On the evening of June 3, next to the Ejiri Port of Suruga.

After counting the three people who just returned from Tohoku yesterday, the troops exiled with Yuqiuhei were formed into five platoons, which were still four platoons and one bow and arrow platoon, but each platoon was not full. The platoon leader was Fukushima Yasuna, Omaezaki Nakatsuhiro, Yoshikazu Katsumasaki, Ogawa Yuto and Charlie, and the injured Azuko Hiraki became Fukushima's deputy, as if he had returned to the beginning. Since the horses were difficult to take care of on the merchant ships, the dozen or so cavalrymen who left with Yuqiuhei and regretfully bid farewell to their mounts. The total number of exiled people, including the judges, craftsmen and Yoshi Sena, had a total of 263 people.

No, it should be 264 people.

"Personal Guard, you're still here." Yu Qiuping was watching Ah Ling and several maids, carefully supporting the pregnant Imakawa Kaede to the temporary residence. Unconsciously, familiar footsteps sounded behind him. He sighed, turned around, and saw the black eye mask on the fair face.

"Don't Your Highness want me to come?" Naojiang Tadaehide was stunned for a moment and whispered in a low voice.

"I don't mean that, don't think too much." Yu Qiuping shook his head apologetically, looked at Naoe Tadaehide's only remaining eyes, and saw that there seemed to be a flash of doubts inside. Naoe Tadaehide wanted to speak but stopped. After a long time, he whispered: "As for your order, Your Highness."

"If you have anything you want to say, just say it." Yu Qiuping suddenly felt unbearable in his heart when he saw Naojiang Tadaehime's appearance, so he asked softly.

Naoe Tadaehei hesitated for a while, and finally said, "I'm brave..." He swallowed and paused, "Why did your highness inform you when you informed the date of exile, but I was not informed." Naoe Tadaehei turned his head and said softly: "Did your highness forget... or did you deliberately notify me?"

"Personal Guard..." Yu Qiuhei sighed, "Didn't I say... my family is in Suruga, so you don't have to leave. You are not married yet, the Matsuhara family is a powerful local family, so they will definitely not want to let your baby daughter follow you on a path of exile with uncertain future."

"I've helped you with some help," Yu Qiuhei added. "The Asahina family is willing to hire you as a general, to start a family, start a business, and have no worries about food and clothing. Isn't it good to live here? In a few months, I will marry your sweetheart." He clearly remembered that before going to the battle, Naoe Tadaehiro looked at the sachet in his hand and raised the love and attachment in his eyes when he held the sachet in his hand.

"If you follow me, what will happen to your marriage? Moreover, I don't know how long it will take to succeed again."

However, Naoe Tadaehide said nothing, just stared at Yu Qiuping blankly.

After a while, he spoke and broke the silence.

"I've been resigned..." As soon as Naoe Tadaehiro spoke, his crying voice leaked out of his mouth. He slowly took out the mandarin duck sachet sewn by Miss Matsuhara from his arms, staring at the sachet, as if he wanted to gain strength from it and try to hold back the tears.

"The Matsuhara family has already agreed to this marriage with a wealthy family under the Imamiya family... The Imamiya family said they would not mind Miss Matsuhara's engagement..." Naoe Tadaehiro tried his best to maintain the stability of his tone and tried to look like he didn't care much, but his expression became more and more gloomy, "This was a matchmaking a few days ago..."

"Miss Matsuhara is such a good girl..." When Naoe Tadaehiro mentioned his lover, his eyes still had a gentle glow, but it made people feel more heartbreaking. "I originally thought that I would follow Your Highness to create a family business so that Miss Matsuhara can have a home. Now that I am going to wander around the world, it is not easy to delay others. I have met that adult who said he is also a loyal and reliable adult."

"Miss Matsuhara must be very happy, too..."

Speaking of this, Naoe Tadaehiro suddenly showed a strange smile on his face - a smile that was even worse than crying.

Yu Qiuping felt his heart suddenly tighten, and a strong soreness surged into his heart. He could hardly imagine how much pain was hidden behind those plain words - personally helping his lover to marry and sending the person he loved with his own hands - how the last meeting between the two would end...

He gave up his stable position that was within his reach, gave up a stable life, gave up his reputation, gave up his sweetheart, and let go of all the future that should belong to him.

Just to... follow yourself and be exiled.

"The life of the villain is given by the Lord," the personal guard knocked heavily, "In my life, I only have to repay the Lord, this thing."

"Sir, my personal soldiers will definitely not let each other down in this life."

Just for...that promise.

In an instant, Yu Qiuping also felt the heart-wrenching pain, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

Yu Qiuping bowed deeply to Naoe Tadaehide without warning, ignored his subordinates' rush to help him up, but made a solemn promise with tears in his eyes.

"Personal Guard, in this life, I will never let go of each other."

In the early morning of July 1st, there were not many people coming to see you off in Surugakura. After all, most nodding friends would not come at this moment in order to avoid suspicion.

Asahina Taehyung naturally came and brought a dozen men to see Yu Qiuping leave. Oping Shinkiki also came to the dock with pressure from home.

For the sake of Princess Imagawa, the Imagawa family returned the equipment of this small army to provide them with their self-defense capabilities. The Okabe family was the troops responsible for escorting these equipment, and the escort officer was Okabe Motonobu and Okabe Masato.

