The dinner was arranged by Ieyasu in Honmaru's palace, and with the exception of the third son Tokugawa Hidetada, who was still in Fushimi, basically all the retainers in the Tokugawa family were dressed up. Hidebo's retainers and Ieyasu's genealogy sit on the left, while Ieyasu's one is listed on the right.

On the left, from front to back, Fujido Takatora, Shima Kiyoko, Maeda Keiji, and Honda Sado Mamoru Masanobu, Honda Nakabu Daisuke Tadakatsu, Sakakiwara Shikibu Daisuke Yasumasa, Ii Sho Naomasa, Sakai Miyauchi Daisuke Ieji, Naito Toyozen Nobubu and other Ieyasu Seonori; On the right hand are the relatives of Major General Hideyasu of the left Konoe of Yuuki, Matsudaira Shimono Moritaki, Takeda Hitachi Moritakashi, Okuhira Misaku Nobu Masa, Okuhira Hida Mamoru Tadamasa, and Okuhei Shimoru Tadaaki.

Although it was a very formal dinner, Hideho had not yet taken the seat, so he took advantage of this leisure time to chat freely as soon as he became a retainer. As the chief retainer, Honda Masanobu, although he is of the same clan as Honda Tadakatsu, the relationship between the two is also well known, and Tadashi even calls him a "traitor" and does not admit that he is from the same clan. Therefore, even if the two sat together, Tadashi never had a pleasantry with him, but turned sideways and chatted with Sakakihara Yasumasa.

Honda Masanobu is used to this kind of coldness, and he is also comfortable and quiet, anyway, he is Ieyasu's military advisor, so why should he care what these people think of him, as long as he can win the trust of the lord, it is enough.

Although Yuki Hideyasu is the second son of Ieyasu, since he has inherited the family name of the Yuki family, he is somewhat alienated from several younger brothers of the family, let alone sitting in the chief, and he is a little at a loss. Although Matsudaira Tadashi and Takeda Nobuyoshi continued to make overtures to Hideyasu in accordance with Ieyasu's orders, in order to win over the half-brother who was supposed to inherit the family business but was sold twice, Hideyasu was still not used to this kind of scene. Compared with Ieyasu, his relationship with Hideyoshi is more intimate, and if it weren't for some affairs to deal with in the territory, he wouldn't leave Hideyoshi, just like he did in Nagoya and guarded Hideyoshi.

Therefore, compared with his two younger brothers, Hideyasu and several sons of the Toyotomi family are more compatible, including the Toyotomi Hideho, who is famous for being mischievous.

It didn't take long for Hideho to walk into the hall with Ieyasu, accompanied by Ieyasu, holding Komahime's hand, and the noisy and lively crowd just now suddenly quieted down, and everyone present showed a different expression on their faces: compared to Honda Tadakatsu's angry eyes, Sakakiwara Yasumasa and Ii Naomasa, who also lost their fiefdoms because of Ueno's cut, were moody and graceful; Unlike Tadayoshi and Nobuyoshi, who don't smile, Hideyasu is as happy from the bottom of his heart as if he was a relative.

Xiubao knows which of these people are enemies, which are friends, which laughs from the heart, and which laughs are hypocritical. But then again, this can't be blamed on them, he caused Ieyasu to lose the country of Ueno, how can he expect his retainers to smile at him, it's not bad to be able to do this, it's inconvenient to deliberately force it.

When Xiubao walked to the main seat, he was just about to sit down, but he suddenly turned around, knocked Xiuyasu on the head fiercely, and said quite satisfied: "Major General Yuuki, you always bullied me when you were a child, and now in front of His Royal Highness the Inner Palace, you have finally taken revenge." ”

Yuuki Hideyasu was simple-minded, not only was he not angry at the teasing of his childhood friend, but he felt very kind, and grinned as if he was in pain: "The coward of the past is now also a big man, and it seems that he can't fight anymore." After that, the two looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere on the scene eased slightly.

