"Waiting for someone?" Yu Qiuping turned over in surprise and looked at Qingshui Zhizi who was sitting far away, "Waiting for someone here?"
"Yeah." Shimizu Oriko nodded slightly.
"I'm a little confused." Yu Qiuping grinned in confusion, "Did you come here on your own initiative? Who are you waiting for here?"
However, this time Oriko Qingmizu did not answer, but shook her head slightly again.
Seeing that Qingshui Zhizi did not want to say more, Yu Qiuping did not continue to ask questions, closed his eyes and prepared to sleep. At this time, Qingshui Zhizi suddenly said:
"Are you tired?"
Hearing this, Yu Qiuping opened his eyes again, looked at the girl in front of him in the dim candlelight, and said with a wry smile: "How can I not be tired?"
I am the head of the family, the guardian of the two countries and the guardian of the two countries. I am responsible for millions of people and so many people from the Yuqiu family. How can I not be tired?
Qingshui Zhizi straightened up, moved slowly on her knees, and came to Yu Qiuping's side.
"Your Highness, can you please turn over?" Shimizu Oriko asked softly.
"What's wrong?" Yu Qiuping blinked in confusion.
"My little lady, I can press it for you." Oriko Qingmizu crossed her hands on her thighs and bowed, "It can relieve fatigue."
"No need." Yu Qiuping smiled, stretched, and said casually, "If that kind of thing was really effective, I would ask someone to press it for me every day."
"It's really possible." There was a hint of seriousness in Qingmizu Oriko's tone, "And, no matter what...if His Highness is unwilling to do those things...this little girl should also do something for you, otherwise wouldn't it be in vain?
Do you give alms?"
"Well...if it's because of this...okay." Yu Qiuping reluctantly turned over, raised his arms and placed them flat on both sides of his body. Suddenly, he felt that this posture was a bit weird.
"Relax." Qingmizu Zhizi chuckled and put Yu Qiuping's arms in a comfortable place, and then asked softly: "Top top..."
"No need." Yu Qiuping shook his head alertly, "Just massage with your clothes on."
"You all listen to your Highness." Qingshui Zhizi responded very obediently, then stood up slightly, knelt down beside Yu Qiuping, and touched Yu Qiuping's neck with a pair of delicate hands. Yu Qiuping immediately felt a soft coolness,
It's actually quite comfortable.
"Relax." Qingshui Zhizi repeated it again, and gently squeezed Yu Qiuping's neck with her small hands, "It's too tight, and the effect is not good."
"How can we relax?" Yu Qiuping asked with a smile.
"Just...don't think about anything, just let your mind go. It's the same feeling you have before falling asleep." Qingshui Zhizi thought about it for a moment and gave this answer. Yu Qiuping lay on the tatami and nodded with a somewhat awkward posture.
He nodded. He still knows how to relax like this. Isn't it just the preparation he did before entering the cave many times before?
So Yu Qiuping slowly adjusted his breathing, very skillfully letting go of his thoughts and relaxing his body. Slowly, his consciousness began to become blurry. After an unknown period of time, Yu Qiuping found himself in the cave again. The familiar rope, the familiar
The shadow puppet show, and the familiar heat coming from the back of the head.
Here we go again, where is this place? Is it really a way through?
Yu Qiuping untied the rope from his body with ease, stood up and took a breath, then turned around to let his eyes adjust to the light. Just as he was about to walk around in the cave, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Past experience shows that the deeper he explores in this cave and the longer it lasts, the more insubstantial his body will be in the real world.
Will it scare Oriko Shimizu?
Yu Qiuping sighed, letting his consciousness gradually recover, and returned to the real world. After his five senses gradually returned, the just right and comfortable massage on his neck did not stop. It seemed that his body had not weakened to a scary level just now.
Is there a critical point? At a certain point, foreign objects can penetrate my virtual body? What step does that critical point correspond to when I explore the cave?
Yu Qiuping was thinking wildly, and suddenly an idea flashed through his mind.
Could it be...
At that time, I suffered a fatal blow from Toga Ichibun on the Suruga Maru... We all thought that he missed the target and cut the Fang Tian Huaji into the side of the ship. I fell back and hit my head.
However, the cracks in the helmet were from the inside to the outside, and Mori Nagako also insisted that Tokawa Ichikumi did not miss the mark.
Yu Qiuping tried hard to recall the memories before coma, but he couldn't think clearly.
Could it be that... I entered the cave in an instant, which caused the body to become blurred in reality? Shihe Yicun's halberd directly penetrated the virtual body's head and hit the back of the helmet on the back of the head - so I
Did I just escape the fatal blow? Then the helmet was chopped, my body materialized again, and then my head fell on the Fangtian Painted Halberd embedded in the side of the ship, and was scratched because there was a gap in the helmet.
.
But I have no impression at all.
"Your Highness, your body is tense again." Qingshui Zhizi's voice came again, disrupting Yu Qiuping's random thoughts.
"Sorry." Yu Qiuping laughed twice, and then began to empty his body again. But this time he could no longer dare to let his body fade away, but went straight to the direction of falling asleep - so he got his wish.
