Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Imperial Guard Hall——
"Zhouzhu, I just read our 'apprentice book'."
In the living room, Kondo Shusuke sat cross-legged on the floor, holding a cup of hot tea that was constantly steaming out in his hands, blowing cool air into the cup of hot tea.
His wife: Kondo Pen knelt down next to Kondo Shusuke in an extremely standard posture. With an expressionless face and a tone that was neither sad nor joyful, Kondo pen reported to Shusuke the recent business of their trial clinic.
Condition.
"It's been a whole month since the New Year this year, and we have only had two new apprentices in our training hall."
"After one month, there are only two new members... This is the most dismal month for our trial clinic in the past five years."
"Not only are there fewer new people, but there are also fewer old people."
"As of the end of this month, there are three more apprentices who have not come to our training hall to practice swordsmanship for half a year and have not paid tuition for us..."
"Ah." Zhou Zhu, who had been listening quietly to A Bi's report, now took a sip of the tea in the cup, and then let out a low cry of surprise, "Madam, have you changed it to new tea?"
Abi paused, then showed a faint smile.
"Oh? You can taste it? Your tongue is very powerful."
"This is a new tea sent to me by my mother-in-law. Does it taste good?"
Zhou Zhu nodded vigorously: "It tastes good. It tastes very refreshing."
"As long as you like it."
After saying that, Abi cleared his throat and returned to his expressionless and serious expression.
"Okay, let's get back to business."
"Now, let's try the 'Apprentice Book' in the Guard Hall. The contents inside are so miserable that I can hardly stand it anymore."
"There are only 28 apprentices who often come to our training hall and pay their tuition on time..."
"Ah!" Zhou Zhu exclaimed again at this time.
He handed the tea cup in his hand towards A Bi.
"Madam, look, the tea stalk is standing up."
Zhoushu grinned and showed a happy smile.
"It's been a long time since I've seen the tea stem stand up while drinking tea!"
"It looks like something good is going to happen in the future!"
In Japan, there is a superstitious legend that "Once the tea stem in the teacup stands up, it means something good is going to happen."
Abi glanced at the tea stem in the teacup, and then looked at Zhouzhu.
"call!"
Abi blew hard on the tea stem in the cup.
The tea stalk slowly circled in the tea for several times before sinking to the bottom of the cup.
"Ah! My tea stalk!" Zhouzhu wailed.
"'Good things will happen when the tea stems stand up' - this is just a boring superstition." Abi said coldly, "As a noble warrior, how can you believe in such a boring superstition?"
After briefly reprimanding Zhou Zhuyi, Abi turned the topic back to "the management issues of the trial guard hall".
"The operation of the trial health center is getting worse and worse, and the price of firewood, rice, oil and salt on the market is getting more and more expensive."
"Our family is a big family."
"You, me, Yong, Souji, Yuan, count 5 mouths for eating."
"If this continues, it will be a problem for us to even eat..."
"Ah." Zhousuke suddenly exclaimed again, "Speaking of which...why haven't Yong and Souji come back yet..."
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A Bi raised his hand and patted the tatami beside her several times.
“Don’t keep changing the topic!!!”
Zhou Zhu, who was yelled at by A Bi, shivered a few times and shrank his neck.
"I'm telling you something very serious! Don't interrupt me again and again!"
Abi's slender red phoenix eyes, with the corners pulled upward, made her look quite scary at this moment.
Zhousuke's body trembled a few more times.
He raised his narrowed eyes and carefully looked at the lady beside him
"Madam... similar topics... my ears are almost ringing..."
"The current operating conditions of our trial clinic are very bad...of course I know that."
“But improving the current operating conditions of the sword hall will not happen overnight.”
"Yong and I have been working very hard to improve the current economic situation of the Trial Guard Hall, but..."
"Working very hard?" Before Zhou Zhu could finish his words, Ah Bi's eyebrows stood up even more, "What's the use of just working hard?"
Abi patted the tatami next to him vigorously a few more times.
