[Comprehensive] Comb girl

Without a house to stay in, and no hot water for bathing, A Ding slept on the street overnight.When it was dawn the next day, she went to the river and combed her messy hair on the surface of the water, and decided to take the first step of the plan.

If you want to hang around in Osaka for a long time, you can't do without money!

At this time, Osaka was far from the scale of a "city", and could only be regarded as a defensive fortress with Honganji Temple as its foundation.The most central building is "Honmaru", and there should be other subsidiary castles such as Ninomaru and Sannomaru next to it.However, at the request of the Tokugawa family, the Toyotomi family demolished the attached Ninomaru and Sannomaru, leaving only the naked city of Osaka Castle; the canals outside the city were also filled.

In order to show the financial strength of the Toyotomi family, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who ordered the construction of this fortress, requested that the building be decorated with gold leaf. From a distance, the entire city is shining like a throne in front of a Buddha.But the bare, rubble-filled periphery, as well as the filled canals, gave off an inexplicable sense of decay.

Jinyu and Baixu seemed to appear at the same time.

This building is expensive, but Ah Ding decided not to enter.If you want to make money, you can only go to other places-there are some small villages near Osaka Castle, which are suitable for passers-by to settle.

After a short rest, she walked straight along the dirt road in a certain direction.Along the way, I met a few merchants carrying burdens, so I asked about the way.

"Is it someone from Erjo City?" The passing merchant asked with a smile when he heard her accent, "The clothes are also very rich...Why are you walking in a hurry? It will be very dangerous."

A Ding thanked him for his kind reminder.

Although I don't know where Nijo Castle is, it must be not far from Kyoto and Tango.

When she arrived at the first village fair, she breathed a sigh of relief, and began knocking on doors from door to door, asking the villagers if they needed to hire someone.But the villagers often only looked at her with their heads, then shook their heads and refused.

"Where can I hire servants? There is nothing in my house that needs help."

"It can't be a liar or a thief!"

"Since you're a woman, why not just find a man to support you..."

After working all morning, she couldn't find a job, so she sat down in a big wooden box by the side of the road and rubbed her sore feet.Because she came out in a hurry, she didn't pack her luggage very much, and the clothes on her body seemed out of place with this village.

She was born beautiful, and she was very eye-catching after asking for a long time in the village.Two idle hooligans quietly approached her and greeted her.

"Miss, are you looking for a job to make money? Where's the man in your family?" A man with a straw in his mouth greeted her with a smile, and his dark hands reached into his chest, scratching without hesitation.

The other man had a shiny shaved head, like an unscrupulous mage, and asked her with a playful smile: "Do you want to drink with us? I will pay you, a lot of money!"

Ah Ding is not that stupid.

"No!" she replied unhappily.

"Why are you so angry? Let's play together." The fake mage also showed an unhappy expression, as if to come up and grab her shoulder.

Ah Ding suddenly realized that there was no Fu Sangshen by his side.These two guys can only be dealt with by themselves.If he angered them, he would definitely not be able to break them with his thin wrist.

So, as soon as she rolled her eyes, she softened her voice and asked softly, "Excuse me, how much will it be? I want to support my younger brother and mother-in-law. If I have enough money, I will definitely go. "

The fake mage was really happy when he heard this.He withdrew his hand to fumble for his money bag, and said, "In one night, probably..."

When they relaxed their vigilance, Ah Ding lifted the basket on the ground, put it on top of the two men's heads, and ran away.

"The female ghost doesn't even want to accompany you!"

——She yelled out what was in her heart angrily, and rushed into the alley with all her strength.

The two men knew that they were being tricked, their faces were flushed, and they chased after them aggressively.The tattered straw sandals of the fake mage fell on the ground, but he didn't pick it up, and rushed towards Ah Ding with bare feet.

"Catch that woman!"

"How dare you tease me!!"

Ah Ding ran fast, and soon rushed out of the village.She was only focused on running away, and didn't look carefully at the road. Accidentally, she rushed onto the main road that was only used by noble sedan chairs.Coincidentally, there happened to be a sedan chair passing by.

She glanced back at the fake mage's kung fu, and ran into the group of warriors with her back.

"Ouch! Assassins!"

"It's a woman..."

"It's a woman!"

