Today is a special day for everyone in the Fire Nation Capital. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

For the common people, today is the birthday of the daimyo, and lively events are held everywhere in the capital, and even the school is only open for half a day, leaving early time for children to play.

And for the aristocracy, especially those who have already placed bets, the significance today is even greater.

The arrival of the third son, Xiuzhong, made it possible for the eldest son and the second prince to break the deadlock for many years. Today is the birthday banquet, if any of those two gets the preference of the third prince and congratulates the daimyo on his birthday together, the situation should be clear, the daimyo used to hesitate between the two sons, and now he should be able to make a judgment.

The eldest son and the second son almost stayed awake all night, each thinking about one thing.

"Xiuzhong, who is he on?"

So far, Xiuzhong has not been particularly biased towards either of them. No matter whose gift it is, as long as it is given, he accepts it without care, and he does not shy away from it. When he went out to play, the two of them tried every possible way to probe his tone, but he only smiled slightly, as if he didn't understand, and the two of them were not too pressing.

If he was still hesitant before, then yesterday, the two of them also found Xiuzhong once. However, this time, the two still did not receive an accurate answer.

If it were usual, I was afraid that both of them would have a seizure, and the samurai ninjas raised under his command were not vegetarians. This time, however, both men exercised restraint, as they could be sure that the other had not received a positive answer either. In other words, if something goes wrong on his side, Xiuzhong may completely favor the other side, and the situation will suddenly become extremely bad.

Despite being nervous and unsure which side Xiuzhong would favor, the two of them got into their respective carriages and hurried towards their father's mansion.

……

At this time, a black carriage had stopped not far from the Daimyo's mansion.

Ape Fei is dressed in a royal robe, wearing a shadow hat on his head, and his courage is amazing.

Ming Yuan also changed into a black power suit, and if the water sword was on his back, the whole person looked heroic.

A young man had been waiting here for a long time, and when he saw the two of them, the young man bowed respectfully and led the two into the Daimyo's mansion.

"Ape Fei, and this descendant, it's really hard for you, you came so early."

Tokugawa Ieyasu held a scroll in his hand, with a high crown and long sleeves, his white hair neatly combed, and his whole person was shrouded in sunlight shining in from the window lattice.

The aura of aging is gone, and the lion among the invincible people who are in awe of even the heroes who founded Konoha seems to have returned to his prime, and only the full head of white hair tells people about his aging.

Ape Fei was stunned for a moment, and recalled the posture of the person in front of him who was scheming on the battlefield and struggling in the political field.

"You're still the same person you used to be." Ape Fei sighed.

Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled slightly, did not speak, and stretched out his hand to take a seat for Sarufei and Mingyuan.

The two also sat down peacefully, sitting next to Tokugawa Ieyasu, in the position of the minister of the humerus.

……

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

The auspicious time had arrived, and the eighty gun salutes outside were gradually fired.

Squeak, the door of the main room opened, and the princes and nobles who had been waiting outside for a long time entered in turn according to their status.

When crossing the main gate, the eldest son and the second son walked side by side.

"Big brother, I'm going to see you today, if you lose, don't blame me." The second son said leisurely.

The eldest prince sneered: "Lose? It's only you who loses. “

Xiuzhong's expression was calm, and he walked behind the two of them, his demeanor was calm and calm, as if he hadn't heard the whispers of the two people in front of him.

Both of them looked behind them without a trace, and the younger brother had not shown his attitude until now, as if he had made up his mind to speculate, which really made both of them a little unhappy in their hearts.

Rumble!

As soon as everyone entered, a decades-old cannon let out a deafening roar.

This is the eighty-first cannon sound, and the military cannon is used to refer to Tokugawa Hideyasu's outstanding martial arts in expanding the territory and combining vertical and horizontal.

After the eighty-one cannons were fired, everyone saluted Tokugawa Ieyasu and congratulated Tokugawa Ieyasu on his 80th birthday.

Tokugawa Ieyasu waved his hand slightly, and the atmosphere was compelling: "No need to be polite, just look at the seat by yourself." “

So everyone sat down in the seats that had been prepared one by one according to their status.

At this time, everyone's eyes couldn't help but look at the seat next to Tokugawa Ieyasu. There, a middle-aged man wearing a robe and a shadow hat sat upright, and behind him stood a heroic young man with a sword.

The middle-aged man's outfit, as well as his unangry and self-righteous momentum, and the privilege of the young man to be able to carry a sword guard here, have already let everyone know their identity.

