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Sanako, who is the "Naginata Master" of the Little Chiba Sword Gym, should be the one who deals most often with the female disciples like Natsume Tsuki who are practicing naginata at the Little Chiba Sword Gym.

For Sanako, this 14-year-old girl who is currently sticking close to her is the most special one among the many female disciples in the Little Chiba Sword Academy. She is mainly special in two places - special character and special family background.

Natsume Tsuki is a girl with an exceptionally cheerful personality.

Having known this child for so long, Sanako has never seen this child show a depressed or unhappy expression, and he is cheerful and smiling every day, as if he doesn't know what sorrow is.

Although Sanako likes to be quiet, she doesn't dislike this extremely cheerful and noisy character, so the relationship between Sanako and Natsume Tsuki is pretty good.

However, some behaviors of this child often make Sanako, who is his teacher and friend, feel quite helpless.

The child often said "I like Miss Sanako so much!", and would often jump over and hug Sanako without any explanation.

For example, at this very moment, she is still hugging Zanazi tightly.

And judging from her expression and movements... in a short time, she shouldn't be expected to let Sanako go.

Sanako felt that the "like" that Natsume Tsuki said was just a friendship.

The "like" in her mouth... To use more accurate words to describe it, it is a yearning for the beauty and strength of Sanako, not really any special affection for Sanako.

Therefore, Sanako allowed this girl who yearned for her to make intimate gestures to her frequently.

The reason why Xia Muyue is said to have a special family background in addition to her special personality is not to mean that there is any particularly powerful family behind Xia Muyue.

Among all the disciples of Xiaoqianye Sword Academy, there are many people whose family background is far more prominent than Natsume Yue.

The special thing about Natsume's family background is that she is the daughter of a merchant.

Natsume Tsuki's father is a big wine merchant who has developed rapidly in Edo in recent years: Natsume Sohachiro.

Riding on the general trend of the times, soaring upwards—this sentence is the most appropriate to describe the history of Natsume Sohachiro's fortune.

When Japan's national gate was opened under the threat of powerful ships and guns, and countless foreign businessmen set foot on the land of this country; when other businessmen did not dare to deal with these blond foreigners because of wariness or contempt for Westerners, Natsume So Hachiro boldly stepped forward to do business with these foreigners.

Natsume Takahachiro was very lucky. He found several Western businessmen who were very interested in Japanese sake, and successfully made several trading partners with strong financial resources and stable relationships.

Relying on exchanges with these Western businessmen who are interested in Japanese sake, the financial resources of Natsume Sohachiro, who was only a small businessman, expanded rapidly. In just a few years, their Natsume family has developed into one of the most famous wine merchants in Edo. one.

Generally speaking, there are very few businessmen who let their children learn martial arts... because businessmen generally think that it is far more cost-effective to let their children learn how to abacus than to learn some rotten martial arts.

Although in the Edo period, there were four grades of "scholar, farmer, businessman" and "samurai" with the highest social status and merchants with the lowest status, this so-called hierarchical system has long existed in name only.

As early as one or two hundred years ago, a large number of businessmen relied on system defects and other defects to amass wealth at an astonishing speed, and many wealthy and exaggeratedly rich businessmen sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Osaka, known as the "Business Capital" because it is located at the junction of East Japan and West Japan and has extremely superior business conditions, has gathered a large number of wealthy businessmen who would shake even the Edo Shogunate if they coughed a few times.

The power of merchants expanded rapidly, while the power of samurai continued to shrink.

A large number of middle and lower-level samurai were so impoverished that they could only live a hard life without wives and food.

Not to mention samurai, a large number of vassal states, including some male vassals, are so poor that they can only rely on borrowing money from merchants to survive.

For example, the military strength can make the Edo shogunate feel terrified, and the Satsuma clan, whose general Shi Gao is the second largest in the country, once owed more than five million taels of debt to the merchants in their clan. The annual interest to be repaid is 250,000 taels of gold.

The most frequent recipients of the daimyo's borrowings are those big businessmen in Osaka who are extremely wealthy.

If the big businessmen in Osaka stopped lending money to the daimyos one day, many feudal states would collapse overnight due to the broken capital chain.

This is why there is a common saying among the people that "when the merchants in Osaka are angry, all the princes of the world are shocked".

The ebb and flow of merchant power and samurai power has caused more and more businessmen to have a contempt for samurai.

Therefore, compared to warriors with swords, bows and swords, businessmen are more willing to let their children pick up the businessmen's abacus and learn how to do business.

