At the end of the ninth year of Yonglu (1566), Yu Qiuping took his family back to the castle tower in Qingzhou City to attend the New Year's Eve party as usual. As a "frontier official" who had been stationed abroad for a long time, he could not see many of his colleagues at the same level throughout the year.
times. Therefore, if you want to improve your relationship with your colleagues, you must seize the opportunity of the New Year's Eve party. And if you follow Uakihira's plan, he may murder Oda Nobunaga and raise a flag of rebellion soon. By that time
, whether anyone in Owari is willing to stand on his side will affect the life and death of the Yuqiu family. Therefore, he pays special attention to his interactions with his colleagues.
This time, he deliberately returned to Qingzhou City early. He and Imagawa Feng took the guards and carried many valuable gifts to the homes of his colleagues to pay their respects in the future. And Yu Qiuyou who followed was Xian Xian.
He was at an age where he couldn't live anymore. Seeing that no one from his parents stayed to take care of him, he was happy to play wildly in the streets. Although Yu Qiu Shang was reluctant, he was dragged out to play by his younger brother. Yu Qiuping originally arranged for Long Zi and
Honda Tadakatsu takes turns to watch them every day and prevents them from running around. Honda Tadakatsu is a rigid and serious person, and he is always merciless when doing things. When he is around, Yu Qiuyou, a little kid, can't even leave the house.
One step. But Long Zi, who was on duty today, was much more talkative. She couldn't stand Yu Qiuyou nagging her in her ears, so she felt soft and let them go out to play.
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"Ah You, where are you going?" Yu Qiu Shang was grabbed by the empty sleeve on his right hand and ran towards the Qingzhou City wall.
"Brother, let's go there!" Yu Qiuyou pointed with his finger not far away and smiled excitedly, "I heard yesterday that there is a Cuju field there, and many children play there! Let's go there today too.
Have fun!”
"Cuju...well." Yu Qiu Shang frowned and nodded slightly. When a dozen of their children were playing in Kurotian City before, Yu Qiuping had taught them Cuju. However, he couldn't do anything better than go to school.
Yu Qiuyou, who is fast, has not played very well until today. Therefore, he has never been interested in playing Cuju.
"Yes, brother!" Yu Qiuyou became excited as he spoke, speeding up his pace unconsciously, "Look, we're here now!"
After rounding a corner, a small but not big Cuju field appeared in front of the two children. Owari is not as good as Suruga, and people do not love entertainment and elegance so much, so there are not many Cuju fields. This is the only place near Qingzhou City.
There are several decent places to play Cuju. There are six courts in total, four of which are played by adults. There are also two courts, one of which is crowded with more than twenty children, and everyone is pushing each other.
On the other side of the field, there was dancing the flower Cuju. On the other side, there were only seven or eight children, not even the standard number of people.
So, while Yu Qiuyou was curious about why the people from the other field didn't come to this empty field, he pulled Yu Qiu Shang towards that field. By chance, the person who was playing Cuju on the field made a mistake, and Cuju kicked towards Yu Qiuyou.
Flying in. Yu Qiuyou stopped the ball with his small chest, caught it firmly with the instep of his feet, and after two steps, kicked the ball towards Feng Liuyan on the left. However, his footwork was not that good.
Superb, this Cuju hit the wooden board and bounced back to the ground with a bang.
"Add two more people!" Yu Qiuyou said loudly, waving his little hands, but unexpectedly found that the seven or eight people on the field were looking at them with strange eyes. The leader of them, who was about nine or ten years old,
Although he was standing next to the fallen Cuju, he had no intention of touching the Cuju. He just stared at Yu Qiuyou and Yu Qiu Shang blankly.
"Where did this little boy come from?" Another older child standing next to him shouted disdainfully, "Don't you know whose territory this is?"
"What do you mean?" Seeing their unfriendly attitude, Yu Qiuyou retorted with some dissatisfaction: "We are here to play Cuju!"
"Go over there and kick it!" The leader put his hands on his waist, raised his foot, and pointed with his toes at the overcrowded children's field next to him, "This is our field."
"There are too many people over there." Yu Qiuyou was angered by the attitude of the leading child. Although he was several years younger than him, he still said loudly: "There are obviously not enough people here, why don't you let us play?
This is a public place, not your home?"
"Huh? You kid, you have such a bad tone!" When the leading child saw that Yu Qiuyou dared to talk back, he took a square step with great interest and led the children beside him towards Yu Qiuyou and Yu Qiu Shang.
He walked over and said, "Where did he come from? Which family's kid he is from!"
"We are from Yuqiu's family!" Yu Qiuyou announced his family name very proudly, feeling that he would be able to calm these ignorant children.
"From the Yu Qiu family? The child of the traitor Yu Qiuping?" The leader snorted disdainfully, which immediately made Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu You's expressions darken - anyone who hears other people talking about their father like this will definitely
Everyone will be angry.
