"Please forget everything you saw last night and leave here." Kenshin turned his back to the woman and gave the ultimatum with an expressionless face. Even he himself could not explain his feelings after saying this.
According to the organization's "routine", he should not let such a suspicious person go without permission, and once the various circumstances of that night are reported, the organization's anti-rape team will never let the woman leave the Ogiya alive, even if it is a wrongful killing or a leak.
The risks to organizational intelligence pale in comparison.
In fact, during the year Kenshin carried out the Tenchu mission, it was impossible that all the hundreds of people who died under his sword deserved their punishment. Judging from the information Kenshin received intentionally or unintentionally, he could count the number of innocent souls he accidentally killed on both hands.
However, this is also an important reason why he has always closed his heart and refused to accept himself as he is now.
However, the woman did not say thank you and go downstairs as he imagined. Instead, she asked in a unique clear voice: "Did I bring you any trouble by staying here?"
Yes? No? Although it is indeed a bit troublesome, but... why did she say that? Don't you want to leave... "My family will be worried, right?" Kenshin thought a lot, but he did not answer directly.
"Lost cat." "Huh?" He didn't know what the woman meant, so he turned around and stared at her face with a sharp and scrutinizing look. The woman still knelt down quietly on the collapse and answered without any emotion:
"Who would go out drinking late at night if they had a home to go back to?" This sentence explains the motive of showing up that night.
A lost cat...a weak creature who was forced to live in isolation without hope, and who lived in fear all day long... Kenshin sighed, wasn't he the same kind of person before he met his master Hiko?
As if she sensed that the man's eyes in front of the window were gradually softening, the woman looked up at the scar on his cheek: "Isn't it bleeding anymore? It's great."
Jian Xin was shocked. For some reason, he always felt that the woman was hiding something when she said these words. However, he did not go into details. Instead, he turned around and walked to the opposite side of the woman and took out her hand from his arms.
Putting the delicate dagger in front of the woman, "This is yours." "Yes." "Kyoto is a dangerous place. This kind of little thing can't protect you. You'd better find a safe place to live quickly. Find a safe place."
A place that doesn’t need this kind of thing…”
"Find a place where there are no executioners..." "Hmm?!" Kenshin's face darkened, what did she mean by this?
"Right..." The woman still didn't have any explanation. She just reached out and put the dagger back into her arms. She lowered her head and stopped talking. But the meaning was very obvious: There is no war at this time. In comparison, although I saw it with my own eyes
Although Kenshin was brutally killing people, he was protected by a swordsman with great martial arts skills who did not protect him. This was probably the safest place.
The two of them were relatively speechless.
Kenshin knew that with the figure and appearance of the woman in front of him, even in Kyoto in broad daylight, there would be no guarantee that ronin from various domains would not take advantage of her. After all, even the Shinsengumi, who claimed to uphold justice, had done many rapes.
Stealing women! Not to mention the former leader Serizawa Kamo who has been executed, according to reliable intelligence, Kondo Isamu, who was known as unparalleled in loyalty and righteousness, also had several daughters from good families as illegitimate wives.
In fact, if the woman named Yukidaiba in front of him was not considered to be his woman, the guys in the organization might have been unable to bear it any longer. This kind of stunning beauty is not comparable to those wandering girls.
It doesn't matter whether he stays here or is in the same room with him. Anyway, all he needs is a three-foot space by the window. Thinking of this, Kenshin picks up his sword and goes downstairs without saying a word. He needs to help the woman.
Find an identity that allows you to stay here for a long time.
Outside the kitchen, the proprietress of Ogiya was cleaning the dishes while listening to Kenshin's brief narration, "The lost cat?" "Well, can I hire her?" "I thought you were going to say something, isn't it Mr. Himura who brought her back?
You? With the wealth of your Changshu clan, you should have no problem raising one or two women for people with lofty ideals like you..."
"No," Kenshin quickly interrupted the landlady: "Last night... I just had no choice..."
The landlady didn't know whether she understood Kenshin's explanation. She slowly wiped the large black pottery bowl with gilt and said with a slight smile: "We, Ogiya, are very grateful for the long-term care of the Choshu clan, but for this reason we also
She is so busy that even the kitten wants to lend her a hand. I wonder if you understand? And according to my observation, she is very capable."
