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Edo, a certain izakaya—

After a young man took a big gulp of wine, he lowered his voice and mysteriously said to the people around him:

"Hey, do you know? A big thing happened yesterday."

"Ah? What's the matter?"

"That's it."

"What about this and that! Don't tell half of it but not the other half! Hurry up and make it clear!"

With just a few words, the young man successfully aroused the attention and appetite of all the diners in the store.

Under the bright gaze of everyone, the young man was not in a hurry to speak.

After he leisurely took a few sips of the wine in his glass, he said calmly:

"Just yesterday, Mr. Dashu held a 'Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet' in Fukiage Garden of Edo Castle..."

The young man's eloquence is very good.

In a simple but very clear context, he narrated the story of Qingdeng's "two poems that shocked the whole audience", and added a certain degree of embellishment to the original facts.

For example, the arrogance of Matsudaira Shunyue when he "requested" Tianzhang Academy to display his works was exaggerated.

Another example is the exaggeration of the reactions of Keiki Hitotsubashi and Haruge Matsudaira after listening to Aoto's haiku and Chinese poems, to the point where they were dumbfounded and their jaws almost dropped.

After the young man finished his story, warm applause and cheers erupted from inside and outside the store.

"Great! Nioh, you did a great job! I've long disliked these two bastards Keiki Hitotsubashi and Harugaku Matsudaira!"

"Damn it! It's all my fault that they changed the 'payment of pilgrimage' to once every three years. The population of Edo was greatly reduced, and it made it difficult for me to do business!"

"This is the first time I know Nioh can write poetry."

"Yeah, me too."

"I didn't expect that he was a man of both civil and military talents."

"Sigh...I feel more and more that Tachibana Aoden is really a god."

"Hahahaha, he might really be the 'incarnation of the Nioh'."

"But... I quite like Hitotsubashi Yoshiki and Matsudaira Harugaku. Both of them are very courageous..."

Suddenly, the enthusiastic young man with good eloquence interrupted:

"You know nothing! Both of them are staunch supporters of the Emperor! Especially that Hitotsubashi Yoshiki! He has been studying Mito Studies since he was a child, and his brain is broken after studying Mito Studies! In their eyes , the imperial court is more important than the shogunate! Believe it or not, if the imperial court and the shogunate are killed at the same time one day in the future, they will definitely sell the shogunate as soon as possible and fully support the imperial court!"

As soon as the young man finished speaking, another person - his face was red from drinking - shouted drunkenly:

"That's right! These two people are just cheating bastards! They are eating the shogunate's salary, but they speak for the court!"

"I hate the imperial court and the people of Kyoto the most!"

"The life and death of the imperial court has nothing to do with us Edo people!"

"That's right! As long as you are a bloody Edo person, you should stand firmly with Mr. Oju and His Highness Odaisho!"

"Yes! Mr. Dashu and His Highness Mr. Dai Gosho are the ones who can turn the tide and save the situation!"

The young man smiled and looked at the people who, under his careful guidance, pointed the finger of struggle at Hitotsubashi Keiki and Matsudaira Harugaku.

At this time, a gust of breeze blew into the store, blowing up a piece of the young man's clothes, revealing the new ninja uniform of the new royal family...

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Edo, a certain tea house——

"Hey, do you know? Just yesterday, Hitotsubashi Yoshiki and Matsudaira Harugaku were disgraced by Nioh."

"Oh? Come on, tell me!"

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Edo, a certain bathhouse——

"Hey, did you know? Nioh has an outstanding poetic talent!"

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"Hey, do you know? Niwang's poems have amazed many people in Chinese studies and Chinese studies!"

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"Hey, did you know? Nioh is not only a genius swordsman, but also a genius poet!"

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"Hey, do you know?"

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"Hey, do you know?"

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Edo, Okemachi, Little Chiba Sword Hall——

"Mr. Ju, it is said that you can write a poem in seven steps like Cao Zijian of the Tang Dynasty and Cao Wei? If there is a chance in the future, please let me see your ability."

With a smile on her face, Sanako cast a teasing look at Qingden, who was sitting side by side with her on the verandah.

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Edo, Senshiya (Boss Kiryu is away)——

While Kinoshita wiped off the dirt on her feet, her eyes were shining brightly as she looked at Aomori who was lifting her hakama in front of her.

"Qingdeng! People say you can write a poem in five steps. Is this true?"

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Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Imperial Guard Hall, General Secretary's room——

"Tangerine-kun..."

Aomori and Souji, who had returned to their natural state, cuddled up against each other in the warm quilt.

Abruptly, the general manager raised his head and looked directly at Qingden.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Qingdeng looked back in confusion.

"Ji Jun, can you really write a poem in three steps?"

Souji asked seriously.

Judging from her serious look, she really wanted to know the answer to this question.

