After walking out of the door, Naohide suddenly regretted it, and he slapped his thigh hard.

"I also think it's going to be less", Toranosuke couldn't hold it back for a long time.

"I forgot to talk about sake", Naohide squinted at Toranosuke, Gakujiro smiled on the side, and Yongmin pondered.

In order to celebrate the success of the hair, the four of them returned to the Mizuki School to eat and drink in the evening. In order to pretend to be poor before, this month was very miserable, except for Naoxiu to treat Ryoma and sometimes mix a meal and drink, the remaining three eat the food of the travel cage every day, the soup cooked by the big root (radish) and bonito, or the pickles add miso soup, there is no tofu, less vegetable oil, and the three students will have to share their luggage for a few more days.

Tosa's cuisine is dominated by bowl dishes and bonito meat.

A bowl dish is a large cold dish filled with sashimi, grilled bonito, mackerel, and barracuda sushi, as well as a variety of seasonal dishes, all of which are brightly colored and delicious.

In the practice of "slapping loose bonito meat", the bonito bone spurs are removed, then cut into three slices and charred on the fire, and then the fish is slapped with a kitchen knife.

But it's a bit weird to eat cold dishes in winter, and it's expensive to miss the bonito that migrates in autumn, so you can only eat alfonsino seafon. As a type of red-fleshed fish, the precious ingredient of the future, "real gold", is really cheap now.

Naoxiu has been hungry for a long time, and bought some pickles that smell like sauerkraut, and came back with a sauerkraut fish pot for one person, accompanied by local sake, which is very beautiful in winter.

The next day, Naohide went to Sakamoto's house again, and made Sakamoto Naozu angry, "Can this gentleman go or not?" Naoxiu said that he was going to go all morning, but after thinking about it, he had to provide services after receiving the money, "You hurry up, hurry up and make jam, gummies and jelly, I'll really leave if there is no problem." And a little bit more, what, can you help me find a merchant ship to Osaka?"

The group waited until the end of the frost month before leaving Kochi, and then parted in Osaka, with Nagasoshi returning to Choshu and Naohide returning to Edo.

By the time we arrived in Edo, it was already the twentieth day of the wax moon, and it happened to be the time of the twilight of the year, and Naohide was also preparing to hurry up and visit his mentor and friends.

As soon as Naohide arrived home, his uncle Taro Takemae informed Naohide that his original boss asked him to go as soon as possible, and Naohide quickly changed his clothes and rushed to his boss's house. After presenting the gift, the boss Ono Sabei Takuma smiled, and Naohide was shocked at the time - something went wrong.

The shogunate is hierarchical, Ohno is the genealogy of the imperial family, Naohide is the second half of the direct to him, Ohno may be polite to other second halves, but this guy has never been smiling at his direct subordinates, Naohide has been earnest in giving gifts in the past two years, and he has been lukewarm to Naohide - Ohno didn't know that Naohide had seen a doctor for the general's son, and Naohide had never publicized it, only his uncle knew among relatives and friends, and several close neighbors only knew that Naohide had entered Edo Castle to treat a nobleman, but they didn't know who the nobleman was. Of course, the news leaked like a sieve at the top of the shogunate, and the big body banners such as Egawa Tanan and Oguri Tadashun had all heard about it.

"Naoxiu, how do I usually treat you", this is the first time the boss called Naoxiu's name, and it used to be "Hori" to "Hori" to directly call Miao.

"My lord treats me like a mountain, Naoxiu-"

Ohno Sabei waved his hand, "The lord who stayed in the hand gave you a hand shape (official certificate) and asked you to serve at the Abe Ise Mamoru Mansion in the Mikuwa, do you know what is going on?" ”

"My subordinates are stupid and panicked, and they have been traveling around studying for the past two years, so they may have done something wrong."

"You think about it again", Ohno thought hatefully, "If you really do something wrong, it would be good if Lao Tzu was the first to tie you up and ask for credit."

