I formed the strongest swordsman group

In the second year of Wanyan (1861), on January 10 (the day when Qingdeng was imprisoned), the night——

Edo, Kodenmacho, Prison House——

As night fell, the jailers in the prison house finally calmed down.

Those mournful cries, angry reprimands, begging for mercy, the sound of whips being whipped on human bodies, and the sounds of stones crushing muscles and bones, all vanished into thin air.

Because the environment suddenly became extremely quiet, Qing Deng was not used to it for a while.

The only inmate in the same area as Qingdeng, that is, Kyotaro Miyabe, has already fallen asleep.

His sleeping appearance is quite gentle, he doesn't snore or grind his teeth, he uses his hand as a pillow, curled up like a cat, his chest and shoulders rise and fall regularly.

I don't even have anyone to chat with... A strong sense of loneliness occupies Qingdeng's consciousness.

Although Yangwushiki's living environment is very good, no matter how good the treatment is, it is impossible to provide prisoners with rich entertainment.

After all, this is Japan in the Edo period, not some modern "Holy Mother Country" that provides prisoners with five-star residences, refrigerators, color TVs, and game consoles.

Qingdeng's energy is still high, and he doesn't want to sleep yet.

Extremely bored, he poked his head out of the cell, looked and observed the big copper lock on the door.

The gap in the fence of the prison is very small, only enough for Qing Deng's small head and two gaps to barely pass through.

——This lock...although it is very big and complicated, it is not impossible to pick it open...

"Lock picking" is the key content in Yunliu Ninjutsu.

Relying on the strong comprehension ability of "Ghost Heart", the enhanced finger strength brought by "Skillful Hand + 1", and Sazhong's professional guidance, Qingdeng has grown into a master lockpicker in just a few months .

Nowadays, most of the locks on the market are useless in the eyes of Qing Deng, and it only takes a little time to pry them all open.

—Just give me the tools I need, and I can escape right now.

As soon as this idea came to Qingdeng's mind, he was amused by this idea.

Prison escape... This is the most stupid move for Qingdeng at present.

Once he forcibly stepped out of the prison door, Qingdeng would change from a "reasonable victim" to an "unreasonable lunatic" in an instant.

The wisest choice for him now is to obediently squat in the prison in Kodenmacho, waiting for the rescue of the friends outside.

Although it sounds a bit boastful to say so, Qingdeng thinks that his popularity is quite good.

He likes to make friends, and because of his personality, he can get along with anyone no matter what.

You can talk about the mountains with a playboy like Hijikata Toshizo, and you can have a good drink with a cold and cold brother like Saitoichi.

The Chiba family, the scholars of the Book Institute headed by Katsu Rintaro... In Qingdeng's circle of friends, there are too many friends who can provide him with strong support.

Not to mention that Qingdeng still has 2 Wang Zang in his hands:

A business group with unknown strength: Boss Kiryu and Mai Kinoshita who were born in Gourd House.

The current speaker of the Edo Shogunate and his mother: Iemo Tokugawa and Tenzhoin.

Qingdeng knows very little about Calabash House, so he will not comment for now.

But what is certain is that Boss Kiryu and Kinoshita Mai will never sit back and watch him fall into prison.

As for the latter... To be honest, Qingdeng couldn't pat his chest and promise: Tokugawa Jiashige and Tianzhangyuan would definitely come to rescue him.

Although he and the mother and son had just made a private visit in Edo microservices a few days ago, and the distance between them had narrowed, but in the final analysis, the relationship between Qingdeng and these two big men is essentially a relationship between a king and a minister.

Common sense cannot be used to speculate on the minds of feudal rulers.

The group that attacked Qingdeng this time and put Qingdeng in prison is the "Direct Participation Alliance" led by the Akabane family.

The directly participating samurai were the ruling foundation of the Edo Shogunate. Although most of them have decayed and degenerated into mud that cannot support the wall, the Edo shogunate really cannot do without them.

