"Blind Man, you and I are family. Your things are mine. How could I bear to let my family's things be thrown away?"

"So, blind man, just take a shower at night and wait for me to attack you at night!!"

"How dare you! How could a lowly woman like you take my lord's chastity? I, Danzo, will protect my lord's chastity alone!!"

However, Miyamoto Musashi was not interested in arguing with Kato Danzo. She had already set out to challenge the swordsmanship.

Originally, Axue and his group would accompany her, but now that this Shura in white has come to Kyoto, he has his own things to do.

That is to investigate the whereabouts of Mr. Guoxin.

According to the information stored by Kato Danzo, Goshin Koshi has a fixed puppet workshop in Kyoto. As long as Axue finds this puppet workshop, there is a great chance of finding the whereabouts of Goshin Koshi.

So Axue took Kato Danzo to the location of the workshop.

Seeing that Miyamoto Musashi had left the team, Oda Nobunaga also had his own plans.

After all, coming to Kyoto is a rare thing, and Oda Nobunaga has long wanted to visit many places.

Of course, if I were to hang out with Axue, I would never be able to go to those places in my life.

So she also shouted the name of not disturbing Axue, and left the team alone.

So this brave team became so deserted for the first time.

Miyamoto Musashi and Oda Nobunaga, who usually quarreled with each other, disappeared at the same time, and Axue really felt a little uncomfortable.

However, he quickly adjusted himself and asked Kato Danzodao:

"Where did you say that Mr. Guoxin's workshop was located?"

"Duan Zang has already conducted a private investigation. It is now the most prosperous area in Kyoto!"

"Where?"

Facing Axue's question, Kato Danzo said word by word -

"It's the brothel on [Flower Street]!!!"

Chapter 76: Nothing to do today, listen to music in the brothel

Flower Street.

Also known as Yuguo and Goulan, it has been a holy place for scholars and writers since ancient times and is a custom area recognized by the Muromachi shogunate.

What's more, because we are now living in the chaotic Warring States period, the business of these brothels is even more prosperous, because the demand from the army is so great.

Naturally, according to the economic conditions and customs and culture of each place, the red-light districts were divided into upper, middle and lower levels. Over time, there were the so-called three major tourist destinations in the world.

Shinmachi Yukaku in Osaka, Yoshiwara Yukaku in Edo, and Shimabara Yukaku in Kyoto.

According to Kato Danzo's description, Goshin Koji did leave a workshop in Kyoto.

There are only two key points in establishing a workshop.

1: The great hide in the city.

2: It needs to be built on the spiritual vein.

The thousand-year-old capital of Heian-kyo, as the base of Abe Haruaki, the most powerful Onmyoji in history, is the birthplace of Onmyoji, and naturally it is rich in spiritual veins.

Since the needs of the spiritual veins are met, it is natural that the concealment must be hidden in this gray area, that is, the red-light district where filth and dirt are hidden.

"...No wonder I haven't seen any immortals on a normal day."

Axue was lost in thought after hearing this.

"So the immortals are hiding in the brothel? How incredible..."

"My lord, don't worry. Duan Zang has already inquired about the surrounding news. I heard that there will be a oiran competition tonight. People from all walks of life in Kyoto are

Famous celebrities will come to watch!"

Kato Danzo knelt on the ground and reported to Axue.

"Oiran Contest?"

Although Axue had never been involved in a brothel, he had heard a little about the Oiran competition.

The competition to select the most beautiful courtesan is called "Pinhua", and the event is also called "Huabang" or "Hua'an". It is called this because the participating prostitutes will be matched into a type of flower.

The annual ceremony of selecting the most beautiful prostitute in the brothel is to choose the most beautiful prostitute as the signature courtesan.

Simply put, it is a beauty pageant, which also serves as a marketing tool for brothels, marketing their top girls and driving up the wholesale prices.

......But what does choosing the top courtesan have to do with Axue?

As if noticing the confusion on Axue's face, Kato Danzo immediately lowered his head and said loudly—

"Because there are so many people watching the Oiran Contest, my lord, you don't have to worry about being pointed at by other outsiders. You can go to the brothel without any worries!"

Duan Zang understood.

Lord Axue is an honest and righteous monk, and would never be involved in such vulgar and lowly culture as listening to music in brothels.

However, in order to find Master Guoxin's workshop, he had no choice but to go to the brothel.

As we all know, there is no curfew in Kyoto.

The red-light district only opens at night, and prostitutes work in the middle of the night.

In other words, if Axue and Kato Danzo want to enter the red-light district, it is not just to gather information, they also have to stay there overnight.

The lord himself is a young, passionate man who has never been involved in any romantic affairs.

If you stay overnight in a brothel and are teased by those experienced girls, who can resist?

Therefore, anyone who enters a red-light district will be forced to go there to have sex.

And Axue has always been a human being:

A gentleman who gets annoyed when seeing women - Monk Axue.

