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Celebrating 11 years (1606) May 1 -
On this day, when one monk and Yoshiji Otani arrived at the school in Kyo, they visited Souyoshi Ishida's room with their feet.
"Welcome. Naoto-chan Tamara"
Sou Yong, with his usual soft smile, welcomed the monk… i.e. Naotaka Tamaru. On the other hand, Naokchang tied his mouth to a single letter and lowered his head,
"It's been since that battle. Lord Ishida."
And I said in a low, thick voice, as if I was building a wall. Zong Ying narrowed his eyes to Naokchang, who was showing such vigilance, told him something unexpected in a gentle tone.
"Lord Tamaru. We asked you to set up a room for the Lord at the Saddle Horse Temple (Kuratara) dedicated to the Sacred Kannon, the true esteem of the famous temple (Mijujuji) that the Lord is returning to.
You may stay there in the future and be encouraged to train.
If you have any problems with your life, you can always count on me, so please speak to the people in this college. "
How could there have been no other word against Naokchang from Soo-yong?
Soyo, who cut off the conversation, is about to turn his attention to the paperwork mountain as soon as possible in order to return to his duties at the school, and Yoshiji Otani, who brought Naokchan, is also about to leave the scene behind with Naokchan.
As for Naokchang, he was sure that there was a reference to what he had seen and heard, but he thought a lot about the lack of it.
That should be it too.
Though Hideji Hori instructed me to go up to Osaka, it was Kyo's school that brought him here, and it was Souyoshi Ishida, who once partitioned the affairs of the Toyotomi family, who welcomed him, so I was prepared to be asked for sure by him.
Of course, Naokchang kept his promise to Hideji Hori earlier and was not going to answer whatever he was asked.
It would never be unnatural, by any means, to refrain from being surprised by Zongyong, who, by the way, would not even give such a bare gesture.
Still, there was no need to cut the matter out of himself, so Naokichang bowed his head slightly, followed Yoshiji Otani's back, which was supposed to guide him to his new residence, and walked away from Soyo.
Shortly after Naotaka Tamaru and Yoshiji Otani left the room.
One woman appeared when she wondered if a shadow had grown without sound from behind Souyoshi Ishida.
Needless to say, it is the first bud who is between Sosei and Sosei.
She inquired toward his back in the same temperatureless tone.
"May I? I let him go without asking..."
Soo-yong on the other hand never sees her, yet snaps with a small voice like a soliloquy.
The condition was as if she were not even there.
"You don't have to ask. So you don't. Lord Tamaru only summoned me to move Chief Okubo."
"Then even if you don't ask me anything, Chief Okubo will move..."
"Yeah, there's got to be something moving from him in three days."
"Is Nakachan Tamaru hiding so big a secret that he can move Changan Okubo within three days?"
"Come on... I'm not very interested there"
"Let's see why. Weren't you ever thoroughly pursued if there was anything suspicious about others"
"Hehe, it's my first bud. Don't you say something tough?
The purpose of this time is only to move Chief Okubo An. It's never about disparaging him.
And secrecy means that whoever finds out about it can also carry it.
Don't you think it's too dangerous for Hideyoshi Toyotomi and Hideyoshi to bear it now? "
The first bud to hear this answer obviously looked at her as a completely different person from a man named Souyoshi Ishida when she met him. And she was attacked by pain that kept tightening her confused chest.
Soo-yong spoke kindly to her, who had lost the next word to speak.
"If you're done with what you want to hear, get out of here."
The first bud in that word hesitates to say another thing he wants to hear.
That seemed to be something she wanted to hear, something she didn't want to hear… the inconsistency in her heart was that she didn't come out with her mouth shut.
But...
Did Soo-yong feel how she looked on her back like that...
How dare you cut the matter out of Zong Ying?
"Speaking of which... we seem to be alive."
Without being able to say anything, the silence of the first bud overshadows the area.
Soo-yong continued quietly.
"My first bud... I need you to ask me for one thing"
My first bud's chest twitches. An unspeakable anxiety dominated all of her head and heart, and she could not speak of anything.
Without waiting for her answer like that, Soo-young said.
It's...
It was a shocking word to pierce the heart of the first bud...
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Celebration 11 (1606) May 4 -
There was an old man running through the hallway between the castle owners of Osaka Castle in flashy footsteps.
The face turns too blue in amazement, without soaking up the ball-like sweat floating on his forehead, and rushes like a gust as he devours his teeth to the place of destination.
It was one of Osaka Castle's rated crowds, Oda Lao Dogsai.
And when he came to the room of his purpose, he called out loud to the man who was in it.
"Lord Hideyoshi!! It's tough!!
That voice was so impatient, but unexpectedly, calmly, the chamber was quietly opened.
Then, besides Hideyoshi Toyotomi, the castle owner, there was also the appearance of Yukimura Maida and even Yurakusai Oda as usual.
