An old man with white hair and wearing kudzu clothes and baxi shoes sat cross-legged in front of the door of the inner library, and looked at Kira Manmatsumaru for a long time before saying in an old voice: "I hope the hall master can keep his promise!" This time, you are borrowing it for your own business! Please remember the laws of my Kira family, even as a governor! ”

"I, Manmatsumaru, must remember it in my heart!" Kira Manmatsu Maru exhaled lightly, and his heart was finally survived, and the old man motioned to a middle-aged man kneeling beside him, who immediately got up and walked over to open the inner library.

The inner library of the Kira family is located in the most remote corner of the Honmaru, surrounded by cloisters and woods, except for the perennial locked inner library, there is only a small wooden house standing alone, the owner of the cabin is the old man, Kira Manmatimaru's uncle Yoshitomi Kira.

And the middle-aged man's name is Yoshiaki Kira, who is the uncle of Kira Manmatsumaru, who has already gone out to the Kira Isshiki clan as the heir to the family governor, and later because Isshiki Yaozhi was born and returned to his family to be the adopted son of Kira Yoshitomi, the Kira family has always guarded the inner library of the family throughout the ages, and there were originally some doors and courtiers who also guarded here, just because the Kira family withered and declined successively, with the advent of the Warring States Period, people's hearts gradually impetuous, and not many people were willing to guard a perennial blockade of the inner library.

Every year, the Kira family routinely deposited a deposit worth several hundred to several thousand kan into the interior, which was a tradition established by the Ashikaga Yoshishi clan at the beginning of the construction of Saijo Castle, which was originally intended to be used as an expense for the Ashikaga clan's future wars, and later gave the castle to the eldest son, the first ancestor of the Kira family, the Kira family, as a residence, and the Kira family also continued this tradition.

Kira Manmatsu Maru usually rarely comes here to wander around, and even if he comes here, he is not looking for them, just because his uncle Yoshitomi Kira is really not easy to get close to, and his uncle Yoshiaki Kira has been hit twice, and then he has become a very dull and boring person, it is said that Yoshiaki Kira also fought with his father for the family business, but it seems that he failed in the end, and then he was ordered to leave the Kira Isshiki clan named Isshiki Akira, and he returned to his family within two years of the Isshiki family because of the birth of Isshiki Yaonao.

Later, his only son, Kira Yoshito, because of his youth and vigor, did not listen to his persuasion, and ran to follow the same young Kira Yoshigo to crusade against the lord of Yamean Castle, Arakawa Yoshihiro, and as a result, the two died together in the river source under Yamian Mountain, and it is said that he fell in the direction of Saijo Castle, and he still held the rune of the Kira family to pray for victory, which gave him a huge blow, and his main room soon died of illness, and he himself became more and more dull.

Kira Manmatsumaru looked around, and found that he didn't see the little girl bouncing around, so he asked, "Uncle! Is Katsuhime okay? It's been a long time since the family has seen her! ”

"Katsuhime followed her mother to Honshoji Temple to make a wish.,Recently, because of some reasons from her subordinates.,So I've been letting them live in Joshita-cho.。 Kira Yoshiaki raised his head and looked at him, and then said sullenly, Kira Katsuhime is the only daughter born to Kira Yoshiaki and his step-room Mrs. Ogasawara, one year younger than Kira Manmatsumaru, is a very cute little girl, and is also Kira Manmatsumaru's only playmate in childhood.

The most unacceptable thing about Kira Manmatsu Pill is that his uncle believes in the Sect, and it is a particularly pious kind, Kira Yoshiaki is a stuffy gourd, and the relationship between the couple is not very good, Katsuhime was taken away by his mother every once in a while when he was very young, which is also where Kira Manmatsu Pill is very unhappy.

"How can the daughter of my Kira family live in Joshita Town, Zenjiro, you take someone to Honshoji Temple to bring your uncle and Katsuhime back."

"Yes!" Yamaoka Zenjiro got up in response and ran out with a few people who were close to him.

"Uncle! I want to take Katsuhime to Kyoto and receive the etiquette teachings of the public family in Kyoto so that I can marry a good husband in the future. "Kira Manmatsumaru was very dissatisfied with this uncle's performance and decided to take the opportunity to take Katsuhime away.

"But Katsuhime, he's only eight years old......"

