Chapter 228 I only recognize 'Daitoden'! Who is 'Nioh'
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Otsuki Minoru's appearance is almost unchanged from more than a year ago.
If there are any changes, it would be that the facial features have gained a bit more charm and mature beauty, and the hairstyle has changed from the Shimada bun that only unmarried girls can wear to the bun that is exclusive to married women.
After a brief period of surprise, the look of surprise on Qingdeng's face slowly turned into a complex and grotesque expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly uncontrollably.
——How could I meet her here... Hasn't she already married to Nara...
At this moment, the memory pictures belonging to "Original Orange Qingdeng" flew past his eyes automatically and without Qingdeng's control.
The pictures in these memories are all about the past related to this woman... They are simply unsightly!
If we want to elaborate on the relationship between "Original Orange Qingden" and this woman, we must first start with their fathers.
Aoto's father, Takayuki Tachibana, and Otsuki Minoru's father, Miyagawa Shunzou, are very close friends.
Thanks to this relationship between their parents, "Hara Tachibana Aoden" and Otsuki Minoru, who are close in age, have been childhood sweethearts since childhood.
Because Otsuki Minoru looks pretty good, "Hara Tachibana Aoden" has always liked Otsuki Minoru.
However, the falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless.
Otsuki Minoru has no interest in "Original Orange Aoden" at all.
It would be fine if she just didn't have any romantic feelings for "Original Orange Qingden", but this girl happened to have a pretty bad temper.
It is clear that his father, Miyagawa Shunzou, was an outstanding samurai with exceptionally good character and loyalty, but I don't know whether it was due to a genetic mutation or unqualified family education. In short, Otsuki Minoru's character was quite bitter, mean, and selfish.
She regarded "Original Orange Qingden"'s feelings for her as a laughing stock and played "Original Orange Qingden" like a toy.
He accepted the kindness of "Original Orange Qingden" without any scruples, but he always pretended to be stupid, only being the one who "enjoys" and not the one who "paid".
Neither explicitly refuses nor accepts.
Just keep hanging "Original Orange Qingden".
"Original Orange Qingden" always has the illusion of "I might have a chance."
The simple-minded "Original Orange Qingden" really fell in love with this woman!
He tried his best to treat Oyue very well.
He was showing warmth and greetings, and he was carefully preparing gifts... He was trying to influence Otsuki Minoru with his sincere heart.
But people are destined to be unable to wake up a person who is pretending to sleep.
"Hara Tachibana Aoden" who is crazy about being hot and cold butt, has invested countless time, energy and emotion in Otsuki Minoru...
Then Otsuki Minoru married another man.
Without the knowledge of "Hara Tachibana Aoden", Otsuki Minoru had been flirting with a young wealthy businessman in Nara named "Otsuki Tsuneji" for a long time.
Although in order to maintain the foundation of their rule, the Tokugawa clan has always used various methods to promote the so-called glory of samurai and ensure the privileged status of samurai, but no matter how much they advocate and publicize, they cannot change the life of most samurai.
The reality of great poverty cannot change people's instinctive pursuit of a better life.
Since the development of the times and changes in the world, businessmen have relied on the flaws of the system and the emergence of capitalism to amass a large amount of wealth and live a luxurious life that ordinary people can't even imagine, the trend of "money worship" has
” inevitably spread to every land in this country.
Many people no longer pursue the glory of the martial arts and the spirit of Bushido, but instead pursue money and luxurious material life.
To this day, many young girls would rather marry a wealthy businessman than a samurai who is penniless except for the so-called status and glory-Otsuki Minoru is a person with such a character.
Although the so-called social hierarchy of "scholars, farmers, industry and merchants" has long existed in name only, the apparent political status of businessmen is still at the bottom of the hierarchy.
But for those big businessmen, it doesn’t matter if they have low political status or something!
In order to make a living, many middle- and lower-level samurai who were too poor and had no choice but to dare to engage in the art of licking blood with their swords were forced to sell the sabers around their waists.
If selling knives can't solve the problem of eating, then sell the only valuable thing left on your body: the samurai's family name.
A samurai family name is far more marketable than a katana sword.
Many big businessmen who want to improve their appearance are quite happy to spend a little money to buy a samurai family name.
Many businessmen with strong financial resources relied on various methods such as "purchasing samurai status" and "accepting samurai as adopted sons" to change their families. From "businessmen" to "scholars".
