[Thin Sakura Ghost] Tongqi

***Letter from Sheng Haizhou***

Who is Mochizuki Kameta?I could only guess that the guy was someone Ishikawa-senpai knew, so I had no choice but to comfort him, but Ishikawa-senpai still talked to himself.

"I have already chased him to the gate of the Changzhou Clan's Beijing office, but I can't stop him from killing himself."

As soon as I heard that it was suicide, I had the confidence to comfort senior Ishikawa: "Senior, it's not your fault. Even if you save him now, it's inevitable that he won't be able to figure it out in the future. After all, it's his own life. And how to force it."

"I saw him that morning, and I should have prevented him from going to Ikedaya."

Ikedaya? !My brain nerves were pulled, and I asked cautiously: "Senior, was the person you mentioned present when the Ikeda house rioted?"

"Present." Senior Ishikawa slammed his fist on the table, "Tong, anyway, thank you for letting him go."

The images of that night rushed into my mind together. That tall and thin man was actually the Mochizuki Kameta that Senior Ishikawa was talking about?Wait, so he's dead?

"He... is dead?" I asked softly.

"After Kameyata escaped, he went to seek help from the Changzhou Domain, but Katsura Kogoro didn't make a move. After begging to no avail, he committed seppuku."

"He went to seek help from the Changzhou Clan? I clearly warned him not to cause trouble for Long... us!" My heart beat like a drum. I rubbed my chest to calm down my emotions, "He should have had his seppuku cut out of his mouth, it's against the morality of Shishi."

Senior Ishikawa's reddish eyes turned to me, as if he had heard something unbelievable, I bit my lip and felt that I had lost my composure, I shouldn't have slandered the dead.

"Sorry, I can't hold back my words." I apologized, and Senior Ishikawa waved his hand, and said, "Ryoma must have persuaded Mochizuki Kameta and Kita Timo, since they want it, just like you said, save them." Even if he survived that day, he will not be able to save him in the future."

Seeing Senior Ishikawa's slumped back as he entered the back room, I suddenly felt scared for no reason.Sitting down with his shoulders in his arms.

Not long after, the Aizu Domain assigned 21 soldiers to assist the Shinsengumi in continuing to hunt down the remnants.However, the sense of liveliness due to the injection of fresh blood did not last long.

On June [-]th of the first year of Yuanzhi, Chai Si, a member of the fan army, was cut into seppuku by his elder brother's fault. Hijikata Toshizo, as a representative of the Shinsengumi, attended Chai Si's funeral.

When Hijikata Suisan returned to the garrison, his face was pale, and he returned to the house in a muffled voice, but Shinpachi next to me was already unconscious with two lines of tears. I knew he had a good relationship with Chai Si.

"Go and see Mr. Hijikata." The chief director greeted me, his face was not good-looking, always pale.I tugged at him to ask him to go with him, but he waved his hand and refused, "I am also responsible for Chasi's death."

"Don't say that, you are just following the order." I patted the chief on the shoulder, he smiled slyly, grabbed me and threw me into Hijikata Toshisan's room, poking his head in: "Mr. you~"

As the door slammed shut, I went with the situation, but Hijikata Toshisan didn't turn his head and didn't make a sound, just wrote something with a pen.

The silence in the room was eerie.I took a deep breath and walked forward, seeing Toshizo Hijikata writing the word "Shi" repeatedly, he didn't seem to notice my approach.

"Today..." I wanted to ask "how is today", but I swallowed the second half of the sentence.

Chai Si's death was a tragedy caused by a misunderstanding.On the evening of June [-]th in the first year of the Yuanji era, after receiving news that there was a suspected remnant of the Ikedaya remnants in Meihoyotei, headed by Harada Sanosuke and Okita Souji, they went to Meihonotei together with a number of Aizu feudal vassals.

In the confusion, Chai Si stabbed a man who had escaped - Ma Tian.However, the news is not true. These arrested men are not the remnants of the Ikedaya family, but the vassals of the Tosa domain.

I knelt down and supported Hijikata Toshizo's shoulders from behind, "Using his own strength to overcome the storm, Chase used his own life to restore the relationship between Tosa and Aizu. He died with honor."

That's the only way to comfort him.The Aizu feudal lord stabbed the Tosa feudal lord, causing the two feudal feudal feudal clans to have a bad relationship. However, as the Tosa feudal clan Asada made a seppuku apology under the judgment of "Shido not awakened!"

And Chai Si, who knew everything, voluntarily asked for his life to apologize.

"Die for righteousness, he is a real samurai." Hijikata Toshizo's voice was a little choked, I don't know what he thought, but now he is not the invincible Shinsengumi deputy leader, I stretched out my hand Putting his arms around his neck, "For me, you are a real warrior too."

******

Since the Ikedaya incident, there have been complaints in the Changzhou domain, and radical speeches have increased sharply every day.In late June, the Changzhou army marched into Kyoto to try to force the palace.

On June 28, the first year of Yuanji, the Shinsengumi was ordered by Aizu to go to the battlefield to investigate the enemy's situation.

At the same time, because I needed to avoid the sun and stayed in the village, I received letters from Ryoma and Uncle Katsukaishu respectively.

Ryoma's letter was all about homework. He said that he met a strange woman who said like me that people all over the world should be one family, and that his name was the same as his, and they were both named Long.He didn't mention Zona, and I haven't seen her since that day when I parted from Zona.

Although the heart is sour, but there is no pain as imagined.I smiled lightly, and then opened Uncle Sheng Haizhou's letter.

The handwriting is vigorous and powerful, and every word plunges into the apex of my heart.Blaming and regretting, the uncle condemned the Shinsengumi for not conforming to the general trend and killing talented people by mistake.

My heart was pounding, I folded the letter paper and didn't want to read it any more.

"What's wrong?" At some point, the chief executive came behind me and snatched my letter, "Oh, this is not good, Mr. Hijikata doesn't like to see your correspondence with Ryoma."

I stretched out my hand to snatch it, but the director's eyes suddenly changed when he glanced at the letter paper. He pushed my hand away with a rare solemn expression, "He said, are you a demon?"

"Give it back to me." I nervously wanted to grab it, but the director was much taller than me, "No, it's not Ryoma."

"Who?"

Smelling a trace of danger, I lowered my head and said softly, "It's the uncle who saved me."

In the letter, the uncle mentioned the names of Mochizuki Kameya and others, saying that the Shinsengumi and I killed the future of this country.

The chief squatted down and looked up at me: "Aren't you angry?"

"Not angry." I laughed along with him. Indeed, rather than being angry, being frightened is more suitable for my current mood. "I am a 'ghost' from the beginning."