At this time, Mihara Town was still in the festive atmosphere of the lantern festival, and the streets were full of gorgeously dressed people. Many local tycoons and neighboring daimyo mingled in with their guards.
Du Fei also visited lantern festivals many times when he was in China, but the lantern festival here was completely different from the auspicious and festive atmosphere of China. The paper lanterns on display at the Mihara Town Lantern Festival were a little weird and indifferent. He saw a lantern with a strange appearance.
Although its limbs resemble those of a human, it carries a turtle shell on its back and has a pointed beak like a bird. The most interesting thing is that the light source of the lamp is actually the top of this monster's forehead! It looks extremely weird.
Du Fei looked at this lamp for a long time but couldn't see what it was. He wanted to find a local to ask, but just not far ahead there was a woman in kimono standing blankly with her back to him.
So he walked over and asked gently: "Girl, what is the name of this lamp here?"
But the woman said nothing and still stood with her back to Du Fei. She seemed to be thinking about something~~
Du Fei couldn't help but walked around to the front of her, and when he was about to speak, he was shocked: This was actually a woman without a face! He was so frightened that he took several steps back, and when he took a closer look, he realized that it turned out that
It is a beautifully crafted human-shaped paper lantern.
At this moment, a child of seven or eight years old was passed by Du Fei with his parents. When he saw this woman, he shouted excitedly: "Look! It's a face girl! It's a face girl!"
The child's father knelt down and said to him quietly: "Kisantai, do you know? If you call her loudly, she will come to you at night~~"
"Really~~" The little boy was so frightened that he pulled his hand: "Then let's go quickly!" After that, he held his parents hard with his little hands and walked forward, making them laugh~
His mother quickly leaned down to comfort him.
When he saw this family walking past him happily and sweetly, he suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of loss.
At this moment, a hand patted his shoulder: "Master! I finally found you!" Du Fei looked back and saw that it was Kiyobei and Miki.
He pointed at the monster with a beak and a turtle shell and asked them: "Do you know what that is?"
"Oh~~ Master is talking about that lamp~ This is a kind of monster in Japanese myths and legends, called kappa. It is said that it is stronger than nine cows, lives in water, and can fly! This lamp is really good.
Ah!" Kiyobei said and couldn't help but touch its glowing forehead.
"Is the kappa~~ a legendary thing? Has anyone seen it?" Du Fei suddenly remembered the ghost beasts he was looking for, and he didn't know if this kappa was one of them.
Kiyobei continued: "In the legends of our Ezo tribe, kappa are the most common and most common monsters. It is said that they were originally river gods who guarded the rivers. Later, they were tainted by evil things for some unknown reason.
Although it looks strange, it has a relatively pure nature. It never does bad things except occasionally doing naughty things to tease people. Some tribes even regard it as a patron saint and totem."
At this time, Miki shouted loudly: "I said~ we should find a place to rest~ I have been spinning for most of the night~~ I can hardly open my eyes~"
"That's right~" Kiyobei stretched his body and said, "I'm also very sleepy~ Let's find a place to rest early as we have to travel tomorrow~"
They found a hotel that was not fully booked and checked in without hesitation. Du Fei stepped in with one foot and was fooled: It turned out that the hotel was in extremely poor condition, with no cubicles at all, and all the bunks were
It's the kind of Datongbu where people from all over the world sleep together.
Du Fei covered his nose because the strong smell of smelly feet had hit his forehead! It made him dizzy.
He glared at the two of them fiercely, but he really didn't have the patience to look for an inn outside. He could only make do with this.
They specially chose a seat to the side. The three of them were so exhausted that they fell asleep after a while.
Du Fei had been traveling and fighting these past few days, and fell asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow~~ Even the smell of sweat and feet that hit his nostrils couldn't stop him.
I don’t know how much time passed, but he was suddenly woken up by Qinghei and Miki, who were sleeping soundly! They saw these two people shouting like crazy: "Master! Stop sleeping! Our money! Our money
The money was stolen!"
Du Fei was very annoyed when he was woken up from his deep sleep. He became even more angry when he heard the news! His sharp eyes scanned the few people leaning against them. Only one person was empty on the bunk. Du Fei nodded and entered the store.
The people who came together are all here. If they stole something, they would definitely not stay here waiting for us to catch them. The thief must be the person who ran away! He was sleepy and tired at the time and didn't pay much attention to the person in this position, so
He slapped a young man next to him awake.
The young man was originally very angry when he was woken up from his sweet dream, but when he saw that they were three men with menacing looks and scary eyes, he immediately withered: "Brother, is something wrong?"
"Let me ask you! Do you have any impression of the person next to you?" Du Fei saw that the man lowered his head and said nothing and raised his voice a little higher: "Speak quickly!"
The man was frightened by Du Fei's sudden voice, and immediately stammered: "I don't know this man, he seems to be wearing a black ronin suit. This afternoon he talked to me a few words, and he always said
He lost a lot of money at the casino, and he must find a chance to recoup his losses. I saw that his conversation was frivolous and did not sound like a serious person, so I stopped talking to him~"
"It's broken!" After hearing this, Du Fei suddenly stood up and ran outside. After running a few steps, he turned back and said, "How many casinos are there here?"
"There is only one casino here. It is on the street in the south of the town. There is a large dice in front of the door!" A skinny old man reminded kindly.
"Thank you!" Du Fei pointed at Qing Bingwei and Miki: "Don't move! Wait here for me to come back!"
After saying that, he ran out like a gust of wind.
Du Fei knew very well that the first thing a gambler who loses would do when he gets the money is to run back to the casino and continue gambling. They all fantasize about winning back what they lost! But the more they hold on to this idea,
Psychologically, they tend to lose more, so he went straight to the casino without hesitation. The reason why he was so anxious was to stop the gambler before he lost all their money! Once he lost all his money,