In March of the 11th year of Eiroku, spring is coming, and when the spring flowers bloom and everything recovers, Kyoto becomes a beautiful giant garden, and you can see the cherry blossoms blooming in every spot, and you can feel that Kyoto's spring always has a sweet and youthful atmosphere when you walk on the two main roads of Kyoto.

Children cheer and flutter around like happy birds, old people smile and enjoy the rare spring scenery, young couples either take a boat down the river, cruise the beautiful Lake Biwa and the beautiful flower city by the lake, or go out together in the quiet mountain forest to find the traces left by spring.

In the quiet Tallinn in Kyoto's Juguang Temple, there are two plainly dressed samurai, looking at their appearance, the two should be a pair of father and son, who are offering sacrifices to the tombs of several offering towers in Tallinn, they are Matsunaga Shu and Matsunaga Tong, the father and son are here to sweep the tombs of Miyoshi Changqing and Miyoshi Yoshiko in advance.

Matsunaga Xiu knelt in front of the offering tower and bowed respectfully, just like he had done when he saw Miyoshi Changqing and Miyoshi Yixing, and said with a complicated expression: "Lord, Shaodian, I'm sorry, I, Jiuxiu, can only express my shame and remorse in the form of sweeping the tomb in advance, and now that the descendants of the Miyoshi family have been cut off, the lord will not blame himself too much for killing Dongkangdian!" ”

Even if there are means to entangle the righteousness of the monarch and the minister for many years, but after all, it is the friendship of the monarch and the minister for many years, and the grace and righteousness are always there, and Matsunaga Xiu's face said with a little sorrow: "Your Majesty is deeply sinful, and you should not have offered tonic to the Shaodian in the first place, and the subordinate thought that the Shaodian was only a little sick and not serious, so he encouraged the Shaodian to take more tonic medicine in order to leave the heirs as soon as possible. I didn't want to make up for it, so I killed the young hall. ”

Matsunaga admonished: "Father doesn't have to be too sad. The lord must have understood his father's good intentions. As long as the intention is good, you will probably be forgiven for doing wrong things! ”

Matsunaga Xiu said bitterly: "Everyone in the world says that I, Jiuxiu, am the first traitor of the Sanhao family, and I slandered and killed Dongkang Hall in vain, and killed the young hall and the lord with poisonous hands, and even the palace was killed by the old man who fought in the Yamato country, and I Jiuxiu is not convinced!" It is indeed true that I am not false to slander and kill Dongkang Palace, but this matter is not for me alone, if there is no friend, it will definitely not be possible, and it is even more nonsense to poison Shaodian and kill the lord. Is it good for me to kill the young hall, only harmful! ”

The father and son rushed over to sweep the grave before the one-year anniversary festival, purely to vent the pressure in their hearts, who let him do it full-time in Miyoshi's house all these years are all shady deeds, and he has used all the means such as assassination and framing, and he belongs to the role of a scavenger who is feared and disgusted in Miyoshi's family.

The self-proclaimed loyal pedigree hates him, the self-proclaimed brave samurai are afraid of him, people always subconsciously hate the minions of the eagle dog, and prefer the samurai with high morals and courage. He is like a stone in a pit, smelly and hard.

There are only a few people who like him, and the interpersonal relationship is bad, and there are almost no true friends in the system. Every colleague who interacts with him has a variety of thoughts and cautious contact, in the Miyoshi family, he is also the player's isolated direct minister line, he is isolated so that Miyoshi Changqing can use him with confidence, and he is a chess piece of Miyoshi Changqing's practice of the trade-off.

Matsunaga Hide, who is only a small part of this system, is still a relatively isolated minority in the Miyoshi family, even if he has excellent executive ability, and in recent years, the Yamato country, which has repeatedly made military achievements and strategies, is remarkable, and is willing to lower his rank to be the son-in-law of Miyoshi Nagakei in order to integrate into the Miyoshi family system, but he still can't hide his background as a merchant rather than a samurai.

