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Rest is really important.

After resting for most of the day yesterday, in the evening, Wensi springs up, and I finished today's 4-character chapter in one breath!

If only I could be like this every day...

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"Nijima! Takamaki! Okumura! The three of you go around to the right!"

"Yuki! Naruto! Amamiya! The three of you go around to the left!"

While galloping at full speed, Mizushima, the leader of the Huofu Thief Kai Fourth Team, was able to orderly issue one order after another to his subordinates behind him.

Qingdeng took the opportunity to turn his head again, and glanced at the group of pursuers who were chasing after him.

——How could it be such a coincidence that I happened to meet the Fire Bandit Kai 4th squad led by Mizushima...

Qingdeng's brows furrowed uncontrollably.

Huobaigai (abbreviation of Huofu Thiefgai), which is responsible for handling all kinds of major and serious cases, is well-known to everyone.

They have dealt with all kinds of insane and vicious criminals all year round. In terms of combat effectiveness, they can basically be regarded as one of the strongest armed forces that the shogunate can produce now.

As a member of the government, Qingdeng knew more about the fire bandit reform than ordinary people.

Although the name of Huodaokai is still resounding all over the world, it will inevitably fall into decay as the power of the shogunate is declining day by day.

A considerable part of the captains and team members of the fire robbers are a bunch of silver pewter gun heads and wine bags and rice bags that are not useful at all.

However——there are still some talented people who supported the facade of Huo Dao Kai, and did not let this name be completely dusted.

Mizushima, captain of the Fourth Division, is one of these people.

After the shogunate dispatched Huobai Gailai and the Enforcement Office to jointly ban the "radical anti-barbarian faction" headed by the Barbarian Group, Qingdeng had acquaintance with this Mizushima several times.

As far as Qingdeng knew, this person was quite upright and upright, and he never showed mercy when facing all kinds of criminals.

In terms of personal ability... In the entire Fire Pirates reform, only the captain of the first team: my grandson Chutaro can stabilize Mizushima.

With such a tough commander, the overall quality of the Fourth Division is naturally extremely high.

Encountering the Fire Bandit Gai is fine, and I just happened to meet one of the most difficult people in the Fire Bandit Kai... This made me "find the murderer of the Tsuji-Zhan incident on the first night of squatting in the Xunduo residential area" And Qingdeng, who felt that he was lucky, couldn't help but feel complicated.

However, Qingdeng didn't feel upset or anxious either—when he decided to give Kinoshita Mai a helping hand, and together with Kinoshita Mai to investigate the "Tsuji Zan Incident", Qingdeng was already ready to be hunted down by the officials as "the companion of the cat monk" Mental preparation.

Qingdeng didn't know that he wasn't the only one who felt complicated and confused - the same was true for Nishino, Mizushima and others who were currently chasing them.

Who is this guy who acts with the cat monk and wears a fox mask? What happened to the dead "red-faced brother"?

These questions have been echoing in the minds of Nishino, Mizushima and the others since just now.

Just now, when they were chasing after Mao Xiaoseng, they saw clearly: Mao Xiaoseng turned into a certain street and ran towards a man in black wearing a fox mask standing at the corner of the street, and this man wearing a fox mask At the feet of the man in black lay several corpses.

Nishino, the "No. 1 case-solving master of the Beifan Institute", and Mizushima, the "captain of the Huofu Thief Kai 4th Team", are both people who have memorized the portraits on every wanted warrant circulating on the market.

They could see at a glance—two of the corpses lying at the feet of "Fox Mask" were the vicious murderer "Brother Red Face" who was wanted "regardless of life or death"!

Who is this "fox mask"? Why did he and Mao Xiaoseng show up in the Zunduo settlement? What happened to the dead "red-faced brother"?

Among them, Nishino, who is now in charge of arresting Mao Xiaoseng, is the most shocked by these issues.

He has dealt with Mao Xiaoseng for such a long time, this is the first time he has seen someone who is suspected to be Mao Xiaoseng's companion appear!

Da da da da da da...!

At this moment, Qingdeng heard the sound of dense footsteps coming from ahead.

Looking forward, the three soldiers who were transferred by Mizushima to cut their way just now were blocked at the intersection ahead.

After the three soldiers stood still, they pulled out their ten hands from their waists, ready to fight.

If you want to forcibly break through the interception of these three people... it will take some time, and it is very likely that Mizushima and the others behind will take advantage of the momentum to catch up.

