I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 33 Uchiyama is humble and returns to Kyoto

After a night of fighting, Yagyu stayed at the Osaka Prison for a day and a night, and then left the Prison with the reluctance of the officials.

As soon as Yagyu left, Uchiyama Hikojiro, who had taken sick leave, immediately returned to the prison.

He looked at Yagyu who was leaving, curled his lips and said: "This plagued man has finally left. Every time I see him, nothing good happens."

The surrounding officials looked at Uchiyama Hikojiro with some contempt in their eyes. Uchiyama Hikojiro looked around at everyone and said with a stern voice: "What are you still doing? Is there nothing to do in the shrine? Hurry up and do something!"

The court officials quickly bowed their heads and went to deal with their own affairs.

"Hey, isn't this Mr. Uchiyama? I heard that you are sick and I was planning to visit you."

When Uchiyama Hikojiro heard the voice behind him, his hair stood on end, and a cold feeling hit his neck.

Uchiyama Hikojiro, who looked domineering just now, turned around and said with a smile: "Ah, isn't this Mr. Yagyu? I heard that your subordinates have already left, and I still feel a little regretful that I couldn't say goodbye to you. What are you doing?"

Yagyu looked at Uchiyama Hikojiro's slightly flattering smile, took out a gift box and said: "Thanks to the reception these days, I went to buy some cakes to give to everyone at the practice to express my gratitude."

Uchiyama Hikojiro breathed a sigh of relief, quickly reached out to receive the gift box, and said with a smile: "How embarrassing is this? It costs Yagyu-sama a lot of money."

Yagyu did not deliberately humiliate Uchiyama Hikojiro and give the gift box to other court officials. After all, Uchiyama Hikojiro was a man of obedience and power, and his official position was only under the power of obedience. If he humiliated Uchiyama Hikojiro, he was afraid that the court officials who had helped him would be in trouble.

However, Yagyu still wants to give Uchiyama Hikojiro a beating. Who calls this guy arrogant, incompetent, narrow-minded, and cowardly?

He smiled and said: "Sir Uchiyama, the assassination of me this time must have caused a lot of turmoil. I am afraid that the actions of the Osaka Office will be criticized by others. I hope that Mr. Uchiyama will take care of himself."

Uchiyama Hikojiro took the gift box and was startled when he heard this. He felt a little embarrassed. He looked up at Yagyu and wanted to refute, but saw Yagyu's expression.

After all, Yagyu has killed too many people, and usually has a straight face. Although he is smiling at this moment, in Uchiyama Hikojiro's view, he is smiling but not smiling, and there is a hint of indifference in his eyes, which reminds Uchiyama Hikojiro of what he just said. , and my heart was trembling with fear.

He quickly said: "Sir Yagyu, everyone at the execution office rushed over as quickly as possible that night. It was really because the incident happened too late and I spent time gathering people, so I arrived a step late.

I just didn’t expect Master Yagyu to be so skilled in swordsmanship that he could defeat these assassins by himself. You are really amazing. "

"You're welcome, Mr. Uchiyama." Yagyu put away his smile and said with a straight face, "Then, I'll take my leave now."

"Hey, Master Yagyu, walk slowly." Uchiyama Hikojiro immediately saluted.

Yagyu put on his bamboo hat and turned to leave.

This time Uchiyama Hikojiro stood at the door of the training center. He waited until Yagyu's back disappeared and waited for half an hour before he felt relieved. Yagyu Jubei was probably gone.

However, some people passing by the training center pointed at Uchiyama Hikojiro. Uchiyama Hikojiro was not in the mood to pay attention to them and turned around to return to the office for work.

The man who walked over continued: "Ha, was that Uchiyama who was scared to death just now? What a coward."

"You can't say that. If you were Uchiyama, you would be scared to death by Lord Battosai."

"I heard that Uchiyama thought Lord Battosai was dead and tried to get the Onikimaru in Lord Batousai's arms, but he was almost killed."

"It's not just that. I heard from everyone that Battousai was covered in blood at that time."

"I heard from my third uncle's cousin that she helped Lord Battousai take a bath, and it took him a whole day to wash off all the blood on his body."

"It's terrible, but as a samurai, Uchiyama is so frightened that he is a coward."

Uchiyama Hikojiro didn't know that he had an extra nickname. In short, as Yagyu became famous, Uchiyama Hikojiro's nickname spread more and more widely, and the ronin of the anti-barbarian faction in Osaka could only use it to laugh at the shogunate.

