The sunset will be faster in winter, and by the end of the hour, it will be completely dark.
At this time, Sun Yixie, who had just gone to the kitchen to "instruct" the cook, and Huang Donglai, who had just come out of the toilet, met smoothly, and they were both led to a banquet hall by Hosokawa.
As soon as the two entered the room, they found that Nobunaga was already sitting on the main seat in the center of the deepest part of the room, and his family members and followers were divided into two rows, sitting in front of Nobunaga and on the left and right respectively.
Only Ranmaru was special. As a personal guard, he did not sit at the table. He just sat silently behind Nobunaga and remained alert.
"You two, please come over here." Soon, Hosokawa led Shuanghe and took a seat very low-key at the last seat of the banquet hall...that is, the two seats furthest away from Nobunaga and closest to the door.
After taking the seats, Hosokawa temporarily excused himself and continued to focus on other matters at the banquet.
As for Sun Huang, he didn't notice anything when he first sat down, but after a while, the two of them realized something was wrong - from the moment they entered the room, to sitting down, to the time the dishes were brought to them.
... During these about seven or eight minutes, Nobunaga seemed to have not seen them at all, and was just talking, laughing, eating and drinking with the subordinates at the front of the seats.
This attitude is obviously very different from his behavior during the day.
During the day, Nobunaga showed unusual enthusiasm and affection for the two Central Plains people. He not only sat at the same table with them and had a heart-to-heart talk, but also offered to hold a banquet tonight after a long absence and bring his relatives to the table.
Call everyone here and let them meet Sun Huang.
But now that the dinner party has really started, he seems to be a different person, as if he treats dual harmony as air. This is a bit illogical.
"What's going on? Why did this guy's attitude towards us take a 360-degree turn?" After a moment, Sun Yixie whispered to Huang Donglai.
"Huh...how many times do you think about it again?" For Huang Donglai, teasing Brother Sun was undoubtedly a higher priority than analyzing Nobunaga's behavior.
"Ah? Oh, one hundred and eight hundred and eighty, you made a mistake!" Sun Yixie frowned and said, "Don't worry about this for now and get down to business."
"It's harmful, there's nothing to say." Huang Donglai responded casually, "This Oda Nobunaga is known to be moody and inconsistent. Maybe now he feels that the novelty is too much, and he is not interested in us.
It’s over.”
"That's not right..." Sun Yixie's ability to observe words and emotions is not bad. He immediately added, "If it's just what you said, he will just be more indifferent to us, but there will still be normal reactions... For example, let's come in
When he was sitting down, he should have glanced here to see who was sitting down, right? But his behavior now seems to be deliberately ignoring us, avoiding his eyes the whole time, which is a bit too deliberate."
"Well... when you put it like that..." Huang Donglai thought thoughtfully, "I'm afraid this guy didn't hold his shit in well."
"Ah, that's bad!" Sun Yixie was reminded by Huang Donglai's words in turn, and realized later, "The man named Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly asked us to make some 'Central Plains specialties' or something.
Isn't it a button made in conjunction with Nobunaga?"
Ladies and gentlemen, this is because you have done a lot of dirty things, and when you are being tricked, you feel very sharp.
Sun Huang just chatted for a few words and immediately understood Nobunaga's general intention - tonight Nobunaga was going to use these "Chinese food" to take the opportunity to get angry, put on a show with Mitsuhide, and then naturally set the fire on fire
to Shuang Xie to test their reactions.
After the calculation is completed, Nobunaga will decide how to deal with the two people based on their performance...
If Shuangxie is really talented, Nobunaga must try to use it, or at least prevent them from being used by others; if Shuangxie is a person who deceives the world and steals his reputation, then Nobunaga must teach them a lesson; and if Shuangxie has some evil intentions
The purpose of suing someone was to take this opportunity to expose their true intentions.
Of course, the most ideal result in Nobunaga's mind is that these two Central Plains people are indeed capable, and under his combined kindness and power, they have completely exposed their true abilities, capabilities and positions, and are finally defeated by his majestic
I was impressed by his temperament and worked for him willingly.
Yes, I know that everyone is already laughing at Nobunaga when he sees this, "He must be thinking too much."
If the lower limit of dual harmony is described as an abyss, the part that Nobunaga can detect is probably only a few feet on the edge of the cliff. If he wants to explore the bottom, it is not enough for him to summon his old enemies from the Warring States Period to join hands and jump down together.
Filled in.
Furthermore, in Nobunaga's eyes, unifying Japan means "unifying the world", and if he can stand out among other great names, he will be the "hero" in this troubled world; but this is not the view of Shuanghe, they are both literary and historical scoundrels...
...According to their understanding, the "general" here is probably a chief envoy, and the group of daimyo who are divided among themselves are at best a group of prefects or even magistrates.
Just think of him as the prefect. What is the state of the prefect of Hangzhou in front of Brother Sun? The prefect of Fushun dares not to give Huangmen face? If Shuangxi were not familiar with the place here and lacked power, he would have jumped to this group of big names.
Shit on the head.
As for "convinced", "wholehearted service" and the like, let alone talk about it, unless you are a mountain cultivator, otherwise Emperor Dashu is here today, and you have to negotiate some conditions for them to do things.
