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- Patchouli
The sound of placing dry Acer stones in the cold village at the foot of Mount Takano is still echoing today.
Inside the large but apparently impoverished mansion on the outskirts of that village, the sights of the street were always played out in the morning.
... but that's nothing.
Two old men… Makota Changyuki and Takani Uchi are relative across the Acer board, and just a short distance from it is such an idyllic sight, with one girl, Yoshioka Apricot, quietly watching its opposite station.
- Patchouli
When another sound sounded, the inner note of Takanagi, one of the two old men, opened his mouth.
"Finally Sir Echimae has passed away."
- Patchouli
To that voice, which is too loud for soliloquy, one cracked old man, Chang-yuki Maida, frowns and stares at his opponent.
"Hang on! This guy always lives. Hurry up... boring!
- Patchouli
"But according to Sasuke's story, it's only a matter of time before the Echimae clan cracks with 'Tokugawa' and 'Toyotomi' and... this is a huge pain for the Toyotomi"
- Patchouli
"Han! I'm not good at pretending to relax! Your lord! You must be frightened inside!? If you say you have a grandson because of this, but you can't hold him in your arms, you can't go to the afterlife all the time!
- Pattiri!!
"This, do!! Anything seems foreseeable to my lord! Ha ha...
… so how would you like me to hold my lovely grandson in this arm?
- Pattiri!!
"Ha! I didn't even look at that face, but I used to say 'cute' and so on! But well, don't worry about that! If Yuanjiro means his father, he should look like me!
-... patchouli
"... well... and, my lord. How can I hold that 'lovely grandson' in my arms...?
- Patchouli
"Kakaka! Give it up! As it is, the Lord will not have grandchildren! Kakaka!"
Yes, when Chang-yuki Maida laughs off lavishly, the eyes of Uchi Takani and the Yoshioka Apricot sitting in the corner of the room become rounded.
Chang Yuki Maida frowned at the look.
"Hey! What's up!? Your hands are stopping! Hit the next one quickly."
"No, no! My lord! Not quite! Tell me why I can't hold my lovely grandson in these arms!
In response to Naoki Takani, who stopped his hand and still ate it, Chang-yuki Maida sighed, "Huh," with a rather rough face, and said with a sigh of relief.
"'Stuff' if you don't have the next hand... i.e. lose"
"No, no! My lord! Now we're talking more important than Acer! Your next move is from there!
"Han!! Don't get me wrong!! I'm not talking about the Acer with the Lord!
If Toyotomi has the next hand, he will throw it... i.e. Osaka Castle falls into Tokugawa's hands!
In the words of Chang Xie, the inner note and the apricot face blues.
The two of them didn't know things were so tight, because they didn't even think it was dew.
But Chang Xiao continued as a matter of course.
"Hang on! Even Tokiyama Road and Tokaido are consolidated.
Besides, if Hokuriku Road is suppressed, we can't attack Edo anymore!
"Oh my God... did you still think Toyotomi would attack Edo..."
"Whoa! That face is not enough!
To Chang Xiao's painful words, he usually puts a warm inner note on his face as well.
"This is tough. But why do you think it's blurry?
Guillaume and Chang Xiao stare at the inner note asking so. And I answered, pulling out my shoulder strength as if I had given up somewhere.
"The Lord will still be dreaming... of a world where Tokugawa and Toyotomi will get along..."
"Ha...? Isn't that what everyone in the world wants...?
"Hang on! That's why I'm telling you not to blur! Assuming you honor the people in this Maida Yasukami home, don't let the public confuse you to determine the movements of the world correctly! This is why!
Whoa! Apricots! Tell him out of the Lord's mouth!
After this, the future awaits Tokugawa and Toyotomi!
The apricot, suddenly shaken to talk, was only decent for a moment, but immediately retightened his expression.
If there are so many out of Chang Xiao's mouth, even if it's not an apricot, the answer will come out every second.
She replied, choosing the words carefully.
