The next morning, just after dawn, Hideho and Mogami Yoshimitsu went to Osaka Castle to meet Hideyoshi. Along the way, I learned from Yoshimitsu that after the Hideji incident, the great celebrities of Kanto and Tohoku were in danger, because when the rebellion of the Nine Households was quelled, Hideji went out of Yamagata Castle as the general general, so many daimyo took the opportunity to befriend him, who would have thought that only four years later, the original Sekihaku would end up in such a field, and those daimyo who were close to him tried their best to get rid of him, in this series of events, Tokugawa Ieyasu can be said to have become the savior of these people, because of his intercession, the vast majority of people were safe, As a result, these people turned to the Tokugawa family.

Hearing this, Hidebo roughly understood why there were few western troops in the northeastern Kanto region during the Battle of Sekigahara and the eastern army was everywhere, in fact, according to the development of history, Komagami would be executed, and Mogami Yoshimitsu became a solid supporter of Tokugawa Ieyasu, and now he introduced himself like this, I don't know if there is a threat element, and the implication is that if Komahime is killed, then his intimate relationship with Hideyoshi will come to an end? As a Tohoku daimyo with only a few hundred thousand stones, he didn't dare to do this, either he was too excited, or he was too careful.

Around noon, the two arrived at Osaka Castle. Seeing Hideho and Mogami Yoshimitsu coming together, Hideyoshi's face suddenly deteriorated, and before Hideho could speak, he said impatiently: "Tatsuchiyo, how many times have I said that none of the thirty-nine remnants of the Sun Shichiro family can be spared, are you all deaf?!" ”

Seeing Hideyoshi's angry appearance, Mogami Yoshimitsu trembled all over, he knew that now His Royal Highness Taiko was angry, and he might end up in the same fate as Xiuji if he was not careful, but for the sake of his daughter, he had to give it a try: "His Royal Highness Taiko, Weichen..." Hideho preemptively explained the situation to Hideyoshi.

"Oh? Did you ask him to come? Why? Hideyoshi asked suspiciously.

Hideho bowed deeply in front of Hideyoshi and said in a sincere tone, "Please give me Princess Komahime." ”

As soon as these words came out, Hideyoshi and Yoshimitsu were full of surprise, and Yoshimitsu was even more dazed, but soon his face calmed down again, maybe he knew that this was the only way to save his daughter.

Where could Hideyoshi believe Hideho's words so easily: "You said that I would give you Komahime, why?" ”

Hideho replied without thinking: "Actually, when Princess Komahime first arrived in Kyoto in the spring of this year, we had a relationship, and I happened to be a guest in Jurakudi, and I saw His Royal Highness Mogami and Komahime, and since then I have liked her, but because Sun Shichiro took it for himself before, I had to give it up out of official dignity, but now it's different, he has become a prisoner of the order, so I should naturally take back what belongs to me, and Mogami Lord also promised to marry Komagahime to me, That's why I insisted that he come with me, and that my uncle should fulfill my nephew's life's work! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Hideyoshi burst out laughing, pointed at Hideho and said, "What is a lifelong event?!" Your kid already has Aju, and now he is only seventeen years old, and he thinks about taking a concubine, which is really heartfelt! Hideho also smiled and pandered: "That's not inheriting the advantages of the Toyotomi family, do you say?" "Good boy, the joke came to me haha, okay, since His Royal Highness agreed, then I can't say anything, but you have to make it clear to Zhiyun Yuan when you go back, this is your own idea, and it has nothing to do with me."

Hideho smiled and nodded: "Since my uncle has no opinion, then I will go to the cell with Mogami-sama to take Komahime out, and hold a ceremony on an auspicious day, and please give me more money when the time comes." ”

As soon as he heard about the money, the natural financier asked curiously, "Have you been short of money lately?" Hideho scratched his head and said, "Yes, I wanted to build a new castle on the site of Azuchi Castle, but considering the strategic position of the castle, the scale has been expanded again and again, and now the main maru, Ninomaru, and Kokulun have been roughly built, and the moat and outer hori have been excavated, but the walls and turrets to protect the inner castle are really tight, and I want to build a new checkpoint in the western part of Kuritae-gun, east of Otsu Castle, to protect Gyeonggi, so it is inevitable that the funds will be a little tight." ”

As soon as he heard that Hideho was going to build a checkpoint in Kuritai County, Hideyoshi suddenly became alert: "Where are you going to build a checkpoint?" "Yes," Hideho nodded: "This checkpoint can form the first line of defense to protect Gyeonggi together with my castle, and since it is mainly to defend against the possible invasion of the eastern country, it is the same as my castle, and it is not defended on the side facing the Taiko hiding place, so that a lot of money can be freed up for the construction of the castle defense on the east side, and as for the castle of Sekijo, I would like to ask the chief attendant of Suikou Castle to serve as a servant, so that it can better cooperate with you to carry out the defense of." ”

"Why is the side facing Gyeonggi not fortified? Don't you know that this is very risky? Aren't you worried that there will be changes in Kinai that will be bad for you? Hideyoshi asked. I believe in Uncle and His Royal Highness," Hideho bowed deeply: "I believe that as long as our Toyotomi family sits in Kinai, the Western Kingdom will definitely be too safe and healthy." ”

Hideyoshi couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, suddenly stood up and walked up to Hidebo, put his hands on his shoulders, and said with relief: "It's really worthy of being Xiaozhu's son, I believe in family affection and talent, with your assistance Shimaru, I can rest assured!" You don't have to worry about money, are you still worried about having an uncle? Later, I'll ask Sakichi to give you a thousand pieces of gold, and if it's not enough, come back to me, and I'll assign the Tsutsui family in Iga to yours and help you build it together. You have to remember that those who achieve great things must not be emotional, and the defense on the west side must not be sloppy, and you must hurry up to build it after you go back, by the way, I don't know the name of your new residence city, do you still plan to call it Antu Castle? ”

Hideho shook his head: "No, I renamed Azuchi Mountain as Yudong Mountain, and this city was named Yudong Mountain Castle by me, and as for the checkpoint in Litai County, I plan to call it Changji Pass." ”

"Yudong Mountain? Changjiguan? Hideyoshi's mouth repeated the two new place names over and over again, and I was sure he could guess the meaning, and looking at his wandering eyes, he didn't know if he was worried about the so-called "invasion from the eastern country" in the future, and he was thinking about his dead brother.

After a while, Hideyoshi came to his senses and told me that he was tired, and asked Hideho to pick up Komahime from prison first, and then stay in Osaka for one night, and then leave tomorrow morning.

Hideho and Mogami Yoshimitsu accepted it when they saw it, respectfully exited the study, and went to the cell where Komahime was being held under the leadership of Kochi.

Along the way, Yoshimitsu happily chatted with Hideho, and in his opinion, this was a blessing in disguise, not only saving his daughter, but also marrying her to Hideho, so that the Mogami family would be able to further consolidate their position in the Toyotomi regime, and in the same way, Hidebo could also use him to learn about the movements of the Tokoku Daimyo in time, so it could be regarded as the best of both worlds.

With that, they came to the dungeon, and before they had walked a few steps, they saw a jailer running over in a panic, kneeling in front of Xiubao panting, and said: "Your Highness, the little sin deserves death, Princess Komahime, she committed suicide!" ”