Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Nine

Fushimi saw the surrounding area of ​​the capital, but the hearts of the people had not yet fully stabilized. As Kanbara Komasa marched towards the capital, Honda Masanobu, who returned to Edo with Tokugawa Hidetada, also led the troops to gallop towards the capital.Moreover, after getting in touch with Naomasa Ii, Yasumasa blocked the local traffic in Seta for three consecutive days and asked people to raise military rations around the capital.In short, all kinds of news are disturbing. Many people firmly believed that the troops from Osaka to attack Fushimi would arrive soon, and they even took refuge quietly.In such a tense atmosphere, from the afternoon of the 27th day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Keicho, there were rumors that Maeda Danayan would go to Fushimi in person.In fact, rumors always spread half of the facts and half of their hopes.Some people say that the Toshi family came to apologize to Ieyasu this time; others said that the Toshi family came to reprimand Ieyasu on behalf of Mr. Xiu Lai.Some people think that war will break out shortly after the meeting, while others think that it is more than that. Since Toshika came here on purpose, Ieyasu will certainly not let him go easily, and will definitely kill Toshika.With this as the fuse, the war will naturally be greatly advanced.Interestingly, those who hold this view are more Tokugawa junior samurai.

"It seems that Da Nayan finally fell into the master's trick." "You're right. Maybe this is Honda Sado Mamoru's idea." "All in all, since he's here, we have to let us do whatever we want. Anyway, we won't let him go back easily." Due to the arrival of Komasa Kanbara, all the famous people stationed in the Tokugawa Mansion had withdrawn. Even so, the mansion was still heavily guarded.If it was normal, there would have been tourists in twos and threes on the road to enjoy the plum blossoms in Kitano. However, in such a tense atmosphere, spring in the capital seems to be far away.

On the twenty-ninth morning of the first lunar month, after Tokugawa Ieyasu got up, he immediately summoned Honda Masanobu, Ii Naomasa, Kanbara Yasomasa, Torii Mototada and his son, and Yuuki Hideyasu. "I'm going to meet Da Nayan at the pier." Ieyasu tentatively said.He had already received a report that the Toshi family would arrive at Fushimi by boat at the end of the day. "Your Excellency, you don't have to go to greet him in person." Naozawa looked around the crowd with a complicated expression, but no one spoke to him.Everyone felt that there must be a special meaning behind Ieyasu's words, and they were all carefully trying to figure out each other's mentality.

"Da Nayan paid a special visit when he was sick. If I don't greet you, I will be rude." "My lord." Honda Masanobu lowered his voice, "Is this also a plan? What's the use of doing this?" It seems that Honda Masanobu interpreted "go to meet" as Ieyasu's strategy to paralyze the other party. When Ieyasu heard this, he couldn't help frowning. "It seems that I still have to go. Alas! I thought that everyone understood my thoughts, but..." He sighed and turned to Yuuki Hideyasu, his tone was very severe, "Among your retainers, is there anyone who is arrogant? Impatient?"

Of course, this is not just for his son Xiukang, he is clearly playing around. "Father means..." "It's the kind of quick-tempered person who says he wants to kill Dainagon." Hearing Ieyasu's words, Naomasa and Masanobu exchanged glances. "Even if one or two people are killed by assassination or ambush, it will not bring peace to the world. Zhengxin and Kangzheng have to listen carefully. If your family members try to be rude to Da Nayan, I will execute him personally. " Ii Naomasa blushed when he heard Ieyasu's question.Torii Mototada couldn't help laughing.Yuan Zhong is quite clear about the conspiracy of the people in private.They wanted to kill Ieyasu first and then play it without Ieyasu's permission, and then apologize to Ieyasu.