At present, in the Little Chiba Sword Gym, where the number of apprentices is absolutely at the forefront in Edo, there is only one female apprentice whose family background is a merchant... and this person is Natsume Tsuki.

"Ayue." Sanako lowered her chin without a trace of fat, and looked at Natsume Yue who was a head shorter than her, "Why are you here?"

"Hee hee, I sneaked out to eat delicious food. How about you, Miss Sanako? Why are you here?"

"I just finished teaching Princess Date of the Uwajima Clan, and I'm about to go home."

Sanako mentioned her side job of "teaching Princess Date" to the female disciples in the museum.

Xia Muyue's eyes suddenly lit up at this moment.

"Miss Sanako, since we are so lucky to meet here today, why don't you come and eat delicious food with me?"

"Delicious?" Sanako blinked a few times, and cast a puzzled look at Natsume Moon.

"I know that there is a tea house that makes delicious wagashi! I am a regular customer of that shop, and now I am going to go to that tea house to eat their wagashi!"

Natsume Tsuki, who became more and more excited as she spoke, tightened her grip on Sanako, and Sanako, who was crushed by the ball, felt a little out of breath again.

"Miss Sanako, are you free now? Come with me to eat the wagashi in that tea house! I can guarantee that the taste of the wagashi in that tea house will never disappoint you!"

Wagashi...

Facing Natsume Tsuki's sudden invitation, Sanako's beautiful eyes showed some hesitation.

The first emotion that rose from Sanako's heart... was resistance.

She taught Little Princess Date for half a day, and now she just wants to go back to Little Chiba Sword Hall to have a good rest, and she is really not in the mood to eat wagashi...

Natsume Tsuki keenly perceived Sanako's thoughts at this time from Sanako's expression.

Therefore, Natsume Yue hurriedly shook Sanako vigorously, while urgently saying in a begging tone:

"Miss Sanako, that tea house is not far from here, just go with me!"

Natsume Tsuki's face was filled with the expectation of "wanting to eat, drink and have fun with Miss Sanako, whom I respect and admire the most".

Sanako, who was stared at by Natsume Tsuki with such longing eyes, the hesitation on her face became a bit more intense.

She pursed her red lips slightly, thinking for a moment——

"……All right."

In the end, Sanako, who couldn't resist Natsume Tsuki's eager gaze, seemed to compromise, and smiled helplessly at the girl in front of her.

"Then I'll go and try to see how delicious the wagashi in this tea house that you have praised is really good."

"If the taste doesn't satisfy me, then next time you come to the sword gym to study, I will double the amount of training for you."

The moment Sanako spoke in a half-joking tone, Xia Muyue's pretty face was filled with an ecstatic smile that squeezed both eyes into a slit.

"Then I have to ask the owner of the teahouse to serve all his favorite works~~!"

Natsume Tsuki finally let go of the delicate body in her arms that made countless men in Edo think about it day and night, and then put her shoulder to shoulder with Sanako, and took Sanako to the place of cause and fruit. It is so delicious that she has unconditionally become a regular customer of this restaurant.

"Miss Sanako, I recently found a great Wufu store! The Wufu sold in that store are all so beautiful..."

While walking, the cheerful girl shared her latest experiences with the person she admired beside her.

Sanako listened carefully, while echoing from time to time.

At this moment, Natsume Tsuki couldn't help shutting his mouth due to the noisy sound coming from the front.

"What's the matter?" Xia Muyue stretched her neck and looked forward, "Why are you so noisy, what happened?"

The sudden noise in front of him also attracted Sanako's attention.

After about three breaths, the second daughter's confusion of "what happened" was resolved.

In front of them, a group of people who were hard to avoid being noticed were walking toward them.

This group of people seems to be the government's escort team.

Three disheveled and embarrassed men had their hands tightly bound with hemp rope. In order to prevent them from escaping, the bodies of the three people were connected together by another hemp rope.

Two young samurai walked at the front and back of the three men, escorting the three men one after the other.

The samurai walking behind was tall, with a thick back and waist, and a little blood was splashed on the front chest and other places.

As for the samurai walking ahead...

"Wow!" Xia Muyue's face turned pale, "Why is there so much blood..."

The samurai walking behind only had blood spattered on the front of his shirt.

On the other hand, the samurai who hit the front... the clothes on this person looked like they had just been soaked in a pool of blood!

The hakama on the chest, waist, and lower body... In short, the clothes on this man's body were dyed a very strange color under the splash of blood. There are very few places that are not splashed with blood. The smell of blood wafting from this person could be smelled from far away.

