Chapter 627: A New Year, A New Beginning
The screams of Hideyoshi Monkey Hashiba resounded throughout Gifu Castle, even drowning out the drums and laughter in the festival venue.
Not only did he scream, but his eyes bulged out more than a goldfish, almost like a certain sadistic and murderous Marshal Gilles, who called himself "Green Beard".
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa......"
His shouts were followed by an equally terrible scream that only he could hear, coming from the huge skull in front of him.
The monkey felt a strong and scorching hurricane blow from the wide open mouth of the skeleton with this scream, and he shivered uncontrollably from top to bottom.
His legs showed that he could no longer support his master's body, so he directly softened and twitched his master while jolting, "Bang! The ground fell to the ground with a thud.
It stands to reason that a fall to the ground that completely violates the laws of physics like a monkey should be very painful, but the monkey said that he did not feel anything at all.
His mind was blank at the moment, and he looked at the huge skeletal puppet head floating in front of him, wrapped in ghostly fire that shimmered in dark green.
That's right, it's a huge skull with a diameter of more than three meters or four meters.
Masako, who was originally one of the three giants of Huangquan, was originally not interested in scaring the guy in front of her who was called "Monkey", and in her opinion, nesting in Wang Tianxie's arms was much more important than running out to scare people.
However, just as the reverse scales of the little royal sister of the dragon clan are not something that ordinary people can touch, Masako also has her reverse scales.
"Masako, let's tell you, this guy makes us feel unpleasant when he looks at it! Not only is it hunchbacked, but its nose is also collapsed and flattened, and the mouth below is even more pointed and large. The most odious thing is. This guy is bent on calculating the heavenly evil. ”
The second princess with a black belly, Cui Ji, only used three sentences to make Masako angry...... Uh, no, it's anger.
At this moment, Masako, who originally wanted to nest in Wang Tianxie's arms, instantly turned black, and said a word to Cui Ji. It is bound to discuss how to teach a good lesson and teach the monkey Yushiba Hideyoshi.
Masako's dark and hollow eyes stared at Hideyoshi Hashiba, who had already been transformed into a statue out of fear.
The latter didn't even dare to tremble at the moment, for fear that if he moved a little, he would make the skull in front of him unhappy and bite him a few bites.
He did have this fear...... No, it should be said that anyone who suddenly saw Masako's huge skull floating in front of him, and his mouth "click!" "Click! When the ground is closed, the thought of "the other party wants to eat me" will arise.
On the contrary, it was Masako, who circled around Tamashiba Hideyoshi with great interest, and then frolicked with Wang Tianxie as usual. He stabbed the other with his own tail flame.
In Masako's opinion, her stab was actually just a gentle brush, but for the monkey, she suddenly felt a wave of heat approaching her.
His heart protested to his brain, insisting that he would strike completely.
"Ahhh......hh
Immediately afterward, there was a violent dizziness in his head, and a terrible scream came out of his mouth again, and his eyes went black. Lost consciousness.
Masako circled around Hideyoshi Hashiba again and found that the other party was really stunned by herself.
"Boom...... It's not fun at all...... Such a guy still dares to calculate the Heavenly Evil Spirit...... Humph......"
Masako glared disdainfully at the monkey who had fainted to the ground. After "humming" twice, he retracted back to the size of his fist, and flew into the air leisurely, hiding in the body of the cloud little Lori and floating towards Wang Tianxie's bedroom.
"Wow...... It's Hajiba-sama! Oh no! Hashiba-sama fainted! ”
It wasn't until about a quarter of an hour or so that a large group of ashigaru teams finally followed the sound to the monkey's side, shouting in frustration.
Everyone hurriedly invited the two doctors over and pinched the monkey and touched his heart.
Soon. Violent overage pseudo-Lori Oda Nobuko and Wang Tianxie also arrived.
Wang Tianxie couldn't help but laugh when he looked at the monkey.
Although he had told Cui Ji, Mitsu Xiu Da Lori, and Masako not to play this monkey badly, but looking at the results in front of them, the three of them obviously overestimated the psychological tolerance of this monkey.
Fortunately, Hideyoshi Hashiba, the monkey, just fainted due to excessive fright, and there was no big problem with his physiology. As for the psychology, that's not what Wang Tianxie cares about.
"Wow! Hell wow! ”
Under the various first aids performed by the two doctors. The monkey finally woke up with a loud cry.
"Ghosts! Stay back! Ghost! There are ghosts wow! ”
As soon as the monkey woke up, he quickly turned his head to look around, and kept screaming from the inside of his mouth.
The group of Oda family elders and important ministers around him didn't know what to do at all, and they stared at the monkey Yushiba Hideyoshi who was shouting alone in front of him.
"Heavenly Evil...... Isn't it overplaying? Oda Nobuko tugged at Wang Tianxi's sleeve, put the cherry mouth to his ear and asked quietly.
"Uh...... Don't worry, it should be fine...... Well...... Perhaps......" Wang Tianxiao looked at the monkey sitting on the ground with teeth and claws, and secretly whispered in Oda Nobuko's ear.
"Enough! Monkey! Come here! I'm the ghost of the Oda family here! Wang Tianxie then patted Oda Nobuko on the shoulder and shouted at the monkey Hashiba Hideyoshi.