"Here comes the Hokage?!"

"The ape flew here?!"

A slight commotion spread among the crowd, and the eyes of the eldest and second princes flashed with strange light.

The Hokage has a special position in the Land of Fire, and although he has not interfered in the affairs of the two of them so far, he has a significant influence on the political scene in charge of the ninja. If the two are in the upper position, they have to deepen their cooperation with him to secure their positions.

At this time, the ceremonial officer straightened his appearance and read the salute aloud.

After the ceremony was finished, everyone stepped forward in turn to congratulate Tokugawa Ieyasu on his birthday.

They included the nobles of the capital and the dignitaries who had come from the localities, and at this time they also presented their carefully prepared gifts, and then bowed and retreated.

Everyone's eyes are flashing with strange lights, after so many years, the successor of the daimyo has never been decided, and the daimyo seems to be still considering between the eldest son and the second son.

But today's pomp and circumstance would undoubtedly be the most suitable day to announce the successor of the daimyo. First, above the father's birthday, the loser is not easy to attack, so as not to conflict with the father's birthday and hurt the harmony; Second, there are many forces gathered here, and there is no danger that the order will be tampered with in the future, so as not to make any chaos of false transmission of the will.

After everyone has presented the gifts, it is the turn of the sons to give gifts. This order of etiquette is also exquisite, originally according to the level of dignity, it should be the sons who give gifts first, and then it is the turn of the ministers and nobles. But what kind of identity are the sons, and the gifts offered are comparable to ordinary objects, which inevitably makes the things of later generations unable to take their hands, but is not suitable for the atmosphere of the birthday banquet, so the order of the sons is placed at the end, offering the finale gift.

According to the order of age, the eldest prince was the first to step forward, holding a jade box.

He walked up to Tokugawa Ieyasu with a slight look on his face, and gently opened the jade box.

In an instant, the palace room was overflowing with colorful streamers, seven-colored glow came out of the jade box, and bursts of ethereal singing came out of the jade box.

When the light dissipated, the moving singing still came out of the jade box, and everyone looked at it, and then they saw the things in the jade box.

It was a pearl oyster girl, but the size of a finger, dressed in jade clothes, and her hair was like a black waterfall, and Ying Ying stood up at this time.

"Zhuzhu wishes the adults a birthday, I wish the adults a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan."

For a while, everyone was amazed.

"What's that?!"

"Such a little girl?!"

"The voice is like a pearl, the body is light, is it the legendary Bei girl?!"

"The legendary god of the sea?! This, the eldest prince actually used a goddess to celebrate the birthday of the daimyo?! ”

Hearing everyone's discussions, the eldest prince smiled and bowed respectfully to Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"My father is a lion among men, and he is a talented master who has never met in ten thousand years. Your 80th birthday, the child wants to come and go, and only in this way can the legendary gods and spirits be worthy of the honor of father. It was also sent to search the ocean and the deep sea, and finally found such a goddess, hoping to use such a divine object to make my father healthy, free from all diseases, and enjoy eternal youth. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded slightly and sighed lightly: "Ah, such a divine object, it is really difficult for you to find it." ”

Hearing this, the eldest prince was overjoyed, and the second son was tight.

Tokugawa Ieyasu waved his hand, and the chamberlain carefully took the jade box in the hand of the eldest prince and presented the little girl to him.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at it carefully for a while, sighed softly, and said, "It's hard for you." ”

As soon as he said this, snap, snap, a few pearls slipped from the corners of the shell girl's eyes.

Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at his eldest son and said, "Xiuyasu, since you gave me this birthday gift, I have received this heart." ”

His fingers gently stroked Bei Nu's little head, and continued: "It's just that she is also suffering, born in the vast ocean, and now even if she is trapped in the pearl jade box, she is not as happy as being born free." ”

"I am old, I have killed countless people back then, and if I was young, I would have raised my surroundings to increase my glory when I encountered such a sacred object. It's just that now, I don't want to do it, and I don't have to. ”

"My glory is forged by my own hands, and it comes from the battlefield with a sword and a gun, but I don't need to borrow the hands of others to add glory."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's words had a deep meaning, but the eldest prince didn't seem to understand, and his face froze for a while.

"Let her go, just let her go into the sea."

