Prime Minister Bizen

This day in the third year of Wenlu will definitely be recorded in history.

It is obvious that the weather has gradually entered summer, but the atmosphere in the whole of Kyoto is extremely serious. The crowds walking on the street are all silent and dare not show a slight distance.

Even children from poor families in Kyoto are restrained by their parents and are not allowed to play outside.Even the beggars on the side of the road ran far away, fearing that they would be taken away by the officials of the Kyoto Magistrate.

The whole of Kyoto reveals a sense of fear that makes people shiver.

Because many people know that Mr. Hideaga, the most important member of the Toyotomi family, has been in a coma for 7 days after being appointed by His Highness Guanbai to stay behind in Kyoto. Doctors all over the world failed to wake him up.

As the super daimyo of the Toyotomi family and also the stay-at-home Toyotomi Hideka, Master Toyotomi has lost his temper several times because of this, Suo Ling's retainers must find a doctor and medicine that can heal the body of His Royal Highness.

Toyotomi Hidecho's health has been bad since the third year of Wenlu (1594), and he has been spending the whole winter in the hot springs in Yamato Mountain.

That is, after the beginning of spring, the weather gradually warmed up, and he moved back to Kyoto from Yamato.But not long after returning to the capital, his body fell into a slump because of the wind and cold.

As his sister-in-law, Beizheng Suo Ningning has visited him several times in succession at the mansion outside Juledi, and brought him the herbal medicine that Fan Shangjin offered to Hideyoshi, and the Hideo family searched for him from Xianjing Road. The best ginseng, I want to supplement his body, but there has been no good effect.

When the weather entered May, Toyotomi Hidecho suddenly lost consciousness one day while playing with Kohachiro, which worried the Gifu family.

Husong was comforted by the wet nurse Ikoma, and was honestly put on a black hat by Gamo's village.

"The audience is silent, the Patriarch is leaving!" Xiujia interrupted the following because Xiujiu's strange behavior caused whispers, and everyone who heard that Xiuchang was about to leave the venue lowered their heads.

At the time of parting, he motioned to Xiujia and himself to go aside and whispered, "Neifu. Neifu may really not be able to survive this time. We still need to make preparations early."

By the next day, although Toyotomi Hidecho was still breathing, he had already developed incontinence, and the situation was already very critical.

Xiujia could already clearly feel that the strength of Xiuchang's hand holding Xiujia's hand was rapidly disappearing.I felt a wet feeling in my crotch, and Xiujia didn't need to think too much to know that this must be Xiuchang's urinary incontinence again.

What Gamojigo said was that when Hidecho fell ill three days ago, the three people in Kyoto, Gamoshigo, Ning Ning and Hideka, dispatched the news of Hideunaga's serious illness to Nagoya Castle by boat as soon as possible.

The samurai were ordered to stand up, one samurai hugged the fluttering Husong, one held Husong's head, and the other carefully shaved off the hair on Husong's head with a razor.

After putting on the black hat, it is time to give a name. Yokohama Ichian, who is the ceremonial officer, asked him for the common name and common characters of the heir of the Gifu family. name."

Xiujia picked up Xiuchang again, and took advantage of the gap when everyone was lying on the ground to signal his retainers to replace the mattress that he and Xiuchang sat on before.

As if he was ashamed of urinating at this time, Xiuchang slightly raised his head to look at Xiujia and said softly, "Hachiro, don't let me here."

Although they didn't quite understand, Xiu's family still promised Xiuchang and said, "Good uncle, I will prepare tomorrow, and I will definitely make this matter go well."

"It's okay, it's best if uncle can wake up!" At this moment, Xiujia's tears couldn't stop rolling in his eyes, looking at the strong man who let him ride on his shoulders when he was a child, but now he was as thin as a bone Generally really distressing.

Although Xiuchang didn't finish his words, Xiujia already understood what Xiuchang meant.

The Xiu family sat next to Xiuchang, looked at Xiuchang who had fallen asleep again, and whispered in his ear, "Mr. Luo Nei and the left-behind names are basically all there. It's just that uncle, you can really go in your current body." Is it the front hall?"

When Xiu's family was fully dressed, he picked up Husong and ran quickly to the main hall. After arriving in the main hall, he handed over to the retainer just now to take Husong to the side of the process.

"Yuyi!" Even though they are not their lords, these retainers still strictly implement the orders issued by the Hideo family. Who made Hideo family the son-in-law of the Gifu family?
The samurai retainers received orders from the Hide family, and started knocking on the doors of Juledi and Gongqing's mansion one by one, asking their servants to wake up their lord and go to Gifu's house to observe the ceremony as soon as possible.

