Chapter 386 A-cho of the Vacuum Party [5000 words]
After Ogata separated from Makimura, he got up and returned to Yoshihara.
In order to avoid running into Hasegawa, Ogata hid not far from the Yoshihara gate.
After confirming that Hasegawa had left Yoshiwara, Ogata walked unhurriedly towards the Yoshiwara gate, which had only two sleeve doors open.
Because the Shirobei Club is located next to the Yoshiwara Gate, when Ogata returned to Yoshiwara through the sleeve gates on both sides of the Yoshiwara Gate, all the cadres of the club knew about Ogata's return.
Everyone, led by Shirobei and Gua Sheng, quickly left the club with a "dong dong dong" sound.
As soon as he left the club, he saw Ogata standing in front of the club door.
Before Ogata could say even half a word, Shirobei and others took the lead in asking Ogata a lot of questions.
"Mashima-san! Just now Heizo Hasegawa personally came to our Yoshiwara home to apologize. Did you persuade Heizo Hasegawa to come and apologize to us?" The person who asked this question was Kawajiro.
"Mashima-kun, why didn't you come back with Hasegawa Heizo just now?" It was Gua Sao's voice.
"Mashima, is it possible that you are friends with Hasegawa Heizou-sama?" Only Keemon asked a strange question that was incompatible with the atmosphere around him.
Regarding the series of questions that Guasheng and others raised in one breath, Ogata couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh.
Then he answered the questions asked by Guasheng and others one by one.
"Hasegawa Heizo and I don't know each other, I just have a friend who happens to know Hasegawa Heizo."
"I asked my friend who knows Hasegawa Heizo to find Hasegawa and ask him to tell Hasegawa the truth about what happened tonight."
"Because I didn't see Hasegawa at all, so I didn't follow Hasegawa back just now."
"I have been staying somewhere to wait for my friend to finish negotiating with Hasegawa."
"My friend just found me and told me that he and Hasegawa had finished talking. I came back only after Hasegawa came to apologize in person."
"It was Hasegawa's idea to come to apologize in person, and it was not anyone who persuaded him."
Xu Fangyan answered the questions posed by Guasheng and others in a concise and concise manner.
What Ogata said just now was half true and half false.
But it is precisely because of the half-truths that they sound more believable.
The trick to making a lie sound more real is to mix a little bit of truth into it and tell it with half-truths and half-falsehoods.
And based on the expressions of Guasheng and others, it is not difficult to see that Ogata's words were generally true, and he successfully fooled Guasheng and others.
"I really didn't expect..." Kawajiro let out a long breath, "Tonight's events could end in such an ending that I couldn't even imagine before..."
As soon as Kawajiro finished speaking, some people around him nodded in agreement.
Many people present have personally experienced the incident of "taking advantage of a thief and changing his official position to take credit".
When encountering this, many people were confused and had no idea what to do.
They never expected that this incident, which would have been difficult to handle, would end in such an almost perfect ending with the help of this young samurai who had just worked in their club for two days.
Hasegawa Heizo, who is the leader of the fire bandits, personally came to apologize. When he left, he personally promised everyone in the club that he would severely punish Natori, the main culprit in tonight's incident.
He also stated that Ju Xiaoseng belongs to the Shirobei Club who captured Ju Xiaoseng personally, and that the fire bandits will no longer interfere in anything related to Ju Xiaoseng.
In other words, Ju Xiaoseng is completely owned by their Shirobei Club.
It doesn’t seem like an exaggeration to say that this is a perfect ending that no one could have imagined before.
"Mashima-kun, tonight... I really thank you for your hard work."
The person who spoke was Shirobei.
This was the first thing Shirobei said after seeing Ogata who had just returned.
Although there is only a simple sentence, the emotion contained in it is very sincere.
"Fortunately, I did not disgrace my life." Ogata smiled, "I just did something I could do."
"This is your wages for today." Shirobei took out a small cloth bag from his arms and handed it to Ogata.
It is specially packed in a small cloth bag and you can tell that it has been prepared in advance.
Just from the size of this small bag and the weight you feel after taking it, you can clearly understand that there is a lot of money in this bag.
"Um..." Ogata asked doubtfully, "Is this money too much?"
"A total of 40 pieces." Shirobei said, "The extra part can be regarded as your bonus."
"All the officers who participated in the arrest of Ju Xiaoseng tonight, I distributed bonuses to them. At the same time, I also helped pay the medical expenses of those officers who were injured while arresting Ju Xiaoseng."
"It's all thanks to you that tonight's incident ended in such a peaceful way, so I'll give you a little more bonus."
"After Ju Xiaoseng is handed over to the shogunate in the future and the shogunate's bonuses are distributed, I plan to distribute these bonuses to everyone who participated in the arrest of Ju Xiaoseng."
"That means you can still receive the second bonus in the future." Ogata smiled and stuffed the money bag he just got from Shirobei into his arms, "Thank you, for today's wages, I really appreciate it."
Accepted."
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Originally, until the door of Yoshiwara was closed, it was the time when "temporary workers" like Ogata could go home from get off work and rest.
