[Comprehensive] Takasugi-kun's Melancholy

"Click" the wheels pressed against the branches, making a crisp sound, and the carriage shook slightly because of this episode. Through the curtain of the car, Takasugi-kun could see the endless forest. Their convoy had been staying in this forest for two days. .

Is there such a big forest in this country?Takasugi-kun is a little strange. In his inherent impression, things like land should be very precious, and it is extremely rare to see large areas of unowned land, even in this era.

"Ayu." Takasugi-kun called the maid's name, and within 2 minutes, the maid lifted the curtain and entered the interior of the carriage. Takasugi-kun's carriage can be said to be a mobile caravan, and Takasugi-kun lives in the interior, and for convenience For the sake of it, Ayu, who is a personal maid, lives outside, but Takasugi-kun is actually not used to being served by the other party, after all, he is not one of those young masters who do not work hard.

"Little Master", A Yu was sitting on his knees, his neck was slightly bent, revealing a beautiful arc.

"Where are we now?" Takasugi-kun finally couldn't help asking.

"Please wait a moment," Ayu said and closed the curtain again, and when he came in after a while, he was holding a large drawing.

It was a map, a very rare map in this era.

"Isn't this kind of thing only available to Tibetan lords?" Although Takasugi-kun has read few books, he should have a lot of common sense. The map covering the whole of Japan is probably not even in the hands of ordinary Tibetan masters.

Ayu smiled mysteriously: "Because it's Mrs. Mifune!" So it's not just a map, but it's not surprising if there are rare treasures in the world, right?

The lady herself is a rare treasure, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is the greatest miracle in this war-torn era.

"Really." Takasugi-kun was noncommittal, and turned to look at the map carefully.

Perhaps the evaluation of that mother should be a little higher, Takasugi-kun thought to himself.

"We started from Edo," Ayu pointed to an area on the map, "and the destination is Changzhou Fan." His slender fingers slid on the khaki blueprint, the color difference became more and more obvious, and Ayu's Her fingers also became whiter, "Now we are here", her fingers stopped in a no-man's land outside the river.

"Where is this?" Takasugi-kun saw a piece of land marked with "dangerous" sharply, which was very close to the no-man's land where they were.

"The main battlefield of the war against barbarians," Ayu was still smiling, completely different from what she said.

Takasugi-kun thought he knew why there was no one in this place.

"Please don't worry," Ayu straightened up slightly, "Although there are not many of us, we will definitely be able to safely escort the young master to Changzhou." She was very confident, although her tone was respectful but not weak.

What Ayu said is indeed true. Although there are not many people in their convoy, they are all Mrs. Mifune's private soldiers. All of them have been on the battlefield and are one of the best fighters in a hundred. There is a thick layer of calluses everywhere, obviously she is not only a master of swordsmanship but also has exquisite marksmanship.

A convoy of people stayed in this mountain forest for several days, but except for Takasugi-kun who was a little tired, the others did not show signs of fatigue, on the contrary, they were in good spirits. Not only that, but those guards with knives and guns were always able to hit One or two small animals will add a meal to the team.

Today they also had a good harvest, a stag and three gray rabbits, bullets went through their heads, all with one-shot wounds.

Because of the strict hierarchy, Takasugi-kun would not eat with his servants, he just looked at the guards who were grilling meat from the slits of the curtain, and waited for Ayu to bring the grilled meat by the way.

"!" Hearing something, the guards all stood up straight. They quickly pulled out their knives and guns and held them in their hands. Everyone stood in their fixed positions to protect the carriage where Takasugi-kun was. He got into the carriage neatly and guarded Takasugi-kun in the inner room.

Ah Yu is a ninja?Takasugi-kun was a little surprised. Although he had never seen a real ninja, Ayu's light posture reminded him of those assassins for no reason. Looking carefully, although Ayu has been wearing a kimono, there are subtle changes. , I am afraid it is also for the convenience of movement?

"Please don't make a sound, young master." Ayu lowered her voice, without a trace of a smile on her face, so it seemed that she and Mrs. Tazi had nothing in common except for their similar faces.

She really looks like an assassin, Takasugi thought to himself, even though Ayu was right in front of him, he didn't feel any breath of life from her, coupled with her peculiar position, it was easy for people to ignore her existence .

