I formed the strongest swordsman group

Chapter 388: Escape from Yoshihara and go to the battlefield! 【6200】

Yoshihara, the gate——

Shinsaburo held Qingdeng's portrait in his hand, and carefully compared the face of the young man standing in front of him.

"Well... pass!"

"Damn, it's finally time to leave."

The young man walked away cursing and swearing.

After working in the Shirobei Club for many years, Shinsaburo has long practiced the ability to hear any abuse or trash talk, and he has the right to put his left ear in and his right ear out.

He ignored the youth and waved to the long queue ahead.

"Next!"

In order to speed up the efficiency of the review, under the instruction of the officials of the execution office, they opened 4 checkpoints at the gate of Yoshihara. Because of the serious shortage of manpower, the officials of the execution office are only in charge of three of them, and the last one is handed over to the Shirobei Club—that is, the place where Shinsaburo is currently working.

While waiting for the next examiner to step forward, Shinsaburo let out a long and heavy sigh.

——Sigh... why do I want to help the people in the execution office...

Thinking of this, Shinsaburo's face showed a look of resentment as if recalling some disgusting memory.

People in the Shirobei Club generally dislike the officials of the execution office.

There is no other reason - the officials of the execution office always look down on them.

To put it nicely, the Shirobei Club is "the place where Yoshiwara's practice takes place".

To put it a bit harshly...or simply put it in modern terms, the Shirobei clubhouse is nothing more than "the security team of the brothel".

In terms of grades and specifications, the Shiro Bingwei Club is one level lower than the Enforcement Office. Not only is everything under the control of the other party, but the supplies, equipment, and benefits are also inferior to the other party.

Inequality of status makes discrimination particularly serious between the two government agencies.

When the officials of the execution office got along with the people of the Shiro Bingwei Club, they always ordered them arrogantly.

Just like just now——

"Hey! From Shirobei Clubhouse! Come and help!"

It's fine if you don't use honorifics.

Didn't even say "please".

Didn't even look people in the eye!

After throwing away this sentence, regardless of the work they had to do, they just unreasonably recruited people to help them and help them hunt down Ju Qingdeng.

Shinsaburo and the others couldn't swallow this breath, but they were helpless—why made them Shirobei Club's status not high?

Even if there are thousands of grievances, you can only endure, endure, and endure again.

——At the end of the day, what does it matter to me whether I can find Juqingdeng, whether it is dead or alive?

Shinsaburo curled his lips in displeasure.

He has the kind of temperament that "he only wants to do his own job well, and he doesn't even bother to take care of other people's affairs".

"Looking for Ju Qingdeng" is neither the task of Shiro Bingwei Club, nor Thaksin Saburo's task.

Even if Ju Qingdeng could not be found, or if Ju Qingdeng escaped from Yoshiwara accidentally, neither he nor Shirobei clubhouse should bear any responsibility.

Rather, Shinsaburo is quite looking forward to the situation of "nothing" or "failure".

Because in this way, he can see the angry look of the annoying officials of the execution office.

That being the case, what reason do you have to work hard?

Therefore, under the influence of these ideas, the effectiveness of Shinsaburo's work... only one word-fishing!

Crazy fishing!

Fishing very efficiently!

At first glance, he was very serious in checking everyone who tried to leave Yoshiwara.

The eyes repeatedly scanned the faces of the persons under investigation and the portraits in their hands.

But in fact, his seemingly serious gaze was just a pretense!

Every person who came to be inspected, he just passed through with a few glances.

Will something be missed?

Will he accidentally let go of Ju Qingdeng?

None of his business!

Just as Shinsaburo yawned big, and was about to go fishing again and again, a petite figure that was very familiar to him... no, it was a petite figure that was very familiar to all the staff in the Shirobei Club, suddenly appeared in the in front of him.

"Huh? Guasheng mother-in-law?"

The person who came was Gua Shengxiu.

"Xin Saburo, have you been arrested as a coolie?"

