Until another sonorous roar in the smoke slowly floated up, thick white smoke covered all the scenery in front of him, waving his hand to remove the iron cannon team also just let the hot iron cannon take the opportunity to cool down for a while, without cooling the iron cannon can not continue to fill gunpowder, otherwise it is easy to cause the danger of spontaneous combustion of gunpowder.

The screams that came from the palace became smaller and smaller, and he suddenly realized that he had unknowingly made a very stupid mistake and fired fiercely with the noble shogun in the palace as a target, probably because he was disgusted that he was not brave enough, and he showed his bravery with the lives of the shogunate.

The expressions of the three of Miyoshi were gloating, and they loudly mocked him for daring to attack the general in the palace, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki was also trembling with shock, and jumped off his shoulder with a rolling belt, pointing at Matsunaga and scolding angrily: "You, you, you...... Don't you know who is in this permanent palace? You're trying to trap me in righteousness and injustice! ”

Matsunaga's face turned pale as paper, kneeling on the ground and bowing his head silently, Matsunaga Xiu, who rushed to hear the news, saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly knelt down and begged: "His Royal Highness has the blessing of gods and Buddhas, I believe there will be no danger, I should quickly invite His Royal Highness Gongfang out, it will rain in a while." ”

"That's right! I must hurry up and invite the elder brother in the palace to come out......" Ashikaga Yoshiaki raised his head and hurriedly looked at the Tsunekosho, suddenly his eyes were round and stunned in place, motionless, and he gasped violently for a long time, pointing to the black smoke rising from the roof of the Tsunekosho, and said with difficulty: "The palace is on fire...... How could the palace be on fire! You guys are ...... Let's put out the fire! ”

"Oops! His Royal Highness is going to harm himself! Help! Matsunaga Shu panicked, and woke up the shocked Miyoshi family samurai with a roar, and shouted: "Still stunned." Are you all going to die here? Hurry up and put out the fire! ”

"Hah...... Ha! "The Ashigaru of the Miyoshi Army dropped his weapons and frantically searched for fire-fighting tools. However, the palace was swept away by the war. In a hurry, he couldn't find a single customary instrument, and the anxious Miyoshi army went up and down.

When Matsunaga Shu saw the flames rising from the rooftop, the helpless Miyoshi samurai looked frustrated and annoyed and made a helpless look, so he got angry, stepped forward and pushed the samurai who was in the way, and scolded bitterly: "Pull the battering ram over and hit the door!" Knock the door open and save someone! ”

At this moment, thick smoke billowed from the palace and fires broke out everywhere, and the remnants of the servants in the palace fell to the ground, most of them died in the iron cannon bombardment just now. The sudden iron cannon salvo caught the imperial palace off guard, Mibuchi Fujiei was killed on the spot, Hitoki Yoshinaga had his calf broken, and committed suicide by seppuku in extreme pain, and Settsu Harumon's sister-in-law, Settsu Ito Chiyomaru, also died, lined up in front of Ashikaga Yoshiteru to make a flesh and blood wall, and used his immature body to buy a short respite for Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

Isshiki Fuji lay on the ground and gasped violently, blood gushing out of his nose, a pool of dirty blood on his chest had stained his shirt red, and Ishiya Mitsumasa grabbed the ribs and stabbed a diagonal cross in the abdominal cavity. His intestines were crushed, blood gushed out, and he wept as he was tormented by severe pain. Shigu Mitsumasa suddenly shouted: "His Royal Highness, I'll go first!" ”

Seeing his companions pass away one by one, unwilling tears slipped from the corners of Ichishi's vine eyes, and he gasped rapidly in the smoke of the Tsunegosho until he swallowed his last breath, and at this time there were only two people still alive in the Tsunekosho, one was the lightly injured Settsu Harimon, and the other was the seriously injured Ashikaga Yoshiki.

Ashikaga Yoshiki sat back in a straight posture holding the gunshot wound in his abdomen, pushed open the door of Settsu Haruhura with one hand, and said intermittently: "Yu can't do it...... Yu hates decapitation...... I don't want to die without a body...... Please, brother, throw my corpse into the fire and melt it!" Yu came innocent...... I want to go away with a clean ......."