"Kang Zheng, it is estimated that Da Nayan will enter his mansion in Fushimi to rest first, and will visit me tomorrow. Therefore, after receiving him, you have to escort him back to the mansion carefully, and no mistakes are allowed." "Obey!" "Also, you have to inform everyone in the mansion that when Dana Yan comes to visit tomorrow, you must not act rashly! In addition to Dana Yan, there are other wives such as Hosokawa, Kato, Asano, etc. Everyone should pay attention to it and don't insult it. Tokugawa reputation!" After Ieyasu said sternly, he looked at the young Yuuki Hideyasu again: "Hideyasu, you are Taiko's adopted son. During the period when Dainagon is in Fushimi, you have to supervise the daimyo and let them make arrangements. It is absolutely not allowed to cause riots in the city... Only being orderly is the highest state of victory without fighting."

Ieyasu's words worked.Xiukang lowered his head weakly, and secretly glanced at everyone. "So, who is going to the pier with your lord today?" Zhengxin asked intentionally.With a tacit understanding, everyone replied in unison: "I am waiting to go together." Ieyasu was silent.He knew that even if he didn't allow his own people to act rashly, he couldn't completely prevent the troubles of Maeda's retainers. In this way, Ieyasu rushed out of the mansion before the end of time and rushed to the pier.Along the way, according to Ieyasu's orders, the people of Kanbara Yasomasa were on guard.There are soldiers in armor and armor everywhere, which is unavoidable to look at.

The water in the river has begun to warm up, and under the sunlight, the young shoots of the poplar trees are shining with silver light. With the spring breeze blowing, Maeda Toshiie stepped onto the bridge deck with an earthy face.In front of him was Kato Kiyomasa, followed by Asano Yukunaga and Hosokawa Tadake.Only these three people were dressed in civilian clothes, and the other followers were all fully armed, and each of them had a tense and murderous look on their faces. Seeing Toshika's face, Ieyasu couldn't feel his heart being stabbed.Li's family was seriously ill, but even so, he still came here to pay a special visit... He couldn't help but stepped on the steps to greet him, and said, "Oh, welcome."

Just as Ieyasu was about to reach out to help, several people came between the two of them. They were Byo Murai, Iyo Okumura, and Gohei Tokuyama from the Maeda family. Tadake Hosokawa stopped the three of them with a wry smile, "With us accompanying you, what are you worried about?" "Back... Back off!" Li Jia reprimanded pantingly, "I am sick, so I brought the bed table..." Li Jia seemed to want to ask Jia Kang to forgive me for bringing the bed table. Ieyasu nodded, and ordered someone to set up a bed by the stone-paved embankment. "My lord is still ill, and I came to visit specially. Although it is already spring, the cold is still strong. Please go back to the mansion first to rest, and then go to the humble house."

"Thank you." After sitting down on the bed, Li's face slowly recovered some blood, "Thank you for the kindness of the inner mansion, but there is nothing prepared in my mansion, so I want to go directly to the Zun's mansion, what should I do? " "My lord has been exhausted all the way..." "Haha..." Li Jiaqiang smiled energetically, "There is no need to worry about the inner government. The Li family is also a warrior, so he knows what is good. I told them just now in the boat that I remembered some things before the Taige left." "Taige?"

