On April 19, the seventh year of Yonglu's reign (1564), Oda Nobunaga once again convened all senior officers to participate in the evaluation meeting. But this time, it was not to go to Qingzhou City. Oda Nobunaga had officially announced not long ago that he would
The residence was moved to the newly built Komakiyama Castle, which seemed certain to win over the rebellious Oda Nobukiyo.
Yu Qiuping set out from Kuroda Castle and deliberately took a detour to Qingzhou City. He took some Nanman gifts bought from Tsushima to visit the two brothers Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing. The accompanying attendants, except Honda
In addition to Tadakatsu and Ryuko, there is also Uchiha Aooka. The latter repeatedly requested many times that as Amekihei's retainer, he must conduct a little investigation to understand Oda Nobunaga's ninja system. Although such a move seems
It seemed a little unloyal, but Yu Qiuping, who was already worried, naturally agreed to Uchiha Aooka's move.
After many days of confinement, the confinement order for Ikeda Hengxing and Maeda Toshiie was finally lifted. These two living treasures were already suffocated, and they were very excited to finally come out for air. They still held Yu Qiuping.
We went to our old place, Sakura Pavilion, and the three of us watched a show and drank together (although Yu Qiuping still had tea instead of wine).
"Where are Touhachi and the others? Why aren't you and Mr. Ikoma and the others here?" Yu Qiuping took a sip of tea and found that the water was a little hot, so he put the tea cup down and asked, "Isn't it normal that everyone gathers together?
Of?"
"They have all gone to Komaki Mountain." Toshiie Maeda looked extremely disappointed, "My lord is probably going to take action against the traitor Oda Nobukiyo! Both the mother-in-law and the horsemen were sent out to investigate, and they were beaten several times.
Touhachi also killed a scout cavalryman of Oda Nobukiyo before, and was praised by the lord in public."
"If it wasn't to save you!" Maeda Toshiie became more and more angry as he spoke. He raised his right hand holding the chopsticks, pointed at Yu Qiuping's nose with the chopsticks and said, "I am also killing the enemy on the front line now! Where can I be imprisoned?
Suffer that stuffiness in the house!"
"That's right!" Ikeda Hengxing also supported from the side, "If it weren't for being banned this time, I would have made great achievements and become the mayor of the city! It's all your fault! Hongye! You tell me what to do!"
"Okay, okay, it's all my fault!" Yu Qiuping responded with a smile, and clapped his hands at the same time, signaling Ryuko to come in with the gifts prepared for Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing, "I invited this meal! These are also
The Nanman dagger I specially bought for you from Tsushima is an apology to you!"
"Well, that's pretty much it," Ikeda Hengxing immediately took the exquisitely crafted short knife handed to him by Yu Qiuping with a smile on his face, admiring it admiringly.
Maeda Toshiie, however, set his sights on Ryuko and stared at Ryuko for a while, causing the latter to lower his head shyly.
"You are such a unique maid!" Toshiya Maeda looked at Yu Qiuping with a look that "all men understand", "Mrs. Feng is already so beautiful, she is a stunner in the world, can't you satisfy me?"
Ryuko is 14 years old this year and has been with Yu Qiuping for four years. When she was a little girl begging, she could tell that she was a beauty. Now, she is getting more and more beautiful. At the age of 14, she is also a beauty in Japan.
It’s the age for a girl to get married—at least that’s what Toshi Maeda, a lolicon, thinks.
"You're really good at having such a flower-like bodyguard by your side! You're so lucky!" Ikeda Hengxing also yelled with a smirk from the side. Ryuko suddenly blushed with embarrassment and left softly.
He quickly fled the room.
Yu Qiuping watched Long Zi leave, and suddenly realized this problem. In Japan's Warring States Period, a 14-year-old girl was almost ready to find someone. Since she was still in junior high school at that age, Yu Qiuping never thought of Long Zi.
Treat her like a big girl, but always treat her like a child - I didn't expect that she would be shy because of these things.
"Look at you, you have frightened other people's children," Yu Qiuping knocked the plate with his chopsticks dissatisfied, "I don't mean that! You two, don't talk nonsense, you will ruin the reputation of other people's children, and it will be difficult to marry in the future.
