28. Chapter XXVIII

In the town of Kabukicho in Edo, there is a legend that in recent days, a high roller from a neighboring country lived in an orange house, and he loved to hear all kinds of strange stories, and if he told it well, he could take a small purse full of gold leaves.

As a result, the folk artist in Edo Castle, the singer Yunu, heard the wind and moved.

"Do you know, Yan Duo from East Street has reappeared"

"On the river in the suburbs, there are dead centipedes, have you heard of them?"

"Why can't you eat enough, why can't you eat enough? The monster thought so distressedly"

"It's called, Skin-Snatching Spider."

"My name is the Skin-Snatcher." Eight long spider legs slowly grew from the back of the wandering girl who told the strange story, each leg was covered with sharp spikes like needles, and half of the delicate face had been peeled off at some point, half of it was a beauty, the other half was like a spider, and there were huge compound eyes at the eyes.

There was a buzzing sound in its abdomen.

"When you hear the buzz, you're going to run away." That's how it tells.

Milky white spider silk buzzed in the air, wisps of yellow slime hung on it, with a dizzying scent.

"I'm going to kill you."

Eight legs nimbly pursued the target, their feet sharp as knives, and pierced the table with lightness.

"Venom, it's from the eyes."

Venom erupted from the mouthparts, dripping onto the floor, corroding into charred pits.

"And get into your head."

"Put on a new human skin."

Its name, "Bright redโ–กโ–ก penetrates the mouthparts, flipping and exiting through the neck, "Skin-snatching spider." โ€

A large amount of black-brown pus and blood poured out of the wound, like a balloon, and the skin-snatching spider shrank rapidly, and pus and blood spurted everywhere, and soon only the skin of a human with eight spider legs on its back was left on the ground.

A spider, the size of a fingernail, crawled out from under its skin and rushed out the door under the cover of blood.

There are countless humans out there, and if you bite one, it will survive.

However, the sudden darkness shattered its illusions, and without human skin, its combat power was not as good as that of a cockroach, and it could not break through the impregnable prison at all.

The young man dressed as a little eunuch sealed the jar with a blank face, presented it to Kyogohiko with both hands, and seeing that Kyogohiko was not interested, he took the jar back to the inherent enchantment and took it to make snacks for His Majesty's falcon.

The eunuchs dressed like him were all good at serving His Majesty and raising rare beasts.

Dilumudo sat beside Kyogokuhiko, and two maidservants in yellow knelt beside him, wiping the stains from the tips of their spears with silk handkerchiefs.

"It's already the fifth." He counted the monsters that had been attacking these days, took the Daifuku handed to him by Kyogokuhiko, spun it around in his hand, and sent it back to Kyogokuhiko's mouth.

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Sometimes he really thinks that poisoning Kyogokuhiko only needs one glutinous rice dumpling.

The white glutinous rice skin was stained with the sweet fragrance of honey, and Kyogokuhiko said while eating, "The main lord is coming soon." โ€

Isn't it just coming soon, the man in the black kimono calls himself Enshio and sends them an extremely beautiful invitation.

"The host will hold a banquet with the theme of strange tales tomorrow night, and I invite you to deign to come, which will surely make the Burrow flourish." Yuanchao has no more and no less smile on his face, although it will make people feel hypocritical but it is irreproachably subtle, and his eyes also make people feel a little uncomfortable, but he speaks with a mouth like a lotus, and a few words can make others trust him.

"Very good at talking." Kyogohiko snorted, raised his chin slightly, Dilumudo understood, got up and took the invitation card in Yuanchao's hand, opened it and put it in front of Kyogohiko.

"Thank you for your praise." Yuan Chaofu lowered his body and said, "The master heard that you are very interested in all kinds of strange talks, so he sent you to invite you to invite you, although it is a cold meal, but he will also try his best to make you feel at home." โ€

Kyogokuhiko didn't speak, playing with a white porcelain teacup with a few cases in his hand, and didn't even glance at the invitation.

Yuan Chao rolled his eyes and said, "This time, the master of my family also invited the master of Edo strange tales Kyogoku Ichiro to come to help, and the young master of the Fujiwara family and the master of Yagyu have also confirmed to attend. โ€

"Is it" Kyogokuhiko finally put down the teacup, as if he was moved, and muttered for a moment, "Get a pen and paper." โ€

Dilumudo did not move, and several maids came out of the inner room, each holding pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other things, and grinding ink red with their hands. Add incense to the sleeves and spread out a short note sprinkled with gold moire.

Kyogoku folded his cuffs, licked the brush on the inkstone, and wrote a reply letter with a pen and ink.

Yuan Chao received the reply, lowered his head and walked out honestly, and when he passed by the door, he seemed to inadvertently glance at the wall painted with Meilan bamboo chrysanthemum, where it should have been a very beautiful picture of a ukiyo-e lady, I heard that this one didn't like it, so he simply spent a lot of money to find someone to paint the wall and repaint the pattern.

The new painting is elegant and beautiful, at first glance, it is from the hands of a famous artist, and there is a large amount of money to compensate, of course, the orange hall will not stop it, and it also arranges a new room for guests to stay temporarily during the painting.

What not to like. Yuanchao moved his gaze back to the floor, knowing that it was the beautiful woman on the wall who couldn't resist the temptation and wanted to climb down to have a good meal, but it turned out to be regarded as an after-dinner show, which was completely erased.

The business of the orange pavilion is still so good that it is enviable, Yuan Chao walked a few steps with his hands in his hands, turned his head and squinted at the tall building boat, who else would remember that there was a more luxurious building ship here more than a hundred years ago, and the night sheng song was full of powerful and wealthy gentry.

