I formed the strongest swordsman group

Qingdeng echoed loudly, raised his hands above his head, and took the Dingguishen from Jingyi Naosuke's hand.

After Qingdeng received the sword, the eyes of everyone in the hall on Qingdeng changed further.

In the eyes of Arima, Inotani, and Ushiyama, only pure joy and congratulations can be found.

Dongcheng looked indifferent, as if he didn't care much about what reward Qingdeng got.

As for the Tongxin of the three "Dongcheng Group" headed by Nishino, the emotions contained in the sight they cast on Qingdeng became more complicated.

However, the complex emotions in the eyes of these three people are not exactly the same.

Nishino also had negative emotions such as jealousy and displeasure in his eyes, but the most mainstream among these emotions was envy.

This is not the case for the other two Tongxins of the "Dongcheng Group" - the most obvious emotion in the eyes of these two people is jealousy.

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Some families are happy and some are sad——it is too appropriate to use this saying to describe today's assessment meeting.

In the final analysis, the main purpose of this assessment meeting is to take the opportunity to eliminate those ordinary people who are mediocre and useless, and take the opportunity to "cleanse" the "three times" of the Southern and Northern Institutes.

"Qingdeng receives the reward" and so on... It's just a small episode of this assessment meeting.

Jingyi Naosuke said just now: He doesn't have much time, so he cut straight to the point.

He really didn't say polite words there.

After Qingdeng took the reward he had received and returned to his seat in style, Jing Yi Naosuke also sat back on the tatami, and then... officially started today's topic.

Jingyi Naobi first praised some people who also had very good political achievements.

Nishino of the "Dongcheng Group" is also among the ranks of praise.

In fact, Nishino's performance has been mediocre recently, because he was ordered to take charge of the case of the "cat monk" who is said to be a female ninja more than a month ago.

The cat monk can walk on the ground like a roof, a tree canopy and other extreme terrain, come and go without a trace, and his whereabouts are erratic. The only clue is that he only steals the money of those notorious villains.

One can imagine how difficult it is to catch the cat monk.

Qingdeng has heard: For more than a month, Nishino has not made any progress on the case of "Mao Xiaoseng".

But why is Nishino the "No. 1 master in solving crimes in the Beifan Institute" with outstanding achievements?

Even though his performance in the past month or so has not been very impressive, his previous achievements alone are enough to make his overall achievements surpass almost all his colleagues.

After praise and praise... comes criticism and scolding.

This is where some people's nightmares begin...

Originally, based on Qing Deng's original achievements, his "dumb head" should be one of the group of people who were trained.

But now, he has successfully "resurrected from the dead" by relying on the two major achievements of "cracking the murder case in Muliu Town" and "defeating the thugs of the barbarians, and protecting the French businessman".

In terms of comprehensive political achievements, he can be regarded as the "first hero" of the "three rounds" of the Southern and Northern Fans in the past three months. He has just received a generous reward from Jingyi Naobi, and he has no need to worry about appearing in this assessment meeting. Throw away the black hat.

There were 5 officials who were reprimanded by Ii Naosuke.

They are a Tongxin who returned temporarily and secretly from the North Fan, and a Yuli who returned from the town of the Southern Fan, and a Tongxin who returned temporarily.

There are 2 Yuli and 3 concentrics - all 5 of them are very dissatisfied with their recent political achievements.

When reprimanding these five people, Jing Yi Naosuke did not show any ferocious face, nor did he use any angry words.

Instead, with a calm face and a calm tone, he counted how the political achievements of these five people disappointed him.

Obviously there are no vicious expressions and words... But for some reason, it makes the listener feel the pressure in their hearts is huge...

After counting the poor performances of these five people one by one, Jingyi Naobi personally issued punishments for them - two of them whose political achievements are not too ugly, will have their salaries and enshrined offerings halved in the next six months , and the other three... from today onwards, all go to make a living by themselves.

Knowing that their black hats were still there, but their salaries were deducted, the two showed the expressions of the rest of their lives.

As for the three people who were stripped of their official status...their faces were as white as paper, and the cold sweat couldn't stop coming out...

They did not dare to raise any objection to the punishment of Jingyi Naosuke.

Who has the guts to raise objections to the "National Prime Minister" in person?

