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"My lord, this is today's medicine." Pressed Hasebe put a bowl of dark medicine juice in front of the god examiner.

"Is it this time again?" Diarmuid smiled bitterly.

It's not that he can't bear hardships. In fact, although the appearance is not good, the taste of this bowl of medicine is not as terrible as it looks.

What really made Diarmuid difficult to swallow was the ingredients in this bowl of medicine.

He Si's original level of potion was quite good, but now not only could he not use magic power, but he also didn't have many ingredients to make potion.

Regardless of the fact that he visited the main pill and investigated the case these days, in fact, he never forgot to treat his own servants for a moment.Not only did he borrow the plant illustrated book of this world from Yaken Fujishiro, but he also asked Hasebe to go to Wanwu to buy a bunch of raw materials with unknown uses.

And the bowl of medicine placed in front of Diarmuid is the result of He Si's research.The materials used... don't mention it!

The reason why Diarmuid understood it so clearly was because he handled the material entirely by himself, which is why the price of the medicine is so different, but the taste is still acceptable.After all, it smells like honey~

"The reason why potions are called potions is because magic power is mixed in the process of making them. Therefore, in order to achieve the best healing effect, these materials must be treated in the same way. I can't use magic power now, of course you have to deal with it yourself Heck!" He Si said that at the time, completely ignoring how much psychological shadow the drug user would have if he knew what the material looked like.

Diarmuid hypnotized himself to temporarily forget about the ingredients, and swallowed the medicine in the bowl in one gulp.

Press cut Hasebe skillfully handed him a large glass of water so that he could rinse off the remaining medicinal juice in his mouth.

"Huh?" Diarmuid suddenly realized that He Si, who was usually here to supervise his medication, was not there? "Hasebe, have you seen where my lord has gone?"

"I didn't see it." Yaki Hasebe remembered the task assigned to him by the God Judge, "However, the troops that went into battle today had already set off, and Master He Si didn't follow."

"That's good." Diarmuid breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't run off to the battlefield on a whim.But... "Let me go and look for him, I just have something to discuss."

Pressing and cutting Hasebu took the empty medicine bowl to deal with, and Diarmuid also came down from the second floor.

Since the arrival of He Si, Diarmuid has used his spiritual power to keep the change of the Honmaru the same as the seasons in this world.It is better to let the seasons change naturally.

It's late spring now, and several kinds of flowers and trees planted in the courtyard have entered their final flowering period.

This seems to give those old Ping An old knives a better excuse to be lazy, saying that if they don’t enjoy the flowers, they will all be gone, and they have to catch the tail of spring or something... Basically, except when they are arranged for battles and expeditions, they will Leisurely get together to drink tea and chat.

Mikami Tsukimune and Umaru, who were sitting on the porch, first noticed the appraiser approaching.

Yingmaru made another cup of tea, and handed it to Diarmuid very naturally.

Diarmuid took the teacup casually, and then realized that he didn't come to bask in the sun to recuperate his body today, and he was a little embarrassed.

"Hahaha!" Sanri Yuezong noticed the helplessness on the judge's face, "My lord is always entrusted by that adult to take care of us, Yingwan has already formed a habit!"

Yingwan was quite flattered, "So, isn't the lord here to drink tea today?"

Diarmuid shook his head and put down the teacup in his hand, "Speaking of which, have you seen my lord?"

Sanri Yuezong frowned and thought for a while, "Well, I seemed to see a group of short knives running to the hillside over there just now, but I didn't notice if the adult was among them."

Diarmuid nodded to show that he understood, then bid farewell to the two blades, and walked towards the direction pointed by Sanri Yuezong.

The mountains surrounding the Honmaru have gentle slopes facing the inner buildings, and the hillsides are full of dandelions. At this time, a group of short-sworded teenagers are chasing and playing on the hillside.

Today, it was Natsuo Toshiro who was unfortunately drawn to pretend to be a ghost. The boy with black hair and low ponytail covered his eyes with a handkerchief, and tentatively stretched out his hands to grope in the air. The action looked quite ridiculous.The other little friends tried their best to cover their mouths and dare not laugh out loud, lest the "ghost" find out where they were hiding.