Another 2 days have passed, and the Xiu family has been sleeping in the room that Xiu Chang used for the past few days. He only sleeps for 4 hours a day, and spends the rest of the time waiting by the old man's side, fearing that he will suddenly wake up for a moment. Come on, there is no one around to explain to.

The skinny old man lying in the arms of the Xiu family seemed to erupt with great strength. He sat up suddenly from the arms of the Xiu family, and shouted loudly to the bottom with the last of his vitality, "From now on... he will be called Feng. Omi Koichiro Hidehisa!"

Although it has long been heard that the Minister of Internal Affairs, Toyotomi Hideunaga's health is getting worse day by day, but Hidenaga spends most of his time either in his mansion or in the hot springs in Yamato, and it is rare for everyone to catch him.

Xiujia put Xiuchang on the throne slowly and wanted to leave, but found that Xiuchang's body couldn't support him to sit up at all, Xiujia could only sit behind Xiuchang, letting his body lean against his own Watch the Yuanfu ceremony of his son Husong on the Internet.

The news quickly spread from the Gifu family to Toyoharu's house on the opposite door. Hideka and Kikuhime immediately went to the opposite door to pay attention to Hidecho's physical condition. Not long after, Gamo Shigo and Ning Ning visited Hidecho at the mansion of the Gifu family. Case.

But seeing the clothes of Xiuchang and others, Gamo Shigo, who got up to change the black hat for Husong, couldn't help but sigh in his heart that all this is actually true.

"Yes" Xiujia heard Xiuchang's order, without too much words, and hugged Xiuchang very carefully.

The attendants on the left and right brought the stuffed rice that had been warmed overnight, wanting to add some energy to Hidecho Toyotomi, but Hidecho didn't seem to want to eat it.

"Ah?!" Xiujia didn't expect Xiuchang to say this at this time.Hu Song was born before the Honneng Temple, and is only 13 years old now.

Seeing such a result, the Xiu family knew very well that this might be Xiu Chang's return to glory.Therefore, he no longer insisted on choking and agreeing.

Whenever they saw Husong playing his temper, the Xiu family would yell at him, scaring Husong to tears. In the end, he had no choice but to be comforted by the nurse Ikoma before restarting the process.

But now Xiuchang has no experience to take care of him.

"No~!" The doctor Xiuchang shouted "No" as if he had exhausted all his strength, and the ending sound reached the elder, "It will be held now! Right here.!"

Hearing Xiuchang's words, Xiujia, who had the best relationship with Xiuchang since he was a child, couldn't cry anymore, but the occasion is too special, he can only restrain his crying, and let the tears flow out of his eyes unconsciously.

After hearing this, Gamo's Township was speechless, and after a moment of silence, he said, "This is already the third day, so I should have arrived in Kyushu."

Xiujia heard that the samurai did not reply to the inquiry, so he got up and walked towards Xiuchang.

Hachiro was seated in front of Husong, and he replied to Gamo Clan with a stern expression, "Uncle wants to give Husong Yuan clothes, immediately!"

"Ah~! I want to sleep~!" Husong said in a vague spoken language, trying desperately to get out of Xiujia's arms and get back into the cup.

The Xiu family, who hadn't had a good rest for a long time, had red eyes at this moment, and his brain was slow due to lack of sleep. It took him a long time to reply, "It's been so many times for so many years, and what needs to be prepared has already been prepared. Why does the attendant think that this time he won't be able to make it through?" Woolen cloth?"

Xiujia got up and left the house after agreeing to Xiuchang, took two deep breaths to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and ordered to the Gifu family warriors waiting outside holding torches, "The inner government will pay homage to the young master Xingyuan, you wait Hurry up and rule all the noble families in Luozhong, and let them wait in the main hall of the Gifu family immediately. For those who don't come tonight, don't blame me for being rude to him in the future!"

"Let's get started," Xiuchang whispered to Xiu's family, and then looked down at Gamo's village to express his gratitude, "I'll trouble Gamo for counseling later."

At this time, Pusheng came from outside, and asked Xiujia in surprise when he saw this scene, "What's going on, isn't it that the inner government is awake? Why do you torture His Highness Husong like this?"

In the middle of the night, Kyoto was originally quiet, but it was suddenly illuminated by torches and candle lamps. The ministers and samurai daimyos all over Kyoto were hurriedly getting dressed, fearing that they would not catch up and annoy the two super daimyos of Gifu and Toyoharu.