"Got it down!" Setjin Qingmen couldn't help but burst into tears, knelt down and bowed his head: "Your Majesty will never let the corpse of His Royal Highness be humiliated, never!" ”

The thunder exploded and the dark clouds were thick, and the specially reinforced gate of the permanent palace was knocked open a narrow gap, revealing a little scene outside the palace, Ashikaga Yoshiki raised the ribs and stabbed them violently, and the next moment the blood flashed, Ashikaga Yoshiki endured the severe pain and clenched the ribs and slashed sharply, and the blood couldn't stop spurting out of his mouth.

"Genji's thousand years of dreams are shattered, the pure fire burns all the evil in the world, the May drizzle is like tears, and I wish to send my name to the clouds." Ashikaga Yoshiteru gasped fiercely, staring wide as the door was finally slammed open, slowly lowering his head and swallowing his last breath.

The samurai of the Miyoshi family who broke in saw that the house was full of corpses, broken swords were discarded all over the ground, blood stained large tatami mats, and several well-dressed samurai either committed suicide by cutting their stomachs, or lay in the corner and died quietly, the bright red tongue of fire quickly spread and quickly devoured several dead corpses in the corner, such a tragic scene made them collectively stunned.

Settsu Harumon knelt at the side of the shogun from beginning to end without raising his head, and when he swallowed his last breath, he cried: "Your Royal Highness, don't worry, Your Majesty will take you with you, let's go together!" ”

Under the watchful eyes of the samurai of the Miyoshi family, Settsu Harumon picked up the body of Ashikaga Yoshiki and slowly walked to the roaring fire cave, but after a while, it disappeared, and Matsunaga Shu squeezed through the crowd with difficulty, scanned the dead bodies and the raging fire in the Tsunegosho, and hurriedly asked, "What about His Royal Highness?" Yes? Where is His Royal Highness? ”

"His Royal Highness the public side seppuku harmed himself...... Then the body was held by a samurai...... Walked in there. ”

"Ahh What did you say? Why don't you stop him? Why don't you die together! Matsunaga Shu took out the sword and gave the samurai a knife seriously, raised his foot and kicked him into the fire, raised the blood-stained sword and scolded: "Find the body of His Royal Highness immediately, whether you are dead or alive, you must see people!" Don't even want to live if you don't see you! ”

The samurai of the Miyoshi family panicked at this time, staring at the terrible scene like a fire cave in the Tsunegosho, and didn't even dare to enter the door, let alone find the body, Miyoshi Masayasu squeezed in and shouted to find someone, and learned that Ashikaga Yoshiki had died in the fire cave, and his own son was scolded and sent to death by Matsunaga Hide, and his heart was suddenly not very happy.

"It was your stupid son who forced His Royal Highness to death, why should I send the son of the Miyoshi family to death for the stupid thing of your stupid son, you have the ability to go in the fire cave yourself, don't pull the good son of my Sanhao family, this matter is not in our hands." Everybody come with me! "Sanhao Zhengkang didn't say a word and pulled all the people away. The whole body of the pine is trembling. Cursed repeatedly.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki no longer had the heart to sit on his shoulder and enjoy the blessings, and learned that his brother Ashikaga Yoshiaki was actually fierce and ended up with self-harm and was unwilling to give his younger brother the throne, but this one was both hated and annoyed, plus a little bit, pacing back and forth in front of the burning palace, scolding, nothing more than cursing Ashikaga Yoshiki for being stubborn, and not willing to bow his head until death is simply ridiculous.

Everyone is dead, and it doesn't make much sense to continue to rescue, and the three of them ran to the corner with oil on the soles of their feet one step earlier. Miyoshi Yoshitsugu also found an excuse to go outside to treat the wounded, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki walked back to his shoulder in a huff, and saw a group of samurai escorting a dozen women from the corner halfway down.

The sharp-eyed Ashikaga Yoshiaki saw his mother Keisuin and shouted urgently: "You lowly samurai don't get out of the way, dare to be disrespectful to Yu's mother!" ”

"I don't wait, absolutely no ......"

Several Miyoshi samurai hurriedly put away their swords, and in the blink of an eye, they all went into the crowd to hide their crimes, Ashikaga Yoshiaki looked for a big circle and found that Matsunaga Shu didn't know where to run to put out the fire, and the roots of his teeth itched and hurriedly met to apologize: "Mother, the child is one step late!" Makes you suffer! ”

Keisuin looked at the young man who looked like Ashikaga Yoshiki and said, "You are Kakukei!" ”

"Yes! The child has not seen his mother for many years, and he misses it very much......"

