[Thin Sakura Ghost] Tongqi

***Tokugawa Iemo's plan***

"Master General!" I was so frightened that I immediately fell to the ground, not even daring to raise my head.

After a short silence, Iemo Tokugawa coughed lightly.I felt a hand cup my elbow and looked up to see Iemo Tokugawa with a weary smile on his face.

He said, "Please do me this favor, both of you."

The majestic shogun actually asked Hijikata Toshizo for help?I bit my lip in puzzlement and looked at Hijikata Toshisan, only to see his brows slightly wrinkled, and he said in a serious voice, "My lord, please tell me, I will never refuse."

Tokugawa Iemo smiled happily, turned to me and asked, "What about you?"

I was taken aback for a moment, then imitated Hijikata Toshisan's appearance, lowered my head slightly, "Never die."

"You have saved me before, I can trust you." Iemo Tokugawa helped us up as he stood up, and invited us into a small room, during which we were asked to be careful and even keep silent.

Only 4 candles were lit in this other room, and the paper pasted on the wooden door was all blackened with some unknown material, so that there was almost no light through it.

"This is the escape route I left for myself." Iemo Tokugawa smiled lightly and coughed again.I couldn't help but think of the chief executive, and felt closer to this man above ten thousand people.

"The general is not in good health, you need to rest more." After I said it, I realized that I was speaking out loud, and immediately covered my mouth, but Tokugawa Iemo didn't seem to mind, and smiled at me Said: "Even if you are a general, you can't guard against a guy who is placed by someone with a heart."

This is a blockbuster, and the meaning of Tokugawa Jiashige's words is very penetrating.Toshizo Hijikata and I looked at each other, and Iemo Tokugawa pointed out something. Could it be that he noticed that there are forces that are not good for him around him, so he came to us?

But... I looked at Iemo Tokugawa, even he couldn't solve the situation, what can Hijikata Toshizo and I do to help him?

"Have you noticed any strange things around you?" Hijikata Toshisan said bluntly.

After hearing this, Iemo Tokugawa nodded with a smile, and said, "I don't blame them either. At the beginning, I believed that my blood was more pure, and that's why I was elected as a general. Now that the foreign enemies and internal strife, I'm afraid they are also very disappointed in me as a general."

"Your Excellency, you don't have to think so." Hijikata Toshizo was obviously much more relaxed than he was cautious just now, probably because of Tokugawa Ieshige's kindness, I guess.

"Oh, what do you think?" Tokugawa Iemo looked at Hijikata Toshizo with great interest, and Hijikata Toshizan smiled without fear, "The situation is dangerous now, there are foreign powers staring at it, and Choshu has evil intentions inside. If you don’t mind my lord, I’ll just say it straight.”

"No wonder, please tell me straight."

"If the shogunate wants to survive, it must insist on the integration of public and military forces. In this regard, the general has done a good job. In addition, the general needs to take back the military power entrusted to the first general, so that the power is highly concentrated in the hands of the shogunate. .”

"It's inconvenient to implement." Iemo Tokugawa smiled wryly, while Toshizo Hijikata looked serious and stopped talking.

Indeed, the land rights that were entrusted at that time have gradually grown from young birds to full-fledged under the evolution of hundreds of years, and the position of the shogunate on it is precarious.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit cold, I quickly changed the subject, "Master General, please explain clearly what we can do, we will definitely do our best."

As soon as I finished speaking, Iemo Tokugawa's face turned pale, which was particularly strange under the candlelight.I saw him closing his eyes, as if he was recuperating.

After a while, he slowly said: "Change is like water, have you brought it?"

"Here I am." I respectfully took out two bottles of Bian Ruo Shui from my pocket and placed them neatly in front of me, "Master General, the properties of this medicine are not stable enough..."

"I can only give it a go." Tokugawa Jiashige opened his eyes, "Hijikata-san, not everyone wants the shogunate to exist. But I seem to have been bound together with Komu and become their obstacle."

"My lord..." Hijikata Toshizo leaned forward slightly, and I saw his hands clenched tightly, and he slammed on the tatami mat calmly.

In fact, I also heard from Senior Ishikawa that Iemo Tokugawa married the younger sister of Emperor Komei. This in-law relationship consolidated the marriage between the public and the military. If he wanted to help the imperial court regain power, he would have been malicious about it.

"I'm tired too. What have I accomplished since I became a general?" Tokugawa Iemo's voice gradually weakened, and he looked down at his gradually extending hand, "I don't want to be the one who ends Tokugawa."

I gritted my teeth, the man in front of me looked much older than he was last time.

"Since they want to do that too, it's just what I want." Tokugawa Jiamao continued. Although he smiled, I could hear his helplessness.

"My lord, we can't let them succeed." Hijikata Toshizo became a little excited, and I thought about Tokugawa Ieshige's words carefully, and I couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat. Could it be... someone wants to assassinate the general? !

Staring at the calm and composed Tokugawa Iemo in shock, he remembered the change of water, this thing... Did Tokugawa Iemao prepare it for himself?

"You don't need to persuade me, maybe it's handed over to Yoshihito Hitohashi, and he may not be able to keep the shogunate." Tokugawa Iemo waved his hand, "Ah, I'm just sorry for my parents." He said and looked at me, "I said it before Well, you look a lot like her."

"Is it your Imperial Palace?" I asked softly, so it's Emperor Komei's younger sister?I heard Senior Ishikawa say that although Tokugawa Kashige and his Imperial Palace were a political marriage, they played harmoniously with each other, raised their eyebrows together, and were a rare and happy couple of generals.

"That's right, she's different from ordinary women." Tokugawa Jiamao laughed softly as he spoke, different from the bitter smiles just now, filled with lighthearted joy, "She simply regards me as her husband. Can I To have such a beautiful woman is the greatest luck in my life.”

My heart sank, and a sore feeling pierced my heart.I bent down and kowtowed to the general, and I felt that I was extremely firm: "Master General, please live for her!"

……

After listening to Tokugawa Iemo's plan, he took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and smiled heartily, "It's almost dawn. The next life will be in the hands of the two of you."

After the general left, I put out the candle and stayed quietly in this room with Toshizo Hijikata.

"Are you angry?" I pushed Fang Suisan's arm, and from the very beginning, he didn't say a word.

"The General is about to give up." Hijikata Toshizo's voice was exceptionally deep, "My previous persistence has become a little ridiculous."

"Mr. Hijikata..." I leaned towards Toshizo Hijikata, "The General has dedicated himself to this era since he was a child, and today he has finally made his choice. The master you trust is A man worthy of respect."

The author has something to say:

I've been playing outside today...I haven't been able to go home until now, so I'm afraid it's too late for today's update, sorry.

Self-reflection... I haven't updated a few times recently, I'm really sorry, little angels.

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