"If hard work can be effective, then wouldn't those farmers who work hard from dawn to dusk and work hard to cultivate the land become rich early?"
"The most important thing is 'results', right?"
“I have been working hard, but it has been ineffective – what is the difference between this and no effort?”
"Madam, what you say is too much..." Zhou Zhu said weakly with his shoulders hunched and his neck drooped.
"What's too much?!" A Bi directed his sharp, dagger-like gaze at Zhou Zhu.
"It's nothing..." Zhou Assistant silently retracted his gaze from A Bi.
at this time--
Wow...
From the direction of the entrance, there was the sound of the door being pushed open.
"We're back!"
It was Okita's voice.
Listening to this voice, Zhouzhu, who was made uncomfortable by the suffocating atmosphere, quickly said to Abi as if he was grasping a life-saving straw:
"Ah, Isamu and Souji are back... huh?"
Before he finished speaking, Zhou Zhu was stunned for a moment.
Also stunned was Abi.
Both of them discovered that the footsteps... were too much...
This long series of footsteps moved from the entrance to the living room door.
Wow - the door to the living room was opened.
Shusuke and Abi looked in shock at Kondo and Okita who pushed open the living room door... Aoto, Saito, and Kyuubei behind them...
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Edo, in a certain inconspicuous house——
"Todo, that means - only Miyabe was caught by that Tachibana Aoden?" Sitting upright behind a desk, he was looking carefully at a piece of paper covered with dense words the size of tadpoles.
Kamino asked a young man with only one right arm behind him.
"Yes." The one-armed young man...the young samurai whom Kamino called "Fudo" nodded gently, "Everyone except Miyabe escaped successfully."
"...It's really useless." Kamino suddenly tightened his grip on the brush in his hand, and the wooden penholder made an overwhelming "creep" sound, "I can't even set it on fire..."
"Forget it, Miyabu is just an insignificant pawn anyway. He doesn't know the important information within our anti-barbarian group. If he is caught, just arrest him."
"Did Tachibana Aoden's house burn down successfully?"
"Tachibana Aoden's home has now been perfectly reduced to a pile of charred ruins." Todo grinned, "It's a pity that Tachibana Aoden couldn't be burned to death."
"It doesn't matter." Kamino said, "I never expected to burn Tachibana Aoden to death from the beginning."
"I can burn down his house and give him a little warning."
"Mr. Kamino, what should we do next?" Todo asked, "Are we going to continue to take revenge on Tachibana Aoden? It feels like just burning his home down seems a bit unsatisfactory."
"That's enough." Kamino put the paper in his hand on the low table in front of him, "The reason why I decided to burn Tachibana Aoden's house was just to give him a warning."
"Warning Ju Qingden: We will not forget the revenge that caused us to suffer a humiliating defeat. This revenge must be avenged."
"Now that the warning has been successfully given, I plan to do nothing for the next period of time and let Tachibana Aoden be free for a while."
"Next, I plan to focus on reforming our anti-barbarian group."
Kamino's brows frowned slightly at this time.
"The defeat of Suehiro and the others made me fully realize that we had only focused on expanding the number of people before, so our team is now a mixed bag. Although the number of people has increased, the combat power has not increased."
"If Suehiro had led a group of people with a strong enough will to fight that night, how could they have been defeated by an enemy that was only a fraction of their number?"
"If the fighting strength of our anti-barbarian group continues to be so weak...our 'great cause of repelling the barbarians' is nothing but a fool's dream."
"Yes." Todo nodded, "I agree. I also think it's time for our anti-barbarian group to eliminate the bad and keep the good."
Seeing that Todo agreed with his proposal, Kamino smiled slightly:
"I plan to use one or two months to carry out a thorough reform of our anti-barbarian team to enhance our combat effectiveness."
"When our reforms achieve significant results..."
Kamino's smile slowly faded, and a cold light burst out from his eyes.
"Let's come back to settle the accounts with Ju Qingdeng and plan our 'great cause of repelling the foreigners' properly."
