Chapter 30 Chapter Thirty

After the cherry blossoms fade, summer is approaching. Because Toyotomi Hideyoshi went to war, Dazhengsuo lived with his daughter-in-law Beizhengsuo, whom he had not seen for a long time.Recently, she came to visit Ning Ning frequently, and the two chatted about Hideyoshi while worrying about Hideyoshi's safety. The Dazheng Institute is full of worries: Hideyoshi is almost sixty years old, why is he still so belligerent?Why not spend a quiet time in the capital?Will he be in danger on the battlefield?How far is Japan from North Korea?What kind of place is the Ming Dynasty? Hideyoshi left the capital on March 26, only 17 days later-on April 13, fighting in Busan had already begun.

Forward Xiaonishi Xingchang and Zong Yizhi said to Zheng Bo, who was guarding Busan: "Please allow us to land in Busan and go to Daming Kingdom by way." In order to make up for their apology to Hideyoshi, they negotiated with the other party in this way, planning to attack immediately if they were rejected.They knew very well that King Li would never agree to "lead the way", so they went directly from Taipu to Liangshengpu, Donglai, Shuijunying, Liangshan, and pointed directly at the capital.On April 17th, when Konishi Konishi left Miryang, the second team of Kato Kiyomasa and Nabeshima Naohiro arrived in Pusan.On the 18th, Kuroda Nagamasa, Otomo Yoshitomo and others landed in Angupu and advanced towards Jinhai City, and the fighting became more intense.Meanwhile, Hideyoshi leisurely arrived at Nagoya Castle on April 25th.

Every time grandson Xiuci came to report, the concern of the Dazheng Office became more and more serious.This simple woman in her eighties has experienced too much suffering in war.She sighed: "Even if we win, there will be casualties. It would be nice if we could dissuade him." On the second day of May, the army occupied the capital, King Li fled to Xinyouzhou, and the two princes Linhai Junxin and Shunhe Junhui fled to Xianjing Road.In late May, news came that North Korea was seeking peace. "Great!" The Dazheng Office heard the news from Xiuci's important minister, and immediately came to Ningning's room, "We have won, the battle should be over, right?"

"The daughter-in-law also breathed a sigh of relief." "However, the King of Joseon is so pitiful. I really sympathize with him and want to save his life." Ning Ning showed a cheerful smile, brought tea to the Dazheng Office, and said: "Mother, don't worry, Master Taige has always been kind-hearted." However, the Dazheng Office did not laugh: "This kid likes war, and he has been like this since he was a child." "No, it's not that I like it, but I think it must be done..." "No, I like it!" Dazheng Office shouted.Ning Ning was taken aback because the attitude of the Dazheng Office was quite unusual.

"I know this child better than you. This is a disease that cannot be rested until one dies in battle." Dazheng Office continued sternly.Ning Ning trembled all over.In fact, she also had the same uneasiness as Da Zhengsuo, and she was speechless for a while. "Ning Ning: I don't live long, I beg you, write a letter to Nagoya, okay?" "Writing to your Excellency?" "Yes, I always dreamed that he was in hell these two days, and he killed too many people." As he spoke, Dazheng looked away, trembling all over, "terrible... many ships were burned in the sea of ​​blood in hell, and people fell one after another. Into the bloody water. Among them, there is a boat with a child...I beg you, tell him to make peace with King Li, and come back here! This is my last wish...Can you write a letter immediately?"

"Why did mother say such strange things..." Ning Ning suddenly stopped talking.These words from the Dazheng Office made her very disturbed, so she changed her words: "Of course I will write a letter immediately, but after all, dreams are just dreams." "No, if you ignore it, it will become a fact." Dazhengsuo became stubborn unknowingly, "Think about it, since Xiuchang left, one unfortunate thing after another." "Mother……" "Don't deny it! Xiuchang passed away last year, and in the first month, what happened to Layman Rikyu happened immediately, and then Hesong died again."

"He Song's life should be like this!" "No, there are demons at work, and it is a warning from the gods and Buddhas. This time, he delayed his expedition with the help of his eyesight, and finally he went. I don't want to be clear now, there will be a bigger disaster next time!" Ning Ning felt a chill run down his spine.She also had this idea herself, and had been thinking about it for several nights.The eighty-year-old mother seemed to have the same anxiety.What should I say to reassure her? "Hehe." Ning Ning smiled, "Mother is too tired. There are unfortunate things, but there are also good things. Please think of the good."