With a slight smile on his face, Gua Shengxiu crossed the queue and walked straight to Shinsaburo with his hands behind his back.

Shinsaburo gave a wry smile and waved his hands.

"Oh, Granny Guasheng, don't mention it. After tonight, I'm going to burn a few sticks of incense at Kuanyong Temple for good luck."

When saying this, Shinsaburo carefully picked out the honorifics.

This is not a secret in Yoshihara—most of the officials in the Shirobei Club, for this "super senior" who has served in Yoshihara for more than 70 years and is so old that no one can match him. ", the attitude they hold is "both respect and disgust".

No one dared to question Gua Shengxiu's character.

His selfless character, his easy-going style of never putting on airs of the elders, and his enthusiasm for helping others are priceless.

More than half of the people in the Zenshirobei Club have been supported and helped by Gua Shengxiu.

However... On the other hand, Gua Shengxiu's love for Younv has made the officials of Shiro Bingwei Club feel tiresome.

Isn't the so-called wandering girl just a bunch of exquisite commodities?

They are no different from the vegetables in the vegetable market, the drinks in the izakaya, and the tea in the tea house.

Try to make sure they don't die, isn't it all right?

Their food and clothing, their private life, and their relationship status are things that their bosses should worry about.

How much do you get a month? Why take care of mere "commodities" like an old lady?

The disparate attitude towards the wandering girls is the biggest contradiction between Gua Shengxiu and the servants of Shirobingwei Club.

No one can convince anyone.

Over time, the two sides drifted apart.

Gua Shengxiu likes to do it himself whenever he encounters a problem with a wandering girl, and he is unwilling to ask for help from the officials of Shiro Bingwei Club.

And the officials of Shiro Bingwei Club were also happy.

However, there is only one point of disagreement between the two parties that is difficult to reconcile.

In normal times, the officials of Shirobei Club still hold Gua Shengxiu with the utmost respect.

If someone dares to be unfavorable to Gua Shengxiu, the officials of Shirobei Club will be the first to say no!

"Hahaha, remember to call me when you go to Kuanyong Temple to offer incense. I just want to pay respects to the Buddha recently."

"Hahaha! Good! No problem!"

Speaking of this, Shinsaburo noticed that Gua Shengxiu was about to go out, and at the same time there was a rather unfamiliar young man standing behind him.

"Grandma Guasheng, do you want to go out?"

"Um."

Gua Shengxiu didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

"Who is this behind you?"

Shinsaburo raised his eyes and looked straight at the young man who was following Gua Shengxiu.

He is much taller than the average person, with two knives on his waist, a black scarf around his neck, and a blue feather fabric. He has thick and dense beards. He has wheat-colored skin that seems to have been associated with the sun for a long time. His eyes seem to have not slept well for a few days. The black circle I felt...a face I had never seen before.

"This is my friend, I'm taking him out."

Gua Shengxiu's answer was still brief.

"friend……?"

A suspicious look appeared in Shinsaburo's eyes.

He looked at the young man's face casually.

No matter how he looked at, stared at, or looked at, the young man remained expressionless and motionless from beginning to end.

Just like that, less than 10 seconds passed——

"...Okay, mother-in-law, you and your friends will go ahead."

Shinsaburo stood sideways for half a step, making room for an adult to walk through.

"Grateful."

Gua Shengxiu bowed to Shinsaburo to salute.

"Hanata-kun, let's go.

A faint look of surprise flashed across the young man's cheeks

Under the leadership of Gua Shengxiu, two figures, one tall and one short, one young and one old, walked away...

As soon as the two left, an official from the execution office strode towards Shinsaburo.

"Hey! What happened to those two people just now? You don't seem to have checked those two people!"

He opened his mouth to say "Hello"... Shinsaburo twitched the corners of his mouth sullenly, his movements imperceptible.

"The two people just now are people I know."

"People you know?"

The official frowned.

"Who are they? The servants of the Shirobei Club? Or the hands of the Younv's house?"

"What are you doing? What are you doing so much?"

