I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

Youqi led Mucun and Asai into the Four Seasons House.

As You Qi said, there are still at least 5% vacancies in the reception hall of Four Seasons House.

After arriving at the reception hall, Makimura and Asai quickly moved their eyes, looking for Kyutaro.

Because there are not many people now, the two quickly found Ji Taro.

He is now sitting opposite his attendant, and beside him and him, there is a young girl sitting right now. These two girls must be the girls from the Four Seasons House.

Fortunately for Makimura and Asai, a certain table quite close to Kyutaro is now vacant.

There is only one table between that table and the place where Jitaro is sitting, and it is not far or close, which is the most ideal "eavesdropping place".

After the two sat down in the most ideal position one after the other, a waiter immediately came to the two and asked them what food and drinks they wanted.

On the west wall of the reception hall, there is a very conspicuous large wooden sign, which says the drinks and food they are selling.

After randomly ordering two bottles of sake, as well as some squid, peanuts and other things that can be served with wine, Makimura and Asai began to look around with curiosity.

The two had never seen such a business method, so they were quite curious about everything in the guest hall.

"It's the same as what Brother Ogata said." Mucun whispered, "Everyone gathers in the same place to drink, you can ask a girl to drink with you, or you can bring a girl here by yourself"

The two noticed that more and more guests were pouring into the Four Seasons House, perhaps due to the gradual entry into the prime time when there were more guests.

Some came alone.

Some are in groups.

Some brought women over by themselves.

Some didn't bring women with them, and they probably came here specially to experience this novel service of Four Seasons House.

Because the Four Seasons House does not have a single room, everyone gathers in the same reception hall, which makes the whole reception hall noisy and lively at the same time.

"It's a clever design," Mucun murmured, "There is no private room, although it will lose those guests who like to be quiet, but it can greatly arouse the interest of those who like to be lively."

"But that's not the best design yet."

"The most powerful design is to link the pay of the girls to the drinks and food ordered by the guests."

"It's going to be a huge motivational boost for girls."

"Let the girls try their best to please their guests."

After Mucun briefly observed the situation in the store, he discovered the uniqueness of this store.

It is actually not uncommon to be able to ask girls to come and drink and chat with them.

Some larger tea houses actually have such services.

But the strength of this Four Seasons House lies in the two points that Makimura just mentioned: increasing the excitement of the store by not setting up a single room, and linking the girls' remuneration to the drinks and food ordered by the guests.

"Makimura." Asai said at the side, "Don't forget the business."

"I know."

The service of this Four Seasons House was very fast, and after only a short while, all the drinks and food ordered by Mucun and Asai were served.

After Asai filled Mucun with a small glass of wine in a very unskilled manner, he began to chatter about some things that are and are not:

"Makimura-kun, do you know? I heard that the Satsuma domain has been using its convenient location to carry out smuggling activities with foreign countries, and even sent troops to attack the Ryukyu Kingdom."

Asai is in charge of speaking, and Mucun is in charge of eavesdropping. This is the division of labor between the two.

If the two of them don't speak, just drink and eat in silence, it will look very unnatural.

So the two of them divided the work between each other and Asai came to say whatever he wanted, it didn't matter what he said, as long as he pretended that the two of them were communicating.

And Mucun is only responsible for nodding and answering from time to time, pretending to be listening to Asai's words, but actually focusing on eavesdropping on the conversation between Ji Taro and his follower.

In this way, in the eyes of outsiders, Mucun and Asai are a pair of men and women where "women are more talkative, while men are more taciturn", so it is not easy to arouse suspicion.

In order to make her voice sound more like a girl's, Asai also raised her voice very carefully to speak, and successfully shaped herself into a beautiful woman whose voice "neither resembles a man nor a woman".

In the words of the modern earth, the voice is like a eunuch.

While Mucun sipped his drink, he nodded from time to time and said some perfunctory sentences like "Oh!", "Really?"

Makimura, who pretended to be listening to Asai's speech, put all his body and mind on Kyutaro.

Although the surrounding area is very noisy due to the increasing number of guests, Makimura can barely hear the conversation between Jitaro and his servant.

"Keitaro! Do you know? I heard from someone recently that just mixing garlic and soy sauce and rubbing it on it can make it grow bigger!"

Listening to the conversation between Kyutaro and his follower, Mucun couldn't help frowning.I secretly said in my heart:

what are they talking about

Although what he heard from Jitaro and his followers were all messy things, Mucun still continued to listen patiently.

at the same time.

I don't know how Mucun and Asai are doing now.

Ogata, who was whispering in his heart, turned his head from time to time, looking in the direction of the Four Seasons House.

Ogata is still patrolling the first half of Nakanomachi, so no matter how you look at it, it is impossible to see the Four Seasons House, but out of concern for Makimura and Asai, Ogata will subconsciously look at the Four Seasons House from time to time. direction.

Ogata was not worried whether the two would be discovered by Kyutaro and the others.

Ogata was only worried that something would happen to Asai because he couldn't bear the women's clothes on his body, or the behavior of having to cuddle up next to Mucun

Just when Ogata was looking at the Four Seasons House, which was out of sight, a familiar voice suddenly sounded beside Ogata:

"Mashima-kun."

Ogata followed the sound and looked.

"Miss Guasheng, what's wrong?"

Guasheng, who was wearing a special haori for the club, was walking slowly towards Ogata, holding the wooden knife at his waist.

"Mashima-kun, there is an urgent mission coming, can I trouble you to go to the bank of the Rashomon River?"

"Urgent mission?" Ogata raised his eyebrows, "Did something happen on the bank of the Rashomon River?"