"No, good things are small things, but unfortunate things are unexpected catastrophes. Hidecho and Tsurumong will not be able to survive, but if something happens to Hideyoshi, I won't live!" At this time, a maid's report came from the corridor: "Master Guan Bai is here." "Xiuci..." Dazhengsuo stared at Ningning in horror. Guan Baixiuci hurried over with a servant. "Grandmother! Mother!" Xiuci called them Dazhengsuo and Beizhengsuo in front of everyone, and privately. "Master Guan Bai, what's the matter?" Ning Ning asked.

Twenty-five-year-old Hideji still hasn't calmed down, "Awaji Sparrow just reported that our navy was defeated in Dongchong on Geoje Island." "The navy is defeated?" Ning Ning asked in surprise. The Dazheng Office said plausibly: "Look, isn't this another bad news? Could it be that the Taige is also on board?" "Of course my lord is still in Nagoya, but..." "But what?" Ning Ning urged. Only then did Xiuci sit down, "The news is reliable. It is the fourth day of May. The enemy commander Yi Sun-sin is good at naval warfare, so our ships are almost unscathed... Lord Taige hastened to prepare more ships."

Ning Ning quietly glanced at her mother-in-law.The Dazheng Office finally understood what was going on.Xiuci was still extremely nervous, avoiding Ningning's sight, shaking the folding fan frequently, "This is the key. Father... Taiko said that if this continues, morale will be affected. Our army attacking the North Korean capital has no way of retreating now. There are no more ships, even ships for transporting troops and food, so all the ships have to be conscripted, and new ships have to be built day and night, and royal ships are also built. Lord Taige wants to personally conquer North Korea..."

