Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Chapter 893 [Chapter 4] 310

Indeed, if it is considered that you have to fight indoors, it will be very inconvenient to wear a large armor.It seems that the general has already made up his mind to fight to the end.

Filed in behind him were about a dozen guards.Liu Quan did not see the figure of the Great Prajna Changguang in it.

She remembered that historical records said that at this time Ashikaga Yoshiki was surrounded by about [-] or [-] attendants.However, compared with the Miyoshi family who besieged Nijo City outside, this amount is a drop in the bucket.Probably Ashikaga Yoshiki also knew in his heart that this night was the last moment of his life. He strode up to the top seat, stopped again, turned around and looked around the Ohiro room for a week.

It has to be said that this room is very grandly built. After placing so many tables, lamps and candles, there is still a large open space around, and the style is very grand.

But Yoshiki Ashikaga apparently had other ideas about this.After looking around for a week, he suddenly sat down on that seat with his legs crossed, and said loudly, "Where is the pen and ink?"

Soon a maid hurried forward, holding a tray with pens, ink, papers and inkstones in her hands.However, Ashikaga Yoshiki did not take the paper from the tray, but picked up a brush, dipped it in ink, and suddenly turned his head to cast his eyes on Mrs. Nobuko who was sitting beside him.

"Hahahaha... Royal platform, can you lend me your sleeve?" He laughed loudly like a bell.

Mrs. Nobuko seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but she quickly understood Ashikaga Yoshiki's meaning.She lowered her eyes slightly, covered half of her face with a cypress fan, leaned up from her seat, and walked to Ashikaga Yoshiki's side with small steps.Then, after a little hesitation, she put down her right hand holding the fan, grabbed the hem of the right sleeve with her left hand, flattened the whole sleeve, stretched it out in front of Ashikaga Yoshiki, and stared at him quietly.

"Master Gongfang." She called out.

"Please use."

Ashikaga Yoshiki looked back at her, and after a while, he tilted his lips slightly, showing a half-smiling, half-crying expression on his face.Then, he pondered for a while, picked up the pen, and wrote a few short lines on the sleeve of Mrs. Xinzi's thin red plum-colored single gown.

Liu Quan quietly slipped into the big room along the wall, and stood far away, looking at the couple who were about to die.

Even if she doesn't know the content of what Ashikaga Yoshiki wrote, she is no stranger to it.

It's a death poem.

Several unrelated scenes emerged in my mind.

First, Sanri Yue Zongjin handed her a piece of paper that was almost crumpled, and said: I don't know who this should be given to, so I think it's good to just give it to you.

Then she unfolded the huai paper and looked down to see the handwriting.

[The lonely official died on the island of Ezo, and his loyal soul defended Dongfang Jun forever].

Then came the streets of Edo in the middle of the night, and Kondo showed her a refreshing smile.He handed her a piece of paper, and asked her to give it to Tufang, saying that Ah Sui would understand——

Finally, it was the streets of Youxiaolu in late autumn, and the cold night wind ruthlessly blew on her face, quickly drying up the tears she shed.Hirasuke fell in front of her, with a deep bloodstain slanting across most of his face, and he tried to look relaxed, begging her to find a suitable poem for him to read——

Liu Quan suddenly felt a sore nose.

"If it wasn't for living here..." she said softly.

Why does such a helpless and sad story have to be staged in the world again and again?

"How can there be a place to enjoy flowers—"

At some point, a tall and tall figure was already standing beside her, listening to her inaudible voice quietly.

When Liu Quan uttered the second line of the poem and stopped again, he finally spoke when he didn't make a sound for a long time.

"What's the last sentence, Mr. Xueye?"

Liu Quan paused for a moment, shook his head, and replied softly: "...Let's not talk about it."

Daprajna Changguang slightly raised his eyebrows, but did not show any surprise.He folded his arms around his chest, and stood beside her quietly watching what happened in the hall, with a kind of calmness in his mind that didn't match the tense situation right now.

Hearing Liu Quan's answer, he didn't press the question, but smiled and changed another question.

"Then whose poem is this?"

Liu Quan sighed helplessly.

"Vice Chief of the Shinsengumi, Toshizo Hijikata." She replied.

"Oh?!" Da Prajna Changguang immediately turned to her, showing interest.When he saw her obscure expression, his eyes flickered, and his tone immediately seemed to be more playful.

"That was a momentary talent... After all, even though I haven't been in Honmaru for a long time, I've heard about the ex-lord who Izumi Mori never forgets."

Liu Quan lowered his eyes, as if he didn't hear the probing meaning in his tone.She replied dryly: "I know what you want to ask. Yes, he is also my former chieftain-is that satisfactory to you?"

Daprajna Changguang hummed, and there were not many special emotions discernible in the tone of his voice.Obviously he felt that this kind of answer was far from satisfying him, so he added a sentence before the situation in the city got worse:

"...Then, are you the same as Izumi Mamoru?"

Liu Quan: "... What did you say?"

Daprajna Changguang finally laughed again. He watched her side face, which was a little unclear because of the dim candlelight, and asked slowly:

"Just like Izumi Mamoru, do you still miss the deputy head of the Shinsengumi?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that her drooping long eyelashes trembled suddenly.

He silently said "Oh~?!" in his heart.

It's really... rare.

he thinks.

Even when they were so close to each other that there was no gap between them, and they were only one finger away from kissing each other, he had never clearly seen her wavering for a moment like now.

