After finishing speaking, Boss Kiryu suddenly flipped his right wrist, made a sword, and changed the Binzen Nagabune in his palm from an upright grip to an inverted grip.

At this moment, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense, and an indescribable sadness penetrated Qingdeng's skin!

Qingden's pupils shrank suddenly, as if he was under stress, and he subconsciously held Vairocana in front of him, as if facing a formidable enemy.

"Tangerine-kun, stay humble. It will take you further...and maybe even save your life."

As Boss Kiryu said this, he put the knife back into its sheath, spread his legs, lowered the lower body, held the front of the scabbard tightly with his left hand, and pressed the handle of the knife with a moderate force with his right hand.

The tense atmosphere that permeated the surroundings reached its peak at this moment.

Qingdeng stepped firmly on his feet and stared at the old man opposite who was exuding an astonishing aura without blinking. His facial lines became solid and his expression became extremely serious.

"Tangerine-kun, I'm on board."

Boss Kiryu raised his gaze and gave me a smiling look.

"This is the secret of flowing light...Snap!"

In the midst of lightning and flint, he stretched out his left thumb, pressed against the tangent of the sword, and pushed it forward, revealing the red copper tenon holding the scabbard.

The next moment, silver flashes filled Qingdeng's vision...

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Wenjiu three years (1863), February 1st——

Edo, Zojoji Temple——

When looking at a map depicting the entire Edo area, you can see Zojoji Temple located southeast of Edo Castle.

Zojoji Temple: The main temple of the Pure Land Sect in Kanto. It is located in Kaizuka, Toshima County, Musashi Province. Two hundred and fifty years ago, after Tokugawa Ieyasu came to Kanto, the 12th generation Shigen Yuzunoying accepted Tokugawa Ieyasu.

As a result, the temple was moved to its current location in the eighth year of Qingchang (1598).

After receiving the award from Tokugawa Ieyasu, Zojoji Temple owns a very large temple land, covering a total area of ​​250,000 square meters (826,500 square meters). Including the main temple, there are 48 branches and more than 100 dormitories, and there are three dormitories all year round.

More than a thousand monks study Buddhism here.

Tokugawa Ieyasu placed Zojoji Temple south of Edo Castle mainly for two reasons.

On the one hand, it is to facilitate monitoring of monks.

Looking back at the past, with the blessing of various reasons such as historical inertia and cultural influence, the Buddhist power in Japan once became a super power that transcended the court and the shogunate. The monks were even able to intervene in politics, participate in wars, and give advice to the rulers.

Its arrogance reached its peak during the Warring States Period.

Tokugawa Ieyasu learned the lessons of the previous dynasty and not only introduced many measures to weaken the power of Buddhism, such as banning monk soldiers, he also placed major temples, including Zojoji Temple, under his nose for easier control.

On the other hand, the temple was used for military purposes.

In Edo City, there is a large temple as famous as Zojoji Temple: Kan'ei Temple.

Kan'ei-ji Temple is located in the northeast of Edo Castle. It is the main temple of the Tendai Sect and covers an astonishing area of ​​50,000 square meters (1,008,330 square meters).

The two temples located in the north and south directions of Edo Castle can strengthen the defense of Edo Castle and act as a buffer.

At the same time, Kan'ei-ji Temple and Masuhiro-ji Temple have one thing in common, that is, they are both located on strategically important platforms, on the way to Edo from Nikko Road and Tokaido Road respectively.

The reason for this arrangement is that in an emergency, the vast land of the temple can be converted into a garrison area, and the high terrain is most suitable for facing enemies invading Edo.

Tokaido is the most important strategic passage among the five streets.

It connects the Kanto Plain, Noo Plain, and Osaka Plain - Japan's three major plains, Japan's three areas with the highest economic value, all connected by the Tokaido.

Japan is a mountainous country, and there are only two roads connecting Kanto and Gyeonggi: Nakasen Road and Tokaido.

Among them, because the former has a longer journey and more rugged terrain, its military value and economic value are not as good as the latter.

According to the plan of the shogunate, Aomori will lead all members of the Shinsengumi to Rakuten along the Tokaido Road!

Therefore, Zōkoji Temple, located at the strategic point of Tokaido Road, naturally became the gathering place of the Shinsengumi.

"Oh! Tachibana-kun, you are so handsome! This armor really suits you very well!"

The general manager blinked hard, and his two beautiful eyes shone brightly, as if there were countless stars circulating in them.

"Thanks for the compliment."

Qingdeng gave a bitter smile, and then twisted his shoulders vigorously - click, click - the two shoulder pads covering his shoulders and upper arms swayed, making a non-stop sound.

"I'm really not used to it..."

The general manager chuckled and said:

"Wear it a few times and you'll get used to it."

The army goes out for battle - according to custom, a mobilization ceremony must be held.

Tokugawa Iemo will bring a group of senior officials from the shogunate to Zojoji Temple today to see off the Shinsengumi.

As the governor of Gyeonggi Province and the captain of the New Sengumi Group, Qingdeng would be outrageous if he dressed too casually in today's grand event.

T-shirts, court clothes...these daily attires are not suitable for solemn occasions such as "military mobilization".

Since he is an army, since he is a general who will be in charge of one side in the future, Qingto naturally has to dress like a military general.

At this time, Qingdeng was seen wearing green and white full-length armor, with a cloud-white outer layer embroidered with gorgeous patterns, and a spade-shaped helmet standing in front of his head. He was very heroic and looked very much like an ancient painting.

The mighty general who emerged from the middle!

The origin of this armor is not trivial - 2 years ago, Qingto, who was still the captain of the third division of the Huofu Thieves Reform Division, followed the army to attack the bandits of Kai.

And was given a pair of precious armor.

After receiving this armor, Qingdeng placed it in the "diners' room" of the imperial examination hall as a decoration.

He never thought that he would one day use this armor - and, in the foreseeable future, he should use this armor frequently.

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