Dream window Shushi lifted the tea bowl, took a sip gently, closed his eyes and slowly recalled the various tastes between his lips and teeth, and the tea room was silent, looking at the old monk together.

Finally, Yumechishishi nodded, took out a piece of snow-white washi paper, gently wiped the edge of the tea bowl stained with his lips, and then handed the teabowl to Yoshihiro Ouchi, who took the teabowl in his hand and looked at Yumechishishi in puzzlement.

The old monk said: "No one has the right to force anyone, it is equality, today I only prepared a bowl of tea, everyone to drink tea in the way of drinking?"

Hatakeyama asked, "What is the method of drinking?"

Dream Window Shushi said: "Just like me, each person takes a sip of tea, makes a song, and then passes it on to the next person, and determines the quality of the tea ceremony based on the quality of the song." If you can't even drink a bowl of tea together, then the scourge of war is inevitable, so why waste time by pretending to be at a tea party. ”

Yoshihiro Ouchi stopped talking, smiled and took a sip of tea, took out a piece of white paper from his sleeve, wiped the bowl along the place where his lips had been wet, and then slowly handed the tea bowl to Hosokawa Yoriyuki. There was a dead silence in the tea room, so everyone looked at Hosokawa Yoriyuki, and the atmosphere was very tense, and even the air seemed to freeze.

In the security shrine, Nonghime, who was lying softly on Chongwen's shoulder, also became nervous, sat up straight, and stared intently at the tea room. Everyone understands that if Hosokawa Yoriyuki is unwilling to share a bowl of tea with Yoshihiro Ouchi, it means that he cannot trust Yoshihiro Ouchi, and war is inevitable.

Hosokawa Yoriyuki lowered his head and looked at the bowl of peerless tea, which was as heavy as a mountain, and he didn't move for a long time. Finally, he raised his head and said slowly to Yoshihiro Ouchi, "Your waka." ”

Yoshihiro Ouchi smiled slightly, put the tea bowl on the coffee table in front of him, and there was a maid with a delicate face waiting for the pen and ink. Yoshihiro Ouchi picked up the brush, thought for a moment, and wrote on the paper while groaning:

In winter, the mountains are quieter

The grass and trees withered without a word

It's cold, it's cold

In a moment, after the song was written, Yoshihiro Ouchi put down the pen and paper. Hosokawa Yoriyuki said coldly: "It's straightforward and sparse, it's not good, it seems that Lord Ouchi is going to lose the lottery today." ”

Yoshihiro Ouchi smiled but did not answer, and offered the tea bowl with both hands. Hosokawa Yoriyuki was silent for a while, and finally took the tea bowl, and even Chongwen felt that the heavy and oppressive atmosphere in the tea room was relieved, and it seemed that the air was flowing again.

Hosokawa Yoriyuki took a sip of tea, tasted it with his eyes closed, and said with a sigh: "I really don't want time to pass away, let me taste such a tea ceremony, and let me know that it is only once in my life, it is really painful and ghostly." ”

General Spoyi sneered and said, "There are less than 10 people in the whole family who have this kind of pain, and Hosokawa-sama's greed is really terrifying. ”

Hosokawa Yoriyuki sneered: "Even the Buddha has the desire to save the world, and I am just a samurai, of course I am not exempt from vulgarity. He cleaned the edge of the bowl, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote on the paper. After a while, he put down the pen and paper, nodded with satisfaction, and groaned:

Autumn leaves drifting on the glacier

In winter, the river has not stopped

It should be snow falling in the mountains

Dream window Shushi praised: "This sentence is good, when I see the red leaves of the glacier, I think of the flying snow in the mountains, and the adults of Hosokawa have a big heart." ”

Chongwen almost laughed out loud when he listened to Nongji's translation, this is considered a big heart, if these barbarians see Li Taibai's poems, they don't know what to be shocked.

Hatakeyama Mankei took the tea bowl with a smile and said: "Today's tea party is really a once-in-a-century experience, if a famous painter paints today's event, we will be famous for eternity." ”

General Spoyi said arrogantly: "Hatakeyama-sama is talking about everything, I can't think of poetry yet." ”

Hatakeyama Mitsukei said: "Inspired by Hosokawa-sama, I have a few words, which are not good, and I am afraid that I will lose today." He tasted the tea, cleaned the bowl and placed it on the coffee table, picked up a pen and paper and wrote something, and Spoy looked at it and recited it:

The sun was getting late

The clothes are cold to the touch

Mt. Yoshino is covered in snow

Hatakeyama Mankei put down the pen and paper with a smile, and General Spoyi shook his head and said: "Picking up people's teeth and wisdom, there is no creative vision at all, I'm afraid that Hatakeyama is not talented enough to be a deacon of the shogunate." Hatakeyama Mitsukei's face instantly turned cold, and he handed the tea bowl to General Spo without saying a word.