But this aroused Honda Tadashikatsu's disgust, and I saw him frowning and whispering in Sakakihara Yasumasa's ear: "I said a long time ago that Major General Yuki and the Toyotomi family have one heart, and the lord always doesn't listen, but now I can finally see it." Sakakihara Yasumasa just shrugged his shoulders after hearing this, and didn't say anything, Honda Tadakatsu was bored with himself, so he had to turn his face stupidly and continue to stare at Hideho.

Ieyasu and Komahime sat on Hideho's left and right, and the banquet was very pleasant, according to Ieyasu's orders, even old ministers like Honda Tadakatsu had to get up and toast, maybe Hideho was not strong enough to drink, and he was a little confused after a few drinks, but in order not to spoil the fun, he could only sit down reluctantly with the support of Komahime.

Seeing this, Ieyasu smiled slightly, and then nodded to Honda Masamune, who was sitting at the door, and immediately walked out of the hall.

At this time, Ieyasu turned his face to Hideho and said, "Your Highness, I heard that you have studied Kabuki quite a lot, so I specially invited a girl from Akuni to perform Kabuki for you. ”

"Oh, is it the Izumo Taisha Shrine's Akuni?" Xiubao blushed and spoke a little slurred. Ieyasu nodded: "Exactly, she is outside the door now, I don't know ...... Your Highness" "Then what are you waiting for?" Please come in! Perhaps because of the effect of alcohol, Xiubao's words were not as respectful as when he first arrived.

At this time, Masasumi was waiting at the door, and when he saw Ieyasu nodding to himself, he welcomed a brightly dressed young girl into the hall. Xiubao had never seen Ah Guo, and with the strength of the wine, he uncharacteristically asked the woman to come closer to perform, and the woman was not easy to refuse, so she moved a few steps forward slightly.

Although her mind was not clear after drinking, Hideho still saw the appearance of this Izumo shrine maiden in a daze: she was wearing red rose robe sleeves, an emerald green smoke gauze skirt underneath, a big bow tied with a gold ribbon around her waist, her sideburns hanging low, a jasper and phoenix hairpin, her willow eyebrows and bright eyes were breathtaking, and her cherry mouth was charming and moving.

Looking at it, Xiubao's face turned even redder, and he didn't care about Kohime's feelings at all, and asked Ah Guo to sit in front of him and drink with him.

Everyone present was in an uproar, not only the Tokugawa retainers, but even Fujido Takatora and Shima Kiyoko were a little surprised, how could Hideho, who has always been "not close to women", make such a disrespectful act? This is just in Yamato, but now that I am in Edo, it will be difficult to offend Ieyasu. Thinking of this, Gao Hu stood up and admonished Xiubao: "Lord, the girl of Ah Guo is dancing for everyone, and it is rude to let her accompany the wine." ”

"Bastard!" Xiubao yelled, "What should I do and what shouldn't I do, do I still have to listen to you?" Seeing this, Ieyasu immediately said: "Your Highness is angry, presumably Lord Fujido is also unintentional, don't take it seriously, since His Royal Highness asks, Miss Aguo will not refuse." Saying that, he glared at Ah Guo, Ah Guo nodded understandingly, and respectfully came to sit down beside Xiubao.

The beauty was on the side, and Xiubao was even more carried away, picking up the wine glass and pouring wine for Ah Guo. But Ah Guo is not an ordinary woman after all, she has not drunk a cup, but she has used various reasons to persuade Xiu Bao to eat three or five cups, Xiu Bao was already very drunk, and after she poured it like this, she couldn't support it, and finally fell into Ah Guo's arms.

Seeing Hideho so sluggish, everyone thought he was shameless, turned his head to the side, and drank to himself. Only Ieyasu still looked at Hideho with a smile and nodded to Komahime, who was sitting next to him, from time to time as a sign of comfort.

