Aoto pulled out the Sadikigami from Tada Koemon's body. The muffled "squeaking" sound made one's teeth feel sore after hearing it.

As the blade of the knife was pulled away, more and more blood, physical strength, and vitality spurted out from the neck where the large gash had been opened.

"Ho...ho...ho...ho..."

Driven by the desire to survive, Tada Koemon let go of the gun in his hand, raised his arms to cover the wound on his neck, trying to stop the flow of blood.

Tada Koemon's self-rescue is not without effort, but such an injury is beyond the reach of any medicine.

The hands used to cover the wound were stained red with blood in just a blink of an eye.

Unable to stop the flow of blood and the passage of life, his face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it had been covered with a layer of frost.

At this moment, Tada Koemon seemed to have seen something terrible, and his expression changed drastically——

"Lord!"

He no longer blocked his neck injury... After shouting "Lord", he faced the empty air in front of him, and with a "pop" sound, he knelt on the ground and respectfully raised his forehead and palms.

Close to the ground.

"Lord! You can't do this to me! You can't do this to me!"

This spearman, who until half a minute ago was still scowling and fiercely fighting Qing Deng and the others alone, was now crying in a stateless manner, looking really embarrassed.

While he kept repeating "You can't do this to me", he kept kowtowing hard... The kowtow was so powerful that just once, his forehead turned red. Another time, the skin and flesh burst. Another time, wisps of blood flowed from it.

The broken forehead shot out, staining the ground and most of his face red.

Ignoring the blood still flowing out of his neck...ignoring Qingdeng and others around him...he just kept kowtowing.

It was as if he was kowtowing to something in front of him, which was his world and everything for the rest of his life.

Even Aoto and his party, who had become accustomed to Tada Koemon's crazy behavior, couldn't help but be stunned at this moment.

At this moment, Tada Koemon finally shouted something other than "You can't do this to me."

"Lord! I admit that I made a mistake! But the crime does not end there!"

"Just because of this small mistake, I was stripped of my official status and expelled from the domain... I don't accept this kind of punishment... I don't accept this kind of punishment -!"

"We, the Tada family, have dedicated our lives to the domain for generations! How can we abolish the name of our Tada family just for this reason?!"

"My lord! My lord! For the sake of my many achievements in countering the rebellion more than 20 years ago, please take back my life!"

After shouting, Koemon Tada pressed his forehead to the ground like a lost and helpless child, howling heartbreakingly.

Tears and snot mixed with the blood on his face, turning into a disgusting red liquid.

After a while, his cries gradually became weaker.

The cry just now, the plea to the "lord" just now, are just the reflection of Tada Kouemon.

Now, his comeback is over.

Because the blood was running out, the "fountain" turned into a "stream."

The pores began to spread, and the eyes quickly darkened. …

It happened at the moment Qingdeng blinked.

After the darkness reappeared in less than half a second, the scene in front of him changed - Tada Koemon, who just a moment ago was kneeling on the ground in a very standard Dogeza posture, shouting "Lord" into the air in front of him, pleading loudly for mercy, looked like

It fell to the ground like a mountain collapsing.

He would not close his eyes until he died... his eyes were wide open, filled with a strong sense of unwillingness, sadness, and indignation.

The strange thing is - there is no hatred at all.

He obviously just said "You can't do this to me", and looked extremely dissatisfied with what the so-called "Lord" did... He had such a big opinion against that "Lord", but in the end there was not even a trace in his eyes.

There is no trace of hatred...

At this time, Ayoto suddenly saw something rolling down from Tada Koemon's body.

It is a very small medicine bottle.

Because the mouth of the bottle was not tightened, when the bottle rolled down from Tada Koemon's body, the contents of the bottle - red and purple pills - fell out.

"This is?"

Qingdeng lowered his head and looked at these pills with extremely strange colors. He suddenly felt that they looked very familiar and raised his eyebrows vigorously.

Qingden felt... no, he was convinced! He was sure that he had seen this pill somewhere before!

Thanks to the talent copied from Shannan Keisuke: "photographic memory", Qingto now has a very strong memory.

