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what?

Qingdeng couldn't help but widen his eyes and cast a shocked look at the masked man he was controlling.

Whether it is knowledge or martial arts, he has extremely high understanding ability - Qingden clearly heard the system prompt that just sounded in his mind.

Normal people should be able to see how abnormal this talent is.

This masked man... actually possesses such a god-level talent that not even one out of ten thousand people can possess...

Qingdeng couldn't help but look at the masked man a few more times.

After being restrained by Qingdeng, the masked man seemed still unconvinced and twisted his body desperately, trying to break free from Qingdeng's control.

The battle between Qingnobo and the masked man has already been decided, and the servants of Zhuo Town no longer need to follow Qingnobo's instructions just now and gather around to watch.

They rushed forward and worked together to hold down the masked man.

"Don't move! Don't move!"

"Quick! Get the rope out! Tie him up!"

…

The guards fumbled around and took out the hemp rope specially used for capturing prisoners, and tied up the masked man.

At this time, a certain servant raised his hand and took off the fox mask on the masked man's face.

The moment the fox mask separated from the person's face, low exclamations suddenly erupted from the surrounding onlookers... and from the soldiers who were arresting the person.

Under the mask is an extremely handsome face.

This masked man is actually a handsome man with an outstanding appearance.

Fair skin is full of youthful vitality.

Eyebrows are slender and long.

The bridge of the nose is straight and high.

The oral lines are beautiful.

Good-looking facial features - this is not the most outstanding appearance feature of this masked man.

The most prominent feature of this person's appearance is his calm and heroic temperament condensed between his eyebrows.

This temperament directly adds to his external charm.

The masked man's outstanding appearance... made Qing Deng feel that in terms of his handsomeness alone, this man was no less impressive than the first-tier male stars and first-tier male models in the entertainment industry in his previous life.

"Huh?" At this moment, a cry came out from the crowd, "Mr. Hijikata?"

The owner of this voice was a girl who seemed to be no more than 20 years old.

This girl has a rather delicate appearance, with a pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes that look forward to her. She wears slightly plain clothes, and has an antiperspirant white towel wrapped around her forehead. She looks like an ordinary girl.

"A Jing?" The masked man raised his eyebrows at the girl, "Why are you here?"

The girl pushed through the crowd and tried to get to the masked man, but was stopped in time by the Zhuo Town servants.

"Mr. Hijikata, what happened? Why were you arrested by the government?" The girl looked like she was about to cry in a hurry.

"It's nothing." The masked man seemed to realize at this time that he could not escape, so he gave up the struggle and said to the girl calmly, "This is not the place you should stay. You should go back first."

"Hijikata...?" When the masked man was persuading the girl to leave here quickly, Qingto stared at the masked man in astonishment and softly repeated what the girl had just called the masked man.

Hijikata... This is the same as Qingnobo's "Tangerine", which is not a very popular surname.

In Qingdeng's memory, there happened to be a person named Hijikata...

"...Hello. Are you Toshizo Hijikata from the Trial Guard Hall in Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town?"

"Huh?" The masked man looked stunned, turned away, frowned, and looked Qingdeng up and down, "You... know me?"

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About 2 hours later——

Aoto led Kondo and Okita, who were looking anxious, to the jailhouse located in Kodenma Town.

Gaoyashiki was the prison of Edo, where all prisoners from Edo and surrounding areas were imprisoned.

After arriving at the jailhouse, I said hello to a certain jailhouse fellow, who then led Ayoto and his group towards the depths of the jailhouse.

The Edo period was very hierarchical, and people of different levels were sent to different prisons.

Prisoners with "Omami" will be put into the highest-level prison: "Yangzashiki".

The so-called "Omami" is a person who has the qualifications to directly meet the general. For example, the deceased Naoki Ii belongs to the category of "Omami".

Yangzashiki is the highest-level prison. The layout inside the prison is quite luxurious, with single rooms and tatami mats on the floor. The air is not humid and smelly, and the food is good.

The samurai below "Omami" were imprisoned in the "Yangwu".

