Hong Ji

Before going to the first few districts of Liuhun Street, Hongji and Xihua went back to their birthplace once.

Although it has been many years since they went to the last few districts of Liuhun Street to practice for a while, this land has never changed because of the appearance and disappearance of any Zanpakuto. It is still as they remembered, full of laughter and joy. Sadness, fighting and killing, although it is not so peaceful and beautiful, it is not so ugly and dirty.

This is the land that all Zanpakutō love.

So even if some Zanpakuto left here because they found their masters, they would occasionally return to this land to have a look when their masters were resting.

Even though their former partners may have disappeared in this land, the long years they spent here are the past that they miss the most in the second half of their lives when they find their master.

Hong Ji, who has never left this land for a long time, did not know how to feel like this.However, after leaving here with Xihua and going to Liuhun Street to practice for many years and coming back again, she can more or less understand some of these feelings.

Simply put, it's like a child who has been away from home for many years has finally returned to his own home.

Hongji found the wooden house she built many years ago.

I don't know if it's because the world is made up of spirits. Even the wood that is most likely to rot due to moisture has not been damaged in the slightest during the years she left, and it is still the same as when she just built it. Same.

Maybe it's because the Zanpakutos don't care about their own residences. In this land, there are still a few Zanpakutos who deliberately build a wooden house for themselves like Hong Ji.

Even Hong Ji has been away for many years, and there is no other Zanpakuto to invade her house-this makes Hong Ji, who is used to seeing the last few districts of Liuhun Street fighting to the death because of some resources, more or less feel a little bit surprise.

Should she say that Zanpakuto is much simpler than humans?

"Isn't this little sister Hongji, she's finally back?"

Just when Hongji was feeling a lot of emotion at her house that was completely clean from dust and looked like she hadn't lived in it for a long time, a familiar female voice suddenly sounded behind her and caught her attention.

That is a coquettish woman - there are many beautiful women in Zanpakuto, such as Ni Fu who has left, but the beauty of this woman is completely different from Ni Fu.

The woman's calamus-colored curly hair was divided into two high strands, and there was an exaggerated skull head ornament on the top of her head; she wore an eye patch on her right eye, and her turquoise left eye was exposed. Her eyes are full of charm.The red ribbon tied around her neck was tied into a beautiful bow, and her bold but not revealing clothes fully outlined her proud figure.

To be honest, the woman's dark clothes not only did not make her feel old-fashioned, but added a bit of stability to her charm.

In Xi Hua's words, it is the feeling that people want to call her "big sister" when they see her.

"Long time no see, Huatian."

Hongji was not particularly surprised when she saw the person coming, and even greeted her with a smile, and then looked not far behind her, "You too, long time no see, Kuanggu."

It was a girl who was thinner than the woman who was called "Hua Tian" by Hong Ji, she looked even smaller than Hong Ji, her face was covered by the hair of the same color as Hua Tian and a black mask, the only one What was exposed was the eye on the right with the same color as Huatian.

Although the appearance of the two of them doesn't look very similar, even at a glance, they can tell that they are completely two types of people.But it is undeniable that the two of them are indeed one of the only two pairs of Zanpakuto in the entire soul world, named Huatian Kuanggu.

However, Hongji still likes to call them Huatian and Kuanggu respectively, which is also easy to identify.

After hearing Hong Ji's greeting, Kuang Gu didn't speak, but nodded to her, which was regarded as a greeting.

However, after a few encounters, Hongji has long been used to such a mad bone, so she doesn't care much about it—it can even be said that the mad bone is willing to nod to her, and she is already very satisfied.

It's just that if she wants to continue the topic, she has to go to the one who is good at words among the pair of Zanpakudao.

"How did you come back today?"

Although she asked this question, she also remembered that these two masters could be regarded as rare idlers among the captains of the thirteenth team of the guardian court, and they belonged to the captain of the intelligence team. Generally, captain-level characters are not dispatched to fight, so if these two want to come back, they basically belong to the kind that can leave Soul Soul Realm at any time.

"Isn't this idle and doing nothing?" Upon hearing Hongji's question, Huatian's charming face was filled with boredom, "So I want to come back and have a look. Who knows that I have found you and little brother Xihua a few times after I came back. not there."

Perhaps only Hua Tian can make it so natural to frequently leave the master and return to this land.

"So……"

Having said that, Hua Tian moved to Hong Ji's side in an instant, put his lips close to her ear and asked softly, "Where did you and brother Xi Hua go?"

Although this looks a bit ambiguous, Hong Ji still stood there with a smile on her face, not even flinching or being awkward, let alone blushing like other Zanpakutao being treated like this. Hua Tian sighed that it was boring.

"If you really have nothing to do, then do me a favor."