"That's right. At that time, the ministers all fell to the ground. In front of them, the Taiko took my hand and said, whether it is Lixiuyue or Feixiuyue, it all depends on Dainagon... Dainagon I beg you, I beg you Da Nayan... Taige's cold hands and that voice at that time are still clearly in my mind. Therefore, what I have to do now is to entrust the young master to Nei My lord, otherwise, I will have trouble sleeping and eating. The Li family wants to rush to your mansion directly." Hearing Li Jia's words, Jia Kang's heart warmed up: Li Jia has made up his mind to die, he is not afraid of being assassinated by Jia Kang's retainers, and he is not afraid of his illness attacking and dying.It seems that Li Jia's life time will not be very long. "In this case, I'll take a step back first, prepare some beer wine, and express my heart." Ieyasu suppressed tears, and said to Kato, Hosokawa, and Asano, "The three of you have been with me all the way, it's been hard work. Please cheer up and continue to protect Da Na Yan." As soon as Ieyasu left, two sedan chairs came one after the other by the pier.One of them was, of course, the sedan chair of the Maeda family with plum patterns printed on it, and the other was Ieyasu's sedan chair with sunflower patterns printed on it. The Deshan Five Soldiers hurriedly stopped the sedan chair of the Tokugawa Mansion, "The Neifu has already gone back, please go back too." A samurai respectfully knelt on one leg and said: "I am waiting for the order of the inner government to come to meet Dai Nayan... The villain is Ito Chubei, the vassal of the Kanbara Shikibu Daisuke who is in charge of the safety of this area, please Dai Nayan Take it easy." A look of confusion appeared on Wubingwei's face.It was difficult for him to decide which sedan chair to let Li's family take.This is already the territory of Tokugawa, and it may be more beneficial to take the sedan chair that the other party came to greet, but what if the enemy directly robs the sedan chair? Kato Kiyomasa smiled and interjected from the side: "It's rare for your kindness, so let's take the sedan chair arranged by others." Then, he turned to Ito Chubei and others: "You have worked hard. According to the order of the wife of the Beizheng Office, I and Xi Lord Chuan and Lord Asano protect the sedan chair, I hope you will convey my thoughts to everyone." "Obey!" Tokuyama Wubingwei wanted to say something more, but in the end he couldn't say anything, so he turned around and reported to the Toshi family. Murai Toyo and Okumura Iyo rushed to help Toshika, but they were pushed away. Toshika approached the sedan chair with his head held high, looked at Aoi Mon, nodded vigorously, and sat in. The atmosphere is still tense, the sun shone weakly on the river bank, and gusts of wind blew the leaden surface of the river. The weather is still cold, and Xiang Daoyun's scenery ahead is surprisingly desolate. After Lijia got into the sedan chair, he looked at the scenery outside.He couldn't help regretting a little: I'm afraid I will never set foot on this land again in my lifetime, so why are you so stubborn that you don't even visit your own mansion?Not for anything else, I just think of enjoying a bowl of tea quietly in my own tea room.I have dedicated everything to Xiu Lai... In fact, Lijia did not have too much hope for this trip.Ieyasu was very satisfied that he could go out to greet him in person. The sedan chair went straight to the gate of the Tokugawa mansion.At the door, Naomasa Ii and Masanobu Honda had long bowed to the ground with stiff expressions.The Li family knew very well that they must be as dissatisfied with the lord's decision as Maeda's retainers. Li Jia nodded slightly, "It's really enviable to have such good retainers in the inner palace!" After the politeness, he followed Zhizheng into the door.Qingzheng, Zhongxing and Xingchang followed closely behind, staying close at every step. When Li's family walked towards the college, his expression couldn't help but relax.When he left Osaka, he thought, if Jiakang was rebellious, he would stab him without hesitation.But now, even if there was something wrong with Ieyasu, he still wanted to laugh it off.He doesn't know when and why his thoughts changed, but he is indeed very relaxed: everything is determined by God, and he can say whatever he wants.If it feels wrong, just laugh it off... As soon as Li's family arrived at the college, Ieyasu greeted them.What surprised Li's family even more was that several rooms had been opened. During the rest, the three of them respectfully bowed down on the ground, with a medicine box next to them, and they could be seen as doctors at a glance.The outside room was filled with food, obviously, it was specially prepared for Kato, Asano, and Hosokawa. Since all the partitions have been removed, the layout of the hall can be seen at a glance.Toshika's mattresses and Ieyasu's seats were