Chapter 189 The assassin attacks! Gua Shengxiu...s death?5600
There was a big living person in the bamboo basket, which really frightened others.
Suddenly, screams broke out from all over.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"Is there a fight?"
"It seems not."
"Ah! Look! There's someone in that bamboo basket!"
"What? Living or dead?!"
"It seems to be a living person!"
…
Gua Shengxiu ignored the onlookers who gathered from all around.
"Baiju! Baiju! Wake up! Wake up!"
After dragging Bai Ju out of the bamboo basket, Gua Shengxiu held Bai Ju's shoulder with one hand and repeatedly patted Bai Ju's pretty face with the other hand.
She must have been drugged.
Gua Shengxiu kept beating her until her cheeks turned red, and then she finally woke up slowly.
"Um...eh? Guasheng...mother-in-law...?"
Bai Ju blinked at Gua Shengxiu, who was hugging her, with a look that was 60% confused and 40% confused.
"Great, you are safe..."
Gua Shengxiu tightened her embrace of Bai Ju and let out a sigh of relief.
At this time, a hysterical roar disturbed this warm and beautiful scene.
"Ahhhhh! Baiju! Baiju!"
The owner of this roar was none other than the young man who was still being pinned down by Qing Deng.
"Shut up."
Qingdeng was not polite and directly punched the animal.
With Qingdeng's physical strength, if he attacked with all his strength, he could beat the young man half to death, or even beat him to death directly. However, because there were still many questions to ask him, Qingdeng withheld most of his strength and only beat him.
pain.
"Pooh!"
However, even if Qingden withdrew his strength, ordinary people would not be able to withstand the fists of a "superman" like him who had been transformed by various talents.
Peng——With a dull sound of flesh colliding, the young man's face swelled up.
After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, the young man's roar suddenly turned into a painful cry of "ho ho ho"...
Bai Ju, who was frightened by the young man's roar just now, shrank her petite body, and then glanced around with an uneasy look on her face.
"Grandma Guasheng, this is...? Why am I here?"
"Bai Ju, do you remember what happened before you fell into coma?"
Guasheng asked.
"Before coma...?"
Bai Ju touched her forehead with her hand and frowned.
"I remember... I suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the room... I got up to open the door... but there was no one outside the door... and then... and then... just as I was about to close the door, someone suddenly hugged me from behind.
He hit me and covered my mouth and nose with a handkerchief...I smelled a strong smell of medicine...and then...I have no memory of what happened next..."
"I see...Baiju, listen to me——"
Gua Shengxiu mistook Qianhuawu for running away with her lover, and searched for her everywhere. Finally, Qingdeng succeeded in finding her story in the bamboo basket on the young man's back, and told Bai Ju concisely.
When Gua Sheng finished his beautiful words, Bai Ju's beautiful eyes suddenly widened as big as copper bells in disbelief.
She looked at the young man with a horrified expression, and after carefully looking at the young man's face, she said urgently:
"I've never seen you! Who are you? Why did you kidnap me?"
The young man struggled to raise his head and stared straight at Bai Ju.
"Baiju...Baiju...Baiju..."
The young man's eyes flashed with the fiery light of a fanatic.
"The matter has come to this...I won't hide it anymore!"
"Shirogiku! Don't you remember me? I'm Yoshihachi from Kawashimaya!"
"I've met you before!"
"Just a month ago, when I came to Yoshiwara to deliver goods, I accidentally dropped my wallet!"
"Just when I didn't know what to do, you, holding my money bag... with a smile like the spring breeze, appeared in front of me!"
"I still remember your actions at that time; your words at that time; your tone at that time!"
"While you handed the purse back to me with both hands, you said to me in such a gentle tone: 'Sir, your purse fell.'"
"From that day... no! From the moment I saw your bright smile, I fell deeply in love with you!"
"Baiju, Baiju! How I want to hold you in my arms! How I want to stay with you forever!"
"Although I'm just an ordinary grocery store clerk and don't have the money to redeem you...but it doesn't matter!"
"Although the human body is restricted everywhere, the soul is free!"
"I have long been tired of living in a caged world!"
“There is always work to be done every day!”
"No money!"
"No family!"
"There is no hope of a successful career!"
"Bai Ju! You have to serve a man other than me every night. You must be in pain, right?"
"In that case, let us go to hell together hand in hand!"
"When we die together, our souls will definitely be inseparable!"
"When we die together, we will definitely become a loving couple in the next life!"
"Bai Ju! Look! This place and time is the place and time in the hearts of Fenghua and her lover!"
