Chapter 111 About Qingdeng’s encounter with the strange man in black at night
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"Mr. Hijikata...!"
The girl in the kendo uniform, who just a moment ago was full of heroism and exuded an aura that was "not inferior to women", suddenly became quite girlish the moment Hijikata pinned peach blossoms on her ears.
With a shy look on her face, she became the third girl to throw herself into Hijikata's arms tonight.
And Hijikata also hugged her tightly with a gentle look on his face - just like he hugged the first two girls just now.
Beside the window, Qingdeng was dumbfounded now...
"...How many partners does Hijikata-kun have?" He couldn't help but ask Okita next to him.
After Okita was silent for a moment, he answered:
"...I don't know. I don't know how many girls Mr. Hijikata has an ambiguous relationship with."
"From time to time, there will be new people that I have never seen before - for example, the girl in kendo uniform who is hugging Mr. Hijikata now is my first time."
"He has this kind of tangled relationship with so many women... Isn't he afraid that one day, these girls will discover what he has done?"
It was not Qingdeng who asked this question.
But Saito.
Saito, who was usually expressionless, showed a rare expression of dumbfounded expression and took the initiative to ask people questions.
"Yes." Okita replied, "Something like this happened before."
"Two girls, both of whom had a special relationship with Mr. Hijikata, came to Mr. Hijikata's house at the same time one morning."
"Hijikata-kun was not torn into pieces on the spot?" Looking at Hijikata's intact body outside the window, Ayoto blinked hard, his face full of shock.
"The two girls had a big fight with Mr. Hijikata on the spot. It is said that they cried and shouted: 'Do you want this woman or me?'"
"Things look completely out of control."
"But afterwards, Mr. Hijikata used some unknown means to reconcile with these two girls."
"Not only reconciled with them, but also restored the ambiguous relationship with them as before."
"Ah, these two girls are the two girls whom Mr. Hijikata called Jing and Xiang just now."
Qingdeng: "..."
Qingdeng, who was usually quite eloquent, didn't know what to say at this moment...
Whether in his previous life or in this life, this is the first time Qingden has seen this kind of "Sea King" who can step on countless boats and ensure that every boat will not capsize.
Does reality really exist? This kind of person can have ambiguous relationships with several girls at the same time, and can also guarantee that he will not be hacked to death by these girls?
From a certain perspective, this can be regarded as a talent.
And it's the kind of talent that ordinary people can't learn even if they want to - at least Qingdeng doesn't think he can learn it.
Aomori couldn't imagine what it would be like to be a "King of the Sea" like Hijikata who wouldn't be torn apart by girls.
At this time, Hijikata finally let go of the girl in kendo uniform in his arms.
After saying goodbye to the girl in kendo uniform, Hijikata did not immediately prepare to go back to the house like the previous two times.
Instead, he stayed outside the entrance for a while.
After waiting for a moment to confirm that no one would visit again, he folded his hands into his sleeves and returned to the house.
As soon as he returned to the house, he saw Aoto, Okita and Saito who were still lying by the window.
"Mr. Hijikata..." Okita said helplessly, "Where did you hook up with the girl in kendo uniform just now?"
"I think she has the temperament of a samurai girl. Could she..." Okita hesitated, "is she the daughter of some samurai?"
"Hooking up or something... it's really ugly. We are in love with each other." Hijikata shrugged, "The girl's name is Aya."
"She is indeed the daughter of a samurai. She is the second daughter of a certain Hatamoto from Hakomachi."
"Hatamoto?!" Okita opened his eyes, "Mr. Hijikata, are you hooking up with Hatamoto's second daughter?"
Qingto and Saito's eyes couldn't help but widen at this moment.
Those samurai who directly belong to the daimyo of a certain vassal state are called "vassal warriors".
The samurai directly subordinate to the shogun and the direct ministers of the general army are divided into two levels: Hatamoto and imperial family.
The difference between these two levels lies in whether they have "royal eyesight".
The level of the Hatamoto samurai is higher than that of the imperial family samurai, and they have the "gomokumi", which means they can directly meet the shogun.
The imperial family samurai had no way to directly meet the shogun.
The comrades who carried out the official duties in Edo were basically lower-level imperial family members, while most of Yuli were bannermen.
Aoto is the lower-level imperial family member, while Arima is Hatamoto.
Generally speaking, samurai and commoners would not intermarry.
Basically no samurai family would lower their status and let their children marry commoners.
No commoner had the guts to marry a samurai, even if doing so might make their family prosperous.
