different warring states of japan

Chapter 2084: The aggrieved Hosokawa Fujitaka

The Ashikaga shogunate was in ruins, and the Ashikaga shogun was no longer the military leader who controlled the world.

Now Ashikaga Yoshiaki was mocked by the samurai as a poor shogun, and could only cling to his noble bloodline and act as a pawn in the hands of others.

Ninagawa Yoshiyoshi and Hatakeyama Takamasa could not deal with Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but Ichijo Hideyoshi could.

When things came to this point, the Shogun's dignity was gone, the shogunate's dignity was gone, and they had become pawns in Hideyoshi's hands.

If Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew about this, he would probably open his coffin and kill these shameful descendants of the Ashikaga shogunate.

But no matter what, Ashikaga Yoshiaki finally took action, and the emperor was forced to continue to go to Kyoto to go to Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine to worship Hachiman God.

Hatakeyama Takamasa and Ninagawa Chikayo in Kyoto finally waited for Ashikaga Yoshiaki to take action, and brought the most stubborn conservatives of the shogunate to Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine to wait for the shogun to arrive.

As long as Ashikaga Yoshiaki arrived at Hachiman Shrine, whether she was willing or not, the conservatives in the shogunate would force her to confess in front of Hachiman God, seek the saint's forgiveness, and return to Kyoto.

Just as the old and young members of the shogunate were taking active action, Sasaki Yoshikane, who had been stationed in Tamonyama Castle for a long time, also set out again.

Under the watchful eyes of the princesses, the saint Sasaki Yoshigane headed north to the Kyoto Basin and headed straight to Katsuryuji Castle where Hosokawa Fujitaka was.

Katsuryuji Town guards the gateway to Kyoto on the Katsura River side. Going southwest along the river is the Yamazaki and Otokoyama area where three rivers meet.

Yamazaki is in the north, Otokoyama is in the south, and Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine is located on Otokoyama.

According to the conditions that Yoshikin replied to Ninagawa Chikayo and Hatakeyama Takamasa, Ashikaga Yoshiaki would cross the Yodo River after confessing his sins at Hachimangu Shrine, meet the saint at Yamazaki on the north bank, and reach a reconciliation.

This autumn, the reconciliation between Sasaki and Ashikaga has attracted the attention of military families all over the world.

At the same time as Yoshigin Sasaki arrived at Katsuryuji Castle, a miracle occurred overnight at Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine. Without the knowledge of the priests and priestesses, 108 imperial white flags suddenly appeared in front of the main hall.

This miracle added a touch of destiny to the shogunate's reconciliation.

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Shenglong Temple City, inner courtyard.

The autumn wind was bleak and it was already late autumn. Looking at the mountain edge that looked like fire under the setting sun, Akechi Mitsuhide continued walking inside.

Her ears had already heard the sounds of playing and laughing in front of her; it was her child being entertained by the Saint.

Turning around the Geishu that was blocking his view, Akechi Mitsuhide saw his two little daughters being held one on each side by Yoshigane. The one on the left was the sixth daughter, Otama, from the Hosokawa family, and the one on the right was the seventh daughter, Qiyomaru, from the Akechi family.

Hosokawa Fujitaka on the side had a gentle look on his face. Who would have thought that this gentle and graceful lady from a famous family had just conspired to kill Miyoshi Yoshitsugu and annexed his territory with swift, ruthless and accurate means.

Yiyin was feeling a bit embarrassed. The two children were both one and a half years old and didn't understand much. However, their blood connection made them subconsciously compete for Yiyin's attention.

Whenever Yiyin looked at one of them, the other would become unhappy and start crying.

This made the saint, who seemed so powerful outside, very confused. He could only look left and right, not knowing what to do.

And Hosokawa Fujitaka was obviously watching the joke and laughing at the interaction between the children and their father.

Seeing Akechi Mitsuhide approaching, Yoshigin felt like he had seen a life-saving straw. He quickly stuffed the Qimiaowan into Akechi Mitsuhide's arms, and did not forget to put the blame on him and teach him a lesson with a stern face.

