10. Break (medium)

Since Konoe Maehisa and Koshuji Haruhi have come to visit, they still have to see me, but it doesn't make them feel too easy. After talking and laughing with Toragichiyo, drinking another cup of tea, and eating half a cream cake, I staggered out of the living room, where they had been sitting for about 20 minutes.

Tora Chiyo was also interested in this, but I didn't think it would be appropriate for him to attend such a meeting directly, so I asked him to go around to the back of the secret room and hide. I stood alone outside the door and pondered for a moment, rubbing my hands on my cheeks a few more times before pulling the door open and entering.

"I'm really sorry to keep you waiting!" As soon as I entered, I grinned as if my face was cramping, and then I sat down on the throne. "A lot of big things have happened in the last few days, and I can't help but be a little anxious here, otherwise I wouldn't be so rude. I also know that such an act is simply disrespectful, but the situation is very extraordinary now, and some problems may cause great changes if they are not dealt with immediately, so I ask for your understanding. ”

"No, no, no, it's our presumptuous to come and bother!" After listening to my confession, the faces of the two people who were already fidgeting eased a little, but they were still a little apprehensive. They made eye contact with each other, hesitated and didn't speak immediately.

"The two Excellencies have come here, don't you know what to see?" I waited a little longer, and when I saw that they were still hesitating, I took the initiative to ask. "After following His Royal Highness Hashiba to Kyoto, he was overwhelmed by the weight of the micro-material, which caused the chaos of today. But now that he is here, he will never shirk his responsibility, and if there is really any order from the imperial court, please say it clearly, and he will definitely do his best! "I'm very adamant about it, but anyone who listens to it is a little overwhelmed.

"His Royal Highness Zhuxing's loyalty is well known, and the imperial court naturally will not have any suspicions!" Konoe first gave me a few reassuring words, and slowly began to get down to business. "As Your Highness just said, Your Majesty is extremely concerned about the current situation, and is a matter of great importance to the safety of the world, and there is absolutely no way to do it. Of course, His Majesty and the Imperial Court have great trust in the guardians of, but they ...... Your Majesty wants to know the current situation for the sake of the people of the world! ”

"His Majesty the Emperor is blessed with mountains, rivers and plants, and he is really an unprecedented saint!" After I sighed, I said helplessly: "It's a pity that I can't do it, and it's really difficult to share your Majesty's worries!" ”

"What do you say?" Konoe asked anxiously together with Konoe and Haruhi of the temple, and it seemed that his heart was pinched.

"To be honest, I still haven't figured out what happened!" I smiled wryly and shook my head, but out of the corner of my eye, I watched the changes in the expressions of the two people.

Although Konoe tried to calm his expression, he could see the visceral panic in his slightly beating temples and the white knuckles of his fan. Although Qingyou's face was also pale, her eyes flashed inadvertently. I laughed silently in my heart when I saw this, and everything was understood.

"There are some things I really don't have the face to say, but now I'm not afraid of you two laughing!" Overwhelmed, I propped my head with my right hand and said in great pain: "His Royal Highness the Third Master has returned to Qibu, and His Highness Yuchai ignored my advice and insisted on going his own way, and I am even more inexplicable as for the reaction of the wealthy clans of Settsu. For the past year, His Royal Highness Yu Chai has been personally taking care of it, how can this situation occur now? I sent letters to both Qibu and His Highness Yuchai, but I haven't received any reply so far, and I can't even figure out who to ask for the rest! I let out a long sigh at that. I haven't been in for less than a year, how can the situation go so bad? ”

"It's also that the world is restless, even the four countries and Kyushu under the rule of His Highness Zhuxing, so there is no need to talk about the rest!" Qingyou shook his head with deep sympathy, and then said with great concern: "It is said that the situation in the southwest is also becoming more and more unstable, I wonder if it will affect?" What are the responsibilities of His Highness the Stars, I don't know what arrangements can be made? ”

"It's just a momentary mood of the local people, it's not a big deal!" I gestured disdainfully in front of my face with my right hand, as if to chase away a pesky fly, and immediately changed the subject. "The key at the moment is still the issue of His Highness Yuchai, if he insists on going his own way, it may lead to the split of the Oda family, in fact, most people are just dissatisfied with him skipping His Royal Highness the Third Mage and directly recruiting the Hao family. As long as everyone is restrained, it will not be difficult to solve. I don't know if the imperial court can come forward to mediate in this matter and persuade His Royal Highness Yuchai to stay calm! ”

Konoe Maehisa and Koshuji Haruka's eyes began to communicate again, and the content was very complex and mysterious. I didn't rush them, as if thinking about my own thoughts, and the room fell silent for a while.

It's not a matter of waiting like this, and I persuaded the temple to ask for a long time. "His Royal Highness Yuchai is also anxious for justice and righteousness, I don't know if His Highness Zhuxing can ...... others"

"I'm only afraid of ......"