Thus, Qingdeng and Kinoshita Wu looked around at the same time, looking for another way to escape.

On their left and right sides, there are densely packed shops.

After a while, Qingdeng found a suitable escape direction.

"Miss Kinoshita, this way." Qingdeng stretched out his hand and pointed to a low shop in front of him on the right.

This shop has only one floor, and the eaves are only 2 meters high.

Kinoshita Wu followed the direction Qingdeng's finger was pointing at, glanced at the shop he was pointing at, and immediately understood what Qingdeng was trying to do.

"Mr. Ju, do you have any experience running on the roof?" Mai Kinoshita asked in amazement.

"Just a little bit."

Jumping on the roof, parkour on the roof... He has done this before, that is, when he went to chase down the arsonists who burned his house with Okita and Saito, Qingdeng tried to do it together on the roof of this era I happen to have relevant experience in parkour.

And for things like "parkour on the roof"...Qingdeng has full confidence that "it will be done well".

And his confidence comes from a certain talent he possesses.

Apart from jumping onto the shop and fleeing along the roof of the shop, Qingdeng couldn't find any more suitable way to escape.

So Qingdeng didn't hesitate much, and ran straight to the shop.

Seeing this, Kinoshita Mai could only grit her teeth and followed closely.

Because the shop is not high, Qingdeng, who is 1.75 meters tall, climbed onto the eaves of the shop with only a light leap.

The roof of this shop is sloping, with a slope of about 20 degrees.

After climbing over the eaves and jumping onto the sloping roof, Qingdeng quickly stabilized his figure without even shaking, and then he jumped onto the roof with Kinoshita dance along the roof Jump to another shop behind this one.

Because the houses in the towns and cities of this era are densely packed, it is not too difficult to move between the roofs of the houses.

Qingdeng and Muxiawu are like two checkers, and the roofs of these houses are their chessboards, and they dance freely on this vast chessboard.

After jumping to the roof of a certain private house, Mai Kinoshita cast her eyes on Qingdeng with the surprise that she could no longer hide.

"Mr. Ju, have you ever practiced how to move on various complex terrains such as rooftops?"

"No." Qing Deng replied quickly.

"No... Then you are very talented in this area. You have a good sense of balance, and you can keep your body's center of gravity stable on such a steep roof."

After hearing this, Qingdeng couldn't help laughing.

His sense of balance is of course very good - because he has a talent copied from Sanako: the "cat turn" that endows Qingdeng with a strong body balance ability.

"Cat turning around" is the talent that makes Qingdeng have full confidence in "flexible parkour on the roof".

It was thanks to "Cat Turning" that Qingdeng was able to follow Mai Kinoshita to jump up and down the roofs of various houses with ease like now.

The secret to parkour on complex terrain like a rooftop is to keep your body centered.

As long as the center of gravity of the body can be maintained well, no matter how complicated the terrain is, it can come and go like the wind.

call--! call--! call--!

Probably because of the slightly higher altitude when standing on the roof, Qingdeng only felt that the wind passing around him was much stronger.

Facing gusts of wind and flying across the roof, Qingdeng only felt an indescribable sense of comfort.

Qingdeng felt sincerely at this moment—the effect of the superposition of the two talents of "leading the horse" and "muscular strength" is really suitable for chasing people and escaping for life.

He has been sprinting at the highest speed he can achieve now, and the strong wind passing by his side makes his clothes rattle.

Because Qingdeng has never slackened in physical exercise since time travel, so his physical strength has been greatly improved now, and now his breath is still long and has not yet become disordered.

Kinoshita Wu's speed is also astonishing, her sprint speed and endurance are not inferior to Qingdeng who has the two talents of "leading the horse" and "strong muscles", which makes Qingdeng can't help but guess what Kinoshita Wu's body will be. Will not also have a speed talent similar to "Take the lead".

The two galloped one after the other in Edo under the night, but they couldn't get rid of Nishino, Mizushima and others who were sticking tightly behind them.

The elite of Huofu Thief Kai appeared at this moment.

The Okabiki under Nishino's command all fell behind because they couldn't keep up with the speed of Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai, and only Nishino was able to barely keep up with Qingdeng and Mai Kinoshita.

On the contrary, it was the Huofu Thief Kai 4th team led by Mizushima. So far, no one has been thrown off by Qingdeng and the others-but they don't look relaxed, and some of them have begun to look tired. And became pale and panting.