In other words, Ogata can get off work long ago.
The reason why Ogata made a special trip back to Yoshiwara was just to say hello and farewell to everyone in the club, and to collect today's wages.
Now that the hello has been said and the money has been received, Ogata, who has no reason to stay here anymore, said goodbye to everyone in the club, and then strode away from Yoshiwara.
Shirobei originally wanted to persuade Ogata to stay.
He planned to hold a small banquet in the club to thank Ogata for everything he had done for the Shirobei Club tonight.
But Ogata declined.
Seeing Ogata's polite refusal, Shirobei and the others were too embarrassed to force him to stay.
Ogata declined Shirobei's offer to stay and strode away from Yoshiwara. After turning onto a road with few pedestrians, he took out the wallet that Shirobei had just given him that contained today's wages.
Small cloth bag.
Ogata opened the small cloth bag, and through the faint light emitted by the lighting lantern hanging outside the door of a nearby tea house, he could barely see clearly what was inside the bag. There were a lot of broken pieces lying quietly inside.
silver.
Ogata counted it, no more, no less, a total of 40 pieces of silver.
Tonight is Ogata's second day of work in Yoshiwara.
Excluding tonight's special situation, Ogata's daily salary is 6 taels of silver.
In other words, including the standard salary he received last night, Ogata has earned 46 taels of silver in these two days.
After retying the small bag and stuffing it back into his arms, Ogon smiled bitterly and sighed softly at a volume that only he could hear clearly:
"Now that I think about it carefully... this seems to be the first time I have made money through labor after more than a year..."
In Ogata's impression, the last time he made money through his own labor seemed to have been before participating in the "God Deference Competition" in Hirose Domain last year.
Before participating in the "God Worship Competition", Ogata would go to the izakaya owned by Asaki and Afu every night to work as a security guard to earn extra money.
After the "God Worship Competition" ended, I never went to work at Asaki and Fuku's izakaya because I had to recuperate from my injuries.
After finally recovering from his injuries, the "student massacre" that changed Ogata's life happened.
So the last time Ogata made money through labor was in June last year.
For more than a year, Ogata has been living on the large amount of money that the Kuranaga clan gave him when he broke away from the feudal clan.
When he thought that it had been more than a year since the last time he worked properly and made money, Oubang felt a little strange.
Ogata's footsteps were very fast. Even though he was only walking at a leisurely pace, he quickly returned to the hotel where he was staying.
After returning to the hotel, Ogata first said hello to Amachi who was staying in his room.
Then he opened the door of the large room where he, Mamiya and others lived.
In the room, four people, Mamiya, Shimada, Asai, and Genichi, gathered together.
Yuan Yi was sitting in the corner as usual, drinking a small drink there very comfortably.
Asai, on the other hand, has changed back into men's clothing.
Judging from his appearance, he seemed to have taken a shower just now.
After seeing no sign of Makimura, Ogata frowned slightly:
"Where is Makimura? Hasn't he come back?"
"This is the right question for us to ask you, right?" Asai said, "Where is Makimura? Why didn't he come back with you?"
"He was kept by Hasegawa Heizo." Ogata said, "Hasegawa Heizo said he had something very important to tell Makimura, so Makimura stayed in Huosuke after helping me negotiate with Hasegawa.
The thief has changed his headquarters. It seems that he hasn’t come back yet..."
"Important things...?" Shimada asked doubtfully, "Hasegawa-sama, what important things can you tell Makimura-senpai?"
"I don't know about that." Ogata shrugged, "When Makimura comes back, then slowly ask Makimura what Hasegawa told him."
After saying that, Ogata sat cross-legged on the tatami, and then looked around.
"Where's Miss Kinoshita?"
"My lord, she is reading in her room right now." Mamiya replied.
After answering Ogata's question, Mamiya paused.
Then he said to Ogata in a helpless tone:
"Ogata-kun, we just heard what Asai told you about what happened to you in Yoshiwara tonight."
"How can I put it...you and Huo Fu Thief Kai are really destined to be together."
"Ah, I feel the same way." Ogata smiled helplessly, "Maybe there really is some wonderful fate between Mr. Hasegawa and I..."
"This is the third time I have met Mr. Hasegawa this year."
"The first time was at the beginning of this year, when I met Mr. Hasegawa in Tatsuno Domain."
"The second time was this summer, when I met Mr. Hasegawa for the second time in Kyoto."
"The third time is now, the third time I met Mr. Hasegawa in Edo..."
"How are the negotiations with Hasegawa Heizo going?" asked Asai on the side.
"The negotiation was successful." Ogata responded, "Hasegawa personally went to Yoshiwara to apologize. This unexpected incident tonight has a perfect ending."
"That's good." Mamiya nodded lightly, "Then... now all that's left is to slowly wait for Makimura to come back."
"By the way." Ogata turned his head and looked at Asai, "I haven't had time to ask you yet. You and Makimura sneaked into the Four Seasons House tonight. Did you hear any interesting information from Kitaro?"
"For the time being, there are still some." Asai said softly, "That Ji Tairou is going to participate in the 'Gozen Trial'."
