I formed the strongest swordsman group

Rush up to the blue sky and climb to a place higher than the moon!

——Introduction to Volume 2 "Massive Rush to the Blue Sky"

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In the first year of Wanyan (1860), August 3rd.

Got it——! Got it——! Got it——! Got it——!

It was August, the height of summer.

This year's climate is indeed extremely abnormal. It was snowing in March, but it was extremely hot in May, and it was so hot in August that people just wanted to take off their clothes and remove a layer of skin from their bodies by the way. Take it off.

Under the scorching sun, Xia Chan hid helplessly under the shade of a tree and let out disturbing groans. The "cicada" calls one after another seemed to be far away, but also seemed to be nearby, blurred and clear.

The air on the streets of Edo smelled of heat and sweat.

Standing at any place in the town of Edo and looking around, the scenery as far as the eye can see is covered with a layer of heat wave filter. It seems that the whole world began to melt because it could not stand the high temperature and turned into a viscous liquid .

However, even with such a hot summer, it still failed to subtract half of the excitement of Edo's famous happy street: Ryogoku Hirokoji.

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"Come and see! Come and see! There are farts! Play music with the sound of farts! You have never seen acrobatics!"

"Goldfish~Medaka~Does anyone want to catch goldfish?"

"Watermelon! Watermelon! Look! This red and beautiful watermelon has just been iced in well water! Buy it now and eat it now! Now you can buy such a large slice for only 5 Wen!"

"Everyone, please look! I will close my eyes and break this rotten apple thrown into the air!"

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As one of the most famous happy streets in Edo, Ryogoku Hirokoji not only has a large number of performing arts venues, but also a large number of street performers performing their specialties on both sides of the street.

A "wrestler" who lifts up a huge straw bag filled with rice or a large rock to show the audience his mighty wrist; a "singer" who eats a pile of food that can help fart and sings with his butt very vulgarly; A down-and-out samurai performing his superb sword skills...

Under the scorching sun, peddlers carrying poles and selling watermelons, ice water, ice cubes, etc., shuttled among the crowd.

These vendors selling watermelon and ice water all make a lot of money.

With happy faces, they secretly thanked the sun hanging high in the air, releasing such scorching heat that made their business so good.

Even though it's the scorching hot summer...

Although the existence of extremist people and organizations such as the "radical anti-barbarians" still seriously threatens the security of Edo...

Although the situation in the country is still in turmoil due to major changes unseen in a thousand years...

Despite this...every day, a large number of townspeople and samurai flock to Joy Street represented by Ryogoku Hirokoji and Hana Street represented by Yoshiwara, seeking a moment of peace in these places.

Today, at a storytelling field on Guangxiao Road in the two countries, there stands a very young and handsome storyteller.

This person's name is Cancanting Mengle, and Cancanting is the name of the school he belongs to.

As one of the most popular storytellers in Hirokoji Ryogoku, today's Mengle, as always, presents wonderful performances to the audience.

Snapped!

Hearing a "pa——", Meng Le picked up the gavel and slapped the table down.

He happened to be talking about the climax of the story, and all the audience listened attentively.

Mengle is talking about the story that has become incredibly popular in the past two months. As long as you tell it, many people will definitely come to listen to the story.

"By the way, that night happened to be a dark and windy night."

"The moon is hidden behind the clouds, and the distant sky sends a cold wind."

There is a saying that "professionals look at the doorway, and laymen watch the excitement".

Those who are knowledgeable can know how superb the level of storytelling is by just watching Meng Le's movements and listening to Meng Le's tone of voice.

At this time, the tone is passionate and sometimes soothing; the ups and downs of the tone are very comfortable to listen to.

The audience in the audience looked straight at Meng Le on the stage, and listened carefully to Meng Le's story of "'King Ren' Ju Qingdeng bravely rescued the Tibetan Book Institute".

"The thugs of the barbarian group are really a bunch of beasts without blood or tears."

"The servants in the Fanshu Institute are just a bunch of unarmed scholars."

"The bastards of the barbarian group are able to hate and kill these innocent people."

"Under the massacre of these beasts, the blood of Fan Shutiao became a river, like a Shura dojo where a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood."

"Fortunately, suddenly there was a man who was heroic and gallant, and took the lead! He only led a handful of 4 subordinates, and rushed straight to the enemy line that had already surrounded Fan Shutiao!"

