August 15 of the first year of Eiroku is the annual Tsukimi Festival, Kyoto Nijo Imperial Palace is full of guests, the general of the Seiyi Ashikaga Yoshiteru held a banquet here, invited the Manchu Dynasty ministers and samurai celebrities in Beijing, hundreds of courtiers to attend the meeting, the scene is extremely grand and spectacular, even the emperor today can not help but come out and show his face to share the peace and prosperity with the ministers.

The banquet is divided into two parts, the courtiers live in the main hall to drink and enjoy the dance, the ladies live in the apse to throw pots and play chess and cards, the renamed Konoe Katsuhime and his own Ashikaga Yoshiki's wife Ashikaga Kenko, the relationship between the two is very peculiar, Konoe Katsuhime is the adopted daughter of Ashikaga Yoshiharu, and it stands to reason that she should be called Ashikaga Kenko's sister-in-law, but Konoe Katsuhime married Konoe's former heir and became Ashikaga Kenko's sister-in-law, this special relationship makes them particularly close.

The emperor showed up and went back to Ouchi, neither brought a concubine nor let the middle palace show up, and the highest official positions in the field were Konoe Katsuhime and Ashikaga Kenko, and my wife left early because she was old, leaving them a group of young and fun-loving aristocratic ladies to get together and chat, and the princesses and ladies who were accustomed to flattery naturally responded neatly and decently, and they looked like acting.

Until late at night, the ladies dispersed, and seeing that the men's feast would not disperse for a while, Ashikaga Kenko took Konoe Katsuhime to his bedroom to chat, and the maids brought melons and fruits early to drink, and the warm sour plum soup was drunk by Konoe Katsuhime, and bluntly said that sweet and sour things are the favorite.

The relationship between the two of them is very complicated, so they simply talk about sisters in terms of age, Ashikaga Kenko is three years older than her, much older than her brother Kira Yoshitoki, and it is also appropriate to call her sister. Over the years, the friendship between the two in Kyoto has become deeper, and they have gradually become handkerchiefs, and their kinship is very close, and they are used to making trouble, and they don't feel that they will pull the topic to some issues that they can't usually talk about.

I saw Ashikaga Kenko frowning and complaining: "Since giving birth to Yun Ji two years ago." In the past few years, the stomach has not moved, but recently I don't know how the body has become more and more uncomfortable, Mr. Qu Zhise has seen a few times that it is said that the cold evil enters the body and needs to be well revived, and a few prescriptions are still not getting bigger, but I have not been infected with the wind and cold, how can the cold evil enter the body? ”

Konoe Katsuhime said with a smile: "Sister, I am relieved, my body and bones are more important than my children, Mr. Qu Naase is right." Only by raising a good body can you give birth to a healthy child, and my sister and child are the future generals! So my sister's responsibility is very heavy! In the future, I will give birth to a few more white and chubby dolls for the Gongfang Palace! ”

"Oops! You clever ghost is making fun of your sister again! Ashikaga Kenko smiled and scraped the bridge of her little nose, then took Konoe Katsuhime's little hand and caressed her little face and said, "Speaking of which, Sister Katsuko should also have a child!" My brother was a pedantic man. I was thinking about the revitalization of the shogunate by the Kuangfu court, but I neglected my poor sister. ”

"Sister, don't talk nonsense, Your Highness, he loves Ah Sheng very much, and we have affection every night...... It's just that Ah Sheng's body is not very comfortable in recent days, and he can't serve His Royal Highness......" Konoe Katsuhime quietly leaned over and covered his mouth and whispered: "Ah Sheng hasn't come to the moon letter since last month......"

"Oops! Pregnant? That's great! Ashikaga Kenko was happy as if she was pregnant. looked this little sister-in-law up and down until Konoe Katsuhime's snow-white neck was red with shame. Praised: "What a beautiful woman I have seen pity! Don't say it's my stupid brother, if I'm a man, I'm going to be excited! ”

"Oops! Sister, what are you talking nonsense......"

"Giggle...... Oh, don't make trouble......" The two women were messing around, not to mention how beautiful the scene was.

