novelraw Chapter 1067 [Chapter ENDING] 19
Chapter 1067 [Chapter ENDING] 19
And then, it's now—
Hijikata did not expect that what he heard at the door of Shanchuan’s house early in the morning—the proposal of “There will be a warm-up dance in the new hall tonight, how about you bring your girlfriend to attend?”—will really become a reality in the evening .
After listening to Miss Quan's narration in one breath, he had a bad intuition.
Abe has apparently sneaked into the Rokumingkan under a pseudonym.Although I don't know what these stubborn extermination factions want to do, but every dance from now on may be a good opportunity for them to do it.
The earth party immediately decided to sneak into the dance party first.
The invitation was not a problem, nor was his dress—now he was grateful for the gift box Shan Chuan sent, which contained invitations and men's dresses—even his choice of female companion was not a problem.
The problem is that his female partner is still wearing men's clothing perfectly.
Hijikata thought about it with a headache, and felt that on the way to Rokumeikan, he must turn back to Ms. Izumi's house to pick up a women's dress. Even if it takes time, there is nothing he can do——
In the next second, Miss Quan, who flashed into an empty room next to her, opened the door and walked out.
... wearing a new and gorgeous women's dress.
Earthwork:? ? ?
When will they be able to conjure up new clothes here? !
He could see clearly that the room she opened the door into was a small reference room—why is it a reference room again! ——There are only files full of pits and valleys in the room, and there is no place to conjure new clothes at all!
Has the crime-solving drama turned into a fantasy drama in a second? !
Facing the question marks on Tufang's face, Ms. Quan said decisively, "Don't ask."
Earthwork: "..."
Faced with his expression of being unable to complain, Miss Quan threw a large cloth bag on his table very neatly, and then greeted him: "Are you still going? Go to the Luming Pavilion?"
Earth Fang: "...what is that?"
Miss Quan looked back at his desk at the door, and replied casually: "Ah, that's the man's clothes just now. I'll keep it with you for now."
Hijikata: "...So where did your current clothes come from!"
Miss Quan: "Don't ask."
Earthwork: "..."
very good.To be able to say such a blunt answer to the man, it seems that this blind date is really going to be over.
He strode angrily toward the door.
...Or a simple working relationship suits him!
Miss Quan called a carriage from nowhere and waited at the door, and they got into the carriage and hurried to Luming Pavilion.
However, there are quite a few vehicles rushing to the Luming Pavilion, and their carriages are too crude and blocked in the middle of the road.
I also know that the people in charge of dredging the road nearby will give priority to releasing those high-ranking officials and foreigners who came in luxury carriages.It would be good for a broken carriage like theirs not to be ordered to turn halfway to make way for the carriage behind.
Moreover, they seem to have heard someone talking outside that the road near the Luming Pavilion has not been fully repaired...
Hijikata let out a sharp breath through his nose.
If you're not ready, there will be a big event!
He touched the invitation card in the inside pocket of his coat and made a decisive decision.
Ditch the car and walk.
At the beginning, the earthworker could maintain a normal pace, but then he walked faster and faster involuntarily.
A sense of urgency slowly surged in his heart.
He didn't know if Abe Juro, whose pseudonym was "Takeo Hattori", would do something at the Rokumeikan tonight.After all, it seems that Abe's targets are all former loyal Shinsengumi members.However, according to Hiroshi Yamakawa, none of the surviving members of the Shinsengumi has a high official position enough to be eligible to enter the Rokumeikan dance.Even Hijikata himself was not qualified enough, he was able to go in only because of the invitation card that Hiroshi Yamakawa gave him.
However, the Imperial Tomb Guards are from the Barbarian sect, right?Although there is a huge difference between the Shinsengumi and the Shinsengumi in terms of respecting the king or the samurai, the policy of expelling barbarians will not be lost-there will definitely be many foreigners in the Rokumeikan, so will Abe target those foreigners?
If Abe's goal does not include foreigners at all, then he still has to apply under a pseudonym to be a servant of the Rokumeikan, which is completely superfluous.Rokumeikan's salary may be considered generous, but according to Hijikata's previous understanding of Abe Juro's character, he has a stubborn and tenacious spirit, and he doesn't value money very much.
Thinking about it this way makes it even more dangerous——
The earthworker couldn't help but quickened his pace again.Then when the outline of the building of the Luming Pavilion was faintly visible, he suddenly realized whether he was walking too fast and forgot the necessary equipment for entering the Luming Pavilion—a female companion—immediately slowed down and turned around .