When the enemy met, they were very jealous. But Yu Qiuping knew that it was not the time to cause trouble, and did not pay much attention to Okabe Masato's provocation. She just watched her subordinates take over their own strengths and weapons from the baggage convoy and carefully insert the paper red leaves onto the helmet.

However, after all the equipment and weapons were collected, Yu Qiuping did not wait for what he wanted.

"Something else has fallen." Yu Qiuping said coldly.

"Your Chidori." Okabe Motoshi took off the Chidori from his waist expressionlessly and handed it to Yu Qiuhei. "I really don't want to give you this traitor. Your Highness, the governor, gave you such favor, but you are still ungrateful..." Speaking of Imakawa Yoshimoto, Okabe Motoshi's emotions suddenly became excited. He almost gritted his teeth and glared at Yu Qiuhei, and whispered viciously: "You traitor, you must die a good death! God knows why His Highness Shouguini spared your life and why did he say that there was no traitor to whitewash the peace!"

"There are only two of us here. Do you still need to pretend to be garlic like this?" Yu Qiuping also lowered his voice and cursed: "Who is he a traitor? Don't you know what you think? Why did the Okabe family have been important in their lives? I'm curious, why didn't His Highness Shouguini arrest you!"

The two stared at each other speechlessly, feeling each other's hatred and murderous aura. After a long time, Yu Qiuping shook his head first, "Nothing is useful now, I'll give me my stuff back."

"What else?" Okabe Motoshi said coldly.

"Maple Bird Flag. Where is my maple Bird Flag?" Yu Qiuping said in a deep voice.

"You are also worthy of taking away the horse seal of His Highness's family?" Okabe Motonobu's tone suddenly increased, "You are also worthy of taking away the maple bird flag!"

"That is the honor given to me by His Highness the Lord of the Family! It is also the honor we Chang Panbei have been fighting hard! Chang Panbei has been fighting under that banner for two years! That is the trust and value His Highness the Lord of the Family! " Yu Qiuping also shouted excitedly, "I will never give it to others!"

The two quarrel attracted the attention of people around them, and the crowd gradually gathered around them, and the atmosphere between Takaba and Okabe Bei suddenly became tense.

"Hongye, calm down. Now is not the time to start a conflict." Aoping Zhenji hurriedly ran over and said.

"That's right, boy." Asahina Taehyung also walked to Yuqiuhei. He was always careless at this moment but was not stupid. If Yuqiuhei had a conflict with the Okabe family here, he would definitely not be able to escape. "I will help you settle the score with them about your superiors' affairs, you don't have to worry about these!"

"Hongye, don't waste time with them here." Yu Qiuping's old friend, Ida Katsuki, who was responsible for handing over the merchant ship this time, also rushed over, "I don't care about them."

"No." Yu Qiuping shook his head firmly, "If you don't return the maple bird flag to me, I will never leave if I die!"

"That's it! The maple bird flag is back! Why should you detain it?" Jigang Shengzheng shouted dissatisfiedly.

"You thieves, do you envy others' flags and don't let them go?" Mimaezaki Nakahide also sarcastically.

The people on both sides said and said something, and there was a day when they could not stop. Charlie, who was sharp-eyed, showed a maple bird flag on a logistics vehicle not far away, and immediately several Changban were eager to go and grab it back, but was stopped by the Okabe family. After such a big disturbance, even Imakawa Kaede rushed over very anxiously.

"If you want it! If you want it, take it back with your ability!" Masatsugu Okabe, who had been standing beside him, saw Imakawa Kaede looking at Yu Qiuping with concern not far away, and said angrily. Last time, he was subdued by a woman in Yu Qiuping's territory, which almost made him laugh among the samurai. Now he urgently needs his own bravery and dignity. He pulled out the samurai sword in his hand, inserted it on the ground, pointed at Yu Qiuping's nose with a scabbard and shouted: "Use the scabbard to decide the victory and loss! Duel like a samurai! Fight until you can't stand up! If you lose, get out of your way, don't think about the maple bird flag!"

A straight flagpole was erected on the grass. On the flagpole, the maple bird flag was flying high.

A large hollow circle was formed around the flagpole. The two families and other people who came to see off their fare gave up the open space in the middle and surrounded them tightly. The inner circle sat down and the outer circle stood, nervously watching everything that was born inside the field.

Yu Qiuhei and Okabe Masato, both of whom were not wearing armor, confronted each other at about five meters. Yu Qiuhei was holding the Chidori scabbard in his hand, and Okabe Masato was also holding a scabbard in his hand, each of which was styling the starting pose of kendo and slowly circled around the flagpole.

This is a battle to bet on the reputation of the two, and it is also a battle between Yu Qiuping to defend the maple bird flag. He understood that Chang Panbei also understood that the maple bird flag was not as simple as a horse seal. It was a symbol of Chang Panbei's struggle together, and it was won by Chang Panbei, and it was also a banner that Chang Panbei was willing to defend the death on the battlefield. It must not be given up. For Yu Qiuping, there is another meaning - that is, Imakawa Yoshimoto trusts and values ​​him - this is also the biggest motivation for his revenge!

This flag, this maple bird flag that belongs to me, will never lose to you!
Chapter completed!