In order to alleviate the conflict between Mitsunari and Hideho, Hideyoshi specially ordered Mitsunari and Asano Nagamasa to go to Hakata to welcome and hold a banquet to reward the returning soldiers.

Nagamasa was originally the head of the "Five Missions", but he was alienated by Hideyoshi because of the Hideji incident, and he naturally blamed Mitsunari for this incident, so he was reluctant to go to Hakata with him at first. But the sister-in-law Xingchang persuaded him: "If my father really wants to take revenge on Sancheng, I must go with him this time." ”

"What do you mean by that?" Changzheng asked.

"You've been serving Taiko in Fushimi for so long, you should know his intention in sending Sancheng this time, right?"

"That's natural, Taige wants to take this opportunity to let Sancheng and Youfu Bing release their suspicions, not only that, but he also specially instructed me to persuade Youfu not to act rashly as my father-in-law." At the mention of Xiubao, Changzheng suddenly smiled, and said happily: "I didn't expect it, the old man finally bet on the right treasure this time." ”

Xing Chang sighed and continued: "Since you understand Taige's intentions, you must not refuse, this is a great opportunity to show loyalty to Taige, not only that, but you can also take this opportunity to behave well in front of Sancheng, let him know that you are now the father-in-law of Youfu and will not be oppressed by him anymore." ”

"I see." Changzheng bowed slightly, and immediately sent a letter to the Sancheng Mansion, expressing his willingness to go to Hakata with him.

So on the third day of the eighth month, Mitsunari led a group of people to set off from Sakai Port and sail along the Seto Inland Sea to Shimonoseki, and if the wind and waves were calm, they could reach Hakata by the ninth day of the first month at the latest.

However, what people never expected was that three days later, he encountered Hideho and others, not in Hakata, but in Bigo Mihara Castle.

It turned out that Hideho was worried that Hideyoshi's time was running out and that he would have a lot of dreams at night, so he set off east without prior notice to Fushimi, trying to reach Sakai Port in the shortest possible time. Although Xiuyuan and the others didn't know why Xiubao was so urgent, they didn't dare to let him go alone (mainly because they were afraid that he would make a small report), so they had to follow him back to Beijing together.

In this way, the two teams went east and west, and finally met in this small town where Longjing had fallen, which was the domain of the Maori family, and Xiuyuan, as the adopted son of Terumen, took on the important task of hosting a banquet and hospitality.

At the banquet, as soon as the two sides met, Sancheng looked displeased and said coldly: "The outside world has always said that His Royal Highness the Right Mansion is very affectionate, and today it really makes Sancheng ashamed." He refused to delay even a day, and led the crowd back to Beijing without reporting, but fortunately he met us, if he was bumped into by the defenders of Sakai Port, hmph, I'm afraid he would be treated as a pirate and clean up, right? ”

"Pirates? Unless they are blind, who will not be able to see the 'five seven tongs' on the sail? The young assistant of the Ministry of Governance is worrying, right? Without waiting for Xiubao to speak, Gao Hu launched a counterattack against Sancheng with full vitality.

"Anyway, it's not proper to go back to Kyoto without asking Taiko for instructions, right?" Masuda Nagamori was angry about the incident at Tawenshan, and he took this opportunity to express his resentment.

"Old boy, didn't you learn enough last time, or are we comparing?" Hearing only the sound of "pop", Gao Ji pressed the wine glass on the table and stared at Changsheng with wide eyes.

"What, in public, you still want to do it to me?!" Changsheng subconsciously hid behind Sancheng, and scolded Gao Ji with his head exposed.

Before the feast began, the two parties had a lot of trouble, and Xiuyuan, as the host, immediately took on the role of a peacemaker, and persuaded back and forth bitterly.

