Jekai Nakatsu finally held the third bowl of tea in front of Nonghime, and said slowly: "The name of this bowl of tea is called fate, please taste the taste of fate with His Royal Highness Nonghime." ”

Chongwen thought he had misheard and asked, "Fate, is it a ghost?"

Juhai Zhongjin smiled and said: "What the donor said is good, it is fate, fate is impermanent, like the five flavors in tea." As for whether this last bowl is the best, it depends on what His Royal Highness Nonghime realizes. ”

Nongji picked up the tea bowl and looked at it silently for a while, suddenly drank it all, and said with a smile: "The concubine thinks that this tea is not the final fate, so the quality of this bowl of tea is meaningless." Tomorrow is the final tea of fate, and tomorrow's tea is not something that my little woman can judge. ”

Yoshihiro Ouchi sighed and said, "Yes, tomorrow is the final fate." ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro suddenly looked directly into Chongwen's eyes and said: "Tomorrow, I will hold a grand tea party, inviting Hosokawa Yoriyuki-sama, Spo-sama, Hatakeyama Mitsukei-sama, and Sasaki-sama Michiyu-sama to come to the meeting, and the Yumetsushi master of Tenryuji Temple will serve as the judge, and I solemnly invite His Highness Odekai to watch, please Your Highness must agree, please." ”

Chongwen muttered, "If what I expected is right, Ouchi-sama is representing the Kamakura Princess, and will make the final conditions to the important ministers of the shogunate." What you mean is that let me see the outcome of the negotiations with my own eyes, and if it is in your favor, then the Kamakura Principality will succeed you as the next shogun, and you will win, and the alliance between you and me will be logical. ”

Yoshihiro Ouchi said: "His Royal Highness Ozumi is really a smart person, isn't that enough to show my sincerity?"

Chongwen asked, "What if the result of the negotiation is not good?"

Ouchi Yoshihiro smiled and said, "Then maybe I can only entrust the little girl to His Royal Highness Oidekai, please take care of my eldest son in Yamaguchi Castle, please." ”

Nohime bowed deeply and said, "Please, please agree to your father's invitation." ”

Chongwen shook his head and said, "I still have one last doubt, the Ouchi family gave up supporting the Kamakura Duke, and instead supported His Highness Kakune Yoshimitsu, maybe the situation will change, why doesn't His Highness Ouchi try it?"

Ouchi Yoshihiro sighed: "The reason why these families support His Royal Highness Yoshimitsu is not because of the entrustment of Yoshimitsu, but because His Royal Highness Yoshimitsu is only 9 years old and cannot have his own will. In this way, they will be able to control the shogunate, get the most coveted feudal state, at least maintain their current position, and the benefits of the exploration trade will inevitably be shared by several families.

And I am their biggest stumbling block, even if I lose my sincerity to His Highness Yiman, I will not be tolerated by these important ministers. Unlike Kamakura, he was a very arrogant man who never liked the form of tribute. Even if the benefits are greater, he is against the exploration trade, and he prefers the smuggling trade.

And everything in the Ouchi family comes from the smuggling trade, I am his natural ally, and I can't support a lord who executes the exploration trade and is about to attack the Ouchi family. His Royal Highness, this is the ghost, it is the situation, fate has drawn all of us into this big gamble, there is no point in begging for mercy, only to survive in death. ”

Chongwen smiled: "And I, and my new route have also become your bargaining chips for winning, so what can the Kamakura Gongfang give me?"

Ouchi Yoshihiro's knife-like gaze shot at Chongwen and said: "From now on, the Ouchi clan and Ryuo Island will monopolize the overseas trade of the Shogunate, and I will become an important minister of the Shogunate, and you will become the Ebisu God of Wealth of the Empire, isn't this enough, what else does His Highness the Great Sea need?"

Chongwen also looked at Yoshihiro Ouchi and said, "I can't ask too much for you, but it's different for your son. I've only heard of the Shogunate of the Great Shogunate of Zhengyi, but I have not heard of the Shogunate of the Great Shogun of Pinghai, so how can I mean it?"

The earth-shattering words made the tea room fall into a dead silence, and even the slight crackling sound of the lamp twist could be heard.

After a long time, Nonghime muttered, "I see, I see... She turned her head to Yoshihiro Ouchi and said, "His Royal Highness Odehai once said that the rules have changed since then, and whoever controls the sea wins. The country is poor, to be rich and strong only by facing the sea, sooner or later the people will wake up, if the Ouchi family does not grasp the opportunity, the sea will inevitably be obtained by others. ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro hugged his arms, stroked his lips and pondered, suddenly raised his head to look at Chongwen, and said hesitantly: "Such a bold mind, very human... I heard that the uncle and nephew of the Celestial Dynasty are contending, the whereabouts of the Son of Heaven Chongwen are unknown, His Royal Highness Da Chuan Hai... ”

Chongwen didn't avoid Ouchi Yoshihiro's eyes, but also looked directly at him and said: "Chongwen Tianzi was martyred in the Fengtian Palace, this matter is known to the world, didn't Lord Ouchi hear any rumors?"

