save the judge

The most luxurious house in Yoshiwara is built at the entrance of the street. It is a three-story building with a pavilion for viewing the moon. It can only be used when the oiran is out of the street. Ordinary wandering girls are delusional even entering the door.

Two lanterns were lit at the entrance, large and small lanterns were hung on the huge cherry blossom trees in the courtyard, floor-to-ceiling painting screens were placed on the low corridor, various colors of cherry blossoms were painted on the yellowish covering paper, and drunken ladies , the new creation of drum strings, a scene of drunkenness and prosperity, the indoor light shines through the masked paper, and the sound of the shamisen is clearly audible.

Jingujiquan was led to go to the side room first to change the heavy clothes, and the clogs for walking in the street, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief when he stepped on the flat ground.

Gintoki Shinpachi and Kagura sat in a row at the door, with a fairly uniform expression of dead fish eyes.

Somehow, they were forcibly brought here by the oiran, and the general's guard guarded the gate, and they couldn't run away, staying... It seemed that something was wrong.

Izumi Jinguji pulled the kimono with a wide neckline to cover the collarbone, took the cypress fan from Bald and walked out.

When passing by the three of them, he poked Yinshi's shoulder with a fan with a smile: "Want to leave?"

Yinshi looked like a middle-aged uncle: "Ayin's beauty finally brought trouble, you are very skilled in such things as robbing civilian men, the oiran, have you ever had something like this before—"

Jingujiquan shook his hands neatly and opened the fan with a clatter. The gold-sprinkled satin fan and the ivory fan bones patted Yinshi's face firmly, slapping his unfinished words back into his throat. When the fan was taken off, A few red lines were clearly printed on that face.

"If you want to leave, turn forward and turn left so that you don't have to leave."

Gintoki immediately jumped up from the ground.

Jingujiquan slowly finished the following words: "——Ah, yes, I remember that the Shinsengumi also served as the general's guard, and they should be here soon. If you meet them, don't confess me. .”

Yinshi sat back on the spot without stumbling on his feet: "The scenery here is also pretty good. Since we are out to play, we must have fun."

Shinpachi and Kagura looked at him with disgust.

Izumi Jinguji waved to the bald men who were following behind, and ordered them to bring some fruit and snacks, and led a few Furisode Shinzos to the main room to entertain the guests.

Yin Shi, who was sitting there, looked at his receding back, with a complicated expression for a moment.

Kagura quietly leaned over to Gintoki to watch together: "Ah... If he passes by like this, will he be molested by the general?"

Kagura also used the word "indecent" quite euphemistically.

Shinpachi thanked the bald man who brought them a few plates of exquisite dim sum with red ears, Gintoki pressed Kagura's face and pushed aside: "What kind of dirty thoughts are you talking about! It's too late, how can there be such a thing as indecent."

He was right, the status of an oiran is different from those wandering girls who have money to accompany their guests. If they want to see an oiran, the guests have to pay a lot of money to ask for a recommendation. After seeing the oiran, they don’t just do whatever they want The oiran would not talk to the guests at all, but just sat there as a beautiful doll, and at the same time was examining the financial resources of the guests.In order to win the favor of the oiran, the guests have to spend more money at all costs, in order to get the second and third meeting with the oiran—just a chance to meet.

What's worse is that if the oiran doesn't like this guest, his money will be wasted, and there is no way to complain.

"But that's the general..." Kagura quickly snatched a delicious-looking Shuishingen pancake from Shinpachi's hand and stuffed it into his mouth, puffing up his cheeks.

Yinshi didn't speak again, and when he turned his head, he saw that there were only a few white crumbs left on the four plates, and his silver curly hair exploded angrily: "You don't even leave any for Ah Yin!"

Kagura chewed the sakura pancake vaguely: "...your eyes are stuck to the oiran and you can't get them off..."

Yinshi's face was paralyzed: "Don't talk about admiring beauties so obscenely!"

Kagura silently made a vomiting face.

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The general has been waiting indoors for a long time.

The role of the general is very embarrassing now. In name, he is the person in charge of the world, but in reality, he is just a puppet of the heavenly beings.There are Xiangyi patriots below who are thinking about how to overthrow his shogunate every day, and the heavenly people above are urging him to release more privileges to the heavenly people every day.

It would be fine if this general was someone who was obsessed with fun and had no lofty ideals, at least his status was enough to allow him to live comfortably all his life, but this generation of generals was young and vigorous, and still dreamed of building a country belonging to the Japanese, There is nowhere to tell the ideals that are full of ambitions.

So he found Jingujiquan.

The unparalleled beauty of the oiran came in, and Xinzao, who was playing the shamisen, put down his instrument and bowed to him. The two Xinzao serving the general just bowed their heads to show respect to the oiran because they accompanied the distinguished guests.

The general's expression was serious, obviously he was in the place of flowers and willows, and his expression was serious, as if he was discussing military affairs in the conference hall.

"You guys go down." The young general said in a calm voice, and the geisha bowed their bodies and walked out of the door, leaving space for them.

The room quickly became quiet. Jingu Jiquan dragged his long and gorgeous clothes, casually picked up the shamisen that the geisha put down before going out, and tried the sound, then played a little tune in his arms, without even looking at the geisha on the other side. General.

