"Madam, the carriage and horses are ready, can I go?" Ruodie asked Nana Hashimoto, who was sorting out Nana's clothes for Xiao Nana.

Nana Hashimoto carefully changed Nana's clothes for Xiao Nana, and wrapped them in swaddling clothes, before asking Ruodie: "Are their people here?" How many other people did you employ besides them? ”

Ruodie picked up Nanami and walked out of the room behind Nanami Hashimoto, and reported to her at the same time: "There are more than 30 people from the cat ninja clan and the ninja dog clan, of which there are three upper ninjas, seven middle ninjas, and the remaining more than 20 people are lower ninjas, because they are monsters, by the standards of human ninjas, they are all elites." ”

"More than thirty people? It seems that they are also pouring out of the nest. Nana Hashimoto didn't remember yesterday's introduction of Jiujing and Tachibana, and estimated the cat ninja clan and the ninja dog clan, and at the same time raised a smile on her face, she was also asking Ruodie about the arrangement: "More than thirty people, Ruodie, you won't arrange them all by my side, right?" ”

"Please rest assured, Madame, except for the Jiujing and Tangerine who you have already seen yesterday, who will bring four shinobi to protect Madame, you and Miss, the rest of the people will be divided into three teams and hidden in the shadows to guard." Ruodie recalled the arrangement that Jiujing had told him before, and reported to Nana Hashimoto.

Nana Hashimoto didn't seem satisfied with this, and after nodding his head to indicate that he knew, he didn't express any opinions or make adjustments to it. Although Jiujing and the others are now their subordinates, Nanami Hashimoto, who doesn't know much about the ninja's behavior patterns, does not intend to interfere in the arrangements of Jiujing and the others, but intends to let them act on their own.

Ruodie has no opinion on this, professional things are left to professional people, and don't easily express opinions on things you don't understand. Even Ruodie knows that no matter what, it is taboo for a layman to command an insider.

When Nanami Hashimoto walked to the door of Asama Shrine, the priest and a team of shrine maidens were standing at the door to see her off, and this posture made Nanami Hashimoto have a trace of imperceptible shyness on his face.

Although he knew that Qianye's status was respected, and he was also respected, but being treated so respectfully, Nana Hashimoto still felt a little uncomfortable. When I set out from Odawara Castle before, although there were more people in the Hojo family, they didn't put on a respectful attitude like the priests of Asama Shrine.

"Lord Priest, I'm really sorry to disturb your society for the past two days, thank you for your hospitality, little girl." Looking at the priest of Asama Shrine, who looked respectful in front of him, Nanami Hashimoto thanked him with a smile on his face.

Nana Hashimoto's words of thanks made the priest seem a little flattered, and he hurriedly responded to Nana Hashimoto: "Madame is too polite, it's just a trivial matter, how can I be thanked by Madame." It is already a great honor for Asama Shrine to be able to entertain Mrs., and I ask Mrs. to forgive Mrs. Asama Shrine for the sin of poor conditions and inadequate hospitality. ”

"The hospitality at Asama Shrine is already very good, and the priest doesn't need to worry about it, and the little girl is already very satisfied." Nanami Hashimoto smiled, and after saluting the priest, he said goodbye to him: "This time I was entertained by the priest, and the little women's football team was warm, but it was not early today, and the little girl said goodbye first." ”

"Madame is polite, if he has time in the future, please be sure to come to Asama Shrine again, and the society will be waiting." The priest did not dare to delay Nanami Hashimoto's trip, and after respectfully returning the salute, he sent Nanami Hashimoto out of Asama Shrine.

In front of Asama Shrine, a carriage was ready, and Kushi, Kazutachi, and four other ninja dressers were gathered around the carriage, along with several wild samurai wearing katanas, all of whom were hired by Wakadie through Asama Shrine.

"Ruodie, how strong are these wild warriors, and are they reliable?" Nana Hashimoto looked at these wild samurai who looked a little rough, and after frowning slightly, she quietly asked Ruodie about the situation of these wild samurai.

