[Gintama] The Story of Me and Curly Yaksha

My Story with Curly Yaksha 43

Zhiyi tilted his head slightly, avoiding the opponent's hand calmly.

"It seems that His Excellency Hitohashi still doesn't understand the current situation." Zhiyi smiled.

"What do you mean?" Hitohashi frowned.

"The enemy you want to pay attention to now is not the position of the general, but the person who holds the puppet of the general." Zhiyi said, "Do you think that those people with lofty ideals have stayed at the headquarters of the ghosts for so long just to catch me? You Have you ever thought that people with lofty ideals may also be controlled by political parties?"

"After I was attacked, many officials in the shogunate thought I was dead or unconscious, so many forces made excuses to monitor the ghosts and wanted to swallow my forces. But in the end, would I Coming back is always a problem, not to mention that many people think that I have been assassinated and died. Then why do they have to stay at the headquarters of the ghosts for so long?"

"Are you saying that this incident is inherently strange? Who was the person who attacked you that time?" Yiqiao was gradually caught up in Zhiyi's words, and asked following her words.

"I don't know, but what I can think of is that the other party's purpose is not that simple." Zhiyi calmly touched the teacup, and guided him unhurriedly, "As a general's retainer, if I am attacked, the first thing they think of is Who? Of course it's the Hitotsubashi faction that is now fighting against the general faction."

"The Shogunate faction and the Hitotsubashi faction have always been fighting in private to maintain a balance, but who will benefit in the end if they start fighting?"

"You mean... Duke." Yiqiao frowned deeper, as if he felt that what Zhiyi said made sense, and was gradually led into a dead end by her.

"In his opinion, since I came to the general, the puppet who had been obedient to him suddenly became disobedient. It is reasonable for him to want to get rid of me soon. But if he starts to act just like this, then the Duke My lord will not be in control of the shogunate for so long. The cunning of the Duke is beyond your imagination. Attacking me and the ghosts is just a cover. To him, I am nothing more than a down-and-out nobleman attached to the general. He The real target is the Hitotsubashi faction."

"You mean to say that the Duke used you to provoke a fight between the Yiqiao faction and the general faction, and then the fisherman reaped the benefits?" Yiqiao couldn't believe it.

"Perhaps, but I'm just an insignificant woman, and the two factions may not start a fight for me. However, the general is a puppet cultivated by the Duke for a long time, and he is his nephew after all. General, a nephew who I know is more suitable to be my puppet. The incident of the Hundred Ghosts is just the beginning, and there may be more incidents that will be intentionally provoked in the future."

"Well, for example, the anti-barbarians. Manipulate the anti-barbarians to attack the important officials of the shogunate. After those anti-barbarians are arrested by the Shinsengumi, they will be found out to be fake anti-barbarians controlled by the Hitotsubashi faction of the political party. If you don't believe me, you can ask Ask Mr. Sasaki, the director of the returning team, if there are any strange incidents recently."

Hearing this, Yiqiao couldn't help but his expression changed drastically. Zhiyi was obviously alluding to what happened last night. Indeed, it is the Shinsengumi who is managing the incident of the people who are fighting barbarians, and the Shinsengumi is serving the generals. There may be exchanges with the state.If this is true as she said, then their Yiqiao faction was really saved by the general's men.

"I expected this to happen, so I contacted the Jianhui group in advance. The Jianhui group was funded by the Hitotsubashi faction, and it was basically regarded as a member of the Hitotsubashi faction. Then you can get rid of the suspicion."

Zhiyi finally took a sip of tea, "So the most important thing for us now is not to fight each other. Even if we take the position of general, it will be enough to be someone else's puppet. I won't follow a puppet general."

"Then, let's say goodbye today, let's make an appointment if we have a chance, Your Excellency Hitohashi." There was nothing more to say, Zhiyi put down the teacup, and politely said goodbye to the other party.

Hitohashi still couldn't fully digest the information, and didn't know whether what Zhiyi said was true or not. What she said was not suspicious, and it really set off alarm bells, so there was no time to keep Zhiyi.

Zhiyi left the house smoothly, and Kimura sighed in the back, "You are really scary, you say that to provoke the relationship between the Hitotsubashi faction and the Guogong faction, and you say it as if you saved them. Well, who Let him tease you, it's too old to break ground."

"It's too much, am I such a stingy woman?"

do not you?Kimura thought.

"But you have nothing to prove. Although Yiqiao is arrogant, he is not an idiot." Kimura said.

However, weaving clothes is just an understatement, "It's just evidence, just make it."

Hearing these words, Kimura suddenly understood something, "Could it be that you..."

"The current political party asks its subordinates to do bad things in the name of the patriots. Once something happens, it is all blamed on the patriots. It is more convenient than post-it notes sold in convenience stores." Zhiyi still smiled, Her smile is obviously so beautiful, but somehow it makes people feel terrible.

