125

The day after Tokugawa Nobuyasu arrived at Ohama Castle, the news of his mother, Tsukiyama Gozen, had been killed, reached his ears.

"That's the case...... I don't know if it's because he is about to go to Huangquan, and his heart is like ashes, he doesn't have any emotional fluctuations.

The personalities of both sides are too strong and too persistent......

Although his father begged for perfection in front of Nobunaga, he could still be called a big husband in troubled times, and his heart was forbearant and hidden; The mother is a woman, but she is persistent in pursuing what she thinks is happiness, and she never compromises.

In the end, which of the two is right and who is wrong, Tokugawa Nobuyasu as a son can't tell.

However, he clearly felt that behind the very different personalities of the two were two completely different growth experiences. If you grow up in suffering like your father, you will become a person like your father. If you grow up like a mother and are pampered in every way, most women will also become as stubborn as their mothers......

Then he looked at me again.

"Your Highness Wise, I offended a lot yesterday, please Haihan."

"It doesn't matter, I don't care about this little thing myself."

"I always thought that the end of my life was to die on the battlefield, shroud in horse leather, and I also thought about becoming famous, dying of old age and sickness, and as for seppuku...... Tokugawa Nobuyasu smiled bitterly, "I also thought about cutting myself off in my own city when the country was ruined...... But thinking about it now, being ordered by my father-in-law and father to do this, is something I never thought about before. ”

"I'm very sorry......" I said with sympathy: "Actually, we all believe that it is impossible for you to betray Your Highness, but the lord doesn't believe it, the trust of a group of us is not worth his suspicion alone." ”

"No, you don't have to apologize to me," Tokugawa Nobuyasu shook his head and said, "Father-in-law, he never believed me from the beginning, he wanted to take the opportunity to challenge my father and the Tokugawa family......"

“……”

"But then again, when I met His Royal Highness Akechi at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in Nijo Castle, probably the two of us, none of us thought that one would die for the other......"

“……”

What can I say? When I approached Tokugawa Nobuyasu, I just wanted to know more about the Tokugawa family, and I never thought about things like "seeing him off", because I didn't think that as an outsider, how could I be involved?

"Alright, it's almost time."

After saying this, Nobuyasu gently pulled the ribs out of the scabbard and closed his eyes quietly.

Unless the enemy is approaching, the deceased will have seppuku regardless of the time period, but if you can choose, the night is the most "suitable" time, probably because the "yin qi" is heavier at night, which is suitable for the departure of the soul.

The daytime rain had stopped, the clouds had dispersed, the moonlight shone coldly, and the palpitating chirping of crickets became more and more miserable.

Tokugawa Nobuyasu quietly unbuttoned his robe and opened his mind.

"Oh, by the way, Your Highness Wise," he asked suddenly, "Are you all right?" ”

"Well, it's all good, I've seen it too, it's very cute."

"Very cute?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu shook his head and said: "I'm really an incompetent father, such a lovely daughter, but I haven't seen them a few times, and so is Ade, I've been snubbing her for a long time, and she's afraid she hates me to death......"

"After I die, with my father's character, I'm afraid I won't be embarrassed by Ade, and Ade should be able to return to his father-in-law safely, Your Highness Wise, as our friendship, I want to ask you one last thing."

"Your Highness, please speak, I will do my best."

"I'm sorry to tell Ade for me, Saburo couldn't give her happiness, but I sincerely wish her that she can get her own happiness in the second half of her life......"

"Uh-huh." With a sour nose, I nodded in agreement.

"Although Ade is the pearl of his father-in-law's palm, but after this incident, the world's reputation for her is probably much worse, she will have a very difficult life in the future, I am afraid that it will be very difficult, I don't know many people from the Oda family, but I think, Your Highness Wisdom, you are a person worthy of trust, Ade and them, please leave it to you in the future."

"There is no problem, for my friend's request, I believe that I will do my best to complete it." I solemnly agreed.

Because the scene in front of me was so tragic that the "ambiguity" in Tokugawa Nobuyasu's sentence was all ignored by me.

"Well, then I'm completely relieved."

The voices and smiles of his wife, children, mother, father, and many other people flashed before Tokugawa Nobuyasu's eyes, and he said to Hattori Hanzo, a ninja who was sobbing on the side, "All right. Don't prepare any more - Hanzo. ”

It is said that as a ninja, Hattori Hanzo has no feelings, but today, he seems to be particularly emotional, and he said in a trembling voice: "Small...... The small ones are in. ”

"Come, come on, I'll seppuku!"

"Young master!"

"Please!" With that, Tokugawa Nobuyasu wrapped his sleeve four or five inches from the tip of the knife and held the knife in his hand.

