72. Good Son
Ichikawa left in disappointment. Even if Qin Ming said something, he could help Shinhara Nagakura, but there was no reason to help.
Not only were they hostile when they assassinated John, but they also fought each other when Qin Ming was in prison, and it would be nice to get along with each other in a friendly manner.
Late at night, Shinga Nagakura squatted in the corner of the cell.
He wrapped his hands around his legs, with only confusion left in his eyes.
His father Nagakura Kanji was the agent of the Edo Dingfu of the Matsue family, equivalent to the spokesperson of the Matsue family in Edo.
With such a status, Nagakura's family should have a good life.
Unfortunately, things didn't go as expected. A few years ago, Nagakura Kazuji was sentenced to death.
Not only that, because of the involvement of a major case, relatives and friends are not even qualified to visit.
Nagakura Shinhara's mother washed away tears all day long and died of Ironicide.
He always wanted to ask his father to understand why he had to get involved in those things and why he didn't think about his family at all.
He left Edo and traveled to various vassals to investigate what incident his father was involved in that year, but he could never find out.
Later, he decided to go to prison on his own initiative and ask his father for an explanation.
He left the feudal vassal, participated in assassination of the British, and even stole money in the end, to question his father.
Anyway, he had no expectations for the rest of his life, so he just wanted to question his father and go to another world to accompany his mother after knowing the truth.
Nagakura Shinhata was successfully imprisoned, but he did not meet Nagakura Kazuji. When he was executed earlier, it was the only and last time he met his father in recent years.
He was disappointed.
I thought my father would leave something for him before he was sentenced, but it disappointed him even more. He had no last words and only had an inexplicable poem of passing away.
Xinba has decided to die like this.
Before his death, he found a way to help Ichikawa clear his crimes.
Originally, he only stole ten taels, and Ichikawa made twenty taels of fabrication to accompany him to prison.
The two of them are close friends who are so good that they can break away from the vassal together, so they are in prison together, and it's nothing.
Qin Ming suddenly patted Shinba Nagakura: "Yangkura Kanji, who was executed today, left a suicide note a few days ago, which should be for you."
"this..."
Nagakura Shinhara opened the letter and looked at it word by word with the not-so-bright candlelight outside.
The handwriting is different from that in memory, but when you think of a place like prison, it is difficult to write calmly. Kamikazu Nagakura has not touched the pen and ink for some time, and it seems unfamiliar. The handwriting is different, so it can be understood.
But...why are there Chinese characters?
Nagakura Shinhata asked in confusion: "My father doesn't know Chinese characters..."
Well...
Because this is what I wrote.
Who would have thought that the agent of the Matsumae-fan Edo Tingfu did not know Chinese characters?
However, the smile on Qin Ming's face did not change and was not revealed.
He can't tell Nagakura Shinhata, this is my letter from reading your father's words after his death, right?
You know, there are no monsters in this world, and there are no souls.
He explained: "Yoshida Songyin taught prisoners in prison earlier, and your father should have learned it at that time."
"oh..."
Nagakura Shinhata was strange, but no longer doubted. After all, the words and sentences were indeed the style of his father.
"Don't be picky about food, eat well, grow up quickly, take a hot bath every day to keep your body warm, and don't stay up late to ensure sleep, and make friends..."
A bunch of greetings like family matters, but the family matters made Shinhara Nagakura feel warm.
Then he frowned again. Even so, he could not hide the fact that his father ignored his family.
Until he saw the last few paragraphs.
"Before I went to prison, please ask Mr. Fujian to take care of you and your mother. He is a kind-hearted person. You should live a good life now, right? In addition, Mr. Urita has a good relationship with the vassal lord. I ask him to accept you as a disciple. The road ahead will be much smoother..."
In a few passages, Nagakura Kazuji made his own arrangements.
If you follow these completely, with teachers' teachings, and have noble people in your career, Nagakura Shinba would live a good life.
At this time, Nagakura Shinhata had already understood why his father seemed to ignore the family and didn't care at all.
Because the few people in the letter were arrested in the "An Zheng Prison" a few days after his father was imprisoned.
Nothing is missing. By time, it will die a few years earlier than Nagakura Kazuji.
Nagakura Shinhara was feeling even more complicated and didn’t know how to view his father.
He said he ignored his family, but it was not true. They were all well arranged and entrusted several people.
But if he thinks carefully, not only did he be arrested after doing dangerous things, but the people he entrusted were actually unreliable.
"Father..." Nagakura's lenses were shining in reverse.
Alas, good son!
Qin Ming responded in his heart and fell asleep sideways.
It would be enough to pass on Nagakura Kamiji. As for what Nagakura Shinhata thinks, that's his own business.
However, you can consider reaping Yongcang New Bayi.
Nagakura Shinba's crime is not a big deal, and it is a Shinto Wuming Liu Xu Ji, and it is a spirit-like constitution. It is definitely qualified to be a bodyguard.
............
A remote house near Edo.
The fragrance floated along the window and went outside the house, and Kogoro Kanei followed the fragrance and walked into the house.
"Ito, are you eating puffer fish again? That thing is poisonous!"
"Sigh..." Hirofumi Ito took a sip of the soup and said indifferently: "Teacher Yoshida likes to eat puffer fish the most during his lifetime. Do you have a sip?"
Toyotomi Hideyoshi stayed for more than 200 years of dolphin ban order, which lasted for more than 200 years, was later lifted by Hirofumi Ito later. The "Haifumi Ito Pig Eating Monument" was still left in the Yamaguchi area.
"I..." Kanekogoro pursed his lips and was a little moved. Seeing that Hirobuki Ito was not strange, he took a sip: "It smells so good!"
Hirofumi Ito put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Have you gone to execute the death penalty for Senior Nagakura?"
"Yes, what Nagakura left behind before his death was Takeda Shingen's poem of death."
Hirobuki Ito thought: "So, is the "Koshu treasure" indeed related to Takeda Shingen's Koshu Jin?"
"That's right." Gui Xiaogoro nodded: "Five hundred thousand taels, even if only half of them are left, is enough to practice the teacher's thoughts."
"It seems that you are very dissatisfied with those who are robbing everywhere under the banner of Zunrong."
Kanekogoro served another bowl of soup and picked up a few more pieces of puffer fish: "We are indeed short of money, but they are too radical. What is the difference between this behavior and the shogunate today?"
"How did you steal my pufferfish?" Hirofumi Ito quickly put the remaining pufferfish meat into the bowl.
Kei Kogoro was scrambling to fight for the chopsticks, and he didn't stop talking: "I also saw Abe Qinming and inquired about some of his deeds in Tengshima Prison, which looked very similar to his teacher..."
"Is Abe Qin Akira? I met him in Yoshihara." The man dressed as a wealthy businessman entered the house and recalled: "He has a very profound understanding of the tea ceremony and is a strange person."
"He does not seem to reject the idea of respecting the king and expelling the barbarians..." Gui Xiaowuro thought about it.
"Now many big people are saving him out of prison, and they have risen to the party struggle between the Yiqiao faction and the Jizhou faction." The rich businessman sat down and took a sip of puffer fish soup.
Chapter completed!