The young wealthy businessman named Otsuki Tsuneji whom Otsuki Minoru married is a striking example.
Their family was originally just a businessman without a surname. After the family business grew, they purchased their family name from a martial arts family with the surname "Oyue". From then on, their family could call themselves the Oyue clan.
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Otsuki Minoru, who is greedy for the Otsuki family's money, frequently exchanges glances with Otsutsuki, showing a passion that "Original Orange Aoden" has never seen or tasted before.
Not long after, Otsuki Minoru became engaged and married to Tsuneji.
The girl he loved finally got married to his lover, but that lover was not him... This caused a huge blow to "Original Orange Qingden".
Moreover, when the news of Otsuki Minoru's marriage reached the ears of "Original Tachibana Aoden", it happened to be the time when Takayuki Takayuki had just died of illness...
The reason why "Original Tachibana Aoden"'s political performance in Beifan was so bad is closely related to the fact that he suffered frequent and devastating mental shocks during that period and was unable to fully recover from this series of setbacks.
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My father died young, and I have no close relatives as far as I can see...
Not yet over the grief of Jia Yan’s death, he also heard that the girl he had loved for a long time was going to be married to someone else…
Family ties and love have all encountered devastating changes...
Frankly speaking, it is a rare thing that "Original Tachibana Qingden" can still maintain a relatively normal mental state after encountering this series of drastic changes in his life.
Fortunately, "Yuan Ju Qing Deng" lost his way and found his way back.
After Otsuki Minoru got married, he finally saw through Otsuki Minoru's bad nature, resolutely cut off contact with Otsuki Minoru, stopped contacting her, and finally showed some integrity that a man should have.
No matter how you say it, you and "Original Orange Qingden" are now one.
Naturally, Aoden has no good feelings for Otsuki Minoru who once cruelly played with the feelings of "Original Tachibana Aoto".
Just ignore this scumbag - Qingdeng thought about this issue seriously.
However, after hesitating for a while, Qingdeng gave up the idea of ignoring this woman.
It's not that I want to reminisce with the scumbag.
But I want to ask this scumbag a question.
"...Ashi, long time no see." Qingdeng said calmly, expressionlessly, "Why are you here?"
After Otsuki Minoru and Otsuki Tsunami got married, they moved to Nara with their parents and no longer lived in Edo.
"My husband and his friends came to Edo to discuss business."
Otsuki Minoru showed a smile with the corners of her mouth turning up, but there was no smile in her eyes.
"So I accompanied my husband and returned to Edo after a long absence."
"It happened to be the day when the fireworks display was held. It was a rare opportunity, so I came to the park with my husband and my husband's friends to enjoy the fireworks."
When speaking of the words "husband" and "talking about business", Otsuki Minoru's tone showed a touch of pride and superiority, and her fairly plump breasts were slightly pushed forward.
Qingto doesn't care at all what kind of life Otsuki Minoru is leading now.
After he responded coldly, "That's right," he quickly asked a new question.
"How is your father? How are you doing lately?"
This is the question Ayoto wants to ask Otsuki.
If it weren't for his concern for Otsuki Minoru's father, Qingden would really have ignored her at this moment and just turned around and left.
Although Otsuki Minoru's attitude towards "Hara Tachibana Aoden" was very bad, his father Miyagawa Shunzou was always very kind to the only son of his old friend.
"Hara Tachibana Aoden" still owes a great debt of gratitude to Shuzo Miyagawa.
After Tachibana Takayuki died of illness, Miyagawa Shunzou gave "Original Tachibana Aoden" a lot of care.
He also helped preside over Tachibana Takayuki's funeral, and secretly stuffed "Original Tachibana Aoden" with money and food to help him overcome financial difficulties...
"Original Tachibana Aoden" was able to successfully compete with Takayuki Takayuki's class at Kitabanso, and Miyagawa Shunzou also contributed a lot.
This old man is good at everything, but he is not good at handling family relations and does not know how to get along with his family.
Miyagawa Toshizo didn't know how to educate his children at all, so he adopted a thorough free-range policy and allowed Otsuki Minoru to "grow barbarically".
And Otsuki Minoru rarely had any close communication with her father, whom she had a distant relationship with.
According to Aonto's knowledge, it was not until Otsuki Minoru and Otsuki Tsuneji discussed marriage that Miyagawa Shunzou found out that his daughter was in love with a Nara businessman.