"If you ask who this is? It is Tongxin, who was assigned by Beifan. He is six feet long, majestic and majestic. It's like Yuanju Qingdeng Shengqing!"

Snapped!

Mengle patted the gavel hard again.

Under Meng Le's wonderful storytelling performance, the audience in the audience felt that they were there, as if they were in the fierce battlefield that night when Fan Shudiao was attacked.

"Speaking of which, this Ju Qingdeng was originally just an unknown person from the Beifan Institute."

"I am confused and dizzy every day, so I still have the nickname of 'Dadhead'."

"Suddenly one day, he realized the weight of responsibility that he shouldered as the one who pursued it, just like Yang Ming, the king of the Tang Dynasty, who realized Taoism in Longchang.

"Since then, he seems to have been completely reborn, and he has begun to perform extraordinary feats!"

"Rescuing the Tibetan Book Institute is just the most inconspicuous of all the great achievements he has made so far."

"Okay, let's get back to business."

"At that time, the four warriors who followed Tachibana Qingto straight to the enemy's line were named Saitoichi, Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke, and Todo Heisuke."

"These four people are the same as Ju Qingdeng, and they are all heroes who can stand up to a hundred!"

"Facing an enemy group dozens of times larger than them in front of them, these heroes are not afraid at all!"

"I saw Ju Qing Deng Chuo sword in his hand, pulling out streaks of bluish-white saber light!"

"The long sword cuts vertically, stabs straight, lifts upwards, picks obliquely, and strikes horizontally."

"No one can get close! No one can block Ju Qingdeng's sword!"

"Its momentum is invincible and unstoppable!"

"Ju Qingdeng's sword power is best described by Tang Tu's famous military strategy book: "Dragon Tao" in "Six Secret Teachings", which is a famous saying through the ages - if you approach it like a surprise, if you use it like a madman, you should treat it Those who are close will be destroyed, and those who are close will perish, who can resist it?"

"The unstoppable Ju Qingdeng, who is as powerful as a broken bamboo, kills until his robes are covered with blood, kills all the beasts in the barbarian group without their helmets and armor, and kills all the animals in the barbarian group without fear!"

"This valiant and heroic figure with the sword in hand and the head held high is really like the 'King Ni'!"

Snapped!

The sound of slapping the gavel exploded again.

In the next moment, applause flooded the storytelling field like a tide.

"good!"

"Meng Le, as expected of you! You said it so wonderfully!"

"Mengle! Go on! Go on!"

"What happened after Juqingdeng? Tell me!"

There was constant applause from the audience, and the excited listeners generously donated their money and threw copper coins on the stage. Some of them didn't know whether they were really rich or wanted to swell their faces to make them fat, so they directly threw silver coins on the stage.

"Come here for money! Come here for money! Thank you for your support! Thank you for your support! There are dried radish, chirashi sushi, dry fried melon seeds, and excellent flavors of sasa roll hair pull sushi, yobei ​​sushi and pine sushi !"

"Look, these delicacies are more delicious than the same ones, and it makes people drool! The most expensive of these delicacies is only 10 pennies! At most, it only costs 10 pennies to feast your mouth!"

"In addition to food, there are also tea, sweet water, and freshly iced water! Today's weather is so hot, everyone remember to drink plenty of water to avoid heat illness."

Selling snacks and drinks between storytellers is a common sideline for storytellers, and the income from this sideline is quite considerable.

The bulk of the income of many storytellers comes from selling snacks and drinks, while the tips from the audience are small.

After the sound of copper coins falling to the ground gradually subsided, Mengle cleared her throat vigorously a few times.

"Okay, let's get back to business..."

Mengle cleared her throat vigorously a few times, preparing to continue telling the story of "King Ni" Ju Qingdeng.

Under the stands, the audience, whose emotions had been fully mobilized, stared expectantly at Meng Le on stage with bated breath.

But somewhere in a rather inconspicuous corner, two audience members showed completely different expressions from those around them.

One of the two is tall and the other is short.

The short one pursed his lips tightly, trying to hold back a smile.

The taller one smiled wryly with a complex expression, and let out long sighs from time to time.

"Mr. Ju... Ah, no, King Ni." Okita stood on tiptoe and put his mouth next to Qing Deng's ear, "This storyteller is quite good."

Qingdeng silently nodded.

"It's pretty good."

"But as far as I know, I wasn't that brave at the time."

