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Compared with a year ago, Da Yueshi's appearance has hardly changed.

If there is any change, it is that the facial features are a little more charming and mature, and the hairstyle has changed from the Shimada bun that only unmarried girls can wear to the ball bun that is exclusive to married women.

After a short period of astonishment, the astonishment on Qingdeng's face slowly changed into a complicated and grotesque expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably.

——How could I meet her here... Isn't she already married to Nara...

At this moment, the memory images belonging to "Original Ju Qingdeng" flashed before his eyes automatically without Qingdeng's control.

The pictures in these memories are all kinds of pasts related to this woman... It's simply unsightly!

If we want to describe the relationship between "Yuan Juqingdeng" and this woman in detail, we have to start with their parents.

Qingdeng's father, Tachibana Takayuki, and Otsuki's father, Miyagawa Toshizo, are very close friends.

Thanks to the relationship between their parents, "Yuan Juqingdeng" and Otsuki Shino, who are similar in age, are childhood sweethearts who grew up together.

Because Da Yueshi looks pretty good, "Yuan Juqingdeng" has always liked Da Yueshi very much.

However, the falling flowers are intentional, and the flowing water is ruthless.

Da Yueshi has no feelings for "Yuan Juqingdeng".

It would be fine if she just didn't have any affection for "Yuan Ju Qingdeng", but this woman has a rather vicious temper.

Obviously his father Toshizo Miyagawa is an outstanding samurai with exceptional character and loyalty. It is not known whether it is a genetic mutation or a family education that is not qualified. In short, Otsuki has a rather bitter, mean, and selfish personality.

She regards "Yuan Ju Qingdeng"'s affection for her as a joke, and plays with "Yuan Ju Qingdeng" like a toy.

He generously accepted the kindness of "Yuan Juqingdeng" without any scruples, but always pretended to be a fool, only being the "enjoying" party and not the "giving" party.

Neither explicitly rejected nor accepted.

Just like this, "Original Juqingdeng" has been hanging.

Let "Original Juqingdeng" always have the illusion of "I might have a chance".

The simple-minded "Yuan Juqingdeng" really fell for this woman!

He changed his ways to be nice to Da Yue.

It's cold and warm again, and it's meticulously preparing gifts... trying to influence Da Yueshi with his sincere heart.

But people are destined to be unable to wake up a person who pretends to be asleep.

"Yuan Juqingdeng", who is crazy about hot face and cold butt, has invested countless time, energy and affection on Da Yueshi...

Then Da Yueshi married another man.

Without the knowledge of "Original Ju Qingdeng", Otsuki had flirted with a young wealthy businessman named "Otsuki Changji" from Nara long ago.

Although in order to maintain their ruling foundation, the shogunate has been advocating the so-called glory of the samurai and ensuring the privileged status of the samurai in various ways, but no matter how much they advocate and publicize, they cannot change the life of most samurai. The reality of poverty cannot change people's instinctive pursuit of a better life.

Since the development of the times and the changes in the world, businessmen have accumulated a lot of wealth by relying on the defects of the system and the emergence of capitalism, and lived a luxurious life that ordinary people can't even imagine. ” and inevitably blew through every part of the country.

Many people no longer pursue samurai glory and Bushido spirit, but instead pursue money and extravagant material life.

Today, many young girls would rather marry a wealthy businessman than a penniless warrior except for the so-called honor of status—Otsuki Shi is such a character.

Although the so-called "scholar, peasant, business, and business" social class has long existed in name only, the apparent political status of businessmen is still at the bottom of the list.

But for those big businessmen, low political status is nothing to worry about!

In order to make a living, many middle- and lower-level warriors who were desperately poor and did not dare to engage in blood-licking activities were forced to sell their sabers.

If selling knives can't solve the food problem, then sell the only valuable thing left on your body: the samurai's family name.

A samurai's family name is far more marketable than a katana sword.

Many big merchants who want to make a good appearance are quite happy to buy a samurai family name for a small amount of money.

Many businessmen with strong financial resources rely on various methods such as "purchasing samurai status" and "accepting samurai as adopted sons" to change their families. Changed from "businessman" to "scholar".

The young wealthy businessman named Otsuki Changci who Otsuki married is a notable example.

