Matsunaga Xiu is very smart and well-behaved, and he did not come forward to clarify the truth of the matter when he took over the black cauldron, but took the opportunity to return the color to the three of Miyoshi and the three of them, creating the "truth" of the three of Miyoshi murdering the general and framing him, and "exposing" the crime of the three of Miyoshi and the three of them holding the general hostage and coercing Miyoshi Yoshitsugu.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was very grateful for Matsunaga Hide's cooperation, and found two Harura to unite to put pressure on the imperial court, and removed the Shogunate's crusade against Matsunaga Hide's enemies and the shogunate's crusade order together, on the grounds that many parties were responsible and not the fault of one family, and that they were helping Matsunaga hide divert firepower.

In the end, the three of Miyoshi and Matsunaga Hide, you poured dirty water back and forth, and in the end, the three of Miyoshi felt that their advantage was relatively large, so they led the army south to Yamato Province to seek a chance to fight with Matsunaga Hide, and the main force of the Miyoshi Army left Kyoto one after another to become a turning point, and most of the main forces in Kyoto City withdrew to form a short vacuum period.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki went to Sokokuji Temple on the pretext of sweeping the tomb, because he received a letter from a mysterious woman asking him to go to Sokokuji Temple to meet, so at the hottest time in early July, Ashikaga Yoshiaki went to the ashram designated by the head of Sokokuji Temple to wait, where he wanted to meet a woman who should not have been in the temple.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was restless in the quiet room, sometimes walking back and forth, sometimes meditating, meditating, and said worriedly, "Izumo Akoku...... How could this woman think of seeing Yu and using such a strange method. ”

Fearful and fearful of mysteries, he always shy away from encountering Izumo Akuni, known as the "witch" of Kyoto Castle, who appears and disappears in Kyoto and dies every time she acts. No less than dozens of people have died at her hands in the past ten years. Its killing efficiency is far greater than that of a samurai who does not kill without killing. Even Ashikaga Yoshitoki, who doesn't like to kill, killed no less than twenty people with his own hands.

The most famous people who died at her hands were precisely two important members of the Ashikaga shogun's family, one was Ashikaga Teruakamaru, the general's sister-in-law who had been in trouble in the city, and the other was Ashikaga Yoshikin, who died mysteriously and violently a few months ago.

According to several rumors, she is accused of being the embodiment of the evil spirits who escaped from the suppression of Kamo Shrine, and there is another theory that her real name is not Izumo Akuni, but her real name is the fruit heart of the monk who has repeatedly committed shocking crimes in the Kinai, and this name passed down from the Northern and Southern Dynasties era represents a mysterious and terrifying force.

It is said that the Muromachi shogunate, which was in its heyday a hundred years ago, dispatched the guards of the squires several times to sweep away the bandits entrenched in Kinai. I once listed the elusive thief Guoxin as a priority target, but this person was too cunning to catch the tail, and the Guoxin monk who came to this life was a woman, who changed the dress of a nihilistic monk for many years, and made up as a witch to walk around in Ji to commit crimes, and gradually gave up the traditional thief route, and embarked on the evil road of killing people and goods.

This rumor has completely departed from the category of "rumors", and it is obvious that it is familiar with the fact that the forces of the Guoxin Layman deliberately released the facts, and of course, it is not ruled out that the Guoxin Layman will release part of his privacy in exchange for the people's attempt to give up demonization in order to save his precarious reputation. Either one is enough to show that this woman is very tricky.

Ashikaga Yoshiaki was very taboo about this woman, especially when he learned of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's strange death. The hot mood suddenly cooled down, and the goal of the few months of stationing in the East Temple was that the Guoxin lay people would attack themselves, and set up heavy guards inside and outside the East Temple to protect their own safety, almost to the extent that they had three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry part of the day and night, and Ping Suri would never show his head on the streets of Kyoto.