It's hard to imagine that this man who shoulders the fate of the world is as light as a baby at this moment. Xiujia hugged Xiuchang carefully and went to the front hall at a constant speed. Behind Xiujia were Zhiyunyuan and Xingjun who were still crying. Ni, Ju Ji and others.

Amid the shouts from everyone, Xiujiu seemed to be a little scared, and opened his mouth to call out the name of the nurse Ikoma, hoping to find comfort from a woman.

Everyone was quite curious to see Husong in the middle going through the process of going through Yuanfu under the guidance of his retainers, while Xiujia was dignifiedly supervising at the side.

Smart as Gamo's township naturally understands the meaning behind Xiu's words, probably because Xiuchang knows that his time is numbered and wants to deal with this last concern in his heart.

Due to the lack of staff in the Gifu family, the retainers of the Toyotomi family on the opposite side also joined the ranks of the messenger.

As time went by, the hall was already full of samurai and ministers from Kyoto, the Hide family didn't have the mood and time to greet them one by one, the retainers of the Gifu family were all arranging the seats.

When he returned to Xiuchang, Gamo Clan was not here, and he heard the reply from the left and right that he went back to change clothes.

Later in the day, Gamo clan ended his government affairs for a day, and came to visit Hidecho at his home in Gifu as usual.

But at this moment, the Xiu family didn't have the heart to look at the graceful wife. He put Husong in front of him, looked at the younger brother who had suffered brain trauma, and said to him seriously, "Husong! I am your elder brother. You are here It’s okay to be crazy at any time, but please be sure to act like a samurai later! You must not embarrass your father!”

But at this moment, the Xiu family came to Husong's room, asked the servants to light the candles, and pulled the younger brother up from the quilt by himself.

Gamo Clan looked at each other silently, just nodded silently and started this seemingly grand but simple ceremony everywhere.

"Hachiro." Xiuchang didn't cry from a few female relatives, and his lost eyes focused again, and he said to Xiujia, "I want to hold a Yuanfu ceremony for Husong."

By the time Xiu's family returned to the front hall, Gamo's family had already changed into court clothes and returned. At this moment, he was sitting in the first position under the throne. That position was very important during the Yuanfu ceremony, and it belonged to the black hat A place to sit.

After finishing speaking, he personally dressed his younger brother, waited until Husong was fully dressed, and handed it over to the Gifu retainers to teach the process, while he hurriedly changed the court clothes under the service of his attendants to prepare for the serious occasion to come.

In the Warring States Period, there was no such thing as a senior uniform, but as the world became more peaceful, it was more common for great masters to let their heirs study and educate for a few more years, instead of letting them have a uniform in such a hurry.

After finishing speaking, it seemed that the last strength in his body had been exhausted, and he fell back into Xiu's arms weakly.

After a moment of silence, Pusheng Shixiang could only hold back a sentence and said: "I'll go to the back to see His Highness the Inner Palace first."

Not long after, Xiuchang's main room Zhi Yun Yuan and side room Xing Jun Ni rushed over, seeing his husband's current appearance, they couldn't help but shed sad tears.

Corresponding to Xiuchang's request, several doctors on the side shook their heads helplessly to Xiujia, Zhiyunyuan and others after taking the pulse.

The hall, which was still whispering, was frightened by the Xiu family's angry scolding several times, and no one dared to speak again.

It's hard to imagine that a samurai's coming-of-age ceremony requires the participation of a wet nurse, but this is the problem the Gifu family is currently facing.

The process of each samurai's uniform ceremony is actually not cumbersome, but it is not simple either.At least for Gifu retainers, it is very difficult to teach Husong how to do it in a short period of time.

However, after fainting this time, no matter how the doctor applied the needles, it didn't work, and the medicine in his mouth couldn't get down into his body, and his whole body exuded a rotten smell from the inside out.

On such a solemn occasion, Xiujiu's behavior could easily be regarded as unlucky by his retainers. Seeing this situation, all the important officials in the family frowned, and some people looked at the person sitting at the head Xiuchang, I want him to discipline me aloud.

"Your Highness~! (Father)" the two wives and Ju Ji couldn't help crying to Xiuchang.

Coincidentally, in the middle of the night on the sixth day, the servants came to call the Xiu family to go back to rest. The Xiu family suddenly heard the sound of Xiu Chang exhaling foul breath, and then asked in a rather weak voice, "Where is this place?" Is it the underworld?"