"Give His Royal Highness the Senate a face today, and don't say it anymore." Among the five elders, Sancheng and Huiyuan had a good relationship, and he also wanted to take this opportunity to win over Xiuyuan, so he continued: "This conquest of Korea, the merits of the Senate are obvious to all, and when I return to Beijing, I will report to the Taige in 1510. ”

"Yo, listen to the meaning of the Ministry of Governance, don't you plan to '1510' for some people's credit?" Gao Hu asked coldly, and looked at Kato Kiyomasa intentionally or unintentionally.

Qingzheng was originally a lively person, after Gao Hu looked at it like this, he suddenly remembered that Sancheng had concealed his exploits in front of Hideyoshi, and suddenly became angry, Huo Ran got up, pointed at Sancheng's nose and scolded: "Sancheng Xiaoer, the revenge of the year has not been avenged with you, and you want to stir up trouble here?" ”

"Kiyomasa Kato, what's the matter with you here, I'm talking to the Senate." Sancheng glared at Gao Hu fiercely, he didn't expect him to be able to pull this Kato old man into the water with a word, it seems that he really underestimated the capable people under Xiubao.

"His Royal Highness Kiyomasa," Kuroda Nagamasa dragged Kiyomasa to sit down, looked at Mitsunari angrily and said, "We samurai pinned their heads to their belts and were born to death, if they don't beat us in front of the Taiko, how can they compete with us?" ”

After Changzheng's sarcasm, Sancheng suddenly became angry, ignoring Xiuyuan's obstruction, and confronted the generals: "Kuroda Nagamasa, you don't confuse the public here, you slaughtered so many innocent people in Jinju back then, do you admit it?" ”

"Innocent people?" Changzheng snorted: "Soldiers change their clothes to be ordinary people, this kind of thing is not uncommon in North Korea, if you don't cut the grass and eradicate the roots, maybe as soon as you leave the city, you will run to other places to gather people to make trouble." ”

"Don't use strong words here, you samurai, what else will you do besides killing? Taige sent you to North Korea, is it just to let you disregard people's lives?! Mitsunari gasped for breath, staring at Nagamasa and Kiyomasa without blinking.

"If you don't kill people, if you don't kill the North Koreans, they will obediently give you the city? Ishida Jibe, don't stand and talk without backache. At this time, Kato Yoshiaki, who has always been low-key, couldn't help it, looked at Sancheng indifferently, and solemnly reminded him to pay attention to the wording.

"No matter what you think, everything I did was for Taiko, for the Toyotomi family, I have a clear conscience!" Mitsunari raised his right hand and slapped his chest heavily.

"Ask you ×! Qingzheng suddenly bent down, picked up Mazha and threw it at Sancheng, fortunately, Sancheng was agile, and his body leaned over to dodge, but Changsheng, who was hiding behind him, was not so lucky, he was directly hit in the head by Maza, and fell to the ground with a light snort.

"Don't use Taige to suppress me at every turn! I was brought up by the Hokumasa Institute himself, and my loyalty to the Toyotomi family is unmatched! You villain, when I opened up territory in North Korea, I forgot about my life and death, but in the end not only was not praised, but was scolded by Taige and imprisoned in the dungeon, this is all thanks to you! I finally have the opportunity to make my words clear today, Ishida Xiaoer, if I don't kill you, it's hard to solve the hatred in my heart! ”

After that, Qingzheng kicked over the wine table, and before everyone could react, he smashed his fist into Sancheng's face, Xiubao saw this, and finally ordered Qingxing and Gao Ji to step forward to dissuade them, and it took a lot of effort to finally open the two.

"His Royal Highness Kato, can you give me face?" Xiubao got up, walked to Qingzheng's seat unhurriedly, slowly lifted up the wine table, took a bowl of wine from the waiter's hand, and handed it to Qingzheng: "Everyone is serving Taige, how can you hurt the harmony because of this little thing." ”

Qingzheng took the wine bowl and drank it all, stared at Sancheng who was lying on the ground moaning in pain, and said hatefully: "I really can't swallow this breath, beating this kid in front of you is indeed rude, and please forgive you." ”