Todo showed an expectant expression.
"Reform? Hahaha, it really makes my blood boil."
"Mr. Kamino, wherever I can be used, just send me!"
He hammered his chest vigorously with his one arm.
Kamino nodded: "You are an important cadre of our anti-barbarian group, and the tasks that will be assigned to you will definitely be numerous."
"Hey, I feel relieved to hear you say that." Todo smiled happily while leaning back and leaning against the wall behind.
At this time, Toudo's peripheral vision caught a glimpse of the piece of paper on the desk in front of Kamino that Kamino had been looking at just now.
"By the way - Mr. Kamino, what were you looking at just now?"
Kamino glanced at the piece of paper on the desk.
"...I was looking at Tachibana Aoden's information just now."
"Information about Tachibana Aoden?"
Kamino nodded: "As much as I hate to admit it - we really underestimated that Tachibana Aoden before."
"I thought he was just an ordinary 'Sanchai' Tongxin. But I didn't expect that it was this guy we thought was ordinary who caused us so much trouble."
"In order to better deal with this national traitor in the future, I entrusted a trustworthy and efficient intelligence dealer three days ago to help me obtain detailed information on Tachibana Aoden."
"Hey...do you have the detailed information about Tachibana Aoden..." Todo cast a curious look at the piece of paper, "Mr. Kamino, can I take a look?"
"There's nothing interesting." Kamino raised his hand and handed the piece of paper with Tachibana Aoden's detailed information to Toudou, "There's no high-value information."
Toudo took the paper from Kamino and read it carefully.
"Young name, Jiulang."
"Full name, Minamoto Tachibana Aoto Seiharu... Tsk, it turns out he is a descendant of the Genji family. His bloodline is very noble..."
"The descendants of Genji are nothing special." Kamino said calmly, "The streets are full of descendants of Genji."
"That's true." Todo nodded, "This Tachibana Aoden's full name is quite elegant."
"Minamoto Haru...is really a full name full of Heian period style."
After saying that, Todo continued to look down.
After reading the piece of paper in its entirety, Toudou discovered that it was just like what Kamino said just now. There was no high-value information. It was just information similar to what Ainoto's full name was, where he lived, and how much his family's salary was. Trivial information.
Although Qingdeng's previous life has been recorded in considerable detail, there is no noteworthy information in Qingdeng's past life experiences.
"It's so boring." Todo flipped up the paper in his hand, "There is no interesting information that can be used."
"So I said, there is no high-value information on this piece of paper."
After saying that, Kamino raised his head and looked at the night outside the window next to him.
"...It's almost time." Kamino said as he stood up, "Let's go, Toudo, it's time to return to our base camp."
"Yeah, okay." Todo nodded, then grabbed the knife placed at his side.
After putting on their swords and wearing hats that could hide their faces, Kamino and Todo left the remote hut one after another, heading farther and farther towards a path outside the house.
The two figures gradually sank into the dark night.
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Edo, Koishikawa Kohinata Yanagi Town, Test Guard Hall, in a room on the second floor——
"What?! Let those three people stay in our house temporarily? No way!!"
Facing the air wave composed of Abi's roar and Kondo sitting in front of her, Okita couldn't help but shrink back.
In the room, Shusuke, Abi, Kondo and Okita were sitting opposite each other.
"Um... Auntie." Okita took the lead and said to Abi, "Our trial bathroom is quite big. It can accommodate a few more residents."
"This is not a question of whether our home can accommodate a few more residents!" Abi glanced at Okita's face, "General Secretary, you don't need me to go into details, you should also know the current situation of our hospital.
How bad is the income, right?”
"Let's add three more freeloaders to our family? No! Absolutely not!"
"besides--"
Having said this, Abi paused for a moment, and then looked at Okita up and down several times with strange eyes.
"...General Secretary, wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if you let three grown men live in the trial guard hall?"
"No." Okita raised his hand and played with the slender ponytail on the back of his head, and smiled without thinking, "I won't mind."
