Chapter 67: A Country Falls into a City

Looking at the people who seemed to be about to make a fuss again, Natsume couldn't help but rub his head, wanted to come, and took care of himself on the sofa in the living room and said to himself: "[Allure] means that it has a beauty that can make the country fall for it." And in ancient times, even if there was even a slight relationship with such a person, if he made a mistake, he would be forgiven, or he could blame the mistake on the body of [Allure]. ”

"Dr. Lily of the Valley was such a person when he was young." Speaking of which, even Natsume was a little unbearable, after all, the story of a country falling into a city was really not a good story in his opinion.

"Dr. Lily of the Valley is the former shogun and Tokugawa's lover." Looking at the people who seemed to have been slowly attracted by his words, Natsume said to them with some calmness.

"Dingding-sama!? Are you talking about the one who was called a traitor because of the founding of the country, and who was called a Ming monarch because of the reorganization of the shogunate, and who still enjoys absolute power in Edo even now? After hearing Natsume's words, even Shinpachi, who was used to seeing big scenes, was a little incredulous.

After all, at this time, he must be the most powerful person in the entire Edo Castle, especially for the samurai!

"It's him, yes, but he's not the only one who is obsessed with Dr. Lily of the Valley. At that time, under the fixed operation, Yoshiwara became a place to receive high-ranking officials of the shogunate, or a place for their meetings, and those who entered Yoshiwara at that time basically fell under the charm of the allure of the valley. ”

"Dingding used Lily of the Valley, as it literally meant, to use her as a tool to destroy the country." Speaking of this, Natsume also feels very indignant about Tokugawa Dingding, he has always been gentle to people, and rarely gets angry, but for what Tokugawa Dingding did, Natsume thinks that he is completely out of the category of people, and he is a person who cannot be forgiven!

"What does it mean to be a tool for the destruction of the state?" After hearing Natsume's words, Yueyong's hand, which was taking a small sip of a cigarette stick, couldn't help but pause, and then looked at Natsume's face and asked quietly.

"All those who fell under the charm of Lily of the Valley and could have become a stumbling block to his right to become a general were all pulled out by the means of Lily of the Valley and assassination. In this way, he defeated all his competitors and climbed to the throne of general, and still advocates for the "general" who can become his puppet and exercise his power. Speaking of this, Natsume couldn't help but pause.

"How... How so? That.. That agreement? Looking at Natsume, who was silently making tea for himself at this time, Kagura couldn't help but ask in disbelief.

"Do you stain your own general with other people's blood..."Yinshi couldn't help but raise his head, silently looking at the ceiling, at this time he seemed to recall that day, that crime.

"That promise... Could it be that this is the shackles that bound Dr. Lily of the Valley to Yoshiwara... Doesn't the person Dr. Lily of the Valley has been waiting for never exist..."After hearing Natsume's words, Yueyong couldn't help but be silent.

“.... Didn't Lily of the Valley wait for anyone from the beginning, the full moon appointment is just a sweet dream of the doctor, or rather, she has nowhere to go except for a sweet dream..."The black cat couldn't help but look at Natsume and asked, maybe it was because Natsume's relationship made her know such an uncomfortable story, so the black cat's eyes looking at Natsume at this time were not friendly.

"No, Dr. Lily of the Valley is not a dream but has his own agreement, the last story about Dr. Lily of the Valley has been told, but there is another one." Looking at the people who seemed to be in a deep mood at this time, Natsume took a sip of tea and smiled at a few people, and then said calmly.

"Huh?!" After hearing Natsume's words, several people couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at Natsume in disbelief.

"Once upon a time, there was a general and his retainers."

"The general's wife is the most beautiful princess in the country. And this princess cherishes the general very much. ”

"But the general took advantage of the princess's emotions and put her in prison and did a lot of excesses to him."

"The princess spent all day in prison in tears. Maybe it's because of the pity for such a princess, that retainer, who often wipes away tears for the princess. ”

"And so, unconsciously... He began to fall in love with the princess. But this is destined to be an unrealizable love with a great disparity in status, and he hides his feelings in his heart and continues to wipe tears for the princess. At this point in the story, Wanshiwu and Yueyong seemed to slowly understand something, and their hearts slowly fell into a tangle.

After all, if it's really like Natsume's story, maybe the retainer who had an agreement with Lily of the Valley at this time has been...

"I don't know if it was because he sensed his intentions, and the general ordered that retainer to kill the princess."

"The master's command is absolute, and if he disobeys, he will die, but he cannot do it to kill his beloved. Instead, the two made a pact with each other - a pact to escape from this cage together on the next full moon. After saying this, the two tied each other's hair to the other's little finger, pulled the hook and made an agreement. ”

But the next full moon, the next full moon, he did not return to the princess. Because the general, he knew everything for a long time. He cut off the arm of the retainer and the princess at the time of their agreement. ”

"The general, treat everything as a game - he doesn't want the two to simply die, but wants to torture them, he wants to know how long Lily of the Valley will wait for that man."

He said to his retainers: "The man who has abandoned the agreement has long since abandoned, the woman will wait for this lover who will not come back until death, and the man will hold the pain of abandoning the agreement until death, and live for a long time." What a poignant love story. ””

(The covenant here refers to the retainer's severed arm and the princess's hair.) )

He knew that if he went to meet, the general would kill the princess, and the agreement between the two did not know when it had become a shackle heavier than death. So he made up his mind that no matter how many years had passed, even if he was wrinkled and old, even if the princess had forgotten his existence, he would live until the day when he met her again. ”

"Then, the retainer is still clinging to the three limbs, prostrate and living above the world."

Natsume's story has been told, but everyone has fallen into an eerie silence. Yinshi sat silently in her own place and looked at the ceiling with a complicated expression, Yueyong sipped her cigarette stick one by one, but her trembling hands seemed to indicate that she was not at peace at this time, Shinpachi and Kagura didn't know when they had hugged their knees and lowered their heads tightly. Even if the black cat was patient, Natsume could still see the flames burning in his eyes at this time.

At this time, Jia Baili, who was sitting on the roof, also crushed the drink bottle in his hand.