Chapter 43 - The Pilgrimage of the Sage 07

Most of the laws regarding yokai are the same as those of human management, but due to the innate 'ability' of yokai, it is very difficult to manage, and it is even more difficult to catch many old yokai who have lived for hundreds of years. www.biquge.infoExcept for the Ming Dynasty, where people who openly recruited people to manage yokai and achieved results, most countries actually failed to manage yokai.

For example, in England, in the 17th century, when vampires were rampant, England was once in a vampire panic, and the battle between vampire hunters and vampires that sprung up like mushrooms intensified, although it ended in a temporary victory for the vampire hunters, but it led to a fire. The fire in London is still fresh in the memory of the British, and the protracted battle between hunters and vampires has come to an end.

At a time when the whole of Europe was plagued by vampires, Christianity, which claimed to be able to solve the problem, then funded the research of vampire technology, and the hunters at that time were considered to be the prototype of the British Hunter Ministry. Today, the British Hunter Department is still responsible for dealing with 'monster' incidents in the UK that the police cannot handle, but the hidden dangers of the UK itself have not been solved by the birth of the Hunter Department.

Colonial uprisings, the Scottish Declaration of Independence, disasters and plagues, and even the capital London still have an inextricable 'cancer', and the refugee problem in Whitechapel has been plaguing the country.

Compared with the peaceful Ming Empire, London is indeed clumsy. But the people did not know that the darkness under the lights was that the Ming Empire's 'Prostitution House', commonly known as the 'Qinglou', was a legal business, and even set up a government-run Qinglou called the 'Jiaofang Division' in the Ministry of Rites. However, this does not mean that there are no benefits. The operation of the Qinglou must be subject to formal procedures, and every woman who is 'admitted' needs to be inspected, and if she wants to engage in this industry, she must have a local certificate and be recognized by the government.

If it is found that the good is forced to become a prostitute, then... I'm afraid that in the future, the entire life of the people in the entire family tree will be spent in the Eunuch Pavilion and the Qinglou.

"So, that's why you brought us here?"

Yuru stared at Sixteen Night's face, trying to find a little 'guilt' on her face. But this young mother did not have this self-consciousness, she skillfully communicated with the bustard in Chinese, and this group of peculiar girls also attracted a lot of attention. After that, the female hooligan took Saki and sat down at an empty table, and motioned to the group standing at the door to let them come.

Dio and Jacqueline sat next to Sixteen Nights, while Liao Xueqing and Yuru stood next to them with blushing faces and twisting. Dior really can't imagine the true posture of the Qinglou, she has only seen related things in film and television works and historical materials, and now she has a lot of changes to this 'prostitute house', which seems to have nothing to do with the customs storefront, even if the 'drunk' every move of casual drinking is full of a wonderful feeling.

"Hahahaha, what's the matter, watching the young lady play the piano and dance and drink, what else do you have to complain about?" Sixteen Nights laughed without scruples, as if it was just to see a few people make a fool of themselves.

"You don't know, Miss Moon comes to visit the shop several times a year, because she had an argument with other customers, so I remember it vividly. ”

After the old bustard brought the wine to a few people, he left with his body, and there was a burst of piano sound in the hook bar of the high platform, and the floating light behind the curtain could not help but make people think about it, and the night scene intertwined with wine and desire/hope is the expectation of human beings. Dior took out his pipe and observed what the people around him were wearing. Except for Dior and others, there are no female customers, and only 'tourists' like them who want to be fresh may come to this place.

Soon Dior noticed the guy sitting alone in the corner drinking sullen alcohol, that person was too conspicuous compared to the others, and if he was from another organization, then it was certain that the guy was a very unsuccessful agent.

"Hey, Yue, what are you going to do in this place?" Yuru was finally willing to sit down, but she grabbed the hem of Dior's clothes next to her, and Liao Xueqing on the other side also sat with the same action, but she was obviously more 'famous', and she also attracted attention among several people.

"Well, there's a friend who 'works' here," Sixteen Night deliberately accented the word work, "Every time I come here, I meet her here, but I don't know if she's still alive." ”

A crisp and beautiful voice came from the side of the stairs, followed by an exclamation, and Dio also looked up, and before she could see her, the melodious song reached her ears.

