Chapter 080
After leaving the headquarters, Qingxi was carried back to the clinic, where Yagen Toushirou had already packed up their daily necessities and was waiting there.
After she put away her things, she went to the crow house and made a simple handover with the keeper who originally fed the crows in the crow house. She also asked him to wait for two days for the crows she had selected, and then let them come over after they had arranged accommodation for them there.
Finally, Qingxi said a simple goodbye to Tomioka Giyu and everyone in the clinic, and was then carried away by Tsurumaru Kuninaga.
"Yaken, you don't have to come with us." Nestled on Tsurumaru Kuninaga's back, Qingxi turned his head to face the black-haired boy who was traveling with them.
"I'm worried," Yagen Toushirou said bluntly. "And please don't worry. I'll return after I see the general arrive. I can march very quickly alone."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga twitched his lips, "Although I know there's nothing wrong with what you said, Yaken, but I always feel like I was 'accidentally hurt' by you."
The katana is slow and its detection ability is poor at night. I'm really sorry.
Yagen Toushirou stated, "I didn't mean that."
Even with a "weight" on their backs, the speed of the two men with swords was still beyond the reach of ordinary people. Some time before sunset, they arrived at Xingming's house on Beiming Island.
Beimeijima Gyomei, who had received the news earlier, came over to open the door when someone knocked on it. Yagen Toushirou greeted Beimeijima Gyomei, and after watching Kiyokisime being carried in by Tsurumaru Kuninaga, he prepared to return.
"Ya Yan." Qing Xi called out to the person. Although he had said before that he would leave immediately after sending her here, as the general and the master, she was not a black-hearted boss who would only make people work hard and not let them rest. "Stay here and rest for a night before going back."
After all, it's only one day, the clinic shouldn't be able to hold on any longer.
Qingxi opened her eyes and reached for Beimingyu Xingming's clothes. After glancing at him once, she cast her eyes to the ground and asked, "Is it okay, Mr. Beimingyu?"
Beiming Island Xingming patted Qingxi's head and said, "I originally prepared three rooms for you."
Led by Gyoumei, the three entered the house, with Kiyoki finding their way as they walked. Perhaps because each of the Pillars focused all their energy on training and slaying demons, the house that Ubuyashiki Kōya gifted them was spacious and well-lit. Kiyoki saw this as a disguised supplement and the proper treatment a Pillar should receive.
After walking around, Qingxi estimated that the area of Xingming's house on Beiming Island, including the garden in front, was about 300 square meters.
If you live here alone, this place is quite big.
You should know that the average house is only a few dozen square meters in size.
Maybe it's because it's a house for men only, but except for a transplanted pine tree in the front yard where the garden should be, the rest of the area is bare and not at all aesthetically pleasing.
Led by Beiming Island Xingmei, the three of them came to the rest room. The shoji door opened, and the layout of the room was in sight of the three of them.
It cannot be said that the layout is very good, but everything that is used in daily life is prepared. If you are careful, you will find that among these three rooms, one of the rooms is more suitable for girls. Because of the Eye of Dialysis, Qingxi even saw a few girls' dresses in the box in the house.
There are Western-style clothes, as well as traditional Japanese small-patterned kimonos and yukatas... Ah, Qingxiren was a little confused. This level of meticulousness was totally beyond the imagination of Mr. Beimingyu.
So...he sought external help?
Qingxi couldn't tell what she felt at the moment, just... flattered.
After not hearing the girl's voice for a long time, the big young monk looked at a loss and confusion, "Axi, don't you like the layout of the house?"
"No, I just..." Qingxi rejected it decisively. She changed the subject and asked, "Was this specially arranged by Mr. Beimingyu?"
"Not really." Beiming Island Xingming looked rather sullen at this point. "The Anbu staff help deliver fresh ingredients every day, so I asked a female Anbu staff member to decorate the house a little more to your liking."
"Thank you." Qingxi said. "But, isn't it a bit too wasteful?"
She is in the growth period now. Even if the clothes she wears this year are a little too big, she can only wear them a few times next year at most. By the year after, she won't be able to wear them anymore.