"'Go to it like a surprise, use it like a madman, the one who takes it will be broken, and the one who gets close will perish'... If I really had the courage of Xiang Yu, I would have killed the Kobari group as early as the night when Fan Shutiao was attacked. It was wiped out from top to bottom."

After finishing speaking, the complex emotions on Qingdeng's face became stronger.

Opening his mouth, he let out another long sigh.

Today is August 3rd, nearly two months have passed since Qingdeng was discharged from Renyitang.

During these two months, Qingdeng basically spent his time recuperating from his injuries.

When he was discharged from the hospital, Bei Ren, his attending doctor, told him very clearly: being discharged from the hospital does not mean that he has recovered. Qingdeng still needs to rest at home for a long time, and he has to go back to Ren Medical Hall every 7 days. Double check.

Don't shy away from illnesses and avoid doctors, and you must follow the doctor's advice, especially the doctor's advice from a famous doctor like Beibei Ren with superb medical skills and noble medical ethics-Qingdeng still understands this simple truth.

So for the past two months, Qingdeng has been obediently staying in the testing hall to recuperate his injuries and recuperate his body.

This era lacks entertainment, and when the body cannot exercise vigorously, Qingdeng is so leisurely every day that he feels that the time of each day has been extended from 24 hours to 72 hours.

Although the days are boring, Qingdeng doesn't really dislike this kind of peace.

For Qingtou who saved the settlement and countless lives, the Edo shogunate has not issued a clear reward until now-this is also within Qingtou's expectations.

The class solidification in the Edo period was too serious, and it was difficult to break through the class barriers.

Therefore, rewards for meritorious persons will be very cautious.

According to the law of "the greater the credit, the more carefully the reward must be evaluated", coupled with the current political culture of the Edo shogunate that "loves wrangling and kicking the ball" and the suffocating administrative efficiency...Qingdeng should come to Japan at the earliest Only at the end of the month can you know what rewards you will be able to get.

Anyway, the reward won't run away, just wait slowly.

If there were any major events happening around Qingdeng during these two months... then there really were.

This great event is happening right now before Qingdeng's eyes, on the storytelling stage.

Probably around the time Qingdeng was discharged from the hospital, a story book suddenly appeared in the literary market in Edo.

The author of this storybook is Yuzaki Sojiro, a handsome and well-known novelist in the Edo novel circle.

He earns his living by writing "scattered books" depicting life in brothels, "reading books" describing historical stories and myths and legends, and writing "story books" for storytellers.

There is a new storybook coming out... Logically speaking, this kind of thing should have nothing to do with Qingdeng.

After all, Qingdeng is not very interested in storytelling.

But the problem is - what this new storybook depicts is his story of Juqingdeng...

This story started from the period when he was still "Didou Deng", and wrote all the way to the time when he led Saito and others to rescue the Tibetan Book Institute.

No matter what country or era people are in, they are particularly fond of the kind of stories that are full of sex and violence.

The history of Qingdeng's rise happened to be such a story.

Although this script adapted from Qingdeng's true story is not harsh, it is very counterattacking and full of violence!

It has been a long time since the storytelling world in Edo has released high-quality storybooks.

Although the Genpei war, the chaos of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the heroes of the Warring States Period, and the jokes and stories of "Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are enduring, no matter how they are told, there will be audiences willing to join them.

But both storytellers and listeners are more eager to have brand-new high-quality story books available, so as to revitalize the storytelling world that is currently a little lacking in vitality.

Under the current general environment, there is such a subject and story that are very popular among the common people, and the writing is quite good. The protagonist of the story is still a big man who is in the limelight. Such a scene.

As soon as this storybook came out, it was snapped up by storytellers with strong eyesight who knew that this storybook would definitely be a hit.

All of a sudden, storytelling venues in various happy streets such as Guangxiao Road in Ryogoku began to sing the story of "King Ni".

Nioh - a brand new nickname given to Qingdeng by Sojiro in the storybook.

In Japanese Buddhist culture, King Nio, who guards the world, is regarded as a very famous and great Buddha spirit.

That's why the Japanese often hailed those fierce men as "kings of kindness".

Giving people all kinds of nicknames that are very secondary is a traditional ability that has been engraved in the bones of the Japanese nation and has not changed throughout the ages.

This dragon and that tiger, this ghost and that god. Just in the Warring States period, I don’t know how many dragons, tigers, and ghosts there are...

People in the market also prefer stories about celebrities with a very high school title.

I have to say that Sojiro, who wrote this script, really understands the temperament of the common people in the city.

