"ha?"
——Blind date?
Being inexplicably called out and brought to the topic of "blind date", Aotobu widened his eyes like Kondo and stopped holding the chopsticks in his hand.
"Yong, you are 26 years old this year." Zhousuke cleared his throat again and said to Kondo sincerely, "When other people are your age, you don't know how many children they have."
"And you are still single."
"Your mother and I..." Zhouzhu laughed a few times, "we both want to have grandchildren."
"You see, your mother and I are both gray-haired and in our sixties."
Zhou Zhu raised his finger and pointed at his pale hair.
"At our age, we might die anytime... ah!"
Before he finished speaking, Zhouzhu screamed - Abi, who was sitting next to him, stretched out his hand, pinched a small piece of flesh on Zhouzhu's lower back with the thumb and index finger of his right hand, and then twisted it hard.
"Stop saying such unlucky words." Abi said coldly.
"Okay, okay, let's stop talking." Zhou Zhu laughed awkwardly at A Bi a few times, and then in order to cover up his embarrassment, he cleared his throat a few times, "In a word - A Bi and I have decided to give it to you. Find a good match.”
"In the past few days, your mother and I have gone to the homes of reliable matchmakers to inquire about any quality girls."
"Huh?" Kondo raised his eyebrows vigorously, and then asked quickly, "Father! It turns out that you and your mother have been going out frequently these days to find a matchmaker!"
Zhousuke nodded, responded to Kondo with his actions, and said with a smile:
"We were very lucky. After only a few days of searching, we found a very good girl."
"Matsui Tsune, the daughter of Matsui Yachigoro, a trainee of the Shimizu family, one of the three Tokugawa emperors."
"The Matsui family is located in the northern suburbs of Edo."
"Just today, your mother and I visited Matsui's house and met Matsui. She is indeed a very nice girl."
"Good education, good temperament, and a pretty good family background."
"And she's a beauty! Her skin is as white and tender as... just like... just like a steamed bun!"
"Then the eyes were bright, like...like the oil splattered when frying pancakes!"
"Both cheeks are as healthy and rosy as peaches in season."
Zhousuke racked his brains and tried hard to describe Matsui Chang's appearance.
However, due to their limited cultural level, Aomori and others did not perceive the beauty of Matsui Tsune from Shusuke's mouth.
They just felt hungrier.
Zhousuke also realized that he did not have the cultural level to describe Matsui Chang's beauty at all, and waved his hands in embarrassment.
"In short, she is a girl with quite good conditions!"
"Abi and I both think this girl is very suitable."
"Father, mother, you have already seen that girl..." Kondo's eyes had been in a state of "widening in surprise" from the beginning.
"Of course you have to go and see it with your own eyes."
"After all, the matchmaker's hundreds of good words about the girl are nothing compared to going and seeing her in person."
After saying that, Zhouzhu straightened his face:
"Finding a daughter-in-law is a very serious matter. Whether we can find a high-quality daughter-in-law for our Kondo family is directly related to the future prosperity of our Kondo family."
"How many families have been torn apart because of a wicked wife?"
"On the other hand, if we can find a good wife, the whole family might be able to prosper."
"Look at the clan ancestor of the Tosa Domain: Yamauchi Kazutoyo, with mediocre abilities and no abilities, ended up relying on the assistance of his virtuous wife Chiyo to be granted the title of Tosa Domain and became a great name with a land of 240,000 koku."
Yamauchi Kazutoyo and Chiyo - This is a famous allusion in the Edo period, often used to refer to "finding a good wife" and "learning to assess the situation."
Yamauchi Kazuo was born in the Warring States Period three hundred years ago. He was a low-level samurai and had no background or resources.
As a result, he was very lucky to marry a good wife: Chiyo.
Chiyo is a girl who is beautiful, smart, and well-rounded. She has helped Yamauchi Kazutoyo to choose the correct answer in important life decisions many times.
Yamauchi Kazutyo first worked for Oda Nobunaga. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi first started to make his fortune, Chiyo saw that Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a strong "potential stock" and successfully persuaded him to work under Oda Nobunaga. Kazutoyo Yamauchi, who had achieved some fame, switched to work for Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Chiba did not misjudge the person. Toyotomi Hideyoshi really became a "people of the world" and unified Japan. Yamauchi Kazutoyo who listened to Chiba's advice and went to serve under the Toyotomi family early was awarded the title of 50,000 people. The Lord of Kakegawa Castle in the stone fiefdom.
