"They're new to the group, and they're regular visitors here." Ah Ju whispered in my ear. I nodded, walked up to them, and smiled, "Welcome, what do you want?" ”

The short one looked at me and smiled, "I haven't seen this girl before, is she new?" ”

"yes, she's my new help." Ah Ju was already there to answer,

"Consommé ramen." The tall man spoke coldly, his voice as cold as his eyes.

"Hehe, I said Ah Yi, why do you order clear soup ramen every time." The man grinned.

I was shocked, it really didn't take any effort to get it, this man is so murderous, could it be Saito Ichi? Saito Ichi, the captain of the new Sanban team, is known for his reconnaissance and assassination, and his swordsmanship is clean and unfettered, and he is lethal with one hit.

What day is today, and I have met the two top swordsmen today......

It's just that why did Saito kill Aju? No matter how much it is, I just need to stop this from happening anyway.

I stood aside and observed them, and noticed that the short man's eyes were always revolving around Ah Ju, and he seemed to have a crush on her. Saito, on the other hand, did not squint and had a grim face.

As I brought the noodles over, I heard a few brief conversations between them.

"Ah Yi, the people from the Changzhou faction seem to be ready to move again."

"Well, it seems that there are a lot of spies mixed in."

"Are we ...... tomorrow night?"

"San Lang, don't talk about this here."

Saito coldly interrupted the man named Saburo, who seemed to be not at all on guard, worthy of being the one in charge of reconnaissance and assassination.

Saito suddenly looked up at me, his sharp and cold eyes were like a sharp sword straight into the heart, making me feel like I was frozen in an instant. Different from Xiao Zheng's coldness, in his eyes, I felt a bloodthirsty taste, and the hand on the face couldn't help but tremble slightly, and a few drops of hot noodle soup splashed out, dripping on his clothes impartially.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" I quickly wiped it for him, screaming in my heart, what if he went crazy and pulled out a knife to cut me? Am I a fog escape or am I using immobilization?

"Go away." To my surprise, he just said something coldly, and his body didn't even move.

I was about to dodge open when I saw the curtain outside the door lifted, and a white figure walked in briskly.

"Director-General, you're here, we're waiting for you." Saburo greeted the man who came in warmly.

Director-General? Soji Okita? I looked up in amazement, and sure enough, it was the beautiful boy I met in the morning. When he saw me, he was also a little stunned, but he immediately smiled at me, and his smile always made people feel like a spring breeze.

I glanced at Saito again, and to my surprise, there was a hint of warmth in Saito's eyes as he looked at the head office.

The chief secretary looked at me with a smile, and suddenly pointed to my hand and said, "What's wrong with your hand, Xiao Yin?" ”

As soon as he said it, I began to feel pain in the back of my hand, and I hurriedly looked down, it turned out that there were a few drops of hot soup splashed on the back of my hand just now, and now it has turned red, so dull, why do I feel pain now.

"Director-General, do you know her?" Saburo asked in surprise.

"Ah, sort of." The chief secretary smiled and took out a paper bag from his arms, attached it to me, put it in my hand, and said, "This is for you." It doesn't hurt when you eat it. "My heart suddenly swelled with emotion, the head office is so gentle. I opened the paper bag, and inside it was a piece of light brown candy, which I recognized as Douping candy, which seemed to be a child's favorite candy. How does it feel a bit like coaxing a child......

"This, thank you." I stumbled, "But I'm not a child......"

"Hehe, it's okay." He laughed happily again, a few laughs, and suddenly the laughter was replaced by a violent cough. He covered his mouth violently and whispered, "I'm sorry. With that, he ran out the door quickly.

Cough? By the way, I remembered that it is recorded in history that Okita Soji died of tuberculosis, and at this time, his illness seems to be not light. Thinking of this, my heart suddenly trembled, and I involuntarily ran out with him.

At the back of the house, the chief was leaning against the base of the wall and coughing violently, and when he spread out the white veil, I could clearly see that there were blood-colored flowers blooming there.

