At noon on January 18, the seventh year of Tensho (1579), Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede had just finished their futile persuasion and returned to Maple Leaf Mountain Castle from Azuchi Castle, when they were told that Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha were already waiting in the castle tower.
Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Feng hurried to the castle tower and found that Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha had prostrated themselves deeply on the ground.
"What's wrong?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he saw this.
"My child dares to disobey and ask his father to cancel the engagement between Ayou and Miss Asai." Yu Qiu Shang did not raise his head, but his words were filled with determination and determination, "I would like to propose marriage to Miss Asai."
"You guys last night..." Before Yu Qiuping could react, Imagawa Feng had already seen the clues in their expressions and asked softly.
"Yes." Yu Qiu Shang responded calmly, "If you are disrespectful, my child is willing to accept all punishment."
Chacha blushed instantly when she heard this, but nodded slightly.
"The child knows what it means to the Yuqiu family to request the Oda Hall to cancel the engagement now." Yu Qiu Shang raised his head and stared at Yu Qiuping without fear, "If the father considers the family, he should not agree to the child's request.
If so, the child has already awakened. The child will do everything he can to get Oda Hall to cancel the engagement, and he will no longer trouble his father and the Yuqiu family."
Yu Qiuping looked at Yu Qiu Shang, then at Cha Cha - he saw the red leaf pendant hanging around Cha Cha's neck. Then, he turned around and looked at Imagawa Feng, and the two looked at each other in silence.
Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha didn't know what Yu Qiu Ping and Imagawa Feng were thinking.
They would not know that on a snowy night 20 years ago, there was also a young man drinking alcohol in a wooden house, and a young girl rushed there overnight. They also did deviant things for the sake of love, and the young man also turned that girl over.
He gave a pendant to the girl. No one knows Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha's mood at this moment better than the two of them.
Perhaps any mature and rational family governor would reject the decision of his child to act recklessly and possibly destroy the entire family at this moment.
Your Highness, the Governor, you have to make a choice again. Anyway, I will regret it no matter what I choose, so why not choose the most ridiculous one.
Yu Qiuping raised his head and sighed, then smiled and said to Imagawa Feng:
"This can be regarded as a favor that I can repay His Majesty the Governor of the Household."
On January 18, the seventh year of Tianzheng (1579), Yu Qiuping wrote to Oda Nobunaga, saying that Yu Qiu Shang had been engaged to Chacha for a long time, and hoped that Oda Nobunaga would withdraw the engagement. The news spread, and the world was in an uproar. Yu Qiuping actually became the official twice in a row.
He disobeyed Oda Nobunaga in front of the whole world. If saving Master Tokugawa can be compared to slapping Oda Nobunaga in public, rejecting the engagement this time is simply dragging Oda Nobunaga around and parading him around.
Ringing a bell.
As for Oda Nobunaga's reaction after hearing the news, it has always been a mystery in later generations. The guards who delivered the letter to Oda Nobunaga and the minor surnames who were nearby at the time were all sent away by Oda Nobunaga in an extremely gentle tone.
Oda Nobunaga also dismissed all the people at Azuchi Castle Castle, so no one could witness the scene of Oda Nobunaga's anger.
On January 19, the seventh year of Tensho (1579), Amano Keitoku received information from crows lurking around the Oda family.
The Oda family assembled troops on a large scale in the territory directly under their jurisdiction. This was a total mobilization of Owari, Mino, Ise, Iga, Yamato, Omi, and Yamashiro, and the total strength may exceed 100,000.
However, this mobilization did not declare its direction or goals.
"It's very clear." Amano Jingtoku didn't even need to wait for the follow-up information to come, he found Yu Qiuping, "Your Highness, you got what you wanted with your reckless behavior.
Finally, let the Red Leaf Army assemble."
"I don't want to start a war." Yu Qiuping still stubbornly shook his head, "To put it bluntly, this matter is my fault. I can't cause the Oda family to kill each other and the lives of Kinki to be devastated because of my mistakes. If this war is fought,
How many people will die? Kinki has finally been stable for so many years. All hostile forces have finally been eliminated. The peace that the people have been waiting for for hundreds of years has finally come. How could I do such a thing? "
"Then what are you going to do?"
"Same as last time, go directly to see the lord. But it was Shang'er who went last time. This time I'm going." Yu Qiuping coughed lightly, "Go to Antu City."
"Go to Azuchi Castle and let the Oda Hall kill you first, and then attack the leaderless Yuqiu family?" Amano Keitoku protested coldly.
"No, it's not like that." Yu Qiuping shook his head, "My lord still needs the Yu Qiu family. He will not cut off his own arm before the world is settled. As long as he is a useful retainer, he will not be willing to kill him. Because he
The pace is very fast and we need those who can keep up with us.”
"Perhaps so, I have to admit that you may be right." Amano Jingtoku said in a low voice with a gloomy face, "But once you leave, you may never be able to return to Yuqiu's house, and you will be imprisoned until death.
"
"I brought this upon myself." Yu Qiuping calmly spread his hands.