"... i.e., the two males do not stand side by side. That confrontation will continue until one of them falls…"
Chang Xiao raises a nigga and a mouth angle to the answer. And he continued to ask against the apricots.
"But the situation is already deciding. No! Everyone will nod, even if they say they have already made up their mind.
This situation... how many years does Toyotomi see with it?
"... three years..."
"Han! If I am Tokugawa Jiayang, I will mould you in three years! But I can't imagine a raccoon coming here in such a hurry to take that step like a tortoise!
Don't move until your life has been cut off or your heir's back has been stretched out. "
"... then... ten years..."
"No! For five and ten years! That's what I saw."
"Oh! If that's all it takes, it'll put a pretty grandson's face..."
Chang Xiao went on without even looking at the inner notes that he was about to say.
"In the meantime... Tokugawa will pull out every wing of Toyotomi's wings... no matter how Lord Hideyoshi suffers from the pain, cry and scream..."
The inner note, whose tone and content were so ruthless that I had broken my face thinking about my grandson, whom I had yet to see, makes my face blue and white as if I had even been bathed in ice water. It was the same with apricots.
"If you don't want me to..."
Unexpectedly asked Chang Xiao to divulge his notes, he returned them in an annoying voice.
"So many times you will have said it! Anyway, by continuing to hit the next hand!
If you're going to pull out your wings, don't let them catch you, there's more to it than just keep your wings sprinkled!
Whoa! Apricots!!
Let this busty old man hear you!! What is the next hand of Toyotomi to hit!?
Perhaps it is my intention to instruct one 'disciple', Yoshioka Apricot, in becoming Chang Happy, not to try to speak for himself about what is at stake. As such, he took the apricot and thought a little when he tied his mouth together.
And...
She answered in a clear tone with a slight red tide on her white cheeks as she raised her face as she lay down.
"We're here to secure an attack on Edo from Osaka."
"Then this sniveling old man will never know! Explain it more plainly!
From the side, it was a scattered Takanagi note, but now I watch as the apricots clearly try to answer more diligently than that. It was still like watching over your own granddaughter.
"Yes… then, I say. In the east of the former, both Tokaido and Tokaido have cemented Tokugawa's strong defenses, so to speak, it is a cornerstone.
The passing of Lord Echimae every time. Tokugawa will also suppress the North, or Hokuriku Road. "
"... if..."
The sound of the sawdust and memories swallowing. Chang Xiao loosened his mouth and the apricot sharpened his gaze.
And the apricot slowly said away.
"The rest is south..."
- Kukukukuku... kakakakakakakakakaka!!!
The moment he heard a word of apricot, Chang Xiao laughed with his belly in his arms. The inner note rounded his eyes to the appearance, but the apricot's sharp glance remained unchanged.
And after that appearance for a while, Chang Xiao opened his mouth with a delightful face.
"Yo! Good! Apricot! So, assuming you chose the south as your gateway… what would Toyotomi do? I guess you're not saying you move soldiers, are you?
Apricot answered the query instantly.
"We will show that it is possible to march from Kishu to Edo by sea at any time.... well... if it's frightening, let's dock a lot of ships in a port in Kishu."
To such a bold measure that I don't think of myself as a very poor flattering young woman, the inner notes no longer lose words and stare at her face so much that the hole opens.
Chang Xiao, on the other hand, laughed with increasing pleasure.
"Kakaka! Good! Fine, but that's not enough! Hit me with one more hand! I would have said it before. It takes two hands to do it! Show me the two hands of the apricot!
Then did the apricot notice something? Unexpectedly I laughed and replied with a return to my original serious expression.
"A certain person will be alive and well, and the relationship between him and Toyotomi will be honorable without hiding."
Satisfied with the words, Chang Yue makes his face nibble.
But the inner note said strangely, "Who are you talking about?" Asked the apricot.
She tries to answer that question, but Chang Xiao says, "That's about enough to make you think! Totally..." and control it.
And Chang Xiao told the outside to do his gaze and snap.
"Well, Yuanjiro! You're no longer allowed to pull back or step on it! Show me the head of the LORD!