After doing this step, he still didn't stop the strange appearance of the fruitful layman, but he still received the short letterhead hidden in his sleeve, and the small letterhead that quietly appeared on his desk still carried the unique fragrance of the woman's body, Ashikaga Yoshiaki immediately realized that it was meaningless for him to hide, and it was easy for the fruitful monk to kill him, no matter where he hid, he could still kill, so he came.

"So His Royal Highness came as promised, and he didn't disappoint the concubine!" A soft, whisper-like voice came to his ears, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki was thrilled, and looked up to see the woman dressed in a red and white witch costume and wearing a bow standing in the quiet room, and this woman appeared in front of him silently, how could he not be surprised.

Taking a deep breath and warning himself not to be nervous, he kept repeating that this woman was just an ordinary person, and daring to ask herself out was nothing more than her own plans, and when she raised her head again, she felt much calmer.

Looking at this woman carefully, Ashikaga Yoshiaki, who had recovered his composure, couldn't help frowning in disgust: "You are Izumo Akuni?" It is said that she is a rare beauty, why don't you apply color when you see it, don't you know that women don't wear pink as if they don't wear clothes? ”

In terms of the traditional aesthetics of this era, a woman who does not apply grease and powder is a failure, as long as she is not a folk girl in the foolish town in the countryside, a woman who is a little higher grade or has a little love for beauty has to wear powder to travel, without makeup is like a woman walking naked on the street, it is very unsightly and unceremonious, and it is not possible to meet the general on a formal occasion.

But how can the fruitful layman be comparable to ordinary women, and said with a smile: "Izumo Aguo is just a concubine walking in the world, if His Royal Highness is willing, it is the same to call the concubine a cat and a dog, and the concubine is not a wandering girl who sells her appearance, and she has nothing to rely on in Kyoto, and she doesn't have to move the powder in front of the king." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki seemed to hate the sharp mouth of the fruitful layman, and sneered: "What a sharp mouth with a clever tongue, not only ruthless and ruthless killing, but also proficient in this clever way of words, the culprit who killed Yu's nephew Terukamaru and his younger brother Ashikaga Yoshikini is you!" ”

The essence flashed in the eyes of the Guoxin layman, and he said with an innocent face: "There is nothing wrong with killing people by concubines, but concubines can't afford to be the culprits. ”

"Clever sophistry! The stigma of Matsunaga Danmasa should have been concocted by you, so Yu Cai would not be stupid enough to believe those rumors! Ashikaga Yoshiaki grimaced, not believing the words of the fruitful layman at all.

was able to bypass layers of defenses and leave a message for an appointment with herself, which further proved that this woman was by no means comparable to an ordinary mortal.

From the time he came to Xiangguoji Temple to the present. I always endured the disgust in my heart and did not attack. It's because of the jealousy of the unpredictable killing techniques of the fruit-hearted laymen. Ashikaga Yoshikin's madness and death is too shocking, offending such a woman must have great courage, at least Ashikaga Yoshiaki does not have such courage.

"No matter what the concubine says, she won't let His Highness trust him, right? In that case, why bother? Sensing the nature of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's inwardness, the monk smiled contemptuously and said, "Your Highness is here to reprimand the remnants of the concubine Ashikaga family, or is it to find a way to break the chaos in Kyoto?" ”

Xu is the contempt of the fruit heart is too conspicuous, so that Ashikaga Yoshiaki was furious and almost called the guards outside the door, but fortunately, he was still vigilant enough to react in time so that he did not cause a catastrophe, and silently thought in his heart: "Patience is a virtue." Grumpy is a mistake, and I've paid the price for my grumbling once, and I can't stumble twice in the agreed place. ”

Thinking about it, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's face gradually returned to normal, and he coughed pretending to be reserved and said, "I want to hear Takami." ”

