Burning Sky and the others hurried all the way to the foot of Gifu Castle on time on the morning of the third day of the New Year. He turned over and dismounted in front of the Burning Castle Gate, and revealed his identity to the samurai guarding the gate, who inspected the gate and released it into Gifu Castle. Ichisuke and the others on the right were instructed by the burning sky to come to the castle town to find a house to live in.

Burning Sky entered Gifu Castle, looked at the majestic castle tower of Honmaru, tidied up the monk's robe on his body, and strode towards Honmaru with the sword at his waist. On the way, many samurai who knew the burning sky saw the burning sky, and after a few simple exchanges with the burning sky, they asked the burning sky to go to the city hall to participate in the assessment, and the burning sky smiled and promised everyone, nodded to those samurai, and quickly came to the door of Honmaru.

Since there is an assessment today, the samurai on duty at Honmaru are very cautious, and after repeatedly confirming the identity of the Burning Sky, they put the Burning Sky into the Honmaru. Entering the Honmaru, the burning sky looked at the strict defense of the horse back in front of the castle hall, and felt quite emotional in his heart. At this time, Burning Sky suddenly saw Oda Nobutada walking out of the horse Hui crowd, obviously Oda Nobutada also saw himself, Burning Sky was just about to bow his head to Oda Nobutada, when he heard Oda Nobutuda say: "Mingshamen, the Seven Guards arrived yesterday, you are a little late!" ”

After hearing Oda Nobutada's words, Burning Sky looked up at Oda Nobutada, who was calmer and more mature than before, and said: "I am not as good as Lord Isano, and I have not equipped my samurai with war horses, and I hope the young master will forgive me if I come later!" Although he heard the voice of the burning sky, Oda Nobutada was not angry, and said to the burning sky with an unchanged face: "Mingshamen, my father has his own decision. ”

Burning the sky felt a little bad, and was about to bow his head to ask Oda Nobutada for guilt, but heard Oda Nobutada say, "Can you bring a gift when you come back from Gyeonggi?" After hearing this, Burning Sky was stunned for a moment, and said to Oda Nobutada: "Kakukura-sama didn't give some gifts to the young master?" "After hearing the words of the burning sky, Oda Nobutada was a little angry, and said to the burning sky;" I didn't mean that, I'm asking if you brought a gift to Ah Xiu? ”

Hearing this, Burning Sky's face suddenly became embarrassed, and he scratched his head with his hand and said, "It turns out that the young master asked about this, and he naturally brought a gift to Ji Ji." ”

Oda Nobutada listened to the words of the Burning Sky, his face returned to calm again, and he whispered to the Burning Sky: "Ming Shamen, your achievements in the mountain castle of Takashima County have been valued by your father, and with your previous achievements, your father should give you a lot of rewards..."

"Your Highness, Young Master!"

The sudden shout interrupted the exchange between Burning Sky and Oda Nobutada, and Oda Nobutada looked for prestige, only to see Hideyoshi Hashiba walking in front of him with several of his attendants after shouting to himself. After hearing Hideyoshi's voice, Akira did not turn around, but turned his back to Hideyoshi Hashiba, and kept bowing to Oda Nobutada.

Oda Nobutada looked at Hashiba Hideyoshi who walked in front of him and bowed his head, and asked in a deep voice to Hashiba Hideyoshi, "Hashiba Tsukimaoma, if you don't enter the castle hall, what are you doing here?" After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Yushiba Hideyoshi frowned and said: "Your Royal Highness the Young Lord, you still call me 'Monkey', I still remember that His Royal Highness the Young Lord always called me 'Monkey' when he was young, and he smashed my head with the back of a knife. ”

Listening to Hashiba Hideyoshi's words, Oda Nobutada showed a smile on his face, and said to Hashiba Hideyoshi: "Hashiba Chikuzen Mamoru has a really good memory, but my father is not a person with a lot of patience, I remember that my father asked you to report to him in advance about the situation of the Echizen Asakura family, and now is not particularly early!" When Hideyoshi heard Oda Nobutada's words, he suddenly trembled, thanked Oda Nobutada, and then left his attendant and walked quickly into the castle hall.

Oda Nobutada looked at Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was leaving quickly, and said to Burning Sky with a smile: "My father's former attendant has now become an important minister of the family who occupies half of the old domain of Asai, how interesting is this thing!" After listening to Oda Nobutada's words, Burning Sky bowed his head and said to Oda Nobutada: "This is also the embodiment of the eclectic nature of the lord's public servant, if not, I am afraid that I have become a walking monk shuttling through the mountains and forests." ”

After listening to the words of the burning sky, Oda Nobutada smiled and said to the burning sky: "Okay, don't talk about this, you can also enter the castle hall!" Then he handed over the weapons to the Ma Hui people who were guarding in front of the castle hall, and walked into the castle hall with the Azuchi-cho general record that he carried around his waist.

After Oda Nobutada entered the castle hall, he said goodbye to the burning sky and walked directly towards the courtyard where the assessment room was located. Burning Sky received a seat cushion from Ma Huizhong in the city hall, and sat in the open space in front of the assessment room under Ma Huizhong's arrangement. After sitting down, he found that there were already more than 100 samurai, and many of them had not come. Burning Sky sat in the clearing, while enjoying the sunbathing, while looking at the general record in his hand, and after practicing several times, he planned the separation of the peasants and soldiers with peace of mind.

Soon after, the small open space was already full of samurai, and Burning Sky looked up at the more than 100 samurai in front of him, feeling a little lost in his heart, this will definitely not let him report the situation in person, he should let himself hand over the general record in his hand, and hand it over to himself after Oda Nobunaga sent someone to check it. In vain, I went to practice it a few times.

Just after the people in the city hall arrived, the mother-clothed people in front of the assessment room and the Ma Huizhong in the courtyard of the city hall stepped forward to collect the local annual general records in the hands of everyone. Burning Sky also respectfully handed the general record in his hand to Ma Hui beside him. After the mother and the horse returned to the samurai, Oda Nobunaga's voice came from the assessment room.

The samurai outside the assessment room lowered their heads in unison the moment they heard Oda Nobunaga's voice, and the moment they lowered their heads, Burning Sky caught a glimpse of Oda Nobunaga sitting at the top of the assessment room by virtue of their length. At the moment when Oda Nobunaga spoke, there was not a single superfluous sound in the entire castle hall, and all the samurai instantly stopped their movements. Let Oda Nobunaga's voice echo in the castle hall.

Oda Nobunaga obviously didn't say much to the samurai like Burning Sky in the mood, and just said a few words. After encouraging everyone for a few words, they let everyone stay in Gifu for a few days, and after the general record was reviewed, they were rewarded and punished according to their merits. When Oda Nobunaga had finished speaking, he ordered the mother-robed people in front of the door to close the door in the assessment room.

The samurai sitting in the courtyard also bowed to Oda Nobunaga and slowly walked out of the castle hall. After taking his sword outside the castle hall, he walked towards the Kawajiri family's house. Halfway through, he remembered that the gift he was carrying was still with Shinsuke Yamashita and the others, so he pressed the sword and walked out of the city.