The reason why this story about Qingtou can be spread so widely is that Sojiro gave Qingtou the nickname that is easy to remember, enough to be a secondary school, and very appetizing to the common people in the market.

By the way——Qingdeng didn’t know that there was an extra book in the storytelling world with him as the main character and his stories as the main character until one day when a senior in the guard’s hall laughed and shouted “Nioh!” Prototype script.

Listening to books at no cost is one of the most commonly chosen entertainment methods for ordinary people in this era.

Therefore, the storytelling station can be regarded as one of the most trafficked media channels in every town.

So - in such media channels, while Qingdeng's reputation rose again due to the fire of this storybook, the name of "King Ni" was also spread widely.

In just 2 months, the popularity of the name "Nioh" has completely overshadowed the original "Little Tengu of Beibansuo" and "Xinying of the Sword" and other messy titles.

This new title has become like Qingdeng's exclusive trademark.

Now that Qingdeng is walking on the street, some ordinary people who recognize him often cheerfully call him "King Ren".

For his new title, Qingdeng doesn't dislike it very much, nor does he object to others calling him "King Ren".

Although it may be a bit naive and immature to say so... But Qingdeng really thinks the title of "King Ni" is quite handsome.

As long as you don't slander or maliciously vilify, then Qingdeng doesn't mind other people adapting his stories into various literary works.

Before Sojiro's storybook was published, Qingdeng's name in Edo was already quite high.

Qingdeng, who has long been accustomed to being recognized on the street, did not feel that his current life was much different from the past because of the brand-new popularity brought to him by this storybook.

His only opinion on Sojiro's storybook... is that he is a little too strong.

In the script, he is like Xiang Yu and Lu Fengxian reborn.

Let's take the "Battle of Tibetan Books" as an example: Obviously this was a tough battle, and Saito and others also contributed a lot, but this story is a bit too exaggerated for Qingdeng's record.

Just listening to the various descriptions of how brave Qingdeng was in the scriptures, the audience can unconsciously express the following emotion——"King Ren" is so awesome, why didn't he just call out all the barbarian groups who attacked the Tibetan Book Institute at that time? Kill all the team members?

However, the vast majority of listeners don't care about these.

The vast majority of listeners just want to hear something fun and refreshing, and they don't care whether it is logical or reasonable.

From another perspective... The reason why this script is so popular is not unrelated to the fact that the fighting scenes in it are too cool.

Qingdeng and Chongtian, who stayed in an inconspicuous corner where no one was paying attention, listened to Mengle's storytelling for a while.

Okita, who was tired of listening to it, drank the ice water he just bought in one gulp.

"Mr. Ju, let's go and have a look elsewhere."

Qingdeng, who happened to be a little tired of listening to storytelling, nodded.

The moment the two walked out of the storytelling room side by side, noise and heat burst out.

Because Mengle's storytelling hall has a pergola, the storytelling hall is still shady. When walking from the storytelling venue to the street outside the venue, Qingdeng's skin recalled the feeling of leaving the air-conditioned room for a long time.

"It's so hot..."

Okita silently tied his slender ponytail higher and tighter.

"If you think it's too hot, why don't you go back to the test room now?"

Qingdeng narrowed his eyes, raised his head and glanced at the sun in the sky that would take another hour to reach the highest point in the sky.

"Well... let's go shopping for a while." Okita only thought for less than two breaths, then smiled and looked up at Qingdeng, who was more than a head taller than him, "It's been a long time since I came to Ryogoku Hiroko Road , It would be a pity if we just go back like this."

Because the time of recuperating at home is too boring, so Qingdeng often finds various things to do to pass the time.

Like going out with Okita and the others.

Okita's daily necessities, Kopeito, which he stored in the testing hall, were all eaten up last night.

In order to maintain his life, Okita had to go out this morning to replenish Kopeito.

Anyway, being idle is idle, so Qingdeng went out with Chongtian.

Originally, the original plan of the two of them was to go back to the health test hall after buying Jinpingtang.

But Okita suddenly got excited and said, "It's rare to go out for a trip, why don't we go somewhere together? I've been mostly nestled in the testing hall recently, and I haven't gone out much. I suddenly thought of a lively place for a stroll and a look. of."

Qingdeng, who had so much time to spend, readily accepted Okita's proposal without thinking.

The two of them came to Ryogoku Hirokoji in this way.