It was precisely because of Axue's own example that Miyamoto Musashi, who had been attacking decisively, did not choose to force the attack, but instead respected the monk's own choice.

And if Oda Nobunaga and Miyamoto Musashi knew that he had actually spent the entire night in the red-light district, even if there was a reason for it, I'm afraid his gentlemanly demeanor would be completely shattered...

This is also the reason why Axue felt comfortable lending her sword to Miyamoto Musashi.

He has idol baggage.

Axue never told his two teammates that Mr. Guoxin's workshop was hidden in Shimabara Flower Street.

This Shura in white was actually hoping that they would leave the team as soon as possible today.

If Miyamoto Musashi and Oda Nobunaga knew about this, I would think about how they would point fingers at me behind my back in the future...

When Axue thought about this kind of social death, she really didn't want to live anymore.

That kind of situation can emerge involuntarily——

Oda Nobunaga (frowns): "Oh, I thought White-robed Shura was some kind of gentleman, but the first thing he did after arriving in Kyoto was to secretly go to the red-light district to be a prostitute? Is this the level of a high-ranking monk? "

Miyamoto Musashi (overjoyed): "Hey, blind man, what are you pretending to be all the time? I didn't expect you to be such a reserved guy. Come on! I'll go to the red-light district with you tonight and get some girls to sleep with us!"

Noticing the distress on Axue's face, Kato Danzo immediately suggested, "My lord, please don't worry! If something unavoidable really happens at night, Danzo will use his own body to protect your chastity!"

"...You're here to protect my chastity???"

Facing Axue's doubts, Kato Danzo said seriously.

"My lord, you are not only worried about your reputation, but also about your virginity. If those prostitutes really want to have sex with you, you can use Duan Zang as a shield!"

"You mean... I can pretend to sleep with you to avoid Hanamachi's request?"

Axue also thought this suggestion was a good one.

After all, he could pretend Kato Danzo was a female guest accompanying him, so that he could stay overnight in the red-light district without being driven out.

For the first time, Axue felt that repairing this mechanical doll would bring her many great benefits.

"No, my lord, you are wrong."

Who knew that Kato Danzo shook his head and clasped his fists to deny Axue's idea.

"Because Duan Zang is a mechanical puppet, the Lord has no psychological burden in having sex with him. The Lord only needs to regard Duan Zang as your own tool! The Lord's chastity will not be lost!"

The preface is retracted.

Sure enough, after this mechanical puppet was repaired, it did not bring any benefit to me from beginning to end!

Kato Danzo's logic is far beyond that of ordinary people. This may be the creation of an immortal. Her logic is explosive from beginning to end and cannot be imagined by common sense.

I don't know how her previous master taught this female ninja...

and many more.

Wasn't Kato Danzo's previous lord Torachiyo his senior brother?!

Axue couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Could it be that Senior Brother secretly has this hobby? He enjoys doing these so-called "self-made" things with mechanical puppets?

Is this a gift from my senior brother?!

If the world knew that this was the fine tradition passed down from generation to generation in Linquan Temple, wouldn't people laugh their heads off?

Axue couldn't help but feel a little despair about this future.

Chapter 6: Monk, Farewell (/?)

And the problems don't end there.

Go to the brothel to ask for money.

It costs a lot of silver.

Unfortunately, Axue is a guy who has no money on him.

For this Shura in white, money is something outside of his body, so apart from some copper coins, he basically doesn't carry much money.

Not to mention that he himself has no money.

Normally, there would be a large sum of money as a reward for escorting the Ise Group.

But in the end, in order to suppress the arrogance of the Kyushu caravan, Sengo Muramasa said that he would create the Myoho Muramasa and give it to Axue.

Everyone knows that the weapons forged by Sengo Muramasa are priceless, and the leader of the Ise Group caravan is not stupid either. He converted all the rewards of the group into this Myoho Muramasa.

That is to say...

The group just took a ride and didn't make any money at all.

"My lord, don't worry. Duan Zang has a plan that can help you overcome this crisis!"

Kato Danzo is indeed worthy of being Axue's close-fitting little cotton-padded jacket. He only needs one glance to notice the current predicament of this Shura in white.

The female ninja said coldly, "As long as Danzo goes to kill people and rob them now, then the lord will naturally have no shortage of money!"

"...Could you please not be so extreme?"

The brothel opens at night, so now Axue and the others have to find some legitimate jobs to raise enough money.

To be honest, this kind of thing is still quite difficult.

Just when Axue wanted to take Kato Danzo to find a job, he suddenly used his observation Haki to notice that there was a very pale soul at the bridge head next to the flower street.

The color of that soul was extremely dim, completely different from the souls we usually see.

Although alive, it feels like dying.

This made the Shura in white feel a little worried.

"...Sir, please forgive me for interfering in your affairs. If you want to commit suicide by jumping into the river, it would be better to find another place."

Axue suddenly advised the guy on the bridge.

"...Hmm? Are you talking to someone, Monk?"

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