The branch moved twice, and there was a soft "rustling" sound. After a while, a young man with long gray hair walked out of the woods. No, he was carrying a child with messy curly hair on his back. The child's The age is estimated to be about the same as Takasugi-kun.

The young man was not frightened at all when he saw the hostility of the guards. He just bent his eyes and scratched his face in trouble.

"Although I interrupted, there's no need to be so murderous, right?" He patted the sword on his waist with his free right hand, "I'm just an ordinary young man wandering around with a kid, there's nothing malicious about it."

Ordinary young people can run to such a ghostly place next to the battlefield, and still talk and laugh freely with such a murderous aura?Gao Sugi-kun felt that what the man said was too easy, and he simply treated them like children.

Seeing the rock-like posture of the guard, the man sighed in distress, "I just want to have a meal, if possible, I'd better stay overnight." He raised his hands, and his back The child on the bed still grabbed his neck and didn't slip off him, "I can accept the body search!" He said lightly, without the arrogance of ordinary warriors, "But after the search, can you feed me? This little brat?" There was a hint of pleading in his words, "After three days in this damn place, this little brat is starving and fainting."

The guards still didn't move, as if they were not moved by the young man's words at all. After a while, the young man shrugged helplessly, "Okay, I'll leave now."

"Ayu, let him stay." Takasugi-kun suddenly said, facing Ayu's surprised gaze, he didn't seem to notice how inappropriate his words were, and left such a person in the woods beside the battlefield. strange youth.

But no matter what, since Takasugi-kun has spoken, Ayu, who is a servant, will still agree.

"Yes," she bowed to Takasugi-kun, and then turned to the guards, "The young master said to keep that ronin." This is how Ayu defines the young man who has no allegiance to a ronin.

"It's a samurai, a samurai!" For some reason, the young man was a little concerned about this title, and then he shouted in the direction of the carriage, "My name is Yoshida Songyang, thank you for taking me in, young master." Instinctively, he felt that he was in the carriage. Inside is a child.

Takasugi-kun didn't answer. Personally, he didn't know why he kept that young man, but he was a person who believed in his intuition. His feelings told him that the man had no evil intentions, and maybe he would stay behind. There will be some unexpected surprises.

His intuition is very accurate, and he does not know how many disasters he has avoided since he was a child. Thanks to it, he was able to study with Mrs. Tazi safely without being caught by Takasugi Haruki.

"Ayu," Takasugi-kun called the maid next to him, "Let that samurai follow us for the next few days until he leaves the forest."

"Okay, young master." Ayu still had a docile look, as if she would obey unconditionally no matter what Takasugi-kun said, but secretly they were a little wary of that samurai who appeared out of nowhere, Takasugi-kun They didn't know how much murderous intent they had released just now, but they themselves knew that it was definitely not something ordinary warriors could bear, and even ordinary warriors who had been on the battlefield couldn't maintain a calm posture under such murderous intent.

There is only one kind of person who can, and that is the person who has experienced the baptism of blood and smoke like them.

"Yinshi, get up and eat." Songyang put down the kid who had been hanging on his back, called the other party's name a few times, and when he saw that the other party ignored him, he decisively rolled up his sleeves, facing the child's There was a heavy thump on his forehead.

"!" No, isn't it? !Gao Sugi-kun's eyes widened, he actually saw the child sink into the ground!

Takasugi-kun stroked his forehead, and sure enough, he broke out in a cold sweat, not because of anything else but because Songyang's punch looked too painful, and it made him feel a little bit empathetic.

Takasugi-kun felt a little sympathetic to the silver-haired kid.

"It hurts! What are you doing!" The silver-haired kid crawled out of the sunken ground, pointed at Songyang's nose and yelled.

"Half hanger is still pretending to faint like others." Songyang still smiled at Mimi, but there was a black air behind him. He squatted down and hit Yinshi on the head again, "You are still far away." Yes, brat."

Pretending to faint?Takasugi-kun twitched the corners of his eyes, who asked us for help just now with the reason of "the little devil was hungry and fainted"?

On the third day after leaving Changzhou, Takasugi-kun's convoy took in a strange samurai named Yoshida Shoyo and a half-baked kid named Sakata Gintoki.