Along the way, in order to prevent their whereabouts from being exposed, they rarely spoke to each other. After three days of driving, I finally entered Hirado Castle.

Sure enough, their team did not attract the attention of the Li family in Hirado Castle at all, and even did not do a routine inspection when they entered the castle, and arrived at Ishihara's pottery shop in Hirado without any problems.

The Ishihara family's pottery shop is located in Xicheng, where almost all the people live there, and there are very few Han Chinese. Ishihara pottery shop is a relatively good house in this area, with three shops and a small yard at the back. It is filled with all kinds of pottery. Everyone helped Ishihara unload the pottery from the car into the yard, and then went into the house with Ishihara to discuss the rescue of Li Ying.

"We don't know what Miss Li's situation is now, so you'd better wait with me first. I'll send two people to inquire first and see if I can find out something about Miss Li. After we find out the situation, we will discuss how to save people. "Ishihara Road.

Since this Ishihara had lived in the Ming Dynasty for more than two years, he spoke Chinese quite fluently.

"How are you going to arrange for someone to find out the news tomorrow? You have to be careful about this, and you must not be alerted by the Li family. Xu Xinsu asked.

"I've thought about it. I'll be out tomorrow. In my early years, I had been a fortune teller for a few days, so I disguised myself as a fortune teller and went around the city a few times to see if I could find any clues. ”

"I'll go with you!" Yu Ren said anxiously.

"I'm afraid it won't work!" Xu Xinsu stopped. "It is estimated that there is no one in the Li family who does not know you, as long as you appear in Dongcheng, you will definitely be recognized immediately."

"But if I don't go, how can Ishihara-san find a clue? He didn't know Ying'er, even if he passed by them face to face, he wouldn't necessarily know! ”

Xu Xinsu bowed his head and was silent. He knew that what Yu Ren said was also reasonable. In his heart, he put Yu Ren's safety first, but Yu Ren put rescuing Li Ying first. To do this, he did not hesitate to take risks.

"I have a way. Guarantee that Yu Xiaoxianggong can walk with me, but also not be recognized by others? ”

"What's the solution?" Several people asked in unison.

"Leave this alone. It is guaranteed that people will not recognize Yu Xiaoxianggong. ”

That night, Ishihara took Yu Ren to one of the busiest streets in Hirado Nishijo. Only then did Yu Ren know that there were several streets in the western part of Hirado that were no less prosperous than those in the eastern part of the city, but there were relatively fewer such streets and alleys than in the eastern part of the city.

At this time, it was already the time to hold the lamp, and Yu Ren found that the street was brightly lit and extremely lively. If you take a closer look, it turns out that there are mostly Qinglou taverns on both sides of this street, no wonder it is so lively.

Ishihara led Yu Ren to a courtyard that didn't look too big. Ishihara stepped forward and knocked on the door, and after a while, a little girl in an Oriental kimono opened the door.

"You're here? The girl has been chattering in the past few days, saying Ishihara-kun, you haven't been here for a long time? "The little girl speaks Oriental dialect, fortunately, Yu Ren has been in Hirado since the last time, in order to be useful in the future, he has learned some Japanese from Xu Qian, a girl, in his free time, although he is not too good at speaking, but he can still understand the general daily conversation.

"Don't you girls have any guests tonight?"

"Originally, there was, but the girl was not feeling well these days, so she pushed it off." The little girl led the way in front of her and said.

"Girl, Ishihara-kun is here."

The door to the inner room opened, and out of it came a woman in her twenties. This woman looks very gorgeous, her face is light with red makeup, the hair on her temples is slightly messy, and her face is not very good, and she really has a bit of a sick look.

When Ishihara saw the woman, he hurriedly greeted her. "Kyoko!"

When Kyoko saw Ishihara, tears welled up in her eyes, but instead of moving forward, she turned around and went into the house.

Ishihara hurriedly chased after him in three steps and two steps, and then gently closed the door. Yu Ren, who was making trouble, was very embarrassed when he stood aside. He didn't understand why this Ishihara had brought himself to such a place, and judging from the demeanor of the two of them, they should be getting along.

