I started with the Shinsengumi in Bakumatsu

Chapter 40 Torture
In a dimly lit small room, a key member of the Tenchu ​​Group named Juzo Yoshida was tied to the beam with a thick rope three fingers thick, and he was suspended in mid-air.

Directly in front of him, Yagyu sat on a chair and watched, Okita Souji stood beside him leaning on a chair, Hijikata Tobizo himself held a wooden stick, Saitoichi assisted in the execution as an assistant, and there were two more on the other side. A soldier escorted Hiroshi Isozaki, another backbone of the Tenchu ​​team.

These two team members are called Kusu Kojuro and Arakida Saumasuke.

Yagyu nodded slightly and said, "It's time to start."

Toshizo Hijikata flexed his wrist and said with a smile: "I asked Saito and the officials from Kyoto Prefecture and learned a lot about torture. I will practice with these people today."

"The shogunate's lackey!" The tied up Yoshida Juzo was still speaking harshly and kept swearing.

Hijikata Tobi nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay, hard bones, right? Then I'll test how hard my bones are with you."

"one!"

"Snapped!"

Toshizo Hijikata swung the wooden stick with all his strength, and it was like a cassock slash hitting Juzo Yoshida's arm. He was still cursing and suddenly screamed, and Yagyu even heard the sound of bone cracking.

"Ha...shogunate...lackey!"

Yoshida Juzo endured the severe pain and continued to curse.

Hijikata Toshizo became more energetic. He continuously swung the wooden stick and hit Yoshida Juzo. Yoshida Juzo kept screaming, but still did not confess.

Tired from the beating, Hijikata Toisho changed to a new punishment method and slowly inserted a bamboo stick into Yoshida Juzo's toenails.

"Ah! Kill me, kill me!"

Yoshida Juzo couldn't help but want to seek death, but it was so easy to bite his tongue and commit suicide. Hijikata Tobizo had been guarding against this. With Saitoichi as his assistant, Yoshida Juzo could not bite his tongue and commit suicide.

Watching this scene, Yagyu suddenly remembered the anti-Japanese drama he watched, as if he had become the section chief of the special agent section interrogating underground party members.

Fortunately, he only interrogated the radicals who respected the emperor and rejected the foreigners.

Yoshida Juzo, who had been stabbed with ten bamboo sticks, was still unable to do anything. He was breathing heavily and still said harshly: "I will do justice for heaven... I will kill the traitors... I will do it for heaven! The lackeys of the shogunate! Bah!"

Okita Souji looked at Yoshida Juzo who was still arrogant, then looked at Hijikata Toshizo, and said with a smile: "Mr. Hijikata, your studies are not very good, and you still have no tricks."

Hijikata is a very embarrassed boy, Okita Souji has liked to see his jokes since he was a child, although he often teases Souji himself.

"I'm going to be underestimated. It seems I can only take action."

Toshizo Hijikata picked up a candle, lit it, and placed it under the feet of Yoshida Juzo to burn. The heartbreaking pain made Yoshida Juzo scream in agony.

Seeing these tortures, Isozaki Hiroshi was shaking all over with fear and his face turned pale.

Hijikata Toshizo turned his head to look at Isozaki Hiroshi and asked with a smile: "Do you want to try it too?"

Isozaki Hiroshi was a little frightened and didn't know how to answer.

But Yoshida Juzo endured the pain and shouted: "Mr. Isozaki, don't forget our blood-blooded alliance!"

Isozaki Hiroshi became even more confused.

Hijikata Toisho accepted the fire torture and immediately called people in to place Yoshida Juzo on a wooden bed and tie him tightly. Then he spread the paper and started watering. Yoshida Juzo felt it was difficult to breathe, and then he could no longer breathe and was about to fall into coma. When the paper was taken away, he took a big breath and choked.

"Cough cough cough..."

Hijikata Toshizo looked at Yoshida Juzo who was coughing violently and asked: "How is it? The feeling of death is uncomfortable, right? Are you ready to do anything?"

Yoshida Juzo still gritted his teeth and said: "Go to hell, lackey of the shogunate! Cough cough cough..." "Continue."

Hijikata Toizan took a step back and asked others to continue the execution. After several repetitions, Yoshida Juzo was already coughing up blood.

