[Thin Sakura Ghost] Tongqi

For more than a month, Isamu Kondo's wife asked me to take care of these men, but I promised verbally, but I was really not sure in my heart.Ah Chang is an intelligent, virtuous and general-minded woman. I try to remember what she said, but I probably can't be as thoughtful as her.

Putting on a man's attire, with a high ponytail and a knife on my waist, I turned around in front of Todo Heisuke, and he nodded and said, "Well, he looks like a man."

"Really?" I asked.

"It's quite similar." The person who spoke was Hijikata Toshizo who was passing by. I saw him smiling so sinisterly, and my heart was creepy. This sounded right, but it didn't look good.

"Thank you." I had no choice but to say thank you bluntly.

"It doesn't have any characteristics of a woman, it's strange that it doesn't look like it." Hijikata Toshisan glanced at me, left a sentence and strode away, leaving me to stay where I was and blink my eyes once and for all.

Femininity? !My gaze moved down inch by inch and finally landed on my chest.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

Although I admit...it was unexpected...but ah!I raised my head and stared fiercely at Nagakura Shinpachi who told the truth, it's hard to understand!

"Yongcang Shinpachi, you are dead!"

……

In February of the third year of Wenjiu, I followed a group of men to join the Langshi group and started a walking journey from Edo to Kyoto.

Yes, that's right.on foot!

Fortunately, Ah Chang prepared a few pairs of new shoes for each of us, saying that we need to be fully prepared for the long journey, and it is true!After two days of walking, I changed into new straw sandals while thinking. The soles of my feet were numb, but the frayed blisters were very painful and almost stuck to the socks.

"You're the worst person I've ever met who can't walk."

Hijikata Toshizo walked behind me at some point and said quietly, I glanced at him, then bared my teeth and wrapped up the torn skin with cloth strips, then put on my socks, and continued walking with a limp.

"Why, are you still a child?" Hijikata Toshisan followed closely.I didn’t like it when I heard it, I’m already disabled like this, you don’t feel back pain when you stand by and talk, so I stopped and glared at him: “Will the child bear the pain and continue to walk? What else is it that you can’t walk? I walked for 20 years and you told me I can't walk?"

Hijikata Toshisan didn't seem to expect my reaction to be so big, and his face turned dark immediately: "I don't want to talk to you." He shook his hands and walked to the front of the line, leaving me dragging at the end of the line... It was difficult.

"Hifang is also for your own good." Yongcang Shinpachi patted me on the shoulder, his strength was much lighter than usual, "You really can't walk well because of your shoes and feet."

"..." I sighed, I had no energy to argue, so I could only silently miss the modern means of transportation with bitter tears. You are really the crystallization of human wisdom, and I love you so much.

"Oh? Why are you crying?!"

Yes, my heart is so tired, I wiped my tears and glanced at Yongcang Shinpachi as if turning on the tap.

"Oh, forget it, let me hug you." Nagakura Shinpachi sighed, and I started to feel ecstatic when I watched him, as if I saw a rickshaw, but I didn't feel the lightness of my body when my feet left the ground. He squatted in front of me, clasped his hands behind his back, and said, "Come up."

"Isn't it a hug?" I asked.

Yongcang Shinpachi turned his head and scratched his hair in embarrassment, "It's two men anyway, I'm really afraid of being misunderstood."

"Oh~" I grinned very happily, then took off my shoes and socks, carefully tore off the cloth strips that bandaged the wound, held the shoe in my left hand, and climbed up like an octopus to catch Nagakura Shinpachi with one hand. The neck is relaxed.

When sleeping in the open at night, everyone stayed by the fire talking and laughing, but Hijikata Toshizo was missing.

"Maybe I've gone to urinate." Okita Souji said as he played with the bare branches of the big tree.

"Does he want it too?" I asked.

Everyone looked at me and I saw you laughing, and the firelight reflected on their faces, which looked extraordinarily alive.

"Hearing what you said, I also think that Mr. Hijikata should not use this procedure." Souji Okita curled the corners of his mouth, his eyes narrowed and he smiled charmingly.

"But." Hearing the voice, it was Fujido Heisuke. I followed the reputation and saw his brows slightly frowned, "Tong, is it really okay for you to disregard your image like this?"

