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"There can be many oirans."
"Several years ago, Yoshihara used to have three oirans at the same time."
"It's just that I hadn't started working in the Shirobei clubhouse at that time, so I didn't see the scene where the three oirans competed for beauty."
Speaking of this, Gua Sheng paused as if he remembered something.
After a long pause, she scratched her hair, and then said to A-cho in a slightly apologetic tone:
"Although I just said that your aptitude is enough to be the top card in a certain house in Yoshihara."
"But unless you are really desperate in the future, don't come to Yoshiwara to be a wandering girl."
"It's easy for Yoshihara to come in, but hard to get out."
"Even the oiran who stands on the top of the wandering girl can hardly die in Yoshiwara."
"Of the three oirans I mentioned just now, only one died well."
"The only oiran who died well was successfully redeemed by a rich man who liked her before she got sick, and then married this rich man."
"Being redeemed by someone and being able to combine with someone like an ordinary woman is already the best ending that wandering girls can't even imagine."
"One of the other 2 people died of Hualiu's illness in the second year after becoming an oiran."
"The other one didn't know why, she couldn't control her figure well, her figure was out of shape, no customers ordered her, and she was abandoned by her former employer to the bank of Rashomon River."
"That," Ogata asked, "what's on the banks of the Rashomon River?"
"See that?"
Gua Sheng stopped in his tracks, pouted his mouth towards the west.
Ogata and A-Ming looked in the direction of Guasheng's mouth,
I saw a dark area to the west of Yoshihara.
Obviously that area is also within the tall wooden wall and is part of Yoshihara, but that area is incompatible with other areas.
The rest of the area was brightly lit, as if it were daytime.
Only that area was dark, with only a few scattered lights.
"That place is the bank of the Rashomon River."
Gua Sheng said in a calm tone.
"The elderly and those who are sick will be abandoned by the banks of the Rashomon River."
"You can see a lot of the top signs of a certain house of traveling girls on the banks of the Rashomon River."
"Wandering girls who are abandoned on the banks of the Rashomon River, no one from a wandering girl's house will take care of them."
"They can only attract customers on their own."
"In order to make a living, they basically refuse all guests. And they will use very rough methods to solicit customers."
"People who walk on the banks of the Rashomon River will be held by them by their hands or clothes and forced to enter the room. The spirit of pulling people into the room is like the legendary Rashomon, so people used to call that area The banks of the Rashomon River."
"Of course, there is another very important reason for calling it the Rashomon River Bank. It is because of the desolate scenery in that area and the changes in the fate of the wandering girls living in this area, which is enough to remind people of the Rashomon River Bank. .”
After quietly listening to Guasheng's narration, Ogata and Atachi couldn't help feeling depressed.
Guasheng also realized that what he said just now seemed to spoil the atmosphere of the conversation, so he turned around and bowed to the two of Ogata to apologize: "Sorry, what I just said seems to be too heavy."
"It's okay." Acho smiled. "You don't need to apologize to us. Instead, I want you to thank you for telling us so many things related to Yoshihara. Thanks to you, we know a lot of things that we didn't know before."
"I think it is very necessary for you Shirobei Club to publicize the hardships of prostitutes, so that every girl who plans to enter Yoshiwara as a prostitute should think carefully about it."
"Of course we have the difficulty of publicizing the difficulty of being a wandering girl." Guasheng said with a wry smile, "Whenever a girl plans to come to Yoshiwara to become a wandering girl, we will persuade them to think carefully and tell them that becoming a wandering girl will be very difficult. the consequences of facing it.”
"It's a pity that many girls still choose to enter Yoshihara without hesitation even after they have learned about the hardships of Younv."
"As for the reason"
Gua Sheng didn't continue talking, only let out a long sigh.
Although Guasheng didn't go on, both Ogata and Atachi also knew why so many girls entered Yoshiwara without hesitation even after learning about the hardships of Younv.
The reason is nothing but money.
Even in the Taiping years, there must still be a large number of people who are desperately poor.
Those girls who resolutely decide to become a wandering girl even though they know that there will be no good end after becoming a wandering girl, must have been trapped in a situation where there is no other way out except to be a wandering girl.
After Guasheng let out another long sigh, he said:
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Let's continue walking, turn around the street ahead, and you will see the Sakura Gate House."
The atmosphere among the three of them became very heavy because they talked about not easy topics just now.
For the rest of the way, the three of them didn't speak any more.
Sakuramon House is indeed one of the few "big sights" in Yoshihara. In terms of the style of the house, Yuan is better than other girls' houses around.
After explaining their intentions to Jian Shifan, who was guarding in front of the Sakura Gate House, the Jian Shifan immediately showed a clear expression.
"Oh! Shiya's steamed buns! Your speed is faster than expected! I haven't seen you before, where is Tojiro?"
"Tojiro's waist was injured." Ogata said, "So we'll deliver the steamed buns for him."
"That's it, then you will tell Fujijiro to take care of your body on behalf of our owner of Sakuramon House!"
"Well, I will."
After accepting the steamed buns, this Misaiban gave Ogata a piece of paper proving that they had received the steamed buns.
It is said to be written evidence, but it is actually a small piece of white paper with the words "Sakuramon House has received 30 steamed buns" and other words on it.
Before he came to deliver the steamed buns, Fujijiro told Ogata that Sakuramon House had already paid in advance, so Ogata only needed to deliver the steamed buns, and then bring this document and Furoshiki who was responsible for wrapping the steamed buns with him Just come back.