Seeing Okita refuting her without hesitation, Abi frowned.
"Uh... Madam." Zhouzhu took a deep breath at this time, as if to embolden himself, "I think... it's okay to let Tachibana-kun and the three of them stay at our house temporarily."
"They are not living with our parents all the time. They are just staying in our house temporarily before they can regain a stable place to live."
"Although our family's current income situation is not great, it is not so bad that we cannot even pay for three meals a day for three more people..."
"Shut up!" A Bi glared at Zhou Zhu.
"Yes..." Zhouzhu looked away silently without saying a word, and shrank his body even smaller...
Kondo and Okita looked calmly at Shusuke, who was instantly "suppressed" by Abi - they were used to seeing this kind of scene.
"In a word - I don't allow the three of them to live in our house!" Abi flicked the sleeves of his kimono vigorously, "Those three people can live wherever they like! In short, they are not allowed to live in our house!"
"...Mother!" Kondo, who had been keeping his head drooped and silent just now, gritted his teeth, raised his head, and looked at Abi without flinching or fear, "Please listen to my child!"
"Mr. Ju is not an outsider. He is an apprentice of our Trial Guard Hall and a member of our Trial Guard Hall."
"Now, a member of our Imperial Guard Hall is in trouble... As the teacher of the Imperial Guard Hall, I really can't stay out of it!"
"Furthermore, regardless of Tachibana-kun's status as a member of our trial defense hall, Tachibana-kun himself is also a good man worthy of admiration!"
"Mother, you must have heard about it, right? There is a rumor about Mr. Ju's 'defeating powerful enemies on a snowy night'."
"He led a small number of troops and defeated the 'anti-barbarian' thugs who were several times their size."
A hint of excitement slowly appeared on Kondo's face.
"Although I was not lucky enough to witness Mr. Tachibana's heroic act of defeating the strong with the weak, the child couldn't help but be fascinated by even just hearing the few rumors."
"Those 'anti-barbarian' thugs have been doing evil for a long time, and countless innocent people have been harmed by them."
"A few days ago, I saw a shop in Asakusa that had its family destroyed because the thugs of the 'anti-barbarian faction' extorted so-called military expenses."
"Mr. Orange beat these shameful thugs to a pulp, which is a powerful blow to the arrogance of those lunatics."
"Even if it's just out of respect for the hero, I don't want to stand by and watch Tachibana-kun who is currently in trouble and homeless!"
"You obviously have the ability to provide help, but you just sit back and watch... This is so heartless and unjust!"
Kondo's words were impassioned... but they did not move Abi.
On the contrary - it seemed to have angered A Bi.
Abi glanced at Kondo for a few times with a slightly dazed expression, and then his face suddenly became red.
"Hmph! Yong, why do you think I object to those three people coming to our house to eat and drink for free?"
"I'm not worried about our family's money!"
"Yes! Our family is indeed not so poor that we can't even pay for three more people's meals! We can indeed feed three more people!"
"But the money in our family didn't come from the strong wind!"
"It's you, Zhoushu, Souji, and Yuan who worked hard to run the sword hall and earned it bit by bit!"
"You don't care about money! I care about money!"
After saying that, Abi angrily patted the tatami beside him.
Then...due to her unstable mood, she subconsciously muttered:
"Hmph...Farmers are just farmers, it's really disturbing..."
Ah Bi's muttering was not loud.
But it’s not too small…
Her muttering... came to the ears of everyone present quite clearly.
Kondo's expression suddenly changed.
The eyes in Okita's eyes flickered slightly at this moment...
"……lady."
"What are you doing?!" A Bi, who was still angry, glanced menacingly at Zhou Zhu beside him.
As soon as his eyes fell on Zhou Zhu... A Bi was stunned.
Zhousuke, who was always smiling... was expressionless at this time, looking serious, and glanced sideways at Ah Bi.
His squinting eyes, which were so small that no one could even see them... opened.
The eyes that were usually hidden behind the eyelids appeared at this moment.