All they could do was droop their heads in despair...

"I hope you can learn from it."

Jing Yi Naobi glanced at the three people who were drooping their heads.

Previously, Naosuke Ii always had a faint smile on his face no matter when he personally gave Qingdeng rewards or when he praised Nishino and others verbally. The smile dissipated.

No sorrow, no joy, no joy or anger.

"Protecting Edo is your 'three times' duty."

"I've always believed that it's a natural thing to let go of people who can't even do what they're supposed to do."

"I will hold today's assessment from time to time in the future."

"Thus, those who have successfully passed this assessment should not feel relieved or feel safe."

Hearing Naosuke Ii's words, some people who showed expressions of joy for successfully passing today's assessment immediately froze.

"Taking advantage of this opportunity...let me reveal it to you as well."

Jingyi Naosuke straightened his waist a little bit more, and sat up a little more straightly.

"Right now, the rampancy of the 'anti-barbarians' faction has reached an unbearable level."

"They are a bunch of unreasonable thugs. If they don't try to curb their arrogance, sooner or later they will commit atrocities even more extreme than attacking foreign businessmen."

"In the past month, because I still have many more important things to deal with, I don't have time to deal with the matter of the 'Billing Barbarians'."

"But now, I have finally freed up time and spare energy."

"Starting today, I will focus on the two cities of Edo and Kyoto, and intensify the rectification of the 'anti-barbarian faction'."

"In other words, everyone who is the "three times" of Edo will be in a hurry from now on."

"Therefore—everyone, prepare yourself mentally."

"Let's all try our best to make some contributions to the campaign against the 'Big Barbarians' that will be launched one after another."

"I hope that in the subsequent assessment meetings, no one will have such poor performance that it is difficult to see."

Susukei and Atsukawa led the crowd and bowed their waists, and respectfully responded to Ii Naosuke.

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...

Because Jingyi Naobi did not speak any lengthy official language or scene language from the beginning to the end, the process of this assessment meeting was extremely fast.

From Jing Yi Naosuke's appearance to his standing up and announcing the end of the assessment meeting, less than an hour has passed...

After Jingyi Naobi led his entourage to leave through the side door, Qingdeng and others also exited the meeting hall one after another.

As soon as he retreated to the corridor outside the conference hall, Inotani leaned towards Qingdeng curiously.

"Tachibana, let me see the new knife that Boss Jing Yi just gave you."

Qing Deng happily handed the Ding Guishen he was holding in his right hand to Zhu Gu.

Whoosh——After Inoya took the knife, he pulled the blade out of the sheath an inch or so.

At this time, many people around came closer one after another, sizing up ghosts and gods with eyes with different emotions.

Looking at Ding Guishen's beautiful blade glowing with blue light, admiration rose one after another.

"It's really a good knife..." Zhu Gu smacked his mouth a few times, carefully looked at the blade of the ghost and god several times, put the knife away, and handed it back to Qingdeng, "If you sell this knife, you can sell it. It is not impossible to reach 300 taels of gold..."

Qingdeng said with a smile: "This kind of good knife is not necessarily bought by rich people. I will not sell it unless it is absolutely necessary."

After finishing speaking, Qing Deng lowered his head to look at Ding Guishen in his hand.

His existing saber, that is, the family heirloom of their Tachibana family for several generations, was seriously damaged in that "snowy night battle", with more than a dozen gaps broken.

Qingdeng is a warrior with an official position, so it is absolutely forbidden to take the thief's property as his own.

If the government finds out that you have done such a thing, the consequences will be unimaginable. If the amount of money you possess is too large, it is not impossible to ask you to apologize.

It was impossible to take away the weapons left on the ground by the "anti-barbarians" thugs, so after the battle, Qingdeng could only retrieve his family saber.

When he first moved into the test guard hall, Qingdeng borrowed money from Kondo, and took his severely damaged family saber to a swordsmith shop for repair. It took about 10 days to successfully repair it. .

Of course, the "knife repair money" borrowed from Kondo has been returned in full after receiving the gift money from the French Embassy.

Qingdeng weighed the Dingguishen in his hand - this Dingguishen has a large arc and is longer than ordinary knives, so its shape is more like a Taidao.