Ayoto thought: The reason Otsuki Minoru has such an extremely self-interested and egoistic character may be related to the lack of family education.
After Miyagawa Shunzou moved to Nara with Otsuki Minoru, Aoto never heard any news about this gentle old man.
Out of concern for this elder who was kind to him, Qingden asked Otsuki Minoru this question.
"?!"
A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on Otsuki Minoru's face.
She looked at Qingdeng carefully from head to toe with a look that looked like she was sizing up a stranger.
After a while, she said quietly:
"My father is very good. He is in good health and strong. He practices calligraphy hard every day and cultivates his sentiments."
"Yeah...that's good."
"Tachibana, are you here to watch the fireworks too?"
"Yeah. Come here to play with your friends."
"You...seem to have changed a bit."
Otsuki Minoru once again focused his gaze on Qingto as if he was observing a stranger.
"After all, we haven't seen each other for more than a year, so it's normal to have some changes in our faces. You have also changed, and your hairstyle has changed."
"I don't mean the change in appearance, I mean... the feeling you give people seems to have changed..."
Qingdeng's brows raised slightly.
"You...don't you know what happened in Edo recently?"
"I just returned to Edo yesterday evening." Otsuki Minoru blinked in confusion, "Has anything big happened in Edo recently?"
"...No. It's nothing." Qingden smiled intriguingly, "Forget it if you don't know."
——I almost forgot that this is an era where information exchange is very inconvenient...
Otsuki Minoru and his family are now settled in Nara, which is half a country away from Edo. Although Nara is also a big city, in terms of the flow of people and the speed of information exchange, it is completely unable to compare with super big cities like Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka.
compared to.
In this era where you may not know what big news has happened recently unless you ask around. It is normal for Otsuki, who is currently living in Nara, not to know about Aoshito's various deeds in recent months.
Now that he knows how Miyagawa Shunzou is currently living, and his goal has been achieved, Qingto has completely lost interest in talking to Otsuki Minori again.
Just at this time, a familiar red figure appeared among the crowd in the distance and appeared in the corner of Qingdeng's eye.
"Ashi, my friend seems to be back. Please excuse me for now. Let's meet again when we are destined."
After leaving these words, without waiting for Otsuki Minoru's response, Qingden took the two cups of sweet water he bought from the tea stall, turned around, and dove into the crowd of people beside him.
"Ah? Hello..."
Otsuki Minoru's "Hello" crashed into the empty space in front of him and merged into the dull air.
She stared blankly in front of where Qingdeng's figure was no longer visible, then showed an angry expression and stamped her feet vigorously.
"What are you doing...! It's rare for me to take the initiative to come over and say hello to you. I'm just a 'dumb head'... What a show...!"
"Xiao Shi, I finally found you. Aren't you going to buy tea? What are you doing here?"
"Ah, sir."
Otsuki Minoru turned around following the sound and looked at the four young people striding towards her.
The leader of these four young men carries two extremely gorgeous sabers at his waist. His clothes are as gorgeous as his sabers. His shiny black hair is combed into a meticulous Tsukiyo hairstyle, and his facial features are quite handsome.
This man is none other than Otsuki Minoru's husband: Otsuki Tsuneji.
"I met an old friend by chance." Otsuki told the truth, "so I came over to say hello to him."
"Old friend?" Changci blinked, "Who?"
"Oh, it's the 'dumb head' I often mentioned to you before."
Otsuki Minoru's eyes revealed undisguised contempt and ridicule in his tone.
"'Stupid Den'... oh!" Changci patted his forehead, which was extra smooth due to his shaved Tsukiyo head, with moderate force, "The one who has been dreaming of 'wanting to marry you' didn't
What a self-aware fool..."
After saying that, Tsuneji showed a contemptuous expression that was very much in sync with Otsuki Minoru.
"Is he still here?"
"He has already left. He said he was going to see a friend. Oh, what a surprise, this big fool with a dull personality actually has friends who he can invite to watch the fireworks together."
"Already gone... What a pity. I still want to see what this fool who has admired his 'famous name' for a long time looks like."
"Otsuki-kun." A short young man standing next to Tsuneji interjected, "Who is this 'dumbhead' you are talking about?"
The three young men standing around Changci are all friends of Changci.
"Oh, he's my childhood sweetheart who likes to be sentimental and can't afford to worry about his own weight."