Before I could finish my sentence, there was a commotion from outside, far away but loud, and there were many people talking at the same time, so it seemed very confused. In a moment of astonishment, the two guests and I looked at each other and listened to the movement outside.

"You wait...... Wait a minute, His Highness is ...... "I can hear Sakurai's voice, he seems to be dissuading someone, but obviously his purpose has not been achieved, and the group is noisily getting closer and closer.

Occasionally, a voice was scolding Sakurai Sakichi, but I didn't immediately tell who it was because he was so quick to speak, and he seemed to be so excited that his voice changed tone a little.

"Bang dang!" Just as I was hesitating whether to reprimand in front of the two distinguished guests, the door was slammed open and slammed against the door frame, and an angry Ikeda Hengxing stood outside, next to him, an embarrassed Sakurai Sakichi still tugging at his sleeve.

"The crimes of his subordinates deserve death, and the crimes deserve death...... Sakurai Sakichi said in a stacked voice, and his hand still did not let go of Ikeda Hengxing.

"I don't blame him, I broke in!" As he spoke, Ikeda stretched out his hand and pushed Sakurai back and threw him off the verandah. "The 'monkeys' have already begun to attack the territory of Takayama and Nakagawa, do you know about this?!" Ikeda asked me angrily.

"This ......," I looked at the two ministers in embarrassment. It's not clear, I'm getting ready to ask someone to mediate......"

"It's already time like this, and you're still mediating a fart!" Ikeda Hengxing strode in, stared at me and shouted, "What else can he do but want to usurp the throne when he is so eager to do it?" Once he defeated Nakagawa and Takayama and came to Kyoto, it wasn't just what he said and what he said. Why can't you be clear-headed, once he is allowed to do something, we will all die without a place to bury. I'm going to go to Settsu to fight him, so you just say that you don't want to go with me!" ”

I was really not good-looking when he pointed at my nose like this, and later I saw that he really didn't speak well and forced me to make a statement, so I had to cough repeatedly and glad at him.

"Oh, so your Excellency is here too!" Ikeda squinted his eyes, as if he had just noticed the two ministers who were at a loss there, and turned to face them. "Both of you are sensible people, so naturally you agree with what I said!" He asked in a long voice.

"This ...... That...... It seems like...... Of course......" Konoe Maehisa and Koshu Temple Haru looked at each other on the right, such a sudden event really caught them off guard, maybe they regretted coming this time in their hearts, but it was too late to say anything in front of them.

"That's good! Since the two Excellencies also see it this way, then the Yasukuni counterinsurgency cannot be evaded! Ikeda took another step forward, stepped on the low table in front of the two ministers, and looked directly at them with one foot. Please ask the two Excellencies to join me in the holy decree of the traitor Yushiba Hideyoshi, so that I can call on the loyal and righteous people of the world. The military situation is urgent, and we must ask you two to do it before midnight today! ”

"Your Highness Ikeda, please don't be in a hurry!" Qingyou's breathing became more and more rapid, and it was obvious that he was about to be unable to resist the pressure of Ikeda Hengxing, but even so, he still opened his mouth and said, it seemed that there was a reason why he had to express his position. "His Majesty the Emperor is benevolent and virtuous, and he does not want the Quartet to raise swords again. Please Your Highness Ikeda exercise restraint and ...... if you can."

"Hideyoshi Hashiba raised troops without any authorization from the imperial court and the Oda family, doesn't this mean that they are rebellious for the sake of harming the world!" Ikeda Hengxing pressed the handle of the knife down with his right hand, staring at the haru right of the temple and sneering. "Your Excellency has repeatedly pushed back and blocked, isn't it already a party with Yuchai? Please also make it clear to His Royal Highness, does the imperial court think that only Yuchai can be regarded as a 'loyal minister'? Is this the intention of His Excellency to persuade the temple himself, or is it the official attitude of the imperial court? ”

"Ahh …… I ......" Persuading Shuji Haruhi to stutter suddenly, and large beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Hengxing, don't go too far!" I can't stop talking in the face of this situation, after all, this is in my home. "Since ancient times, how can a courtier blackmail the court? Whether it is merit or demerit or reward and punishment, the imperial court will make a decision, and there is also the supreme and holy Emperor! And how can you judge in vain? ”

"Humph!" Ikeda turned his head to glared at me, but he didn't say anything against me. He turned to the door, his chest heaving violently, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, he flew up and kicked the dwarf in front of the two ministers into the air, and with a click, he broke through the door and landed in the courtyard, breaking into four pieces of different sizes. "I'll send troops to Tsutsu early tomorrow morning, it's up to you whether you come or not!" After saying this, he walked out without looking back, and walked out of the yard all the way.

"Although His Highness Ikeda's temper is a little anxious, he doesn't really mean anything disrespectful to the imperial court, so I ask for your understanding!" I smiled helplessly at the two ministers who were obviously stimulated by the earthy face.