"With Ah Ju taking care of her, she must be relieved compared to her uncle! Ah Ju is my mother's relative, but she is an impeccable person in terms of personality and etiquette! "I accidentally sold Ah Ju again, and Kira Manmatsumaru could only secretly say sorry, and I would find a way to compensate him in the future.

"I see! Katsuhime will entrust it to the owner! For the sake of his daughter's future, Yoshiaki Kira ruthlessly agreed.

"Excellent! Uncle and uncle, please do it! Kira Manmatsumaru smiled at him and nodded slightly, and then walked into the inner library with Isshishikuro.

I thought that the inner library should be a look that was full of dust because it had not been moved all the year round, but after entering it, I found that my understanding was biased, and the ground was indeed full of dust, but all the coins were covered with black cloth, and after lifting the cloth, you could see the true face, there were various types of coins, there were more than 20 kinds of Song money and the color of each copper coin was different, and the Ming money was Dazhong Tongbao, Hongwu Tongbao, Yongle Tongbao, and a small amount of Jiajing Tongbao.

Kira Wanmatsu Maru slightly estimated, the reserves of Song Qian are very small, probably because of the reason that the library has been opened three times, a total of less than 1,000 guanwen, Ming Qian is quite a lot He counted a little bit about 8,000 guanwen, this is the result of saving a little money every year, diligence and thrift are the family motto of the samurai in any era.

"Don't move the Song money, take out the money...... 5,000 pieces! Kira Manmatsumu gritted his teeth and reported a huge number, you look at me, I see that you don't dare to move, seeing that the stalemate is not a thing, Isshiki Shiro hurriedly urged: "Don't hurry up and do it!" 5,000 pieces! Take one more penny, and you know what the consequences are! ”

"Yes!" Everyone scattered and began to carry strings of copper coins, Kira Manmatsumu stood under the lamplight, the expression on his face was cloudy, "This is an action to break the cauldron and sink the boat, I really don't know what the result of Shangluo is, if it fails, I, the governor, will also sit at the end!" So! Just bet big! ”

It was already evening when dozens of people carried copper coins out of the inner library, and Kira Yoshitomi and Kira Yoshiaki knelt outside the gate with iron faces, and saw Kira Wanmatsu Maru come out, and the white-haired uncle had all his beard open: "Wan Matsumaru!" Do you want my Kira family to perish? Emptying the inner library is a self-defeating move! Your fathers and fathers will not be at peace if they have spirits in heaven! ”

Although the old man is over seventy years old, he is healthy and disease-free, and he has always been a noble and special person in the family, guarding the inner library is, and even the samurai of the Kira family dare not step forward to dissuade him, but Kira Manmatsumu can't retreat, he has a reason not to retreat, more than 1,600 people are waiting to eat and drink, and how can he be the governor of the family without money?

"Uncle! I understand! I understand all of this! Kira Manmatsumu lowered his face and walked to the opposite side of Kira Yoshitomi and knelt on the ground, looked at each other for a moment with a gaze as sharp as a knife, and said solemnly: "I, Kira Manmatsumaru, am an unworthy descendant of the Kira clan!" couldn't keep the ancestral business of the family, so he had to work for the Imagawa clan to survive...... But! I'm not reconciled! I have the blood of Hachiman-den in my veins, and my ancestors are Minamoto Yoshikuni and Ashikaga Yoshiyasu! I can't sit back and watch my family business fail! That's why the Kira family is going to fight for their lives! Win or die! If you don't prosper, you die! ”

"If you don't win, you die, if you don't prosper, you die, if you don't win, you die, if you don't prosper, you die...... Hahaha, good! Good! Worthy of being a descendant of Taro Hachiman! With your courage, even if my Kira family really perishes! The new Mido Hall can also be at ease in Huangquan Hirasaka! Mark your words! Be worthy of your ancestors! Worthy of the Genji blood flowing in your body! Yoshitomi Kira got up and returned to his cabin, Yoshiaki Kira just glanced at him and nodded, and followed, leaving Kira Manmatsumaru sitting alone in the sunset.

Looking at the burning clouds in the sky, Kira Manmatsumaru burst into tears unconsciously, "I seem to have blended into this bad era!" Father! Mother! I will not disappoint your expectations, and I will remember today's vow, and if I don't win, I will die! If you don't prosper, you die! ”