As night fell, on the roof of a private house near the Flower Palace, a man wearing a night ninja uniform was sitting there, chewing on soldiers' grain pills and observing what was going on in the palace.
The man’s name is Xiaomei Feiyuan.
At this time, about ten hours had passed since Xiaomei and Shuangxie separated.
This morning, the three of them had originally agreed to "split their troops into two groups to investigate around the Imperial Palace, looking for opportunities to get involved." Unexpectedly, Shuangxie was just walking around normally on the street. He was noticed by the alert Guangxiu and was questioned as a suspicious person. What he didn't expect was that their "Central Plains artist" story happened to be of interest to the other party.
Thus, under a strange combination of circumstances, the two of them achieved their goal unexpectedly and easily.
After Xiaomei walked around the Imperial Palace, she found that Shuangxie did not come to meet up, so she asked around and found out that the two of them had been "invited" to the Imperial Palace.
Xiaomei thought that with the abilities of these two people, if they really encountered any danger, they would definitely make a big noise. By then, he would definitely be able to detect it as long as he was still near the imperial palace, so he I simply found a place with a good view to stay.
He stayed until dark. During this period, except for going to the toilet not far from here twice, he kept staring at the courtyard of the imperial palace.
So he did indeed see that twice in the afternoon, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai passed by a corridor in the courtyard, and the people around them were very polite to them. look.
Seeing this, Xiaomei felt even more confident. He speculated that Shuanghe must have deceived Nobunaga in some way, gained the trust of the other party, and was treated as a distinguished guest; if this matter If things continue like this, maybe Xiaomei will be able to complete his "mission" as long as he hangs up here.
By the way, I have to mention here that the mission Xiaomei received this time was to "help Shuangxie meet the person who knows the whereabouts of Xuanlong Bi", and according to his intelligence, this The person is the "Inner Supervisor" of the Flower Palace in Kyoto, and his name is Hosokawa Kisuke.
Therefore, after the three of them entered Kyoto, they went straight here.
Let’s talk about Hosokawa Kisuke, he has been up for a lifetime, and he can be regarded as a descendant of a famous family. However, his family has fallen into decline, and he is a commoner, so now he can only be in charge of this similar " "National Grand Hotel Butler" position.
In the eyes of those famous families, this "internal management leader" is almost a humiliating position. Although it is considered to be within the establishment, its status is very low. After taking the position, even his descendants will There is no future, so many declining famous families would rather become a monk than do this. < /p>
He now lives in the luxurious palace in Kyoto for a long time, and he does not have to go to the battlefield or engage in any political struggles.He only needs to be responsible for receiving guests and managing the workers and maids under him; he doesn't have to do the heavy physical work at all, but all kinds of rewards and oil and water have to go through his hands. Life as a fat man should be comfortable
Of course, in recent days, Hosokawa has discovered that this position also has stressful times because after Oda Nobunaga came to Kyoto, Ashikaga Yoshiaki ordered, Recently, the Flower Palace can only receive Nobunaga and his subordinates, and no one else is allowed to come and go at will. All visitors summoned by Nobunaga must be reported secretly, and no mistakes can be made. If there is a problem, he will be asked.
Hosokawa himself has experienced internal strife within his family. How could he not know what Ashikaga Yoshiaki was planning?
It doesn’t matter to him whether Nobunaga dies or not, but what if something happens to him, or his murder certificate is wiped out?
But Hosokawa can’t run away, because he If he ran away, he would definitely be alerted. No matter what happened to Nobunaga, Ashikaga Yoshiaki would not let him live even if he just "suspected" him of snitching. After all, it was much easier to kill him than to identify him.
So, Hosokawa was under greater pressure than Nobunaga in the past few days. He was worried every day, just not knowing which day Ashikaga Yoshiaki would take action and whether he could survive that day.
The tense, depressing, and same-day days passed day by day, until today, something changed
In the morning, Akechi Mitsuhide invited two weird and mysterious men in, had a drink with Nobunaga, and They chatted noisily until the afternoon, and then the two people asked to take a bath, as if they wanted to stay for dinner at night.
Nobunaga also treated these two people as honored guests and asked Hosokawa to entertain them.
Although Hosokawa was confused, Nobunaga said so and he complied with it.
So, in the afternoon, Hosokawa personally led the two people to the bathhouse and ordered his servants to prepare bath water for them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished making arrangements, when everyone around him ran away, one of the two people suddenly started talking to him.
"Uncle, just now I heard Lord Nobu calling you Mr. Hosokawa" Sun Yixie said unexpectedly, "Could it be that you are Kisuke Hosokawa"
"Yes" Hosokawa was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Two seconds later, he was kneeling on the ground with his head slightly lowered. He raised his eyes slightly, met the other person's eyes evasively, and said doubtfully, "Uh, yes, that's right. Hosokawa, I wonder if Sun Sang has any advice?"
When Sun Huang heard this, he felt happy. This was really achieved without any effort.
But when the two of them were about to say something, two patrolling soldiers strolled by on the corridor outside the bathhouse. Before the two men could go far, there was another maid holding a rag and a towel. Tong passed by
Obviously, this is not the place to talk, nor is it the time to talk at this time, so after Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai exchanged glances, Huang Donglai spoke to Hosokawa again"Mr. Hosokawa, we have something to ask you, but we can't explain it in a few words. Why don't we make an appointment at another time and place to discuss it in detail."
