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Celebration 7 years (1602) March 19th -

At Fushimi's mansion, Rushui Kuroda, who was preparing for Kyushu's next meeting, finally decided to finish it and leave for Kyushu. To make that report, he decided to go to Fushimi Castle, just next to the mansion, and visit Tokugawa Jiayang.

Say that the spring sun is soft, and overbathing seems to fall on the body of the water, and he strives for the rest of the main circle.

"Almost."

With that leak, it was time to rest in the shade.

"Yay! Isn't this Lord Kuroda Rushui?!?

And I heard a loud crouched voice. When Rushui turned to the bearer of his voice, there was an old man there who seemed to be the same age as Rushui.

Compared to Rushui, however, his body is large, and he can see that he is in such a difficult shape that he can see the rich figure under his kimono.

"Is this Lord Honda Tadashi? Oh, it's been a long time!

Yes, the man's name is Honda Tadashi. It is not an exaggeration to say that Takeshi Hideyoshi Taichuan is the best of the Tokugawa family, who has been dubbed "Hideyoshi Hideyoshi of the East" by Hideyoshi Taichuan as a meritorious minister in the battle of the Tokugawa family. After the battle of Sekigahara, he lived with his son with the possession of 100,000 stones in Ise's Kusanaga.

He is one of the heaviest ministers for Jia Kang, but there was a time when the battle came to a paragraph, drawing a line from politics and living a life like hiding, so to speak.

Rushui was surprised to see him face to face at Fushimi Castle like that, and turned his eyes round.

But it seemed that the same was true of the faithful, and he inquired of Rushui.

"Has Lord Rushui also been called by His Highness?

"Hmm... so does your lord...?

"I hope so! Isn't that" I really need to ask Heihachiro something "! I can't believe my lord needs it so far... there's no such thing as flattery! Say these old bones, if you can help your lord, in the fire, in the water, this Honda Tadashi Heihachiro... I will fly! Gahahahaha!!"

He was a very upstanding loyal victor, but one side, Rushui, thought so much of him. No, to be precise, 'he was called by Tokugawa Jiayang' was strange and irresistible. Because by this time, Jiayang had kept those who had once been martial arts away from Fushimi Castle, the place of politics.

That would have meant having the stronghold guarded by force. But more than that, it was because they were beginning to use young, talented people like Genuine Hondo and Tadashi Okubo. In that, Rushui had to read in depth the meaning of Honda Loyal Sheng being called, whose talent was greatly biased by Takeo.

- Would you be willing to start a battle schedule… If so, the target…

While contemplating such a thing, Zhongsheng approached Rushui with a large strand, his thick arm over Rushui's shoulder and raised a loud voice in his ear.

"We met here too. Let's be on the edge of something! Come with us to your Lord!! Hey, not only can I see the face of the lord today, but I can't believe I'm seeing an old acquaintance like that... it's in the fruit reward! Gahahahaha!!"

Saying so, Zhongsheng walks out toward Honmaru, dragging Rushui forcefully. If this happened, there was no choice but to resist, and in any case if the two of us showed our faces until before Jiayang, Rushui also decided to entrust herself to a nostalgic face-to-face meeting, even though we would know why loyalty had been called every moment.

"By the way, Lord Honta, your grandson... was your name Lord Heihachiro... are you growing up fast?

In that inquiry of water, the upbeat face of loyalty turns into the face of a favourite grandson who now thinks of him as he looks at him.

"Hmm! I'm fine! These days, I've been working on spears! I'm doing my own archery!

"Oh, my God... Lord Honda himself... if we don't do that, he'll die."

"Gahahahaha!! Lord Rushui is a good joke! Speaking of boys, the other guy is a man! Absolutely useless! Spears together. We are ready to live or die. We encourage you to arch!

"Oh yeah..."

And the person Rushui seemed worried about… it was the grandson of Honda Chusei, who had just turned six by this time. His name was still called Heihachiro around this time, but later he became known as Honda Faithful (really just then), and since he was a little girl he has been beautiful and known.