Ignoring the majesty of Ashikaga Yoshiaki again, the fruitful monk chuckled: "In the shallow knowledge of the concubine, I think that the core interest of His Royal Highness is to ascend the throne as the general of the expedition, and everything else is not important, including the Miyoshi family that supports His Highness, I wonder if His Highness thinks so?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki nodded calmly and said, "Brother died unexpectedly at the Nijo Imperial Palace. Yu's overall plan was completely disrupted, and all the generations of shogunates loyal to the shogunate died. Yu doesn't have any cronies around him, including the guards outside the door, maybe it's because this makes it easy for you to blend in with the East Temple! ”

At this time, he was not the domineering Ashikaga Yoshiaki, as if he had returned to the young monk in the Ichisaka Temple of Kofukuji a few months ago, and took out the posture when he practiced meditation in the temple back then, and looked at the nose and nose and the heart and did not care at all about the intentional or unintentional provocations of the fruit-hearted layman, and made up his mind to see what kind of medicine was sold in her gourd.

The Fruitheart Monk did not disappoint him, and after a pause, he said softly: "The concubine is just a messenger to bring their greetings to some samurai who are still loyal to the shogunate, and they specially invite His Highness to leave Kyoto for a while to hunt in a distant country, where he may be able to get everything His Highness needs." ”

Ashikaga Yoshiaki perked up, and immediately calmed down and stared at the fruit heart layman, looked carefully and said, "Who is still loyal to the shogunate?" How could that person choose you as a liaison? ”

"If the concubine body answers Your Highness, only the concubine body in this Kyoto can enter and leave the forbidden place at will, will you feel strange?" The Fruit Heart lay out his hands and said proudly, "The answer is as simple as that. ”

"You're very confident......" The look of disgust in Ashikaga Yoshiaki's eyes flashed, "Yu doesn't like people who are so confident, especially a woman." ”

Guoxin Jushi sarcastically said: "The concubine body does not appreciate the arrogance of His Highness very much, especially the behavior of His Highness usurping the throne at the wrong time, in the wrong place, and in the wrong way...... None of this is important, the important thing is that the concubine is a very reputable businessman, and if she should bring it, she will definitely bring it. ”

"Merchants? Imai Munehisa may be, but you're definitely not! ”

"Concubines are different from Sakai merchants, their main business is a merchant, their side business is a tea man, a cultural person, and the concubine body is an assassin and a thief, and a side business is a businessman."

Ashikaga Yoshiaki's brows furrowed tightly, staring at the fruit heart for a moment, and said, "Who is the person who is talking about it?" Yu was very interested in him. ”

"His name is ......" The corners of the mouth of the fruit heart monk curled slightly: "Wise Hinata Mamoru from the Mino Toki clan, wise Mitsuhide, on behalf of Asai Bizen Shouden, Asakura Jingo Temple, and your righteous brother Takeda Jibu Hall greetings His Highness." ”

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On the seventh day of the seventh month of July, the wind and rain in Kamakura are great, the Sanskrit sound in the Tsuruoka Hachiman Palace is bursting, the sandalwood is curling, the monks of Nikkoyama Betsu are in the south of the Kobo Tianhai, the temple is dedicated to the Tiger Ya Soo, the diplomatic department is to worship the Asayama Hisakari, the Hojo Phantom Temple, the Itabe Okaye Yukisai, Okamoto Zenzhe and other monks gather together to perform services for the dead Ashikaga Yoshiteru.

During the 100-day festival that began on June 16 and lasted until the end of September, the three Shogunes and the shogun Ashikaga Yoshitoki would bathe and fast in Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine to pray for the blessings of the dead Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Keisuin, and the Shogunate's heroic spirits, and pray for their ascension to Takamagahara. Then ascend to the Western Elysium and attain the fruit of arhats, bodhisattvas, and Buddhas.

Hundreds of Kwantung samurai sat kneeling in the solemn worship hall. Everyone recited the scriptures in a respectful and devotional manner. Repeating the cycle over and over again without feeling tired, Satake's kneeling legs were numb, and he quietly walked out of the queue with his head bowed and his waist bowed, and looked up to see more than a dozen samurai sitting cross-legged under the porch and moving their legs and feet.

