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

"Master Shigu, I will trouble you here!"

Looking at the house that has been with him for more than ten years, the middle-aged man said to Fuyomi solemnly.

There is a little advantage in taking the initiative to demolish the house. The residents who have been determined to demolish the house have already moved out their valuables and belongings in advance, so at least they will not lose too much.

"It's okay, then I will do it!"

Pulling out the Odachi, Toyaya directly slashed at the beams and foundation of the house with several knives, cutting off the supporting columns and walls of the structure.

On the other side, Liang Xia loudly commanded from the side: "Everyone listen to me counting to three, come together, one, two, three—!"

"Drink--!!!"

The residents who had hung the ropes on the walls of the house for a long time made a concerted effort, and the wooden walls were immediately torn apart, and then they were quickly carried away.

An Pingwu and the others performed their duties, Dongya and Diarmuid each acted as the temporary captain of the demolition brigade, Liang Xia and the old man were in charge of directing everyone to remove the demolished wood, and Kagemaru led the firefighting team as usual They sprayed water on the fire to extinguish the fire, so as not to burn the mansion more violently.

With the destructive power of Fuyuya and Diarmuid to demolish the house, everything went smoothly.

Before the dawn sun rose, the houses within 30 meters around the fire site were demolished and cleared.

"We're done!" "Great!" "This way the fire won't spread!"

Although it was sabotage, people couldn't help but celebrate excitedly.

The Kyoto chief who was actually in charge of fighting the fire arrived late at noon the next day, when the flames of the Changzhou feudal mansion were about to be extinguished.

I don't expect their judgment to be correct. The governor of Kyoto will also participate in the confrontation between the Forbidden Gate Change and the Changzhou Fan, and there are not enough people deployed in the whole of Kyoto. Facing the arson of the Changzhou Fan soldiers before leaving I'm exhausted.

This has been the case in history, because it was not properly contained at the beginning, the flames lit by the Changzhou Domain burned half of Kyoto, nearly [-] houses were burned, and countless civilians died.

According to statistics after the Meiji Restoration, the population of Kyoto dropped from 35 in the Edo period to about 22. Must not."

"Shigu... I want to thank you this time, I will report this matter to Lord Dingjing and Duke Rongbao, and ask him for credit."

Nobuhide Matsudaira still had gunpowder smoke and blood on his body. It looked like he had just come down from the battlefield, and so did most of the others. They had already fought all night, and their faces were haggard.

This is a sincere thank you. Although they chose to kill the enemy instead of fighting the fire, they were not so frenzied as to ignore thousands of lives.

"It's not necessary to ask for credit. We also collected protection fees from everyone. Of course, we must protect them with all our heart. Now that you are here, we can retire with success... Huh, the next job will be entrusted to you gone."

After yawning, Fuyuya waved his hand in a very lonely way. Apart from leaving Kagemaru and others to continue to put out the fire, he called Diarmuid and Ishitani Liangxia to go back. They also didn't sleep all night.

Matsudaira Nobuhide nodded, watching them leave with mixed emotions under the welcome of the surrounding civilians.

He used to be annoyed that Shinsengumi Mibuwolf's reputation surpassed that of Kyoto Sojiyo, but at that time he could still resent Shinsengumi for this, but now he has more different feelings.

What Anpingya has done has long exceeded everyone's expectations. The efforts they put in are there. It is no wonder that the people of Kyoto now trust Anpingya more than them.

Matsudaira Nobuhide saw the disadvantages of the Kyoto governor, but the long-suffering shogunate organization was not so easy for him to change.

"Captain?" A member of the Kyoto Sojidai reminded Matsudaira Nobuhide who had been standing and thinking for a while.

"...It's okay, let's start fighting the fire too."

……

After the Forbidden Gate Incident, the previous chaos in Kyoto finally came to an end, but the situation has not yet completely stabilized.

During this turmoil, Anpingya, which had been praised by many people, was finally awarded fifty gold pieces by Matsudaira Rongbao.

One day not long after that, Toya, who had nothing to do, finally had time to drink some wine or something.

"Hey, Mr. Feicun, it's been a long time... isn't Mr. Gui coming this time?" Dongmi greeted the young man who was sitting alone in front of his drinking table.

It is true that it has been a long time since they met. After that appointment, Toya never saw Katsura Kogoro and Himura Kenshin again, especially after Shi Zhixiong's real assassination incident.

Fei Cun shook his head, "This is an extraordinary period. Mr. Gui has been hunted down and has left the capital."

"...It's no wonder." The shogunate forces headed by Shinsengumi and Kyoto Shojidai are trying their best to hunt down the members of the Fallen Sect, and Katsura Kogoro, who was born in Changzhou and is a celebrity of the Fallen Sect, is the most important thing.

"I'm here to say goodbye to you. If this continues, I will be arrested sooner or later if I stay in the capital." Fei Cun said.

Compared with Katsura Kogoro, whose name and appearance are not secrets, no one has seen the whole picture—or Feicun, whose enemies who have seen him are all dead, is relatively safe, so it is still possible to take risks now. with risky activities.

However, this can only be said to be "safer". Although the enemies who have seen him are all dead, there are quite a few people who have seen him in the Changzhou domain. If someone is arrested, it is inevitable that he will be revealed go out.

"Well... good luck."

"Also..." Fei Cun hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Perhaps you have heard that the secret meeting at the Ikeda House was actually to discuss setting fire to the capital, and taking away His Majesty the Emperor...Whether you believe it or not, In fact, Mr. Gui did not agree to such atrocities. He planned to go to oppose it. In the end, he was the only one who escaped the Shinsengumi's raid. . . . he entrusted me to convey to you—'sorry' and 'thank you'."

Although the Changzhou Domain is in power by the Banbai faction, it is not monolithic internally, and the Banbai faction and the Zuoba faction check each other.

The Faction faction is also divided into the radical faction who advocates entering Beijing and the cautious faction headed by Katsura Kogoro. The arson that was discussed in the Ikedaya secret meeting and the march of troops to Kyoto afterward are all radicals. Although Katsura Kogoro tried his best to dissuade But not much.

Dongmi really didn't expect that Feicun would come to say goodbye to him specially, and now he finally understands, it seems that he made a special trip to deliver these two sentences.

I'm sorry, of course it's because of the Changzhou Fan soldiers setting fire, but thank you is to thank them for saving the fire?

Dongmi nodded: "... Mr. Gui's apology, I have received it."

Fei Cun opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, but finally did not continue.

In fact, Zhizhixiong was not really an assassin sent by Katsura Kogoro, but was ordered by the radical faction, coupled with his own resistance to the famous Ba Dao Zhai, so he came to assassinate the only missed target of Ba Dao Zhai on his own initiative Toya Ishitani wanted to use this to justify his name.

However, talking too much turned into making excuses for himself, so in the end, Feicun just sighed silently in his heart, had a drink with Fuyumi and left.