The noise that Sanako and the others heard just now all came from this bloody young warrior.

After seeing the blood-covered appearance of this warrior, the passers-by couldn't help screaming in fright, and hurriedly parted to both sides of the street to make way for a spacious street.

After seeing this young warrior in blood, Sanako was startled immediately.

Different from the passers-by around.

The reason why Sanako showed his reaction was not because the person's current appearance was too shocking.

"Tangerine... Jun...?"

Sanako, who blinked lightly a few times, looked at the "Blooded Warrior" in surprise.

"Huh? Miss Sanako?"

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Suddenly there was a familiar female voice calling his name... Qingdeng subconsciously raised his eyes, and then saw Sanako standing side by side with Natsume Tsuki.

Finding Sanako in the crowd... There is simply no easier task than this.

No matter where the beautiful and beautiful Sanako goes, he is out of tune with the surrounding scenery and crowds, just like putting a rose in a pile of dogtail grass.

Probably only the stunning scenery of flower fields, aurora, and starry sky can match Sanako's stunning beauty.

On the way to escort the "bearded middle-aged man" and others to the residence, and prepare to join Saito and the others, he unexpectedly ran into Sanako... Such a coincidence made Qingdeng reveal a surprised expression.

After saying hello to Yongcang behind him, "I'm going to have a few words with my acquaintances", Qingdeng walked quickly a few steps, and arrived in front of Sanako and Natsume Yue.

"Miss Zuanazi, I'm sorry." Qingdeng didn't greet Zuanazi immediately, but first apologized to Zuanazi with a wry smile, "I let you see such an indecent scene of me."

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng subconsciously lowered his eyebrows and glanced at his bloody attire.

None of the blood on Qingdeng's clothes belonged to him, it was all the blood of the enemies he had just beheaded.

When leaving that alleyway, because he couldn't find any clothes to change, he only found enough water to wash his hands and face, so Qingdeng could only use the water he found to rough his face and face. Wash your hands, and then just make do with it and continue to wear the bloody gown.

The first thing Qingdeng said after seeing her was a polite apology... After being startled by Qingdeng's move unexpectedly, Sanako softly said "It's okay".

"Mr. Ju, are you... just fighting to the death with some thief?"

Sanako handed it to Qingdeng with a concerned look.

"Hmm...well." Qingdeng smiled slightly, and then briefly outlined what happened to him in a flat tone.

Qingdeng's tone was as indifferent as if he was talking about something trivial and unworthy of attention... Obviously the content of his words was so shocking.

Although Qingdeng took the process of single-handedly defeating 18 samurai in the narrow alley, and only said lightly that he "finally won", Sanako still keenly grasped this point, which made it difficult for her to ignore it. Information.

After Qingdeng finished what he could say, Zuo Nazi, who was staring at Qingdeng blankly, had an unconcealable look of astonishment on his delicate and pretty face.

"Mr. Ju... have you defeated so many people by yourself?"

Sanako, who is also a martial artist, is very clear about the concept of single-handedly defeating nearly twenty warriors in a death fight with a real sword.

"Defeat the group of enemies alone" and "defeat the group of enemies with your companions" are completely different things.

When you have a reliable comrade-in-arms by your side, it can bring you a certain sense of peace of mind.

If there is no help around, and you are alone against a powerful enemy... just that strong psychological pressure is enough to crush many people.

Without any companions, she defeated 18 samurai by herself... This impact on Sanako was no less than the first time she heard about Qingdeng's battle of fame: "Snow Night Chaos".

"Luck is better, those people are not very strong."

With a smile, Qingdeng casually passed the question that Sanako just raised.

"Miss Sanako, are you... out to play with friends?" This time it was Qingdeng who asked the question.

Qingdeng looked at Natsume Yue who was standing beside Sanako, shoulder to shoulder with Sanako.

"Hmm... that's right." Zuo Nazi managed to put away the shock in his heart, stood half a step sideways, and helped Qingdeng introduce Xia Muyue, "Mr. Ju, this is a disciple of our Little Chiba Sword Academy: Xia Muyue .”

As soon as Sanako's voice fell, Natsume Yue hurriedly arranged her clothes and hair.

"First, first time meeting!" Xia Muyue folded her hands in front of her with a look of fear on her brows, and bowed respectfully to Qingdeng, "I'm Xiao Muyue!"

There was intense tension in Natsume Tsuki's voice... She was so nervous that when she introduced herself, she not only stuttered but also ate screws.