Diarmuid didn't know what they were playing, so he didn't cover up the sound of footsteps when he came over. He was about to ask if He Si was here, when Natsuo Toshiro rushed over and hugged him, shouting: " I got it!"

However, Natsuo Toshiro soon discovered that the touch in his hand was not right. His height was one of the best among this group of boys with short ribs and short ribs playing games (the bone was one centimeter taller than him), but the person he caught. The position of being hugged is obviously the waist, this height is wrong!

Natsuo Toshiro was about to pull down the handkerchief covering his eyes to have a better look when he was held down by Hirano Toshiro and Maeda Toshiro from left to right.

At this time Ranto Shiro's voice rang in his ears, "Brother Cattail grabbed the wrong blade! But if you can guess who you caught, you will win this game!"

"That's what you said!" Natsuo Fujishiro was immediately aroused to be competitive, "He will come to us at this time...I guess it's Brother Yiqi!"

Akita Fujishiro laughed, "I guessed wrong, it's not the first phase brother!"

"That's Naruto?" After saying that, Toshiro Natsuo shook his head and denied it, "No, my little uncle is not that tall. Could it be that Mr. Candlestick Kiri came to look for Taiko Bell?"

"Cannian (regret)!" Although Taiko Zhong Zhenzong said so, he obviously smiled secretly, "It's not Xiaoguang either!"

Hakata Toshiro flicked the small abacus he carried with him (it was made by melting the small sentence), "Brother Nanwei, you only have three chances, and if you guess wrong again, you will lose!"

Now Natsuo Toshiro became a little anxious, and hurriedly asked his twin brother for help, "Brother! You can't 'do nothing but die'! At least give me some hints!"

Gukuu Fujishiro didn't want to talk to him at first, but he thought that this guy might torment himself afterwards, so he said blankly: "He is a person that you will never expect."

"Ah? Don't give any hints!" Atsushi Shiro complained, "Brother Gu Gu is too obedient to Brother Cattail!"

Hotaru, who has no sense of disobedience among a group of short knives, thinks it's okay, "Just one sentence, shouldn't it be considered a reminder?"

"That's right, there are too many tall swords in Honmaru." Aizen Kunitoshi also nodded in agreement.

However, they were not Kuritaguchi after all, and they didn't understand the special telepathy between the twins, so they underestimated the threat of this reminder.

Sure enough, after listening to his twin brother's reminder, Natsuo Fujishiro was so energetic that the hairs on his head stood up, "I know! It's my lord!"

Hirano Toshiro and Maeda Toshiro looked at each other, they knew this would happen!I had no choice but to let go of his hand.

Natsuo Toshiro pulled away the handkerchief that was blindfolded, and saw that the person standing in front of him was indeed a helpless God judge, "Lucky! I can eat an extra serving of dessert today!"

Jin Jian noticed the puzzled expression of the judge, and took the initiative to explain, "We play this game, and the bet is that if we win, we can eat an extra dessert at night."

Hotaru, Aizen Kunitoshi, Taiko Zhong Sadamune, Mukyoshi Sadamune, who are not from the Kuritaguchi sword school, surrounded Natsuo Toshiro curiously, asking him how he could guess the answer with just one sentence.

Natsuo Toshiro raised a finger to his lips, and said mysteriously, "Shh! This is our brother's little secret!"

At this time, Wuhu Tui held the little tiger and raised his hand weakly and asked, "Well, the one who is caught now is the Lord Master, how can we continue to play the game?"

Wuji Zhenzong spread his hands fearlessly, "Then guess the punch again! The loser is still a ghost!"

Taigu Zhong Zhenzong quit immediately, "Of course Brother Wu Ji doesn't care, anyway, you win every time."

Mukichi Sadamune was originally Tokugawa Ieyasu's favorite sword, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was named "Muyoshi" because he was sure to win with this sword.So his luck value is quite high, playing games like boxing games with him is basically asking for trouble.

Imam rolled his eyes, jumped up and shouted, "Everyone, let's invite my lord to play with us, shall we?"

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately received the collective approval of all the blades present.