Rushui had heard of his presence in rumors of the wind and knew that loyalty was much adorable.

"Gahahaha! That child must also grow up to be a fine man and be well served by His Highness and Hideyoshi! To do this, we are refining to one, refining to two!

"I hear that when everything goes too far, it becomes poisonous... Yum, don't forget..."

"Ooh!! I didn't know this could be advised by Lord Rushui... this Honda Tadashi Heihachiro, I will carve it firmly into my chest and train my grandchildren more rigorously!

When Rushui sighed loudly, he looked at Honmaru with the look of giving up. It came right up to the side, and even if I didn't talk about it any more, it wouldn't be unnatural… I thought so and decided to shut my mouth.

However, there is a fact that you cannot even notice the water at this time.

In historical fact, after Hideyoshi Toyotomi harmed herself in the line of Osaka, the new dowry of Chihime, who became a widow, became Honda loyal to this topic...

And knowing that the future of this world is clear...

………

……

"Why did you two come together?

And Tokugawa Jiayang put the puzzle on the table and asked Rushui Kuroda and Tadashi Honda on the other hand.

Then Loyal Seung answered with his superior mood on his voice.

"My lord!! Listen to me!! What a day to see you, coincidentally, just face to face with Lord Rushui, who is also headed to the Lord!!

Hey, every castle I go to these days, just young faces I don't know!! It's just a pleasure to see a face I've known for such a long time!! Gahahahaha!! "

The words of loyalty were not targeted as answers to Jiayang's inquiry, but it seems that Jiayang at the time still understood the situation,

"I see... I happened to see Lord Rushui greeting me, so I came with him..."

And I said with a nod.

"My lord!! You are right!! That's my lord..."

"Hmm, okay. It's Heihachiro. This time, he decided to leave Kyushu to Lord Kuroda instead of the late regime. Lord Kuroda came to say hello.

There's nothing for you to ask of me, so stay in the other room now. "

"Oh my... Lord Rushui's will... that's Lord Rushui!! I still hear that Kyushu is about to grind his nails and turn his teeth to his lord!! Do something to beat them up!!

"This, Heihachiro. Nothing. Lord Kuroda is not going to war. Don't make a weird mistake."

"Oh my... was that so! This is very disrespectful!! Sorry!!

So what the hell are you going to do?

A moment was made to inquire about that loyalty.

And the gaze of Jia Hang and Rushui mix together.

It seemed to restrain each other "which answers".

Then, Jia Kang spoke of it.

"Instead of my... Tokugawanai, I'm going to curb Kyushu's troubles. Let's not start a war."

The answer is as thin as water's eyes. The eyes of one loyalty widened.

"Oh my God! Don't start a war, Kyushu's troubles... this is a big part! Besides, instead of my lord..."

Contrary to the heated tone of its loyalty, Rushui opened his mouth in a tone as cold as ice water.

"You are indeed a major player… but there is only one error in the words of the Imperial Palace."

Jia Kang's eyes glow brightly.

"Hmm... Lord Kuroda. I wonder what that is? If I say something wrong, I have to fix it."

Rushui does not take her gaze out of Jiayang's eyes. Jiayang also took that gaze of Rushui at his leisure.

Loyal Seung doesn't realize the nasty atmosphere between the two, he compares Rushui and Jiayang in a strange way.

And Rushui said in a low voice, but cut sharply into it.

"I am not replacing the Tokugawachi Prefecture... I will go to Kyushu instead of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, who will rule under heaven"

Rushui took over Kyushu as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's name… Honta Masayoshi had already told me about it. For this reason, this indication was assumed for Jiayang. But still, is it the prank of something like guilt that lingers only slightly in him that I felt stabbed at the heart of Jiayou?

But Jiayang shook his head sideways in his heart.

By this time, he had made up his mind. From scattered surroundings continued to be advanced, but did not admit much, to satisfy great ambitions…

That is, "be a heavenly man"...