After Otsuki Minoru sneered, she briefly and comprehensively explained her past with Qingteng.
Of course - Otsuki Minoru used words that were beneficial to her.
For example: "Original Orange Qingden"'s admiration for her is described as simply lusting for her body.
For example: Regarding the various gifts given by "Original Orange Qingden", she has always accepted them all with an "open-minded" attitude, but she said, "I have clearly told him not to give me any more gifts, but he just
He didn’t listen to my advice and kept forcing some weird gifts on me.”
Another example: It was clear that she had never responded clearly to the feelings of "Original Orange Qingden", but it was tampered with that she had already rejected "Original Orange Qingden's" pursuit, but the other party still shamelessly pestered her.
Said "Original Orange Qingdeng" as a toad without self-awareness and trying to eat swan meat.
Shape yourself into an innocent, pure white lotus.
In fact, Changci was also deceived by her wife.
Tsuneji, who had never even seen Aoto in person, basically learned about Aoto through Otsuki Minoru's verbal descriptions.
Changji, who had listened to Otsuki Minoru's vilification of Qingnobo for many years, had already been filled with contempt and prejudice towards Qingnobo without even realizing it.
Under Otsuki Minoru's twisted fabrication, these friends of Changji were exposed one after another at this moment.
"It turns out there are still such ignorant people in this world..."
"This kind of person is too shameless."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what's the full name of this 'Stupid'?"
"Tachibana Aoden." Otsuki Mi replied, "It would be fine if this person just has a personality problem, but it turns out that this person's ability to deal with people is equally unflattering."
"Do you know where his nickname of 'Stupid Deng' came from?"
"After he took over his late father's position and became the new co-director of the Hokuban Shouchei, he messed up a lot of work and couldn't do some simple tasks well, so the officials of the Hokuban Shougang gave him the title
He got the nickname ‘Stupid Deng’.”
"I have to say, this nickname is a perfect match for him."
After saying that, Otsuki Mi covered her mouth and smiled cheerfully.
Changji and others laughed happily along with her.
The air around them was filled with joy.
"but……"
After Otsuki Minoru slowly stopped laughing, she suddenly changed the subject.
"It's strange to say. When I reunited with that 'Dumbton' after a long absence, I found that he seemed to have changed."
"Has he changed a lot?" Changci asked, "Has his appearance changed a lot?"
"It's not a change in appearance, it's... a change in the way people feel."
Speaking of this, Otsuki Minoru's eyes became a little blurry - Qingden Shicai's eyes and temperament left a very clear and deep impression on her.
She has always looked down upon Qingdeng.
Sora has the status of a samurai, a height far above the average for his age, and a pretty face.
Apart from these, there are no advantages worth mentioning in detail.
In his behavior and speech, he was timid and exuded an aura of unconfidence.
She also has no special talents that can make her stand out. She has neither any attainments in literature nor art, nor is she proficient in martial arts.
More importantly - their Ju family is not rich enough.
Although Tachibana Takashi's official position as a "three times" samurai can earn a lot of extra income every year, this amount of money is nothing compared to the Otsuki family's property.
However, things have changed now.
It was just that he hadn't seen Qingdeng for more than a year, and this young man whom he had always looked down on before seemed to be a completely different person.
His eyes became sharp. When Qingden heard her call and turned his face, Oyue felt as if he was being targeted by a ferocious beast...
His figure has become stronger and stronger, and his strong muscles make his figure look much taller and taller.
All those timid and unconfident auras disappeared.
Every move he makes is filled with a strong aura of confidence.
And she noticed that Qingdeng's attire had changed.
The clothes I wear have become much more sophisticated.
Otsuki didn't really understand weapons, but as a money-worshiping girl who bought all kinds of luxury goods, she vaguely noticed that the sword on Qingteng's waist (for fixing ghosts and gods) was not an ordinary thing.
Is the position of Sadachi Hui Tongxin too demanding? It can actually make people change like a whole new person!
"Okay, okay, don't talk about this 'dumb head' anymore."
At this time, Otsuki Minoru's thoughts were swallowed up by Tsuneji's voice that suddenly intervened.
"It would be such a waste if all the time at the annual fireworks display is spent chatting with a boring person!"
"...Yeah." Otsuki Minoru nodded in agreement, "That's right! Let's go, let's go, we haven't visited that place yet, let's go there!"
