[Comprehensive] On how I got lost

Tsurumaru Kuninaga changed into the kimono most commonly used by ronin at the end of the Shogunate period. He wore a dark bamboo hat on his head, and the rope was tied to his chin to fix it. He took Xinghe into a tavern and asked for two pots of wine and a side dish. Without taking it off, he poured wine for Xinghe in a familiar way, "We are approaching Edo soon, and the investigation on the road has been stricter recently because of the black ship incident."

"Actually, the previous arrival of the Russian fleet and the conflicts with Britain and the United States have made the shogunate panic, but this time Perry's words and attitude are too arrogant, which makes the cautious shogunate even more frightened."

"Soon, the chaos at the end of the Tokugawa period, when there is no place to live in the world, will come."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga raised his wine cup and drank it in one gulp, "I really want to see that era soon."

Xinghe didn't take off the bamboo hat on his head either, he ate slowly and listened to the constant chatter of Tsurumaru.

"Hey, it seems that I have talked a lot of gossip, did I disturb you?"

Without waiting for Xinghe to answer, Tsurumaru Kuninaga said to himself, "There's nothing you can do if you're so noisy, it's your nature, let's just bear with it."

Xinghe didn't answer the whole time, the green vegetables in the bowl were much more attractive than the chattering Fu Sangshen.

The tavern was not very popular, and after staying there for a while, only diners in twos and threes entered. Seeing two unidentified men in bamboo hats in the corner, they sat down in other seats wisely.

After a while, a few ronin with bunched hair and sabers entered the tavern. They chose the cleanest and most open place, which was the place closest to Xinghe and the others.

After these people were seated, they yelled at the boss to serve good wine and food. Most of these ronin were separated from the domain or their original daimyo was changed by the shogunate, and the domain was cut off, so that they were forced to go into exile. Most of the people are in a state of Schrödinger's moneylessness. They may be hired to make a fortune today, or they may be empty-handed and penniless tomorrow.

But the boss still put on the food they ordered with a wrinkled face. After all, the ronin is frivolous, and he felt that if he was neglected, he might come to take his life at night.

Especially now that the chaos is beginning to appear, one thing more is worse than one thing less.

The boss silently said a few words to save his life, and retreated to the back kitchen to prepare food.

The boss has a daughter who is just like a flower bud. She angrily opened the curtain and looked at the rogues in the house, then bit her lower lip and threw the curtain down.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga poked Xinghe with his chopsticks, pointed at the ronin and then at the girl calmly, mouthing something.

Judging by his appearance, he is afraid that it will be a major event of family ruin.

The boss prepared the meal and presented it, but when he was about to leave, he heard a hoarse voice facing the rough man, "Boss, your daughter has also reached the right age."

"It's like the pistil on a branch quietly waiting to be released. I don't know which tourist will be lucky enough to see it."

The talking ronin was twice as wide as the boss and three as wide as the daughter. Standing in front of him was no different than facing a hill.

The boss couldn't stop bending over, answering questions, not knowing what to answer.

But the girl couldn't help it anymore, she rushed to open the curtain, stood in front of the man with her waist down, pointed at the man's face and said, "I already have someone I like, I hope you think twice when you speak."

"Yeah," Ronin let out a long sigh under the narrow eyes of his companion, "But I love Miss so much that I can't sleep day and night, and it's inevitable that I will do something irreparable and stupid when I'm dizzy."

"you you"

The girl stomped her feet angrily.

"The person I admire is Reishiro Yoshiya, who has become famous recently. Recently, he has entered the Lord's house many times because of his outstanding skills. Even if you want to make a move, you should think carefully about it."

"Sounds familiar," Ronin exchanged glances with his companion, and replaced it with a more affectionate smile, "It seems to be the Noro Kabuki famous for playing Snake Princess."

The girl let go of her hand angrily, "It's good that you know."

"However," Ronin didn't finish his sentence, "I don't know if this Yelang Kabuki is the same as others. With its bewitching and gorgeous appearance, it attracts the samurai's admiration and keeps romantic affairs."

This sentence in the early days of Edo, because there were too many performances of Younv Kabuki and it was accompanied by unbearable customs, so that the shogunate forcibly banned it, which led to the selection of young and beautiful men to replace Younv. It means that these people are called Zhongruo Kabuki, but like Younyo Kabuki, there are often incidents of extreme passion between young men and audiences in Zhongruo Kabuki performances, so that they are once again banned by the shogunate .

Later, the performers shaved off their foreheads and specialized in performing arts before they were re-approved by the shogunate.

The words of the ronin directly belittle the person whom the woman admires into a prostitute.

The girl was trembling with anger. She wanted to throw the bowl out several times, but she endured it after struggling for a while. She wanted to leave with tears in her eyes, but the ronin grabbed her wrist, "I haven't finished my sentence, why bother?" leave."