"What!? My brother... it's noisy. I'm old enough, so have a little more moderation..."
"Yes! Shut up! Fun! It's hard anyway!
Yes, blocking Yurakusai's bitterness along the way, Old Dog Sai offered a single letter before Hideyoshi.
The sender came from Tadashi Matsuhei, an accompanying elder of Chunghui Matsuhei, Chang 'an Okubo.
The moment I saw the letter, a joyful grin spilled on Hideyoshi's face.
"Oh! Finally! Great! It's the old dog sai! Read that out loud!
The reaction seemed to be that he knew what was in the writ, and the old dog Sai accidentally creased between his eyebrows, but he spread the writ and read it to him as he was told.
What is its contents…
- As you have been inviting me for a long time, I sincerely accept your response to Chung-hye Matsuhei.
It was.
"Ha! This enthusiasm has finally been conveyed! Old Inu-Sai! This is the Lord's way! Ha ha!
I laughed in such a good mood, but the old dog Sai himself did not think that his work was successful.
However, it was true and what a complicated thought it was that Daikubo Nan had turned his opinion over.
"Brother... and that's not all. For that response, Lord Tokugawa is resigning his appointment, Lord Honda Jung-ja."
"Oh my...!? Is that true!?
Old Dog Sai asked Yurakusai by turning his surprise too voice over.
Yurakusai answers such an old dog sai with white eyes.
"I'm not old enough, I'm too surprised. Not at all...
That's not true. Here is a letter from Lord Tokugawa Jiayang.
Anything at all is done with the participation of Chang 'an Okubo himself, so he decided not to ask Lord Honda. "
"Has Changan Okubo... come to Osaka Castle himself?"
"Oh, yeah. I was surprised by this, too. What the hell happened..."
Hideyoshi gave instructions for the next thing with a full smile on his face against the two floating things.
"Ha ha! Why don't we both! Now you can get ready to respond without worrying!
Old Dog Sai in Yurakusai! We must both prepare to support Governor Ono so that he can respond successfully!
"Ha! I did!
"Um, I understand."
The two replied to each and gently lowered their heads and left the room. The expression already seemed to be geared towards the following, namely the preparation of the response, and did not give a sense of the earlier blurring.
After the two left, the room was left with two people, Yukimura Maida and Hideyoshi Toyotomi.
Then Yukimura, with the gentle smile of the usual, spoke with excellence.
"You've made it this far."
Hideyoshi replied to Yukimura with a tight face, once again with the look of a great laugh.
"Not yet. It's just beginning."
"Hideyoshi, if Lord Matsuhei Chunghui and Lord Okubo Nagaan came to Osaka Castle safely like this, how are you going to be?"
Hideyoshi answered Hideyoshi's query clearly when he raised his mouth just a little bit.
"I won't do anything! All I do is smile at the people I meet and try to laugh at each other like I always do!
A surprising color is added to Yukimura's eyes.
"Well... is it true that you were simply called to deepen your friendship?
"Do you think I will call the Shinshu Matsuhei family owner and their accompanying elders for any other purpose in this Osaka Castle?
Happy Village gave the words a stiff look.
"This, do! Ha ha! You are indeed right!
And...
Hideyoshi told Yukimura, obviously with a smile of a different quality than the smile he had shown Yurakusai and others earlier.
"Where the battle is, it's not a response in Osaka Castle.
The day after that they plan to stay in Kyo... that is, Matsuhei Mansion in Fushimi and Kyo's school... this is the battle. "
Survival of Toyotomi Hideyoshi… No, their leaps were finally about to usher in good fortune, with the survival of the Toyotomi themselves.
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Celebration 11 (1606) May 4 -
On the day that a letter was delivered acknowledging that Tadashi Matsuhei would be invited to respond to Hideyoshi Toyotomi of Osaka Castle, his accompanying elder, Chang 'an Okubo.
The Okubo chief was visiting Fukushima Castle in Echigoku. Of course, it was for him to go and meet Hideji Hori, lord of the Fukushima clan of Echigoku.
But...
"My lord now suffers from a serious illness and is not in such a condition that he can meet and talk to people very much.
At last, no matter how many ministers of the Tokugawa family, Chang 'an Okubo will not be allowed to meet with you. "
Yet two people who stood in front of Changan Okubo were Hideji Hori's neighbor, Naoto Hori, and his son, Naoto Hori.
But that's not the kind of thing that stops Chief Okubo.
He is trying to move forward by pushing forward the inflexible men he has brought as offerings to push those who hold back his way.
And he said it out loud.
"Here's a complaint from a local monk and merchant! Those who have purposefully rushed against the lord of neighbouring countries, Lord Zhonghui.
They were all sent out when your lords suppressed the evil of Uesugi.
As for the veracity of the contents of the pleadings in this hand, it is difficult to hear the Lord speak directly, even though he is lying on the hospital bed.