The samurai glanced up at Yoshishige Satake, and as if they realized that it was not someone they were familiar with, they turned their heads and whispered, "His Royal Highness has made a great wish to chant a thousand times in the Tsuruoka Hachiman Shrine to surpass the dead. 100 times a day, 10 times a day, it's a long process. ”

"That's the "Dizo Bodhisattva Sutra", it takes more than half an hour to recite it once, and it takes more than six hours ten times a day, which doesn't seem to be much, but it's a lot, I heard that His Royal Highness has to read official documents every day, and it is very hard to deal with government affairs!"

"In comparison, it doesn't seem so harsh for me to wait a hundred days to recite it a thousand times."

"Not necessarily, don't you notice that those old samurai chant very hard? 1,000 times is a difficult number for them! ”

Yoshihiro Satake pursed his lips. Ignoring their laughter and shouting, he just wanted to turn around when he bumped into Hojo Tokimasa who came out. The two looked at each other and subconsciously avoided each other's eyes, the Hojo family and the Satake family parted for a day or two, every time he saw Hojo Shimasa, he would take the initiative to avoid it, not that the grudge was at fault, but that the young family governor was not very suitable for this strange relationship between sworn enemies and colleagues.

Satake Yoshishige felt that it was time to go back and continue to complete the remaining 600 or so chantings, and when he passed by Hojo Tokimasa's side, he heard: "It's better to have a fresh air under the porch than to be suffocated in the house, and it is better to rest here for a while if Tokisuke Hall is in such a hurry." ”

"It's better to be respectful than to obey." Satake Yoshishi turned around and sat down cross-legged again, the two looked at each other awkwardly for a while, and invariably turned their gaze to the mountains and forests in the distance.

At this time, the wind and rain outside Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine were pouring down, and at the end of the cloister, you could see the large ginkgo under the large stone steps being blown by the storm, as if helpless children were swaying from side to side, and the guards in Hachimangu Shrine were wearing robes and marching hard in the storm, compared to the samurai sitting in the cloister.

"Did you see the three enshrined swords?"

"See, Tongzi Che Angang, Onimaru Guogang, and the Three Days Moon Sect are near, which are family treasures that have been passed down from generation to generation in the general's family."

Hojo Tokimasa said: "Not only that, but the boy Kirian Tsunade also has a name Knekiri Maru. ”

Satake nodded and said: "His Royal Highness is a pious samurai, and he has great regrets for the death of His Royal Highness the General, and he has never forgotten the kindness of His Royal Highness the General these days, so His Royal Highness the General will give these three swords before his death, as well as the imperial teaching letter." ”

Hojo Tokimasa recited: "Since the destruction of the temple of my ancestors and other temples in Kamakura, and the 500,000 heroes under his command to pacify the world, my Ashikaga family has been more than 200 in the sea of Megatron, and the destiny of heaven has finally died, and the shogunate has finally fallen.

Father Wansong Yuan Hall Zeng Yun: My Ashikaga family is thousands of the same clan, more than one family, or the courage of the flesh, or resourceful, but more than 100 years of courage and wisdom can not be obtained, Yu Zeng disagrees often compared himself to the Deer Garden, thinking that the prosperity of the shogunate is between Yu Yi's thoughts, until today's Kyoto has changed between elbows and armpits, Yu only understands the painstaking worries of his father before his death!

In the past, the shogunate declined to the Jiangzhou Gongfang, Sakai Gongfang two unifications, and now Yu is the shogunate general, and Jun is the Kwantung general, is also the two unifications, I often read the sage book and heard the "Book of Rites" said: There are no two days in the sky, there are no two kings in the soil, there are no two lords in the family, and there are no two lords in the family, and I have only one ear for the pillars of the family, and the king is equipped with a strong army and a strong horse and a tiger of 100,000, and the division is invincible in the sea, and the position of this general can only be obtained!

