During the Edo period, when the Tokugawa shogunate issued a lockdown decree, Nagasaki was the only port capital of the island country to be open to the outside world. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Although it is said to be open to the public, only Chinese businessmen and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce are eligible to land here. Before that, from the Tang and Song dynasties to the Yuan and Ming dynasties, Chinese merchants often chose this place as a landing point.

Therefore, in Nagasaki, there are still some things from the mainland, such as maltose wrapped in fried rice, which is called kashira, and crispy fried twist flowers, which are called kashima.

The Nakajima River Ancient Bridges, one of Nagasaki's most famous attractions, were also built by Chinese merchants.

The most famous of the Nakajima River Ancient Bridges, the Spectacle Stone Bridge, was praised by Edo literati as the "Three Bridges of the World", along with the Nihonbashi Bridge in Edo and the Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni. At a time when Nihonbashi has been transformed into a reinforced concrete bridge in the Meiji era, and the Kintai Bridge in Iwakuni has been repeatedly washed away by floods, only this stone arch bridge built by the Zen monk Ruding in the late Ming Dynasty still silently spans the Nakajima River.

The bridge hole shaped like a half-moon and the reflection on the water turned into a pair of large round glasses, like a pair of empty eyes, silently looking at this city that is gradually devoid of Chinese.

But even in the midst of economic depression, Nagasaki is still a city worth visiting, as it has long been a port for money and exotic goods. The Dutch led the native slaves of Southeast Asia and lived a European-style colonial high life in the merchant houses, while the Chinese merchants gradually built the famous Nagasaki Huajie in the Tang Pavilion designated by the shogunate.

As a result, the encounter between the civilization of the Eurasian continent and the island nation gave birth to Nagasaki's different from Edo's mansions and liquor, and thus Nagasaki Maruyama Flower Street, which is called the same as Edo Yoshiwara and Kyoto Shimabara.

In such a prosperous place, I don't know how many foreign merchants who traveled thousands of miles and the old men of the Ming Dynasty who went to the country to cherish their hometowns encountered scenes of human dramas mixed with joy and sorrow. The so-called "Nagasaki love, 13,000 miles" is really not an exaggeration.

But Maruyama Flower Street is like Qin Huai in the late Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of the geisha, the genius madman Sakamoto Ryoma at the end of the shogunate, in Maruyama's Flower Moon Garden, set the strategy of "returning the great government", and here, formulated the "World Sea Aid" plan that was once the practice of his personal ideals.

Although the "World Aid Team" that once belonged to Sakamoto Ryoma has become a part of the flesh and blood of the Imperial Navy, he does not want to take on any unrealistic ideals of the world.

Only the geisha on Maruyama Flower Street occasionally mention the man who was both a swordsman and a celebrity, but always had unkempt hair and a frivolous demeanor: "Sakamoto-sama of Tosa used to drink with us!"

The most wonderful ecstasy in Maruyama Flower Street is the pavilion called Hanagetsu.

Unlike the strict ryotei in Tokyo and Kyoto, the atmosphere of Kagetsu is a little more casual. After all, the Edo ryotei and the Kyoto ryotei were all officials of the shogunate, and they unconsciously brought a sense of public or samurai spirit, while the Maruyama ryotei was mainly for wealthy merchants from various countries, so it naturally seemed more close to the people.

The people here are only in terms of atmosphere, and in terms of consumption, Huayue is not close to the people at all. Eating Nagasaki's famous takuraki cuisine here is equivalent to spending half a year's commission on the employees of a trading company, and that's not counting the tips given to the geisha who accompany you!

The so-called Zhuo Yuan, is the table and tablecloth, specifically the Chinese merchants introduced to Nagasaki the Eight Immortals Table, from the name can also be seen, this is not the island country's local dishes, but the late Ming Dynasty Zen monk Yinyuan monk East to Japan, Jiangnan Zhai cuisine is spread together.

At first, this kind of fasting dish was just used by Zen monks to entertain the people of the shogunate, because tea was used instead of wine on the table, so it was called Pucha cuisine, and the dish was just a clear and refreshing vegetable soup "Cheng Juice", a braised cabbage called "Cloud Pian", and then soft fried mushrooms, sesame sauce jelly, miso soup taro and the like. However, Nagasaki is either a Chinese merchant or a foreign businessman, and it is okay to eat a vegetarian meal once in a while to clear the stomach, so how can you eat this every day?

As a result, all kinds of meat dishes preferred by Chinese and foreign merchants were added, and Pucha cuisine was changed to Zhuo Yu cuisine, and radish greens and tofu taro were replaced by chicken sashimi and roast meat shark fin.

