antique on the run

What Sakura was thinking Saiwei didn't know, and didn't bother to know, he carried Qi Xiao back home, and saw his small wooden door wide open from a distance.

"It's broken, Qi Xiao, I forgot to lock the door when I came out, this is... our house recruiting thieves?"

Sewei tiptoed to the gate lightly, with a hesitant look on his face, not knowing whether to enter or retreat.

Could the thief still be in the house?

The kitten in his arms raised his ears and listened, then suddenly broke free and jumped to the ground, and ran into the house first.

"Hey, Qi Xiao!"

Saiwei hurriedly chased after him, and as soon as he entered the room, he saw the kitten squatting on the floor with its head tilted, and a tall and mighty man was standing in front of the oil painting board he put in the corner.

The man has sword eyebrows and star-eyed eyes, handsome appearance, combed Yuedai hair, and is wearing an elegant azure-colored warrior uniform. You are back, I have been here to show you the door for a long time!"

His voice was loud and full of energy, he strode up to Saiwei with his hands behind his back, stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes, and asked with a smile: "What's the matter, Mr. Qingquan, I haven't seen you for a long time, don't you recognize me?"

Saiwei blinked and smiled, "Good afternoon, Mr. Toyotomi."

In just two seconds, he had received all Xia Chuan Qingquan's memories of this man.

This man is Soma Toyotomi, an authentic Japanese samurai, who works as a guest under Captain Youhei of Kyoto, and is also one of the few friends of Natsukawa Kiyoizumi.

They got married because of a clay pot.That was three years ago. At that time, Natsukawa Kiyoizumi hadn't known Sakura, and after learning from Ito Hiroya, he devoted himself to researching pottery crafts.At that time, Soma Toyotomi's boss, the captain of the right soldier of Kyoto, Akanishi Xingzawa, got a pottery pot from the Kamakura period by chance. However, because Akanishi didn't have much research on pottery, he sent his subordinate Soma Toyotomi to Get an expert to take a look.

Toyotomi Soma originally wanted to ask Hiroya Ito, the number one pottery master in Kyoto, to taste it. Unfortunately, Hiroya Ito happened to visit a friend in Osaka at that time. Soma Toyotomi ran into nothing, but just happened to meet him when he was about to leave. Kiyomi Natsukawa who asked Hiroya Ito for advice.

Toyotomi Soma has heard about this Westerner. It seems that he came to Japan from the Netherlands on purpose to learn pottery from the famous craftsman Hiroya Ito. Everyone praised his craftsmanship.

In line with the principle that something is better than nothing, Toyotomi Soma gave up inviting Hiroya Ito, and instead took Qingquan Natsukawa to see Lord Akanishi.As expected, Natsukawa Kiyomi did not disappoint Soma Toyotomi. With his profound historical knowledge and exquisite pottery making skills, he carefully analyzed the origin of the pottery. Akanishi-sama was extremely satisfied, and even gave Soma Toyotomi a high-level look. In addition, he was given a lot of convenience in his position.

In this way, Toyotomi Soma and Kiyomizu Natsukawa had their first relationship. At the beginning, Toyotomi Soma sent some food and wine only to Natsukawa Kiyomizu as a thank you gift, but as the communication deepened, Toyotomi Soma was gradually attracted by Kiyomizu Attracted by the vast western world beyond the sea in Qingquankou, whenever he has time, he would come over to drink and chat with Xiachuan Qingquan.

However, since Natsukawa Qingizumi's heart fell completely because of the cherry blossoms two years ago, Toyotomi Soma came less often. After all, every time he came, his friends were painting for Miss Sakura, and he had no time to talk to him at all, which made the proud Mr. Samurai was very unpleasant.

"I haven't seen you for so long, Toyotomi-kun, you are really a rare visitor." Saiwei invited Soma Toyotomi to sit down at the table, and he went to the stove to make a pot of green tea, and poured a cup for each of them.

Seeing Qi Xiao squatting on the floor from the corner of the eye, Sai Wei sighed, stood up, walked over to hug him, and smiled at Soma Toyotomi, "This is my kitten, Fatty."

"Fatty?" Soma Toyotomi raised his eyebrows, wondering, "But why do I feel that you just... didn't call it that?"

Sai Wei used to call Qi Xiao's name in Chinese before, which is not pronounced in Japanese, so Soma Toyotomi would find it strange.

"Ah, this..." Sai Wei rubbed his nose, and said with little confidence: "Probably you heard it wrong, he is called Fat Tai, right, Fat Tai?"

