The old woman in the middle of the house said the name of the black feather, which surprised Tang Da.

Unexpectedly, the white-haired twilight old man in front of him turned out to be the inner response left by Black Feather in the imperial city!

Lin Yu didn't show any surprised expression, stepped forward two steps, and sat down cross-legged on the spot: "This Forget Worry Pavilion is the back hand left by Black Feather in the Imperial City?"

The old woman let out a hoarse laugh and did not answer directly, but looked at Tang Da, Eighth Senior Brother, and Yumi in the back.

"Sit down, Linghua, and bring some tea to the guests. ”

The kimono woman who had led the way before bowed and agreed, then turned and left gracefully.

Tang Da and the others also sat down on the tatami mats, and the old woman looked at Yumi: "What a beautiful little girl, there is a set of treasured kimonos in the museum, which must be very suitable for you." ”

Yumi's face turned red: "I'm not...... Thank you, sorry for the trouble!"

The old woman laughed a few more times, and then looked back at Lin Yu: "Sanssouci Pavilion is different from Black Feather, Black Feather was created by Her Royal Highness the Princess, and the history of Sanssouci Pavilion is almost as long as the Imperial City. ”

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows: "Your Royal Highness Princess, do you mean pheasants?"

"That's right...... In this day and age, not many people will use this title anymore. ”

The old woman picked up the cigarette gun in her hand, took a deep breath, and then spat out a series of smoke rings, and the thick smell of smoke immediately permeated the whole room.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"

Yumi couldn't help coughing a few times, and hurriedly bowed again: "I'm sorry, cough!"

Tang Da's mind is more meticulous, it is the people of the Black Feather who asked them to come to the Sanssouci Pavilion, and at present, they must first figure out the relationship between the Sanssouci Pavilion and the Black Feather: "What is the relationship between you and the Black Feather?"

The old woman put down her cigarette gun: "They're down-and-out samurai, and this is Geisha Street, that's all." Of course, we are all at the behest of Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Tang Da's face suddenly appeared, it seems that Sanssouci Pavilion and Black Feather belong to different organizations under the pheasant, but Black Feather is composed of ninjas and can fight, what can these geisha do?

The old woman cut Tang Da's expression into her eyes, as if she had seen through his thoughts.

"Geisha is an extremely old profession in Toei, we have our own code of conduct, ninjas and samurai fight with swords, and we use our own bodies to ......"

The old woman's words were so straightforward that Yumi on one side blushed when she heard it, and she wanted to bury her head under the tatami mats.

Lin Yu showed an impatient look, this old woman was talking nonsense, which was really a waste of time.

"I'm not interested in your code of conduct, we are here for only one purpose this time, is there a way to enter the Honmaru at the top of the mountain?"

"Here in Geisha Street, you can't find the best girl in a hurry~"

The old woman looked at Lin Yu and laughed a few times strangely: "Black Feather gathered all the people to attack Honmaru before, but they were defeated, they should have given up completely, so you are not Black Feather's people, right?"

Lin Yu's expression remained unchanged: "It doesn't matter who we are, you just need to send us to this pill according to the agreement with Black Feather." ”

The old woman picked up the cigarette gun and took another puff, and then stared at Lin Yu, still not giving up.

"I got the news this morning that the one hundred Imperial City ninjas led by Elder Shimokawa were defeated in Liuliin, Elder Shimokawa was captured, most of the ninjas were killed and wounded, and the rest fled. There's no way to do this with the remnants of the Black Feather, you're helping them, aren't you?"

A hint of murderous aura flashed in Lin Yu's eyes: "You don't need to know any of this." ”

The old woman let out a hoarse laugh, and there was no discouragement on her face.

"You have arrived in a timely manner, to be precise, tonight is the last chance to rescue Her Royal Highness. ”

Yumi, who was in the rear, exclaimed, "Mother-in-law, what do you mean by your words......?" Are you going to die?"

The old woman nodded, picked up the cigarette gun in her hand, and took another puff.

The old woman had a courtesy smile on her face: "According to some information I have received, the sect master, Lord Fuji Takahiro, is making some preparations and is preparing to send Her Royal Highness the princess back to Lin Hai tonight and sacrifice to the mountain ghosts. ”

Lin Yu's face changed slightly: "Send back to Lin Hai?" I remember that the pheasant said that the person who holds the ghost cut will not be able to return to Lin Hai until he is twenty-four years old. ”

The old woman shook her head: "Although the clan rule is to enter the forest at the age of twenty-four and return to the ghost, there has been a precedent in history for early sacrifices. And now that Her Royal Highness has lost the tattoo on her body, there is no point in waiting any longer. ”

"So I think Taka Fuji is planning to end the life of this sacrifice as soon as possible, so that we can confirm the next person to succeed Onikiri. ”

The old woman raised the cigarette gun in her hand and drew a circle in the void, as graceful as a dance move: "Today is the first day of the Midyear Festival, and tonight is the time when the ghost spirit is the strongest. The mountain ghosts will take away the soul of Her Royal Highness, and a new heir will be born in the Fuji family. ”

"That's impossible. ”

Lin Yu's face was cold, and he raised the long package that he had been holding in his left hand.

"Without Onikiri, the sacrificial ritual would not have been possible. ”

The old woman's expression changed for the first time, she looked at the package in Lin Yu's hand, with a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Ghost Cut, in your hands?"

But immediately the old woman shook her head again: "Even if Oni Cha is not there, there is still a shadow fight in the hands of Lord Fuji Takahiro, and he can complete the task as well?"

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows: "Shadow fight?"

"That's right, there are shadow warriors among people, so naturally there are shadow fights in weapons, and there is a shadow fight in Honmaru that is kept secretly, which is a substitute for Onikiri. ”

Lin Yu looked at the old woman in front of him, his brows furrowed slightly: "It is impossible for an ordinary geisha to have access to such a core secret, who are you?"

The old woman rattled a few times, and her voice was ugly.

"I'm a geisha who has spent 80 years in this Sanssoucan. ”

Yumi in the back couldn't help but exclaim, the old woman in front of her was already eighty years old, and she was still wearing such heavy makeup and a heavy kimono, which was an exaggeration!

"When I was younger, I used to be the most famous geisha ...... in Toei"

The old woman muttered to herself, with an intoxicated look: "Later, when I was too old to perform on stage, Lord Fuji Takahiro recruited me into the mansion and was responsible for teaching Her Royal Highness the princess etiquette and music. ”

Tang Da sighed: "It turns out that you are the teacher of the pheasant, no wonder you know so much about the news in Honmaruchi!"

The old woman shook her head: "I am not only the teacher of Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness's mother died shortly after giving birth to her, Her Highness has been cared for by me since she was a child, and she grew up drinking my milk. ”

"Are you the nurse of the pheasant?"

A sharp light flashed in Lin Yu's eyes, and at this moment, he remembered the words of Ah Yi before he died-"Nurse, I failed." ”