This is a pair of eyes... that are reminiscent of a tranquil ancient pond.
Looking into these eyes will give people the illusion that their body is being dragged into the bottom of a bottomless pool.
"Madam, you are so excited right now that you are starting to speak incoherently. Please calm down a little."
"..." After hearing Zhou Zhu's words, A Bi was stunned for a moment.
Then, as if she realized something, she turned her eyes and glanced at Kondo, whose expression had returned to normal, with complicated eyes.
She pursed her lips, looked at Zhousuke, and then at Kondo in front of her.
His originally chaotic breathing gradually became calmer.
The flushed face gradually became normal.
After seeing A Bi's mood calm down, Zhou Zhu smiled slightly, then closed his newly opened eyes again, returning to his smiling and amiable look.
"Abi, I think - even if we don't talk about love, illusory things like justice, just talk about money, power, such vulgar things, we let Mr. Ju and others live in our house, give him help, and sell favors.
Giving it to him will also bring a lot of benefits."
"Tachibana-kun, he is a loyal supporter of the town that Beiban has appointed."
"Who are the people who served in the 'Three Chapters'... You should also know very well, right?"
"They are all a bunch of low-ranking, powerful and wealthy men."
"Although his official position is not high, he is in charge of the public security work in Edo. The head of each town and family in Edo is at their disposal."
"It is only good for us to make good friends with officials like this who serve in the 'three rounds', and there is no harm to us."
"If something happens in the future, there will be multiple ways to solve the problem."
"Also - making good friends with Mr. Ju is also good for future promotion and promoting our natural flow."
"I remember I told you before that this newcomer, who has just joined my training hall not long ago, has extremely outstanding swordsmanship talent."
"In terms of swordsmanship talent... I think he is not inferior to Souji at all."
"Beichen Itto-ryu has only a history of more than 30 years since its establishment."
"Why did Beichen Yidao style, which only has a history of more than 30 years, develop so quickly and become the 'number one school in the world' in just such a short time?"
"It's not just because they have so many talented people, and their disciples have a strong sense of belonging to Beichen Yidao Ryu."
"Disciples who have graduated from Beichen Yidao Ryu have a strong sense of belonging to their sect, so they all spontaneously promote and develop Beichen Yidao Ryu."
"This is the main reason why Beichen Itto-ryu was able to dominate the entire Japanese swordsmanship world in just over 30 years."
"Abi, think about it - if we make friends with such an apprentice with great potential and develop a very deep friendship with him, what will we gain in the future?"
"In the future, after Tachibana-kun starts training, he might be like the disciples of Beichen Itto-ryu, and spontaneously promote and develop our Natural Rishin-ryu."
Zhou Zhu's narration was unhurried and orderly.
Abi lowered his head slightly and said nothing.
After Shusuke finished speaking, Kondo and Okita both focused their attention on Abi, waiting for Abi's answer.
The room... fell into deathly silence.
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Trial Guard Hall, first floor, living room——
When Shusuke, Abi, Kondo, and Okita went up to the second floor of the room to discuss whether to let Aoto and the others stay, Aoto, Saito, and Kubei stayed in the living room on the first floor.
, quietly waiting for the discussion between Kondo and the four of them to end.
Saito, who seemed not to worry that he would have no place to stay tonight, held his saber with a calm expression and sat in the corner of the room, eyes wide open in a daze.
This morning, we were still tired from traveling. Not long after returning home in the afternoon, we encountered the unfortunate incident of chasing down the arsonist when his house was burned down. Qingdeng, who was quite tired both physically and mentally, leaned against the wall behind him and closed his eyes to meditate.
Only Kyubei was moving his hands and feet around uneasily.
"Kyuubei." Qingto slowly opened his eyes and smiled helplessly at Jiubei, "Don't be impatient for a moment. Sit down and calm down."
"Alas... Young Master..." Jiubei sat cross-legged in front of Qingto and sighed heavily, "If the people in this imperial examination hall don't agree with our sponsorship in the end... what should we do?"