He was taken aback.
Because that gorgeous dress with a fluffy hem and delicate fabrics, the skirt is not only trimmed with an overlapping lace of taffeta and lace, but also has a ruffle made of the same fabric diagonally from top to bottom. Miss Quan, who was not restrained by the hem of the skirt at all, was still a few steps behind him and followed behind him.
Hijikata was silent for a moment, wondering if this eldest lady from a declining family was too self-adapted?Are the current young ladies so proficient in all kinds of weird skills, can pretend to be men so vividly, and can handle cases as well as several ordinary soldiers? !
But now is not the time to delve into it.Tufang stopped and waited for Miss Quan, and when Miss Quan caught up and walked side by side with him, he deliberately slowed down a little, and told her all his inferences by the way.
After listening carefully, Ms. Quan said while thinking deeply: "Then there are only two possibilities for Abe's purpose now: First, there will be former Shinsengumi members appearing in tonight's ball—but they have survived from before. So far, none of the members of the Shinsengumi has the ability to climb to a high position in just a few years, right?"
Earthwork: "..."
Ah, I always feel like I've been subtly shot by an arrow in my knee. 【Smile
Ms. Quan didn't seem to notice his subtle emotions, and continued to think about it: "The second possibility - the guards of the imperial tomb back then were from the Barbarian sect. If it is not changed, even though it is a new era of civilization and civilization, he will still have a deep hostility towards foreigners."
"In this way, it makes sense for him to instruct Suzuki to steal the 'Chosomi Kotoru' from Rosenberg's collection. On the one hand, he can take revenge on the Shinsengumi and sink the director's favorite knife that is still alive The bottom of the sea, completely destroyed; on the other hand, you can also take revenge on foreigners and take away their favorite things..."
Earthwork: "..."
Ah, I always feel like I've been subtly stabbed in the heart by her. 【Smile
Ms. Quan seemed to be so nervous that she didn't even notice what was wrong with his emotions, and continued: "Then, if there is no ex-team member of the Shinsengumi who he wants to take revenge on tonight, there must be some foreigner who was killed by him." Locked as the target - but this kind of ball for entertaining foreigners, there are at least 30 to [-] foreigners who come to participate, who is his target?"
Hijikata finally found that he could use his analytical ability a little bit, interrupted her to continue to give him an opportunity to stab himself unintentionally (?), and immediately said: "The foreigner who lost 'Chang Zeng Mi Huche' is just a wealthy businessman, not The corresponding high position probably cannot be regarded as the goal that Abe is satisfied with... unless there is some dispute behind it that we haven't found out."
"Probably not." Ms. Quan replied decisively, "They were really very angry at the loss of Mr. Kondo's knife, so they took a little way to pressure to restart the investigation. In this way, if there is anything that will help solve the case Even if it is not very pleasant, they will tell me in advance about the disputes between them and the locals. What's more, they are a very pretentious and image-conscious family, and they probably won't move just to cheat the locals out of a few money What shameful hands and feet."
"I also heard that they made a lot of money just by relying on fully loaded cargo ships," Hijikata said, "It's impossible for Abe to have any heirlooms that were cheated by them—he used to..."
He was immersed in his own thoughts for a while, and almost said "he was very poor before, if there were good things, he would have exchanged them for money a long time ago", which could reveal his true identity.Fortunately, he woke up in time, bit the topic, and changed his words: "...He has always been like that from before to now, and there is no moment when he gets rich suddenly."
Maybe it was because the wording he used made people feel funny, Miss Quan burst out laughing.
"That's right." She nodded with a smile in time before Tufang exploded her hair, and changed the subject.
"So we should still consider those foreigners... Who is the highest-ranking foreigner who will be here today? Is it the consul general of which country in Yokohama?"
Hijikata shook his head, and couldn't help but regret that he didn't ask Yamakawa Hiroshi about the details of tonight's dance in the morning.He said: "But after I go in later, I should be able to find...friends who can obtain this information, ask for clarification."
Ms. Quan nodded, and arranged a task for herself without even thinking about it: "Then I'll just walk around to find out where Abe is, what kind of person he is disguised as, and whether he has a weapon in his hand."
Earthwork: "...very good, let's do it like this."