Under the crazy attacks of the Hitotsubashi faction, the currently semi-retired Tenzhangin, which has been relatively free to move, has to stand in front of the stage. Throwing rats.

What's more, there are mad dogs from the Hitotsubashi faction closely watching Tokugawa Iemo's every move.

However, if Tokugawa Jiashige made any behavior that would fall into the shoes of others, what awaited him would be verbal criticism from the Hitotsubashi faction.

Under the premise of having many concerns, whether Tokugawa Iemo and Tenzhangin can bring considerable support to Qingdeng... This is really a question mark.

However, no matter what, Qingdeng is not worried about his current situation.

He has full confidence in whether he can get out of prison smoothly...or in other words, whether his partners outside can help him out of prison.

This is the greatest confidence for him to remain calm even if he is reduced to a prison body.

——After being released from prison, how should we deal with the Akabane family...

While Qingdeng was thinking deeply, his hands kept moving, and he continued to play with the copper lock on the prison door.

The Akabane family's revenge method was much more intense than Qingdeng imagined. To actually forcibly frame him with such a far-fetched reason...

Such an approach is tantamount to directly issuing an invitation to Qingdeng to fight without death.

How could the turmoil caused by Akabane's house scare Qingdeng?

Qingdeng never flinched when he was targeted by the barbarians who really dared to block the streets and kill people, and even did such absurd things as burning Edo and abducting people.

It's just that the Akabane family, as well as the help platform they found, the banners that support them, and the imperial family are after all a privileged group that controls a large amount of social resources.

Therefore, in the process of fighting with them, you need to proceed with caution.

As early as this morning, when he learned that he was arrested and that the Akabane family was behind the scenes, Qingdeng had already started thinking about how to launch a powerful counterattack against the opponent!

Qingdeng silently ponders the serious political struggle.

At this moment, he suddenly caught a glimpse of an orange light at the end of his vision on the right.

Looking back, it turned out to be a jailer who was patrolling around.

The orange light that Qingdeng saw came from the lantern in the jailer's hand.

"Ah, Master Ju, you haven't slept yet?"

When the jailer saw Qingdeng, he immediately put on a big smiling face and greeted him warmly, all his words and sentences were respectful and respectful.

The horror of the guards in the Kodenmacho prison house will only be shown to the helpless common people and vagrants living in low-end prisons such as Erjian Prison and Minmin Prison.

Facing the Hajimoto samurai who lived in Yangwushiki, they didn't even dare to take a breath.

One of the most worldly places is a prison.

The prison house in Kodenma Town is essentially just a large detention center, and the people in it are all unconvicted suspects.

In other words, all the detainees in the prison house are likely to be released without charge in the future.

It's nothing more than bullying the common people. Even if they suffer great grievances and pains, what can the common people do to the jailers? He could only swallow the broken teeth into his stomach.

How dare you disrespect the banner warriors?

Then, what awaits you in the future is very likely to be terrible revenge...

Therefore, Qingdeng's first intuitive feeling after being sent to the prison house is: the sun is shining in the sky, and the flowers are smiling at me.

Every jailer he met treated him very politely.

"Mr. Orange" is long, and "Mr. Orange" is short.

The first sentence is "Mr. Orange, have you eaten?" and the second sentence is "Master Orange, are you still used to sleeping on the tatami here?".

If it wasn't because he was in the cell and the guards were outside the cell, Qingdeng would really have thought that he was not here to stay in prison, but came to inspect as a big leader.

Reaching out without hitting the smiling man, Qingdeng returned to the door and the jailer gave a faint smile.

"Well, I'm not sleepy yet, so get up and sit down."

Since there was still an inspection mission, the jailer exchanged greetings with Qing Deng one after another, and then walked away with a lantern.

Just when the jailer was about to disappear from Qingdeng's field of vision, Qingdeng suddenly noticed the purple belt around his abdomen.

——Miss Okita...

See things and think about things.

Purple is the chief's favorite color. She only uses purple ribbons to tie her hair on weekdays, and her daily clothes are mostly purple.

