In the Echizen Kunanyang Temple, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who has always paid attention to appearance, has now become hideous, and scolded: "Asakura Yoshikei! Disgusting! In vain, I still valued him so much, and even his old mother and I applied to the court for him to apply for an official position from the second grade. From the second product! From the second grade! But look at him! What did it do to me? How did it deal with Yu! On the surface, he was hospitable, but behind his back, he wanted to put Ashikaga Heizhi as a general, ahh What a thing is he! ”

"The lord is cautious, be careful that the wall has ears." Hosokawa Fujitaka dissuaded in disappointment, thinking to himself Could it be that the Ashikaga shogunate has really reached the point of no cure? I don't know how "the king does not lose his ministers; The minister does not lose his body; If you don't keep it secret, you will be harmful"? One is dumber than the other.

"Fart! He still dares to spy on Yu Bucheng? It's against him! Ashikaga Yoshiaki sprayed Hosokawa Fujitaka in the face, and then pointed at Niki Yoshimasa and shouted: "And you!" Didn't you keep saying that the Asakura family would definitely send troops to help for the sake of Yu? Now where are the soldiers! Where is it! Yes! ”

"Yes, it's all the wrong judgment of the subordinates, which made the lord waste time." This Renmu Yoshimasa, who is over fifty years old, bowed his head tremblingly and admitted his mistake, and he didn't know whether he was panicked or simply angry.

He was originally the guardian of Iga Ichikoku, and he was originally the son of Rokkaku Tsunade of his brother-in-law who died young, and his mother was the sister of the eleventh general Ashikaga Yoshisumi, and Shogun Yoshiki's father, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, was his cousin. After his father died and his uncle succeeded him, he inherited the Nishiki family as an adopted son.

During the Rokkaku Joyori period, relying on the prestige and support of this uncle, the Nishiki clan had considerable influence in Iga and Northern Ise.

In 1541, Hosokawa Harumoto, the leader of Hosokawa Nobumoto's cheap father, fought with Yogisawa Nagamasa, the guardian of Hanoi and Nanshan Castle, and received his support.

However, after the death of Rokkaku Joyori, the Nishiki family soon declined, so they had to take refuge with Shogun Yoshiteru, and they were reduced from the Shogunate's Imperial Ministers to the status of Imperial Ministers. His sister-in-law, Nishiki Terutsuna (Sasaki Terutsuna), who was a close attendant of General Yoshiteru, had also been martyred for Yoshiteru, and the whereabouts of his second son were unknown.

So in terms of seniority alone, he is Ashikaga Yoshiaki's cousin, but now he is being called by a junior, and this scene all falls in the eyes of Akechi Mitsuhide. This wise Mitsuhide used to serve the Asakura family, but because he was not welcomed, he was now kicked over to serve Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"My lord! Your Majesty has a suggestion that may relieve your lord's troubles. Akechi Mitsuhide waited until the tired Ashikaga Yoshiaki was quiet before he said softly.

"Huh? Can I help you? Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't forget to put up a stinky shelf, with an absent-minded expression, for this new minister, he still looked down on him, thinking he was a fool.

"Do you remember Hosokawa Nobumoto, who came to congratulate him on behalf of the Oda Hall a while ago?" Akechi Mitsuhide mentions the daimyo of Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"Oh, that guy, remember. I'm quite knowledgeable about current affairs. Ashikaga Yoshiaki couldn't help but think of the gold ingots that he enshrined, and he still treasured them.

"The lord thinks his armament is excellent?" Wise Mitsuhide sighed secretly when he said this, he had already mentioned to the lord that he would use the gold ingots for armaments, but the lord was just obsessed with that flashy appearance, and he didn't need to be killed, could it be that Hosokawa Nobumoto did it on purpose?

"Really good!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki showed a look of envy, not thinking about why this was the case at all.

"Your Majesty heard that the Oda family has just unified Ono, and he is only a retainer of the Oda family, since Hosokawa Nobugen has such strength, presumably the Oda Hall should be even stronger. His Majesty was willing to go to Mino Province, saying that if the Oda family came to help, he would surely let the lord ascend to the throne of the general. "Wise Mitsuhide knows that if he succeeds in pulling the strings in this matter, once it is done in the future and regains the position of general, then he must be a great meritorious, and the reward will naturally be great.

"Hmmm! Good! Then you can go to Mino, and wait for your good news. Ashikaga Yoshiaki agreed without thinking about it, he is also anxious now, the longer that pseudo general reigns, the more unfavorable it will be for him.

"Yes! Your Majesty will definitely convince the Oda family to serve the Lord! Akechi Mitsuhide was excited, and his eyes unconsciously glanced at Hosokawa Fujitaka and Mibuchi Fujiei on the side, these two are Hosokawa Nobumoto's cousins, and they have a close relationship, and they were worried about stealing credit from him just now.

I saw Hosokawa Fujitaka smiling at Akechi Mitsuhide kindly, which made Akechi Mitsuhide a little embarrassed. In fact, Hosokawa Fujitaka wished that someone would stand up for him, so that he could better hide himself and secretly help the clan Hosokawa Nobugen.

Things developed as Hosokawa Nobugen expected, and Akechi Mitsuhide met Oda Nobunaga smoothly, successfully received the support of the Oda family, and successfully ushered in the arrival of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

July 25, Eiroku 11 (1568), Sunny, Sekigahara!

Today is destined to be extraordinary, rows of soldiers on both sides of the road stand neatly, flags in the ranks, orderly, it is the Hosokawa family's German and Sekihara preparations.

On Sekigahara Avenue, there were several samurai standing in anticipation, led by Hosokawa Nobumoto, followed by Fupo Koji and Takenaka Hanbei, as well as the retainers of the Hosokawa family.

Hosokawa Nobumoto wore a rare dress, with a large light blue stripe hanging down, a straight black hat, a famous knife "pressure cutting" on his waist, and a folding fan with a pine hat rhombic pattern, which was fanning wildly without an image.

"It's so hot, why haven't you come yet? The big summer makes people wait for a long time, is there any professional ethics? Hosokawa Nobumoto was bored talking to himself, and no one behind him dared to answer this conversation.

"It's coming!" Suddenly, the half-guard of Takenaka pointed to a group of people walking in the distance, and a gorgeous sedan chair was clustered among them.

Since Takenaka Hanbei joined the Oda family, he was not a courtier of Kinoshita Hideyoshi, but a direct minister of Oda Nobunaga, and now he has retaken over the position of the governor of the Takenaka family, and the former governor and his younger brother Takenaka Shigeki have come to Oda Nobunaga's side and served as a close officer.

When the sedan chair slowly walked to Hosokawa Jun, Hosokawa Nobumoto led everyone forward to pay respects: "Welcome to the Gongfang Palace!" "This time, it was him, Fupo Mitsuji, and Takenaka Hanbei who served as the greeting and escort of Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

"Oh, roar, roar... It's hard, it's hard, Yu is on the road because of the scenery along the way, so it's slower, let you wait for a long time, oh roar roar..." Ashikaga Yoshiaki covered his white face and black teeth with a folding fan, and smiled cheaply, without any sense of apology at all.

"The palace is heavy, this is the duty of the foreign minister." Although it was disgusting, Hosokawa Nobumoto still said against his will.

"Roar, roar, roar...", as if anything could cause Ashikaga Yoshiaki to laugh, it took a long time to recover, and found that there was no one to pick up the stubble, and coughed slightly embarrassed dryly: "Cough! In that case, you've worked hard to protect along the way, so I'll leave the rest to the Oda family. ”