Under the escort of the Samurai of the Hojo family, the carriage that Nanami Hashimoto rode smoothly entered the territory of the Imagawa family from the territory of the Hojo family, and after passing the checkpoint at the junction of the two territories, the samurai of the Hojo family did not leave, and still escorted them towards the Imagawa family's Sunfu Castle, but one more Imagawa family's samurai followed them to Sunfu Castle, which was both protection and surveillance.

On the carriage, Qiu Yumaru tried to poke his head out of the window several times, wanting to see the scenery outside the car window, but he was stopped by Nana Hashimoto. Today's Qiu Yumaru is a little less wild, a little more girlish, and looks like an ordinary girl in this era, but the two dragon horns on her forehead still reveal her identity as a monster. It is precisely because of this that Nana Hashimoto stopped Akiyumaru so that her appearance would not frighten ordinary people.

Although he was a little unhappy that Nanami Hashimoto stopped him, Qiu Yumaru, who respected Nanami Hashimoto very much, still sat next to Nanami Hashimoto very obediently, watching her breastfeed Nanami Xiao. Little Nana was not held in the arms of Nana Hashimoto and sucked ** that cute appearance, which made the autumn rain pill on the side very envious, and the autumn rain pill, who had already regarded Nana Hashimoto as his mother, also wanted to be held in Nana Hashimoto in his arms.

Looking at Qiu Yu Maru's eyes with some envy and expectation, Hashimoto Nanami handed her to Ruodie on the side after feeding Xiao Nanawei, and then tidied up his clothes, patted Qiu Yumaru on his knees, and said to Qiu Yumaru with a smile: "Qiu Yumaru, do you want a knee pillow?" Nana Hashimoto, who also likes Autumn Rain Pill, didn't mind Autumn Rain Pill's closeness to him after she noticed Autumn Rain Pill's admiration for herself.

Seeing that Nana Hashimoto did not signal that he could take a knee pillow, Qiu Yumaru nodded happily, moved to Nanami Hashimoto's side, and pillowed his head on her lap. The soft touch and the unique fragrance of Nanami Hashimoto made Qiu Yumaru rub his little head obsessively, curled up his body like a kitten, and closed his eyes comfortably.

Nana Hashimoto gently stroked Qiu Yumaru's back, with a doting smile on his face, Qiu Yumaru's attitude towards his attachment made Nanami Hashimoto treat her as his own daughter unconsciously, doting on Qiu Yumaru.

"Why is Madam so spoiled by Qiu Yumaru, it feels like Madame, you have already treated her as your own daughter." Seeing the appearance of Nana Hashimoto caressing Qiu Yu Maru, Ruodie, who was holding little Nana, couldn't help but be a little curious: "Madame spoils Qiu Yu Maru so much, aren't you afraid that Miss will be jealous of her in the future?" ”

It seemed that he heard Ruodie's words, and Qiu Yumaru, who was originally relaxed, suddenly tightened his body, and he was very nervous about Nanami Hashimoto's answer. Although Nanami Hashimoto has a good heart, Akiyumaru knows that she is not her daughter, just a little monster who was captured, if Nanami Hashimoto's daughter is jealous, what will she do to herself? Thinking of this, Qiu Yumaru couldn't help but worry in his heart.

Nana Hashimoto didn't feel Qiu Yumaru's nervousness, and gently patted her on the shoulder, signaling that she didn't need to be nervous, before saying to Ruodie: "Nana is the daughter of me and Qianye, she loves her with me and Qianye, and there will be two other wives of Qianya who love her together in the future, and Qiu Yumaru is the only one who loves her, so I will be better to Qiuyu Maru, because she can get less." ”

Nanami Hashimoto's words left a deep imprint on Qiu Yumaru's immature heart, so that while she was moved, she also secretly decided that she would definitely love Nanami Xiao Nanami as her own sister in the future, so that she could live up to Nanami Hashimoto's love for herself.

"Hearing what you said, Madam, I suddenly felt that Qiu Yumaru seemed to be a little pitiful." Ruodie said this, and then looked at the autumn rain pill that was lying on Nanami Hashimoto's lap, and couldn't help but have some sympathy for this little monster, after all, just like Nanami Hashimoto said, she only Nanami Hashimoto loved her.