Yagyu left Osaka in a low-key manner with his hat on, and walked along the street back to Kyoto. The distance from Osaka to Kyoto was about a hundred miles, and Yagyu walked for two days before returning to Kyoto.

The matter of him killing more than 100 members of the King Qin Party has been brewing for five days.

At Qingshui Lane, where the Shinsengu Group is located, Yagyu came to the gate of the camp. Because he was wearing a bamboo hat, Mantaro Tani, who was standing guard, did not recognize Yagyu. He immediately raised his spear nervously and shouted: "Stop coming, this is the new election." Organize a camp and submit your name!"

"I am Yagyu Jubei, the director of the Shinsengumi." Yagyu replied with a relaxed tone, and took off the hat.

Mantaro Tani looked at Yagyu in surprise, quickly put down his spear, and said excitedly: "Director, just now, I'm..."

Yagyu stepped forward with a smile, patted Mantaro Tani on the shoulder, and said, "It's okay. You are doing your duty faithfully. There is nothing wrong. Keep working hard."

"Ha! I understand!"

Mantaro Tani shouted excitedly.

But compared to the shouts in the house, this one was relatively quiet.

In the courtyard of the camp, Inoue Genzaburo, who was a swordsman during the day, was supervising the resting team members to train.

Yagyu and Mantaro Tani said a few words and then walked into the courtyard, while Mantaro Tani stood guard harder.

Okita Souji, who was resting, was the first to see Yagyu coming back. He immediately waved and shouted: "Hey, Director, you are back!"

Genzaburo Inoue looked back and immediately asked everyone to stop training, and turned back to tell Isamu Kondo.

When the other team members saw Yagyu coming back, they all came to Yagyu like little fans and asked, "Director, have you killed all the members of King Qin's party?"

"Director, can you tell us what happened that night?"

"Director, will you be called Battousai from now on?"

Yagyu looked at the team members surrounding him, raised his hand and said, "Okay, okay, each of you asks a question, and I don't even know how to answer it."

Hijikata Toshizo ran over and shouted: "Get out of the way, stop crowding together!"

When the team members saw Hijikata Toshizo coming, they immediately dispersed. After all, Hijikata Toshizo was the strictest in abiding by the law. Some team members used the name of Shinsengumi to extort money, but Hijikata Toshizo was killed by Hijikata Toshizo. After discovering it, he immediately grabbed him and committed hara-kiri.

This incident happened on the third day after Yagyu left Kyoto for Kobe.

The two soldiers who were ordered to commit seppuku by Hijikata Tobizo were Uemura Chobei and Yokota Chobei.

Originally, Isamu Kondo wanted to give him a small punishment as a warning, but Hijikata Toizo opposed all opinions and insisted that the two commit seppuku.

Isamu Kondo couldn't argue, so he could only agree.

This incident also made the team members realize the terribleness of deputy commander Hijikata Toshizo.

Yagyu followed Hijikata Toshizo to the lobby, and Kondo Isamu had already come out to greet him.After the three of them entered the lobby and sat down, Yagyu said: "Shannan and Takeda stayed in Katsujuku to study Western naval technology. In addition, I withdrew 1000 taels to fund Katsujuku, and also selected 35 students to study in Katsujuku. They are just The salary for an intern is only two taels of gold."

Hijikata Tosei nodded and said: "Understood, I will inform Kisaburo later."

Isamu Kondo saluted and said, "Director, I have something to report. Chobei Uemura and Chobei Yokota committed suicide on my order because they extorted money from traders."

Hijikata Toshizo quickly raised his head and wanted to say it was him, but Kondo Isamu shook his head.

Yagyu nodded, looked at Hijikata Toshizo and smiled: "You are the one who ordered people to commit seppuku. I didn't expect that you, a guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, are so decisive."

"It's not a big deal for such a black sheep to commit seppuku. You are right. We, the Shinsengumi, are responsible for the security of Kyoto. We will not allow such people to slander our reputation. Otherwise, this will be a disservice to the Shinsengumi soldiers who died in the battle. insult."

Hijikata Toshizo coughed lightly and touched his nose, looking a little embarrassed.

Isamu Kondo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sorry, Director, I should have asked you about this matter first."

Yagyu waved his hand and said: "I have established laws. If you act according to the laws, it does not count as overstepping. Speaking of which, we are already a team directly under the shogunate. We should use the samurai laws of the shogunate. The previous five laws are too crude and can be modified."

Isamu Kondo immediately saluted and said, "Ha, I understand."

　Thanks to Li Xiaopang for the 5 reward!Thanks for the [-] reward for poisonous mung bean cake!
　　
　
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