"See Taiko-sama! May the Toyotomi family rule the world for thousands of generations! ”

In the port of Tsuruga Bay, there is a bustling town of Tsuruga, and there is a group of urchins who are facing the people sitting on the stones, making a big salute and shouting Long live Taiko, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi's name will go down in history.

"Hmmm! Get up! "This man called himself Toyotomi Hideyoshi, called himself the official worship of the Taiko, and called himself ... People of the world...

"You! You! You! And you, you! From now on, I will be the five elders of Toyotomi! "Toyotomi Hideyoshi is like an active monkey, pointing and pointing.

"Xie Taige!"

"You! You guys! It's my Toyotomi Seven Generals! And you guys! They are all powerful families of my Toyotomi family! Hahaha! Toyotomi Hideyoshi smiled, but the children in front of him ignored him and ran to a beautiful woman.

"Give it to me! Give me! ”

"And me!" They were scrambling for the rice balls made by the beautiful women, which were rice balls.

"Don't worry! Hold your horses! Both! Both! Also, remember to come tomorrow! The beautiful woman smiled softly and sent the children away.

"Okay! Mrs. Ningning! We'll be back tomorrow with Uncle! The urchins left happily, carrying rice balls, which they ate on the spot or kept for their families to enjoy.

At the end of the road, there was a group of people looking at everything in front of them.

"Jiuxiu, you say... Is he pretending? "The one who spoke was Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"Based on years of experience... It's not pretending, Hideyoshi Hashiba is really crazy. The person next to him had a kind face, but there was a yin evil between his eyebrows, which was Matsunaga Xiu.

"Hehe... It sounds awkward to hear from your mouth. Hosokawa Nobumoto covered his forehead with his hand, with a powerless expression.

"If you don't feel at ease, just kill it." Matsunaga Shu didn't care either, and replied lightly.

"No need, send someone to keep an eye on him, since it's really crazy, I don't want others to say that I don't have measures and bully a fool." Hosokawa Nobumoto waved his hand, since the person had found it, he was not afraid that he would run away, not to mention that he had completely lost his power, because he was crazy, and his retainers had left him.

"Okay, listen to you, you will be my lord in the future, and your subordinates have arranged for the members of the organization to be his good neighbors." Matsunaga nodded, not resisting at all.

"May I ask, when did you join the organization?" Hosokawa Nobumoto was very curious, but he didn't expect that Matsunaga Xiu turned out to be a member of the Mochizuki organization, the "five" generation.

"It was probably more than 10 years ago, but one day... I don't remember. Matsunaga rolled up his sleeves and embroidered the word "wood" on his left arm.

"Who are your introducers?" Hosokawa Nobumoto asked curiously, generally speaking, it is the upper level of development, since he is a member of the "five" generation, he was not appointed by himself, so he can only be Mochizuki Xue.

"Oh, it's the earth-based Fruitheart Layman." There is nothing to hide from this, and after he defected, Hosokawa Nobumoto naturally knew his true identity.

"Fruitful?" Hosokawa Nobugen didn't expect it to be this person, the old ninja who used his illusion at the Wish Temple, and he turned out to be a member of the "five" generation.

"Huh? The lord doesn't know him? When Matsunaga Shuichi saw Hosokawa Nobumoto's expression, he was puzzled, and in his eyes, the fruit heart monk could act on behalf of Mochizuki Xue, and he should have seen Hosokawa Nobumoto.

"Uh... Recognize, recognize, that little old man. Although Hosokawa Nobugen recognized him, he didn't know the identity of the other party at all.

"yes, that little old man... It's strange to say, His Majesty has known him for more than ten years, and he never seems to be old. When we first met, he said that he was 88 years old, and now... Shouldn't it be over a hundred? It's a surprise. Matsunaga was amazed and envied by this kind of long-lived old man.

"Huh? 88？ Won't get old? "Hosokawa Nobugen comes from later generations, so he naturally knows the rarity of this kind of centenarian birthday star, but in this era of hunger and cold and clothing, there is no such strange person. The only explanation is... Ninja Transfiguration! He already had this man's guess in his mind.

"Oh yes, and Mitsuhide too...?" Hosokawa Nobumoto suddenly thought of Akechi Mitsuhide, so he asked tentatively.

"Yes, he's golden." Sure enough, Matsunaga Shu nodded and said his identity.

"What about Shunqing?" I asked about Shunkei Tsutsui again.

"He is the downline of Guangxiu's development."

"In that case..."Hosokawa Nobumoto lowered his head and groaned, the identities of three of the five had been revealed, and the remaining two must not be far from him.

"Lord, it's cold here, let's go back." Seeing that Hosokawa Nobugen was silent for a long time, it was still freezing outside, and Matsunaga Shu recalled Nobugen with concern.

"Oh, good. I suddenly wanted to go and see Mitsuhide's clothed mound, let's go together. "Now that the general situation has calmed down, the armies have begun to return to their garrisons, ready to recuperate and survive the harsh winter.

"Okay, why don't we take a boat? When your subordinates heard about Lake Biwa in the middle of winter, they had a special charm, and they wanted to enjoy it for a long time. It just so happened that His Majesty also brought the famous "Ping Spider", and while drinking tea, he enjoyed the beautiful scenery along the way. "Matsunaga seems to have let go of his burden now, and he looks very relaxed. It's as if the underground party activities for many years have finally waited for the day of liberation.

"Okay, let's go." Hosokawa Nobumoto is now also relaxed, and the interest is quite high, and the group traveled to the mountains and rivers, all the way to the suburbs of Sakamoto Castle Mitsuhide Temple, the mound of wise Mitsuhide. Unlike the later Tani Temple (Kohide-ji) in Miyamae Town, Kameoka City, it was the first mound where he became the lord of Tanba in history, and the mounds in this life have changed to Sakamoto Castle.

"Kikyo flowers..."I first worshipped at Koxiu Temple, and the bellflower flowers in the garden have not yet reached the season of blooming, and they seem to be a little withered.

While! While! The bell rang in the distance, and Hosokawa Nobumoto looked up and saw that it was Mt. Hiei.

"Hmm... The reconstruction of Mt. Hiei should be almost done, now that it's here... Let's go up and have a look. Hosokawa Nobumoto looked at it in distraction, as if thinking of Akechi Mitsuhide in tears. There is Mitsuhide for the ideals, for the sake of Hosokawa Nobumoto, who gave up his faith and carried the sins of his life.

With a rustle, the group climbed Mt. Hiei and headed straight to Enryakuji Temple at the top of the mountain.

At this time, the singing of children came from the woods, and they sang a nursery rhyme called "Caged Bird":

Cage seam, cage seam

Birds in a cage

I want to run all the time

It was the night before dawn

The moment when the white crane and the tortoise are united

Who's behind you?

This nursery rhyme is sung in a game, the ghost child squats in the middle and blindfolds, a bunch of children sing this nursery rhyme around the ghost, when the song is finished, if the ghost child guesses who is facing him behind him, he will be replaced by a ghost.

"Huh?" Hosokawa Nobugen was suddenly stunned, feeling that this particular nursery rhyme seemed to be telling something.

The white crane is a creature in the sky = the sky, and the tortoise is a creature in the sea = the sea.