Judges wait for you to grow up

Chapter 41 chapter 41

Holding the news of the defeat on the front line in his hand, Qiao Shan pursed his lips and asked, "Mr. Tukata, are they all right?"

"Everything is fine, but the damage suffered by the Shinsengumi this time is too great. Mr. Hijikata's idea is to let Okita follow the injured team member back to Edo along the coast."

Qiao Shan nodded, put the envelope in his hand on the candlelight, and watched Hijikata Toshisan's letter burn to ashes little by little, leaving only the lingering smell of burnt in the air.

Standing up, he extinguished the candlelight: "What is Okita doing now?"

"When I came, Mr. Okita was in a daze in the outer room."

Are you in a daze again?

Qiao Shan picked up the handkerchief to cover his lips and coughed twice, looked at the blood on the handkerchief in his hand and sighed slightly. His body benefited from the disappearance of the five senses, which allowed him to recover from such a serious physical injury. climb up.

But, how long can he last like this?

Hasebe silently put away the handkerchief in Qiao Shan's hand, looking at the glaring red eyes on it, his eyes dimmed. Others didn't know, but they were very clear as swords maintained by the spiritual power of the main hall. The main hall is now He held on and did not fall down.

Yaoyan said that the main hall can stand up now and smile at Okita and them. His perseverance is shocking. Therefore, Hasebe doesn't want to see Qiao Shan smile at him, he would rather hear his main hall shout Pain, cry uncomfortable.

But no, the main hall never did, he always looked at them with a gentle smile and said he was all right and nothing happened.

Hasebe lowered his head and didn't want to look into Qiao Shan's eyes. He was afraid that he would feel sour after seeing the tolerance inside: "Go to the main hall to see Mr. Okita, I'll go prepare lunch."

"En." Qiao Shan nodded, feeling a little dissatisfied with the strong smell of blood on his body, Hasebe stepped forward two steps, and lit the incense: "Let's go to the main hall later, just the two of you We can have lunch together."

The corners of Qiao Shan's mouth curled up slightly, and he said with a smile: "Hasebe, you are still so careful, thank you."

During this time, Okita was often in a daze, and this time he was so dazed that even Qiao Shan didn't notice it when he came to his side.

Qiao Shan looked at Okita with no focus in his eyes, and the lack of focus in his eyes made Qiao Shan suddenly think of the haiku he wrote for Okita before the shrine not long ago, and panicked.

Qiao Shan stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Okita, and Okita came back to his senses, put down the scroll he barely read in his hand, and grabbed Qiao Shan's hand with a smile: "My eyes are dazzled by your shaking. "

Qiao Shan stretched out his hand to Okita: "It's going to be lunch in a while, go in first, after lunch, there are some things I want to discuss with you."

Okita said yes, staggered when he got up with his strength, and felt a little dizzy before his eyes. It took him a long time to recover, and then he walked into the inner room.

Okita's health is getting worse and worse.

Qiao Shan closed his eyes, took two deep breaths, suppressed the soreness in his heart, and followed Okita into the house.

Seeing that Qiao Shan's expression was not very good, and he didn't eat as much as he did, Okita joked, "This is the amount a cat eats."

Qiao Shan was not in the mood to make a joke, he didn't know how to speak, he got up and went to Okita's side, held Okita's hand, looking at Qiao Shan's serious face, Okita had a bad premonition, he worked hard Squeeze out a smile: "What's wrong?"

"There is a situation on the front line. We need to retreat. We cannot cause trouble to Mr. Hijikata. I am not in good health. Mr. Hijikata asks you to accompany me to join the team below."

Chong Tian coughed twice, Qiao Shan didn't say these words in a tactful way, and he directly made Chong Tian a little unbearable, he squeezed Qiao Shan's hand, and remembered the time when Qiao Shan was held by him. Song Li said.

Qiao Shan knew him too well, so it made Okita unable to say anything else to refuse: "Okay, I understand."

Qiao Shan stretched out his hand and gave Okita a gentle hug.

The hug was light, but Okita felt the warmth. He hugged Qiao Shan back, and Qiao Shan felt the moisture on his shoulders.

After an unknown period of time, Okita finally let go of Qiao Shan, and then gave Qiao Shan a big smile.

Such reluctance, such reluctance, such grievances.

Okita always put all his emotions on his face.

Qiao Shan touched Okita's head, and silently gave Okita encouragement and comfort.

Tsurumaru never likes this deserted feeling, and often complains in front of Qiao Shan, saying that there is no one to play a prank on, and he is happy when he hears that he is going back to Edo with the former Shinsengumi members Going around in circles, Qiao Shan laughed and scolded, "You restless guy."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga and Hasebe were driving in front, Tsurumaru Kuninaga was humming some songs they didn't understand, with a straw root in his mouth, very comfortable.

The light tone made Qiao Shan feel much better unexpectedly, Qiao Shan opened the curtain and asked Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "Where did you learn the song?"