After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Chiyo once again keenly saw through the general trend of the world and determined that Tokugawa Ieyasu would one day defeat the Toyotomi clan.
So he successfully persuaded Yamauchi Kazutoyo to quickly defect to Tokugawa Ieyasu on the eve of the Sekigahara War, the "Millennium War" that decided whether the world would be named Toyotomi or Tokugawa, and finally assisted Tokugawa Ieyasu in defeating Sekigahara. war.
After Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Edo shogunate, in memory of Yamauchi Kazutoyo's "flexible job-hopping", Yamauchi Ieyasu was transferred to Tosa Domain daimyo by Tokugawa Ieyasu with a territory of 240,000 koku. Tosa Domain's national title continues to this day. .
Just like this, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, relying on the help of his "virtuous wife and helper Chiyo", turned into a phoenix and jumped from a low-level samurai to a famous man worth 240,000 koku.
Because Yamauchi Kazutyo's life of relying on his wife to achieve a counterattack in life is so legendary and enviable, after the Edo period, "Yamauchi Kazutyo and Chiyo" became a very famous allusion and was often used by people. Come and teach your children how to find a high-quality wife and find a wife like Chiyo.
"Yong." A Bi, who had been silent just now, said calmly, "You should get up earlier tomorrow."
"You have to go to Matsui's house with us the day after tomorrow."
"The Matsui family is also very satisfied with your conditions."
"They are also willing to facilitate the marriage between our two families. They took the initiative to invite us to eat out together tomorrow."
"Tomorrow's banquet, Matsui Chang will also attend."
"So you have to take good care of yourself tomorrow and shave off all the stubble on your face. You have to leave a good impression on others."
Overly impactful news, one after another - Kondo is obviously a little out of his mind.
He grabbed the fabric on his knees with both hands, pursed his lips, and after hesitating for a long time with his face flushed, he said in a deep voice:
"Father, mother... I don't want to get married so soon..."
"The recent operating conditions of the Trial Guard Hall have rarely improved significantly."
"I now want to focus all my energy on running the trial gym."
"Having a wife... I'm afraid it will distract me."
"Hey." Zhou Zhu said with a smile, "'Starting a family' and 'Establishing a career' are two things that complement each other."
"If you marry a good wife who can help you deal with the trivial matters in life, won't you be able to focus more on your career?"
Zhouzhu has a good temper and is willing to reason with Kondo - Abi doesn't have such a good temper.
Her eyebrows stood up, she snorted coldly, and then shouted to Kondo:
"Are you going to wait until your hair turns gray before you marry?"
"You are already 26 years old! If you wait a few more years, no good girl will want to marry you!"
After being scolded by Abi, Kondo skillfully lowered his head and shrank his neck.
Abi's angry shout made the air in the entire hall become tense.
Aoto, Okita, Saito, and Kubei were all so frightened by the suffocating aura emitted by Abi that they dared not move...
In order to ease the atmosphere in the hall, Zhou Zhu blinked his eyes hard several times, and then quickly cast his eyes on Qingdeng.
"Ah, that's right. I almost forgot about Tachibana-kun."
"Ji Jun, in the past few days, when A Bi and I were looking for matchmakers to talk to Yong, many matchmakers who knew that the now famous Ju Qingden was training in our trial defense hall told me: There are many families with quite good conditions. , I want to establish a good relationship with you."
"I asked specifically. The conditions for those families who want to accept you as their son-in-law are indeed quite good. They are all famous samurai families in Edo."
"How is it? Do you have any intention of going on a blind date now?"
"You are 18 years old this year, which is just past the age where you can get married."
"If you want to go on a blind date, I can help you contact a reliable matchmaker tomorrow."
"Ah?" Qingdeng was stunned.
Everyone's eyes in the hall focused on Qingdeng.
"Blind date... Young Master, I think you can really try to go on a blind date now!" Kubei, who was sitting on the right side of Qingto, said quickly with a bit of excitement, "The incense of the Tachibana family needs Heritage, when I was your age, you were already born!"
Feeling the crowd's curious gazes on him, Qingden twitched the corner of his mouth, and then showed a helpless smile:
"Master, thank you for your kindness."
Qingden bent down towards Zhousuke.
"But I have no idea of starting a family yet."
"The 'anti-barbarian' thugs in Edo are still rampant."
"As a 'three times' samurai, I really don't have the energy to take care of both men and women at the moment."
There was no politeness or lies in Qingdeng's polite refusal. They were all sincere words.
Now he has completely offended the anti-barbarian group to death.
