——" is the sound of Tanaka's bones.Although his bones were hard, his eyeballs flew out immediately.He fell to the ground on his back and passed out.Kensuke survived, but later regained consciousness, and was sent to the Satsuma domain in Fushimi the next day, where he committed seppuku by order of the domain.I was thirty-five years old.He was indifferent and knowledgeable, and was very popular with his peers during his lifetime. The conflict begins. But the main force of the riot was on the second floor.They never thought that the scuffle had already started downstairs.I don't know if it was luck or misfortune, there were only four people downstairs.Moreover, these four people did not ask their companions upstairs for help.It can be said that this is the heroic feeling unique to Satsuma warriors at this time. Among them was Aijiro Shibayama, who was known for his courage since he was a child.At this point he closed his eyes.As a man, he couldn't give up the riot, but he had to obey his orders. He was already mentally prepared to die. "Aijiro, die!" Yamaguchi Kinnosuki said angrily. "Come on." Although Aijiro shouted, his body remained motionless.Yamaguchi's long knife was cut from Aijiro's left shoulder to his chest, and he remained kneeling. Yamaguchi Kananosuke slashed again, and Aijiro died on the spot. Arima Shinshichi is the most heroic, he decided to fight to the end for his honor.He drew out his long sword and slashed at Michishima Gorobei.Gorobei took a few rounds, holding a knife in the upper part, and slashed at Arima.Arima raised his sword and caught it with it.Flames splashed. Arima's sword snapped more than two inches away from the blade.All he had left was the handle of the knife. Pity.Arima Xin Qixindao.No, maybe he didn't have time to think about this at all. At the age of thirty-seven, he took an unusual action.Only the Satsuma samurai, who was born at this time and has inherited seven hundred years of special bushido, can understand his actions. Although Arima Shinshichi is from Satsuma, he has a different side from Satsuma.The political thought of the Samos is similar to that of the British, and they will formulate different policies according to different situations.Arima Shinshichi is like Mito people in this respect.He is a scholar, but also an absolute idealist.He doesn't know how to compromise with reality, and the idea of ​​respecting the king and fighting barbarians is all he has.He firmly believes that when the era of the Son of Heaven comes, everything will be fine. At this time, all the king warriors thought so.But for Arima, it doesn't matter whether things happen or not, the important thing is to die for this doctrine, which is the "religion" he believes in.Because of this passion, he was even called "Satsuma's Hikokuro Takayama". The fierceness of the Satsuma samurai and the unique "religion" Arima himself believed in made him take an unusual action.He threw away the handle of the knife in his hand, and quickly rushed to Gorobei Doshima, and pressed Daoshima against the wall with all his strength, and shouted: "Hashiguchi! Hashiguchi! Hashiguchi!" Yoshinojo Hashiguchi was him Comrade. "Pierce me with a knife, stab!" Although Michishima, who was pushed against the wall by Arima's brute force, was a crusade, he was also Arima's friend and comrade, but Arima didn't show mercy.He believed that as a samurai, at the last moment of his life, even killing one more enemy would make his deathbed wonderful.This is the "upbringing" of the Satsuma samurai. "Yes." Yoshinojo Hashiguchi, twenty years old.He is also from Samoa.He drew out his long knife and shouted, "Arima, Daoshima, I'm sorry." His long knife pierced Arima's back, and then pierced Michishima Gorobei's chest like a string of balls, and plunged into the wall. The leader of the riot group, Arima, was dead. In addition, Shibayama Aijiro, Hashiguchi Sosuke, Hashiguchi Denzo, disciple Maru Ryusuke, and Nishida Naojiro, who came down from the second floor during the fight, died one after another. The 22-year-old Sosuke Hashiguchi was seriously injured, and when he was dying, he shouted: "Water, water..." Kihachiro Narahara felt sorry for him, so he handed him some water.Hashiguchi didn't hate Narahara who killed himself at all, and said to him: "We are dead, but you are still alive. You should live well, and the future world will be entrusted to you." After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes. "Why is there so much noise downstairs?" The people upstairs thought this way while chatting, completely unaware that a life-and-death battle had already begun downstairs. "I'll go and have a look." Ryugoro Shibayama looked down from the stairs on the second floor and was stunned. "It's not good, the arrester from the enforcement office is here." Everyone grabbed their knives and guns and stood up in unison, only to hear Kihachiro Narahara shouting up from the stairs: "It's me, Narahara. Satsuma vassal listen to me, everyone listen to me. Hisamitsu understands everyone's feelings, but , Lord Jiuguang, please wait a little longer. Please follow my orders." Narahara was also a man, he threw away the two knives, took off his clothes, and walked upstairs naked while shouting. "It's me! It's me." He raised his hands high and came to the second floor. Everyone raised their swords and set up a posture, but seeing Kihachiro Narahara's unrestrained attitude, they couldn't help being