Burning Sky was answering Ma Hui's question about how he could break through from the crowd of monks and soldiers, when he suddenly saw Ma Hui in front of him kneeling down in the direction he was. Seeing this, Burning Sky immediately turned around and bowed his head to the gloomy Oda Nobunaga and said, "I'm very sorry that I have overdue my return to Gifu." ”

When Oda Nobunaga heard this, he kicked the burning air who bowed his head to the ground without saying a word, and said loudly: "Why don't you kneel when you see me?" After that, he ordered the little surname on the side to help up the fallen incinerator to the ground. Seeing that Burning Sky was helped up, Oda Nobunaga said to the little surname on the other side: "Let's go!" ”

Before Kanku could say his request to alleviate Shimokimura, he saw that Oda Nobunaga had already left, so he had no choice but to return to his samurai longhouse first. Mingshan and Minghai in the house were meditating sadly and angrily, when they suddenly heard someone open the door, and before they could see who it was, the person walked into the inner room. Mingshan and Minghai immediately pulled out the ribs on the side and walked towards the inner room. The two of them happened to see Burning Sky take out two silver ingots from the wooden cabinet sideways, and rushed to Burning Sky. First touched the body of the Burning Sky, and then slapped the Burning Sky while chanting the exorcism spell.

He took the silver ingot and pulled the two away, and ran out of the city with them. On the way, Ming Hai was already in tears, and Burning Sky also turned sideways to look at the two and said, "I'm sorry for worrying you." Mingshan said with red eyes: "Senior brother taught me that a man can't shed tears. Burning Sky was also full of emotion at this time, since he crossed over, this feeling of family has become thinner and thinner, only in vague memories, and today I have experienced this feeling of family again.

Without waiting for the burning of the sky to sigh too much, the people of Xiaqing Village have already met the eyes of the burning sky. In front of the tall and majestic Gifu City, some of the peasants and soldiers who were at a loss finally waited for the incineration. So everyone gathered around and asked, "Has Nobunaga agreed to give us a tax reduction?" After hearing this, Burning Sky shook his head and said, "Today's lord has not yet promised his promise, and he will definitely work hard..."

Before the burning sky could finish speaking, the dog guard had already spoken: "There is no need for Lord Hiei to say any more, I didn't expect that the tax would be reduced, but I still hope that Lord Hiei Mountain can pay us and the other five Yongle Tongbao." ”

After hearing this, he was speechless for a while, took out the two silver ingots in his arms, and said to the people in Xiaqing Village: "These are worth about 12 or 3 Yongle Tongbao, and I will take you to exchange money in the next place." ”

After some upside down, Burning Sky exchanged the silver ingots in his hand for Yongle Tongbao and paid 10 yuan to everyone in Xiaqing Village. After thanking the people of Xiaqing Village, they took a bag full of copper coins and walked in the direction of their village. Seeing this, he immediately chased after him and told the people of Xia Qing Village not to expose their wealth, and then took Mingshan and Minghai to buy some New Year's goods and supplies in the castle town.

As soon as the three of them returned home with a full load of cheap New Year's goods, they saw the Kawajiri family and some of their Ma Hui colleagues standing in front of their house. Burning Sky went up to greet everyone, and everyone stepped forward to thank Burning Sky for teaching their children in the past few months, and then gave Burning Sky some gifts they had prepared. After Burning Sky was polite to everyone, he asked Mingshan and Minghai to accept the gifts.

After the other Ma Hui colleagues left, Kawajiri and his son walked into the house where the burning sky was burned, bowed deeply to the burning sky, and expressed to the burning sky that they were willing to accept Mingshan and Minghai as their righteous sons. Although Kawajiri Hidetaka agrees to Kawajiri's proposal, Akeyama does not. After some deliberation, Kawajiri Hidetaka agreed that Kawajiri Hidetaka would take Ming Hai as his righteous son, and inherit the Miao character of the Kawajiri clan after Motofu. However, at Akekai's request, Hidetaka Kawajiri agreed to live with Kinaka.

At the beginning of the new year, Oda Nobunaga summoned all the front-line generals and lords of each castle to Gifu Castle. With the exception of the Kyoto Shogun, almost all of the important retainers of the Oda family were asked to come to Gifu Castle to participate in the assessment. And this kind of assessment, which can only be participated in by high-level samurai and above, is naturally only on duty.

Early in the morning of the fifth day of the first lunar month, Burnora and Hidecho Kawajiri stood in the assessment room, waiting for the adults to come. The monk's robe, which had been torn before the burning, was also sewn up by Hidetaka Kawajiri's wife, making it less worn. After a while, a member of the Oda family and the priests of Gifu Castle came to the assessment room first. Then the generals of the Omi region entered the evaluation room, including Shibata Katsuie, Kinoshita Hideyoshi and others.

Gradually, more and more people gathered in the assessment room, and Burning Sky and Hidecho Kawajiri kept greeting the adults in addition to saluting. After that, the two were replaced by the naked mothers. The two were ordered to patrol the courtyard, and at this time, more Ma Hui and Mu Yi came to the vicinity of the assessment room, and surrounded the entire assessment room on three floors.

From time to time, Oda Nobunaga, armed with a black military suit, walked into the heavily guarded courtyard with a group of small surnames and attendants. Seeing this, the samurai on duty immediately knelt down and saluted Oda Nobunaga, and Ozora also bowed his head and saluted.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the burning sky who bowed his head and saluted, and suddenly threw out the military equipment in his hand. The iron-clad military ration flew straight to the burning sky with his head down, and although the burning sky felt something, he still suffered this blow, and looked up at Oda Nobunaga and said, "The lord martial arts are prosperous." ”

Oda Nobunaga looked at the burning sky, and suddenly laughed and said, "This military match is good, for you." With that, he strode towards the assessment room with the group behind him.

After seeing Oda Nobunaga walk into the assessment room, Burning Sky rubbed his bald head and bent down to pick up the military ration on the ground. I saw that one side of the black military was written with the words "World Buwu" in vermilion lacquer, and the other side was printed with the family crest of the Oda family. After reading it carefully, General Burning Sky inserted it into his waist. Ma Hui, who was familiar with the burning sky, used his eyes to convey congratulations to the burning sky, and Sasa Narimasa, who was in front of the assessment room, also nodded to the burning sky from afar.

In the third year of Motokame, the first evaluation of the Oda family lasted from the early morning of the fifth day of the first month to the noon of the sixth day of the first month. Oda Nobunaga's sharp and high-pitched voice did not stop during this time. Evaluate the people inside and outside, during this period there is not a drop of water, let alone eating. That is, when it was dark, Oda Nobunaga ordered the attendants to light the candles in the assessment room. In addition, no orders have been issued that are not related to the assessment.

Ma Hui Zhong and Mu Yi Zhong stood in the cold wind all night, and it was not until noon on the second day that the adults in the assessment room were in a state of flux and dragged their tired bodies out of the house, and Ma Hui Zhong and Mother Yi Zhong who were in charge of the duty were able to return to their homes.

After saying goodbye to Kawajiri's father and son in front of Kawajiri's house, Burning Sky hurried back to his house. Then in the shock of Mingshan and Minghai, a scoop of water was poured into it, and before he had time to take off the armor on his body, he fell asleep in the inner room.