"It's okay, it's not as bad as I thought it would be." Qin Heqing looked at the white rice, dried fish, and miso soup placed in front of him, and his breath was a little relieved.

Originally, in his thoughts, the life of the daimyo of the island country, which was scarce and seriously undersupplied, was like this, and there might be white rice, but it was not easy to eat it in one meal, so the usual diet should be based on whole grains such as chestnut rice, and the side dishes were mostly radishes and various wild vegetables, and then miso soup......

Fish, especially fresh fish, should be a luxury, and can only be eaten at banquets and entertaining distinguished guests, as for meat...... In the chaos of the Sect and the beginning to affect the social pattern, eating meat is completely challenging the bottom line of the Sect, so unless the guardian doesn't want to do it, he will blatantly eat the kind of things that are easy to cause trouble in front of outsiders.

Not to mention, Hojo Sakumo himself is still a Buddhist, so dishes that abide by the rules and precepts are the norm, and everything else is heresy.

"It's also possible that we're being treated especially because we're now honored guests of the Hojo family, and the real daily situation may not be as good as we imagined." Ayukawa reminded from the side.

"That's better than eating bran directly!" Qin Heqing sighed.

If that's the case, he needs to think about his attitude towards living in the island country during the Warring States Period, maybe it's a good choice to go back to Daming directly?

At least compared to the island country where there is nothing but white rice and salted fish, or else he drinks soup and eats wild vegetables, the life level of the rich Ming Dynasty is closer to the later generations, which can soothe his restless heart.

Then the two of them didn't say anything more, and enjoyed the food in front of them.

"Please bring me another serving of the same food."

"Yes."

……

"My lord, Lord Sakumo, please come over." It was about ten o'clock in the morning in the later generations, and the maid who had seen it before appeared again in the guest room where Qin Heqing was, and greeted him.

"Lead the way." Qin Heqing Wenyan and Ayukawa glanced at each other, got up and said to the maid.

"Please come with me, sir." Then he got up and walked over with Qin Heqing and Ayukawa towards the council hall on the first floor of the castle tower.

In just a moment, the group of three came to the hall, and then the maid bowed down and exited the hall, leaving Qin Heqing and Ayukawa directly in the center of the hall.

Qin Heqing and Ayukawa didn't say anything, and instead looked at the people in the room.

There are not many people, plus Hojo Sakumo, there are only five people, three of them are women, namely Hojo Sakumo and two young women, two are men, both are middle-aged, but the temperament is very different, one has a deep complexion, a gloomy temperament, and Zhou exudes a hero-like aura from top to bottom, and at first glance he is an old and calculating person.

A man is burly and strong, with a resolute face, and a look as sharp as if he was spying on his prey, coupled with the ribs around his waist and the half-moon head unique to the island country ronin, it goes without saying much that he can understand that this is a samurai.

"I don't know what the Hojo public called me to order." Qin Heqing and Hojo Sakumo saw each other, so they knelt down in the hall according to the etiquette at this time, looked at Hojo Sakumo who was sitting on the main seat and asked.

"When discussing politics today, I have arranged the things mentioned by Qin Jun, but the ministers in the family are puzzled by this, and I don't know what the significance of this move is, so I told the retainers about the transaction with Qin Jun, and the retainers suddenly realized, but they have doubts about Qin Jun's identity and strength, and want to talk to Qin Jun in person." Hojo Sakumo explained unhurriedly.

"Is that the one sitting here?" Qin Heqing suddenly understood that the so-called conversation was fake, and took a step closer to testing him to be true, and couldn't help but look at the few people present.

"Yes." Hojo Sakumo affirmed.

"I don't know what the name of the few is ......," Qin Heqing asked.

"Old man Kenhide Matsuda." The middle-aged man with a gloomy face said in a deep voice.

During the Warring States period of the island country where the average life expectancy was only forty or fifty years old, it was no problem for a thirty-year-old middle-aged man to call himself an old man!

It's not even just the island country, it's the same in Daming!

Because according to the age of marriage at that time, the thirties may be the grandfather of two babies......

"It turned out to be Mr. Matsuda, disrespectful and disrespectful." Qin Heqing said hypocritically politely.

He didn't even understand the history of the island country, not to mention the historical biographical documents such as the Later Hojo family biography that specifically told about the Hojo Sakumo and the Hojo family, so he didn't know which Matsuda Kenhide was and what kind of status he had in the Hojo family.

"Hojo Phantom Temple." Then, the samurai dressed as a military general next to him said coldly.

"Hojo has seen Mr." Coming down next was a young girl sitting on the left hand side of Hojo Sakumo, leaning over slightly and saluting.

It is polite to arrive.

"Nanjo clouds." A young woman dressed in a strange dress that resembled a shrine maiden but was slightly different replied with a cold face.

It can be said that except for Hojo Shiyasu, who knew what kind of character he was because of history class and the previous Ayukawa reminder, he didn't know anything else.

"So I wonder what you want to talk about?" Qin Heqing smiled and greeted everyone, then looked at everyone present again.

"I heard that Your Excellency is from the Qin clan in Tosa, so I don't know which branch of the Qin clan Your Excellency is." Several people looked at each other, and finally a middle-aged man who claimed to be Kenhide Matsuda asked.

"Although I have a relationship with the Tosa Qin clan, I am not a member of the Tosa Qin clan, but a descendant of the Qin clan who separated from the Qin family in the earlier years.

"Born to be a nobleman, but can anyone prove it?" Matsuda sneered and asked again.

"After hearing that the Hojo clan is the Hojo clan from the Kamakura shogunate period, can anyone prove it?" Qin Heqing looked at Matsuda Kenxiu and asked rhetorically.

But he directly started with the origin of the Hojo clan, and it was typical to scold the bald man in front of the monk, which is an act of looking for death.

"Bastard, what do you mean by that!?" Then, without waiting for Matsuda Kenshu to speak, Hojo Phantom on the side jumped up from the ground first, glared at Qin Heqing and asked loudly.

If you don't give me a reasonable explanation, the posture of not wanting to walk out of here is very scary.

"Isn't it just that if you doubt my words and identity, I can't also doubt the source of your identity? Why? Just because you are now officials? Qin Heqing relied on his own Ayukawa and hole cards, and did not take Hojo Phantom's intimidation in his eyes, his eyes widened, and he retorted without showing weakness.

"Yes, just because we are officials, others recognize what we say! If you have the ability, you can also make a turf and make yourself a guardian! Hojo Phantom Nunnery seemed to have no brains, but in fact he scolded very truthfully.