Shinsaburo tilted his head and gave him a blank look.

"Anyway, it's someone I know, it can't be 'King Ni'."

"you……!"

Shinsaburo's attitude instantly annoyed the officials.

He was about to scold, but when the swear words were about to spout, he seemed to recall something important, and forcibly swallowed back the words that had already rushed to his lips.

No matter how arrogant the officials of the execution office were, they would not dare to have a direct conflict with the people from Shirobei Clubhouse in public.

If this matter is spread, the small ones will be scolded and punished, and the big ones will lose their jobs!

"Just wait and see!"

After glaring at Xin Saburo viciously, and leaving this cruel sentence ferociously, the official servant walked away from Xin Saburo's eyes without stopping for even half a second.

Shinsaburo didn't speak.

However, although he didn't open his mouth, he accurately conveyed the elegant message with the eyes and expression when he watched the official leave——

fuck you! If you have the kind, let the horse come over!

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"It should be fine to walk here."

Gua Shengxiu looked around, after confirming that there was no one around and no one was following them, he reached for the water bottle at his waist and threw it to Qingdeng.

"Here, Mr. Ju, take it and wash your face."

"You broke through the blockade so easily...?"

While taking off the fake beard on his face, Qingdeng murmured in a startled tone.

Gua Shengxiu smiled.

"How? My fake beard and 'black oil' are useful, right?"

The fake beard on Qingdeng's chin and his wheat-colored skin, without exception, are all created by Gua Shengxiu.

"Grandma Guasheng, I think it's not these disguises that come in handy, but your face."

After finishing speaking, Qingdeng looked at Gua Shengxiu with a half-smile.

The scenes just now flashed before his eyes like a flying horse watching flowers...

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"Hanata-kun, I'm here to help you. Ah, no, that's not right. You shouldn't call you 'Hanata-kun', you should be called 'Juji-kun'. Oh, why is it that every man I think is outstanding is not What about wanted criminals who don't show their false identities..."

When he heard Gua Shengxiu's words, "surprise" and "perplexity" instantly appeared on Qingdeng's face.

However, this is only for a moment.

Accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, Qingdeng, who had gone through the gate of hell many times, regained his calm in an instant.

He subconsciously wanted to play dumb.

Granny Guasheng, what are you talking about? He thought so.

But just when these words were about to be spoken...he saw Gua Shengxiu's eyes.

How to describe this pair of eyes in human language?

It's just... like a lake under the stars.

It is as clear as the night sky, yet calm on the surface of the lake, and at the same time reflects the vivid starlight.

Under the bottomless "lake", there is a certain kind of strong determination.

These are the eyes that only those who have sufficient confidence in their own words and deeds will have.

When he saw Gua Shengxiu's eyes, Qing Deng instantly understood - in front of a person with such eyes, there is no point in fooling around.

Thinking so, he immediately dismissed the idea, and turned to untie the hat on his head, while asking in a half-joking tone:

"Grandma Guasheng, when did you find out?"

Gua Shengxiu didn't rush to answer.

She looked at Qingdeng's true face under the bamboo hat with great interest.

When she saw Qingdeng's young face who was not even 19 years old, she let out a long sigh with mixed feelings:

"You really deserve your reputation..."

After a little emotion, she said slowly:

"When Chutaro informed me that 'Ju Qingdeng is in Yoshihara', I already concluded that you are the 'King Ni' Ju Qingdeng!"

Chu Taro—this should be the name of the fat man who informed Gua Shengxiu that "Ju Qing Deng is in Yoshihara".

"If you are 'King Ni', then it makes sense why you smell so special."

Speaking of this, Gua Shengxiu raised his finger to his nose.

"Have I said it before? My nose is very good. I can tell whether a person is reliable and trustworthy just by smelling the 'smell' of a person."

"I've lived so long, what kind of hero I haven't seen? What kind of 'smell' I haven't smelled?"

"But the smell on your body... is really rare."