Of course, he knew in his heart that this was not a good time to get to the bottom of it.However, this new master, who was completely different from the female masters he had seen, aroused some interest in him.

He could see that she admired -- liked, one might even say -- her own voice.Sometimes when he said something, he could even see her move for a brief moment.Those words were different from the lines he deliberately wanted to shake her, which made him a little curious - what did she think of when she said those words through herself...or who did she think of.

Unexpectedly, such a question seems to have suddenly obtained some kind of conjecture that is closest to the truth tonight.

... Hijikata Toshisan.

The name rolled over in his heart, and he glanced at the female examiner next to him calmly.

Although when they came to this era, she seemed to be led by him all the time, and everything was carried out according to his plan and pace; however, since she protected Mrs. Nobuko and successfully escaped from the Kiyomizu Temple Incident and returned to Nijo Castle, her body The sharp and condensed aura that had been hidden all this time seemed to slowly emerge.

This made him seem to understand why those big shots chose her to take on this special task.

It's not because they want to give Fu Sangshen under her command some extra experience benefits for upgrading—it's because they think that during the mission, anytime unexpected situations arise, she will be able to overcome them smoothly, and finally Successfully complete the task.To achieve such a goal, courage, determination, ability and calm are indispensable.

And he didn't really want to embarrass her.He just wanted to test out some weaknesses that could influence her within a moderate range, so that he could sometimes take advantage of her and continue to maintain the advantage of being a famous sword in front of her, detached from other things—because in the final analysis, he is not Imagine looking up at her like Yaken Toshiro or Wuhutai, kindly expressing a gesture of submission, completely obeying her orders, humbly bowing in front of her and begging for her favor or favor——

If she is capable enough to control him, it's not that they can't cooperate well as a companion who can fight side by side and a master-slave relationship; however, if he wants to treat her without knowing anything, be nice And docilely obey her - that is impossible.

He raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Come on, Mr. Xueye.

The change of Yonglu is just around the corner.Let me see how exciting you are, shall we?

Of course, Liu Quan would not know what he was thinking.

She also didn't care whether Da Prajna Changguang had noticed something extraordinary from her subtle silence.The previous matter was not a secret she kept secret. Would it affect her ability to be an excellent judge?

She believes that the Great Wisdom Changguang is a wise person.In other words, even if he is not that smart, it doesn't matter - as long as his combat power is in line with his noble status [it was worth [-] kan in the Muromachi era].

She silently watched several men who looked like entourages filed in from outside, each holding a few knives in their arms, and walked in front of Ashikaga Yoshiki in a line.Then, not knowing what Ashikaga Yoshiki said, they started to spread out, pulled out their knives, and inserted the knives straight down into the tatami in various gaps in the room.

Liu Quan was silent for a moment, then said softly, "This...is it a famous scene to some extent...?"

Da Prajna gave a long light, and hummed a low laugh in his throat.

"Indeed it is," he replied in a low voice.

"So... what are you going to do next, Mr. Xueye?"

Liu Quan glanced across the entire hall, and noticed that Mrs. Nobuko was already crying. Hisamatsu and Inaba supported her from left to right; I don't know what Ashikaga Yoshiki said to her—probably to let her go first Leave here, hide in a relatively safe room or something—then, Hisamatsu and Inaba supported Mrs. Nobuko, and they stumbled towards the door of the hall together.

Now Liu Quan could no longer stand aside, so she came out from the unobtrusive shadow in the corner and waited by the door.

When Mrs. Xinzi walked to the door, she really noticed her.So Mrs. Xinzi stopped in front of her, sobbing, and said to her: "Let's go, Axue... There is nothing we can do here... Lord Gongfang asked me to go back to my room , I, I have awakened in my heart... You can come with me too. In case... If so, I... I will tell them to let you go..."

Liu Quan looked at her apologetically, then shook his head quietly.

"I'm sorry, Odai-sama," she said.

"I can't go with you. Because here, there are still things I can do."

Mrs. Xinzi was taken aback.As if she didn't notice the Daprajna Changguang standing quietly behind Liu Quan a few steps away until this time, she cast a glance at the Daprajna Changguang, and then turned her gaze back to Liu Quan's face.

"You... are you going to stay here, with... and your lover...?"

Mrs. Nobuko seemed to have swallowed the ominous word after the word "together" with great difficulty.But Liu Quan smiled lightly after hearing her question.

"Master Yutai." She called Mrs. Nobuko, calmly looked back at the tearful lady in front of her, and said in a low and clear voice:

"Someone told me before—"

"Perhaps it's just a matter of time before everything happens, but the one who has protected us until now is also... Mr. Gongfang. Therefore, I want to stay here, and we will go to the end together, and do my best—"

On that moonlit night in Aizu, someone had said that to her, right?

No matter how long it has been, she always remembers——

The expression on Mrs. Xinzi's face became more and more surprised.She opened her mouth slightly, as if she had never known the young maid in front of her, and stared deeply at Liu Quan with a look of surprise and admiration, as if she still wanted to try in vain to finally convince her to agree with her. As if she was leaving together, she moved her lips and said in a low voice:

"But, but... do you know what will, what will happen here...? You...you could have saved yourself..."

Liu Quan smiled.

"I won't simply die like this." She replied frankly.

"Because I made an appointment with someone like this a long, long time ago."