[Bo Yinggui] A gentleman, good day!

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Celebrating the third year of winter.

After the return of the great government, the shogunate returned the power to the emperor, so that Satsuma and Changzhou had no reason to collapse for a while.However, after Ryoma Sakamoto was assassinated, the scabbard belonging to Harada was found at the scene, and the Shinsengumi was drawn into the vortex of the times again.Until Saitoichi returned to the Shinsengumi and brought the news that the Imperial Tomb Guards led by Ito intended to assassinate Isamu Kondo, the Shinsengumi decided to assassinate Ito and Yukoji.

As soon as Saito returned to the Shinsengumi, he immediately went to find Ye Xinlan.It's just a pity that he was turned away.

Ye Xinlan refused to see him.

Seeing Sera's expressionless face in front of him, Saito Kazu, who knew her true gender, naturally wouldn't look at her as badly as before.To be honest, he actually felt a little guilty towards Shiliang, no matter what, he beat her all the time, beating a woman is really a bad thing.

"Why doesn't she want to see me, Lan?"

Shiliang has always disliked Saitoichi, and it has become even worse since he was beaten up. It's just that the other party is someone Ye Xinlan cares about, so she can't do anything, so she can only use words to make him unhappy, "It depends on what you do. What a good thing!"

Saito frowned slightly, he didn't seem to have done anything to make her angry, "I'll come back tomorrow."

Sera watched Saito go away indifferently, and slammed the door shut.

The next day, Saito Kazu came to the door again as he said, but the answer he got was still the same as yesterday.

not see.

On the third day and the fourth day, it was like this every day, and it lasted for more than a month.Ordinary people would probably not be able to keep going, but Saitoichi still came to Ye Xinlan's house to report every day like clocking in at work.

Until the Youxiaolu incident broke out and Fujido Heisuke announced his death, Saitoichi did not show up outside Ye Xinlan's door on the day of his burial.

"He didn't come today?" Ye Xinlan asked Shiliang, who was kneeling behind him, exerting a little force on the hand holding the brush.

Shiliang nodded helplessly, "It's already passed the time for him to come every day, and he didn't show up." Could it be that he gave up?She didn't ask this sentence, because she knew that Ye Xinlan would not like hearing this sentence.

"...Leave him alone, did Kaoru Nanyun go to contact Souji Okita again?" Ye Xinlan asked casually while writing and drawing on paper.

Sera's expression became more serious, "He appeared at the Shinsengumi's camp on the night when the Shinsengumi went to kill Ito, and I lost him. He has no contact with me anymore, and he should have given up trying to win me over. me."

"I probably understand his thoughts. It's because of Qianhe, because Qianhe forgot about him, and got along so well with the people of the Shinsengumi, so he cares about them. To torture a person is to torture his heart. The most ruthless... the more Chizuru cares about the Shinsengumi, the more Kaoru Nagumo wants to torture them."

"So, the first person Nagumo Kaoru chose to attack was Okita Souji?!" Shiliang frowned slightly, not knowing that Nagumo Kaoru had a psychological problem, and there was a lot of hatred in his heart, absolutely no inferior For her, the difference is that she has not been dazzled by hatred. "Why didn't he just kill him? He should have this ability."

The current Okita couldn't even hold a knife steadily, so how could he be Kaoru Nagumo's opponent.

"As I said, to torture a person, the body is the worst, and the heart is the best. There is nothing more desperate than losing it after gaining it." Ye Xinlan said lightly, she is also such a person, if she It's Kaoru Nagumo, maybe he will be more ruthless than her.

"After getting it, I lost it... Okita..." Shiliang murmured, his hands on his knees unconsciously clenched the fabric under his hands.

Ye Xinlan said without the slightest emotion, "For him, he probably wants to have a healthy body!" Probably no one knows Okita's physical condition better than her. After all, Matsumoto followed the plan she gave. treatment, and Matsumoto will also inform her of the changes in Okita's condition.

It's a pity that Matsumoto Yoshitsumi couldn't contact her because she was away for two years because of the retreat and the settlement of the Suzuka tribe, so Okita's treatment was delayed, and his condition didn't improve much, and even continued to deteriorate. ...Even if she came back and started to make amends, a missed opportunity is a missed opportunity.

Okita, there is no way to save him.Does he know it himself?Knowing that he would die, that he would die earlier than the rest of the Shinsengumi, he would die aggrievedly, because they would all die on the battlefield, but he died on the hospital bed.

At this moment, his psychological defense was at its weakest. Even if he knew that Kaoru Nagumo had bad intentions, if he could really let him continue to fight, he could sell his soul like that thing.

"Could it be...he wants Okita to drink water?!" Shiliang exclaimed in surprise.

Ye Xinlan smiled softly, "It's not too stupid, Nan Yunxun is a person of Gangdao, so naturally he has no shortage of changes in his hands."

"But changing like water can't cure tuberculosis!" As someone close to Ye Xinlan, she has been accompanying her to experiment with the madness potion, so she naturally knows that neither turning into water nor the potion of madness can cure her body. of the disease.

"Aren't you very clear about this? Why bother to ask knowingly!"

Shiliang looked down at his hands clenched into fists, a battle between heaven and man was going on in his heart, should he go?Should I remind Okita?

Ye Xinlan didn't turn her head, but she could feel the agitation coming from Shiliang's body, "You want to go to Chongtian?"

"..." Shiliang didn't answer, but no answer is the best answer.

According to Shiliang's character in the past, why would she care about other people's lives?In her eyes, there are only two kinds of people - those who can be used and those who cannot.She will naturally work hard on those who can be used, such as Ye Xinlan.She doesn't bother to pay attention to those who can't be used or those who have no use value. If they get in the way, they may be killed, such as Wei Young.

