[Comprehensive] Comb girl

Hideon never showed his face in front of his sergeants.

No matter what kind of battle it was, the warriors couldn't see their leader, and they didn't even know what their leader looked like.Therefore, there are always such rumors in Toyotomi's army——

"Show Laidon is a child spoiled by Yododen."

"Hideraiden is a dandy who is obsessed with women."

"Hideraiden has no interest in the world left by Hideyoshiden..."

The rumors in Toyotomi's army are still like this, let alone the discussions of the world.

At this moment, Ah Ding looked up at the young lord of Osaka City, and he couldn't help but have a doubt in his heart: What is it for that Hideraiden has always been shrunk behind the scenes?

Is it to not hurt Mrs. Qianji's family?That's not like the act of a wise master.

Is it fear of war?Yododen would not allow the carefully cultivated heir to become like this.

Do you not want others to see his ugly appearance?But as the lord, why should he care about his appearance?

Ah Ding couldn't figure out these complicated problems, so she could only praise: "Hideraiden's otachi is really amazing. It must be an extremely sharp sword."

Hideyori put his hand on the body of Yiqi Yizhen's sword, stroked it slowly, and said: "This is Yoshimitsu's only Taidao work in his life, but he didn't go to the battlefield with me. It's a pity. "

The moment he lowered his head, the gauze-draped pot hat tilted, and Ah Ding had a brief glimpse of his face—there were many pitted old scars on the right side of Xiu Lai's face, as if corroded by something , looks a little creepy.This terrible scar made his face lose the brilliance it should have.

Ah Ding exclaimed slightly.

According to legend, Toyotomi Hideyori suffered from smallpox when he was young. Although he was lucky enough to save his life, the traces of smallpox are still lingering.

Maybe it was because her gaze was too direct, maybe it was because her exclamation revealed a slight fear, Hidera noticed the crookedness of the pot hat.He quickly straightened the gauze curtain, and said angrily, "Get out quickly! A-Xia! You are not allowed to enter without authorization in the future!"

The lord's sudden anger made Ah Ding a little at a loss.But she exited obediently and closed the compartment door.As soon as she closed the door, she heard a heavy "bang" from inside, as if something had been thrown to the ground hard.

It took a while for the sound of smashing objects to stop.

Ah Ding stood worriedly at the door, regretting his rash expression just now.Although Hideyori is a powerful and powerful lord of Osaka City, he also has some weaknesses that cannot be touched.

At this moment, Ah Ding heard someone talking behind him.

"Is Xiu Laidian losing his temper again?"

Ah Ding turned sideways, and saw Mrs. Qianji standing behind him with a cold face.She frowned thinly, with coldness and sadness intertwined, making it hard to tell whether she was angry or resentful.

"...Yes." Ah Ding replied in a low voice, "I ran into Your Highness."

Qianji's gaze was like a knife's edge, turning around on Ah Ding's face.After a pause, she said, "Axia, go down, I will leave this place to me."

Ah Ding backed away, and Qian Ji led the maid through the paper door of the cubicle, towards the other side of the cage.A Ding weighed his toes and carefully peeped in from the crack of the door.

The sound of silk rubbing against the ground is endless.After a while, Qian Ji stopped behind Xiu Lai.

She bent down to pick up a piece of broken porcelain on the ground, and said slowly: "This is porcelain brought from Song Dynasty, don't you cherish it like this?"

Hideyoshi turned his back to her and didn't answer.

Qian Ji walked closer, almost whispering softly against his back.In this way, Ah Ding would not be able to know what the two masters were talking about.After a while, Xiu Lai stepped down the steps and picked two double vines from the courtyard.

After the cherry blossoms are in bloom, it is indeed the season of vines.Yae vines are planted on continuous flower stands, like a waterfall hanging down, interlaced snow white and purple are connected together.When the wind blows, brightly colored waves bloom.The vine flowers that Xiu Lai picked happened to be one purple and one snow white.

He handed it to Qianji, but Qianji seemed to be angered by something, and knocked the two flowers to the ground mercilessly.

So Hideyori also turned away angrily.

The couple, who were originally cousins, broke up unhappy.

After Hideyori left, Chihime's expression changed.The sorrow and anger disappeared, but turned into a void.She is like a beautiful doll, her eyes are empty, and her soul has been taken away by her own hands.

She bent down slowly, picked up the two flowers, and said something to the maid.This time, Ah Ding heard it, and what she asked was: "Does it look good?"

"It's beautiful." The maids replied.

So, Madam Qianji laughed, sweeping away the sorrow between her brows, light and simple, just like the vine flower in her hand.