"I especially admire the popular star who obviously has no worries about food and drink and it is only a matter of time before he can regain his freedom, but he dares to be with the love in his lover's heart!"
"In order to pay tribute to my great predecessors, I decided to imitate Fenghua and die with you under the constant light of Akiye Mountain on a windy night!"
"I've been waiting for a long time, and then I finally waited for Gale Ye to show up!"
"But...but...but...!"
"Hateful! Hateful!"
"Only one step away! Only one step away!"
"Obviously, within two more days of burning incense, it will be time for Fenghua and her lover to go to the other side hand in hand!"
"Obviously it only takes two more incense sticks to hold on!"
"Just because of the appearance of this beast! Everything has failed!"
"Hateful!"
Speaking of this, the young man...that is, Jiba raised his head with all his strength, and glared at Qingden fiercely with eyes filled with deep hatred.
Jiba's mood is quite unstable.
To put it simply, he looks crazy right now... No, it should be said that he is a madman to begin with.
One second he was explaining his "love" to Bai Ju with a crazy look on his face, and the next second he was wailing desperately.
Although Jiba's words were incoherent and his words were messy and difficult to understand, Qingden still roughly understood the whole story.
"snort."
Qingden snorted coldly.
"After working on it for a long time, it turned out to be the 'irrational mind' of a paranoid man."
Unreasonably, he forcibly sacrifices his love.
Even in the 21st century, such ridiculous things are common, especially in the current Edo period.
After all, the people under the shogunate were still ignorant.
People with ignorant and backward thinking generally believe deeply in the theories of "afterlife", "reincarnation" and "the world after death".
Under the influence of such feudal trends of thought, irrational thoughts appear so frequently that they can be said to be endless.
Overall, Baiju's disappearance is a terrible farce from beginning to end.
A delusional maniac tried to force an innocent girl to commit suicide for the sake of so-called "love" and so-called "freedom from the painful world".
If there was no Gua Shengxiu, if there was no Qingdeng, there would probably be an extremely wronged soul in Yoshiwara tonight...
It makes people feel scared just thinking about it.
Jiba seemed to want to say something else.
But Qingdeng had lost interest in listening anymore.
"Shut up, I've had enough of your stupid talk."
Qingdeng never shows mercy when dealing with villains... especially villains whose every word and action makes people feel extremely uncomfortable.
He stretched out his big, iron-like hands, grabbed Jiba's chin and pulled it off.
"Uh...! Uh...! Uh...!"
The world suddenly became quiet.
Finally, he no longer had to listen to this crazy talk. Qingdeng let out a sigh of relief - he felt an inexplicable sense of relief, as if he had returned to normal society from a mental hospital.
The commotion Jiba made attracted more and more spectators.
The wall of people gathered around Qingdeng and others became several layers thicker.
The onlookers all cast disdainful glances at Jiba under Qingdeng.
No human being with a sane mind would look appreciatively at a lunatic who is full of delusions.
"Uh...! Melon, melon gives birth to grandma...!"
Baiju, whose face was as white as snow, tried to get up and stay away from Jiba, but stumbled and quickly reached out to grab Gua Shengxiu's shoulder to barely avoid falling.
Bai Ju looked completely frightened at this moment - which is not difficult to understand.
To put it nicely: Jiba's so-called "love" is really too heavy.
To put it harshly: Who wouldn’t be afraid of being entangled by a lunatic with extreme ideas?
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid...my mother-in-law is here. As long as your mother-in-law is here, no one can hurt you."
Gua Shengxiu gently patted Bai Ju's back with gentle movements like stroking a baby.
Under Gua Shengxiu's comfort, Bai Ju's mood slowly returned to calm, and some color returned to her pretty face.
"Master Samurai! Please use this!"
A young man dressed as a salesman walked out of the crowd, glared at Jiba with an indignant face, and handed Qingteng a long and thick hemp rope.
"Tie this beast up quickly!"
"Thanks."
Qingdeng nodded to the young man to thank him, and then took the hemp rope from the young man's hand.
Just as Qingden was using skillful techniques to tie up Jiba Wuhua, Gua Shengxiu, who was still comforting Baiju not far away, suddenly said:
"Hanada-kun."
She turned around and gave Qingdeng a curious and doubtful look.
"How did you find out that this guy kidnapped Bai Ju?"
"I didn't find out that he kidnapped Bai Ju."
Qingdeng answered without hesitation.
