"What? What did you say? Kira Yoshishi's face changed, and he rushed over in a few steps and grabbed the collar of the attendant, and shouted with a hideous face: "Tell me clearly, what happened?" Why is Tiger Ji gone? ”

The attendant's frightened legs went limp, and he stammered, "Under the ...... I don't know below! ”

"Tiger Queen! What happened to Tiger Ji? The long-tailed Jinghu staggered and was about to rush out, but was hugged by Kira Yoshitoki, and shouted urgently: "Jinghu Palace!" You are the lord of Echigo, and you must not go out! Tiger Ji is my main room, so I'll leave the task of finding him to me...... Where's the waiter? Take a bath and rest in the Jinghu Palace! ”

"Yes!" Several close attendants hurriedly took over the long-tailed Jinghu, after being drunk and angry, and heard that the tiger was always in a hurry, at this time the long-tailed Jinghu was already in a daze, and was helped out by a few close attendants without much struggle.

Walking out of the castle tower, at this time, a group of long-tailed retainers in Kasugayama Castle were also in a mess, and Honjo said apologetically: "Now the building is in a mess, and some guards said that they saw Princess Toraki go out with the Ji samurai guards in the morning, and they haven't come back yet, so I was negligent!" It was so easy for Princess Tiger Ji to slip out. ”

"Now is not the time to blame yourself, immediately send out samurai on horseback to search around." Looking up at the sunset hanging diagonally, it was already about two o'clock in the afternoon, and he shook his head again and said, "We must find Princess Tiger Ji quickly, before it gets dark!" ”

"I'll understand!" Minori Honjo nodded and hurried down the mountain with a few retainers, when two samurai rang the bronze bell symbolizing the assembly order on the bronze tower opposite the castle tower.

"Bell, bell......" The deep and deep bell rang again and again. It didn't take long to see a team of ashigaru with the flag on their backs rushing out of their respective houses. Women hurriedly packed up their clothes to dry. The samurai shouted loudly and gave the summoning order, and the tranquil Kasuga mountain castle seemed to spin at high speed like a giant machine.

At this time, Kira Yoshitoki had already rushed back to the pavilion, and watched a group of panicked maids walking around Ah Ju, and hurriedly asked, "Ah Ju, how did Hu Ji go?" Did she tell you anything? ”

"Princess Toraki has been talking about the evening cherry blossoms of the Shinano River for the past few days, and this morning she is fine, and she told Ah Ju to eat her favorite walnut cake. By the time Ah Ju made the walnut cake, Princess Tiger Ji was gone. Ah Ju blamed herself and said: "It's all Ah Ju's bad and didn't take good care of Princess Tiger Ji." ”

"No, it's not your fault." Kira Yoshishi searched around and asked, "Ah Xu also disappeared?" ”

A group of young maids serving Long-tailed Tiger Ji whispered, "Yes! Ah Xu also walked with Princess Tiger Ji, and before leaving, he didn't say where to go, and we didn't dare to talk more. ”

"That's awful!" Kira shook his head, thought for a moment and walked into the long-tailed Torahime's house, and came to her boudoir again, the faint fragrance still wafting indoors. Looking at the familiar furnishings, he opened the paper door on one side again. The delicate armor was still there.

Turning to the other side, I saw a small dressing table with Venetian glass mirrors, made by delicate craftsmen into oriental cases, and a small diary wrapped in cowhide, quills and ink, these are high-end goods from the Netherlands, and they were also given to him by Kira Yoshitoki at his engagement ceremony last year.

Pick up the diary and untie the leather button on it, a faint paper fragrance comes to the face, and carefully look at the pages of Juanxiu's handwriting written vertically on the paper, Kira Yoshishi took the diary and read: "January 21, Xiaoxue, as the daughter of the Nagao family, I want to marry a nobleman in Kyoto, what should I do?" I hate him so much! I hate the hypocrisy of the people of Kyoto, especially the smirk of the famous family, just like those ministers have always been disgusting, why should I marry him?

But I really like Sister Kikuhime, she is very gentle and kind, she likes white cherry blossoms as much as I do, and she also took me to her home, the mountain cherry blossoms on Mt. Atago, which are really beautiful, and she told me that women should bloom like cherry blossoms, and as long as they meet their beloved, they will bloom one day. When she speaks, she seems to be looking forward to a happy life, I envy her so much, where is my beloved? ”

"February 3rd, boiled rain, my brother seems to respect him very much, and Hu Ji also has to pretend to be willing to deal with him in front of my brother, although he is very good to me, but I still hate him very much, Sister Aju actually took care of him to grow up, this is incredible!"