"I can't think of it", Naoxiu pretended to think about it for a long time before answering.

After that, Ohno Zuobei wanted to stay for dinner, but Naohide declined with trepidation, leaving Ohno alone there to ponder.

The next day, Naohide didn't dare to bring a knife and changed into a brand-new "step-robe", and ran to wait outside the Wufu Bridge Gate early in the morning, and when he opened the door and checked the shape of his hand, he entered the Ekai City, and after presenting the hand shape to the guards of Abe's Ise Mansion, a samurai came out not long after, and asked Naohide to come back in the afternoon, and Naohide hurriedly retired.

In the afternoon, Naohide came to wait outside Abe's Ise Mamoru Mansion early, and the guards didn't drive him away after checking his hand, but they didn't let him in. The cold wind was cold, and Naoxiu didn't dare to shiver, so he could only stomp his feet gently, but fortunately it didn't snow today. I don't know how long it took, and a group of people from afar escorted a sedan chair to "drive the cage", and Naohide hurriedly bowed and stood up from afar, but fortunately, this time the cage entered the Abe Ise Mamoru mansion.

Naohide waited for a while, it is estimated that Abe Isemoru has rested for a while, he quickly re-handed his hand, and after a long while, a servant came out to lure Naohide in, and turned around to a small courtyard, Naohide waited outside, and after a while, the servant came back and signaled that Naohide could be seen.

Naohide was so cold that his hands and feet were numb, and he shivered and took off his clogs and bowed into the house, and as soon as he entered the door, he bowed and worshipped, "The royal family Hori Naohide knocks to see the adult, and wishes the adult a holy body and good health."

After a while, Naoxiu heard "get up", quickly got up, bowed his head and knelt down properly.

Next, Naohide heard someone Wen Yan ask him about his study tour, and he replied carefully, in short, "Osaka is very good, Nagasaki is very good, Tianling is very good, not ordinarily good; Kansai is poor and poor, and the islands of Kyushu and Shikoku are both rural."

Someone above chuckled a few times, and then Wen Yan comforted Naoxiu, saying that Naoxiu still made progress in his studies, and hoped that Naohide could continue to maintain it and continue to serve the shogunate after completing his studies.

"Hai", Naohide hurriedly replied loudly, and made a grateful cry, he didn't dare to look up, for fear that Abe Isemoru wouldn't be able to see his minion, and wanted to wipe his tears with his sleeve but felt a little too much, and was hesitating, he heard someone say "You can retreat", he hurriedly bowed again, and listened to the noble man on the voice left, he stood up and bowed and exited the door, and just wanted to breathe a sigh after going out, he was patted on the shoulder, and Naohide hurriedly bowed.

As a result, it was Abe Isemori's close attendant who patted him on the shoulder, and the attendant Wen Yan soothed him, Naohide hurriedly offered his loyalty, saying, "Today, I listened to the sound of Isemomoru Tsuneki, which is better than ten years of studying", the attendant laughed, and Naohide hurriedly took out a delicate gift box from his arms, indicating that "a small meaning is not a respect", the waiter opened it and took a look, Naohide said that he was really welcome, the gift box was a precious and fan, and under the fan was a big judgment that Naohide changed yesterday.

"Your Excellency rewards you", the attendant handed over a wooden box casually, and then walked away, Naohide held the box in both hands and hurriedly followed the servant out of the mansion, Naohide saw that there was no one around on the road, and quickly took out a small pocket, "Nagasaki scenery, please appreciate it", the servant accepted it unceremoniously, and then arrived at the door, Naohide bowed to the doorman, "Naoxiu bothered you today, the gift box is a treasure rewarded by adults", the servant who led the way made a verbal testimony, and the doorman checked the wooden box presented by Naoxiu's hands, I opened it and took a look at it and returned the box to Naoxiu. Naohide hurriedly took out the small bag containing the small judgment and put it on the box, and asked the doorman to check it again, the doorman smiled, accepted the gift, and waved his hand to release Naoxiu.