Diarmuid wanted to refuse at first, but every little boy looked up at him with his head up and his big watery eyes blinking. He really couldn't open his mouth. Hey!So he just nodded helplessly.

"Long live! Your lord has agreed!" Ranto Shiro was the first to rush forward, holding up a handkerchief and said, "My lord! Let me blindfold you!"

Now that he had agreed, Diarmuid naturally let them "order him around" and squatted down with Ranto Shiro pulling him, and was tied with a handkerchief on his face.

Jin Jian took this time to introduce the rules of the game: "My lord, count to a hundred in place, and we will hide within the range of this hillside. We will not move after you count one hundred , when the time comes, my lord can start arresting people!"

Diarmuid nodded to show that he understood, and then signaled the game to start, "Then I will start counting! One, two, three..."

The teenagers immediately dispersed, each looking for a place to hide.

It was the first time for Diarmuid to play this kind of game. Although he felt a little funny in his heart, he played it very seriously.While counting, he reconstructed the topography of the hillside he had seen before in his mind, and judged their approximate positions based on the sound of the boys' footsteps. "...97, 98, 99, one hundred! I'm going to start looking!"

Diarmuid stood up with his eyes blindfolded, but his footsteps were very steady, and he walked directly towards the nearest target.

Hotaru saw that the judge walked straight in front of her, stretched out her hand to rub the top of her hair accurately, and asked in disbelief, "My lord! Did you really not take a peek?"

"No." Diarmuid smiled, "Of course I have my own way!"

However, Hotaru was a little unwilling, so he suggested (encouraged): "My lord, if you find the other blades, I will believe it! Moreover, if you find all the blades, you can make a wish come true!"

Diarmuid really agreed to him and continued to look for other blades.

Seeing that Yingwan was arrested, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to walk out of the hiding place, but when they saw that the judge was still walking around blindfolded, they immediately understood that he was preparing to challenge the "difficult difficulty", so they all shrank again. go back.

But as expected, all the blades were found out by Diarmuid, which made people want to call out cheating (the coach opened up cheating)!

However, willing to gamble and admit defeat, Diarmuid completed the "difficult task" that no one had been able to challenge before, and everyone had to admit it.

"Okay, now the lord can start making wishes!" Wuji Zhenzong said with a smile, "As long as we can do it within our ability!"

When he said this, Diarmuid suddenly realized his purpose of coming here. "Speaking of which, have you seen my lord?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads to show that they didn't see it.

Atsushi Shiro asked, "Is the general looking for Mr. He Si?"

Diarmuid nodded, "Then, please help me find my lord!"

The teenagers all expressed their willingness to take on this task, so they discussed where they were going, and went to Manhonmaru to look for He Si separately.

About a quarter of an hour later, Youren ran back one after another, reporting their search results to Diarmuid one by one.

"Report, there is no report in the Ohiroma!" Imai not only reported the results, but also described what he saw and heard, "Didn't Master Heji buy a TV before? Now California, Yamato Mori, Horikawa, Izumi Mori Both Mr. Nagasoni and Mr. Nagaso were watching the period drama "Shinsengumi Odd Records" broadcast on TV in the big room."

"There is no open-air hot spring either!" Aizen Kunitoshi and Hotaru also came to report, and by the way reported, "When we passed, only Mr. Hachisuka and Urashima were bathing in the hot spring, and Hotaru was splashed all over by Urashima. .”

"I didn't find Mr. Heji at the training ground!" Atsuto Shiro scratched the back of his head, "But Kunihiro Yamabushi and Mitetsu had a wonderful match, so I just watched it for a while!"

"I didn't find it in the shrine at the foot of the mountain either!" Monoyoshi Sadamune said: "I only saw Mr. Ishikirimaru and Mr. Taro 'expelling evil' for Smiling Aoe, and Mr. Jiro was drinking."

"Not in the farmland either!" Hirano Toshiro and Maeda Toshiro also came back, bringing back a basket of fresh cucumbers, "This is what Brother I and Uncle Minghu asked us to bring back today. My lord!"

Natsuo Toshiro was dragged back by the ponytail by the bone scorpion Toshiro, and the bone scorpion Toshiro reported blankly: "There is no stable!"