"In my impression, it's been a long time since I... No, I was wrong. It should be that I have never smelled such a special and outstanding smell as you since I have the ability to 'know people by smell'."

"When I first met you, I kept thinking: who is so divine that can have such a smell?"

"In fact, before Chu Taro came to the door, I was already guessing whether you were the 'King Nio'."

"If you want to say whether there is a superhuman being who is nearly six feet tall and has outstanding swordsmanship in the current Edo, and at the same time, for some reason, he has to hide his face all the time... After thinking about it, there is only one 'King Ni'."

"Chu Taro's arrival and announcement are just the final word for my conjecture."

Qing Deng silently heard Gua Shengxiu's "reasoning" to the end.

"It turned out to be like this..."

It turned out that there was a flaw in the "smell"...Qingdeng, who never thought that he would expose his "real body" because of this reason, couldn't help showing a dumbfounding expression.

If time permits, Qingdeng would be more than happy to introduce himself to Gua Shengxiu as "Ju Qingdeng" and have a chat with him.

But time is running short.

The phrase "I'm here to help you" that Gua Shengxiu just said aroused Qingdeng's interest and attention.

Gua Shengxiu seemed to see through Qingdeng's thoughts.

I saw her smile slightly.

"Mr. Ju, it's really thanks to you that I was able to find Bai Ju smoothly tonight."

"I owe you a favor."

"So, it's my turn to help you this time! I'll help you escape from Yoshihara!"

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Qingdeng originally thought that Gua Shengxiu, who had been struggling in Yoshihara for decades, would be able to come up with some clever plan to help him escape from Yoshihara.

For example, she knew that there was an unknown secret passage leading to the outside world in Yoshihara.

Unexpectedly, the assistance plan she provided was extremely simple - she took out a fake beard and a box of "black oil" that can be applied on the skin to turn the entire skin into a wheat color.

"Mr. Ju, you put on this fake beard, then use this jar of 'black oil' to darken your skin, do a simple make-up, and then follow me. You don't need to say anything, just leave everything to me."

There is no need to repeat what happened after that.

Gua Shengxiu led Qingdeng, who had done simple makeup, straight to the gate of Yoshihara, and after a few words with Shinsaburo who was guarding the gate, he came out of Yoshihara without incident and without any accident... …

The simplicity and calmness of the process made Qingdeng dumbfounded...

At this time, the two happened to walk to the famous landmark of Yoshihara: the side of Jianfanliu.

With a mentality completely different from that of ordinary prostitutes, Qingdeng turned his head to look back at the brightly lit Yoshihara with a complicated expression.

--That's it?

——Leaving Yoshihara so easily?

——What was the reason for thinking so seriously about the escape strategy just now?

Gua Shengxiu watched Qingdeng's expression with great interest.

After watching it to her heart's content, she slowly said:

"My face only played a secondary role. The main role was the discord between the execution office and the Shirobei Club."

"When I found out that the officials of the execution office forced people from the Shiro Bingwei Club to help them guard the gate, I knew there was an opportunity."

"The officials of the execution office have always discriminated against the Shirobei Club."

"Therefore, every time officials from the execution office came to Shirobingwei Club to arrest coolies, the people who were caught were perfunctory, and even deliberately sabotaged."

"Xin Saburo... Ah, that is the gatekeeper we saw just now, and he is the 'leader' among them. I have never seen him pay attention to helping the enforcement office."

"The moment I saw Shinsaburo's face, I firmly believed on the spot: It is safe to help you leave Yoshiwara."

As Gua Shengxiu's words fell, Qing Deng was speechless secretly.

"Did you take advantage of the discord between the administrative office and the Shirobei clubhouse..."

As far as the process is concerned, Gua Shengxiu's strategy still involves certain risks.

If the officials of the enforcement office had noticed the movements of Qingdeng and the others in advance when passing the customs, then Qingdeng and Gua Shengxiu would definitely not be able to walk on Fifty Paths so leisurely now.

