Volume 8, Changpan, Autumn, Looking forward to Return, Chapter 1072, End of the Song
October 19, the fourth year of Bunroku (1595), Sunfu Castle in Suruga Kingdom.
After three years, the Wenlu Great Transfer of Daimyos all over the world was finally completed. A large number of Daimyos from the Western Kingdom rushed towards Kanto and ushered in their new territories. The vacated Kansai area has been occupied by Imagawa.
The acting officials and judges of the shogunate made arrangements in an orderly manner. Congressional representatives from dozens of Kansai kingdoms gathered in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, where the shogunate is located, formed a constitutional assembly, and began to formulate the country's laws. Imagawa, the first shogun of the Maple Leaf Shogunate
Umitsu also personally opened the Constitutional Assembly.
At this time, Imagawa Ujihei, as the retired governor of the Imagawa family, came to Suruga on the Tokaido Road to take charge and personally monitor the East Kingdom. All knowledgeable people in the world know that the strength of the Kanto daimyo will be determined by military expenditures and military expenditures.
These two soft tools are constantly being consumed, and their strength will become weaker as time goes by. In the end, they will have to compromise with the new system, otherwise they will be ruined by debt. In other words, if they want to challenge the new system,
The best opportunity is in the next ten years - an opportunity while its own strength has not been weakened, and the Imagawa shogunate has not yet secured the world. However, if you want to go to Luo from Kanto, you cannot avoid Suruga on the Tokaido. But
The Maple Bird Horse Seal flying high on the top of Sunfu Castle is the nightmare of all daimyo. Just looking at that flag will destroy the remaining fighting spirit and unwillingness in their hearts.
After Imagawa Jihei retired, he did not live in Sunfu Castle most of the time. Instead, he and Imagawa Kaede lived in seclusion in Imagawa Kaede's former residence in the maple forest in the north mountain of Sunfu Castle. However, the leisurely days did not last long. And the Ming Dynasty
Determining the status of the company, promoting the integration process, and writing textbooks soon became inescapable tasks on their desks.
On this day, as usual, Imagawa Jihei listened to the evaluation meeting where the retainers reported their work in the Sunpu Castle Castle, and was about to return to his former residence in Kitayama. However, on the mountain road to Kitayama, Imagawa Yoshimoto suddenly found him.
Imagawa Yoshimoto's whereabouts have been strange since he met Imagawa Jihei. Except for occasionally coming back to see Imagawa Jihei and Imagawa Kaede, no one knows where he is most of the time - Yu Qiuyou was asked not to pursue it by Imagawa Jihei.
His whereabouts.
"Your Majesty the Governor, what's the matter?" Imagawa Ujihira still used his old title.
"The world has been settled?" Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled and said to Imagawa Shihei. The word added at the end of the sentence, which can express both affirmation and question, is meaningful.
"Your Highness, the Governor, do you want to remind me that there are still unstable factors?" Imagawa Shihei tilted his head and thought for a moment, but still couldn't figure it out, "In order to achieve a stable transition in the past few years, I even transferred back a lot of the Red Leaf Fleet.
We’ve been cruising around Japan, so it’s unlikely that something unexpected happened.”
"The remaining unstable factor is divine power." Imagawa Yoshimoto said straightforwardly without being too pretentious.
"Divine power?" Although Imagawa Ujihei didn't expect this to be what Imagawa Yoshimoto was referring to, it does make sense after thinking about it carefully.
"Yes, I told you before, Yuqiu, that there are 10 divine powers in total."
"Yes, but except for the Heavenly Onaka in me, weren't all the remaining divine beings killed by you? Shouldn't all their abilities be inherited by you?" Imagawa Ujihira frowned in confusion.
He looked at Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"No, to be precise, I have 7 divine powers in my body now. There are 3 left, 1 is on you, 1 is on Shang'er, and 1 is missing." Imagawa Yoshimoto said at the Imagawa clan flat face
He held up three fingers in front of him.