There are two things to worry about, one of which is what is the sacrifice of the ancestors? Second, the shogunate imperial palace can be in Kyoto? If the two can fulfill their wishes, only the king can make the general's position! I am afraid to say that in the 11th year of Eiroku, on May 19, Ashikaga Yoshiki flowers, Ashikaga Xiangden. ”

Satake Yoshishige said with a surprised face: "I didn't expect that Sagami's Shouden can already be recited." ”

"His Royal Highness the General's brilliant work must be remembered."

"Yes! It's just that I don't know how His Royal Highness plans to act, whether to immediately send troops to sweep the world, or? Satake's eyes were full of questions.

Hojo Tokimasa shook his head and said, "I think it's probably because the situation in Kinai is unclear, the second-term general who was proclaimed is not infamous and not easy to act rashly, and there are commotions in Ha Ao and various parts of the Kanto region. The remnants of the thief's heart are not dead, and they must be guarded against from time to time. So we'll have to wait and see......"

Yoshishige Satake nodded approvingly. He also knew that there was a time lag in the transmission of information from Kinai to Kanto, and if it was a peaceful situation, the information would only be transmitted in ten days and half a month, and now that there was a great turmoil in Kyoto, the chaos in Kyoto was uneasy, and the efficiency of the chaotic intelligence collection, sorting and transmission would be greatly reduced.

At this moment, it is too late for us to avenge the general's blood and hatred, it is better to take advantage of this chaotic opportunity. Put on the appearance of a loyal minister to avoid the slander and framing of the wicked.,The reason for this framing is also easy to find.,The dignified shogunate guardian、Ashikaga Yoshito, who was tired of receiving heavy favors,But he pretended to be stupid when the shogun needed him the most.,Kanto is understandable that there is a time difference.,Minechi Sakamoto doesn't move can be said at all.。

Assuming that Ashikaga Yoshiaki's behavior of killing his brother and mother to usurp the dynasty is true, then Ashikaga Yoshiaki will inevitably be stained with the notoriety of framing his benefactor at the expense of seeking power, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki did not escape until his death, and there must be an element of Ashikaga Yoshiaki's failure to fulfill his responsibilities, and he can even speculate maliciously whether he is fanning the flames in it and secretly supporting Ashikaga Yoshiaki to do evil things. and then take the opportunity to raise an army to fight to achieve the goal of seizing the world, wouldn't it be fifty steps and a hundred steps. It only makes outsiders laugh.

The Kanto Shogun's Office guessed early that something was going to happen in Kyoto sooner or later, but he couldn't guess whether the shogun would be exiled or imprisoned and claustrophobic, under this kind of foresight judgment, Ashikaga Yoshitoki's judgment on Kyoto was based on not moving, and sending ninjas to save the past with the best effect and no effect, and it can't be said that he didn't have any strength to rescue Mrs. Konoe.

In the evening, the newly built buildings on both sides of Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine are opened up into new guest rooms and dining halls, and the vegetarian meal prepared by the chef from Kyoto's Gozandaiji Temple is said to have learned from the first-hand vegetarian food of the ancient temple in the south of the Ming Dynasty.

In so many temples in Kyoto, ordinary temples want to postpone a few meals of vegetarian food have no chance, but also because the recent turmoil in Kyoto has spread widely, and the brand of the Kanto General's Mansion is hard enough, so the masters who have been nesting in Kyoto all the year round are invited to serve in Kanto, and they can feast on their mouths.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki slowly drank the white fungus lotus seed soup in his hand, and when he caught a glimpse of Yamaoka Nagawa Isshiki's helpless face, he smiled: "It's just to let you clean up the impetuousness of your body for a hundred days, why do you get upset and irritable and troubled?" ”

