The dust sparkled and danced in the room under the light.

The floor that had not been cleaned for a long time was covered with dirt, as if it were covered with a dark brown carpet.

There aren't any rooms. Bedrooms, kitchens, nothing.

What Qingdeng and others saw after entering the door was the entire space of this thatched house.

While pacing in a circle, Qingdeng looked around - he could see neither stoves, pots and pans and other cooking tools, nor axes, hoes and other production tools.

The only furniture that can be found is wooden cabinets, lampstands, and small horses...

In a word, this thatched house is not suitable for human survival.

Qingdeng walked to a wooden cabinet not far away, opened it, and found that there were only a few sundries inside: a pack of cigarette bags, a pipe, an ashtray, and three intact candles.

He opened the tobacco bag, and there was only a handful of hairy tobacco leaves left in the bag.

"Did you find anything over there?"

Qingdeng turned his head and asked Zuo Nazi and the general secretary who were searching for other directions.

Director General: "No."

Zuo Nazi: "Me neither."

Hearing the two women's replies, Qingdeng couldn't help but frown.

This thatched house was even more empty and deserted than he expected...

Everywhere you look is filled with useless junk.

Nothing of value could be found, and there was no way to verify whether this thatched house was Tachibana Takayuki's "secret stronghold".

At this moment, "Wogualian", who had been sitting cross-legged in the corner of the room obediently since just now, suddenly asked:

"...Who are you? Why are you searching this house?"

Qingdeng looked at "Wo Gua Lian", and then said in a mocking tone:

"We don't even know your name yet, but you asked about our identities first."

"..."

"Wogua Lian" pondered silently, thoughtfully.

Just when he opened his mouth, seemingly planning to say something, Souji's shout intervened between him and Qingto.

"Tachibana-kun, look at this! I found a knife in the cabinet over there!"

The Souji held a handful of plain-looking wakizashi and ran up to Aoden in two steps at a time.

Wakizashi... finally found something worthy of more attention.

Qingdeng and Zuo Nazi moved closer to Souji.

The three people's attention was now focused on the wakizashi in charge of the chief commander, so no one noticed that the "wogua-faced" person's eyes instantly widened when he heard the chief commander call Qingden "Tachibana-kun".

His eyes and eyes were tightened, and he was mumbling: "Orange...?"

Ayoto took the wakizashi from Souji, first looked at the sheath and handle, and then unsheathed the sword.

As Qingdeng expected, there were many brown rust spots on the blade.

Swords are delicate weapons that will rust if not maintained regularly.

The maintenance of a katana sword is not complicated. You only need to prepare three things: knife powder, knife oil and whetstone.

A whetstone is used to sharpen the edge of a knife.

Knife oil is used to prevent rust.

Knife powder is used to wipe off knife oil.

Rust prevention is the top priority in sword maintenance.

Therefore, among all the samurai who are from a decent family, the blade of the sword on their waist is slick with oil. When you touch it with your hand, you will see that the blade is oily.

Metal objects are prone to rust when exposed to water, so swords are most taboo against exposure to water.

In order to protect their sabers, many samurai would put sheaths and sheaths on their sabers when they go out to prevent moisture from penetrating into the blade and stem.

When maintaining a sword or tasting a sword, you should either close your mouth tightly or bite a piece of cloth or paper to prevent your own spittle from splattering on the sword.

I recall the heavy snowfall outside the Sakurada Gate in early March last year. Jing Yin Zhibi's guards systematically put snow-proof sheaths and sheaths on the sabers at their waists, so that when the assassins attacked, they could not pull them out immediately.

The swords fought against them, but they lost their chance and were defeated by the assassins. Many of the guards were so anxious that they pulled out their sabers with the swords sheathed and used them as clubs.

Qingden gripped the handle of the wakashi's sword tightly, raised his arms, and stood toward the sky.

Under the illumination of the light, the blade that was not covered with rust shone with a dazzling cold light.

It is not difficult to see that this knife is of good quality.

In particular, the blade blade is excellent in workmanship, and the blade surface shines with a clear cold light.

Aomori retracted his wakizashi to his chest, and then used a familiar technique to remove the tack.

The so-called eye nail is a circular fixture used to fix the handle and stem of the katana. It is inserted into the eye nail hole at the handle and fixed. It can be made of copper, iron, bamboo, wood and other materials.

The stem of a katana is the part that is usually inserted into the handle of the sword.

"Stem" refers to the part of the Japanese sword that is held, and is named after the Japanese word "placed in the handle". In addition to being called the stem, it can also be called "center", "hilt", and "loyalty".

The structure of the katana can be roughly divided into two parts: the stem and the blade part called the "upper body".

The knife stem is usually engraved with a series of information such as the name of the knife maker, the year, month and day of production.

When Ayoto took off the nail and separated the handle and stem, he was surprised to find that there was neither the name of the swordsman nor the year, month and day of production on the stem of this wakizashi, but only a short sentence was engraved on it.

Discourse——

"Destroy evil spirits...?"

The director-general chanted these words softly.

Suddenly, a sudden question rang out:

"Hey, is your last name 'Orange'? Is it the 'Orange' from Brother Orange?"

Qingdeng and others were all stunned for a moment, then turned their heads and looked at the owner of the question...that is, "Wo Gua Lian".

Brother Tachibana (684-757) was a historical figure in the Nara period. It is said that he was one of the editors of Japan's oldest collection of Japanese songs: "Man'yoshu".

In Japanese, "tangerine" is pronounced "taa".

There is also a surname pronounced "taa", as well as "tachibana".

"Wogua-faced" probably wanted to confirm whether Qingnobo's surname was "Tachibana" or "Tachibana" with this inquiry.

Qingdeng originally wanted to ignore the "wogualian", but after seeing the bright and passionate eyes of the other party, he hesitated.

"...that 'tangerine' from Brother Tachibana."

As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, the facial expression of "wogualian" suddenly became complicated.

However, this only happens in the blink of an eye.

In the next breath, the expression of "wo melon face" changed from "complex and unspeakable" to "all-out".

He straightened his back, sat up straight, looked solemn, and introduced himself word by word, which caused Qingdeng and others' expressions to change dramatically:

"My name is Onodera Sakura! I am Tachibana Takayuki's comrade-in-arms! What is your... relationship with Tachibana Takayuki?"

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Does any book friend remember the last time the name "Onodera" appeared? (Leopard laughs)
Chapter completed!