Hayashi drove his car over a bridge across a river and entered the castle town area of the Imperial Castle.

In the ancient days of Toei, the castle town was a peripheral area of the city, where the poor class and the homeless people lived, but today there is no such thing, and the streets are crisscrossed and lined with houses on both sides, and it is a prosperous scene.

It's the mid-year festival, and the castle town is lit up just like Tokyo, and the festive atmosphere is strong, and there are vendors selling ghost masks on the streets, which are also a specialty of the midyear festival.

Yumi began to use her expertise as a tour guide: "The castle town of Gojo is one of the busiest areas at the foot of Mt. Fuji, with a population of nearly 400,000 and thirteen main streets. ”

Lin Yu's gaze swept over the entire area: "The people living here are all ordinary people?"

Yumi nodded: "Yes, the Fuji family sold the entire castle town area to the Shofu a few decades ago for a nominal fee. Now the Fuji family only controls the three areas behind the castle walls: Ninomaru, Ichinomaru, and Honmaru. ”

Lin Yu nodded: "It seems that the leader of the Fuji family is very smart and knows how to survive with a broken tail. ”

In today's social form, even if a family has great energy, it is impossible to monopolize the entire city, so it is better to give up all the outer areas in exchange for the permission of the government.

Tang Da nodded approvingly, and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Lin Yu with a gesture: "Someone is coming." ”

Tang Da looked up at the front of the off-road vehicle and saw a black convoy with no end in sight driving out of the center of the city and heading this way.

"It should be the new ninja legion sent by the Imperial City. ”

Lin Yu slowly parked the car on the side of the road, avoiding the oncoming convoy.

A long motorcade whizzed down the road, all of them in uniform bulletproof buses, a total of 20 cars, with a white Mt. Fuji pattern printed on the body, exactly the same pattern as the one on the forehead guard of the Ninja of the Imperial City.

Tang Da frowned: "There are twenty-five people in a bus, and there are five hundred people here!"

Lin Yu nodded: "Five hundred people, and the breath of four Grandmaster Realm masters." ”

Tang Da's face changed drastically: "Four Grandmaster Realm masters!

Tang Da originally thought that the Imperial City would only send one or two Grandmaster Realm masters, so with Tang Er and Tang Yan resisting head-on, Tang Wu and Tang Lu assisting on the side, he should be able to barely cope with it, at least he can guarantee that he can retreat with his whole body.

But now Yucheng sent four Grandmaster Realm masters in one go, which greatly exceeded Tang Da's expectations!

Tang Da was a little flustered: "What should I do, do you want to let the eighth child go back to help?"

Lin Yu shook his head: "It may not be too late to rush back, since you are acting separately, you should have confidence in the Liuliyuan side, I think they will complete the task of luring the enemy." ”

The corners of Tang's mouth twitched: "I hope so, it is indeed not a rational move to turn back, and I am afraid that the number of masters on this side of the Imperial City will be even more." ”

Lin Yu nodded: "As long as the pheasant is rescued, then the ninja army will definitely return, and there will be no pressure on the side of the Liuli Courtyard." ”

Tang Da snorted, the best way now is to surround Wei to save Zhao, so that these hundreds of ninja legions are exhausted.

The convoy of the Imperial City Ninja Legion drove mightily into the distance, and Lin Yu looked at the convoy in the distance: "The main force is pouring out, now is the best time, we will contact Neiying as soon as possible." ”

Tang Da took out a note from his arms, and opened it with a line of fine small words: "The joint location is the easternmost Sanssouci Pavilion, and the code word of the joint is 'What is the color of the most gorgeous feathers of the pheasant', what does this code mean?"

Lin Yu started the car and drove towards the east of the castle town: "The meaning of the code word doesn't matter, as long as you find the inner line." ”

After driving a few streets, you will reach the easternmost part of the town, where the style is markedly different from the rest of the town, with the storefronts on both sides of the street painted in rich colors, and the women of Toei walking slowly along the streets, wearing traditional kimonos and wearing heavy makeup on their faces.

Yumi snorted, "Here...... It's Geisha Street!"

Tang Damian was puzzled: "What is the place of Geisha Street?"

Yumi's face turned red, and she said a few times: "Geisha Street is ...... Places of sound and color. ”

Tang Da sighed, a little embarrassed, he didn't expect that Dongying still retains such an ancient traditional industry here, and it seems that it is still very prosperous.

Lin Yu's gaze swept to both sides as he was driving: "The Sanssouci Pavilion is in the corner in front." ”

In the humble corner of the road lies an old attic with a red banner swaying in the wind, with the words "worry-free" written on it.

Lin Yu parked the car on the side of the road, and the four of them got out of the car and walked towards Sanssouci Hall, passing by several geisha with heavy makeup along the way, leaving behind a string of silver bell-like laughter.

Walking to the Sanssouci Pavilion, Lin Yu stretched out his hand to push open the door, and the wind chimes on the door made a jingling sound.

"Welcome—"

A gentle voice sounded, and a woman in a dressed kimono came out of it with small steps, and when she saw Lin Yu and the others, she bowed with a smile on her face.

"Hello!"

Lin Yu didn't say superfluous nonsense: "What is the color of the most gorgeous feathers of the pheasant?"

The face of the woman in the kimono changed suddenly, and a pair of eyes looked Lin Yu up and down, with a hint of doubt: "You guys...... Is it a foreigner?"

Lin Yu nodded: "Yes." ”

The kimono woman hesitated for a moment, then bowed deeply, "Please come in." ”

Lin Yu and the others took off their shoes in the entrance and walked into the Sanssouci Hall, and the kimono woman then closed the door and hung up a sign saying "temporarily closed".

The interior space of Sanssouci is extremely cramped, and the narrow aisle only allows one person to pass through, and two people need to turn sideways to avoid it.

Fortunately, Tang Er didn't come, otherwise with his size, I'm afraid he would have to squeeze this place across.

"Please come with me. ”

The woman in the kimono led the way in front, leading Lin Yu and the others through this narrow aisle.

Tang Da looked up and looked around, and the walls on both sides of the aisle were covered with folding fans, handkerchiefs and other items used by geisha, as well as a lot of pen and ink handwriting, which looked quite old.

At the end of the aisle, the group turned to the left into a cloister, flanked by closed compartments, behind the red doors, with melodious music and occasional whispers of women.

The woman in the kimono led everyone to the very end, and stretched out her hand to point to a distinctive black door in front of her: "Please come in." ”

Lin Yu nodded, stepped forward and pushed open the door and stepped into the house.

Behind the door is a tatami mat-covered ashram room, and in the center sits an old woman with gray hair, holding a smoking gun and spitting out clouds.

The old woman had pale hair and a wrinkled face, but like other geisha, she wore a very formal kimono and heavy makeup.

The old woman looked at Lin Yu and the others, her expression was not wavering, she knelt on the spot and bowed: "What is the most gorgeous feather of the pheasant?"

Tang Da was stunned for a moment, only the first half of the code was written on the note, but he didn't write down the first half of the sentence, what is it, how to pick it up?

Unexpectedly, Lin Yu did not hesitate at all, and replied: "Black Feather." ”

The old woman raised her head and let out a hoarse laugh: "All Black Feather Warriors, welcome to the Sanssouci Pavilion. ”