Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

In November of the third year of Qingying, when the news of Sakamoto Ryoma's assassination came, Liu Quan was struggling with a lot of team affairs assigned by the deputy commander in the garrison.

In fact, in her capacity, it was a bit of a leapfrog when she came into contact with these team affairs—even with the title of corporal leader and the actual status of acting team leader of the first group, but sometimes the official duties and documents assigned by the deputy leader directly involved As for the negotiations with the Kyoto Office and other departments, it is a matter at the level of the deputy director and the director.

However, since the deputy chief had already invited her to eat dumplings on the night of the Obon Festival, it seemed that since then he had taken care of a lot of official duties and enslaved her unceremoniously.

When Liu Quan was holding a pen, poking the top of his head with the end of the pen in annoyance, thinking about how to draft the document in front of him, he casually complained to Mikazuki Zongjin who was sitting on the other side of the table and drinking tea leisurely. "Damn it! I have been made to do so many things beyond the scope of my authority, at least give me a position as an assistant to the director!" At that time, Shinpachi's loud voice suddenly came from the corridor outside the door.

"...How could Zuo Zhi's scabbard be at the assassination scene!! Damn!! His scabbard is still attached to his knife!"

...Assassination? !

Liu Quan's ears caught this keyword in an instant, and the radar antenna above his head immediately stood up and beeped.

The next second was Harada's slightly troubled voice.

"Well, it means that someone wants to push this matter to Shinsengumi."

... who died? !

Before Liu Quan could figure it out, there was a sound of leisurely footsteps on the corridor outside the house.Okita's voice sounded immediately.

"What, so Zuozhi-kun killed Sakamoto Ryoma? I wish you could call me along."

...Sakamoto Ryoma? !

Liu Quan raised his head in amazement, and looked at the tall figure outside the door that was projected on the paper partition by the setting sun.

Harada shouted sullenly: "Boss, what nonsense are you talking about! Can you just lie down!? Now you have to think about who wants the Shinsengumi to bear this reputation!"

……Shinsengumi, assassination, Ryoma Sakamoto? !

Suddenly, Sanri Yue Zongjin's voice came from the other side.

"Ah, did Sakamoto-kun get killed? Mutsu Mori-kun will probably be very sad..."

The handsome Fu Sangshen put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at the outside of the house separated by a partition.

"He must have tried his best... After a big battle, Mutsu Shoujun."

Liu Quan: ... At this time, you are still using knives, isn't it good, grandpa? !

In short, this incident has cast a gloomy and tense atmosphere on the already imminent capital.

Sacho and the Tosa clan claimed to catch the real murderer who assassinated Sakamoto Ryoma, and demanded that the shogunate hand over the murderer based on the scabbard that was inexplicably asserted to be "owned by Harada Sanosuke of the Shinsengumi".

There was also intense debate within the shogunate.Since the current general Tokugawa Yoshiki announced the "return of the great government" more than a month ago, the shogunate was divided into several factions, and they also fought fiercely with each other. Pot, there is no answer at all, and no result can be argued.

In this almost black gloomy and sinister atmosphere, Liu Quan was actually... struck down by a rare cold.

This was the first time Liuquan had caught a cold since the station was moved from Nishi Hongan Temple to Fudotang Village.

It was summer when we moved in, but now it is late autumn and the nighttime weather is cold.Maybe it was because he was too busy and the pressure suddenly increased after taking the title of corps leader as the acting team leader for a while, the healthy baby Liu Quan caught a bad cold without warning.

During the day, she led a team to patrol the city lively during the day, and when she returned to the village, she just complained to Okita, "Ah, I didn't sleep well last night, and I seemed to twist my back. No matter how I pose, I feel uncomfortable." Sore back", was laughed at by Okita, "Do you want to try the Ishida powder handed down by the deputy chief? You won't die if you eat it", and took advantage of the rare opportunity in the afternoon to go back to the room to rest.

As a result, after lying down, I couldn't get up.When it was time to go out and meet Saito dressed as the daughter of a local townsman "Xiaomei", her whole body was already burning hot, and she also suffered from migraines because of the high fever.

Although Liu Quan became vigilant almost immediately, exchanged [special cold medicine for the real world], an item that appeared on the exchange list unscientifically in time, with the system bacteria, and took it according to the amount, but even in the real world , Even if you catch a cold and don't give up treatment, it is not so easy to recover immediately.