"This" Hosokawa said to both of us. Xie's request was quite unexpected. First of all, he didn't understand why these two Central Plains people knew about him. Secondly, he couldn't think of anything the other party wanted to discuss with him. But since these two people were distinguished guests of Nobunaga, , he naturally couldn't afford to offend, and the other party just said that he wanted to ask him for advice, which was not an excessive request, and he seemed to have no reason to refuse.
So, after hesitating for a few seconds, Hosokawa replied, "I have been living in this palace for a long time. It is inconvenient to go out, and I am busy during the day, so I can only wait until evening for what you two asked for." Lord Nobunaga took a break and had time to talk to you two."
"Oh, that's easy to say." Sun Yixie then continued, "Mr. Hosokawa, tell us which room you live in." We will come to you in the evening."
"No, no, how dare you ask the guests to come to me, besides, it's not certain when I will be free." Hosokawa nodded and lowered his eyebrows. "Otherwise, if Nobunaga invites you two to stay here tonight, then your rooms will definitely be arranged by me. I'll see if the time is right in the evening, so I can come and visit you."
Hosokawa's words were reasonable and thoughtful, and Shuangxie was not in a hurry, so Shuangxie quickly agreed to the other party's proposal.
Then Sun and Huang took a comfortable bath in the bathhouse of the Flower Palace.
But they didn’t know that while they were enjoying a hot bath in the big pool, Nobunaga was secretly discussing with Akechi Mitsuhide, hoping to stage a play at tonight’s dinner , came to test them out
It was evening in a blink of an eye.
At this time, Sun Huang was resting in a Japanese room, waiting for Nobunaga to ask them to have dinner.
But while the kitchen was busy preparing dinner, Akechi Mitsuhide suddenly appeared outside their door.
"You two, I wonder if I could excuse you for a moment?" When Mitsuhide spoke to them, his tone was much more polite than during the morning cross-examination.
The two people in the room looked at each other and made a few gestures, and then Huang Donglai said in a deep voice, "Please come in."
"Excuse me." Guangxiu said , while opening the door.
But then he did not enter the house. He was just sitting on the porch outside the door, turning his face slightly to talk to Sun and Huang.
"I wonder what Mr. Mingzhi would like to advise?" Huang Donglai didn't persuade him to come in, he just asked directly.
Mitsuhide responded with a serious expression, "I don't take advice seriously. I have two things to do here. One is to apologize for my rude attitude towards the two gentlemen this morning." At this point, he had bowed his upper body, "I'm really sorry."
"Hey sir, please get up quickly." At this time, Brother Sun almost instinctively started to pull with the other person, "Everyone. It’s a misunderstanding, and we don’t really care about it.”
Then Huang Donglai also helped with a few words, which were just polite words anyway. After saying these words, Guangxiu borrowed the donkey from the slope and got up.
"Thank you both for your magnanimity," Mitsuhide then changed the subject, "I have a second thing to ask for, but I don't know if you two can help."
"Oh, Mr. Mingzhi, there is something else that needs our help." Huang Donglai faintly smelled a trap in the other party's words, so he responded in a tentative tone.
"That's right." Mitsuhide had already prepared his words and answered fluently. "You two should also be able to see that Lord Nobunaga is very obsessed with things in the Central Plains recently. Today, I have the fate to meet these two masters. Lord Nobunaga is very happy; as a close confidant of Lord Nobunaga, I am also happy for him, so I thought, this is a rare opportunity, can you please help me give Lord Nobunaga another surprise tonight?"
"Surprise" Sun Yixie said in Osaka dialect at that time, "What do you mean by surprise?"
Mitsuhide immediately replied, "I would like to ask two chefs to teach the kitchen to cook some side dishes from the Central Plains. , there is no need to teach too accurately, as long as the dishes presented in the end have the characteristics of the Central Plains; I think Lord Nobunaga will definitely be surprised if such dishes appear at tonight’s dinner.”
After listening to the two harmonics, I feel that the other party's request is accurate and logical.
It’s like if a Japanese person comes to ask you how to make some Chinese dishes, even a person who doesn’t cook at all can still give you a rough idea of how to make some home-cooked dishes. After all, You often eat fish-flavored shredded pork, Kung Pao chicken, and Mapo tofu. You don’t know the extremely detailed production process. You don’t know the raw materials? You can also guess the seasonings
The meaning of Mitsuhide's words is that you don't need to teach too many standards. It doesn't even matter if the food you make in the end is not delicious. You just need to make a few so-called "Central Plains dishes" to coax Nobunaga.
Furthermore, the chefs in the Flower Palace are all excellent cooks. The basic principles of many dishes are the same whether they are Chinese or foreign. If you tell them the raw materials and the approximate method, They adjusted it according to the Japanese taste, and it was unpalatable and could be unpalatable
However, what Mitsuhide didn't expect was that one of the two people in front of him was showing off his lust for cooking. A very strong person
When Sun Yixie heard that the other party gave him such a stage to show off, he came to play at that time. He immediately decided to personally guide the other party to make an authentic Hangzhou specialty dish. .
Yes, you may have guessed it, it is the West Lake vinegar fish that no one tries.
End of this chapter
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