Ten days later, according to Hideyori's instructions and arrangements, Koheita and Yamitsuro accompanied Hidemitsu and Hidemune through the underground secret passage that had been laid outside Sannomaru in Osaka Castle, and thus entered the Okugo Hall located in the location of Honmaru. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It is a long, dark passage that leads to an inconspicuous corner of the Oku-Goden that served as the living place of Hideyori and Hidemitsu, bypassing several mizuhori that had been dug for defense. From this design, it is estimated that Hideyoshi, as the designer and builder, also considered this.

In the event of war, it is possible for the sons to escape through this secret passage. This was a last-hand insurance measure that Hideyoshi secretly set up. This secret passage is not just a single path, but also has several branches that lead to different places. Somewhere outside of Sannomaru is just one of the exits. Although the exits in other places are different, there is only one entrance to Honmaru, and that is the Okugo Temple.

Well, though, it's not the time to use it for that kind of purpose just yet. Hidemitsu also doesn't want to use this secret passage for this reason one day. For the young men of the Toyotomi family, this secret passage is now one of the most important and convenient passages used to transmit information and secretly leave the castle.

After walking a long way, Xiuzong, who was walking in front, blew the light source on the candlestick in his hand and knocked on the stone wall of the secret passage, signaling that everyone was almost there.

Following Hidemune and Hidemitsu, who were the first to climb out of the secret passage, Kohei Tai and Yamijiro also climbed out of the secret passage without difficulty.

Even though it's night, you can still see the northerly shaped castle tower from the top of the temple. Koheita and Yazoro, whose eyes have adapted to the darkness, look at the castle tower not far away with curious eyes.

Although the two of them are the sons of the Uki family and the Oda Danmasa family, they have never seen the castle tower of Osaka Castle in person for various reasons. So now they're a little bit excited.

"Hidemitsu-sama."

In the quiet night, a deep voice that did not belong to Hidemitsu and Hidemune suddenly came out, startling Koheita and Yamijiro, who were concentrating on the overlook.

"Ah, it's a recompletion. Both of them have already been brought, so I'm sorry for you. ”

Hidemitsu heard the owner of this voice, so he didn't show too much surprise and action, but patted the other party's arm trustingly, and then extradited Koheita and Yamijiro to him.

"Yes. I'll leave it to you. ”

The face reconstructed in the darkness could not see any change. He nodded respectfully and took the two of them away.

According to the previous arrangement, the two were brought into their new residence, and after settling down, they could proceed with other matters.

Then, two days later, it was time for the Yuanfu ceremony to be held.

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On the day of the Yuan Costume Ceremony.

In order to reduce the external and internal noise, Xiulai set up the room where the two of them held the Yuan costume ceremony in a room closer to his living quarter.

There weren't many people there. Except for Koheta and Yamijiro who are the protagonists, there are only Hideyori, Hidemitsu and Re-Sei. By the way, Xiuzong was in charge of guarding the outside.

As agreed before, the person in charge of the ebony hat is Xiulai, and Xiuguang is the witness of this coronation ceremony. As for Chongcheng, he was responsible for shaving the hair of the two of them.

Early in the morning, Chongcheng arranged everything, and the two protagonists Kohei Tai and Yashiro were already in place, and the two of them officially began their Yuan costume style.

The first thing to do is to shave your hair. Throughout the long history of Nihonoto, there have been many types of children's hairstyles, and there are differences between the public, samurai, and commoners. However, the general shaving is to shave the forehead hair before the forehead, or shave off the hanging hair of the sideburns. For example, the horned hairstyle requires the hair of the sideburns to be shaved.

However, the time when horned hair became popular is not now. Therefore, Koheita and Yashiro's hair is not, so there is no need to shave their sideburns. Born in the Azuchi-Momoyama period, they have a hairstyle similar to a tea whisk skull, but they have a handful of forehead hair more than adults.

As for the head of the moon dynasty, in fact, not every samurai will choose to have this hairstyle. There is a theory that the generals chose this hairstyle in order to prevent scalp inflammation. When the shaving of the moon dynasty formed a certain custom, it was already a matter of the Edo period. So now, Koheita and Yashiro are still there, and the hair on the top of their heads is still there. At this point, Xiulai and Xiuguang are the same.

Without further ado, Chongcheng picked up a small razor, shaved off the forehead hair of the two of them one by one expressionlessly, and then combed the hair on the back of his head neatly and formed a new bun.

As the forehead hair fell, the two felt a chill in front of their foreheads, and at the same time there was an illusion that their vision seemed to have widened a lot.

The procedure for shaving the hair has been completed. Shigesei put away the razor, removed the shaved hair and other miscellaneous items, and then picked up the black hat that had been prepared by the side, and waited by Hideyori's side.

After shaving, the second step is to put on the crown. The task of wearing the crown is completed by the ebony hat pro-hideyori.

The black hat is different from the black hat. It is flattened and small, resembling a cube, and has a different structure than a crow.

Hideyori took the black hat from Shigenari's hand, and after slightly straightening the Yamagatata and the edge in front of him, he put them on the heads of Koheita and Yamijiro, and finally gently knotted it on the chin to complete the procedure of crowning in the genfu style.

The third step is the one in which the witnesses are responsible. The third step is to pour a little sake into a wine saucer, hand it to the main character of the genfu style by the witness, and then drink it.

Hidemitsu slowly poured the wine into a small wine saucer, then handed it to Koheita and Yashiro. The two of them drank symbolically, and the step was completed.

Then the last step, and the most important step in the Yuanfu style, is to abandon the young name and choose a new name.

As I said before, the general ebigo relatives will give their partiality to the ebony hat, which is combined into a new name. That's what Hideyori did.

Hideyori took out the paper with the name written on it from his chest, which he had prepared long ago, and then slowly unfolded it in front of the two of them-

"From this day forward, your name is—"

There are four words written on the paper, which are the new names that the two people are about to have.

"Xiuji. Lai Xin. ”

Shurai, who was holding the paper lightly in his hand, read the two names out loud.

"Yes!"

Koheita and Yamizoro...... No, it was Ukita Kohei Jitsutsugu and Oda Saburo Yoshinobu who immediately nodded back to express their joy.

After being denied, the Yuan service style was convenient for this to be officially completed.

Although the two of them use their own Miao characters in the Yuan costume style, because they want to serve as companions by Hideyori's side, perhaps they will be active for a long time under the names of Miyake Hidetsugu and Nishiyama Yoshinobu.

Today's Motofu ceremony is also an important ceremony of symbolic significance for the heirs of the Ukita clan and the Oda Danmasadada family. In the future, as one of the most important generations of the Toyotomi family in the future, they will plunge into the whirlpool of politics and the waves of history.

Whether it is Hidetsugu, the heir of the Uki family, who is one of the most important retainers of the Toyotomi family, or Yoshinobu, who bears the heavy responsibility of reviving the Oda Danmasa family, there is still a long way to go in the future.