The Chapter of Bo Yinggui Autumn - "Malicious" Tampering

By the time the Shinsengumi realized something was wrong, Azusa had been missing for a day.

It was only half a day before she left, Shannan urgently called the team meeting.

"What? Bianruoshui was all smashed into pieces? It must have been done by someone who knew about it!" After listening to Shannan's account of the tragedy that happened in his room, Pingsuke jumped up.

"But, who could it be?" Saito held his chin in thought.

"The people from the Serizawa Sana faction are gone. Except for Tsunado-san and Yukimura Chizuru, no one should know the existence of this kind of thing." Shannan actually thinks that these people are unlikely, but they seem to be The only suspect.

"These people are unlikely..." Tufang and Shannan had the same thought.

"Is it possible that they leaked this information to others before?" Kondo proposed a new possibility.

"Although it is possible, but the entire Shinsengumi can come in without noticing, and even destroy the things in Sannan-san's room. No matter how I think about it, I don't think anyone is so powerful, or our guards are too weak. Already." Tufang really couldn't understand.In the past, there would always be someone who would offer an eye-catching opinion on this kind of thing. He thought about it, why is it so quiet today? "Is Lingzi not here? Zuo Zhi, where did she go?"

"I don't know, I haven't seen her since last night."

No one else saw her today either.But at this time, no one connected her with this matter. "I want to confirm with her whether Yukimura Chizuru is definitely dead. There is no way, just leave her alone. Shannan-san, let's go to your room to see the scene."

A group of people came to Shannan-san's room.The small table that turned into water was placed in a corner of the room, and it looked completely normal from the outside.Only when I opened the box on the table, I saw that it was full of debris and traces of water that had dried up, very much like dripping blood.

"There are no traces of disturbance in the house, which means that the person who came was directly facing the change. This also means that he knows the location of this thing." The earthwork analyzed.

"But only myself and Lingzi, who is my assistant, know that this thing is here."

"Everyone, come and see!" Hirasuke called.

Everyone's eyes focused on the corner where he was, and an inconspicuous small box was knocked over by his feet.

Tufang just wanted to blame him for being too careless in Shannan-sang's room and breaking other people's things.But Shannan then raised a question: "Where did this box come from?"

"Could it be left behind by the prisoner!"

"Come and see, is it changing like water?" Hirasuke's words confused everyone enough.

Tufang came over and knelt down to see the mystery.Sure enough, there was the last tube of red liquid there, and he took it out to Shannan for confirmation. At the same time, he also found a note at the bottom, with only three words on it: Ikeda House.He always felt that the handwriting was somewhat familiar.

"This is indeed changing like water. But... why is there only one bottle left? Didn't the other party destroy all of them?"

"There is no doubt that this is not the original box in your house, Shannan-san, is it? The question is not only this one, but also this note." Tufang passed the note to everyone in turn.

Although no one understood what the above information was for, Shannan felt a little strange after reading the note. "What? Any idea?"

"This is Lingzi's handwriting. She helps me with my bills every day, and I am very familiar with her handwriting..." Shannan became even more confused.Only then did Tufang realize why his handwriting seemed familiar.

"In that case..." Zuo Zhi suddenly spoke.He always felt that the box looked familiar, but he couldn't be sure. It wasn't until Shannan mentioned her name that he remembered that he had seen this thing in her room.At that time, he was spreading the quilt in her room on the ground, and he just glanced at the box in the cabinet.Although he hesitated, he still decided to speak out. It might be worse to hide it, and he had no idea how serious the matter was. "This small box should also belong to Lingzi."

It's really like her style to be mysterious, but it's too unreasonable to break all the changes, it's like the "Snow Village Thousand Cranes" incident is staged again.

"She wasn't there when it was time for her to explain," Shinpachi complained.

"Ha, that's probably what Ling Zi did. Think about it, didn't she hate turning into water the most before? Besides her, who else can come and go freely in the garrison, and complete this task so silently?" What kind of thing?" Okita suddenly said what everyone was most worried about.

