[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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The sound of cicadas is like rain, the sky is getting dark, and the gloomy dusk is coming.

Even in Yoshiwara, the nights have grown quiet.A row of warm-colored lanterns was lit on the eaves along the street. The guests who came to have fun basically found a place to stay, and all kinds of performances and performances also took place indoors, so there were no longer many people on the street.

"My lord, don't you really need to find a girl to accompany you?"

The proprietress of Renwu at that time looked at the young man standing alone in the room, her expression was a little hesitant to speak.

"No need, I came here to find someone," said the young man with rare hair color, and stepped forward to stuff some money into the hands of the proprietress, "So please don't tell me about my presence here."

"It turns out that's the case, please tell me earlier." The proprietress didn't ask any more questions after hearing the words, but instead showed an expression like "it's true". She took the money and withdrew with a smile on her face, "Then the meal will be served later For you, please rest well. If you need anything, please feel free to ask.”

After bowing, she gently closed the door, and the sound of footsteps gradually faded away.

Sato breathed a sigh of relief silently, he didn't lie, he just told half of what he said, and the other party could complete the rest according to his own ideas.

"The proprietress probably thought of me as a bodyguard sent out by some family to find someone."

He said, but there was no response after waiting for a while, so he looked at the box that he put in the corner.

"It's ready to come out, no one else is here."

"..."

"A Hiiragi?"

Only then did a small sound come from inside the box, and the door was gently opened.Immediately afterwards, under the slightly dim light, a child-like ghost came out of the box. He reached out and patted the clothes that were too long because he was shrunk down into a child-like figure, and gradually returned to his normal size silently, finally stopping at the , The year I became a ghost.

If the proprietress from just now saw this scene, she would probably be so frightened that she would scream.

Kuhara Hiiragi moved his stiff wrist, and tied up his messy hair again.

To be honest, the feeling of shrinking in the box is not very good, not to mention the limited vision, and often knocking on the head, he began to feel that Nezuko is not easy.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed a line of sight that was hard to ignore.

"Could you please stop staring this way?"

"Ah, I'm sorry." Sato quickly turned his gaze away, "That's right, I just saw you as 12 years old for a moment, and I feel a little nostalgic."

"……yes."

At the age of 12, they should have just met at Master Linlong at that time.Kuhara Hiiragi thought for a while, at that time, he probably never imagined that he would become a ghost one day in the future.

"Task priority, don't think about anything else."

Sabito nodded, "I see."

During the day, they had traveled almost all over Yoshihara, but no matter where they were, they came to the same conclusion—although there was a faint ghost smell, they could not determine its exact location.

At this time, even in the interior of Shi Ren's house, there were no obvious traces of ghosts at all.

"Let's infer that there are two ghosts, one is the 'geisha playing the piano' that Yusui warned us to be careful, and the other is a ghost that has been entrenched in Huajie for a long time, Yusui and their original target." Speaking of business, Sato He lowered his head and thought, "The former is the culprit who hides the ghost's breath, and the latter...maybe it's the string."

Flower Street is an ideal hiding place for ghosts, because even if one or two people are missing here, they will be attributed to fleeing or other personal grievances, and nothing will be done.But it has been relatively stable here for a long time, and Yusui Tianyuan has not tracked down other weaker ghosts. This can only show one thing——

There is an exceptionally powerful ghost that controls the entire Yoshihara.

Kuhara Hiiragi frowned.

Although Yuya Ubuyashiki asked him to come over to carry out the task, it was not that simple.

If the winding ghost shows its tracks, you only need to kill the pillar that went to kill it.There is no need to deliberately find a ghost who can only hide his whereabouts to cooperate, or in other words, there is no room for cooperation between ghosts.

Therefore, the reason for the "cooperation" between the two is probably not the whim of Shangxian, but the request of Oni Wu Tsuji.So the ghost king may have realized something.

Is this a trap to lure him here?

Even with the use of blood ghosts, there is nothing that can be done, Kuhara Hiiragi felt a trace of anxiety for the first time in a long time.

Then he froze in place for an instant, because someone patted his head.

"Don't think too much, believe in the arrangement of the lord, it will always be resolved."

"you…"

Kuhara Hiiragi looked blankly at Sato, who just smiled and retracted his hand.

"Although you were older, didn't you sleep for three years?" Seeing that he was frowning and looking like he was going to preach again, Sato first explained, "Now I'm two years older than you. I'm old, so it's okay to rely on me a little bit."

"No such thing, after all I..."

"After all what?"

"It's nothing."

Kuhara Hiiragi didn't continue talking, he couldn't tell Saitu what happened in his previous life, so he turned his gaze out of the window, stopped talking, and waited for the letter crow that Shinko might send to communicate at any time.

This man is always like this, saying nothing.

Satoshi sighed, but didn't ask further.

"Sakurai."

"Ok?"

"That person, shouldn't he be a security guard patrolling the streets?"

He walked to the window and followed Kuhara Hiiragi's line of sight to look out.

