I have relieved a lot of the psychological burden of my trip to Kyushu, and I will be unexpectedly relaxed when I return. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Hidemitsu and the others were on their way back to Osaka from Minami-Kyushu, and that's how they felt. There is a feeling of being completely light.

By the way, on the way back, they also took a trip to Itsukushima Shrine in Aki Province.

The main color of this shrine is bright red, which left a deep impression on Hidemitsu. The charm of this sea shrine, which has a history of about 1,000 years, is evident in the people who come and visit the shrine.

In the Heian period, after the head of the Taira clan, Taira Kiyomori, served as the guardian of Yasu, Itsukushima Shrine became a place of worship for the Hei family. The scale of the shrine that Hidemitsu sees now is roughly built by Kiyomori.

At the time of the late Taiko Hideyoshi, on his way to Kyushu Expedition, he passed by and visited Itsukushima Shrine, and later built a large scripture hall for him.

In short, in the smoke of historical changes, Itsukushima Shrine has not faded its bright colors, and it has become more and more shining, leaving a deep impression on the hearts of many people.

After a brief onlooker, Hidemitsu and the others left Itsukushima Shrine and continued on their way back.

Hidemitsu and the others had Chingkai and Izan send them back to Takasago Port in Himeji, and then they had to take the overland route back to Osaka Castle.

In fact, Qinghai and Izo originally wanted to send Hidemitsu and them directly back to the port on the other side of Osaka Castle. However, because Hidemitsu considered that the intelligence network of the Tokugawa family in was still relatively complete, he rejected this proposal, which was convenient but actually very dangerous.

So after arriving at Takasago Port, Hidemitsu said goodbye to Qinghai and Izo, who had accompanied him throughout the trip, and then returned to Osaka Castle by land as he had done when he first came.

Finally, around the end of March of the 11th year of Keicho (1606), they finally returned to Osaka Castle after nearly two months of absence.

After going back, as usual, Xiuguang and the others went to the old man's residence first, and after settling down with Xiu's family, they returned to Osaka Castle through the secret passage.

"Toyotomi-sama...... You're finally back...... Tsurunosuke, I'm dying......"

This was the first sentence of Tsusunosuke, who was in charge of playing the shadow warrior, after seeing Hidemitsu himself return.

It seems that Tsuranosuke has been quite hard in the past two months...... Both physically and mentally.

After comforting Tsuunosuke for a while, Hidemitsu immediately changed his identity back, changing from the image of an "ordinary low-level samurai" back to the image of the original young master of the Toyotomi family.

Tsurunosuke finally changed back into his outfit, tearing off the easy-to-use skin mask on his face, and he didn't have to worry about it every day.

"Your Highness, speaking of which, what about Lord Xiuzong?"

Because Xiuguang is back, Shang Chang, who is busy with everything, suddenly finds that his colleague Xiuzong, who often accompanies Xiuguang, is not at this time, so it is very strange.

"Ah, Hyogoro. He is staying with the old man now, saying that he wants to ask for swordsmanship...... However, it is estimated that eighty percent of them went to see the show. Anyway, don't bother with him now. ”

Xiuguang straightened the luxurious clothes he had just changed, and at the end of his words, he didn't forget to tease Xiuzong.

Shocho, who probably understood what it meant, smiled heartily, leaving only Tsuru Nosuke, who didn't understand what they were talking about, with a question mark on his face.

"Speaking of which, was anything going on in the city while I wasn't there?"

Xiuguang sat cross-legged on the upper seat of the room and asked Shocho and Tsurunosuke. When I came back, the first thing I wanted to ask was, of course, this question.

Shocho and Tsuunosuke glanced at each other, and then told Hidemiko about Oda Nagamasa's attempt to forcibly break in that day.

"Changzheng?"

Hearing this familiar name, Xiuguang frowned.

"Although I knew for a long time that he was not a good person, I didn't expect to pick the time so accurately......

Supporting his cheeks with his hands, Xiuguang was skeptical.

"Shang Chang, do you think it's possible that something leaked from my trip?"

"I—I don't think so. Because my brother often walks around like this...... I've heard from the people on Hideyori's side that the face of my brother can often be seen in Hideyori's study and room. No, but because my father is a close relative of Mrs. Yodo, there aren't many people who will control my brother......"

Shang Chang thought about it, and then felt that it shouldn't be a problem of leaking rumors.

"That's right."

Xiuguang's frowning brows still didn't loosen,

"Well, regardless of whether or not there is a leak. But Changzheng is really bold. From what you just said, it must be that Changzheng often comes to the city to visit his brother. It's really interesting. ”

"Your Highness, I'm so sorry......"

"Shang Chang, you don't need to apologize to me. I said what Yurakusai and Changzheng did, and now it's none of your business. It's enough for you to be yourself. However, with such a father and brother, it is really hard for you to be elder......"

Xiuguang looked at Shang Chang, who was bowing his head full of guilt, and sighed.

"My brother and my mother haven't been doing much lately, have they?"

"Yes. Lady Hideyori and Mrs. Yodo are the same as usual, and there is nothing special about it. ”

"Yes. It's been a hard two months. ”

Hearing "these two months", Tsuranosuke couldn't help but complain again:

"yes, it's so hard! I stayed here for two months, and I almost got sick......"

"Haha, yes."

Faced with Tsuunosuke's complaints, Hidemitsu smiled,

"Well, thanks to Tsuru no Suke's play, I heard that my image of the sick and timid among the retainers is becoming more and more realistic. I really have to thank you, so I'll give you a little more reward this time, Tsurunosuke. ”

"Oh oh ~ this is really excellent ~"

Tsuranosuke was overjoyed to hear that there was an additional reward.

After sending away Tsuru no Suke for the time being, Shang Chang suddenly asked:

"Your Highness, don't you have to go and meet Lady Hideyori and Lady Yodo? It's been two months, and now that they're back, why don't you go and see them? ”

"Ah, my brother and my mother. I'm not going to see them right now. ”

"Huh? Why? ”

"If you go to see them as soon as you come back, it's easy to leak some rumors. After all, they have been nesting in their rooms for two months, so why did they suddenly go to see their mother and brother? So it's better to wait a few days, and I'm not in a hurry anyway. ”

"I see. It's easy for some people to wonder if they go now, yes. ”

Comprehending what Xiuguang meant, Shang Chang nodded.

"Besides, I'm going to go somewhere else first."

"What place? Has Your Highness just come back and are you leaving? ”

"No, it's not far, and it's not a strange place."

Xiuguang waved his hand, signaling Shang Chang not to worry,

"Just going to Kyoto. First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the prince of Hachijonomiya. ”