Shiliang didn't answer Ye Xinlan's question just now, which is enough to show that her desire to find Okita is not as strong as before.

Today's Okita is also a person who has no use value, why should Shiliang care about it?

Could it be... what happened between Sera and Okita in the past two years?

"Even if you go, the result will not change. Even if he knows that Bian Ruoshui can't cure tuberculosis, he will choose to drink it, because what he values ​​most is not himself, but the Shinsengumi, and Isamu Kondo."

Now that the flames of war are about to reach Kyoto, how can the Shinsengumi led by Isamu Kondo stay out of it?His companions are fighting with their lives on the battlefield, is he really willing to stay in the hospital bed and spend the rest of his life in a daze?

Shiliang was speechless, she knew that what Ye Xinlan said was right, the Okita she knew was just like what Ye Xinlan said, she considered Shinsengumi and Isamu Kondo more important than herself.

"And you went, how do you explain that you know about Bian Ruoshui? You are my servant, so don't cause trouble for me. Shannan Keisuke is not dead, he must still be studying Bian Ruoshui, I don't want to be disturbed by others at this time .”

Ye Xinlan put down the pen in her hand, sealed the written letter, and handed it to the ninja in black who suddenly appeared after Shiliang stepped back.

This letter will be sent to the secret base in the suburbs, where her latest research results are hidden.

……

The startling deer in the courtyard is working tirelessly, and the sound of water and bamboo knocking on stones seems to have a bit of Zen, which makes people sitting quietly in the house naturally fall into samadhi.

After an unknown amount of time, Ye Xinlan's heart skipped a beat with a slight noise. Without opening her eyes, she said calmly, "I thought you wouldn't be here today."

After a moment of silence, the familiar deep voice was soft, "I've been busy with Heisuke's funeral today, so I'm late."

"Climb over the wall without being invited, Saito-kun's etiquette is really amazing." Ye Xinlan's cool voice was tinged with sarcasm.

Saito walked in front of Ye Xinlan silently, knelt down and sat down upright, "I didn't expect you to be awake yet, I wanted to see you and left." He didn't go through the main entrance so as not to disturb her rest.

Ye Xinlan's eyelashes trembled. In fact, for more than a month, seeing Saitoichi come to her every day, the anger in her heart has almost disappeared. She would have let him in today, but she didn't expect him to come in. Didn't come on time...

What Saitoyi said was not wrong. As long as she didn't do the experiment at this time, she would fall asleep. The reason why she didn't sleep today was actually waiting for him to see if he would come today.

I thought so, but Ye Xinlan's words seemed very wrong, "You don't have to come."

Saitoichi is no longer the Sanwu boy with a low EQ a few years ago. Since he got together with Ye Xinlan, he has understood her temper a little bit, so he naturally knows that what she says now cannot be taken seriously.

"I want to see you."

Ye Xinlan couldn't deny the sweetness in her heart when she heard these words, but thinking of Saitoichi's deception before, she couldn't forgive him so easily.

"Has Fujido-kun been killed by you? Because he belongs to the Ito sect."

Saito was silent for a while, this was already related to Shinsengumi's affairs, he couldn't tell Ye Xinlan the truth.

"Why? Isn't it convenient to say?" Ye Xinlan asked lightly, "Then tell me, is Fujitang-kun really dead?"

Saitoichi was still silent, he couldn't say that Fujido was really dead, he already knew why Ye Xinlan was angry, and Hijikata had already told him the whole story of that night.

Ye Xinlan already knew that Shannan Jingsuke was not dead, she was blaming him for deceiving him.

"Feel sorry."

Ye Xinlan closed her eyes again, "There's no need to apologize, I understand, I'm just an outsider to you."

"Lan!" Saitoichi frowned slightly, and said in disapproval, "How can you be an outsider? Mr. Shannan can no longer use the name Keisuke Shannan to be seen by other people..." In order not to let the people of Bian Ruo Shui and Rakshasa The secret was leaked, and of course Keisuke Shannan could only claim death.It's just that he doesn't know how to explain this to Ye Xinlan... There are too many things involved.

"Because he's not human anymore, right?"

Saito was not surprised that Ye Xinlan knew this. After all, even Shiliang could be a half-ghost, so it was not surprising that Ye Xinlan knew that there were non-human beings, but... she was too calm.

"Since you already know, please keep it a secret."

Ye Xinlan smiled softly, "What if not? Are you going to kill me?"

"How could I kill you?" Saitoichi retorted without pausing, no matter whether he could kill Ye Xinlan or not, he would not swing his knife at her.

Sensing the firmness in Saito's words, Ye Xinlan finally turned her head and looked at him firmly, "Really?"

"Of course, I won't swing a knife at you." Saito said firmly.

When the two pairs of eyes met, Ye Xinlan clearly saw the seriousness in his eyes, "I hope you will remember what you said today." In a blink of an eye, Ye Xinlan's expression returned to her usual laziness, "Say, no matter how you say it, you still lied to me." Me once, this time I forgive you, then if I lied to you next time, don't be angry~!"

Although the tone was joking, Saitoichi did not ignore the seriousness in Ye Xinlan's eyes when he said this.He was a little puzzled, could Lan also lie to him?Why?What else did he not know?

I thought that after Ye Xinlan told him about her life experience and the source of her martial arts, he already knew enough about her, but now it seems that it is just the tip of the iceberg...

Thank you Lolo and Ding Ding for the landmines~ They are still so awesome despite my sluggish update, it’s so fun~ Meme~╭(╯3╰)╮

In fact, until now, I am still hesitating whether to save the chief... I found that it would be good if he died in battle... [Hey!

Sister Lan seemed to have another idea, so she asked Yijun for a promise...

But will things really go as Sister Lan thinks?