"Between the singing and dancing of the green building, the king's sleeves are dyed with ink. The lonely shadow is in the column and the evening wind is urgent, and the moon is not extinguished in the distance. Long time no see, month. ”

Graceful steps, long clothes fluttering, dressed in a russet shawl, with a little cool evening breeze in the flickering lights, pacing towards the table of Dior and the others, every word and deed is full of intoxicating atmosphere, between 'wind and dust' and 'fresh', neither pretentious nor fresh and refined. With her long bright hair coiled at the back of her head and a gorgeous hairpin pinned to the back of her head, she looks expensive, but it pales in comparison to herself.

Maybe it's Sixteen Nights' friend...?but, friend?, this female hooligan Sixteen Nights' friend, if Dio Dalia is the kind of person, can still accept it, but the woman in front of her, no matter how you say it, is incompatible with the aura of Sixteen Nights, who is only sixteen years old, they are completely people from two worlds - this woman looks like a lady of everyone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor to meet you objectively. ”

Standard etiquette, slightly humble words against the shyness on her face, people have no time to take care of her 'arrogance' that comes from nowhere. Yes, arrogance, Dior can feel a kind of arrogance from this 'dust woman', that kind of temperament that goes deep into the bone marrow, just like when she saw "DIO", she immediately understood that it was not an illusion.

"Looks like you haven't been sold yet?" Sixteen Nights drank to himself.

I saw a woman named Nagisa Xia smile sweetly, bent down slightly and said in the ear of the sixteenth night:

"Of course I'm still alive, and I'm alive better than ever, Yue, it's a pity that I didn't get what you wanted, if I received the news of your death, maybe I would consider going to Yellow Springs with you, of course, that's impossible, because I'm far away on the other side of the world can't get the news of your death. ”

Yuru and Liao Xueqing, who originally had 'I want to leave' written on their faces, immediately pricked up their ears.

"Is this child your daughter, what kind of person is the father?" Nagisa noticed that she was looking at her curiously.

"Right in front of your eyes. ”

Sixteen Nighta glanced at Dior, and Nagisa noticed her gaze and looked at Dior in surprise. She looked at Dio for a moment, then sighed and said:

"After all, I'm not free here, I can't see the magic of this world, is the guest officer actually a man? ”

“... No, I'm a daughter. Dior held his forehead helplessly, not knowing how to explain.

"Huh, isn't it possible that the current technology has developed to the point that girls and girls can also get married and have children? ”

In a sense, Nagisa was right, but Dior still had to look at this woman with a somewhat broken image with a smile and tears.

"I only recently found out. Sixteen Night shook her celadon glass, and her words suddenly became less and less.

Seeing her condition, Nagisa seemed to understand something, and walked beside her without saying a word, staring at the 'female rascal', reaching out and caressing the side of her face, and the latter did not have any doubts and let her do so.

"What's going on? What did they say?" Yuru and Liao Xueqing separated Dior in the middle, and they got together to ignore Dior's 'kind' eyes, and exchanged ears.

"It's the first time I've been to this kind of place, too! I don't know much about them! Probably because one day this 'prostitute' named Nagisa Xia had something to do with Sergeant Sixteen Nights and Moon, do you have a wonderful feeling when you look at them now?"

Yuru didn't understand Chinese, so the two had to communicate in English, and Dior couldn't stand the two of them talking to each other in front of her, lifted one with one hand, lifted them up, and walked out of the green building.

"Hey, Dior, what are you doing?

"Yes, sir, isn't this the time to relax, why pull us out!"

"Shut up, that's a private matter of the sixteenth night, don't make a mess. ”

Dio put them down and smoked to himself.

is completely different from what she imagined, the women in the Qinglou, from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting to the art of war, swordsmanship, and even dance, study one by one, clothing, food, housing and transportation are all according to the daughters of the family, every word and action, every smile and smile are not inferior to the daughters of the Xiangqian Jin.

"Liao Xueqing, what happens to the women in the Qinglou?" Dior asked with a puff of smoke.

"Well... I just heard about it," Liao Xueqing pursed her lips and said with some unhappiness, "The best ending is just to marry someone else as a concubine, and I have never heard of such a thing as ransomed from the Qinglou and living a happy life." ”

So, what about you on the sixteenth night? Dio narrowed his eyes, looked at the brightly lit Qinglou behind him, and asked in his heart: What kind of ending are you going to give her?