The general, who was sitting cross-legged on the tatami, had a serious face, and when he saw that he didn't look at him, his face sank.

Jingujiquan was still plucking the shamisen, and after playing for a while, he seemed to be bored, so he put the shamisen away casually.

The general's expression eased a little, but he still acted as if he didn't exist. He raised his hand two or three times to remove the heavy bun, and threw flower hairpins inlaid with gold, silver and pearls all over the floor, with his long hair hanging down his back. , showing a bit of elegance beyond dignity.

He still ignored him.

It's like sitting opposite is a random clay sculpture and wood sculpture instead of a general who controls a country.

Tokugawa Momo opened his mouth, then closed it tightly.

Jingujiquan raised his hand to pick up the teapot and poured himself a glass of water.

Finally, Tokugawa Momo couldn't bear it anymore, and whispered: "...Brother, brother!"

The glamorous oiran burst out laughing, pushed the cup to the opposite side, and said narrowly, "I'm still thinking, when will you open your mouth hahahahaha, patience is still so bad."

The expression of the general with a serious and indifferent face reveals a little subtle grievance, coupled with the majestic sitting posture of the big horse and golden knife, there is a strange contrast.

"Brother!" the general repeated.

Yes, the identity of elder brother—Jingu Jiquan is definitely so complicated that even he himself doesn't want to think about it.The current general Tokugawa Momo is the only son of the general’s family, but he is not wrong to call his brother. Tokugawa Momo’s aunt married the crown prince and gave birth to the only male in the royal family—now Jinguji Izumi .

In the era of the Shogunate, the royal family was just a pretty rubber stamp, but when heaven and man came, the stamp lost its function and became a symbol of the political system. The people knew that there was a royal family, but the existence of the royal family It is just a good-looking sign to prove that Japan has not yet subjugated the country.

However, the relationship between Tokugawa Momomo and Jinguji Izumi is not bad. It may be because of the same blood of the Tokugawa family. The two often played together when they were young. Jingongjiquan, who has a lot of tricks, doesn't get angry when he plays around, on the contrary, he gets closer to this elder brother.

But since he took over as General Zhengyi, the two met less and less often, if they hadn't heard... heard...

The general looked at the dissolute elder brother in front of him, with a coffin face as if he had been slapped by the door: "When are you going back to the palace? Auntie misses you very much. And this is not the place where you should stay. If Auntie finds out ,Know……"

If Queen Takako knew about her only son, the crown prince of Japan would be the oiran in Yoshiwara...

Tokugawa Momo was trembling all over.

Jingujiquan cast a sideways glance at him: "If you don't tell me, how would she know? Or, do you want to inform me?"

Tokugawa Momo was aggrieved and dared not speak, so he had to drink water with his head down.

Jingongjiquan looked at him up and down: "I heard that you were assassinated again?"

Tokugawa Momo looked up blankly and looked at him for a moment: "Assassination? Which one are you talking about?"

Was it yesterday or the day before yesterday?Was it when you ate last morning or when you took a shower last night?

Jingong Siquan was playing with a teacup in his hand: "It's very interesting to say, the person who came to assassinate you turned around and hid in my room."

Tokugawa Momomo swallowed a sip of hot water without any content, and a scalding blister immediately appeared in his throat. He didn't care about it, and subconsciously reached out to grab Jingujiquan's hand: "He hides with you What's going on? Does he know your identity? Did he do anything against you?"

Jingujiquan put down his glass, looking in a good mood: "He doesn't know anything. After all, the royal family has not appeared in front of people for many years, and who would have thought that I would be in Yoshiwara?"

However, according to his observation of Takasugi Shinsuke, he might not have cared about Mao Mao when he assassinated him. Otherwise, no matter how many guards there are around the general, as long as Takasugi risked his life, he would not be able to kill Mao Mao.And there are many people around Gao Shan, although he has never seen it before, but Gao Sugi's temperament of a leader is too obvious.

Moreover, although he has never seen a real person, he has heard the name of the famous governor of the ghost army several times.

——A rebel who lingers in the land of wind, moon, flowers and willows. On the surface, he is unrestrained, but in fact he has a heart and means that are more ruthless than anyone else. He is an extremely radical Xiangyi element.

Tokugawa Momomo began to wish his elder brother to go back to the palace, or at least go back to the general's mansion with him, but after nagging for a long time, when he met the person in front of him and didn't respond, he knew it was meaningless again.

"By the way, I brought you something when I came this time." Tokugawa Momo groped around and put a long cloth bag on the table.

"I found this from the palace hall. They threw all the good things in the corner of the warehouse. I didn't know that there were so many useful things in the palace. I also dug out a set of Emperor Nintoku's The crown, when you are crowned, it is estimated that the jewels on it will be removed and re-inserted."

Tokugawa Momo unceremoniously complained about the stinginess of the palace hall repeatedly using the crown jewels, and pushed the cloth bag to the opposite side.

Jingujiquan stretched out a hand to push aside the cloth, and asked casually, "What is this?"

Tokugawa Shigeru doesn't sell Guanzi either: "The chrysanthemum is the word of the chrysanthemum."