Yu Qiuping left the assessment room without a care in his heart. Instead of going home, he directly called Amano Keitoku and Naoe Tadayei, and the three of them found a small hidden tent in the military camp and sat down.
"Your Highness," Naoe Tadahei asked in confusion, "You just came to us after the meeting, but what tasks have you given?"
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly. As soon as he finished the meeting, his mind was in a mess and he had no ability to think calmly. He didn't want to meet the Imagawa family in a military confrontation, and he didn't want to offend His Highness the Governor and His Highness Sena.
Yu Qiuping felt the kindness of acquaintance and did not want to fight against his former partners on the battlefield. The guilt, shame, and the anger and humiliation of being monitored by Sasaki Namasa made Yu Qiuping have the urge to rebel immediately.
However, since he defected to the Oda family, he has never told anyone about his intention to rebel. Therefore, although everyone was a little dissatisfied with the enemy who defected to the Oda family, they had no other opinions.
However, if he really wants to rebel, he will never leave these subordinates who have been with him through life and death. He will definitely find a way to escape with everyone. But if he tells everyone about his rebellion plan, especially those who are stupid and talkative.
If you are a big person, it is very likely that the people of the Oda family will notice the clues, which will affect everyone.
Therefore, when Yu Qiuping got excited, he called his most trusted Naoe Tadayei and Amano Keitoku, intending to seek their opinions on whether to take the opportunity to rebel during this expedition.
However, as time passed, Yu Qiuping was blown by the cold wind, and his mind gradually cooled down. He himself also realized that his rebellion plan seemed a bit absurd and rash. In front of the army, as a newcomer, he would definitely be subjected to
Surveillance and attention. How easy is it to kill Oda Nobunaga in the midst of thousands of troops and then escape unharmed? Can he really leave with his men? What should Imagawa Kaede in the castle town of Qingzhou Castle do? He just lost his temper due to mood swings
The strong motivation brought by it gradually faded away, and people began to calm down.
So, when Naoe Tadayei asked him if he had any mission, he nodded solemnly, but in the end he did not reveal his plan to rebel.
"The Lord wants us to station in Narumi Castle on October 4th as the vanguard of the entire army," Yu Qiupei repeated Oda Nobunaga's order, "We have to start preparing. We may have to borrow auxiliary troops from the Lord.
, let’s also plan the transportation tools. Brothers, the training frequency has not been high recently, so we need to catch up during this period, after all, we are about to go to the battlefield. Maybe we will have to build our own siege equipment."
"Yes, Your Highness." Naoe Tadahei responded with his hands raised, "I'll get ready right away."
However, Naoe Tadayei did not retreat immediately as usual. Instead, he glanced at Yu Qiuping with a somewhat worried look.
"What's the matter? Personal guard?" Yu Qiuping was a little embarrassed and pretended to smile casually.
"It's nothing, I may be overly preoccupied," Naoe Tadahei said in a low voice, "I feel that His Highness's face is not very good."
"Haha..." Yu Qiuping laughed twice, "Maybe he is too tired."
Just when Yu Qiuping was about to stand up and leave, Amano Jingde, who had been silent all this time and had a calm face, suddenly spoke.
"Your Highness." His voice was still terrifyingly low, "I would like to ask Your Highness, why don't you call some Ashigaru generals to come over for these military matters? Instead of calling me here?"
"Um..." The corner of Yu Qiuping's mouth twitched, he scratched his head, and casually found an excuse to excuse himself: "I didn't see you on the Mid-Autumn Festival before, so I'd like to say hello to you this time."
However, Amano Jingtoku did not answer, but stared at Yu Qiuping with his dark and turbid crow-like eyes. Yu Qiuping avoided his gaze and did not dare to look at him, for fear that his thoughts would be seen through.
"Your Highness," Amano Keide said again: "I wonder where your Highness will be after entering Narumi Castle as a vanguard?"
Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, swallowed, and whispered: "Dagaocheng."
Both Amano Keitoku and Naoe Tadayei were shocked. The latter had not yet reacted, but the former immediately looked outside the tent warily, then walked outside the tent and looked around. After making sure it was safe, he walked back.
Yu Qiuping took two steps back with a guilty conscience.
As soon as Amano Jingtoku opened his mouth, Yu Qiuping's whole body tensed up.
"Your Highness..." Amano Keide gently stroked the crow on his shoulder, and the crow's dim yellow eyes stared at Yu Qiuping.
"Can you tell me the reason why Your Highness called me here?"
The tent suddenly became very small.
Yu Qiuping looked at Naoe Tadayei and Amano Keitoku, smiled bitterly, and shook his head slightly.
"If Your Highness has something to hide, just don't say it. I will just follow your orders."
"If Your Highness has an idea, you'd better tell me, otherwise I won't be able to react in a hurry."
Naoe Tadayei and Amano Keitoku said almost at the same time.
Yu Qiuping looked at the two loyal subordinates and was speechless for a moment. After a long time, he still shook his head and said: "Jinbingwei, Jingde, I absolutely trust you and your loyalty." Yu Qiuping paused, "So
You don’t have to doubt that I’m hiding something from you.”