stunned. Narahara knelt on the ground, clasped his hands together, and said, "I beg everyone. I beg everyone." Then, he quickly finished talking about what happened downstairs just now, and explained the reason clearly, hoping that everyone would stop their actions. "If you say no, kill me. When I was ordered to stop you, I didn't want to go back alive." He persuaded him with tears, and the Satsuma clan and the Langshi temporarily calmed down, and they all admired him very much. Ryoma came to Teradaya the day after the incident. Can I go in?He was a little worried.Because he felt that the Fushimi Temple of the shogunate might have sealed off Teradaya.Things didn't turn out as he feared. The shogunate was afraid of the Satsuma domain, and regarded this matter as a private struggle within the domain, and did not intervene. Ryoma stood under the lantern at the door. Tatami craftsmen and masons come and go, looking for renovators.After such an intense bloodshed, the walls were stained with blood, and a large amount of blood seeped through the tatami and onto the floor.The inn is closed for renovation. "Master Samurai, the shop is closed today." The shopkeeper ran out pale and said. "It seems to be." Longma smiled and walked in, striding in. The floor under the kitchen of Teradaya is made of wood, the size of thirty stacks, and it exudes an ebony-like luster after years of polishing. The lady proprietress suddenly raised the curtain. "Ah, Mr. Sakamoto." She saw the back of Ryoma walking in, and said in surprise, "Is it Mr. Sakamoto?" Ryoma turned around. "What happened? I heard you left the domain?" "Yeah, I left the domain." Ryoma laughed. "My name has changed too. My name is Saitani Umetaro now." "However, your appearance has not changed." As expected of the proprietress, Deng Shi spoke loudly. "Well, only this face can't be changed." Long Ma touched his face and said, "I came to see you today." "Are you here to watch the fun?" "That's true. So I was the first to watch the fun?" "The first one. But that's not something to brag about." "That's right." Ryoma laughed, "Seriously, Dengshi, are you surprised?" "It was like Ako Roshi from the beginning, three groups and four groups." "Oh?" "Those who cut people, those who are cut, are in a mess." "That's the man." Ryoma sat in the center of the room. Dengshi went out to prepare some tea and came in again. "It's so pitiful that Mr. Arima was killed." "How were the corpses handled?" "Later, a lot of Satsuma came and were buried in the Daikokuji Temple in front. Sosuke Hashiguchi's body sank." "Did you help too?" "Yeah." Deng Shi smiled nonchalantly, but there were tears in his eyes. "What a chivalrous woman." Dengshi is such a woman. After the Meiji era, her second daughter Dian Jinglizi once said: "Being righteous. She has never traveled to the mountains and rivers, and she has never even seen a play. For her, the only pleasure is to take care of people. She picked up five abandoned Some people even knew this and deliberately threw the child at the door of the temple house. The family members were very embarrassed. As for the nobles of the king of Qin, she even disregarded her own danger and offered help." Ryoma suddenly looked up at the blood splattered on the ceiling, and immediately averted his gaze. Soon, when I came out of the store, the spring was late, and the spring lights were still dim.At night, the lights of every household in Fushimi become hazy in the mist rising from the river. Ryoma was leaning on the handrail on the steps, hugging the shamisen borrowed from Toshi, and wanted to recite a phrase to express his condolences. Originally, in this case, it should be burning a stick of incense and reciting a passage of scriptures, but Ryoma doesn't know how to recite scriptures, and that kind of strange ancient music sounds depressing, and he can't stand those.He also doesn't like reciting poetry.Reciting poems and reciting words is very popular among people with lofty ideals.But whenever he saw the man reciting poems, he would get goosebumps all over his body.He felt that it was like a person who didn't have much backbone and bearing, thinking he had turned into a tiger, roaring indiscriminately. Playing and chanting a Satsuma pipa song for the Satsuma people may be the best consolation for them.They grew up listening to pipa songs, and they have developed iron courage and guts.But he doesn't understand pipa songs, let alone no pipa.Now he only has a shamisen in his hand.He can play the shamisen, which Otome taught him. Beside him was a matcha teacup, the kind of big-mouthed Tianmu bowl that contained wine. After Ryoma drank the wine in one gulp, he adjusted the tone, and then impromptu sang a song to comfort the martyrs in the Tianya Temple. A deep voice with a good voice. The song implies hatred and sarcasm for Shimadzu Hisamitsu, the ruler of Satsuma.The cherry blossoms in full bloom refer to Arima Shinshichi and others.For their ambitions, they gathered in Teradaya and bloomed ideal flowers.However, Hisamitsu sent Narahara Kihachiro and other Satsuma warriors, and Ryoma compared them to horse dogs.Shimadzu Hisamitsu tied the pony to a cherry blossom tree in full bloom.Horses and dogs are in full bloom, and of course cherry blossoms will fall all over the ground. Ryoma then sang another song. Life and death are originally the same, but in a different form.This is Ryoma's condolences to those with lofty ideals.