"Then I'll send down 'Heavenly Punishment' on them instead of the real patriots. But before that, they will become the evidence that the Duke framed the Yiqiao faction."

Sure enough, Zhiyi's anti-barbarian groups all over the country have their own secret lines. It is estimated that the intelligence of the entire Edo anti-barbarian organization is under the control of Baigui.

Although Kimura is the guard of Zhiyi, it is impossible for him to know when and where Zhiyi put his eyeliner. Up to now, Kimura does not know what Zhiyi is trying to plan with such a desperate layout in the past eight years.

But one thing is certain, she did so much only for one person.

Zhiyi smiled and spread his hands, "It's really not because I'm angry. I originally planned to lead the Yiqiao faction and the Guogong faction to fight. If possible, we will be the ones who benefit from it. This is the first step. Even if we win such The supreme power of the country can't really save such a country, although I don't think I can save this country. Well, in short, I still have a lot of work to do."

"I see. Is this just the first step... What is your purpose?"

Zhiyi looked back and saw Isaburo Sasaki walking in the distance, "I thought you had left long ago? Mr. Sasaki."

"I'm sorry, we see that the Hui group has received a lot of funding from the Hitotsubashi faction, so we must do a good job of guarding. I also want to leave work early, but I have to work overtime." Sasaki put away his mobile phone, waiting for the dead fish to watch She, "I heard clearly why you fooled Your Excellency Yiqiao just now, and I always feel that there is something I want to ask you."

"...I hate naive monarchs the most."

As if guessing what the other party wanted to ask, Zhiyi suddenly said, "Exotic countries don't rely on foreign countries, but jointly create a powerful country? He is more naive than our cute general."

"Indeed." It is impossible for a true leader to put these words on his lips. It is fine if he deceives his subordinates, but if he really thinks this way, he will bring terrible disasters to the country when he takes office.The people are also most afraid of this kind of master who has no common sense.

Zhiyi looked at him, his smile restrained, his eyes gradually darkened, it was a very pessimistic mood.In fact, Zhi Yi has always been a very pessimistic person, whether it is about this country or the feelings of this human being.

The cold eyes she looked at Sasaki made people tremble with fear, "You want to ask me why those people with lofty ideals don't kill me?"

Sasaki didn't deny it, if those people with lofty ideals were really under the control of the political party, then there were actually many opportunities to kill Zhiyi by occasionally catching Zhiyi last night, but those people didn't do that, because of this delay. The opportunity for weaving clothes to come back.

"There's no reason. This is just a political game. Even if I'm captured, it's just torture or a lesson. Except for the reason that tigers attract wolves, can you understand? From their point of view, I instigated Lord General to make this docile The puppet has become disobedient, which is very obstructive, but there are also many political parties who feel that my joining has checked and balanced the power of the Duke, so they will not kill me."

"Political games are actually an art of balance. Even if the country is on the verge of collapse and is controlled by heaven and man, it is like a crumbling stack. Even if the wooden blocks are about to be emptied, we still have to find a way to maintain it. , let it maintain a balance. Even if the country is so miserable now, the only thing we can do is to maintain it."

"Can our country really survive the so-called reform? And is that really the right path? I don't know. If the country really collapses, who knows whether it will face a new life or a permanent end."

Zhiyi's eyes are indeed quite sad, whether you say she is too realistic or too pessimistic, she does not have any confidence in her own country, and she is also very disappointed in the officials of the shogunate.But such a person is doing the work of assisting the monarch and dealing with the officialdom, which is really a very interesting phenomenon.

The more I want to change, the more hopeless I feel, and I will go crazy if I continue like this.It's better to go back to Wanshiwu to rub Yinshi's curly hair or Dingchun's curly hair to relax.

"If it's okay, I really want to say goodbye. I'll see you again, Mr. Sasaki." I was still a little tired after not sleeping all night, so Zhiyi said goodbye to him.

"Do you need me to find someone to take you back?"

"No need, I'll just take a taxi, I'm not that delicate, if not, just let Kimura fall for me."

"Hey! Am I your mount!" Kimura was dissatisfied.

"I'm complimenting you, it means that you are very fast as a ninja."

"I'm not happy at all!"

"One more thing." Before leaving, Sasaki asked, but he probably didn't think he could get the answer, he just wanted to see Zhiyi's reaction, "You and the general hid something underground in this country, what exactly is it?"

Zhiyi was surprised at first, but then she looked at Imai Nobuo who followed Sasaki, and felt relieved.Since he was from Tianzhaoyuan the day before yesterday, it is not surprising that he would know about that person.

"Guess what." That is Lord Reaper who can subvert this country.