[Comprehensive] A dream of prosperity

Xiyue did not offer to leave because of the management of food and lodging in the garrison, and she could find swordsmanship to practice, but she was granted the amnesty to leave the garrison accompanied by an escort. The earth's 'diarrhea' was an excuse, and he found a chance to contact Jianxin and told him what had happened recently.

Jian Xin frowned at Xiyue who was dressed in men's clothing in front of him, and asked with some concern: "Is they confined to the residence, so how did they do anything?"

"No, look, are you getting fatter?" Xiyue Kenshin turned around in front of him.

Jian Xin pursed his lips, "Now that they don't know this, let's find a belt and leave!"

leave?Even if she leaves, she has no place to stay, so is she still going to wander?

Xiyue shook her head, "To be honest, I don't have any thoughts about the Shinsengumi and the Restoration School. They all fought to stick to their own ideas. We got along well with them, and they didn't hurt them. I think it's good. It’s still a turbulent time to leave here, why not stay in the capital until you can’t wait to settle down, and you can go to Uncle Bigu to watch the moon and listen to the wind.”

"Hehe, it's somewhat similar to the master, but it's not the same." Jian Xin stopped persuading her when he heard the words, glanced at the knife in her waist, and said with a smile: "Did the master give this Frost Moon to you? Keep it safe."

"Yes, it will." Xiyue counted the time, and suddenly said with a serious look on Kenshin: "Is there a girl named Xuedaiba around me?!"

Jian Xin was surprised, and said: "Know her?"

Xiyue frowned. Subjectively speaking, she actually didn't want these two to meet, because the ending was too bleak. When she and Jian Xin met for the first time, it obviously didn't happen. I didn't see you in time, but I met...

"There is one thing I want to tell, but I have the right to choose whether to believe it or not."

Jian Xin nodded, "Say, believe me."

Now it was Xiyue's turn to be surprised, "Why do you believe it? It may be unbelievable."

Jian Xin seemed to think that Xiyue's expression was very funny, and put on a smile, "I feel that I can't lie, not to mention that I have the same master as me."

"Idiot, you're so naive!" Xiyue couldn't help but tapped his head, "Be careful and count the money if you sell it!"

Jian Xin dazedly touched the place where Xiyue had beaten, and an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart instantly. Along with the feeling of entanglement, his purple eyes glowed softly, "No of."

"Time is running out, so to make a long story short." Xiyue opened a gap in the window of the hotel bedroom, glanced at Chizuru Heisuke who was waiting for her in the tavern opposite, turned her head and said to Kenshin: "Did you recently How many times have you been besieged by assassins?"

"How do you know?!" Kenshin's eyes sank, and a red light flashed through them, "It can't be the Shinsengumi!"

Seeing Heisuke got up and looked outside the tavern, Xiyue didn't answer Kenshin's question, and said directly: "There is a traitor among us, and he is the Iizuka who often goes with him. He is from the shogunate. As for that Xue Daiba, don't talk to her." There are too many involvements, she can live well here alone, there is no need to worry at all, and, recently, the Shinsengumi will launch an inventory campaign at Ikeda House, so you have to be careful!"

"We're leaving, they're waiting anxiously."

"Xiyue—!" Jian Xin called her to stop her, her originally gentle temperament had become a little fierce, "Follow me!"

Xiyue smiled knowingly, and asked, "Xintai, what are your beliefs and ideals?" Seeing that the other party stopped and didn't speak, she just stared at herself with her eyes, and said, "The reason why you joined the reform school and used the knife in your hand is to Help Gui create a new society so that we will no longer be tortured by suffering and war, won’t you?”

"This... is also my ideal."

So, for the sake of the ideal, what was just said, is just a situation of concern, however, there are things to do and things to do.

Jian Xin looked at the wine shop across from the hotel, and tightened the handle of the knife in his hand. He never thought that there would be someone who could communicate with him, understand, support and firmly believe in him.

The first time we met under the blood mist at night, she just stood there quietly, and the first words she uttered touched his heart directly, making him, who has always been known for his calmness and calmness, lose his usual composure. All the weapons in it fell to the ground.And when she uttered the second sentence, it brought more than a touch, but more surprise. He never thought that the master would accept disciples. He still remembered that he once said 'I will never accept apprentices again in this life'.

When the scent of peach blossoms gradually disappeared when he left, he was a little stunned. He didn't expect that he would believe in a woman who had only met once, and he hadn't killed her immediately.

For the next period of time, he never saw her again, but always when it was dark, he would look at the moonlight in the sky, think of the one with an elegant and indifferent face, and be slightly absent-minded.

Until he met again on the Garden Festival, he saw a different her again, so lively, cheerful, thorough and pure.He thought that he was happy at that time, and when he heard the news and greetings from his master, his heart was full of touch and longing.The two got along and talked about relaxing topics, which made him relax after so long.

Until he met Xue Daiba, on a rainy night when he committed suicide, the woman who fainted suddenly appeared and prevented him from killing the killer.

The faint fragrance of white plums on his body reminded him of those sisters who died to protect him when he was young, so when he saw her, he felt compassionate and left him in the group to help him until now.She was very kind to him, and she took care of everything in life, which made him get used to her presence, but she didn't understand him, and sometimes what she said made him feel that the two were not in the same world at all.

And today, she broke into his sight again, with shocking words and the understanding and support that could understand him, shouldn't he be grateful?It's been so long, originally he was burdened with heavy shackles and weighed heavily on himself, but he was the only one who walked this road alone, ignorant of the pain, sorrow, and grief in his heart, but now, someone who understands him and understands what he endures behind Persistence, understand the hardships behind his actions, understand the desolation behind his killing.