Yamaoka Chang bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty doesn't dare, it's just news from the family, a few children in the family have caused a big disaster again, participating in a polo match and carrying a whip in violation of regulations, whipping the opponent's war horse and almost killing someone, Your Majesty thinks about it and thinks that it is better to get the children here to clean up for a while." ”

Ashikaga Yoshitoki smiled bitterly and said, "Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read!" There is a tiger Chiyo in the Yu family is also difficult to entangle, playing ball games like to stretch black feet, as far as Yu knows, there are not thirty but more than twenty people who have been kicked, and how many are not known yet, Zhenwang Maru is a horse racing mystery, not only to bet on horses but also to participate in person, but it is not light to worry about the tiger. ”

"Your Majesty thinks His Royal Highness ...... Gongfang"

Ashikaga Yoshitoki smiled: "I thought that Yu Liang's ears didn't hear anything outside the window, and he was dedicated to reciting the Jizo Sutra?" ”

"Uh, it's ......" Shishiki quickly lowered his head in fright.

Ashikaga Yoshitoki is not a sentimental person, and seeing that the cronies around him also guessed his thoughts wrongly, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Yu's heart does have a lot of sadness, indignation, and pity, but Yu is the Kanto prince after all, not the teenage young man, who should go after all, birth, old age, sickness and death are as immutable as the sun and the moon, His Royal Highness the general begged for benevolence and died a proper death, and Yu was not particularly sad." ”

"Yes......"

Ashikaga Yoshitoki said: "Yu is just sorry for the shogunate, even if the thirteenth generation of generals are paranoid like Ashikaga Yoshiko, greedy like Ashikaga Yoshimasa, after all, they have not broken their trust in the world, only the general who is now highly regarded by the public suddenly died, ruining the shogunate's two-hundred-year foundation, I don't know how much turmoil this news will cause." ”

Yamaoka Nagashi and Isshiki Shixin bowed down and exited the quiet room, only to find that the two of them were already drenched in cold sweat and soaked clothes, Yamaoka Nagashi smiled bitterly: "The majesty of His Royal Highness is deeper, and every word and deed is like the suffocation of the weight of the mountains, even if we and other old ministers who have been with us for many years must have a sense of awe!" ”

Isshiki Shixin said: "If this is not the case, how can it suppress the heroes of Kanto, but it is really annoying to say that there are still people gathering to make trouble!" ”

Yamaoka frowned and said, "Is it the remnant of the Satomi clan on the Fangsu Peninsula?" It's really a trouble.,The remnants of this family will make a mess every one or two years.,At first, relying on the favorable location and fighting with the concentric people repeatedly gained the upper hand.,As soon as the army arrived, it was hidden in the mountains and forests disguised as mountain people and fishermen were nowhere to be found.,The trick of being seen through by Mochizuki Anyun Shou Hall is not a climate.,In recent years, the noise has become smaller and smaller.,The local people have gradually become accustomed to the governance of the Kanto Shogun's Mansion.,The remnants of the Satomi clan who are out of breath will soon disappear.。 ”

Isshiki Shishin shook his head and said: "No, I'm talking about the rebellion in Oshu, the Shirakawa Yuki clan and the Komine clan are making trouble, and it seems that some people from Oshu such as the Nikaido clan and the Tamura clan are also involved behind it, and it is said that the situation from the southern Mitsu to the northern Michiku is not very stable, and His Royal Highness has blocked the news, only a few important ministers of the Imperial Companion and the Imperial Judgment know the news, and His Royal Highness has not decided how to deal with it for the time being." ”

Yamaoka Nagaden was a little unhappy: "Where did you hear all this?" Why don't I know? ”

Isshiki Shixin pouted and said, "Aren't you busy with your family's Zenjiro getting into trouble these days?" Ping Suri was not busy chanting the scriptures, but was busy writing letters to the school's administrator to plead with him, how could he have the heart to pay attention to this secret information! If I hadn't seen that Hondaden happened to be there, and I had been begging for a long time, I wouldn't have been able to know. (To be continued......)