Citizens living in the city were imprisoned in "prisons."

The farmers were imprisoned in "common people's prisons".

The living conditions in large prisons and civilian prisons are very different. Usually there are ten or even twenty or thirty people crammed into a cell. The air is damp and smelly, and the food is bad.

Aoto had heard bits and pieces of anecdotes about Hijikata Tozozo from Kondo and Okita who had long heard of his name.

Although Toshizo Hijikata has a surname, he is not a samurai.

As the saying goes: Samurai have the two privileges of "surname" and "carrying sword".

But "taking a surname" is not actually a privilege unique to samurai. Very few local wealthy families also have their own surnames - Hijikata Toshizo falls into this category.

I heard Kondo, Okita and others say: Hijikata Toshizo was a rich farmer from the Tama area in the north of Edo.

The Hijikata family is a big landowner at the local "local snake" level, so they also have the right to "use their surname".

Therefore, Hijikata Shisan, who is a farmer, should be thrown into a civilian prison with the worst environment.

But Qingteng used some of his functions as a Dingcheng Hui Tongxin to let his fellow disciple live in a single cell with a relatively good environment.

After the prisoner Tongxin led everyone outside the single cell specially opened by Qingdeng using his skills, Qingdeng and others saw Tufang who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, boredly picking at the dust between his fingernails.

Year three.

"Mr. Hijikata!"

Okita took the lead and took a lunge forward, raised his hands to grasp the wooden bars of the cell, and put his face close to the gap between the wooden bars, showing a helpless look that hated iron but failed to make steel.

"What are you doing! Why are you causing trouble again just after you returned to Edo? You are so well behaved, why are you beating up people on the street?"

"Akatsu, Souji?" Hijikata looked at the sudden appearance of these two close friends who were as close as brothers to him. But soon, he put away the surprise in his eyes and curled his lips at Okita.

, "I want to teach that Kinemon a lesson, it's that simple."

Aoto had just told Kondo and Okita about what trouble Hijikata had caused this morning, and he also explained to them why Hijikata suddenly beat up Kinemon on the street.

After bringing Toshizo Hijikata, who had a "street fight", back to the prison, Hijikata immediately revealed all his motives for committing the crime.

The reason why he suddenly beat up Kinemon on the street was quite simple - to avenge one of his friends.

He had a friend who ran an izakaya, and one night about 10 days ago, Kinemon visited his friend's izakaya.

That gangster from Kinemon, after eating and drinking in a restaurant, saw that Hijikata's friend looked submissive and easy to bully, so he started to have evil thoughts.

Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Kinemon refused to pay for meals and drinks.

Hijikata's friend tried to argue with Kin'emon, but was directly injured by Kin'emon.

After injuring someone, Kinemon threatened them fiercely: Don't report it to the official! Even if you report it to the official, I will only stay in prison for a while at most. When I get out of prison, I will

I will definitely come to you for revenge as soon as possible!

Kinemon didn't misjudge the person either.

Hijikata's friend is indeed a bit timid.

Kinemon's hands are covered with many tattoos of different patterns - this is proof that this man has committed numerous crimes in the past.

In the Edo period, a punishment was to tattoo the hands and face of the prisoner.

Different crimes have different tattoo patterns, so just by looking at the tattoos on the hands and feet of that person, you can know what crimes the person has committed before.

After being threatened by Kin'emon with so many "criminal certificates" tattooed on his hand, Hijikata's friends really chose to swallow their anger and did not dare to pursue Kin'emon's crime of eating the King's meal and injuring him. They had no right to do so.

things happen.

Hijikata's friend was willing to compromise—Hijikata was not.

When Hijikata, who had been away from Edo for a long time, came to greet his friend this morning, he noticed the bruises on his friend's face.

After some questioning, I found out what exactly happened.

Without saying a word, Hijikata rushed out of his friend's izakaya and ran to find Kinemon to settle the score.

Kinemon was a famous person in Takucho, and Hijikata knew the places Kinemon frequented by just asking around.
To be continued...