It's almost rainy season, but this is a teasing, dry, sunny day.
Masayuki Maida was pointing her passionate gaze at the high sky, unbeatable by its sunshine.
And...
Yukimura Maida will live up to his father's fervent expectations.
………
……
It is the 2nd of May of the 12th (1607) year of celebration -
During the sight of Kishu Wakayama Castle, the lord of the Kishu clan, Yukio Asano, was waiting with his side for a guest of the day.
Usually he was wearing a kimono or something as it was his lavish personality, but this day is somewhere in the face of tension, what a half an hour (about an hour) he has been sitting flat waiting for that opponent.
And finally the guest arrived at the castle.
Who is the guest…
Hideyoshi Toyotomi...
"Toyotomi Rightfu is here to see you!!
Yukio Asano and his neighbors bow their heads simultaneously, along with the loud voice of the guide's lowest surname from outside the room.
And Hideyoshi Toyotomi came into the room with his chest stretched out from the wide open.
Behind it was not only the nearby village of Yukimura Maida, but also the appearance of Mr Horiuchi, Yoshiji Otani and Hiroshi Gui among the "Toyotomi Seven Stars".
There is no conventional innocent grin on Hideyoshi's face, putting together so much tension that he even feels harsh.
And the outfit wasn't like making a boy feel his age, either, it was the right fold to make him feel a clean "Toyotomi owner".
It's pure white and bright blue on top. All by the way, the gold embroidery that Hideyoshi Tai once preferred is loosened, glittering and dazzling.
That appearance, which even feels divine, was so majestic as not to think of him as a boy who was a puppet only a year ago, that not only Yukio Asano, but also the people around him, raised their heartfelt exclamation.
And Hideyoshi said with a trembling voice as he lowered his back to the upper seat.
"Kiyoshi Asano! A polite welcome, very courteous!
"Ha ha!!
Yukio Asano answered with such a loud voice that he seemed to be reclining. That would not be an exaggeration to say that the majesty released from Hideyoshi made him do so.
The reply ends. No, Hideyoshi spoke calmly.
"Keep your head up, Kii-Shou. So why don't we get started?"
"Ha!"
When Yukio Asano, who replied briefly, sees his face raised, his heavy ministers raise their faces simultaneously.
And Hideyoshi opened his mouth again.
"Toyotomi Kobata, I would like Sagamenza Maida to state the purpose of the talks between the two families in Asano. Komura, let me explain."
"Ha!"
Yukimura Maida finally advances to her knees after being called by her name. The look was always more and harder and somewhere disturbing as much as his determination.
And he spoke of unexpected things.
"Before I say it, Master Hideyoshi, may I ask you one thing?
"What? Tell me."
"Ha! Thank you. I'm happy! Please allow me to invite your opinion number on this occasion with the approval of the Shogun Asano during this meeting."
"Your opinion number?
Hideyoshi frowned so. However, the serious nature of Yukimura makes me disappoint that it means something important.
"Um, okay. Then put your opinion number and your ideas through."
"Ha!"
Yukimura, who replied with her voice up, turned a blind eye to Yukio Asano, and the two of them nodded cocklessly.
And now Happiness shouted louder outside the room.
"Let me through!!
"Ha!!
At the same time that the reply of the lowest surname waiting outside the room sounded from outside the (), the () was opened softly.
And when he saw the man there, Hideyoshi turned his eyes round.
Who is that person...
"Shoukichi Maida Yasukama!! I responded to your call and gave it to you!!
"It's in Yoshioka Apricot as well!!
Yes...
It was called "The Bee Hing of the Front and Back," and Masayuki Maida, the Wisdom General who beat Tokugawa twice.
And Shimazu is now Makota's best disciple, Yoshioka Apricot, as the husband who took Shimazu as his handball, Miaolinni's grandson.
It was these two people that Yukimura Maida and Yukio Asano invited to this occasion -
This is the "Shield of Excellence," the "Next Hand" hit by Yukimura Maida.
In other words, Toyotomi, Asano's talks began.