Or something? There are facts in the Hori family that must be hidden. Is it therefore the soul dare to let the lord fake a pseudo-morbidity and try to escape?
"Rude!! No matter how old General Tokugawa's family is, I will not allow you to insult my lord!
When the blushing straightening of his face put his hand on the knife on his lower back, the corner of Chef Okubo's mouth finally rose.
"Hmm... Horikai's elder is entrusted with the sight of the North over the Lord. Is that what you intend to point the blade at!?
"What... what!?
"Here is a letter given directly by the Lord. What can I read you?!? I'll take care of the North. I'll take care of this!
That said, Chief Okubo Ansen, with a single letter on his right hand, raised it high.
When this happens, it is not something I could say to him.
Naoto Hori and Naoki's father and son gave way to Changan Okubo, biting his lips.
Chang 'an leads the way with the Hori family's lowest surname and goes a long way. And when he finally came to the front of the room where Hideji Hori was lying, he raised his voice thick and loud again.
"That's Tadashi Matsuhei, accompanied by his elder, Chang 'an Okubo!
This time, due to the appeal from the people to the Hori family, we came to ascertain its authenticity!
Hideji Hori! Open the door!
To that attitude of unilateralism and arrogance, which does not take into account the medical condition of the other party, Hori Naoqing and others who have been following his back have still been slashed, but the neighboring Naojun has managed to curb it and gained nothing.
And the chamber was opened with a quiet sound. Of course, the person who opened it could hardly move from the hospital bed, not Hideji Hori himself. He nevertheless allowed Chang 'an to enter the room and gave instructions to one of the lowest surnames who was nursing him to open the box.
"I seem to have a better complexion than I thought and most importantly. Lord Hideji."
Cheung An, who said so with a smiling face, stood on Hideji's pillow with the complaint of a monk and a merchant in his hand, looking down at him.
Hideji in these days is so weak that he can't even leave his eyes open that he can't even leak his bitterness about such a long price.
And Changan said, staring at Hideji like that with his white eyes.
"I hear you, Lord Hideji. Is it true that the LORD, in his repression, put the sinless monks and merchants to work?
When Hideji Hori heard about it, he didn't move immediately, but he slowly shook his neck to the side after a while, finally figuring out what it meant.
I laughed niggardly at the way it was going and shouted out again,
"Well... so this complaint is a perjury of monks and merchants. I see. Then let's dispose of these people in a different way."
Having said so, Changan turned his back on Hideji as he dismissed the complaint in fright on the spot. Seeing Chang 'an try to leave the room too lightly, the straight-cut taken lightly stands in front of Chang 'an without moving properly.
Towards him like that, Changan made a low voice to stare at.
"Out of the way... out of the way"
And when he came to the front of the temple by pressing the straight-cut, which was still motionless, Chang 'an said with his back turned, with a low voice that would cause those who heard him to tremble unexpectedly.
"... I hear you sent Naotaka Tamaru to Osaka.
Assuming Naotaka Tamaru speaks of something, if it is made up by the Toyotomi family, the sin will be borne by the Toyotomi family.
And that has nothing to do with the Hori family, so let it pass through the unknown...
As the owner of the Hori family, whom Taiko loved, it is shallow and ungrateful.
But if you try it on me, it's good for my neighbor, and it's good for you to hide what he's seen and heard.
While Lord Hideji's breath continues, won't you appease this Echigoku?
But... after that breath stopped... "
Hideji Hori opened his eyes slightly to the words and glanced at Changan's back.
Of course it would be something he knows about that gaze piercing his back, etc. Nevertheless he told them without looking back.
"This transcendental country will receive it.
Don't leave such an unfaithful home to an important Echigoku. "
"Ha!!!
- Gorong!!
Hideji Hori twisted himself to stand up with all his strength, but he was still full of rolling out of the futon.
The skinny face makes sure only the eyeballs pop up, and the look gives it a great taste.
But no matter how noisy his back gets, Director Okubo doesn't look back.
"Until then, you'll live long enough."
And when I said it out cold, I followed the scene with a big strand.
This is only seven days from now.
Hideji Hori left the world carelessly...
And...
And just two years later,
As the historical truth suggests, the Hori family will be converted...
The reason for this was the inexplicable and extreme, namely, 'the slaughter of a certain monk by the Horikai family elder, Horizon Naoki', as is also true in history.
After that, Echigoku will welcome a new lord...
It's Chung-hye Matsuhei...
And his reign was dominated by Daikubo, who climbed up to the old middle of the shogunate.
Plus...
Toyotomi Hideyoshi continues to buy blue potatoes from Echigoku even after the Hori family has been converted.
What that means…
Yes... Toyotomi Hideyoshi knew this would happen from the beginning.
Still, in anticipation of that, there is only one reason why I have decided to support the Egyptian countries.
- Build a relationship with Director Okubo
That was Toyotomi Hideyoshi's biggest purpose in hosting his response to Matsuhei Chung-hye.