But that heartache isn't going away.

Was that out of fear that something like the grace he received from Hideyoshi Tai was in the way, or that he would pull a bow on Hideyoshi Toyotomi, his successor under heaven, which he himself could not tell?

That's the time. The words of a certain man came to mind in his head...

- Tokugawachi Prefecture... it's finally time for you to take the Emperor.

The word was something I had just heard the other day… i.e., an advance from Honta Truthfulness.

He was the only one who didn't quite speak of it as his surroundings threw the word over and over to his family well-being. That's because Jia Kang himself knew that there were all sorts of glitches in the matter. But the gear of history did not allow it to stop, and it compelled him to make a decision. In the absence of any opponent to reveal himself in his painful breasts, he was saved by the Word of Faith, as if he had come down from heaven, and he had consolidated his determination.

But now, in him, Rushui's words are stabbed in the chest.

He was losing his word about it.

In there. Loud enough to give him back to me stuck around the room...

"Gahahahaha! That's a total!! If Lord Rushui moves as the name of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, not as the name of His Highness, Kyushu's students may grow up too!!

Until now, the Regent has been acting in his name!! The boulder is like a water lord!!

To the words of his loyalty, Jiayang turned his eyes wide and stared at his loyalty.

You noticed that gaze, Loyalty took care and said the following words.

"My lord!! Isn't that good!!

"Ugh, um... well..."

and against his badly toothed family well-being, Rushui is smiling and staring at his main obedience.

But now Rushui's eyes widened with the next word of loyalty.

"If, with the help of Lord Rushui, you don't listen to the Kyushu rebels, now see this Honda Tadashi Heihachiro succeed and defeat the rebels in the name of His Highness!!

Those who say it with their mouths do nothing but shut it up with their arms!! Gahahahaha!!!

Meaning of this word…

If you do not surrender with the prestige of the Toyotomi family, you can stabilize Kyushu by force of the Tokugawa family…

Rushui only wanted to avoid this on this day, so he came to the front of Jiayang.

In other words, even if mediation did not succeed by the deadline set by Jiayou, he asked me to avoid the use of force only because he would resign from Kyushu.

But that has now become an unspeakable atmosphere due to the statements of loyalty.

Rushui beats his tongue in his heart.

Of course, there was no way Jia Hang would have missed such a great opportunity. He narrowed his eyes and told Loyal Victory to replace Rushui, who had widened his eyes.

"I said yes!! That's the eastern heavenly twin!!

Now Lord Rushui will have a stunning trump card!

That is, if you surrender, if you hear that Honda Loyalty will lead the soldiers and attack them, they will always be afraid too!!

"But! The Imperial Palace... it...!

It's like water trying to argue with me, but the words don't come out.

That there is a genuine loyalty to this occasion...

That was a complete miscalculation for Rushui.

But it became a chase for Jia Hang.

Jia Kang continued his words.

It's like, "I can't allow you to argue with that," but all I'm saying is...

"Heihachiro!! The deadline set for Lord Rushui is long overdue! Build up your soldiers by then and be ready to go out at any time!!

I called Heihachiro today because I wanted to tell him about it!! Don't you do it!?

"Ha-ha-ha!!!

Whoa!!! They're on fire!! Rushu Palace!! Please rest assured that this Honda loyal Heihachiro, Lord Rushui, will be ready to take on the next mission in Kyushu with confidence!!

"Yikes!! That's it for both of us!! Quickly get him!!

Having said that, Jia Hang left the room herself.

Loyal victory is followed by a good mood.

And the water that was left in the room sat on the spot for a while, and did not stand.

Sometimes I was overwhelmed by Kyushu's treatment. But more than that, what I felt in this meagre amount of time...

It's...

- I can't stop Tokugawa Jiayang anymore...

was powerlessness from giving up that

But...

One man appeared to him like that without making a sound.

A man gives a glimmer of reversal light to a generation of bets on Rushui Kuroda after this...