novelraw Chapter 1009 [Chapter 6] 23
Chapter 1009 [Chapter 6] 23
Strangely enough, this impression—or rather, this realization—was brought to him by the young girl in front of him.
Thinking of this, he slowly stopped laughing, only his expression was no longer as tense as before, and it also proved that he was suddenly much more relaxed because of this realization - even though she was Satsuma's secret envoy, she still treated him as Taking hostages and fleeing together cannot erase this sense of joy.
He didn't answer her, but looked up at the dark night sky.
Sure enough, there were no stars or moon in the night sky, and there was a trace of damp water vapor in the air.The gradually increasing wind blew the candle flames in the shade of the wind lantern that Tufang was holding in his hand.
"Before it rains, it's best to find a place to hide from the rain." He talked about another topic instead.
She looked very surprised.
"Eh?!" She blurted out, "Don't you expect me to be caught?! I am the one who hijacked you?!"
Tufang was silent for a moment, almost laughing at her bluntness.
"Why should I expect you to be caught?" He asked rhetorically, and began to raise the lantern, shining it around, trying to find a suitable hiding place to shelter from the wind and rain before the heavy rain came.
"...Although you are a secret envoy sent by Satsuma, since you have turned against Lord Xixiang, it is not that harmful to us. Besides... I haven't reached the point where I am looking forward to catching a A woman, how much credit can be made, to the point of defeating Satsuma." He added lightly, and finally roughly determined a position, took big strides straight down the mountain road, and got into the dense forest beside the road.
He pushed aside the wildly overgrown branches, leaves and bushes in the forest, raised the lantern in his hand to illuminate the road ahead, and said with difficulty while walking without looking back: "Follow up. If you get lost in this dark mountain, then you The meaning of being a hostage must disappear, right?"
These few words seemed to succeed in choking her.He didn't hear her eloquent and unreasonable excuses anymore, so he was a little satisfied, curled up the corners of his lips, and strode harder, trampling down the low branches of the overgrown plants, and breaking through the bushes Make a way.
Raindrops start to fall.Fortunately, they had already entered the woods, and most of the raindrops just fell on the dense tree canopy, and then were blocked by the branches and leaves.Even so, the earthworker quickly raised his vigilance, and his steps became bigger and stronger, and soon came to the bottom of a boulder.
There are just a few huge stones piled together, and a small gap is naturally formed below. After drilling in, it is surrounded by stones. It is not easy to be found, but it is an excellent hiding place.
When Tufang came closer and saw the terrain clearly, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "This is really... If we hide from the rain here, those guys are unlikely to find us tonight."
He evaluated it objectively, and didn't feel any regrets at all. He held up the lantern to illuminate her, and then turned around and said to her, "Get in quickly, the rain is getting heavier——"
His voice suddenly got stuck in mid-air, and then disappeared into nothingness.
Because with this turning around, his eyes finally fell on her.At this moment, he could clearly see her appearance at this moment—the surface of the muscle undergarment was wet by raindrops, and although the fabric had not been soaked, it was still attached to her body; It is outlined faintly.
He was startled.
"What are you doing... dare to run into the mountains in the dark when you are dressed like this... are you really not afraid of death..." He immediately turned his eyes away and stared at other places, complaining casually in his mouth, and moved away from the lantern. Looking at the entrance of the gap, he ordered in a bad tone: "Get in quickly! Do you want to freeze to death!"
Strangely, she hadn't spoken for a while, and just followed his instructions in silence; at this moment, after hearing his order in a bad tone, she didn't protest anything, but stepped forward a few steps, bowed her head and walked away from that The small entrance ducked into a crevice in the stone pile.
There was another thunderclap in the sky, and the lightning flashes illuminated half of the sky.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tufang also bent down and got into the crevice of the rock pile - he didn't have the rigid etiquette to follow, and he still understood the principle of being in a hurry.He didn't want to freeze to death in the mountains, he had more important things to do.
But as soon as he got into the rock crevice, he felt a mockery of fate—the crevice was not that big, and it was open from all directions. If there was a slight distance between the two people, one of them would be partly exposed to the rain; Had to sit down next to the shoulders to barely avoid the invasion of wind and rain.
Tufang found a small corner that would not be affected by the wind and rain and put down the lantern. After hesitating for a moment, he took off his military uniform jacket and handed it to Miss Jiutiao.
Sensing her raising her gaze to look at him in surprise, Hijikata suddenly felt embarrassed and annoyed.
"...What are you looking at?!" His tone sounded even worse, as if the tone used by the famous "Deputy Chief of Ghost" in Kyoto was about to return to the old tone.
