Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Akechi Mitsuhide did not expect that a well-known general like Shibata Katsuie would one day be haunted by ghosts.

After it was revealed that there was a ghost around Shibata Katsuie, Saburo called Shibata Katsuie directly, and Akechi Mitsuhide sat beside him.Shibata Katsuie, who has never been able to figure out Saburo's thinking, has basically given up guessing at present, can only look at Akechi Mitsuhide, but unfortunately even Akechi Mitsuhide covered his face so that he can't see any clues.

Neither Saburo nor Akechi Mitsuhide said a word, which made Shibata Katsuie a little confused.

After about a few minutes, Saburo suddenly pointed at Shibata Katsuie and said, "Look, Xiaoguang! It's here!"

Akechi Mitsuhide was surprised and said, "There really is..."

Shibata Katsuie: ""

At this time, neither of these two people answered Shibata Katsuie's doubts, and the middle-aged general in his 40s could only stare at him with a frozen face.

Of course he didn't know it, and he couldn't see it, but behind him, a shadow slowly floated up.

The shadow is not as dark as the ghosts usually described. Even under candlelight, it has a very peculiar pinkish-white color, as if the cherry blossoms are just blooming, like a human shape pulled by a ball of light.Saburo and Akechi Mitsuhide could only see that this figure was not tall, but his body proportions were good. Even though his body was covered in fuzzy pink and white, it could be seen that he was more masculine.

"Your Highness, can you see it every time?"

Akechi Mitsuhide asked.

"No, if there are too many people, it will only be a little gray, but if you are alone with Shibata-san, it will be much more conspicuous-it is almost the same as now. Maybe three or four people together will not affect his appearance."

"It's been like this since it came out"

"I don't know about this, but I always feel that it's becoming more and more obvious—ah, it's revealed."

Following Saburo's rather surprised sound, the pink and white figure that had been standing behind Shibata Katsuie suddenly had other colors.

The hair is painted dark blue, the clothes are painted purple, and the blurred appearance and shape become more concrete. Almost in an instant, the ghost whose gender can only be guessed becomes a "human being" with distinct gender and correct facial features. ".He stood quietly on the spot, with the shoulder armor and belt gradually becoming rounded. When the white cloak hung down from one shoulder, he suddenly opened his eyes, took the corner of the cloak with one hand, and held the underside of the cloak with the other. The handle of the knife, the blade on the waist side exposed half of the scabbard.

The dark blue-haired young man smiled at Saburo: "I am Smiling Qingjiang, um, you think this name is weird too, don't you?"

"It's really a bit." Saburo said, "I've never heard of a knife with this name."

"The origin of the name is the female ghost who cut off the smile." Smiling Qingjiang smiled, walked out from behind Shibata Katsuya, and stood directly opposite Saburo, "It's very surprising that my master will be the same as Oda Nobunaga A person with good looks, even the name of the contract is 'Oda Nobunaga'—"

"Are you Mr. Nobunaga?"

Saburo: "That's right, it's me."

For Saburo's answer, Shibata Katsuie's face turned blue.He stared at Saburo's face, but there was no abnormality in Saburo's expression, he could only look at Mitsuhide Akechi for help: "Mr. Akechi, what's wrong, Your Highness, why are you talking to yourself all of a sudden!"

Reminiscent of the endless incidents about people seeing swimming snake bones and bull ghosts, Shibata Katsuie was horrified!

And Akechi Mitsuhide just glanced at the Taidao on Shibata Katsue's waist - the Taidao was exactly the same as the one protruding from the waist of the young man who claimed to be smiling Aoe, even if the young man's waist was shorter, he could still tell it was the same hand.

He could only sigh imperceptibly, and comforted him: "... Please rest assured, Your Highness is in good health."

But Shibata Katsuie can't rest assured!No matter how you look at it, San Lang looks like he is talking to someone, but no matter how you look at it, his eyes don't fall on him, and he is not talking to him.

Just when Shibata Katsuie's patience was reaching its limit, and every minute it seemed like he was going out to find a monk, Saburo finally turned his attention to him again, and praised him with a good attitude: "Your sword is very powerful ah!"

Shibata Katsuie: ""

"It's a knife that can kill female ghosts."

Confused, Shibata Katsuie glanced at the Taidao on his waist, because the swords were only sharp, and there were no special legends (the legend of Smiling Qingjiang was from the Edo period), so he could only regard it as a gesture of bravery to himself. Compliment, tentatively replying: "...thank you for your compliment"

Already understood what happened—as the existence who witnessed the appearance of the three fusangshen, Akechi Mitsuhide had already discovered that this was another similar incident, so he could only lower his head and try to make things smooth: "Mr. Shibata don't care .Your Highness has recently become very knowledgeable about swords, so you can see that your Taidao is extraordinary at a glance."

...without a sword drawn out of its sheath, one can see extraordinary things at a glance

Shibata Katsuie's face changed violently a few times, and finally, because of Saburo's various unexpected behaviors, he still reluctantly believed this kind of rhetoric, and said, "Your Highness is too famous."

"Ah, but I asked you to come here. Besides watching ghosts, I do have other things to ask." Seeing that the smiling Qing Jiang had spontaneously sat down cross-legged, Saburo started talking to Shibata Katsuie again, "I plan to To build a residence for the general, I will stay in Kyoto until it is completed, so I want you to return to Gifu as soon as possible."

