"Zuo Nazi."
At this time, a clear male voice sounded from behind Zuo Nazi.
"Ah, Tachibana-kun."
Zuo Nazi turned around and glanced at Qingdeng, who was walking towards her.
"Why are you back? Haven't there been a lot of new apprentices coming to the sword hall recently? They must be very busy, right?"
As Zuonazi spoke, he put down the male haori he was sewing, then pulled out a caracara from the gap between his belt and clothes and handed it to Kinoshita Mai.
"Here, take it aside and play with it. Don't disturb us."
"Karakara" is a children's toy from the Edo period that looks a bit like a rattle.
Looking at the caracara handed over by Zuo Nazi, Kinoshita Mai's eyes suddenly lit up.
She hurriedly took the children's toy with both hands, and then jumped away like a happy puppy, holding Caracara.
"Jutaro..."
"Tachibana-kun, you said it wrong again. It's 'brother', right?"
Zuo Nazi interrupted Qingdeng's words and cast a teasing look at Qingdeng.
"If my elder brother hears that you didn't call him 'brother', he will be angry again."
"Ah, that's right..." Qingto patted his forehead helplessly, "Oh, I've been called 'Mr. Jutaro' for so many years, I'm used to it, and I really can't change it for a while..."
"It is true that many new apprentices have come to the sword hall recently. But the newcomers who came to the dojo to practice today are very smart, and they can basically learn it after being taught. Even if my brother is the only one present, he can still be busy, so my brother calls him "Zuo Nazi" She just got pregnant, and you, as a husband, wanted to spend more time with her, so you asked me to come back alone."
After Zuo Nazi heard this, a blush suddenly appeared on his pretty face.
"Tch...brother, it's really..."
She raised her hands and caressed her slim, flat belly.
The moment his fingers touched his belly, Zuo Nazi's eyes softened.
"You just have to worry about some messy things... Ah, Mr. Ju, are you thirsty? I cooked a pot of Korean ginseng soup today. Do you want to drink a bowl first?"
"Korean ginseng soup? What day is it today? Why make such a luxurious soup?"
"There is no special day or reason, I just bought it to replenish your health. You are now the teacher of our Little Qianye Sword Hall, and together with your elder brother, you are responsible for developing the Little Qianba Sword Hall into" We have the important task of being the No. 1 Sword Hall in the World, so we can’t do it without taking good care of ourselves.”
"Zuo Nazi..."
Qingden whispered Zuo Nazi's name affectionately, then opened his arms like a mother bird, took the beauty in front of him into his arms and pushed her down on the tatami.
"Huh? Mr. Ju, wait, it's still daytime, and that silly concubine is still here..."
As if to echo Zuo Nazi's plea, the sound of someone playing cara-kara "kara-kara" sounded outside the room.
Zuo Nazi, who showed a panicked expression, kicked her feet and subconsciously tried to push Qingdeng away with her hands - however, her little resistance was completely in vain.
Not only did Qingdeng not let go of Zuo Nazi, but he also hugged Zuo Nazi tighter.
The hands that were buckled on Zuo Nazi's back were divided into two groups - the right hand was brought in front of Zuo Nazi's body, while the left hand moved down and pressed on Zuo Nazi's belt.
Zuo Nazi, who knew what was going to happen next, blushed.
After hesitating for a moment, Zuo Nazi closed his eyes tightly as if accepting his fate, and allowed Qingdeng to transform him back to his pure state on the physical level.
Just when Qingdeng was about to tear off her undergarment and waistband——
"Zuo Nazi! Hey! Zuo Nazi! Zuo Nazi!"
Zuo Nazi suddenly heard the voice of his brother Chiba Jutaro.
"Brother, brother, are you back?"
Zuo Nazi, who thought her brother was back, quickly opened her eyes, raised her hand to push Aoto who was lying on her away, and looked around... but she didn't see Chiba Jutaro at all.