Although Zanpakuto appears in the world of souls without any restrictions, even if he walks upright to the noble mansion in Seireitei without being found, there is nothing wrong with it—as long as Zanpakuto hopes so, then They are invisible to anyone but their master.

But she wanted to be more subtle and tight, after all...

A certain person has not formally surrendered to his master yet, even if he does, Hong Ji has to be wary of him.

"what?"

It was rare to hear Hong Ji asking for help, Hua Tian immediately became interested.

"Find a way to help me get legal status in the first few districts of Liuhun Street."

The souls who come to the Soul Soul Realm are divided into eighty districts in the southeast, north, and south of Liuhun Street according to the order of death. Although there is usually no death god to conduct the census of residents, she can take precautions anyway. is.

"Of course, please change the name, don't use my real name."

It's nothing that Zanpakuto's name spread among Zanpakuto, but their real names cannot be known by souls other than Zanpakuto and their master until the owner is found.

Upon hearing Hong Ji's request, Hua Tian seemed to have guessed something, and leaned towards Hong Ji again with a teasing smile on his face.

"Why, finally want to settle down?"

"Please don't make it sound like a woman who has been single for many years finally wants to get married."

Hong Ji complained about Hua Tian expressionlessly, her tone made her feel like an older young woman who had never been in love before...a chill all over her body.

When Hua Tian heard Hong Ji say this, she distanced herself from her boredly, then shook her head and sighed, "I'm just talking, you're in a hurry."

Hong Ji still looked at her with an expressionless expression. Hua Tian saw that she couldn't get anything good from Hong Ji, so in the end she could only wave her hands and put away her joking attitude, "I know about this. Don't worry, I'll get back to you in a few days."

"Thank you."

This is Hong Ji's sincere thanks from the heart.

"It's nothing," Hua Tian didn't seem to care at all—or to her, it's really just a trivial matter, "If you make a decision, maybe when I'm bored, you can return to me." I can come and play with you."

"..."

Hong Ji suddenly began to wonder if she really entrusted the right person.

Although Hua Tian didn't look serious, but the speed of doing things was really not slow.A few days after Hongji entrusted her with this matter, she found Hongji with two "sorting coupons" and a new identity.

"Xianhua said that he was worried about you going alone, so he also asked me to help him get rid of the matter."

Hua Tian pointed to Xi Hua behind her who was smiling as usual without any guilty conscience, and said to Hong Ji, "Anyway, it's common for two people who have nothing to do with each other to form a new family in Liuhun Street, so I give you The fabricated identities are completely unrelated siblings."

"By the way, I haven't mentioned your household registration yet, it's in the third district of Xiliuhun Street."

Hong Ji originally thought that Hua Tian's fake identity might be a bit shocking, but it seemed that she was a little overwhelmed.

As for the siblings...Hongji can only say that she was born long before Xihua, and siblings are nothing at all—although Xihua usually takes care of her more.

"Also, because the name of Zanpakuto cannot be known to others, you naturally cannot use your real names," Hong Ji mentioned this to Huatian before, and Huatian still remembers it, " So from now on, Hongji, you will be called Dongyun, and Xihua will be called Xinqiao."

"Dongyun..."

Hong Ji softly read her new name, if nothing else happened, this name would stay with her until she found her master.

"Well, it means 'the sky dyed madder color before the transition from darkness to light', that's what my master said," Huatian winked at Hongji, "this is also a kind of red , how is it? It's a good name."

"By the way, the new bridge is also a kind of blue, which is about the same color as the tassel on Xihua's trident."

For such a naming method, even Hongji is powerless.

"You really..."

——This is also a little too obsessed with color.

"What, it's very important to know the color." Hua Tian shook his index finger at Hong Ji with a look of "you don't understand", "Maybe it can decide life and death."

Although this remark was somewhat inexplicable, Hong Ji thought it was probably related to Huatian Kuanggu and the others' abilities, so she didn't refute anything.

Besides, Hua Tian has done her a big favor this time.

"And this." Huatian handed Hongji a cloth bag stretched into a somewhat irregular shape, and at first glance, it made people feel that the bag was not light. "It's my gift to wish you good luck."

Hong Ji took the bag suspiciously and took a look, only to find that it contained the currency of the Soul Realm.

"How can I accept this!"

Huatian raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, as if he didn't accept any rejection, "I said this is my congratulatory gift in advance, if you really want to return the favor, then remember to wait for the day we are in the soul When we meet in the street or Seireitei, just buy me a drink."

"……ok, I get it."

In fact, Hong Ji can be regarded as willful, but when she meets someone who is more willful and domineering than her—especially when he is still with kindness, even she doesn't know what to do.

Willful people are afraid of meeting someone more willful than themselves.

"Thank you, flower day."

"Just don't forget my drink."

