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Chapter 165

On October 1st of the ninth year of the First Ninth year of the First Ninth, the third one that besieged Yuansheng City. The offensive and defensive sides were still in a confrontation and did not launch an overly fierce battle.

On this morning, Masaruomasa, who had just arrived, evaluated the two brothers Ichiroku, the leader of the Shinin Army's Black Hawk. At this time, the close servant Huna hurried in and reported: "Your Highness, a small boat came from the east bank of the river. The people on the ship claimed to be the messenger of the Ishihara family and came to ask for your meeting."

"Oh?" Zhengliang looked at the two retainers below, and was very surprised. He did not expect that the detectives who had sneaked into the other party's territory had not yet sent back the news, so the other party sent an envoy first.

"Let the other party's messenger come to meet him." Zhengliang could not guess the other party's intention for a while, so he simply decided to meet the other party's messenger and listen to the latter's intention.

......

When Hunatong and two came, Zhengliang also deliberately arranged a performance.

In the Luo family's military tent under Yuansheng City, three girls knelt side by side in a corner of the military tent, two of whom played the pipa from China, and the last one sang in harmony:

Yoshino Mountain Snow is cautious,

Farewell to you, I am drifting away,

Missing my heart every day,

I only wish to be in a dream.

Happy time has passed,

The joy will never come again,

Chun silk candles turn into ashes,

This hatred will last forever.

These three women were originally singers purchased by a merchant in Kyushu. They did not want to be plundered by pirates during a voyage, and were sold to the lord of Yuansheng City after several twists and turns. The troops of the Luo family swept the town around Yuansheng City and rescued the women in a small village belonging to Yuansheng City. What they are singing is a song called "Dance of Quietness". Speaking of this song, it has to involve a famous beauty from this period, Jing Yuqian.

Jingyuqian is famous for being a peerless dancer, and her origin is not noble. Jingyuqian's mother is Bai Paizi, named Zen Master Si. Jingyuqian learned dancing from her mother since she was a child. She is talented and intelligent, not only has beautiful dance postures, but also has outstanding dance skills. When she was about 14 years old, she danced in Shenquanyuan for praying for rain. Perhaps her perfect dance moves the sky, and the heavy rain fell, and since then, she is famous for being a peerless dancer.

At the age of 15, she met by chance with Genyo Yoshiko, the younger brother of Genyo who had eliminated the Hei family's triumphant success in Tannoura. Shortly after she became Genyo Yoshiko's concubine, Genyo Yoshiko was hunted by Genyo Yoshiko's brother Genyo because of suspicion of rebellion. She also fled to Yoshiko's mountain. Yoshiko's mountain was forbidden from entering and leaving. After she broke up with Yoshiko's tears, she was captured by Laiko's soldiers.

Jing appeared in "The Story of the Rise and Decline of the Genura" when he returned to Kyoto triumphantly after the victory of the Battle of Tanura (April 24, 1185). At this time, Yoshino and Jing were living a sweet and happy love life. On November 3 of the same year, Yoshino escaped from Kyoto, Yoshino also stayed together. After the Greater Verpool suffered a disaster, Yoshino and others spent the night at Tenno Temple. Later, Kyoto issued the Enjoyama search (the order of the Enjoyama Period), and they fled to the snowy Yoshino Mountain. Later, Yoshino felt that it was dangerous to take the woman on the snow, so he decided to let her go to the place where her mother Ao Zenni was given a lot of gold and silver, and sent her servants to escort it out of the mountain. Unexpectedly, the money was stolen by the servants on the way down the mountain, so Jing had to return to Kitashirakawa's mother alone.

Soon, Shizuki was interviewed by the authorities (Ruopala). On March 1, 1186, the second year of Fuji (1186), the mother and daughter were sent to Kamakura and were severely interrogated, but she never offered the whereabouts of Yoshisuke. The shogunate could not obtain clues. Rai Chao was very dissatisfied with this, but she had no choice but to do anything about it. Soon, Kamakura Hachiman Palace held a sacrificial ceremony. Rai Chao's wife Masako Hojo and her eldest daughter Daehime asked her to perform. Shizuki's repeated remarks were ineffective, and finally danced in the Wakaku Hall of Tsuruoka Hachimoto on April 8. She wore a "white beat" costume and danced fearlessly in front of her husband's enemy headed by Rai Chao. At that time, the lyrics she sang were very famous. The song she sang was the sad and longing for Yoshisuke - the one she loved, and this song was the song that several women sang now.

In public, Jing used singing and dancing to express her longing for her lover Yoshisu. This behavior undoubtedly means resistance to Lai Chao. It is also very inconsistent with the atmosphere of the celebration. Of course, Jing Yumae knew this and did this purpose. Geni Chao was indeed angry. In the end, it was persuaded by Geni Chao's wife Masako Hojo that she finally left the stage.

Jingyu was pregnant with Yoshiki's child. Lai Chao had an order: If it was a baby girl, it would not be killed. But if it was a boy, it would be killed immediately. Masako and Jing both wanted to have a girl. On July 29 this year, Jing did give birth to a son for Yoshiki, but the child was immediately abandoned in the seashore. Due to Masako's sympathy, Jingyu left Kamakura and returned to Kyoto on September 16. After Jingyu returned to Kyoto, Riya missed Yoshiki who had fled to Hiraizumi Oshu.