At the beginning of the second watch, the banquet in the front hall still showed no signs of stopping, and when the wine was half-drunk, Ashikaga Yoshiki waved his hand to rebuke the female musician, and said excitedly: "A few days ago, a group of witch musicians from Izumo Province were invited to Izumo Akuni, and the performance of Jing Yuzen was vivid. Gentlemen, take a look! ”

After a while, a group of people dressed in Chihaya. Dancing under the small cut hakama, the sixteen or seventeen-year-old flower and moon appearance of Izumo Aguo, the graceful posture and multifaceted look are fascinating, and the slender snow feet are exposed between the dance swings, which makes the ministers present dizzy and swallow their saliva, and the song ends, and the beauty has long been gone.

Iidegawa was the first to wake up in the sunny season and praised: "This dance should only be in the sky, and the world can see you a few times!" Good! ”

The ministers and samurai present were in a commotion, and they all inquired about where this Izumo Aguo was, and they were so proud that Ashikaga Yoshiteru was so proud, and after a while, he said reservedly: "Hehe! Not bad, not bad...... It's not too early, I'll wait or disperse! But you can't delay the good day and spring night of all the kings! ”

A dry laugh of the secretary of the martial arts showed a similar embarrassed look, and the vague promise of a few rounds got up and retired, everyone understands the flashy life in Kyoto, which of them is not stealing, even unmarried men have tried the beauty of the gentle township, and those who have a wife even have one or two outer rooms outside.

After all, this time is not better than in the past, the court and the shogunate are more and more generous, the minister and the shogunate's samurai life is getting better and better, not only to eat and live in a good house but also spare money to go outside to look for flowers and willows, the emergence of this large amount of consumption indirectly promotes the recovery of Kyoto, and now Kyoto is the best time in the past 30 years.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru got up to see the guests off one after another, and then pulled down his face and asked the attendants, "Where is the Izumo country?" ”

"His Royal Highness, the whereabouts of Ah Guo are erratic, and His Majesty really doesn't know ......"

Ashikaga Yoshiki slapped the case in annoyance, and snorted: "She must still be unwilling to follow Yu!" Yu doesn't understand, what's wrong with being the maid of my Ashikaga shogun's house? Even if the child can't be the general's heir, as long as he is more than enough to give to his relatives to be an adopted son, it's not a matter of words? Why is she just so desperate? It's just abominable! ”

"His Royal Highness ......"

"Forget it! Where is Madame? Yu go find her! ”

"Madame is accompanying Princess Shengji, and your subordinates are very happy to hear from the maid who is close to her!"

Ashikaga Yoshiki turned around angrily, and finally said hatefully: "Is there no one to accompany Yu?" Then go to bed! Hum! ”

In the middle of the night, in a quiet courtyard somewhere in the Nijo Imperial Palace, Izumo Akuni wearing a shrine maiden costume quietly appeared. The bright moonlight on her cheeks with a thick foundation looked particularly eerie, like a fraternity of a female ghost swaying quietly and floating, and after a while, a faint flute sounded around her. In the swarthy garden, a void monk walked out of nowhere.

The thin body of the void monk also walked over with strange steps, obviously wearing a head to cover his face in the dark night, but calmly avoiding the lush flowers, walked in front of Izumo Aguo and looked carefully for a long time, and let out a strange laugh of "ho ho": "Sure enough, it is worthy of the elite seed cultivated by the old man, and it is indeed right that the name of the fruit heart monk is passed on to you!" How did you come up with the name Izumo Shrine Maiden? ”

It turned out that this Izumo Aguo was actually dressed as a fruitful layman, but I saw that her calm little face suddenly showed a lively expression, and said proudly: "The inspiration moved." The shrine maiden of the Western Kingdom is a good gimmick, how about it? I don't look good, do I? Those stupid ministers were stupid enough not to ask for the difference between the Izumo dialect and the Kyushu dialect, and they cheapened this princess for nothing! Hum! ”

The fruitful monk who pretended to be "Izumo Akoku" wrinkled his small nose and showed a look of disdain. She was harassed by at least dozens of wolf-like stares at the banquet just now, and if it weren't for the fear of revealing her identity and causing an unpredictable crisis, she would definitely teach these sanctimonious guys a profound lesson.