But the task must be done.Now that Sakamoto Ryoma has just been assassinated, and it is said that Ito has been in close contact with Sakamoto Ryoma's friend and Nakaoka Shintaro who was assassinated with him for a while, so it is necessary to immediately find out the internal situation of the Imperial Tomb Guard.And now the atmosphere inside the Royal Tomb Guard must be more tense and sinister, and Saito cannot be risked to report to the Shinsengumi village—so even if he is burned to death today, he must meet Saito.

Liu Quan sighed, and put down that she also used very little points—the system bacteria is still a bit human at this time, whether it is cold medicine or a thermometer, only a few points were deducted from her when exchanging—the thermometer she exchanged, looking at The reading above was 38.4°C. After hesitating for a moment, he called Izumi Mori Kanesada who was wandering in the garrison.

"Jian Sang," in the eyes of the surprised Fu Sangshen, the interrogator who rarely appeared with such a gentle attitude called his name gently.

"I have to go out for a while, but I'm worried about keeping a newly bought foreign gadget in my room. Please keep it for me. Just return it to me when I come back."

As she said that, she handed out a cloth bag, which contained a medicine box for cold medicine and the old-fashioned thermometer.

Izumi Mori Kanesada was a little surprised, thinking that this kind of hiding thing should usually be done by Mikami Tsukimune recently.However, since it is rare for the god judge to trust him so much (something is wrong), of course he happily took the things and tucked them into the front of his kimono, and patted them there, saying, "I will keep the general's things with me for sure." very safe!".

Liu Quan: ...Kan-sang don't use so much force!Fortunately, you are Fu Sangshen, otherwise if you crack the thermometer and the mercury flows out, you will have to get a lunch box, you know! !

However, now she has a headache and it is not a good time to do science popularization.She reluctantly smiled at Izumi Mori Kanesada, who was "full of energy because I was entrusted with an important item to be kept by the general trustingly", and went out.

Maybe it was finally lit up with the bad aura called "No protagonist's life, but the protagonist's disease, takeaway lucky E, box lunch waiting for you" (what the hell!), this night is destined to be a very restless night.

The general rushed to the bridgehead of the Sanjo Bridge within the agreed time limit, but Liu Quan unexpectedly found that Saito, who was always very punctual, hadn't come yet.

The body was hot and cold, and it was no use even pulling the coat and scarf tight.Liu Quan stood under a big tree at the head of the bridge, and was soon dizzy by the cold wind in late autumn.

In the end, she couldn't help but began to wonder whether Saito was caught or suspected in this extremely tense and sinister atmosphere, or something else went wrong, and he was stumbled.

Although the agreement between them is that there is no need to wait any longer after two minutes, and they will go back to the village, and the next meeting will be automatically scheduled for the next day; Saying "Today Yijun didn't come because I have something to do, so I will go tomorrow."

She waited for another 10 minutes, gritted her teeth for the last time, with a disappointed expression on her face, like a sympathetic girl who was waiting for her lover for a long time, she walked away from the bridge slowly, stepping back and forth, holding a girl in her arms. After walking a few blocks away, Xiao Hua Bao Bao immediately got into a dark alley.

When she walked out from there again, her appearance changed a lot.Now even if she stood in front of Hirasuke, she was so confident that he couldn't recognize herself at all.

She gave full play to her superb skill of [Disguise], and deepened some camouflage in appearance, and was ready to take the risk and go directly to the Imperial Tomb Guard's quarters.

The guards of the Imperial Tomb were stationed at Yuezhenyuan, Gaotai Temple.The moon had just risen at this time, and it was not too late.Liu Quan pretended to be a young, simple and somewhat rustic daughter of a townsman whose feelings had been deceived by Saito, and stood outside the door, snotting and crying at the unlucky guy who came to open the door.

"Please call Saito-kun out, I can't just be abandoned by him in such a vague way... He clearly promised to go to my house, and seriously mentioned to my parents about marrying me... What? Did you change your mind after only a few days?!"

The person at the door is called Hashimoto, and when more than half of the Royal Tomb Guards were cadres and key members of the original Shinsengumi, he could be regarded as a very ordinary person.

At this moment, faced with the shocking fact that Saito, who is usually so rigid, has provoked tangled love debts outside, Hashimoto seems to have been completely shocked.