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Edo, the settlement of Westerners——

"Master, it is said that you can compose meaningful poems anytime and anywhere. Can you show me your skills on the spot?"

Elodie blinked in confusion, her sky-blue pupils shining with innocent light.

Qingdeng twitched the corner of his mouth, not knowing how to respond...

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Under the secret promotion of Tianzhangyuan, the rumor that "at a banquet where big names gathered, Qingden overwhelmed the audience with a haiku and a Chinese poem" spread rapidly with a fission effect, spreading from one to ten, and then to a hundred, It is passed down from one hundred to one thousand, and it is passed down from one thousand to ten thousand.

Suddenly, Ayoto's reputation as a poet spread throughout Edo.

As we all know, if something like rumors is not good, it will become more and more biased.

The so-called "three people become a tiger" is nothing more than this.

Tenzōin just wanted to take this opportunity to disgust Hitotsubashi Keiki and Matsudaira Harugaku.

But slowly, the focus of public discussion gradually shifted to Qingdeng.

At the beginning, it was only said that Qingdeng was both civil and military, capable of dancing swords and composing poetry.

It didn’t take long for the content to change to “Qingdeng has extraordinary poetic talent.”

Then, "unparalleled poetic talent" became "like Cao Zhi, having the ability to compose poetry in seven steps"

This is not over yet! The latest version has already touted Qingdeng as a "zero-step poetry writer" who is even better than Cao Zhi! It is a "poemless poetry machine" that can continuously produce excellent poems regardless of time and place!

Perhaps it is because Aoshinobu has such a high status in the hearts of Edo people, so the common people in Edo are willing to put all kinds of outrageous settings and deeds on his head, and they really believe it and feel that "Although this kind of thing is outrageous, if Nioh did it, it is not impossible."

Of course, anyone familiar with Aoden knows that these are just ridiculous nonsense - except for Mai Kinoshita, Souji and Elodie.

Kinoshita Mai, who loves love, has unconditional trust in Aoto. As long as there were rumors praising Qingdeng, no matter how exaggerated the contents were, she would subconsciously believe them to be true.

The general secretary doesn't understand poetry, and she can't even recognize Chinese characters. She doesn't know what the concept of "X steps into poetry" means.

As for Elodie, she is simply innocent.

It took Qingdeng a lot of effort to finally convince the three of them that he really did not have the ability to "make a poem in five steps", "make a poem in three steps", or even "make a poem in zero steps".

Although these rumors are outrageous and laughable.

But with the passage of time, the two works created by Qingnobo...or rather the two works he copied, gradually spread widely through people's word of mouth, and the wise men of Edo all regarded them very highly. Evaluation, and sincerely believe that "Nioh" Tachibana Aoden really has two brushes in writing poetry.

The reputation of "genius poet" spread more and more widely, which brought Qingdeng a lot of benefits.

The most intuitive benefit is naturally to further enhance its reputation.

Of course, it is not true that there are no negative effects at all.

In short: people who already like and respect him like and respect him even more; people who already hate and envy him hate and envy him even more.

Qingdeng didn't care about this.

For the former, he is deeply grateful.

And the latter...let them be.

If you don't like me, just come over here!

Ever since he had a grudge against the Fa Zhu Dang, Qingdeng had always been on the verge of war.

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In the second year of Wenjiu (1862), December 27——

"Carrot, let's go!"

"Moo moo~~"

A man and an ox were galloping on the road leading to Edo Castle as usual.

In a few days it will be New Year.

While the streets and alleys of Edo are filled with the flavor of the New Year, they have also become a lot bleaker.

Passers-by were in a hurry, either busy buying new year goods, or hurrying to find work, taking advantage of these last few days to earn a little more money and strive to have a good year.

After entering the downtown area that he must pass through on his way to work, Qingdeng saw the scene he was used to - people who had great respect for him, flocking to his vicinity - as expected.

"Lord Nioh!"

"Tachibana-sama! Good morning!"

"Tachibana-sama!"

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Qingdeng smiled and waved to the enthusiastic people around him.

He didn't notice...or in such an occasion, he couldn't notice at all - a warrior wearing a low-brimmed bamboo hat that covered his face and holding a black cloth bag in his hand, hiding among the dense crowd. .

This person's eyes were firmly fixed on Qingdeng's figure, and he kept changing his position as Qingdeng moved.

This is a busy downtown area with people everywhere.

For this reason, Qingdeng was unable to gallop like an ox, and his speed was bound to slow down.

Carrot's speed at this time was as slow as an old lady taking a walk.

After a while, Qingden and Luobo came to the most crowded place here.

The streets here are lined with vendors holding pushcarts or placing their goods directly on the ground.

The originally spacious street, where at least six horses could run side by side, was squeezed by these traders and lackeys, and its width became only half of its original width, making it very narrow.

Because of this, the flow of people in this area inevitably becomes denser.

Carrot's already slow speed slowed down further.

