Qingden weighed the Dingguishen in his hand - this Dingguishen has a very large arc and is longer than an ordinary katana, so its shape is more like a tachi.

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

Qingdeng was naturally very happy to be able to obtain a sword whose quality was significantly higher than the one he was currently using. Qingdeng was looking down at the sword in his palm, with a faint smile on his face.

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A sword of excellent quality has always been priceless.

Having a sharper and tougher sword close to you will directly improve your strength in a straight line.

Qingden had not had time to savor the joy of getting a new sword when suddenly——

"Tachibana-kun!"

"Sir?" Qingden paused and looked at Bo Jing, who was walking quickly towards him from behind.

"...Tachibana-kun." Bo Jing quickly walked up to Qingto with a complicated expression and lowered his voice, "Come with me now."

"What's wrong?" Qingdeng was stunned, "What happened?"

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

Qingto didn't know why, but Bo Jing had a serious face, so he didn't dare to neglect it.

He nodded, spoke to Arima and the others around him, followed Susui, and quickly shuttled through the Beibansuo, heading to an unknown location.

After ascending to the second floor of Beibansuo with Susui, Aomori couldn't restrain his curiosity and once again asked Susui, who was walking in front of him:

"Master Boi, where on earth are we going?"

Bo Jing pursed his lips.

Then he said quietly:

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

"……What?"

…

…

Hakui led Qingto to a remote room on the second floor of Beibansuo.

Bo Jing opened the slightly old sliding paper door himself, and in the room, a familiar face that had just been separated for a while came into Qingdeng's eyes.

Naoki Ii sat cross-legged in the center of the room, with his four followers standing neatly on his left and right sides.

"Sir Big Boss." Bo Jing bowed and said, "I brought Ju Qingden."

"Yeah." Ii Naobi nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. Please step aside for now."

Bo Jing: "Yes."

Wow... After Hakui bowed to Naomi Ii again, he respectfully exited the room and closed the door.

"Tachibana-kun." Ii Naobi said in a humorous tone, smiling at Qingto who was left in the room, "We meet again."

He raised his hand to gesture in front of him.

"Come on, Mr. Ju, feel free to sit down."

Why did Mr. Jingyi, who had just been separated for a short time, suddenly summon me to come and meet with me alone?

With this question in mind, Qingteng knelt down to the position pointed by Ii Naobi, and then placed the Jingguishen in his hand on his right side.

At this time, Ii Naoki was sitting cross-legged casually with a faint smile on his face, looking quite relaxed.

"Hahahaha." Looking at Aoto who was sitting upright, Ii Naobi joked, "Tachibana-kun, don't be so rigid, you can relax a little."

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

"Chat?" Qingdeng couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

"Well... there are no outsiders here anyway, so I will tell you the truth." The smile on Ii Naobi's face gradually became more meaningful, "The reason why I decided to personally participate and host today

This assessment meeting is actually just to see with my own eyes what you look like."

"I told you at the assessment meeting just now, right? I've wanted to see you for a long time."

"But throughout February, I was really busy and couldn't spare any time."

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

"Since I happen to be free today, I will take advantage of the opportunity to attend 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, speaking of this, let me tell you a little secret: As for what kind of reward I want to give you, I have actually decided on it more than half a month ago."

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

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

"Seeing you receiving such a good knife in such a glorious manner will surely inspire a lot of people's fighting spirit."

The feeling that the Ii Naoki in front of me brings to Qingto is slightly different from the feeling that the Ii Naobi whom I saw just now in the assessment meeting brings to Qingto.

At this time, Ii Naoki...became more "ordinary".

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

After Naoki Ii talked a little bit about some very short-term things, the topic changed——

"Ah, no, no, no. It seems that I accidentally talked about too many irrelevant trivial matters."

Naoki Ii tilted his body to the side and leaned on the elbowrest next to him.

"Haha... Once you feel too relaxed, you will easily fall into the old habit of nagging..."

"Let's get back to the topic."

Ii Naobi cleared his throat.

"Mr. Ju, can you tell me in detail... the whole process of how you encountered and defeated that group of 'anti-barbarian' thugs that night?"

Qingdeng couldn't help but raise his eyebrows at this moment.

Regarding what happened that night... Ayonobu had already written in detail what happened that night in the letter asking for help when he requested someone from the Edo Administrative Office to come to Kanagawa-juku to help them who were afraid to leave the dormitory again.

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After returning to Edo, Aoto immediately submitted a more detailed report.

Everything you can say and know is written in the report.

As a boss, there is no way Naomi Ii would not see these reports from him.

You can clearly tell something by just reading his report, so you need to call him over and ask him again?

Ii Naobi seemed to see Qingto's doubts at this time, and smiled:

"Although I have carefully read the document you submitted that details the entire process of how you defeated the enemy with a small number, I still want to hear with my own ears how you came up with such an attack on the enemy that night.

policy."

Although I still don't understand Ii Naoki's slightly weird behavior, now that this middle-aged man who is currently in power has spoken, Qingto doesn't dare to disobey.

Qingden told Ii Naobi the detailed and complete process of the "snowy night battle" that he had told countless people in an orderly and unhurried manner.

Because it had been taught so many times that Qingdeng had become proficient in it, so it only took less than 10 minutes for Qingdeng to finish explaining everything he could.

"Well..." As soon as Qingden finished speaking, Ii Naobi groaned in a low voice.

After pondering, he stopped talking.

After a long time like this, I finally heard him break the silence with his harmonious voice:

"As expected...no matter how many times I hear it, it still seems incredible..."

After saying that, Ii Naobi stretched his body.

"Mr. Ju, thank you for your special trip here. You can leave for now."

Qingdeng stared.

This makes me leave?!

Qingdeng just feels confused now.

Quite confused.

Suddenly called him over.

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

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

But doubts were doubts, and Qingdeng was not too confused to be stunned for too long.

Elder Jing Yi asked him to step back, so Qingden had no other choice but to comply.

Qingdeng bowed and saluted, said "yes", grabbed his Dingguishen, and exited the room in a slightly dazed state.

After watching Qingden leave, Ii Naobi smiled slightly.
To be continued...