Qingdeng noticed the panic and paleness on Xia Muyue's face... He knew that this child who looked less than 15 years old should be frightened by the bloody clothes on his body.

Qingdeng smiled apologetically at Natsume Yue, and then bowed to return the gift to the child:

"I'm at Juqingdeng. I'm sorry, I scared you like this."

After politely introducing himself to Natsume Tsuki, Qingdeng turned his gaze back to Sanako.

"Miss Sanako, I still have a lot of things to deal with one by one, so I will take my leave first. Let's meet again next time."

There is also a series of things such as "meeting with Saito and others" waiting in line for Qingdeng to deal with, Qingdeng really has no extra time to spend chatting with Sanako on the street.

After saying goodbye to Sanazi and Natsume Yue, Qingdeng separated from the two daughters without any hesitation and without even looking back.

The two daughters stood in place tacitly, silently watching Qingdeng who continued and Yongcang escorted the "bearded middle-aged man" to the residence.

It wasn't until Qingdeng's figure completely disappeared in the distant street corner that Xia Muyue finally breathed out as if she dared to breathe.

"You have to fight so hard that you can splash so much blood on your body... It's so scary..."

After all, Natsume Yue tightened her neck tightly with a shy expression.

"So he is that Ju Qingdeng..."

Natsume Tsuki has certainly heard of Qingdeng, who has become more and more famous in Edo recently, but has never had the chance to meet Qingdeng.

"Whether it's appearance or personality, they are much softer than I imagined... I thought that the 'three times' official who can make so many great achievements must be a man with a ferocious face that is no different from a wild boar."

Natsume Yue raised her head to look at Sanako, and cast a questioning look at Sanako.

"Miss Sanako, are you familiar with Ju Qingdeng?"

"Not very familiar, but not unfamiliar either." Sanako replied without thinking.

During this question and answer period, the two girls set off again.

"As expected of a swordsman who can make many great achievements in a row, fighting nearly 20 samurai alone... I dare not even think about such a thing." Natsume Yue tightened her neck again.

When she was about to say something more, she suddenly found that the son beside her was now pursing her red lips tightly, her eyebrows and eyes were lowered... looking restless.

"Miss Sanako, what's wrong?" Natsume Yue gave her concerned eyes, "Why do you have such a preoccupied expression?"

Because of Natsume Tsuki's question, she turned back to God Sanako, looked at Natsume Tsuki with a slightly dazed eyes, then took a deep breath, and gradually returned her expression to her usual one, as if she was not The fairy-like aloofness that cannibalize fireworks in the world.

"I'm fine. It's just..."

Sanako's voice suddenly froze at this moment.

She was carefully considering her next words.

After a while, she picked up the conversation and went on to say:

"It's just... a little emotional."

"Emotion?" Xia Muyue quickly sent out a follow-up question.

Zuo Nazi turned his head and looked in the direction where Qingdeng had just left, with meaningful eyes.

"Every time I see Mr. Ju...he can bring me new surprises."

"Every time I see Mr. Ju...I feel that he has become much stronger than the last time I saw him."

At this moment, Sanako suddenly recalled the "Handbook for Preparing Brother-in-law" with Qingdeng's name written on it that he found by accident a while ago from his brother Shigetaro...

"...Although I don't want to admit it very much." Zuo Nazi's tone was faint, and his soft voice seemed to come from a distant place, "But Mr. Ju is indeed a rare hero."

"I'm a little envious of the Weiwei Hall. It's actually able to recruit such talented people who can be safe with one person."

After hearing about Qingdeng's new feat, he shared with the girl beside him who is both a student and a friend... Immediately afterwards, Sanako discovered that this friend was showing his face. With a very strange expression.

I saw Xia Muyue at this time, with an intriguing expression on her face and an evil smile as if she was planning some kind of plan.

Before Sanako had time to ask why Natsume had such a weird expression, she heard Natsume say to her with a smile:

"Miss Sanako, it's so rare!"

Zuo Nazi was taken aback: "What is so rare?"

"It's the first time I've heard Miss Sanako praise a man so much!"

"Miss Sanako, you usually have high demands on yourself and others."

"Some of the heroes in our Little Chiba Sword Gym who are often called 'geniuses' by others have never received your praise."

"It's the first time I've seen a man who praised a man so much as I did just now!"

Sanako seemed to be taken aback by Natsume Tsuki's words just now... her eyes were dumbfounded.

Then, she slightly frowned her beautiful eyebrows, and said indifferently in a tone neither sad nor happy:

"Ah Yue, you are mistaken, I am not praising Mr. Ju."