After putting away the written documents and Furoshiki in his pocket, Amachi asked Ogata:
"Mashima, what are we going to do next?"
Because of the presence of Gua Sheng, Ah-Machi did not call Ogata by her usual name, but Ogata's alias.
"What else can I do." Ogata shrugged, "Of course, after sending this document and Furoshiki back to the tea house, I went straight back to the hotel."
Ogata wanted to try to find some useful information in Yoshiwara.
But I didn't expect it, it sounded like some ugly things, and there was no useful information at all.
In addition, it is not too early now, so Ogata also lost interest in staying in Yoshihara.
"Are you leaving?" Gua Sheng said, "Then I'll take you to the door. I'll also go back to the clubhouse to rest. I haven't rested tonight. It's time to go and take a rest."
After thanking Guasheng, the three of them started on the road again.
Under the guidance of Guasheng, the three of them re-turned onto the avenue located in the middle of Yoshihara and connected to the gate.
According to Guasheng's introduction, this avenue, which is located in the middle of Yoshihara and divides Yoshihara into two, is named "Naka no Machi".
When the three of them were heading towards the gate along Nakazhicho, a series of commotions suddenly sounded from behind the three of them.
"What's going on?" Gua Sheng frowned and looked behind him.
Ogata was also looking back behind him.
I saw that the crowd behind me suddenly became noisy for some reason, and everyone's face was full of excitement.
Guasheng, who was also unaware, bowed lightly to Ogata and Atachi.
"Sorry, excuse me first, I'll go and see what's going on."
After finishing speaking, Gua Sheng supported the wooden knife at his waist and ran towards the commotion crowd behind him.
After a while, Gua Sheng came back.
"What happened?" Ash asked.
"A rare thing happened." Gua Sheng smiled wryly, "A rich guy ordered Taifu Fengchi."
"So the Oiran Road is about to start."
"Because I can finally meet the legendary oiran, these people are all excited."
Hearing Guasheng's words, Ogata and Atachi were both taken aback.
After recovering from the stupefaction, A-Machi turned his head and smiled slyly, and said to Ogata beside him in a joking tone:
"Who told me just now that the oiran is hard to see? Don't we see it now?"
To A-Machi's joke, Ogata responded in a helpless, slightly joking tone:
"It can only show that our luck is quite good"
"Yes." Gua Sheng on the side answered, "Your luck is indeed quite good."
"Not everyone has the financial resources to order an oiran."
"How? Are you interested in visiting the oiran?"
at the same time
Yoshihara, somewhere in a remote shadowy area outside the gate.
In this remote shadowy area, there are 2 people standing.
Two young men in ordinary kimonos with only Hawazaki stuck in their waists.
One of the two young men looked at the Yoshihara gate in front of him, stretched vigorously, and then spoke in a lazy tone that only he and the other young man beside him could hear clearly. Said in a low voice:
"Finally arrived in Yoshihara, it's all because Lord Balrog held a meeting suddenly tonight, it wasted a lot of time, and I was able to come to Yoshihara so late today."
"It's fine to hold a meeting, but the meeting held is still a boring meeting that warned us to be careful in Edo."
"Speaking of it, the content is still the same. I am tired of hearing the words and deeds in Edo to be cautious and not to conflict with officials."
As soon as the young man's complaint fell, another young man standing beside him immediately said in a respectful tone:
"Master Geutaro, let's go to Yoshihara quickly. Because of Fuma-sama, we will arrive at Yoshihara later than usual today, so let's hurry up."
"That's right." The young man called Ji Taro stretched again, "Let's go."
After saying that, Kokutaro took a step forward.
But after taking a step forward, he paused.
"By the way, Keitaro." Ji Taro turned his head, looked at the young man next to him who reminded him to hurry up, and then whispered in a volume that only he and the young man could hear clearly, "Later After entering Yoshiwara, pay attention to changing the wording."
"I'm not the Four Heavenly King Koktarō in Shiranui now."
"It's just a prostitute who came to Yoshihara for pleasure."
"Yes." The young man next to Jitaro, that is, Keitaro, echoed respectfully, "I will pay attention."
"Let's go." Ji Taro adjusted the kimono on his upper body, "Go to Yoshiwara!"
Chapter 361 Swordsman, Oiran, Ninja [7200 words]
"Mashima-kun, Miss Ayuki, if the two of you plan to join in the excitement of the oiran's tour, I can take you there now."
Gua Sheng added with a wry smile.
"Oiran Road is about to start, I definitely can't go back to the club to rest now."
"Once the Oiran Road begins, our Shirobei Club will have to send a large number of personnel to maintain law and order on the spot."
"So I don't have time to rest now, I have to rush to the scene in Huakui Road."
"If the two of you plan to watch the Oiran Road, I can take you there smoothly."
"How? Are you interested in seeing it?"
It would be a lie to say that Ogata did not want to take a look at the legendary "Oiran Road".
Ogata has always heard about the grand scene of "Oiran Road".
It is one of Ogata's few hobbies to watch all kinds of wonders and wonders that he has never seen in his previous life.
Therefore, Ogata was very interested to take a look at how grand the legendary "Oiran Road" is.
And Ah-Ming also happens to have the same willingness to join in the fun.
So the two hit it off and decided to take a look at the scene where the oiran was on tour.
"You all want to see it?" Gua Sheng nodded, "Okay, come with me."