"Wow-w-w. ◢ With the sound of footsteps from far and near, Kinoshita Katsutoshi hurriedly climbed the stairs under the escort of more than ten samurai, and after a while, he came to the door of the palace, and saw that there were only two small surnames guarding the door, so he stepped forward quickly, and said quite arrogantly: "Open the door quickly, I want to meet the young master and Mrs. Yodo." ”

"Back to Major General, Madame has an order, please wait outside the door." The little surname said respectfully.

As soon as he finished speaking, a question came from Yodohime in the hall: "The major general came late at night, I don't know what happened?" Don't you think it's too reckless to make Xiulai not rest? ”

Yodohime's tone was easy-going but slightly cold, and her tone was calm but deliberately focused, and in this situation, she still tried to maintain the nobility and dignity that she should have as Toyotomi Hideyoshi's widow and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's mother.

In the face of Yodohime's questioning, Kinoshita Katsutoshi, who was still a little arrogant just now, suddenly restrained his arrogance, he pushed away the samurai on both sides with an unhappy face, came to the door and knelt down solemnly, although his tone was a little displeased, but it was still respectful: "I heard that there was something wrong with Honmaru, and the minister specially came to the young master and Mrs. Suwei." ”

"There is Major General Rao, but Honmaru can have a stable, and besides, Toibei (Nagashu Masake) and Nichiemon (Masuda Nagamori) are also on standby in the palace, so I don't have to worry about it."

Yodohime's polite refusal was also expected by Kinoshita Katsutoshi, after all, he led his troops into Honmaru late at night to surround the castle tower, which may not be considered loyal in Yodohime's eyes, but a bit of a sense of taking the opportunity to be subordinate. Especially at the juncture where Ken Soho, Nagashu Masaka, and Masuda Nagamori are not there, Kinoshita Katsutoshi's actions really don't show much kindness.

"Mrs. Qiyu, actually... The minister did not take the initiative to come this time, but was entrusted by the right government. In order to dispel Yodohime's doubts, Kinoshita Katsutoshi had to move Toyotomi Hideho out.

"Right House?!" Kinoshita Katsutoshi's answer made Yodohime "chuckle" in her heart: "What the major general said is true?" ”

"The minister will not dare to deceive the young master and his wife." Kinoshita Katsutoshi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that this move is the right move. In order to gain the trust of Yodohime thoroughly, he also forwarded the handwritten letter given to him by Toyotomi Hideho through his surname.

Yodohime had long memorized Toyotomi Hidebo's handwriting, took the letter and hurriedly scanned it, and decided that it was indeed written by Hideho himself, she was overjoyed, held the letter tightly in her hand, closed her eyes lightly, two lines of hot tears slipped from the corners of her eyes, a smile hung on her lips, and even her pale cheeks were flushed with two blushes, yes, all this was tightly because of a letter from Toyotomi Hidebo.

"Madame......" The letter was sent into the apse and fell into silence, Kinoshita Katsutoshi was worried that the night would be long and dreamy, so he hurriedly reminded softly: "I wonder if Madame can trust Her Majesty now?" ”

Kinoshita Katsutoshi's words interrupted Yodohime's thoughts, and she hurriedly controlled her emotions and replied in a calm tone as best she could: "Since there is a letter written by Youfu himself, the concubine naturally believes in the major general. If it is true that the letter says, have Mano Toyogo and Nomura Iyomori also acted as planned? ”

"Exactly, the fire of the Bridge of Paradise is the work of Iyo Mamoru. But please rest assured, Madame, Iyomori only lit the bonfire and did not destroy the buildings in the city, which was also ordered by the right government and us. Katsutoshi Kinoshita replied solemnly.

"Oh? Is this the meaning of the right house? Yodohime asked.

Kinoshita Katsutoshi replied affirmatively: "Exactly, and the previous trustee of the Right Mansion told the minister that this action was only to ensure the safety of the young master and his wife, and he did not intend to have a conflict with the Seven Hands Group or even a sword fight. Therefore, I implore the young lord and his wife to give an order, let the two sides stop fighting, open the city gate and let the right house and the daimyo enter the city, with all due respect, if it is a little later, I am afraid that this Osaka Castle will be in trouble again. ”

Kinoshita Katsutoshi's words couldn't help but evoke painful memories in Yodohime's mind, and after thinking for a while, she immediately ordered her maid to fetch a pen and paper and Toyotomi Hideyori's monogram, and after a while, a paper to stop fighting was written, and Yodohime handed it to Kinoshita Katsutoshi and postscripted: "What to do, it's up to the right house." ”

"Obey orders!" After receiving the fatwa, Kinoshita Katsutoshi hurriedly bid farewell to Yodohime, and led the samurai to leave the castle tower in a hurry, and peace was restored in front of the palace.

"Madam, do you believe in Youfu so much? As soon as the fatwa came out, Ishida Jibu and they ...... "Ah Xun, the maid who has followed Yodohime for many years, couldn't help but say more.

This shouldn't have been something she could question, but since Da Zangqing was executed, there was such a trustworthy maid left by her side, so Dianji didn't care: "The people of the Right Mansion, the concubines have seen clearly over the years, don't worry, they will be fine." ”

Hearing Yodohime say this, Ah Xun had no choice but to shut up, she always felt in her heart that this decree was a betrayal of Ishida Mitsunari and others from a certain point of view, but she was just a maid, except for obeying the orders of the Lord, she had no other value of existence, even if she was a little worried in her heart, but since Yodohime had made a choice, she could only silently obey and accept.

Walking out of the Honmaru castle tower with the fatwa in hand, Kinoshita Katsutoshi was faced with an important choice: whether to go to Ninomaru first to persuade Shohisa Hasamizu and others to disarm or go to the Paradise Bridge first to persuade Ken Soho and Nagashu Masaka.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally decided to go to Ninomaru's inner bridge first. The reason is very simple, according to the plan, Mano Yoribao and Nomura Kosei got into trouble, to a certain extent, in order to drag down several other group leaders and commissioners and create conditions for themselves to enter Honmaru.

However, the situation faced by Mano and Nomura was different, Nomura Yukinari was stationed at Kyobashi and Krakurakobashi, and the geographical location was relatively superior, on the one hand, he could block Matsuura Hideren north of Kyobashi with only a small number of troops; On the other hand, the opponent of the gun Soho was weaker and generally did not dare to take the initiative to provoke a conflict, which ensured Nomura's temporary safety.

At this time, Kinoshita Katsutoshi had already learned that Shohisa Shohisa had not gone north, and Ito Nagami had also left the jade stoma, and it was obvious that since he was not going to the Bliss Bridge, he was going to the Ninomaru Bridge to intercept Mano Yoribo's army. As a result, the threat faced by the Mano Army will be greatly increased, and Sannomaru still has Sagijima Takayoshi's military movements unknown, if he is even involved, then the Mano Army will inevitably fall into great passivity.

Therefore, after weighing it again, Kinoshita Katsutoshi decided to rush to Ninomaru Inner Bridge with the decree first to persuade Susui Shoujiu, leaving the fourth brother Kinoshita Nobusada to go to the palace to ask Yodohime to write a fatwa, and he took it to the Paradise Bridge to persuade the county to surrender. In order to prevent Nagazuki Masakae and Masuda Nagamori from misbehaving, Kinoshita Katsutoshi left 100 soldiers to guard the Honmaru castle tower to avoid any extraneous contact between Yodohime and the commissioner.