Every day after that, Yu Qiu Shang would practice by the woods where he met Kentaro Tianchen. However, Kentaro Tianchen had let him practice the basic skills for a month, but he had no intention of teaching him that unique trick.
Yu Qiu Shang himself was not in a hurry, but continued to practice the basic skills step by step. However, the guards of the Hatakeyama family around Yu Qiu Shang could not wait. They were already very unhappy with Kentaro Tian Shen who let them go for two days. Try every means to find fault.
"Hey, old man, didn't you say you wanted to teach Mr. Yuqiu some special skills? Why didn't you teach him some tricks?" Morita Aixiang sat on a tree stump nearby and shouted at Kentaro Tian Shen with his legs crossed.
"If you don't practice the basic skills, you won't be able to learn any moves. If you learn the basic skills well, then you will be able to master all the moves." Kentaro Tian Shen didn't take Morita Yoshiho's rudeness to heart, but replied with a smile. .
"Then you've been practicing for a month, and we're all tired of seeing those postures." Another guard yelled from the side.
"I have been practicing these basic skills for several years when I was a child." Kentaro Tian Shen looked at the young people making noises there, and the smile on his face became more friendly, "Then I have been practicing the starting postures of kendo for many years. How can you think so quickly?"
"Then show us a move, a move that only one-armed people can learn." Another little guard shouted from the side, "It will give us something to look forward to. Otherwise, we will be outside all day long. How boring it is to be exposed to wind and sun."
"Hahaha...Young man." Tian Shen Kentaro laughed from ear to ear after hearing this, and then clapped his hands to signal Yu Qiu Shang not to continue squatting, "That's okay, but just this time."
"Come! I'll fight!" Morita Yoshio immediately jumped up excitedly, took off his saber, and handed it to an attendant at any time. He had been unhappy with Kentaro Tian Shen for a long time, and he wished he could beat him immediately. ."Old man, I don't know how important my actions are. You have to be careful with your old arms and legs!"
"Ah, it's okay, young man." Kentaro Tianchen smiled kindly and put his right hand behind his back.
"Old man, what do you mean?" Morita Yoshio glanced at the old man's right hand behind his back.
"Didn't I tell you that this is a move practiced by one-armed people?" Kentaro Tian Shen laughed twice, "Please."
"What?" Morita Yaxiang was extremely angry when he heard this - an old man in his sixties actually dared to challenge him with one hand? He is also one of the best players in the Hatakeyama family, so he was appointed to monitor Yuqiu. Sad.
Seeing that the old man was not joking, Morita Yoshio strode forward and stretched out his hand, intending to knock him down. Unexpectedly, Kentaro Tianchen just turned around gently and held his arm with his left hand. He grabbed his right arm, then quickly pressed his knee against Morita Yasho's joint, and threw it with force. Morita Yasho's center of gravity was unstable, and he hurriedly reached out to grab it, but missed it and was thrown to the ground.
"What's going on?" The guards around them who were sitting on the ground ready to watch the old man's joke stood up one after another and looked at Kentaro Tianchen and Yoshio Morita who were lying on the ground in surprise. The move just now was obviously not very flashy. But their powerful captain was knocked to the ground directly.
"Opportunistic, I was careless! Come again!" Morita Yoshio was defeated in such a humiliating manner. He stood up with a face full of reluctance, and once again took a stance against Kentaro Tian Shen.
"No, no, no," Kentaro Tian Shen just laughed when he saw this, "We agreed to do it only once, not a second time! You can see for yourselves when Mr. Yuqiu learns the lesson."
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In this way, Yu Qiu Shang followed Tian Shen Kentaro to practice day and night. Although the basic skills taught by this old man seemed ordinary, they were more tiring and more useful than the basic skills Yu Qiu Shang had learned before. The guards came here day after day to watch Yu Qiu Shang boringly practice basic skills for a long time, and gradually relaxed. Everyone gradually began to take turns to monitor Yu Qiu Shang, and the number of people who went out with him decreased from a dozen to eight, and even less. Five people. In this scorching summer, Morita Yoshio happened to be absent today, so the unsupervised guards hid in the shade of distant trees to enjoy the cool air.
"Master Yu Qiu." Just as Yu Qiu Shang was working hard on his horse's stride, Tian Chen Kentaro suddenly leaned down and whispered into his ear, "Have you noticed that you can actually escape now? "." Kentaro Tian Shen said, stretching out his hand and pointing to the horse tied to a tree in the distance, "Run over now, get on the horse and run north immediately. Your father's territory is only a few miles away. , it will be safe soon.”
However, after Yu Qiu Shang heard what Kentaro Tian Shen said, he did not turn around to glance at the positions of the guards and horses, but continued to practice without any distractions.
"What's the matter, Mr. Yuqiu?" Tian Shen Kentaro smiled playfully after seeing Yu Qiu Shang's performance, "Are you really not planning to take the opportunity to escape?"