prepared long ago, as were the fuji and hand stove. Seeing this, Li Jia couldn't laugh anymore.He knew that the reason for arranging three doctors was because of his own illness, and entertaining the three people who escorted him outside fully showed Jiakang's magnanimity.I am used to seeing Hideyoshi's extravagance, but Ieyasu's scene is simply too rough and simple, and even makes people feel that this is completely inconsistent with the status of the inner court, and makes people feel clean and honest. "I originally thought that the adults would visit tomorrow, and everything will be brief. Please forgive me." "Where is it, it is causing trouble to the inner government." The two met their eyes and smiled at the same time. Just now, when they met on the pier for the first time, the atmosphere was definitely not like this.Li Xiang sat down, saluted Jiakang immediately, and then leaned on the support table, "Inner Palace, for the sake of the world, for the sake of the young master, forget all the recent quarrels." "It's all my fault." Ieyasu smiled brightly, "Ieyasu really didn't think well about the marriage. I had expected that Da Nayan would come to my humble house." "That's good, that's good." With a smile on his face, Li's family straightened his body and said, "I believe that the inner government has already thought about it. Today, I want to talk to the inner government about Taige's last words. Please enlighten me on how to understand the last words of the cabinet." Ieyasu stared straight at Toshika.What kind of mind did Li Jia use to talk about Taige's last words?If this is not clear, the whole question becomes difficult to answer.After pondering for a moment, he said solemnly, "Namo Amitabha." This kind of answer is so bizarre that even Ieyasu finds it ridiculous: How can I be so indifferent to the other person's feelings, pretend to be deaf and dumb, and make people confused? "Namo Amitabha?" Li Jia really opened his eyes in confusion. "This is just a little bit of my understanding of life. In this Buddha's name, I entrust a wish. If my thoughts are wrong, please forgive me. At the same time, I also feel a kind of peace of mind that is magnanimous. In the Buddha's wisdom eyes It seems that everyone is pitiful, troubled children." "Hmm." Li Jia murmured, "Of course, Taige is no exception... Is that what the Neifu means?" Ieyasu didn't answer, but just took the wine glass from the plate, "To reassure Da Nayan, I'll taste it first." "Well. This is also your Buddha's heart..." "If it's not to your liking, please forgive me. Ieyasu thought he had been acting in accordance with Taige's behest, but he seemed to have made a mistake, and he felt deeply guilty about it." He said, taking the jug from the handmaiden, "Come on , in order to clear up the past, let's have a drink." Lijia seemed to be thinking about something, but he still took the wine glass readily.At this moment, Arima Hoin and Toshika's favored minister, Kamiya Shinano, came down under the guidance of Torii Shintaro.Lijia was taken aback, and asked Shengu, "Why did you come here?" "Master Neifu allowed me to stay by your side." Even Shinano Mamoru Kamiya seemed to be dreaming, "Moreover, Master Koizuka, the chef of Neifu, has also been recruited, and he is now busy working under the kitchen." "Oh?" For a moment, Li Jia felt weak all over. With such careful preparation, Ieyasu is not just treating Toshika as a big nayan.Whether he recruited Kamiya Shinanomori or the chef who is familiar with Toshika's taste, it can only be understood as his concern for Toshika who is ill.Ieyasu is not an ordinary person, but an awe-inspiring person! At this time, Toshika could no longer question Ieyasu, let alone reprimand him.Ieyasu just said "Namo Amitabha Buddha" solemnly expressed his thoughts to Torika.If the questioning continues, Ieyasu will only answer firmly: "Only the world is peaceful, is the true meaning of Taige!" At that time, it will be Lijia himself who will lose his face. Ieyasu pretended not to see Toshika's distress, and calmly took a wine glass with his own hands, and handed it to Shinano Kamiya. Taige's dying wish was entirely the words of a sick and confused old man.The Lee family's sympathy for Xiu Lai now may be the same.If possible, Toshiya would really like to go back after learning from Ieyasu the exact date of returning to power to Hideyori. The Li family wanted to say: "When the young master is fifteen years old, please return the world to him." But Ruo Jiakang asked: "What if Xiu Lai does not have this talent?" Talijia: How could you make such a stupid and sad mistake? Li Jia only felt that Ieyasu's words "Namo Amitabha Buddha" pressed down on his heart with a thousand weights.Can a person's life be attributed to this Buddha's name?Even Taige is no exception.Taige made great achievements during his lifetime, but isn't he still helpless after his death? Soon, a steady stream of hearty