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Explore the season equally in any place.
Even if it was the place of distribution for sinners.
And it also came to the mountain-deep little village of the kingdom of Kii.
"Father, you blossomed beautifully, even in the mountains of Jiudu Mountain"
That's what I talked to him about this year. Thirty-one years old, and now it's exactly the masculine Shinobu Maida.
"Oh... yeah..."
It was Masayuki Maida, the father of the faithful, who replied not so carelessly. Just over fifty years old, compared to Tokugawa Jiayasu and Shimazu Yoshiku, despite being over ten years old and young, her hair is white and her face creases are deep as a result of her rapid aging since the Battle of Sekigahara.
So why has Chang Xiao grown so rapidly old?
That was because he had been deprived of "trying".
Chang Xiao was "challenging" those in power of time by putting his nerves around all information and measures, all to ensure a "non-guaranteed tomorrow".
And now that he has been the loser of the war, by the hand of Tokugawa Jiayang, "Guaranteed Tomorrow" was given.
That's what Chang Xiao wanted so much that his hand could get out of his throat, but he was deprived of "trying" it as a price, and as a result, its soul, lost as a threaded kite, was floating around Kudu Mountain, a fluttering and distribution place, away from Chang Xiao's body.
What it showed was that Chang Xiao's "challenge" had become his life at some point.
In an attempt to invigorate such a changxie, Shinto took him outside the mansion, where he was in a pulling mood, and thus came to see the full cherry blossoms.
"By the way, Father. My brother sent me a letter."
Yes, Shinshin offered a single letter before Chang Happy.
The sender is Nobuyuki Maida, the brother-in-law.
When he separated his father and brother from Tokugawa's family at the Battle of Sekigahara, he was relieved of his main office, using Numata Castle as his home base.
"You read..."
And, Chang Xiao faithfully pushes back the script.
"Yes, I did. Now if you'll excuse me."
Faith, which finally opened the letter, read it out in his mouth, said that, in addition to the main part, Shinzhou Ueda, which was formerly the territory of his father Chang Yue, had also been added to the territory, and that Chang Yue's original ministers and family members were a breath disaster under Shin Yue.
"What a pleasure!
And Shinji rejoiced greatly when he finished reading it, and expressed it with a full grin.
My brother's safety means the survival of Maida's house.
Faith rejoiced about it as much as it did about itself, because he was a rooted servant, and that was nothing more than wanting the prosperity of his own lord, friends and brothers than his own birth.
More to the point, "the person in front of me laughs," let's just say that was what filled his heart.
And it was the same for my father who was just in front of me, but I didn't even know how he felt or how dew, and Chang Xiao remained that dark look.
"Boring..."
"Father. I'm bored, isn't that a lot to say?
"What's wrong with saying it's boring?
"Isn't your brother's birth that interesting?
Faithfulness asks him to get used to trying to change his father's appearance, such as not here.
Chang Xiao, who glimpsed him like that, looked up at the void again,
"It's not about faith. I'm bored with myself..."
And it was crushed.
The changly was a root challenger.
In the name of "protecting Maida," he was constantly challenging how far his power would pass to the powerful of time.
It showed him who he was, and it tells him what he's missing, in other words, he was like a master.
And now he was at the bottom of the valley of despair, like he had been abandoned by his master.
I won't try anything anymore...
Now that it had come to this land and changed to certainty, he was all "bored".
Of course, I knew so painfully about my son's faithfulness.
Still, he wanted his father to find a new life, put it on something and take him outside.
Yes, because he was a root servant.
But this life in Jiudu Mountain's distributional land, though poor, was more peaceful itself than imagined, and these days of recklessness continued to absorb the source of Chang Happy's life.
The ripples came to the seats of the flowers that made me feel such a stiff.
It was Takanagi's minister and father in law of the faithful who came to reward him for his visit.
"My lord! Oh, my God, this is so hard!
The inner notes came to Chang Xi and Xin Xing in a hurry, not suited to the gentle afternoon ahead of spring.
Chang Xiao, who saw him like that with such boring eyes,
"What? Noisy. Doesn't it look like you loved flowers so quietly?
and scold with an unchallenged voice.
"Hey! I'm sorry for this!
and a serious inner note everywhere, instantly bows his head.
"It's a joke. I'm not really interested in flowers at all. But it's noisy."
"This... is bad for you too, my lord"
"Enough is enough. If you don't have a lot of business, go home."
and Chang Xiao tried to get rid of the inside notes so that he didn't want to be involved with others.
But the inner note is not someone who is good at reading behind the words of others.
"My lord! I have business to attend to, but some of you are here to see your lord!
"I'm sorry, but I'm not here. If it's Tokugawa Jiayang, push him back."
As a matter of fact, there have been many visitors to him before, all of which he pays in front of the gate.
Because he had already noticed at this time.
In a few more years, the world will fit in the hands of Tokugawa Jiayang, and even if the heavens and the earth flip, it will be difficult to challenge it. And even during those years, no matter what Chang Xiao thinks, he can't be challenged any more than he is in the land of this Ninth Mountain in the first place.