While saying this, a trace of loneliness and sadness suddenly appeared on Hashimoto Nanawei's face, and he said to Ruodie: "By the way, Ruodie, I won't stay in this era for long, I will leave after establishing my Hyakki Night Walk in Kyoto, and after returning to five hundred years later, Autumn Rain Pill and Xiao Nanami will ask you to take care of them more." Although I don't know why I haven't seen Nanami Ko after 500 years, Akirumaru will stay in the Naruto Strait alone for 500 years, and I hope you will go to see her often. ”

"Madame hasn't seen little Nanawei after five hundred years? Will the Autumn Rain Pill live in the Naruto Strait for 500 years? Madame, what's going on? Ruodie was puzzled by Nanami Hashimoto's words and asked, "Madam, you will be able to understand this little girl after five hundred years, but why haven't you seen Miss after five hundred years?" Neither the master nor the little girl of that era told you that you still have a daughter? ”

Qiu Yumaru also got up from Nanami Hashimoto's knees, and looked at Nanami Hashimoto with a crying expression, her little head couldn't understand what Nanami Hashimoto said, but she could understand the meaning of Nanami Hashimoto's words, knowing that she would not see Nanami Hashimoto for a long, long time, Qiu Yumaru had an urge to cry.

Nana Hashimoto gently stroked the head of the Autumn Rain Pill, and she couldn't help but feel a little distressed in her heart, thinking that after five hundred years, the Autumn Rain Pill would have to stay in the Naruto Strait alone for five hundred years, she was also very unhappy, and she didn't understand why she would let the Autumn Rain Pill stay there for five hundred years.

But since it was what Qiu Yumaru told herself five hundred years later, Nana Hashimoto was powerless to change it, she could only hold Qiu Yumaru in her arms, gently caress her, and soothe her sobbing heart.

"My lord, don't go, okay?" Qiu Yumaru sobbed, and whispered to Nanami Hashimoto: "Qiu Yumaru don't want you to be good to me, as long as you don't leave." Qiu Yumaru grabbed Nanami Hashimoto's sleeve with a sad expression, which made Nanami Hashimoto feel more and more distressed, but she had no way to agree to Qiu Yumaru's plea, so she could only say to her: "Don't cry Qiuyumaru, we will meet again in five hundred years, and I won't leave right away!" ”

However, Akiramu didn't understand what Nanami Hashimoto said, and just leaned on her shoulder and cried. seems to be afraid that he will disappear as soon as he lets go of Nanami Hashimoto, and has been pulling Nanami Hashimoto's sleeve tightly, unwilling to let go, making Nanami Hashimoto helpless and distressed. In the end, Nanami Hashimoto could only coax Qiu Yumaru until she fell asleep on her stomach when she was tired of crying, but she was still unwilling to let go of Nanami Hashimoto's sleeves.

Nana Hashimoto helplessly looked at Qiu Yumaru, who still had tear stains in the corners of her eyes, and after looking at Ruodie helplessly, she sighed before whispering to Ruodie: "Ruodie, this kid will please leave you then." ”

Ruodie nodded and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Don't worry, madam, I will take care of her." ”

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The episode in the carriage did not delay the journey of Nanami Hashimoto and his party, and under the escort of the two samurai, Imagawa and Hojo, Nanami Hashimoto's carriage arrived at the castle town of Sunpu Castle.

The samurai of the Imagawa family, who had been escorting them, wanted to lure Nanami Hashimoto and his party to the Imagawa family's post house to stay, but Nanami Hashimoto offered to stay at the shrine when he passed by Asama Shrine in Joshitachi. After all, compared to the crowded Imagawa family's post house, the accommodation conditions at Asama Shrine are undoubtedly much better.

The samurai of the Imagawa family were originally quite embarrassed, because wanting to spend the night at Asama Shrine was not something he could handle, but when Wakadie said a few words to the priests of Asama Shrine, the priests of Asama Shrine immediately opened the door of the shrine and respectfully welcomed the carriage that Nanami Hashimoto was riding, which made the samurai of the Imagawa family suddenly surprised, and they could only acquiesce to this fact and hurried back to Sunfu Castle to report the matter to Shou Guini, who is now in power in the Imagawa family.

Because the head of the Imagawa family died five years ago, the Imagawa clan was only fourteen years old at the time, and the Imagawa clan inherited the position of the head of the Imagawa family, but before the Imagawa clan became an adult, it was the main room of the Imagawa clan who was in charge of the specific affairs of the Imagawa clan, and the biological mother of the Imagawa clan Hui, Shou Guini.