With Huatian's help and even sponsorship, Hongji and Xihua—or Dongyun and Xinqiao's life in the third district of Xiliuhun Street can be regarded as comfortable, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as vivid and colorful. .

Hong Ji also has some business acumen, although Zanpakuto doesn't need to eat, but it can't live on the money given to them by spending money - although that money is not a fortune for the residents of the first few districts of Liuhun Street small amount.

At that time, there was a teahouse close to where they lived because they could not make ends meet. Hongji took the opportunity to buy the shop with the money given to them by Huatian subsidy, and expanded it into a larger restaurant.

In the beginning, because the new store had just been built and there were not many customers, Hong Ji was able to hand over some dishes to Hana after closing the store. Fortunately, although Zanpakuto didn’t need to eat, the taste was still there. , In the end, Hong Ji, the chef, was replaced, and Hong Ji was asked to take care of the accounts at the front desk.

Perhaps their restaurant is really good. Except for the customers who came to taste early and then became regular customers, gradually there are more and more famous customers. The proficient Xihua was busy in the kitchen.

It was also because of this that Hong Ji discovered that there were many more people with Lingzi in Liuhun Street than she had imagined.

Perhaps some of the nobles and rich people in Seireitei came out to experience life, but most of them still felt hungry and had souls with the qualifications to become gods of death.

Although their business is booming day by day, and they have even earned back the capital they invested in the store at the beginning, but as time goes by, they also have new troubles.

As the shopkeeper, Hong Ji naturally has more opportunities to show her face than the flowers who have been in the kitchen all the time, and many guests who often come to their restaurant to eat, or usually come to drink tea and chat, more or less know something about this restaurant from her mouth Condition.

For example, Hong Ji, the proprietress named "Dongyun", and "Xinqiao" who is a chef, that is, Xihua, are siblings.

Although the names are different, how many relatives with the same surname are there in Liuhun Street?So gradually, the topic of the relationship between Hongji and Xihua will evolve into another aspect.

On a certain afternoon, after a busy lunch rush, many customers who just came for lunch have left, leaving only a few regular customers who often come to drink tea and chat.Each of them had a pot of tea on the table, or a stack of snacks like peanuts, which Hong Ji had prepared long ago.

You can't just drink tea without eating something, can't you?

As if they were having a good chat, they joked with Xi Hua who was resting in the lobby, and Hong Ji who was doing accounts at the counter.

"Actually, Ms. Dongyun, we think you and brother Xinqiao are quite a good match," one of the guests joked with a smile. It's all seen."

"Say, what do you say..."

Although Xihua usually looks carefree and hearty, not many people know about his thin skin.

After all, it is well known that Zanpakuto do not need any feelings between them—or Zanpakuto is a group of guys who are insensitive to emotions, so in the past in their birthplace, even if everyone knew that he and Hongji had a good relationship, they still didn’t know each other. I don't make such jokes, so only a few people who are close to Xihua know the truth.

"Look, your face is red."

The other tea guests booed, and some even looked at Hong Ji, only to find that she was still calm and counting her account as if she hadn't heard anything.

Generally speaking, it is the woman who is shy, or both of them are embarrassed. Who knows that the siblings are really upside down, and the tea drinkers shook their heads.

"I said, little brother Xinqiao, if you don't take the initiative, maybe one day Miss Dongyun will be abducted by other men."

"Yes, yes, there are definitely not a few people who pursue a beauty like Miss Dongyun."

"If it weren't for the fact that I already have one in my family, I would definitely come and chase after Miss Dongyun immediately."

"You can't let your family hear this sentence, or you will feel better. But you too, brother Xinqiao, take advantage of the opportunity now, and seize it quickly, or it will be too late."

Hong Ji turned a deaf ear to these people's earnest persuasion to Xihua, and just focused on fiddled with the abacus she got from nowhere.

Although she still thinks the calculator is easy to use, she would rather dial the abacus than do the mental calculations - and fortunately she has practiced this before, otherwise she wouldn't know how to use it even if she had it.

When she finally settled the accounts this morning, the words of those people over there persuading Xihua became more and more outrageous. Hong Ji looked at the red-faced Xihua and shook her head amusedly, after seeing enough of Xihua's embarrassment and receiving the After looking for help, she finally began to fulfill her sister's duty to save her younger brother from the fire and water.

"Xinqiao, you are really serious. Hurry up and boil the water in the back, and process the vegetables by the way, otherwise it won't be enough to wait."

She put on her elder sister's majesty and drove Xihua to the kitchen, and then said with a smile in the mocking eyes of those people, "Everyone, let's go ahead and spare Xinqiao, he has no face. Besides, we just want to live a good life. It's fine now."

"Of course, if Xinqiao really has a happy event one day, he will definitely not forget a few people when serving drinks."

