The end of the curtain

?——Piaoxu, the piaoxu dyed by the breeze all over the sky...

—Mom just went to see your dad...

——I'm so sorry for leaving you alone...

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It was March when the spring was warm and the flowers were blooming. A clear breeze blew across the clear sky, and the cherry blossoms falling from the branches danced and danced in mid-air. The dance was overwhelming.

The air is lingering with the light aroma of cherry blossoms and the faint sweetness of red beans.

When the breeze blows, the flowers dance with the cloud sleeves, dancing to clarify the shadows.

Red bean fragrance is a familiar and warm taste, and my mother has always liked the sweet and soft red bean cake the most.

Looking up, I saw the warm red bean cake stall, and my heart throbbed slightly.Gently smell the graceful combination of red beans and cherry blossoms in the air.I walked over subconsciously and bought two red bean cakes naturally.

"Sakura, Sakurai...Miss?" A girl's soft and uncertain voice came from behind me, and I turned around in response, only to see the "boy" in pink robes looking at me with a soft smile. There was an innocent gleam in his eyes.

"...Little Qianhe...ah, it's you..." I came back to my senses a little bit, and I gave Qianhe a knowing smile.Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the red bean cake in my hand, and I smiled and stuffed another red bean cake into Qianzuru's hand.

"Ah, this, thank you... Sakurai-san..."

"I already called you Xiaoqianhe, you should call me Xiaoxu too." How strange, Ms. Sakurai?

"... Xiao, Xiao Xu..." Yukimura Chizuru was stunned for a moment, and then smiled gratefully at me.Looking at her appearance, if she develops according to history, then she should have obtained the permission of the Shinsengumi now, and followed the captains of the various teams to inquire about the news of her father, "I came out to inspect, today is a team led by Mr. The squad is patrolling, they should be near the Shijo River now."

Although this is said by the innocent and harmless Chizuru, it doesn't matter to me whether Mr. Okita is in the Shijo River or not? ! !

I just abducted Xiao Qianhe in broad daylight. Anyway, in the plot, Xiao Qianhe is not a real patrol, so it won't matter if I abduct her for a while.

"Xiaoxu, you know about Mr. Shannan, right?" Qianhe is a kind-hearted child who always thinks of others, "Although I can't understand how it is difficult for a samurai to hold a sword again, but I think I'm really worried about Mr. Shannan's appearance." Chizuru's brown eyes showed a trace of worry.

"..."

It's not that I don't want to cure Mr. Shannan, but that I feel helpless because he doesn't want to wait in time.

"I understand, Xiaoxu has no other choice. After all, Mr. Shannan has suffered such a serious injury... Hey, let's find a place to talk..." Seeing me thinking deeply, Qianhe, who is considerate, just smiled considerately He smiled and comforted him.

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The wind blows away the scattered cherry blossoms, and the river of Shijo River has been clear and shallow for thousands of years. The soft and green willow branches gently brushed across the river surface, creating gentle ripples one after another.

Liu Yan painted the bridge, laughed through the fleeting years, and smiled at the beginning of the millennium.

"Thank you for the red bean cake, Xiaoxu." Qianhe smiled at me softly, her face full of innocence and harmlessness, "Xiaoxu really looks like my sister."

If you don't mind, take me for granted.Sometimes there is really an illusion in a flash, the simplicity of Xiao Qianhe and Xiaoxue is really similar.Alas, it's time for me to go back. I can't open a clinic without a doctor.

Just as I was smiling and ready to turn around and say goodbye to Qianhe, the gentle breeze brought a strange aura of forcibly intervening in it.This inexplicable sensory ability appeared again, obviously I have never practiced dancing, just like last time with Ayin and Grandma Baifen.

There was an extreme silence everywhere, so quiet that it made people feel panicked.The already sparse crowd around us almost left us at some point, leaving only the turbulent silence.But in this increasingly deep silence, there is a faint sense of killing that comes from suppression.That feeling became clearer and stronger until my gaze was fixed on the dense grass in front of me.

A deep and depressing feeling of chilling...

"Xiaoxu, what's the matter with you?" Even Qianhe couldn't distinguish it keenly, but for this gloomy and weird atmosphere, people who don't understand it will feel strange without knowing it. Wonderful.

My attention gradually became concentrated, and I stared at the front without moving. Qianzuru hadn't finished speaking, seeing that I was vigilant and serious, she also closed her mouth and stopped speaking.

But after a while, there was a rustling sound from the dense grass half a person's height, and then five or six people quickly jumped out of the bushes, surrounded Qianhe and me in a small space, was blocked.

All the visitors were pointing at me and Qianhe with a dagger in their hands, and their faces were full of fierce expressions, telling us that the group of people who came was not good.

Chizuru was a bit caught off guard by this, but what she saw with the Shinsengumi on duty in the past few days made her less flustered.I raised my eyebrows coldly and looked at the group of people, and unconsciously pulled Qianhe behind me, with an extremely cold voice: "What are you doing——"

"What are you doing, hehe—" One of the ronin who spoke to him had an unexplained smirk on his face, "It was her just now, walking with the Shinsengumi people, I don't know if I found something!"