Ruodie hugged Xiao Nanawei, stood behind Nanami Hashimoto and explained to her in a low voice: "These wild warriors are all good hands that can be hired by Junfu City, although they look a little rough, but their strength is still acceptable, and it is enough to deal with ordinary people." In addition, Mrs. Don't worry, they all have families and rooms in Junfu City, which is a relatively reliable manpower. ”

"These ordinary people are just putting on a show and dealing with some bandits and other troubles, as long as they don't make trouble for me." After Nana Hashimoto listened to Ruodie's words, the look on her face was a little indifferent, for the big monsters, these ordinary people are probably not even trouble, and Nana Hashimoto is just worried that they will frighten Nanawei.

"Madame, don't worry, I will keep an eye on these people and won't let them disturb you." Ruodie nodded, understanding Hashimoto Nanawei's worries, although there are loyal people who sacrifice their lives for the mission in this era, there are also people who are morally degraded for money and profit, if they are unreliable guards, maybe they will become bandits when they leave Sunfu City.

Seeing that everything had been arranged, Nana Hashimoto did not take over Nanami from Ruodie, so she boarded the carriage. Ruodie saw that Nana Hashimoto was not seated in the car, so she also boarded the carriage and nodded to Jiujing before announcing her departure.

Hearing the order to set off, a ninja of the Ninja Dog clan acted as a groom and waved his whip to make the carriage move. The hired wild samurai were divided into two groups, one walking in front of the carriage and the other following the procession. The carriage was surrounded by Kushi and Tachibana with the ninjas of the Cat Ninja clan, who were on guard not only against possible enemies, but also against the hired samurai.

For this level of precaution, these hired samurai did not feel that there was much to mind, although the status of the samurai was much higher than that of the ninja in this era, but these wild samurai were just some ronins who had long lost their lordship or even their family name, or had no chance of becoming a leader at all.

As a result, they don't have any resentment towards their employers' trust in these ninjas. For these wild warriors, completing this employment and earning wages is their focus. If you can't even fill your stomach, the samurai's integrity may not be abandoned.

The team set off and slowly left Sunpu Castle along the road.

Nanami Hashimoto, who was in the car, looked at a white cat that appeared in the carriage at some point with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked it, "So you are also a ninja of the cat ninja clan?" It's really convenient for you cat ninja clan to be in this form. Without saying a word, Nana Hashimoto picked up the white cat, placed it on her lap, and scratched its chin.

The white cat was made to purr comfortably by Nanami Hashimoto's movements, but it quickly recovered and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "The little one is the upper ninja of the cat ninja clan, and he is here to protect the adults." If you are rude, please bear with me. There seemed to be a shyness in the white cat's voice, which was not easy to hear, and it seemed to be a little shy about the sound she had just made.

"Then I'll leave my safety to you, Shiro." Nanami Hashimoto didn't mind the white gaffe, and touched the white cat's fur with a smile on his face, feeling the warm and comfortable feel, and unconsciously put his hand on the white cat's back.

For Nanami Hashimoto's petting, although the white cat is a little shy, it seems to consider that this is a task, so it still follows the nature of the cat, behaving like a real cat, lying on Nanami Hashimoto's knees and enjoying her petting at the same time, but also vigilantly wary of possible dangers.

Nanami Hashimoto also seemed to be satisfied with this, so she stroked the back of the white cat, looked out the window with a smile on her face, felt the swaying of the carriage, and enjoyed the scenery outside the window.

At this time, Sunpu Castle Lee exudes an antique atmosphere, although the Sunpu Castle at this time is not a small Kyoto after the prosperity of Kyoto culture under the rule of Imagawa Yoshimoto, but at this time it still shows a scene of prosperity and peace. At this time, Tokaido was not the Tokaido that had been fought for hegemony several times in the later wars, and Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, and Hojo Shiyasu fought for hegemony several times, so there was no atmosphere of the Warring States Troubled Times.

Just when Nanami Hashimoto was enjoying the scenery outside the window, the little Nanami who was being held in Ruodie's arms on the side seemed to have a strong interest in the white cat on Nanami Hashimoto's knees, babbling and stretching out her little hand to the white cat, as if she wanted to touch the white cat.

Nana Hashimoto looked at her daughter in surprise, this was the first time that Nanami Ko had shown a strong interest in something. Nana Hashimoto, who was amazed and delighted, took Nanami from Wakadie's hands, dragging her small body with both hands, so that she could touch the white cat lying on her knees.

