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Soar into the sky and reach a place higher than the moon!

——The preface of Volume 2 "Strengthening the Sky"

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August 3, the first year of Wanyan year (1860).

Got it——! Got it——! Got it——! Got it——!

It's August, the height of summer.

The climate this year is indeed extremely abnormal. It was still snowing in March, but it was already incredibly hot in May, and even more so in August. It made people want to take off all their clothes, and also remove a layer of skin from their bodies.

Take it off.

Under the scorching sun, Xia Chan hides feebly in the shade of a tree and lets out disturbing moans. The cicada calls one after another seem to be far away, but also seem to be nearby, blurry and clear.

The air on the streets of Edo was filled with the smell of heat and sweat.

Standing at any place in Edo City and looking around, the scenery as far as the eye can see is covered with a heat wave filter. It seems that the whole world is beginning to melt and turn into a viscous liquid because it cannot bear the high temperature.

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However, even though the heat is so hot, it still cannot take away half of the liveliness of Ryogoku Hirokoji, the famous happy street in Edo.

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"Come and see! Come and see! There are musical farts! Use fart sounds to make music! You have never seen acrobatics like this!"

"Goldfish ~ Killifish ~ Does anyone want to come and catch goldfish?"

"Watermelon! Watermelon! Look! The watermelon is so red in color and so beautiful. It has just been frozen with well water! Buy it now and eat it now! Now you can buy such a large piece for only 5 cents!"

"Everyone, please look! I will cut this rotten apple thrown into the air with my eyes closed and cut it in two!"

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As one of the most famous fun streets in Edo, Ryogoku Hirokoji not only has a large number of performing arts venues, but also a large number of street performers performing their own specialties on both sides of the street.

A "strong man" who lifts a huge straw bag containing rice or a large rock to show off his prowess to the audience; a "singer" who eats a bunch of food that can help with farts and sings with his butt in a very vulgar way;

A down-and-out samurai who demonstrates his superb sword skills...

Vendors carrying poles and hawking watermelons, ice water, ice cubes and other items that are unmarketable under such a scorching sun shuttled back and forth among the crowds.

These vendors who sell watermelon and ice water all make a lot of money.

With smiles on their faces, they secretly thanked the sun that was hanging high in the sky and emitting such scorching heat that made their business so good.

Even though it’s the sweltering summer…

Despite the existence of extremist individuals and organizations such as the "Radical Anti-Barbarians", they still seriously threaten the security of Edo...

Although the country's situation is still turbulent due to major changes unseen in a thousand years...

Despite this... there are still a large number of town residents and samurai who flock to the Happy Street represented by Ryogoku Hirokoji and the Flower Street represented by Yoshiwara every day, seeking a moment of peace in these places.

Today, in a storytelling arena on Ryogokuguang Xiaolu, there is a young and handsome storyteller standing.

This person's name is Can Can Ting Meng Le, Can Can Ting is the name of the school to which he belongs.

As one of the most popular storytellers in Ryoko Hirokoji, today's Meng Le continues to give wonderful performances to the audience.

Snapped!

Hearing a "pop-" sound, Meng Le picked up the gavel and patted the table.

He happened to be talking about the climax of the story, and everyone in the audience pricked up their ears attentively.

Meng Le was talking about this story, which has become incredibly popular in the past two months. As long as you tell it, many people will come to listen to it.

"By the way, that night happened to be a dark and windy night."

"The moon is hidden behind the clouds, and a cold wind blows from the distant sky."

There is a saying that "the expert looks at the door, the layman looks at the excitement".

Those who know the art will know how superb Meng Le's story-telling skills are by just looking at a few of Meng Le's movements and listening to a few of Meng Le's speaking tones.

This tone is sometimes passionate and sometimes soothing; this ups and downs tone is very comfortable to listen to.

The audience in the audience looked directly at Meng Le on the stage, and listened carefully to Meng Le's story about "The 'Renito' Tachibana Tachibana's heroic rescue of the Tibetan Shu Tiao Institute".

"The thugs of the anti-barbarian group are really a bunch of bloodless and tearless beasts."

"The servants in the Fanshu Diao Institute are just a bunch of unarmed scholars."

"The beasts of the anti-barbarian group are so hateful that they are willing to kill these innocent people."

