Swallow Back

Liu Yun didn't expect these old friends to help him fight Oda Nobunaga, but it would be good to leave a channel for contact in the future.

After saying goodbye to them one by one, Liu Yun left the construction site of Azuchi Castle, returned to the Sasaki Pavilion, and continued to prepare.

Then on the same day, I received news from the front line.

Sure enough, as expected, the battle ended with the victory of the Oda family, and it was a disastrous victory with great losses.

There were five thousand dead and over ten thousand wounded. More than a dozen senior warriors who knew how to practice more than a thousand stones were killed, including six members of the Oda family.

With such a regrettable result, there must be no possibility of Nobunaga being in a happy mood and exalting his noble hand.

Sure enough, within a few days, Liu Yun received a letter and was invited to a banquet.

Moreover, he also specifically pointed out that Sasaki Liuyun will be specially invited to visit the house as soon as the Azuchi Castle Castle Tower is completed, and will seriously discuss what happened in the past two months, and the rest will not be involved.

This vaguely reveals the taste of "Hongmen Banquet".

But for the time being, it is still an attitude of courtesy first and soldiers later. Considering the possibility of fighting for peace, Liu Yun readily agreed to the invitation.

Of course, at the same time, he didn't forget to tell the family members to prepare for absconding.

Chapter 274 Where is Qingliang Temple?

When Liuyun met Hashiba Hideyoshi more than ten days ago, Azuchi Castle was still a large dusty construction site.

In fact, it is still a construction site now, only the foundation has been erected, and the walls and passages are still rough and have not yet been delivered for use.

But the biggest difference from last time is that the tens of meters high castle tower has set up a clearly visible frame, only the missing details have not been completely filled and painted, and the majestic and majestic momentum can already be seen.

There are endless camps outside the city. It is speculated that in addition to the craftsmen and servants, there are tens of thousands of garrisons, and the scale is obviously larger than last time.

Liuyun met the patrolling samurai, and after being led in, he found that beside the castle tower, there was a medium square courtyard with a length of [-] to [-] steps, which had been completed and occupied.The outer walls and gates are painted with hooks and brushstrokes. They are very full of decoration and wiped clean. Amidst the dust all over the sky, it can be called a pure land.

At this moment, it was clearly daytime, broad daylight and clear sky, but Liu Yun saw that the courtyard was full of lanterns, and there was also a faint light coming out of it, he didn't know what kind of trick it was.

In addition to the strong smell of candles and smoke, there is a very faint but noticeable fragrance in the air.

It seemed that someone was burning spices inside.

Liu Yun vaguely felt that what was burnt was the "Lan Shedai" that he took painstakingly from the Shosoin of Todaiji Temple in Nara last time.

But no basis, just guesswork.

Outside the courtyard, there were more than a hundred elite soldiers from the Oda family guarding them, all of them focused as if they were facing an enemy.

Some of them knew each other and didn't go up to greet Liu Yun.

Not even a polite smile or a friendly look.

Obviously, Oda Nobunaga should be in the courtyard on the side of the castle tower of Azuchi Castle.

And it should be some kind of sacrificial ceremony or other strange things, which made it so serious and weird.

While guessing like this, they probably heard the news that "Sasaki Liuyun is coming", the courtyard door opened quietly, and two high-ranking warriors in brocade clothes came out.

One with a sharp mouth and short cheekbones was Hashiba Hideyoshi, with no expression on his face.

The other one was wide, tall and dignified, but it was Niwa Nagahide, frowning with concern.

After the two met Liu Yun, they only briefly explained: "His Royal Highness (Oda Nobunaga) has been waiting for a long time, Mr. Sasaki, please come in."

There is no other words.

It was as if he completely regarded Liu Yun as a stranger he had never met.

At any rate, Niwa Chohide expressed his regret and concern with his eyes, while Hashiba Hideyoshi kept his eyes fixed on him, and put on the air of a tool man.

As if in a hurry to put aside the relationship.

Liu Yun had expected it a long time ago, but he wasn't too surprised, and only replied: "Thanks for your hard work."

Then he walked straight through the door.

Passing through the corridor, bypassing the wing rooms, in the semi-open bedroom hall, one can see one large, eight small, and nine incense burners, arranged in an incomprehensible shape, all surrounded by green smoke.

But there is no waiter to take care of it.

Then, there was Oda Nobunaga in a safari suit, holding a paper fan and standing with his hands behind his back, looking up into the distance, with his back turned to the direction of the door, as if he was in deep thought.

I don't know if he didn't hear the movement or if he was pretending deliberately, he didn't respond at all to the arrival of the guests.

Liuyun was not in a hurry to say hello. He looked around first, and saw that the surroundings were antique, with carved railings and jade bricks, all neat and uniform wooden structures, fine decorations carved on the cornices and bucket arches, and paintings and Although I don't understand the spells, I guess they must be very valuable.

After looking around like this for a while, I heard Oda Nobunaga's voice that pretended to be indifferent but couldn't hide his pride: "Liu Yun, you are also someone who has seen the world, so you should know what the layout here means, right? "

When he said this, he didn't turn around, and still only showed his back, but he could hear the complacent emotion from his tone.

When Liu Yun heard this, he thought that Oda Nobunaga is a very demanding person. Since he is proud of the layout here, there must be a reason for him to be proud.

However, after looking back and forth for a long time, I have no other feelings except to confirm that the furnishings in the yard are very expensive.

