The group left Azuchi, and after a few days of traveling, they arrived in Kyoto. At this time, Kyoto was under the control of the Oda family, but other different forces were also crisscrossing Kyoto like intertwined dogs' teeth. Even if the Burning Sky arrives in Kyoto, he will not dare to take it lightly, after all, these different forces, like the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Oda family, are not sure when they will suddenly fall.

After entering Kyoto, Shuichi Hasegawa went directly to find Sadakatsu Murai, who was one of the people of Kyoto. Burning Sky and the others were tightly guarding around Hasegawa Shuichi, attracting the attention of the surrounding townspeople. But when Hidetaka Kawajiri pulled out the knife from his waist, the surrounding townspeople lowered their heads and took the initiative to let the noble samurai pass through.

From time to time, everyone sent Hasegawa Shuichi to the door of the Kyoto office where Murai Sadakatsu was located. At this time, the burning sky first came to the closed door, and the low-level samurai who was on duty in front of the door saw the burning sky dressed as a monk and soldier, but with two Oda flags on his back, and immediately came to ask, "My lord, but there is important news for my family?" Seeing that the two samurai were carrying the Oda family's flag behind them, and that they were speaking with a thick Obari accent, he said to them, "I have been ordered to escort the Hasegawa, the rice grain commissioner of Gifu Castle, to the two of them, and I hope that the two of you will let them go." ”

After hearing this, the two immediately shouted behind them: "It's from my family, quickly open the door and let you go." Escorted by Burnora and Hidetaka Kawajiri, Hasegawa then entered the office, while the standing guards remained outside the gate.

After entering the office, the samurai in the office first collected the long soldiers of Yakora and Hidetaka Kawajiri, and then sent a low-level samurai to guide Hasegawa Shuichi and the three to Murai Sadakatsu's house. After Hasegawa Shuichi entered the house, Sakaku and Hidetaka Kawajiri stood guard outside Murai Sadakatsu's house with knives in their hands like door gods.

Not long after the two were on duty outside the door, Shuichi Hasegawa and Murai Sadakatsu walked out of the house together, both of them looking a little solemn. Hasegawa Xiu's brows were tightly locked, and they were even more crowded. After Murai Sadakatsu saw Kawajiri Hidetaka who was on duty outside the door, he temporarily untied his brows and said to Kawajiri Hidetaka, "How is Kawajiri-sama doing?" ”

After hearing this, Kawajiri Hidetaka immediately bowed his head and replied: "There is the concern of Lord Lao Murai, and my father has been fine recently." ”

At this time, Murai Sadakatsu said to the burning sky: "Isn't this the burning sand gate, has it been smooth to serve the lord recently?" ”

After hearing this, Burning Sky immediately replied: "It's okay to be okay in the next place, but Murai-sama is far away in Kyoto, and I hope that Murai-sama is well." ”

After a brief exchange, Murai Sadakatsu said to Hasegawa Shuichi: "Shuichi, I think it's better to settle down with your party and then continue to discuss." Hasegawa Shu nodded when he heard this, and walked towards the door with Murai Sadakatsu.

Eventually, Hasegawa Shuichi and his entourage relied on the name of the Oda family to stay at Nanzenji Temple, a Rinzai temple in Japan near Kyoto. It was the first time that the Burning Sky was invited to teach the Fa, and although it was only a dozen or so people listening quietly, it gave the Burning Sky an extraordinary experience.

In the next few days, Hasegawa Shuichi would take Sakaku and Kawajiri Hidetaka to the office every day to discuss things with Murai Sadakatsu, but after a few days, they all returned with a frown.

It wasn't until it was already in the middle of December, because a white-faced, short-eyebrowed, black-toothed minister walked into the room where the two were discussing, that things seemed to have taken a turn for the better, at least Hasegawa's brows were no longer tightly locked. In the following days, after several more discussions between the three of them, Hasegawa Shuichi happily told Kanku and the others that they could return to Gifu Castle by the end of the year.

Although Burning Sky has no home in Gifu, but after hearing the news, he also breathed a sigh of relief, if he spends the New Year in Nanzen Temple, he will definitely be asked to help, and Mingshan and Minghai are alone at home, which is indeed a little worrying.

On that day, Hasegawa Shuichi, escorted by the samurai of the court, went to the Kyoto Imperial Palace to pay homage to Emperor Shokincho. Sakaku and Hidetaka Kawajiri were left behind to help with the numerous papers.

Later, Shuichi Hasegawa returned to the commission, and returned to Nanzenji Temple where he stayed with the two of them. He also announced the order to leave for Gifu tomorrow, and everyone was excited when they heard it, as if they had returned to Gifu.

Early the next morning, Hasegawa Shuichi left Kyoto and headed for Gifu Castle with a farewell send-off from Murai Sadakatsu. However, due to the cold weather, the speed of the march had to be greatly reduced, and some roads were made more difficult to drive due to snowfall, and three samurai on horseback including Hasegawa Shuichi had to come down and lead the horses.

Fortunately, after a while, the snow gradually melted, and Hasegawa Shu'ichi and his party accelerated their progress again. And on December 19, they arrived at the village of Azuchi. Due to the continuous advance, everyone was extremely tired, and with the consent of Hasegawa Shuichi, everyone came to Azuchi Village again to spend the night.

Azuchi Aemon is still as respectful and reserved as ever, even from the point of view of Zhixing, he is no longer as good as the rank of a mid-level samurai. There is no need to call the Burning Sky "Adult", but he is still "Hieiyama-sama" and does not leave his mouth, which also makes the Burning Sky quite helpless.

Azuchi, which is approaching the New Year's Day, is not as bustling as Kyoto, but it is more peaceful than Kyoto. This also made the people who had not returned home for a long time feel the taste. When the sunset fell into Lake Biwa, staring at the burning sky on the surface of the lake in a daze, I couldn't help but chant: "When the sun sets, the heartbroken man is at the end of the world." ”

This made Hasegawa Shuichi and Hidetaka Kawajiri on the side quite excited, and then Hasegawa Shuichi asked Kankong to write this sentence into Chinese characters and send it to him. Although there were some doubts about whether they could understand the meaning of Chinese, after thinking about it, they made a favor and promised to write this sentence in kanji and send it to Hasegawa Shuichi's home after returning to Gifu.

Dinner, although still monotonous, made people feel warm. After eating, everyone went back to the house to sleep. In the second half of the night after the burning of the air, Hidetaka Kawajiri was naturally on duty in the first half of the night.

And when Burning Sky took over the post and took five standing guards in the village, the already dark sky even swallowed up the stars and moons. The cold wind blew a few torches planted around, and the flames rose and fell with the wind, which made people feel quite frightened. While motivating the crowd, Burning Sky will light a few more torches.

Just as the burning sky calmed everyone and looked at the dark night sky to think about what would happen after returning to Gifu, a layer of mist suddenly rose from the ground.