Before annihilating this unrelenting enemy and uprooting this group of crazy terrorists, he really didn't have the energy or leisure to get married and start a family.
Hearing Aonto's answer, Kyubei suddenly showed a frustrated expression.
Zhouzhu looked normal - after all, Qingdeng was just a disciple and resident of their trial defense hall, and he had no right to interfere with Qingdeng's private life.
Since Qingdeng has made it clear that he does not want to marry yet, Zhouzhu can only nod:
"Well, at your age, you really don't have to worry about men and women in a hurry."
"If you want to start a family one day in the future, you are welcome to come to me at any time! I will help you find a matchmaker!"
Zhou Zhu smiled freely at Qingdeng.
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That day, late at night——
Trial Wei Pavilion, among the diners——
Qingdeng, who had changed into white pajamas and lay in bed, suddenly felt a little thirsty.
So, he had to lift off the quilt he had just covered and prepare to go to the kitchen on the first floor to find some water.
As soon as he left the diners' room and stood in the corridor outside the diners' room, Qingden suddenly heard the sound of the door being opened beside him.
"Okita-kun?"
"Huh? Tachibana-kun, aren't you asleep yet?"
On the other side of the corridor, Okita, who was holding a bathtub in his arms, kept closing the door of his bedroom with one hand and blinked at Qingteng in surprise.
"I was a little thirsty, so I wanted to find some water in the kitchen." Qingto lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the bathtub in Okita's arms, "Okita-kun, are you going to take a bath at Chihiro's house?"
"Yeah." Okita nodded.
If Okita wanted to take a shower at Chihiro's house, of course he would have to go down to the first floor of the trial bathroom first.
Therefore, Aoto and Okita naturally walked side by side towards the stairs leading to the first floor.
The two of them were speechless at first.
But suddenly, Okita suddenly murmured in a tone that made it difficult to understand his emotions:
"It feels a bit scary..."
"Huh? Scary? What is scary?" Qingden asked in confusion.
"Today at dinner, Master and the others are going to take Kondo-san on a blind date... I feel a bit scary." The corners of Okita's lips curved into a wry smile, "Maybe it's because of my personality. I've never liked it very much. Blind date..."
"Suddenly, my parents forced me to come over with someone I didn't know at all...and asked me to marry that person...I think this kind of thing is so scary."
In the Edo period, although people were free to fall in love, "parents' orders, matchmaker's words" and "get married first before falling in love" were still the mainstream of matters between men and women in this era.
After hearing Okita's sentiments, Qingto nodded in agreement: "Well... we both have very similar ideas... Compared to blind dates, I personally prefer the kind of 'accidental acquaintance and then a natural combination' love affair."
Perhaps it was because he had heard too many weird blind date stories in his previous life, so Qingdeng had always had a slight resistance to the activity of "blind date".
"Hahaha." The smile on Okita's face changed back to her usual cheerful smile, "It turns out you don't like blind dates either, Tachibana-kun."
"Compared to a blind date, I also prefer the kind of romance where you meet by chance, gradually fall in love with the other person over time, and finally marry with the other person naturally!"
The stairs from the second floor to the first floor were not long. After just two or three words, the two of them had already descended to the first floor.
When the two were about to separate and do their own things, Qingto couldn't help but glance at the bathtub in Okita's arms.
"Speaking of which...Okita-kun, you really like to take a bath late at night."
"I've been staying at the Bathhouse for so long, but I haven't seen you go to Chihiro House to take a bath outside of late at night."
"Because there are few people in the bathhouse late at night, I am often the only one in the entire bathhouse." Okita replied without thinking, "I really like this feeling of monopolizing the entire bathhouse."
After saying that, Okita waved his hand vigorously towards Aoden.
"Okay, it's time for me to take a shower. If I don't hurry up, Chihiro House may be closed."
"Well, okay. See you later."
As for Okita's habit of taking a bath when the bathhouse is almost closed... Aomori just mentioned it casually.
After saying goodbye to Okita, he put the matter behind him and walked to the kitchen to get some water.
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Time passes in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, Qingdeng's short vacation was over.
Until the end of the vacation, Qingdeng lived a very regular life, spending every day in the Trial Guard Hall concentrating on training.
Compared with Qingto, Kondo is much busier. In recent days, he has been dragged by Zhousuke, Abi and others to deal with various blind date matters. He has also gone to have dinner with the Matsui family, and this and that.
On the last day of the holiday, the big news that "Aizuhou is going to hold a swordsmanship competition" was finally widely announced.