The Void Monk smacked his lips without being salty, and asked again after a while, "How is the task ordered by Matsunaga Hall done?" Did the medicine go in? ”

The fruit-hearted monk pouted boringly. Listlessly rolled up his sleeves and flicked them around. replied: "I've already let her in, and recently she asked Qu Naase Daozo to see it a few times, I wonder if the traces of this drug will be seen through?" If it is found that there is a problem in the medicine, it will definitely cause more trouble! ”

The Void Monk said disapprerovingly: "You don't need to worry about this, even if Qu Naase Daozo finds that something is wrong, he probably doesn't dare to say it, where is this woman's illness that a male doctor can say, and this medicine is a chronic attack, and he will only be a little unwell for a while." After a long time, she will cut off the possibility of having children. ”

"Oh! I see! Then I'm relieved. The Fruitheart Monk turned his face sideways to look at the Void Monk, but cursed in his heart: "This old bastard is really bad! I like to do this kind of thing that cuts off children and grandchildren! Why isn't he dead yet, hurry up and die! Bastard! ”

"Your latent identity is very good. It is better to win the trust of the shogunate and penetrate into his core, and control the every move of this prince, so that it will be a good thing for us and for Matsunaga......"

"Master doesn't want Guoxin to sacrifice hue to seduce the general, right?" Guoxin Jushi sneered: "If you really make this calculation, then this princess can only say don't even think about it, doing this kind of immoral pickling thing for you has already stained my hands, don't even think about letting this princess sacrifice herself to feed the tiger, if you have the ability, you can send someone to take my place, this princess is willing to quit obediently." ”

The Void Monk was stunned by the girl's heart, and after a while, he said in a gloomy voice: "It seems that the old man is still too indulgent to you!" Do you really think that you can be lawless with a few skills? Don't forget that your skills are all taught by the old man, and if you want to go against the old man, you will bring humiliation on yourself! I advise you not to think too much, obediently follow the old man's requirements to do, after the completion of the matter will not shorten your benefits, if it is bad for the old man's big thing, you can be careful of our pursuit, even if you hide to the ends of the earth, do not want to get out! ”

"Shhhh Scare the princess! Don't princesses know your family? As far as your gang of waste wood killers have no advantage except for a large number of people, they are not as good as the Iga Koga ninjas, so those mountain people are more than a hundred times stronger than you in their murder and stealing information! ”

The Guoxin monk was really sharp-toothed, and a soft language full of Kyushu flavor was hard to say the void monk speechless, and he flicked his sleeves angrily for a long time and said angrily: "No matter what you want, you must do this thing, otherwise be careful of the safety of your parents!" Even if you run to the ends of the earth, your parents and brothers can't run! ”

"Scare Princess Ben? If you kill my parents and brothers, I will kill your disciples and grandchildren, and we will break up! Hum! ”

The old monk also understood that he really couldn't hold this apprentice, and he was almost eighty years old and walked out to help the useless children and grandchildren of the family, and several sons unfortunately caught up with the battle of Funayama, and all of them were folded in the chaos of Kyoto, and several grandsons were not able to inherit his mantle one by one.

More than 20 years earlier, it was not easy to pick out a talented heir from the Shu clan. I thought that I could finally enjoy my old age and live a comfortable life for a few days, but the heir died in the war in Kyoto where the Taiping Temple was fighting, and the old monk who was forced to helpless had to return to his old business to find the girl in front of him and cultivate it carefully. Finding a female doll is for fear of being killed by fire like the previous heirs, and a woman will not be killed so easily.

The talent of the girl's fruit heart is indeed outstanding, and she shows her amazing talent at a young age, and others have learned the skills that can't be completed dozens of times or hundreds of times, she only needs one or two times to compare and compare, and then review a few times It looks like it, and she can also touch the class to create her own genre style. At the age of thirteen or fourteen, the old monk took out all his housekeeping skills, and in recent years, he has gone to the mountains of Koga and Iga to wander around, and somehow stole some unique skills of ninjas, which made the old monk feel more and more difficult to control.

"Good, good! The wings are stiff, aren't they? I can't control you. Teach you to raise you an ungrateful thing, I was blind in the first place! The nihilistic monk scolded the girl's heart, but no matter how she scolded, she couldn't get a response from the girl, and even saw her show a lack of interest.

