I burn the sky in Kyoto

Hijikata Toshizo, the second in command of the Shinsengumi, could only keep apologizing.

But in his heart, he scolded these people countless times.

They were the ones who pressured the murderer to be caught, and they were the ones who put pressure on the lifting of the ban after the Shinsengumi failed to catch the murderer on the first day.

Hijikata Toshisan understood that what this group of foreigners wanted was to catch the murderer accurately without any prohibition.

But how is that possible?

After coming into contact with the ban, the business traffic alone is tens of thousands of people a day. Who knows if they sneak in and out of the city or in and out of the city at this moment?

It was obvious that foreigners wanted to catch the murderer, but the Shinsengumi sealed off the city to arrest the assassin under countless pressures, and they started clamoring to open the city again.

"Everyone, we agreed before to catch the assassin." Deputy Chief Hijikata said, he was trying his best to endure.

"But you didn't say you were going to close the city? What if our goods stink after you closed the city? Can you bear the loss of tens of thousands of taels of silver a day? Do you, the deputy chief, feel that you have fulfilled your position? Do you want your feudal lord to talk to us directly?" Another bald eagle businessman asked a series of questions even more shamelessly.

Tukata Toshisan resisted drawing his knife and hacked the bald eagle businessman to death, but instead he was angry. He felt that he had been insulted, but at this time he absolutely couldn't get angry or turn his face.

The black ship incident has already dealt the heaviest blow to the shogunate, and they can no longer fall out with foreigners because of some trivial matters.

"Shut up, we in Edo have our own national conditions, and it's not your turn to meddle in our internal affairs." But even though Hijikata Toshizo held back, the samurai next to him who felt insulted couldn't help it and yelled .

"There is a total of 8 taels of silver to compensate for the loss of our goods. If you ask the Edo shogunate to compensate, then you will have no problem closing the city at any time." The bald eagle merchant obviously didn't give face.

All the bodyguards under him had their hands in their waists, and those men had bulging waists, obviously carrying revolvers.

The warriors also put their hands on their knives, and the scene was full of gunpowder.

"Enough, Shishiro! Your Excellency, give us another day. After one day, no matter what, we will unseal Luye City. Please bear with me." Hijikata Toshizo bowed slightly, and then said.

"Then I'll only give you one day." The Bald Eagle man left after saying this.

The other merchants also left.

But the entire Shinsengumi was terribly quiet, everyone was outraged, but when facing the bald eagle, they couldn't do anything.

After all, the scene of the black ship Mayflower blasting open the gate of Edo is still vivid in their minds. As long as they are facing the bald eagle, they all feel that they are a head short.

"Deputy Chief...we..." The samurai named Shishiro wanted to say something just now, but was stunned by Toshizo Hijikata's eyes.

"We only have one day. When the time comes, we must open the city gate no matter what." Hijikata Toshisan said in a calm tone, but within the calm was extremely suppressed anger.

This anger is directed not only at the barbarians, but also at the foreigners.

"Deputy Chief, it's our incompetence, and it's also the cunning of the gang of barbarians. After they lost, they hid. They only engage in some assassination methods, and they are extremely cruel. We can't even catch them alive." The subordinate said.

Even if the members of the Yiyi faction were caught, they would commit suicide without asking any questions.

"But there is good news. The foreigner who put the assassin in the foreign pavilion has been found, and he is now living in a shoemaker's house. Do we need to catch him?" A subordinate reported.

Hijikata Toshizo kept knocking on the table, but he didn't respond.

"Don't do it yet. We still have one day. After one day, we will make plans." In the end, he could only sigh.

He was tired of maintaining this crumbling shogunate.

But at this moment, a secret letter from the ninja came over, and the Shinsengumi who had originally adjourned the meeting were unable to leave.

Hijikata Toshizo hastily opened the letter, which contained the internal information of the Anti-barbarian faction intercepted by the ninja. Under the auspices of Sakamoto Ryoma, the Anti-barbarian faction carried out a few days later in Ikedaya to carry out a massacre of several vassal clans such as the Tuzuo clan, the Changzhou clan, and the Satsuma clan. Union of patriots.