Natsuo Toshiro managed to salvage his hair back, and complained: "Isn't it just that I can't control it and want to smash horse manure? Mr. Tsurumaru and Yan Rong, who are in charge of the horses, didn't say much. Brother, why do you react like this?" Is it big?"

"Hmm...there is no kitchen!" Taiko Zhong Zhenzong went to the kitchen and was stuffed with a hand of dim sum by the candlestick Kiri Mitsutada, and said while eating, "Today Xiaoguang and Gexian prepared a lot of sushi, everyone has a good lunch at noon Already!"

All the blades who participated in the game before came back one after another, but no one found He Si.

"I saw Mr. Hasebe, His Highness Mikazuki, and His Highness Umaru in the corridor." Fujishiro Hakata fiddled with the abacus beads, "plus Mr. Okuri, Mr. Mutsumori, Mr. Sozo, who are out today. Yamabagiri-san, Kokomaru-sama, and the Lion King... who else is missing?"

Akita Toshiro heard him count them one by one, and suddenly realized, "Brother Yaoken is missing!"

A light bulb suddenly lit up on Hirano Toshiro's head. If Brother Yaoken couldn't find it, then...is it somewhere? "Will Brother Yaoyan be with Master He Si?"

"It's very possible!" Maeda Fujishiro nodded, "Yesterday I saw Brother Yaken asking Mr. He Si for advice."

"So what if you know Brother Yaoyan and Lord He Si are together?" Wuhu retreated unidentified, "We searched all over Honwan but couldn't find them?"

Hirano Fujishiro raised his hand tremblingly, "I probably know where they are!"

Immediately everyone looked at him.

"My lord, come with me!" Hirano Fujishiro grabbed Diarmuid and led him to the warehouse door.

Arriving here, all the swords of Kuritaguchi's family have also reacted, could it be that...?

"There is an attic in the warehouse. Brother Yaoyan usually does some... er, experiments in the attic!" Hirano Fujishiro overcame his psychological shadow with difficulty, climbed up the stairs, and pushed open the wooden door leading to the attic .

Due to the narrow stairs, only Diarmuid and Hirano Toshiro went up together, but as soon as the wooden door was removed, all the blades could hear the conversation from inside.

"...If the knife is cut from here, the blood vessels will not be destroyed, and this will prolong the survival time of the experimental subject." The voice belonged to He Si.

"Taught! As expected, I still have to learn anatomy!" This was the voice of Yaken Toshiro.

The blades who heard this conversation couldn't help feeling a bit creepy, so... what are they dissecting? ! !

Hirano Toshiro took a hasty glance, only seeing the cold light reflected from the scalpel held by Heji and the glasses worn by Yaken Toshiro, he was too frightened to look at it.

"My lord?" Diarmuid could see clearly that there was nothing but a rabbit on the test bench.After following He Si for so long, he has long been used to this kind of scene, so he didn't have any adverse reactions at all, "You are here, it's really easy for me to find!"

He Si walked directly to the stairs, "Diarmuid, what do you need from me?"

"Hiss!" The blades let out gasps one after another, because He Si was still holding the blood-stained scalpel in his hand at the moment!

Yaken Toshiro also came down from the attic, noticed his brothers who were about to drop their jaws to the ground in shock, and took out the hands hidden behind them.I saw that he was holding a bloody rabbit in his hand. The rabbit was obviously not dead, and it was flopping around on its hind legs. The blood spattered on Yaken Toshiro's white coat. The visual effect... Not to mention how scary it is!

Yaken Toshiro pushed the glasses on his face with the other hand, and said to the five tigers, "Xiao Tui, your tiger has extra meals at noon today!"

Wuhu Tui finally couldn't hold back, "Wow!" and cried out.

The author has something to say:

There are indeed many incomprehensible things in traditional Chinese medicine. People who know the ingredients of normal medicine will not want to eat it.Well~ I won’t go into details here.

Why was President Ying arrested first?Because he has the lowest maneuverability on the field, so he runs slowly ╮(╯_╰)╭

Yao always has a big belly, he said that on purpose, it's a bad taste!In Hanamaru, he deliberately chased and frightened Luan with the nasty starfish.