Liu Yun has never been good at flattering people out of thin air, and he was already mentally prepared to turn his face when he came here today, so he didn't bother to be polite, so he asked back bluntly: "Sorry, I can't see it. May I ask Your Highness, the What does layout mean?"

Hearing this, Oda Nobunaga seemed a little surprised and a little annoyed, his back trembled, and he said angrily: "The layout here is the same as that of Qingliang Temple in Kyoto. You are also a retainer of my Oda family Zhixing Wanshi , can’t you even see this?”

Oh……

It turned out to be the same as Qingliangdian in Kyoto...

But the problem came again.

Where is Qingliang Temple?

Is it important?

Seeing Oda Nobunaga's aggressive appearance, he must have imitated a particularly meaningful scenic spot.

But Liu Yun still didn't understand.

I had no choice but to continue to ask: "Where is Qingliang Hall?"

When the voice fell to the ground, the surrounding air seemed to freeze immediately, and the atmosphere suddenly became very awkward.

With a "snap", Oda Nobunaga broke the folding fan, turned around and stared at Liu Yun angrily, gritted his teeth but was speechless.

This is also understandable.

Is there any enmity in the matter that is more unforgivable than "pretending to be interrupted"?

But Liuyun is really ignorant and ignorant, unable to cooperate, he can only ask for advice with sincere eyes.

Just staring at each other with wide eyes.

After a while, Oda Nobunaga snorted, waved his hand left and right twice, and patiently explained: "The layout here is consistent with Qingliangdian, the Imperial Palace in Kyoto, do you understand?"

Got it. Got it.

It is consistent with the Imperial Palace!

It is indeed something to be proud of someone who has decorated his home to match the Imperial Palace.

Liu Yun suddenly realized, nodded and said: "So, you built a courtyard here that is exactly the same as Qingliang Hall in the Imperial Residence, is it to show your loyalty to the imperial court?"

These words came out without thinking.

These days, all the warriors in the world no longer take the imperial court seriously, but they always talk about their allegiance to the imperial court. Liu Yun has been influenced by hearing it a lot.

According to common sense, isn't imitation the best tribute?

So Oda Nobunaga built this courtyard to express his loyalty to the imperial court. It should be okay, right?

but never thought-

Oda Nobunaga's expression deteriorated even further, to the point of being ferocious and distorted.

It's like eating a bite of rotten meat in a peerless delicacy, or lifting the veil of a beautiful woman to find that it's Sister Feng's expression.

Liu Yun didn't know why, and only responded calmly.

Once again staring and staring in silence for a while, Oda Nobunaga was very unwilling, and said word by word: "Of course it is to show my allegiance to the imperial court... In order to show my loyalty, I plan to ask His Majesty to come and live here occasionally, So you should understand it!"

After explaining to this point, Liu Yun finally understood.

Immediately blurted out: "So it is said that he is holding the emperor to order the princes!"

Oda Nobunaga finally breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up with a proud face, did not speak, but seemed to be waiting for a compliment.

But Liu Yun didn't take the next step. In his opinion, although the act of "holding the emperor to order the princes" is indeed very powerful, since Emperor Wu of Wei, many people have put it into practice, and it is not necessary. Need extra special book.

But I didn't expect to be in Japan now.

In the history of Dongying, whether it was the heads of public officials in the early years or the leaders of the Genpei two samurai families, they once controlled the government and monopolized the power, but they did not reach the point where they completely emptied the royal family.

Oda Nobunaga wanted to "invite" the emperor to live in Azuchi Castle, which can be described as a ground-breaking idea.

It's a pity that Liuyun's subconscious is still the way of the Celestial Dynasty.

The psychological advantage that Oda Nobunaga deliberately wanted to create before talking about serious business is completely useless.

Chapter 275 Nobunaga's Bet with Youkai

After chatting for a long time, Liu Yun realized that Oda Nobunaga wanted to use this place to restore the environment of Qingliangdian in the Imperial Palace to create a psychological advantage.It's just that I didn't understand the meaning of the string, making the other party a battle of wits and courage with the air.

This is very embarrassing.

Although Liu Yun was indeed mentally prepared to turn his face before Liu Yun came.

But everyone is a person of status, and it's okay to turn your back on your face, and it doesn't prevent you from bragging about business first, exaggerating the atmosphere and then doing it.

For example, on the night of the full moon, on the top of the Forbidden City, Ximen Chuixue and Ye Gucheng had a life-and-death duel. Before the official battle, they looked at each other for a long time on the roof, and said a famous line like "My sword is your sword" , the atmosphere is set in place, and finally started to do it.

Now... I disrupted Oda Nobunaga's preset rhythm as soon as I came up, causing the long-awaited foreplay to be wasted, I always feel a little rude.

Therefore, Liu Yun thought for a moment, bowed his body, and said solemnly: "Sorry, sorry, I just listened casually just now, and didn't really understand it. Now that I think about it carefully, I really feel that you copied the Qingliang Hall of the Imperial Residence in Antu City. This move can be said to be an unprecedented masterpiece in Dongying, and it is full of courage and admiration!"

While speaking, he also tried to show a serious and solemn expression.

However, looking at Oda Nobunaga's reaction, he didn't feel comforted by it.

Instead, he seemed more annoyed.

His face was just twisted and hideous before, but now it's twitching.

Probably because...Liu Yun's acting skills are limited, exposing the fact that he is just a compliment, not sincere admiration?

This can't be helped.

After all, Liu Yun is not a professional actor.