Chapter 781: Family Infighting (Part I)
Located in the central and western part of the island of Nakashu in the Wakoku province, only 300 miles from Kyoto, the area around what is now Nagoya, Owari Province is a coastal city located on the edge of Ise Bay, an area equivalent to the area of a common prefecture in Japan.
The Orishin family is the ruler of Owari Province, and Orinobu Miko's father, Orishinda Naga, is the current head of the Orinobu family and the nominal guardian minister of Owari Province by the emperor.
In the evening, the west wind hunts on the castle head of Owari Province, and the afterglow of the sunset in late autumn falls on the body, but there is no warmth at all, but the autumn coolness penetrates through the clothes. Orishin Miko subconsciously tightened the wide samurai suit on her body, slightly revealing the seductive curves of the front and back.
Owari Castle is not far from the sea, and standing on the top of the castle, you can see the sea of Ise Bay in the distance, and at this moment, Ori Shin Miko looked at Ise Bay with golden snakes dancing in the sunset, and a half-human high sword rested on the wall in front of her.
Although Orishin Miko is a daughter, but she has a man's heart, and the ambition of this heart is not small, the key is that this woman does have an outstanding ability, and her father Ori Nobu Tian Chang once proudly boasted to others that he has a woman who does not lose to a man, and said that if Orimiko is a boy, he will definitely let Oribu Miko take over as the head of the family, which makes Oribu Miko's other brothers and cousins feel jealous.
However, last year, the excellent Miss Meizi encountered Waterloo on the coast of the Ming Dynasty, although it was very smooth at first, and a large number of supplies were grabbed for the family, but in the end she was killed by the Ming army to lose her armor and almost be wiped out, even she herself was almost killed in the sea, and hid on the isolated island around Luzon (the Philippines) for several months, until the southwest monsoon blows in April and May, and then she was able to escape back to Japan.
It is said that when Ori Shin Miko and Hosokawa Takeshu set out to plunder the coast of the Ming Dynasty, they led a total of ten large ships and more than 1,000 people, but when they returned to Japan, only one large ship and 21 people survived, which was really not an ordinary tragedy.
However, her brothers and cousins were secretly happy about the fiasco of Orinobu Miko, and the head of the family, Orinobu Tiancho, was also very dissatisfied, but he still entrusted Orinobu Miko with important responsibilities, and even handed over the city defense of Owari Castle to her, because Orinobu Tianchang felt that his daughter should make great progress in all aspects if she could come back alive after this fiasco.
For her father's trust, Orishin Miko was grateful, and secretly vowed to build a powerful fleet in the future, and once again go to the Ming Dynasty to get more supplies for the Orishin family and win a larger territory for the family.
It's a pity that the wish is plump, but the reality is very skinny. Before Orinobumiko's fleet could be built, Xu Jin came to the door with a heinously powerful fleet, and easily took Osumi Island as a base, and also ordered the Ouchi clan, Hosokawa clan, and Orinobu clan to go to Osumi Island to confess the crime.
For Xu Jin's arrogance, Orishin Tian Chang was angry at first, and Orishin Miko's brothers and cousins were also angry, and one by one they rushed to ask for help, asking to lead the fleet to kill Osumi Island and destroy the Ming army, and behead Xu Jin as a night pot.
However, only eight days later, the news of the annihilation of the 30,000 troops of the Kyushu Island coalition army came, and the angry Orinobu Tianchang was silent, and the brothers and cousins of Orinobu Miko were even more frightened, and no one dared to shout for troops anymore. In fact, even Ori Shin Miko was afraid, she was a little scared by Xu Jin when she was in the Ming Dynasty, and now Xu Jin seems to be even stronger, and she actually destroyed more than 30,000 Kyushu Island coalition troops in one battle!
Therefore, in recent days, the people of Owari Province have been in a state of panic, from the rulers to the common people, who are worried that the mighty Ming fleet will suddenly appear on the surface of Ise Bay. Chief Orishin Tian ordered the city defenses to be strengthened, and Orinobu Miko stayed at the head of the castle almost all day, sleeping in the castle tower room even at night.
As the sun sets above the sea level and the twilight begins to darken, a sailboat sails into the pier of Ise Bay.
"Miss Miko, the two envoys of the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan are asking to see the lord of the country outside the castle." A samurai ran up to the castle to report to Miko Orinobu.
Orinobumiko's eyes flashed, and she strode down the castle, and met two messengers from the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan at the city gate. The envoy of the Ouchi clan is called Ouchi Munemori, and the envoy of the Hosokawa clan is called Hosokawa Musashi, both of whom are rising stars of the two families.
