After introducing themselves to each other, the cross-dressing man wearing women's clothing and calling himself "Five Liu" slowly walked towards Ogata.

Because the surrounding environment was relatively dark, it was not until Wuliu approached that Ogata finally saw his face clearly.

The first impression Wuliu gave Ogata was that of youth.

Very young.

Judging from the appearance, Goliu should be about the same age as Ogata. Ogata is 21 years old this year, and Goliu should be around 20 years old.

The second impression is that he has a very strange hairstyle in this era.

There are only three types of hairstyles that men in this era can wear: men's hair, full hair, and bald hair.

One of the most trendy hairstyles is undoubtedly the moon hair.

Because this hairstyle is difficult to maintain, the newly grown hair on the top of the head needs to be shaved off almost every day.

Therefore, being able to have a clean and neat Tsukiyo hair is a major symbol of status.

As for the long hair, it can be seen as the opposite of the Tsukiyo head, that is, the hair is not shaved, but is only tied into a bun.

Regardless of whether it is a Tsukiyo hairstyle or full hair, at least it must be tied into a bun.

However, Wuliu didn't even have a bun.

Because he doesn't have long hair that can be tied into a bun.

Wuliu's hairstyle was short hair, which was so rare in this era that it was almost rare.

This is the first time Ogata has seen a man with short hair since arriving in the Edo period.

In the modern world, such short hair is quite common, no one will be surprised.

But in the Edo period, such a short hair style was completely unconventional.

With a very unconventional hairstyle in this era, coupled with the women's kimono, this person exudes a strange aura...

"You guy..." Ogata said hesitantly, "Are you a Qinqi?"

"A wonderer..." Wuliu raised his head and thought for a while, then laughed a few times, "Hahahaha! Let's take it for granted!"

A strange person refers to a person who dresses, behaves, speaks, or has a strange temperament. It also refers to a person who often makes strange behaviors that are different from ordinary people.

Lovers were more common during the Warring States Period more than 200 years ago.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu ended the warring states and established the Edo shogunate, the number of admirers also dropped sharply due to the peace in the world.

The founder of Kabuki, Izumo Okuno, who created a new art of singing and dancing, is considered one of the famous admirers.

Another person who also became famous as a charmer was Maeda Keiji, a famous military commander during the Warring States Period.

Maeda Keiji is known as "Japan's No. 1 Stranger". He once made a strange behavior of wearing cotton-padded clothes in midsummer, which aroused the admiration of Uesugi Kagekatsu, the head of the Uesugi family at the time.

Although many Qinqi people in history have shown themselves to be knight-errant, ordinary people have always stayed away from Qi Qi people who always wore strange clothes, performed all kinds of strange behaviors, and seemed to be mentally ill.

However, this was the first time Ogata saw Qingqi, so Ogata did not feel alienated from the cross-dressing man in front of him. Instead, he looked at Wu Liu up and down with curious eyes.

Apart from having a strange hairstyle and wearing a women's kimono, there is nothing else strange about Wuliu.

He did not carry any weapons on his body, and wore a pair of black footbags and a pair of ordinary straw sandals.

He has fairly regular facial features and is considered a handsome man.

If he changed his hair style to the most fashionable and popular among women in this era, he would be a handsome young man who could be liked by many women.

"Are you here to have fun?" Ogata asked.

"No." Wuliu stretched out, "I just have more free time tonight, so I came to see my hometown."

"Hometown?" Ogata raised his eyebrows vigorously.

"You heard me right." Wuliu pointed at his feet, "The bank of the Rashomon River is my birthplace."

"Mashima Goro-kun, you came to the Rashomon River Bank to support the Rashomon River Bank and maintain the security of the Rashomon River Bank, right?"

"Then let's chat while patrolling."

After saying that, without waiting for Ogata's response, Wuliu put his hands into the kimono sleeves on both sides, and then walked towards a path beside him.

Ogata didn't mind if someone came to chat with him while he was patrolling.