"This... this won't work, there are powerful enemy soldiers at sea." "That's right, grandma!" Xiuci slapped his knee frantically, "No matter what, we must stop father from crossing the sea." "Of course! Of course!" "Therefore, someone asked me to go to Nagoya to go to war on behalf of my father, and asked my father to let me cross the sea." "Ah! Who said that?" "Quebu and other senior ministers." "No! I'm afraid there are many generals who have persuaded you. Neither you nor Taige can cross the sea in person!" "But, why would father listen to people's dissuasion?" "Daughter-in-law!" Dazhengsuo turned his head to look at Ningning trembling all over his body, "Any ideas? You are talented. You can't do this, Taiko and Xiuji can't cross the sea. The sea of ​​hell I dreamed will become a reality. I can't be wrong, Don't do this!" It was the first time that Ning Ning saw Dazhengsuo look almost crazy. "Daughter-in-law, why don't you speak? If you don't stop it immediately, the child will get on a boat and go across the sea!" Ningning couldn't help closing her eyes.She understood why Xiuci was so nervous and why Dazhengsuo fell into madness.Eighty-year-old Dazheng has a persistent maternal love, but Xinguanbai is hesitant because he is going to replace Hideyoshi in the battle... Both of them make her heartache, and she has to say something. Hideyoshi didn't really want to go to sea, he just wanted Tokugawa Ieyasu or Maeda Toshiie to go on his behalf.But it seems that in order to avoid this, someone proposed to let Xiuci go.As Ning Ning thought this way, Ishida Mitsunari's face immediately appeared in front of his eyes.Sancheng was extremely dissatisfied with Ning Ning's involvement in politics, and Hideji, who he disliked, inherited Toyotomi's heir again!If Ning Ning, Dazhengsuo, and Xiuci join hands, 30% of the power will become quite lonely. "Ningning, why don't you talk? Your husband and children are your back!" "Don't worry!" Ning Ning finally made up his mind.In this case, there is only one way to prevent Hideji from crossing the sea.Ning Ning was confident that Hideyoshi would not be angry even if she did this, so she slowly said: "Once Taige speaks out, he will not be dissuaded. There are only two people in this world who can persuade him." "Which two are they?" "One is the mother." "Will he listen to me?" "The other one is the emperor." "Going to ask the Lord?" "Yes, in this case, my lord has to obey orders. Lord Kanbai, you immediately send an envoy to the Imaidegawa family." "Imaidegawa?" "Master Juting Qingji is your father-in-law, he will definitely help you. In the name of the lord, prevent Taige from crossing the sea." "Oh!" Xiuci finally understood, clapped her knees and said, "Mother really has a way!" "If you want to cross the sea instead of Taige, you just say that if you do this, the world will be in chaos." "There is a way!" Xiuci muttered to himself. Suddenly, the Dazheng Office fell down without a sound. "Ah, mother-in-law..." Ning Ning leaned towards her mother-in-law in surprise: "Come on! Mrs. Tai is ill! Come on!" Ning Ning hurriedly helped up the Dazheng Office.Dazhengsuo's face was as white as wax, and he tried her breath with his hand, and it seemed that she had stopped breathing. Although Ning Ning knew that Dazhengsuo was getting old, he still felt the blood stagnation in his whole body, and he was very afraid, "Master Guan Bai, pass on to the doctor! Hurry up and pass it on to the doctor!" Xiuci was also shocked and called out to the doctor, who immediately stretched his hand to grandma's chest.Said: "Don't worry, it's just a temporary coma and gas-suffering, send her to the room quickly." The four maids picked up the dead tree-like Dazhengsuo.Ningning followed them out of the corridor. "It's lighter, it's lighter..." She was worried that it would shake the Dazheng Office, but her eyes blurred unknowingly.Dazhengsuo is deeply worried about his son. At the age of eighty, his mother's love has not diminished in the slightest.This kind of unrequited love reminds Ningning of the sad fate of women. Qu Naose Xuanshuo hurried over.He felt the pulse of Dazheng who was lying on the pure white quilt, and then opened his eyelids to see, Ningning and Xiuci who were beside him waited with bated breath.After the diagnosis, Xuan Shuo smiled: "Don't worry, it's just that you're overtired, and you seem to have a deficiency of energy and blood." "Oh! What a worry!" "But..." Xuan Shuo didn't wash his hands immediately, "Mrs. Tai has reached this age, and I think it's better to report this matter to Mr. Taige." "So... so, is there still a big worry?" Xiuci couldn't help asking Xuanshuo back, sweating coldly on his forehead. "Yes. In case of any change, Nagoya and the capital are far apart..." Xuan Shuo saluted respectfully. Xiuci was silent.Among the people around the adoptive father, the grandmother was the strongest supporter of Xiuji, and this big tree had fallen... He had to admit that this was a very ominous thing. it's dark.Lights were turned on in the room of the Dazheng Office, and the bed curtains were hung up.Xiuci has already gone back, Ning Ning and Master Xiaozang are silently waiting beside the pillow of the Dazheng Office.The maids guarding the next room were silent, and only the breath of Dazhengsuo could be heard in the whole room.Because of the hot weather, the windows on all sides were open, and there was a breeze. "Master Filial Piety, it would be fine if it's just mother worrying too much." "Does your lord mean that the future war will become more and more unfavorable?" "Yes! Mother is very sensitive. Her dreams worry me a lot." Master Xiao Zang didn't answer for a long time, she also felt the same uneasiness, and said after a long time: "Your Excellency has this temper, and you have to do everything to the end." "But that's okay..." Ning Ning was talking, when the light suddenly went out, blown out by the wind.But Ning Ning was taken aback, and listened carefully to the movements in the tent