I formed the strongest swordsman group

It is right to entrust Ziyang with the important task of "promoting Silver Mirror".

In terms of fame, the dignified "No. 1 Beauty in Kyoto" and "The No. 1 Geisha in Gion" do have a certain degree of popularity.

Based on Ziyang's influence, if he could bring her into the group and convince her to help promote Silver Mirror, the effect would be more than simply getting twice the result with half the effort.

Due to time constraints and the fact that it was not a particularly important matter, Aoto went to Gion alone without bringing any entourage or informing anyone of his destination.

However, as soon as he got on the road, he couldn't help but regret it - at least let Sanako, Kinoshita Mai and Souji know about it.

That's all for the others. If Sanako and others knew that he went to Gion without telling them... that would be a serious problem!

Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but shudder several times.

Out of caution, he raised his eyes and looked around carefully.

The talents "Fire Eyes +5" and "Perceiver of Wind +1" are activated!

Eyes wide, ears pointed.

After confirming that no one was following him, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Aoto is no stranger to Gion.

As early as when Komaki and his wife took him and Sanako on a tour of Kyoto, he had visited Gion once.

However, that visit was in broad daylight.

And the gold-selling cave in Gion, which is so glamorous and glamorous, will only reveal its "true identity" after nightfall!

At this moment, just when the moon is rising.

The clear moonlight pours down from the sky, illuminating the winding Kamogawa River and Gion located on the east bank of the Kamogawa River.

Under the illumination of the moonlight, the dots of lights suddenly dimmed, making the surrounding scenery more clear.

The black tile roofs on the houses, the willow trees on the river bank that have not yet sprouted new buds, the gurgling stream, the decks and roofs of the sailboats sailing along the river... everything you look at is smeared with a layer of silver. of thin frost.

The sounds produced by the shamisen, pipa, and drums are blown in all directions by the night wind, making them sound sweet and melodious.

Entering Gion, the colorful world of feasting and feasting immediately unfolds before your eyes.

Every street and every house in Gion is hung with bright red lanterns.

The blurred and alluring red light accentuates the atmosphere of bells ringing, cauldrons eating, wine pools and meat forests.

On the river, sailboats come and go, bringing in new tourists from time to time. Whenever the oars swing by, the broken moon shadow meanders like a snake on the crystal water.

On the streets, you can see geishas posing with their waists and plump buttocks everywhere, and you can see young and old men casting lewd glances at the geishas everywhere.

Happy laughter, chatter and melodious music melted into the night breeze.

The huge Gion is like another Qinhuai River bank.

In the past, after seeing this scene, Qing Deng could only sigh, "It's so prosperous."

But now...

Qingden turned his eyes expressionlessly.

The red light of the lantern illuminated his pupils.

Gradually, his brows slowly furrowed.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered a certain famous poem: The green mountains outside the mountains are outside the buildings. When will the singing and dancing in the West Lake stop? The warm wind makes the tourists drunk, and they call Hangzhou Bianzhou.

This poem is the perfect way to describe what I am seeing now.

——There are still so many poor people suffering nowadays, but these guys are enjoying themselves without having anything to do with themselves...

Qingdeng couldn't remember exactly when it started... In short, as early as a long time ago, he became more and more disgusted with the kind of place where people were obsessed with life and death.

This is not because he is mentally mysophobic.

Qingdeng does not think that his "symptoms" are mental mysophobia.

He just... has seen too many human tragedies and tragedies with his own eyes.

Having experienced a complex life of catching small thieves and solving major cases, working in a judicial office, and going in and out of Edo Castle, he has already seen everything in the world.

The poor people who have no money to pay for medical treatment are lying like mud around the Edo health center, the poor people who are driven to a dead end by the genfusui, who are manipulated by the Justice Party, the evil people who are insatiable...

Whenever he witnesses the extravagance and elegance of Gion, Yoshiwara and other places, and then thinks of the tragic scenes he has witnessed with his own eyes, he feels a sense of loss that he cannot describe...

Qingden took a deep breath, gathered his mood, put aside the complicated thoughts in his mind, stepped forward, and hurried to the "Geisha Office" to which Ziyang belonged - Baihuaya.

There are 2 types of buildings in Gion.

One refers to things, which are institutions dedicated to cultivating and managing geishas, ​​similar to "geisha offices".

There are very few geisha who work alone.

Generally speaking, no matter how famous a geisha is, they must be affiliated with a certain "geisha agency".