Hijikata, who was born as a peasant, actually hooked up with the daughter of the samurai family...and she was also the daughter of a Hatamoto...
Even if he is the lowest-level Hatamoto with the meager family income and cannot even afford to eat, he is still an imperial family member, a direct minister of the general with "imperial eyesight", and it is not something that ordinary people can reach.
Aomori didn't know whether to evaluate Hijikata's bravery or recklessness...
"Mr. Hijikata, what are you doing?" After a while, Okita regained his composure, "I forgot that you hooked up with the daughter of an Owari feudal lord and the sister of an imperial family member last time, and you were almost killed by that Owari clan.
Have you experienced Zhang Fan’s feudal vassal and that imperial family member being hacked to death?”
It turns out this is not the first time he has hooked up with a Wu girl?!
Qingdeng, who had been showing a look of astonishment since just now, now feels a little numb...
"Don't worry, nothing will happen." Hijikata stretched hard, and then said lightly, "I have learned the lesson from last time, and I know it well."
Let Seito and Saito, two people he only met today, witness the scene of him riding on multiple boats - Hijikata didn't seem to be ashamed or embarrassed about it.
As if... he was used to it. After stretching hard, he smiled at Qingdeng and said:
"Tachibana, how are you? Have you rested enough? Can you have a good spar with me?"
No matter how many girls Hijikata has unclear relationships with, this is Hijikata's own private matter, and Ayoto has no right to interfere with other people's private affairs.
What's more, he is not very familiar with Hijikata now and only met him this morning, so Qingteng is even less qualified to comment on other people's private affairs.
All Qingden can do to Hijikata, who casts a wide net, is to pray for him to be blessed...
Qingdeng just watched a wonderful "big show" and now he feels like his stomach is not that full.
After touching his belly, which was no longer so full, Qingden nodded to Hijikata.
"Ah, before going to the dojo..." Hijikata put his hand into his arms, "Let's take out these flowers for now..."
Hijikata grabbed a large handful of peach blossoms from his arms and counted them carefully, feeling that there were at least 20...
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Hijikata and Aoto arrived at the dojo of the Kaikaikan one after another.
Okita, who had nothing to do, followed him, wanting to be a spectator and pass the time.
After briefly flexing his muscles and bones, he opened his stance towards Qingto.
"Come on!" Hijikata raised his lips and waved to Qingden.
Aoden, who had also finished warming up, let out a long breath, then punched Hijikata in the chest, launching the first attack.
Hijikata pushed with both palms, deflecting Qingteng's punch, and at the same time returned Qingteng's blow with his backhand.
Just now at dinner, Hijikata's request to Ayoto was to "use the trick he used to subdue him today again."
Since Hijikata made such a request, Qingteng would not refuse.
After dodging another right hook from Hijikata, Ayoto took the opportunity to grab Hijikata's right arm, and then used the grappling technique he used this morning to twist Hijikata's right arm behind his back, causing
Hijikata lost the ability to fight back.
"So that's it..." Hijikata turned his head, looked at his right arm that was twisted behind his back, and muttered in a voice that only he could hear clearly, "Do you want to twist it from this direction and this angle..."
After muttering, Hijikata asked Qingto to let him go and compete with him again.
"Do you want me to use that trick again?" Qingden asked.
"No need." Hijikata smiled, "Next, just hit him casually."
Qingdeng nodded.
The two got entangled again, punching and kicking.
——Does he... want to learn my moves?
At the dinner just now, Qingdeng suddenly asked how he used the move that Qingdeng used to subdue him this morning. At the same time, he also asked Qingdeng to compete with him after the meal and use this move on him again... Qingdeng's only
The only reason I can think of for Hijikata doing these things is that he wanted to learn how to use this move.
Suddenly, just when Qingdeng was thinking about it, an unexpected surprise suddenly appeared that made Qingdeng unable to help but feel surprised but his expression did not change.
The punch he threw at Hijikata was dodged by Hijikata.
And just when he was about to take back his fist, Hijikata's arms wrapped around his right arm like two agile snakes, and then twisted his right arm behind him.
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Although the technique is still quite rough... there is no doubt that this is the trick Aomori used to subdue Hijikata this morning!
Qingden's expression changed slightly due to surprise, and he quickly used force-relieving techniques to break away from Kai Hijifang's entanglement, resolve his crude grappling moves, and retreated.
"Ah..." Hijikata lowered his head and looked at his hands that were grasping hard, "This move is much more difficult than I thought..."
