In the third year of Hongzhi, winter, that is, in 1557.

Matsugami Castle Tower.

After Matsugami Yoshiyuki's father and son both died in the battle of Shintsukan, after a month of turmoil, the Matsugami family finally began to hold funerals for the two.

At this time, the originally spacious castle tower of Matsugami Castle was already full of retainers who had come from outside the Matsugami family's territory, and Chongyuanin was dressed in a plain kimono and held Gosanmaru in the main position, while Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Ohno Heinobu were two important ministers who each led a group of retainers to serve on the left and right.

"Lord Longchain!" In the castle tower, when the young son Chonggenin saw that the retainers were in their positions, he signaled that Nagachain Shin, who had been appointed as the funeral master of ceremonies, to preside over the funeral.

"Haha~~~"

Hearing this, the long chain letter who was waiting on the side in a solemn kimono quickly stood up, walked quickly to the side of Chongyuan Temple, and faced the retainers who were at the head of the house, took out the sacrificial text that he had prepared from his arms, spread it out, and read: "Today, the ancestor Matsugami Sado Shouyi Xinggong, and the late young lord His Royal Highness Tanba Shouyixin died in the land of Xinjin Pavilion a month ago. Since the precedentism of Pinggong as the head of the family, it has been decades now, and in the past, the family was greedy and weak, there were hidden worries inside, and there were strong enemies watching outside. However, the ancestor was wise and brave to turn things around with his own actions, and in recent years, he has pacified the Shenmu family and expanded more than 5,000 stones, so that the name of the family resounded through the Yuanmu.

Although His Royal Highness Shao Xinxin is still young and has no great achievements, he has always been benevolent and convincing to many retainers. It is a great fortune for the family to meet such a wise family master and young master, but how unfortunate it is that His Royal Highness did not want to be the first doctrine of Pinggong and Shaoism to die in the land of Xinjin.

Sad, lamentable! In order to make His Royal Highness Heng the glory of his late ancestor Pinggong and Shaoism Shin Heng after his death, today, all the retainers of the family, the widow of the young master, Chongyuanyuan, and the orphan Wusanmaru young master are here to pay tribute to the two. ”

After the sacrifice, your retainers all bowed down to Chongyuan Yuan and the young master of Wusanmaru, and Changlianxin also hurriedly reported to everyone as the person of Chongyuan Yuan.

After the first ceremony, the long chain letter, who was the funeral celebrant, received the memorial and said with a sad face: "The next thing is for the retainers of this family to sprinkle incense to the ancestor and the young master, please come forward to worship the two highnesses in order according to the order mentioned below." ”

As he spoke, the long chain took out another list and read: "Ohno Castle Lord Ohno Heixin." ”

"Haha."

Ono Heinobu smiled proudly when he heard this, and came forward to worship, although Ohno Heinobu's strength was comparable to Matsugami Yoshimitsu, but after all, he was a retainer of the spectrum, so he was able to rank ahead of the retainers to worship.

"Matsumoto Castle Lord Matsugami Yoshimitsu."

"Haha."

In second place was naturally Matsugami Yoshimitsu, and when he heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward to spread incense for Matsugami Yoshiyuki and Matsugami Yoshinobu father and son. At this time, Matsugami Yoshimitsu was full of emotion in his heart, especially looking at Matsugami Yoshiyuki's spiritual position, Matsugami Yoshimitsu's heart was full of ambivalence.

I don't know whether to be grateful or resentful of the head of the family, Matsugami Yoshimitsu, who has promoted himself to be the lord of a city and has vigorously suppressed him, not only since the era of Matsugami Yoshiyuki has passed, then it doesn't matter, and then it is time for him to start the era.

"Long chain flat."

"Haha."

Not surprisingly, the flawless doppelganger Long Chain Letter was worshiped by his son-in-law Long Chain Ping, and the long chain at this time looked solemn and thoughtful, but it also surprised the retainers who had always thought that he was unstable.

