Wanli Xinming

Chapter 247 Fire
When everything was silent, Zhu Yijun finally ended his deep conversation with Zhang Juzheng, revealing that he wanted to return to the palace.Zhang Juzheng opened his sleepy eyes and said with a sigh of relief, "I respectfully send your majesty."

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I originally came to see a doctor, but dragged the old gentleman to talk in the middle of the night." Zhang Juzheng smiled bitterly in his heart, but his face was full of honor and honor: "This is the honor of the minister." He paused and said: "The minister estimates that this is also a good story that can be recorded in the history of the country."

Zhu Yijun's eyes lit up and said, "Wonderful! The old gentleman's spirit is up." After saying this, he got up reluctantly.

When the door was opened, Wei Chao hurried up to meet him, shook off a cloak and said, "Your Majesty, there is still a cool breeze at night, you put on some." Zhu Yijun said, "I don't mind, just put on the old gentleman. "

Wei Chao smiled and said, "This servant is holding two pieces." Zhu Yijun nodded in approval, Wei Chao hurriedly stepped forward and carefully put the cape on him, and then put the other scarlet piece on Zhang Juzheng as well.

Looking up at the sky, Zhu Yijun suddenly said with affection: "This touch is like a crescent moon, I don't know how many emperors and kings in the world? These emperors and generals can be like you and me. outside?"

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Your Majesty is just beginning to develop 'muscle strength', but this minister is an old man." Zhu Yijun sighed after hearing this: "Old gentleman, take care of your health, take care of your health, and stay with me for a few more years." Zhang Juzheng felt his eyes widen. Hot, he turned his head slightly and wiped his face.

When Zhu Yijun left Zhang's residence with many guards, You Qi came over and reported, "Master Xiang, Mr. Liu can't wait, I have arranged to sleep in the guest room." Zhang Juzheng nodded and went back to his room with his help.When he walked to the Yiyuan Stone Bridge again, Zhang Juzheng also looked up at the trace of the moon. Against the background of the Milky Way in the sky, it looked deserted.

Suddenly feeling agitated, Zhang Juzheng sighed and said, "When you meet this bright master, you can only do your best and die!"

At this time, five thousand miles away, the cold moonlight is still shining on Inaba Mountain City.In a mansion under the castle guard in Gifu Castle, Maeda Genyi suddenly sat up from his sleep-because he seemed to hear some rustling voices while he was half asleep.

He first touched the tachi near his hand, and then patted his palm lightly.A dozing surname woke up, knelt down and said, "My lord, do you want to get up at night?"

Maeda Xuanyi rubbed his eyes and said, "Are you Takahashi? I remember that tonight is Haibao Value Night?"

The little surname said: "Yes, my lord. Haibao ate something bad tonight, his stomach kept ringing, and he didn't stop gasping. For fear of being rude, he changed classes with me."

After listening to the explanation, Maeda Xuanyi didn't say anything.Just instructed: "I heard some noises in the yard, you go out and have a look."

Takahashi bent down and shouted hi, then retreated to the door, opened the door and went out.Just after going out for a while, I saw him rushing back and saying: "My lord, something is bad! It seems that the skyguard is on fire!"

Maeda Xuanyi was taken aback, stood up all of a sudden, pulled aside the shoji of the Japanese room, and sprang out of the room without even wearing his shoes.His mansion was two miles away from the Tianshou. At this time, he raised his head and looked hard at the top of the mountain, as if there was a faint red light.

He took a deep breath and shouted: "Come here!" As one of the five major obediences of the Oda family, the first lord of the Tamba Kameyama clan, Maeda Genichi, had more than 150 generals and soldiers in Gifu Castle.After he shouted loudly, the whole house was in an uproar, and soon people shouted and neighed.

Before Maeda Genyi could get dressed, the entire Gifu Castle was in turmoil.The fire of the tower became more and more obvious, and the sound of the gong of the fire was also heard from a distance.Maeda Xuanyi had already heard his neighbors shouting loudly.

He was so impatient, and before the armor was finished, he ordered the general to open the gate of the house and lead people to rush in the direction of the Tianshou.There was undoubtedly a fire there, because the red light at this time was no longer faint, but red half of the sky.