Only in this way can we have the opportunity to serve high-level guests and achieve better development.

As for the second one, it is the "tea house".

The "tea house" provides a place to eat, drink and play.

If guests want to order geisha to entertain them, they often need a tea house to act as a middleman. The general process is as follows -

First find a teahouse, book a room, order food, and then tell the people at the teahouse which geishas you want to find to entertain. Then the teahouse will notify the "Geisha Office" to which the geisha belongs and ask them to send someone over immediately. .

In this way, "Geisha Training Institute", "Geisha Training Institute" and "Tea House" can be regarded as complementary and mutually reinforcing relationships.

Those high-level "geisha offices" often only cooperate with those high-level teahouses.

In other words, if you want to enjoy the service of those high-level geishas, ​​you can only go to those top teahouses where "even a cup of green tea has to be calculated at the price of silver."

This not only increased the income of teahouses and offices, but also invisibly raised the value of geishas.

According to the usual practice, Aoshinobu's approach of going directly to the "Geisha Agency" to find someone was definitely against Gion's rules.

But he doesn't care about that much.

After hurriedly arriving at Baihua House and opening the door of the shop, a man dressed as a mamasang immediately greeted him with a smile:

"Oh, sir, who are you looking for?"

Qingdeng didn't waste any time and said immediately:

"I'm looking for Miss Ziyang."

Someone who can be a mama-san in a place like Gion certainly has extraordinary eyesight.

The other party saw at a glance that Qingdeng was no ordinary guest, so he did not dare to neglect him and said quickly:

"Ziyang has work tonight! She is currently receiving guests in Hirata's house!"

"Hirataya? Where is this store?"

"Turn right after going out, walk through two intersections, turn left at the third intersection and go straight for a while to see this store."

"Mama-san, thanks."

After expressing his simple thanks to Mamasang, Qingden immediately hurried out.

However, just when he stepped out of the shop door, Mama Sang suddenly stopped him.

I saw Mamasang's eyes moving downwards without leaving a trace, and glanced at the knife on Qingden's waist. To hide his identity, Qingden did not wear Ding Guishen, only Vairocana and Vairochana hung on his waist. Wakizashi.

Although there was a hint of fear on the old face, she still bravely said:

"Guest, guest, what do you want to do with Ziyang? Ziyang is working now. If you want to see her, please wait until her work is over..."

Before she finished speaking, Qingdeng smiled slightly and said:

"Mama-san, don't worry, I'm not an unreasonable person and I won't do anything random."

After that, he didn't stay long and disappeared like the wind in the middle of the crowded street.

…

…

Qingdeng followed the route indicated by Mama Sang and searched for it.

After a moment, the exquisite door plaque with the three characters "Hirata House" came into his eyes.

A tea house that can accommodate the giant Buddha, "the best geisha in Gion", is naturally not a small shop.

Excellent building materials, elegant decoration style, and the tempting aroma of food and wine can be smelled before entering.

Qingdeng pushed open the shop door, and noise and hot air spurted out.

As soon as the man at the front desk raised his head, Qingden rushed forward and asked:

"Is Miss Ziyang here?"

Qingdeng's quick words startled the other party, and he stammered in reply:

"Yes, yes."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he hurriedly added:

"Miss Ziyang is working!"

Sedai paused for a moment, then lowered his voice and cautiously continued:

"Miss Ziyang's guest tonight...is from Satsuma!"

Qingden raised his eyebrows.

"Satsuma?"

The hand nods like pounding garlic:

"Yes! Although I don't know the identity of that group of Satsuma people, judging from their clothes, they should be well-known figures in Satsuma Domain. So if you have anything to do with Miss Ziyang, you should wait for her work. Let’s talk about it after it’s over, otherwise it will be very difficult for us..."

Although Tedai spoke very tactfully, his meaning was conveyed quite clearly: If you don't want to suffer, don't bother others!

The reason why he gave such a reminder was because the Satsuma people were notoriously difficult to mess with.

Satsuma is located on the remote edge of Kyushu Island, with a harsh living environment.

As for the strong temperament of the Satsuma people who grew up in this land of "full of vitality and competition for all things"... it is really difficult to describe it using ordinary words.

Let’s put it this way: Satsuma has the so-called “Yarokai”.

The young man held a banquet, and in the center of the banquet was a rope hanging from the ceiling, with a matchlock gun tied horizontally to it, with the muzzle pointed at everyone's chests.

When his ears were warm from the wine, he lit the matchlock of his rifle and set it spinning.