One day, she and her maid Koto came to the thought bridge in Shimodashi Mian Village (now Soho Town, Ibaraki Prefecture). She heard that her lover Yoshiki was defeated and committed suicide in April of the fifth year of Fuji (1189). Before her death, she killed Masashimi Yuqian, and then killed her eldest daughter, Turtle Huqian. Jingyuqian was extremely sad and wandered and cried on the bridge.

Soon, to mourn the dead of Yoshisuke, she cut her hair into a nun in the local Gaoliu Temple, recited and prayed for her husband Yoshisuke and the murdered children, and lived a miserable life. She died of illness on September 15 of the same year at the age of 22. The maid Qin went to bury her in the Gaoliu Temple.

It can be said that this woman flew in the dark night sky like a dazzling meteor. She showed a moment of dazzling brilliance on the stage of history and disappeared in a blink of an eye. However, the song she sang for her lover was passed down.

Just as Zhengliang was immersed in his recollection of the origin of this song, the close servant Hu Natong walked out of the military tent: "Your Highness, the guest has been brought here."

Zhengliang waved his hand and asked the women to retreat, then said to the outside of the tent: "Please come in!"

As soon as he finished speaking, under Hunatongzhu's leadership, a middle-aged man walked in with a strong-looking young man, "The foreign minister Ishihara's officers and soldiers greeted His Highness." The middle-aged man bowed to Masayoshi above the main position. The young man behind him also bowed slightly, which was considered a salute.

"Haha, officers and soldiers, please sit down, please." Masayora pointed to the two positions that had been prepared long ago and signaled to sit down.

After the two of them knelt down, Masarara continued, "Haha, what do you think about the song just now?"

The officer and soldier had no idea that Masayoshi would not talk about serious matters, but first talked about other things, and it was the elegant thing he was the most not good at. The wording he had prepared could not be stated for a while, which seemed a little embarrassed. Finally, he had to stammer and responded: "The foreign ministers do not understand dance music at all, but it sounds very touching."

"Hahaha, Lord Soldiers are indeed straightforward." Masayora laughed at first, then suddenly looked at the officer Soldiers and asked, "So, Lord Soldiers, Lord Soldiers, you can tell me, what's wrong with you here today?"

"This..." The officer and the soldier were completely confused by Masayoro's changing expression and the sudden change in the topic. They were speechless for a while. After a while, they bowed and said, "Your Highness Masayoro, this time the foreign minister came to reconcile with the Luo family on the order of the head of our family."

"The head of the family?" Masayoshi smiled, and continued to stare at the officers and soldiers with sharp eyes, while saying lightly, "The head of the family of the family is still visiting the Huzi family, right?" The word "guest" deliberately increases the tone.

The real purpose of Zhengliang's words was to test the other party's reality, especially to confirm whether the civil strife in the Huzi family was still continuing.

Sure enough, after hearing Masaya Masaya's words, the gods were obviously panicked. Seeing this, Masaya was secretly calmed down. As expected, the other party was still in civil strife. It seemed that this negotiation could be stronger. Thinking of this, Masaya Masaya did not wait for the other party to speak loudly and continued: "Haha, Master Guardian Masaya should not be surprised by this. I also have people familiar with the Huzi family, and I am very clear about the situation there. Having said that, Master Guardian Masaya, how do you think the morale of the family's soldiers?"

"This?" The officer and soldier had just stabilized his panic and immediately became foggy by Masayoshi's sudden words. He had to answer casually, "Your morale is indeed very high."

"Oh? Does the officer and soldier Mr. Wei also have the same opinion?" Masarara said in surprise.

In fact, before Masayoshi asked the question just now, he was sure that the other party would answer this way. Why? After learning that the Ishihara family's envoy arrived, Masayoshi immediately arranged the troops outside the military tent for training, and he had to deliberately show his momentum, which was used to intimidate the defenders in Yuansheng City, and also to give the other party a warning. At the same time, he found several singers just now to perform in the tent, fully revealing the confidence of Yuansheng City seized by the Luo family.

"In that case, the officer and man Wei thinks when will the Luo family be able to capture Yuansheng City?" Masayoshi asked with the flow.

"Your Highness Masayoro... Hum? Humph? Your Highness Masayoro, what does this mean?" The officer and soldier were about to answer, but suddenly realized what Masayoro meant, and immediately stood up and said angrily to Masayoro.

This sudden action made Huna, who was standing behind Zhengliang, draw out the sword with a "sword" sound, glar at the officers and soldiers, and Yinuo, who had been sitting by Zhengliang's hands, stood up and stared at the officers and soldiers. At the same time, the cloak guards outside the tent also ran in after hearing the sound.

"Hahaha, you all retreated." Masayora laughed and waved his hand, indicating that everyone should not be nervous, and then said to the officer and soldiers, "Official soldiers, soldiers, do not need to be angry. I just want to tell the elders that since our family is determined to win the Yuansheng Castle, how can we "reconciliation"?"

"Hmph!" The officer and soldier snorted coldly, sat down again, and continued, "His Royal Highness Masayoshi seems to be a bit too bullying."

"Oh? What does this mean?" Zhengliang asked in confusion.

"Your Highness Zhengliang, we came with sincerity this time." The strong young man who had not spoken at this time suddenly spoke.

"Are you?" Masaruo couldn't help asking in confusion. Masaruo always thought that this young man was just a samurai who protected the guards, and now it seems that this is not the case.
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