Since Okita wanted to go shopping for a while, Qingdeng, who was not in a hurry to go back to the Examination Hall, nodded, and continued to accompany Okita wandering around Ryogoku Hiroko Road.

Although it has been almost 8 months since we traveled to this era, Qingdeng has never been to this famous Happy Street, so everything on Ryogoku Hiroko Road is very fresh in Qingdeng's eyes.

Those street performers on the street are actually just the embellishment of this happy street.

The real attraction of Ryogoku Hirokoji is the theaters lined up on both sides of the street.

In the Edo period, there were four major stage arts: Kabuki, Joruri Bunraku, Noh, and Kyogen.

Kabuki is similar to Chinese opera.

As the name suggests, the Joruri Bunraku Puppet Show is where puppeteers hold puppets and perform stories with music and narration.

Noh has the longest history. It is a tragic song and dance drama based on music, singing and dancing.

Kyogen is a comedy-type Coby drama, which often satirizes samurai, other noble classes, and some chaotic phenomena in society in a humorous way.

These four stage arts with their own characteristics flourished in the Edo period when the social environment was generally peaceful. So far, it has become a theatrical performance that is loved by noble warriors and common people in the market.

Countless theaters dot the Ryogoku Hirokoji.

In order to attract as many spectators as possible, theaters often place a large number of brightly colored flags outside the theater.

These flags are either the name of the play that will be performed soon, or the family or troupe that will perform here in the future.

The literary and art circles in the Edo period also had class solidification.

And in terms of solidification, the world of literature and art is even worse than the world of martial arts.

Take kabuki, for example. Kabuki adopts a complete hereditary system, which is only passed on to men and not to women. The "house number", "stage name" and performance style of the previous generation of Kabuki must be inherited by the next generation.

"House number" is a characteristic title of a Kabuki family, similar to brand trademarks such as Sony and Nintendo.

The "Naritaya" of Ichikawa Danjuro's family and the "Otowaya" of Onoue Kikugoro's family are all well-known giants in the kabuki world. Tickets for their performances are all sold out.

Okitamoto is enjoying the performances of street performers. But gradually, his attention was attracted by the bright banners on the street used to advertise the theater.

"oops."

At this time, Okita suddenly exclaimed in a surprised tone.

"That Zhiju hut is going to perform "One Knife Studio"..."

Shiba House: A synonym for a theater specializing in Kabuki.

Qingdeng followed Okita's line of sight to look over, and saw light-colored flags hanging high up in a Shiju hut not far ahead.

There are two kinds of words written on this pile of flags.

The first type is written with three big Chinese characters of "Qingjiang House" in bright red. This should be the house number of the Kabuki family who will be performing in this Shibai hut, but Qingdeng has not heard of this name much.

The second flag is also written with 3 big Chinese characters - Yi Dao Zhai.

These three Chinese characters are all golden yellow, and they are particularly conspicuous against the light onion background.

"From today until August 20th, Aoeya will be performing Ogata Yasushi's "One Sword Studio" here! Don't miss it when you pass by!"

""Yi Dao Zhai"! "Yi Dao Zhai"! Do you want to watch "Yi Dao Zhai"!"

A few young men in light-colored haori stood in front of the door of this Shibaju hut, waving light-colored flags with the words "Yitao Zhai" and "Qingjiangya" respectively, and worked hard to solicit customers and promote.

""One Knife Studio"..."

Okita smiled.

"I haven't watched "One Knife Studio" for a long time."

Aingo noticed Okita's expression and asked softly:

"Okita-kun, do you like watching "One Sword Studio" very much?"

Without hesitation, Okita nodded vigorously a few times, raised his head, and showed Qingdeng a big smile.

"The legend of 'Eternal Sword Master' Ogata Yishi is really exciting. "One Sword Studio" is the only kabuki play I can watch."

"Is your heart surging..." Qingdeng softly recited the adjective that Okita just confides just now, and chuckled softly a few times, "Ogata Yishi's life is really hard not to make people's hearts surge."

Ogata Yishi - in this era, as long as everyone knows this name.

Using the word "legendary" to describe the life of this dual-sword swordsman seems a bit too insulting to him.

Watching his biography can make you feel like you are reading a fantasy novel.

This person was active in the Kanzheng period 70 years ago, relying on a battle of "killing the tyrant with one against a hundred" made his name appear in the public eye for the first time.

Ogata Itsue was born in the Hirose domain of the Western Kingdom. During the Kansei period, the lord of the Hirose domain was a cruel and inhuman tyrant.