After a while, Hideho fell asleep in Ah Guo's arms, and Ah Guo stroked Hideho's head with his left hand, and at the same time put down the wine glass and stretched his hand into his arms.

Presumably because he felt a little hot, Xiubao wanted to raise his head in a daze, but who knew that Ah Guo pressed him tightly on his chest, unable to move at all, Xiu Bao suddenly felt that the situation was wrong, and struggled fiercely, but in the eyes of outsiders, Xiu Bao just took this opportunity to sneer at Ah Guo, so he sneered at him even more.

Seeing that everyone didn't notice him, Ah Guo suddenly pulled out the dagger from his arms, raised his hand and stabbed Xiubao in the abdomen. But with a scream of "ah", Kokuni was kicked to the bottom of the hall, and Komahime fell into Hideho's arms.

Seeing this scene, everyone present was shocked, only Shima Qingxing shouted, "There are assassins!" He got up and pressed Ah Guo to the ground, and kicked the dagger to the side with blood stained on it.

Ieyasu immediately summoned his guards into the house to defend Hidebo, while Shige's retainers sat in place in fear and waited for Ieyasu's orders.

At the time of the incident, Komahime happened to see Ah Guo take out the dagger from his arms, and in a hurry, he desperately reached out to stop it, but she wanted to grab the handle of the knife but was pierced by Ah Guo's right arm, and fainted in pain on the spot, and Xiu Bao took the opportunity to pull out and kick Ah Guo, who had not yet reacted, to the bottom of the hall, which saved her life.

Ieyasu then sent someone to send Komahime to the inner court for treatment, while Hideho walked quickly to the bottom of the hall, snatched the sword from the guard, put it on Ah Kuni's neck, and shouted like crazy: "I have you who have no grudge in the long days and no hatred in the near future, why do you want to take my life?!" ”

Ah Guo raised his head and asked with tears in his eyes: "There is no resentment in the distant future, and there is no hatred in the near future?" Can you be regarded as no resentment after you slaughtered nearly 100 lives of my Nakata family?! ”

Xiubao suddenly realized, staggered back a few steps, and said, "It turns out that you are not Ah Guo, you are the remnant of the Nakata family!" Fake Ah Guo looked up to the sky and smiled, pointed at Xiubao's nose and scolded: "You devil who has lost his conscience, even if you can't avenge your father and brother today, even if you are a ghost, I will not let you go!" ”

"Bastard thing!" Hideho roared angrily and slashed at the fake Ah Kuni, Ieyasu was just about to dissuade him, but it was too late, his hand was raised and the knife fell, and the fake Ah Koku twitched on the ground a few times and died.

Xiubao stepped on her head and said angrily: "It's really not to die, you can go down and reunite with the family!" ”

Even Ieyasu was shocked by this scene, and he squeaked, "Your Highness shouldn't be rash, don't you want to know who she is instructed by?" ”

Xiu Bao's alcohol was still drunk, put it on Ieyasu's shoulder, and said nonchalantly: "Didn't they all say that it was the remnants of the Nakata family?" What else is there to look up. ”

Ieyasu apologized to Hideho with a guilty face: "It's all because of the lax management of the subordinates, which caused this person to sneak into the banquet and almost endanger His Highness, and I ask Your Highness for forgiveness." ”

Xiubao subconsciously waved his hand indiscriminately, and said in a daze: "This person is disguised as Ah Guo, even I can't tell the difference, how can I blame His Highness the Inner Palace?" Please don't blame yourself, I'm going to see Madame's injuries and retire first. As he spoke, he walked to the inner courtyard with the support of Qingxing and Gao Hu.

At this time, Masamune, who had been standing at the door, stepped forward and asked with a sneer: "Lord, now do you think..."Ieyasu looked at Hideho's back, snorted and laughed: "It seems that you are right, this big Nayan and Jin Wuzhong Nayan are all the way, and it is not okay to 'greet' well in the future." ”