After sending a letter to Tsuda Nobusumi and receiving a reply from Tsuda Nobusumi, he entrusted the affairs of Shimotsu and Azuchi to Fushiwa Akijiro and Yamashita Shinsuke, and took five samurai, including Suzuki Heavy Industries, U Ichisuke, and Suke Uemon, to the ferry near Azuchi Fishing Village, and took a boat to Takashima County on the other side of Lake Biwa.

On board, Suzuki Heavy Industries proposed a plan for the management of Watsuo Village in Shiga County, and after hearing this, Suzuki Heavy Industries agreed to Suzuki Heavy Industries' plan, and decided to return to Yamashita by land from Yamajo Castle in Takashima County, and inspect Watsuo Village on the east coast of Shiga County.

When they arrived at Takashima-gun on the northern shore of Lake Biwa, they were picked up by an envoy sent by Nobusumi Tsuda. After chatting with the envoy of Tsuda Nobusumi, he turned over and rode on the horse that the envoy had prepared for him. The messenger ordered Ashigaru to protect the Burning Sky line in the center, and the Shotu Light listened to the order and hula and surrounded the Burning Sky line. Burning Sky looked at the smug envoy in front of him, and said to the envoy with a smile: "Let's go!" ”

Under the "tight" escort of Ashigaru, Burning Sky and his party returned to the place where they had fought bloodily. After passing through the bustling castle town, he turned over and dismounted and stood in front of the gate of Takashima-gun's mountain castle, and after staring at the castle gate in a daze for a while, he turned to the five samurai behind him and said, "Do you remember the place where this colleague and friend died?" ”

After listening to the words of the burning sky, the samurai were silent for a few seconds, and then the right Ichisuke said loudly to the burning sky: "They died in battle very honorably, showing the glory of the samurai!" When the other two samurai heard this, they immediately echoed Ichisuke's words. After listening to the words of Right Ichisuke, the samurai who led the Burning Sky also bowed his head to the Burning Sky and said, "All the adults who died here are the guardian saints who protect the new castle!" ”

After listening to the words of the three people of Ichisuke and the samurai, Sakaku looked at Suzuki Heavy Industries and Sukeemon who were silent, and after being silent, he walked into the mountain castle of Takashima-gun, under the guidance of the samurai.

Takashima-gunyama Castle, which was renovated and rebuilt by Tsuda Nobusumi, still did not come out of the war that day, and only a few of Tsuda Nobusumi's newly recruited samurai lived in the city's original samurai corridor, and a large number of standing ashigaru longhouses were abandoned, and the arsenal that was set on fire by the people who burned it that day was still in ruins, but a simple log cabin was built on the side.

Originally, the burning sky with the idea of beating the autumn wind of his eldest brother, the idea of fighting the autumn wind in his heart suddenly disappeared by half, and the burning sky even wondered if the horse under Fang Cai's crotch was one of Tsuda Nobusumi's two favorite horses. The idea of Burning Sky was verified when the samurai who led the Burning Sky to the stables where there were only seven or eight horses in Honmaru.

Looking at the empty stables, and under the guidance of the samurai, looking at the castle hall where only the main house and the side rooms had been restored, Yakora could not believe that this was the residence of the important ministers of Oda Ichido (Reneda), who had inherited nearly 80,000 koku from Takashima County.

Just when the burning sky was surprised, Tsuda Nobusumi walked out of the city hall, walked in front of the burning sky, patted the burning sky's arms and said, "Mingshamen, you are finally here!" Then he drew the burning air into the temple.

Sitting in the newly built main house, he looked at Nobusumi Tsuda, who was playing with the folding fan he had given him. Burning Sky took a bite of dried radish and said to Tsuda Shinsumi: "Nanbei, isn't the horse I rode today your beloved horse Feng Saburo?" After hearing the words of the burning sky, Tsuda Nobusumi said with a smile: "You came from afar, how can I be stingy with a horse?" ”

After listening to Tsuda Nobusumi's words, Burning Sky smiled and didn't puncture Tsuda Nobusumi's words, and then said to Tsuda Nobusumi: "Did you get this year's military service certificate?" ”

