Chapter 39 The Evil Courtesan (21)
"Fire! Fire! The host's room, the East Garden, and the West Garden are all on fire!!"
"Hurry up and save them! Where's the water?! Hurry up and call someone to bring some water!"
The Yuejian Tower was in chaos.
Crying, shouting, splashing water, all the noisy sounds were distorted in the fire, and people's fear and tension were infinitely magnified.
The red light burning in the darkness is like a signal calling from the god of death.
The most pitiful ones were the low-class prostitutes locked in cages, trapped behind bars with no way to escape, choked by the fireworks, making it difficult for them to breathe and tears streaming down their faces.
The wailing, screaming, and wailing were so creepy that people felt as if they were in hell.
Madam Ya decisively ordered the guards: "Quick! Open all the cages and let everyone out!"
But the guards dared not obey the order: "Madam Ya, without the order from the master of the building, we dare not release them!"
Madam Ya looked at the blazing fire in the owner's room on the top floor and shouted angrily, "Owner?! Damn it! We don't even know if the owner is alive or dead now!"
The guard was stunned.
"Forget it, I can't count on you good-for-nothings!"
Madam Ya snatched the key from his hand, trotted over, and opened the cages one by one herself.
Hundreds of prostitutes rushed out of the cages like a tide and ran around like headless flies.
After setting fire to the designated location, the six prostitutes who had been abducted by Shihui rushed to guard the important entrances and exits, directing the scattered prostitutes to disperse to various places and leading them to take refuge in an orderly manner.
"The prophecy of the Inari God has come true! As expected, the divine fire from heaven will remove the evil!"
"Kill! Don't lose to these stinky men!"
After being encouraged, facing the guards who came to stop them, the prostitutes consciously picked up the stones and sticks at hand to resist, scratching their faces, kicking them in the lower body, and beating them one by one, catching them off guard.
The entire Yuejian Tower was now like a chaotic battlefield, with flames blazing everywhere, prostitutes fleeing for their lives, customers who hadn't even had time to pull up their pants, and guards who were facing such a scene for the first time and were completely unable to effectively respond...
The wind was fierce and the fire was fierce. Water turned to smoke and the flames turned into giant dragons that danced wildly. They spun with the wind and soon became a sea of fire. All that could be heard was the violent explosion of roof tiles, and tiles flew all over the sky like a torrential rain and hail.
The whole Yoshiwara was shocked.
At this moment, Shi Sui was standing on the top floor of Yuejian Tower, looking down at everything, looking down at this scene that had been outlined in her mind thousands of times.
This is a sacred ceremony.
What needs to be burned down is not only Yuejian Tower, a place full of sins, but more importantly, the spiritual shackles imposed on everyone's hearts must be broken into pieces.
She wanted all the filth in Yuejian Tower to be blown away by the wind along with the fire.
The fire burned for a full four hours.
However, the fire point was planned in advance by Shisui based on the architectural structure of Yuejian Building, so the house did not collapse on a large scale. Although the top floor was burned beyond recognition, the overall structure of the first, second and third floors of Yuejian Building was still intact.
By midnight, the fire was finally under control. Shisui stomped out the scattered sparks with her feet and met Madam Ya in the Baihua House.
It was once a paradise for the rich and powerful, but now only ruins and debris remain.
The statue of Inari God enshrined here was also burned to pieces by the fire, leaving only half of its face.
When Tokiho touched it lightly with her hand, it immediately turned into ashes.
The two of them counted the casualties.
Some of the prostitutes suffered minor injuries while escaping, but fortunately no one died.
Several guards were seriously injured. Among them, Heisaburo's personal attendant broke into the house and saw Heisaburo's body. He was so sad and angry that he drew his sword and committed suicide on the spot to follow his master.
Besides that...
"The red is gone too." Madam Ya put her hands together on her head, as if she was seeing her off.
"How could it be?" Shisui was shocked and asked quickly, "How did she die? The fire in her room shouldn't be too big, so she should be able to escape easily."
"Not long after the fire started, the servants pulled her away, but Fanhong beat the servants like crazy, and even put on the large furisode and robe she wore when she was selecting the oiran, and screamed and said that she would never leave Yuejianlou even if she died..."
Fanhong broke free from the servants' hold and rushed to wherever the fire was, shouting, "Look! These are the people who came to see me walk along the Flower Street! Look how beautiful I am, look! I am the Oiran, I am the real Oiran!!"
Finally, I plunged into the flames...
"But Fanhong has fallen to this point..." Madam Ya said with regret, "Perhaps it would be better for her to die than to live."
Tokiho's heart twitched.
Fan Hong was ultimately killed by her own meaningless obsession...
"Thank you." Tokiho turned around and thanked Madam Miyabi, "Thank you for opening the cage in time and saving the girls."
Madam Ya snorted, "Don't bother me. It was you who set the fire, and that's why I had to let them go."
Shisui suddenly bowed and saluted deeply to Madam Ya.
"What are you doing?" Madam Ya pulled Shisui's hands and asked her to get up quickly.
Shi Sui spoke word by word, "Yuejianlou is about to be rebuilt. I beg Madam Ya to continue to take charge and continue to be the protector of the prostitutes!"
Madam Ya was startled at first, then smiled with relief: "I have spent most of my life in Yoshiwara. If I don't stay here, where else can I go?"
Only after receiving Madam Ya's nod of approval did Shi Sui stand up.
"Also..." Madam Ya pulled Shisui's hand, "Stop calling yourself 'little girl, little girl'. You are already the new owner of Yuejian Tower!"
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The next morning.
The sun slowly rose from the east, bringing with it radiant light and lifting the veil-like mist.
The gently rolling clouds look like a girl in red dancing gracefully.
Tokiho gathered all the disheveled people together, stood in the center of the yard, in the high position where Heizaburo once sat, and announced that she had officially taken over Tsukimi-ro.
She was dressed in red, bathed in the morning light, and her voice was loud, like the roar of a dragon or a tiger.
"If you want to return to an ordinary life, you can go to Miss Xiangyu's weaving workshop and learn a craft to support yourself."
"If you still want to continue being a prostitute, you can stay here or go to another promenade. I won't force you or interfere."
"Yuejianlou will establish new rules. From now on, there will be no cages, no human trafficking. Everyone will be free to come and go, and engaging in the flesh trade is entirely voluntary. If any customer endangers your life, their fate will be like this piece of wood!"
Tokiho picked up the sword in her hand and neatly split a tree stump next to her in two.
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