After a while, Qingden recalled when and where he first saw this pill - the first case he investigated after traveling to this era: the murder of Xinsaburo's murder of Granny Ping. At that time, he

When I went to capture Xunzaburo alone, I saw exactly the same pills at Xunzaburo's house.

Same size, same weird color.

——What kind of medicine is this...?

Qingdeng was about to squat down and study the pill carefully——

Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap…

Noisy footsteps suddenly came from the east side of the street.

Looking up, a group of "three-time" officers formed a neat team, carrying various weapons, and ran straight towards them.

The person who took the lead was an acquaintance of Aoden - the leader of the "Tōjo Group" who worked with their "Arima Group" to return the Sadacho town of Hokubansho to "dividing the world into two parts": Shintaro Tojo.

Dongcheng was dressed as slovenly as ever - his hair was as messed up as a bird's nest, his face was greasy as he probably hadn't washed it once in the whole day, some eye stains were faintly visible in the corners of his eyes, and his clothes were stuck up high on his waist and abdomen.

His belly bounced as he ran.

"Is there any mistake..." Looking at Dongcheng's group who had just arrived, Souji couldn't help complaining, "We have subdued the lunatics who were causing trouble, and these official servants only showed up...!"

Qingdeng smiled helplessly: "Just get used to it."

As a member of the government, Qingdeng has always had a deep understanding of the inefficiency of government offices.

Although Seito will be promoted to the position of "Captain of the Third Division of the Fire Thieves Reform Team and Leader of the Seventh Division of the Advanced Archery Team" on November 1st, before he officially takes office, his identity is still

"Sadamachi Kai Doshin" is one level lower than Tojo.

When facing someone with a higher official position than yourself, you still have to do the necessary etiquette. …

Qingdeng tidied up his mood and clothes for a while, and then took the initiative to face Dongcheng.

"Lord Tojo."

"Hmm? Tachibana?"

Dongcheng glanced at Qingdeng in surprise.

"How will you be here?"

"This is a long story... Mr. Dongcheng, you are here. I believe you have heard about what happened here, right? The person who fell over there was the one who was just messing around indiscriminately on this street.

A murderous lunatic. He has been subdued by me and my partners."

Tojo glanced sideways at the body of Tada Kouemon not far away.

"Ju, what's going on? Can you explain it to me?"

After asking, Dongcheng stretched out the little finger of his right hand, inserted it into his right nostril without any scruples, and then picked his nostril carelessly.

Dongcheng's unruly behavior of directly pointing his finger to pick out his nose in public, without any regard for his own image, shocked Kondo and others who were not familiar with Dongcheng.

The two girls, Souji and Zuo Nazi, were so disgusted by Dongcheng's behavior that they couldn't help but shrink their necks. They subconsciously took a few steps back to distance themselves from Dongcheng.

Qingdeng, who had long been accustomed to the sloppiness of Dongcheng, explained everything he knew in detail with a calm expression.

While listening to Aoto's report, Tojo walked slowly to the body of Tada Koemon.

As soon as he squatted down, a look of surprise flashed across his cheeks.

"Huh? Isn't this Tada Koemon?"

Qingdeng was startled: "Master Dongcheng, do you know this person?"

"...So be it."

Dongcheng grinned.

"I have met him several times. This guy is a feudal lord of Koriyama Domain. He is a very skilled spearman. He relied on his excellent spearmanship to conquer Oishio Heihachiro 23 years ago.

He has made many outstanding achievements."

"Oshio... Heihachiro...?" This time, Qingden's cheeks flashed with surprise.

"Tachibana, you should know who Oshio Heihachiro is, right?" Dongcheng gave Qingnobo a teasing look.

"Of course I know...it's impossible not to know this person, right?"

"Hahaha! That's right." Dongcheng laughed loudly, "There's no way anyone in this country doesn't know this name!"

Dongcheng's statement may be a bit exaggerated...but the famous "Oshio Heihachiro" is an unquestionable fact!

This person was originally an ordinary martial arts disciple. Compared with other people of the same age, his biggest difference is that he has been eager to learn since childhood and has a strong personality.
To be continued...