Because she has seen Qingdeng's excellent body balance ability, Kinoshita Mai is now taking the initiative to lead Qingdeng to "do not take an unusual path".

Kinoshita Mai, who had just fallen back to the street from the roof of a certain private house with Qingdeng, turned her head, glanced briefly at the pursuers who were still following them, then retracted her gaze, and scanned the front.

After a while, her gaze was fixed on a 2-storey shop in the front right.

"... Mr. Ju, can you jump up to the shop in front?"

Qingdeng glanced at the shop, nodded vigorously: "No problem."

Seeing that Qingdeng nodded, Kinoshita Mai took a deep breath, then exerted all her strength, increased her speed a little bit, and jumped up with the potential energy of her run-up! He rushed towards the shop, grasped the eaves of the shop with both hands, and then lifted his body up, and his petite body landed firmly on the roof of the shop.

Qingdeng followed closely behind, running up, jumping, and grabbing the eaves of the shop like Kinoshita Mai.

Although Qingdeng's movement of lifting himself up to the roof was not as smooth and beautiful as that of Kinoshita Mai, relying on the strong body balance ability endowed by "Cat Turning", Qingdeng quickly stabilized his body on the sloping roof.

The roof of this shop is made of wood, quite strong, it is more than enough for Qing and Wu to stand and run on it.

With the blessing of "Cat Turning Around", Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai walked on the roof of this extremely steep shop together.

In the face of the two people who continued to "do not take the usual path", some of Mizushima's subordinates began to fall behind one after another.

However, the toughness of the Fire Bandit Kai Fourth Team is not in vain after all.

Even though they have been thrown away by a long distance, the subordinates have fallen behind a lot. Nishino, Mizushima and other few people who can barely keep up with Qing and Wu are still trying their best to support Qingdeng and the others. hold on.

No matter what, I couldn't get rid of the remaining chasing soldiers—Kinoshita Mai frowned beautifully: "As expected of Huofu Thief Kai...It's different from ordinary official posts..."

Kinoshita Mai turned her gaze back to the front and scanned her surroundings.

Suddenly, as if recalling something, she was taken aback.

Then, she suddenly made a 90-degree turn: "Mr. Ju, come with me."

"Where are you going?" Qingdeng asked suspiciously while turning with Kinoshita Mai for no apparent reason.

"I know there is a neighborhood nearby that is very suitable for getting rid of pursuers." The corner of the mouth of Kinoshita Mai's face towel curled into an intriguing smile. "The houses in that place are all very tall, and I am familiar with that place."

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Edo, leased land——

"Well……"

Elodie opened her eyes in a daze, and the familiar ceiling came into view.

--Um? Is it... when?

Elodie, who was in a dazed state of just waking up, turned her head and looked around blankly.

"I seem to be...reading a book..."

Alodie sat up, rubbed her eyes, and glanced at "Robin Hood the Robin Hood" which was on the small table beside her bed.

Memories before falling asleep emerged from Alodie's mind little by little.

After taking a comfortable bath, Elodie sat at the table in the bedroom as usual, reading with relish the "I don't know how many times I have read" The Rogue Robin Hood.

After quietly reading this novel, which she considers to be an immortal classic and which she will never get tired of no matter how many times she reads it, for an hour, Elodie's eyelids gradually began to sink.

However, Elodie just happened to read the wonderful plot - Robin Hood, who once again successfully stole money from a rich and unkind businessman, flung off the pursuers who came to arrest him in a very cool way.

This plot is one of Alodi's favorite bridges in this "Robin Hood the Robin Hood".

After punishing the villain, retreating gracefully and calmly——Elodie couldn't help being fascinated by this scene just by imagining it.

Elodie, who was thinking of "going to sleep after watching this episode", suppressed her drowsiness and continued to read the novel.

However—Elodie still overestimated her willpower after all.

After deciding to read that episode before going to bed... Elodie's memory of what happened afterwards was very vague.

She speculated: She should have fallen asleep lying on the table unbearably sleepy halfway through the reading.

After falling asleep, her maid Leroy put her back to bed when she was asleep, and put her book "Robin Hood" on the bedside table.

"I read until I fell asleep..." Elodie smiled helplessly, and lifted the thin quilt covering her body with gentle movements.

Thanks to her thirst, she wanted to go to the table opposite the bed to get some water.

