[Comprehensive] Comb girl

Suzuki Yoshitaro was disappointed that Ah Ding failed to meet Shinsengumi's director Isamu Kondo.However, he did not give up, but let Ah Ding wait until dinner to try again.

"It would be really rude to leave without saying hello." Suzuki said seriously to Ah Ding, "This place is different from the countryside. Kyoto is a place with strict rules."

Because Suzuki's words were too serious, Ah Ding was really stunned.

She really didn't understand the rules of Kyoto, so she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

——Ah, Kyoto is also a little scary.It's better to go back to Honmaru with Yamato and Shou Anding as soon as possible.

It is a pity that Yamato Mori did not come to see her again.So, Ah Ding could only probe into the garrison and spy on Okita Souji quietly, staring at the saber on his waist, hoping that Yamato Mamoru could feel her passionate gaze.

When Chong Tian walked through the corridor of the garrison, Ah Ding followed lightly.

When Okita was practicing his fencing, Ah Ding watched carefully through the window lattice.

While Okita was talking to his colleagues, Ah Ding poked his head out from the corner and stared furtively.

Her stealth is not considered brilliant, no matter how dull she is, she can detect it, let alone Okita, who is a first-class swordsman.After half an afternoon, Okita who had been watched by her finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"Ah Ding, what are you looking at?" Okita put down the bamboo sword in his hand, and walked outside the door of the training center.Ah Ding was squatting at the door with his knees hugged, like a sparrow just waiting on a branch, tilting his head to look at him.

Okita wore the breastplate and armguards he wore during practice, looking neat.

Ah Ding, who was caught, was a little embarrassed, and said in a low voice: "I'm looking at Captain Okita's sword. Yamato Mori looks like a good sword...can I feel it?"

For her request, Okita couldn't laugh or cry. "No." Okita replied with a smile, "The knife is too sharp, it will cut your hand."

Ah Ding's expression was a little languid, looking very disappointed.Seeing her expression, Okita felt as if he saw a starving kitten on the wall, so he couldn't help reaching out and stroking her head.

a bit……

twice...

Three times.

Okita finally withdrew his hand, staring blankly at his palm, not understanding how he made such a move just now.However, the booing of the players has already sounded behind him.

"Captain is really too much, to act first." A team member named Shan Zhong laughed.

Okita sighed, walked up to Yamanaka, touched Yamanaka's forehead three times, and said, "Yes, I'm going to attack Yamanaka first."

Shanzhong blushed, and said embarrassingly, "Captain Chong Tian, ​​don't make fun of me."

A Ding was patted on the head a few times, and realized that it was useless to keep watching Yamato.

Yaken Toshiro reminded her in her mind: "If you keep staring at Okita, it might be too obvious, and it may lead to misunderstanding."

"Misunderstanding?" Ah Ding was a little puzzled, "What is the misunderstanding? Does it mean that you will suspect that I am a thief?" When the word "thief" was mentioned, Ah Ding was a little sensitive, and she quietly emphasized, "Master Okita is not like He is the one who will wrong me."

Pharmaceutical research: ...

The master's thinking always seems to be very simple.

The so-called "misunderstanding", of course, refers to the misunderstanding of "love"!

Yao Yan couldn't help asking: "My lord... have you ever been in love?"

Ah Ding's eyelashes trembled, and his fingers were clenched quietly. "Ah, I was in love." Ah Ding nodded, "But it was a long time ago."

Yao Yan also said: "If you keep staring at the man, it may lead to the man's misunderstanding."

Ah Ding was still a little puzzled.

Although she doesn't remember much about the past, she can clearly remember the scene when she fell in love with the young master.

It was the sixth day she had been working at the master's house, and the young master suddenly called her over and said to her, "Ah Ding, be my woman."

Ah Ding was a little scared and said, "I'm just a servant."

The young master said: "It's okay, father won't know."

Ah Ding has never been in a relationship before, and he looks at a loss.The young master said: "Ah Ding, you agreed to come to the appointment, which shows that you have feelings of admiration for me. Don't make excuses, you like me."

Then, Ah Ding suddenly realized: this feeling of fear and respect for the master is the so-called "like".

It turns out that "like" is such a feeling.

——That's why Ah Ding was puzzled after hearing Yaken's words.

She didn't have the feeling of fear and respect that was called "like" towards Souji Okita, and Okita didn't order her to spend the night in his room.How could this lead to misunderstanding?

Her expression was a little dull, which was quite different from her usual gentle and sincere appearance.Yao Yan didn't dare to mention the matter of "love" any more, and quickly said: "Why don't you leave the village for a while and do other things."

Ah Ding thought: But she has nothing else to do.She came here to fulfill the agreement and bring back Yamato Shou'an, not to play.

Yao Yan was silent for a while, and tentatively said: "Go to Kyoto... for a walk? Go shopping? My lord is a country girl who came to Kyoto for the first time. If she behaves inconsistently with her status, she will also attract suspicion."

In the next instant, Ah Ding's expression changed from disappointed to lively.

She was looking forward to and anxiously asking Yaoyan in her heart: Is it possible?Can I really go shopping?Will it make him angry if the adults in California know about it?

Yao Yan felt helpless at her silly question: "You are the lord, how can California get angry with you because of this kind of thing?"

Ah Ding muttered: California is easy to get angry, like a delicate lady.

Pharmaceutical research: ...

After getting the reply from Yaoyan, Ah Ding decided to go to Kyoto for a stroll.Suzuki Yoshitaro agreed to her request and gave her some pocket money to buy some girls' things to play with.In addition, Suzuki specially warned: "Don't play too late, the street is not peaceful. Moreover, we have to deliver meals to the director at night."

