Sanako's glare towards Qingden... only lasted for a moment.

She seemed to be just curious and confused about this stranger who suddenly followed Kondo into the living room and had never seen him before.

After briefly glancing at Qingdeng with doubtful eyes, she seemed to have lost interest in Qingdeng. She withdrew her gaze from Qingdeng, lowered her gaze, and looked at her nose and heart.

"Jugetaro-kun, Miss Sana, I haven't seen you for a while." At this time, Kondo, with a smile on his face, enthusiastically greeted the couple.

"Hahahaha." Chiba Jutaro laughed heartily a few times, "Well, it's true that we haven't seen each other for some time."

Compared to Chiba Jutaro's casualness, Sana is much more disciplined.

She used textbook standard movements, lowered her upper body, and saluted Kondo and others: "Gui'an, Yong-kun, Okita-kun, and my brother have taken the liberty of visiting me. Please forgive me."

During the gap between the two parties greeting each other, Kondo led Aoto and Okita to behind Shusuke and knelt down on the ground upright.

After Kondo briefly exchanged greetings with Chiba Jutaro, Chiba Jutaro cast a curious look at Aoto who was sitting behind Kondo:

"Yongjun, who is this?"

"Oh, Jutaro-kun, let me introduce you." Kondo smiled and moved his body slightly to the side, "This person's name... you should have heard of it in the past few days, this is

The newcomer I mentioned to you before: Tachibana Aoden."

"This is our first meeting." As soon as Kondo finished speaking, Aoto immediately bowed to the brother and sister in front of him, "I'm Tachibana Aoto."

——Is this Chiba Jutaro...

While introducing himself to the brother and sister, Aomori quietly looked at Chiba Jutaro.

Because Sanako's appearance and figure were too eye-catching, Qingto had been subconsciously sizing up Sanako and ignored Sanako's older brother.

Should we say that their family's genes are very strong? As the elder brother, Chiba Jutaro also has a handsome face.

Edo women of this era liked men who were full of masculinity - and Chiba Jutaro happened to be this type of man.

Chiba Jutaro is tall and strong, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He looks very energetic and has the appearance of a "hot-blooded man".

In addition to the "beauty gene", their Chiba family seems to have a very good "height gene".

Both siblings are quite tall.

According to Aoto's visual inspection, Chiba Jutaro is about the same height as him, around 1.75 meters, while Sanako's height is around 1.6 meters.

Sanako's height... in this era when even the average height of men only fluctuates around the figure of "1.5 meters", that's really rare.

Take the current situation as an example - there are currently no more than 50 women in Edo who are over 1.6 meters tall... Aonto feels that there are not more than 50...

For Aotobu, the only shortcoming in Chiba Jutaro's appearance is that like Kondo, he has moon hair...

Although he has traveled to this era for some time, Qingto is still not used to seeing this extremely ugly Tsukiyo head.

In Qingto's eyes, this Tsukiyo-tou, which is too ugly to look at, has sealed the appearance of Kondo and Chiba Jutaro...

In terms of appearance alone, Chiba Jutaro and Sanako have quite a lot of similarities in appearance, especially their noses. Their tall noses are almost carved from the same mold.

But in terms of personality...the difference between these two brothers and sisters is a little big.

From the words and deeds of Chiba Jutaro, it is not difficult to see that he is a person with a very forthright personality.

Compared with Chiba Jutaro, Sanako seems much quieter.

How should I put it... Ever since Qingto met Sanako for the first time just now, he felt that Sanako's temperament matched her status quite well, and she was very "elderly".

Sanako is the daughter of Chiba Sadakichi and the niece of Chiba Shusaku.

Chiba Shusaku created the current "Japan's number one swordsmanship school": Hokushin Itto-ryu.

As the younger brother of Chiba Shusaku, Chiba Sadakichi helped his brother develop and perfect Beichen Itto-ryu.

So... one can imagine what position and identity Sanako has in the current "Japanese martial arts world".

She is undoubtedly the "eldest lady of a famous family in the martial arts world" and the "daughter of martial arts". In terms of noble status, there should be few women in the entire "Japanese martial arts world" who can compare with her.

Aintō guessed: This Sanako has most likely received a lot of extremely rigorous education since she was a child, with the goal of cultivating her into a qualified "Yamato Nadeshiko".

Every move she made had an extremely elegant aura.

Except for bowing down to salute Qingden and others just now, Sanako's waist has been very straight the rest of the time, with two catkins overlapped on her legs, and her graceful swan neck is elegant.

The curvature of the body was high, and the body was neither rigidly tense nor rudely slumped into a puddle.

Her graceful and graceful sitting posture is a beautiful sight that pleases the eyes and entertains the heart.

Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, this was the first time Qingdeng had seen such a woman behave in such a "young lady" manner.

Qingden felt that even if Sanako was asked to eat sticky natto, smelly snail powder or durian, she would be able to give these foods a "high-end feel".

However, the fly in the ointment is...this "eldest lady" doesn't seem to be the kind of person who is easy to get along with...

If the temperament exuded by Jutaro is "bold" and "enthusiastic", and can be associated with "flame", then the temperament exuded by Sanako is "cold" and "uncertain"

"Keep away" can make people think of "ice cubes".

Qingto has observed: Ever since he followed Kondo and Okita into the living room, Sanako's expression... has not changed at all until now - it has always been expressionless...

Her expressionless face made the air around her seem several degrees cooler.

——Are you as stern as Saito...

Sanako's aloof look made Qingto think of his bodyguard who might not speak more than 10 sentences at the end of the day...

After Aonto reported his name, Chiba Jutaro was startled at first, and then hurriedly moved his eyes up and down, looking at Aoto quickly.

"Oh? Are you that Tachibana Aoden?" Two looks of joy suddenly burst out from Chiba Jutaro's eyes.

After Qingteng's self-introduction ended, Sanako also turned his gaze back to Qingteng again, his eyes shining with surprise.

However - just like before, Sanako simply looked at Qingteng for a while, then withdrew his gaze, and did not take another look at Qingteng.

"Hahahaha." Chiba Jutaro patted his thigh with moderate force, "Tachibana-kun, I've wanted to see you for a long time!"

"When you first joined the Trial Guard Hall, Yongjun once told me that they had a good prospect with a promising future in the Trial Guard Hall."

"At that time, I wanted to come to the Trial Guard Hall to see what the young man who was so praised by Yongjun looked like, and whether he was really as good a young man as Yongjun said.

"

"But who would have thought that before I even had time to visit the trial defense hall, I would learn about your feat of 'defeating more with less, defeating powerful enemies on a snowy night'."

"When I first heard the relevant rumors, I thought I had heard it wrong."

"After confirming with others many times, I finally confirmed that the person who achieved such an incredible feat is indeed the newcomer at the Trial Guard Hall."

"In our Little Chiba Sword Hall, we often see apprentices gathering together these days, discussing the new 'monster rookie' from the Trial Guard Hall."

Having said this, Chiba Jutaro paused as if he suddenly remembered something.

Then... he narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Qingdeng carefully with an... intriguing look.

Because Chiba Jutaro's gaze was quite obscure, no one present noticed that he was looking at Aomori with a strange look.

I saw: He looked at Qingdeng carefully and muttered at a volume that only he could hear clearly:

"Well...he's very tall...about the same height as me..."

"You're also very young..."

"He looks... quite handsome..."

"The only shortcoming is that I don't have a neat Tsukiyo hair... I have a long hair that is difficult to take care of..."

After muttering in this soft voice, Chiba Jutaro subconsciously tilted his eyes slightly and glanced sideways at the sister beside him.

Chiba Jutaro's look at his sister went as quickly as it came.

After glancing at Sanako, Chiba Jutaro quickly looked away. Everyone present, including Sanako, did not notice Chiba Jutaro's little movement.

Chiba Jutaro, who had finished secretly observing Aotobu, turned his attention to Shusuke and Kondo.

"Sir Shusuke, Yong-kun." Chiba Jutaro sighed with envy on his face, "I really envy you. You really got an incredible young hero from the Imperial Guard this time."

"Hahaha." Shusuke said with a smile, "Are you 'envying us'... Jutaro-kun, what you said is a bit too exaggerated."

"I'm not exaggerating, I really envy you." Chiba Jutaro shook his head, and then sighed with helplessness, "The recent operating situation of our little Chiba Sword Hall... is a little bit not good.

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"My father and I have been troubled recently by the delay in recruiting high-quality, worthy newcomers."

"Ah, by the way... Lord Shusuke, Lord Yong, why is it that Lord Tachibana is still here at this point in time?"

Only then did Jutaro realize: Why is Aoto, a swordsman apprentice, at Kondo's house now that it's already night?

"Ah, that's it..." Kondo succinctly informed Jutaro of the entire process of how they "accepted" Aoto and others.

After knowing the detailed reason why Qingden appeared here at this time, Chiba Jutaro frowned slightly: "I see..."

Chiba Jutaro, who had a bit of regret and regret on his face, slapped his thigh again: "Those beasts of the 'anti-barbarian faction' are really getting more and more bad...!"

"He is even capable of such despicable things as setting fire to other people's homes."

"If the fire accidentally gets out of control, countless people will lose their lives and their homes...!"

"Don't they care at all about the lives of those innocent people..."
To be continued...