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"Wig, if you are still there, you will definitely scold me for not being restrained, and say that I am not worthy of being a samurai with a serious face." Yin Shi irritably ruffled his curly white hair, and his voice was a little trembling: "Silver Sang me, in fact, I have no interest in things like the world, the country, or righteousness, and I don’t care if I can become a so-called samurai. What I want to protect has never changed. It has always been the teacher and..."

The teacher and who?

Gui was actually looking forward to hearing his name from Yinshi, but he couldn't hear it until the end, because the moment of death forced him to cross back to the corpse, in the temporary morgue of the Shinsengumi.

His corpse has been carefully handled, and it looks like an embalmer with excellent craftsmanship. The broken parts have been almost repaired. Although it can't be restored to the best condition, it doesn't look so miserable at first glance.Several important members of the Shinsengumi surrounded him, and the first to speak was Okita, a talented swordsman who always chased himself, and said in a very regretful tone at this moment: "It's a pity, I haven't had a chance to have a serious fight with him yet. "

"Although Gui is our enemy, he plays a role in restraining the actions of the people with lofty ideals, and keeps the moderate faction and the radical faction in a delicate balance, so that Edo is not in danger of terrorist attacks. Now that he dies, the situation will definitely be in chaos, said the Takasugi faction. Maybe there will be another bloody storm." Tufang seemed to be indifferent, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and took a deep puff: "To be honest, no matter how you look at it, I hope he is alive."

"But don't we really take advantage of this opportunity to wipe out all the people with lofty ideals? Those people must really want to get back the body of the party leader." The guy who participated in the discussion in a low voice, what's his name, seems to be Jimmy or Hongdou Gui can't remember things like bags.

"Forget it this time, respect the opponent, respect the dead, Katsura is a guy worthy of admiration." The last one to speak was Kondo. Apart from the hostile stance, they were both samurai, and they also regarded each other as sympathetic: "And the Shinsengumi will use the dead It’s a low-level organization that is a bargaining chip, but it’s really inappropriate to store his body here. To prevent nights and dreams, let’s cremate it tomorrow. Yamazaki, please take care of it, don’t be too crude.”

After finishing speaking, Kondo took out a thick envelope, which contained a stack of large bills: "If no one comes to claim the ashes, you can choose a cemetery for burial, don't be too shabby."

"This is for me and Sougo." Hijikata also took out a white bag from his pocket, and took one last look at Gui's corpse: "Rest in peace, enemy, in the next life we ​​will have the opportunity to be friends who eat mayonnaise together again."

"Yintoki, you're not as good as the Shinsengumi." Unexpectedly, after chasing and fleeing, he actually arranged his own affairs, and a certain childhood friend didn't even want to see him for the last time. Going to play steel balls and drinking flower wine.Gui was quite angry, but when he thought about the cremation tomorrow, his heart felt a lot more sad.

He went to Beidou Xinxuan first, intending to say goodbye to Sakura, and then find out who Yinshi really likes, lest this lump in his heart can't go away forever, and make people feel uncomfortable all over.If he didn't know the answer, he might really die.

In the end, Sakura said, he likes you.

How could it be possible, Gui's first reaction was that Ying lied in order to comfort him who was about to ascend to heaven.But there was no result when he continued to question. Seeing the time passing by little by little, he didn't dare to delay any longer, because he wanted to stay by Yinshi's side at the last moment.But when he returned to Yoshiwara, he didn't see Shiro Yasha. After searching for a long time, he found that he was carrying a few big bags, pushing a small cart, overturning the Shinsengumi's patrol, and was stealing his own body!

"What are you going to do with my dead body now? This is not the way back to Wanshiwu." Gui Zhui followed Yinshi all the way out of the city, and walked far away to a deserted river beach.

Yinshi unloaded the car on the open space, took a wooden knife to cut a lot of dead branches around, built a simple shelf, and carefully placed the party leader's body on it.Those big bags contained Gui Xiaotaro's old things, clothes, shoes, socks, headbands, brushes, etc., all scattered around.Finally, I took out many white Yongzhi flowers from two large cardboard boxes and patiently decorated them. The rest weaved a wreath and put it on the osmanthus head.

"No way, are you going to cremate me here?" Seeing Yinshi coming with two barrels of gasoline, Gui finally calmed down and said, "I'm going, why don't you just pour gasoline on it to save the incineration fee? You What's wrong with those bags of marshmallows and sweet potatoes next to it, don't tell me you plan to burn my body while roasting marshmallows and sweet potatoes!"

Of course, Gintoki couldn't hear the ghost's cry. He stared at Katsura's face for a long time, and said slowly: "I won't let Takasugi snatch you away, and I won't let you fall into Shinsengumi's hands. Wig, whatever Whether you are alive or dead, whether you are lost in the world of meat balls or on the other side of the Santu River, you are all Yinsang people, and even the ashes belong to me."

His lips finally landed on the forehead of the corpse.

At that moment, Gui froze in place, his chest was filled with something, and he burst into tears in an instant.It turns out that Sakura didn't lie, the natural idiot that Gintoki likes is really herself...

"How can this kind of plot happen? Isn't it just a matter of mutual affection, but why don't you tell me why you always ignore me and act like you don't care at all." The time in this world is very short, only Counting seconds, the sadness in Gui's heart was magnified infinitely.