Most of the anger in the old monk's heart suddenly dissipated. Now is not the time to lash out at her. If you really provoke this little girl to spoil their big event, it will be bad to lose both people and money, and the situation will be terrible, after figuring out this truth, the nihilistic monk said with a smile: "Just now the old man said something angry, don't go to your heart, Na Song Yongxiu promised me to wait for 10,000 taels of silver The profit is not a fraud, if this matter becomes a profit, the old man will not restrain your behavior in the future, and the old man will completely retire and enjoy the blessings after fishing this old man." You also know the old man's situation, you must be able to understand the old man's feelings! ”

Saying that, the Void Monk also pretended to squeeze out a few tears. It's just that the night is dark, and the old monk can't see his contrived expression at all, Guoxin Jushi pursed his lips and sneered, and then his eyes rolled and said with a smile: "Actually, Guoxin doesn't want to quarrel with the master!" Speaking of which, Guoxin always felt that Namatsu Namatsu's strategy was flawed, if according to his plan, this lady of the guard was afraid that she would not live a few years of good life, and a good healthy and healthy person suddenly died of illness, would His Royal Highness the General not doubt it? What if the chord is renewed? So Guoxin thinks that if we continue to do this, we will probably be trapped. ”

What a smart character the Void Monk is, as long as the girl Guoxin mentions a point, she immediately understands this truth, only to feel that a cold air in her backbone comes straight to the back of her head, and she is shocked and shocked and angry: "This Song Yongxiu is going to harm us!" As long as this Ashikaga lady goes, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of those who have a heart, and I will be hidden according to the map! Even if you and I escape from danger, the contact between relatives and friends at home will suffer, this pine permanent show is really a poisonous plan to kill two birds with one stone! ”

The old monk has walked the world for decades, has seen Hosokawa Masagen Megatron the world and has also seen the Ouchi Yoshixing Shangluo when the front and back have tens of thousands of tigers and horses, and I don't know how many sinisters have experienced for decades. was reminded by this girl's heart that if he still couldn't understand it, his experience of walking for a long time would be really in vain.

Matsunaga Xiu wants to borrow a knife to kill people and kill two birds with one stone, and after killing people, he will borrow the general's hand to get rid of this group of mercenary untouchables, maybe he still has the idea of relying on this ten thousand taels of silver in his heart, if this is the case, wouldn't it be a big deal for them to jump out of the blame after killing people for Matsunaga Xiu in vain, and the last bit of benefit has not been gained!

Thinking of this, the Void Monk couldn't help but tremble with anger, and he was really angry from his heart to the side of his guts, and snorted: "This cunning thief! Even I and other sinners who eat in the wind and waves do not let go, and the viciousness of the mind is far beyond the imagination of the old man! Such a vicious warrior will not die well! Come to a sticky end! ”

The void monk didn't dare to kill him, and he really couldn't get a penny if he killed Matsunaga Xiu, and he had already been pulled into the water halfway through this matter, and it was really difficult to turn back, and he couldn't run to Xingui Mountain City to ask him why he wanted to harm them, that is, he exposed his hole cards and even gave them the opportunity to counteract, this kind of naïve and stupid thing is not done by a wise man.

Even if he did run over to question, Matsunaga Xiu would never admit this possibility, and maybe he would say that they had bad intentions and blackmailed him with something that didn't happen at all. At that time, it was really impossible to argue, even if he killed Matsunaga Shu, it would be difficult to break out of the gun array and sword forest of thousands of samurai, and illusion was a skill that was not in the stream after all. When he encountered a strong-willed military formation, he didn't even have the slightest chance to show it, and he was an old man who was almost eighty years old and didn't have the ability to be a ninja, so how many arrows could he block with a single coat?

Let's say that if Matsunaga Xiu finds out that they see through this plan, maybe they will immediately have evil intentions, and the Void Monk is not a fierce general with superb martial arts, not to mention whether he can still dance at his age or not, even if he has some self-defense means, he will not be able to escape the assassination of Matsunaga Xiu. Just like the girl Guoxin threatened him, his own relatives are scattered around Kyoto, and it is very easy for Matsunaga Shu to find it.