Beimingyu Xingming understood and fell silent. His original intention was just to ask the female member of the Hidden Department to make some simple arrangements, but now listening to Qingxi's words, it seemed... a little too much?
Seeing that the atmosphere between the two was heading towards an awkward situation, Tsurumaru Kuninaga spoke up to smooth things over, "Ahahaha, that's such a waste, I think it's pretty good.
The master is a girl, so she is always more refined than men in life, isn't she?"
He gently pushed the girl into the house and said, "Master, you should take a rest first. I will call you when dinner is ready."
Qingxi was pushed forward a few steps. When she stopped and turned around, Tsurumaru Kuninaga was already waving at her with a smile, and then he pulled Yagen Toushirou and Beimeijima Gyomei away one by one.
Even though the three had left, she could still hear the chattering of Troublemaker Crane.
After a while, the voices and footsteps disappeared. Qingxi stood there for a while, then she closed the shoji door, took off the yukata she had been wearing for two days, and let her hair down. She lay down on the tatami, not needing a thin blanket. She pulled the yukata beside her over her body, closed her eyes and went to sleep.
To be honest, it was impossible to sleep soundly in the wild camping in the cemetery last night, even the most courageous person could not. In addition, she was exhausted from rushing to finish so many things during the day and then traveling.
As for why you didn't cover yourself with a quilt but a yukata... it's a joke. You haven't washed yourself for a whole day and night in the middle of summer. If you were in my shoes, would you let yourself, who is almost going bad, cover yourself with a quilt and sleep without any care?
She doesn’t know about others, but she can’t do it.
So, since it has all gone bad, let's just leave it like this for now. The rest will be dealt with by her when she wakes up.
Qingxi slept very soundly. Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who had prepared dinner in the evening, came to call her, but the girl in the room did not respond for a long time.
After saying sorry, he quietly opened the shoji door. A white head poked in and saw a girl lying sprawled out on the tatami. The yukata she used as a blanket was crumpled and kicked aside.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga's golden eyes curved with a smile. He walked in quietly, picked up the yukata, smoothed it out, and put it back on the girl's belly. Then he retreated silently to the outside of the house and closed the shoji door again.
Inside the room, seeing that only Tsurumaru Kuninaga had come, Yagen Toushirou wasn't too surprised. He said in a declarative tone, "The general is asleep."
Tsurumaru Kuninaga plopped down in front of the low table with dinner on it. "Yeah, she was a very deep sleeper, so I didn't wake her up. I guess she'll be hungry when she wakes up tomorrow morning."
He picked up the bowl on the low table and started eating. The host was sleeping. The owner of the house, Beimingyu Xingmei, finished his meal before them and went out for patrol. There was no need to be so particular about the two familiar swordsmen left.
After dinner and a quick wash and tidy up, they lit a wisteria candle outside the house and went back to their rooms to rest.
Have a good night's sleep.
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In the early morning, when Xingmei came back from patrol on Beiming Island, he happened to meet Yagen Toushirou who was about to leave.
The black-haired boy took a step ahead of him and moved aside to make way.
"Mr. Beimingyu, I've already prepared breakfast. It's kept warm in the pot." When the tall, lifeless young man walked in, Yagen Toushirou reminded him. "If you're hungry, you can eat first."
"...I understand." Beimingyu Xingming, who always made breakfast after returning from patrol, hesitated for a moment before seeming to react.
After saying goodbye to the other party, Yagen Toushirou left in a hurry.
When Qingxi woke up, he had already returned to the clinic.
After washing herself vigorously, she hid back in her room after breakfast.
That's not quite accurate. It should be said that she went back to her room to continue "fighting" (emphasis added) with her spiritual power.
"Master, working hard is a good thing, but you also need to relax your body occasionally." With his back leaning against the shoji door in front of Qingxi's house, Tsurumaru Kuninaga sat on the corridor, his eyes slightly looking out of the eaves to the junction of night and dusk in the distance.