Tokugawa Ieyasu's finger lightly touched Bei Nu's head: "You little thing, don't be so careless again." Hide better on weekdays and don't be seen. If I am caught again, I will not be able to do anything. ”

Click, click, Bei girl's tears turned into pearls, dripping vigorously.

Instead of using the human etiquette that she had learned under all kinds of punishments these days, she made a wonderful mark with her hands and blessed Tokugawa Ieyasu: "You have a heart greater than the sea, praise you, the hero of the world, the undefeated emperor." Wherever you go, the sea will kiss your feet and will not let your clothes get wet. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and waved his hand, and the chamberlain carefully took the girl down.

The eldest son's face was ugly, but the second son walked up with a gloating expression on his face.

"Although the objects that the eldest brother gave to my father are precious, after all, it is a blasphemy, and I am afraid that there is something inappropriate."

"What the child gives to his father is the painstaking work of the master craftsman, and it is the harmony between the people."

He clapped his hands, and several attendants walked up with a large scroll.

Along the way, the nobles who saw the large roll of paper were all shocked. Although I don't know what the contents of this volume are, just this paper is enough to cover most of the people here.

The second prince did not immediately unfold this picture, but respectfully asked Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"Father, dare you remember the war?"

A hint of nostalgia flashed in Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes: "Remember, of course I remember." It's just that people are old and can't remember a lot of things clearly. ”

The second son smiled respectfully and said, "That child's picture will definitely remind my father of the past." ”

He waved his right hand down heavily, brushed, and several attendants slowly pulled the scroll open.

Rumble!

In front of me are swords, guns, swords, halberds, cold light, and in my ears are the rumbling sound of Jin Ge Iron Horse drums!

A scroll of thick silk unfolds slowly, and in the center of the picture is a man in military uniform, leaping into battle, and behind that person is a tide of black troops. The cavalry and infantrymen, all dressed in black armor and holding swords and halberds, followed the man with a high spirit, while the man laughed loudly, with a clear and delicate expression.

"Father, this is the picture you had when you went out on the expedition. The child was looking for famous teachers and masters, gathered a group of superb painters, painted his father's heroic posture back then, and dedicated it to his father on his father's 80th birthday, in order to show his father's martial arts. ”

As soon as this painting is spread out, the breath of the golden iron horse wrapped in it makes Tokugawa Ieyasu look nostalgic, as if he has returned to the time when he was riding a horse and stabbing horizontally.

He stepped out of his seat, stretched out his hand and stroked the scroll, and the scenes of the past resurfaced in front of him.

After a while, Tokugawa Ieyasu returned to his seat and sighed softly.

"It's hard for you, Xiuming, you have a heart."

"It's a good drawing, it's a good one. Since you gave it to me, then I will accept it. ”

He moved his gaze to the second son, and said, "It's just that, this kind of precious paper that has not been honed is afraid that it can't withstand the momentum of the battlefield." You have to grind off that extravagance and flashy temperament to be of great use. Do you understand? ”

The second son felt that there was a deep meaning in his father's words, and although he didn't understand it for a while, he respectfully said yes.

The eldest prince's face suddenly became gloomy, and some of the nobles in the hall also changed color. But the second prince was overjoyed after he retired, and even the people who supported him were also elated.

Tokugawa Ieyasu waved his hand, and several chamberlains carefully moved the scroll and walked towards the storeroom behind.

At this time, Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at his third son, and his eyes showed a deep meaning, just as he had when he had assigned that fief to Hidetada.

"Xiuzhong, your two brothers have prepared such a rare treasure for me, what have you prepared for me?" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Tokugawa Hidetada with a smile on his face.

Everyone's eyes were also focused on the box held in Xiuzhong's hand.

The box is old, and the carved lacquer has peeled off in several places, although the workmanship is quite exquisite, but it is not a rare thing in the end. But looking at the appearance of the third prince as a treasure, could it be that he used an old box to pretend to be a treasure, in order to hide people's eyes and ears, for fear that someone would steal it secretly?

Thinking of this, the eyes of the nobles who had not participated in the battle of the daimyo were very expectant. Although today's highlight is not this, but there is the goddess sent by the eldest son, and the scroll of the Jin Ge Iron Horse sent by the second son, it can be regarded as an eye-opener to see so many treasures.

Hearing Tokugawa Ieyasu's words, Hidetada walked forward respectfully.

When he got closer, he took out a small key and opened the wooden box with great care.

"The child has no treasures, but he regards the hundred letters as the most precious things in the world, and today he gives these hundred letters to his father as a birthday gift."