"Poor Niko did not kill his brother and kill the king's son. You go away! Poor Ni doesn't want to see you again! Keisuin walked a few steps to avoid him as if he had seen a ghost, and he avoided Ashikaga Yoshiaki.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki didn't expect that he would encounter such an embarrassing invitation. But he was annoyed with a look of shame and embarrassment, but the dignified future general was avoided by his mother in this way of avoiding snakes and scorpions, or in front of the public, this face was really embarrassing.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was both angry and depressed, so he simply didn't go to the cold butt with a hot face, and let his mother walk step by step to the flames of the Tsunegosho, but he couldn't prevent Keisuin from crying sadly: "Yoshiki! You're finally gone...... You go, poor Ni has no regrets in this life, it's time to go down and accompany your father......"

After saying that, Keisuin jumped into the sea of fire, and was engulfed by the boiling tongue of fire in the blink of an eye, Ashikaga Yoshiaki saw his mother disappear into the sea of fire, and the whole person was stunned, and then the maids who served beside Keisuin jumped into the fire one after another, making the scene completely out of control.

"What are you doing here! Do! Line up to die together? Seeing his mother jump into the sea of fire without any nostalgia, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was stimulated to go insane, stumbled back to his shoulder and yelled: "Go! Go for it! Die fast! Brother's genealogy, retainers, maids, and none of them are left! Let's all die! ”

The samurai of the Miyoshi family were in a mess, and when they heard Ashikaga Yoshiaki say this, they gave up their plans to restrain the remnants of the maids, so the maids who were captured from all directions really lined up to jump into the sea of fire, and no one snorted and begged for mercy, or was cowardly and unwilling to die, these people came from a lot of different ways, some were samurai who had served as generals for generations, and some were purely ordinary maids, because they were grateful for the kindness of the Ashikaga family and were willing to repay with death, so there was a scene of the royal palace lining up and jumping into the sea of fire.

The oldest of the martyrs was an old samurai in his seventies, and the youngest was a cute little girl who was only eight or nine years old, who was a little maid who served beside the little attendant, and the family was a retainer of the Muromachi shogun's family for generations. ”

Her mother smiled slightly, put her arms around her and said, "It's very hot, but with my mother, just bear with it." ”

The little girl nodded obediently, just such a family of seven people, young and old, hand in hand into the sea of fire to be buried, their eyes were clear and calm before they died, without the slightest fear, as if they happily yearned for something beautiful, with a pilgrim's pious mentality to jump into the fire, from beginning to end without the slightest hesitation.

Even Ashikaga Yoshiaki's sister-in-law, the little attendant with a big belly, stumbled to the Tsunegosho that turned into a sea of fire at this time, and cried loudly: "Your Highness! The concubine can't keep the heir for you, so the concubine will take our children to Huangquan to find you......"

More than 1,000 samurai of the Miyoshi family were completely dumbfounded, the timid samurai trembled all over their bodies like chaff, some of them passed out with their eyes rolled, some frightened feces and urine flowed out, and Matsunaga Shu was also scared and trembled. With a bitter face, he said: "Hundreds of doors in the Nijo Imperial Palace have been destroyed. It's a big deal. ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was frightened. Holding his head and shrinking into his shoulders, he repeatedly muttered: "I let you die, and you will die...... Why did I make you surrender and you didn't? My brother looks down on me, my mother looks down on me, and every one of you looks down on me...... Why are you treating me like this? I'm a descendant of the Ashikaga shogun's family! ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's childhood memories will always be that of Ichiyoin Furugi Towering, when he was just born, the shogunate had a hard time, Ashikaga Yoshiharu and Hosokawa Harumoto opposed him several times, and several times reached a rapprochement under the mediation of Rokkaku Dingyori. Just running around in Sakamoto, Kyoto all day long, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, as the second son of the son, was placed in the Konoe family to be raised, and according to the rules of the shogunate, he set a life route of becoming a monk very early.

When he was five years old, he took advantage of Ashikaga Yoshiharu's return from Sakamoto's vacation again, and presided over a ceremony in Kyoto to determine the identity of Ashikaga Yoshiaki as the son of his maternal grandfather Konoe Shotsu, and then he was sent to Kofukuji Ichijoin Temple as a representative of the Konoe family to become a monk, and for so many years, only Ashikaga Yoshiharu came back once in the year when he died of illness, and he left before he had a chance to say a word to his mother, Keisuin.

