Chapter 55: The Death of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu

Kyoto, Imperial Palace.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu lost a lot of weight.

The wind blew lightly and lifted his robe. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at the pond full of water, the cherry blossom petals on the pond, and the reflection of the golden temple behind him, the state of wealth and glory, as if it was yesterday.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was the most powerful of the Ashikaga shogunate's generals.

During his reign, the Ashikaga shogunate reached its peak.

Similarly, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is also a very extravagant general, this imperial palace, is that he built a courtyard, a large area of pond water ripples slightly, the cherry blossom trees by the pond fall and fly, the golden hall is the real golden palace, a simple three-story attic, the same as the Chinese architecture, but also different, generally the so-called Japanese style.

However, the most important thing is that the entire hall is covered with gold leaf. From afar, it is infinitely rich.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's aesthetic is still in place, and the land in the yard is all white sand. So, the white sand, the green water, the flowers and trees, the golden palace, contrast with each other. Washed away the temperament of the gold outburster.

It gives people the feeling of grace and luxury, not local tyrant gold.

This is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's favorite place.

But it's also the last place Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looks.

Without him, the Ashikaga family was already in serious financial difficulties and could not make ends meet. After all, it supports hundreds of thousands of troops, and now Daming actually has a little pressure. So, when it's time to do another big thing.

It's time to give up here.

Not to mention the Ashikaga family.

Even the Ashikaga family in its heyday was worse than the Oda family and the Tokugawa family in its heyday. Such a brutal war, the Ashikaga family can hold on, it is already a deep heritage, this kind of decorative gold leaf. When they were taken down together, there were actually more than a thousand taels.

For the previous Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, it was not a number worth caring about. But not anymore.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu looked at the beauty he had created. Close your eyes slightly. Turn around and leave. Wait for someone to take off the gold leaf here. Suddenly, he heard a sound, the sound of clogs stepping on the white sand.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu closed his eyes and opened them suddenly, with a hint of murder in his eyes.

He knew that this was not a place for others to enter.

Whoever came here without informing him was a great offense to him.

When people lack something, they go back and emphasize something. As the war continued, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's decision to drag the whole of Japan into the war with the Ming Dynasty became more and more criticized. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did whatever it took to establish and assert his authority. He even leveled several temples and took money from the temples as military expenses.

It is important to know that in Japan monk has always been a special profession, and there are many interests behind it, not just religious issues.

You must know that the Japanese monks even fought with the emperor for land, and in the end the emperor lost.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did such a thing, how could he not worry about repercussions and revenge, so he became more and more nervous about his safety, this kind of uninformed him, someone suddenly came to his side, or such a private place. It's enough to sound the alarm.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu slowly turned his head, was stunned, and said, "It's you." ”

It was none other than Hosokawa Yorimoto, who he trusted the most. Hosokawa Yorimoto, dressed in a black samurai costume and holding a long sword, walked slowly. said: "Meet the general." ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had a lot of things in his heart.

Suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Hosokawa Yorimoto, why are you here." ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto said, "General. Why ask knowingly? Today, only one of me, the general, and I can get out of the palace. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu appeared here from Hosokawa Yorimoto, armed with a Japanese sword, and had already guessed that something must be going on today. But Ashikaga Yoshimitsu still wants to be sloppy and fool the past. After all, this palace is surrounded by people from the Ashikaga family.

As long as he gets out of here, the tide will be reversed.

It's just that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't expect Hosokawa Yorimoto to be so blatant.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said: "Bold, you dare to commit a crime, are you worthy of your father?" ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto said, "General, are you worthy of my father-in-law?" ”

Ashikaga Yoshiman's face flushed, but he didn't speak.

Hosokawa Yorimoto spoke. said: "Father-in-law, you supported the young general, fought in the east and west, and stabilized the world, but the general forced the father-in-law to become a monk." Even at the last moment, he did not give up his suspicions about the Hosokawa family. However," Hosokawa Lai Yuan did not have any resentment in his tone, and said: "However, my father-in-law has never blamed you, because this is the great general, the great general of the world, and he has never been a benevolent and righteous gentleman, and he can do it." He must be a beast, strong, forbearing, and suspicious. It can suppress all bad intentions. ”

"So, don't blame me. Because today's events are not that I am sorry for you, nor that you are sorry for me. It's the fate of the samurai. Killing and betrayal. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu heard Hosokawa Yorimoto say this, and he also pressed his hand on the long knife on his waist, slowly pushed the handle away with his fingers, and said, "Oh, in this way, it's my fault." ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto said, "No. If you kill me. Walk out of this courtyard, destroy the Hosokawa family, and then drive out Mingkou, then, it's me who is not right. Because right and wrong can only be decided by the shogun. What you want to ensure now is that you are still the shogun of the shogunate, the great shogun alive. Dead general, nothing. ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto had stopped at this moment.

The two were a few meters apart, both wearing clogs, stepping on the white sand, with the rising lake on one side and the exquisite golden temple on the other. Occasionally, cherry blossoms fall, and it's a great place for a duel.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said: "Yes, I will solve you, and it is not too late to discuss right and wrong." I'm curious. How did you get here? ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto said: "I don't say it, general, don't you know?" Why ask. I'm here just to give the general a decent look. General, why bother to find yourself boring. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's hand was clenched to the hilt of his sword, and his breathing became heavy.

He knew what Hosokawa Yorimoto meant.

Not to mention anything else, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has always had a force of cronies of the Ashikaga family around him, no matter at any time, the number is not less than three hundred, and the officers among them are all from the Ashikaga family, or the in-laws of the Ashikaga family. Be a trustworthy person.

At this moment, these three hundred people should be outside.

There was no fighting, no shouting. Nothing, these three hundred people were dealt with.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't believe it.

After all, this is not a martial arts world after all, and no one can solve these three hundred people silently.

There is only one reason for this.

That is, these people betrayed.

This is what makes Ashikaga Yoshimitsu even more unbelievable, because they are all cronies of the Ashikaga family, the pillars of the Ashikaga family, if they can't believe it, who else can he trust?

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said loudly, "Someone." ”

It's loud.

Enough to get outside.

But nothing happened.

There doesn't seem to be a single person outside.

Hosokawa Yorimoto said: "General, I said it all, I came here just to give you a decent look. This war needs to be over. But there are some things that need to be settled. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu squinted slightly and said, "Are you colluding with Mingkou?" What conditions are there on Mingkou's side. ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto said: "General, you don't need to know. ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said, "Okay. Good. -----Good! After saying the second "good", Ashikaga Yoshimitsu popped out of his whole body, and the long knife was pulled out from his waist like lightning, and a big slash was slashed at Hosokawa Yorimoto.

If this knife hits, Hosokawa Yoshimoto will have to be split in half.

But when he saw Hosokawa Yorimoto, he suddenly took a step ahead.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the two men were almost face to face.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu suddenly had a lot of blood coming out of his mouth and said, "I ------" He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

Hosokawa Yorigen said: "My father-in-law told you that your swordsmanship is already the best in the world. That's because you're a general. ”

At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu held the sword in both hands and raised it above his head. The long knife shines brightly in the sun. A touch of the knife light flowed on the blade. And Hosokawa Yorimoto was holding a long knife in one hand without unsheathing, and with the other hand he didn't know where to pull out a dagger.

The dagger was stuck in Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's chest.