"Oh, right." As if remembering something, his left hand kept rummaging in his right sleeve, "I almost forgot to give this to you, Master."
"What is this?" Qingxi hesitantly took the white envelope passed to him from the other side, "The letter that Granny Su asked you to bring me?"
"Yes." Tsurumaru Kuninaga scratched his hair awkwardly. "Originally, I was going to give it to you after I came back, but then something happened to your eyes. I remember I mentioned it to you at that time, but eye accidents kept happening one after another, so... it kept getting delayed until now."
Bai He slid to the side as if to give up, and the next moment he fell to the ground with his whole body bent 90 degrees. "If it took me this long to remember to write a letter to Granny Su, she would definitely think that I don't take it seriously.
But, it just so happened that all these things happened at the same time.”
"Who's to blame for this?" Qingxi asked coldly as he unfolded the letter. "If you hadn't repeatedly urged me to try using my spiritual power, would there have been so many unexpected things?"
"But if you, Master, were more determined and didn't accept my instigation, wouldn't that be all right!!!" Tsurumaru Kuninaga rolled over, with half of his body rolling into the shoji door. He raised his head and looked at the girl in the room, stretching his arm towards her. His hand reached the limit less than a finger's distance from the hem of the little dress she was wearing today, and he made a posture like a drowning man trying to grab the last life-saving piece of driftwood.
Qingxi looked down at the hand whose five fingers were making exaggerated movements as if trying to grab the hem of her skirt. Her eyebrows twitched again and again. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she moved her legs and pressed the disgusting claw under her legs.
Ignoring the other party's howl, which was more humorous, she lowered her head to read the letter.
The entire letter was written in regular script. Qingxi couldn't tell how the words were written, but she found it very comfortable to read.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga's curiosity was piqued as he watched his master's expression become increasingly strange as he read the letter to the end.
After Qingxi finished reading the letter, he saw the big crane at home kneeling there obediently, with the words "I want to see" almost written on his glowing white face.
Feeling that all the contents of the letter could be shown to others, she handed the letter to him.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga took the letter with a grin and began to read. Qing Xiren tilted his head to look at him and asked, "Tsurumaru, can you understand the Tang Dynasty's writing?"
"Of course." Tsurumaru Kuninaga nodded, his tone full of confidence. "I was forged during the Heian-kyō period. At that time, the emperor admired Tang culture and sent several envoys to Tang several times to introduce Tang culture. Bai Juyi's poems were circulated among the nobles for a long time.
At that time, it was okay if you couldn't speak the Tang language, but if you couldn't even recite a few lines of Tang poetry, you would be despised by the nobles.
If you were a modern person, you wouldn't even know Tang poetry or be able to recite it. We are different, so we won't play with you."
"So Tsurumaru is also the type who can see but not speak." Qingxi asked.
"Yes," Tsurumaru Kuninaga said resentfully. "Otherwise, I wouldn't have been so confused when you and Mr. Qin spoke in Tang dialect at the fireworks display, and I wouldn't have been disliked by Yakuin later."
He changed the subject and said, "Master, what are you going to do?"
After placing the read letter on the tatami, Tsurumaru Kuninaga asked.
The content of Grandma Su's letter was also very simple. It told Qingxi their current address and situation, and then it was the respectful teachings of the elderly to the younger generation.
To put it bluntly, it is to make Qingxi more self-aware and learn a few more skills so that he won't starve to death.
After all, she still has two retainers to support. If they are starving, they will think of leaving their old master and looking for a new master who can make their lives better.
Tsurumaru Kuninaga almost died of laughter when he saw the end.
"What else can I do? I have to write back, of course." Qingxi glared at He, who was rolling on the ground with laughter. She searched the room but couldn't find any letter paper. She kicked the person on the ground and said, "If there is no letter paper, remember to go out and buy me some tomorrow."
After a pause, she added, "Buy me some paper for practicing calligraphy, as well as brushes and inkstones."
As I said, even if you are fooling people, you have to put some thought into it. Otherwise, if people can see that you are fooling them, it will be very hurtful.
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