Their family was originally just a merchant without a surname. After the family business grew, they bought their family name from a certain Wu family with the surname "Dayue". Since then, their family has been able to call themselves Da Yue. .

Da Yueshi, who is greedy for the money of Da Yue's family, frequently flirts with Da Yue, showing a passion that "Yuan Juqingdeng" has never seen and tasted.

Not long after, Da Yueshi got engaged and married Changji.

The beloved girl and the lover finally get married, but the lover is not himself... This dealt a great blow to "Yuan Juqingdeng".

Moreover, when the news of Da Yueshi's marriage reached the ears of "Yuan Juqingdeng", it happened to be the time when Takayuki Jiayan had just died of illness...

The reason why "Original Juqingdeng"'s political performance in Beifan was so bad is that he suffered frequent mental shocks during that period and was unable to completely get out of this series of setbacks. It is inseparable. relation.

My father died early, and I have no relatives...

He has not yet recovered from the grief of his family's death, and he heard that the girl he had admired for a long time will marry him as his wife...

Both family and love have suffered crashing accidents...

Frankly speaking, it is quite rare for "Yuan Juqingdeng" to still maintain a fairly normal mental state after experiencing a series of drastic changes in his life.

Fortunately, "Original Juqingdeng" got lost and found his way back.

After Da Yueshi got married, he finally saw through Da Yueshi's vicious nature, resolutely cut off contact with Da Yueshi, and stopped contacting her. Finally, he showed some backbone that a man should have.

No matter how I say it, I and "Original Juqingdeng" are now one.

Qingdeng naturally doesn't have any good feelings for Da Yueshi, who once cruelly played with the feelings of "Original Ju Qingdeng".

Why don't you just ignore this scumbag—Qingdeng thought about this question very seriously.

However, after hesitating for a while, Qing Deng gave up his idea of ​​ignoring this woman.

It's not that I want to catch up with the scumbag.

Instead, I want to ask this scumbag a question.

"...Ah Shi, long time no see." Qingdeng said calmly with no expression on his face, "Why are you here?"

After Otsuki Shi and Otsuki Chang got married, they moved with their parents to Nara and no longer lived in Edo.

"My husband and friends came to Edo to discuss business."

Da Yueshi revealed that the corners of his mouth were upturned, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"So I accompanied my husband and went back to Edo after a long absence."

"It happened to be the day of the fireworks festival. It was a rare opportunity, so I went to the garden and watched the fireworks with my husband and my friends."

When talking about the words "husband" and "talking about business", Da Yueshi's tone revealed a faint sense of pride and superiority, and his still plump chest slightly stretched forward.

What kind of life Da Yueshi is currently leading, Qingdeng doesn't care at all.

After responding coldly with "That's it", he quickly asked a new question.

"How is your father? How is your father recently?"

This is the question that Qingdeng wants to ask Da Yue.

If it wasn't for caring about Da Yueshi's father, Qingdeng might really ignore her at this moment and just turn around and leave.

Although Otsuki treated "Hara Tachibana Qingdeng" very badly, his father Toshizo Miyagawa has always been kind to this old friend's only son.

"Yuan Juqingdeng" still owes a great debt of gratitude to Toshizo Miyagawa.

At the beginning, after Takayuki Tachibana died of illness, Toshizo Miyagawa gave "Hara Tachibana Qingdeng" a lot of care.

He also helped preside over Takashi Tachibana's funeral, and secretly stuffed "Original Ju Qingdeng" with money and food to help him overcome financial difficulties...

"Original Tachibana Qingdeng" was able to successfully take Takayuki Tachibana's class in the Beiban Institute, and Toshizo Miyagawa also contributed a lot to it.

This old elder is good at everything, but he is not good at handling family relationships and doesn't know how to get along with his family.

Toshizo Miyagawa didn't know how to educate children at all, so he adopted a thorough free-range policy and allowed Otsuki to "grow wildly".

And Da Yueshi seldom had any close communication with her unfamiliar father.

According to Qingdeng's knowledge: It wasn't until Otsuki Shidu and Otsuki Changji talked about marriage that Miyagawa Toshizo didn't know that his daughter had an affair with a Nara businessman.

Qingdeng thought: The reason why Da Yueshi has such an extremely self-interested and quite egoistic character may be related to the lack of family education.