"...Awesome." Qingden glanced at his right arm that was almost twisted behind his back by Hijikata just now, and sincerely praised Hijikata, "After listening to my explanation once and experiencing this move twice, I
To be able to replicate my move to this extent..."
"Hahaha." Hijikata smiled, "I have a pretty good mind and I learn things quickly - this is one of my only strengths."
Looking at Hijikata being humbled, Qingden smiled.
In this world, I am afraid that only Aonto knows why Hijikata has such a terrible learning ability - because he possesses a god-level talent called "Ghost Heart".
Through the discussion with Hijikata just now, Qingden discovered that the talent effect of "Oni's Heart" is much more powerful than he imagined.
Although his grappling moves are not very advanced skills, they are not that easy to learn.
But it only took Hijikata such a short time to replicate this move in a decent manner...
While being deeply moved by the power of "Oni's Heart", Ayoto was also secretly excited and looking forward to it - he now had the same talent as Hijikata.
Qingdeng couldn't help but wonder: Could this "Ghost's Heart" be superimposed on the effects of "Sword's Excellent Talent"?
If the effects of these two talents can be superimposed on each other... then Qingdeng's current speed of practicing swordsmanship will be further improved!
Qingdeng couldn't help but feel excited when he thought of this.
"Tachibana, shall we have another match?" At this time, Hijikata moved his shoulders and regained his posture, interrupting Qingto's thoughts, "If you don't understand it thoroughly today, you will defeat me.
The trick... I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight."
Looking at Hijikata who still wanted to continue sparring with him, Qingto was stunned for a moment, and then laughed boldly.
"Okay, come again!"
Qingdeng is in a good mood now.
Driven by this good mood, Qingdeng accepted Hijikata's invitation for discussion without hesitation.
The two grown men started to exchange fists again...
Okita, who was sitting at the side of the dojo watching the fight, was not particularly interested in the sparring of fists and kicks. If he had nothing to do, he would not come here to watch.
After Aoto and Hijikata started fighting again, Okita yawned vigorously, then sat cross-legged with his left elbow against his left knee, his left palm supporting his face, his right hand reaching behind his head, and lifting the ponytail from the back of his head.
He came to me and played with the ends of his braid out of boredom...
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The next day, early morning——
"Young Master, Mr. Saito, be careful on the road."
As usual, Kyuubey stood outside the entrance of the trial defense hall, bowing to see off Aoto and Saito. Because Kondo and the others got up a little later today, the people who came to see off Aoto and Saito this morning were
Only Jiubei.
"Have you brought your lunch box and blanket?" Kyubei asked.
"Yes." Aoto showed the lunch box and blanket in his hand to Jiubei, "I brought them both."
Saito on the side also silently showed the lunch box and blanket in his hand to Kubei.
Compared with every morning when they went to "work" in the past, both Qing and Zhai had one more thing in their hands - a thick blanket.
This blanket is what Qingdeng and the others plan to use tonight.
Today, it was Qingden's turn to work the night shift at the shrine, and he had to stay there until dawn.
The weather is still very cold now, and it is even extremely cold at night. If you don't bring a thick enough blanket, tonight's night shift will be quite difficult.
After confirming that both Aoto and Saito had brought everything, Kyuubei showed a relieved expression.
After Aoto reminded Kubei, "Remember to remind his wife that you don't have to cook dinner for him and Saito tonight," he and Saito left in a hurry as Kubei watched.
Qingto was so familiar with the route from the Imperial Examination Hall to the North Bansho that he could walk it even if he closed his eyes - however, something unexpected happened to this route that he had walked countless times.
"What's going on?" After reaching a certain intersection, Qingdeng suddenly found that the road ahead was blocked by a thick crowd.
He stretched his neck and took advantage of his height to look at the front of the crowd - it turned out that a huge team of carriages and horses appeared in front of him.
This should be a caravan of some wealthy businessman purchasing goods. The oxcarts and carriages blocked the narrow road. Only the far right side of the street revealed a small opening for two people to pass through side by side.
There were so many people queuing in front of Qingdeng and the others, waiting to pass through this small opening... If they choose to take this small opening, I don't know how long it will take to pass through this street.
So Qingdeng thought for a moment and decided to take a detour.
He led Saito and turned onto a nearby street that was rarely used.
Just when Qingdeng was concentrating on his way, suddenly - a pleasant female voice that he had not heard for some time came from behind him:
"Eh? Mr. Tachibana?"