This kind of cuisine is not as exquisite as the exquisite Japanese food of those restaurants in Kyoto, only a cold fire and autumn smoke as light and tasteless, and only a Japanese ministers suck wind and drink dew to support the dignity.

On the contrary, because of the addition of Dutch flavors and Chinese food, Zhuo Yu cuisine is much more accessible.

Huayue's Zhuo Yu cuisine, which entertained distinguished guests today, first served a bowl of authentic clear soup shark fin to the guests according to the rules.

Although there are some hair-like shark fins floating in a bowl of clear soup, those shark fins that are extremely fishy are sucked out of the fishy smell with fresh goods such as mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and they have a clear meaning.

Then, according to the tradition of Sai cuisine, the honey-soaked kidney beans called "Mannu", and then there are refreshing dishes such as taro chips, tofu, konjac, and potatoes.

But these dishes are followed by shark fillets with firm teeth, sea bream sashimi with cherry blossom color, tuna fillets with red flesh, and salt-grilled bonito with slightly charred skin and a purple-red ruby luster on the inside......

No matter how you look at it, these dishes have nothing to do with the great monks.

Dutch charcoal-grilled duck breast slices, chicken cheese cake, cheese curry balls, teriyaki yellowtail slices, and braised pork belly, which is called "kake" in Japanese, are all big meat and fishy things.

At least since Emperor Tenmu banned meat, for more than a thousand years, takura cuisine has been a wonder of Japanese cuisine. After the Meiji Restoration, the emperor began to enforce the consumption of meat, and the upper class thought it was fashionable to eat steak at the Tokyo Shikameikan, and this self-proclaimed herbivorous people only knew a little about the taste of meat.

It's just that in the current Great Depression, seeing that everyone can't afford to eat meat again, they can't even take care of the bean rice.

However, the high-rollers who have the financial resources to charter a separate courtyard in Huayue, and spend a lot of money, where do they have the heart to pay attention to the Japanese working people in dire straits?

Someone plucked the shamisen, and the delicate music floated out, but with a joyful enthusiasm unique to Hong Kong, and the twists and turns were extremely skillful.

Accompanied by the music, the man who sat cross-legged without paying attention to etiquette clapped his hands gently, then raised his chopsticks, flipped through the small lacquered table in front of him, alias "Jiaoshan", and picked up a piece of sea bream fillet and sent it to his mouth. The geisha who accompanied the wine on the side, although the face was powdered and painted with Zhu, almost unable to see the original face, but also a delicate beauty with clever eyes, gently held a small celadon cup, and gave a cup of Kyoto Fushimi's jade spring, between the soft red and dark fragrance, and then drank a glass of Kyoto sake also known as "women's sake", which was naturally full of ambiguous feelings.

It's just that these amorous atmospheres, in front of this high roller, seem to have a sense of powerlessness to flatter the blind.

Although it is now the sixth year of the Showa era, the Western calendar is 1931, and the Meiji Restoration era has passed for decades, and even these part-time Qinglou pavilions have gradually relaxed the strict rules of the past that combined industry protection and self-protection.

For example, this man who wore a European-style horse racing dress would have changed to a few decades ago, not to mention those famous shops where the Oiran was located, even if it was a second-rate shop, he could refuse to do his business.

Not to mention that this man also violated the rules of Flower Street and brought two female companions into the kiosk! If you want to change those famous kiosks in Kyoto with big rules and old qualifications, if there are guests who dare to take the wandering girls and those Kabuki male actors who are against women, they will definitely be kicked out by the angry proprietress -

Kazuki originally had such discipline and reserve, but she was defeated in front of the thick wad of bills drawn by the mustachioed man.

Even the owner of the kiosk is still holding the wad of banknotes, silently thinking, if this is an insult, then he doesn't mind coming a few more times.

And he can also use the man's words to defend himself: "This is the junior in my family, and it is my kindness as an elder to invite her to Kagetsu in Nagasaki to taste some Zhuo Yuku. As for the other girl......"

The man dressed as a European and American thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's a maid I hired." ”

So in Kazuki's dining room, the man who was obviously supposed to go to the "Nagasaki Nagai Naiki Club", which was obviously supposed to go to the gathering of Europeans and Americans, instead of Kagetsu Ryotei, listened to the shamisen like this, patted the beat gently, and brought two female companions who were not yet eighteen years old no matter how they looked, with the face of an upstart.

As soon as the song was played, the bearded man turned his gaze to Zhu Yue, the "maid" who was sitting quietly on the side, like a statue called "Memories", and asked in a harmonious voice, "How is it?

