Righteousness!【6600】

Why is everyone so malicious? I found that many book friends thought that I deliberately made excuses to be lazy yesterday... (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)

The author is also a normal human being who eats whole grains... His body is not made of iron. The author himself is also the kind of person who is not particularly healthy and strong. Occasionally, his physical condition is not good, which is normal.

So please don’t always speculate so maliciously on the author... Some of your words like "Hahaha, the author is making up excuses for being lazy again" are really sad to see.

Yesterday, I saw so many book friends saying that I deliberately made excuses to be lazy. To be honest, I felt a little sad QAQ (True Leopard Head Cries.jpg)

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After saying a simple hello to Qingteng, Zhouzhu stepped into the dojo with unhurried steps.

As he walked, he continued to talk:

"Today's dinner, I'm really full."

"Madam, it's true... you actually cooked so much greasy food tonight."

"It didn't matter that it was greasy, but it turned out to be so delicious that I couldn't help but eat an extra bowl of rice."

"Even though it's already 4pm (8pm), I still feel bloated."

"So, I just wanted to find something to do to relax."

"It just so happens that I haven't exercised my old bones for a long time."

"This person, if he doesn't exercise his muscles regularly, his body will age very quickly."

"That's why I decided to come to the dojo. While watching you practice, I also waved my sword, stretched my muscles, and ate some food."

"Ji Jun, your vibrating action just now was really good, you can't fault it at all."

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Looking at Zhouzhu who was chattering endlessly and chattering endlessly, Qingden couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth in a subtle arc, and a hint of helplessness appeared in the depths of his eyes.

Even though he has been temporarily living in the Trial Guard Hall for nearly three months now, Qingdeng is still not completely accustomed to Zhou Zhu's verbose character.

Although it's a bit rude to say this... Ever since Qingdeng joined the Trial Guard Hall, he often couldn't help but treat Shusuke as the comedian of their Trial Guard Hall...

Shusuke is the current head of their Imperial Guard Hall, the third generation head of the Natural Rishin-ryu clan, but he does not have the aura of a big shot or a superior person at all.

He always has a gentle smile on his face.

Zhou Zhu's always smiling look, coupled with his squinting eyes, makes his face look particularly friendly.

So far, Qingdeng has never seen Zhousuke lose his temper with anyone, and he always has a pleasant tone no matter who he talks to.

The main reason why Qingdeng always regards Zhou Zhu as a comedian is his "family brother position" full of comedy.

Zhou Zhu profoundly showed Qingdeng what it means to be "pecked at his wife" and what it means to be "strictly controlled by his wife".

Zhou Zhu basically listens to A Bi in everything. If he accidentally arouses A Bi's anger, Zhou Zhu will always kneel down at the speed of light and admit his defeat immediately and apologize. There is no trace of him being the master of the sword hall or the head of the school.

style.

Whenever he saw Zhouzhu showing aggrieved expression after being scolded by Abi, Qingdeng felt like laughing inexplicably.

However, although he often regarded Zhoushu as a comedian in his heart, in general, Qingdeng still liked this old man with a gentle and kind personality - it would be better if he could get rid of his long-winded speech.

After chattering a lot about things that are and are not, this kind old man finally said something meaningful to Qingdeng:

"Tachibana-kun, don't you take a break today?"

Zhou Assistant glanced at Qingdeng's clothes that were already wet with sweat with his squinting eyes that were so thin that one couldn't tell whether he had opened them.

"Tomorrow is the swordsmanship competition held by Lord Aizu."

"If you accidentally injure your body while practicing, it will be a big problem."

"Yong, he has done stupid things like this before."

"The day before a certain swordsmanship competition, I practiced too hard and accidentally sprained my arm. As a result, I had to regretfully withdraw from the competition."

Qingdeng raised his hand to wipe the beads of sweat that were dripping down his chin to the ground, and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry. I know what I'm doing and I won't practice too much."

"And..." Qingden paused, "I am now preparing for tomorrow's game."

"Moving my body a little will help calm down the excitement I'm feeling right now."

"Hoho?" Zhousuke raised his eyebrows, then grinned as if he heard something interesting, and opened his narrowed eyes slightly, "Tachibana-kun, are you very excited now?"