"Let me tell you, your young master, I am Shibata Sanzaemon of the Shibata family!" The leader smacked his chest arrogantly, and suddenly raised his voice and said: "In this castle town of Qingzhou City, apart from Young Master Kijimaru, everyone else belongs to me.
Biggest! You female warriors from Suruga have the nerve to play Cuju here? Get out of here!"
"Who do you say is the female samurai? Who do you say is the traitor?" Yu Qiuyu also had veins popping up on his forehead at this moment. He took a step forward and looked at Shibata Sanzaemon, who was a head taller than him, without fear.
The children behind Shibata Sanzaemon all cheered for Shibata Sanzaemon, but Yu Qiu Shang behind Yu Qiu Yu pulled Yu Qiu Shang's clothes uneasily and whispered in his ear: "A Yu
, there are many of them, please calm down and don’t conflict with them.”
Yu Qiu Shang's words made Yu Qiu You wake up a little. He looked at Shibata Sanzaemon and the children around him. They were several years older and bigger than Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiu Shang.
lock up.
However, Yu Qiu Shang's opening attracted everyone's attention to him.
Shibata Sanzaemon looked at Yu Qiu Shang for a few times, then looked at the empty sleeve on his right hand, and suddenly realized, he said mockingly: "Hey~~ I don't have a right hand! Isn't this the disabled son of Yu Qiu's family?"
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As soon as he spoke, several children around him also laughed loudly. Words such as "Crippled!" and "Can a disabled person play Cuju?" were heard one after another.
Yu Qiu Shang's face suddenly darkened, and the corner of his mouth twitched. He had grown up so big, and it was not that he didn't understand his disability. But the comfort and care from his parents and companions around him always made him feel that it was not a big deal to have his right hand.
His younger brother had always treated him equally, which moved him quite a bit. This was the first time that his shortcomings were exposed nakedly in public - the sounds of "disabled" were so shrill and hard to hear.
.
However, there was no anger in his heart at this moment, only countless grievances and low self-esteem.
disabled.
I am disabled.
He lowered his head in embarrassment, avoiding everyone's contemptuous gazes. He raised his hands, trying to cover his ears to prevent the sounds of "crippling" from reaching his ears.
But I found that I could only plug one ear.
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At this moment, an angry roar sounded in his ears. The sound was so loud that it instantly drowned out the jeers of the older children. The sound was so loud that the tone changed, so much so that Yu Qiu Shang didn't hear it at the first time.
This is his brother's voice.
"Who are you calling a cripple?"
Amakiyu was completely furious, clenched his fists with both hands, and roared angrily at Shibata Sanzaemon.
"Who are you scolding?" Shibata Sanzaemon was yelled like this, and he was also furious. He pointed at Yu Qiu Shang behind Yu Qiu Yu and said: "Just scold this cripple!"
Yu Qiuyou lowered his head and was silent for a second, his face was terrifyingly gloomy, and his whole body was shaking with anger.
Then, he raised his head and shouted sharply at Shibata Sanzaemon:
"I don't allow you to say that about my brother!"
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Shibata Sanzaemon's vision suddenly went dark, and his nose felt severe pain. Immediately afterwards, a small figure rushed forward without fear, and punched him head-on. This kid's strength was extraordinary.
He was generally big, but he was beaten into a panic all of a sudden and fell to the ground. Yuqiu Yu also did not hesitate, riding on Shibata Sanzaemon, punching him in the chest and face, making him
The latter is almost helpless.
At this time, other children around him also reacted and immediately went to help. Yu Qiuyou was hit on the head and didn't even notice the people around him. He was thrown to the ground in a mess. Those children didn't say much.
Immediately he punched and kicked Yu Qiuyu. No matter how good his health was, Yu Qiuyu was still no match for so many people. After Shibata Sanzaemon regained his composure, he immediately stood up and thought hard about Yu Qiuyu.
One kick.
Unexpectedly, Yu Qiu Shang's foot was hugged by Yu Qiu Shang with one hand.
"Huh? You're a cripple and you still want to fight?" Shibata Sanzaemon snorted and kicked Yu Qiu Shang over violently. Then, he chased Yu Qiu Shang and gave him a good beating. Yu Qiu Shang had been in poor health since he was a child.
He was weak. He was no match for Shibata Sanzaemon, who was three years older than him. He struggled to support himself with his thin single hand, but he still received several blows on his stomach, legs, and head.
"I'm a cripple, why don't you fight back?" Shibata Sanzaemon chased and beat Yuqiu Shang, while laughing and mocking, "You are just a cripple without a right hand, why do you fight? Just ask for a beating.
!”
"Coward! If you come at me, don't hit my brother!" Yu Qiuyu shouted provocatively towards Shibata Sanzaemon while moving back and forth to avoid the attacks of several children. Shibata Sanzaemon heard this
He became even more angry and kicked Yu Qiu Shang hard, knocking the latter to the ground, then turned around and pounced on Yu Qiu You.
Chapter completed!