On the 12th day of September in the 15th year of the Astronomical Calendar, after several days, the envoy of the Ashina family, Kanagami Moribei, and his party finally arrived outside the Ueno Castle, the headquarters of the Tsugawa family.

Looking at the magnificent city in front of them, Jin Shangshengbei and his party felt a lot, this trip can be described as nine deaths, but fortunately they survived in the end.

At this time, Hapado stood beside Jin Shang Shengbei and the others and said, "Lord Kanejo, this is Ueno Castle, according to the regulations of this family, if an envoy from another family visits, he must first report to the foreign affairs office of Ueno Castle, and the foreign affairs office will report to the lord. ”

"You might as well rest for a while in the castle town and go to the foreign affairs office here."

"Then there will be Lord Lao Babai!" Jin Shang Shengbei hurriedly replied with a grateful face.

Later, Hachibai Michi took Kanami Moribei and others to a hostel in the castle town, and then placed an accompanying squadron of Ashigaru outside the castle, and then walked into the castle alone.

After the departure of Hachibai Daowei, Jin Shang Shengbei and the others settled down in the hostel first, because they were new to the hotel, in addition to not being very familiar with Ueno Castle, after all, Jin Shang Shengbei and the others belonged to foreign ministers, so it was inconvenient to go out and run around so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. Therefore, Jin Shang Shengbei and the others could only wait obediently in the hostel.

But when they returned, Kanegami and the others were not idle, standing by the window on the second floor of the hostel and looking at the castle town of Ueno Castle without mentioning it, a prosperous scene made Kanue Moribi and the others not believe that they were in the Ou area!

You know, the Ou region is synonymous with barrenness and backwardness in the eyes of people in this era, even if you are in the Ou area. Those who have not been to Ueno Castle in person may never believe that there is such a thriving castle in this remote land of Ou.

"The Tsukawa family has been able to develop to this day, and it is really not in vain, just by virtue of the city of Ueno City, you can get a glimpse of the whole leopard!" Jin Shang Shengbei couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion. Immediately, Jin Shangshengbei couldn't help but worry about the task of this trip.

Tsugawa Shengzong and the others also knelt behind Jin Shang Shengbei without saying a word, not knowing what they were thinking. The two brothers, Ozawa Daizosuke and Ozawa Kamejiro, had haggard faces and bowed their heads, and their eyes contained desolation.

However, although the people of the Kim family have different hearts, Axiu, who came to Ueno Castle with Tsugawa Morimune, is completely different.

In the next room to Jin Shangsheng, the two maids had just put away the things they were carrying, and Ah Xiu was half lying on the edge of the windowsill in a daze. Looking at the crowded castle town, two figures appeared in Ah Xiu's mind.

The difference is that a figure is very clear, and it is the image of a wild and uninhibited samurai holding a sword. The other figure was very vague, even a little erratic.

"Miss Axiu, is this Ueno Castle? I heard that Tsugawa-sama lives here, is it true? ”

"Yes! Miss Axiu, can we meet Tsugawa-sama with our own eyes? ”

"Ahh When I think of the great name of the Eagle of the Immortal North, if I can see Lord Tsugawa with my own eyes, even if I look at it from a distance, I am willing to let me die! ”

That girl doesn't have a spring? Although Tsugawa Soji's current name is not enough to kill all ages in the land of Okuwa, it is also the dream lover of many people! Now that he has achieved such achievements at a young age, compared to the NB coaxing samurai teenagers he usually knows, he is simply a bunch of SHI-like existences!

Thinking of this, the two maids were even a little wet.....

Hearing the words of the two maids in her ears, Ah Xiu's willow eyebrows also stretched, the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked, and two small dimples on her cheeks loomed, very playful and cute.

"You say, how about we go and take a look quietly?" Ah Xiu suddenly turned around and said to the two maids who were in a state of intoxication.

Ah Xiu's cold words startled the two maids, and then the two maids shook their heads and said, "Miss Ah Xiu, Lord Tsugawa is not something we can see when we want to. Besides, this Ueno Castle is so big, how can we find it? ”

"yes!" Another maid also added, "This time the lord came to Ueno Castle because of his important business, and if we recklessly collide with the Tsugawa family, the lord will not be able to bear the blame." ”

"Boring!" After the two maids finished speaking, Ah Xiu pouted and looked unhappy, and a pair of slender calves half-hooked knocked on the floor, making a burst of "da-da" sounds.

After a long time, Ah Xiu stood up straight and said with a smile, "Since that's the case, why don't we go to the castle town?" ”

"Forget it, the lord asked us to take it here and not run around, we don't dare to disobey the lord's order!" Although the two maids were also a little moved, they still rejected Ah Xiu's proposal very interestingly.

Ah Xiu was even more unhappy now, but although he was a little naughty, Ah Xiu was not the kind of person who acted recklessly, and he had to give up in the end.

He turned around and pulled back the open window, then put away the stick that was holding the window and prepared to close it. However, I don't know if it was because it didn't hold it steady or what, the wooden stick slipped from Ah Xiu's hand and fell directly.

"Ahh At this time, a cry of pain suddenly sounded from downstairs, and a ronin-looking man covered his head and raised his head with an annoyed face, and said with a curse in his mouth, "Which little ....... is not long-eyed Hey, it's a woman? After speaking, the man looked at Ah Xiu's delicate face and was stunned, and a touch of crystal appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Haha! Matsujiro, isn't it because you see that others are good-looking, and your heart is starting to itch again? Another ronin standing next to the man suddenly joked.

The ronin named Matsujiro glared back, then said with a flushed face, "What a wonderful person! As he spoke, Matsujiro suddenly picked up the stick that had hit him and put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it, then showed an intoxicated look.

Ah Xiu, who was standing on the windowsill, naturally couldn't guess the dirty thoughts of Matsujiro and others, but simply felt that he was a little embarrassed to hit someone, and then cast an apologetic look at Matsujiro, then closed the window and shrank back.

However, Axiu's eyes in Matsujiro's eyes were a hint to himself, and Matsujiro suddenly thought, "Could it be that as the palace secretary of the shrine outside the city said, his peach blossoms have arrived?" Thinking of this, Matsujiro had a picture in his mind that was inappropriate for children, and then some indescribable change appeared in his body very honestly, well, don't think about it, it's just that the nosebleed unconsciously flowed out of Matsujiro's nostrils.

Seeing Matsujiro's unbearable appearance, the companion next to him suddenly smiled and said, "What? What does Matsujiro think of a young lady? ”

"Forget it, this is Ueno Castle, and we're here to participate in this year's samurai selection meeting, so let's not make a fuss." Another ronin said comfortingly at this time.

However, Matsujiro said with a firm expression, "No! I'm going to decide on this woman, Matsujiro! ”