In fact, to be honest, Oda Nobunaga treated Yu Qiupei well by giving him such courtesy and respect. But Yu Qiupei came here with the intention of revenge against him from the beginning. Oda Nobunaga's
Showing kindness is destined to be meaningless.
After Yu Qiuping and Naoe Tadayei made up their mind, they returned to the cabin. Takigawa Kazuki's face showed a slightly impatient look, but Lin Xiuzhen looked as usual, smiling as always.
No wonder he, who had little ability, was able to work under the meritocratic Oda Nobunaga for so many years. Yu Qiuping secretly sighed, I guess the image of this good old man helped a lot.
"I wonder if Your Highness Yuqiu has made up her mind?" Lin Xiuzhen asked with a smile.
"I would like to thank His Highness Mr. Sosuke for your kindness!" After Yu Qiuping sat upright, he solemnly prostrated, "I am willing to dedicate my loyalty to the Oda family!"
"Okay!" Lin Xiuzhen's old face suddenly lit up with joy, "This is not in vain for the family governor's regard for His Highness Yuqiu. The Oda family will be even more powerful with His Highness Yuqiu's help!"
"In that case, I won't bother you anymore." After Lin Xiuzhen helped Yu Qiuping, she straightened her clothes and stood up, "His Royal Highness Longchuan will serve as the introducer and lead him to meet with the Governor. He may also
I will serve as the family’s payment team and ask His Highness Yuqiu some questions, and I hope His Highness will not take offense.”
"Yes." Yu Qiu said to a subordinate who had met his superior. However, what surprised him was that he thought that Lin Xiuzhen, the elder of the writing family, would be the introducer to take him to meet Oda Nobunaga. In this way,
It was also a great achievement for Lin Xiuzhen. However, I didn't expect that Lin Xiuzhen actually handed over the credit to Takigawa Kazumasu. I don't know if this was the arrangement of Oda Nobunaga or some other reason.
After Takigawa Kazuki, Yu Qiupei, and Naoe Tadayei nodded in greeting, Lin Xiuzhen stepped out of the cabin. However, before leaving, this person who had always behaved well suddenly smiled and stopped when passing by Naoe Tadayei.
"Lord Naoe," Lin Xiuzhen said softly as if nothing had happened, "I'll wait and see for you."
After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving Yu Qiuping and Naoe Tadayei confused and looking at each other.
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After Lin Xiuzhen left, Yu Qiuping led all the officers to see Takigawa Kazumasu. As the leader of the Oda family's mesuke group and ninjas, he was also the general of the Oda family's future attack on Ise, and he still had a great status.
Yu Qiuping felt that it was necessary to have a good relationship with him and eliminate misunderstandings - after all, Yu Qiuping's future plan was to rebel. If the intelligence chief at home had a bad relationship with him and kept an eye on him all day long to investigate,
Not a good thing.
However, Yu Qiuping, who has always treated others sincerely, found it quite awkward to say flattering words. Even though Yu Qiuping kept praising Takigawa Kazuki, Takigawa Kazuki's attitude towards him was still very cold, and he didn't say too much.
respond.
Suddenly, Takigawa Ichimasu glanced around and saw a blond and blue-eyed young man among the officers.
"Your Excellency, are you the famous southern barbarian archer in the Yuqiu Family Army?" Takigawa Kazuichi pondered for a moment before asking this question.
"It's an honor to receive your praise," Charlie nodded. "If you are referring to the archer who almost shot you in Zhili City two years ago, then he is me."
Charlie, who is usually not very social, suddenly said dumbfounded words that turned Yu Qiuping's face to earth, and the atmosphere in the cabin suddenly became very subtle. Just now, Yu Qiuping had been trying to avoid the topic of the confrontation between the two families in Zhili City, lest everyone
They were awkward with each other. After all, the battle was very fierce. Takigawa Kazumasuke was hit by Yu Qiupei's fire attack and suffered heavy losses. Many warriors were shot dead by Charlie himself. It is estimated that they did not recover for a long time.
The sudden mention of this topic under such circumstances really opened up Takigawa Kazuki's scars. Yu Qiuping hurriedly wanted to change the topic, but Takigawa Kazuki didn't seem to care, and responded: "Yes, that's right.
It’s Your Excellency.”
"Your Highness Takigawa, I have to say that you have a very loyal attendant," Charlie praised sincerely. "He blocked the fatal arrow for you. I thought the arrow would not miss.
"
The more Yu Qiuping listened to Charlie's words, the colder his heart became. This guy usually didn't like to socialize with everyone. He practiced archery alone in a muffled voice, and his emotional intelligence was obviously not qualified. Now, basically every word he said was aimed at irritating Takigawa Kazuki.
Go.
To Yu Qiuping's surprise, Takigawa Kazuki didn't seem to have any objection to these words. He just sighed sadly and said in a low voice: "That was originally the young man I planned to focus on training, but I didn't expect him to leave like that.
.”
"I'm sorry to hear this," Charlie continued, "but as a squire, it is a great honor to die protecting the master."
"Your Majesty is quick to talk, which is what I like." Takigawa Yiyi showed a smile for the first time, and then turned to Yu Qiuping, "It's just that I have heard for a long time that Your Highness Yuqiu is also a sincere person, so why does he act like a flatterer?
Just like a villain? Not as cheerful as this southern barbarian warrior."