Since I was a child, I haven't enjoyed even a day's father's and mother's love, and I have developed Ashikaga Yoshiaki's radical character, which may also have something to do with the genetics of the Ashikaga family. His temperament is very similar to Ashikaga Yoshiteru more than ten years ago, the same stubbornness and paranoia. It's just that his character is a little more narrow-minded and lacks Ashikaga Yoshiteru's tough assertiveness, which causes him to always be full of envy, jealousy and hatred for his brother Ashikaga Yoshiteru, who is loved by thousands of people.

As a result, Ashikaga Yoshiaki would rather listen to the slanderous rumors of the Miyoshi Sanren and Matsunaga Hide, rather than believe what his brother Ashikaga Yoshiki said, always thinking that he was the one who grasped the truth, and the elder brother represented ignorance, and felt that the people of the shogunate should wake up and bow down when they saw him, and Ashikaga Yoshiki should retreat bravely and hand over the throne of the shogun in time.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's bun was torn open, and he roared in his cloak, "In the end, every one of you betrayed me!" My brother is like this, my mother is like this, and you guys dare to die so bravely! I knew that you all looked down on me, and would rather die than obey Yu's orders, and you all deserved to die! Damn it! ”

"Boom...... Rumble! A bright bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, illuminating this dark world, and in the brief light, almost every samurai saw Ashikaga Yoshiaki's hideous and terrifying expression, and engraved this unforgettable memory in the deepest part of his heart forever.

Suddenly, a drop of rain fell on Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face, cold and cold across his cheeks, Matsunaga Xiu didn't really see it, and when he knocked it carefully, it happened that the next moment it was a lightning bolt that pierced the night sky, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face was already full of tears, he cried, crying like a child.

A little raindrop soon turned into a dense raindrop, and in a moment it seemed to fall from the sky and connected into a rain line, overwhelmingly smashing on the three good soldiers in the palace, the torch was extinguished, and the raging fire was slowly extinguished.

Matsunaga Shu was soaked inside and out by the heavy rain and was embarrassed, stepped on the potholed mud and trekked hard, slowly walked to Ashikaga Yoshiaki, knelt in the puddle without hesitation, and said: "Please rest at the Muslim King Gokokuji Temple of His Royal Highness Gongkata!" It's not too late to deal with everything tomorrow! ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki stood in the heavy rain and looked at the gradually extinguished Tsunegosho, his whole body had already been poured into a mess, wiped the rain on his face and said weakly: "Yu is fine, I just want to be sober for a while, don't worry about me......"

Matsunaga Xiuxin said that you are delicate and expensive, you can not care about the torture of this illness, but my old man has to accompany you to stand in the rain at an old age, in case you really get sick, it is simply to find yourself guilty, his son Matsunaga caused that trouble and doesn't know how to clean up the whole thing, this juncture in case he falls on the bed for a few months and can't get up, he can send the white-haired person to the black-haired person.

So he had to sacrifice alarmist Dafa and said: "His Royal Highness is about to ascend the throne and proclaim his majesty, if you are drenched in heavy rain at this moment, it is a trivial matter to delay the enthronement ceremony, and if you have a serious illness such as typhoid fever, it will be a big thing!" ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki thought about it, he cried and cried and repented, and it was not a matter to continue to stand in the rain and drench, in case he suffered from an ancient incurable disease such as tuberculosis and typhoid, and he would not be cured for a while, and maybe he would fall to the root of the disease, and his body would completely collapse in vain.

A rainstorm washed away the filth that Nijo Imperial Palace had suffered that day, but it could not hide the embarrassment of the glory destroyed by the fire, and the bodies of Ashikaga Yoshiteru and Keisuin were still in the smoke-filled ruins, and how could the irresponsible Miyoshi army brave the heavy rain in the dark night to clean up the mess.

The corpses of the thirteenth shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, the twelfth shogun Godaisho, the daughter of the late predecessor Sekihaku Konoe Naotsu, the sister of the former Sekihaku Konoe family, and the current Kanhaku Konoe's aunt, are placed in this inconspicuous pile of ruins, this inconspicuous place, but it has buried the lives of countless loyal ministers and good generals, buried the blood expectations of more than ten generations, and the essence of the Muromachi shogunate has come to an end at this moment. (To be continued......)