This woman named Kyoko is obviously a courtesan. The most infuriating thing is that Ishihara actually left his business behind at such a time and took himself to visit the kiln. But Yu Ren is a calm person after all, although he is angry in his heart, he is not angry.

The little girl on the side was about to take Yu Ren to the next room for tea, when she saw a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup twisting her waist and walking over. On the other hand, he exaggeratedly shouted, "Ah! It's a great honor for such a handsome young man to come!

Meijin, how can you snub the guests like this, and don't take the guests into the house to offer tea quickly. ”

This man is obviously the mother of this yard. Although Yu Ren has never entered the Qinglou since he arrived in Daming, such a scene was also common on TV in the past.

The mother said as she led Yu Ren into the house.

"Is the little minister here to listen to the music, or do you want to find a girl to accompany the wine?" The mother said enthusiastically.

Although Yu Ren understood his mother's words, he was suffering from the fact that his Japanese was too poor, and he thought for a long time before he stammered, "I, I am, I'm a friend of Ishihara-kun, and I came with him." ”

When the mother heard this, the smile on her face froze. Just "Oh! With a sound, he got up and left.

It turned out that this Ishihara Kuji and this Kyoko girl had been in love with each other since they met three years ago. At that time, Ishihara wanted to redeem Kyoko, but her mother offered a sky-high price of 5,000 taels, so that Ishihara had to temporarily dismiss the idea of redeeming Kyoko.

However, the two knew each other, and Ishihara often came here. At first, his mother also liked it, anyway, she was open to do business, and she was naturally happy when a guest came to her door. But this kind of place is really a gold cave, and in less than half a year, Ishihara spent more than 2,000 taels here, which is his family's income for a year or two.

When Mrs. Ishihara heard about this, she personally rushed to Hirado from Kashima and pulled Ishihara back. Since Ishihara, the original wife, met him in his early years when he was poor, Ishihara respected his wife very much, but he was also a little afraid of her. Since he was taken away by his wife, Ishihara has rarely come to Hirado again.

After that, Kyoko also began to often use her identity as an excuse for not accepting customers. Her mother knew it was because of Ishihara, but she couldn't do anything about it.

Now that she heard Yu Ren say that she was Ishihara's friend, the mother stood up, turned around and went elsewhere, leaving him alone.

Yu Ren waited in the room for a while, and then saw Ishihara coming from next door.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting."

"It's okay!" Yu Ren said politely, but in fact, he was secretly strange in his heart, I don't know what the purpose of this Ishihara brought him here to meet her old friend. This doesn't seem to have anything to do with the news that I went out with him tomorrow to inquire about Li Ying.

"The little minister must be complaining about me in his heart!"

"Don't dare!" Yu Rendao.

Ishihara laughed, "It's okay. It's also right to complain. Who told me not to make it clear to the little minister in advance! Actually, I didn't bring my little princess to Kyoko here today, not just because I wanted to meet her. Rather, it's because there's a more important reason. ”

Speaking of this, Ishihara picked up the tea sent by the little girl Mijin from the table and took a sip gently.

"Everyone else only says that Kyoko is a courtesan, but few people know that she actually has a unique skill: she is good at painting makeup."

"I didn't know about that. But once when I came to Kyoko, my wife happened to come to check on my whereabouts. Kyoko painted me in a different way, and asked my wife to walk past me without recognizing me. ”

"Really! So at stake? Yu Ren was overjoyed.

"The pros and cons, let's try it right away. I've already told Kyoko that she's promised to give you a make-up. ”

After speaking, Ishihara led Yu Ren to Kyoko's room. Jingzi solemnly gave Yu Quan a salute, and Yu Ren hurriedly returned the salute. Then Kyoko asked Yu Ren to sit down in front of her dresser and began to seriously observe Yu Ren's face.

"The appearance of the little minister is really handsome, if you want to pretend to be a fortune teller's little apprentice, I'm afraid it's a little unelegant! When the time comes, don't bother me. Kyoko said while looking at Yu Ren's face.