***

The army of the Tokugawa family was like a broken bamboo all the way, pointing directly at the city of Osaka.The current battle situation can be said to be burning.However, even if the battle situation is urgent, the Toyotomi family has no spare power-the current Toyotomi family has only more than [-] troops, which is only one-third of the Tokugawa family.The armies from all walks of life were defeated one by one by the Tokugawa family.

Under such a battle situation, Diandian also began to panic.

——If the Tokugawa family captured Osaka Castle, then she and Hideyori would definitely die.

"Is there any way to save my life?" Mrs. Diandian thought hard with her ministers every day.

"Mrs. Qianji is the eldest daughter of General Tokugawa. If Mrs. Qianji is sent back safe and sound, maybe the lives of you and Your Highness will be saved!" The subject suggested.

This proposal is like a life-saving straw.Thus, Yododen began to discuss the matter of exchanging the lives of himself and Xiu Lai with Mrs. Chihime.

However, Qian Ji refused to leave no matter what.

For several days in a row, in the side pill where Mrs. Qianji lived, there were quarreling sounds every day.The lady of the castellan, who had been guarding the vacant house for several years, protested with a thin, angry voice. "I want to stay here!" she said, "Because I am from the Tokugawa family, do you want me to leave His Highness?"

All the maids are in a dilemma - Yondon and Qianji are both masters, who should they obey?

And so things froze.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter day by day, and the sun in the city makes people dizzy in the daylight.The summer of Osaka Castle has finally come with enthusiasm and war.There are always maids who want to hide under the eaves and take a lazy nap, but the frequent reports of bad battles make it impossible to sleep peacefully.It's like a person who rests his head on a pillow, but wakes up frequently because of bad sleep, which is very torturous.

The bad news came one after another. Tennoji and Komatsuyama were lost one after another, and the Tokugawa army almost approached the city of Osaka.As a result, people in the city of Osaka gradually began to shake.Many lowly servants and attendants began to think about "escape".

More than one person came to persuade Ah Ding: "A Xia, you should also run away quickly. You are just a concubine who has never served His Highness, and the Yodo Palace has no intention to take care of you now. When the Tokugawa army razed Osaka Castle, It's too late!"

Ah Ding refused every time.

Yiqi Yizhen is still here, and she doesn't want to leave.She firmly believes that if she is with Yiqi, no one can hurt her.So, she is not afraid of anything.

Time flies, and the first ten days of May are coming to an end.The high or low chirping of cicadas has already begun to echo in Osaka Castle.The night was unbelievably hot and dry even without rain.The long chirping of insects seems to be singing a welcome song for something that is about to come.

If the song of insects is human language, it must be a dirge.

It's been a long time since Xiu Lai summoned Ah Ding.

Ah Ding could not be like Qian Ji, who would act nonchalantly in front of his disfigured face, still revealing the fear of ordinary people.Perhaps, this is why she is not the main character of this story.

She lives in the lower house attached to Hideyori Honmaru, from which she can overlook the scenery of Osaka Castle.Although it is a "view", there is actually nothing left. The defensive trenches have been completely filled, and the buildings have been demolished, burned, and turned into ruins.Only the gold-leafed roof of Honmaru still glistens under the lights.

This night, the originally dark scenery was different.

Looking at the night scene, Ah Ding keenly noticed that there seemed to be red stars in the ruins, as if the spreading morning sun had a solid body.The red spread wider and wider, gradually making a noisy "cracking" sound.

——That was the sound of a wooden structure being engulfed in flames.

At this time, Ah Ding finally remembered——

The Osaka Castle built by the Toyotomi family finally disappeared in the brilliant fire, and nothing remained.Even the tall castle tower built with rocks from the Higo country disappeared completely.

It was also in this fire that the Toyotomi family was completely defeated.

"To escape."

Ah Ding said firmly to herself from the bottom of her heart.

She took off her complicated coat and hurried outside.Many maids and servants who discovered the fire had already started screaming, shouting words like "fight the fire", "run for life", "Your Highness" in a hurry.However, in a place like Osaka Castle, where most of the wooden buildings are built, once a fire catches somewhere, the flames will spread everywhere in an instant.

Like now-

After running for not long, Huo Huo had already rushed to Ah Ding's side.

There was a loud bang, and the beam painted red fell down in front of her, kicking up a piece of carbon black fly ash.Crackling flames, with a heat that seemed to distort the air, scorching waves of flames rushed towards the face.

Before he knew it, Ah Ding was surrounded by flames.

She looked around nervously.

"Phase [-]..."