until she heard the even breathing of Da Zhengsuo, then called the maid in the next room: "The light is off, turn it on." Then, she began to think about whether to Inform Hideyoshi of Taimasa's illness. Originally, there were not enough boats to cross the sea, but now they have sunk a lot, Hideyoshi must not be able to bear this sigh.Ning Ning knew that Hai Hai suffered the first defeat, but at this time, the news of the second defeat should have been sent to Hideyoshi. On the fifth day of the sixth lunar month, the navy was once again broken by Yi Sun-sin in Tang Xiangpo, losing many warships, and the general of the navy, Lai Dao Tongzhi, died in battle.However, Hideyoshi did not show weakness, and submitted a letter to the Emperor from the Nagoya: "I will move to the Ming Dynasty in the next year, so please make preparations early." In order to cover up the embarrassment of the failure of the naval battle, Hideyoshi ordered the land to step up the attack.Ning Ning quite understood his anxiety and distress. "Master Xiaozang, if it were you, what would you do?" "Ah?" Master Xiaozang looked at the sleeping Dazhengsuo and asked fearfully, "What did Madam say?" "I'm asking, if it was you, would you tell Lord Taige about your mother's illness?" "If it's a poor nun... I will tell you." Master Xiaozang replied immediately, "Your Excellency is filial, if you don't inform him, you might get angry." Ning Ning silently watched Master Xiaozang.Master Kozo was afraid of being reprimanded by Hideyoshi, but he didn't think deeply about it, and it wasn't out of sympathy.The monk's fearful answer was of no help, and Ning Ning had to think again. Hideyoshi is too self-willed, he refuses to show weakness at any time, once he falls down, he wants to move forward even more.This Hideyoshi, who was defeated at sea, and if he learned that his mother was seriously ill, how would he react? "If Ma'am has that intention, the poor nun is willing to go to Nagoya..." "Wait a little longer." Ning Ning said, "The military affairs are busy now, don't disturb his mind." "But, what if Mrs. Tai..." "I'd rather be scolded by him then. No matter what, I should try my best. From tonight, I will take turns taking care of Mrs. Tai with you." "Yes." Master Xiao Zang finished speaking, and just twisted the rosary on his wrist. Ning Ning called Kirokuro Saito to the next room and asked him to tell Hideji not to tell Hideyoshi about Dazhengsuo's illness: "The illness is milder than expected. Xuanshuo and Ruigui also said so, so the Dazhengsuo's illness Don't tell Taige about it yet." After Kirokuro went out, Ning Ning sat back beside the bed and stared at the Dazheng Office.She didn't want to take care of her mother-in-law like a daughter-in-law.Looking at Dazhengsuo's peaceful sleeping face, her mother-in-law's life deeply impacted her heart.Hideyoshi believes that he is "the most filial son in the world", and he will give her whatever his mother needs... But, did this mother really get what she wanted? Mrs. Asahi, Hidecho, Hideyoshi, Hideji, mother and son... all the troubles, how are they different from when Dazhengsuo lived in the shabby house?People's desire for things and power can never be satisfied, but life is closely related to reincarnation... Hideyoshi is the same, but he doesn't want to face the sorrow of life and death, but pins himself on conquering outside, which is just deceiving himself. "Poor Taige... There will be more sad things than this, don't be surprised..." Ning Ning was thinking, when a figure appeared at the door.Ning Ning asked aloud, "Who?" "It's the housekeeper." Master Xiao Zang replied.The housekeeper in the inner court is also Ningning's favor. "Come in." Seeing the letter in her hand, Ning Ning stood up, "A letter from your lord?" "It was sent on the sixth day of May. The servant came to ask Madam if she wanted to reply." "Written in his own hand? To whom?" "It's a personal letter, addressed to you, madam." "Oh. Bring water." If it is a letter written by your husband himself, you must clean your hands before opening it.However, Ning Ning was afraid of this confidence.When he sent the letter on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, he must have not known the defeat of the navy at that time, but the battle situation has completely changed since then. After washing her hands, Ning Ning pulled over the paper-covered wax lamp, and opened the letter respectfully.When Hideyoshi's clumsy handwriting that she was used to seeing came into view, she couldn't help but feel her cheeks heat up.Hideyoshi has no knowledge, and the world knows it all.If it is an ordinary person, he will feel ashamed and dare not write a letter by himself.But Hideyoshi didn't mind this kind of thing.His letters had a charm of their own, not very good, but not unattractive either. Ning Ning bowed and began to read: "Everything is ready, I'm really happy. It's time to not wear foreign clothes again, and now is a good time to wear sleeveless armor. I will definitely go to the capital of North Korea. Too Greetings to Mrs. Beizheng..." Ning Ning shed tears.This child-like husband is still dreaming of going to the capital of North Korea. The letter is still very long.First mentioned the festival in May, and then continued to talk about the dream of going to North Korea and the Ming Dynasty.It also said that when the autumn chrysanthemums were in full bloom, they would definitely be able to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and Ning Ning would definitely go there. "I'm going to the capital of the Ming Dynasty in autumn..." Ning Ning felt that Hideyoshi must be very lonely, so she wanted to write this kind of letter to confide.In front of the world, Hideyoshi, who always has to pretend that he is a hero of the world, is so cute and pathetic! Ning Ning whispered, put the letter away, and found the housekeeper was still kneeling there, said: "I will reply to the letter personally..." After finishing speaking, he ordered to get a pen and paper.