Maeda Xuanyi immediately shouted: "Nozawa! Nozawa!" His family general, Nozawa Nao, agreed, and ran straight over: "My lord!"

Maeda ordered: "Your riding skills are better than mine - take my katana, rush in first, and rescue the three masters!" Nozawa agreed, took the katana in his hand, and slapped a cat's waist on the horse's back. , shouted "Drive!" The horse rushed out and disappeared after a turn on the mountain road.

Although Maeda Genyi dispatched samurai, he himself was fighting the horse with all his might.However, Gifu Castle is built on a mountain, and there is only one winding mountain road under the tower. It is not far from looking at it, but it takes a lot of time to turn around.Moreover, the Tianshou is located at the commanding heights of the city, and the speed of running horses on the mountain cannot be increased.

When he rushed to the place where he could see the whole picture of the Tianshu, Maeda Xuanyi felt that the sky was spinning, and the stars in the sky were pouring down on him-the Tianshu at this moment was like a big torch, and it would definitely peel off and burn red, although people shouted. The horses neighed, and everyone in the Oda family was still desperately pouring water into the fire, but anyone who saw it knew that it was completely futile, and the fire could not save it at all.

In just a short while, Maeda's voice was completely hoarse.He said hoarsely, "Where is Nozawa?"

Takahashi and other people around him shouted a few times, and Nozawa ran over from the fire, his face was black and gray, his hair was burnt yellow, and several holes were burned in his robe.

When Nao Ze saw Maeda, he knelt down and cried and replied, "My lord, when I came, the whole of God was on fire, but there was still some space in the front hall to enter, so I grabbed a quilt and poured water on it and rushed in— I didn't even go in half a zhang, it was full of fire, and the pillars in the hall master were also on fire, I shouted a few times, but I didn't hear anything except the sound of fire."

Maeda Xuanyi suppressed the blood that was about to spurt, and asked with hope, "Can you see His Highness the Three Masters?" Nozawa shook his head, and then the guardian of the Lord Sato Saburo came over and told: "Master Desenyuan, fire It got up very fast, and by the time we found out, there was already fire around the hall master, as if no one came out."

Maeda Xuan shouted angrily and pulled out the dagger held in Nozawa's arms, intending to hack Sato Saburo to death.Sato's face turned pale with fright, and the little surname Takahashi said slowly from the side: "Where's Your Highness Xiuze? He seems to be in this guardian, haven't you seen it?"

Affected by this question, Maeda's killing intent went down a lot.Sato cast a grateful glance at Takahashi, and replied, "His Highness Xiuze has to be weaned, so my mistress asked him to live in Longfa Temple today, not in the tower."

Maeda Xuanyi ordered: "Immediately send someone to protect Longfa Temple. If there is another accident with Your Highness, I can only open the abdomen." Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves, and a messenger with a horse on his back galloped down the mountain road. come.

Maeda Xuan felt inexplicably heart palpitations, as if the news brought by the messenger would take away his soul.When he was nervous, he suddenly heard Gao Qiao, the little surname beside him, muttering: "We always see why the temple changed the name of the temple master to Tianshou."

Maeda Xuan turned to look at Takahashi with red eyes.I saw Takahashi's eyes staring at the fire, his face was so frightened that there was no blood in his face, and he muttered some outrageous words, but he did not see that his lord was already furious.

Maeda Xuanyi listened to him and continued to mutter: "The Shibata Katsuya is very happy now. His Highness Nobuzhong likes His Highness the Three Masters the most."

Maeda Xuan crossed his left hand with a knife, slapped Takahashi's face with a slap, and scolded, "You bastard, what nonsense are you talking about."

Takahashi was shocked and hurriedly knelt down to plead guilty.Just as Maeda was about to continue scolding him, he saw that the messenger had already rushed in front of him: "Akechi Mitsuhide has rebelled! The Minister of State and His Highness Nobuzhong are trapped in Honneng Temple!"

Maeda Xuan spewed out a mouthful of blood, but before he passed out, everyone around him heard a loud noise, but someone mixed in with the firefighting crowd and fired a shot at Maeda Xuan.

This shot clearly shows that the fire in Gifu Castle was definitely man-made.The last thought in Maeda Xuanyi's life was: "The Oda family, it's over!"

(End of this chapter)