She jumped off the bed, and put on colorful Persian slippers on her two exquisite little feet.

But at this moment, she suddenly heard strange noises coming from outside the window.

"Huh?" Elodie blinked towards the window not far away, with a curiosity that couldn't be hidden in her pupils.

——It's about this time...why is it so noisy outside?

Ai Luodi was so puzzled in her heart, she walked slowly to the window and pushed it open.

The bright moonlight shone into the room through the opened window, illuminating Elodie's beautiful blue eyes.

Then she saw a tall figure.

He was running like the wind over the roofs of the row of houses directly opposite the window of Elodie's bedroom.

I saw that this person was wearing a black fox mask that covered his entire face.

Dressed in moonlight, with two swords hanging from his waist,

Because this person was running so fast, in just a split second, this person's figure flashed across Alodi's field of vision.

"Huh?" Alodi poked her head out of the window in surprise, chasing after the "black fox mask" figure with her eyes.

After taking a closer look, Elodie discovered that beside this "black fox mask" was a rather petite man in black who was also dressed in black, but this man in black didn't wear a mask, but A black kerchief was placed over his face.

When Elodie stared blankly at the two people who were running on the opposite roof, she suddenly heard noisy footsteps coming from the street below.

She looked down at the street below the window.

On the street, more than a dozen officials carrying lanterns were panting after the two men in black.

The noise made by the men in black and the officials disturbed the silence of the leased land.

Many people who were awakened by the noise pushed open the windows like Elodie to see what was going on.

After briefly glancing at the officials on the street, Elodie turned her gaze back to the two men in black who were about to disappear from her field of vision.

"Dressed in black...flying on the roof...being chased by officials...could it be said that those two people are...?!"

Reminiscing about something, Elodie's beautiful azure blue pupils shone brightly like stars on a summer night.

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After entering the leased land with Kinoshita Mai, Qingdeng once again had a feeling of "time travel" tonight.

There are a large number of tall Western-style buildings in the leased land, and Qingdeng even saw a towering Catholic church. After entering this leased land, he felt like he had traveled to a western country.

These tall Western-style buildings played a very good role in shielding the view, providing great convenience for Qingdeng and the others to throw off their pursuers.

Kinoshita Mai just now claimed that she is quite familiar with this leased land - she really didn't just talk about it.

She led Qingdeng to rush left and right in the leased land.

Sometimes climbed onto the roof of a certain house, sometimes fell into the street, and sometimes turned into a narrow alley...

After the two of them turned into the leased land, many guards in the leased land were alarmed and followed Nishino and the others to chase Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai.

But even though there were more guards from the leased land as helpers, Nishino and the others were still slightly pushed away by Qing and Wu, who relied on the complex terrain of the leased land and their familiarity with the leased land.

Finally—after Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai turned into a certain alley again, their figures completely disappeared from the field of vision of Nishino and the others.

Lost his heel... Mizushima wiped the sweat off his face, then stomped his feet resentfully, his face was full of resentment and unwillingness.

For Mizushima, who has always adhered to the proposition of "never let any thief go", there is nothing more aggrieved than trying hard but failing to catch anyone.

Compared to Mizushima who showed a pure unwillingness, Nishino's expression was more complicated.

Nishino, who was also quite tired, wiped off the sweat that was dripping down his chin, and looked thoughtfully at the direction in which the figures of Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai disappeared!

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Edo, in a certain alley in a certain town not far from the leased land——

"Whirring whirring……"

Qingdeng propped his hands on the wall of the alley, panting like a cow, sweating profusely.

Kinoshita Mai next to him was also in a similar state, with Kinoshita Wu's back leaning against the wall, her chest heaving rapidly.

In order to let her breathe more smoothly, Mai Kinoshita pulled off the veil on her face, revealing a lovely face that was dripping with sweat and her cheeks were extremely rosy due to congestion.

After successfully throwing off the pursuers in the leased ground, Qingdeng and the others ran all the way outside the leased ground to be on the safe side before finally stopping.

After running wildly for so long, jumping up and down, Qingdeng finally felt a little weak in physical strength. Because his legs had the talent of "strengthening muscles", he didn't feel too tired, but his lungs felt like they were about to explode. .

After panting for a while, Qingdeng managed to calm down his breath a bit, pushed away the black fox mask on his face, and smiled at Kinoshita Mai beside him in a half-joking tone:

"Tonight is really... a night of ups and downs..."