Thinking of the general manager, I can't help but think of everyone in the test hall, and then think of all my relatives and friends.

——I don’t know how everyone is doing now... After learning that I was imprisoned, although they shouldn’t be terrified, they will probably be at a loss...

Qingdeng let out a long breath.

——Miss Okita, Mai, and Elodie must be very worried about me now, I'm sorry for them... Will Sanako-san worry about me? Heh, Miss Sanako's thoughts are really too difficult to guess...

A smile gradually formed on Qingdeng's cheeks.

As long as he thinks of the faces of the chief executive, Kinoshita Mai, and Sanako, Qingdeng will involuntarily show a peaceful smile.

For Qingdeng, the faces of the chief executive and the others possessed this peculiar magical power.

Qingdeng exclusively enjoys this indescribable tenderness.

However, at this moment...Qing Deng once again caught a glimpse of a warm orange light at the end of his vision on the right.

Qingdeng immediately frowned.

--what happened? Wasn't there a jailer who just came to watch the night? Is the frequency of night watch by the guards at the prison house in Kodenmacho so high?

Qing Deng squeezed half of his head out of the gap between the bars of the cell door while he was wondering, and then turned his head to look right with difficulty.

In an instant, a sense of suddenness surged into Qingdeng's heart.

no the same……

Something different!

Compared with the light of the lantern just seen, this orange light newly appeared at this moment is more colorful, stronger, and full of... a dangerous atmosphere.

Suddenly, a disgusting, scorching smell, very similar to burning firewood, continuously drilled into Qingdeng's nostrils.

--Could it be that? !

Qingdeng's heart sounded a fierce alarm, and a hair-raising chill rushed from the soles of his feet to the top of the sky.

As if to confirm Qingdeng's bad conjecture, the orange light that appeared on the far right outside Qingdeng's cell turned into red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The ever-changing red light stretched across Qingdeng's right field of vision, extending from one end to the other...

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At this moment, if someone can overlook Edo, then he will be able to see the red spots like new sprouts popping out in the dark night like ink.

In just a split second, the red dot transformed into a thick pillar of flame.

The violently burning pillar of flames spewed out tongues of flames all around.

The flames are like a huge bottomless mouth that doesn't know how to eat, devouring the surrounding houses and streets with great mouthfuls.

The night is immersed in the poisonous claws of the fire demon.

The night in Edo was lit up—in a way no one wanted to see.

clang--! clang--! clang--! clang--! clang--!

The rapid ringing of the bell to remind the townspeople to evacuate as soon as possible resounded throughout Edo.

"Fire! Fire!"

"Where did the fire start?"

"It seems to be Kodenmacho!"

"Damn it! How did it happen to be on fire tonight? It's windy tonight! The fire can spread easily!"

"Don't worry about it so much! Pack up your clothes and run away! The fire burns so fast!"

"Has the fire department been dispatched?"

"It's been dispatched a long time ago! Now all the town firefighters in Edo are rushing to Kodenma Town!"

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"Cough! Cough! Cough! It's just that this place is on fire! I don't want to be burned to death! Hey! Jailer! Open the door quickly! Open the door quickly! If you don't let us out quickly, we will become steamers The grilled chicken is here! Open the door! Ahem...! Open the door!!"

Yu Taro Miyabe, who was woken up by the sudden burnt smell, now roared wildly outside the prison door while pulling tightly on it.

The current prison house is really a mess.

"Hey! Jailer! Come and save us!"

"Masters! Please open the door for us quickly! The fire is coming!"

"Shut up! Didn't we try to save you?"

"No! The fire here is too big, I can't pass!"

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Footsteps, roars, shouts, wailing... all kinds of sounds mixed together.

No matter what the sound, deep down lurks the same emotion: fear.

Fear of fire is a biological instinct.

How many people can there be in the fire scene but can take it easy?

The wooden beams licked by the flames made an uncomfortable "creaking" sound.

Smoke from the flames billowed in all directions.

There was an unpleasant smell of heat in the air.