When the match rope burns out and spreads to the fire vessel, the rifle will shoot bullets with a "bang".

There is no way to predict who will be hit.

But everyone still drank without changing their expressions. Those who panic will be disliked by everyone. It can be called the Satsuma version of "Russian Roulette".

"Ye Lang Hui" is such a courageous meeting.

Playing games with human lives... The Satsuma people are all in a gang, it shows.

After listening to Teyo's careful reminder, Qingden twitched the corners of his mouth and showed a plain smile.

"Don't worry, I'm not a barbarian who doesn't understand rules and propriety. I never intended to disturb Miss Ziyang's work from the beginning. Since Miss Ziyang is busy, I'll just wait."

After that, he took half a step sideways and stood near the front desk, folded his arms, leaned against the wall, and waited quietly without saying a word.

Seeing Qingden being so cooperative, Teyo couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, and then went about his own business.

Qingto looked at the void in front of him, and his mind couldn't help but drift into the distance... To be precise, it was towards Edo in the east...

——Satsuma...

Speaking of Satsuma, Qingto could not help but recall the only Satsuma person he knew.

The plump figure of the pretty widow emerged in his mind little by little, becoming increasingly clear.

——I don’t know how His Highness Tianzhangyuan is doing now...

Taking a closer look, he and Tianzhangyuan have not seen each other for more than a month - this is the first time that they have been separated for such a long time since they met Tianzhangyuan.

Strangely enough, the separation was not that long after just over a month, but Qingdeng now inexplicably misses each other.

Before officially marrying to Edo, Tianzhangyin had followed a famous teacher and received extremely strict "etiquette training". He systematically learned the conversation of the upper class and the code of conduct of the great people, corrected the old-fashioned local accent, and changed the accent to a standard one. Edo accent.

Although Tianzhangyin no longer speaks with any Satsuma accent, when she is emotional, one or two Satsuma dialects will still pop out of her mouth from time to time.

For example, "Jigoro" (hillbilly), and another example is "Tachi comes to the front" (don't be slow) - especially "Tachi comes to the front".

At Tianzhangyuan's warm invitation, Qingdeng would always play chess and double-six with her from time to time.

Whenever his moves became hesitant, she would always shout triumphantly, "The sword is coming."

Ever since, under her influence, Qingdeng learned a lot of Satsuma dialect.

Satsuma dialect is to Japanese what Wenzhou dialect is to Chinese.

The two are completely different language systems, and there is no similarity at all between the two!

To a Japanese who has never learned Satsuma dialect, there is no difference between Satsuma dialect and English, French, Russian and other foreign languages ​​- they are all incomprehensible anyway.

In addition to always speaking out in Satsuma dialect without warning, Tianzhangyuan also loves to introduce the customs and customs of her hometown to Qingdeng.

Every time she talks about "Satsuma's past", there will be a hint of loneliness in her cheeks.

"Your Highness, do you miss Satsuma?" - Qingden once asked this one day.

Upon hearing this question, Tianzhangyuan was stunned for a moment, and then said softly with helplessness on his face:

"Satsuma is where I was born and grew up. Of course I miss my hometown, but...it's useless to think about it. From the moment I sat on the marriage sedan, I never had the chance to return to my hometown. …”

Perhaps it was because the lonely expression Tianzhangyuan showed after saying these words really left a deep impression on Qingdeng.

So to this day, whenever he hears others talking about Satsuma, he can't help but recall Tianzhangyuan and her ecstatic look that day...

at this time--

Bang bang bang!

Qingdeng suddenly heard strange sounds of "dong dong dong" and "bang bang bang" coming from the ceiling above his head.

"..."

Qingden's brows instantly frowned.

As a swordsman who has been involved in battles all year round, he is naturally not unfamiliar with this sound - it is the sound made after fists, legs and feet fall heavily on the soft flesh of human beings.

Qingden raised his head and looked at the ceiling above his head.

At the same time, a new strange sound came - "Ahhhh!" - this time, it was a woman's scream.

"..."

After his brows, Qingdeng's facial lines became colder and his expression was solemn.

Others may not have heard it clearly, but Qingden, with the blessing of his talent "Wind Perception +1", has already confirmed that this is the woman's cry.

Moreover, he also recognized the owner of this female voice.

"Miss Ziyang..."

Qingdeng strode towards the stairs leading upstairs not far away.

At the same time, his right hand touched Vairocana at his waist, holding the knife in his hand!

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