The passage leading to the backstage was a bit narrow, and from time to time there were some actors or servants busily walking through it, and although everyone bowed down to avoid us when they saw us walking by, it still seemed very noisy and crowded. This kind of place is a good place for assassination, and many great people (such as Henry• De• Duke of Giez) have died in such corridors. Shimakatsu Takeshi, Kusunoki Mitsunari and the guards guarded me in the middle, staring at the people who had stopped where we were as we passed.

"Ahead is our prep room!" Before making a turn, Tokuzo stopped and said something to me humbly.

"Hmm......" I nodded, the backstage of this kind of theater gave me the impression that it was far less decent than the front hall. Judging by the people who come and go, it seems that there are performances all year round, and even today there is more than one troupe.

"I'll introduce you to something, but I can't make Miss Ah Guo wait for a long time!" Maeda Keiji urged anxiously, and a few of us shook our heads helplessly. "It's ...... What a shame! ”

"Boom! …… Bang, bang, bang...... "Because he was momentarily distracted by Keiji Maeda, Tokuzo bumped into an oncoming person when he turned the corner, and a bunch of things in his hand fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! The villain deserves death...... "The man quickly saw the color of our clothes, and was so frightened that he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly. I couldn't see his face clearly because there was someone in front of me, but I didn't seem to be very old when I heard the voice and looked at the color of his hair.

"This is one of our musicians named Fujijuro, who accidentally disturbed His Highness in a hurry, please forgive me!" After Tokuzo explained to me, he said to the man, "Fujijuro! This Highness of the Stars is a guest invited by Miss Aguo, so you don't have to be too afraid! ”

"Forget it, it's not a big deal...... "I naturally wouldn't make a fuss about this kind of thing, and with a wave of my hand, we continued to walk forward.

"Your Highness Thank You, Great Grace ......" Fujijuro was still kneeling on the ground, his forehead pressed tightly against the ground.

We walked past him and saw a large pile of gongs, drums, and other instruments scattered on the ground. "No wonder it's so loud!" After a few more steps, a strange feeling suddenly rose in my heart, not very strong, just between being and not seeming! I didn't stop, but I looked back, just in time for Fujijuro to raise his lowered head and look at us. The two eyes collided in the air, and I felt a sudden shock in my heart! What a gaze! It contains all kinds of intense emotions of envy, yearning, and jealousy, and all these emotions are fused together to become a kind of content - fanatical persistence! Many people may be in this state when they are directly confronted with their deepest targets at close range, but few people have this almost wolf-staring gaze! One, to be exact, I've only seen a person look like this before! That's the "monkey" - Hideyoshi Hashiba! It seems that this person has no less enthusiasm for fame and fortune than a "monkey", but I don't know what his ability is?

Seeing that I was paying attention to him, Fujijuro immediately lowered his head again.

"The little girl can't meet her from afar, and she still hopes that His Highness Zhuxing will forgive her sins!" Ah Guo's voice sounded in front of me, stopping me from stopping, and I turned my head to see her and Ah Xue standing in front of the door of a room and saluting me.

"Miss Aguo is polite! I'm just out to hide, and when we know each other so well, there's no need to always be so clear! I walked over with a smile, and of course I couldn't catch up with Keiji Maeda.

Although I was very generous, Shima Katsu Takeshi and Kusunoki Mitsunari were a little unhappy on their faces. When they want to come to Ah Guo, he is just a wandering actor, and his identity may not be comparable to that of ordinary civilians, so he only sent a butler-like servant to invite a prince like me, and he just pretended to pose in front of the door, which is too ignorant!

"The little woman should have visited His Highness's mansion in person, but she was afraid that the army's duty to maintain Kyoto should not be lightly touched! I didn't dare to blaspheme my dignity with the bundle of panic, so I had to be more lazy! "Ah Guo is so smart in ice and snow, she can see the displeasure of several retainers at a glance, and a few words immediately ease the surrounding atmosphere, and she has indeed just changed her clothes and removed her makeup.

"Miss Aguo, we won't bother too much, right?" I came to the house and sat down and asked casually, but Keiji Maeda sat next to me without feeling "disturbed" at all. Only he followed me and walked in with the Ah Guo sisters, and Shima Katsu and they consciously stood outside.

"Your Highness is willing to appreciate the light is the glory of our Izumo Shrine, so where does the word 'disturb' come from?" Ah Guo poured two cups of tea for us with his own hands, and Ah Xue respectfully placed them in front of me and Keiji.

"I'm ashamed! Although I have been busy everywhere in the past few years, I have really not achieved much. To this day, it's just a ......," I said, looking at Ah Guo. The passage of time and the growth of age did not affect her beauty at all, but added a mature charm. From her smiling eyes, I can no longer see the edge that was occasionally revealed at the beginning, but instead there is a warmth like a sunny spring breeze, which makes people unconsciously relax all their vigilance in front of her. "When I think of the agreement I made with the young lady, I am really scared! It's really ......" I said this, glancing at Keiji Maeda beside me, and sure enough, it scared him enough.