The two people who had divided their jobs arrived at the entrance of the Luming Hall.Seeing that the two of them came on foot from the sidewalk instead of getting off from the luxurious carriage parked directly in front of the door, the guard's eyes changed a bit.
Tufang said in a low voice: "Damn it, are you looking down on me—"
As a result, the next moment he felt his right arm sink.
He turned his face away in astonishment, and found that Miss Quan had already held his arm as if nothing had happened!
Earthwork:! ! !
"What are you doing?!" he asked in a low voice, suppressing his anger.
Miss Quan replied with a smile: "Be an excellent and qualified female companion~"
Her ending sound had a playful little wavy line, and Hijikata felt his head hurt even more in an instant.
The guard at the door was already staring sideways, almost rolling his eyeballs to the back of his head.
Tufang could only cough, took out the invitation card from the hidden pocket inside his jacket, and handed it to the guard.
The guard took a look at it, and immediately changed from a scrutinizing and skeptical attitude to a respectful one.
"Welcome, Mr. Naito, uh—" His eyes wandered back and forth between Hijikata and Ms. Izumi, as if he was trying to figure out what to call Hijikata's gorgeously dressed and extraordinary female companion.
Before Tufang could speak, he heard Miss Quan beside her say with a smile in a pleasant tone: "... Ma'am."
Earthwork:! ! !
He turned his head sharply to stare at her.
Miss Quan looked straight at the guard who was in charge of inspecting the invitations at the door calmly, and even smiled—but there was a faintly inexplicable courage added to the smile.
As a result, before Hijikata could figure out how to respond, the guard was forced by Ms. Izumi's "hidden courage under the smile", squeezed out a smile and said politely: "Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Naito, please-" —”
And bowed his head sideways, waiting for Hijikata and Ms. Izumi to enter the Rokumeikan with a very respectful posture.
Earthwork: "..."
OK.
Anyway, he is not married now, and he will not want to marry again in the future.Because the only woman in the world he wanted to marry had turned to ashes under the blue sky of Kagoshima, like those companions who had burned their last sliver of life after drinking the water of change and fighting as hard as they could.
And the water she drank was given to her by him.
The reason why she fell to the point where she had to drink Bian Ruo Shui to save her life was also because she was going to go to Bentendaiba instead of him, and was ambushed at Ipponki's closed door.
Later, he also thought about which side sent the person who ambushed him.
The conclusion is hard to believe.
He also thinks that that person is unlikely to be from the new government army.
Those Sajang people certainly hated him, but he understood how they retaliated against the Shinsengumi.Just look at what happened to Kondo-kun in the end.
All they wanted to do with him was to take him, make him kneel before a crowd in broad daylight, declare his guilt loudly, and then chop off his head, just like they would humiliate a really guilty villain.
Moreover, at that time, the defeat of the curtain army was doomed to be inevitable.Even if Hijikata Toshisan lives, it is unlikely that this ending will be delayed any longer.
Compared with letting him die on the battlefield as the last hero of the samurai so simply, what those sages would rather see is to impose the same humiliating punishment on him as Kondo-kun did back then.
However, as long as he is alive, he will prevent the shogun from surrendering to the new government forces so easily.
Those eager to surrender can't wait for his death on the battlefield to arrange surrender; can they?
However, in the end, someone came to help him share the weight and consequences of all the pain.
It was precisely because that person forced himself to do this kind of thing that she shouldn't be responsible for, and he lost that person in the end.
That person is his wife.
They were the ones who should stand beside him openly tonight, follow those western etiquette, take his arm, listen to the guard at the gate address them as "Mr. and Madam", and then walk through the gate together.
It didn't matter if the guard misunderstood, though.Because he probably won't have any chance to come here in the future.He had no interest in what happened in this splendid new guild hall for entertaining foreigners.
He will not let others have the opportunity to stand next to him and falsely claim to be his wife.
After all this is over, he must find that guy Shan Chuan immediately, express his thoughts in a righteous way, and warn the other party not to arrange any more blind dates for him.
No blind date of any kind.
It doesn't matter if there is no wife who will be criticized by others and affect his promotion.
Hijikata made up his mind, took a deep breath, tried to order himself to temporarily ignore Miss Quan's hand on his arm, and walked into the gate of Luming Pavilion without looking sideways.
The author has something to say:
February 12:
I feel very happy when I skin it! 【No
I think we'll be able to do some battle scenes tomorrow!
Then finish the sub-long line within this year hhh
Next update: after midnight tomorrow