Early the next morning, Kyogoku Takamasa brought Mrs. Kotogawa and Chosenden to the Hosokawa residence.
After a whole day of discussion, Hosokawa Harumoto was obviously full of confidence in defeating Takakuni Hosokawa, and his eyes towards Kyogoku Takamasa became increasingly kind.
"Rokuro-den, this is my mother and grandmother. According to the previous agreement, they will now stay here as hostages!" Kyogoku Takamasa said loudly.
Hosokawa Harumoto moved his eyes from Kyogoku Takamasa to Mrs. Kotogawa and Changshan Palace. After examining them for a while, he nodded secretly. After all, he was a female member of the Kyogoku family, one of the four professional families. Although Kyogoku The Ji family has declined, but this kind of temperament is not something that ordinary wealthy people can have.
"The residence of Mrs. Kotokawa and Chosen-den has been arranged. It is located in the residence of Awa's guardian Hosokawa Sankimori!" Hosokawa Harumoto looked at Mrs. Kotokawa and Chosen-den with a smile and said, "If there is any If you need anything, you can ask Zuo Jing to come in and find me, and I will try my best to satisfy you!"
"Hosokawa-don is interested, please take care of me from now on!" Changshan-don held a string of Buddhist beads and said without changing his expression.
"Please take good care of me from now on, Hosokawa-don!" Mrs. Kotokawa was a little nervous. After all, she was just a woman with a public background, and her husband Kyogoku Takahiro was a salty fish. He couldn't be strong-willed himself. In comparison, Chozanden, where the Saito clan was born, seemed a little less courageous.
Hosokawa Harumoto arranged for people to send Chozanden and Mrs. Kotokawa to Hosokawa Mototaka's residence first. Akao Kiyotsuna and others also accompanied them, and moved the belongings of Kyogoku Takamasa and others into this " New home", while Kyogoku Takamasa was retained by Hosokawa Harumoto.
"Can Sakyo Shin know how to play chess?" Hosokawa Harumoto asked, pointing to a chessboard not far away.
Kyogoku Takamasa nodded, "I've dabbled a little, but if Hosokawa-den is interested in it, please give me some advice!"
Half an hour later, Hosokawa Harumoto put his hands on his hands and said with a smile, "I didn't expect Sakyo Susumu's chess skills to be so superb. It really impressed me!"
"Hosokawa-don is ridiculous. My meager skills are not worthy of Hosokawa-don's praise. Within half an hour, Hosokawa-don has won two games in a row. When it comes to chess skills, Hosokawa-don is the best." It’s the best!” Kyogoku Takamasa said respectfully.
Hosokawa Harumoto shook his head, "Don't be too humble, Sakyo-shin. I still know the level of my chess skills. Although Sakyo-shin lost, he lost just right, so that no one can see any flaws!"
"I lost these two rounds!" Hosokawa Harumoto is not a fool. Kyogoku Takamasa obviously let him lose on purpose. Although this feeling made Hosokawa Harumoto very happy, after he got over it, he felt Somewhat boring.
"It's getting late. If there's nothing else to do in Hosokawa-den, I'll take my leave first!" Putting the chess pieces on the chessboard into the chess box one by one, Kyogoku Takamasa stood up and said goodbye to Hosokawa Harumoto.
Hosokawa Harumoto also felt that he had done his best today, so he waved his hand and joked, "If you are free, come back and play a few games with me in two days. By then, don't you want to think about it anymore?"
"Absolutely!" Kyogoku Takamasa promised.
After Kyogoku Takamasa left, Hosokawa Harumoto stopped smiling and looked at the chessboard in front of him in a daze, "The Kyogoku family is a famous family that has declined. They want to revive, so they are trying to please me like this." What?"
"Ha! Since the Kyogoku family has blocked the name of our family, we can't let the world down, right?" Hosokawa Harumoto suddenly burst out with a look of hatred in his eyes, grabbed a handful of sunspots and threw them casually. On the chessboard, "Hosokawa Takakuni, it's time for a real game!"