Hearing the master's question, Zhu Yue thought for a moment, but still shook her head gloomily.

In this regard, Wei Ye was not discouraged, in fact, he brought Sima Ling and Zhu Yue to Nagasaki, and it was not as simple as simply coming to eat Huayue's Zhuo Yu cuisine.

Zhu Yue's only obsession in his previous life was to return to his hometown. But as far as Wei Ye can see, there is probably nothing left of her hometown except for the abandoned deserted village and the tombless tomb.

And her second hometown, Koyasan, judging from the information gathered so far, the Koyasan Shingon Sect is like a great Buddhist force with a special status and terrifying heritage in this time and space. Compared with the so-called monks who were satisfied with guarding a temple before, Koyasan in this time and space seems to have a negative boss temperament that promotes history in the dark.

Judging from the remnants of Zhu Yue's memory, there is also a temple where Koyasan monks are stationed in Nagasaki, and it seems that it is not far from Hanazuki.

But as a result of "looking for seclusion" here during the day, where did the serious temples come from around Maruyama Flower Street?

As for capturing the Buddha's breath of the Shingon Sect Dharma Monk with the Hope Qi Technique, that is an even more non-spectacular thing.

Because as soon as he arrived in this world, Wei Ye had a sense of confusion, even on the other side of the world, on Baker Street in the United Kingdom of Great Britain, from the churches and bells of the Anglican Church, he could feel a sense of déjà vu.

That's right, it is the unique brightness of those Manichi teachers and monks in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty!

It seems that the light of Buddha is not Buddha, and the light of light can almost be seamlessly connected with the breath of Buddhism.

If this kind of brightness appeared in Hindu temples and Zoroastrian altars, Wei Ye would not be surprised. But even the Anglican Church has this kind of atmosphere, so what does that mean?

You must know that the cross religion system is incompatible with Buddhism, but it has shown this seamless form in this time and space, which can only explain one problem-

The supernatural power of this time and space is completely constructed by the Dharma of Buddhism!

Even if it is a scattered immortal like Wei Ye, in this time and space, although the operation of mana is not restricted, but with a pure Dao Gate aura, there is always a sense of error between operations.

If this time and space is an operating system, then the Immortal Warlock, as an outsider, is an incompatible software with the wrong system.

So from Baker Street in London to Maruyama Flower Street in Nagasaki, Wei Ye has been trying to parse this external operating system to make himself look as inconspicuous as possible.

However, in terms of his various practices along the way, it seems to be a little far away from the word "inconspicuous".

It wasn't until he stepped on this land and felt the almost ubiquitous atmosphere of Buddhism that the black robe on the fairy warlock turned into a pure white horse racing dress.

Walking in this land that is soaked with the atmosphere of Buddhism, it has become an increasingly difficult goal to find people in Buddhism.

How do you hide a drop of water, a grain of sand where no one can find it? Send it into the sea, throw it into the desert.

The current immortal warlock is looking for the drop of water in the sea and the grain of sand in the desert, so he can't solve it.

Just like now, after getting another blank look from Zhu Yue, the fairy warlock frowned and looked around, but he only saw the professional smiles of the geisha under the thick fat powder, and Sima Ling playing with a fan, with a good face.

Sighing, the Immortal Warlock muttered, "In things like intelligence gathering, I'm not suitable for doing these delicate jobs after all. ”

With that, he stood up, walked up to the geisha who played the shamisen, took the shamisen with the plectrum, and then handed it to Zhu Yue: "The bald donkey in that mountain, did you teach you how to play the song of Joruri with the shamisen? Whether it's a story of a monster, a story of a monk, a military commander who died in battle, or a businessman who cheated on him, you can play a piece of it." ”

Taking the shamisen handed over by Wei Ye, Zhu Yue plucked the strings without thinking, and the mournful tune sounded, so that the geisha, who had originally shown a slightly contemptuous expression, couldn't help but listen quietly.

It was the beginning of the famous "Heike Monogatari" in the shamisen.

The fairy warlock smiled slightly, followed the sound of the strings, turned his palm, and the fishing drum was raised, and he sang in response:

"Gion essence ㈎のbell の音、祝行无常の音きあり。 Soluo Shuangshu の花の色、盛者必declinedの理......"

This is the opening song of "The Tale of the Heike Family", and with the song, the ivory plectrum in Zhu Yue's hand flew up and down, and the song turned urgent.

At this moment, the fairy warlock responded to the string sound, and suddenly knocked the fishing drum in his hand, and suddenly the string sound was helped, and it came out of the dining room and directly into the entire flower street!

(End of chapter)