Qingdeng, who looked stunned, stopped and turned back.
"Miss Kinoshita?"
With a faint smile of joy on her face, Mai Kinoshita kicked the red-buttoned flat-soled clogs on her feet, holding a wooden bowl with unknown contents, and walked quickly to Aobori and Saito in three steps at a time.
in front of.
She first bowed to Saito and said hello, then focused all her eyes on Qingto.
"Tachibana-kun, long time no see!" Kinoshita Mai's rosy cheeks were filled with more joy and smiles.
After the celebration banquet to celebrate the victory over Chiba Kenkan, Ayoto had not seen Kinoshita Mai again.
Looking at the girl in front of him who he had not seen for more than half a month and who was smiling happily now, Qingden smiled slightly:
"Miss Kinoshita, long time no see. What a coincidence, I met you here."
While Qingteng was greeting Kinoshita Mai, he thought to himself:
——Miss Kinoshita seems to be getting more and more familiar with me...
Qingnobo clearly felt that Kinoshita Mai's attitude towards him now was obviously much more enthusiastic than before.
I recall that when Qingdeng met this girl for the first time, she didn't even dare to look at him, and when she spoke to him, her voice was as low as she was chanting a spell.
But now, Kinoshita Mai can look openly and openly at Aoto, and she can also show a bright and natural smile to Aoto. When she meets Aoto on the street, she can actively stop him, say hello to him, and talk to him.
It won't sound like a mosquito buzzing when it comes.
Qingdeng speculated that this was probably because he had frequently interacted with Kinoshita Mai in various ways since he met her. After going back and forth, they became familiar with each other.
Facing an old acquaintance like him, Kinoshita Mai would naturally no longer be so reserved.
As soon as Qingto finished speaking, Kinoshita Mai nodded vigorously.
"Hmm! What a coincidence! Tachibana-kun, are you preparing to go to the training center?"
"Yes." Qingdeng said with a wry smile, "In this special season, the previous vacation rule of 'two days off and one day off' has been temporarily abolished. When you can take a vacation now depends on luck."
"What about you? Miss Kinoshita, are you...going to buy tofu?"
After Kinoshita Mai approached, Qingden saw that the wooden bowl she was holding contained two pieces of extremely fresh tofu.
"Yes." Kinoshita Mai pecked her head twice obediently, "Mr. Kiryu promised yesterday to make me my favorite tofu soup today."
"So I woke up very early today and went to the market to buy two pieces of the freshest tofu."
Hearing what Kinoshita Mai said, Qingnobo suddenly remembered that there was a popular vegetable market just opposite this street that he didn't often come to.
In this way, it became clear why he met Kinoshita Mai on the way to work today.
At this time, Kinoshita Mai turned her eyes, looked at the blankets in Qingto and Saito's hands, and blinked in confusion.
"Tachibana-kun, why are you all holding blankets in your hands?"
"Oh, this..." Qingden raised the blanket in his hand, and then explained to Mai Kinoshita that he was going to work the night shift today.
"Watching the night shift..." Kinoshita Mai's eyes flashed with worry, "Isn't that very hard?"
"Fortunately, it's not too hard. After all, I'm still young." Qingdeng replied in a half-joking tone, "Even if I don't sleep for one or two nights, I won't have any serious health problems."
Qingdeng would be happy to chat more with his friend, whom he had not seen for a while.
But he was still rushing to go to work and had no time to slowly chat with Kinoshita Mai.
So after chatting with Kinoshita Mai for a few more words, Qingto waved his hand to her and told her that he had to hurry up and go to the prison.
"Yeah, yeah." Kinoshita Mai freed up her right hand and waved goodbye to Qingteng vigorously, "Tachibana-kun, go to the training center quickly. I won't disturb you anymore. See you later!"
Aoto also waved to Kinoshita Mai, and after saying goodbye to Kinoshita Mai, he led Saito to speed up the pace to the shrine.
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Today is a fairly peaceful day.
No emergencies were encountered while patrolling the streets, and no emergency cases suddenly appeared.
Qingdeng ushered in today's night so peacefully.
After Edo entered a "state of emergency" due to the riots of "anti-barbarian patriots", the South and North Offices would leave two "Sanchai" on the night shift every night.
After today's night covered the sky, all the officials in the prison camp left. Among the officials who remained in the prison camp, only Qingden and another Tongxin who worked the night shift with him tonight were left.
It's a coincidence.
After yesterday, Qingto once again formed a "partner" with Nishino.