Just like many ordinary samurai in the Warring States Period, this is a family of leaders established with the Miyoshi clan as the Miao character, and the Awa Ogasawara clan, Settsu Akutagawa clan and other relatives have a lot of human resources, even the genealogy retainers are mostly related to the Imperial Yuo, which makes it difficult for the pedigreans who are not from the Miyoshi clan to mix better.

Matsunaga Xiu is not as good as the three of Miyoshi's Iwashi Yutong, the same is Miyoshi Changqing's son-in-law, the difference is not small, but this Iwanari Yutong is from Kyoto Zhuang Guan and is a well-known cultural person, in Kyoto and Sakai Town know a lot of wealthy businessmen and cultural people, both of them initially took the official route, but their personal experiences are very different.

As the son-in-law of Miyoshi Changqing, Iwanari Yutong knew that his ability was limited and he chose to follow the pace of Miyoshi Changqing, and his behavior was relatively safe and not too fearful, and Matsunaga Xiu's ambition was greater and more unwilling to be lonely, and he felt that sooner or later he would become insignificant, so he turned to change his career to strive for military merit and become a general.

His strategy is very successful, in the past ten years its status in the Miyoshi family has risen rapidly, and further aroused the fear and hostility of the Miyoshi family, the cake in the country is so big, give more to Matsunaga Xiu, you have to give less to the Miyoshi family, the stronger Matsunaga Xiu is, the more disgusted he is, disgusted to the point that Matsunaga Xiu has been excluded over the years It is difficult to intervene in government affairs, forcing him to take the upper line and hug Miyoshi Yixing's thighs to stabilize his position.

Miyoshi Yixing immortality is the best thing for him, because he is very familiar with the heir of the family governor Miyoshi Yixing, and has been serving as an auxiliary politician for more than ten years and has a deep relationship with Miyoshi Yixing, Miyoshi Changqing is also relieved to let his son-in-law establish a deep friendship with this lonely minister, and it is more reassuring to be close to a lonely minister than to be close to Miyoshi Yixian and Anzhai Dongkang.

The battle of Kumida made Miyoshi Yoshiken die suddenly, which was one of the greatest reliefs in that year, but in fact, this incident was only a blow to Miyoshi Changqing, nothing more than Miyoshi Changqing's ambition was greatly reduced, and he was ready to use a few years of semi-retirement to help his son-in-law adapt to power, as long as his son-in-law was healthy and happy, Miyoshi Changqing could abdicate and become a monk with peace of mind, and live in seclusion in Nanzong Temple to participate in meditation and practice, and occasionally go to Sakai Town to participate in a few tea parties, singing parties and other leisure activities, isn't it very chic and comfortable.

Matsunaga Xiu can also follow the light, Miyoshi Yixing as the family governor must be inseparable from his loyal eagle dog to escort, and now Matsunaga Xiu is an old man in his sixties, and it will not be long before he retires to replace his sister-in-law Matsunaga. With Matsunaga-dori, he has a good personal relationship with Miyoshi Yixing. and the merits that have been made over the years. In the future, it will not be difficult to mix the status of an important minister.

As a lonely minister in the generations of the Miyoshi family, Matsunaga Shu has long been tied to the chariot of the Miyoshi family, and the future of the Miyoshi family and the income of Matsunaga Shu are originally a relationship of both prosperity and loss.

Miyoshi Yoshiko's death was an accident, and since the turmoil in Kyoto in the sixth year of Eiroku, Miyoshi Yoshiko lost the opportunity to marry the daughter of the shogun's family. Miyoshi Changqing chose a young, beautiful and healthy samurai woman at home to serve as a maid's room, which is actually a relatively normal situation in this era, and many samurai were not born in the main room but are still descendants.

For example, many emperors of the Heavenly Emperor's biological mother is a female queen rather than the queen, the middle palace, because the queen or the middle palace can not give birth to children, so that the female queen who is a side room gives birth to a child, there are many examples of this from ancient times to the present, the Ashikaga family is not a descendant, Ashikaga Yoshimori, Ashikaga Yoshitori's mother is also Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's daughter's room.

Flattering Sanhao Yixing is self-defeating and killing, just like patting the horse's legs, Sanhao Yixing was originally promising to inherit the family business and be a promising king. It's a pity that all of this was completely interrupted by the sudden death of Miyoshi Yoshixing, and all the good illusions came to naught.