"I've seen Miko-san!" Ouchi Munemori and Hosokawa Musashi saluted Orinobu Miko respectively, their eyes were scorching, and they did not hide the admiration in their eyes.
Orishimiko is very good in both appearance and background, and in a fashionable phrase, it is Bai Fumei, so there are really many men who pursue her, and they are all young talents from some big families, so Orishimiko's gaze on this kind of admiration has been completely exempted, not to mention that she doesn't like men, only women.
"Hosokawa, Ouchi!" Orishin Miko returned the salute with a cold expression, and then went straight to the point and said, "I don't know what happened to the two of you?" ”
Ouchi Zongsheng immediately said angrily: "That Ming envoy Xu Jin is too arrogant, and he actually ordered the heads of our three families to go to Osumi Island to apologize, which is simply too deceitful. It's just that the Ming army is too strong, and the Kyushu coalition army was defeated a few days ago, and the losses of our two families are not small, so the head of the family sent us to ask for help from the lord of the weaving letter. ”
Now the Ouchi clan, the Hosokawa clan and the Orishin clan are grasshoppers on the same rope, and they should indeed unite to deal with the Ming army, otherwise there is only a dead end, so Orinobu Miko nodded when she heard the words and said: "Your Excellency Hosokawa, Your Excellency Ouchi, I will take you to see your father." ”
Orishimiko turned around and was about to take the two to the Lord's Mansion to see her father, Orishida, when there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the city, but she saw more than a dozen strong horses roaring towards the city gate.
Orishibumiko's face sank, and she shouted, "Stop them quickly." ”
The soldiers at the gate of the city hurriedly brought a row of horses to block the middle of the road, but the horse team did not slow down, and the samurai at the head glared and shouted: "Who dares to stop me!" ”
Syllable......
The warrior swung out a whip as he spoke, and the tip of the whip accurately rolled up the wood on one side of the rejection horse, and with a quick pull, he actually pulled the row of rejection horses aside. Seeing this, the soldiers at the gate of the city hurried to the wall, and the horse team burst through the door like a gust of wind.
The leader of the warrior slammed the reins, and the strong horse under the crotch stood up on the spot, let out a sparse neigh, and it took a few seconds before the front hooves landed again, and kicked the white gas with a snort, and at this time, a dozen horses behind him also strangled one after another.
Ori Shin Miko stared angrily at the samurai on horseback, and shouted: "Ori Nobunaga Hide, it is forbidden to gallop horses in the city, you know the law and break the law, what crime should you be guilty of?" ”
Ori Nobunaga is the brother of Ori Shin Miko, and the rising star of the Ori family, one of the strong contenders for the position of future head of the family, and has always been at odds with Ori Shin Miko.
Ori Nobunaga Hidetaka glanced at Ori Shin Miko on horseback, and said contemptuously: "Miko, don't take chicken feathers as arrows, if your father is not the head of the family, with a loser like you, what qualifications do you have to be a city guard?" ”
Ouchi Somori and Hosokawa Musashi both frowned, and the former said unhappily: "Nagahide-kun, you are so rude to Miss Miko, I can't stand it as an outsider." ”
"That's right, please apologize to Miss Miko!" Hosokawa Musashi also said in a deep voice.
Hosokawa Nagahide laughed when he heard this, pointed at the two and sneered: "You two idiots, don't waste your scheming in vain, Ori Shinmiko doesn't like men, she likes women as much as you do, so even if you make a fool of yourself, it's useless." ”
Hosokawa Musashi couldn't help but say angrily: "Ori Nobunaga Hide, Hugh is talking nonsense!" ”
Ori Nobunaga sneered, "If you don't believe it, you can ask her yourself." ”
Hosokawa Musashi and Ouchi Somori both subconsciously looked at Ori Shin Miko, who said coldly: "That's right, I don't like men!" After saying that, he turned around and walked away, not bothering to pay attention to Ori Nobunaga Hide.
Hosokawa Musashi and Ouchi Munemori suddenly seemed to have been poured with a bucket of cold water on their heads, and they followed Ori Shin Miko to the Lord's Mansion in frustration.
Ori Nobunaga rolled his eyes and gestured to the two samurai behind him, who immediately urged their horses to catch up, drew their swords and slashed at Hosokawa Musashi and Ouchi Munemori from behind. Only two screams were heard, and Hosokawa Musashi and Ouchi Munemori fell in a pool of blood before they could resist.
Ori Nobunaga Miko was shocked, hurriedly pulled out her sword and stood firm against the wall, and shouted with a sharp gaze: "Ori Nobunaga Xiu, you want to rebel?" ”