Chapter 8: The Changji Crisis
Hearing the bad news, Mogami Yoshimitsu grabbed the jailer by the collar and pulled him up, yelling like crazy, "How did you guard? Can't even protect a weak woman?! I, I'm going to kill you! As soon as he finished speaking, Yoshimitsu pulled out his saber from his waist, and seeing that the situation was not good, Xiubao hurriedly stood up in front of the jailer, put his hand against the hilt of the knife, and comforted: "Your Highness, the matter has happened, and it is useless to sprinkle fire on him now, the top priority is to send the princess to the doctor as soon as possible, maybe it is still too late." ”
Presumably Yoshimitsu understood at this point, and he put the knife back into his waist and yelled for the jailer to take him to Komahime.
Although the dungeon was dark and damp, there was a small window in the wall of the cell where the ladies were held, and the sunlight shone through the size of the cell, reflecting the center of the cell in a golden light, and Komahime was placed under this "precious" sunlight, while the rest of the people sat around her, some chanting prayers, some helping to scrub her wounds, and others talking to her incessantly, hoping that she would not fall asleep.
Looking at this scene, Xiubao's eyes were a little sour, he was about to leave this world in three days, why should he care about this moment? Yoshimitsu ran and crawled to Komahime's side, pushed away the surrounding female dependents, and called out to her most beloved daughter with tears: "Akoma, open your eyes and look at me, my father is here to take you home, take you back to Yamagata Castle, my mother and brothers are looking forward to your return, wake up." ”
Seeing that Komahime didn't answer, Yoshimitsu anxiously shouted to Hideho: "Your Highness, please save her, Komahime, Komahime can't die!" ”
At this time, Hideho came back to his senses, walked over to Yoshimitsu and knelt down, this was also the first time I saw Komahime in my life. I saw her wearing a plain kimono, lying quietly on the ground, although her face was pale, but she couldn't hide her beautiful face at all, her lips moved gently, and the corners of her eyes were flashing with tears. Only the puddle of blood on her lower abdomen is telling people about her extraordinary fate.
Fortunately, the ladies stopped Komahime in time, and used the fabric on her sleeve to help her stop the bleeding, which temporarily stabilized the injury, and after a while, the doctor came, and after examining the wound, he put a bandage on her, applied some medicine to stop the bleeding, and told Hidebo that fortunately Komahime did not stab the vital point, and the bleeding stopped, and then as long as she recuperated, she would be able to recover in less than a month.
After hearing Langzhong's words, everyone's suspense finally relaxed, and the guards carefully carried Komahime into the carriage and escorted him to Hideho's house in Osaka Castle to recuperate from his injuries. Since Iga's Tsutsui Joji was waiting to be summoned at Koriyama Castle, Hideho returned to Yamato first and asked Ami to come from Koriyama Castle to take care of Komahime.
Tsutsui Joji was originally a wealthy clan that ruled Yamato, but due to Hidenaga's entry into Yamato, Joji had to move to Iga, which made these fake monks suffer, not to mention the barren land, and also had to deal with the rebellion of the remnants of the ninjas, and now he had to help build Nagayoshi Pass, so as soon as he heard the news, he hurried to Koriyama Castle and prepared to bargain with Hidebo.
In fact, even if he doesn't say it, Xiubao doesn't plan to use too much of his energy, after all, there are still many wealthy families in this Yamato who maintain a close relationship with him, and if he gets into trouble, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble. Pretending to be embarrassed, he was "ruthless" and dismissed Iga from the general service, and as a condition, he asked for permission to build a castle near Ueno Castle on a fixed basis, pave the road connecting Omi-Koga Prefecture to Yamato-gun, and allow Yamato's troops to pass freely through Nishi-Iga.
Since none of these conditions required the financial and material resources of the Tsutsui family, he readily agreed, and this became the first step for Hideho to set foot in Iga and connect the north and south.
Because of his recent busy schedule, Hideho asked Hideyoshi to allow the Nagazuki family to temporarily manage Minami Omi on his behalf, while Horio Yoshiharu was invited by him to Koriyama Castle to serve as the head of the family. In fact, Horio, as Hideji's teacher, would have been ordered by Hideyoshi to have been cut off without Hideho's advice, and now not only did he save his life, but he was still appointed by Hideyoshi as one of the three elders, so as soon as Horio Yoshiharu came to Koriyama Castle, he was grateful, and he insisted on handing over the oath to Hideho in tears.
Although Horio and Nagashu are not wise generals, they can be regarded as experts in internal affairs, after all, those influential figures have either long since returned to the Western Heavens, such as Takenaka Hanbei; Either it's a self-reliant portal, such as Takataka Kuroda. Xiubao is guarding a million stones in and has no conscience to invest in the future, and he can't help but feel a little lost and helpless.
Since crossing here, he has been busy traveling between Osaka, Kyoto, and Koriyama Castle, and he has to supervise the construction of the new city, so he has little time to reunite with his "family", so one day in October, Atake, the "special envoy" of Zhiyunyuan, came to Gotoyama.
Hearing that Azhu was coming, Hideho thought that something had happened in the family, so he quickly explained the precautions to Fujido and hurried back to the castle tower. As soon as he saw Xiubao, Ah Zhu teased: "I haven't seen him for a few months, His Highness is now more like an adult, and even his beard has grown." ”
Xiubao naturally knew that she was laughing at her for being unkempt, but after all, she was a maid who grew up together, so he couldn't get angry at all, and ran directly to the topic: "Azhu, is there something wrong at home?" Ah Zhu said with a displeased face: "It's not a big deal, it's just that Mrs. and Miss miss you and want to ask you to go back." ”
Xiubao looked at Azhu, and a vague figure appeared in his mind - Kikuhime, his wife in this world, no matter how hard he tried, he still couldn't recall what she looked like, how would such a stranger face him when he went back? Should I be perfunctory to her, or should I be hypocritical? After all, being able to become Xiuchang's adopted son is all because of her, and she can't let her down no matter what, so it seems that she can only play hard.
Seeing Xiubao's serious expression, Azhu thought that this request was inappropriate, so she nervously lowered her head and fiddled with her hands, for fear that Xiubao would open her mouth to reprimand her. "I know, I'll set off tomorrow, you're tired, go down and rest first, and go home with me tomorrow morning." He said lightly.
"Really? That's great! Madame and Mademoiselle will be delighted! Ah Zhu chirped like a magpie, looking at such an optimistic and cheerful person, my mood suddenly improved.
At this moment, Nagashu Masaya broke in in a panic, and said to Xiubao breathlessly: "Your Highness, something is wrong, the defenders of Changji Pass and the banner team of the Inner Mansion are fighting!" Hideho was taken aback when he heard this: "What? Tokugawa-sama's flag book?!"
Zhengjia nodded hurriedly, and continued: "I also hurried over after receiving a report from the envoy of Changji City, please go there in person for the specific situation, if it is a little later, they may be attacking the city!" ”
"Siege?!" It's incredible, under Taiko's nose to blatantly violate the order of nothingness, don't these samurai of the Tokugawa family want to live? Or maybe someone is backing them up... Xiubao immediately summoned Dao Qingxing: "Pass my order, and the people of this family will immediately follow me to Changji Pass!" ”
(Since I'm going to Chaohu on a business trip tomorrow.,If you don't have the Internet.,There may be no way to update.,But when I come back, I'll make up for the chapters I owe.,I'm sorry to apologize to you here.。 )