Seijuro and Miki led by Du Fei were both young people with faster legs and feet. They set out from the town and arrived at Hakata Town in less than a day.
It seems that Hakata Town still has not reached an agreement with the Ryuzouji family, and the town gate is tightly closed.
Seijuro stepped forward and said to the guard on the watchtower: "Please open the following door. We are passing merchants and want to go in and rest."
"I'm sorry, Chamber of Commerce director Shimai clan has issued an order: In recent days, spies from the Ryuzoji family have been infiltrating and harming the townspeople. For safety reasons, the town gate is closed during this period. No one is allowed to enter!" A tall, thin man with a haggard appearance on the watchtower
The guard said in a strong tone.
Seijuro suddenly became speechless and looked at Du Fei helplessly. At this time, Miki stepped forward and asked, "The accent of the brother on the sentry tower is from Hyuga?"
"Huh? Yes~your accent~~could it be you too~~" The guard on the sentry tower suddenly softened his tone.
"That's right! I'm from Hyuga too! I didn't expect to meet my compatriots here!" Miki greeted the soldiers on the sentry tower excitedly: "You didn't go home for the eel festival this year either!"
"Hi!" The guard sighed heavily: "I finally found a job, but I will definitely be criticized when I go back! I haven't been back for six years! I haven't tasted the fresh eels from my hometown for a long time!"
Gradually, they talked more and more. Du Fei looked at Youmen from the side, then put a few copper coins in his hands and handed them to Miki's hand, while winking at him.
Miki took the money and understood: "Comrade, my name is Miki Chun. I live in Hinata City, Du Yu County. What is your name? Where do you live?"
"My name is Kantaro Ishii, and I live in Daisei Town, not far from the capital city. We are not far away!"
"Fellow fellows, your salary as a guard is very generous?"
"It's so rich! I just filled my stomach. I wanted to go out and earn more money to go back and honor my parents, but I didn't expect that I couldn't do anything except fill my stomach~!" The guard named Kantaro Ishii didn't seem to be crying.
His scrawny appearance said it all.
"It's really unfair! We bleed and sweat for others all day long but we get nothing~ By the way, fellow countryman, you continue this!" Miki threw the copper coin as hard as he could.
When the guard saw the money, he stuttered: "This is~~"
Miki quickly said: "It's a small thing, it's a little greeting gift between fellow villagers! A few friends and I have been traveling all day and want to go in and rest~~ See if you can~~"
"You're too polite!" The guard happily stuffed the copper coins into his pocket: "If you don't help fellow villagers with this trivial matter, how dare you go back to your hometown?"
He looked around and saw that there was no one around but him, so he carefully opened the gate a crack.
Du Fei and others quickly entered Hakata Town.
As soon as Du Fei entered, he was attracted by the bustling scenery of the town. Although the town gates were closed regularly, which affected the business, there were still many merchants coming and going. It was almost dark, and there were still crowds of people on the streets.
People go.
Since the gates of Hakata Town were closed at night, some passing merchants chose to stay overnight, and all roadside hotels were suddenly overcrowded.
Du Fei and his party walked to many hotels, but they were already full. Miki sat down on the stone steps on the street angrily: "I didn't expect that after all the effort to get in, I still have to sleep on the street!"
Du Fei didn't care, he was still looking around. Suddenly he saw a large house with luxurious and gorgeous decorations, and several young women thickly painted with pink and white were waiting at the door to welcome the guests.
"It doesn't look like there are many people over there~~ How about we go there!" Du Fei said and stood up and started to walk towards that direction.
Unexpectedly, before he even took a step forward, he was grabbed by two people: "Master, you may not know? That is the "Water Tea House". It is best not to go in if you don't have a fortune of thousands of dollars~"
Du Fei asked in confusion: "Water Tea House? What do you mean? It sounds like a place to drink tea. Why would you spend the night there? Is it expensive?"
"Don't talk about staying overnight. Staying there for a short while can keep you busy for more than half a year. It's better to save money! Those are the top geishas who specialize in serving those feudal lords and giant businessmen!!" Seijuro said and swallowed.
Mouth and mouth.
When Du Fei heard this, he became curious for some reason. He couldn't bear to hear this!
I saw him stuffing the luggage into their hands: "So arrogant? I want to see it!"
After saying that, he strode in quickly, leaving the stunned Seijuro and Miki in a daze on the roadside.
Suddenly Seijuro slapped Miki hard: "Who asked you to recognize this fellow countryman! Now you are in big trouble!"
Miki slapped him back without showing any signs of weakness: "I recognize you as a fellow countryman~~At least I let you in! You don't have to deal with wild beasts!"
Seijuro angrily pointed at the gorgeously decorated water tea house and said to Miki: "Believe it or not, our master will either be beaten out or kicked out later! He will also be left with a huge debt! Maybe there will be more.
It’s implicating us~~~ Let’s get out of here quickly!”
"I don't think so~" Miki pouted and said, "I don't think the master will be beaten or kicked out!"
"Really?" Seijuro widened his eyes and teased: "You mean~~ he will win the favor of the girls and come out with the reward instead?"
Miki's face tightened, pretending to be serious: "I think~~~
"What do you think?"
"Master, he will be stripped naked and thrown out, hahaha!" Miki suddenly laughed loudly, and Seijuro beside him also laughed.
So they made a bet of three copper coins. If Du Fei was beaten out or blasted out, Seijuro would win. If Du Fei's clothes were stripped off and thrown out, Miki would win.
"You're going to lose!" Seijuro clenched his fists and stared at the door of the tea house: "The possibility of someone stripping off your clothes and throwing them out is too small! If that's the case, I'll give you four coins!"
Miki smiled and said nothing, but his eyes were fixed on the entrance of the tea house.
As a result, after waiting, second, and third, no one came out! When the two of them got tired of standing, they squatted and waited. While chatting, they counted the total number of feet of the passers-by.
About an hour later, there was a sudden noise in the tea house! Several big men with naked upper bodies, bruises and swollen faces came out carrying a naked and tied man like a rice dumpling in their hands, and with a fierce force
Throw the man to the side of the road!
"What a tragedy~ It seems that the master is just as I said." Miki looked sad and wanted to step forward to untie the man. He took a step back and said, "Give me the money first!"