I don't know if it's because of his appearance, but Qingdeng just feels that this person has always exuded a kind and honest temperament.

Such a face, such a temperament... make this middle-aged man look more like an ordinary old farmer than a samurai.

The only part of this man's body that is more eye-catching and more likely to attract Qingden's attention... is his eyes.

This middle-aged man's eyes were very bright, as if there was sunshine in his eyes.

These bright eyes make this middle-aged man look radiant and energetic.

Qingdeng originally wanted to take a closer look at this middle-aged man's appearance.

But at this time, Okita's excited shout beside him interrupted his thoughts.

"Uncle Yuan!"

The excitement on his face was so intense that Okita was jumping towards the middle-aged man like a rabbit.

While jumping, he continued to shout excitedly:

"Uncle Yuan! You are finally back!"

"Soji." The middle-aged man whom Okita called "Uncle Minamoto" put on a friendly smile like an elder, raised his right hand and gently rubbed Okita's head, "Long time no see."

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The imperial examination hall, the living room—

"Yuan, you're finally back!" Zhouzhu burst out laughing, "If I count, you've been away from the Trial Guard Hall for more than half a year!"

"Master, I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Inoue Genzaburo bowed to Shusuke in front of him and smiled apologetically, "I didn't expect that I would be away from the trial defense hall for so long this time.

time……"

"A friend from my hometown asked me to help him reclaim wasteland."

"After all, I am an old friend and I am embarrassed to refuse him."

"The wasteland my old friend wants to reclaim is much more difficult to deal with than I thought!"

"I only promised to help him pick up all kinds of gravel in that wasteland and loosen the soil in that wasteland."

"I thought this kind of work could be done in just three months."

"I didn't expect that I would be busy for eight months in the end... Sigh, I don't want to help others reclaim wasteland anymore."

"Hoo hoo ho..." Zhou Assistant raised his hand and touched his bare chin, "This is how land reclamation works. Without hard work for 2 or 3 years, it is impossible to cultivate a piece of wasteland with nothing into good farmland that can grow things."

At this moment, in the hall, all the current members of the Trial Guard Hall, including Kondo, Okita, and Abi, gathered together.

Aoto, Saito, Nagakura, Harada, Kyuubei... are currently staying at the Imperial Guard Hall. The new residents of the Imperial Guard Hall who are sitting behind Shusuke are all doubtful and curious now.

His eyes glanced at Gensaburo Inoue opposite.

Qingdeng thought to himself:

——Is this Genzaburo Inoue...

This middle-aged man who suddenly came to the Imperial Guard Hall late at night and was affectionately called "Uncle Gen" by Okita was none other than Genzaburo Inoue, whom Aoto had admired for a long time but had never met.

Gensaburo Inoue—the disciple of their trial defense hall and an extremely senior old man.

He is now 31 years old. In the fourth year of Honghua (1847), he became a disciple of the Shiweiguan and practiced the Natural Rise and Heart Flow.

In terms of seniority, even Kondo Isamu had to respectfully call him "senior brother".

Those who are of the same generation or senior level as Inoue Genzaburo have all left and scattered because they gave up halfway or successfully learned martial arts.

Only Genzaburo Inoue remains in the Imperial Guard Hall.

Therefore, among all the apprentices currently enrolled in the Imperial Guard Hall, Genzaburo Inoue is the oldest!

The reason why Inoue Genzaburo has been staying in the imperial examination hall is not because he is stupid and has been unable to graduate and has been "repeating" in the imperial examination hall.

The reason why he has been staying at the Trial Guard Hall is quite simple - he has such deep feelings for the Trial Guard Hall that he spontaneously stayed on without asking for anything in return and assisted the Kondo family in running the Trial Guard Hall.

Genzaburo Inoue stayed in the Imperial Guard Hall for more than ten years... and devoted all his youth to the Imperial Guard Hall.

Don't ask for fame, don't ask for anything in return.

Silently support the juniors in the Trial Guard Hall, and silently do everything they can for the Trial Guard Hall.

Just to make the Trial Guard Hall better.

In gratitude to Genzaburo Inoue for his long-term dedication and contribution, the Kondo family reciprocates with the highest respect.

A long time ago, before Okita even moved into the Imperial Guard Hall, Shusuke invited Genzaburo Inoue, who was renting a shabby house at that time, to live in their Imperial Guard Hall and eat together with them under the same roof.

Live together.

In order to better assist Kondo and others in managing this trial defense hall, Inoue Genzaburo happily accepted Shusuke's invitation.

Therefore, Genzaburo Inoue can be regarded as the earliest diner of Shiweikan.

Being able to be directly invited by Shusuke and the others to live in the trial defense hall... this shows that the Kondo family does not regard Genzaburo Inoue as an outsider at all.

On the first day after moving into the Imperial Guard Hall, Okita told Aoto: Gensaburo Inoue went back to his hometown because something happened in his hometown, and it would take some time before he could return to Edo.

This is why Aoto and others didn't meet Gensaburo Inoue for the first time until now.

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