And at that time, if they could be defeated, they would be able to wipe out almost all the Barbarians in Kansai.

This news instantly cheered up the entire Xinsengumi. They had been waiting for this day for a long time, and the opportunity to completely defeat the Yiyi faction came.

Help the building to collapse and save the people of Edo.

At this moment, even the unhappiness with foreigners just now was thrown aside.

"From now on, everything is for this moment, the moment when we can completely defeat the Yiyi faction, everyone, we must start to release smoke bombs, and we must not let others know our true intentions, and even, including catching assassins, we must behave very well." Work hard." Hijikata Toshisan said.

"Ha Yin!" The warriors below were also excited.

"Shishi Lang, you can invite that foreign Mr. Li Wei over here, pay attention, you have to invite it." Deputy Chief Tufang looked at his subordinate and said.

"Ha Yin!"

……

And even after two consecutive days of searching, the Shinsengumi did not find any trace of Kawagami Hikosai. Under the strong pressure of foreigners, Shikano Castle was forced to let go.

However, He Shangyanzhai's wanted reward notices began to be posted all over the city.

Under such circumstances, Kawagami Yanzhai couldn't just plaster his face, but had to put in a more complicated disguise to be able to go out.

Dress up like a samurai who has been wandering for many years, with furobu wrapped all over his face, only showing his eyes, nose and mouth.

The entire Luye City is directly open, because the closed Luye City makes it difficult for foreign adults to do business.

In the two days since Heshang Yanzhai entered here, he had already found Li Wei.

However, he hesitated, even though Sakamoto Ryoma-sama gave Li Wei the Heavenly Execution Order, but this time, when faced with this target, he found it difficult for him to do so.

In fact, he has been hiding not far from the shoemaker's house, not more than one kilometer, but he has been thinking about it for a whole day.

He felt that his sword was for this country, for the people of this land, but the more he killed, the more he felt emptiness and torture.

Kawagami Yansai didn't dare to question Sakamoto Ryoma why Mr. Li Wei would be the target of the Heavenly Execution Order. He never helped the shogunate, nor did he persecute the barbarians.

Why did you choose such a person to be the target of Heavenly Punishment.

In the past, all the people he killed were members of the shogunate, or people who had intersected with the shogunate. He could still lie to himself, but now, with this Heavenly Punishment Order, he couldn't convince himself at all.

And far away at the Ikeda house, Katsura Kogoro was also very puzzled, why Sakamoto Ryoma would give the order of heaven to the person who seemed harmless to humans and animals, and who should even have helped cross the river Yanzhai.

"Because, Kawagami Hikosai is starting to get confused, and what we need is a ruthless executioner who pulls out Tosai, not a backblade that hesitates and may even point at himself." Ryoma Sakamoto said calmly.

"That is to say, the life and death of that man named Li Wei is not important, but how He Shang Yanzhai chooses is very important to us." Gui Xiaowulang took a sip of tea.

"Yes, if Heshang Yanzhai succeeds in killing the man named Li Wei, then we can consider letting him get rid of his identity as a human beheader and appear in front of the screen as a middle-level patriot. If he fails or gives up, then Just kill him." Sakamoto Ryoma said, as if deciding on a person's life and death at will.

"He Shangyanzhai will definitely make the most correct choice. He is the person I discovered, and I trust him." Katsumi Kogoro said.

In Luye City, Kawagami Yansai looked at the shoemaker's house, and there was no movement for several days.

He also rolled over and started to buy some food.

Tomorrow is his deadline, no matter what, he has to make a choice before tomorrow.

"Give me some steamed buns, don't have stuffing, the cheapest kind." He Shang Yanzhai came to a steamed stuffed bun shop and said.

It is also said that the shops here are opened by young people. In fact, steamed buns and steamed buns have been passed down before Edo, but it was not until a large number of young people fled here that bun shops began to spread throughout Fusang.