But he was aware that the people who would come after him were not coming to think of getting him out of the land, but were merely interested in knowing what "the man who broke Tokugawa twice" was like.
But now, how can he know that the person who came to him is completely different?
And the man came only a short while before him, not waiting for his refusal, etc.
"Kakaka! I don't think he's the man who broke Tokugawa twice. It's a good face! Lord Chang Xiao"
Even in the words of sudden insult, the dead Chang Yue's heart will not be moved.
"Are you a poorly spoken, dying warrior... who licks each other, even with old wounds, between those left over from the times? Rushui Kuroda"
Yes, it was Rushui Kuroda who returned from Kyushu to Osaka that appeared in front of him.
He had already handed over all his possessions to his son, Nagataka Kuroda, and, along with a few ministers, had returned to his mansion in Fushimi to begin his original hiding life.
Whether that's a superficial story or not...
And to say more, he is "ostensibly" complimentary to Tokugawa Jiayang.
The fact that he was thus able to visit Chang-yuki Maida, a dignified great sinner, was no more than a sign that "apparent trust" was being gained from Jiayang.
Of course, I know a hundred things about family health and the fact that it is like thin ice, such as Kyoshu Mizu. However, if he was vowing allegiance to Jiayang in order to expose Chang Xiao, he would not have forbidden only Rushui because he did not forbid Chang Xiao.
"Kakaka! Unfortunately, I don't have enough scratches on my body to lick."
"Well... it doesn't look that way..."
"I'm still going to scratch you."
"That's because of the energy... as long as I'm jealous of this kind of house."
"Hmm, that sounds like a reversal of being hoped to hurt... what do you think? Lord Chang Xiao"
The water's eyes glowed sharply.
The faithfulness that I saw in his eyes perceived dangers at once.
Rushui is making an obvious shake against his father...
And it didn't feel like the assassin Tokugawa Jiayang sent to make sure of his father's sincerity.
If, depending on my father's response, "there is still hostility toward Tokugawa" is passed on to Rushui, then it is not this time that the death penalty will be spared, and faith is in jeopardy that way,
"Dear Kuroda, since your father is not in good health, could you please pick him up today?"
And he tried to withdraw Rushui from the scene in the dark.
However, Chang Xiao revealed his honest feelings in the inquiry of Rushui without any concern at all, such as the care of his son.
"Ha! There are no fools who wish to be hurt!
But I still have the desire to put myself in a pressing place where I can be hurt or not. "
When he heard it, Rushui gave a relieved look, but did not miss the faith.
And at this point, one suspicion arose in my chest, which turned into certainty in the following words:
"The stronger the opponent, the better his chest... I was looking for someone who could understand this feeling...
Lord Chang Xiao thought we could talk about it. How?
Rushui Kuroda...
Are you going to "challenge" Tokugawa Jiayang...
The heartbeat of the faithful chest somehow gets faster.
Why?
But the answer became apparent the moment I saw the eyes of my neighbour's father.
My father is delighted.
It was connected as it were to the excitement of faith.
However, Chang Xiao strives to calmly identify Rushui.
I'm not sure yet.
I wanted "something" to show that Tokugawa Jiayang and Rushui Kuroda are not working hand in hand, Chang Yuk thought.
"Talk to each other... but to talk to each other, I want a knob."
"Then how about this?
and Rushui spread one book before Chang Happy.
It's...
It was written down what Tokugawa Jiayang said to Toyotomi Hideyoshi when he reported on his victory.
That was, in other words, a challenging letter to the Toyotomi family, a nominal "heavenly man" from the Tokugawa family.
Fire lights behind the eyes of Chang Happy and Faithful who saw it.
It goes without saying that one of them was "joy" and the other was "anger" and a completely different fire.
But still, Chang Xiao, who suppressed his joyful breasts, stumbled upon the water.
"Name the one who saw this?
This inquiry seemed to be within the expectations of Rushui, and he even mentioned it.
There he named Toyotomi Seven Stars and the Temple, as well as the original name of one Kiryu, who wrote this down in the first place.
And the moment I heard his next name, Chang Hao's face clearly changed.
"Naga-man... whoa, now was Kishou Asano..."
That was the name of Yukio Asano, who ruled Kii, including this Kudu Mountain.
Chang Xiao hadn't fallen so far that he didn't know what that fact meant.
"such as the Water Palace. The place to talk to each other is cramped behind this mountain..."
In the words of Chang Xiao, Rushui loosened his mouth with nitari, reflecting a darker shadow on the face of one Chang Xiao.
Those two waves seemed to mix together and still wrap around a large black vortex, and the faithfulness of watching the two quietly remembered the war.
To Chang Xie's words, Rushui returns them by inquiry.
"So where do you want it?
"That will depend on where we fight next"
"Kakaka! Good. Then I'll come back when I'm ready. Until then, master."
So Rushui went down the mountain after Maida's father and son.
Rushui Kuroda and Changyuki Maida...
The time had finally come for two dragons to join hands, to defy the course of a great age, to challenge.