"Nothing can be done." Qingdeng smiled and wrote lightly, "When the time comes, we will think of a way."
"Young Master..." Jiubingwei looked at Qingto blankly, "You are so optimistic..."
"I am the kind of person who always believes that there are more solutions than difficulties. As long as people are alive, there is hope for everything." Qingto closed his eyes and continued to rest with his eyes closed, "No need to worry, Kyubei."
"The crises we are currently experiencing are nothing at all."
"My home and all my belongings are gone."
"These things are, in the final analysis, just dead things. As long as people are alive, they can all be owned again one day."
"Alas..." A bitter look appeared on Jiubei's face, "That's true... but I just feel very sad..."
Boom boom boom…
At this time, there were chaotic footsteps outside the hall.
Listening to the footsteps, Qingdeng quickly opened his eyes again, and then arranged his clothes.
Saito, who was sitting in a corner in a daze, quickly picked up his sword, walked quickly with Kyubei behind Aoto, and knelt down politely on the ground.
The living room door was opened - Shusuke, Abi, Kondo, and Okita, who had just parted not long ago, filed in through the opened living room door.
After these four people came in, Qingdeng couldn't help but look at Abi a few more times.
Tonight is the first time Aoto meets Kondo’s adoptive mother.
As for Kondo's adoptive mother, Aoto has admired her name for a long time.
When I first came to the Trial Guard Hall, I heard from Suzuki that he was called "the first of the Five Great Vajras in the Trial Guard Hall" and "the most troublesome person in the Trial Guard Hall".
Abi is the kind of woman who, just by looking at her appearance, feels like she is not someone to mess with.
He has sharp eyes, thin lips, fierce face shape and facial features...a mean face.
The four of them, Shusuke, sat in the front, Abi sat on the right behind her, Kondo and Okita sat at the back, and sat down in front of the three Aoto.
"Ju-kun, I have heard everything about you from Yong."
Zhou Zhu calmly said to Qingdeng slowly.
First, he routinely said something to Qingdeng, such as "I'm sorry for what happened to you tonight."
After all these pleasantries had faded, Zhou Zhu cleared his throat and straightened his waist a little straighter.
"Our apprentices in the trial defense hall are in trouble, and we can't just sit idly by and ignore it."
"Ji Jun, we have all agreed - until you regain a stable place to live, you can stay in our trial defense hall for as long as you want!"
Hearing what Shusuke said, Kubei, who was sitting behind Aoto, looked excited.
Saito... well, he put on an expression that was very characteristic of him: no expression.
"I can't thank you enough." Qing Deng lowered his body and bowed to express his thanks to Zhou Zhu and others, "I will thank you for this kindness."
"After the family's salary and salary are distributed, we will definitely pay the rent and food and drink expenses for our temporary stay here."
"Hahahaha, no need, no need." Zhou Zhu laughed boldly, "It doesn't cost much to let you stay with us temporarily...ah!"
Zhousuke suddenly screamed, attracting the confused looks of Qingto, Kondo and others.
"Ah, it's okay...it's just that my legs are a little numb." After giving Qingden and the others a laugh, Zhou Assistant used his aggrieved eyes to secretly look at the extremely concealed movement he had just made, and stretched out his left hand.
Use the thumb and index finger of your left hand to pinch a small piece of flesh on his lower back, and then twist Abi in a 180-degree circle...
Abi pretended not to see Zhouzhu's gaze and stared ahead expressionlessly.
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After finishing the conversation with Shusuke and others and leaving the hall, Kondo and Okita began to divide work and cooperate.
Kondo went to help Aonto and the others prepare bedding and other necessities.
Okita was responsible for taking Qingto and others to the room where they would live for some time in the future, and giving them a brief tour of the home that was connected to the dojo.
Trial Guard Hall, second floor——
"Tachibana-kun, after this is your room."
Okita led Aoto, Saito, and Kubei to the second floor of the trial defense hall, and pointed towards the two paper sliding doors in the corner.
Open the door and take a look inside the room - it is a very empty and spacious room.