Upon seeing this, the warrior immediately turned his head and glanced in all directions.

After confirming that no one was paying attention to him, he quietly took out a box of Western matches from his arms.

Pull out 2 matches.

"Crack" to polish the sparks.

Stuff the burning match into the cloth bag.

Immediately afterwards, countless sparks flew out of the cloth bag.

The whole set of movements of the samurai is done in one go, smoothly and smoothly.

This shows that he must have practiced it countless times.

Under the bamboo hat, a sneer appeared on the face shrouded in shadow.

The next moment, he threw out the cloth bag in his hand!

The high-speed flying cloth bag drew a beautiful parabola... and hit Qingdeng's head accurately!

At the same moment when the samurai threw the cloth bag, Qingden, who had excellent hearing due to the blessing of "wind perceiver +1", heard strange noises.

He quickly turned his head and looked around.

Although the falling speed of the cloth bag is astonishing, it cannot exceed the capabilities of "Eagle Eyes +3" and "Fire Eyes +5".

Qingdeng clearly saw the shadowy fire flickering in the bag...

In an instant, his pupils shrank to the size of pinholes.

Driven by instinct, he took his feet out of the stirrups, jumped up, stood firmly on the saddle, and pulled out the Dingguishen from his waist with the knife and sheath attached.

At this time, the black cloth bag had landed 5 inches above his head.

Seeing that there was no need to delay at this moment, Qingden calmly assumed a posture like playing baseball - aiming, swinging the knife - and the scabbard of Dingguishen hit the black cloth bag without any bias.

Nice home run.

The cloth bag that was originally falling turned into flying upwards, flying into the deep blue sky.

However, it only flew for less than 2 seconds, and its "wandering trip" came to an end——

Boom——! !

The cloth bag exploded.

The spraying flames filled Qingden's vision.

Sparks fell like raindrops, exploding around Qingdeng.

The air was acrid and pungent, filled with gunpowder smoke.

Because he knocked out the explosive package in time and used his arms to protect his head before the rain of fire fell, Qingden was not seriously injured and only suffered some burns on his arms.

This level of danger is nothing to the noble king.

However... looking at the entire scene, the only person who can remain calm is probably Qingdeng.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

"What's going on? What happened?!"

"Ahhh! So hot! So hot!"

"Something exploded!"

"Hey! Don't step on it! Don't step on it! Ahhhhhhhhh!"

"Don't be crowded! Don't be crowded! If the crowds continue, big trouble will happen!"

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In the blink of an eye, the originally peaceful and peaceful streets became messy.

There were screams of terror everywhere.

People were fleeing everywhere.

There are poor people everywhere who accidentally fell to the ground, were submerged by hundreds of feet, and soon lost their voices...

"Moo moo moo—! Moo! Moo moo—!"

The frightened Carrot raised its front hooves like crazy.

No matter how understanding it is of human nature, it is still just a cow.

Even humans will feel frightened and uneasy after encountering such changes, let alone a carrot that is just a cow?

Qingdeng, who was standing on Carrot's back, was almost thrown off.

Fortunately he has "Cat Turn +1".

After barely managing to stabilize his body, he immediately squatted down, stroked the cow's head with his hand, and said loudly:

"Carrot! Calm down!"

Perhaps because he felt his master's body temperature, Carrot's mood gradually calmed down.

Although its pair of bull eyes were still full of fearful colors, it no longer howled or moved.

After soothing the carrot, Qingden hurriedly scanned his eyes to confirm the situation at the scene.

Then, his expression suddenly darkened.

This place is not modern America, and the people here are not familiar with the sound of guns.

There is no TV, no Internet... The people of Edo today may not know what the concept of "explosion" is.

The most powerful explosives they have ever seen are probably fireworks.

The unheard of and unseen powerful explosion directly took away the consciousness of almost everyone present.

They were all in disarray... They were running around desperately.

Countless people have been injured and trampled to death...

If conditions permit, Qingdeng would certainly want to help these poor people.

However, this situation can no longer be stabilized by him alone.

Besides...he has more important things to do now.

Although it was only for a moment, when he turned his head because he heard a strange noise, Qingden did see that the person who threw the explosive package was a samurai wearing a low-brimmed bamboo hat!

Qingdeng relied on his memory and looked towards the direction where the explosive package flew out just now.

To his surprise, the samurai who launched the terrorist attack did not escape immediately.

He stood straight on the spot, facing Qingdeng.

When Qingden looked over, although he couldn't see the other person's face clearly, he was extremely sure that they had locked eyes.

The moment their eyes met, the warrior turned around and ran away.

He desperately pushed aside everyone who stood in front of him, and just forced his way out of the way.

"Carrot, you stay here and wait for me!"

After saying that, Qingdeng jumped out, stepped on others' shoulders, and chased after them relentlessly!

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Everyone, guess who is the person who assassinated Qingdeng~~

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