[The 18th day of the first month of the 71st year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, the time of the Xu, the Kyoto City of the Sang Kingdom, the middle of the Huayun Building]

Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng followed the north of the mountain into the Huayun Building, and everyone couldn't help but suddenly light up in front of them, only to see that the inside was exquisitely paved, and the red palace lamps hung inside and outside the hall, reflecting the splendor of the upstairs and downstairs. There are gorgeous women in red, pink and green silk everywhere, and the bursts of fat powder fragrance are accompanied by a soft and glutinous chuckle, and the whole building is full of fragrant and charming, boundless spring images...... It turns out that this Huayun Tower is actually a place of fireworks!

"Brother Shan, this ...... Isn't this a brothel?" Xu Ke saw this fragrant and glamorous scene, and hurriedly turned around and wanted to leave. Shan Zhibei grabbed Xu Ke's hand and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, this is not a brothel, in Kyoto, this is called the House of Tea and Wine." If you want to drink the best wine, you have to come here!"

After that, the north of the mountain couldn't help but pull Xu Ke to a private room upstairs. A woman in a pink shirt walked forward to greet her warmly, and Shanzhibei communicated with her in the Sangguo language for a while, and before long, the woman brought a table full of cups and plates of wine and food to the three of them. Xu Ke poured himself a glass of wine, only to feel that compared to the famous wine in the center of Lotte, the aroma of the wine seemed to be stronger. After entering the mouth, the wine tastes mellow and slightly sweet, and it is really a good wine! Xu Ke couldn't help but drink several glasses in a row.

"Brother Xu, how is the wine here?"

"Hmm...... This wine is soft in the mouth, fragrant, and has a sweet aftertaste, which is wonderful! Brother Shan, does this wine have a name?" Xu Ke asked with a smile after drinking it.

"Of course, there is a name, this wine is called 'balm wine', the wine is sweet and delicious, and can be drunk by men and women, young and old. However, it is not the best wine in the country of Sang!" said Yamanoka with another drink.

"Oh...... Brother Shan, dare to ask what is the best wine in this Sang country?" Xu Ke immediately asked.

"If you talk about the top of the famous wine of Mulberry, the 'dragon paste wine' is the best, that kind of wine, the color of the wine is pitch black, it looks ordinary, but the taste is wonderful. It's a pity, cough ......" Shanzhibei drank another cup with Xu Ke and sighed.

"What is a pity?" Xu Ke couldn't help but wonder.

"It's a pity that the method of making this dragon paste wine is very complicated, and it has always been only secretly passed down in the palace, and it has never been exposed. If you want to drink a good glass of dragon ointment wine, unless you go to the palace to look for it, the people can rarely drink it!" said Shanzhibei with another sigh. Between his words, he couldn't help but show regret on his face.

When Xu Ke heard this, he knocked on the table with his left hand and said dissatisfiedly: "How can this be reasonable! This Emperor of Sang Kingdom can't help but be too stingy! Since there is such a good wine, how can he enjoy it exclusively in the palace? Wouldn't it be better to hear that it is better to be happy alone?"

Shanzhibei laughed and said: "Brother Xu, if you become the emperor of this Sang country, it would be good if you simply spread this wine-making recipe to the people, and the Son of Heaven alone is not as happy as the people of the world! Hahaha! I won't tell you, I haven't drunk this dragon anointing wine fool brother for a while, and I really miss it in my heart!"

......

Here, Xu Ke and Shanzhibei chatted and drank good wine in their mouths, which was also very fast. However, it was bitter for Zhu Wuneng next to him, he saw that although the dishes on the table were beautiful in color and beautifully made, there was only a small amount in each cup and saucer. However, when he saw that his eldest brother was drinking to his heart's content, he couldn't bear to disturb it, so he had to casually pinch a good-looking rice ball, throw it in his mouth and swallow it in one gulp. He pursed his lips, only to feel that the taste was ordinary, very ordinary.

Although there is a soft and thick spring color in this Huayun Building, Xu Ke only drinks upstairs with the north of the mountain, and only turns a deaf ear to those fragrant and soft voices. The two of them kept raising their glasses, drinking one after another, and before they knew it, they suddenly felt like confidants in the wine. It's just that seeing the two of them drinking like this, the woman who delivered the wine couldn't help but worry. After only half an hour, they had already drunk all the three jars of balm wine, and if they continued to drink like this, the few jars of old treasures stored in Huayun Mansion were afraid that they would not be enough for the two of them to drink......

At this time, Xu Ke suddenly heard a commotion in the crowd downstairs, and all the men and women gathered around, only to see a woman dressed upstairs walking down, not only dressed in bright and unparalleled clothes, but also this delicate appearance can be called stunning.