It wasn't until the shadow could no longer be seen that Jian Xin slowly uttered a word, "... Yue..."

The sound of the door made him turn his head suddenly, and looked at the person who appeared at the door, and then put away the hostility in his eyes, "Is there something wrong?"

Unexpectedly, the other party's tone would be so cold, Yukishiroba was stunned for a moment, and then said: "I came to ask if there is anything for me to clean up."

"No need to clean up." Jian Xin walked back into the room, "It just so happens that I have something to say."

"Kyoto is not peaceful recently, pack up and leave here earlier."

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In the first year of Yuanzhi (1864), June [-]th.

"Ah, Ah Yue, this, this...how did you do it?" Fujido Heisuke looked at the black guy in Xiyue's hand and exclaimed, "It's amazing!"

Xiyue blinked at him, "How about it, do you want to try?"

"Of course!" Hirasuke took the thing in her hand, touched it carefully, and blushed when he heard the laughter beside his ear, and argued, "Don't laugh, this is the first time you touch this kind of thing!"

"Puchi——" Qianzuru looked at Hirasuke's appearance, and couldn't help laughing. Seeing Hirasuke's staring eyes, she quickly turned her back to the past, but her shoulders kept shaking, and she could still see her face. Behavior.

"Okay, okay, I'm not joking." Xiyue stood beside him, pointing to a place on the thing, "This is the place where the gun is loaded, just like just now, the last time the gun is loaded, you can fire one shot. , Try shooting at the tree over there, don't shake your hands!"

"boom--"

"Scary! What's going on here!" Zuo Nosuke was startled by the sudden sound as soon as he passed the gate of the courtyard. When he saw Hirasuke sticking his tongue out at him and the things in his hand, he raised his eyebrows and said : "Boy, didn't you just want to plot against me?!"

Saito and Okita heard the sound and saw Zuo Nosuke snatching the gun from Heisukekai's hand and aiming at them, shouting coldly, "How did you get this thing?"

After some fuss, Xiyue was brought to the hall again, looked helplessly at the people staring at her, glared at Hirasuke, who stayed out of the matter, shrugged and said: "I must first declare that I am innocent!"

"Don't you know that this kind of thing is dangerous? What if something happens!" Hijikata Toshisan frowned at Yuzuki, and then glanced at Hirasuke, "She doesn't know, doesn't she know?"

Hirasuke shrank his neck and hid behind Shinpachi, "Just curious..."

"I'm curious, how did Xiaoyue know this kind of thing?" Okita smiled lightly, his eyes sparkling.

"I usually like to disassemble things. If I have tools, I can probably make this kind of thing myself. I just got a case from Pingzhu, so I tried to make it for fun. In terms of lethality, it is definitely not as strong as the one with real ammunition. If we want, we can also make a few for you, as long as we can find the materials."

"When the bullets are exhausted, only the knife in hand can stand at the end." Hijikata said lightly.

"Well, I don't deny what I said, but guns and shells are an inevitable trend in the future. Did such a thing appear when I watched Heianjing? Times have developed, and many things will be gradually..."

"Xiaoyue, didn't you say you have something to send~?" Okita suddenly interrupted Xiyue's words, took her arm and brought it to him, and said to everyone with a smile: "Since there is nothing wrong , let’s take Xiaoyue down first.” Seeing Chief Kondo nodding, Okita immediately took Xiyue out the door.

"What you said just now goes beyond the mark." After walking a long way, Okita opened his mouth.

"Yeah." Xiyue returned him lightly.

"Although I'm glad that you can not hide it in front of everyone, there are some things that you can't say." Okita walked to a bench in the courtyard and sat down, put his hands on it and looked at the vines that covered the courtyard wall. Turning her head slightly, she motioned for her to sit down, and did not continue until she sat down.

"It has been a year since I came to the team, and now I have become the captain of the first team. During this period, many things happened, like warm spring and summer, like bloody rainy nights. Once... when the deputy captain of the earthwork was performing tasks He was shot and killed by a reformist, and he has been worried about it since then, so every time he swings the knife, he dances with those who have died, just like every one in our Xinsen group , waved the knife in his hand, and did not hesitate for a moment when he cut it off, that's because we have a road to stick to."

"So, you can only use the knife in your hand to prove the path you want to stick to."

Okita's voice was mellow and clear, because of the words he said deliberately, he adjusted the speed of his speech to a very low level, as if he was reviewing the things he had experienced through every word.

Under such a clear sky in the afternoon, he raised his head, squinted his eyes slightly, and let the sunlight pour down from the sky, casting a mottled golden light on that young and handsome face.

Xiyue looked at him sideways, "Why are you talking about this?"

"Well, maybe I just want to find someone to complain about." Okita winked at her, and used the words learned from Yuzuki before.

There was light on his cheeks, and when the breeze floated, his eyes were like water, as clear as dust.

And that smiling face imprinted on Xiyue's eyes and engraved her heart, and became a gorgeous white flower that bloomed here at the end of the Tokugawa period.

For his persistence, for his belief, for his...that innocent smile.

During dinner, the atmosphere was harmonious due to Hirasuke and Shinbaliang's mischief, but he didn't expect that before the dinner was cleared, a spy came in from outside and told the audience an explosive news.

"Boss, according to reports from the spies stationed in Changzhou, some of their important officials will hold a meeting somewhere here tonight to study the countermeasures for setting fire in Kyoto!"

Isamu Kondo was startled, and lowered his eyebrows and said, "Did you find out where the meeting will be held?"

"From their actions so far, it should be Shikokuya or Ikedaya."

At this moment, the brief calm before the storm ushered in...