"Under the massacre of these beasts, the river of blood flowed out of the Fanshu Diao Temple, like a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood in the Shura Dojo."

"Fortunately, a man suddenly appeared, with a heroic appearance, leading the way! Leading only four subordinates, he rushed straight into the enemy formation that had surrounded Fan Shu Diao!"

"Who is this person? He is Tong Xin from the town chosen by the Northern Banner. He is six feet tall, majestic and majestic, and he is as green as green as green as green as he is as bright as he is in the sun!"

Snapped!

Meng Le slapped the gavel hard again.

Under Meng Le's wonderful storytelling performance, the audience felt as if they were on the scene, as if they were in the fierce battlefield that night when Fan Shu Diao was attacked.

"Come to think of it, Tachibana Aoden was just an unknown person from Beifansuo."

"He is confused and dizzy every day, so he is also nicknamed 'Stupid Head'."

"Suddenly one day, he realized the weight of the responsibilities he shouldered as a fellow practitioner. Just like the Tang Dynasty King Yangming Longchang who had enlightened himself, he suddenly woke up and made up his mind to no longer live in confusion."

"Since then, he has seemed to be completely transformed and has begun to perform extraordinary feats!"

"Rescuing the Fan Shu Diao Institute is just the most inconspicuous of the great achievements he has made so far."

"Okay, let's get back to business."

"At that time, the four samurai who followed Tachibana Aoden and rushed straight into the enemy's formation were named Saitoichi, Nagakura Shinpachi, Harada Sanosuke and Toudo Heisuke."

"These four people are just like Tachibana Aoden, they are all heroes who can stand up to a hundred!"

"Facing an enemy group dozens of times their size in front of them, these heroes are not afraid at all!"

"I saw the Orange Green Denchuo Sword in my hand, pulling out streaks of blue-white sword light!"

"The long sword cuts vertically, thrusts straight, lifts upwards, lifts diagonally, and holds horizontally."

"No one can get close! No one can block Tachibana Aoden's sword!"

"It is invincible and unstoppable!"

"Ju Qingdeng's sword power can be best described by this famous saying from "Dragon Tao" in "Six Tao", a famous military strategy book of the Tang Dynasty - be as surprised when you approach it, use it as crazy, and treat it as it is.

Those who are close will be destroyed, and those who are close will be destroyed. Who can resist them?"

"The unstoppable and unstoppable Ju Qingden killed him until his clothes were covered with blood. He killed all the beasts in the Yi group and threw away their helmets. He killed all the beasts in the Yi group and lost their cold energy!"

"This heroic figure holding the sword in hand and standing tall, is really like a 'benevolent king'!"

Snapped!

The sound of slapping the gavel exploded again.

The next moment, a wave of applause surged into the storytelling venue.

"good!"

"Meng Le, as expected of you! What you said is so wonderful!"

"Meng Le! Keep talking! Keep talking!"

"What happened after Tachibana Aoden ascended the mountain? Tell me quickly!"

There were constant cheers from the audience, and the excited audience cheered and generously threw copper coins on the stage. Some of them didn't know whether they were really rich or just wanted to make themselves fat, so they threw silver coins directly on the stage.

"Money is coming this way! Money is coming here! Thank you for your support! Thank you for your support! There are dried radish, chirashi sushi, fried melon seeds, as well as the excellent Sasa-maki sushi, Yobei sushi and pine sushi.

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"Look, all these delicacies are more delicious than the last. Just looking at them will make you drool! The most expensive of these delicacies only costs 10 cents! You can have a feast for just 10 cents at most!"

"In addition to delicious food, there are also tea, sweet water, and freshly chilled ice water here! The weather is so hot today, everyone remember to drink more water to avoid getting heat sickness."

Selling snacks and drinks during storytelling is a common side job for storytellers, and the income from this side job is quite considerable.

Many storytellers make a large portion of their income from selling snacks and drinks, but the rewards from listeners are a small amount.

When the sound of coins falling to the ground gradually stopped, Meng Le cleared her throat vigorously several times.

"Okay, let's get back to business..."

Meng Le cleared his throat vigorously several times, preparing to continue telling the story of "Nioh" Tachibana Aoden.

Under the stands, the audience, whose emotions had been completely aroused, stared at Meng Le on the stage with bated breath.
To be continued...