As soon as his eyes fell into this room, Qingdeng couldn't help but clicked his tongue: "This room is so big..."
This is a...large room covering an area of about 30 square meters.
If it is squeezed in, it will be more than enough to accommodate 10 people, let alone 3 people.
"This room was originally intended for diners to live in," Okita said.
"Diners?" Qingdeng asked back.
"Yes." Okita nodded, and then continued, "Master, when he was building this sword training hall, he considered that the sword hall might attract some diners in the future, so he specially built such a spacious room for special use.
A big room for diners."
"However..." A helpless smile appeared on Okita's face at this time, "As you can see... our trial restaurant has not successfully attracted diners since its establishment, so this 'diners' room' has always been like this
Wasted..."
Sword halls in the Edo period have always had a habit of attracting diners.
Some sword hall owners with stronger financial resources often recruit some swordsmen with high sword skills to come to their sword hall, provide them with food, drink, and raise them - such people are called diners.
Their nature is the same as that of the diners who were kept in mansions by wealthy families during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China - they help when they have nothing to do, they help when they have something to do, they help when they quarrel, and they help when they fight.
In the beginning, the sword hall attracted diners purely to prevent those who came to play the hall.
If some kickers succeed in kicking the gym, it will be a small matter to lose face, but a big thing to cause the sword hall's reputation to drop.
Therefore, in order to prevent this situation from happening, we maintain some strong diners who are responsible for dealing with those who kick the restaurant.
The culture of feeding diners spread like this.
Today, the reasons why many sword hall owners have diners have become all kinds of strange.
Some of them are to increase the momentum of the sword hall and make the people in the sword hall appear to be more.
Some people admire strong people and want to gather strong people around them.
"Is it a room specially used for diners to live in..." Qingden smiled and turned his gaze back to the "diners" in front of him, "Think about it from another angle... Now I have to eat and live here for a while.
The three of us now seem to be considered diners at the Trial Guard Hall."
"Hmm... It seems so." Okita smiled at Qingto, "You three are indeed the first batch of diners in our trial restaurant."
"This 'diners' room' has been idle, so it's a little dirty. Let's clean it up together later."
After finishing speaking, Okita, who was standing in front of the door of the "diners' room", stretched out his finger and pointed to the left.
"The room over there is Brother Kondo's room. The room opposite is the room of master and aunt."
Okita turned his finger and pointed to the right.
"Then...the room with the big patch on the door is Uncle Yuan's room."
"Uncle Yuan?" Suddenly hearing a name he had never heard before, Qingdeng couldn't help but be startled, "Who is this?"
Okita was stunned for a moment: "Yes...it seems we haven't told you about Uncle Yuan yet..."
…
Okita used as simple words as possible to introduce to Qingto who the "Uncle Gen" he just mentioned was.
Uncle Gen—Full name is Genzaburo Inoue.
He is the disciple of their trial guard hall and a very senior old man.
He is now 31 years old. He became a disciple of Shiweikan in the fourth year of Honghua (1847) and practiced Natural Rishin-ryu. In terms of seniority, he is the elder brother of Kondo, Okita and Aoto.
Genzaburo Inoue, who has a very senior qualification in the imperial examination hall, has a close relationship with Kondo and his family, and his relationship with Kondo is even better because they are fellow villagers. Both Kondo and Genzaburo Inoue were born in Tama.
As the senior figure in the sword hall, Genzaburo Inoue has been doing his best to assist Kondo and others, assisting them in teaching swordsmanship and running the sword hall.
In order to better assist Kondo and others in managing the trial defense hall, Inoue Genzaburo accepted Shusuke's invitation and moved into the trial defense hall a long time ago before Okita even moved into the trial defense hall, and lived with the Kondo family.
People live under the same roof, eat and live together.
Being able to be directly invited by Shusuke and the others to live in their home... This shows that Shusuke really doesn't regard Genzaburo Inoue as an outsider at all.