After thinking about it, Qingdeng realized that apart from "ups and downs", there was no other better word to describe today's night.

Discovered the true identity of the famous big monster thief Cat Xiaoseng...

Go together with Mao Xiaoseng to jointly investigate the "Tsuji Killing Incident" in the settlement of Ziduo...

Fortunately, I happened to run into the murderers who were about to commit crimes...

Unluckily, after finishing off those murderers, he encountered a big stock official who turned himself into the master with fire to pay the thieves, and launched a fierce pursuit...

All kinds of accidents and incidents followed one after another, and I was overwhelmed.

Kinoshita Mai, who also straightened out her breath now, smiled with mixed feelings:

"Yeah...it was indeed a rather ups and downs night."

"Although I managed to get rid of the murderers who made fun of Tsuji-zhan on the first night of squatting in the residential area of ​​Ruduo, but in the end, I encountered government officials... and they were mainly officials who were sent by Huofu Thief Kai. Their hunt..."

"I don't know whether to say whether we are lucky or not tonight."

After finishing speaking, Kinoshita Mai's voice suddenly stopped.

She remained silent for a moment, stood up straight after a moment of silence, and put the face scarf back on.

"Tachibana-kun... I really thank you tonight..."

Kinoshita Mai folded her hands in front of her body, bowed slightly to Qingdeng, pursed her lips, and continued to say in a sincere and grateful tone:

"Without your help, it would be impossible for me to deal with the red-faced brothers and the gang by myself."

Seeing Kinoshita Mai who thanked him with a very solemn tone and gesture, Qing Deng was stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved his hands.

"Miss Kinoshita, you don't have to."

"I didn't choose to help you tonight to get someone's praise, or to get some substantial material reward."

Qingdeng put down his hands supporting the wall, and then put the black fox mask back on.

"Okay, it's almost time to rest. Let's get out of here quickly."

"Although the possibility is very small, if you continue to stay here, there is still the possibility of being discovered again by the officials."

"En." Kinoshita Mai nodded, "Let's go."

Kinoshita Mai went forward, poked his head out of the alley, and after confirming that there was no one in the alley, he beckoned to Qingdeng, and rushed out of the alley with Qingdeng one after the other. Into the night of Edo.

The current time... is probably past four o'clock in the morning, approaching five o'clock in the morning.

Looking at the night sky that was about to dawn in a while, Qingdeng suddenly thought of a question related to Kinoshita Mai. After raising his eyebrows, he asked Kinoshita Mai who was running in front of him:

"Miss Kinoshita, you work normally in the Qianshiya during the day, and at night you turn into a monster thief, a cat, and a monk... don't you lack sleep?"

"I get enough sleep." Mai Kinoshita smiled, "I'm the kind of person who doesn't need to sleep for a long time, and I can sleep for 2 hours a day."

"I usually go to bed at 4pm (8pm) every day, and sleep until 5pm (10pm) and wake up at 9pm (12pm)."

"After completing the daily 'Night Watch' and returning to the Thousand Things House, I will still catch up on some sleep depending on the situation."

——Do you only need to sleep for about 2 hours a day to restore your spirits... Then Ms. Kinoshita should also have a talent similar to "Sleeping God"...

After feeling so silently in his heart, Qingdeng couldn't help feeling a little...depressed.

Judging from Kinoshita Mai's various performances so far... she must have a lot of high-quality talents in her body, headed by speed talents.

In the end, he only copied the "milk"...so subtle talent from Wu Kinoshita.

This made Qingdeng couldn't help feeling depressed.

After raising this small question with Kinoshita Wu, Qingdeng took advantage of the situation and asked Kinoshita Wu a counter question.

"Miss Kinoshita, how come you are so familiar with that leased land? That leased land is not very close to the Senshiya where you live."

"Because Alodie lives in that leased land."

Kinoshita Mai laughed.

"After Ai Luodi and his family moved to Edo, I have been frequently going to Ai Luodi's house to play with Ai Luodi."

"So after going back and forth, I became very familiar with that leased land."

"Miss Elodie? No wonder..." Qing Deng nodded slightly.

Since Ai Luodi and his family live in that leased land...then it makes sense why Kinoshita Mai, who is a close friend with Ai Luo Di, is so familiar with the land.

At this time, Qingdeng suddenly pursed his lips because he remembered something—when he was still squatting on the big tree with Mai Kinoshita, waiting for the suspects in the "Tsuji Killing Incident" to appear, Qingdeng had a very serious The question I want to ask Kinoshita Mai.