"So what the fruit is saying is that this medicine can't be used like this. If it is our responsibility to really kill that lady, when the time comes, Matsunaga Xiu will turn his face and refuse to admit it, won't it hurt us, this Matsunaga Xiu just asked the general to have no heirs but didn't say whether he had a child but couldn't keep it, and he didn't say that he couldn't have a daughter. So the meaning of fruitfulness is that we stop the medicine first. When the woman is pregnant, she will find an opportunity to probe her pulse, and she will always be able to detect both male and female in five or six months, and if the baby girl does not care, the baby boy will take a few doses of medicine as appropriate to ensure that the baby boy will not live long after birth. ”

The Void Monk asked unwillingly: "It's just that in this way, will Matsunaga Show still give us a reward?" ”

"At most, I can ensure that she can't give birth to a sister-in-law within three years, and she won't be able to live if she is born. Let him send the cramps over in three years! "The maiden is disgusted with his greed. Persuade the nihilistic monk with a clear conscience.

Sure enough, the old monk only praised her for her intelligence and intelligence, and she was a rare genius among the fruit-hearted laymen of the past dynasties. But she didn't want her to pray secretly in her heart: "I'm sorry, Ashikaga Lady, Guoxin also knows that you are a good person with a gentle and kind temperament, but I am really sorry for each of your masters!" I can only try to save your life, health and your daughter's life, and my son really can't help it......"

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From early spring to midsummer, the long months of experiencing the torture of warmth to scorching heat, Hatakeyama Takamasa in Hanoi Gaoya Castle finally couldn't hold on, hastily cage the city was not well prepared, the army was untidy, morale was unstable, and what was even worse was that last year, because of the conflict with the Anmi Zongfang, he went away to Sakai Town in a fit of anger, and this Gaoya Castle was eaten and drunk by the Anmi Zongfang, and there was not much spare grain and grass left, and it was not easy to survive until July, and the city was about to run out of food.

Yasumi Zongfang is a waste of firewood since the defeat of the Battle of the Neyagawa River has shrunk in Yamato Country, and he was bullied by Matsunaga Xiu and did not dare to come forward, it was really blind that he had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and Hatakeyama Takamasa did several things every day in Takaya Castle, scolding Miyoshi Changqing, a big fool, scolding himself for being blind and leading a wolf into the house, scolding Rokkaku Yoshiken for why he didn't come to save him, and scolding the general for not wanting his safety as a family.

In short, he no longer has any threatening ability except for the mouth cannon, Kii Genlai Temple hugged his arms and watched him struggle on the shore, anyway, they will definitely not go up to fight the three good families at this time, the headwind battle is not impossible to fight, but the big headwind is absolutely not good, and the great monks of the Genlai Temple still have this shrewd calculation.

Seeing that cutting off food was not a solution, Hatakeyama Takamasa scolded Miyoshi Nagakei for not being a person, and at the same time sent Tange Shengzhi to contact Miyoshi Nagakei outside the city, saying that he knew what a serious mistake he had made, and decided to temporarily go to Sakai Town to recuperate for a while to change his mind, but secretly contacted Yuzo to believe that he must be stabilized, believing that he would one day come back with a large army, and prayed that Anmi Zongfang must endure the humiliation and bear the burden in Yamato to keep this main force for him, and then he packed up the gold and silver and fled with dozens of attendants to hide their faces.

Miyoshi Changqing saw this famous nobleman fleeing in such an embarrassment, and his heart was full of bad feelings, but his Miyoshi family was also a branch of the Awa Ogasawara clan, and it was still the "famous family" of the Kai Genji clan! Although this "famous family" is a branch of the branch of the Kai Gen clan and the Takeda clan of the Ogasawara clan, it is still something worth boasting about, and there is nothing to do with the family governor of the Ogasawara clan in Kyoto, Ogasawara Tanemori, and the pride in my heart is overflowing.

An saw that his lord ran away, and he was worried that Miyoshi Changqing would turn his gun and come to Yamato to trouble him, so he simply sent the army back to Hanoi quietly with a cross heart, and he also ran to Sakai Town with a group of personal guards to follow his lord, this fool will be happy as soon as he runs Miyoshi Changqing, can he not be happy if he fights one less war? Everyone has to clap their hands and applaud, and when Hatakeyama Takamasa sees this idiot, it doesn't matter whether he goes crazy and bites him to death or goes crazy and strangles him. (To be continued......)