dishes came up.Looking at the dishes in front of him, Toshika gradually despaired: Xiu Lai could only resign himself to fate.If there is anything else that can be done, there is only one thing, and that is to hold Ieyasu's hand and cry just like Taiko before he died.Li Jiashang maintained a trace of calmness, not to the point of being confused.Of course, he can rise up and push it away, but once that happens, Xiu Lai will have no place to stand... The addition of Arima Fayin made the banquet lively.After eating the fifth cup, Li Jia felt a little dizzy, so he put down his chopsticks. "My lord, if you feel unwell..." Shinano Mamoru Kamiya rushed forward. Li Jia shook his head coldly and turned to Jia Yasu.In his eyes, Ieyasu has never been as tall as he is today, and his figure is as straight as a mountain.Li Jia said sincerely: "Today's hospitality will never be forgotten by Li Jia." "Danayan is being polite. My lord has come from afar, and Ieyasu will never forget it." "Then..." Toshika lowered his voice like Kato, Hosokawa, and Asano, who were worried about dining outside, "Toshika came here from Osaka on purpose, and I'm really grateful for such kind treatment. Before parting, I have a request .” "Why do you need to be so polite, just talk about things." "It's not for anything else, but Mrs. Dian once mentioned that the Neifu should be moved to Xiangdao. For the sake of the young master, please ask the Neifu to move there." "For the young master?" Ieyasu was puzzled.In fact, people in the mansion have long complained about the smallness and poor location of the mansion.It's just that Ieyasu endured Wu Fengxing and the other four elders with scruples. "Everything should be for the young master. I mean, once an accident occurs in the inner palace, the young master will be alone. Therefore, please move the inner palace as soon as possible, and be more careful at ordinary times." This is completely from the heart of the Li family. No pretense at all.Ieyasu held his breath and stared at Toshika.The teardrops in Lijia's eyes are vivid, why would he say this on such an occasion?Soon, Ieyasu's doubts disappeared.Just like when Taiko entrusted Hideyori to Toshika when he was on the sick bed, now Toshika wants to entrust Hideyori to Ieyasu.He was clearly begging: "I will entrust Xiu Lai to you!" "Once an accident happens in the inner palace, then the young master will become a lonely boat..." How tragic and sincere these words are!This is a sincere friendship, and it is the love of the Li family to Taige. "As for Fengxing and those old people, Li's family will personally persuade them one by one. If there is an accident in the inner mansion, it will be Optimus Prime. Therefore, the inner manor must agree to the relocation to Xiangdao no matter what." Ieyasu's heart suddenly became hotter.If no one else was present, he would have held Li Jia's hand and wept.He straightened his sitting posture, and said word by word: "Ieyasu will always remember what Danayan said. Since Danayan has said so, Ieyasu will move in soon." "You agreed?" "Namo Amitabha." "Okay! That's great! If that's the case, this trip to Fushimi will not be in vain." Li Jia breathed a sigh of relief and picked up his wine glass. Jiakang bowed deeply to him, and said: "In this way, Jiakang will have confidence in his heart. Regarding the funeral, I will entrust it to the adults. In addition, Jiakang also has something to ask." While speaking, Jiakang also glanced vigilantly. Glancing at Kato, Hosokawa, and Asano, who were outside: "Since Danagyan came all the way, Ieyasu should of course return to Osaka. Of course, before the funeral is over, Ieyasu still wants to avoid it as much as possible to avoid Please forgive me for causing discussion.” "What's the matter in the inner palace? The Li family never dared to ask the inner palace to return gifts..." "No, if you don't return the gift, how will your family be at ease? It's just that rushing to Osaka before Taiko's funeral may cause criticism. The world will mistakenly think that Da Nayan and the Neifu are pretending to be for Taiko's funeral." So I am sorry for Taiko. Therefore, Ieyasu wants to wait until the funeral of Taiko is successfully completed before returning to visit, please understand." Ieyasu's voice was loud and clear to Qingzheng and Zhongxing. Qingzheng and Zhongxing looked at each other quietly, and nodded endlessly.If Ieyasu doesn't take the initiative, the two of them will have to remonstrate. "As expected of Ieyasu!" Zhongxing muttered to himself.Kiyoshi, who was almost teetotal, also relaxed. No matter whether it is the banquet inside or outside, the food and drink are still being served non-stop.It was Naomasa Ii who was in charge of receiving Kiyomasa and the others.He pretended not to hear Ieyasu's words, and continued to persuade him to drink: "The chef in Maeda's mansion is really amazing. Come, come, have a few more drinks..."