Spoyi caught the tea bowl with both hands, tasted it silently for a while, looked up to the courtyard, the bamboo forest garden had been lamped, the moon had risen, and he silently wrote a song:

The moonlight in the sky is cold

A cold shadow is cast in the pool in front of the court

The shadow is cold and the water turns into ice

Putting down the pen and paper, Spoyi read it softly, and Hatakeyama Mankei sneered: "It's also average, I'm afraid it's not worthy of this good tea." ”

General Spoyi also shook his head and sighed, handed the tea bowl to Sasaki Michiyu, and said, "Today's literature is not abundant, and I am afraid it will depend on the master to surpass Hosokawa-sama." ”

Michiyu Sasaki took the tea bowl and said coldly: "The poor monk is a monk, and serving the Buddha is the obsession of the poor monk, and he has long since extinguished the heart of transcending others. He silently took a sip of tea, wiped the edge of the bowl clean, wrote a waka with pen and paper, and handed it to the dream window Shushi. The dream window Shushi took it, and the old voice read slowly:

Yesterday is not allowed to stay

What a worry today

Tomorrow is like a stream of water

Dream Window Shushi put this piece of paper on the coffee table, and the waka on the table was already in a row, and the old monk thought quietly, appreciating the merits of these waka.

Finally, the old monk said: "Master Daoyu has a good calligraphy, and there is a bit of Zen in the song, but the worries are going to overflow the paper. In this way, it is still Hosokawa-sama and the first song... Today's tea fight, it was Hosokawa-sama who won. ”

There was a dead silence in the tea room, and for a long time, Hatakeyama Mankei said: "Take it in your heart." ”

A retainer of the Ouchi clan reported outside the teahouse: "Lord, Lord Matsuura Yoshinobu has passed away, and there is a desperate poem left." ”

Dream Window Shushi put his palms together and gently recited the mantra of death.

Ouchi Yoshihiro coldly ordered: "Present it." The retainer presented an origami paper to Yoshihiro Ouchi, and then stepped back silently. Yoshihiro Ouchi picked up the paper and read softly:

This heart is dark all night long, confused and unaware

Whether it is a dream or not, there is a definite judgment in the world.

Jekai Nakatsu sighed softly: "Lord Yoshinobu realized his own foolishness, but he didn't see through the hearts of others, but fortunately, he was quite open-minded when he was dying. ”

Inside the security niche, Nongji covered her small mouth and held back her tears, Chongwen stretched out his arm to take him into his arms, gently patted her shoulder and back to comfort her, and was speechless for a long time.

Michihiro Sasaki stared at Yoshihiro Ouchi and said slowly: "Since Lord Ouchi is not opposed to the Kana trade, then the shogunate will soon issue the "Imperial Decree" to crusade against the Matsuura Party, and Lord Shibukawa Manyori will send troops to Upper and Lower Matsuura County to pacify the Matsuura Party and send all the Yasu people in Hirado back to Dakang, what does Lord Ouchi think." ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro said lightly: "The younger brother Ouchi Hiroshi will lead 300 elite horsemen to be dispatched by Lord Shibukawa Manri. ”

Hosokawa Yoriyuki said dissatisfiedly, "What the shogunate needs is a ship. ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro said slowly: "The Ouchi family doesn't have a ship, but I'm willing to send 2,000 kanbun to collect ships for the shogunate... So when will the Kamakura Princesses be able to enter Beijing?"

Hosokawa Yoriyuki said: "It is also up to General Yoshitsu to decide." ”

Ouchi Yoshihiro said coldly: "I understand, it seems that the hard work of Master Dream Window is still in vain. ”

The long tea party lasted until the evening, and Yoshihiro Ouchi, on behalf of the Kamakura Princess, finally managed to reach some agreement with the shogunate's important ministers. The Ouchi family agreed to trade with the Shogunate, abandoned Kii, betrayed their allies, and agreed to the shogunate's crusade against the Matsuura Party. The important ministers of the shogunate who attended the meeting agreed to unanimously exhort Shogun Yoshitsune to appoint the Kamakura Princes as the successor of the next shogun.

It seems that Yoshihiro Ouchi paid a considerable price in exchange for the temporary understanding of the shogunate, and the chances of Kamakura Gongkata succeeding him as the next shogun have greatly increased. However, it was clear to everyone that such an agreement was very fragile, and that as long as the Kamakura Duke succeeded to the throne, the Kanai trade would be abolished, and Yoshihiro Ouchi's promise would be a dead letter.

In their favor for the shogunate, they succeeded in forcing the Ouchi family to remain neutral on the issue of the Matsuura Party. As long as the shogunate eliminated the Matsuura Party and expelled the Kangshang merchants in the territory, the foundation of the Ouchi clan's smuggling trade was destroyed. Even if the Kamakura Principality succeeded to the throne as the next shogun, he would only be able to carry out the Kan trade, and without a source of goods, the shogunate would not be able to maintain its rule.

Of course, if the shogunate could not quickly eliminate the Matsuura Party, everything would be in vain. Once Kakune Yoshiken died and the Kamakura Duke succeeded to the throne, the war against the Matsuura Party and the Yasusho would be immediately stopped, the Kana trade would be terminated, and the smuggling trade would resume.

The two sides also bet on General Yiquan's short lifespan.

But both Takafumi and Nohime believed that Ouchi Yoshihiro had won because he had successfully defused the looming unfavorable war, bought time, and at the same time bogged the shogunate into a war with the Matsuura party. As soon as Shogun Yoshitsune died, these important officials of the shogunate would either support the Kamakura Principality or a war would break out internally, either in which case would be beneficial to the Ouchi family.

But this victory cost Matsuura Yoshinobu his life, although Nohime and Yoshinobu have no feelings, but after all, they are also her husband, and it is impossible for Nohime not to be sad when he dies so tragically. Persisted until the end of the tea party, the guests dispersed, and Nonghime hurriedly retreated to the boudoir to rest.