People."
"Don't you mean that?" Maeda Toshiie protracted his tone, his eyes fixed on Yu Qiuping's eyes, as if he wanted to find some clues.
"No, no," Yu Qiuping waved his hand impatiently, pushing the stool and standing up, "You two eat for a while, and I'll go and comfort Long Zi. Don't frighten him. I'll be back soon."
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After Yu Qiuping walked outside the door, he found that Long Zi was not standing at the original place.
"Nanosuke, where is Ryuko?" Yu Qiuping then asked Honda Tadakatsu who was standing at the door.
"Out." Honda Tadakatsu pointed to the door of the whale house.
After Yu Qiuping chased him out, he found Long Zi standing alone at a street corner not far away, with his head lowered and not knowing what he was thinking.
"Longzi, why did you run out?" Yu Qiuping hurriedly stepped forward and comforted gently: "Those two uncles may be glib, but they are actually good people! Did you forget that they went with you last time?
Inabayama Castle saved me."
Long Zi was stunned, nodded slightly, and shook his head quietly. His two small hands kept pointing at his fingers, biting his lower lip with his teeth, and the blush on his face did not fade away. Yu Qiuping didn't know what was going on, so he had to stand.
Accompanying her silently beside Ryuko.
After a long time, Long Zi finally raised his head, looked into Yu Qiuping's eyes, and said softly:
"Your Highness..." Her voice was as light as a mosquito, "What do you think..."
"What do you think?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.
"That's it... that's it..." Ryuko paused, gritted his teeth, and whispered as if he had made a lot of determination: "About what the two adults just said..." As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to have said something special.
Feeling ashamed, he immediately buried his head in the shadows and clenched the corners of his clothes tightly with his two little hands.
"Huh?" Yu Qiuping still didn't understand. Just when he was about to think about what happened just now, there was a sudden burst of cold air beside him.
Yu Qiuping turned around suddenly. In the street that was empty just now, a man in white was standing in front of him.
"Aooka?" Yu Qiuping was startled and recognized Uchiha Aooka, "I'll go! It scared me to death! Your movement skills are too exaggerated!"
However, Uchiha Aooka did not pay any attention to Yu Qiuping's compliment, but took a step forward and said coldly: "Your Highness, there are suspicious people around, please don't stay on the street."
As soon as Uchiha Aooka spoke, Ryuko, who was shy just now, immediately changed her mind and put her hand on the handle of the knife very alertly. She has been studying with Honda Tadakatsu for almost four years, and she can be regarded as a junior in martial arts.
That’s it, now you’re on guard.
"Who? How did you know?" Yu Qiuping himself became nervous, and quickly walked back to the whale house with Ryuko and Uchiha Aooka - there were several of his guards there and it was very safe. "This is Qingzhou City.
How could a suspicious person come in?"
"I don't know," Uchiha Aooka whispered, "I just noticed that there are three ninjas from the Oda family who are quite skilled in martial arts, and they are all guarding that person in the dark, so I suspect there is something wrong."
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Yu Qiuping took Ryuko and Uchiha Aooka back to the private room on the second floor of the Whale House. Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Tsuneki were still chatting like nothing happened. Yu Qiuping asked Ryuko to stay outside, and he took Uchi with him.
Bo Qinggang walked into the private room.
"Huh? Isn't this the fire-breathing ninja!" Ikeda Hengxing immediately recognized Uchiha Aooka, who had previously rescued Yuqiu and usually acted together, "Long time no see."
"I've met Mr. Ikeda and Mr. Maeda." After Uchiha Aooka saluted the two people, he took two steps forward and walked to the window of the private room. Yu Qiuping immediately followed and looked at the street through the window.
Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Tsuneaki were a little curious, and they also put their heads over.
"That's that person." Uchiha Aooka pointed his finger at a man wearing a simple samurai uniform on the street downstairs.
"Is this the man?" Yu Qiuping squinted his eyes and stared at the man. But no matter how he looked, he couldn't see anything fancy - he was just an ordinary low-level warrior. How could he be worth three weavers?
Are the Tian family's ninjas watching? Could it be a trick from other countries that sneaked in?