In order to get rid of this great harm, Ogata Itsuki went to assassinate the tyrant alone. After defeating hundreds of guards around the tyrant with his own strength, he successfully took off the tyrant's head.

At that time, Ogata Itsue was only 20 years old.

Committing such a serious crime as killing the lord, Hirose Fan will no longer have a place for Ogata Yishi.

Therefore, after taking the tyrant's life, Ogata Yishi resolutely left the domain and became a vagrant who left the domain.

Ogata Yishi's departure from the domain is like a fish entering the sea.

His legend has officially begun since then.

"Slaying a hundred people" is just his most inconspicuous achievement.

Single-handedly conquer Nijo Castle in Kyoto.

Destroy "The Last Ninja Village": Shiranui.

Yu Yidi personally led dozens of cavalry companies to break through the seven formations of the shogunate army and repel the 10,000 army of the shogunate.

Go alone to Koyasan, the "Holy Land of Buddhism".

Itsuki Ogata achieved all of the above achievements and escaped unscathed!

He has achieved so many achievements that ordinary people dare not even think about. In this country where "you will be disobedient if you don't give a celebrity a nickname of the second child", Ogata Yishi naturally has quite a lot of prestige, each one is more powerful than the other. title.

Human Cut Yishi, Executioner Yidao Zhai, Shura...

It's a pity that after entering the "Holy Land of Buddhism" Koya Mountain alone, Ogata Yishi disappeared, let alone a new big commotion, he didn't know where he went.

Only rumors such as "Ogata Yasuo once went to a certain place and did a certain thing" occasionally leaked out.

Some people say that Ogata Itsuki died after entering Koya Mountain alone.

It is said that Ogata Itsue moved overseas.

Of course, some people say that this legendary figure is still alive, and has lived until now, living in seclusion in a certain place, slipping to the street to bask in the sun every day like an ordinary old man.

Because Ogata Yasushi's life was too awesome, the original titles such as Shura, Renzhan Yishi, and Executioner Yidao Zhai felt that they were no longer worthy of him.

Therefore, after Ogata Yishi disappeared from the rivers and lakes, people conferred a holy title on Ogata Yishi, who was outstanding in swordsmanship and had almost reached the level of no one before or after, and respected him as "Sword Saint".

Before that, only two people had won the title of "Sword Master": Nobutsuna Umizumi and Buden Tsukahara.

Although Ogata Itsuki is not like the above two people who have established any groundbreaking new genre or made any outstanding contributions to kendo theory, Ogata Hisashi's record is too dazzling. The 2 knives just made a record like opening exoskeleton armor or opening Gundam.

Therefore, in order to show the strength of Ogata Itsuki, and to show that Nobuzuna Uizumi and Tsukahara Buden are no match for Ogata Itsuki, people crowned Ogata Itsuki on the basis of "Sword Master". Received the title of "Eternal Eternity".

Namely "Eternal Juggernaut".

To this day, Ogata Yishi's title of "Eternal Sword Master" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

A legendary figure like Ogata Itsuki naturally has a large number of creators who use his stories as original materials to adapt them into various types of literary works.

"Yi Dao Zhai" is one of the representatives.

"One Sword Studio" is a kabuki play adapted from Ogata Yasei's debut battle 70 years ago by a playwright named Jiro Nishino: "Use one as a hundred to kill the lord" repertoire.

"Punish the evil, promote the good, and kill the tyrant" is one of the themes that the common people talk about the most. In addition, Ogata Yishi has always been very popular among the people. Gain fame quickly.

After 70 years of development, "One Knife Studio" has become a famous kabuki play like "Zhongchen Zang" spread all over the country.

Okita liked "One Knife Studio"... Qingdeng, who knew this for the first time, was not very surprised.

Okita, who is also a swordsman like Ogata Itsuki, would love the passionate stories of Ogata Itsuki, which is really normal.

"Since it's been a long time since I've watched this play, why don't you find a time to watch it someday?"

Qingdeng suggested casually.

"Listen to the yelling of these people who are soliciting..."Yi Dao Zhai" in this Zhiju hut will be performed until August 20."

"Well... let's talk about it later." Okita grinned, "If you have time later, you can slowly consider whether to watch the drama or not. Ah, Tachibana-kun, watch it! It's a big fortune pancake!"