Miyoshi Yixing died suddenly, ending all good visions. Miyoshi Changqing suffered the pain of losing independence in middle age and once lost his normal thinking ability, forcing Matsunaga Hide, who was ready to enjoy his old age, to go straight to the fire, and the reality of the crisis urgently made a new political choice, supporting the relatively weak Miyoshi Yoshitsu in the background to ascend to the throne, which could barely meet the basic interests of Matsunaga Hide, but he had no way out of this step.

Matsunaga Xiu bowed down again and said: "Lord, Shaodian, please forgive me for Jiuxiu's recklessness, it is inevitable that the Miyoshi family will fall into chaos and recession now, and the short-term balance and stability in the family will eventually be broken, all I can do for my Matsunaga family is to protect myself, as for whether the Miyoshi family's family business can be preserved, it depends on the achievements of the new lord." ”

Staring at the lines of handwriting on the offering tower for a long time, he was silent for a long time, until Matsunaga suddenly said, "Father, it seems that someone is coming, let's leave first!" ”

After a while, several young samurai with cages in their hands walked up, looking down at the offerings placed in front of the offering tower, and Miyoshi Nagabo's younger brother, Miyoshi Shinzaemon Captain Nagakin, asked strangely, "Who were those two people just now?" How could you come here at this time? ”

"Maybe it's the same as we thought, to avoid the excitement of a taboo, and come to sweep the temple of the Gathering Light in advance." Miyoshi Zhengsheng looked thoughtfully at the two figures who left in a hurry, and always felt that the figures of the old and the young were a little familiar.

Miyoshi Yasutoshi and Miyoshi Masakatsu are cousins, the two are of the same age and can talk very well, since Miyoshi Yoshiko, Ataka Dongyasu passed away one after another, the relationship between the two has become closer and closer, seeing him look at the disappearing figure in the other corner of Tallinn, and said in a low voice: "Did the Uemon Captainden find out, those two seem to be Matsunaga Danmasa and his son." ”

Miyoshi Masakatsu said secretly, no wonder it was a little familiar, and if you look closely, this figure really looks like Matsunaga Xiu's walking posture, and he asked casually in his heart: "How can you see it?" ”

"A few days ago, I was wearing that dress to meet friends in Kyoto, so I guess I came to Kyoto to take advantage of the opportunity to come here to pay a respect."

Miyoshi Yasunatoshi's reminder reminded everyone of Matsunaga Xiu's actions, and Miyoshi Lord Mizumasa Tongqing said: "Recently, this father and son have been very active in Kyoto, and I don't know what plans Matsunaga is thinking about in the main hall. ”

"It's not going to kill the lord, is it?" Several samurai looked at each other with expressions of disbelief, and said with some uncertainty: "Probably not so vicious, right?" After all, there are powerful samurai in the family, and how many pairs of eyes are staring at Matsunaga's movements......"

Miyoshi Zhengsheng coughed and said: "Gentlemen, don't listen to the rumors in the market, that is impossible to do." ”

"Hehe, I also heard rumors in the market that it was because of the curse of Manshoin Hall (Ashikaga Yoshiharu) that my Miyoshi family suffered bad luck one after another, you say it's ridiculous!"

Miyoshi Yasuntoshi grinned for a while, and when he noticed the thoughtful expressions of several samurai, he said, "You don't really believe this rumor, do you?" ”

"It's hard to say...... After all, the power of ghosts and gods is beyond our ability to speculate, and when the Wansong Temple passed away, it seemed that there were such rumors. ”

"The main reason is that the deaths of the Sun Taro Palace, the Settsu Shou Palace, and the Gathering Light Hall are too bizarre, and they die one after another without a sound, and when I get the news, the beginning and the end have been dealt with, so I and the others are also confused about the death of these three highnesses."

Miyoshi Masakatsu knelt in front of the offering tower and said seriously: "Recently, the actions of the three people of Miyoshi are very strange, it seems to be a military transfer, I don't know what kind of conspiracy is brewing in Matsunagaden...... (to be continued......

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