After hearing Xiujia's voice, Xiuchang slowly opened his eyes, and said to Xiujia, "You take me away~"

Xiujia was anxious about Xiuchang's body, and had been by Xiuchang's side for the past few days. The huge mental pressure made Xiujia, who was always good-tempered, couldn't help but lose his temper to the people below.

Seeing that the heir of the head of the family has already entered Genfu, the retainers of the Gifu family naturally turned to Husong, and now they should call him Hidehisa's man to salute, not only to congratulate Husong Genfu, but more importantly, to congratulate the Gifu family for having an official heir.

After a while, a samurai from outside rushed to Xiujia's ear in small steps, and asked Xiujia in a low voice, "My lord asked me to ask Your Highness, how is the preparation ahead, can we start?"

At this moment, the Xiu family understood why Xiu Chang ignored his wife and daughter just now, because he was the only man present who spoke with weight. He is the heir of the Gifu family.

Xiu Zhang slowly opened his eyes and looked at Xiu's house. A moment of confusion flashed in his eyes before he remembered who the person in front of him was, "Hachiro. Have you been by my side these days? Why are you looking so sloppy?"

"Uncle!" Hearing Xiuchang's voice, Xiujia held his hand in surprise and said, "Uncle, it's really great that you can wake up!"

This is because both Ju Ji and Gamo's Township have asked the following to notify them as soon as Xiuchang wakes up. Now that the candles are lit in Kyoto in the middle of the night, these important people will be the first time after hearing that Xiuchang wakes up. Came to ask about the situation.

Looking at Husong who was unwilling to cooperate and the battered retainers, the Xiu family directly ordered: "Don't be so troublesome, uncle's body can't last so long, first shave Husong's head, and reduce as much as possible later." time."

"Little Ichiro Hidehisa" until Hidehisa, who was called again by the retainers below, softly called out Hu Songxin's name.

Including these three days, there are clippers sailing from Osaka to Kyushu every day, just hoping that Hideyoshi can come back as soon as possible to see his brother for the last time.

Until now, seeing the appearance of Xiuchang who looked like a withered bone, all the people present took a breath of cold air.Looking at the strange appearance of Xiuchang lying in Xiu's arms, everyone present also had a rough idea of ​​Xiuchang's physical condition.

The news of Hidecho's waking up was notified by the attendants to the Gifu family. Although it was late at night, the candles in the Gifu family's courtyard began to be lit one by one, and the whole Gifu family was busy again.

When the retainers on the side heard the name, they quickly copied it on paper and showed it to all the guests attending the ceremony.

And today's protagonist Xiuchang, after talking with Xiujia, lay down on the couch with his eyes empty again, as if he was thinking about something.

Not long after, Toyoharu's house opposite the Gifu house also lit up candlelight, and Gamo's house a little farther away also had some movement.

In fact, at this time, Xiuchang was exhausted, he forced himself to watch the ceremony of Husong treating the black hat, and whispered in Xiu's ear, "I will trouble you in the future, Hachiro, thank you. Help me fulfill my last wish.

Everyone originally heard that the Gifu family was going to complete the Yuanfu ceremony for their son Husong, but they didn't believe it at first. After all, there is no reason to hold Yuanfu late at night.

In the days without me, the three of you brothers should support each other and help your elder brother to stabilize and stabilize the world. "

The three immediately decided to disclose this situation to Hideyoshi who was far away in Nagoya, and let Hideyoshi come back as quickly as possible.

The thirteen-year-old Husong still sleeps with his wet nurse. In fact, if there is no wet nurse to sleep beside him, the wet nurse at Ikoma's house next to him would have let out an exclamation when the bed was lifted. She still has charm but she has already been seen by the Xiu family.

Before taking a few steps, I heard Xiuchang whispering in Xiujia's arms, "It's so dark, Hachiro."

Almost when Xiu's family had just walked out of the main hall, Xiuchang breathed out his last breath in vain, and his arms drooped unconsciously with gravity.

All these feelings naturally cannot escape the feeling of Xiu's family, he knows very well that the amiable elder in his arms finally bid farewell to himself and the world today.

At this time, Xiu's family was already wrapped in pain, but he had just stepped out of the main hall, and with so many people watching from behind, he had to give Xiu Chang a face.

While weeping, the Xiu family took Xiuchang back to the previous sick bed. After the Xiu family took Xiuchang back to the sick bed and placed his body, the Xiu family couldn't hold back their inner emotions anymore, and threw themselves at Xiuchang. Chang's arms were full of tears.