After pondering for a while, Duanmu Ci said, "Senior Terashima is a true samurai."
The white-robed priest directed several servants to bury the coffin in the flower soil under the tree, then cover it up without raising a mound.
Wei Yue said, "When the cherry blossoms bloom next year, I will come here again to pay my respects to my teacher and have a drink with him."
Duanmu Ci suddenly noticed several unfamiliar people in front of the rear hall and asked, "Who are these people?"
“They are my family’s retainers.” Wei Yue said with some helplessness, “They heard that my kendo teacher had passed away, so they came to offer some funeral gifts on my father’s orders.”
"Your household retainer?" Duanmu Ci was taken aback. "Your identity has been exposed?"
Wei Yue nodded helplessly, "Do you remember when we first came to visit our teacher, we ran into a talent scout from a celebrity agency on the street? He actually secretly took a picture of us from behind, but my family found out. It was really unlucky of us."
Duanmu Ci was also speechless. He hadn't expected that the talent scout was actually a member of the Genji clan. Their whereabouts were discovered because they visited Terashima Moriyoshi, and now those people were participating in the worship ceremony. He sighed, "Life is unpredictable."
“Yes, life is unpredictable.” Wei Yue sighed, then pointed at Qiu Xiaogong, “What are you going to do?”
Duanmu Ci was taken aback upon hearing this, and his gaze followed the direction Wei Yue was pointing. He saw Qianye Qiuxiao, dressed in pure black mourning clothes, sitting listlessly under a flowering tree. As innocent as she was, she seemed to have no concept of life and death.
"Before his death, our teacher entrusted Qiu Xiaogong to you, and the vows were written on the screen." Wei Yue looked into Duanmu Ci's eyes and asked very seriously, "Now that our teacher has passed away, what are you going to do with Qiu Xiaogong? What are you going to do with her?" (To be continued.)
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