While wiping away tears, Liu Quan was trembling slightly due to the fever and the cold weather, and his voice was hoarse.

"He said that he is a warrior serving His Majesty with integrity, and that's why I followed him willingly! I'm not a maid or a girl who can commit herself to others casually! The one who was with me a few days ago At that time, he still seriously said that he wanted to marry me! It’s not like those wanderers who rent a house and let me live there, and let me be a concubine without a name or a share..."

The screenwriter has already made perfect practice, and today it seems that because of the fever, the nerve of shame in his head is particularly dull (fog!), Liu Quan has already thought up this whole set of stories on the way here, and at the moment Crying and sniffling and looking heartbroken is not a problem at all.

She just stood here crying and telling the tear-jerking love story, until she cried until she had a splitting headache and felt the need to secretly nibble the ball of mustard in her sleeve while wiping away her tears, and finally listened to He heard a voice ringing on the steps in front of him.

"Okay, who is looking for me—"

Liu Quan suddenly put down his sleeves and raised his face.

"...Saito-kun!!"

Then he rushed up and grabbed Saito's sleeve with lightning speed.

Saito was obviously taken aback by her face, which had undergone a lot of make-up and cried so much that she couldn't see her true face.

Liu Quan felt that with Xiao Yi's natural and staid character, he might refuse him sternly when he didn't recognize him, saying something like "No, there's never been such a thing, that woman is telling lies", which is difficult to deal with. lines, so it is necessary to hint him to cooperate at the first time!

"Saito-kun, why don't you come to Xiaomei anymore? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to someone else?!" She asked in a crying voice, her voice became hoarse due to fever and crying.

"You forgot that you used to like me so much, and you gave me a lot of cute wagashi, cherry cakes that you can't eat..."

Saito seemed shocked for a moment.For a few seconds, he just stood on the steps blankly, letting her grab his sleeve, crying and talking.The faint suspicion and precaution in his eyes when he first appeared at the door have completely disappeared, and then he suddenly realized something, and an indistinct layer of dark red suddenly appeared on his face.

He coughed lightly, interrupting her sobs.

"Okay, don't cry." He looked a little helpless, took out a white handkerchief and handed it to her, and patted her hands holding his sleeves a little uncomfortable, as if comforting, The voice is soft.

"It's not that I don't...don't like you. I-nor have I taken a fancy to others..." When she uttered these two lines in conjunction with her question just now, it seemed that she was about to break through Saito's lower limit of shame, and she was always calm He couldn't help but stuttered.

"...Then you come with me now, go to my house and explain it to my parents!" Liu Quan grabbed his sleeves resolutely, and gave him an excellent excuse to leave the imperial guardhouse.

"You... you disappeared for a few days and didn't go. My father and I felt that I lost all face. It was something I was looking forward to... If you don't show up again, he...he will marry me A craftsman on another street! He said so angrily when I came out today!"

Saito was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Hashimoto who called him with a troubled expression.

"I've been very busy the past few days.... Wait until I finish my business in a few days—" he said slowly, as if embarrassed.

"I don't care! If you don't go tonight, I'll show you my death right now!!" Liu Quan screamed, as if he could no longer bear this hopeless situation, and burst into tears.

Hashimoto had long been petrified by this bloody drama.

Saito also seemed taken aback by her tone and the determination expressed in it.After pausing for a moment, he raised his head slightly and let out a breath.

"...Understood." He replied concisely, and then suddenly turned to Hashimoto who was standing aside.

"Then I'll go out for a while." His voice was still calm and calm, but the gesture of being pulled by the sleeve of a crying young girl was unprecedented, which inevitably made him look a little ridiculous, and finally faded away The sense of sharpness and coldness that was like a sharp knife before added a bit of human fireworks.

Hashimoto hurriedly replied, "Ah! Ah!", just seeing Saito not taking anything, just like that, being held by the right sleeve of the girl all the time, when the two of them were walking, because the girl tripped over Saito The scabbard on the right side of the rattan tripped over some uneven place on the road and stumbled all the way away.

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February 4:

The sword mentioned in this chapter by Mikami Tsukimune is Sakamoto Ryoma’s favorite sword, Mutsu Mori Yoshiyuki. It is said that Sakamoto Ryoma used the sword when he was stabbed.