He thought he could leave peacefully, but now, the too shocking news has disturbed the party leader's mind, like a thousand arrows piercing his heart.

Many fragments emerged in his mind, which were the figures that crossed every time, and the admiring figures that could never be grasped.If I were a little more daring, if I could surpass the shackles of my companions, if I could break through the shackles of my heart, would they have a different ending now?

Unfortunately, no if.

"Wig, do you still remember the promise to cut off your finger?" Yinshi said, taking out a sharp scalpel from his bosom: "I'm afraid you will forget Yinsang after drinking Mengpo soup, now I will give you a plan for the future." A token of recognition."

Yinshi smiled and focused his eyes, as if he was performing some sacred ceremony.

He spread his left hand and cut the pad of his little finger with the tip of the knife.

Gui, who realized what he was about to do, immediately rushed over, even though he couldn't catch anything, he still tried his best to stop Yinshi: "Stop, are you crazy, don't hurt yourself!"

"Haha, it really hurts. It's really a bit of a bravado to peel my own bones." With ten fingers connected to the heart, the pain of peeling off the phalanx completely from the flesh is more intense than cutting off a finger.Yinshi was sweating coldly from the pain, but there was a smile on his face all the time: "The wig really hurts too much, so Yinsang can only give you a little finger, you must cherish it."

He put the fleshy phalanx into Gui's palm, and gently closed it.

"Are you an idiot? Please, don't do this." Gui was already sobbing, he would rather be torn to pieces than see Yinshi hurt himself.That knife cut was more unbearable than what fell on him, like a cold sharp blade cutting him down.

He never knew that death is such a painful thing, not because of the end of life, but powerlessness: "Why should it be like this, I would rather you never liked me, I would rather you live heartlessly, I would rather you like me Anyone but me! Don't hurt yourself, it hurts me more than killing me!"

Gui knelt in front of Yinshi, and clasped his bloody hand with both hands, while Yinshi looked at his dead body, smiled and cried: "wig, I love you."

Gasoline was poured on it, and the flames flashed, and the body of the party leader was engulfed in flames.

Yinshi sat on the ground not far away, lit a bonfire, and actually started roasting marshmallows and sweet potatoes.Gui sat on his knees, not daring to look at the raging flames behind him, but just stared at the man he loved deeply, as if he wanted to imprint his face deep in his soul, and kept watching.

No one spoke, only the sound of flames burning, and an indescribable smell in the air.

"Which idiot said that sweet potatoes would be delicious if eaten with marshmallows? With cotton candy stuffed into his mouth, his cheeks were swollen, he looked like a comedian, and he couldn't stop his tears.

It was during the war, and the long-term lack of supplies led to Shiroyasha's insufficient intake of sugar, and he looked like he was dying.Seeing it hurt in Gui's eyes, Gui went around asking people to get some sweethearts.Although the young master Takasugi could get everything he wanted, but when he heard that it was for Shiraiyasha, he immediately took the sweets back.Later, Tatsuma Sakamoto came to the rescue and contributed half a bag of marshmallows.

Is this amount enough to fit between the teeth? Gui Silai thought about it and got a few more sweet potatoes.The sweet potatoes of that season are already ripe. Although they are not expensive ingredients, they are as soft and glutinous as melted sugar cake after roasting, and the sweetness tastes very good.

He carefully peeled off the skin, dug out the sweet potatoes, added a little granulated sugar and milk that he tried hard to make into a paste, then spread the melted marshmallows on top, and finally sprinkled some raisins to make a simple cake .Although Yinshi complained about how he could eat such a crude thing, he still ate everything, and finally licked the bowl.

"So you still remember." Gui Hong stared, thousands of thoughts came to her mind: "Yin Shi, I can't bear to leave you."

At the same time, Bai Yasha also said almost at the same time: "Wig, don't leave, okay, Yinsang will never bully you like that again."

Only when death came, did the two who had missed each other for many years realize the emotions in their hearts, only to find that the incessant bond had actually turned into love...

One person and one ghost sat like this for a long time, until the flames were gradually extinguished, Shiroyasha finished eating the so-called unpalatable sweet potatoes and cotton candy, and began to collect the ashes of the party leader.Naturally, the temperature of the pyre was not as good as that of the incinerator, and it was not completely burned. Those fine bones were broken into pieces like Bai Yasha's current heart.

He put the ashes into a month-white cloth bag, tied it up carefully, and took out a beautiful glass candy jar: "A wig, a coffin, or a cemetery are not affordable for poor people like Yinsang. Anyway, you were a person who didn’t pick accommodations when you were alive, so you should have no problem staying in the exclusive glass room now. This is my favorite jar of Jiayun candy. It was originally intended to be used to hold Kagura. Who knew that The girl is actually pretending to be dead."

After rambling on, he took out the lock of hair from his bosom and put it in carefully.

He finally kissed the jar, and said affectionately: "Wig, go home with Yinsang, and never part again."

When Gui looked at Yin who was strenuously walking back, he felt that his spine had been bent at some point, and his heart was probably riddled with holes.

He chased after him, surprised that he didn't ascend to heaven, and his heart was full of indescribable complex emotions.On the one hand, he doesn't understand why the cremated self is still in the world, and on the other hand, he is glad that he has not disappeared and can spend more time with Shiraiyasha.No matter what, Gui was full of gratitude for being able to stay by his side and to see him one more time.