In December 1528, Dr. Sakyo and the head of the Ouchi clan, Ouchi Yoshiyuki, finally took his last breath at the Yamaguchikan in Ijo. The sudden death of this powerful man, who had been based on the Shogunate and the Seven Kingdoms, made the surrounding daimyos, including the old enemy Niko, breathe a sigh of relief, and also marked that the San'in Sanyang region was about to enter a new strife and chaos. However, all this undercurrent is surging down, and it has not broken the surface calm.

"Sure enough, only novels should talk about logic, and reality will only open your heavenly spirit cover, stuff what happened into people's shallow brains, and then help you close the heavenly spirit cover. Whether you can understand it or not, whether you can accept it or not, is your own business. ”

When the first rays of sunlight in the morning climbed the tatami mats, Niko Jingzhen, or Zhang Jingzhen of another era, opened her eyes in an inner house in Mt. Woshiyama Castle. just smiled wryly and muttered a few words, and the tears couldn't stop flowing again.

It has been nearly 3 months since she came to this era, and after a mental journey of doubting life, hysteria, self-abandonment, and sobriety in the world, Jingzhen can now accept the fact that she is under the care of the god of unknown ways, and her soul is piercing the child of the same name of the Warring States of Japan.

Fortunately, the engineer has a lot of income, and he has a lot of savings behind him, plus a brother and a brother to take care of, although his parents will be greatly saddened by their death or disappearance in that world, but life still has sustenance and dependence, as for themselves, they will try to live in this era first, maybe this game of gods will also have the setting of returning after clearing the customs.

During the three months of torment of licking the wounds in his heart and pretending to have amnesia, the memories of this body were slowly absorbed and replayed.

The original owner of the body was named Nizi Jingzhen, who was born in the first year of Daei (1521), and fell into the water during the frolic three months ago and died, thus completing this dove occupying the magpie's nest. Father Niko Kuyuki, also known as Sun Shiro Yoshikatsu, commonly known as Shimono Mamoru, is the second son of the former head of the family Niko Kiyosada, the eldest brother of the current head of the family, Niko Suzu, and his mother is the daughter of Aki Guardian Takeda Motoshige.

Nizi Jiuxing is over fifty years old, Jingzhen, the only sister-in-law under his knees, is basically equivalent to the last heir in this life, his amnesia almost made Nizi Jiuxing and his wife, who have experienced the death of three children, desperate again, but they have no other way than to pray day and night to the main god of the great country, and spend a lot of money to invite all the famous doctors in the surrounding countries to seek treatment. Therefore, when Jingzhen completely absorbed the memories of her predecessor three months later and "her condition improved", it was naturally regarded as a miracle.

In order to repay the gods and pray for good health, the couple decided to arrange for Jingzhen to go to the largest shrine in the Nizi Domain, Izumo Shrine, to give up his life and become a monk for 3 years. Although I smoked, drank, and married a wife, I was still a good monk who served the gods wholeheartedly, no, a good priest), and it helped to further strengthen the Niko's ties with the largest religious power in Izumo Province and win secular support (Note 1).

Half a month later, after saying goodbye to his mother's reluctance to tell him all the reluctance, he carried Jingzhen into the Izumo Taisha Shrine with a shoulder swing. Under the personal escort and mediation of Niko Hisayuki, Keizada, who is a contemporary member of the Izumo Taisha Shrine, will be under the care of the Chike family (i.e., Keizada's cheap cousin-in-law), and will learn various compulsory courses such as Chinese, etiquette, riding archery, tea art, Shinto, etc., to lay a good foundation for becoming a priest or samurai. As the right and left hand of his brother Nizi and the lord of one side, Nizi Jiuxing is busy with domestic and internal affairs, although he is reluctant to Jingzhen, he still leaves a lot of money and goods and attendants and goes down the mountain overnight.

After bidding farewell to Nizi for a long time, the relatives of the thousand families turned to Jingzhen and smiled: "Lord Yezhou Shou is still the same, he really doesn't look like a person in his fifties, and he is worthy of being the pillar of the family." My cousin and I are not outsiders, so we just need to live and play naughtily every day with peace of mind, and take care of our bodies a little more solidly, so that we can inherit the prestige of Mamoru Nosu in the future."

Jingzhen naturally didn't dare to slack off, and replied after bowing, "Thank you brother-in-law for your concern, I will be bothered for more than three years." Jingzhen is still a child who is completely ignorant, and all kinds of affairs are handled by her brother-in-law. ”

Considering that Izumo Taisha has been tied to the chariot by the Niko clan, both glory and loss, and the process of his "amnesia" from falling into the water to recovering has been thought of by others as the blessing of the gods and Buddhas, it is better to show a little edge to deepen this impression and pave the way for the past three years and even the rest of his life. So he smiled at the Qianjia family and said:

"My younger brother has heard from my father and mother many times that Izumo Taisha is the largest shrine in the world, and the number of people who visit and pray on New Year's Day can be said to be filling the mountains and blocking the sea, even Ise, Kashima, Suwa, and Tsuruoka (Note 2) are not worth mentioning in comparison. My brother-in-law, as the messenger of the great god of the world (Note 3), protects all the people of Izumo on behalf of the god, which is really a great merit.