It would be better to say that he welcomes people to come and chat with him, so that patrolling will not feel boring.

So after Wuliu walked away minding his own business, Oufang followed quickly.

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at the same time

Edo, Yoshiwara, somewhere

Gua Sheng is leading several colleagues to patrol around Yoshihara.

At the Shirobei Club, Guasheng's main job is to patrol Yoshiwara and maintain the security of Yoshiwara.

Gua Sheng cannot do boring paperwork and management tasks that require a certain amount of wisdom.

Her only strengths are her impressive swordsmanship and her considerable physical strength.

Therefore, the only job she can do is to arrest and punish those who make trouble in Yoshiwara, and to protect the wandering girls and guests of Yoshiwara.

Every night when the flow of people is the highest, Guasheng will patrol Yoshiwara aimlessly with a few colleagues, or simply by himself.

Just as Guasheng was looking around to see if there was anything strange happening around him, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from behind Guasheng:

"Miss Guasheng!"

A very young young man was holding up the trousers on both sides of his hakama, humming and running towards Guasheng.

This young man's name is Suji, and he is a newcomer who just joined their Shirobei club last month.

"Zuke Si, what's wrong?" Gua Sheng asked.

"I have some important news to tell you." After running to Gua Sheng, Susi lowered his voice and whispered to Gua Sheng.

Guasheng frowned his beautiful eyebrows and said:

"Is there any place that needs reinforcements again?"

"No." Susi shook his head, "It's the Huo Fu Thief reformer who is here."

"Huo Fu Thief Gai?" Gua Sheng's expression changed, "What are the Huo Fu Thieves Gai doing here in Yoshihara? Is it possible that there are some vicious thieves or arsonists who have wandered into our Yoshihara?"

"I don't know about that." Susi shook his head, "I just saw people wearing uniforms adapted from fire thieves walking into our Yoshiwara."

"As for why these officials, who are responsible for catching vicious thieves and arsonists, showed up in Yoshiwara, I don't know..."

"Where are the officials who were reformed by thieves and thieves?"

"They are in the club now. Lord Shirobei is negotiating with the officials of the Huo Fu Thief Kai in the club."

"...You guys continue to patrol." Gua Sheng turned to her colleagues who were following her on patrol in Yoshihara tonight and said, "I'll go back to the club and have a look."

"yes!"

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Edo, Yoshiwara, Shirobei Club.

In the most upscale reception room of the club, two distinct groups of people sat facing each other.

Among these two waves of people, one is the "club force" headed by Shirobei.

Behind Shirohei sat Kawajiro, Keimon and other club officials.

The other group of people sitting opposite Shirobei and others were all wearing uniform black uniforms.

"Shirobei-sama."

A young man in his 30s who was sitting at the front of the group of men in black leaned over and saluted Shirobei in front of him, and said expressionlessly:

"I'm going to change the leader of the Sixth Division to the thieves under fire, named Yunobu."

"I have long admired my name." Shirobei echoed while returning the salute.

After the two took turns saying some official clichés, Shirobei got straight to the point:

"Natori-sama, everyone from Shiranui and Thief Kai came to visit me, Yoshiwara, today. What are you doing?"

"Master Shirobei, do you know about this evil thief Kiku-chan?"

"Kiku-chan..." Shirobei thought for a while, "I have heard a little bit. It is said that he is an evil thief currently running around in Edo. He has done several murders and stolen goods, and he especially likes to steal women's things."

"That's right." Natori, who still had no expression on his face, nodded lightly, "We, the Huosuke Thieves, started tracking Kiku-chan half a month ago."

"According to the report of our informant, Ju Xiaoseng fled to Yoshihara tonight. We cannot rule out the possibility that Ju Xiaoseng plans to harm people in Yoshihara tonight."

"What?" The expressions of Kawajiro, Keiemon and others who were sitting behind Shirobei all changed.

"Although there is a possibility that the intelligence may be wrong, just in case, Lord Hasegawa still sent our Division 6 team to Yoshiwara to look for Kiku-chan."
To be continued...