After some words, the others couldn't say anything more. In the end, a tea drinker sitting in the corner smiled and praised, "In the end, Miss Dongyun is the best. It's no wonder that Xinqiao brother listens to you so much."

Hong Ji just smiled when she heard the words, but when the others started a new topic, suddenly someone came in from the door with a menacing look, and it was obvious at a glance that they were not here for dinner and tea but to make trouble.

And the man in the lead looked hostile to the visitor. In Hong Ji's words, he looked like a gangster.

And a small number of those tea guests had already recognized who the leading man was, and they looked at Hong Ji with some embarrassment, but they didn't dare to tell Hong Ji the identity of the man.

It's just that Hong Ji doesn't care about these things. If there is a fight, there is no guarantee who will be injured.

"Everyone, please sit down first."

She didn't seem to see the vicious look of those people, and raised her hand to signal them to sit down, with a gentle and gentle smile on her face.

"May I ask how many people are here for dinner or tea?"

"Miss Dong Yun, they are..." Some of the tea guests looked at Hong Ji in embarrassment, but under the glare of the leading man, they finally silenced in fear.

"Dongyun? Woman, are you the owner of this shop?"

The leading man looked at Hong Ji with disdain, and his tone made no secret of his disdain for Hong Ji, "I thought who was the person who came to grab business from our Haisong Pavilion recently, but I didn't expect it to be a woman, but she is not bad looking , then this matter seems to be easy to solve.”

Hong Ji raised her eyebrows. After hearing "stealing business", she probably knew that the other party might be someone from another restaurant that she robbed customers of.

"I don't know that everyone from Haisong Pavilion came here for..."

"For the sake of you being a woman, I will give you two choices."

The leading man waved his hand and impatiently interrupted what Hong Ji hadn't finished saying, "The first way is that you close this store and promise that you will never be seen in the third west district from now on; the second way Well……"

"What's the second rule?"

Hong Ji squinted her eyes and asked at the sound, if standing here is any Zanpakudao that has seen Hong Ji and Kyoka Suiyue confront each other, then they all know that this is a sign of Hong Ji's anger.

Even if they have never seen Hong Ji when she really ran away, Zanpakuto has seen the few fights between Hong Ji and Kyoka Suigetsu—although every time the two of them fight, there will be various reasons. Due to some reasons, they were interrupted, but this did not hinder their fear of Hong Ji's combat power.

"Second, if you become Lao Tzu's woman, maybe I can still consider whether I can let you continue to hang around in the West Third District."

Hong Ji once heard similar words in the last few districts of Liuhun Street, but that was only in the early days. Later, people in the last few districts of Liuhun Street also gradually understood, absolutely don’t try to tease this forever only Woman in red dress.

If you just provoke her with the intention of having a good fight, maybe you can still have a very satisfying fight in the end; but if you are going to tease her...

In the end, you will definitely die.

"But I don't really like either of those options."

Although Hong Ji was still smiling, there was no smile in her crimson eyes, more like mocking.

Of course she would not kill these souls—even if she found the master, Xu would be the only one she could kill—but she would never let them go so easily.

"I warn you, don't toast and refuse to eat fine wine. It's your luck that I can see you."

The man also seemed to have heard Hong Ji's intentions, and immediately flew into a rage, smashing the table closest to him with one hand.

The sudden sound even made Xi Hua, who had been busy in the kitchen, couldn't help running out. When he saw the leading man, he was still a little confused; but when he saw Hong Ji's expression, he was in a state of wandering. Memories of the last few blocks of the street came to mind immediately.

Perhaps he should have silently mourned for this man.

Who made him say things he shouldn't have said.

"I want to see how you made me drink this glass of fine wine."

Hong Ji didn't seem to notice that the tea guest next to her was trying to wink at her. As long as the man dared to do anything, she promised to subdue him in one fell swoop, and she would never dare to appear in front of her for the second time in this life.

The man drew out the knife pinned to his waist—Hong Ji immediately saw that it was just an ordinary shallow blow—when he just swung the knife and wanted to chop it down, but the movement stopped and he couldn’t move at all. .

It was only then that Hong Ji and the others discovered that it was a young man with light flaxen hair who restrained the man's movements.

"Oh, it's really lively here."

He put one hand against the man's arm holding the knife, and smiled, his expression looked a little innocent, but it didn't seem like that, "I just wanted to see the restaurant that people around me have been recommending recently, but I didn't expect it to happen just in time Such a lively scene."

"It seems that before dinner, we should do some cleaning work."

For some reason, Hong Ji suddenly had an inexplicable impulse at this moment, as if something was about to burst out from the deepest part of her heart.

Even Zanpakuto has no heart.

"If you want to come, the lady boss will not refuse, will you?"

As if aware of Hong Ji's gaze, the boy looked at her and asked, although there was a bit of a smile in his tone, but he couldn't see that he was smiling.

"If you will."

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