Edo, Koishikawa Kohigaricho, Test Hospital -

"A Chang! Are you all your clothes packed?"

Abi raised his head and shouted to the second floor.

A Chang - the wife of Kondo.

"Yeah! It's packed!"

A Chang's response came from afar upstairs.

At this time, an old man - the old servant of the Ju family, Jiubingwei - rushed to Abi.

"Madam! The carriage is ready! Just wait outside!"

When Abi heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At present, all the scholars and people in Edo are busy fleeing.

For this reason, cattle, horse and other animals are extremely nervous.

For a time, the scene of "Edo cattle" and "Edo horse" appeared.

Fierce disputes occur from time to time in order to compete for a cow or a horse.

Fortunately, the shogunate was prepared and sent a large number of officials to maintain public order within the town and suppress the commotion to a minimum.

If the Trial and Warehouse Museum was still the "taro temple" in the past, at this critical moment, no matter how hard they try, they would never get the available animal power.

With Aoden's reputation rising, the Test Guard Pavilion is now one of the most famous sword halls in Edo, with financial resources and connections soaring.

However, even so, they asked around for a long time before finally borrowing a carriage.

"I'm finally here... hurry up! Move all my luggage to the carriage! Let's leave Edo quickly! Avoid the nights and dreams!"

Jiubingwei nodded vigorously:

"yes!"

After saying that, he took the heavy luggage from Abi's hand, turned around and ran towards the entrance.

Although Jiubingwei is an elderly man, his body is still strong and not inferior to that of young people.

The group of people in the Examination and Guardian Center belongs to the category of "where to go" and does not need to follow the arrangements of the shogunate to go to Ouyu to take refuge.

They plan to go to Hino and join the eldest sister Okita Hikaru.

"Nine Bingwei, after putting down the luggage in his hand, go to the kitchen and bring all our sugar with you!"

Jiubingwei replied without looking back:

"clear!"

In the Edo era, crystal white sugar was a valuable product and should not be discarded casually.

After instructing Jiubingwei, Abi turned around and prepared to return to the bedroom to continue packing his luggage.

When she passed by the Buddhist temple, she suddenly realized that her husband, Kondo Shusuke, was sitting upright in front of the Buddha statue, lowering his head, not knowing what he was doing.

Seeing this, Abi suddenly felt angry - everyone was busy, why are you lazy here?

As soon as she thought about it, she rushed into the Buddhist temple without hesitation and shouted:

"Old man, if you don't come to help, what are you doing here..."

His voice came to an abrupt end.

She seemed to see something amazing, and she stood there in a daze, staring at Kondo Shusuke's hands - to be precise, looking at the knife in his hand!

I saw Kondo Shusuke put a knife flat on his knee, touching the sheath with one hand and holding the handle with the other.

The movements are so gentle that it is like caring for a lover.

Abi is really familiar with this knife.

It is Kondo Shusuke’s love knife: The Two Wangs Kiyoshi!

The Two Wangs Qingshi - one of the eighty businesses.

A sword that can cut through 20 to 40% of the human body thickness is a business.

Back then, Kondo Shusuke wore this sword and defeated countless heroes - and at the same time, he also won the hearts of Abi.

The heroic figure of waving the two kings and easily defeating the powerful enemy... Even today, it is still hidden deep in Abi's heart.

Since he got older and gradually retreated to the second line, Kondo Shusuke has lived a lazy and idle life.

Bathing in the sun and taking a walk every day is no different from an ordinary elderly person.

Not to mention that he was playing with a sword, he rarely even wore a sword.

This precious sword that had been following him for most of his life was placed on the knife stand and fell into dust.

Only when maintaining the blade or recalling the past, will the dust on its surface occasionally be brushed away.

Abi looked at the two kings, then looked at Kondo Shusuke, and instantly understood something.

"Old man, you..."

Before Abi finished speaking, Kondo Shusuke turned his head slightly, looked at his wife, and smiled calmly.

"A Bi, you guys should take the lead."

Upon hearing this, Abi's face changed suddenly.

What does Kondo Shusuke mean? Anyone with a little brain can hear it.

"Old man, don't tell me, you plan to stay!"

"What are you thinking?!"

"You don't even look at how old you are now!"

"Just because of your aging body that is sore and painful at any time, even if you go to the battlefield, it will only drag people down!"

"Stop talking about such unregular words!"

"Go away quickly! The carriage is here!"

She said as she reached out to pull Kondo Shusuke on the shoulder - but found that no matter how hard she tried, she could not pull Kondo Shusuke on the slightest even if she tried her best.

Kondo Shusuke is no longer surprised by Abi's poisonous tongue.

In many cases, she has a knife-like mouth and a tofu heart.

For example, now: although what she said just now is very rude, the care and worries contained in her words are beyond words, and there is a strong sense of insolence in her tone.

Her palms that were tugging at her shoulder were trembling slightly at this time...

"...A Bi, calm down first."

Kondo Shusuke said as he stretched out his right hand and held Abi's left wrist.

Feeling the warmth coming from the other person's palm, the excitement between A Bi's cheek slowly faded.

She took several breaths and gradually calmed down, and her palms stopped trembling.

Seeing that his wife was no longer excited, Kondo Shusuke said slowly:

"Those children... must be working hard to 'rescue Edo' now."

He said, turning his head to look west.

The "child" he mentioned naturally refers to Qingdeng and others.

"The younger generations are fighting bloody."

"Since that's the case, it seems too unreasonable if I, an elder, run away with my head in my arms."

Abi frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Old man, you are already old and you are already past the age to be able to make a fuss."

"Even if you leave Edo, no one will blame you."

Kondo Shusuke shook his head with a wry smile:

"That won't work. Even if no one comes to blame me, I don't want to leave Edo."

When Abi heard this, he couldn't help but question:

"Why?!"

“…”

Kondo Shusuke pursed his lips tightly and paused for a moment.

After a while, he changed into a serious and serious expression, looked directly at A Bi, and looked at him with all his eyes.

"A Bi, I have never said anything to anyone."

"You are the first listener."

"Actually, when Ju Jun formed a new selection group and promoted the troops to Luo, I really wanted to catch up with him."
To be continued...