Hearing the words of the landlady, Kenshin breathed a sigh of relief. He understood that the so-called "borrowed to help" meant borrowing from him, which was a way to protect the woman's identity. If he really cut off her relationship with him, the woman might be afraid
It won't be long before he will be coveted by those in the organization...
"In today's world, who doesn't have some ulterior past?" The proprietress' seemingly unintentional casual words relieved Jian Xin's uneasiness a little. Yes, in today's troubled times, even top masters like himself
He would not reveal his life information easily, let alone a weak and lost cat.
"Hey! You're here!" The ubiquitous rice interrupted Kenshin's meditation. "What's the matter?" "Mr. Katsura and Mr. Katagai are here." Kenshin nodded to the proprietress and left quickly with the rice.
The landlady sighed and said to herself: "The executioner is a young man after all. If this happens, will his eyes be gentler..."
Katsura Kogoro walked in front of the crowd with a stern look on his face. It wasn't until he saw Yukiyoba who was passing by him dressed as a maid that he stopped and stared at the woman's back, "This woman is..."
"That woman in the rumor?" Katagai joked: "It is said that she has an unusual relationship with Haimura!"
"Hey, last night..." "Food!"
"Bai Meixiang..." "Mr. Gui!" The humorous tone of the two made Kenshin couldn't help but interrupt them.
Katsura Kogoro narrowed his eyes and smiled: "I mean no harm, just...just in case, I want to check the origin of that woman." "Hi!"
"Himura, we are not here for that woman. You went on a mission last night, right?" After hearing Katagai's words, everyone's expressions returned to seriousness. Kenshin nodded: "Well, we will proceed as planned..."
"On the way back, he was assassinated, right?" "Huh?" Kenshin was a little confused. This matter was not told to anyone, so how could it reach the ears of senior officials so quickly?
"It took me a lot of effort to deal with the aftermath." Fan's words answered Kenshin's doubts, and then he looked at the other person sharply, with the words "You actually followed me" written on his face.
Kenshin looked a little embarrassed, so I pretended to be casual and walked up behind Katsura Kogoro, "Don't blame me, I can't be careless when I'm outside."
"What do you think it did, Feicun, take a guess." Katsura Kogoro walked into the courtyard and asked calmly.
"Maybe they're assassins from the shogunate." "The Shinsengumi?" Katagai asked.
"No, this is my first time encountering such a weird genre. If I really want to say..."
"Is it the imperial court fans or something like that?" Katsura Kogoro continued.
"Yes", Kenshin confirmed.
"Only a handful of people inside Feicun know about the existence of Feicun. If someone ambushes you, it means..." Katagai said in a heavy tone.
Kenshin instantly understood what the other party meant. He could clearly learn the information about his mission, and he could ambush the master in advance to assassinate him. There was only one situation! He couldn't help but blurt out: "There is a traitor in the domain..."
Fan's back was facing everyone, and his breath was not disturbed at all, but if he touched his back at this moment, a thin layer of cold sweat would almost penetrate his clothes.
"It should be like this." Katsura Kogoro said calmly, as if he already knew the result, "It is of great importance. I will personally be responsible for investigating this matter. You must be careful and wary of the Shinsengumi at the moment, understand."
Katsura Kogoro was not going to say any more. He already had suspicions about the traitor, but it was not yet time to expose him, and he had no evidence to convince everyone in the organization. The meaning of his words was also conveyed to those around him.
Three people listened.
What Kenshin understands is: there is no need to worry about assassinations in the dark. I have ways to avoid this situation. I just need to pay attention to the opponents on the surface. Katagai heard that Katsura Kogoro already had a complete plan, so there was no need to
Alarming everyone in the organization; as for Fan, who was the biggest suspect, he knew that the other party would definitely not give up, and with Katsura Kogoro's ability, if he acted again, he would almost certainly be found out, so he must not act rashly in a short period of time.
This is the necessary skill for a leader, and it is far more important than swordsmanship!
Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Katsura Kogoro looked at Kenshin again with a relaxed look, and said in a familiar tone that was unique to Houbei from his seniors: "Himura, spring is almost over, and the pomegranate flowers are blooming."
"Ah?" As a young man, Kenshin certainly didn't know the meaning of a flower with a fiery red skirt symbolizing a family full of descendants and having many children and many blessings.
The pomegranate flower in the courtyard seemed to have heard Katsura Kogoro's best wishes, and a dewdrop slipped from the petals. The bright red color swayed a few times in the sunlight, and it was so beautiful that it made people intoxicated.