"If you think you'll survive the night in that one dress, you're dead wrong! Put it on if you want to live!" he ordered gruffly.
...the other party did not respond.
Hijikata had already turned his eyes away because of embarrassment, but there was silence over there, so he had to turn his eyes back again.
As a result, she saw her mouth slightly open, looking dumbfounded.
Earthwork: "..."
Ah, what's the point of making such a stupid face.Wasn't he cunning and agile when he hijacked Xixiang Congdao in the camp just now? !Seeing his guard stumbling out with blood on his face, almost unable to hold the pistol steadily, who would believe that she didn't do this? !
However, the girl who was as cunning as a fox just now, who was as cunning as a fox, and as cunning as she was, now opened her eyes wide and stared blankly at the not-so-new military jacket that he handed over to her. Like a rabbit whose nest has been planed by a hunter, it is shocked and at a loss, as if it has been greatly shocked and does not know where to go——
"...Ah, you really are crazy, right?" Hijikata murmured to himself uncomfortably, and moved the jacket closer to her with a little impatience.
"Why that expression?... I'm the unlucky hostage." He muttered a few words like complaining, with an irritable expression of "tsk, it's so troublesome" on his face, and added an explanation. "Although it's a bit old, it just happened to be washed once yesterday—"
His voice suddenly faltered again.Because he remembered who came to collect the clothes for washing yesterday.
Of course not her.Since she officially started entertaining Xixiang Congdao, she no longer came to help in their longhouse.
The washerwoman who came to collect the dirty clothes yesterday was Ajiu who asked her for help that day.
Tufang couldn't explain why he asked his fellow washerwomen who Ajiu was after that day, maybe he just wanted to know what the village woman who dared to order her looked like, did she look so bold——
Sure enough, that Ajiu looked very bright and outgoing, very talkative, and not as timid as other nearby village women who came to help, talking loudly, which made his head buzz and hurt.
Ajiu's hands and feet were also very nimble, and he quickly sent back the washed military uniform—it was the one he wore on his night watch tonight.
Thinking of this, Tufang paused for a moment, and then directly threw the jacket in the face of Miss Jiutiao.
"I haven't had the bad habit of watching women die in front of me." He said in a blunt tone, turning his face away from her.
He heard to his right, that person was silent for a moment, then ripped off the coat covering his head with rustling hands, what did she do, suddenly she came towards him again Suddenly, the skin undergarment soaked in raindrops touched his shirt.
Earthwork:! ! !
He was so shocked that he almost jumped up subconsciously—it would be terrible if he really did that, and he would definitely hit the rock above his head—but a slender and powerful hand with five fingers stretched out from the right, and held his right hand in time. arm, preventing him from reflexive movements.
"...Let's wear it together, shall we?" He heard her hoarse voice softly, and her voice was unexpectedly clear amidst the noise of the heavy rain pattering on the stones.
Earthwork: "..."
His head buzzed for a moment before he remembered to say no.
"No...you can just wear it yourself. I don't like wearing the same clothes as women..."
As a result, before he could finish speaking, he heard her laugh softly.
That kind of laughter is not like the contemptuous snort she made earlier tonight when she held Xixiang Congdao to threaten him, but a kind of gentle, surprised and funny laughter, which doesn't seem too offensive , it seems to have an attractive meaning inexplicably.
The earthworker immediately straightened his back.
Ah... careless!Playing girls like them should be well-trained even when they laugh!They are all familiar with how to laugh, what kind of effect can be achieved, and what kind of emotions can be expressed!
Just as he was thinking of putting on a straight face and sternly saying a few words in return, he heard her slowly stop laughing, and her tone became more gentle and gentle.
"Mr. Naito, what a self-disciplined person," she said.
"... Such a good man is really rare now... Is it for the wife in my hometown?"
Earthwork:? !
What is she saying? !What... "Mrs. Hometown"? !
Besides, is she playing tricks on him?A Satsuma agent who wants to know about his hometown lady? !He wouldn't be so surprised if she asked him a few words about Xixiang's practice of Taoism; even asking a few words about their recent daily practice can be regarded as valuable information, but... Ask his wife in his hometown? !Is there a wife in his hometown, what is the wife in his hometown, and what does it have to do with her? !Is it worth her asking so seriously? !
Tufang felt that he was angry and confused again, and the buzzing noise in his head became louder.
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February 8:
Deputy Chief: Don't beat me! 【No
warn!I'm going to write a lot of trite routines from now on!Especially bloody and thunderous!
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