——Forget it! Never mind him! No matter what "Silly Toudeng" becomes, it's none of my business!
Otsuki Minoru decided not to think too much about the reason why Qingteng suddenly had such a big change.
Although they were childhood sweethearts who grew up together, they are now in two different worlds.
She is now the young mistress of the wealthy businessman Otsuki's family, while Aonto is probably still the little Sadachi Hui Tongxin.
These days, affected by the trend of money worship and extravagance, it has gradually become the norm in society for wealthy businessmen to despise middle- and lower-level samurai who have no money or power and have no name as a martial artist.
Although Sadachi Hui Tongxin has the power to manage the public security of Edo townspeople, in the final analysis, it is only a small official position at the grassroots level.
Because she married into the Otsuki family, Otsuki Minoru felt that her horizons had become much higher, but she really couldn't look down on the "three times" of the mere practice.
The reason why she took the initiative to chat with Qingdeng, whom she met by chance, was firstly to confirm whether she recognized the wrong person, and secondly, she wanted to show off in front of this old friend with a "returning home in fine clothes" mentality.
It's a pity that I couldn't show off my success.
Qingteng's attitude towards her was indifferent throughout, and he seemed to be indifferent to her, which made Otsuki Minoru feel particularly aggrieved.
It felt like I punched with all my strength and hit cotton.
There is absolutely no need to pay too much attention to the characters who will probably never have any interactions with each other in the future.
Otsuki Minoru walked side by side with Tsuneji intimately, walking slowly along the dense flow of people in the middle of the street.
"Tsk tsk, there are so many people..." Tsuneji sighed with emotion as he led Otsuki Minoru and his friends slowly forward, "It's been a long time since Edo, and this city doesn't seem to have changed much.
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As soon as Changci finished speaking, a friend behind him took over the conversation:
"That's not what I mean. It seems that a lot of big things have happened in Edo recently. I listened to the hotel's agents chatting last night. It was said that some time ago, those anti-Japanese patriots who pursued radical anti-Japanese ideas were very violent. It was not until recently that the
Under the suppression of the 'Renou', it calmed down a little."
"'Nioh'?" Otsuki Minoru was startled and blinked a few times in astonishment, "What is this?"
Changci turned around and looked at his friend with doubts.
"I don't know the specifics... I just know that this seems to be the title of a very powerful warrior. He is as powerful as a benevolent king, so he has this title."
"'Nioh'..." Changci grinned, "What a majestic title."
Otsuki Minoru nodded in deep agreement.
She suddenly discovered that just after being away from Edo for more than a year, this city had become a lot stranger.
My old friend "Da Toudeng" has undergone a huge transformation, as if he has become a different person.
There are some more famous people like "Nioh" whom I have never heard of before.
"Is he as powerful as a Nioh..." Otsuki Minoru murmured.
This description by Tsuneji's friend made Otsuki feel a little curious about this "nioh" who had never been masked before.
How skilled a person must be to be given such a mighty title—Otsuki Minoru couldn't help but think like this.
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The past between Otsuki Minoru and "Hara Tachibana Aoden", as well as Otsuki Minoru's disparaging remarks about "Hara Tachibana Aoden", are all based on reality. The plot of this chapter is basically based on the reality that actually happened.
The story was copied exactly as it was.
As for who the real prototype is... the author won't say... (Leopard Death.jpg)
All in all... the author would like to ask for monthly votes first... QAQ
Please vote for me! (Leopard Head Cries.jpg)
In fact, Otsuki Minoru and her father Miyagawa Shunzou are all characters that were already designed before the book was officially serialized. They are not new characters who were added abruptly after a slap on the head.
There are also related vague foreshadowings in the previous article.
It is clearly stated in Chapter 5 of Volume 1 that Tachibana Takayuki has several close friends who have always been loyal to him. These close friends united to help Qingteng find an official position. These close friends include Gong.
Toshizo Kawakawa.
The nickname "Daitou Deng" is also one of the foreshadowings.
One of the reasons why "Original Tachibana Aoden"'s political performance in Beifan was so bad is that he experienced too many heavy things in a short period of time and has not yet fully recovered from the mental trauma.
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When I was a high school student, I lost my only close relative and the girl I loved in a very short period of time...
Let me tell you something, if I had experienced such an experience, I might have been completely devastated (leopard death.jpg)
