Three thousand congratulations

【0】

The Moon on the Xijiang River can't bear to get involved and die with the waves

【1】

In a blink of an eye, it was the season of falling cherry blossoms, and the servants were instructed by the master not to clean it, so a thick layer of pink petals had accumulated under the cherry blossom trees in the courtyard, which looked like a pink carpet from a distance.

He walked into the yard, stopped to look at it, and the old servant stood behind him and waited respectfully.

He smiled and walked into the house.

Sitting in the room was a woman wearing a classic kimono. Although she was old, she was still imposing. When she saw him coming, she just said lightly: "Why don't you come in immediately when you get to the house?"

"I saw the cherry blossoms in the yard, so I stopped and admired them for a while. After all, there are no cherry blossoms in April in Satsuma." He said respectfully with lowered eyebrows.

"I will watch it more in the future, won't I?" Although the tone was condescending, the mother still expressed a little relief at the return of her long-lost son.Her face could no longer hide the traces of time, but judging from her facial features, this woman must have been a beautiful woman when she was young.The young man sitting in front of him was no more than 30 years old. He inherited his mother's graceful and exquisite facial features. Even though he was a man, his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque. Thanks to his father's sharp and straight facial contours, he did not look too feminine.

He smiled. He didn't intend to tell his mother the purpose of coming back this time.

The mother seemed a little dissatisfied when she didn't get a clear answer from her son. She asked in her usual majestic tone, "Have you met Mr. Xixi from the Hitotsubashi family since you came back?"

"not yet."

She was obviously dissatisfied, but she didn't speak out to blame.The young man noticed her dissatisfaction, but he didn't intend to explain, but left immediately.

When he walked to the paper door, the mother said earnestly: "Ricoh, I only have you as a child."

He smiled, turned his head and said lightly: "Of course."

Opening the paper door, he quickly walked through the garden full of cherry blossoms, without taking another look at those cherry blossoms.

【2】

The banquet was still full of staggered arrangements, and in the luxuriously decorated Japanese-style private room, Honglian sat dignifiedly beside the guests and listened to the geisha playing the shamisen.

"Ah, ah, Miss Guren, can you show us a hand too?"

"Eh? Me? No way~"

"Are you being humble?"

"No, I don't know how to play an instrument~"

"That's it, then fine the bar!"

After drinking two glasses of wine, she couldn't appreciate the slow dance steps of her colleagues in front of her at all, her head gradually became dizzy, and the figures in front of her overlapped into two. She stood up and apologized to the guests. Leaving the private room.

Walking in the empty corridor of the guild hall, the sound of music from a certain private room stopped her in her tracks.

"This song...so familiar..." As a woman with no musical talent at all, she could only put this tune into her mind and search for it.

After coming here to work and listening to hundreds of tunes, which one is it?

【3】

After the shamisen comes the shakuhachi, and after that comes the biwa.They are all the tunes that I usually master,

Sensing that the guests seemed a little tired, the inviter waved his hand to signal the geisha to stop.

The geisha looked at the guest in front of her with watery eyes in puzzlement, and the elderly official on the seat looked at the young man flatteringly and said, "What else do you want to hear next, my lord?"

His eyes slowly rested on the geisha holding the pipa, and after a slight smile, he said slowly in an elegant voice: "There is a song that I heard in Edo when I was a teenager. I don't know if the lady knows it." .”

After hearing the name, the geisha nodded and began to pluck the strings slowly.

The quiet sound like running water flows slowly from the strings.

【4】

sunset river water far

go with the wind at night

autumn leaves chaos water moon

leaning against the window

Sleepless night

Tired of looking for flowers

Worry about the late willow moon

missing two places

Your beautiful hopes flow eastward

Gentleness can't bear the long night, the wind, the snow and the snow

Flowers see tears falling in the drifting space

Ye Renfeng, who is crying red all over the mountain

【5】

When the musician played this piece of music, the ten-year-old girl was not attracted by the artistic conception of the piece. She quickly turned her attention away and looked at the boy sitting beside her with big eyes.

The boy was only about 15 years old, but he already showed a calmness and indifference beyond his age. He noticed her gaze, turned his head and smiled gently at the little girl.

But the other party asked ungratefully: "Are you Nissan?"

"Of course, don't you remember me?" The teenager couldn't help laughing, but she was only six years old when she left four years ago. For a child, they might not remember the other person's appearance after four years.

"Hmm~~" the little girl flattened her head, "I heard from grandpa that you are going to go to school far away again, right?"

"Yes, by the way, are you literate?"

"I know a lot~" the little girl said proudly.

"Then I'll write to you," he said with a smile.

"Will you send gifts?" The little girl's eyes were shining brightly, as if she could see the stars in the sky.

"I will too~"

The mother who was seated here glanced here, her eyes were a little harsh, and the little girl immediately shrank to Grandpa's side.

He smiled faintly.

I can't wait to see how you grow up.

【6】

When I was 15, I sent my first letter.

Then a few days later I got a reply.