Tsurumaru Kuninaga shook the dew on his head just now, and said with a smile, "I created it myself after traveling around, isn't it nice?" Marukunaga grinned broadly.

When Qiao Shan put down the curtain, Tsurumaru Kuninaga turned his head and saw Hasebe Yakiri with a sullen face. He pursed his mouth and said that he could not sing anymore, and heard Hasebe Yakiri's order: "Keep singing, The Lord likes it."

In the end, Tsurumaru Kuninaga's voice was dry from singing, and he turned his head and wanted to say that he didn't want to sing anymore when his voice was dry, when he saw Natsuki Hasebe handing over the water bottle, and then put his hand on the handle of the knife.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga: "..." I have a sentence mmp I don't know if I should say it or not.

Because Tsurumaru Kuninaga was suppressed by Hasebe's level of force, after muttering that Yaki was not cute when we met for the first time, after seeing Yakiri Hasebe's darkened face, he obediently hummed the song all the way .

Okita's head was placed on Qiao Shan's lap, his eyes were closed, but he fell asleep all the way to Tsurumaru Kuninaga's singing, Qiao Shan followed Okita's hair one by one, looked at Okita's peaceful sleeping face and sighed slightly .

time is limited.

Okita's body didn't last long enough to join the members of the Shinsengumi, Qiao Shan received Hijikata's carrier pigeon, and after the two summed up, Hijikata asked Qiao Shan and his party to go to Matsumoto Ryosuke's house in Imado, Asakusa, saying that arrangements had been made there up.

The road diverted to Asakusa was not peaceful. The Banba faction and the Viva faction had officially started a war. The war brought famine and a large number of deaths.

Some hungry people finally chose to rob on the road, just for the children at home to have a full meal.

The retrograde army is not stable recently, and fires and robberies on the road have delayed the trip, and the time to arrive in Asakusa will be a few days later than before.

The vassal Matsumoto Ryoshun has always admired Okita and others, so he prepared a guest room for them to stay in early. Qiao Shan thanked him, and helped Okita, who had a high fever, into the guest room, leaving Hasebe and others to inform Matsumoto of the recent situation.

Okita has been in a daze since he had a fever, and almost all of the journey on the road was slept on. He looked at Qiao Shan who was packing his luggage and said with a smile: "I feel like I'll be there after a night of sleep."

Qiao Shan gave a muffled hum, and then said nothing, went to the side of Okita, put his forehead against that of Okita, measured the temperature, let the medicine go down, cut off the water, and applied a towel dipped in water. towel.

Okita coughed suddenly, the coughing sound became louder and louder, and immediately started to cough blood at the back, Qiao Shan hurriedly passed over the handkerchief in his hand, and took the spittoon to let Okita spit out the blood in his mouth.

When Okita got a little better, Qiao Shan took tea to let Okita moisten his mouth, and then wet another handkerchief to wipe the corners of Okita's blood-stained mouth.

"I still remember that not long after we met, you coughed up blood and passed out in front of me. Until now, when I think of that incident, I still have a feeling of trepidation." Okita began to recall the original incident, and looked at it with a smile Qiao Shan shook his head.

Qiao Shan wet another towel and changed it: "Since I still have the feeling at that time, I know that I experience your feeling every day, so it's better to get better, so I don't have to be afraid that you won't wake up every time you fall asleep. "

Saying such words, Qiao Shan's heart throbbed with pain, because he knew that Okita would not get better.

"I heard." Okita said suddenly.

Qiao Shan casually threw the bloody handkerchief into the spittoon: "What?"

"Your subordinate said that every time you cough up blood, you carry me behind your back." Okita coughed twice, and asked Qiao Shan, "Why are you carrying me behind your back?"

Qiao Shan sighed: "I just don't want to worry you."

Chong Tian reached out and grabbed Qiao Shan's hand, and rubbed it against his cheek: "I didn't hide from you, so you don't have to hide it from me in the future, okay?"

Hearing Qiao Shan say yes, Okita felt relieved, and closed his eyes again in a daze: "Look, we are both dying soon, and we can walk together by the bridge of Naihe in the future."

Qiao Shan suddenly got a sore nose from the sentence Naiheqiao walked together, he opened and closed his mouth several times, but didn't utter the last word, Qiao Shan held Okita's hand back: "Okay, I'll accompany you .”

Because Okita's tuberculosis is an infectious disease, their guest room was arranged in a remote place, and Qiao Shan didn't mind much. Although many things were inconvenient, it was considered kind of people to take them in in this troubled world.

Okita fell into a deep sleep for more and more time. Qiao Shan understood that history cannot be modified. After a while, after Mr. Kondo's death, Okita would also leave his side.

Qiao Shan couldn't sleep all night and night, and the bruises under his eyes were obvious. Qiao Shan's condition was worrying, and he wanted Kondo, who is Okita's belief, to live longer.

No matter how much you look forward to it, what should come will still come.

Not long after Lixia, the news of Isamu Kondo's death finally came.