This kind of long knife is actually very suitable for a tall person like Qingdeng. For a tall person like him, he can wield this kind of long knife more easily than those short people.

Qingdeng was naturally very happy to be able to get a precious saber whose quality was obviously far superior to the saber he was using now. He was looking down at Qingdeng holding the saber in his hand, and a faint smile appeared on his face at this moment. .

High-quality treasured swords have always been priceless.

Having a sharper and tougher sword by your side will directly increase your strength in a straight line.

Before Qingdeng had time to savor the joy of getting a new knife, suddenly——

"Mr. Tangerine!"

"Master Fengxing?" Qing Deng paused, looking at Susui who was walking towards him quickly from behind him.

"...Ju-jun." Susui walked quickly to Qingdeng's feet with a complicated expression, and suppressed his voice, "Come with me now."

"What's wrong?" Qing Deng was startled, "Did something happen?"

"Don't ask so many questions, anyway, just hurry up and follow me."

Qingdeng didn't know why, but Susui had a serious face, and he didn't dare to neglect.

He nodded, and after talking to Arima and others around him, he followed behind Susui, and quickly shuttled through the Beibansho to an unknown location.

After following Susui up to the second floor of the Beiban Office, Qingdeng couldn't hold back his curiosity, and asked Susui who was walking in front of him again:

"Master Susui, where are we going?"

Susui pursed his lips.

Then said quietly:

"Boss Jingyi...he wants to see you alone."

"……What?"

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Susukei led Qingdeng to a remote room on the second floor of the Beifan Office.

Susui personally opened the slightly old paper sliding door, and in the room, a familiar face who had just parted for a long time came into Qingdeng's eyes.

Ii Naosuke sat cross-legged in the center of the room, and his four attendants stood neatly on his left and right sides.

"My lord." Bo Jing bent down, "I brought Ju Qingdeng."

"Yeah." Jing Yi Naobi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. You should step back for now."

Susui: "Yes."

Wow... After Susui saluted Ii Naosuke again, he exited the room respectfully and closed the door behind him.

"Tachibana-kun." Jing Yi Naobi smiled at Qing Deng who was left in the room with a humorous tone, "We meet again."

He raised his hand in front of him.

"Come on, Mr. Ju, sit down as you please."

Why did Elder Jing Yi, who had just parted with me not long ago, suddenly call me over to have a private meeting with me?

With this question in mind, Qingdeng knelt down to the position that Jing Yizhi had just pointed out, and then put the Dingguishen in his hand on his right side.

At this time, Jing Yi Naosuke was sitting cross-legged casually with a faint smile on his face, and his posture looked quite relaxed.

"Hahahaha." Looking at Qingdeng who was sitting upright, Jing Yi Naobi joked, "Tachibana-kun, don't be so rigid, you can relax a bit."

"I just wanted to chat with you briefly, so I called you here alone, so you don't have to sit so upright."

"Chat?" Qingdeng couldn't help asking softly.

"Well... Anyway, there are no outsiders here, so let me tell you the truth." The smile on Jingyi Naosuke's face gradually became more meaningful, "The reason why I decided to participate and host today's event in person This assessment meeting is actually for the purpose of seeing with your own eyes what you really look like."

"Did I tell you at the assessment meeting just now? I wanted to see you a long time ago."

"But throughout February, I was so busy that I couldn't find time."

"It wasn't until today that I finally had some spare time."

"Since you happen to be free today, let's take advantage of the opportunity to participate in this assessment meeting. Not only can I meet you, but I can also make up for the rewards that should have been given to you long ago."

"Ah, when it comes to this, let me tell you a little secret: As for what kind of reward I will give you, it has actually been decided half a month ago."

"But I specifically request that these rewards must be handed over to you in front of the rest of the 'Three Times' officials at today's assessment meeting."

"It's rare for someone to make such a remarkable achievement. It would be too wasteful not to take this opportunity to boost the morale of the 'three times'."

"Seeing that you have received such a good knife in a glorious manner, it must inspire the fighting spirit of many people."

The feeling Jing Yi Naobi in front of him gave Qingdeng was slightly different from the feeling that Jing Yi Naobi he saw at the assessment meeting just now gave Qing Deng a little different feeling.

At this time, Jingyi Naosuke...become more "ordinary".

