After a few rounds, the samurai master was drunk and retreated, and after being arranged by the boss of the store to rest, there were only two people left in the entire hall, Yu Qishi, the chief director, and the girl named Yuuka Sokai had also retreated, and there was no trace.

"Let's go."

The Director-General said

"Go back and rest, and I'll talk about the rest when Brother Kondo comes back."

Nanami didn't get up, she took off her hat and looked at the stage.

"Are you really not afraid of retribution? Some people are alive. ”

The pursuit of pleasure is the instinct of man alone, but it is this instinct that makes man sometimes more savage than a beast.

"Director-General, do you think that girl is beautiful just now?"

Seven real questions.

"In terms of appearance alone, it is impeccable."

"I have something I want to ask her"

The Director-General had said something to the girl earlier.

He is also a person with keen senses, and Nanami can see that she is abnormal, and so is the general secretary.

"It's okay if I don't see some things, but if I find out and ignore them, I won't be able to sleep."

After Yuka Sokai stepped back, she returned to her room, she wouldn't go with anyone else, and as an Oiran she wouldn't spend the night with the man she met for the first time.

Only after the third acquaintance can guests stay with her.

Speaking of which, it's not too reserved.

It's ridiculous etiquette, for what? Unusual to show off your worth?

Faded from makeup, she is still beautiful without makeup.

Such a look qualification.

Maybe God actually likes her very much.

But God didn't give her anything other than her looks.

She is just eighteen this year, a good year, but after ten or twenty years, she really has nothing at that time.

"But it's okay, I didn't have to wait that long."

Some things should have ended sooner, and what she cared about no longer existed in this world.

'Don't do anything stupid. ’

The boy said this to himself just now.

What does he mean?

"Is it stupid? But "I don't even know what I want to do."

After returning that night, Nanami was arranged to sleep, and the head secretary seemed to have received a letter from Kyoto, and he did not rest until midnight.

The next day, Nanami went out early.

She didn't have anything to do right now, so instead of being idle, she might as well get up and do what she wanted to do, and it just so happened that she was very interested in the dancer named Yuuka Soii, so she might as well go and inquire about her.

Changed into men's clothes, regardless of whether it looked like it or not, Nanami pinned his sword, pretended to be a samurai, walked many places, inquired about many people, but did not receive any useful news, although others have endless words when they talk about the woman Yuka Soi.

But it's either about her preferences, or it's about her beauty, and the specific and useful information, such as her life before she was exiled to Yoshiwara, whether Yuka Sokui is her real name, and so on, is completely blank, and nothing can be detected.

"Sure enough, a mere woman can only get this level of attention, and it's really unnoticeable." Like air.

Sitting outside a teahouse on the side of the road, Qishi ate dumplings, ran all morning and in vain, said that it was impossible not to be tired, she picked a random place to rest, now it is March, the weather is neither hot nor cold, when you are tired, it is still a good way to rest.

Gradually, there was an uproar in the streets.

“？”

What's wrong? This is Edo, so if anyone wants to make trouble, they won't pick this time.

Swallowing the last string of balls hastily, Nanami left the coins and stepped forward, standing on both sides of the road to see what was going on.

"Kiyokawa Hachiro is here!"

There were people around shouting like this.

Hachiro Kiyokawa?

What kind of character is this.

A person riding on a horse is probably the so-called Kiyokawa Hachiro.

He was followed by a group of people dressed in different ways, although they were dressed differently, but all of them had swords and swords, and they were all armed with weapons.

"Ronin?!" Nanami has dealt with the ronin countless times, and it is no exaggeration to say that she can smell the smell of this group of outlaws with her nose.

On weekdays, Qishi never takes them seriously.

But this amount in front of me.

"Two hundred, or so."

This number of ronins walked the streets of Edo openly, and there were many of them who were thugs, and such an act was undoubtedly that thieves were wandering around the door of the police station with dirty objects.

"Sure enough, it's Lord Qinghe!! Lord Qinghe has subdued those ronins! ”

"So, Kiyokawa-sama's proposal to Shogun Tokugawa was accepted?!"

Tokugawa Shogun.

Didn't the head secretary say yesterday that the man named Tokugawa Ieshige went to Kyoto and agreed to some kind of plan for the Ronin group.

It wasn't a plan, it was proposed by the person in front of you.

A procession of two hundred people walked in front of Qishi and kicked up dust.

When he returned to the trial hall, Qishi saw the general secretary with a sad face.

But this is just a fleeting expression, after seeing Qishi, he is still the same smile that will not change, which is incomprehensible.

"Are you back? I'm afraid the work of the Seven Solid Guards will be put on hold for the time being, and I have a lot of things to deal with here recently, sorry. ”

"What, what's upset? Something to do with last night's letter? ”

Seven real guesses.

"Or is it related to Hachiro Kiyohe?"

Isamu Kondo also went to Kyoto, and what he did was also related to the Ronin group, and the things that could make him depressed at this time were also related to this.

The Director-General sighed.

"Qishi, you're not just skilled in swordsmanship."

So what you said was right?

After some hesitation, Nanami decided to ask the Director-General for details, and she felt that the Director-General must not be ignorant.

"I shouldn't be involved, but there are some things, please tell me if I can help, otherwise, I'll be useless if I've been eating idle food in the trial guard hall."

The head secretary regarded Nanami as a friend, and what he knew was not a secret, and it would probably not be long before it spread throughout Edo, so it was not impossible to tell Nanami.

"Last night, Brother Kondo wrote me a letter to tell me that the Ronin team's plan had failed."

"Failed? So, today, is it the ghost army that Qinghe Hachiro brought back? ”

"Ghost Army, that's a good adjective."

The Director-General said sarcastically

"At this time of crisis, Kiyokawa Hachiro is trying to bring the assembled ronin back to Edo under the pretext of being the emperor's inherent army, rather than staying in Kyoto to guard it."

This kind of action, who would believe that he brought the ronin back for loyalty.

"Brother Kondo told me that he said that this Kiyokawa Hachiro came back with a butcher's knife."