After receiving the report from this Imagawa samurai, Shou Guini couldn't help but be puzzled, looked at Taiyuan Xuezhai on the side and asked him, "Lord Xuezhai, what do you think about this matter?" It's a bit strange why the Hojo family would send a samurai to escort a woman to Sunpu Castle and stay at Asama Shrine. ”

"What Shouguini-sama said is that the Hojo family sent someone to escort a woman to Sunfu Castle, which in itself is enough to arouse suspicion, and now that they are still living in Asama Shrine, it is even more suspicious." As a strategist of the Imagawa family, Taiyuan Yukisai touched his beard, and there was a puzzled expression on his face, and after he pondered for a while, he asked the samurai who came to report the news: "What did the samurai of the Hojo family who escorted them say, have you interrogated them?" ”

"Yes, when they passed through the checkpoints stationed by their subordinates, their subordinates once interrogated them, and I also asked them about some news on the way to Junfu City." After the samurai nodded, he reported to Taiyuan Xuezhai in detail: "The group of samurai of the Hojo family said that this lady is a distinguished guest of the Hojo family, and she has been a guest in Odawara Castle for a long time, but now she wants to return to Kyoto, so the Hojo family will send people to escort her."

As for why the lady lived at Asama Shrine, I heard from the samurai of the Hojo family that they lived in various shrines or temples along the way, and it seemed that every time the lady's maid said something to the priest of the shrine or the presiding officer of the temple, those temples or shrines would respectfully open the doors and invite them in, and entertain the lady very ceremoniously. ”

"Are you sure that's what they say?" After listening to the words of the samurai, the expression on Taiyuan Yukisai's face became solemn, since the death of the Imagawa clan, the head of the Imagawa family, five years ago, because the successor Imagawa clan Hui is young, the Imagawa family is now in a period of ups and downs, and there is no room for negligence in any situation. Therefore, when Taiyuan Xuezhai heard the samurai say this, he couldn't help but worry.

"The subordinates are very sure, and when the subordinates escorted them and their group through the Asama Taisha Shrine of Mt. Fuji before, they also stayed in the Asama Taisha Shrine, and at that time, the Omiya Master of the Asama Taisha Shrine also personally greeted him, and he was very respectful to the lady's maids, as if the lady's maids were very great people." The samurai recalled, and said in a very affirmative tone.

"Asama Taisha's Omiya Division?" Taiyuan Yukisai's eyebrows are twisted together, Taiyuan Yukisai, who was a monk at Kenninji Temple in Kyoto and spent the entire teenage years, is quite familiar with the status of the Omiya Division of Asama Taisha as a country and one palace. As the main shrine of all Asama shrines in Japan, Asama Taisha is a shrine with a high status such as Suruga Kunichinomiya, and its Omiya division only treats the head of the Imagawa family as an equal.

If the Omiya Division treats the escorted lady like this, Taiyuan Xuezhai can still understand, after all, that lady is likely to be the family of a noble person in Kyoto, but the Omiya Division just showed such an attitude towards a maid, which is quite puzzling to Taiyuan Xuezhai.

"If just a maid can make the Omiya Division of Asama Taisha treat him with respect, then how noble should the identity of the master be?" Taiyuan Xuezhai couldn't help but ponder, and then asked the samurai without giving up, "Are you sure it's Omiya Tsukasa himself of Asama Taisha?" Don't you recognize which priest as Omiyaji, right? ”

"My subordinates have seen the Omiya Division of Asama Taisha at the celebration, and they were blessed by the Omiya Division at that time, so my subordinates will not admit their mistake." The samurai replied in the affirmative, but his answer made Taiyuan Xuezhai feel even more distressed. If it is really the Omiya Division of Asama Taisha, then a lady who can be treated respectfully by a maid, there is no doubt that the Imagawa family at this time will definitely not be offended.

How to deal with this lady made Taiyuan Xuezhai hesitate.

Looking at Taiyuan Xuezhai, who was thinking hard, Shou Guini, who didn't quite understand the relationship, asked Taiyuan Xuezhai: "Lord Xuezhai, could it be that there is a problem with the identity of this lady escorted by the Hojo family?" After listening to the samurai's introduction, even Shou Guini realized that Nanami Hashimoto's identity was not simple, and changed the original woman's title to Mrs.

Taiyuan Xuezhai shook his head slowly, and finally said to Shou Guini: "Lord Shou Guini, this lady's identity is likely to be more expensive than I imagined, I want to visit this lady first and see the situation." ”

"Since Lord Xuezhai said so, then it has to be so." Although Shou Guini is not good at dealing with such things, she is very able to accept opinions, so she agrees with Taiyuan Xuezhai's approach.