Chapter Forty-Eight: Letter from Osaka Castle
"Ah Ye, look at this. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
In the Ishimaru House in Yoshiwara Town, Edo Castle, Ishimaru Shinnai is greeting on the top floor that his real identity is the ninja Oiran Aye who has just finished a day's work.
Ishimaru was holding a piece of paper in his hand and looked excited.
"What is it...... Keihachiro...... I'm tired right now......"
Rubbing his eyes, Ah Ye, who looked tired, followed the voice to the top floor, and his face that had just removed his makeup was still slightly flushed.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, you're calling you so hard, Aye. But this is a letter from over there! ”
Ishimaru smiled apologetically, and then beckoned to Ah Ye with his hand holding the envelope.
As soon as Ah Ye heard that it was a letter from that side, he instantly became energetic. She leaned over, next to Ishimaru, and read the letter.
"It seems that the young master and Lord Irisawa are doing well over there."
Ishimaru looked at the letter with pleasure.
"I was worried. After all, the Toyotomi family was a former enemy, and it looks pretty good now. ”
"I'm still worried. Can the Toyotomi family really be trusted? Otherwise, let the young master leave Toyotomi's house. ”
Ah Ye somewhat disagreed with Ishimaru's statement, she pursed her lips and looked at the contents of the letter with some concern.
"Don't do that, Ah Ye. Although I can't fully trust the Toyotomi family yet, since there is a connection of interests, there is no problem for the time being. However, you have to be careful when the contract is coming to an end. ”
Ishimaru grinned and continued to read. His eyes widened with excitement when he saw something written below. Ah Ye followed his surprised eyes, almost screamed excitedly, and quickly covered his mouth.
"Ahh
"Isn't it...... Unbelievable! Kotaro-sama's long-cherished wish...... That's it! ”
The two of them opened their mouths wide and stared at a line on the letterhead.
"Ahhh It's so gratifying, Ah Ye!! How ...... that is."
Although Ah Ye was also excited, she calmed down and covered Ishimaru's mouth.
"Keihachiro, do you want the whole of Edo to know about this? Don't shout so loudly! ”
"I know, I know! Uh-huh...... It's amazing! The Toyotomi family is really kind! ”
"Keihachiro, don't be so optimistic! If the Toyotomi family is just pretending to ......"
"Ah, Ah Ye, don't care about these inconsequential things! In any case, it would be great that Tsuranosuke-sama and Tsukichiyo-sama could have samurai status! ”
"Well, even though that's ......"
Ah Ye, who is cautious by nature, has always been vigilant about things. In this world, there are probably only the late fifth-generation wind demon Kotaro and Ishimaru and Tsuru no suke Tsuki Chiyo who can be trusted by her unconditionally.
"Oh! Ah Ye, look, sure enough, that incident was done by Lord Irisawa! I guessed right~"
“…… Keihachiro, you're so annoying. Really. I'll just say such a strange thing, the Tokugawa family's Iga Kojokai can't find out the problem. Sure enough, it's Irisawa-sama. ”
In his letter, Irazawa writes about their living conditions in Osaka Castle and their current situation. Of course, Ishimaru and Aye, who also gave him trust, revealed the truth about the Ukita Hideya incident.
When the news of the Ukita Hideya incident reached Yoshiwara Town, Ishimaru and Ah Ye were already a little suspicious of it. Because they had just received a letter secretly from Irizawa Shinnai, informing them that they were already attached to the Toyotomi family.
Although Ishimaru and Ah Ye were very suspicious, they didn't bother to pay attention to this matter. After all, seeing Tokugawa frustrated, this is something they would be very happy to see.
The letter paper in Ishimaru's hand now is just one of the pieces sent by Irisawa, and it is an ordinary daily life situation. The other piece of stationery in the same envelope is a very important thing.
"Irisawa-sama said that Hidemitsu-sama of the Toyotomi family also wrote us something......?"
Ishimaru fumbled the inside of the rough envelope, and sure enough, there was a thick piece of letter paper stacked on top of each other.
He tore through the envelope and took out the letterhead.
"Irisawa-sama seems to have a high opinion of this Hidemitsu-sama......"
Ishimaru continued to read the letter written by Irizawa Shinnai with interest. Ah Ye was also a little surprised when he heard it.
Because Irisawa Shinai is a person with high strength, he usually does not smile, and he is rigid and serious. Among the Wind Demon Ninja, the requirements for his subordinates are very high, and it is almost difficult to hear him praise anyone positively. Even the all-round Ah Ye was only vaguely praised by him when he was a child.
"Wait, that Hidemitsu-sama doesn't seem to be the family governor, but the four men of the Toyotomi family, right...... Hey, hey, that means that Xiuguang, who was highly evaluated by Irisawa, is only nine years old?! ”
"What?!"
Seeing this, Ishimaru involuntarily wiped the sweat from his head. Ah Ye also followed.
"Ahh......h
"Keihachiro, aren't you also a self-proclaimed genius?"
"Well, yes~ Young Master Ishimaru, I'm a ninjutsu genius~"
"No kidding......"
Glancing at Ishimaru, Ah Ye took the letter written by Hidemitsu.
"Ah Ye, Irisawa-sama said that Hidemitsu-sama wants us to do something. It was written on that letter. ”
"Well, now I'm watching."
Ah Ye looked at it, with a very interested expression on his face.
"Teihachiro, you can take a look too. This Hidemitsu-sama, it's really interesting. ”
Ishimaru took the letter and read it carefully from top to bottom.
"Hahaha, Ah Ye, Lord Xiuguang actually thought of going with me! Interesting and interesting, worthy of the high praise of Irisawa-sama! I, Young Master Ishimaru, have never seen someone so compatible with me in my life~"
“…… That's because you're like a kid too...... Alas, you men really are. Next, we have a lot to do. May Kotaro-sama bless us in the spirit of heaven. ”
Ah Ye complained helplessly. But at the same time, her face also showed the excitement that the show was about to begin.
"By the way, Keihachiro, since you've decided to do this, you have to start preparing quickly. It's already summer, and this big project can't be arranged in a short time. ”
Ah Ye looked up and counted the time and date, weighed it, and felt that time was pressing.
"Don't worry about Ah Ye, I have already handed over this matter to Motosuke. He'll figure it out. After Motosuke gets it done, it's up to us to do things according to Hidemitsu-sama's instructions~"
Ishimaru smiled and wanted to hug Ah Ye's shoulders with a big grin, but Ah Ye deftly dodged him.