Qi Xiao rolled his eyes at Sai Wei in a corner that Soma Toyotomi couldn't see, but still responded with a reluctant "Mi".

Sai Wei stretched out his hand and pinched his ears in satisfaction, and after being slapped off by the cat's paw as always, he asked Soma Toyotomi: "By the way, Toyotomi-kun, why did you think of looking for me today?"

He glanced at the rich gift Soma Toyotomi put aside, it seemed to be two cans of sake and several exquisite food boxes, and there were several pieces of dried whole beef leg beside it.

You must know that wine and meat are luxury goods in Japan at present, and they are expensive, and they are foods that can only be enjoyed by nobles.

Sai Wei's eyes dimmed, "I brought so many things here, is there anything I can help with?"

It's not that he judges the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, but that Toyotomi Soma brought too many things, even more than when their relationship was the best before, how strange it is.

The intention of coming was immediately seen through, Souma Toyotomi's expression was awkward for a moment, but he quickly covered it up.He coughed heavily, and said, "Ah, Mr. Qingquan, actually I do have something to ask you."

Saiwei sat up slightly, pretending to be listening attentively, but Soma Toyotomi did not continue the conversation on this topic, instead pointing to Saiwei's oil painting, he asked, "Qiizumi-kun, are you still painting oil paintings? "

Saiwei was taken aback, and said, "Yes, I'm drawing."

Toyotomi Soma nodded, "Kiyizumi-kun's painting skills seem to have improved a lot."

This is not flattery, but Toyotomi Soma really thinks so.He followed Akanishi-sama among the upper class in Kyoto, and he had some understanding of oil paintings, which upper-class people like to use arty things most.He had seen Xia Chuan Qingquan's paintings before, and they were good, but the brushwork and composition were somewhat flawed, which damaged the overall beauty.

But the one in the corner is different. Whether it's smooth lines or skilled brushwork, it shows that Xia Chuanqingquan's oil painting skills have been improved to a higher level.

Everyone loves to hear compliments, and Sai Wei is no exception, he showed a rather sincere smile.

"Thank you."

Soma Toyotomi picked up the teacup and took a sip, then asked calmly, "Is this painting also for Miss Sakura?"

"No, I intend to sell this painting."

Toyotomi Soma paused while drinking tea, and raised his head in disbelief.

"Sell?"

Sai Wei answered very lightly: "Yes, I'm short of money recently, I plan to sell the painting for some money, and buy some delicious food for myself and... Fatty."

As he said, he stroked the smooth fur on the kitten's back, and felt a warm mass in his arms, and his mood inexplicably improved a lot.

After hearing his words, Soma Toyotomi put the teacup on the table abruptly, leaned forward in excitement, and said, "In that case, is Qingquan-kun willing to sell the painting to me?"

This time it was Sai Wei's turn to be stupid: "...Huh?"

Soma Toyotomi seemed to realize that he was too excited, so he quickly sat back and said, "I'm sorry, Qingquan-kun, I was too abrupt, but Qingquan-kun, can you think about what I said, since you want to sell the painting, Why don't you sell it to me? I guarantee that the price I offer will definitely be [-]% higher than the market price!"

Saiwei looked at his oil painting, then at Toyotomi Soma, feeling a little confused.

"Of course I can sell it to you, but Toyotomi-kun, why did you think of asking for oil paintings? Don't you dislike oil paintings?"

Judging from Xia Chuanqingquan's memory, although this samurai knew oil painting, he didn't have much interest in collecting oil paintings.

Soma Toyotomi let out a rare sigh, and said, "Of course I still don't like this kind of thing, but Akanishi-sama wants it, so of course I have to help him get it."

He slacked off, leaning against the table, leaning on the table with his elbows, and said helplessly: "Half a year ago, a lord general came to the capital, did you know that? On the twenty-fifth day of this month, that lord Akanishi-sama is going to congratulate him on his birthday. Hearing that the lord likes western things, especially oil paintings, he asked me to get a decent one as a congratulatory gift. After much deliberation, I can only ask you. "

Sai Wei nodded, putting on a thoughtful look.In fact, because of the limitation of memory sharing, he has no impression of Akanishi at all, but he has summed up a little bit through the memories related to Toyotomi Soma and his narration just now.

But looking at Soma Toyotomi's whole body style, a good idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Since it's a gift from Akanishi-sama to the general, it's okay to give this painting to you for nothing."

"……what?"

Soma Toyotomi was startled, but before he could open his mouth, Saiwei continued to say: "General's birthday, you should do your best to say what you say. But Mr. Toyotomi, I didn't give this painting for free, you have to help me too." Just be busy."