"It's nothing serious." Gua Sheng smiled wryly, "It's just that there are not enough people on the bank of the Rashomon River."

"Fan, who was in charge of the security of the Rashomon River just now, reported to Lord Shirobei that the number of guests visiting the Rashomon River tonight has increased compared to usual."

"That's why I'm applying for a little more manpower to support."

"That's why Shirobei-sama just asked me to select some people to go to the Rashomon River bank where there is a shortage of manpower."

"How? Mashima-kun, can I trouble you to go to the bank of the Rashomon River?"

The official positions of the Shirobei Club can be roughly divided into three levels:

The official title of the supreme leader is "Totori", held by Shirobei.

The official official title of the cadre is "Bankata", and Kawajiro and Keemon, whom Ogata knew yesterday, are the Bankata of the clubhouse.

Further down are ordinary petty officials.

At the same time, there are also "temporary workers" hired by the clubhouse. The "temporary workers" are not official officials, and are somewhat similar to the "mercenaries" hired by the clubhouse.

Gua Sheng and Xu Convenience belong to this category.

Guasheng is a "mercenary" because of his strong strength, high ability to handle affairs, and being admired by many people, but his status in the club is actually no different from that of Fanfang.

Each district in Yoshihara is assigned a Banfang to manage it.

According to Guasheng, this "request for assistance" was made by Ban Fang, who was in charge of the area on the banks of the Rashomon River.

"I don't care." After listening to Guasheng's words, Ogata nodded.

Now that Kyutaro has arrived, he has successfully informed Makimura and Asai who is Kyutaro, and Ogata has no reason to stay in Nakanomachi anymore, so no matter where he goes now, Ogata doesn't care.

After all, Ogata's current status is a servant of the Shirobei Clubhouse, so Ogata still has to listen to some orders issued by the clubhouse.

When bidding farewell to Guasheng and preparing to go to the bank of the Rashomon River, Guasheng said to Ogata in a serious tone:

"Mashima-kun, when patrolling and standing guard on the banks of the Rashomon River, you must not only beware of those who may cause trouble, but also beware of the wandering girls who live there."

"Those wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River might sneak up on you from behind while you're not paying attention, knock you unconscious, and then rob you of your money."

"They even dare to snatch the money from the servants of the club?" Ogata tugged at the haori on his body, wondering.

"Why don't you dare to snatch it?" Guasheng said with a wry smile, "There are many wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River who don't care about laws and regulations at all."

"There have been many incidents of wandering women robbing the money of the servants on the bank of the Rashomon River."

"Anyway, be careful."

"Understood." Ogata nodded, silently keeping Gua Sheng's reminder in mind, "I will pay attention."

After bidding farewell to Guasheng, Ogata held the knife at his waist and walked slowly towards the westernmost side of Yoshihara.

A major feature of Yoshihara's layout is that the center of the circle is Nakano-cho, which is more prosperous the closer it is to Naka-no-cho.

So as Ogata gradually approached the bank of the Rashomon River on the westernmost side of Yoshihara, the noise became more and more sparse.

The surrounding lights also became more and more sparse.

After arriving at the bank of the Rashomon River, Ogata instantly felt like he was transported from one world to another.

As soon as he came to the bank of the Rashomon River, Xu Bian ran into a colleague who was wearing the same haori as him.

"Yo." The colleague was quite old, holding a long wooden stick in his hand, guarding the entrance and exit of the Rashomon River, looked Ogata up and down, and then said, "Are you new here? "

"Yes." Ogata nodded, "Today is the second day of working in Yoshihara."

"Then you should be careful when you are patrolling and standing guard on the banks of the Rashomon River."

This caring colleague began to tell Ogata about the horrors on the banks of the Rashomon River.

And what he said was similar to what Guasheng and Ogata said just now.

However, this colleague also added some things that Gua Sheng didn't mention just now.

"The wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River don't care if you are a servant of the clubhouse or not."

"As soon as they see a man approaching, they dare to go up to solicit customers."

"No matter what the wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River tell you, don't enter their homes." The colleague said, "Only those who are extremely poor will come to the banks of the Rashomon River to seek pleasure."

"As long as you are not extremely poor, you will not look for a wandering girl on the banks of the Rashomon River."

"Looking at you, you shouldn't be a very poor person."

"That's why you must never enter the houses of wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River."

"It will be troublesome if you get any disease at that time."

"I see." Ogata nodded, "I will pay attention."

"Let me teach you a way to get out quickly if you are entangled by wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River."

The colleague smiled and pointed to his left waist.

"If a wandering girl on the banks of the Rashomon River stalks you, draw your sword."

"Then say: Those who take a step forward will be exempted from death!"

"As long as you draw your sword and say these words, there won't be any wandering girls who dare to bother you again."

"Although the wandering girls on the banks of the Rashomon River are generally bold, they are not bold enough to dare to take a stab from a samurai."

"I see." Ogata smiled wryly, "Thank you for your suggestion."

Ogata brushed past this colleague guarding an entrance and exit on the Rashomon River Bank, and formally entered the Rashomon River Bank.

After walking inside for a while, Xu conveniently saw an ordinary path.

There are dense houses lined up on both sides of this trail.

There is a wandering girl standing in front of almost every house.

These wandering girls either look old or sick.

The wandering girls living on the banks of the Rashomon River are basically abandoned by their original owners for various reasons, and then forced to live on the banks of the Rashomon River.

Because they no longer belong to any girls' house, they can only rely on their own strength to solicit customers.

No matter day or night, on the banks of the Rashomon River, there are many wandering girls standing on both sides of the street, using various means to lure men who come here to their rooms.

Of course, there are also some women who use brute force to directly pull some men into their homes.