The sky is getting brighter, inside and outside the city, all kinds of flowers and trees are bathed in the haze, gradually become clear, a scene full of vitality, hundreds of birds compete to play, tactfully like a flute, the feeling of sadness and joy, this is the end. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Father!" A young man whispered outside the room, the porcelain doll-like appearance was very cute, he probed his brain and carefully watched the movement in the room, not daring to wake up the people in the house.

If the retainers and daughters of the Otomo family see him, they will definitely recognize him, he is the eldest son of Otomo Yoshizhen, the young name is Longevity Pill, and he is affectionately called Goro by Otomo Yoshizhen, and Otomo Yoshizhen is very favored.

Otomo Yoshijin did not react. In the past few days, his condition has become more and more serious, and he has been waking up and sleeping from time to time, although it has not passed for a while, but if he does not wake up, I am afraid that time is short.

"Father!" The boy called timidly again.

Otomo Yoshijin heard his son's call, tried to open his eyes, drooped his head, and his eyes fell on the ceiling with difficulty, the ceiling was covered with a white cloth, the length and width of which covered the entire room, and the four sides fell as curtains, so that people outside could not see the people inside, and people inside could not see people outside. His face was now very haggard, and a young man of only thirty-four years of age lay on the bed as if he had run out of oil. He really doesn't want to die, his son is not yet an adult, and he can't let go of the huge Otomo family.

"Mother, will Father be okay?!" The boy's voice came again, with a hoarse cry, and then there was a sound of footsteps, and the boy was taken away, which made Otomo Yoshijin feel desolate.

The white curtain was opened, and Mrs. Nata, dressed in a black kimono, walked in, her face full of exhaustion and no makeup, and saw Otomo Yoshijin lying motionless on the bed, and began to cry.

After crying for a while, Mrs. Nado cried in a low voice: "Your Highness, they have decided to abandon Funai City and retreat to Hita County as soon as possible, you wake up quickly, protect our orphans and widows, and wake up quickly." ”

Mrs. Nata's words made Otomo Yoshizhen's heart twist, and he heard from Mrs. Nata's words that the situation of the Otomo family was very bad, and he couldn't even keep the inner city of the house, and he was going to flee.

Otomo Yoshijin tried to open his eyes, but it was clear that he had failed, and he wanted to make a sound, but his throat seemed to burn and he couldn't make a sound, and he lay quietly and waited for death.

Mrs. Nado was still talking to herself, she was too tired to talk to someone during this time, and it was too painful to hold it in her heart, and she could only vent her pain when she talked to Otomo Yoshijin when there was no one.

"Is the Otomo family really finished? It was over a long time ago, Your Highness, why are you competitive, now it's okay, the thieves of the Date family are coming, and they are going to take everything. ”

Lady Nado was already talking gibberish, and she couldn't understand what she was talking about, but just said vigorously, "It's over!" Finished! At that time, he looked exhausted, and he actually fell asleep on Otomo Yoshijin's chest.

Otomo Yoshijin has been lying on the tatami mat for more than ten days, and every day Mrs. Nado wipes Otomo's lips with a cotton cloth soaked in water in the hope of saving his life.

"Ahh Is it raining? Suddenly, Otomo Yoshijin made a voice that woke up Mrs. Nata, and Mrs. Nado looked at Otomo Yoshijin with round eyes and was overjoyed.

At this time, it was the beginning of the rising sun, and Madame Nado shook her head and said, "Your Highness, it is not raining!" ”

Otomo Yoshijin "Ah ......" wailed, vomited blood, and fainted again, his body was still twitching, and his mouth was still flowing blood, turning dark red.

Gradually, Otomo Yoshitsu lost his life. A generation of heroes Otomo Yoshijin actually collapsed on the hospital bed when he was thirty-four years old, and his death was so tragic that it was like falling into the hell of Shura.

On September 13, the third year of Tensho (1563), Otomo Yoshijin died of illness at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, and according to Mrs. Nado's later account, he died peacefully, and left a farewell message before his death: "May the Buddha be blessed and bless the longevity of the Longevity Pill." ”

However, many people criticized Mrs. Nado's rhetoric, thinking that it was all made up later, and at that time Otomo Yoshizhen was unconscious, unable to speak, and unable to write, so it is possible to leave a resignation, not to mention that Otomo Yoshijin does not believe in Buddhism, how can he worship Buddha.

However, people at the time were more sympathetic to Mrs. Nata, and thought that it was forgivable for Otomo Yoshijin to remember his young son Chojomaru when he died, and it was understandable to leave a death message that violated his beliefs.

As soon as Otomo Yoshijin died, the first one to know was Mrs. Nado, and the second to know was Mrs. Nata's father, Nata Kanki, who had been paying attention to the situation in the inner court, learned that Otomo Yoshizhen vomited blood and fainted, and he knew that the situation was not good.

Now the situation is changing three times a day, the Date army is divided into two ways to attack Otomo's house, the west route army has broken more than ten cities, and now it is attacking Chikugo Province and Toji Michiyuki against Yu Chikugo River, and the defeat has been decided. The vanguard of the Eastern Route Army has gradually formed a trend of encircling the inner city of Funei. Yoshihiro Kanri and others asked to move the main camp to Hita County, but when they learned about the situation of the Western Route Army, Naita Kanki thought that going to Hita County was the only way to die, and it was better to surrender to the Date family, and perhaps save the family name and blood of the Otomo family from being cut off.

If Otomo Yoshijin dies, then Otomo Yoshijin's heirs will become the key to the fate of the Otomo family, and Naita Kanki, as his grandfather, will be able to maintain his position in the future Otomo family if he preserves the longevity pill.

However, Nado Kanki did not take the initiative to inquire about Lady Nado, he was waiting, waiting for Lady Nado to take the initiative to come to him. He was confident that Madame Nado would come to him, and that it was a matter of mutual benefit and mutual benefit.

Soon, Lady Nado's confidant, the old mama, found Nado Kanki.

When Naita Kanki walked into the inner court, he saw Mrs. Nado slumped to the ground, although he knew that the situation in Otomo Yoshijin was not good, but after learning the truth, his mind was blank for a while.

The sky is falling, and the sky of the Otomo family is falling.

After Naita Jianji calmed down, he said to Mrs. Nado: "The first thing is the most urgent, keep the news, don't let people know the news that the hall has died, remember, remember." ”

Mrs. Naido nodded again and again, now the people in the outer city are afraid of Otomo Yoshijin so they didn't use force on their orphans and widows, if they know that Otomo Yoshijin has died, who knows what will happen.

Naita Kanki continued, "The second thing is to deliver a letter of surrender to Date Taimasa as soon as possible in the name of the pavilion, and as long as he saves the life of the longevity pill, he is willing to sacrifice the inner castle of the palace. ”