The immature little hands gently touched the white cat's fur, and on the cute little face, a pair of curious big eyes stared at the white cat firmly, giggling, and felt very happy to be able to touch the white cat.

The white cat looked at Xiao Nanawei's cute appearance, and didn't seem to hate this cute little girl, so she obediently adjusted her body, so that Xiao Nana could touch herself better. Xiao Nanami seemed to be more interested, and her little hand kept stretching forward, so that Nanami Hashimoto could only helplessly put Xiao Nanami on her knees, almost half lying on the white cat's body.

Little Nana, who was lying on top of the white cat, leaned forward and grabbed the pointed ears on the top of the white cat's head with both hands, as if this made her very interested. The immature little hand held the soft and hard ears of the white cat, and smiled even more happily, as if this peculiar touch made her very happy.

Xiao Nanawei's immature hands didn't have any strength at this time, although he grabbed the white cat's ears, but the white cat just moved slightly, and broke free from Xiao Nanawei's hands. This interesting experience made Nana Wei scratch the ears of the white cat again with great interest, and seemed to like such a game.

Nanami Hashimoto looked at her daughter with a gentle smile on her face and let her play with the white cat. Because she knew that the white cat was actually a cat demon, Nanami Hashimoto was not worried about the danger of Nana not being scratched, she believed that the white cat would not hurt her daughter.

Just when Nana was happily playing with the white cat, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Nanami Hashimoto looked out the window in some surprise and found that the carriage seemed to be about to leave the castle town of Sunpu Castle, which made Nanami Hashimoto wonder why he stopped.

Ruodie hurriedly lifted the curtain of the carriage at this time and asked outside, "What happened, why did you stop?" ”

One of the wild samurai hired outside the carriage saw Ruodie asking, and hurriedly reported to her: "My lord, it's someone from the Imagawa family, and they said they came to escort Madame!" ”

Ruodie looked up and found that standing in front of the carriage was the Taiyuan Yukisai of the Imagawa family, who had come to visit Nanami Hashimoto before, and behind him stood several Ashigaru of the Imagawa family, who looked like they had indeed come to escort Nanami Hashimoto.

"Madam, it's Lord Taiyuan Xuezhai, it looks like I've brought someone to escort Madame." Ruodie lowered the curtain and reported to Nana Hashimoto.

"Please come and talk." Nana Hashimoto did not hesitate for a moment, and then instructed Wakadie.

Ruodie lifted the curtain of the carriage and shouted to Taiyuan Xuezhai standing in front of the team: "Lord Taiyuan Xuezhai, Madame, please come forward and speak." ”

Taiyuan Xuezhai heard Ruodie's invitation, so he walked towards the carriage where Nanami Hashimoto was, and at the same time looked at the team escorting Nanami Hashimoto. A few wild warriors didn't pay too much attention to Taiyuan Xuezhai, they were just a group of ronins who couldn't even do it.

However, the several ninjas surrounding the carriage attracted the attention of Taiyuan Xuesai. Taiyuan Xuezhai knew at a glance that these were very professional ninjas, although he did not hide his existence, but Taiyuan Xuezhai could feel that if he had any threats to the lady in the carriage, he was afraid that he would be stopped and subdued at the first time, and even killed.

Walking to the carriage, Taiyuan Xuezhai saluted the curtain lifted by the carriage, and said to Nanami Hashimoto: "Madame has come from afar, and I'm really sorry that the Imagawa family has not been able to fulfill the friendship of the landlord." Before, Mrs. Zeng was instructed, Xuezhai was grateful, and Mrs. Wen will go to Kyoto to send someone to escort Mrs. for a ride. ”

"Lord Xuezhai has a heart, the Imagawa family is so polite, but it makes the little girl feel a little ashamed." Nana Hashimoto didn't get out of the car, but just sat in the carriage and talked to Taiyuan Yukisai: "But I'm still grateful for the kindness of Lord Yukisai, if there is a samurai escort from the Imagawa family, the little girl will have a lot less trouble." ”

"It's great that Madame can accept the kindness of the Imagawa family, so Xuezhai is here to wish Madame a smooth journey." Taiyuan Yukisai was relieved to see that Nana Hashimoto was not willing to accept the escort of the Imagawa family.