On the quiet street, a person was pacing furtively left and right, and from time to time cast his gaze towards a certain room upstairs.

It looked very suspicious.

……

At this time, unlike the slightly quiet Shiren House, the bell house was brightly lit.

"What's the matter today? It's so lively?"

"It's said that Baiyin Oiran met a discerning customer in the store today and is preparing for a temporary music performance. Come and help, maybe you can get some benefits."

"That Baiyin Oiran who went to the tea house ten times and only picked a guest once? Does she actually have a good eye for anyone?"

"What you said is too exaggerated, but this time it seems to be a young master, among other things, he looks really cute..."

The two girls who were doing odd jobs in the Bell House, who had not yet reached the age of receiving guests, were whispering, when they suddenly heard a slow and soft voice of request behind them.

"Please...let me go..."

Startled, the two turned around abruptly.

It was a young geisha with gauze wrapped around her eyes, holding a wooden Yaoqin in her arms.

"So it's Miss Qingjiao, I'm sorry." One of the girls quickly apologized, "Do you need help? We can carry the piano for you."

But the blind geisha didn't pay attention to her words at all. After the two of them moved out of the way, they continued to walk forward with slow and quiet steps. After a while, the thin figure disappeared around the corner.

"What, it's like a ghost." The girl frowned. "She's so arrogant even though she's blind. She can't accept guests at all. If it wasn't for her good piano playing, the proprietress would have kicked her out a long time ago. Let me tell you, The escape incident two days ago might have something to do with her."

"What are you talking about, please keep your voice down...!"

The girl who learned that she said something wrong immediately reacted and covered her mouth with her hands.

……

Baiyin Oiran, dressed in a brightly colored kimono, was playing the piano with lowered eyebrows.

Her qin sound is gentle and feminine, she sings lightly and hums in a low voice, endlessly, as if attracting the wind and the moon to harmonize with it, expressing the infatuated sentiment of moths rushing to the fire and self-destruction.Unlike those erotic songs played by prostitutes to please others, this song is more like a lingering work of art.

Obviously just sitting in the room, but people seem to see a dance in front of the flowers.

After the song was played, the listeners couldn't help but smile knowingly.

"Are you satisfied with the song Qionghuatan? Mr. Hongma."

"I'm not very proficient in rhythm, but I feel lucky to be able to hear this piece today." The young man called Hongma nodded slightly, showing a sincere smile, "But why did Miss Baiyin deliberately Invite me to listen to the song?"

"Because of your eyes."

"Eye?"

"Yes, your eyes are really rare here in Yoshiwara, just like clear pond water."

The young man in front of her was really what she wanted.

Leaving aside the appearance, more importantly, unlike those people in the market who only drink and chat and speak frivolous words, he is only listening carefully from the beginning to the end, and with the ups and downs of the tune, his face is sometimes happy and sometimes sad .

In this cage-like Yoshihara, there are not a few people who pity her and sympathize with her, the only hard-to-find one is a bosom friend.

Unfortunately……

"Thank you for your compliment."

Baiyin Huakui covered her lips and sighed softly. Even though she had absolute confidence in her piano skills, no matter how devoted she was to playing, whether she cried or complained or complained, she couldn't make waves in the clear water.

"Why did you come to Haozhong House?" Baiyin asked, "Excuse me for being rude, but young talents like you rarely come here alone, so please satisfy my curiosity as a brothel girl. "

"It was recommended by a friend. He came here a few days ago."

Not long ago, a geisha who had not yet paid off her debts escaped from the Bell House, but because she left no clues, it was more like a disappearance than an escape.So Yu Sui Tianyuan pretended to be a customer and sneaked into Haozhong House, but like the other three shops, he found nothing.

"Obviously the whole of Yoshiwara has a vaguely ghostly atmosphere, but when the geisha started to play and were surrounded by the sound of the piano, the whole bell house was like a clean place that suddenly appeared in the muddy muddy water .”——When the task was handed over, Yu Sui Tianyuan said so.

After thinking about it, there was more thought in Zhenzhu's eyes.

She had already heard the songs played by ordinary geisha ensembles during the day, and there was nothing unusual about the piano sound of the oiran who was said to be the most difficult to invite.

Is it because my strength is too low to hear it?Or, the existence that can play the abnormal tune has left the house of bells?

She was thinking, and was about to find an excuse to leave, when she heard the oiran in front of her speak again.

"If there is still time, I would like to invite you to listen to another person's piano."

"Someone else?"

"Yes, although she doesn't get much attention in Yoshihara, she is probably above me in terms of piano skills." Baiyin Huakui said, lowering her eyes slightly to hide her dark emotions.

"Her name is Qingjiao."

The author has something to say:

Qingjiao (jue) is taken from the name of an ancient elegant song. There are related legends. If you are interested, you can check it out.

In addition, I really don't know the working process of those stores, and I can't find relevant information

(Sorry I'm too weak.jpg)

In the next chapter, the fallen girl comes out

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