Chapter 70: Stagnant Water
In the past few days, the Jingling Court has been very lively, everyone was amazed by the grand ceremony a few days ago, and even more boasted about Rukia's identity, who would have expected that a woman born on Soul Street would become the concubine of the Rotten Wood family because of a face that was really similar to that of the late lady. The concubine is not a righteous daughter, and her heirs can directly enjoy the inheritance rights of the Kuchimu family.
Since the tragic death of Mrs. Scarlet Truth, the affectionate and affectionate Kuchigi Hakuya has not continued at all
, so it is very likely to adopt the son born to Sawada Piaoxu, who has been married and is now the head of the nobles, but Sawada Yuxuan has not returned for many years, and he doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. If he never returns, it is very likely that the child born to Rukia Kuchigi will inherit the two nobles. Such a rare thing can be said to be a rare thing that has not happened in a thousand years, and many people wonder if Sawada Piaofu has gone crazy.
Garang Tengqi was very satisfied with this situation, and he wished that the nobles would be as chaotic as possible, and if it weren't for Rukia's young age, he would definitely personally choose a husband for her so that the fire would burn more violently. This pair of rotten wood brothers and sisters openly and secretly made too many stumbling blocks for the central forty-sixth room, when the Shiba family was destroyed, it was the two of them who came forward to prevent their decision to rush them to the broken border, and even used the power of the head of the nobles to keep the Shiba family's sister-in-law - Shiba Haiyan, and was also promoted as the vice captain of the thirteenth team, if this guy becomes the captain one day, the power of the Shiba family can be restored to its original state, and when he thinks of such humiliation, he can't wait to kill the two to vent his anger. Well, now, as the cornerstone of the aristocracy, the Kuchimu family acted so recklessly, it would definitely cause an uproar, and he was very willing to be the gravedigger of the aristocratic forces.
In the council hall, Xue'er was still sitting in the court hall in a black sacrificial dress, staring coldly at the endless noise of the old ministers. Their anxious eyes were full of anger and unwillingness, and they kept accusing themselves of taking Sister Rukia as the concubine of the Kuchigi family without authorization.
"Ministers, I am deeply aware of the hidden worries in your hearts," Xue'er's clear words spread throughout every corner of the council room, and all the old ministers forbade listening to their master's reprimand: "The issue of heirs has always been the top priority, and as the head of the nobility, how dare I confuse the noble noble blood;" She paused at this point: "Ten years later, the head of the Sawada Yuxuan family will return to the Jingling Court." ”
"What," everyone was shocked, is the head of the Sawada family who has disappeared for many years finally coming back?
"Are you telling the truth, ma'am," Sawada Woomitsu, the most loyal minister of the Sawada family, asked with tears in his eyes, who had been worried about the future of the Sawada family day and night since the disappearance of the head of the family, and although the head of the Kuchigi Hakuya family could still be relied on at the moment, he was not surnamed Sawada after all. If the central forty-sixth room forcibly reprimands the dragons without a leader, it will be difficult to ensure that the Sawada family is not the next Shiba family. Now, the head of the family has returned, and the crisis has been resolved, and if the lady conceives an heir in the future, not only will she be able to stabilize the rule of the Sawada family, but she will also most likely inherit the glory of the Kuchigi family.
"Yes," Cher replied again. The noisy crowd died down one after another, respectfully bidding farewell to their master's departure. Rukia's existence can't shake the interests of the entire aristocracy at all, just like an inconspicuous pebble on the road to Kangzhuang, in the final analysis, she is just a medium for the master to express his sorrows.
"Cher, is what you just said true?"
"No, brother," Xue'er explained while kneeling on the futon and staring at her sister-in-law's posthumous portrait, "Brother Yuxuan never told me when he would return, and I don't know when he will return. ”
"Then why do you say that, and how to explain to the old ministers if you can't come back in ten years," Bai Ya was a little anxious, he didn't understand what Xue'er wanted to do.