"To be honest -" Aonto smiled and admitted openly, "After I learned that Lord Aizu was going to hold a swordsmanship competition in Asakusa, I have been looking forward to this competition."

"It's such a rare opportunity to compete with masters from various sword halls in Edo."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qingdeng added silently in his heart:

——I don’t know how many talents I can get in this competition.

The opportunity to copy talents from masters from other sword halls - this is the main reason why Qingden is looking forward to tomorrow's competition.

The swordsmanship competition held by one of the few lords of the feudal lord, Daimyo: Aizuhou... Faced with such a level of competition, in order not to lose the reputation and prestige of the sword hall, most sword halls will definitely send their most talented swordsmen.

Okay, let the strongest newbies go to the competition.

In other words: in tomorrow’s two-day swordsmanship competition, you will definitely see fierce battles between outstanding newcomers from various sword halls in Edo!

Such a grand event where masters gather together... the chances of copying talents must be very high!

Qingden felt excited just thinking about it.

Zhou Zhu didn't know these little things in Qingdeng's heart.

He simply thought that Qingden was so excited because he could compete with the masters.

"Hahaha." Zhou Zhu laughed a few times, "That's right! Those who practice martial arts must have the courage and willingness to compete with masters from all walks of life!"

"Tachibana-kun, I was a little worried that you might be nervous because it is your first time to participate in this form of swordsmanship competition."

"Now it seems that I was worrying too much."

"I used to love competing with those powerful masters."

"Every time I play a hearty game with those masters, I will gain a lot of insights."

"When I was at my craziest, I challenged nine famous swordsmen in a row in just half a month."

"Although I only won 4 of these 9 challenges, no matter whether I win or lose, these battles have become my precious 'food'."

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Alas, here it comes again... Qingdeng couldn't help but sigh helplessly in his heart again.

Qingdeng now understands more and more why his master's wife, Abi, often yells at Zhou Zhu: Can you stop being so annoying?

Fortunately, Zhouzhu didn't dwell on it for too long this time.

After only thinking about it for half a minute, Zhouzhu put his hands behind his back and walked slowly towards the wooden barrel containing the bamboo sword not far away.

"Okay, no more chatting, it's almost time for me to start digesting food and moving around."

"Tachibana-kun, please continue practicing."

"I happen to be here tonight. If you encounter any problems in swordsmanship training, you can come to me for advice at any time, hahahaha."

After walking slowly to the wooden barrel where the bamboo sword was placed, Zhousuke randomly picked out a bamboo sword from it, then walked to the corner of the dojo not far from Qingdeng, spread his legs, and held the sword in a mid-section stance.

Start doing the most basic swordsmanship training movement: cut back.

The so-called "cut back" means to attack from the front first, then from the left and right sides, and so on.

Although Zhousuke's movements of swinging the sword were very standard, his speed was extremely slow - it seemed that he just wanted to swing the sword casually to eliminate food.

Let's continue practicing... Qingden smiled bitterly as he reached out and took out his ears, which were slightly numb due to the nonsense that Zhousuke just said, and then put the bamboo sword in his hand in front of him again.

Take a deep breath and continue practicing the most basic and most important swordsmanship movement: Su Zhen.

Since joining the Imperial Guard School and formally practicing Natural Rise-ryu, Suzhen has become one of the swordsmanship exercises that Qingteng must do every day.

After several months of unremitting practice, Qingdeng can now easily swing hundreds of standard Su Zhen. The sound of the sword hitting the wind is also incomparable to the moment when he first came into contact with swordsmanship.

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Qingdeng was meticulous, repeating the motions of raising the knife, slashing, raising the knife, and slashing like a robot.

The body that had just cooled down began to sweat again.

Suddenly - just when Qingdeng once again slashed forward with his high-raised bamboo knife, Qingdeng's movements suddenly stopped.

"Well..." Qingdeng let out a dull groan, then lowered his head and stared at the bamboo knife in his hand with complicated eyes, a thoughtful look on his face.

At this time, Zhou Zhu's old voice suddenly reached Qingdeng's ears again.

"Huh? Mr. Tachibana, what's wrong? Why are you looking at the sword in your hand solemnly?"

Zhousuke stopped practicing cutting back, stood up straight, and cast a curious look at Qingden.

"Is the bamboo sword broken?"

Qingdeng shook his head gently: "No, my bamboo sword is not broken."
To be continued...