"On February 16th, Qinglan, spring is sown! It's another great time of year! I play with Sister Aju every day, so happy! Sister Aju likes the cherry blossoms in the pavilion very much, and I also took her to the back mountain of Kasuga Mountain to see the mountain cherry blossoms, they are as beautiful as those on Mt. Atago, and people who dream of happiness are always the same, but what is happiness? I still don't quite understand. ”

"On the second day of March, Tantian, I hate you to death when the hateful Kira Yoshi! Unexpectedly...... You actually saw me all, how can you let me see people in the future! Woo! It's so damning! And the abominable earthquake! Why is there an earthquake at this time? It's really embarrassing to fall into his arms! It's so sad to be scolded by my brother today, it's all that bastard's fault! My brother obviously said that he would train me to be the general of the long-tail family, why did he change his mind again? ”

"On March 6th, Shaoyun, today I took Sister Aju down the mountain to play, we went to the place where the victims were settled, there were many tents, those residents were so pitiful! What if we don't have enough things to share? Be sure to bring more next time! Sister Aju has been very busy lately, and she has been making pastries every day to give to the injured people under the mountain, and I want to help but the female officer does not allow it, and she tells me that the girl who is about to marry should go and learn the etiquette instead of running around on horseback, and I hate her as much as I hate Kira Yoshito. ”

"On March 10th, the rainy season, I talked to that guy about so many interesting things when I was a child, it was really embarrassing, how can I go to see him in the future! I've been seeing him smile at me lately, what should I do to him? ”

"On the eleventh day of March, it rained, and there was another thing that made me so uncomfortable, as the son of the Konoe family, I was in the place of the sick princess! My brother didn't even tell me about it! Why let me be a substitute, then why choose me? ”

"On March 14th, it was almost sunny, and I took Ah Xu to the back mountain of Kasuga Mountain to see the mountain cherry blossoms, and sure enough, they had all withered, as if I wanted to see the beautiful cherry blossom forest on the Shinano River, and I really wanted to see it! So, let's get started tomorrow! ”

Closing the diary, his mood became a mess, the Shinano River is more than ten miles away from the Kasuga Mountain Castle, that is, more than forty kilometers, along the Hokuriku Street Echigo Road, it takes four hours to travel non-stop on horseback, such a long distance No one would believe that a twelve-year-old girl would really dare to go over, but she went so resolutely that she didn't even say hello.

"No matter what, I'm going to get her back." Kira Yoshishi turned around and walked out of the pavilion, a group of maids in front of the door were waiting quietly, and Ah Ju was worried: "Princess Tiger Ji has gone so far, can she still come back in time at night?" ”

“…… I'm going to find him! Kira Yoshitoki almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood, and turned around and ran away after dropping a word.

The bell of Mt. Kasuga rang in the sky, and even the townspeople of Naoetsu Port at the foot of the mountain heard the familiar bell, and they all put down what they were doing and gathered together to discuss in a low voice, the Nagao family had not rang the bell for a long time, and the last time was when Kuroda Hidetada raided Kasugayama Castle ten years ago, which made many townspeople feel panicked and did not know what was going on.

At this time, the horseback samurai of the Nagao family were all ready to go, and the retainers of the Nagao family were impatiently waiting for the order to leave, and everyone's eyes were locked on Honjo Minoru, the auxiliary politician frowned and asked, "Wait a minute, the Wuwei Hall will come over soon, and inform the messenger of the Suyoshi Hall that has been sent?" ”

Naoe replied, "It's already been sent!" Presumably, there will be news in the Qiji Hall before evening. "Qiji Hall is Qiji Changwei Jingxin, the uncle of Longtail Jinghu and Tiger Ji, as their relatives, this Longtail Gate must be notified.

"The Martial Guard Hall is here!"

Kira Yoshitomi rode a horse wearing a carcass and rushed down the mountain road, followed by two hundred horses wearing red armor, the snow-bright blades of the spear shimmered in the sun with a palpitating brilliance, and the murderous cavalry moved to make the samurai of the Nagao family change color, Saito Asanobu, who had been pretending to sleep, suddenly opened his eyes, stared at the blood-red cavalry, and said in a low voice: "This momentum must be a feeling that can only be felt like a murderer, I have only felt it in the Takeda family's Wuchuan people." ”

"Phew!" Two hundred horsemen gave an order at Kira Yoshishi, as if all the javelins standing still stopped, and it only took a few breaths from the full-speed charge to the standstill, not to mention the horseback samurai of the Nagao family, and even several brave Echigo generals gasped.

Yoshitoki Kira shouted at Minoru Honjo, who was dressed as a samurai, "Misakumoru, Princess Torahime is going to see the evening cherry blossoms on the Shinano River, and we will leave for the Shinano River immediately!" ”

"Cherry blossoms of the Shinano River." Gansu Omi Shoujing exclaimed: "Oops, wouldn't that be entering China and Vietnam?" ”

"Does Omi Mamoru know where there is a cherry blossom forest near the Shinano River?"

Gan Jijing said with some uncertainty: "I remember that there seems to be a cherry blossom forest in the northeast of Inufu City. ”

"The lord of Inufu City is a Shimizu Cainuzheng, and he is a reliable person." Kirisawa Danma said with a lot of things.

"Can't wait, let's go now!" Kira Yoshitoki waved his hand and shouted, "The target dog is in the city!" Let's go! ”

The two hundred horsemen riding red horses suddenly moved, turned into a blood-red dragon and rushed down the hill, stepping across the big hand gate and gradually moving away, Honjo really stared with bated breath for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Follow up the Wuwei Palace, do your best to find Princess Tiger Ji back, and!" There must be no danger to the Martial Guard Hall. ”

"Yes!" The Echigo samurai turned on their horses, and a black-armored Echigo cavalry turned into a black dragon and rushed out of Kasuga Mountain Castle. (To be continued......)