Xiaoshan Qian squatted down and reached out to touch the water in the pool. It was cool to the bone and made people feel refreshed.
Kiyomizu Temple's Otowa no Taki is famous in Kyoto. It is said that the spring water here is quite spiritual and is also a good source of water for making tea. In fact, there is a tea house not far from here, and the owner is a kind-hearted old woman.
"Are you hungry? You've been walking for a long time. Let's go eat first." Xiaoshan Qian stood up and said to Zhang Heng expressionlessly.
"That's fine." The latter didn't know what he had done wrong. Akane Koyama was very cold to him along the way. Zhang Heng thought for a moment and said, "If you treat me to nigiri sushi, then I'll treat you to tea." ”
Akane Koyama was noncommittal, and the two of them came to the teahouse with a blue curtain, lifted the curtain and walked in.
The waiter in the tea house came to the two of them and asked, "What do you two want to eat?"
Zhang Heng looked around half a circle and was about to find a seat when he heard Xiaoshan Qian suddenly let out a light sigh and said to someone, "Why are you here?"
Zhang Heng followed Xiaoshan Qian's gaze and saw a young man.
At just the first glance, Zhang Heng knew the identity of the other person. Just like what Akane Koyama described before, he did have a cheerfulness and innocence that was different from ordinary people.
Considering his age and the blood on his hands, this kind of cheerfulness and innocence are even more valuable, even incredible, but now there is a bit of embarrassment and shame on his face, looking at Akane Koyama He seemed to be begging her not to ask any more questions.
Akane Koyama raised her eyebrows, "What's the purpose of the Shinsengumi coming here? Kiyomizu Temple is a Buddhist pure land, so you'd better not mess around."
"No, no, no, you misunderstood." The boy waved his hands quickly, "It has nothing to do with the Shinsengumi, I came here myself."
As he spoke, he was still looking uneasily at the door of the teahouse.
"Huh?" Xiaoshan Akane's doubts became even greater. Seeing that the other party was acting like this, he was probably planning to ambush someone here. Could it be that he had received the news in advance that some important figure from the overthrow faction would appear here.
"Hey, it's not what you imagined." The young man defended, but then he seemed to see something outside the tea house. His face turned red and he quickly looked away.
Akane Koyama wanted to continue asking. She didn't care about the grudges between the Shinsengumi and the fallen faction, but if the two parties started to fight, they couldn't do it in Kiyomizu Temple, otherwise this thousand-year-old temple would suffer.
However, before she could ask any more questions, someone grabbed her hand.
"Let's find a place to sit first. I don't know what kind of tea I should drink yet." Zhang Heng said.
"Eh?" Xiaoshan Akane was startled, and she could no longer care about the things on the other side. The warmth from her palms made all the messy thoughts that she had suppressed with difficulty jump out, and it seemed like Something exploded in her head.
She just followed Zhang Heng and sat down at a table in a daze, when another girl and her mother-in-law walked into the store.
If Akane Koyama is as hard as a long sword with a hundred refinements, then this girl is as gentle as the sunshine in March. When she walks in, she immediately lights up the small tea house.
The boy buried his head lower, like a drunk person, but there was no alcohol sold in the tea house next to Otowa no Taki.
Without squinting her eyes, the girl went directly to the waiter and asked for a rice cake to be packed. Then she thanked her in a soft voice and left the tea house.
It wasn't until her figure disappeared outside the door that the young man puffed up his chest again and stared at the tea cup in front of him, his expression full of despair.
Akane Xiaoshan looked angry and amused, and asked, "Whose girl is she from?"
"Ah?" The young man scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "Ah, I haven't asked you yet. I met him accidentally at Dr. Tezuka's house."
As he spoke, he covered his mouth again, coughed, and his face turned red even more. This matter was really not very honorable. He heard that the girl would come to Otowa no Taki to draw water, so he secretly ran over first. Waiting here, but before Koyama Akane could even think of criticizing the other party, she heard the young man curiously ask again, "Is this your man?"
Now it was Akane Koyama's turn to become restless and angrily shouted, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
The young man was startled, because Akane Koyama looked like she was about to draw a knife and chop him in the next moment. The young man couldn't help but secretly murmured in his heart, as expected, Miss Xiaoye was more gentle and lovely.
And the next moment he heard a voice calling his name, "Okita Souji?"
"Yes." He responded subconsciously, and then saw that the person speaking was the man next to Akane Koyama, and asked strangely, "How do you know my name?"
"The best master of the Nisei Wolf, there are quite a few stories about you in Kyoto." Zhang Heng said, but he sighed slightly in his heart, and it turned out to be him.
Okita Souji is probably the only person in the entire Shinsengumi who is easy to talk to. It’s not that he has killed fewer people. In fact, the number of dead souls who fell under his sword is no less than anyone else in the group. However, he and Chief Kondo Isamu They have a very good relationship with each other. He will do whatever the latter says without thinking too much about it. On the contrary, he still retains a romantic nature.
He is like the sharpest knife in Kondo Isamu's hand, and the knife itself has no distinction between good and evil.
In the words of Hijikata Sansei, it's better to do this and save troubles from arising out of thin air.
But unfortunately, this boy who is the number one master of the Shinsengumi and is known as the Bakumatsu Heavenly Sword actually does not have many days left to live. He suffers from tuberculosis, which is an incurable disease in this era. , if Zhang Heng remembers correctly, next year, the 4th year of Qingying, will be his final day.
But now, like other teenagers of the same age, he secretly has a crush on the girl he likes, and comes to Kiyomizu Temple early in the morning just to take a peek at her.
"Being the number one master is too flattering to me. It's just a joke. Kondo-sensei, Hijikata, and Oishi Kazujiro are all better than me." Okita said modestly.
"Whenever you are free, come to the dojo and let's compete." Zhang Heng said.
Later generations' evaluation of Okita Souji is probably inseparable from the fact that he was a genius and died young. Although he was only in his early twenties, many people believed that he was not only the best master of the Shinsengumi, but also the best swordsman in Kyoto. Guest, of course Zhang Heng would not let go of such a character.
He also wanted to see what the most powerful master of this era looked like.
"Okay." Okita readily agreed, "But I'm afraid it won't be possible recently. I have important things to do, but when it's over I will go to the dojo to find you."
"Is it because of that girl just now?" Akane Koyama asked.
"Ah, no, no, it's business." Souji Okita blushed again.