"Your Highness the Heavenly Evil! No! You're not a ghost! There really are ghosts! See for yourself in the next moment! Skulls more than three or four meters in size! It's scary! After listening to Wang Tianxie's words, Yushiba Hideyoshi turned his head to look at Wang Tianxie, and then suddenly rushed to him, grabbed his clothes and shouted loudly.
"Uh...... Monkey...... Calm down......" Wang Tianxie patted Yushiba Hideyoshi's shoulder, hugged the other party's shoulder, and whispered warm words of comfort with a smile on the other party's ear.
It is worth mentioning that when Guangxiu Da Lori, who was standing not far behind the monkey, saw Wang Tianxie winking at her, she quietly erected a victory gesture with her right hand that Wang Tianxie had taught her, and Wang Tianxie couldn't cry or laugh again.
"That's it! All right! Let's all disperse! ”
It wasn't until the monkey's expression finally eased up that Nobuko Oda finally waved her fist and shouted at everyone present.
The monkey was sent back to his ministry by Wang Tianxie's guards and handed over to his wife Ning Ning to take care of him.
As for Wang Tianxi, Oda Nobuko, and even a group of princesses of the Onihime returned to the dormitory on the top floor of the castle tower.
"Hey, hey, hey...... The charm of Ah Guo is really great! That monkey is obsessed with you! After Mitsuhide Lori sat down in the bedroom, she pointed at Akuni and laughed as she talked about how the monkey Hashiba Hideyoshi vomited bitterness in front of her.
"Second sister hates it!"
Ah Guo, who had just become Wang Tianxie's wife and concubine, buried his head in Wang Tianxie's arms with a blushing face and became a shy ostrich. This scene is somewhat similar to the temperament of the shy sixth princess Zi Ji, which made everyone laugh again.
The third day of the celebration was finally about to begin, and all the elders of the Oda family, important ministers, and even general-level samurai came to the venue early in the morning.
At today's morning dinner, Nobuko Oda will announce a series of personnel changes, a vision of the goals for the new year, and a strategic outlook for the Oda family in the coming year.
Due to the New Year's celebration in 1558, all samurai at the rank of general or higher were required to attend the banquet in Owari Province, Mino, Minami Omi Province, Yamashiro Province, Settsu Province, Izumi Province, Kawachi Province, Yamato Province, and Shima Province.
After all, the Oda family has become a behemoth.
The next step is to carefully lay out the issue of each person's territory, as well as the area responsible for guarding the town.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the ranking of the seven vice-generals of the Oda family remains unchanged, and the first ones in the ranking from top to bottom are Oda Wang Tianxi, and then his uncle Oda Nobubo, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Oda Nobuhiro, Oda Nobusumi, Oda Nobubo, and Oda Nobuyo." Oda Nobuko sat in her seat and shouted to the Oda family who were kneeling to her left.
"The octagonal will be ranked, and the ranking will be from top to bottom, with Hayashi Totsukatsu in the first place, followed by Shibata Katsuie, Sakuma Nobumori, Niwa Nagahide, Kinoshita Toyoshiro Hideyoshi, Takikawa Kazuki, Sasa Narumasa, and Tsutsui Shunkei." Nobuko Oda then announced.
If you look at it from the ranking, in fact, the status of everyone has not changed, but what he said next made Monkey and Takigawa Kazuyi overjoyed.
"The monkey serves as the guardian of Echizen Province, Yiyi, and you take care of the branch of Honganji Temple stationed on Nagashima. Wise Mitsuhide's territory Higashimino also takes care of the position of the lord of Sakamoto Castle. The Takenaka Hanbei fiefdom Nishimino built another castle in Nagahama as an additional fief. Nobuko Oda continued to announce loudly.
At this moment, the monkey became the head of a country sitting on Echizen Country, and both his strength and fortune rose instantly.
Takigawa Ichiyi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and Oda Nobuko's announcement meant that the other party would no longer pursue his dereliction of duty.
After all, his original fief had the mission of monitoring Nagashima Honganji, and as a result, Hattori Ukyo, the owner of the Nagashima Honganji branch, was stunned to successfully raid Kogie Castle under his nose, resulting in the death of Oda Nobuyo, a member of the Oda family.
The Takenaka family, where the Takenaka Hanbei is located, was originally one of the wealthy families of Nishiminon, and Higashimino was the territory of the wise family, the first wealthy family in the Mino Province in the past.
Therefore, Higashimino officially returned Mitsuhide Lori, and Nishimino was handed over to Takenaka Hanbei as the leader, which was not an unacceptable thing at all for the original Mino samurai and wealthy families.
On the other hand, if it were someone else, it would be a mess.
"Mino Province is under the care of Akechi Mitsuhide and Takenaka Hanbei, and the Oda family will move to the newly built Azuchi Castle in early spring." Nobuko Oda continued to announce.
Her words immediately caused the entire hall to buzz.
Except for the retainers of Wang Tianxi's family who had already learned about this incident and were very calm, everyone present turned their heads one after another.
The relocation of the Oda family to Heiankyo is not ordinarily significant.
This decision represents the continuous efforts that have been made since the time of Oda Nobuhide, the "big cat of Owari Kuni", and the older generation of the Oda family even shed tears involuntarily. (To be continued......)