After Shunzo Miyagawa moved to Nara with Otsuki, Qingdeng never heard any news about this gentle old man.

Out of concern for this elder who is kind to him, Qingdeng asked Dayue this question.

"?!"

A look of astonishment suddenly appeared on Da Yueshi's face.

She scanned Qingdeng carefully from head to toe with a gaze that seemed to be sizing up a stranger.

After a while, she quietly said:

"Father is very good. He is healthy and strong. He practices calligraphy hard every day to cultivate his sentiments."

"That's right...that's good."

"Tachibana, are you also here to watch the fireworks?"

"Yeah. Come and play with friends."

"You... seem to have changed a bit."

Da Yueshi once again bet on Qingdeng with that gaze that seemed to be observing a stranger.

"After all, we haven't seen each other for more than a year. It's normal to have some changes in our faces. You have also changed, and your hairstyle has changed."

"I don't mean the change in appearance, I mean... You seem to have changed a little..."

Qingdeng raised his eyebrows lightly.

"You...don't know what happened in Edo recently?"

"I just returned to Edo yesterday evening." Otsuki blinked in confusion, "Has anything major happened in Edo recently?"

"...No. It's nothing." Qingdeng smiled intriguingly, "It's fine if you don't know."

——I almost forgot that this is an era when information exchange is very inconvenient...

Otsuki and his family now live in Nara, which is half a country away from Edo. Although Nara is also a big city, in terms of the flow of people and the speed of information exchange, it is completely incomparable with super big cities like Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka.

In this era where if you don't inquire about it, you may not know what big news happened recently. Otsuki, who is currently living in Nara, is not aware of Qingdeng's various deeds in recent months, which is normal.

Already knowing how Miyagawa Junzo's life is now, and the goal has been achieved, Qingdeng completely lost the interest in talking to Otsuki.

Just at this time, the familiar red figure appeared in the crowd from afar, and appeared out of the corner of Qingdeng's eyes.

"Ah Shi, my friend seems to be back. Forgive me for not being with you, let's see each other again."

After leaving these words, without waiting for Da Yueshi to respond, Qingdeng took two cups of sweet water bought from the tea stall, turned around straight away, and plunged into the crowd beside him.

"Huh? Hello..."

Da Yueshi's "Hello" crashed into the empty space in front of him and melted into the dull air.

She stared blankly at the front where Qingdeng was no longer there, and then stamped her feet vigorously with an expression of embarrassment turning into anger.

"What are you doing...! It's so rare that I took the initiative to come over to say hello to you. It's a mere 'dumb'... What kind of spectacle is it...!"

"Xiao Shi, I finally found you. Aren't you going to buy tea? What are you doing here?"

"Ah, my husband."

Da Yueshi turned around according to the sound, and looked at the four young men who were striding towards her.

The leader of the four youths was accompanied by two extremely gorgeous sabers around his waist, his clothes were as gorgeous as his sabers, his shiny black hair was combed into a meticulous Tsukiyo style, and his facial features were quite handsome.

This person is Da Yueshi's husband: Da Yue Changci.

"I met an old man by chance." Da Yue told the truth, "So I came over to say hello to him."

"Old friend?" Chang Ci blinked, "Who?"

"Heh, it's the 'Stupid' I used to mention to you."

Da Yueshi's eyes and tone showed undisguised contempt and mockery.

"'Stay on the head'... oh oh!" Chang Ci patted Yue Dai's head that was extraordinarily smooth due to the shaved head with a gentle force, "The one who has been doing the delusion of 'wanting to marry you' is not Self-aware fool..."

After all, Changci showed a contemptuous expression that was very in sync with Da Yueshi.

"Is he still here?"

"He's already gone, saying he's looking for a friend. Heh, what a surprise, this big fool with a dull personality still has a friend who can make an appointment to watch the fireworks together."

"It's already gone... What a pity, I still want to see what this fool who has admired his 'big name' for a long time looks like."

"Mr. Dayue." A short young man standing next to Chang Ci interjected, "Who is this 'Dad Deng' you are talking about?"

The three young people standing around Chang Ci are all friends of Chang Ci.

"Oh, it's my childhood sweetheart who likes to be sentimental and can't afford to weigh himself."