"Shang'er also has it?" Imagawa Shihei hadn't been so surprised for a long time, and his tone changed, "What is it and where did it inherit it from? His Highness said that Shang'er's divine power may threaten this new system.
?"
"No, both Shang'er's divine power and the remaining divine power whose whereabouts are unknown may be considered powerful, but they do not affect the overall situation.
possible." Imagawa Yoshimoto shook his head, retracted all three of his stretched out fingers, and raised the other two fingers, "In my opinion, there are only two divine powers that can affect the overall situation. One is you.
The Heaven's Control, and the other is Izanami that I took from Qingshui, both are divine powers that can transcend time."
"Then aren't these two divine powers under the control of me and the family governor? Why do they become unstable factors?"
"I should have mentioned it before, the inheritance method of divine power - if the holder dies naturally, it will be randomly transferred to a newborn baby; if the holder is killed, in addition to the divine power and the divine emperor's spiritual god's
Except for the holder, in other cases, the murderer can inherit this divine power from the holder. Once the divine power is taken away by someone with ulterior motives, it may cause a devastating blow to the regime."
"That's right, but can't our divine power be passed down from generation to generation?" Imagawa Ujihira seemed to have thought about this problem for a long time, and explained his idea to Imagawa Yoshimoto, "I can let Kouji before I die.
Kill me to inherit my power, and then let Guang'er's children kill Guang'er, and pass down the Heavenly Palace in the Imagawa family from generation to generation. And your highness, the governor, you don't even want to die, you just need to find a death row prisoner when the time comes.
Kill you, and then you can take his body and live forever, controlling those 7 abilities forever."
"The problem is that I don't want to do this." Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled bitterly and opened his hands to Imagawa, "Living in this world is really tiring. People can't survive without anything to pursue or rely on.
.But for me, what I am pursuing has been achieved - I have watched the children of the future successfully reverse history. Now I have no desires and desires. I have lived enough in this world and have no interest in staying here anymore.
I just want to be free. I don’t want this soul to wander in this world forever because of the shackles of the divine power and the Divine Emperor’s Spiritual God.”
"This..." Imagawa Yoshimoto's topic is one that Imagawa Ujihira currently cannot answer.
"So, I will most likely choose to die naturally, and then my seven divine powers will be randomly reincarnated into seven newborn children. A few years later, if the holder of the divine power Izanami obtains three
If the artifact restarts history, then everything you have done, your system and your eternal peace will be in vain." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at Imagawa Ujihira sincerely, and asked in a low voice, "If you want
If you want to prepare for this, I can cooperate with you and choose a suitable death time so that you can track the baby who may inherit the divine power and control the divine power. Or you can directly find someone you trust to kill me.
It is all acceptable."
"No need, Your Highness." But after Imagawa Yoshimoto finished such a long speech, Imagawa Ujihira shook his head. After being silent for a while, he also showed a smile. It was not a bitter smile, but a confident smile.
"If my system and my reforms can bring long-term peace and stability, create eternal peace, and truly bring smiles to the faces of countless people in the world, then no one will want to restart this beautiful history, right?
If my system and reforms fail and the world falls into war and tragedy, even if I control my divine power in every possible way, it will be useless. The motivation for peace is endless, and it can support countless people with lofty ideals to sacrifice their lives for it.
Hot-blooded, seize the divine power to restart time. Besides, if it was really a failed attempt, what’s the harm in restarting it?"
"You look confident." Imagawa Yoshimoto looked at the middle-aged man in front of him who was over fifty years old, but the smile on his face was the same as that of the boy more than thirty years ago.
"What? Your Highness, the Governor, doesn't believe in the 'future son' you're interested in?" Imagawa Ujihira used the title that Imagawa Yoshimoto used in Hirazaka in Homiagawa, and pointed to his chest out of the blue and said, "
If you don’t believe it, why don’t you use your power to go to the future now and have a look, and then come back and tell you.”
