The guards who were huddled up suddenly froze in place, their eyes were straight and their expressions were stunned. They were neither moving in nor retreating.

And then, they looked at each other, and opened a silent exchange with their eyes—

Niong? Is it really him?

How did I know? I have never seen Ren Wang!

Anyway, let me inform you first!

Well, that's it!

After reaching a common opinion, one of them raised his chest and raised his head, and whispered to Qingdeng with neither humility nor arrogant words:

"Please wait!"

After saying that, he turned back and retreated into the residence in three steps.

By the time of waiting, Qingdeng raised his eyes without a trace and swept his eyes.

At first glance, there is nothing special about the Tosa family's residence.

Like other mansions, it has two doors: one on the main door and the other on the small door.

The gate will only open when the vassal lord arrives or other important things happen.

The small door opened on the side of the main door is for daily entry and exit.

The plain black and white colors constructed by black tiles and diamond-patterned walls become the basic tones of the entire mansion.

The flag embroidered with the "Three Cypress Leaves" in the Yamanuchi family pattern is hung high in a conspicuous place and stretches in the wind.

In the past peaceful times, these "XX Vocational Offices in Kyoto" were all very comfortable and quiet departments.

The reason is simple.

First, the Kyoto court has no real power and no need to have in-depth contact with it.

Secondly, the shogunate is very taboo to the vassal states directly contact the imperial court.

The fuse of Anmatsu Prison a few years ago was that the Emperor passed the shogunate and issued a secret to Mito's vassal of "take down the big boss of Ini and start the shogunate reform." After I learned about this, I directly used the matter as a handle to launch a major purge.

Therefore, under the close surveillance of the shogunate, the various vassals could communicate with the imperial court very little.

Therefore, the daily work of the "Beijing Office" of various vassals is nothing more than asking the Emperor for peace, greetings, and giving gifts on important festivals.

However, with the outbreak of the Zunrong Movement, these Kyoto vassal residences that had no previous sense of existence and no one paid attention to have all become the most important frontline positions!

This is true for Tosa's residence.

Since the 400 vassal soldiers were stationed in Kyoto, the area has become the base camp of the Tosa King Party, and countless Tosa vassals come and go here every day.

Aoden turned his head and looked at the small door not far away, and then noticed that every Tosa vassal who walked past him was full of energy, majestic, hurriedly, and windy under his feet.

To a certain extent, the spiritual outlook of the vassals represented the strength of the entire vassal state.

Needless to say, Satsuma, Changzhou, Aizu and other powerful vassals, their every move exudes a strong aura of confidence.

As for those small vassals with only a few tens of thousands of stones... their vassals are basically like walking corpses, their eyes are dull, their expressions are numb, and their steps are floating, like salted fish.

However, this is understandable.

The area of ​​these small vassals is too small, and they can't be found if they throw their territory into the world map.

Their strength is too weak, so their development is limited everywhere. Even if they are determined to do a big career, they are powerless. They can only count on a day.

In this once-in-a-lifetime battle, only heroes standing on the shoulders of "giants" such as Shogunate, Satsuma, and Changzhou can shine!

Aoden still does not understand the specific details of the Tosa vastiva, but judging from the spirit of his vassals, it is enough to conclude that the Tosa vassals have a few tricks!

The guard who went in to inform him did not let Aoden and Iwasaki Yataro wait too long.

Just 3 minutes later, he returned to the vision of the two.

"plz follow me!"

He said seriously respectfully, bent down and turned his body sideways, and made a "please" gesture to Qingdeng.

Qingdeng nodded slightly, then raised his chin and signaled "Lead the way".

Just as Yataro Iwasaki was about to follow, the guard added:

"Only Lord Niang can enter!"

Yataro Iwasaki was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Aoden and cast a look for comments.

Qingdeng said softly without hesitation:

"Iwasaki-kun, you're here for a while, I'll go back."

As he said that, he untied and carried Vairocana and the Ding Ghosts with his right hand.

With Aoden's clear instructions, Iwasaki Yataro immediately responded "Yes", then obediently retracted his steps, stood under the earth wall not far away, and stood with his hands down.

...

...

Under the leadership of the doorman, Qingdeng strided across Baizhou in a meteorite, stepped up to the entrance, and walked towards the depths of the mansion.

[Note·Baizhou: A place with white fine stones in front of the door of the large mansion.]

The internal structure of the Tosa House is not particularly eye-catching.

Simple furniture and ordinary decoration style.

However, there was a place that attracted Qingdeng's attention.

When he turned into a certain veranda corridor and passed an open-air courtyard, Qingdeng suddenly discovered that there were many young warriors practicing martial arts in the courtyard.

Looking around, about twenty people waving bamboo swords and wooden swords to the sky and earth, and kept shouting with great momentum.

Suddenly, I heard someone say:

"It's been written! You guys read it!"

After saying that, he raised a pair of straw sandals in his hand.

The soles of these two straw sandals are written with the words "Xi" and "Yi".

"From now on, I will wear these shoes every day and step on the 'Western barbarians' hard under my feet! In this way, I will inspire myself to not forget my ambition to expel barbarians!"

After hearing the sound, the rest of the people gathered to see the straw sandals, they all commented:

"Yoshimura, you are such a genius!"

"Your idea is really good!"

"Yoshimura, I'm not good at writing. Can you please help me and write the word "Western Yi" on the soles of my shoes?"

"I want it too!"

"And me!"

They rushed to untied the straw sandals on their feet and handed them to the vassal called "Yosymura".

Yoshimura came without hesitation, and wrote the words "Western Yi" on the soles of pairs of straw sandals.

"Brothers!"

At this time, someone jumped onto a big rock and shouted.

"Continue to practice! We must remove the smell of smell! Give the God Kingdom a bright and peaceful one! Let those sergeants who are not enterprising and have a full meal all day to see how powerful we are!"

As soon as his words finished, a warm echo suddenly rang out.

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!"

"Nakajima, right!"

"Famousness and fame are only taken immediately!"

"Compared with the sergeant who only knows how to bully others by virtue of power, our village sergeant is the real warrior!"

"Yoshimura, write ‘Western Yi’ on the sole of my left shoe, and then write ‘Sergeant’ on the sole of my right shoe!”

"So too! I will trample both the Western Yi and the sergeant under my feet!"

After a fierce wave of chicken blood, they dispersed and continued to practice martial arts. The sound of "hu", "hu", and "hu" swinging swords became the only sound that dominated the courtyard.

“…”

Qingdeng quietly captured the scene, and a look of laughter flashed through his eyes.

...

After walking a distance forward for a while, Qingdeng suddenly heard footsteps from afar and near ahead - two young warriors with dark skin and rough linen clothes walked towards him.

Their lips were twitching, as if they were talking in a low voice.

Although there is still a considerable distance, Qingdeng has clearly heard their conversation with outstanding hearing:

"Mr. Wushi is really a talented person! It is indeed the right thing to join the Royal Party!"

"Yes, as long as we follow the teacher in Wu City, we will definitely leave a brilliant mark in history!"
To be continued...