The scorched wind carrying sparks sprayed Qing Deng's face.

Suddenly, Qingdeng heard a strong vibration and a violent cracking sound coming from above him—a "boom"—the ceiling outside the cell, which was tightly wrapped in flames, collapsed, and fell straight on In the corridor outside Qingdeng's cell.

At the moment when the burned ceiling hit the ground, the fire ball shattered like glass, and thousands of sparks flew all over the sky like blooming flowers.

Along with the dance of sparks, there are also blazing heat waves sweeping away in all directions.

Qingdeng felt a burning sensation coming towards him that seemed to melt him alive, and he subconsciously turned his head to avoid it.

At this moment, a Pyro stumbled and fell through the hole in the caved-in ceiling.

From the looks of it... it looks like a jailer.

I saw him raising his hands high, shaking his shoulders, stamping his feet, sometimes running around and bumping around, sometimes lying on the ground and rolling around, trying to get rid of the "cloak of fire" on his body.

His screams... are no longer like the sounds that humans can make.

From head to toe, there was no place where he could not see the flames.

Anyone with a little common sense can see that the jailer is hopeless, and rolling on the ground is useless.

After a while, Pyro's movements and shouts gradually subsided.

After a while, he lay motionless on the ground. Because his face and body were eroded beyond recognition by the fire demon, he couldn't tell whether he was lying on his back or prone on the ground now...

Even a swordsman like Qingdeng, who is used to killing and life and death, can't help but feel his scalp go numb after witnessing someone being burned alive behind his face paint...

— Something is wrong...!

Qingdeng's eyelids suddenly sank, and his face was filled with dark clouds.

——The speed at which the flames spread...was a bit too fast!

In Japan during the Edo period, most of the houses and buildings were made of wood, so it was very easy to catch fire, and it would be a large area when it was burned.

However, no matter how easy it is to burn, it is impossible to burn so fast!

Qingdeng instinctively sensed that something was wrong.

However, he can't bother to think about these detours now.

——I must try to escape quickly...!

Qingdeng originally wanted to wait for the jailers to come to open the cell door, but judging from the current situation... the jailers who cannot protect themselves have no hope!

The burnt smell in the air became more and more intense, and the carbon monoxide content soared to the point where it was almost impossible to breathe.

Qingdeng looked around his cell, looking for things that could come in handy.

Soon, he found his water bottle with a few sips left.

"Miyabe! Wrap your mouth and nose with a wet cloth, and lie down on the ground!"

While reminding Gongbu loudly, Qingdeng tore off a part of his sleeve with a "hiss", wet it with the last bit of water left in the water bottle, and wrapped it around his face like a mask. superior.

At the scene of a fire, wrap your mouth and nose with a cloth moistened with water to slow down the impact of carbon monoxide on your body, and keep your body as low as possible, staying in a low place with more oxygen—this is firefighting knowledge that elementary school students in the 21st century know .

However, people in this era certainly do not understand this knowledge.

Kyotaro Miyabe chatted with him for a long time today, so out of this affection, Qingdeng decided to remind the other party to take some self-help measures as soon as possible.

At this critical juncture, the only way Qingdeng can think of to get out of trouble is to forcibly pry open the door of his cell with his own lockpicking skills!

Escaping by picking the lock... At first glance, it is full of possibilities.

But a cruel reality problem was starkly faced by Qingdeng: where would he find a lockpicking tool that could be used instead?

Before being sent to prison, Qingdeng underwent a strict body search, and everything on his body, including the saber, was "kept on behalf of him."

Right now, except for the clothes on his body, Qingdeng is in a state of "clear breeze in his sleeves".

——Is there nothing long and thin...

Qingdeng glanced back and forth across the three-fold prison cell.

It was too late and then too soon, Qingdeng caught a glimpse of a black shadow attacking his head from the corner of his left eye from the corner of his left eye...

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The following plot is the last and longest plot of the second volume. This episode is over, the second volume can be successfully concluded, and the third volume can be opened!

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