"Oiran is here!" Yamanoka smacked the wine in his glass and turned his head to look at the dressed beauty who had moved lightly.

When the stunning woman reached the center of the stairs, the crowd was even more agitated, and the men who were looking for flowers and willows were all tiptoeing to see the beauty of the oiran.

"Do you know who she is?" asked a man in the crowd.

"Bonamahime, the most beautiful woman in the clouds of flowers, who doesn't know!" replied the other man disapprovingly.

"I see, Hiromohime is definitely the most beautiful woman in all of Kyoto......! Look at that figure, that pretty little face, if you can spend ** with her, even if it's worth dying!" Another man praised, and there were people around him who kept echoing him.

"I've heard that if you want to spend the night with Campage, you have to come up with the question yourself and see it with your own eyes. I don't know, what topic will Campoaky come up with today?"

"Dude, don't look at it, even if you match her poem title, with the appearance of the brother, Bonamaji will take a fancy to you?"

"What's wrong with my appearance? Isn't it just a little fat? Maybe people will just like this! It's better than you, an old and ugly one!"

"What, you dare to scold me!"

Here, before the question of the Oiran in Huayun Building has been solved, someone over there has already rounded his arm and is about to fight for her......

Not long after, a woman in a red shirt ran into Xu Ke's private room and handed a note to Shanzhibei. It turned out that the Oiran Bonage Mohime here had already come up with the problem, and when the north of the mountain was opened, it was a waka song, and the upper couplet was: "Round white sunrise". Shanzhibei handed the note to Xu Ke, with earnest eyes in his eyes, hoping that he would answer the question.

Xu Ke thought about it for a while, and there were words in his heart

。 He dipped his fingers in some wine and wrote five words on the table: "The moon is long." After chanting in the north of the mountain, he suddenly felt wonderful, and hurriedly called the red-shirted maid and asked her to hand in the question.

After a while, the red-shirted maid ran over again and handed a note to the north of the mountain. The north of the mountain unfolded and took a look, and it was written: "The sun rises in the round white, and the dew awaits the sun." ”

In the song of the Oiran, although the sunrise scene is magnificent, but in the hundred-acre forest garden, those morning morning dews are instantly covered by the day, which has the meaning of lamenting the shortness of life. Xu Ke groaned slightly, then dipped his fingers in the wine again, and wrote a sentence on the table: "The moon is long, and the autumn water of Wanchuan welcomes the moon!" After reading the north of the mountain, he hurriedly told the maid happily and asked her to quickly explain the question to the Oiran.

In Xu Ke's poems, although he lamented that life is like the moon in the water, like a dream, but there should also be a pride and ambition in his heart, like the water of Wanchuan River, rushing towards the moonlight. This inspiring and ambitious realm is naturally one level higher than the person who made the question.

Sure enough, within a moment, despite the anticipation of the crowd of guests downstairs, the Oiran Bonal Moji went straight upstairs and went straight to Xu Ke's private room.

Entering the private room, the red-shirted maid next to the Oiran pointed to Xu Ke and the north of the mountain and said, "The one who made the next question is these two sons!"

Xu Ke saw that the camper who moved Kyoto was looking at him intently, his face was slightly red, and he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's not me who is the poet, it's him!"

When the north of the mountain saw Xu Ke pointing at him, he was also embarrassed and said: "Brother Xu, didn't you write this wonderful poem? Foolish brother doesn't dare to be greedy for merit! Wait a minute, if the Oiran values you, he will sleep with you all night, and the spring breeze will be ...... Brother Xu, this is something that no one else can dream of!"

"Brother Shan, this ...... Xu can't afford it! If the Oiran is in love, you should go with her!" Xu Ke still waved his hand.

"Brother Xu, you don't have to excuse yourself anymore......" Shanzhibei is still polite.

Here, the two were still shirking each other, but over there, Bonamo Ji "snorted" and withdrew from the private room with a cold face. Xu Ke scratched his forehead, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, he said in his heart, it turns out that after making trouble for a long time, the oiran didn't take a fancy to it!

Xu Ke poured a full wine glass and was waiting to drink again in the north of the mountain. Unexpectedly, the red-shirted maid quietly ran in and whispered a word to the north of the mountain. The north of the mountain suddenly showed joy, he stood up, arched his hand to Xu Ke, and said apologetically: "Brother Xu, I'm sorry, I wanted to drink with Brother Xu tonight, and I didn't get drunk and didn't return, how could I have an appointment with a beautiful woman, so the foolish brother had to go first!"