"No." Yu Qiu Shang shook his head firmly and whispered, "These guards are all good people and are willing to accompany me to practice every day. Others would definitely not be so generous. And they also trust me. I only have so many people left to guard me. If I escape, I will betray their trust and make it difficult for them."
"Baby boy, how can you understand?" Kentaro Tian Shen chuckled noncommittally after hearing this, "Do you know that you are the most important means for the Hatakeyama family to check and balance your father. As long as you can go back, the Yuqiu family can Send troops south to take back judicial power and large areas of territory belonging to small wealthy families, and end this absurd 'separation of powers'. You only think about your own temporary likes and dislikes, but have you ever thought about it for your father and your family?"
"Sir, please forgive me, that has nothing to do with me." Yu Qiu Shang replied as calmly as water, as if the affairs of Yu Qiu's family really had nothing to do with him.
"Oh?" Kentaro Tian Shen frowned when he heard this, "You are the eldest son of the Yuqiu family. How can the affairs of the Yuqiu family have nothing to do with you?"
"The eldest son of the Yuqiu family is the eldest son of the Yuqiu family. I am me." Yu Qiu Shang continued to maintain the horse's posture meticulously, and said softly: "I will never live for others again, and I will never live for others again. Live in the eyes of others. I just act as a person and make the choice I think is right."
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Unlike Yu Qiu Shang's free life, Yu Qiu You's life is not easy. The shrewd businessmen of Sakai Town are not modest gentlemen like Hatakeyama Takamasa. They arrange a large number of manpower to monitor Yu Qiu You all the time, but they still don't allow it.
He was allowed to leave the courtyard where he lived. He was not allowed to go out to exercise or play, and he was not allowed to come into contact with strangers. Even the books he read had to be purchased by merchants in Sakai Town and then handed over to him.
What makes Yu Qiuyou even more desperate is that he now knows nothing about what is happening in the outside world. His world is limited to this small courtyard. How is the battle between the Miyoshi family and the Kono family? How is the Oda family's Ise strategy?
He didn't know anything about the recent actions of the Qiu family. The last time he heard news from the outside world was when he overheard the exchange between two guards at the door.
His daily diet has been prescribed by the merchants of Sakai Town, and what he eats is not up to him. In the room, there was not even anyone to chat with, and the guards seemed to have been ordered not to say a word.
Said to Yu Qiuyou.
These Sakai merchants are very careful, holding their opponents' hard-won power in their hands as if they are their own children. Their relationship is different from that of Hatakeyama Takamasa and Ame Qiupei, whose cooperation is also based on mutual trust.
Above. The power check and balance between these businessmen and Yu Qiuping is purely an exchange of interests. They understand that one of the biggest weights in their hands that can restrict Yu Qiuping is his second son Yu Qiuyou. If something unexpected happens to Yu Qiuyou——
Whether he escaped back to Yu Qiu's house, or died unexpectedly and was robbed by others, Yu Qiuping could boldly attack Sakai Town and take back the power of the Congress.
If something unexpected happened to Yu Qiuyou in Sakai Town, not only Ishiyama Town, but also many merchants from Kawachi and Izumi would come to trouble the merchants of Sakai Town. These merchants of Sakai Town would also feel uncomfortable. Therefore, they strictly controlled Yu Qiuyou's diet.
The food used is the cleanest and freshest, for fear of any problems. There are many guards and ninjas surrounding Yu Qiuyou's courtyard on three levels inside and outside to ensure safety. As for Yu Qiuyou himself, he is not sure
It will be very uncomfortable and depressing - what does this have to do with these businessmen? They will not consider these humanistic things.
Yu Qiuyou felt like he was a domestic animal in captivity. Well, maybe a little better than a domestic animal, maybe a canary trapped in a cage. He tried every means to improve his situation - chatting with the guards
, trying to relieve boredom; trying to obey all constraints and not causing trouble to everyone, hoping to gain trust and have a greater scope of free activities. However, all these efforts were in vain under the cold violence of the guards. In the end, Yu Qiuyou
He can only read in silence by himself. He reads whatever books are available and spends all his time reading every day. He doesn't know how long this life will last, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return to his former freedom.
life.
In September, Ii Naotora finally got permission to visit Yu Qiuyu. Yu Qiuyu, a boy who was about to be ten years old, actually cried loudly in Ii Naotora's arms. These few months of life have almost reached the end of the world.
It drove him crazy. He missed his home, his parents, his friends, and his brother.
"Oh my god, Yuuji, are you living in such a bad life here?" Unexpectedly, after he told Ii Naohu about his experience, Ii Naohu was shocked.
"Isn't this what being a hostage is all about?" Yu Qiuyou asked in surprise.
"Shang'er lives a very free life there. Not only can he go out and practice every day, he also has a new martial arts master."
Chapter completed!