After Da Yueshi sneered, he briefly explained the past between her and Qingdeng.

Of course - Da Yueshi used all the remarks that were beneficial to her.

For example: "Yuan Juqingdeng"'s admiration for her is said to be purely greedy for her body.

For example: Regarding all kinds of gifts from "Original Juqingdeng", she has always accepted them all with an "inclusive" attitude, but she said that "I have already told him clearly not to give me any more gifts, but he just He didn't listen to my persuasion, and kept forcing some weird gifts on me."

Another example: I have never clearly responded to "Yuan Ju Qingdeng"'s intentions, and forcibly falsified it to say that she has already rejected "Yuan Ju Qingdeng"'s pursuit, but the other party still stalks her relentlessly.

Describe "Original Juqingdeng" as a toad without self-knowledge and trying to eat swan meat.

Shape yourself into an innocent, pure and flawless white lotus.

In fact, Changci was also deceived by her wife.

Chang Ci, who has never even met Qingdeng, basically knows Qingdeng from Da Yueshi's oral description.

After listening to Da Yueshi's vilification of Qingdeng for many years, he has long been unconsciously full of contempt and prejudice towards Qingdeng.

Under Da Yueshi's distortion and fabrication, these friends of Changci were exposed at this moment.

"So there are still such ignorant people in this world..."

"This kind of person is too shameless."

"Tsk tsk, what's the full name of this 'Daddy'?"

"Ju Qingdeng." Dayue Shi replied, "If this person just has a personality problem, it's fine, but in the end, this person's ability to behave in the world is also unsatisfactory."

"Do you know how he got the nickname 'Stupid'?"

"After he assumed the position of his late father and became the new concentric of the Beifan office, he messed up a lot of work. He couldn't do some very simple small tasks well, so the officials of the Beifan office gave him the crown. He got the nickname of 'Stupid'."

"I have to say, this nickname really matches him very well."

After finishing speaking, Da Yueshi covered her mouth and laughed prettily.

Chang Ci and the others laughed happily along with her.

Their surroundings are full of happy air.

"but……"

After Da Yueshi stopped laughing slowly, she changed the topic abruptly.

"It's strange to say. When I reunited with that 'Daddy' just after a long absence, I found that he seemed to be a different person."

"Changed?" Chang Ci asked, "Has his appearance changed a lot?"

"It's not a change in appearance, but... a change in the way people feel."

Speaking of this, Da Yueshi's eyes became a little blurred——Qingdeng Shicai's eyes and demeanor left a very vivid and deep impression on her.

She has always looked down on Qingdeng quite a lot.

Sora has the identity of a samurai, a height far above the average of his peers, and a face that can be seen.

Apart from these, there are no advantages worth mentioning in detail.

When he behaved and talked, he was timid, and his whole body exuded an aura of unconfidence.

She also doesn't have any special skills that can impress her, neither has any attainments in literature and art, nor is she proficient in martial arts.

More importantly - their Ju family is not rich enough.

Although Takashi Tachibana's "three times" official position as a samurai can earn a lot of extra income every year, this amount of money is nothing compared to the Otsuki family's property.

However, things have changed now.

It's just that I haven't seen Qingdeng for more than a year, this young man who I have always looked down on before seems to be a different person.

His eyes became sharp and sharp, and when Qingdeng turned his face when he heard her call, Da Yue really felt like he was being locked by a beast...

His figure has become stronger and stronger, and his strong muscles have made his figure look much taller and straighter.

All those timid and unconfident breaths disappeared.

There is a strong aura of self-confidence in every gesture.

And she noticed that Qing Deng's current attire had changed.

The clothes I wear have become much more advanced.

Da Yue really doesn't understand weapons, but as a gold digger who browses all kinds of luxury goods, she vaguely senses that the saber (fixing ghosts and gods) on Qing Deng's waist is not something ordinary.

Is it that the position of Dingchohui Tongxin is too sharp? It can make people have a completely new transformation!

"Okay, okay, stop talking about this 'dumb'."

At this time, Otsuki's thoughts were swallowed by Changji's voice that suddenly intervened.

"It would be a waste to spend all the time chatting about a boring person in the annual fireworks display!"

"...Well." Da Yueshi nodded in agreement, "That's right! Let's go, let's go, we haven't visited that place yet, let's go there!"