According to Okita: Gensaburo Inoue returned to his hometown a while ago because something happened in his hometown, and it will take some time before he returns to Edo. This is the reason why Aoto has never seen Gensaburo Inoue before.
After listening to Okita's explanation, Qingden nodded slightly: "Inoue Genzaburo..."
Putting the name "Genzaburo Inoue" in his mouth, chewing it carefully, and silently memorizing the name, Aoto smiled and asked Okita in a half-joking tone:
"Since this Uncle Yuan is an old man with more than ten years of experience in our trial defense hall and has the ability to assist Kondo-kun in teaching swordsmanship...then he must be very powerful, right?"
"Humph." Okita put his hands on his hips, showing a proud expression, "That's natural."
"Although Uncle Yuan has a harmless face, he is the top strongman in our trial defense hall."
"Uncle Yuan, he just received the 'Not allowed to pass on' from his master a while ago."
"If you don't count the master, he is the only one in the entire trial defense hall. Uncle Yuan's strength is second only to me and Brother Kondo."
"Is it possible to pass on the exemption...?" Qingdeng let out a low exclamation, "If you can get the exemption and pass it on...that's really extraordinary..."
Aoto silently remembered the name "Genzaburo Inoue" more familiarly.
At this time, Okita began to introduce the structure of this house to Qingto.
"Next door to Uncle Yuan's room is the utility room, which houses many unknown objects that seem to be older than me."
"Then the room next to the utility room...that is, the room located at the corner of this corridor is my bedroom."
"Tachibana-kun, if you come to my bedroom to see me for any reason in the future, remember to knock on the door before entering the room."
"Oh." Qingden glanced at Okita's room and nodded, "Okay, I will."
Saito and Kubei, who were standing beside Aoto, also nodded at this time.
"Remember, before entering my room, you must remember to knock on the door first." Okita, who usually always smiles, rarely showed a serious expression at this time, "I hate it when others do things without my permission.
Come into my room."
"Okay. Okita-kun, don't worry." Qingto nodded towards Okita again, "I have the habit of knocking on the door before entering other people's rooms."
After saying that, Qing Deng secretly thought in his heart:
——This child pays great attention to his privacy...
Qingto didn't think much about Okita's behavior of asking them to say hello before entering his room - because he thought this behavior was quite normal.
Qingdeng also doesn't like others intruding into his private area without his permission. Because he doesn't like this kind of behavior, Qingdeng develops the habit of knocking on the door before entering other people's rooms.
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"Well, it's good if you can pay attention." Okita returned to his smiling and cheerful look, "Let's go, let's get a bucket and a rag, and let's clean this 'diners' room' together."
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[About Qingdeng’s full name]
I know that there must be many people who are not familiar with the name culture of ancient Japan, and they must be confused - isn't Aomori's full name "Tachibana Aoden"? What is the meaning of "Minamoto Tachibana Aoden Moriharu"?
This "Tachibana Aoden" is actually just the abbreviation of Qingnog's real name, and this "Original Orange Aoden Shengqing" is Qingnog's real name. In some official documents such as government documents, Qingnog's signature will not be "Orange"
"Qing Deng", but "Yuan Ju Qing Deng Sheng Qing"
Qingdeng's name can be arranged in 4 combinations.
You can call him "Yuan Qingden", "Yuan Shengqing", "Ju Qingden", "Ju Shengqing". The above four names are all correct and they all refer to Qingden.
All the samurai who appear in this book so far are like this. They all have a long real name. The names you see so far are just the abbreviations of their real names.
Take Okita as an example - according to historical facts, Okita's real name is "Fujiwara Okita, General Secretary Fang Liang".
You can call him "Okita Souji", "Fujiwara Souji", "Fujiwara Fangliang", "Okita Fangliang". These four titles are all correct and they all refer to Okita.
Why are their names so long?
What is the meaning of "Yuan" and "Shengqing" in Qingdeng's real name?
Why is it that so far in this book, no one has given their real name when introducing themselves?
The author will publish a free popular science post later to explain it to everyone.