"To be honest, I was also shocked when I found white chrysanthemums in the bamboo basket. I simply found out that there was something wrong with this guy, so I became suspicious - that's all."
"Is there a problem? Then how did you find out that there was a problem with this guy?"
"Because of cats."
"cat?"
Gua Shengxiu tilted her head in confusion.
Qing Deng pursed his lips towards the big orange cat still huddled not far away.
"This beast is obviously dressed as a cat dancer, but in the end he is holding a cat that is afraid of people and cannot understand shamisen."
As soon as Qingdeng said this, Gua Shengxiu suddenly showed an enlightened expression.
"So this is it...a cat...!"
Cat Dance Artist: As the name suggests, it is an artist who performs cat dance.
The so-called "cat dance" is a very common performance in the Edo period with a long history - artists play the shamisen and the cats dance to the sound of the music.
Cats, who are known to be aloof and don't like to talk to humans, can actually understand music and can dance. It seems incredible at first, but the secret is not complicated.
Behind the cute dance of cats, there is a cruel inside story...
First prepare a brazier for burning charcoal fire. After the charcoal fire is strong, place a copper plate on top of the brazier, like a monji. After the copper plate is also heated, lower the cat tied with hemp rope from the ceiling and place it on the copper plate.
, because its feet are hot, the cat will quickly and alternately lift its front and rear feet, taking the opportunity to play the shamisen. At first, the shamisen will play in conjunction with the cat's movements. After the cat gets used to it, it will match the rhythm of the shamisen music.
Come and dance. After long-term training, once the shamisen sounds, the cat will naturally raise its feet and dance on the ordinary floor along with the music - cat dances are generally trained in this way.
Because they have been playing in front of people for a long time, the cats used to perform the cat dance are basically "social cows" and are not afraid of people at all.
In order to facilitate publicity, cat dance artists often hold in their arms the cutest-looking cats that have been trained by them.
Because there is often more than one cat performing, cat dancers always carry large bamboo baskets that can hold several cats.
Therefore, holding the piano in one hand, holding the cat used for publicity in the other hand, and carrying a large bamboo basket that can hold several cats on the back has become the typical image of cat dancers.
I have to say that although Jiba people are crazy, they are not stupid.
Because cats dance so cutely, this art is particularly popular with women.
Therefore, cat dancers can be seen everywhere on the streets of Yoshiwara.
If you pretend to be a cat dancer in Yoshiwara, it is like water falling into the sea or leaves falling into the forest. Whether you are hiding yourself or sneaking into the house of a wandering girl, it will be much more convenient.
At the same time, and more importantly, the only person who can carry a container that can be used to transport "large creatures" in Yoshiwara... is the only cat dance artist!
The bamboo basket of the cat dancer is large, but according to common sense, it cannot hold a big live talent.
It's just that... Baiju happens to be a special case that goes against common sense.
Because Bai Ju’s body is very short and petite!
Jibal was able to stuff her into the bamboo basket without much effort.
For those who don’t know, they may never imagine that the bamboo basket on the back of this “cat dancer” does not contain a cat, but a large living person!
To be fair, Jiba's trick of pretending to be a cat dancer is really cunning.
He almost succeeded.
Fortunately, there is only one sparse secret.
Although he took great pains to dress up, there was a flaw in the most critical prop - the cat in his arms.
It's not a good idea to hold any cat, but I picked up a "socially anxious cat" who is obviously very afraid of people.
Qingdeng never had a cat in his previous life or in this life.
However, he is quite familiar with creatures like cats.
The reason is that he has a girlfriend who loves cats very much and also has a big orange cat...that is, Mai Kinoshita.
Whenever she has nothing to do, Kinoshita Mai likes to learn about the cuteness of cats and their various habits from Qingden.
According to Mai Kinoshita, one of the characteristics of "socially anxious cats" is that when they first encounter a strange environment, they will curl up into a ball, their limbs will be stiff, and their eyes will wander - which is different from the behavior of the big orange cat in Yoshihachi's arms just now.
Conspiring together.
A cat dance artist holds a "socially afraid cat"... What's the difference between this and someone who depends on their appearance for a living and smearing mud on their face?
In order to prevent any misunderstanding, Qingnobo even borrowed a shamisen from a passing geisha.
If it is the cat of a cat dance artist, then it will definitely have some strange reaction after hearing the music of the shamisen.
However, after Aonto played the shamisen for a long time, the big orange cat in Yoshihachi's arms remained indifferent.
At this point, Qingdeng was convinced that this "cat dancer" was fake!