When he saw me come out, he smiled at me and said softly, "I'm fine." ”

I looked at him silently, why, he could still smile so clearly and purely when he was suffering from such a painful disease, what kind of person was he?

"If it's okay, just go inside, it's cold outside." I whispered a few words and walked back.

"Well, please don't tell anyone else." He whispered behind my back.

I was shocked, didn't anyone else know about him having tuberculosis until now? Has he been hiding it from everyone all along? I looked back at him in surprise, and he was still smiling warmly and clearly, "I don't want everyone to worry. ”

My heart seems to have been touched by something.

Entering the room, Saito's concerned eyes quickly looked at the head office, and Saburo was already busy asking, "Head office, how are you?" Your cough seems to be getting worse. ”

The general secretary smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a cough, the weather changes slightly, and I'm prone to cold and cough." ”

"What did Dr. Matsumoto say?" Saito also opened his mouth.

"It's nothing, don't worry." The Director-General smiled like a child.

Saito didn't say anything more, just a complicated look flashed in his eyes.

"By the way, the general secretary, I heard that you peeked at the haiku collection of Deputy Minister Hijikata a few days ago, and he was furious." Saburo suddenly remembered something and asked with a smile.

"Speaking of this, the deputy chief almost drew his knife, hahaha." The Director-General looked very happy.

"So, what exactly did our devilish lieutenant write?" Saburo asked curiously.

"Well." The head secretary sold a pass, and suddenly chanted seriously: "A plum blossom blooms, a plum blossom is still a plum blossom, and a few plum blossoms will not become something other than plum blossoms." ”

Before he could finish speaking, I already laughed out loud. What kind of poem is this, Saburo laughed even more happily, and even Saito had a smile in his eyes.

"Mr. Hirama, Mr. Saito, how dare you laugh at the haiku of Deputy Chief Hijikata, seppuku, all seppuku......" The chief secretary himself finally couldn't help laughing, his almost transparent face flushed with a hint of red, and in the midst of the laughter, I heard several suppressed coughs.

I suddenly felt a little sorry for this young man called the head office......

Although he is called the son of a man and a demon, it is all derived from words, and I have never seen it with my own eyes, I only know that this chief division before my eyes is gentle.

In the next ten days, Ah Ju and I have also become acquainted, she is a typical Japanese woman, virtuous and capable, and kind-hearted. Why did Saito kill her, and why did she have such a big grudge and such a heavy curse? Siyin said that Saito killed her for a friend, could this friend be Saburo? What the hell is going on? Ah Ju's husband also seems to be quite mysterious, often absent from the store, and doesn't know what he's busy with.

So far, I'm confused.

It has become a routine to go to the Jinzenya every day to buy vegetables and fruits, but it is also pleasant to breathe in the fresh morning air. When I passed by a pharmacy, I suddenly remembered the illness of the general director, although I didn't know much about tuberculosis, but it would be nice to stop his cough a little and relieve his pain a little. I looked at the pears in the basket, walked into the medicine house, and picked out a traditional Chinese medicine called Chuanbei mother.

Chuanbei stewed pear, all I can think of is this, why didn't I learn some medical skills.

When I came out and passed by the house on the side of the street, I remembered that the bean candy given to me by the head office that day was delicious, and I couldn't help but walk over again, only to see a man in a light green feather weave in front of the house also lowered his head and was choosing. Isn't this a new uniform? I approached him, and he had just turned his head to meet me.

"Director-General!" I shouted in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

When the general secretary saw that it was me, he showed his usual bright smile and said, "Xiao Yin, are you also here to buy Douping candy?" ”

I nodded and said, "Well, I was addicted to eating last time." ”

"yes, yes, it's delicious." The Director-General replied with a smile on his face.

"Why are you wearing your team uniform today?" I pointed to the clothes on his body.

"Oh, it's my turn to be on duty with Mr. Saito today." As he spoke, he paid and handed me the paper bag, "Here you go, this is the last one." ”

"No, no, you like to eat so much," I said, waving my hand.