After listening to the words of the burning sky, Tsuda Nobusumi smiled bitterly: "The Zhixing of 80,000 stones, fifty horseback samurai, seventy-two foot samurai, one thousand and two foot light; This is already the result of the young master praying for the lord for me! ”

After listening to Tsuda Nobusumi's words, Burning Sky said to Tsuda Nobusumi: "Ashigaru is still easy, it's just one hundred and twenty-two samurai, except for the local servants who are loyal to you and your original close attendants, how many samurai are available in Takashima County?" ”

Tsuda Nobusumi couldn't answer the question of burning the sky for a while, but Isono Yuanchang almost emptied the food and weapons of the mountain castle in Takashima County, and even many of the local servants in Takashima County followed Isono Yuanmasa out of Oda's house, not to mention the samurai and standing guards in the city who were loyal to Isono Yuanmasa. Takashima-gun was almost half sucked dry by Isono Yuanchang, leaving Tsuda Nobussumi with a mess.

Just as Burning Sky and Tsuda Nobusumi were talking, there was a sudden sound of argument outside the door. After a while, the attendant on duty in front of the door pushed open the door and knelt in front of the door and said to Tsuda Shinsumi: "Lord, Fujitang Gaohu (commonly known as not found, which one has taken it and remembers to leave a message in the comment area) insists on seeing the lord!" Say something important to report! ”

Tsuda Nobusumi, who listened to the report of the attendant, was a little angry, and after taking a look at the stunned burning sky, he shouted loudly to the attendant: "Let this rude country samurai come in!" Hearing the anger in Tsuda Nobusumi's words, the attendant knelt down and bowed his head, and then shouted to the tall samurai under the porch, "The lord orders to go in!" ”

It wasn't until Fujido Takatora walked into the house and knelt in front of Tsuda Nobusumi that Burning Sky reacted and saw Fujido Takatora, who was later known as the "Crossing Bird".

After thanking Tsuda Nobusumi, Fujido Takatora turned his head and said to Tsuda Nobusumi: "My lord, I want to be the lord of Shibi Eiyama, and I hope that my lord can let me leave!" ”

After listening to Fujido Takatora's words, Burning Sky suddenly laughed in his heart: "It's worthy of being a "crossing bird", I just saw you for the first time, and you were going to jump to the door of Hieiyama-sama...

"Wait! What did you say? Burning Sky suddenly got up from his seat and said to Fujido Takatora who was kneeling in front of Tsuda Nobusumi. You're going to be under my door! Burning Sky walked up to Fujido Takatora again, looked at the tall, square-faced, and heroic warrior kneeling in front of him, and asked loudly.

Tsuda Nobusumi looked at the reaction of the burning air, and some of the tone and attitude of the burning sky were wrong, and said to Fujido Takatora: "After the destruction of the Asai family, I don't care if you come out of the immortal stone hidejiu, this is the way to survive, and then you put yourself into the Ashikaga family, but this is the heart of the old master, I still didn't pursue it, and now I just threw it under my door, I will give you eighty stone of Yulu, but you are still here to speak up!" You filth that has turned away from the way of the samurai! Someone will take down this unloyal country samurai, and expel him from Takashima-gun's mountain castle tomorrow, and never hire him! ”

"Good!" As soon as Tsuda Nobusumi's words fell, the Burning Sky standing in front of Fujido Takatora echoed loudly. Just when the attendant outside the door was instructed to come in and get people, Burning Sky turned his back to Tsuda Nobusumi, stared at the confirmed Fujitang Gaohu in front of him and said: "Fujido Gaohu, you will be a samurai under my sect tomorrow, I will give you eighty-one stones a year, are you willing to join my disciple?" ”

After listening to the words of the burning sky, the vine hall Gaohu, who was kneeling on the ground, immediately kowtowed to the burning sky and said: "Meet the lord, and I wish to be loyal to the lord!" Please! ”

Looking at everything that happened in front of him, the attendant who walked into the house to take the person and the dignified face of Tsuda Nobusumi who sat on the top were a little relieved. Tsuda Nobusumi looked at the harmonious scene of the monarch and the ministers in front of him, and asked at the burning sky that had already turned around and lowered his head to himself, "Mingshamen, what are you doing?" ”