"I don't want to say...just because I haven't thought about it myself."
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After Yu Qiuping said goodbye to the two of them, he returned to Maeda Toshiya's home. Maeda Toshiya was not at home these days. There were only Mrs. Matsu, Imagawa Kaede and the maid A Suzu at home.
However, there were two more small figures in the yard. Yu Qiuping took a closer look and saw that it was Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko who had returned early. Yu Qiuping could guess it with his toes. It must be Ryuko who wants to pester Honda again.
Tadakatsu taught her martial arts. But this child is the stupidest. She doesn’t even say anything to be coquettish and begs for help. She just wants Honda Tadakatsu to teach her. Honda Tadakatsu is not sociable at first. He is a dull and taciturn person, and she is annoyed by her.
He took the trouble and actually agreed to teach her. Normally, when faced with this kind of situation, most people would just deal with it perfunctorily. However, Honda Tadakatsu was very polite and serious, and even taught her in a very dignified manner.
However, when Longzi, who was studying hard, saw Yu Qiuping coming, he immediately dropped the wooden sword in his hand and ran over. He still had the scarf around his neck.
"Your Highness," Ryuko said excitedly, "Welcome home!"
"Longzi is so good," Yu Qiuping forced out a smile and touched Longzi's head, "Did dinner taste good?"
"Yeah!" Ryuko nodded vigorously.
"Don't be too tired from training, pay attention to rest." After Yu Qiuping warned, he walked straight into the door and came to Imagawa Kaede's room. Imagawa Kaede was leaning on the pillow, stroking his bulge with a kind face.
The abdomen was filled with the glory of motherhood. In his previous life, he had always heard that women would have very bad tempers when they were pregnant. However, after Imagawa Kaede became pregnant, she became extremely docile, which made him miss the somewhat petty princess from before.
"You're back?" Imagawa Feng raised his eyes and glanced at Yu Qiuping, "How was the evaluation meeting?"
Imagawa Kaede's call brought Yu Qiuping back from his distraction, and the smile that had just appeared on the corner of his mouth due to memories immediately disappeared without a trace.
"What's wrong, Ping?" Imagawa Kaede noticed something unusual about Yu Qiuping and asked.
The corners of Yu Qiuping's mouth twitched and he avoided Imagawa Feng's eyes.
"I'm going to attack the Imagawa family."
Yu Qiuping tried to keep his words as short as possible, as if the fewer words he said, the less pain he felt in his heart.
Imagawa Kaede was stunned on the spot, unable to say anything.
After a long time, she showed a very strange smile.
"Go to sleep first," Imagawa Kaede lowered her head to hide the tears in the corners of her eyes, "In the end..."
"Is it still impossible to escape the lives of the children of the Wu family?"
"Fate..." Yu Qiuping raised his head, looked at the stars outside the window, and whispered in a dreamy voice: "Is that so?"
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"Yu Qiu, do you believe in fate?" Imagawa Yoshimoto leaned against the pillar of the corridor of the Shen Pavilion, looking at Yu Qiupei who was picking up red leaves in autumn.
"I don't believe it." Yu Qiuping replied decisively, "Things like fate are created by oneself. If there really is fate, then those who believe that they are destined to be rich will not be sure to be rich if they stop working hard in the future.
It’s gone?”
"Haha, wrong answer!" Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled and snapped his fingers, "Maybe, those people are destined to stop working hard at some point because they believe in fate!"
"This..." Yu Qiuping felt that he seemed to have fallen into a strange circle of circular argument. However, a person like him who has traveled through time cannot believe what fate says: "I don't believe it anyway."
"Haha, you just don't read Buddhism at first glance," Imagawa Yoshimoto smiled and shook his head. "When Master Xue Zhai was still alive, he often taught me that everyone has his own destiny. Life and death are determined by destiny. No matter how hard you struggle, you will always be able to succeed."
You can’t avoid fate, and you can’t help others avoid fate.”
"I don't think so." Yu Qiuping finally picked a maple leaf that he was satisfied with and looked at it carefully.
"Haha, you, you, you," Imagawa Yoshimoto was also happy, "You know, Master Xuezai also said that some people can escape their fate."
While Yu Qiuping was picking maple leaves, he listened attentively to what Imagawa Yoshimoto said.
However, Imagawa Yoshimoto's words stopped abruptly, and he turned his head and stared at Yu Qiuping. After Yu Qiuping noticed that Imagawa Yoshimoto had stopped speaking, he turned around somewhat unexpectedly, and happened to meet Imagawa Yoshimoto's eyes.
Those eyes were filled with endless darkness, and no expression could be seen. After a moment, there was a flash of blood. A ghost-like voice sounded from the red leaf in the palm of his hand: "Only the God who transcends time and knows everything
Buddha--"
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"Ah!" Yu Qiuping screamed and woke up from his dream. He sat up and realized that he was covered in cold sweat. He looked around and saw that Imagawa Kaede had fallen asleep peacefully, and the furniture was still arranged as before falling asleep.
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Is it a dream...
Chapter completed!