I always thought that what the other party said might be a joke to comfort the child.

He briefly described his life in a restrained style, and then asked in unusually polite words: Please also tell me what you have seen and heard.

Then the other party did say what he had seen and heard on the southern island in the letter.

There are still places in the world where you can see cherry blossoms in February, and after the cherry blossoms fall in April, bright azaleas will bloom again on the mountains covered with volcanic ash.

It's incredible.

It would be great if I could touch the tengu mask in Kirishima Shrine, and if I could climb the rolling extinct volcano.

It would be nice if we could meet.

Eh, wait a minute.

Maybe you'll be back soon.

I almost forgot what you look like, so come back soon.

【7】

With a sound of "wow", the paper door was pulled open, and two samurai dressed in black with knives pinned to their waists stood one on the left and the other on the right. She was startled, it turned out that the music had stopped, unconsciously Having stood at the door for so long, it is unbelievable to think so.

The two samurai immediately became alert when they saw someone outside, but when they saw that the other was a geisha, Matsushita respectfully said "please" to the person behind.

She knew it must be a protected guest, so she bowed her head and waited out of politeness.

The guests inside came out, and the two passed by peacefully.

【8】

The moon shadow reflected in the water suddenly shattered into countless shining fragments because of the rising waves.

Those spots of light slowly rippled to the shore, merging into the edge of darkness.

The shadow of the moon has disappeared from the calm water surface after a long time.

Instead, the sky was filled with silent stars.

【9】

You can see the signboard of "Edo's No. [-] Cotton Candy" from a long distance. There is a long line under the signboard, and Guren and Gintoki are at the end of the line.

"Fortunately, I just bought some reading materials to pass the time~" Gintoki proudly took out the JUMP in the bag.

"Baizi said that the cotton candy in this store is super individual, and the name is so crazy and cool, there should be nothing wrong." Honglian said to Yinshi in the queue.

"It's pretty self-confident to be called Edo's No. [-] ramen... Wasn't the Edo No. [-] ramen shop smashed last time?" Gintoki flipped through JUMP and said casually, suddenly his expression changed. Seriously, "Wait...".

"what happened?"

"This JUMP is completely wrong!" Gintoki frowned tightly.

"What's wrong? Weekly Shonen Jump, you bought it right?" Guren looked at the cover of the book.

"Look, it's written here: This issue's gift is the limited edition napkin of One Piece..." Yinshi pointed to an inconspicuous corner on the cover, "But there's nothing inside!"

"Eh...it's just napkins, if you want, I'll go to the convenience store and buy you a pack..."

She comforted, Yinshi spoke very loudly, many people looked at her, she felt a little embarrassed.

"NO, NO, NO," Yin Shi shook his head seriously, "You don't understand the meaning of limited edition napkins at all."

"I understand the meaning of limited quantity and the meaning of napkins, what on earth are you trying to say..." She raised her eyebrows impatiently.

"Even a thin tissue can fully carry and wrap fans' love and crystallization of love~"

"The crystallization of love?! A child? Or something else?"

"It's disrespectful to let the snot of love crystallize on the faces of Nami and Robin! Anyway, I'm going to argue with the boss!"

"Got it! Go and come back!"

【10】

"Boss! There are no gifts in my JUMP!"

"Eh? How is it possible..."

"Missing limited edition napkins, boss!"

"Ah, that..." The boss pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, "Guest, take a closer look~"

"It's not written here that the gift is a limited edition napkin, eh, that's not right..." Yinshi looked carefully again, "The limited edition gift is a napkin??"

He looked up at the boss in bewilderment: "What does this mean?"

"It means that not every book has it!"

"Wait, I know the meaning of the words limited and gift, but..."

"The customer explained that you are out of luck! Do you want to buy another copy?" The boss took the opportunity to sell.

"..." Yinshi touched his pocket, "But it seems that there is not enough money... only 100 yen..."

"Then turn left at the entrance of the public toilet and buy some toilet paper!" The boss immediately turned his face off when he heard that the other party had no money.

"Damn it! Boss, you can't do this!" Yin Shi held onto the counter and pestered him desperately.

Ten minutes later, Gintoki walked out of the bookstore happily holding the trophy, the tissue with Nami's face on it.

【11】

"Gulu..." Yinshi stopped, did his stomach growl just now?It’s probably time to eat, haha ​​marshmallow is here~

"Gululu..." Wait, this feeling...

"Gurrrrrrrrrrr..."

Yinshi yelled "Oops", then quickly ran to the nearby public toilet.

【12】

"Huh~" Yinshi gasped comfortably, the strawberry milk must be stale this morning, it seems that things like the refrigerator can't be completely trusted.

"Then next..." Gintoki closed the book in his hand, and suddenly his hand in his pocket froze.

"How could it be..." Cold sweat broke out on Yinshi's head. It doesn't matter if you meet Yinshi's mother TV version a few times when you don't bring paper after you have diarrhea, how come you often meet it in fandom?Could it be that his Sakata Gintoki's settings clearly stated that he did not bring paper when going to the toilet?What a joke!Isn't what I'm holding in my hand now... Wait a minute!This is no ordinary napkin!