With little stars shining in his eyes, Okita pointed at an uncle not far away who was carrying two large wooden boxes on a shoulder pole, and kept calling out "Dafukubing~4 cents a piece~".

Without waiting for Qingdeng to respond, the gluttonous Okita ran towards the uncle who sold big fortune pancakes.

Qingdeng felt from the bottom of his heart: Today's outing...is very suitable to be named "Okita's Eating Journey".

Okita, who is very greedy and greedy, almost every time he sees a food vendor that he is interested in, he must go to enjoy the food with a "humming hum" and his mouth almost never stops.

Seeing the back of Okita rushing towards the Daifuku baker, Qingdeng smiled helplessly, and hurried to catch up.

"Hey, Okita-kun, don't run too fast!"

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After leisurely strolling from street to street in Ryogoku Hirokoji, it happened to be noon.

As noon approached, the temperature suddenly rose sharply.

The weather was already very hot, but now it became like being trapped in the red lotus hell.

Neither Qingdeng nor Okita could resist the high temperature, so after visiting the Ryogoku Hiroshi, the two turned back in a hurry and set foot on the way back to the testing hall.

As soon as he returned to the testing hall, which was no different from home to Qingdeng, Qingdeng heard loud shouts and the sound of bamboo swords clashing.

Entering the dojo, a voice of greeting higher than the other immediately rushed towards Qingdeng.

"Senior Tachibana! Good afternoon!"

"Mr. Ju, it turns out that you have gone out. I was still wondering why I didn't see you today."

"Tachibana, have you had lunch yet?"

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Qingdeng is currently very popular in Edo, and he is an undoubted celebrity in Edo nowadays.

As it should be - Qingdeng is now in the test hall, completely like a star.

After Qingdeng made new achievements such as "rescuing the settlement", the number of people who apprenticed to the entrance test hall increased a lot.

Many people come to the test hall to practice the natural mind flow because of Qingdeng's name.

Now, no matter whether it is a senior or a junior, they all have great respect for Qingdeng, who is no longer the unknown little junior...at least it is superficial respect.

After wandering outdoors with Okita all morning, Qingdeng felt a little tired and wanted to go back to "Among the Diners" for a rest.

After saying hello to the brothers and sisters in the dojo, Qingdeng went straight back to Kondo's house at the back of the dojo.

When he walked past the entrance and walked through the corridor connecting the entrance and the hinterland of the house with ease, Qingdeng suddenly saw——Yongcang and Harada, who were currently sending food in the testing hall as diners, were crouching in the closed hall outside the door.

The expressions of the two of them are quite weird, and they look like they can't help but laugh.

"What are you doing?"

Qingdeng walked towards Yongcang and Yuantian slowly.

The two did not respond.

He only pointed to the closed hall sliding door in front of them.

"Yong, listen up! You must firmly remember the etiquette I taught you! Don't be embarrassed at the wedding in a month's time!"

Abi's voice came from the living room.

"I don't want the Matsui family to look down on our Kondo family."

"Come on, read this marriage vow again now, you must be familiar with it! If you can't even recite a vow smoothly, you will be laughed at!"

"yes……"

The speaker became Kondo.

"Choose this auspicious day for the wedding."

"From now on, we will respect and love each other, form a family, share joys and sorrows, and live forever."

"May we both be happy forever, and we would like to share...together...together..."

"Yong! Why are you trying to stutter again!" Ah Bi's sharp voice made Qing Deng and others who were eavesdropping outside the living room shrank their necks.

"Mother, this oath is too difficult to pronounce... Is it really written in Japanese?"

"The oaths of the wedding ceremony are all written in classical Japanese, don't you know? Stop talking nonsense and continue to practice! If you don't read this wedding oath by heart today, you don't want to have dinner today!"

...

Yongcang slowly raised his head, smiled bitterly at Qingdeng and Harada who were eavesdropping with him in the living room, and sighed softly:

"Marriage is really hard... What happened to Kondo-kun made me suddenly a little afraid of getting married..."

"Kondo-kun has been practicing wedding etiquette in this hall for nearly an hour." Harada yawned big, and then laughed silly, "Did you hear the tone of what Kondo-kun said just now? ? I can already feel from his tone how painful he is now."

Regarding Nagakura and Harada's teasing of Kondo, Qingdeng smiled with a smile on his face.

In the next month, the test hall will hold two major events.

The first thing: start a "red and white battle" with Xuanwu Hall.

The second event: Isamu Kondo's wedding ceremony.

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