With that, Shanzhibei followed the red-shirted maid, walked out of the private room quickly, and went straight upstairs. Seeing this, Xu Ke couldn't help scratching his forehead again, and wondered in his heart, it turned out that the Oiran still took a fancy to the north of the mountain!

Lacking the north of the mountain, Xu Ke was bored to drink alone, so he called a maid to settle the wine account. I didn't want to, but the maid had already paid for the wine in the north of the mountain, and by the way, she also helped them order two beautiful singers to accompany them. Xu Ke hurriedly waved his hand to shirk it, and immediately took Zhu Incompetent's hand and was about to go out.

The red-shirted maid hurriedly stopped Xu Ke and said, "Two distinguished guests, you can't go out!"

Xu Ke said strangely: "Why, isn't Brother Shan already paying off the wine bill?"

Zhu Wuneng next to him touched his belly and muttered: "Big brother, she must let us wait for those two singers to come before leaving, people are kind, it's better for us to fulfill her!"

Xu Ke's eyes widened, and he said: "Second brother, the third princess has a deep friendship with you, you can't let her down!"

Zhu Wuneng touched his belly, and said, "What does this have to do with the third princess! Those two are singers, let's sit here and listen to the songs! Besides, my old Zhu's stomach is not full yet......

The red-shirted maid waved her hand and said earnestly: "The two distinguished guests are outsiders, right? There is a rule in our Kyoto, that is, after midnight, you must stay at home and do not go out!"

"Why is this? Could it be that there are ghosts on the streets of Kyoto City?" Xu Ke couldn't help laughing.

"Your Excellency knows! Our Kyoto Castle is fine during the day, but at night, the streets are haunted!" said the red-shirted maid.

"Ah, is there really a ghost?" Xu Ke scratched his forehead, and said in his heart, the capital of the Mulberry Kingdom, is haunted at night, this is too interesting, right?

"There really are ghosts, and there are a lot of ghosts! Have you ever heard of a 'hundred ghosts walking in the night' in Kyoto?" said the woman in the red shirt mysteriously.

"Hundred ghosts walking at night, what is it?" asked Xu Ke.

"There are a lot of ghosts together, they come out at night, wander the streets and alleys, and when they meet a living person, they will eat it raw, and I heard that they don't even have bones left! Moreover, these ghosts are very powerful, there are big-headed ghosts, faceless ghosts, one-eyed ghosts, big-mouthed ghosts, ghost boys, ghost mothers-in-law...... They're scary!" said the woman in the red shirt, gesturing with her hands.

"There are so many ghosts?, have you ever seen this 'Hundred Ghosts Night Walk'?" Xu Ke asked again.

"I didn't...... I haven't seen it!" the red-shirted maid shook her head immediately. She added: "However, some people have seen it, and I have heard from them, and all of them are terrible! And they all eat people and do not spit out bones! Anyway, the previous guest has already paid, and you can stay here for the night......" The maid looked nervous as she spoke, as if she had seen all the ghosts she spoke of.

"It doesn't matter, he doesn't care about a hundred ghosts and thousands of ghosts, even if it is a nocturnal walk of ten thousand ghosts, when he sees me Xu someone, he has to take a detour!" At this time, Xu Ke was drunk, and when he heard that there were ghosts in Kyoto, he was full of curiosity, and he wanted to go out to fight ghosts......

While Xu Ke and the maid were talking, the two singers who had been ordered for them earlier by the north of the mountain had already walked in with small steps. When Xu Ke saw it, he didn't say much, and quickly pulled up Zhu Wu

If you can, you can take the way out of the door and flee.

"Big brother, what are you anxious about? What about listening to them singing? This money has already been paid......" Zhu Wuneng was dragged out by Xu Ke, but his eyes looked at the two beautiful singers in front of him, obviously unwilling.

"Why are you leaving?" The two singers had just entered the private room, but they saw that Xu Ke was in a hurry to go out. After they saw Xu Ke's face clearly, they all showed disappointed looks. At the same time, the two stretched out their hands together, one singer wanted to pull Xu Ke's shirt, but didn't pull it, and the other singer went to pick off the green hat on Xu Ke's head......

Seeing that Ge Ji's slender jade hand had already held his green hat, Xu Ke was shocked, and hurriedly reached out to open Ge Ji's arm, and put the "big lotus leaf" back on. Xu Ke pulled Zhu's incompetent body hard, and the two of them quickly went downstairs, passed through the hall, and walked out of Huayun Tower and walked towards the streets of Kyoto.