"Forget it... let's use money to wipe it like the TV version..." He opened the wallet, and there was a [-]-yuan coin in it smiling brightly at him.

"Uh..." He looked down at the girl on the tissue paper showing her beautiful figure to him, his hands trembling slightly.

The thin paper towel fluttered leisurely with his trembling hands. Gintoki wanted to move his body and reach out to grab it, but his legs were numb after squatting in the pit for too long and he couldn't move at all. He watched helplessly as the paper towel came out from under the compartment. The gap flew out.

"This..." He felt sweat streaming down his face.

Then his eyes fell on the paper object beside him.

"My youth, my faith..."

【13】

"Hey! Gintoki, hurry up! It's our turn!" Honglian desperately waved to the silver-haired man walking over at an erratic pace.

"What's the matter with you?" She felt that something was wrong with Yinshi, she was still alive and well when she went there, but she seemed drained when she came back.

"I...I'm sorry...JUMP..."

"Didn't you get it? Why don't you just buy another copy..."

"I only have one hundred yuan...coins..." When Yin mentioned this past event that seemed to remind him of something terrible, a look of fear suddenly appeared on his face.

"Then I'll lend you money..." she said as she took out her wallet.

"No... that road leading to the bookstore is my nightmare, I... I don't have the courage to walk it again..." Yinshi covered his face in pain, and he couldn't help comforting himself. Everyone will make such a cruel choice, right? JUMP you must believe that I love you!I tore up the copyright page!No harm to the contents inside!

"Ah, it's our turn! Please give us two marshmallows!" Guren bumped her elbow against Ginshi who was depressed.

When he came back to his senses, he froze for a moment when he saw the cotton candy handed to him.

【14】

"what is this!!!"

"Cotton candy? How awesome is it? Have you ever seen such a big cotton candy?"

"It's too big!!!" Yinshi looked at the half-human-high marshmallow in front of him and shouted, "How can you eat it!"

"Burn your head in and eat~ It's indeed the biggest in Edo!"

"The largest in Edo? Shouldn't it be..." Gintoki realized that he had misread again. It was not the largest marshmallow in Edo, but the largest marshmallow in Edo...

Hey, it doesn't matter if there is sugar, he just took a bite, and he felt something was wrong, it was windy!The marshmallow was blown by the strong wind, and it slapped all over his face like this, and ran desperately into his facial features...

"Help!!!" A piece of sweet silver in front of my eyes slammed into the street like a headless chicken.

"Yinshi!" Seeing that Yinshi whose face and cotton candy were completely integrated ran away, she hurriedly chased after him.

【15】

As soon as he came out of the shop on the street, he saw a man in a samurai uniform whose face was wrapped in a strange pink silky substance, walking towards him with zombie-like steps.

The young man who had never seen this species was knocked down by the samurai in a moment of daze.

Seemingly feeling that he had bumped into someone, Yinshi stopped and made a sound of "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo""

Hong Lian took the opportunity to catch up, tore off the sugar from Yin Shi's face, then helped the person who was knocked down, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry, are you okay?"

"I'm fine, don't worry about it." The young man said gently.

And the moment their eyes met, they froze in place like this.

【16】

In the end, he opened his mouth after cleaning up the cotton candy's silver.

Yin Shi glanced left and right at the man and woman in front of him, and said blankly, "Well, could it be that you are brothers and sisters who have been separated for many years?"

If you look at these two people separately, you might not be able to spot them just because you are shocked by their outstanding appearance, but once these two faces are put together, you will find that they are almost exactly the same from the nose to the jaw, but Guren's eyes are more beautiful. Larger, men's eyes are narrower and elongated.If it's not brother and sister... then it can only be from a plastic surgery hospital...

"How is it possible!" Guren's reaction was fierce.

"Stop joking!" Although the young man had a gentle smile on his face, his muscles obviously stiffened due to embarrassment.

Yinshi looked at the two people in front of him and blinked suspiciously.

【17】

He hurriedly said goodbye to the two people politely, quickly found an alley and walked in, and just after reaching the dark place, his subordinates followed.

"grown ups!"

"Those two people just now, hurry up and check for me."

The men nodded slightly and disappeared into the shadows.

After about 10 minutes,

The man who had just left came back and reported, "The woman's name is Guren, and she's a geisha from Mingyuan. The man is the owner of Kabukicho Master House, and her name is Sakata Gintoki. close."

"Geisha? That's all you found?"

"I can't find anything else for the time being, but my subordinates will investigate in person."

The young man nodded and said, "Report the result directly to me, don't tell anyone."

The men disappeared into the darkness in an instant.

He looked up at the sky that was gradually covered by clouds, frowned and repeated softly: "Red Lotus?" He turned his head and said to the warrior standing behind him: "Have you heard it? Go to Wanshiwu, know what to do What shall we do?"