"Go to her room to see if she is there, and ask her face to face." Tufang's uneasiness became more and more intense.

Naturally, they rushed to nothing, opened the door, and found that there was nothing unusual inside, and everything was safely placed.It's just that she had few things in the first place.Zuo Zhi knew the reason, she was used to putting all the necessary things in her bag.

"It doesn't smell like a girl's house at all." Okita looked around the room and finally came to this conclusion.

"The wonderful props she showed us before are not there." Saito searched the corner of the house calmly, but her "exotic clothes" and "cosmetic bag" were not there.This is not a good sign.

Of course Zuo Zhi knew where those things were, but he couldn't tell.At the moment, his thinking is that when she comes back, he can explain it naturally.After all, she had just confessed her love to herself, and the happy life of the two of them had just begun. How could she do such a strange thing, and then "flee in fear of crime"!

However, others do not know.This is enough to arouse their vigilance, "From now on, divide into two teams, one team takes turns guarding here, waiting for her to come back. The others will go out to find her."

"Hijikata-san, I'll go to Shimabara to look for her first, maybe she's there." Zuozhi understood that Hijikata had to do this, but he would bring her back and figure things out.

"Okay, please!"

But there was no sign of her anywhere.Zuozhi only found out about Nanquan after he went to Shimabara, which was shocking enough for him, but what made him even more unacceptable was that Lingzi came with a man last night, and after mourning Nanquan, he left.When he heard the news, his brain was about to explode.According to other geisha, that man is Ayazusa's frequent visitor.This means that she has been missing since last night?He couldn't even remember how he got back to the village, his mind was no longer working.His unusual appearance was so obvious that everyone noticed it as soon as he returned to the village.Those who were watching at home did not wait for Lingzi to come back.As night fell, everyone realized: she was gone.

Of course, although there are indications that she did not simply leave, everyone is unwilling to believe that she will treat everyone like this.Dinner was much later than usual, because everyone is used to Lingzi busily preparing delicious meals for everyone every day. It took a lot of effort just to find her today, and no one remembered that there was no one to take care of them .The atmosphere of the meal was very dignified, and no one spoke at all.Among them, the one that worries everyone the most is Zuo Zhi.He didn't even come to eat at all, he's locked himself in his room since returning from Shimabara.Everyone could vaguely feel why he reacted the most, but no one explained it because they didn't know the relationship between her, Zuozhi and Tufang.

But soon everyone cheered up, and this world will not leave too much time for people to indulge.Their Shinsengumi don't have time to be weak, they can't be defeated by such a little betrayal.They have gone through so many ups and downs in the past, and now a new "enemy" has appeared, so the next time they see Lingzi: "Never show mercy."This is an order issued by the earth side to all cadres. "Be sure to capture her alive and let her speak clearly."

Even if she is defined as an enemy, no one understands what she does.Breaking all the changes like water, but leaving only one bottle.And that note... Soon, in order to forget these troubles, everyone threw themselves into new jobs.Within a few days, they caught a group of guys who had been eyeing for a long time, which could be regarded as letting them vent the anger in their hearts.

"Tufang-san, what did Gu Gao say?" Zuo Zhi asked Tufang who had just entered.Everyone has gathered in the assembly hall.

"Choose a windy day and set fire to the capital. At that time, take the opportunity to bring His Majesty the Emperor to Changzhou."

"Set fire in the capital?" Kondo was very disturbed.

"This is just kidnapping His Majesty the Emperor!" Hirasuke complained. "In the name of respecting the king, there is no meaning of respect at all."

Shinpachi also agrees: "If you set fire on the street, the guy in Changzhou must have a problem with his head!"

"Because of Gu Gao's arrest, they started to get impatient. They should also gather tonight to consider how to deal with the aftermath." Tu Fang speculated with full confidence.