"Oh? That's a very good suggestion." Imagawa Yoshimoto clapped his hands and laughed, then pointed to the cabin in the maple forest on Dongshan Mountain, "Then Yuqiu will show up at Maple's place later, I will go directly there to wait for you.
?”
"No, I have to go and talk to Feng'er first. I promised her." A gentle smile appeared on Imagawa Shihira's face, "If you want to travel back to the future, you must tell her in advance."
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"Go and come back?"
Imagawa Kaede, who was repairing Imakawa Ujihira's old red leaf shawl at the desk, stood up worriedly after hearing Imagawa Ujihira's words.
"Well, there is a cave for positioning, so you can accurately find the time to come back. To be on the safe side, two 'me's won't appear at the same time. I may delay it for half an hour, but anyway, it's 'go back as soon as you go.'
." Imagawa Shihei explained to Imagawa Kaede with a smile, "Let's go to the future and see if our dream of a peaceful and prosperous age with long-term stability has been realized."
"Well..." Imagawa Kaede nodded sadly, approached Imagawa Ujihira's side, and slowly leaned on his chest.
"What's wrong?" Imagawa Jihei noticed Imagawa Kaede's uneasiness, raised his arms, and hugged her gently, just like usual.
"A woman's intuition is nothing." Kaede Imakawa raised his head and smiled at Imagawa Shihei, revealing his two dimples, "When Hei comes back, I will still greet him with a smile and say 'welcome back'. You
Don’t forget to say ‘I’m back’ either.”
"Why is it so sad and formal?" Imagawa Ujihira laughed dumbly, and his arms around Imagawa Kaede subconsciously tightened.
"I was reading a book recently. It said that you should cherish every time you spend with your lover and treat every goodbye as the last time." Imagawa Kaede mumbled an excuse casually, but the expression on her face clearly betrayed her.
How could Imagawa Ujihei not understand his wife's cover-up? He just smiled and didn't expose it.
"You clearly saw it, but you still smiled and didn't say it. It's true." Just like Imagawa Jihei knows Imagawa Kaede, Imagawa Kaede knows Imagawa Jihei better than anyone else. Just listening to the laughter, I understand what Imagawa Jihei is thinking.
Thinking, "You're teasing me, right?"
"Where is that?" Imagawa Shihira let go of his hands and raised his hands pretending to be innocent.
"Even if you do, you still want to hide it from me?" Imagawa Kaede also smiled and took half a step away, then stopped his smile and looked deeply at Imagawa Ujihira, as if he wanted to carve everything about him into his soul. Then
The affectionate eyes touched Imakawa Ujihei, making him unconsciously pay attention to this ordinary farewell. He stared deeply at Imagawa Kaede, and wanted to remember her every frown and smile.
The couple, who spanned time and space, stared at each other for an unknown amount of time before they both recovered and awkwardly looked away. The blush on their faces and the cramped heartbeats were like those of a young girl when they first met.
"Okay, go ahead. But as punishment for teasing me, I will punish you to come to me again in the next life." Imagawa Kaede stood on tiptoes slightly, smiled and made Imagawa Ujihira's favorite gesture, using her index and middle fingers
He gently poked Imagawa Jihei's forehead.
"You've mentioned this punishment many times." Imagawa Shihei teased with a smile, watching with satisfaction Imagawa Kaede looked away awkwardly.
"Then let me go." Imagawa Shihei waved to Imagawa Kaede, turned around and held on to the door frame, preparing to enter the cave ().
"Be careful on the road, Ping." Imagawa Kaede smiled as brightly as a flower, and sent her blessings as usual. She took another half step forward, straightened out Imagawa's collar that never folded properly, and whispered softly, "Don't forget
, you still owe me the words 'I'm back'."
"Yes." Imagawa Ujihira's eyes became moist for no reason. He nodded and made the promise he had made countless times in his heart.
No matter how many times I reincarnate, I will always come to find you.