Why is this person pretending to be a cat dancer? With the "police instinct" accumulated in his past and present lives, Qingdeng instantly realized that compared with ordinary people, the cat dancer has the greatest
The only difference is that they often carry huge bamboo baskets that can hide a lot of things!
Qingteng, who was extremely suspicious of Jiba, took action to capture Jiba without hesitation.
I didn't expect to gain much.
Finding white chrysanthemums... was a complete surprise.
Just like Qingdeng said just now, until Gua Shengxiu opened the bamboo basket, he didn't expect that the thing inside was actually white chrysanthemum.
Qingden apologized for his previous complaints - his luck wasn't too bad tonight.
To be able to find Bai Ju in this way... Thinking of this, Qingdeng couldn't help but feel grateful.
After Gua Shengxiu quietly listened to Qingdeng's explanation, she looked up and down at Qingdeng with a complicated expression.
"... Hanada-kun, you must have been in the "Three Chapters" of the Enforcement Office, Huo Fu Thief Gai, Director of the Eight Provinces... Or maybe you have been an official in these places?"
That's right! You guessed it right - Qingdeng, who is still hiding his identity, can't say this openly.
So, he could only laugh and say nothing.
Although Qingdeng has rarely been exposed to things that require brain power since he moved to the right to fight against thieves, and what he does is basically fighting and killing, but he has learned and accumulated in the past life and this life.
Our ability to do things is not so easy to deteriorate.
At this time, Qingdeng heard the sound of dense footsteps coming from the distance.
"Ah! The officers from the Shirobei Club are here!"
someone shouted.
Qingdeng looked around - a group of young men wearing dark blue feathers and holding wooden sticks hurried towards them.
Judging from the attire of this group of "visitors" and the weapons in their hands, there is no doubt that they are officials from the Shirobei Club.
In name, the Shirobei Club is a government department responsible for managing Yoshiwara, but its core function is to maintain the security of Yoshiwara.
Although he shoulders such an important responsibility, the equipment of the Shirobei Club is notoriously poor.
The mainstream weapon is a stick, and it is not even equipped with basic fishing tools such as ten-handed weapons and stabbing forks.
In addition, the officials who served in the Shirobei Club were almost all commoners, and there were basically no samurai.
Therefore, there is no one in the whole club who can carry a sword with him...
——Really...
Qingden twitched the corner of his mouth.
——Why no matter where the official is, he always likes to arrive late...
Just when Aoto picked up Yoshihachi from the ground and was about to wait for the officials from the Shirobei Club to arrive, he would hand over this idiot with a broken head——
Bang—! Bang—! Bang—! Bang—! Bang—!
Qingdeng suddenly heard rapid footsteps coming from behind him!
He suddenly turned his head.
I saw two samurai holding swords with their hands, rushing towards Gua Shengxiu who was still hugging Bai Ju as if he had lost his sword!
These two warriors, one is a strong man with big shoulders and a round waist, and the other is an ugly guy with a birthmark on his face.
ever!
ever!
2 The sound of drawing a knife suddenly made others feel their teeth chilling after hearing it!
The two warriors arranged different driving positions while charging forward, and then quickly swung their swords and slashed Gua Shengxiu's head down!
No...that's not right!
Their knives are not heading towards Gua Shengxiu.
Instead, he ran towards Bai Ju in Gua Shengxiu’s arms!
Guashengxiu has been completely affected by Yuchi!
At this moment, Qingdeng's body began to move like lightning unconsciously.
"Mother-in-law——!"
He quickly shook off the jihachi in his hand and reached for the new sword at his waist: Echizenzumi Hitachi and Roku Shoukanazaki, at the same time, stood up and rushed towards Gua Shengxiu!
Qingdeng rushed to the rescue as quickly as he could.
But... Gua Shengxiu is too far away from him.
No matter how fast Qingdeng's footsteps were, he was still not fast enough to teleport.
When Qingteng had just taken off his feet, the swords of the two samurai had already landed above Gua Shengxiu's head...
*******
*******
Please give me monthly votes! Please vote for recommendations! (Leopard Head Crying.jpg)
Sure enough, no one guessed how Qingden discovered that there was something wrong with Jiba~~
Cat Dance Artists in the Edo Period - This piece of trivia was something I accidentally discovered while searching for information. I thought at the time that this piece of trivia might be useful in a novel, so I jotted it down. Unexpectedly,
It really comes in handy~~(Leopard laugh.jpg)
However, some book friends have some pretty good ideas. For example, shamisen is made of cat skin, so cats hate shamisen.