He quickly took a pack of white steamed buns, even without any filling, he ate happily.

Because this may be the better food he has eaten in recent years. In the past, he might not even be able to afford white noodles. It was only recently that white noodles were able to spread to the bottom.

While eating, he didn't look ahead, and then suddenly bumped into someone.

He bit the steamed bun violently, only stepped back slightly, and began to put his hands on his waist habitually to draw the knife.

But when he saw a woman who fell on the ground in front of him, he was taken aback for a moment and said, "Sorry, are you okay?"

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He saw the woman in front of him, about a few years older than him, maybe a little taller than him, 1.5 meters tall, wearing a kimono, with a faint fragrance on her body, and a bundle of vegetables on her back, as if I just got home from shopping.

"I'm fine, I bumped into you, samurai." The woman hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"No, I didn't see the way." Kawagami Yansai also apologized.

It wasn't until the woman left that he looked at her back, a little lost in thought, and didn't pick up the half steamed bun again until the back disappeared at the corner of the street.

Suddenly, I felt that the steamed buns in my hand were no longer fragrant.

However, he finished eating quickly, and then continued to return to his secluded place, where the shoemaker's house may be observed.

But in the afternoon, the door of the shoemaker's house opened suddenly, and he found his target had gone out, not only him, but also a couple who looked like Da Qing left here together.

He Shang Yanzhai hurriedly followed, he seemed to realize that this was the last choice, whether it was to kill Mr. Li Wei or give up, he had to follow.

The short figure displayed a shrunken pace, and hurriedly followed up. His figure looked like an ordinary runner, but it was ridiculously fast.

"What are you going to do! Let go of my sister!"

Suddenly a little boy's voice sounded, and Kawagami Hikosai paused.

He saw a bald eagle push a dirty little boy to the ground and walk into the house.

He stopped, looked at Li Wei who was leaving in the distance, and then at the little boy, as if hesitating whether to make a move.

"Don't come here, people from the Shinsengumi are patrolling, and they will come here soon!" There was a woman's voice in the room, and he even thought this voice was a little familiar.

"Fakeyu, I'll give you the price of a geisha, don't be ignorant." An awkward foreign voice came from inside the room.

The ringing of the doorbell, the exclamation of women, and the voices of bald eagle soldiers.

Some people around seemed to have noticed the situation here, but those people watched numbly and did not move.

Speaking of it, it was just foreigners who forcibly robbed civilian women. Since the Black Ship incident, such situations have happened every day in this land, and it is not uncommon to say that.

Even, many women didn't even have time to call for help, and were directly played to death.

"Snapped!"

A slap slapped the little boy hard on the face, knocking him to the ground, while the old bald eagle wiped his hands on his clothes in disgust, as if his hands were dirty.

He didn't want to kill people, because the scalps of the people here are not worth ten dollars, but today he saw a very upright woman, so he asked someone he knew to come and enjoy it together.

Anyway, no one cares about it here, they all sell the women in their own country as commodities, and at most it is just money for the loss of commodities.

This is not the first time they have done something like this here, not even the first time they have played with Fusang's dead woman, so what can the so-called shogunate do with them?

Kawagami Yansai looked at the back of the person leaving in the distance, and then looked at the little boy who fell on the ground again.

He seemed to think of himself ten years ago. If Master hadn't saved him then, he would have been the same as that little boy.

and so……

"Clang!" He drew the knife in his hand.

Blood splashed for a moment, and the bald eagle man didn't seem to understand the situation, so he covered his neck and wanted to cry out, but the blood had already entered his lungs and blocked his alveoli, making him unable to make any sound.

"Davis, what's the matter?" Another bald eagle man came out from the room, still holding a gun in his hand. Seeing this scene, he drew his gun and pointed it at Kawagami Hikosai.

"boom!"

Kawagami Hikosai pulled out the gun on the corpse just now at a faster speed, and directly pulled the trigger.