"Where does Changshu usually meet?" Kondo asked.

"Judging from the actions so far, it is either Shikokuya or Ikedaya."

"Okay, inform the Aizu Domain and Sodaiji. Azui, call the team." Kondo ordered.

But the status quo did not improve as they obtained the information in advance, and there were very few soldiers who could act.Shannan not only blamed himself: "I'm sorry, if I'm not hurt..."

"No, I have to ask Shannan to protect the safety of this place." I don't know if Kondo's words were just to comfort him.In Shannan's situation, staying here can't protect anything.

The big question then was which of the two locations was the real meeting place.

"Those people seem to use Ikedaya frequently, so they probably won't be using the same place as usual after Gu Gao was arrested. It's better to set the location at Shikokuya this time." Shannan analyzed.

"But the possibility of Ikedaya cannot be ruled out..."

Because of the limited manpower, and Aizu Domain and Sodaiji refused to dispatch because there was no conclusive evidence, Kondo decided to adopt Shannan's suggestion and lead a large force to Shikokuya after thinking about it again and again.But just before leaving, something flashed in Shannan's mind. "etc!"

He was actually distracted just now.Thinking of his own powerlessness, he could only stay behind, and his heart was full of mixed feelings.What should we do if we still encounter such a shortage of manpower in the future?It would have been great if he had changed like water, would he have been able to return to his original state... If Lingzi hadn't smashed those precious things into pieces.It was this thought that made him suddenly think of the enigmatic remaining change and that note.

"I just said, why do you feel that Ikedaya is so familiar... Do you remember the note left by Ayasuke?"

After being reminded by Shannan, several cadres in the know understood what was going on.

"Sannan-san, what do you mean, she knew about this a long time ago, so she left us clues?" Saito asked.

"I don't know. But she shouldn't just keep this thing casually, and it's such a coincidence. It's really unbelievable."

"If you regard her as an 'enemy', it may also be a trap." Earth Fang frowned. "But it also doesn't explain how she knew in advance that we would choose between the two locations."

"Tufang-san, do you really think so? Is this Lingzi's trap?" Zuo Zhi didn't hold back.Even though his heart was still full of doubts and betrayal, he still chose to believe Lingzi. "If it's her, the things foreseen in advance can be done." He lowered his voice.

Indeed, many times before, Lingzi also did something similar to the prophet.Although she claims to be lucky. "I also agree with Zuo Zhisang." This time it was Okita.As Lingzi's "old enemy", he actually believed Lingzi's warning, which was beyond the expectation of the earthworker.Why is he unwilling to believe her, but from his identity and role, he has to doubt.

"Since this is the case, it is good to divide the troops into two groups. The main force should go to Shikokuya, and some more people will go to Ikedaya. This is not considered reckless." Shannan suggested.

In the end, Kondo took Okita, Shinpachi, and Hirasuke to Ikedaya, and Hijikata and other main forces went to Shikokuya.However, it turns out that they should have trusted Ayasa, and that the sparsely populated Ikeda House was just a gathering place for rebels.They didn't want to give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity when they couldn't wait for the aid of the Aizu Domain, so they took less risk.When the other team was notified and arrived, the scene was already a mess.What is even more heartbreaking is that they lost the life of one player and two were seriously injured.And Okita Heisuke was injured.

There were more than [-] radical ronin who respected the king and fought against barbarians in Ikeda House, and the Shinsengumi beheaded seven of them and four of them.The Shinsengumi made great contributions, and thus became famous.This is the news that Ling Azusa learned from Sakamoto Ryoma.She couldn't tell if she was happy or unhappy.From this point of view, the Iked House incident has not changed after all. Although she left a note for them, she still holds a little hope. In fact, history has been changed, even if they are regarded as the person who gave false information, it doesn't matter. "After this incident, the general manager will probably..." She thought so, looking at the scenery outside the window of the big house, and sighed.

"What? Is it because I didn't entertain you well? Why are you still so depressed?"