[Fifty Jiandao: The Road to Yoshiwara on the Japanese Embankment]

But in any case, judging from the results, Qingdeng has successfully returned to a world without "walls" and "moats" - and this is enough.

After a while, the two got off the Japanese embankment.

The evening breeze gently lifted Gua Shengxiu's sideburns and ponytail.

She pressed the flying silver thread with her fingers, smiling so softly.

"Mr. Ju, I'll take you here."

This is the second time that Gua Shengxiu said goodbye to Qingdeng tonight.

Qingdeng lowered his head in Xunsheng, and met Gua Shengxiu's eyes straightly.

At first glance, it looked like a very ordinary smiling face, but for some reason, Qing Dengyu unconsciously relaxed the lines of his face.

Looking at this contagious smile, the faint reluctance that was finally suppressed surged into Qingdeng's heart again.

It's really strange to say that it's only been less than two hours since I met Gua Shengxiu, but Qing Deng is already full of affection for this kind old lady.

"Grandma Guasheng, I really took care of you tonight."

Qing Deng sincerely bowed to thank the old man in front of him.

"Where is it, compared to what you have done for me, what I have done is not worth mentioning at all."

"Aren't you in a hurry to go to the 'battlefield'? Then go quickly."

After finishing speaking, Gua Shengxiu stood on tiptoe and hugged Qingdeng again.

"Mr. Orange, I wish you a successful start."

"Be sure to return safely."

"Don't forget what you promised me."

Gua Shengxiu put on a half-joking tone.

"When you have free time, remember to visit me, an old woman."

Different from the last time, Gua Shengxiu's hug this time was very warm... so warm that Qingdeng felt his chest heat up.

"Well, mother-in-law, I'm leaving!"

Qingdeng embraced Gua Shengxiu with his backhand.

The eyes reflected the brilliance of fire.

His eyes are like lightning, and his eyes are like arrows.

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Speaking of Yoshihara——

The instigator of the situation that "Qingdeng almost couldn't leave Yoshihara" due to a combination of yin and yang, Bai Ling of Qianwu, is currently hiding in an inconspicuous alley in Yoshiwara, watching with fiery eyes a slender road outside. , Tall and straight figure.

"Oh... Shimano-kun..."

She whispered forgetfully.

"I finally saw you again..."

The person outside the alley is exactly Shimano, who Bai Ling thinks about day and night, stealing things on purpose and calling the police falsely in order to see him again.

Perhaps it was Bai Ling's persistence and sincerity that moved the heavens.

Or it's simply because Bailing's luck is good.

All in all, her plan of "falsely reporting that Tachibana is in Yoshiwara and forcing Shimano, who is an official of the execution office, to visit Yoshihara again" has succeeded!

After learning that Shimano had come to Yoshiwara, Bai Ling immediately sneaked out of Akane House regardless.

In a short while, she found Shimano who set up a checkpoint with other colleagues to check passers-by at a certain intersection in Yoshihara.

Suffering from lovesickness, Bai Ling has already made up his mind: bet his love for Shimano and his future on tonight!

"Shimano-kun, go down and rest for a while."

"okay."

At this time, there was a conversation outside the alley that made Bai Ling tremble several times.

--coming!

Bai Ling felt the beating speed of his heart suddenly increased, as if his whole heart was about to jump out of his throat.

"Hahaha……"

She clutched her chest and took several deep breaths.

After feeling a little calmer, she held her head high, walked as if she was going to the execution ground, or to the marriage hall, and walked out of the back alley that was empty except for the darkness and smell...

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"That! That!"

Shimano, who was standing at an empty street corner drinking water and resting, was startled by a high-pitched female voice suddenly sounding from behind, and his shoulders shook twice.

He turned around quickly - standing behind him was a beautiful girl dressed as a playboy.

"Ah, uh... hug, sorry... my voice is too loud..."

Because he was too nervous, he couldn't control his volume, and accidentally broke his voice——Bai Ling, who was embarrassed by the bad start, turned red instantly

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