"Anyway, you are here, Feng'er, who knows my final plan, and Shang'er has become successful, I have nothing to let go of."
"Have you made up your mind?" Amano Keide asked.
"Yes." Yu Qiuping responded.
"No matter how much I try to persuade you, won't you change your mind?"
"Yes." Yu Qiuping responded again.
It has been 20 years, and Amano Jingtoku has already become familiar with Yu Qiuping's character and has given up any further attempts to persuade him.
"I have already said that before." Amano Jingde bowed to Yu Qiuping, "If you are no longer here, I will use my own means to protect Yu Qiu's family. After the matter is completed, I will commit seppuku and apologize.
Come down to see you."
In the early morning of January 20, the seventh year of Tianzheng (1579), Imagawa Feng was helping Yu Qiuping tidy up her clothes.
"You, you, you are almost 40 years old, and you still don't know how to wear your clothes properly, and you don't even know how to adjust your collar." Imagawa Feng stood in front of Yu Qiuping, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, "This may be
This is the last time I will take care of your clothes. You should take good care of yourself from now on."
"I'm sorry." Yu Qiuping suddenly whispered.
"What are you sorry for?" Imagawa Feng raised his head and stared at Yu Qiuping with his clear eyes.
"I promised you that I would stay with you forever." Yu Qiuping pursed his lips, his eyes a little red, "I'm going to break my promise."
"You also know." Imagawa Kaede scolded, her hands touched Yu Qiuping's cheeks, and she looked at him deeply, as if she would always remember her lover's outline in her heart.
"You deceitful liar." Imagawa Feng slowly leaned into Yu Qiuping's arms, and his eyes were a little wet, "I will punish you to come to me again in the next life."
"good."
Facing the wind and snow, Yu Qiuping quietly left the city. Except for Imagawa Kaede and Amano Keitoku, he did not notify anyone for fear of alarming everyone and causing unnecessary commotion.
However, by the official road outside Maple Leaf Mountain City, a familiar figure was waiting there early.
"Ah Shi?" Yu Qiuping was stunned when he saw this, "What are you doing?"
"Because if it was that fool, he would do the same thing." Ah Shi took off the bamboo hat on his head and looked at Yu with a smile.
Qiuping.
"Changzheng..." Yu Qiuping choked up when he heard the words.
"Thank you for doing so much for Chacha." Ah Shi got on his horse and followed Yu Qiuping, "I have nothing to repay Brother Hongye, so I'll just go with you. The ones who defied the engagement this time are Shang'er and Chacha
, I am the woman’s parent, and I should also bear the responsibility.”
"Do you know what this means?" Yu Qiuping looked back.
"I know, I know, and that fool also knows." The smile on Ah Shi's face became even warmer.
As long as it is for justice, Ah Shi is willing to follow him for the rest of his life.
Neither him nor you.
Ai Qiupei and Aichi, who arrived alone at Azuchi Castle to plead guilty, eased the situation, and the troops assembled by the Oda family in various places were disbanded. However, Oda Nobunaga's anger did not diminish at all. He did not see Ai Qiupei and Aichi at all.
, but directly sent the Mother Clothes to escort them to an abandoned temple next to the old site of Omi Otani Castle and put them under house arrest.
Only then did everyone in the Yuqiu family know that their family governor went to Azuchi Castle alone to be a hostage in order to prevent the war. Immediately, large-scale demonstrations took place in Maple Leaf Mountain Castle and Sakai Town, demanding that Oda Nobunaga
Release Yu Qiupei. However, with Imagawa Kaede and Yu Qiu Gobei presiding over the situation, these demonstrations gradually subsided.
However, Oda Nobunaga had no intention of giving up. He prepared a new marriage contract on January 21, the seventh year of Tensho (1579) - he married his biological daughter Oda Nagahime to Yu Qiuyou, and asked Yu Qiuyou to immediately
Go to Azuchi Castle to get married.
Everyone understood the meaning of this order, as if five thunders struck the sky.
Yu Qiuyou is the twin brother and second son of Yu Qiu Shang, and Yu Qiu Shang has long been identified as the young master by Yu Qiuping, and has also been recognized by retainers and people. However, Oda Nobunaga suddenly betrothed his biological daughter to
After marrying Yu Qiuyou, he also summoned Yu Qiuyou to Azuchi Castle. How could the biological princess of the master's family marry the second son of a retainer? Who wouldn't understand the profound meaning of Oda Nobunaga's move? Now that Yu Qiupei is under house arrest, Oda Nobunaga can do it at any time
He appointed Yu Qiuyou as the governor of the Yuqiu family and sent troops to escort him into the Yuqiu family's territory.
But now that Yu Qiupei is in the hands of Oda Nobunaga, even if Amano Keitoku and others want to resist, they have to resist. Worried about Yu Qiupei's safety, they can only agree.
Before leaving, Amano Keitoku talked to his apprentice for the last time.
"Master."
Few people know what kind of blow Yu Qiuyou has suffered in the past few days, but Amano Jingde knows it very well. It was after years of struggle and contradictions that he finally established the faith that supported him in moving forward in this world, but not long after
To be continued...