"No..." Ling Azusa had already said everything she could to Sakamoto Ryoma.Like, her real name, where she comes from, what is her purpose.Logically speaking, Ryoma Sakamoto and the Shinsengumi are on opposite sides.But even knowing that she left with Sakamoto for the sake of the Shinsengumi, he still accepted it.

"Miss Azusa came from a hundred years later, I am very honored to meet you. What you gave me is far more precious than what you asked for~ And, I also value that you tell me everything This kind of trust! In fact, the Shinsengumi cannot be regarded as my enemy. They are all for the country. Although they are walking in different directions, they all lead to the same goal." This was his reaction after hearing Ling Azusa's confession.

Therefore, they formed a tacit understanding: Lingzi will provide Sakamoto with new knowledge and information within her capacity, and all resources of Sakamoto will be used by Lingzi.Under such a cooperation model, Sakamoto has gained more and more attention and support through advanced information far ahead of the times, coupled with his own foresight and mind.Everyone in the upper class knows that there is a mysterious woman beside Sakamoto Ryoma: visionary, good at singing and dancing, and beautiful as a flower, but everyone who has seen her has a description of her face, voice, shape and personality. all different.No one knows her true face.

Ling Azusa, on the other hand, met many important figures from him, and used her influence to silently remove many potential dangers for the Shinsengumi.At the same time, she also exhausted her skills to prevent people from recognizing her true face.

It's just that she, who should have a sense of accomplishment, feels more and more empty in her heart as time goes by.She began to sit by the window for a long time, just looking into the distance, and she rarely stepped out of the house unless it was necessary.If things go on like this, the more you help Sakamoto, the farther you will be from Shinsengumi.In their hearts, they must have become traitors and enemies.Zuo Zhi, is he okay?She was such a bad woman, she abandoned him after satisfying her feelings. "You must hate me... Zuo Zhi..." Thinking of him, Ling Zi couldn't control her emotions.Her chest always felt like something was about to explode, she really wanted to escape from here and go back to the village.But this thought and yearning were suppressed by her rationality.In the end, which is the better choice to follow instinct or follow reason?

"Cough cough..."

Someone made a sound at the door, she turned her head and found Sakamoto standing there, smiling.Ling Azusa knew that he had found himself like this several times, but he didn't ask anything.From the simple ridicule in the past to now just reminding himself with his voice, he is showing his respect for her in his own way.

"Sakamoto-san, you're here. What's the matter?"

"Hey? You forgot! Didn't you make an appointment to go to Changzhou to discuss with Satsuma today? They finally invited you. It is said that there is a guest of theirs over there who also wants to see you."

"Your honored guest... I don't know where it is. I am a little girl, they really bothered me."

"Oh! It's the first time I've heard you look down on me so much. You used to call yourself Miss Ben. Why are you still a little girl today?" Sakamoto stretched out his hand to block Ling Azusa's fist, and then pretended to be nothing. After a while. Their distinguished guests seem to have a lot of background, and they have done a lot of things for the Changzhou Fan. What is it called, I forgot..."

"Forget it, it's useless to think about it. Now that you agree, let's go. Wait for me to put on makeup!"

"Really, no matter how many times I read it, I think your ability is really interesting. By the way, can you wear the 'ultra-short bathrobe' you changed last time? I think it's super pretty!"

"How can you wear it when you go out to do business! I really don't know if you are smart or stupid..."

Sakamoto didn't reply, just scratched his chin, thinking deeply.Ayazusa wondered what he was thinking.

"Ah, I didn't think about anything. I just feel that you have become less ostentatious than before, and now you always want to keep a low profile."

"Really..." It's not that she didn't notice her changes, but she just didn't think about it on purpose. "Stay here with you, it's better to keep mysticism."

"I hope you are happy."

"What nonsense are you talking about! Really...you go out, I'll go down after I change my clothes." Azusa pushed Sakamoto out the door.