However, due to the sudden appearance of "Brother Red Face" and others, Qingdeng failed to ask this question in the end.

And now—a good time to ask questions, once again appeared in front of Qingdeng.

After hesitating for a while, Qingdeng cleared his throat:

"Miss Kinoshita, can I ask you a... maybe a more serious question?"

"A serious question?" Kinoshita Mai turned her head and winked at Qingdeng——she signaled Qingdeng with her eyes: You can ask.

"Miss Kinoshita, after you have been active as a cat monk... where did you get all the money you stole from those villains?"

"Shouldn't you be like that mouse monk forty years ago, distributing the stolen money directly to the poor?"

"Ah, this..."

Kinoshita Mai pursed her red lips, and then showed Qingdeng a smile with her eyes bent into crescent moons.

"It may be a bit strenuous to say it directly and dryly."

"Mr. Ju, do you still have time now? I'll take you to see where I have spent the money I stole from the villains."

Qing Deng was startled, then nodded vigorously.

"Then... come with me."

Kinoshita Mai turned her body and turned into a certain path on the right.

She led Qingdeng around avenues and paths, and finally arrived at the House of Thousand Things.

When Qingdeng looked at the rather familiar employment agency in front of him with puzzled eyes, Kinoshita Mai waved to Qingdeng.

"Come with me, be careful, don't wake up Mr. Kiryu." Mai Kinoshita said softly.

"Boss Kiryu...Miss Kinoshita, Boss Kiryu, doesn't he know that you are a cat monk?"

"Of course he doesn't know." Kinoshita Mai put his hips on his hips, "According to what I know about Mr. Kiryu, if he finds out that I am a cat monk... he will definitely be shocked first, and then strongly oppose the job I am insisting on now. Phantom Thief Business."

"So I have been hiding it from him all the time, carefully not letting him find out that I am Mao Xiaoseng."

"Okay, come with me."

Kinoshita Wu led Qingdeng, and tiptoed around to the side of Qianshiwu, climbed over a wooden wall, and jumped into the backyard of Qianshiwu.

Immediately afterwards, Kinoshita Wu walked slowly to the big tree growing in the corner of the backyard, squatted on the ground, stretched out his hand and pointed to an inconspicuous tree hole at the root of the tree, and said with a smile:

"I put all the money I stole...in this tree hole."

"You put all the money here?" Qingdeng opened his eyes in astonishment, walked quickly to Kinoshita Wu's side, and stretched his neck to look into the tree hole.

The tree hole was very deep, and in the darkness, Qing Deng could only vaguely see a piece of dark cloth.

Kinoshita Wu stretched out her hand at the right moment, poked into the hole, and lifted off the dark cloth—under the cloth, there were layers upon layers of coins as many as a mountain... There were gold, silver, and copper coins. .

"My grandma taught me since I was a child: It is better to teach them how to make money than to give people money directly."

While looking at the pile of money hidden in the tree cave, Kinoshita Mai took off the scarf on her face with a hint of memory floating on her brows.

"When I first started stealing money from those notorious villains as a little monk called a cat, I also thought about not following the example of a little monk called a mouse and distributing the money directly to the poor."

"But after thinking about it, I feel that doing so is just to stop the boiling water."

"Giving money directly to the poor can indeed make their lives better temporarily, but it can't make their lives better all the time."

"So I decided to save all the stolen money and build a school with low tuition fees that all poor people can afford, specializing in teaching people literacy, abacus, clothes-making and other skills. "

"Only education can make everyone's life better."

"I have always been in charge of taking care of the backyard of Senshiya on weekdays. Mr. Kiryu never manages the yard, so you can safely hide the money in this deep tree hole without worrying about being discovered by Mr. Kiryu. "

"Although the little money I have saved so far... is far from enough to build a school."

"But I believe that one day, I will be able to build this ideal school."

After quietly listening to Kinoshita Mai's calm words, Qing Deng looked into Kinoshita Mai's eyes with a surprised expression.

Kinoshita Mai is not wearing a face scarf now.

On weekdays, this child was always shy and shy... Her eyes were shining with a firm light at this time.

"Build a school..." Qingdeng murmured softly, then smiled, "Not a bad idea."

"Miss Kinoshita, tonight, my biggest achievement... is to completely admire you."