Naohide returned to his home in Shinjuku-cho, cold and tired, just rested for a while, and a samurai with an attendant came outside the house, and after welcoming him into the living room, the samurai gave him a new hand shape, and asked him to go to the assessment center in the kokuwa the next day to obey the order, Naohide quickly took out a small pocket, and the samurai took it and checked it, "I finally didn't run in vain", and then walked away. Naoxiu didn't see anything when he looked at the shape of his hands, except for the description of his appearance, he only wrote that someone was ordered to be on standby at a certain place on a certain day in a certain year.

No way, early the next morning, Naohide wore a step-robe-no, the coat was the uniform of the middle and lower samurai of the shogunate, and rushed outside Edo Castle, and waited for the Wufu Bridge Gate to open the door and checked the shape of his hand and walked to the outside of the assessment center to standby, fortunately all the corridors were assessed, and Naohide could sit in the corridor and wait, and he could avoid the wind to some extent.

When it was almost noon, someone led Zhixiu into a room in the assessment center, and the three of them were the same, and they were greeted with a big courtesy, and then they knelt down to listen to the instructions in a regular manner, and someone above chuckled, and Zhixiu felt that the voice was very familiar.

After someone read aloud the will of the shogunate, Naohide froze and didn't hear clearly, it is estimated that it is "Fengtian carrier, the emperor summons the covenant" and the like, a lot of four Li Liu, Naohide didn't listen too much, and then finally heard a sentence "The royal family Hori Naohide is loyal for generations, and he is specially given thirty stones of knowledge", and then there is a bunch of what "I hope to live up to my kindness, continue to be loyal" and the like, Naohide only felt that the blood was gushing to his head, and his ears were buzzing, and after a while, the will was read, and someone asked Naohide to thank him, and Naohide quickly kowtowed three times, He also didn't understand the etiquette of the shogunate, anyway, it was said that when he saw the emperor, he had to bow three times and bow nine times, and there was nothing wrong with him kowtowing three times.

Then someone brought over three plates of things, one plate is a paperwork, which is estimated to be the legendary Zhixing, one plate is a long knife, and the other plate is a piece of clothing, which is estimated to be the long coat worn by ordinary flags.

"Don't forget what you said today", the people above laughed, the more Naoxiu listened, the more familiar he became, but he really didn't dare to look up, what if he was rude and the identity of the flag in his hand flew?

After a while, someone said, "Your Excellency has left, and Naohide Hall can retreat." Naohide didn't dare to bring a sword in Edo Castle, so he walked out of the assessment center with three things, and a samurai dressed in white followed Naohide and congratulated him repeatedly.

"Temple" is the name of the flag book below 200 stones, Naohide couldn't close his mouth when he heard the smile, he still kept a little sober, quickly found a remote place to present two money bags, and asked the honorable name, the samurai was called Yanda Kanta, he refused repeatedly, but Naohide insisted on giving, Yada also took it, and then he sent Naohide out of the Wufu Bridge Gate - no way, Naohide held the long knife, although the Mikun wheel was outside the Sannomaru, but it was also inside the outer moat of Edo Castle, and the guard was very tight.

To be honest, Naohide couldn't figure out why the future old Ii Naobi didn't live in the heavily guarded Miqu wheel? Because the old middle school that is generally elected will move into the Okura, but Ii Naobi is still living outside Edo Castle when he becomes an elder, although the residence is not far from the outer castle gate Sakurada Gate, but Ii you also think about what you did? The heads of the people killed in Anzheng Prison are rolling, move to ensure safety.

After sending out the Wufu Bridge Gate, Yanda Kanta softly instructed Naohide to invite him to the mansion of the deceased Oguri on the 25th of the wax month, and Naohide suddenly realized that it was the public guard Oguri Zhongshun who gave him the decree today!