That's the best time in my life. Madoshio smacked his lips, turned his back and walked briskly, his steps didn't seem to be very hurried, and his steps were not big, but in a few steps he had already walked out of Kabukicho, and in a flash he rubbed into a small alley, never to come out again.

The sky was just right in Edo Castle, and Dilumudo followed Enchao to investigate the situation before returning, and Kyogokuhiko changed into his regular clothes for going out, and gathered up the crane, and the cool and clean atmosphere of early spring was just right for walking.

In his eyes, the city is certainly not as atmospheric and exquisite as the capital, but the familiar and unfamiliar scenery is also unique, with cherry blossom trees planted along the streets, and this season is when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and the pieces are as scattered as snow.

"Young people over there, do you want to eat taiyaki?" Kyogokuhiko was stunned for a moment, and was stopped by a short old man wearing a hat on the side of the street, who was pushing a two-wheeled cart with a thick quilt covering it to block the flow of heat.

"Fragrant and sweet sea bream grill." The old man pulled open the quilt on tiptoe, took out a small paper bag from it and handed it to Kyogokuhiko, "If you don't eat something when you enjoy the flowers, you will come in vain." โ€

The taiyaki seems to be hot not long after it has just been baked, the fish-shaped shell is full of matcha filling, and the tail of the fish is so full that it cracks to reveal a small touch of green, and the sweet aroma is quite tempting, Kyogokuhiko took out a few copper coins from the purse on his waist, the old man shook his head, and said with a smile: "I invite you to eat, this taste is the best in Edo!" โ€

As he spoke, he took out one of his own bites and parked the cart on the side of the road, "Taste it quickly, it won't taste good if it's cold." โ€

Kyogokuhiko stopped his movements and asked, "Why are you inviting me to eat?" โ€

The old man blinked and said, "I think you're pleasing to the eye." As if he was afraid that Kyogokuhiko wouldn't believe it, he still gestured decently, "You look like my son, and he is also so tall as you, wandering outside all day long without being at home, leaving me alone as a lonely old man." He said and took a hard bite of taiyaki, then said, "I'm really bored at home before I come out to do some small business, you can taste it, it tastes good." โ€

Kyogohiko glanced at him and said, "I don't know when the big monsters will start doing these small business." โ€

was exposed by him, and the old man didn't feel embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Who said that monsters can't do small business, we also have to eat." Don't worry, I didn't add anything, I just came to you to set a set, maybe there will be some benefits to take advantage of in the future. โ€

The old man said it above board, and he laughed happily after saying it, and Kyogokuhiko could also feel that he had no bad intentions, although he asked for something, he didn't have any bad intentions, maybe he could really find a lot of fun during the time he lived in Edo.

The taiyaki is indeed delicious, the skin is soft on the outside, the matcha on the inside is sweet, and the little one is very fast to eat, Kyogokuhiko asked while eating, "Then what do you want to take advantage of me?" โ€

"Slippery ghosts are very expensive." The old man took out his pipe from his bosom and lit the fire, smiling like an old fox who had stolen a fish.

"How expensive can it be?" Kyogohiko raised an eyebrow and laughed.

"Hmm," the old man touched his chin and fell into deep thought, "Well, we may have to talk about this later." The dwarf figure jumped up to the treetops, and with a few light tosses it disappeared from the trail.

And the reason why he ran away was the uncle who ran out of breath not far away, the man ran out of breath, shouting as he ran: "Stop me!" Car thieves! "Not surprisingly, it's the real owner of this taiyaki car.

He seemed to have really chased after him for a long time, and when he ran to the side of the car, he lost his strength, lying on the quilt and panting, and his mouth was still cursing and cursing - anyone who suffered such a flying disaster, and almost lost the guy who was eating, I am afraid that this will be the kind of reaction.

"Take two taiyaki." Kyogokuhiko poured out all the change from his purse and put it in front of the man, and when the uncle saw that there was business coming, he immediately ignored the theft, stood up straight and put on a warm smile, and greeted: "Guest, what flavor do you want, matcha, red beans, and mung beans are delicious, and you can also take back the new milk this year to taste fresh." โ€

Kyogokuhiko said, "Then let's have one." "Anyway, if he can't finish eating, he will throw it all to Dilumudo, and the knight should be very good at eating

Dilumudo faced the remaining three taiyaki of Kyogokuhiko, although it was still hot, he didn't have much appetite, and said helplessly: "I'm a little bit of a sweet."

As a Celtic warrior, he, like his comrades, doesn't like sweet and greasy food very much, especially soft and greasy food, and God knows that he feels his throat clogged just by watching Kyogokuhiko eat glutinous rice dumplings every day, not to mention taiyaki, which is even sweeter than glutinous rice dumplings.

"Then forget it." Kyogokuhiko held his chin to see that he had finished eating one of the โ–กโ–ก, and expressed satisfaction with his expression, so he raised his noble hand and let him go, and asked the maidservant to put away the remaining two and wait until the evening to entertain the guests.

"What guests did you provoke?" Dilumudo asked, yes, yes, "again".

"Uninvited youkai who like to eat and drink." Kyogokuhiko replied, pouring him a cup of tea to dilute the sweetness in his mouth, "Maybe I'll bring a free thug tomorrow night." โ€

This strange talk of Edo Castle has not only provoked him, but he is afraid that the people who guard the dark order here will not be able to sit still, especially those youkai who have lived in Edo for hundreds or thousands of years.

Kyogokuhiko pushed open the window, it was still starless and moonless weather, the spring was cold and the night was deep and dewy, I hope that the slippery ghost who asked for help would not come too late.