Yoshihiro Ouchi immediately came to his senses and said with a dry cough: "No, of course not. . . Sorry, I got distracted. ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was suddenly a little awkward, he interjected: "In this way, even if it is decided, His Highness Da Chuhai will watch the tea party tomorrow." It's just that the identity of the people attending the meeting tomorrow is sensitive, and His Royal Highness Da Chuhai can't directly participate. ”

Chongwen said: "Then how can I watch. ”

Jukai Nakatsu walked to the front and opened the wooden door, pointed to a spacious large room on the second floor opposite, and said, "That is the tea room where Lord Ouchi feasts, and there are police beeping rooms around it, as well as hidden security niches. Tomorrow, please ask His Royal Highness Da Chuhai to be aggrieved, and His Royal Highness Nojie live in the guard niche opposite the tea room, just to accommodate two people, you can watch the whole process of the tea party, I believe that His Royal Highness Da Chuhai will trust His Royal Highness Nohime to translate. ”

Chongwen smiled: "I didn't expect that I also reached the point of eavesdropping on the root of the wall, but for the sake of this good show, it is worth it." Thinking that he was about to be in a room with Nohime, he was a little excited, but he couldn't think of anything he could say to Nohime.

Jeju Hai Zhongjin smiled: "It's really wronged, Your Highness, it's getting late, so please stay here, and you don't have to go back and forth tomorrow." ”

Chongwen said: "So I have to write a handwritten letter to the brothers on the ship, otherwise they will misunderstand and make trouble." ”

Jekai Nakatsu said: "It should be. ”

The waiter presented pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and Nonghime personally served to polish the ink, and Chongwen simply wrote a few sentences, leaving a special mark, which was a safety mark made by the people of Longwang Island, and even Nonghime did not know. Chongwen handed over the letter to Juehai, and the old monk called the deacon monk and ordered him to send him to the blood anointing bird ship in front of Chongwen, and the deacon monk took the order.

Everything was arranged, and Juehai said: "So the tea party is over, His Royal Highness Da Chuhai can rest in peace, and the poor monk has retired." ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro also said: "I have also retired in the lower part, and His Royal Highness Da Kouhai will be arranged by the little girl Anong, and the two entourages will also be settled, Your Highness, please rest assured." ”

Chongwen also bowed slightly: "I'm causing trouble to you." ”

As he was talking, there was a sudden commotion outside, and Chongwen heard the roar of the cow and lion roaring. Chongwen walked out of the tea room, and saw Cai Niu and Catfish Boy coming up from the verandah with their bare hands, confronting a group of guards of the Ouchi family.

Chongwen shouted, "What's the matter?"

The catfish boy said loudly: "I don't know the safety of going to sea for so long, let's come out to see, these guys dare to stop us and bully us without a blade?"

Chongwen scolded with a smile: "Join the mother, we are here to be guests, what danger can there be." Who do you think this is?"

A thick Ji flashed behind him, and the catfish boy smiled: "It turned out to be Mrs. Nonghime, why are you here." ”

Nonghime smiled and said, "This is my home, are you still worried about the safety of the big sea?"

Catfish Boy smiled: "So I'll be relieved to wait." ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro repelled the guards, and the well-behaved little maid Hanako flashed around the corner of the corridor, and gave Chongwen a smile with a smile. Nohime said to the two attendants: "Hanako will arrange for you to take a bath, your body is really stinky, and the plum blossoms in the yard have been smoked and withered." ”

Hanako bowed to the two and said, "Please come with me." ”

Chongwen shouted: "Why don't you go quickly, looking for a beating?"

The two of them followed Hanako away. Chongwen said to Yoshihiro Ouchi: "I'm really sorry, my partners are all rough and have collided with your family. ”

Yoshihiro Ouchi praised with a smile on his face: "If it weren't for such a warrior, how would you kill the Kraken, seize Dragon King Island, open up a new route, and do such a great cause, it's amazing... After saying goodbye, let His Highness go to sea and rest well. ”

Jekai Nakatsu also folded his palms and said goodbye, and withdrew side by side with Yoshihiro Ouchi, with the two small surnames behind him.

Chongwen and Nongji looked at each other and smiled, and their infinite affection was unspoken.

Nonghime said softly, "Please come with me." Gently holding Chongwen's big hand, he turned east and west along the large and complex cloister to a bathroom. The guards along the way were heavily guarded, but Nongji did not shy away from it, so she held Chongwen's hand and walked slowly, so that Chongwen had a big heart, and there was such tenderness and sweetness in the monk's temple.

At the door of the bathroom sat two well-behaved maids, and when they saw them coming, they bowed down together. A maid gently opened the bathroom door, and a wave of damp heat hit her face, and her breath was stagnant. The other waitress said something softly, but Nonghime didn't translate for him, and said with a smile: "You will hand it over to them tonight, and the concubine will retire." ”