After coming out of Hosokawa Harumoto's residence, Kyogoku Takamasa followed the guidance of several ashigaru and found Hosokawa Mochitaka's annex in Sakai.
This annex was specially prepared by Hosokawa Harumoto for Hosokawa Mototaka. It is an antique courtyard, quite large in scale, with two courtyards at the front and back, including a rockery and lotus pond.
After being led through several corridors by several maids, Kyogoku Takamasa soon entered a small courtyard of Hosokawa Motaka's house. This is a small courtyard specially prepared for the Kyogoku family members. If nothing unexpected happens, they will spend their future life as hostages here.
"Grandma, why don't you see your mother?" Kyogoku Takamasa asked after finding the Changshan Hall where Buddhist sutras were being chanted and bowing to a statue of Guanyin enshrined there.
Changshan Temple slowly opened his eyes, "Just now, Mrs. Cedar, the principal wife of Hosokawa Sanqi Shoden, sent someone to invite Aqin over. She must want to get to know her!" After saying that, Changshan Temple continued to close its doors. On the eyes.
Kyogoku Takamasa and others are temporarily living in Hosokawa Mototaka's mansion as hostages. Hosokawa Mototaka's wife should have a heart-to-heart talk with Kyogoku Takamasa and others. As Kyogoku Takamasa was a man, it was relatively inconvenient, so he had no choice but to find Mrs. Kotokawa.
Changshan Hall was extremely serious when worshiping Buddha. Kyogoku Takamasa did not want to disturb this eccentric grandmother too much, so he left the Buddhist hall.
Akao Kiyosuna and others were arranged to live in the outer courtyard, where Hosokawa Mochitaka and his family lived. For a long time in the future, Akao Kiyosuna and others will be crowded in this small room.
After wandering around the yard for a while, there was no one to talk to. When Kyogoku Takamasa was bored, he found a voice and shadow in front of him slowly approaching him.
Kyogoku Takamasa took a curious look, but was stunned for a moment.
Incredibly beautiful!
Kyogoku Takamasa swore that this was the first time he had seen such a beautiful girl after time travel. Judging from her dress, she seemed to be a maid, and this extremely good-looking maid was struggling to carry a bucket of water step by step. He moved towards Gaozheng Jingjing.
Seeing this, Kyogoku Takamasa quickly stepped forward to take the bucket, and then asked, "Sister, if you are weak, why don't you only fill half the bucket of water at a time, so that it won't be so difficult to lift it up?"
Facing Kyogoku Takamasa who suddenly ran over, the maid didn't react at all. After a long time, he quickly saluted Kyogoku Takamasa and said, "I have met you, sir!"
"I am new here in the past few days. If I have offended you in any way, please forgive me!" The maid seemed to be very timid. She was so frightened by Gaomasa Kyogoku that she thought she had done something wrong. He was angry at the young warrior in front of him.
Kyogoku Takamasa was speechless. Could it be that he looked terrible?
"Don't panic, little sister, I'm new here too! I just saw that little sister was struggling to carry this bucket of water, so I ran over to help!" As he said this, Kyogoku Takamasa raised the bucket in his hand to signal.
Only then did the maid realize that the bucket in her hand had already reached Kyogoku Takamasa's hand. At the same time, the maid could see Kyogoku Takamasa's face clearly.
"Could it be that you are the new kid here?" After seeing clearly the image of Kyogoku Takamasa, the maid suddenly asked.
The younger ones are the attendants who serve the samurai, and are the general term for attendants. Kyogoku Takamasa was wearing very casual clothes today, and he did not carry a sword. As a hostage, he was not allowed to carry a sword in Hosokawa Molitaka's home. That's why the maid thought Kyogoku Takamasa was a small person.
Kyogoku Takamasa was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled, "That's right!"
"I was shocked! Madam ordered to boil water for the new nobles who arrived today to bathe. No, this bucket of water will be brought to the backyard!" The maid suddenly changed her appearance, and her previous submissiveness disappeared without a trace. "Since you are new here, this task just happens to be handed over to you!"
With that said, the maid clapped her hands and turned away, leaving a confused Kyogoku Takamasa looking at the bucket in his hand at a loss!