"Zuo Nazi! Zuo Nazi! Are you asleep in the bathroom? If you hear my voice, answer me quickly!"
Chiba Jutaro's voice was extremely distant, yet extremely clear.
bathroom?
This word flashed through Zuo Nazi's brain like a bolt of lightning.
In an instant, Zuo Nazi's vision became weird - everything he saw, whether it was Qingden or the ceiling above his head, the whole world began to become blurry.
This strange vision of "the world is distorted" only appeared for a moment.
After a moment, Zuo Nazi felt his body falling straight down——
…
Zuo Nazi suddenly woke up.
The hot water surrounding her, the rich vapor filling the entire field of vision... everything in front of her confused Zuo Nazi, but she quickly remembered the current situation.
I was taking a bath in the bathroom at home.
I don't know whether it was because the bath was too comfortable, or because I experienced something that made me physically and mentally exhausted today, but I fell asleep unknowingly while taking a bath.
——Those things just now... were all my dreams?
"Zuo Nazi! Zuo Nazi! Can you hear my voice? If you don't reply, I will force my way in!"
Chiba Jutaro's anxious shouting, accompanied by a rapid knock on the door that seemed to be about to smash down, reached Zuo Nazi's ears again.
Because Zuo Nazi took too long to take a bath, Chiba Jutaro, who was worried about whether something had happened to Zuo Nako, came to check the situation - this was the truth about the fact that Zuo Nazi suddenly heard his brother's voice in his dream.
Hearing that Chiba Jutaro was actually planning to break in, Zuo Nazi was shocked and said quickly:
"Brother! I'm fine! Don't come in!"
As soon as Zuo Nazi spoke, the sound of Chiba Jutaro taking a deep breath could be heard outside the bathroom.
"Oh, great, Zuo Nazi, you're okay... Really, if you're okay, you should answer me as soon as possible. It's so scary. I almost thought you were dizzy in the bathtub."
"Sorry for making you worry."
"Zuo Nazi, I just called you for a long time, but why didn't you make any movement? Are you sleeping in the bathtub?"
"No." Zuo Nazi said without thinking, "I was just thinking about something, and I was too absorbed in my thinking, so I didn't hear your voice clearly."
Accidentally falling asleep while taking a bath - this kind of thing is so stupid, Zuo Nazi would not admit that he had done such a stupid thing until he died.
"Thinking about something? What can make you think so focused?"
Zuo Nazi, who didn't want to talk about this topic with Chiba Jutaro, made a few nonsense words to avoid the topic.
After all, staying outside the bathroom where my sister was taking a bath was not an elegant thing to do.
Therefore, Chiba Jutaro, who was relieved after confirming that Zuo Nazi was fine, told Zuo Nazi a few words, "Don't wash for too long," then turned around and left in a stride.
Zuo Nazi listened carefully to the footsteps of Chiba Jutaro leaving.
Until Chiba Jutaro's footsteps and breath completely left the bathroom, Zuo Nazi took a deep breath, then bent his waist and retracted most of his delicate body under the water, leaving only the part above the lips still exposed.
"It's so shameless...!"
Zuo Nazi murmured through gritted teeth.
"How could I... have such a shameless dream...!"
Every detail of the dream he just had was very clearly stored in Zuo Nazi's mind.
Marry Aotobu with Mai Kinoshita...
I am pregnant...
Qingdeng tried to have sex with her day and night, but instead of effectively resisting, she tried to refuse but even welcomed him...
Every element in this dream made Zuo Nazi so embarrassed and angry that he wanted to grab the ground with his head.
Although in this strange dream, Kinoshita Mai was obedient to her like a well-trained pet, which gave Zuo Nazi a strange sense of relief, but this sense of relief could not wash away the strong feeling. of shame.
She could not be completely indifferent to what Qingdeng said on the river embankment this afternoon - Zuo Nazi realized this in hindsight at this moment.