"Ryoyuki Kuroki."

"Haha."

"Kawahara Shinji."

"Haha." ......

The funerals of Matsugami Yoshiyuki and Matsugami Yoshinobu father and son were still going on in an orderly manner, and as Nagachain Nobu read the names on the worship list one by one, the retainers of the Matsugami family also stepped forward one by one to spread incense, but when Nagachain faith reached the name of the Miki Castle Lord Nishiki Nobufune, there was a sudden change.

"Shinji Nishiki, the lord of Miki Castle."

"Haha."

At this time, the word spread that Shinji Nishiki had already returned to Ohno and Heishin, so the name of Shinji Nishiki was still on the list, and Shinji Nishiki, who was ashamed of the Matsugami family because of his surrender to the Ohno family, heard his name and hurriedly got up and prepared to come forward to worship.

However, at this time, Matsugami Yoshimitsu, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "Wait! I'm afraid that His Royal Highness Renmu is not qualified to worship the lord and the young lord. ”

It is a very humiliating thing for the person being questioned whether he or she is qualified to worship during the worship process.

However, because the questioner of this matter, Matsugami Yoshimitsu, has always been known for his caution since he entered the Matsugami family, and has never easily offended others, so the sudden move of Matsugami Yoshimitsu Everyone in the castle tower suddenly whispered, and even the Chongyuan Temple, who was in the main position, began to look at the long chain letter who was about to pay homage to Matsugami Yoshiyuki's father and son with speculative eyes.

"Yoshimitsu Matsugami-sama is the most cautious person in the family! Could it be that there was something really wrong with this Nishiki-sama who acted so suddenly? ”

"That's right! Yoshimitsu-sama has always been tactful and never easily offended, but this time he treated Nishimi-sama so harshly, there must be something that you and I don't know about. ”

"Could it be that this is because Lord Nishiki has something to do with the death of the lord? Otherwise, why did Yoshimitsu prevent Lord Nishiki from worshipping the lord and his son, perhaps because he was worried that the lord and father would not be at peace after the death of some people who betrayed the lord. ”

"Justified ......"

"Justified ......"

......

All of a sudden, all the retainers of the Matsugami family in the castle tower turned their suspicious eyes and questioning words at Shinji Nishiki, who was a little at a loss at this time, and Shinji Nishiki was at the age when he paid the most attention to fame, and suddenly his face was red with anger, and his eyes were red.

Unable to suppress the shame in his heart, Shinji Niki immediately trembled angrily and asked Matsugami Yoshimitsu and said, "Lord Yoshimitsu, why do you have no grudge against you and are also a retainer of the Matsugami family so humiliated?" If Yoshimitsu can't give an explanation to the next one today, then please forgive me for being rude. ”

Saying that, Shinji Niki made a posture of wanting to fight to the death with Matsugami Yoshimitsu, and Ohno Heinobu also stood up at this time and accused Matsugami Yoshimitsu and said: "Yoshimitsu-sama must not be too arrogant!" Shortly after the death of the first master, Yoshimitsu bullied Lord Nishiki, who had served the Matsugami family for generations, and dared to ask where Lord Yoshimitsu had placed Lord Chonggenin and the young master of Gosanmaru? Or do you Matsugami Yoshimitsu think that he is strong and does not take other retainers seriously? ”

Ohno Pingxin's accusation is actually not clever, but it is a heart-wrenching word, and sure enough, everyone, including Chongyuanyuan, has a more or less unsafe face.

People tend to feel sympathy for the weak, because it makes it easier for them to empathize. Most of the retainers of the Matsugami family are only two or three hundred stone high, and Chongyuan Temple is currently facing the crisis of being weak and strong, so they can easily have a bad feeling for the obviously strong Matsugami Yoshimitsu.

However, Matsugami Yoshimitsu turned a deaf ear to this and asked, "What if Lord Nishiki is no longer a retainer of the Matsugami family?"