Qingdeng's sudden compliment stunned Kinoshita Wu's expression, and then quickly turned his head away, moving away from the rosy face, not daring to look directly at Qingdeng, his lips moved, as if he wanted to be with her. Qingdeng said something, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

twitter, twitter, twitter...

At this time, several loud and clear bird calls reached Qingdeng's ears.

There are birds singing... This means that it is not far from dawn.

"Haha... Before I knew it, it was almost dawn." Qing Deng stood up slowly, "Miss Kinoshita, it's almost time for me to go back."

"If you don't go back quickly and let Okita-kun and the others find out that I'm not in the test hall, it's not easy to explain."

"Yeah." Kinoshita Mai also stood up, "Thank you very much for your assistance tonight."

"I've said it all, no need to thank you." Qingdeng smiled and waved his hands, "Miss Kinoshita, see you later."

"Ah, Mr. Ju." When Qingdeng had already turned around and was about to leave, Kinoxia Wu suddenly stopped him.

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Kinoshita Wu's naturally drooping hands tightened and then let go, let go and tightened again, eyes dodged left and right, faltering: "If... I encounter an incident that requires your assistance... would you like to help me again?" ?"

Qing Deng's expression paused.

He raised his eyes, looked directly at Kinoshita Mai for a while, and then looked at the tree hole where the money was hidden——

"...As long as I have time and can help." Qing Deng smiled, nodded slowly but forcefully.

Seeing Qingdeng's action and listening to Qingdeng's words, Kinoshita Mai showed a shy smile mixed with joy after being startled.

That smile is like sunshine pouring down through the gaps in the clouds.

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When Qing Deng climbed over the wall of the Thousand Things House and left the Thousand Things House quickly under the cover of night——

"...It's finally gone."

A big yawn came from a big tree next to the Thousand Things House.

"Haha... I'm so sleepy... I can finally go back to sleep. As I get old, my energy is getting worse and worse."

On the big tree was an old man sitting cross-legged on a thick and long branch with a pair of glasses on his face.

If Qingdeng or Kinoshita Wu were present, they would be too shocked to speak when they saw this old man.

This old man...is Boss Kiryu!

Kiryu sat cross-legged on a branch, covered by dense leaves, leaning against the tree trunk behind him, holding a knife handle in his arms, the scabbard was purple and black, and the sword had a large arc.

He looked at Qingdeng with meaningful eyes through the gaps in the leaves.

"Oh... I really don't know about this kind of thing, how to report it to the lord..."

While sighing with emotion in a helpless tone, he stretched vigorously.

buzz buzz...

Suddenly, a fly flew over and circled Kiryu "buzzing".

Kiryu waved his big hand at the fly, trying to drive it away, but the fly nimbly circled upwards, avoided Kiryu's waving palm, and then continued to fly around Kiryu.

Kiryu waved his palm again, and the fly hid itself again.

After repeating this several times, Kiryu frowned, glanced at the fly that couldn't be chased away, stretched out his right hand, and put it on the handle of the knife in his arms——

click.

The moment Kiryu put his hand on the handle of the knife, there was a crisp sound of closing the knife.

"Okay... go back to sleep." Kiryu stretched again, supported the tree trunk behind him, and stood up slowly.

And after he stood up, a fly that was neatly divided into two fell lightly from Kiryu's side...

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Although Nishino, Mizushima and the others failed to capture Qingdeng and Kinoshita Mai, they did not fail at all. They managed to capture Toragoro, Kametaro, Tsuruzaburo and others who were knocked unconscious by Kinoshita Mai.

Nishino and Mizushima took all these people back to the execution office and interrogated them severely.

After some severe interrogation, they finally learned from Tiger Goro and the others why Mao Xiaoseng and the "black fox mask" showed up in the Xunduo settlement.

Unsurprisingly, "Miao Xiaoseng appeared again and eliminated a group of vicious wanted criminals" and "Seng Mao's companion appeared"—these two news instantly became hot news in Edo!

And the heat of the latter is obviously much higher than that of the former.

After all, before this, Mao Xiaoseng had always fought alone.

Mao Xiaoseng has a companion beside him - this is the first time.

The enforcement office also paid a certain amount of attention to this matter, and Susukei and Atsukawa specially held a meeting in the Nanfan office where all officials from the "three times" of the Southern and Northern offices had to attend. The meeting discussed in detail this " Mysterious companion of Monk Mao".