"Your Highness is really arrogant when he says this...... "Just when Keiji Maeda almost couldn't help arguing with me, Ah Guo preemptively denied my "modesty". "Although the little girl is wandering all over the world, she has not heard of the prestige of His Highness and the generals! Even Huangkou Xiaoer knows that 'if the world is a ding, Oda Right General is one of its feet; If the foundation of the Oda family is a tripod, then the Stars Soldier is one of its feet! 'To exaggerate, His Highness's actions can affect the safety of the world, and it is really impossible to talk about shame and fear! ”

"Oh......" Her attitude stunned me, I didn't expect her attitude to be so relaxed this time, so it seems that there is no "drama" in the matter of Keiji Maeda? "So ......"

"I wonder if His Highness the Stars will attend the gathering at His Excellency the Guard's Mansion in a few days?" Ah Guo changed the topic very abruptly at this time, so that he didn't "flash" me.

"Huh? …… Yes! I fixed up and replied, "Probably not, I haven't received an invitation yet!" Although I also know a few ministers of the imperial court, there are no people who hold real power, and as an ordinary general, I can't have too deep contact with them. In any case, it is the court of the regent Guan Bai, and a petty official like me, who has never entered the stream, is not even qualified to go to the palace, even if I send it to the door, I am afraid that people will not look down on it! Miss Ah Guo ......" I looked at her in surprise. "Now it's easy to enter and exit such a high door, it's really impressive!"

"His Highness Zhuxing made fun of it......" Ah Guo covered his mouth with a fan and smiled, and Maeda Keiji's eyes straightened. It's actually an accident! Some time ago, I went to visit a senior during a performance in the eastern country, and I was just in time for the envoy of His Excellency Konoe to invite him to perform! Unfortunately, the senior suddenly contracted a serious illness, but Lord Guan Bai's commission was not easy to resign, so I had to come to make up for it without any means, but fortunately, the strength of the two troupes together is still somewhat guaranteed! ”

"Which ......" I was thinking about how to lead the words to Keiji Maeda, but suddenly there were a few gentle knocks outside the door.

"What's the matter?" It seems that Ah Guo is also very strange, how can someone disturb him when he is a guest.

"Miss, it's the housekeeper of the Konoe Mansion who has come to discuss the performance!" An elegant male voice rang out outside the door.

"Oh......" Hearing this, Ah Guo didn't know what to do.

"Since Miss has something, then I will take my leave!" I saw that this was the case and stood up, but suddenly I saw Keiji Maeda, who was reluctant to give up. “…… Miss and Ah Xue haven't seen each other for a long time, so let her stay with you! This guy ......" I pointed at Keiji Maeda and said, "Although this guy is useless, but fortunately, he is still big enough, so stay and see what he can do!" After two busy days, I'll visit again! As she spoke, I walked out the door.

When I came to the door, I saw that it was actually the Fujijuro in the hallway who was talking back and forth. This is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, born with a slender and long melon seed face, and a snow-white and delicate complexion. It's very fair-skinned, and it's become a kind of pathology! His eyes had returned to clarity and humility, and his demeanor seemed unusually decent.

"This is Fujijuro, and his father is the senior I just mentioned!" Seeing that I couldn't stop looking at this young man, Ah Guo hurriedly stepped forward to introduce him. “…… His father was the world-famous ape musician Master Kanharu Shichiro Xiran, and Fujijuro was already an excellent musician despite his young age! He has contributed a lot to this performance......"

I didn't listen to the words of the light Aguo, if the estimation is good, this person is the later Tokugawa Ieyasu's "acting official head" Okubo Changan, of course, he is not called this name at the moment, and he has not even been given the surname "Tsuchiya" by Takeda Shingen. This person's means of accumulating wealth is unparalleled in the world in this era, but the same reputation for arbitrariness, greed for ink, and pursuit of fame and fortune has been repeatedly mentioned by later generations. What does it mean for God to let him appear in front of me at this time? Is it for me to use him? Can I use him?

"What else would you do but Sarugaku?" I asked him in a rare cold tone.

"The villain is in Kai...... Studied mining, civil engineering, land acquisition and ...... and arithmetic......" He seemed a little nervous, but the reply was basically smooth. The people around me looked at me in bewilderment, as if they didn't understand why I was scaring the child with a very different severity than usual.

"Do you want to be a samurai?" I continued to ask.

Although my tone was still solemn, Fujijuro seemed to be burned all of a sudden. "This is the villain's lifelong wish!" The familiar flame burned in his eyes again.

"Good!" I nodded, mostly satisfied with his performance. “…… Tomorrow morning you wait outside my camp gate, maybe there will be a chance for you!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Fujijuro knelt down again and kowtowed.

"It could be a killing disaster!" After saying this, I walked forward without looking back, and Fujijuro knelt on the spot with a frightened face almost spread on the ground.

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Bear in Winter: Okubo Yasan was born in the 14th year of Astronomy (1545), where he was 10 years old. To be clear, I can't guarantee one chapter per day, it's usually updated 5 or 6 times a week. As for the VIP in the short term, it should not be.,I applied once when I collected 3000 but didn't pass.,Re-apply at least after collecting tens of thousands.。 But even if I've been working as a public writer, I'll finish it, unless I force the book to be deleted!