Xue'er did not respond, but folded her hands and silently recited the "Sutra of the Past Life" thousands of times, and the entire hall was filled with smoke, just like the sound of falling flowers outside the quiet palace of the temple could be heard. It took a long time for Xue'er to say to her brother behind her: "Rukia's sister's status as a concubine has caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the nobles, and in the final analysis, it is a matter of heirs. As long as I release this news, the Central Forty-sixth Room will not dare to make groundless accusations, and Sister Rukia will be better. ”
Kuchigi Hakuya looked coldly at Xue'er who was deep in thought, for fifty years, she was still immersed in regret and couldn't extricate herself, leaving everything behind, burning incense and worshiping the Buddha every day without asking about the world, although alive there was no difference between death and death. Scarlet Zhen, what happened fifty years ago to make you say such things and leave such last words, I don't dare to understand and even dare not ask, just because I am afraid that the cruel truth will make us even the last bit of brotherhood and sister love disappear.
The clouds and smoke were swirling, and the sandalwood was miao, enveloping the entire Sawada mansion, and it also seemed to cover up the sad people.
The thirteenth team, the captain of the Ukitake, who has always been frail, sat in the main hall and waited for the arrival of a team member, and there was only one person who could make him so strict, and that was Miss Rukia Kuchigi, who made huge waves of aristocrats. According to the code of nobility, she is still the master to whom she should be allegiated.
As soon as Rukia entered the thirteenth team, the two gods of death immediately bowed respectfully and saluted, seeing such a scene, her head instantly turned into two big, and saw that the captain, the vice captain, and the tenth seat were all sitting in the hall, the atmosphere was heavy and depressing, such a welcome ceremony made her heart suddenly cold to the extreme, as if she was not a trainee team member at all, but like a superior staff member came to inspect.
Feixue, who was holding the luggage behind her, bowed respectfully, and in doing so, she not only maintained the status of the nobleman, but also gave the captain of the thirteenth team, Ukitake Shishiro, full respect, because the personal butler who was the head of the nobility did not need to kowtow to an inferior nobleman like Ukitake: "Miss Rukia Kuchigi came to report, and the head of the family and his wife specially told me that you must treat Miss Rukia like any other ordinary Grim Reaper." ”
After hearing this, everyone present was embarrassed, and the thirteenth team ushered in such a god-level death, and they didn't know what to do in the future. Such a meeting clearly wants to take good care of her most beloved sister Rukia, but she persuades everyone to treat them equally, and she is worthy of being the most intimate slave of Sawada Piaofu, and the dead can be said to be in vain.
Ukitake smiled softly, "Please rest assured, Miss Feixue, we will keep Miss Rukia Kuchigi safe, and please say hello to Mrs. Sawada Piaoxu on my behalf." "This child looks timid, and looks well-behaved and cute, what a good child, no matter how noble her status is, he will definitely love her like a sister.
Feixue smiled and nodded, and then followed the steps of the third Xi Toru Qingyin to the dormitory that Miss Rukia had personally arranged, and left after everything was arranged, she urgently needed to tell Madame what had happened. And in the main hall, Rukia lowered her head and pursed her lips, and her fingers kept twisting, as if she didn't like everyone's straightforward gaze. Since she became a concubine with the surname of Rotten Wood, everyone looks at her with such respect and indifference and alienation.
"Rukia, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask Hu Toru Qingyin, she will tell you what to do, and the vice captain Shiba Haiyan will personally teach you to learn, I believe that soon you will get used to life here," Ukitake's kind and considerate words slowly dispelled Rukia's worries.