The Aizu clan is indeed one of the most powerful clans at present, with a lot of money - they directly sent some of the clan's warriors to go door to door to various sword halls in Edo to promote their games.
The competition location and time have been determined as Asakusa and April 16. Each sword hall only allows a maximum of three apprentices to participate.
Both Shusuke and Kondo intend to use this competition to hone their disciples in the gym. If they are lucky and get good rankings in this competition, they can further expand the reputation of their gymnasium.
So on the day when the feudal lords of the Aizu Domain came to promote the competition, Kondo and the others summoned all the disciples in the academy to ask if anyone was willing to participate.
There were quite a few people signing up, and more than ten people stood up in one breath and expressed their desire to go to this competition to see the world.
Each sword hall could only have a maximum of three contestants. Kondo had no choice but to start the selection process and select the three most powerful newcomers to compete - Aomori was very lucky to be among them.
"Tachibana-kun, based on your current strength... some of the old men in our training hall who have been practicing swordsmanship for a long time may not be able to defeat you." - These were Kondo's original words when he selected Aototo to compete.
After the long vacation, Qingdeng returned to his job again.
Thanks to the new achievements of "making another great contribution" and "increasing his salary by 400 shi in one breath", Qingnog's status and treatment within the Beifan Institute have been further improved obviously!
Qingteng is now walking in Beifansuo, and almost everyone who passes by him will greet him proactively and enthusiastically. Those senior seniors who are now talking to Qingteng also speak softly. .
The name "Dumbhead"... is completely a thing of the past.
Qingnobo's main focus these days is to familiarize Nagakura and the others with Okabiki's daily work.
Okabiki's daily work is quite simple. In a nutshell - their main job on weekdays is to help their employer to handle some hard work, such as patrolling the jurisdiction for Qingnobo and summoning a certain person. Helping you run errands when you are alone...
They were all tasks with little technical content, so Nagakura and the others got started quickly.
From Qingdeng's vacation to now, there have been two major events worth mentioning in the practice office.
The first major event: Shogun Tokugawa Iemoge personally ordered that the thieves be recruited to annihilate the rebel group!
The Huo Fu thieves were actually dispatched... This shows that the nature of the case of the "Arrest and Anti-Barbarian Group" has completely changed.
Specially responsible for handling major vicious incidents and dealing with those vicious criminals, Huofu Thieves, whose functions are similar to those of the wu police, were recruited... This shows that the shogunate has completely regarded the anti-barbarian group as a terror that "will shake the national order and must be eradicated as soon as possible." organize.
The famous Huofu Thief was transferred to assist them - this greatly boosted the morale of the officers at the execution station.
It's a pity... the people from the Yi group can really hide.
After the incident of "the city and town were set on fire and the Fanshu Tiao Office was attacked", Edo suddenly became much calmer, and the people of the anti-barbarian group did not show up again.
The execution office and the Huofu Thieves Kai almost worked together to turn the entire Edo upside down, but they still have not found the stronghold of the anti-barbarian group, nor have they captured the important leading cadres headed by Kamino.
As for the second major event... although it is not a very serious or important event, it is worth mentioning a few words.
For some reason, the frequency of sightings of the Kaitou Neko-monk by the town residents has suddenly increased a lot recently!
In recent times, the practice has frequently received reports of "cat monks seen appearing at night."
Cat Monk's appearance is very irregular. Today I received reports of him appearing in the city center, and tomorrow I heard rumors of his appearance in the eastern suburbs.
Then, on April 6th, something happened... something that left all the officials at the execution station confused.
In the early morning of April 6th, the officers of the Northern Bansho went to their Bansho mansion and were about to open the door and start today's work. They suddenly discovered that there were two middle-aged men who had been tied up and were thrown into a coma. In front of their gate.
There is a note on the head of these two people, and there is a line of big words written on the note: These two people are the two wanted criminals who have raped many civilian girls and are still absconding!
The confused officers took a closer look at the faces of the two middle-aged men - they were really the two rapists who had been wanted for a long time but had not been caught until now!
The officers quickly took the two men into custody and then began interrogation.
After an interrogation, I finally found out what happened.
Just last night, the two of them were lurking in the alley of a certain city, preparing to "sneak attack" a nightingale passing by, when a black shadow suddenly fell in front of them.
As soon as the black shadow appeared, he flattened his hands into a palm shape with his palms facing up, and then raised his arms high.
While raising your arms, stand up and bend your right leg upward to stand in a golden rooster position.
After completing this weird posture, he shouted:
"That's right, Cat Monk!"
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