"'Gozen Trial Match'?" Ogata raised an eyebrow, "What a surprise...Does he have any motivation to participate in the 'Gozen Trial Match'? Since he can come to Yoshiwara every night to play, then he shouldn't
Will you be short of money?"
"Maybe it's to compete with the masters from all walks of life." Shimada on the side suggested a possibility, "Although many people participate in the 'Gozen Trials' just for money."
"But there should still be many people who participate in the 'Imperial Trials' simply to compete with different masters and improve their skills."
"Haha." Yuan Yi, who had been drinking silently since just now, suddenly let out a few chuckles, "I actually really want to participate in the 'Imperial Trial Match'. It's a pity that I have never studied seriously before."
"So I will definitely not be able to pass the 'Imperial Examination' literary test."
As a group of them gathered here to discuss, it was impossible to figure out what motivations Ji Tairou had for participating in the "Gozen Trial Match".
So after briefly chatting for a few words, everyone stopped the topic and stopped talking in depth.
The only work left tonight is to slowly wait for Makimura to come back.
In order to pass the time, Ogata picked up the daishakuten placed on the tatami beside him, left the large room where he, Mamiya and others lived, and walked towards Omachi's room next door.
During these days, due to various reasons, I spent less time alone with A-Machi.
Although Atachi never said anything, Ogata still felt a little bit regretful in his heart.
With a mentality of "seizing the opportunity and time to compensate myself and A-Machi", Ogata opened the door of A-Machi's room.
When Ogata came back just now, he was the first to say hello to Amachi, so Amachi was not surprised by Ogata's sudden visit. He just said "you are here" and continued to do the things at hand.
"A-Machi, you are folding clothes."
As soon as he entered A-Machi's room, Oubono found A-Machi, who was wearing a loose white yukata and folding clothes there.
"Yeah. Because I didn't know what to do, I just arranged my clothes."
Ogata sat cross-legged next to Omachi.
In front of A-Machi, there were pieces of clothes that had been neatly folded by A-Machi.
Ogata glanced at the pile of neatly folded clothes, and then found a very familiar set of clothes among the pile of clothes.
"I really miss this dress..."
As Ogata said this, he picked up the black clothes.
This black outfit is the exclusive outfit for the kunoichi in Shiranui.
That is to say, when Ogata and A-Machi met for the first time on Butterfly Island, the upper body of the clothing that A-Machi wore was in a ring-neck and backless shape, revealing a large area of back and snow-white skin on both shoulders.
Not only the skin on the back and shoulders is exposed, but also a lot of skin on the front collar.
The clothing on the lower body is a bit like tights, but much looser than tights.
Compared with the upper body clothes that reveal a large area of skin, the lower body clothes are not so exposed, and there is almost no exposed area.
This kunoichi uniform can be regarded as one of Ogata's precious memories.
Because this kunoichi uniform was exactly the one she wore when Atachi and Ogata first met on Butterfly Island.
After betraying Shiranui, Amachi always wore ordinary clothes in order to hide his identity.
But Amachi never threw away this kunoichi uniform.
The reason is that this kunoichi uniform is her "battle uniform" for Atachi.
Because the lower body of this kunoichi suit is designed like tight pants, and the upper body does not even have sleeves, it is very convenient to move.
In addition, he is very accustomed to this set of clothes, so wearing this set of clothes can increase A-Machi's combat power to some extent. Therefore, A-Machi did not throw away this set of clothes, but kept it for emergencies.
"Don't mess it up." Amachi said angrily, "I finally folded this neatly."
"It won't make a mess."
After carefully examining the kunoichi uniform in his hand for a while, Ogata put it back to its original place.
Ah-Ting didn't have too many clothes, so in a short while, Ah-Ting folded all her clothes.
A-Machi doesn't have many clothes. One of the reasons is that the types of clothes she wears are smaller than those of ordinary girls.
Because in modern earth terms, Atachi is a "vacuum party" who neither wears underwear nor underwear.
Although there were no underwear and panties in the modern sense in the Edo period, there were similar clothing items.
There was a kind of women's clothing in the Edo period called "waistaki", which was similar to the women's underwear in the Edo period.
There is a kind of close-fitting undergarment, which is similar to women's underwear in the Edo period.
As for A-Ting, she neither likes to wear waistbands nor this kind of close-fitting undershirt.
According to Atachi, this is a habit she developed from wearing that kunoichi uniform for many years.
Because the kunoichi uniform was the most worn item of clothing in the past, I didn't have the habit of wearing waistbands and this close-fitting undergarment.
In fact, people with the same dressing habits as Atachi are not uncommon in this era.
In this era, many women actually wear neither "underwear" nor "underwear".
And the proportion of such people is not small.
Therefore, Amachi, who has this dressing habit, is not only not an outlier, but also one of the mainstream people.
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If you don’t know what a waist roll is, you can read the popular science in the previous chapters.
Do you know why I want to popularize women’s underwear and panties in the Edo period in the first two chapters?
This is all to pave the way for the plot that follows! (Seriously)
If you think that I give you popular science about women's underwear and underwear out of a strange hobby, you are totally wrong. (serious face)