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"They are in the clubhouse now, and Lord Shirobei is negotiating with the officials of Huofu Bandit Kai in the clubhouse."
"You guys continue to patrol." Guasheng turned to those colleagues who followed her on patrol in Yoshihara tonight and said, "I'll go back to the clubhouse to have a look."
"Yes!"
Edo, Yoshihara, Shirobei clubhouse.
In the highest-level guest room in the clubhouse, two groups of people sat facing each other.
Among these two waves of people, one of them is the "club force" headed by Shirobei.
Behind Shirohei sat Kawajiro, Keeimon and other officials of the club.
The other group of people sitting opposite Shirobei and others were all wearing uniform black uniforms.
"Master Shirobei."
A young man in his 30s sitting at the front among the group of men in black leaned over to salute Shirobei in front of him, and said expressionlessly:
"Under the fire, pay the bandits to change to the leader of the Sixth Division, named Yuishin."
"I have admired your name for a long time." Shirobei returned the salute while echoing.
After the two took turns talking about some officialdom, Shirobei went straight to the point:
"Natori-sama, Shiranuifu Thiefkai's all of you are visiting me, Yoshiwara, today, what's your business?"
"Master Shirobei, I wonder if you know the villain Ju Xiaoseng?"
"Little monk Chrysanthemum" Shiro Bingwei thought for a while, "I have heard a little bit, it is said that he is a villain who is currently wandering around Edo. He has done several times of murder and robbery, and he especially likes to steal women's things."
"That's right." Natori, who still had no expression on his face, nodded lightly, "Our Huofu Thief Kai started tracking Ju Xiaoseng half a month ago."
"According to our informant's report, Ju Xiaoseng fled to Jiyuan tonight. It is not ruled out that Ju Xiaoseng intends to kill people in Jiyuan tonight."
"What?" The expressions of Kawajiro, Keeimon and others who were sitting behind Shirobei changed.
"Although there is a possibility that the information may be wrong, just in case, Master Hasegawa still sent our sixth division to Yoshihara to look for Ju Xiaoseng."
"I understand." Shirobei nodded, "Our Shirobei Club will do our best to help you catch the little monk Ju."
"No need."
As soon as Shirohei finished speaking, Natori replied without thinking.
"Ju Xiaoseng is not only agile, but also very good at small tricks. He is a very difficult villain."
"To deal with this kind of villain, outsiders are easy to get hurt, let us who are responsible for dealing with villains come."
Hearing Natori's words, Kawajiro, Keemon and the others frowned slightly.
After Natori finished the big talk just now, he raised the sword placed beside him and stood up.
As Natori got up, the rest of the subordinates sitting behind him also got up one after another.
"Then I'll take my leave first."
"Okay." Shiro Bingwei nodded, "The old man is here to wish you all success in taking down the villain Ju Xiaoseng as soon as possible!"
Shirobei led Kawajiro, Qingweimen and others to personally leave Natori and others from the clubhouse.
After leaving the clubhouse, Natori and his subordinates immediately divided into four teams, scattered in all directions, and began to look for Ju Xiaoseng in Yoshiwara.
After Natori and the others left, Keemon spat on the ground.
"What's the attitude of those people?" Keimon said in an extremely displeased tone, "What do you mean by outsiders? What do you mean by handing it over to us, the professionals? Are you looking down on our Shirobei Clubhouse?"
Keeimon's words immediately resonated with the rest of the people who were present just now.
To Keimon and the others who were grieving and indignant, Shirobei smiled wryly, and was about to say something
"Huh? Lord Shirobei, have the officials of Huofu Bandit Kai left?"
Shiro Bingwei and others follow the prestige.
The person who spoke was Gua Sheng who hurried over to check the situation after learning of the arrival of the official sent by Huofu Thief Gai just now.
"Gua Sheng." Shiro Bingwei asked, "Why are you here?"
"I just heard that an official sent by Huo Fu Thief Kai came to our Yoshihara, so I came to see the situation."
"Well, the official post changed by Huofu Thief is indeed gone." After showing a helpless smile, Shiro Bingwei told Guasheng Daoming the intention of Huofu Thief's change.
After Shirobei said that Qinghuo paid the thieves to change the purpose of the gang of officials, Qingweimen, who was still sad and indignant, began to add from the side.
Supplementary explanation of what Natori had just said to them.
After learning that Natori actually said, "To deal with this kind of villain, outsiders are easy to get hurt, let us who are in charge of dealing with villains do it", Guasheng also showed indignation and said:
"Are they looking down on our Shirobei clubhouse? How can we say that our Shirobei clubhouse is also one of the organizations responsible for maintaining law and order, and we have arrested many vicious thieves. How come we become the outsiders in his mouth?"
"Hmph." Qingweimen sneered, "That guy just now must be the kind of person who thinks our Shirobei clubhouse is nothing special!"
Although the Shirobei Club is one of the official organizations of the shogunate, its position in various organizations of the shogunate is actually quite delicate.
It's just because the Shirobei Club is an organization that is responsible for managing Yoshihara.
This made many people preconceived that the officials of the Shirobei Club can only catch some petty thieves who steal money from women or don't pay after having fun.
"Okay." Shiro Bingwei sighed softly, "Stop talking, let's all spread out. What should we do?"
"Kawajiro, you organize people to send orders down and everyone tries to cooperate with Huofu Thief Kai's search."
"Ju Xiaoseng is small and thin, with a bald head, and carries a shoji with him."
"After meeting someone who fits these characteristics, don't rush forward to fight, and promptly notify the nearby Huofu Thief Reform officials."
"Yes." Kawajiro nodded vigorously.
"Okay!" Qingweimen suddenly shouted loudly at this moment, "I'm motivated! I want to catch that little monk Ju before Huo Fu Thief reformed officials!"