"In front of Miss Kinoshita and I, he openly announced that he would marry both of us at the same time... Should I say he is decisive and responsible... Or should I say he is too straightforward..."
The orchid breath gently stirs the water surface, causing circles of ripples.
"It doesn't matter...no matter what, I will..."
Zuo Nazi's murmur suddenly stopped at this moment.
Obviously I didn't recall it specifically, but in Zuo Nazi's dream just now, the content that made Zuo Nazi feel most ashamed...the scenes in which Qingdeng hugged her tightly and took off her clothes, were all reflected in Zuo Nazi's eyes one by one. flashed in my mind.
In an instant, Zuo Nazi's face was so red that it was still clearly visible even through the layers of thick water vapor.
"No, unclean...! Chiba Zuo, what are you thinking about...!"
Zuo Nazi closed his eyes tightly and shook his head vigorously, as if he wanted to shake all the distracting thoughts out of his head.
"Chiba Zuo...haven't you already made up your mind not to marry for the rest of your life, but to study the art of swordsmanship wholeheartedly...?"
After saying that, Zuo Nazi retracted his head, and with a "pop" sound, he hid his whole body into the deepest part of the tub.
The bathroom returned to silence.
Only a series of lovely bubbles were spit out of the water.
Under the water, a faint red glow is faintly visible.
…
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Edo, Koishikawa Kohinagayanagicho, trial defense hall, dojo——
"Ji Jun, it's so late at night, aren't you going to rest?"
The voice of Genzaburo Inoue came from behind.
"Well... I recently figured out a new trick, so I want to practice it more in the dojo."
Qingden turned around and smiled at Inoue who was standing at the door of the dojo.
"That's it... then you should pay more attention to your time. Although diligence is a good thing, you must also pay attention to the balance between work and rest."
"Yeah, okay. I know what I'm doing."
After watching Inoue leave, Qingden moved his gaze back to the front of him, gathering his mind and attention again.
"Okay... let's continue..."
Qingdeng closed his eyes and held the bamboo sword in the middle position.
Relying on the extraordinary memory given by the gift of "photographic memory", in just a moment, Qingden's vision, which was completely black due to closing his eyes, was outlined stroke by stroke, drawing the outline of a model lake.
Immediately afterwards, the contour lines became clear and splashed with color - a deserted, dusty path, and a man in black holding a wooden knife high above his head, "appeared" in front of Qingdeng.
Soon enough, the man in black waved the wooden sword in his hand involuntarily the next moment he "appeared".
"All kinds of things" attack Qingdeng again!
Although the memory is not as good as the reality, it still shocks Qingdeng a lot.
Thinking back to a few hours ago, after the man in black beat Qingdeng violently and left, Qingdeng lay on the muddy ground for more than ten minutes before he regained his composure.
After finally regaining the strength to get up and move, Qingdeng immediately chased the man in black in the direction he left, trying to find the figure of the man in black.
Qingdeng's tracking was not without effort, but the result was still regrettable - nothing was found.
After searching to no avail and having no choice but to return to the trial defense hall, Qingteng hurriedly rushed into the dojo.
From the time he returned to the Trial Guard Hall to now, Qingden has almost lived in the dojo.
He tirelessly recalled the sword of the man in black.
On the one hand, I want to find out the secret of this move. Taking advantage of everything in the forest to attack... Whether it was the power or the visual impact, Qingdeng was stunned and full of curiosity - how did this mysterious old guy do it?
On the other hand... it was because of the eerie familiarity that this move brought to Qingdeng, which has been lingering in Qingdeng's mind.
So familiar...so familiar...
But Qingden still couldn't figure out why he felt familiar.
It's like grabbing the moon in the water - the "moon" is clearly right in front of you, but no matter how hard you grab it, you can't catch it in your hands...
"Sure enough...it looks so familiar..."
Qingden slowly opened his eyes, put down his bamboo sword, and raised his hand to ruffle his hair in frustration.