The person working the night shift with Qingto today is none other than Nishino.
Just like Aoto brought Saito, Nishino also brought some of his subordinates to accompany him on duty.
In the lobby on the first floor of Beibansuo, Nishino, who was holding a lantern, said calmly to Qingto:
"Tangerine, let's go take a nap first."
"I will be on duty in the first half of the night. It will be your turn in the second half of the night."
The reason why the shrine has designed the total number of people on the night shift to be two per day is to facilitate those on the night shift to take turns to rest.
Who would watch the first half of the night, who would watch the second half of the night - this kind of thing didn't matter at all, so Qingdeng nodded readily.
When Aoto hugged his blanket and was about to say goodbye to Nishino and find a comfortable place to take a nap with Saito, he suddenly heard Nishino yawning loudly.
"Haaaahhh...!"
Because the yawn was really loud, Qingto couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Nishino behind him.
Only then did he realize that Nishino's face was very tired.
There were conspicuous dark circles around his eyes.
Although Nishino tried to cheer himself up by blinking hard, a tired light continued to shine out of his eyes.
After looking at Nishino's exhausted appearance for a while, Qingto couldn't help but ask:
"Are you okay? You look tired."
"It's okay." Nishino replied quickly without thinking, "It's just that I have to track down the cat monk recently and help fight against the thugs of the 'anti-barbarian faction', so I just didn't get enough sleep. It's nothing serious."
It's important to put down all the turmoil caused by the "anti-barbarian faction"... but it's also important to catch the little cat monk who specializes in attacking evil people and has angered many big shots.
Therefore, under Susui's instructions, Nishino continued to focus on the "Cat Monk" case he was currently responsible for during this period.
However... Nishino is the "number one crime-solving expert" of their Beifan Office. How could he simply "let go" of this valuable fighting force with both civil and military skills...
Under the current situation of extreme shortage of manpower, Nishino would be roped in from time to time to help deal with the "anti-barbarian faction"... For example, yesterday, he was roped in to partner with Ayoto to capture that Kinemon.
While dealing with the big case of "Cat Monk", he also had to take care of the crusade against the "Expelling Foreigners"... Qingto couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for Nishino.
"...How about I keep watch until midnight? You go and take a rest now."
"No need!" Nishino frowned, "I just said it, right? I'm fine."
Having said that, Nishino left no room for Qingto to refute and just left with the lantern.
Since Nishino is so insistent...then Qingto won't say anything more.
He went to Saito, found a good place that would not be blown by the night wind, wrapped a blanket around him, and slept on the floor.
With the blessing of the "god of sleep", Qingdeng immediately fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes.
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After sleeping for about half an hour, Qingdeng was woken up by the urge to urinate.
He opened his eyes and looked to his left and right - Saito, who was sleeping next to him, was sleeping soundly.
Qingto was about to go to the toilet. In order not to disturb Saito, he gently lifted off the blanket wrapped around him.
His gentle movements were actually of no use at all.
Saito, who has extremely high quality as a bodyguard, opened his eyes just as Aitobo raised his hand to lift the blanket and stood up.
"Why did you wake up?" Saito asked.
"I want to go to the toilet."
"Do you need me to follow?"
"No need. The toilet is very close to here, so you can continue to sleep."
Now that Saito has been woken up by him, Aoto is too lazy to tiptoe anymore.
He grabbed his two sabers and hung them on his waist. He yawned and walked towards the toilet not far away.
Qingden was suddenly woken up by the urge to urinate - Qingden was still a little awake, and his mind felt a little confused.
It doesn't feel like I'm walking on a wooden corridor, but more like I'm walking on soft clouds.
Qingdeng, who just wanted to quickly solve his physical problems and then go back to sleep, quickened his pace a little.
Following his memory and turning a corner, the toilet appeared within his sight.
But, suddenly——
Squeak...
Qingdeng suddenly heard a very faint sound of footsteps behind him.
Qingdeng's eyes opened slightly. The next moment, he quickly turned his head and looked back.
The surrounding light is very dark...but Qingden has "cat eyes" that can see clearly even in the dark.
Just when his eyes turned behind him, he happened to catch a glimpse of a figure dressed in black from head to toe flashing past the corner of the corridor behind him.
Dressed in all black, he hurriedly ran away after Qingdeng discovered him... Qingdeng's sleepiness suddenly disappeared.
"There's a thief——!"
Qingdeng roared with all his strength, then held the knife in his waist and chased after the fleeing man in black.
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