Shibata Katsuie couldn't help but shifted his focus to "ghost" first—is the ghost watching that His Highness said is the normal meaning of watching ghosts—then he lowered his head with a serious face, and said in a deep voice: "Maybe I have failed His Majesty's entrustment!"

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When fighting for the position of shogun for Ashikaga Yoshiaki before, Akechi Mitsuhide walked around with this sword every day, and now when he was building the shogun's mansion for Ashikaga Yoshiaki... Akechi Mitsuhide still walked around with a smiling face every day.

"It seems that every Token Fusangshin knows you."

"Yeah, it's understandable, after all, Oda Nobunaga is a very famous person in history—" Saburo replied casually, but before Akechi Mitsuhide reminded him, he himself realized something was wrong, "However, ancient swords also Will you know me?"

However, unlike Akechi Mitsuhide who just secretly collected clues and made inferences, Saburo directly called the smiling Aoe over, and asked straightforwardly in front of Akechi Mitsuhide: "Why do you all know 'Oda Nobunaga'?" "

"'You', do you have other swords in the main hall?" Smiling Qingjiang tilted his head, and changed the subject lightly, "But it seems that he didn't see anyone else."

"Because I left them in Gifu."

"Leaving the sword alone in Gifu is there an expedition site?"

"What is the expedition?" Saburo scratched his hair in trouble, and complained, "I just want to ask why you know me, you can just tell me."

"Aha——it looks like a very scheming person, but the focus will not be shifted at all." The smiling Qing Jiang just sat in front of Saburo and laughed, "I didn't expect the Nobunaga Guild in history to be such a person. However, That’s the only way to look at the world.”

"Can't you tell me?"

"No, but I haven't figured out how to tell you. After all, if you lie, it doesn't fit Daojian's character." Qingjiang smiled softly, "If you really want to say it, every Daojian Fusangshen will know about you of."

Although Smiling Qingjiang has a kind attitude, unlike Jinjian, it is difficult to insinuate things that he does not want to say.Akechi Mitsuhide specifically asked for Saburo's consent, and took Smiling Qingjiang to inspect the construction progress of the General's Mansion every day, but he couldn't see what attitude Smiling Qingjiang had.

It's also strange to say.Sosan is Saburo's saber, Imaken is a gift from Shiba's family to Saburo, and Suzumaru is the Buddhist sword that Akechi Mitsuhide found for Saburo. These few can still be related to Saburo, but Smiling Aoe is really Shibata Singer's knife.

If it is Fusangshen, the incarnation of the sword, shouldn't it also be the master who entangles the body of the sword? Why do you call Sanlang the "main hall"

Or, because Shibata Katsuya is a retainer of the Oda family, that's why he respects Saburo so much

Akechi Mitsuhide still felt that there was something he didn’t know, but he didn’t intend to bother Saburo for it—according to Saburo’s personality, whether he could ask it or not, the chief general of the Oda family should have grasped the secrets of the Oda family. The general direction, such trivial and sneaky things, should be the scope of concern for retainers.

Just as Mitsuhide Akechi thought this way, he turned around and saw that Saburo had put a hat on the smiling face Qingjiang's head.

... Hearing the sound of footsteps gradually coming from outside, Akechi Mitsuhide immediately took a stride and pulled down the top hat that was on Smiling Qing Jiang's head.At the same time, the sliding door was also opened, and Ikeda Hengxing knelt in front of the door and said to Saburo: "Hey, that hat seemed to stop in the air just now... Ah, Your Highness, the missionary I met in Erjo earlier has already passed away." waiting."

"Oh, I see." Saburo nodded, and after Ikeda Hengxing stepped back, he took the hat from Akechi Mitsuhide's hand again, put it on the smiling Qing Jiang's head, rubbed his chin and said, "Sure enough, this kind of hat It looks better with military uniforms."

Mitsuhide Akechi: "...Really. But please don't scare Hengxing, after all, things like bull ghosts and snake bones have caused panic among people."

"Oh, yes. Although you can't usually see Qingjiang, but if you wear something or wear a hat, you can find it." Saburo nodded, and moved the hat back to his head with some regret.

The hat (top hat) mentioned by Saburo is different from the hat commonly used in Japan. It is made of stiff fabric. A long white feather is used for decoration.This kind of hat is really nondescript when paired with Japanese kimonos, but it goes well with Smiling Aoe's very strange clothes that fit the curves of the body.

When Akechi Mitsuhide went out with a smiling face Qing Jiang, he hadn't seen Saburo wearing such a hat, but when he left the construction site with a smiling face Qing Jiang at noon, he heard that Saburo also went to inspect the construction site.

Such a strange hat doesn't seem to be made in Kyoto.In addition, when Hengxing Ikeda came, he also mentioned missionaries.

Akechi Mitsuhide watched Saburo straighten his hat, and asked softly, "Do you want to allow missionaries to preach in Kyoto?"

"That's right. Because Catholicism is very common, it doesn't matter." Saburo just said, "And whoever comes from Portugal—it's hard work to travel so far to preach."

"But you should not have forgotten that the general believes in Buddhism and has banned missionaries from preaching." Akechi Mitsuhide sat upright and said, "Have you decided to allow the spread of Catholicism?"

"Hey. I heard that the general had a cold, so he refused to meet the missionary... Well, it doesn't matter." Saburo said, "I have already agreed to this matter, and now I just tell him."