"I'm just envious of getting such a powerful disciple in the test guard hall."

"If our Little Chiba Sword Gym gets a talent like Mr. Ju, then the overall strength of our Sword Gym may be expected to surpass the 'Three Great Sword Gyms'."

After all, Sanako took the initiative to change the topic, deliberately diverted the topic to another place, and intentionally stopped talking about that young man...

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After hurrying all the way, the two girls finally came to the tea house.

The first impression of this tea house, which was praised by Natsume Tsuki, was that it was remote and dilapidated.

This store is located in an inconspicuous street town, and the rather dilapidated facade is "full of history" in a nice word.

"Although this shop looks shabby and out of the way, the wagashi made by this shop are really delicious!"

From the change of Sanako's expression, Natsume Yue guessed what Sanako was thinking now, and she said to Sanako again in a firm tone, "This store really won't let you down", Excitedly led Sanako to open the curtain and enter the store.

There are no customers in the store now... only a dining table in the corner, surrounded by 4 warriors who are silently drinking tea.

"Boss! I'm coming again!" Natsume Tsuki stretched his arms high, and energetically greeted a middle-aged man whose hair was more than half gray and was busy at the counter.

"Oh, it's Miss Natsume." The boss smiled slightly, "Good afternoon, Miss Natsume."

"Good afternoon boss! I brought my friends here today!"

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After exchanging greetings with the boss, Xia Muyue chose the table to sit at, and the snacks they each wanted to eat... After finishing the above-mentioned things, the second daughter sat face to face on the selected table, drinking the cup just brought by the boss. Warm up the tea while quietly waiting for the wagashi to be served.

"Miss Zuo Nazi, do you know? It seems that something happened in Tianzhang Court..."

Xia Muyue seems to have endless topics, ranging from important family and country affairs to anecdotes in the market, she constantly finds out various new topics to chat with Sanako.

Also thanks to her chatty nature, the time waiting for wagashi to be ready and served was not boring.

On the one hand, Sanako continued to answer the conversation, while continuously sipping the delicious tea in the cup.

Before she knew it, she drank the teacup upside down in her hand.

She raised her head and looked in the direction of the kitchen, ready to ask the boss to refill her a new cup of tea.

But at this moment, the situation happened.

Sanako suddenly felt her vision distorted and her body shaking.

When she realized that it was a strong dizziness, she fell into a state of unconsciousness where she couldn't even speak.

"Miss Sanako... um...!"

Natsume Tsuki who was across the table noticed Sanako's strangeness and made a nervous voice.

Her voice sounded like it came from afar to Zenazi.

As soon as Xia Muyue had time to call out "Miss Sanako", she raised her hand to cover her head with a face of pain, and let out a horrified moan.

No matter how stupid a person is, seeing this situation should realize what happened.

Sanako wanted to stand up and shout, but she couldn't control any muscle in her body.

The field of vision in front of him began to be occupied by darkness.

For a moment, Sanako saw something.

It turned out to be irregular patterns on the table top.

No, I can't faint... As soon as Sanako thought about it, her consciousness was completely interrupted.

She passed out on the dining table in a face-down position.

At almost the same moment, Natsume Tsuki, who had lost consciousness, also fell towards the dining table...

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After the two women both fainted,

The only guests in this tea house other than Sanako and the others—the four samurai who had been sitting around the dining table in the corner just stood up expressionlessly, and then walked quickly to the side of the fainted second daughter.

"Why are there 2 girls... Which one is Natsume Tsuki?"

"The one who looks younger at this age is Natsume Tsuki."

"Who is this woman sitting opposite Natsume Yue... Hiss! Take a closer look, this woman is so beautiful!"

"Hey, didn't you say that Natsume Tsuki usually comes to this tea house alone to eat dim sum? What should we do now? What should we do with this beautiful woman who is with Natsume Tsuki?"

"Why don't you just kidnap her too? It would be a pity if such a beautiful woman is not kidnapped to have fun! I think this woman is more beautiful than Yoshiwara's oiran!"

"I agree! Hey, take a closer look, this woman not only has a beautiful face, but also has a good figure. The bear is so big, look, her bear can fill up the kendo uniform so much! Tsk tsk tsk!"

"Hey, wait a minute! This woman seems to be 'Oni Komachi of Chiba'!"

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The author did not find out the name of the little princess Date, whose tutor is Miss Sanako, but only knows that she is the little princess of the Uwajima clan, so this book can only use "Little Princess Date" as her title (Leopard dead.jpg)

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