"All you do is stir up trouble all day long. You even leave your own child to be taken care of by Fujitaka. Look, the child still loves you, doesn't he?"

Who would have thought that Qimiaowan would not give our saint any face at all, and actually get close to Akechi Mitsuhide, making the saint even more embarrassed. Yiyin could only snort, pretending not to care and turned his head away, stuffing Ayu into Hosokawa Fujitaka's arms, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.

Akechi Mitsuhide looked at the saint with a smile and said in a wronged tone.

“I really want to stay with Qimiaomaru more, but those local samurai families in Tamba Province don’t recognize anyone and only contact me.

For the sake of peace in Kyoto, the gateway to Tamba is too important. For the sake of the saint's cause, I can only reluctantly give it up. ”

Yiyin interrupted without giving any face.

"Stop, stop, stop! You really speak better than you sing. Do you really think I don't know what you are doing in Tamba Country?

I tell you, if the samurai from Hatano and Akai enter the territory of the Ninagawa family, I will blame you for starting the war without authorization. Don't think I'm kidding."

Akechi Mitsuhide touched noses with Qimyoumaru in his arms, playing a little game between mother and daughter. The two were very intimate and it was hard to tell that she was the one who killed Qimyoumaru's biological mother, Oda Nobunaga.

Akechi Mitsuhide sighed and said.

“How dare I?

Ii Naomasa's urgent order was sent directly to all the relevant military families without my knowledge, and now I can't see anyone.

They were all afraid of being misunderstood by the saint, so they refused to even see me, avoiding me as if I were the plague god. "

Yiyin sneered.

"Plague God? You are quite self-aware."

Akechi Mitsuhide sighed.

"Originally I just wanted to do something for the Saint, but now it seems that the Saint thinks I am meddling in his affairs."

Yoshigine ignored Akechi Mitsuhide's pitiful behavior and looked directly at Hosokawa Fujitaka and said.

"Miyoshi Yoshitsugu is courting death. I can't say much to you, but you should have some independent ideas in the future and stop meddling in everything along with Akechi Mitsuhide.

Haven't you suffered enough from her? Why don't you learn your lesson? "

Hosokawa Fujitaka looked aggrieved, but compared to Akechi Mitsuhide who was pretending to be aggrieved, she was the one who was truly aggrieved.

Only a fool would want to get involved in muddy water with Akechi Mitsuhide, but that bastard Akechi Mitsuhide dragged her into the water several times. If the two of them hadn't been tied too tightly to be loosened, Hosokawa Fujitaka would have wanted to run away long ago.

Akechi Mitsuhide's accusation to the saint was that he was playing dumb. The saint couldn't do anything about Akechi Mitsuhide, so he turned around and took out his anger on Hosokawa Fujitaka. Hosokawa Fujitaka knew what was going on and was so angry that his chest hurt.

Don’t be fooled by the saint’s righteous look now, as if he is blaming Hosokawa Fujitaka for following Akechi Mitsuhide.

But if Hosokawa Fujitaka really didn't care about Akechi Mitsuhide's life or death, and watched her being chopped into eighteen pieces by Ichijo Hideyoshi in Yamazaki, the saint would think that Hosokawa Fujitaka was a heartless and ungrateful woman.

This is what made Hosokawa Fujitaka most unhappy. She knew the saint's mind too well. This damn man was biased towards the slut Akechi Mitsuhide!

In terms of love, Hosokawa Fujitaka completely lost to Akechi Mitsuhide, which made the arrogant Hosokawa Fujitaka feel aggrieved and angry.

  I wanted to turn my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. The saint is biased! Akechi Mitsuhide is a bastard!

But now that things have come to this, it is impossible for the Izumi Hosokawa family to jump ship and run away, so no matter how wronged Hosokawa Fujitaka feels, what can he do?

She could only comfort herself with the spirit of Ah Q in her heart. At least her daughter was her own, which was better than Akechi Mitsuhide raising the daughter of his enemy.