The officials of the "three times" must have never thought of it... The "mysterious companion of the cat monk" they were discussing was sitting among them, and started discussions with everyone in a serious manner.

This meeting is destined to end without a problem—there is a shortage of information, what can be discussed?

But the meeting was not in vain.

At the end of the meeting, in order to conveniently call this fellow cat monk who appeared out of nowhere, Susukei and Atsukawa decided to give this person a code name.

Since this guy has a very close relationship with Mao Xiaoseng... At the same time, he shows people with the image of "wearing a fox mask"...

After a brief exchange of opinions, the code name for this person was decided - Hu Xiaoseng!

Qingdeng couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth when he heard that the codename everyone gave him was "Little Fox Monk".

What a simple and direct code name...

Qingdeng secretly rejoiced that he didn't wear a dog mask, otherwise the code name given to him by the enforcement office might be "Dog Monk".

But looking at it from another angle, "fox monk" and "dog monk"...there is not much difference between the two, because both foxes and dogs belong to the canine family.

After the Enforcement Office announced the code name given to the mysterious companion of Mao Xiaoseng as "Fox Xiaoseng", the discussion on related news became even more heated.

In the market, countless people speculated about who this fox monk was and what kind of relationship he had with the cat monk.

Qingdeng also pays attention to how the public discusses and evaluates him as a fox monk.

After hearing all kinds of thought-provoking remarks, Qingdeng couldn't help laughing.

It is said that the fox monk is a male ninja.

It is said that the fox monk and the cat monk are female ninjas.

It is said that the fox monk and the cat monk are husband and wife, male and female thieves...

In short, there are all kinds of wonderful remarks, and Qingdeng can't help but feel emotional: imagination really has no limit.

The recent Edo can be said to be extremely lively.

With the rapid passage of time, in the blink of an eye, the time came to April 15th.

New hot news that can be discussed by the public has quietly arrived.

Tomorrow... that is, April 16th, the swordsmanship competition held by the Marquis of Aizu will begin!

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In the first year of Wanyan (1860), April 15, afternoon——

Edo, Barrel Town, Little Chiba Sword House, Chiba Singkichi's bedroom——

In this rather plainly furnished bedroom, there were two people sitting opposite each other at this moment.

One of them is the current owner of Little Chiba Sword Gym, the father of Chiba Shigetaro and Sanako: Chiba Sakakichi.

And the other person... is a very young man, not yet thirty years old, with a rather handsome appearance.

The young man knelt on the cushion in a respectful posture, facing Chiba Singkichi.

Compared with this young man, Chiba Dingkichi's sitting posture is much more casual.

Chiba Singkichi didn't sit on a cushion, he just sat cross-legged on the tatami.

He picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of the hot tea, and said to the young man sitting in front of him with a smile:

"Eijiro, it's been quite a while since you became an official in the Mito clan. After leaving home for so long, has your strength improved?"

"...Uncle Dingji, I have gained a lot from practicing away from home this time." With a smile on the corner of the young man's mouth, he said slowly, "I have... for the first time touched the legendary realm of martial arts: the realm of selflessness!"

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Thanks to the lord of the [Little Padded Jacket at Home] for the reward! This is the second time this book friend has rewarded the leader of this book, thank you very much! (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

There are more and more leaders recently, so the author also gritted his teeth yesterday, making up his mind not to let the debt continue to increase, and after a hard meal, he successfully wrote the long-lost 4-character chapter.

Today's 4D chapter is to repay the owed second lord: [The home I love, I am actually 12].

Finally, a chapter has been released, and the author still owes... well, 6 explosive updates...

Continue to pay back slowly... (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

Push an interesting book!

"Why the Husband Runs Away" is a new book written by many mainstream female authors.

Introduction to the novel:

My name is Lin Bei.

Because the fortune teller said that I have a pure yang body, excellent spiritual roots, and a calamity in my life, so I am easily missed by the female monks and die unexpectedly.

So I cross-dressed for eighteen years, and the world thought I was a beauty.

But at the age of eighteen, the leader of the Demon Cult snatched me into the Demon Cult to get married!

Rumor has it that the leader of the Demon Cult is a bloody and cruel devil who commits all kinds of crimes.

That day, I smashed the body of the daughter of the leader of the Demon Cult!

She turned out to be a female devil! The world doesn't even know!

"Look again, husband, I'll goug out my husband's eyes." The woman smiled like a flower.