Regardless of image... I took a look at myself, dressed neatly, and combed my hair well. If you don't consider that I am digging my feet with my hands now, there is indeed no place to ignore image.

"Why pick your feet." Todo Heisuke continued, "Even if you are a man, it's only now!"

Now everyone's eyes are focused on the soles of my feet. I quickly covered my feet with wide trouser legs, my face was a little hot, "You don't understand, this is called foot massage, which prolongs life."

"Really?" Everyone asked in unison.

I raised my chin and nodded with my eyes closed.Suddenly a strange smell hit my face, I sniffed it carefully, it was really stinky, if you want to say what kind of smell it is, maybe... I opened my eyes, and there was a big foot.

"Er—" I threw myself on the ground in distaste, got up and kicked the owner of the stinky feet, Nagakura Shinpachi, but in the end I cried and howled amidst endless laughter, forgetting The wound on the sole of the foot, what a painful realization.

"If it's that good, give me a massage too." Nagakura Shinpachi approached me and said.

"Please wash your feet first." I pushed him away.

The warm flames danced up and down among the crowd, dispelling the winter chill. I saw the smiles on everyone's faces, and my heart was warm. Alas, if Ryoma was here, I would be happier, he must be The idiot with the happiest smile, my eyes move upwards, the stars all over the sky are especially playful and smart against the background of the moonlight, I can vaguely see the figure of that person in the endless black night... Ryoma, I am now Very happy, how about you?

"Huh? Hijikata-san."

It seemed that Todo Heisuke spoke first, everyone's eyes were cast in one direction, and Hijikata Toshizo's somewhat embarrassed figure gradually became clear.

"A Sui, where have you been?" Isamu Kondo asked with concern.

"I went to gather some herbs." Hijikata Toshizo replied, squeezed between me and Yongcang Shinbachi and sat down, opened the bag, and it was filled with grass and other plants, "It's too cold, so I can only pick these , it might ease it up a bit.”

"Is anyone sick?" I asked softly.

Hijikata Toshisan definitely gave me a gouging look, I guarantee it!Immediately afterwards, I heard his low voice, "Everyone has had a hard time walking, I will pick some herbs to apply to your feet."

"Ah, A Sui, you are still thoughtful, thanks for your hard work!" Isamu Kondo laughed.

"I didn't expect Hijikata to be such a gentle person." Yongcura Shinpachi muttered to himself.

"Oh? Is that so? Hijikata-san has another purpose, right?" Okita Souji's smile seemed to see everything, and he was saying that I understand and I can see it. If you want to hide it from me, wait another 100 years.

"Ahem!" Tukata Toshisan frowned and cleared his throat, "Quickly apply the medicine, there's so much nonsense!"

Everyone immediately obediently followed his instructions, found two stones in the stream, crushed herbs in the water, and applied them on the feet. Suddenly, a cool feeling rose from the soles of the feet. I shivered from the cold, but it didn’t take long. , The burning and itching of the wounds on the feet disappeared and became very comfortable.

"Wow, what a real spirit!" I yelled at Toshizo Hijikata.Suddenly, by the light of the fire, I saw that there seemed to be a small wound on Hijikata Toshisan's face oozing blood. I stretched out my hand and touched the skin next to his wound, it was so cold!His face immediately turned away from my hand, and he looked at me strangely, "What are you doing?"

A little blood left by the wound was wiped away by me and remained on his face. Is it from the injury while looking for herbs?Got scratched by a branch or something in the dark?There is still such a cold body temperature, is it freezing?Will you catch a cold? ...I thought a lot, but all I could say was: "Your face was scratched."

"Oh, it's okay." He coldly raised his hand to wipe off the blood, suddenly grabbed my foot and put another layer of smashed herbs on top of the original herbs, and then took out two cloth strips from his arms and tied them. I fixed the herbs on my feet, "Your ones are serious, so it's better to apply them overnight."

"Ugh?"

"I have to hurry tomorrow." Hijikata Toshisan looked up at me, "Or do you want to continue to be carried?"

The author has something to say:

I seem to like Hijikata Toshizo more and more