But God is one foot high, and the devil is one foot high. Now that Dr. Zuojing has passed away, his uncle (note 4) has been restricted, and the family and the Ouchi family are in a moment to raise swords and soldiers, although the uncle is seeking to crown the world, and there is a great god to protect the world, and he will eventually take the Ouchi family and the Yamaguchi Pavilion, but after all, he has been operating in Zhoufang and Nagato for several generations, and there are many supporters of the blood alliance and clinging, and the difference between victory and defeat is certainly not overnight, and it is inevitable that the people will suffer from war. If the brother-in-law can hoard more rice and flint at this time, he can support the great cause of his family in wartime, and his uncle will not hesitate to reward him, and he can give grace to the people of Li, and the people will definitely devote themselves to the service, and he will accumulate a merit, which can be described as the best of both worlds. The brother-in-law can also think about it for a while. ”

The relatives of the Qianjia family felt that Jingzhen's demeanor was steady and decent, which was unusual, and they were even more shocked when they heard this, and they couldn't help but believe the rumors that they had been blessed by the gods this time.

As the leader of one party, the resumption of the attack by Nizi and the Ouchi clan has long been predicted by the relatives of the thousand families, but it is very extraordinary for the mouth of an 8-year-old child. What's more, in addition to basic judgments, hoarding more rice and flint is only a drop in the bucket for the Shinto families, who can be called hugely rich, but whether it is selling it to the Nizi family at a critical time to make war money, or waiting for the price of grain to soar and become a rice merchant, except for the cost of giving a few stones of rice to the people to show off their fame, it is a big profit. For the Nizi family, fighting a war is never too heavy, and it is wonderful to encourage their hardcore allies to stock up on such a material in advance, even if it is expensive when they buy it, they can quench their thirst and continue their lives at critical moments.

To sum up, although this little ghost is speaking for the self-interest of the Nizi family, but he also takes into account the fame and fortune of his allies, and has begun to show his ability to peep into people's hearts and mediate all parties, and in another 10 years, it is estimated that he will be the same as his father-in-law Nizi Jiujiu. Coupled with the fact that his father Nizi Jiu is fortunate to be a well-known minister in the family, this little ghost will definitely lead the party and enter and exit high positions in the future, and it is worth a little investment. Regarding his three-year study and cultivation, it seems that he will also spend some effort to be a great favor.

Note 1: The Niko clan is a branch of the Kyogoku clan, and was initially sent to Izumo as an agent to take care of the territory, and slowly stole power to gain independence, and in the process, naturally encroached on the interests of the local wealthy clan (land head snake), causing the latter's vigilance and resistance. In order to alleviate this antagonism, the second-generation family governor Niko skillfully started from a religious point of view, and reconciled the 500-year-long dispute between the Izumo Taisha Shrine and the Nichigoki Shrine by holding the "Shinian Relocation Palace" many times, and also married two of the three daughters to the Izumo Taisha shrine's palace secretary (that is, the head of the priests and the head of the Taisha) Senjia clan and the Kitajima clan, and won the support of the powerful and far-reaching Shinto forces, which was recognized by the Izumo wealthy clan and the general public, and was regarded as "his own person" from an "outsider". It laid a solid foundation for it to sweep through San'in and Sanyang soon after.

Note 2: Ise Jingu, Kashima Shrine, Suwa Shrine, and Tsuruoka Hachimangu Shrine are all first-class Shinto or samurai famous places during the Warring States period in Japan.

Note 3: The main god of the great country enshrined in Izumo Taisha is an important deity in Japanese mythology, and he has many titles, among which the great god of the world created is the honorific title of the Izumo region. Because in the legend, this great god took an iron tree, cut rocks through the mountains, dredged muddy water, and strengthened the land, and in the "Izumo Wind and Soil Chronicle", he is called "the great god who took 500 pounds to make the world".

Note 4: Nizi is long-lasting, the contemporary governor of the Nizi clan, nicknamed the wolf of Yunzhou, good at strategy, and his experience in the next gram is known as the "three major generals of the Warring States" with Maori Motoshi and Ukita Naojia, and single-handedly laid the foundation for the Nizi clan to sit on the eleven kingdoms of Shanyin and Shanyang. His younger brother Niko Jiuxing is the father of Jingzhen, so Jingzhen calls his uncle.