But Nobunaga didn't know this. At this time, he had glanced at Shuanghe several times with his peripheral vision, and he felt very proud when he saw that the two of them were a little "flustered" because of his indifference. So, he felt that the atmosphere was almost perfect,
Then he gave Mitsuhide a look.
Mitsuhide understood, and then whispered a few words to the maid beside him. After the maid received the order, she walked out of the door in small steps.
After a while, Hosokawa Kisuke appeared at the door again, and he was seen personally carrying an extra-large tray and bringing a dish that made everyone's faces change when they heard it, into the banquet hall.
At that time, Japanese cuisine, especially banquet cuisine, basically did not have the term "hotpot gas", but the large plate of West Lake vinegar fish served by Hosokawa at this moment was made by the kitchen under the guidance of Sun Yixie in strict accordance with the "grab the pot before serving"
The dish was cooked in a "gasp" manner, and the dish originally gave off a strong smell of vinegar, so Hosokawa had already attracted the attention of everyone on the way to deliver the dish to Nobunaga.
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Nobunaga took a look and thought to himself, this is great. I don't have to get angry by pretending that the food doesn't taste good. Just by hearing it, I know that the food is really unpalatable.
"This is..." But the part that should be played still had to be played. While Hosokawa put down the tray and brought the dishes to the table, Nobunaga still asked.
"Sir, this is a fish dish specially prepared by my subordinates in the kitchen." Mitsuhide Akechi stood up as planned, walked to Nobunaga's table, knelt down and reported back.
Naturally, he would not mention dual harmony in his words at this time, and would have to put on a face of "all relying on oneself and trying to take credit", so that it would be true.
"Oh?" Nobunaga pretended to have a look of surprise and confusion on his face, but in fact he gritted his teeth secretly, then took off his chopsticks, picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
This taste, hey! It tastes worse than I fucking imagined.
"Sir, I wonder how it tastes?" Mitsuhide followed the script, already prepared to be scolded.
unexpectedly……
Ping—Pah!
The next second, Nobunaga was so angry that he threw a wine glass and shouted a big dick that was not part of the plan into Mitsuhide's face.
Immediately afterwards, Nobunaga cursed a four-letter Japanese sentence that everyone could understand without having to translate it. After scolding, he pointed at Mitsuhide's nose and said viciously: "How dare you feed me such a thing? This fish stinks!"
"
This move shocked the entire audience.
Because only the two of them and Ranmaru knew about the drama that Nobunaga and Mitsuhide had arranged... none of the other retainers at the banquet knew about it.
Of course, this is what it should be. After all, if there are too many people who know the plan, the secret may be leaked, and you can't guarantee that everyone's acting skills will be so good; letting everyone at the scene react to it in the most realistic way is what Nobunaga wants.
As a result, he not only tested Shuangxiong, but also tested his cronies.
Anyway, as long as he later explains that this was an act, and that he did it against the two harmonies, everyone will suddenly realize and admire Nobunaga's strategy, and at the same time, Mitsuhide will not lose face.
But... this slap in the face was indeed an accident. It was because the fish was so unpalatable that Nobunaga couldn't help but add drama to it.
So now even Mitsuhide was stunned. He stayed on the spot for a while and forgot his words.
At this moment when the whole atmosphere was awkward and tense, suddenly!
Bang!
A huge banging sound suddenly sounded from outside the wall on one side of the banquet hall.
As the sound penetrated, the wall suddenly cracked and a large piece protruded toward the room.
Everyone in the banquet hall heard the sound and looked towards the wall in surprise...
Bang! Bang bang bang bang——
At this time, the second wave of noise had followed, and within seconds, a huge black shadow crashed in from the outside like a bulldozer amid the sound of breaking the wall.
The two warriors sitting in front of the wall were knocked off their feet before they could react, and rolled to both sides in embarrassment.
At this time, other people in the room took a closer look and realized that the black figure that rushed into the room was actually a nine-foot-tall, muscular sumo wrestler wearing a loincloth. However, because of the look on his face,
He wears a red Tengu mask, so his appearance is unrecognizable.
"Protect your lord!" At this moment, Ranmaru, the guard, had the fastest reaction. He was the first to realize that this was an enemy attack and shouted this voice.
As soon as the words fell, a few of the people in the room came to their senses and quickly grabbed the katana beside them and stepped forward to defend themselves against the enemy.
It should be mentioned here that samurai do not bring their own swords on all occasions, especially at banquets held by dignitaries. Many of them clearly stipulate that attendees cannot bring swords. However, Nobunaga's banquet obviously did not have such a rule.
, everyone just took off the knife from their waists and put it beside them to eat. Now it is within easy reach to use it.
However, as the party that made the surprise attack, it was natural that they would take action faster than them...
In the few seconds that Nobunaga's men were picking up their samurai swords one after another and joining the battle, six more people had already gotten in through the hole in the wall broken by the red-masked warrior.
These people have different body shapes, costumes, and weapons, but each of them also wears the same "Tengu mask" on their face.
Two of them have green masks, three have blue masks, and one has black masks.
These people came in without saying a word and cut down everyone they saw. Moreover, they all had extraordinary skills, so they were obviously not just ordinary people.
The banquet hall instantly fell into chaos, with the crowd fighting in the midst of flashing sword lights and flying blood mist.
At this time, Sun Yixie and Huang Dong also started to move...