Although the life of the 13th team is simple and monotonous, it is full of vitality and liveliness, and the vice-captain Shiba Haiyan is cheerful and generous, for this extremely noble Grim Reaper, he should scold and scold, and he should beat him, and he has no mercy at all. Rukia is like an ordinary Grim Reaper who exercises every day, painstakingly and has a spiritual dialogue with the Slashing Knife, and as the days go by, Rukia also puts aside many worries and regains her former vitality; she often laughs and plays with the team, mischievously complains about the sluggishness of the vice-captain and straight male thoughts, and tries her best to create a romantic environment for the two of them, satisfying her own small wishes, but unfortunately she is often messed up by the incomprehensible Shiba petrel.
Thanks to the technological achievements of the world, everything in the Quiet Soul Court has changed, and the convenient and comfortable life has greatly improved this ancient area that has been quiet for nearly 10,000 years. In the current Kuza Town, Urahara Kisuke gave full play to his profiteer talents, took advantage of the post-war waste to make a lot of money, and renovated the old house of the Kuchiki family from the inside out, but unfortunately the things he invented often ended in failure, and soon wiped out all the money of the family, and now he runs a grocery store to barely survive.
That night, it rained like a waterfall on Rukia's small body, and she stared at the lifeless man on her shoulder, as if she didn't believe that everything in front of her was real, and that the most admired vice-captain Shiba Haiyan had died under her own sword.
"Rukia, he wasn't killed by you, if he didn't do it, he would only be swallowed up by this extremely ugly void, he, he just maintained his dignity and reason," this once proud son of heaven died in such an almost humiliating way, if his body was not so weak, he would not have fallen to the current step, this is his responsibility.
Because of the appearance of a large number of transformed voids, the corpse soul world once again fell into a panic, and that crazy scientist Nirvana Li was extremely excited, personally leading the team to capture several transformed voids, hoping to find out the ways and means of another opponent. Garo Fujisaki was also overjoyed, Shiba Yixin's whereabouts are still unknown, and Shiba's sister-in-law, Haiyan, also died, still at the hands of Rukia Kuchigi, and he tried his best to put Rukia next to Haiyan to protect him. Now it's okay, stealing chickens doesn't make rice, but puts yourself in. The daughter of the Shiba family, Shiba Kuzuru, has an extreme hatred of death, and the five nobles have finally become the four major families with their own efforts, and even if Kuchiki Hakuya is extremely smart, he is powerless to change the status quo.
In the side hall of the Bihe Palace, a well-behaved black cat curled up and obediently lay beside the unconscious Rukia and fell asleep soundly, almost treating this place as his home.
"Sister Yeyi, when are you going to sleep? ”
"Sister Cher, I thought you weren't coming," the weirdly hoarse bass didn't cause Cher's panic, she smiled and asked, "Is there anything wrong with Urahara letting you come?"
"He just asked me to warn you, watch out for that man. ”
"Is it because he put his hand in the void?"
"You know it all, kid. ”
"What if you know, I don't want to or want to participate in this matter, so please don't disturb my life without permission," Cher's cold words immediately dispelled her excuse, and the child's eyes were extremely calm, without the slightest wave. After many years of burning incense and worshipping Buddha, she has long stopped caring about everything around her, even her own life.
Yeyi deftly avoided the defenses, and any mechanism was only yesterday's yellow flower in front of the 'Instant God', and it had long lost its due role. In the blink of an eye, she came to an open wine house, and there was a sleepy-eyed man lying on the couch, if she hadn't known each other since childhood, she wouldn't have believed that this drunk man was actually Sawada Yuxuan. What happened to these two children fifty years ago made him rather get drunk every day than go home.
"It's all arranged, Silver. ”
"Everything is in order, Aizen, Captain," Silver said in a mischievous elongated tone with a fleshy trill, as if to tease his master's careful thoughts.
Lan Zhan, who took off his glasses, smiled like a king on top, the chess pieces have been arranged, and the layout can begin, and what interesting things will happen next, he will wait and see.
In the days before the storm, it was as calm as a pool of stagnant water, and under the calm water, there were already waves, waiting for the critical point to explode instantly.