"Where does this feeling of familiarity come from...?"
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…
After the wedding of Kondo Isamu and Matsui Tsune, Aoto had some free time without any important activities for the first time in a long time.
During this period of time, Aoto's life was very regular - he went to five places in succession, namely, the Imperial Guard Hall, Chishiya, Little Chiba Sword Hall, the Foreigner's Residence, and the Tsukinomiya Shrine.
Practice swordsmanship in the Trial Guard Hall.
Practice the sword-drawing technique in Qianshiwu.
Visiting Radish at the Little Chiba Kenkan.
Serve as a role model for others in foreign settlements.
Practice cloud-ryu ninjutsu at Tsukinomiya Shrine.
Every day is busy and fulfilling.
With the collapse of the anti-barbarian group, Qingdeng fell into confusion, not knowing what to do next, and losing the direction of his efforts - but now, this worry has completely disappeared.
After expressing his determination to Kinoshita Mai and Zuo Nako, which seemed a little arrogant in the eyes of outsiders, Qingto now has a very clear goal and plan for the future: to make the parents of the two daughters accept and recognize him. ! Allow him to marry his second daughter!
Fighting for women... Although this reason may seem a bit unserious at first glance, Qingdeng was determined.
What's more, in terms of difficulty, Qingdeng's ambition is not much easier than ideals such as "opening a dojo of his own" and "being a high official and making a lot of money."
Qingto has never met Kinoshita Mai's relatives until now, so he doesn't have any idea about the character and outlook of this Nizi's family members.
Therefore, for the time being, Kinoshita Mai will not comment on this, and let’s talk about Zuo Nako first - Zuo Nako is the number one sect in the martial arts world: the jewel in the eye of the Chiba family.
One can imagine how difficult it is to marry a woman of this level, and to marry another woman at the same time as her. One can imagine how difficult it is.
On the day Aoto confessed her love, Zuo Nazi made it clear to Aoto: Chiba Sadaki and Chiba Jutaro would not allow her future husband to have a group of wives and concubines.
Although if he wants to fulfill his ambition of changing the two girls' surnames to "Orange Dance" and "Orange Zuonazi" respectively, they will have to walk a difficult and thorny road, Qingdeng is full of fighting spirit.
Now that I have made up my mind to marry the second daughter, I can only muster up the energy to do it!
By the way, after expressing his "grand ambition" to the two girls, Qingdeng no longer kept his feelings hidden and completely let himself go - he was more active and proactive with the two girls than before. Contact and communicate.
Therefore, Radish has been having a very happy time these days - Aomori's visits to the Little Chiba Sword Hall have become much more frequent.
Carrot swept away his previous melancholy and became more clingy, and his cry of "moo moo" became much clearer.
When the two women faced Qingdeng, they showed two completely different changes.
When Kinoshita Mai got along with Aoto, she became more shy and blushing - maybe it was because Aoto made it clear that he also liked her.
As for Zuo Nazi, she treated Qingdeng as a friend as always - but she always subconsciously averted her eyes when she looked at Qingdeng.
All in all, after that river embankment and that afternoon, the relationship between the two girls and Qingdeng was destined to become untidy and chaotic.
In addition to "marrying two daughters", Qingdeng actually has a "small goal" for the future.
After witnessing the unparalleled slashing attack of the man in black, Qingdeng's worldview... to put it bluntly, was directly refreshed.
The sword in the palm merges with the heaven and earth... Is this still human?
Qingdeng has been trying to understand these days, trying to understand how the man in black did this sword, and where the unreasonable familiarity with this sword came from, but he still got nothing. .
However, it planted a seed in Qingdeng's heart.
It turns out... there are such powerful warriors in this world...
When he thought of this, Qing Deng, who had always loved martial arts, felt an emotion called "longing" and a strange power in his heart.
Under the influence of this wonderful power, Qingden has been practicing his sword skills more diligently recently.