It seems that they are the Changzhou people, the so-called extermination and reform, who openly challenged the shogunate.But they will besiege here, and the target seems to be Chizuru who has been patrolling with the Shinsengumi for a few days... After all, if I hadn't brought Chizuru here, Chizuru would not have encountered such danger...

"Shinsengumi! The lackeys of the shogunate! Kill them!!" As long as they belong to the shogunate, in order to fight against barbarians, don't let them go! ! !

Now standing at the forefront, the Changzhou fan rogues wished to chop us up as if they had a vendetta.He waited for us viciously with gritted teeth, and with a loud shout, he raised the knife and slashed at us vigorously without thinking.

Without giving anyone a chance to react, several sharp knives pointed at him without hesitation.At this time, although Qianhe was carrying a Taidao, she, who had always been well protected, was completely frightened and froze in place, watching the sword slashing at her in vain, at a loss for what to do.

I was a little flustered looking at the shining edge for a moment, but I quickly calmed down, quickly looked around and observed the surrounding situation, and caught a glimpse of the small sword on Qianzuru's waist. Blocked the first person's attack.

It is completely easy to control the Taidao, as if I have already been familiar with the sword technique. Obviously, I have never learned Japanese sword technique in my life memory, but sometimes in this situation, I can still subconsciously resorted to.

With the experience of the previous few times, I don't have time to be surprised now.

"Yo, I didn't expect this woman to be quite skilled." The seemingly admiring words came from the mouth of the ronin, but they were completely disdainful, as if they didn't care about it and sneered at it.

I didn't have the time to deal with their so-called ridicule and atmosphere, and while they were distracted, I figured out the current situation.

The other party, Niu Gaoma, was holding a Taidao in his big hand, and all of them were determined to kill us today.But the encirclement line on our right is not so tight, only two people hold hands sparsely at intervals.If you attack there with all your strength, there should still be a chance to rush out.

I once wondered why I knew "military tactics"...

I quickly took two steps back, tried my best to lower my voice, and whispered in a voice that only Qianzuru and I could hear: "Don't worry, Qianzuru, I will focus on attacking the right side later, and rush out immediately while they are surrounded!"

Chizuru nodded dully. I had already prepared everything. When their attention was weakest, I slashed to the right with my backhand. go out.

Seeing that Qianhe had already staggered and fell out, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.Qianhe suddenly stopped, and when she realized something was wrong, she immediately turned around and was about to run back here, but I stopped her loudly.

"Don't come back! Hurry up!!"

"Xiaoxu, I...then what do you do?" Although Qianhe was forced to retreat step by step by the two rogues, she didn't have any intention of turning around and running away.Although she is a pure-blood female ghost of the ghost clan, she has always been a kind child.

"Is Qianzuru talking about me?" A faint smile of unknown meaning suddenly appeared on the corner of my lips, but I had already grasped the little Taidao with my right hand on the top as the main force and the left hand on the bottom as the auxiliary force, and I posed it skillfully. The Japanese sword started to attack, "Hurry up, I sent you out very hard."

——For a moment, I feel that that smile is very similar to that of Mr. Okita, but it is completely unpredictable.

The ronin's patience was obviously exhausted. Seeing that the other two ronin were about to chase Qianzuru, I quickly moved up and swung my knife to slash.

Suddenly, I felt that my sword skills that were disappearing and appearing began to gradually lose my mind, but this could not cause Qianhe to suffer any harm because of me, so I could only bite the bullet.

"Xiao Xu, I..."

"Qianhe, let's go. If you are really worried, then go to Okita! Didn't you say that he is near the Shijo River? Just ask him to save me, I will definitely last until then, I must Hurry up!" Well, Chizuru is a good boy, I think... I want to protect her!It's like protecting Xiaoxue! ! !

Until the hurried figure of Qianhe disappeared from my sight, the Ronin who had already become angry from embarrassment had already scratched my arm a few times, slowly oozing bright red blood.It hurts, but not enough to knock me down.

For Xiaoxue who has not yet returned home, for Qianhe, I must not give up my life. If Xiaoxue returns home soon, I hope that what she sees is not the cold grave of her sister, and what she meets is not the heavy pressure of life in the future.

The ability of swordsmanship weakened unknowingly after a few rounds. I am obviously outnumbered, and I seem to be defeated at any time. I don't know how long I can last...

Okita...

A slight knife wound, Qianzuru's small Tonglian in my hand desperately blocked Ronin's attack, although the attack power had been buffered a lot, it didn't hit the vital point.But inevitably, the thin and sharp blade mercilessly drew a long and narrow wound on my neck.

Immediately, I only felt the pain on my neck suddenly intensify, as intense as a fire, and the hot and viscous bright red liquid poured more and more from the wound, wantonly dyeing my plain kimono.

...it hurts, really...it hurts...

The strength gradually weakened, and the consciousness of the mind gradually turned into a loose sound...?