"I, Tokugawa Saburo Jiro Nobuyasu, have lived for eleven years, and have done many happy things, but also many stupid things. But now I have no regrets, because it doesn't matter anymore. Hanzo, you're tired. This is my last command in this life, so be it! ”

Hearing only the sound of "poof", the ribs had already pierced into Tokugawa Nobuyasu's body.

It's over!

The abdomen Hanzo was already red with distress. In order to make the unfortunate young master suffer a little less, driven by the samurai instinct, he grabbed the long knife and turned behind Tokugawa Nobuyasu with an arrow step.

"Offended! Young Lord! Hattori Hanzo Masanari obeyed your instructions and gave you a mistake, please forgive me."

With a "thud", a column of blood splashed on the window, and Tokugawa Nobuyasu's head was only a thin skin on his throat that was connected to his body, and the bones drooped in front of him, and his body bent and fell.

Actually, it's the first time I've seen someone else's seppuku.

Hanzo Hattori, who had decapitated his head, let out a strange scream, and slashed the candlestick in half with a single sword, trampling on the flying candle flame like crazy, throwing the knife aside, and crying loudly.

Looking at the bloodstained knife, I thought about it, walked over, and picked it up.

Sure enough, there are four Chinese characters written on it: Seshu Muramasa! ……

"Your Excellency!" Tokuki knelt down in front of her father-in-law, Tokugawa Ieyasu, "I've heard it all, please allow me to leave Mikawa and go to Kyoto." ”

"Your Royal Highness, don't worry," Tokugawa Ieyasu looked coldly at the fuse of this incident, and his daughter-in-law said: "You are the daughter of His Royal Highness the Inner Palace, and the Tokugawa family will not touch you at all." ”

"No!" Deji took a step forward, "There are rumors that my father suspects Saburo of committing a crime, but the young master is innocent, and I, as a wife, know best." For the sake of my daughters, I want to rush to Kyoto immediately to clear the young master's grievances. ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu was surprised: "What?! You said you were going to Kyoto for Saburo? ”

"Yes, I have just thought that this is the duty of a wife. In any case, please ask your father-in-law to grant your daughter-in-law's request. Deji couldn't cry and said: "Major General, San Lang is by no means a wicked person. Although he has a short temper and is easy to get angry, he will never do anything crooked, and he is the dear father of his children, and he is also the irreplaceable and only husband of Deji in this world......"

"Tokuki ......" Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes widened and his eyes turned red, and it could be seen that there was no falsehood in Tokuhime's words, but Saburo ...... What a pathetic mockery of life!

Tokugawa Ieyasu felt even more uncomfortable, and his emotions wavered.

"It's useless, Tokuji, Lingzun has already ordered, today is Saburo Seppuku, you don't have to go to Kyoto......"

"Seppuku?" Deki went limp and fell to the ground, "How can this be?" How can this be......"

Tokugawa Ieyasu couldn't stand it anymore, turned his face away, and just happened to see the two granddaughters staring at him intently with innocent eyes.

Poor child, your father was killed by your grandfather......

And the Gamo clan and Oda Nobusumi stood aside with guilt and did not speak.

At this moment, Akechi Shinmitsu and others, who were covered with some rain, came over.

"Your Highness," Tokugawa Ieyasu tried to calm himself, but he trembled all over, "It's all done?" ”

I nodded, "His Highness is already on his way." ”

"Nope! You lie! With tears streaming down his face, Tokuji stood up and grabbed my collar, and said a little frantically: "Say it quickly, say it quickly, what you just said is false, Saburo is not dead......"

"Lord, please punish me! It's because I don't want the young master to suffer for a long time, it's me who makes mistakes, and it's me who half-hides. Hattori Hanzo hurriedly knelt on the ground and prostrated himself in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu, "Now that Hanzo is tired of life, I hope the lord will give me a death, so that I can follow the young master,......"

"No, Hanzo, you're just doing what you're told, and there's nothing wrong with that," Tokugawa Ieyasu picked up Hattori Hanzo, "By the way, what are you going to do with Shinyasu's body?" ”

"In Wakamiya Town, outside Ohama Castle, there is a Hachimangu Palace, and I, His Highness Akechi, and I-sama, gave the priests some money and asked them to bury the young lord properly."

"Well, you're doing a good job," Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded, "Nobuyasu died as a criminal after all, and a quiet burial would be the best." ”

Okay, okay, Tsukiyama is dead, Nobuyasu is also dead, this matter is finally over, but why are you so tired?

Thinking about it, Tokugawa Ieyasu felt that his whole body was weak and a sense of sleepiness invaded his whole body, and he was unwilling to do anything.

"Xinkang......" he kept incessant, "let my father cry enough, poor boy." ”

However, for some reason, the tears could not flow for a while.