Chapter 7: Izakaya
After getting closer, Shang Biao found that this city seemed to be a little extraordinary.
On the outer city wall, countless Douda Japanese characters with similar evil spirits are written in gold dust, and every few tens of meters, a fist-sized pale yellow six-sided spar is inlaid into the wall.
Shang Biao didn't have time to take a closer look, so he followed a few people in line to the city gate.
The few people in front of him took out the identity card with the name written on it and put it in their hands, threw a copper coin into the box as an entry fee, and under the gaze of the two lazy warriors defending the city, Shang Biao walked into the city without any embarrassment.
However, the moment he stepped into the city, he seemed to be swept by some magic weapon, and seeing that nothing abnormal happened, Shang Biao did not show any abnormality, and walked along the bluestone street.
As he walked, a smell of alcohol diluted the bad smell of the surrounding environment, Shang Biao paused, and followed the smell to look at a wooden house with black lanterns hanging in front of him.
"Tavern?"
The theater acts as a translator during the actors' participation, so although Shang Biao doesn't understand the Japanese meaning of the lantern, he knows what it is at a glance.
The straw sandals under his feet stepped up the steps in front of the wooden house, and when he got closer, there was a faint smell of fat powder coming from it, in addition to the smell of alcohol. Lifting the curtain embroidered with gold threads similar to the nine-tooth nail rake, Shang Biao walked in directly.
This kind of place is a good place to find out the news, and it is not to be missed by Shang Biao, who urgently needs to understand the current plot world.
"One Lassi!"
Hearing the sound of footsteps, the geisha waiting at the entrance of the izakaya subconsciously said a greeting word that had been said thousands of times.
However, the girl in the pink embroidered kimono looked up after speaking, but was stunned.
No one had ever stepped into this place in such tattered clothes, and Shang Biao was the first guest to dare to step into this izakaya without rank.
The average high-grade ashigaru is at most very luxurious to go into a small private restaurant and drink some water mixed with wine, and if you want to enter here, you will be deterred when you see the family emblem on the curtain, and only an actor like Shang Biao who doesn't know the inside story would be so reckless.
"Samurai-sama, this is Imagawa Izakaya, are you in the wrong place?"
The kind-hearted geisha girl vaguely reminded that she wanted the man to leave before the guards found out.
"I'm looking for an izakaya, take me in!"
Shang Biao didn't understand the meaning of the word 'Imagawa', thinking that it was a little more expensive here, so he said nonchalantly.
"But my lord~"
"Yaga, filthy pariah, who gave you the courage to step here! Panasonic, this bastard actually dared to leave his post without permission, it seems that he forgot how powerful my leather whip is! ”
The light in the room was blocked, and a large-shouldered and rounded body stopped in front of him with small steps. Among the generally low-profile island people, the person who speaks can be regarded as standing out from the crowd, and with Shang Biao's height, he has to look up to see his appearance clearly.
As always, he has a bald head, a hairstyle with a small tail combed back, and a neat black silk cloth coat, the overall style is the same as Shang Biao's clothes, but it looks obviously different.
Oda was very angry, especially when he saw Shang Biao's appearance, a nameless fire kept rising in his chest.
As the leader of the ashigaru group, if he was disturbed by this pariahs because of the negligence of his subordinates, he would also be charged with dereliction of duty, and even commit suicide to show his loyalty.
For the first time in many years, the head of the ashigaru group felt that the hidden disease of frequent urination was not completely beneficial, at least at this time, it was equivalent to saving his life.
Shang Biao heard this person's scolding, and also understood that he should have entered a place that did not match his identity, and in this era, it is not that you can do whatever you want if you have money.
Damn bad luck, Shang Biao cursed again in his heart, and immediately withdrew from the door.
The guards who had disappeared at the door before happened to appear at this time, and after seeing Shang Biao's clothes and his boss's angry expression, Ashigaru, the lowest of the samurai, understood what was happening.
A look of horror appeared on his face, damn it! If Oda-sama's anger cannot be washed away with the blood of this untouchable, then he is the one who bleeds, and this thought flashed through the mind of this ashigaru.
After hesitating for a moment, he directly pulled out the short knife on his waist and slashed at Shang Biao.
With the power of the Imagawa family, Matsushita knew that even if he killed someone, he would be fined a few pieces of silver at most.
Moreover, it was this untouchable who broke into the izakaya rudely to make trouble, and he acted for the right reason, maybe he didn't even need to be punished with a silver sentence, and he just paid the usual copper money to find the corpse puller and bury this damn untouchable.
Shang Biao didn't know that the person behind him was thinking of using him to blame, and there was a sound of a sharp blade breaking through the air in his ears, and a little under his feet flashed directly to the side.
Taking a deep look at the attacker and the big man who chased him, Shang Biao took a breath, suppressed the anger in his heart, didn't stop for long, and disappeared directly into the crowd before the ashigaru chased.
"Oda-sama, I~"
"Baga, pop ~ pop"
The rough hand the size of the head of the Ashigaru group, Oda, fell mercilessly on the face of Ashigaru, who was still holding a short knife, and blood flowed from the corner of Ashigaru's mouth, but he didn't dare to fight back.
"Hey!"
Matsushita respectfully bowed his head to receive the punishment, opened his mouth, and several molars fell to the ground.
Shang Biao, who disappeared into the crowd, didn't pay attention to what was happening behind him, and when he felt that no one was chasing him, he slowed down and wandered around the city aimlessly.
After turning around, I gained a little bit of information about this city.
The castle called Rokuhe was one of the twelve auxiliary castles of Kyoto, and was guarded by the Imagawa family, one of the famous twelve god families.
The Shikigami inherited by the Imagawa family is the same as the name of the castle, and it is a deity called 'Rokuhe' and the main body is a six-sided spar.
The reason why Shang Biao was able to know so much information about the Imagawa family's not secrets was also related to the beggar who had a broken leg around him.
As he passed through a certain street, he threw two copper coins at the disabled beggar in order to get something out of his mouth.
The tavern can't go to it, and the beggar, a ninth-rate profession with a long heritage, is also the most well-informed person, with the mentality of giving it a try, I didn't expect to really ask for some dry goods.
However, this man is also treacherous, and after telling some of the information about the Imagawa family's gods, he stopped talking and asked Shang Biao to invite him to dinner.
"I've seen a lot of young people from the countryside like you, and I always think that a sword is a samurai, and the final end is either eaten by youkai or gone back to the countryside to farm.
If you want to join the Imagawa family and become an ashigaru, this kind of thing will not succeed at all without the recommendation of a big person. ”
The disabled beggar took Shang Biao into a humble cooking house, and after he paid for food and drink, the conversation box also opened.