What made you have the illusion that I am the protagonist! ?

Fuyumi held Sha Mao in one hand and Shi Zhixiong in the other, and brought the latter back to the main hall of Anpingya.

Diarmuid greeted him immediately.

"Master Toya, is he...?"

"The assassin sent by the Changzhou domain seems to be called... what is it called?" Dongmi threw him aside.

Zhizhixiong is not a dead person, he was hit in the carotid artery at the beginning, but he didn't seem to be unaware of being taken all the way by Fuyumi. opened his eyes.

"...I, Zhixiong, are not as good as others in real skills. If you want to kill or cut it up, you can do it. I have nothing to say."

"That's it." Fuyumi shrugged.

Seeing Tomi alive and kicking, Diarmuid knew he was fine, "Then what should we do with him?"

Fuyumi's depression never lasted more than 10 minutes. Even if he lost his interest in the affairs of the Changzhou feudal clan for a while, he has forgotten all about it at this moment. He took out the tortoiseshell hairpin he bought for Liang Xia from his arms, and his mind was full of where to go The lovely daughter Xianbao has long since given up on this matter.

He waved his hand and said casually: "Can't we deal with it in the usual way?" He couldn't wait to walk inside.

Diarmuid heard the words, and glanced at Zhi Zhixiong, who was unaware.

The so-called "ordinary method" is the common treatment for the rioters in Kyoto - locked in a cell and starved for three days.

Indeed, compared to this person's attempt to assassinate the boss of Anpingya, this is really a light punishment. For others, they may feel very lucky.

But even a brief contact is enough for Heroic Spirit to see that this is probably a very proud and youthful swordsman. The more understatement, the more it proves that Ishitani Toya never put him in his eyes.

After the other party understands this point, the damage to self-esteem is fatal. For people like Zhi Zhixiong who are pretentious and have high self-esteem, this is simply more uncomfortable than killing them directly or torture. .

However, Diarmuid would not have the slightest sympathy for anyone who wanted to hurt his lord. He immediately called for someone to throw the assassin of the Changzhou clan who looked like he was about to die heroically into the cell.

……

During the three days when Shi Zhixiong was thrown into the cell, the investigation of Ishitani Ryoka and Kagemaru Kehei also went smoothly.

"General, Miss, I can basically confirm that it is the ancient props dealer from Shijo Bridge called Yuya Kiemon who is behind the trick." Kagemaru reported the news of the investigation, but his face was still serious.

Dongmi didn't mean to answer, but just cast his eyes on Liang Xia, since this matter has been handed over to Liang Xia, he will not interfere.

Feeling Dongmi's gaze, Liang Xia straightened her back and asked, "Can you find out who is behind the other party?"

"Those from the Choshu Clan or Satsuma. We found that occasionally some suspicious-looking ronin came and went there, but we had to torture the other party to find out which side it was. In order not to startle the snake, we didn't touch Kiemon. .”

Hearing the names of Changzhou Domain and Satsuma Domain, Liang Xia's pupils shrank, "...well done, thank you, Mr. Kagemaru."

"Miss, you don't have to thank me, this is what I should do."

Dongya was not surprised by this result. In fact, he had already guessed it. He raised his feet and asked, "Liang Xia, what are you going to do?"

Ishitani Ryoka thought for a while, and said, "Mr. Kagemaru, get rid of the people who investigated Yuya Kiemon, and don't investigate further there. Just treat this as an incident of ordinary merchants refusing to pay protection fees. .”

"...Yes, Miss." Although very angry, Kagemaru understood that there was nothing he could do about it.

"As for the follow-up procedure... Father, can we send a sign of Anpingwu to the kind-hearted merchants who paid the protection fee, and let them hang it in front of the door to show that this shop is under our protection?" Liang Xia asked. Tomiya's opinion.

"Okay, let's do it like this." Fuyumi nodded.

As a member of this era who was born and bred, the girl cannot be as unscrupulous as Toya. It can be seen that she wanted to solve the problem thoroughly before, but in the face of the powerful feudal clan Choshu and Satsuma, she still chose Safer measures.

However, being able to come up with a preparatory plan in just a short while showed that Liang Xia had already planned that things would not go as expected, and now it happened to be used.

As Liang Xia said, after deciding not to provoke Sa Chang, it became a matter of ordinary merchants refusing to pay protection fees.

What they were worried about was that the unscrupulous rogues could not tell which businessmen could be provoked and which ones could not. The patrol team retreated when they saw the safe house on the street. In fact, they also protected those businessmen who did not pay the protection fee—— That being the case, they might as well help those unscrupulous wanderers and teach them how to distinguish between the two.

As the first task Dongya gave her, even if it was just to establish the status and authority of her adopted daughter in Anping House, as long as her answer was not too unreliable, Dongya would choose to support it.

But support is all support, if it is only this way, knowing the possible culprit, but can only swallow his anger, this test can only get a passing score of [-].

This point can be understood by looking at Kagemaru's still indignant expression.

Fortunately, Ishitani Liangxia did not disappoint Fuyuya.

"In addition, those businessmen who refused to pay the protection fee in this incident will be included in the blacklist of refusal to deal with them. Even if they regret it later, we will no longer accept them."

This is killing chickens to scare monkeys. It is conceivable that when the lawless rogues learn (even if they don’t know, you can help them find out), after making troubles in these shops will not attract Anpingya, they will definitely harass these businesses even more. It may be to the extent that these companies can no longer be opened.

"Also, Father...You said that I will have full authority over this matter, so you mean that I can command all the people in Anpingya in this matter, right? Then, including Father?"

Dongmi felt a little interesting, he sat up straight, and asked: "That's right, what does Liang Xia want me to do?"

"—Tell the Shinsengumi about Yuya Kiemon."

Kagemaru Kehei's eyes lit up, and Fuyuya also laughed loudly.

"No problem, just leave this little matter to me."