"You're so stubborn. I can't do any of this. It seems I can only replace him with another one." Toshizo Hijikata said deliberately.

These words made the tortured Yoshida Juzo look at Hijikata Touzo with disdain, and sneered: "Shogunate lackeys, that's all you have."

Hijikata Toshizo did not respond. He looked at Isozaki Hiroshi and said, "Kojuro, Sanosuke, hang up Isozaki Hiroshi."

When Isozaki Kan thought of the scene just now, he immediately struggled and resisted: "I don't want it, let me go!"

Yoshida Juzo, who was tied to the wooden board, struggled to raise his head and shouted: "Mr. Isozaki, don't be afraid, grit your teeth and get over it!"

Isozaki Hiroshi was immediately hung up, and this time it was Saito who took action.

"Clap clap..."

"what!"

Hiroshi Isozaki screamed loudly, and after just a few strokes, he couldn't help it anymore and shouted: "Wait, I'm willing to do it, I'm doing it!"

Hijikata Toshizo's face darkened, and he curled his lips and said, "What a weakling."

Chief Okita smiled and said, "The director's method still works."

It turned out that before the torture began, Yagyu selected Isozaki Kanya to watch the torture. He felt that timid people would soon confess after seeing the torture.

Sure enough, Isozaki Hiroshi's bones were too soft.

Yoshida Juzo, who was tied to the wooden board, was so angry that he yelled: "Isozaki Hiroshi, you bastard, weakling, how dare you betray us, I will kill you, kill you!"

No matter how hard Yoshida Juzo struggled, it was to no avail.

Hijikata Toshizo was in a irritable mood and ignored Yoshida. He looked at Isozaki Hiroshi and asked, "What kind of organization are you and what are you doing together?"

Hiroshi Isozaki said immediately: "We are the vanguard of the imperial army. We are led by Lord Nakayama Tadamitsu. We are preparing to raise troops in Yamato to attack Yamato's shogunate Tenlord Gojo Agency Office, Takatori Castle and other places, and force the shogunate to fight against the barbarians with arms."

Hijikata Toizan and others were greatly surprised when they heard this plan. He did not expect that the ronin captured this time would actually be armed and fall!

This move can be described as rebellion. It is the first major case involved in the Shinsengumi since its establishment. For the shogunate, your assassination is still within the tolerance range, but your armed uprising is rebellion, which is something the shogunate cannot tolerate.

Okita Souji was a samurai, and although he was still a bit naive, when he heard about this plan, he couldn't help but said with a solemn expression: "This is rebellion."

"Hahaha!" Yoshida Juzo laughed loudly, "We just want to rebel. We, the vanguard of the imperial army, just want to raise our troops and serve the emperor to defeat his enemies!"

Hijikata Toshizo shook his head and said, "You guys are crazy."

"You fools actually defend the shogunate that bows to foreigners and sit back and watch the country sign treaties with foreign countries that humiliate the country. You are eternal sinners and sinners!" Yoshida Juzo shouted at the top of his lungs, "Isozaki Hiroshi, you traitor, you can't do anything good. Damn it, I wish I could sleep with your skin and eat your flesh!"

"It's really noisy." Saito took a piece of cloth and stuffed it into Yoshida Juzo's mouth.

Yagyu raised his hand to stop him: "You say we are stupid and are harming the country? Ridiculous! Your recklessness is leading this country to the abyss. Foreigners are powerful. The Choshu clan provoked foreigners and suffered heavy losses. Haven't you learned your lesson?"
To fight against foreigners with force, you need to rely on strong strength. The current Japanese country is extremely weak. Which Western power can it defeat?Isn’t the Qing Dynasty next door an example?
How noble do you think you are who are just shouting slogans against foreigners, excluding dissidents in the country, and striving for power and profit?It is our Shinsengumi and the shogunate who are saving the country, not you evil party that ignores the law and kills people indiscriminately! "

Yoshida Juzo glared at Yagyu and shouted: "You are talking nonsense, you are talking nonsense!"

"Humph, you are really stubborn." Yagyu shook his head slightly, "No matter what conspiracy you have, my Shinsengumi will definitely stop it. With my Shinsengumi here, the Choshu Domain will never be able to take power!"

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(End of this chapter)