"It's okay." He smiled faintly, and his smile was so dazzling when he was bathed in the sun.

"By the way, follow me." I picked him up and walked to the riverbank, he seemed a little stunned, but I pulled him to the bank.

"Sit down," I said, gesturing to the grass, tossing a pile of things, and sitting down first. He immediately sat down next to me and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"Let's eat together." I opened the paper bag, took out a piece and handed it to him. He was stunned for a moment, then laughed again and said, "Okay." ”

The rich bean aroma fills the mouth, and the melt-in-your-mouth feeling is smoother than Dove chocolate, and I can't help but wonder if he likes to eat chocolate if he is in modern times.

"Ahem, ahem!" He coughed twice.

"Director-General, it's okay, don't bear it, just cough it out, don't have to work so hard." Every time I heard him cough, my heart twitched.

"I'm fine." He proceeded to put a piece of sugar in his mouth.

"Director-General, you need more rest for your illness......" I said.

He looked at me and said with a little surprise, "Do you know what kind of disease I am?" ”

"Well, I know a little bit, I think the doctor must have said something similar to you, right?"

"I said, I know my illness." He looked at the sparkling river, and his smile gradually faded, "Maybe in the future, I will spend it on the sickbed, but now, at this moment when I can still swing the sword, I don't want to stop, in order to protect the people around me, for the sake of the partners who fight side by side, I also want to pick up the sword and continue to fight......"

When he looked up, his eyes were light and clear, and the sun reflected beside him, bringing his gaze smile, which did not disperse for a long time, and my heart shook a little in an instant.

"Then do what you want, at least in retrospect, and don't regret it. With a clear conscience, that's fine. I smiled.

He turned to look at me and nodded heavily.

"However, the body still has to be careful, otherwise even if you don't want to, you can only lie down obediently, this is for you." I handed him the pears and Chuanbei in the basket and said, "Put the Chuanbei in the hollowed out pears, stew them in water, and eat them all to moisten the lungs and relieve cough." ”

His smile was still the same, a hint of emotion flashed in his eyes, he took the thing, stood up, and said, "Thank you, it's not too early, I should go back too." ”

"Well, see you next time, thank you for the bean candy." I cleaned up a bit and stood up.

"This, thank you." He pointed to something in his hand, smiled, and turned to leave.

Watching his back go away, I seemed to hear a cough again, and my heart seemed to be getting more and more uncomfortable.

In the days that followed, everything seemed to be peaceful. Saito and Saburo seem to be regular customers of this Omiya, and the head secretary has been here a few times, and every time he comes, I force him to eat a bowl of stewed pears or white pear honey, and I feel a little more comfortable watching him eat them one bite at a time. I don't know why, this teenager makes me feel so distressed. Sometimes, his smile hurts me more than his cough. I always wonder what a strong heart he has beneath his weak exterior......

Gradually, I became acquainted with them, Saburo would often joke with me, and Saito, though still silent, looked at me with a noticeably less hostile gaze.

As soon as Omiya opened the door today, I saw a familiar figure with long black hair, a white kimono, and a bright smile. I unconsciously raised the corners of my mouth, "Director-General, why is it so early?" Could it be ......" I blinked: "Came to eat my Chuanbei stewed pear so early?" "Seeing that he looks good today, my mood is naturally better.

"Huh." He smiled and said, "Xiao Yin, we have all the joint battles today, do you want to watch them?" ”

"A joint battle?" My heart moved, and it sounded funny.

"Mr. Saito and I will participate." The smile on his face was even bigger.

"What? Do you also participate? But your body? I asked, a little worried.

"It's okay, I can at least swing this chrysanthemum." He pointed to the knife at his waist. I've heard in the past that Kikuichi Monomune and Kaga Kiyomitsu are the two favorite swords of Okita Soji.

It was really a big temptation for the two masters to make a move, and my heart was really itchy, so I asked for leave with Aju and followed the general secretary to their camp.