"I would like to see the expressions of these people who claim to be experts after seeing us outsiders capture the villain they have been tracking for a long time!"
"Don't mess around!" Shiro Bingwei frowned and reprimanded sharply, "Although what that person said just now was not pleasant, it is actually true."
"Huofu Thief Kai is the strongest armed security force in the shogunate!"
When saying the word "strongest", Shirobei especially emphasized his tone.
"It's their job to catch vicious burglars and arsonists."
"In terms of equipment level, in terms of the elite level of the team members, and in terms of experience in catching ferocious criminals, they are indeed far superior to us."
"So to capture Little Monk Ju, let them handle it."
"We just need to maintain the law and order of Yoshihara as usual."
"Let's all disperse! Do what you should do!"
Edo, Yoshiwara, the banks of the Rashomon River.
As we went deeper into the banks of the Rashomon River, the surrounding scene became a little more lively.
On every road, big or small, there are more or less men of all ages wandering.
They either stopped in front of a wandering girl.
Or continue to wander aimlessly, looking for your own goals.
Although these men have different appearances and ages, they all have the same feature. Their clothes are basically tattered, and it is obvious at a glance that their family background must not be very good.
Earlier, Guasheng and Ogata said that there were more guests visiting the Rashomon Riverbank tonight than usual, so Fanfang, who was in charge of the security of the Rashomon Riverbank, applied for the deployment of more manpower to support the Rashomon Riverbank.
Therefore, the scene before Ogata's eyes should be regarded as a relatively rare and prosperous scene on the banks of the Rashomon River.
Although there are quite a lot of people on the banks of the Rashomon River now compared to the past, the flow of people on the banks of the Rashomon River is still a fraction of the flow of people in Nakazhicho.
Because of entering the central area of the Rashomon River and the number of people around them has increased, the destinations that wandering women can choose become very diverse.
Therefore, the number of people who would pester Ogata and Wuliu decreased considerably.
Wuliu followed Ogata's side, and said to Ogata with a smile on his face:
"The banks of the Rashomon River have become almost unknown to me now."
"There were not many intact houses here before."
"But now it's the other way around, and it's become a few dilapidated houses."
"It's all thanks to Taifu Fengchi." Ogata answered from the side, "Thanks to Taifu Fengchi, this place has become so much more beautiful."
Ogata learned from Guasheng yesterday that Taifu Fengling relied on his own savings to renovate his birthplace, which is the bank of the Rashomon River, after he became the oiran.
Ogata still admired Taifu Fengling's feat.
"Yeah." Wuliu let out a long breath, "She's amazing, Mashima-kun, did you see that tree?"
Wuliu raised his hand and pointed at a big tree not far ahead.
"When I was young, I always played with other companions under that tree."
Speaking of this, Wuliu's eyes slowly showed the color of memory.
There happened to be two children playing there, a man and a woman, under the big tree.
Looking at the two children, Wuliu said softly:
"The two children, like me, should be the children of a wandering girl on the banks of the Rashomon River."
The two children were standing under the uncle tree, rubbing a bamboo dragonfly vigorously.
That pair of bamboo dragonflies looks rather crude, and the craftsmanship of the person who made these bamboo dragonflies must not be very good.
Because of the poor shape, no matter how the two children rubbed it, the bamboo dragonfly just couldn't fly.
Seeing this, Wuliu put down his hands crossed into the sleeves on both sides, and then walked quickly towards the pair of children.
Ogata, who didn't know where he was, also walked over together.
"Give it to me. I'll help you fix your bamboo dragonfly." Wuliu Chao opened his big hands to the couple.
For the stranger in front of them, the man and woman looked at each other for a while.
In the end, the boy handed the bamboo dragonfly to Wuliu with some hesitation.
"Mashima-kun, I'm sorry, can I borrow your Wakizashi?"
"Can you repair bamboo dragonflies?" Ogata asked while pulling out his Da Zizai.
"I used to study and learn how to use bamboo dragonflies to coax a noisy guy."
After receiving Da Zizai from Ogata's hand, Wuliu glanced at the blade, and then exclaimed:
"Good knife! Is it the knife of a famous craftsman?"
"No." Ogata said, "It's just an unmarked saber."
Ogata's words were not lying.
Whether it is Da Shitian or Da Zizai, there is indeed no inscription engraved on the stem of the knife.
"Is there such a beautiful Wuming knife?"
Looking up and down the back of the knife several times with curious eyes, he lifted up his hands five or six times, and sharpened the bamboo dragonfly in his hand with skillful techniques.
After a while, the originally shoddy bamboo dragonfly gradually became more stylish.
After the repair was almost done, Wuliu returned Da Zizai to Ogata, then clamped the bamboo dragonfly with both hands, and then rubbed it vigorously.
The bamboo dragonfly that could not fly at all.In an instant, it flew out of a height of nearly 1 room.
Looking at the bamboo dragonfly flying high, the boy and girl immediately showed strong excitement, and ran all the way to chase the bamboo dragonfly that was slowly descending.
And Wuliu crossed his hands again into the sleeves on both sides, and looked at the pair of men and women who were chasing bamboo dragonflies with a smile on their faces.
To be inaccurate, it was looking at the little girl who was chasing bamboo dragonflies with a smile on her face.
"You seem to like children very much." Ogata said.
"No." Wuliu shook his head, "I don't really like children very much."
"I simply like little girls more, you misunderstood, the liking I said is not the kind of liking between men and women!"
Wuliu hurriedly explained to Ogata who silently distanced himself from him just now and gave him a strange expression.
"For some reason, I was forced to serve a certain little girl like a servant."
"Although it was tiring during that time, I didn't feel unhappy."