There are more smiles on his face, his speech is a little rambling, and he looks more like an ordinary old man next door.

After Jingyi Naobi babbled on some very trivial matters, the topic changed——

"Ah, it's not good. It seems that I accidentally talked too much about irrelevant trifles."

Jing Yi Naobi leaned to the side, leaning on the elbow beside him.

"Haha... Once the mood is too relaxed, it is easy to fall into the old habit of nagging..."

"Let's get back to business."

Ii Naobi cleared his throat.

"Mr. Ju, can you tell me in detail... the whole process of you encountering and defeating that group of 'Big Barbarians' thugs that night?"

Qingdeng couldn't help raising his eyebrows at this moment.

Regarding what happened that night...Qingdeng had written all the experiences of that night in detail in the request letter when he asked the Edo Prefectural Office to send someone to Kanagawa Jujuku to meet them who dared not leave the dormitory again. .

After returning to Edo, Qingdeng also delivered a more detailed report immediately.

What I can say and what I know are all written in the report.

As the boss, Jing Yi Naosuke, it is impossible not to see his reports.

What you can know by just reading his report, you want to ask him to come over and ask again?

Jing Yi Naobi seemed to see Qingdeng's question at this time, and smiled:

"Although I have carefully read the document you submitted that details the whole process of how you defeated the crowd with a small number, I still want to hear with my own ears how you came up with such a way to defeat the enemy that night. policy."

Although I still don't understand Jing Yi Naobi's slightly weird behavior, but since this middle-aged man who is currently in power has spoken out, Qing Deng dare not refuse.

Qingdeng told Jing Yi Naosuke the detailed whole process of the "Snow Night Chaos War" that he had told countless times to countless people, in an orderly and unhurried manner.

Because it has been said so many times that Qingdeng is proficient in it, so it took less than 10 minutes for Qingdeng to finish all the content he could say.

"Hmm..." As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Jing Yi Naobi groaned in a low voice.

After pondering, he stopped talking.

After a while like this, I finally heard him break the silence in harmony:

"As expected... no matter how many times I listen to it, it's incredible..."

Having said that, Jing Yi Naobi stretched his waist.

"Mr. Ju, thank you for coming here specially, you can step back for now."

Qingdeng stared.

This makes me go? !

Qingdeng just feels dumbfounded now.

Quite bewildered.

Suddenly called him over.

Then after asking him to recount the whole process of "Snowy Night Chaos" that he had already written in detail in the report, he was suddenly let go...

Why did this person call me here? This question kept circling in Qingdeng's mind.

But doubts are doubts, Qingdeng didn't stay in a daze for too long because he was too ignorant.

Elder Jing Yi asked him to step down, and Qingdeng had no other choice but to follow suit.

Qingdeng bowed and saluted, and after saying "yes", he grabbed his samadhi, and exited the room in a little daze.

After watching Qing Deng's back leave, Jing Yi Naobi smiled slightly.

Immediately afterwards...he reached into his pocket and took out a booklet that was as big as a palm and half a finger thick.

One of the attendants closest to Ii Naobi saw that Ii Naobi took out this booklet, and immediately untied a small writing brush with the tip soaked in ink and a small bamboo tube filled with clear water tied to his belt like a conditioned reflex.

Jingyi Naosuke took the writing brush handed over by the attendant, put the tip of the writing brush into the bamboo tube, moistened the dry ink on the pen tip with the water in the bamboo tube, and turned over the booklet in his palm. Open it, turn to a page that is still blank, swipe it, and write three Chinese characters on it——

Orange green.

Jing Yi Naosuke gently blew on the name just written on the booklet, and when the ink was dry, he closed the booklet abruptly and put it back into his arms.

"...Master Boss." The entourage who handed Jing Yi Zhibi the pen and water just now hesitated, "Are you... planning to recommend that Ju Qingdeng to the General?"

Jing Yi Naobi smiled lightly.

no response.

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That day, in the evening—

Qingdeng and Saito returned to their current home in the twilight: the testing hall.

When Qingdeng and the others came back, it happened to be the closing time for the testing hall.

After passing through the gate and entering the dojo, Qingdeng saw Okita sitting cross-legged on the floor of the dojo alone, using a rag to clean the bamboo swords in the sword barrel next to him one by one.

