Qingden stretched out his hand to straighten the bodies of Inaba Masakuni and Noshi Ryobi.

"Nagato-sama, Mighty-sama, there is no need for this. My eyes can distinguish right from wrong. The culprit of today's incident has been captured by me, but please stand up."

After hearing this, the facial lines of both of them relaxed, and they both showed expressions of relief.

Aoshito's words were a direct statement to Inaba Masakuni and Nose Ryobi: I will only use Takahashi Kinzaburo to operate, and will not expand it, let alone blame you for it.

Seeing that the atmosphere had eased, Matsudaira Yongho stepped forward at the right time and said:

"Lord Tachibana, yesterday it was too late and we had no time to hold a reception dinner. Let us show off our friendship as landlords today, right?"

As soon as Matsudaira Yongho finished speaking, Inaba Masakuni and Nose Ryōbi echoed his words one after another.

Although after the shogunate established the two positions of Kyoto Guardian and Gyeonggi Town Envoy, the power and status of the Kyoto Shodai and Kyoto Town Chiefs were greatly weakened, they were ultimately the representatives of the "civilian officials" in Kyoto.

Unless you have to, you shouldn't antagonize them.

In modern terms, they have extremely high barrel dipping value.

Matsudaira Yongho's intention was very obvious - there was a little accident today, which caused some dissatisfaction between Ayoto and Inaba Masakuni, Nosei Ryobi, so he wanted to use the reception banquet to "bring together" them and bridge the gap between them.

However... Qingdeng shook his head quietly.

"Higo-sama, I'm very sorry. I still have important matters to deal with tonight. Please wait until later to discuss the matter of receiving the wind."

Songping Rongbao couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.

"Is it important? May I ask what it is?"

Qingdeng smiled slightly.

"It's not appropriate to say more about this matter at the moment. Please allow me to keep it secret for the time being."

Inaba Masakuni and Nose Ryobi both looked disappointed and regretful.

Subsequently, they successively spoke out and tried to "save" Qingdeng.

But Qingdeng's meaning has been expressed quite explicitly and clearly - it's okay to hold a reception banquet, but not tonight!

Since Qingteng has already said this, Matsudaira Yongho and others can't say anything more.

"Then, I'll go ahead and excuse myself."

Qingdeng turned to look at his subordinates behind him.

"Everyone, let's go."

With that said, he led the soldiers of the Shinsengumi and walked away.

As soon as his front leg left the Kyoto Administrative Office, his back leg used his eyes to signal Hijikata Toizo, Kondo Isamu, Shannan Keisuke and Kiyokawa Hachiro behind him.

Upon seeing this, the four people immediately quickened their pace and gathered around Qingdeng.

Qingdeng raised his head and glanced at the setting sun that was about to be swallowed up by the horizon.

"Send an order to the entire army: organize equipment and prepare for battle."

Concise and clear commands.

As soon as this order came out, the expressions of Hijikata Toisho and others immediately changed significantly and differently.

Qinghe Hachiro was thoughtful.

Shannan Keisuke's expression was serious.

Kondo is eager to try.

Hijikata Toshizo burst into laughter:

"Tachibana, today is just the day after we entered Kyoto, are we going to start the first battle of the Shinsengumi so soon?"

Qingden smiled slightly, a meaningful taste rising in his cheeks.

"Don't the people of Kyoto always denounce us as 'Dongyi'? In that case, let the scholars and people of Kyoto open their eyes and let them see with their own eyes the sturdiness and ferocity of Dongyi!"

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It's night——

Kyoto, Kusunoki-gumi’s main formation——

The main formation of Kusunoki-gumi is a four-story luxurious house.

This house was originally the property of a landowner in Kyoto.

After the Nanmu Group became prosperous by riding on the east wind of "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians", the landowner sold the house to the Nanmu Group at a cabbage price in order to sell the Nanmu Group a favor.

Since then, this mansion has been set up as the main formation of the Kusunoki-gumi until today.

At this moment, in a room on the highest floor of the mansion, fierce quarrels broke out one after another and continued for a long time.

"Taiichi! We can no longer hesitate! We must apologize to Tachibana Aoden as soon as possible! Show the respectful attitude of 'the one who is the leader is Tachibana'! We must not offend Tachibana Aoden!"

A thin young man said this in a pleading tone to the burly man sitting high on the front seat.

Sitting at the head of the summit meeting where the core members of the Kusunoki Group gathered together... the identity of the strong man was already evident.

It is none other than the current leader of Kusunoki Group—Ayase Taichi.

This strange man, who relied on his extraordinary vision and means to transform the Kusumu-gumi from the original low-profile Yakuza organization into the now-famous Zunhu Group, is currently holding his arms with a smile on his face.

Full of hesitation and hesitation.

Before Ayase Taichi could speak, a fat man sitting opposite the skinny young man curled his lips and refuted with disdain:

"Hmph! Suzuki-kun, if you don't allow yourself to grow up with other people's ambitions, you will destroy our prestige! What's so great about that Tachibana Aoden? We don't need to be afraid of him at all!"

The thin young man blushed:

"You are simply crazy! You are used to being domineering in Kyoto, do you really think you are invincible?"

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…

At the same time——

A certain alley very close to the Kusunoki-gumi's main formation——

Qingden leaned against the earthen wall behind him, staring blankly into the void in front of him while stuffing rice balls into his mouth.

At this time, Hijikata Toshizo came over.

"Tachibana, are all teams ready? When will we attack?"

Qingdeng smiled and said vaguely, ignoring the rice in his mouth:

"There's no rush, we'll wait until our female ninja comes back."

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