The samurai were knocked backwards and forwards, and Ah Ding also fell to the ground.As soon as the skin on her feet hurt, she knew that the skin was scratched by the stones on the dirt road.Before she had time to take a breath, several sharp knives came across her neck.

At this moment, the fake mage and his companions chased after him. Before he could say "the stinky woman wants to die", he was stunned by the battle in front of him.When the warriors saw the fake mage, they turned their knives in unison and pointed at him in unison.

The false mage swallowed his saliva, yelled "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."

A leading warrior stepped forward and asked Ah Ding who had fallen to the ground, "Who sent you here?"

The warrior was wearing heavy armor, only revealing a pair of naked eyes, looking very mighty.

"I..." A Ding glanced at the direction in which the fake mage was escaping, and whispered, "I was just being chased by someone, accidentally..."

"Accidental?!" The samurai obviously didn't believe her statement, "What a lie!"

Ah Ding: ...

Ah, what the female ghost said is indeed a series of nonsense.

At this moment, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted slightly, and a hand holding the folding fan was stretched out and raised slightly.

Slender in shape and well maintained, it is a woman's hand.

Seeing this, the warrior understood and said to Ah Ding, "You raise your head up."

A Ding was stunned for a moment, but still raised his head obediently.

The hand holding the folding fan by the side of the sedan chair quietly retracted, as if the sleeves were running.When the warrior saw this, he stepped back to the cage, bent down and listened respectfully.When his master had finished giving the order, the warrior sent someone to ask the false mage again.

After a while, the warrior said to Ah Ding: "You were going to be executed, but my master is willing to spare your life, on the condition that you need to go back with my master and serve him."

Ah Ding was still a little confused.

Women... want to serve themselves?

What is it about her?

But it is always a good thing not to have to face the sword of a samurai.If she was really locked up for offending a nobleman, then she couldn't think of any good way to escape.

***

The woman sitting in the cage was indeed of a very noble status, even higher than Ah Ding guessed—she turned out to be Mrs. Adian, that is, the biological mother of Toyotomi Hideyori, the lord of Osaka City, called "Yododen".

Ah Ding followed Yododen into Osaka Castle.

Osaka is worthy of being a masterpiece built by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. It is not only tall and majestic, shocking, but also extremely magnificent.From a distance, the gleaming gold foil that is connected into one piece becomes more dazzling when viewed up close.If you take a closer look, you can also find that the gold foil body seems to have the pattern of Buddha lotus, which is lifelike.

It's a pity that outside the naked city, there is a ruin of disastrous defeat.

The Tokugawa family had long ceased to submit to the Toyotomi family. After the siege of the Osaka Winter Battle, the Tokugawa family asked the Toyotomi family to demolish their fortress.This ruined attached country is just a microcosm of the turmoil of the war.

The Honmaru where Yododen lives is still luxurious and luxurious.But Ah Ding had stayed in the extravagant Heira family for a while, so she wouldn't make a fuss like a country girl who just arrived, and Yododen was very satisfied with her performance.

"Since I've come here, I don't need to tell myself who I am." Dian Dian sat on the top table, dressed in gorgeous clothes.She is in her forties, with black hair and white skin, and slender eyebrows and eyes. It can be seen that she was a beauty when she was young.It is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi loved Yododen as a concubine very much during his lifetime, and gave her a city in the land of "Yodo", which is also the origin of the name Yododen.

"You are fortunate to be able to serve the Lord of Osaka. This is the fate you have cultivated for several lifetimes." Yodomiya said to her, his voice was erratic, "Let him take his eyes off his wife...and only look at you. This is what you want Things to do. You have the looks, it's not difficult."

Ah Ding frowned, thinking carefully.

The lord of Osaka Castle is Toyotomi Hideyori.

Hideyoshi's wife...

It's Chihime, the daughter of the Tokugawa family.

Ah, it turned out to be the enemy's daughter.

"What's your name?" Diandian asked her, "I heard that you are looking for a profitable living in a nearby village... Living here, you don't need to work hard anymore."

"My name is Ding." A Ding replied.

"This name is not good." Yododen said, "There is no '定' in Osaka City....Summer is coming, it is already March, so you should be called 'Xia'. Asha, it is a very lively name. ah."

Ah Ding nodded.

The name "Xia" will not exist for too long.

Because summer in Osaka Castle...

It will be over soon.