"Okita-kun, we're back!"

"Tachibana-kun, Saito-kun, you guys are back...huh? Tachibana-kun, what's going on with that sword in your hand?"

After noticing the Dingguishen mentioned in Qingdeng's hand, Okita's eyes lit up immediately, he threw away the rag and bamboo sword in his hand, and ran towards Qingdeng at a brisk pace.

"Oh, this one..." Qingdeng smiled and threw the Ding Guishen in his hand in front of him, and then told Chongtian what happened today in a concise manner.

Okita was not very interested in the assessment meeting that Qingdeng went through today, nor in Naosuke Ii.

He is only interested in Ding Guishen in Qingdeng's hands.

"Mr. Ju, can you show me your new knife?"

"Of course." Qingdeng handed Ding Guishen to Okita's palm.

Okita wiped his palms on his hakama, wiped off the sweat on his palms, and then took the knife with both hands.

As soon as he pulled the blade out of the sheath an inch, a surprise jumped out of Okita's pupils.

After the knife was completely drawn out, Okita waved it vigorously at the air in front of him a few times, then he raised his head, looked at the blade carefully, and blinked his eyes that were constantly shining with surprise.

"This knife is so powerful!"

——Ah, there it is... Okita-kun's "Awesome"...

Qingdeng silently complained again in his heart about Okita's lack of vocabulary to the point that he would only use "so amazing" to describe anyone or anything.

"The quality of the iron, the sharpness, the center of gravity...all are amazing."

While continuing to speak, Okita turned the blade around and carefully looked at Ding Guishen's extremely curved back.

"The arc of this knife is larger than ordinary swords, but the blade is not too curved... It is very suitable for drawing swords..."

The principle of the knife drawing technique is to use the arc of the knife body and the scabbard when drawing the knife to create an instant explosive force, so as to make a slash with more power and speed than directly swinging the knife out of thin air.

Therefore, using a knife with a slightly larger arc makes it easier to perform a powerful sword drawing technique.

"Sword drawing skills..." Qingdeng laughed dumbly, "It's a pity that our natural mind flow doesn't have knife drawing skills."

Okita fully enjoyed the apprehension of ghosts and gods for a while, and then handed the knife back to Qingdeng with a look of reluctance.

"That's great..." Okita sighed, looking enviously at Ding Guishen who just returned it, "When will I have such a good knife..."

After a slight smile, Qingdeng said in a harmonious voice: "There will be a day, maybe in the not-too-distant future, you will be able to obtain a great treasured sword that is many times better than mine."

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng raised his head and glanced at the pile of bamboo knives that Chongtian had just wiped.

"Okita-kun, are there still many people who come to learn swords today?"

Okita showed his teeth and smiled: "Today, 8 more people came to the door and said they want to learn our natural mental flow!"

"So much?" Qingdeng couldn't help but let out a low exclamation, and then smiled, "Then the teacher's wife is going to die of happiness."

"Yes." Okita put his hands on his waist and said with emotion, "Auntie in recent days is so gentle that I am not used to it..."

In the past few days, the test hall has been very busy - there is an endless stream of people who come to the test hall to learn swords, which makes everyone in the test hall a little bit overwhelmed.

Fight to become famous—this idiom perfectly sums up the state of the test hall these days.

In the "Plum Blossom Festival" a few days ago, under the plum blossom petals flying all over the sky, the little-known guard hall, under the witness of hundreds of spectators, beautifully defeated the famous Xiaoqianye Sword Hall... This victory Let the Weiwei Hall become famous directly!

Countless people know about it——In Koishichuan Kohinatayanagi Town, there is a test gym that teaches the natural mind-flow. This sword gym defeated the little Chiba sword gym in the "Red and White Battle".

The most intuitive impact of the increase in fame is the increase in the number of apprentices.

Countless people came here admiringly, wanting to worship under the door of the trial guard hall, and practice this natural flow of mind that defeated Xiaoqianye Sword Hall.

The increase of apprentices means that the income of the testing hall will increase.

In the past few days, Ah Bi, who usually has a stinky face, is extremely gentle...

Especially when dealing with Qingdeng, the biggest hero who helped them win the competition in the Weiwei Pavilion, Abi showed tenderness that made Qingdeng feel extremely uncomfortable...

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