--never mind! whatever! No matter what becomes of "Dumbhead", it's none of my business!

Da Yueshi decided not to think too much about the reason why Qingdeng had such a sudden change.

Although the two of them used to be childhood sweethearts who grew up together, they are now people from two worlds.

She is now the young mistress of the rich merchant Dayue's family, and Qingdeng is probably still a little Dingdinghui Tongxin.

These days, under the impact of money worship and extravagance, it has gradually become the norm in society for rich businessmen to despise mid- and low-level warriors who have no money and no power.

Although Dingchohui Tongxin has the power to manage the public security of Edo towns, but in the final analysis, it is only a small-level official position after all.

Da Yueshi, who felt that his horizons had improved a lot because of marrying into Da Yue's family, really looked down on the "three times" of the mere enforcement office.

The reason why she took the initiative to talk to Qingdeng whom she met by chance just now was because she wanted to confirm whether she had identified the wrong person, and because she wanted to show off in front of this old friend with a "homecoming" mentality.

It's a pity that I couldn't show off my success.

Qingdeng's attitude towards her was indifferent throughout the whole process, and he seemed to be indifferent to her, which made Da Yueshi feel extremely aggrieved.

There is a feeling of punching with all your strength and hitting cotton.

There is absolutely no need to pay too much attention to characters who will probably not have any intersections in the future.

Da Yueshi walked side by side with Chang Ci intimately, walking slowly along the dense crowd in the middle of the street.

"Tsk tsk, there are so many people..." Changci led Otsuki and his friends forward slowly, and said with emotion, "Edo has been around for a long time, and this city doesn't seem to have changed much. .”

As soon as Chang Ci's voice fell, a friend behind him took up the conversation:

"That's not the case. It seems that a lot of things have happened in Edo recently. I listened to the chats of the hand representatives of the hotel last night. It is said that a while ago, those fighters who pursued the radical idea of ​​​​anti-barbarians made a lot of trouble. It was not until recently Under the suppression of 'King Ni', it subsided a little bit."

"'King Ni'?" Da Yueshi was startled, blinking his eyes a few times in astonishment, "What is this?"

Changci turned his face away and gave his friend a suspicious look.

"Specifically... I don't know too much. I only know that this seems to be the title of a very powerful samurai. Because his strength is as strong as King Ni, he has this title."

"'King Nio'..." Chang Ci grinned, "What a prestigious title."

Da Yueshi nodded in deep agreement.

She suddenly discovered that the city has become much stranger after just being away from Edo for more than a year.

The old friend "Daddy" has undergone a huge change, just like a person.

There are more celebrities like "King Nio" that I have never heard of before.

"Is it as powerful as King Ren..." Da Yueshi murmured.

Changci's friend's description made Da Yueshi unreasonably curious about this "Ningwang" who had never been masked.

It must be a person with such a strong skill to be crowned with such a mighty title - Dayue could not help but think so.

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The past of Da Yueshi and "Yuan Juqingdeng", as well as Da Yueshi's remarks belittling "Yuan Juqingdeng", all have realistic prototypes. In the plot of this chapter, the author basically copied the real stories that happened in the real world.

As for who the real prototype is... the author will not say... (Leopard Death.jpg)

All in all... the author wants to ask for a monthly ticket first... QAQ

Ask for a monthly ticket! (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

In fact, this Otsuki and her father Shunzo Miyagawa are all characters that were designed before the serialization of this book officially started, and they are not new characters added abruptly after Shu Shuzi slapped his head.

There have also been related cryptic foreshadowings in the previous article.

It is clearly stated in Chapter 5 of Volume 1 that Takashi Tachibana has several close friends who have always been loyal to him, and these close friends unite to help Qingdeng find an official position. These close friends included Miyagawa Toshizo.

The nickname of "Stupid" is also one of the foreshadowings.

One of the reasons why "Yuan Juqingdeng"'s political performance in Beifan is so bad is that he has experienced too many heavy things in a short period of time, and he has not fully recovered from the mental trauma for a long time. .

At the age of a high school student, in a very short period of time, he lost his only relative and the girl he liked...

There is one thing to say, if I had experienced such an encounter, I might just be devastated (Leopard dead.jpg)