When he woke up the next morning, he found that he was lying on the mattress, covered with a quilt. And Shimizu Oriko was sleeping on the same tatami where he lay yesterday, covered with her own jinhaori.
"What are you doing? You still refuse to sleep on the bed." Yu Qiuping sat up and moved his body. Not to mention, after massaging, he felt that his whole body felt relaxed and he slept well yesterday. Yu Qiuping began to think about it.
Is it time for Haoko or Mori Ranmaru to learn massage so that they can relax themselves?
If only Ryuko was here...that girl would be able to do it.
Yu Qiuping sighed, his good mood was suddenly washed away by sad memories.
"Your Highness, are you awake?" Shimizu Oriko's call came from beside her.
"Did I make too much noise?" Yu Qiuping smiled apologetically. He glanced at Qingshui Zhizi's face and was pleased to find that the dark circles under her eyes seemed a little smaller.
After briefly washing up, Yu Qiuping followed Qingshui Zhizi out of the door. He got up very early, but several of his companions were still sleeping like pigs in the room. Yu Qiuping was not interested in waiting for them
, he paid everyone's bills by himself, and then went out to say goodbye. Before leaving, he looked back at the room, and saw that Oriko Shimizu's figure had disappeared.
Both parties are just passers-by in each other's lives, but this somewhat weird experience will probably remain in the memory for a long time - this is what Yu Qiuping thought at the time.
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In the afternoon, Yu Qiupei in the house received another invitation from Ikeda Hengxing. This time, the person who came to send the invitation was actually Ikeda Hengxing himself.
"Come again?" Yu Qiuping angrily slapped the invitation card on Ikeda Hengxing's head, "You want to take me to drink flower wine again?"
"Didn't you have a good sleep last night? If you take that little girl who looks like she has no experience in the world, she will definitely be at your mercy. I guess you had a lot of fun, right? Do whatever you want!" Ikeda Hengxing said.
While resisting, he smiled mischievously and said, "You're so stubborn now that you're done! You're still pretending to be a gentleman here!"
"Let it go, I didn't do anything, why don't I just go to sleep." Yu Qiuping shouted loudly, "Don't ruin my innocence!"
"Wild vegetables? Can it be used together with sleep this time? Is it used in the Ming Dynasty? Does it also have 'meat sense'?" Ikeda Hengxing couldn't understand Yu Qiuping's words, but he roughly guessed what he meant.
He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Why do you, a grown man, want to be innocent? If you don't know, you would think that a woman from a good family was bullied?"
"That's enough. Every time you go through a hardship, you gain wisdom. Even if I die, I won't go out with you guys again." Yu Qiuping waved his hands repeatedly and shouted angrily, "Chang Ke, Matsuchiyo, see you off!"
When Mori Nagako and Asahina Taihei heard this, they smiled and prepared to step forward and take Ikeda out. Ikeda was so anxious that he bared his teeth and claws like a condemned prisoner dragged out, "Momiji, Momiji,
You bastard, why don’t you take a look at the invitation! You’re not going to drink wine today!”
"Then what can we do?" Yu Qiuping bent down and picked up the scattered invitations, opened them and looked at them for a few times, and asked with some surprise, "Aguo Song and Dance Troupe?"
"That's right!" Ikeda Hengxing finally stood his ground and shouted to Yu Qiuping, "Aguo Song and Dance Troupe is coming to Azuchi! They just arrived yesterday! They are on tour! They are coming to Azuchi! A famous song and dance troupe in Kansai
Ah! We’re going to perform in the castle town’s dance hall today! Are you still a human being if you don’t go?”
Yu Qiuping had heard of the name of the Aguo Song and Dance Troupe for a long time. In his previous life, he only learned about such a character through the Warring States Warriors series. However, the records of Aguo's birth and death are very inaccurate. The earliest records said that she was in the 1560s.
She was born, but the later ones may even be written as 1574. Her life is relatively vague, and she can be regarded as a mysterious figure. Some people say that she is the founder of Kabuki.
But later, the young and beautiful kabuki gave the Edo shogunate a lot of headaches because they often performed unexplained services. The shogun then issued a punishment decree requiring that kabuki can only be performed by men - the result was unexplained services.
But it’s even more serious—the Japanese in the Middle Ages really had unique tastes.
In this life, the Aguo Song and Dance Troupe is also famous for a long time. Aguo claims to be the shrine maiden of Izumo Shrine. The dance she created is refreshing and leads the trend in the Kansai region. Many dancers are trying to imitate it. Now this popular trend
It has also spread to Kinki, making many conservative nobles and samurai very dissatisfied - but Yu Qiupei thinks this new dance is quite beautiful, at least it is more interesting than Noh drama. It seems that it is not an exaggeration to say that Aguo is an idol star in the Middle Ages
.
Now that the Aguo Song and Dance Troupe has come to Azuchi Castle, there is no reason not to go and see it.
"Okay." Yu Qiuping reluctantly nodded, waving to Asahina Yasuhei and Morinagako to let go of Ikeda Hengxing, "But we agreed in advance that we will just watch Kabuki and nothing else! If you dare to trick me again
Go find those kabuki girls, I'm not done with you."