As soon as the words fell, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who was wearing a hat in the corner, stood up and strode towards the girl. His movement attracted everyone in the room to look at him.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga pulled the bamboo hat down to cover his face. He walked towards Ronin, raised his hand and knocked off the girl's hand, and hit the bridge of the nose the moment the other party held the knife handle. Ronin reacted quickly. When his companions were attacked, he had already surrounded him, Tsurumaru Kuninaga drew a knife with his left hand, held it with his backhand and drew a beautiful semicircle, and the hair of those people fell down in front of their foreheads.

"I hope you are doing well."

He spared the lives of these wanderers, and those people still held their hands on the handle of the knife, and walked once before the gate of hell.

The Ronin hurried out of the tavern holding his companion who had been hit in the nose.

The boss couldn't help thanking her, and the girl's face was full of survivors.

Now the world is not peaceful, and the daimyos of various feudal dynasties seldom have hard-working people, but most of them are extravagant. In order to maintain the cost of luxurious life, they happily expelled the original samurai from the feudal clan, and there are more and more ronin.

Tsurumaru Kuninaga accepted the thank you gift, and half-darkly mentioned that he was also an admirer of Yoshiya Reishiro, and he had listened to his superb skills in the audience many times, and wondered if the girl could introduce him.

The girl agreed and said that she would take them there the next day.

"What do you want to do."

Xinghe remained unmoved the whole time, quietly pouring wine into the wine cup, his hand was steady, not a single drop was spilled.

"Yoshiya collar Shiro." Tsurumaru Kuninaga smiled mysteriously.

"I think this time I can lead you to a good seat in the grandstand. The play that will be performed is very exciting."

"Before that, you have to learn a musical instrument."

Shamisen.

"Ah, a samurai who knows this skill is terrible. Girls like it."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga picked up the musical instrument and showed it to Xinghe, "Like any musical instrument, it is easy to learn but difficult to master, but according to your age, it is understandable if you are more youthful and less skilled."

"It's too troublesome. Even if you enter the dojo as Yoshiya Reishiro, you can't stay too long."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga rubbed his head, "But if you go directly and say that you want to join the dojo, you may be seen through in an instant."

"In the dojo of the natural spiritual flow, the seeds of the Mibu wolf are hidden."

"In other words, this time can be equivalent to sneaking into the Mibu wolf."

"It's impossible to come to Kabuki performances every time."

"It doesn't have to be time and time again, we just have to watch the grandest scene."

"About swords and swords and the inviolable history, about genius swordsmen and unchangeable destiny."

"These words put together are really exciting."

Tsurumaru Kuninaga plans to stay here temporarily at Reishirou Yoshiya, and by the way observe the situation of the natural Lixinliu Dojo nearby. He dyed his hair with fuel to make it gray and white, and pretended to be a blind man with his eyes closed, declaring that he was frustrated The ronin with gray hair all night, came this time and heard the singing of Reishi Yoshiya by chance, it was like the sound of heaven that made him see the light again.

Xinghe stood by, claiming to be "the one who guides the way".

The girl had heard Tsurumaru Kuninaga's explanation a long time ago, thinking about the heroic gesture of this man when he saved herself, she only praised him secretly in her heart.

Yoshiya Reishirou had a high affection for them, and immediately welcomed them into the house as soon as the girl said it.

Knowing that the two have nowhere to go at present, he proposed that the two stay here, "It has become more and more turbulent recently, and I hope you can lend a helping hand by my side."

However, for the convenience of walking, Tsurumaru Kuninaga proposed to let Xinghe and himself be the musicians, holding a musical instrument to follow Yoshiya Reishiro.

Because of this suggestion, Reishiro Yoshiya also taught Xinghe how to play the shamisen in his spare time.

Xinghe sat in the Japanese room, fiddled with the shamisen with a puller.

Yoshiya Reishirou was sitting in the room listening carefully, "I never thought that a samurai with superb swordsmanship like you is also quite talented in this one."

"To tell you the truth, seeing you now is like seeing the shining sun at the beginning of a new life."

The Qingyue clank of the shamisen flowed into the courtyard along with the wind, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, who was feeding the fish in the courtyard, stopped to listen, "What a terrifying talent."

After a while, the sound stopped, and there were footsteps walking down the steps, stepping on the gravel road and approaching here.

Tsurumaru pretended to be a blind person and didn't open his eyes, but he knew it was Xinghe from the sound.

"Tell me about your plan."

"I want to leave a suspense. Doesn't the fascinating drama lie in uncovering the mystery little by little?"

"Although I didn't prepare this grand drama, I want to reveal it to you little by little."