It was just the moment when the singer took off Xu Ke's green hat, and Xu Ke's figure was already in a state of nothingness. Fortunately, Xu Ke reacted quickly and quickly put on the green hat, so that neither the singer nor the maid noticed. Xu Ke touched the big green hat again, and finally there was no damage, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

However, after this incident, Xu Ke suddenly moved. He said in his heart, I knew that I came through the Void Gate, and this green hat on my head was so useful, why didn't I fight the Great Snake like this and this next time...... Regarding the killing of the Yaqi Snake, he suddenly had another idea in his heart.

Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng walked on the street, although it was cold and windy, but he didn't know how much good wine he drank tonight.

Xu Ke took out the note that Yi Helong wrote to him, and saw a few pens written on it with a line of small characters: Kyoto West Market, Houwei Street, by the Golden Bird Bridge, and the white-walled house.

"Nishikou, I can't imagine that there is a Nishishi in Kyoto!" Xu Ke looked at the note, he couldn't help scratching his forehead, he looked around, there was no one on the street at this time, he came to Kyoto for the first time, where did he go to find the West Market?

The two of them had to walk freely on the streets, thinking that they would find an inn to stay in first, or that they could find someone who asked for directions. At this time, the night is dark, and a full moon shines in the sky. In the cold moonlight, the entire Kyoto city was silent, as if even the sound of a black duck feather falling could be faintly heard.

On the empty and cold streets of Kyoto, Xu Ke walked and swayed, and the wine came in bursts, and he couldn't wait to lie down on the spot, take the sky as a quilt and the ground as a bed, and sleep well on it. But Zhu Wuneng still touched his belly and kept muttering, showing that he was still unsatisfied with today's dinner, or he was still thinking about the two beautiful singers in Huayun Tower.

The two walked aimlessly for a while, Xu Ke drank too much, his stomach was swollen, and when he saw that there was no one left and right, he couldn't care much, so he stood on the side of the street and began to relieve himself against a big tree. When he was relieving his old urine, he suddenly saw a large black shadow appear in the sky in front of him.

In this large group of black shadows, as the red-shirted maid said, there was a "big-headed ghost" with a big head around him, a "one-eyed ghost" with only one eye, a "lantern ghost" in the shape of a huge lantern, and a "faceless ghost" with an empty face and no facial features on his face...... There are a large number of ghosts in this group, led by big-headed ghosts, just like Xu Ke, who are wandering around Kyoto aimlessly, and suddenly see Xu Ke and Zhu Wuneng appearing in front of them, and Xu Ke is "concentrating" on contributing fertilizer and nutrients to the big tree at this time. When these ghosts were shocked by this strange scene, they couldn't help but be stunned on the spot......

"Big brother, what is that guy doing? Looks like you're ...... Pee?!" the one-eyed ghost asked the big-headed ghost. After all, he only had one eye, and his eyes were a little unpleasant.

"Big brother, where did this person come from? Facing us 'Hundred Ghosts Night Walk', he actually welcomed us with a soak of urine!" the Faceless Ghost also asked the big-headed ghost. Although he had no facial features, he still felt a strong smell of urine.

The big-headed ghost pondered for a moment, but said, "It's a little interesting, this person doesn't seem to be simple!"

"Big brother, are you saying that it's not easy for him to pee this way? It's been so long...... He's not done yet!" a "broomghost" next to him ran up and interjected. As a broom, it specializes in cleaning, and is naturally more concerned about the cleanliness of the environment.

The big-headed ghost reprimanded the "broom ghost": "You ghost! I mean this man is very bold, he is not afraid at all in the face of so many of our ghosts, and he can ...... so calmly."

"That big brother, this person is so bold, do we still want to eat him?" The "big-mouthed ghost" next to him couldn't help it, and also stepped forward to ask.

The big-headed ghost opened his mouth wide, and said with a smile: "Of course we have to eat it! Who said that we won't eat it if we are brave? And the fat man next to him, it will taste very good!"

The "ghost boy" in the shape of a child ran forward in a panic and said sharply: "Big brother, let's run! That person is so bold, maybe he is very powerful!"

"Run, you ghost!" the big-headed ghost reprimanded the ghost boy again.

"Good!" the ghost boy thought that the big-headed ghost was ordering him to flee, and hurriedly turned into a wisp of green smoke and fled without a trace in an instant.

"Come back!"

......

These ghosts chattered there endlessly, and Xu Ke finally finished watering the big tree. He could hear the "twittering" of these ghosts and monsters, and he sneered in his heart, secretly saying "a hundred ghosts walking at night"? I met someone Xu tonight, and let you wait to taste my sword qi first! At this moment, another burst of alcohol rushed up in his mind, and he immediately pulled out the double-strand sword on his back, and shouted loudly in the wind: "Break the gold momentum!" The sword qi burst out, raising a gust of wind, and slashed straight towards the group of ghosts......