Yaoyan and Qingjiang assigned tasks, Qingjiang went shopping with Ah Ding, while Yaoyan continued to stare at Yamato Mori in a spirit state.

The hustle and bustle of Kyoto was something Ah Ding had never seen before.In the village where she grew up, a market and Buddhist lectures are the biggest feasts of the year.The host's family often entertained guests, but they were all samurai from the countryside, a group of men laughing, drinking, and making rude jokes together, and there was nothing to think about.

However, Kyoto is different.The roads are square and neat, and the rows of shops sell novelties that Ah Ding has never seen before, some of which are said to be imported from the West.The townspeople and women on the street were also wearing beautiful clothes that she had never seen before, and the colors were more colorful than the freshly picked fruits.

Ah Ding followed the crowd, but fortunately she was not afraid of being lost by Qing Jiang who was in a spiritual state.

Qing Jiang stayed with her for a while, and suddenly asked an inexplicable question: "Master, do you still remember how you got the injury near your collarbone?"

Ah Ding was looking at a mask on the booth. Hearing this, he couldn't help touching his collarbone, wondering: "Did you get poked by something like scissors while sleeping...? I don't really remember, after all, I slept Very heavy."

Qing Jiang laughed and asked again: "Do you really not remember?"

"I don't remember." Ah Ding replied honestly, "How dare I deceive Master Qingjiang?"

"...Ah, I understand." Qing Jiang said thoughtfully, "The masters of the day and night are indeed not the same person, and their personalities are completely different."

Ah Ding didn't know what to do: "Did I do something at night?"

"Well, yes." Qing Jiang said, "Last night, the Lord sleepwalked and pestered me to tell you a story."

Ah Ding: ...

--is this real?

She didn't want to hear ghost stories at all.

Ah Ding wandered around the street until it was time to light the lanterns, and then returned to the settlement of Nishi Honganji Temple.

As soon as she stepped through the door, she was startled by a trail of blood on the gravel road.Looking up again, there was a team member in light green clothes lying in the center of the courtyard—to be precise, it was a headless corpse.

The man died in a very stiff posture, his hands still tightly holding a knife that had been cut into his stomach.Blood splattered all over the surrounding ground.His head was placed in a basket nearby, with a section of messy hair half exposed.

Seeing this kind of scene for the first time, Ah Ding almost couldn't help crying out.Fortunately, she covered her mouth and only let out a small "huh".Different from her reaction, the surrounding servants and team members seemed to be familiar with it, cleaning and washing the dirty ground.

"woman?"

A man asked suddenly.

The man was about 30 years old, and kept his hands folded in his sleeves, watching the scene of the soldiers disposing of the corpse.Hearing Ah Ding's exclamation, he noticed this woman who appeared out of season.

He is the director of the Shinsengumi, Isamu Kondo.

In Kondo's impression, there are only a handful of women among the soldiers.The tradition of Kyoto is there. Most of the daughters of townspeople look down on high-class samurai, and would rather marry a poor man with a title of young master than fall in love with a samurai.But this woman who appeared in the village was something he had never heard of before.

Therefore, Isamu Kondo couldn't help but take a closer look.

Kondo had a wife in the countryside, and after coming to Kyoto, he married two concubines.One of the concubines is the former husband and a well-received beauty of Ba Xiaolu.However, from Kondo's point of view, the woman in front of him was more eye-catching than his concubine.

Ah Ding lowered his head and quickly walked towards the backyard.She didn't dare to look at the corpse again, and she didn't dare to breathe, and slipped away like flying.Okita wanted to catch up with her, but he still had to run forward in small steps.

"A Ding, are you scared?" Director Okita asked A Ding from a distance.

A Ding shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, please don't worry."

Although she was indeed frightened, and her heart is still hanging, she never dared to say such a thing, so she could only hold it back.For Ah Ding, "causing trouble to others" is an extremely bad thing.

Okita felt relieved and smiled.

The rules of the Shinsengumi are strict, and any player who violates the rules must commit suicide by harakiri.In order to prevent the seppuku from being too painful, a wrong person should be arranged to cut off the seppuku's head quickly.

This kind of scene often happens in Shinsengumi, and everyone is familiar with it.Even the women who work as servants in the back kitchen can pass by without changing their expressions.But Ah Ding is a newcomer, it is normal to be afraid.

Ah Ding caught a glimpse of the sword on Okita's waist, and suddenly whispered: "Mr. Okita, if I say I'm afraid, can I touch your sword...?"—touch Yamato Mori, let him feel the enthusiasm of the lord.

Okita was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why are you so obsessed with my sword?"

Ah Ding hesitated, couldn't explain the reason, and was distressed in his heart - of course it was because Yamato Mamoru refused to see her.

At this moment, a voice calling for Okita came from not far away, it was the deputy chief Hijikata Toshizo who was looking for him.

Okita smiled shyly at Ah Ding, and went to find Tufang.

Hijikata had been standing not far away, so he naturally noticed the movements of Okita and Ading.Seeing Okita rushing over, Hijikata showed a rare smile and jokingly said, "Okita, don't you even understand this? What's 'attachment to the knife' is just an excuse, obviously it's 'attachment to Okita'. "

Hijikata and Okita have known each other since they were in the countryside, and they have always had a good relationship.

After hearing this, Okita felt a little uncomfortable, and said, "What is there to be attached to me?"

"At the age of 19, he was a genius swordsman who obtained the qualification to be exempted from the general pass. I don't know how many people admire him." Hijikata shook his head and said, "But it's really strange that Okita has never been popular with women."

Okita laughed: "Isn't the deputy chief too? You're still making fun of me."

Tufang suddenly became serious, and said coldly, "I'm not interested in women or anything."