"What's wrong? Isn't that Mouri Shinsuke!" Maeda Toshiie recognized him after a casual glance, "What are you two doing in such a surprise?"
"What did you say?" When Yu Qiuping heard this name, his whole body trembled like an electric shock. In his previous life, wasn't that the person who, together with Hattori Kohei and Hattori Kohei, begged Imagawa Yoshimoto in Okezama?
"Mao...Mao Li's new assistant?"
"Well, that's him," Maeda Toshiie sighed and patted Yu Qiuping's shoulder, "That's still a sad thing for you."
"In the battle outside Narumi Castle, it was he and Hattori Kohei who first suggested that the lord should carry the head of the Kagemusha who killed His Highness Jibu in Okehazama, pretending that His Highness Jibu had been killed.
Like, to scare the unsuspecting Imagawa army."
Maeda Toshiie paused and continued: "At the beginning, we didn't believe that this plan could succeed - who would have thought that His Highness Jibu didn't tell his subordinates - that Okehazama's death was a Kagemusha instead of himself; and again
Who could have imagined that the castle tower of Narumi Castle would suddenly catch fire, trapping the Imagawa Admiralty. The plan actually succeeded. The head of the Kagemusha caused the morale of the Imagawa army to collapse, and they were defeated outside Narumi Castle. Then the two of them
He rushed into the burning castle tower first, smashed the door that had been scorched by the fire, and found the body of Imagawa Harube." Maeda Toshiie paid attention to Yu Qiupei's expression, and when the latter heard this, his eyes were slightly filled with tears.
"Red." The two then cut off his head and presented it to the lord. At that time, no one had reacted. Only the two of them rushed into the castle tower, plus the contribution of the previous two people. Therefore.
, the credit for managing the department should be attributed to them."
Since Yu Qiupei had always avoided talking about Okehazama and Narumi Castle when he first came to the Oda family, no one from the Oda family took the initiative to disclose it to him. It was only now that Yu Qiupei first came to the Oda family from that time.
From the mouths of those who witnessed it, they learned who offered the plan to win over Imagawa Yoshimoto - they were actually the two people in the history of the previous life! This really surprised Yu Qiuping.
"Then he has made such great achievements, why is he still dressed so simply? Didn't the lord give him a reward?" Ikeda Hengxing didn't seem to know much about this matter, "Although Hongye may not like to hear this, but for giving such a
The combination of the clever plan and the acquisition of the government can be said to be an unparalleled achievement. Doesn’t the lord never begrudge rewards and punishments?"
"It's strange to say," Toshiie Maeda tilted his head as he recalled the past, "I remember that when my lord saw them coming with the head of Imagawa Harubu, the expression on his face was a little weird at first. Afterwards, he looked a little strange.
, both of them were only promoted to Ashugaru-tou, and there was no further promotion. After that, they didn't even have a chance to go out in battle, and basically stayed in Qingzhou City to idle."
"I guess the master feels that taking trophies from a burned man is not in line with the moral principles of the samurai family!" Ikeda Hengxing speculated, "So I didn't give them a good look, and I didn't give them a promotion."
"Come on, how can our lord care about the morality of the samurai family?" Maeda Toshiie laughed loudly, "I guess the lord just wanted to ask for the government in person, but he was overtaken by these two people! That's why he is so unhappy!"
Just when Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Tsuneaki were teasing each other, Yu Qiuping's expression was one of conflict between heaven and man. His whole body was frozen, completely unable to move, and it seemed that only his eyes were the only thing that could move.
He stared out the window at the man walking silently on the street a few meters away.
Why did he make a great contribution to win over the family governor, but he was only rewarded with a promotion to the ashigaru head? Afterwards, he was put under house arrest in Qingzhou City, and was also monitored by the Oda family ninjas.
Why is this happening?
Just when Yu Qiuping's heart was extremely complicated and confused, Maori Shinsuke, who was walking on the road, seemed to notice the gazes of Yu Qiuping and the four others, and turned back to look at them blankly. His gaze intersected with Yu Qiuping's gaze for a moment.
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He looks so familiar... I seem to have met him before, but I can't remember it at all.
Chapter completed!