Can he reach the level of the man in black in the future? I'm afraid only God knows this.
But having one more target to look up to is not a bad thing.
…
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The first year of Wanyan (1860), September 10th——
Today is the day when Aoto goes to Tsukinomiya Shrine to practice the cloud-ryu ninjutsu.
As soon as he entered the shrine, Aomori ran into the sisters Sae and Yae who were sweeping the floor.
"Junior! You came early today too!"
"Mr. Tachibana, good morning. You are here just in time. Master Yu Du has just told us: If we see you coming to the shrine, we will take you to the archery range to see her immediately."
"Archery range?" Qingdeng was startled.
"Ah, speaking of which..." Yae patted his forehead, "Junior, it seems you haven't been to the archery range of our Tsukinomiya Shrine yet."
"Do we have an archery range here?" Qingdeng asked.
Shaden nodded: "It's in the woods behind the shrine. However, because our new imperial ban does not require the warriors to master archery, the archery range is basically only used by Master Yu Du on weekdays."
"His Royal Highness Tianzhangyuan knows how to use a bow?"
At Tsukinomiya Shrine, both "Yu Atsushi-sama" and "His Royal Highness Tenshoin" are acceptable, so Aomori chose the latter that he was more familiar with and more accustomed to.
Sa Chong nodded again: "Arching is the martial arts that His Highness Tianzhangyuan is best at. Okay, no more chatting, Mr. Ju, please come with me. It would not be good if Master Yu Du is kept waiting for a long time. ”
Qingto, who didn't understand why, followed the "second" sisters and walked quickly towards the back of the shrine.
After passing through an entire shrine and then through a layer of dense woods, Qingden suddenly heard the crisp sounds of drawing a bow one after another.
Walking along a path that has been trampled so much that no grass grows, Qingdeng suddenly sees an extremely spacious archery range.
On the north side of the archery range, there are archery targets with different distances from the "archery area".
On the south side of the archery range is the "archery area" where people can stop and draw their bows.
At this moment, in the center of the "Archery Area", stood a graceful figure with seductive curves - Tianzhangin, dressed in white and purple haori as a shrine maiden, holding a beautiful and purple bow over 2 meters long. Bow, looking intently at the arrow target ahead.
When Qingdeng arrived at the archery range, Tianzhangyuan raised his bow and took out a practice arrow from the quiver at his waist. It had no arrow cluster and only a bare shaft.
Tian Zhangyuan was seen standing sideways with his left foot in front and his right foot behind.
With serious eyes full of solemnity, he looked straight at a straw target 50 meters in front of him, raised the bow high above his head, and slowly lowered it while drawing the bowstring.
Hold your breath and concentrate.
No distractions.
In the next moment, the arrow flew out.
The sharp sound of breaking wind trailed out with a long tail sound as the arrow was lost.
The clusterless arrow made a small hole in the air.
This small transparent hole leads straight to the target - the arrow missed the target.
--sharp!
Seeing the arrow missing the target, Qingden couldn't help but secretly praise it.
Although Qingdeng has not systematically learned archery, he has played bow and arrow several times in the "Archery Club", "Archery Experience Hall" and other places in his previous life.
Anyone who has ever touched a bow and arrow knows how difficult it is to "make the arrow fly along the trajectory you want."
For beginners who have never been exposed to archery, it is not easy just to shoot a 6 or 7-ring score on a target 10 meters away.
Accurately hitting the bull's-eye of an arrow target 50 meters away... This skill of Tianzhangyuan would never be possible without painstaking training in bow skills.
"Oh, Tachibana-kun, you're here, good morning~!"
Qingdeng followed this pleasant female voice.
Tianzhangyuan's bright smile made the light nearby seem to become a little brighter.
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Qingdeng can see different beauties in different places every day... It's so exciting! I really want to write a restricted-level extra to criticize this kind of behavior! (Leopard Fury.jpg)
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