As soon as Takigawa Kazuki finished speaking, Fukushima Yasunari, Yoshioka Katsumasa and Honda Tadakatsu suddenly changed their expressions and glared at Takigawa Kazuki. Yu Qiuping hurriedly waved his hand to stop them, and found in embarrassment that he had backfired: "This
It's true that I'm feeling unwell, and I hope that Your Highness will understand. Not long ago, I was fighting to the death with the Oda family, but now I have to come to surrender. I'm afraid that your Highnesses will be biased against me, so I have a lower attitude. Your Highness, don't blame me."
"If Your Highness Yuqiu had spoken like this earlier, I wouldn't have been as rude as before." Takigawa Kazuki seemed to be a straight man, "As a samurai family, encounters with soldiers on the battlefield are inevitable. But since Your Highness already belongs to
Now that the Oda family is here, the past battles will naturally be forgotten." Takigawa Kazumasu nodded slightly, "Your Highness, don't worry too much."
Takigawa Yiyi's words made Yu Qiuping sweat. Yes, although Takigawa Yiyi seemed to be a rough man, he was a ninja and had been observing people's words for many years. Yu Qiuping's attitude when he said flattery was true or false. How could he?
Can't you tell? It's better to be more honest in front of him in the future.
"Thank you, His Highness Takigawa." Yu Qiuping said in a low voice, "I'm just worried that there will inevitably be conflicts between you and other colleagues in the future."
"I'm a rough man, and I don't know how to speak politely." Takigawa Kazumi shook his head, "If you say that everyone will treat His Highness well, His Highness naturally doesn't believe it."
"Just to be fair," Takigawa Yiyi raised his head and looked at Yu Qiuping, "Your Highness Yu Qiu's previous good deeds and promises of gold are still very Wu family style, and I admire them very much. Others dare not speculate, but I
But I will not deliberately embarrass His Highness because of past grudges."
Yu Qiuping was stunned, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. He originally came to make friends with Takigawa Kazuki with an extremely utilitarian mentality, but the latter treated him sincerely. Such a contrast inevitably made Yu Qiuping's conscience a little unbearable.
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On July 14, Yu Qiuping's fleet finally landed at Tokoname Port. The first thing Yu Qiuping did after landing was to quickly find a place to put Imagawa Kaede and ask her maid to immediately buy some supplements for Imagawa.
Maple nourishes the body.
"Feng'er," Yu Qiuping helped Imakawa Feng to the bed. Looking at the latter's haggard look and bulging belly, he asked with distress, "Is it important? Is he feeling better?"
"Don't worry, Ping," Imagawa Kaede forced a smile, "I'm fine."
"How can everything be fine..." Yu Qiuping sighed and gently hugged Imagawa Kaede, "When you are pregnant, you obviously need rest the most, but you have been worried for more than two months, dragging yourself to use force, and even went on a hunger strike...
"Yu Qiuping choked up slightly, "The boat has been so bumpy these past ten days, and the water and food you drink and eat are not clean. I really made you suffer...I'm sorry..."
"Good boy, don't say that," Imagawa Feng couldn't help but feel very distressed when she saw Yu Qiuping blaming himself. How could she not understand how much suffering Yu Qiuping had endured these days? A series of failures and blows shook his heart.
The deaths of Imagawa Yoshimoto and Sena Ujitoshi made him experience such pain again after losing a family member once. Soon after, he was unjustly exiled and was forced to leave Imagawa, where he had planned to serve for the rest of his life.
Family. So many brothers died because of him, and so many brothers followed him on a wandering path. He had already endured too much pressure.
I can't add any more burden to him... Seeing him like this makes me feel so sad.
"Good boy, I'm fine." Imagawa Feng gently patted Yu Qiuping's back and kissed him quietly on his neck, "There are still a lot of things to deal with, go quickly, I have a
Just let them take care of you."
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, relaxed his embrace slightly, and stared into Imagawa Kaede's eyes. He did have a lot of things to deal with, and he had to withdraw at this moment.
Before leaving, he still felt uneasy, and asked softly, as if he wanted to get a reassuring answer: "Is it really okay?"
"I'm fine." Imagawa Kaede said with a smile. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, memories suddenly came back. That was what happened on the eve of the two people's reunion.
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Yu Qiuping turned his head in confusion, looking at the sadness in the girl's eyes, and suddenly his heart ached. He took a deep breath, tried to keep his tone steady, and said with force: "I'm fine." Hope to let her.
Peace of mind.
When Imagawa Feng heard Yu Qiuping's reply, he was stunned for a moment, then laughed angrily and overturned the table in front of Yu Qiuping. "You are fine, you are fine, you will never be fine!" Imagawa Feng just opened his mouth,
Crying escaped from her mouth, and the originally furious rebuke suddenly seemed to turn into a woman's plaintive cry, "Until now, you are still trying to be brave! You have to bear the pain alone! Why don't you tell me!
"
"You don't understand anything at all!" the girl yelled at the end, then her whole body seemed to lose all strength, and she fell to the ground weakly, trying hard to suppress her voice, and began to sob in a low voice.
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Don’t understand anything at all?
Imagawa Kaede watched Yu Qiuping's figure gradually go away, but his thoughts kept tumbling. Why did I say so much that it was okay? Why was I hiding my pain... Was it because I was afraid that he would worry? Isn't that the same thing he did before?
?
Relationships shouldn’t involve one party bearing the pain alone...
She suddenly remembered her mother's words.
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Falling in love with someone is like being willing to turn into a red leaf for him. In front of him, you will only laugh but not cry. All joys, sorrows and joys arise from him. Bear all the pain in love for him, leaving him
, just beauty and happiness.
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To be continued...