Chapter 296 Reunion
After the wedding, Nagamasa Asai, excited, planned to toast every guest himself. No matter how Yu Qiuping persuaded him, he could not give up his idea. Even if Yu Qiuping specially helped him find the smallest cup at the banquet, it would be useless. Sure enough, after six cups, Nagamasa Asai was a little unconscious and couldn't walk steadily. Shinjiro, who had drunk two bottles of sake in the tavern back then, seemed to have not changed at all.
After seven cups, the drunk Nagamasa Asai fell asleep on a table and was helped back by Ashi who was amused and crying. Yu Qiuping, who was originally planning to go to the wall, was also completely interested. Unfortunately, he missed the wall seat on the wedding night of his brother's wedding.
The next morning, Asai Nagamasa in the bedroom. Asai Nagamasa woke up from a hangover, and his consciousness was still unclear. There was a hint of softness and tenderness in his arms. He was stunned for a moment, suddenly woke up, and looked into his arms. He saw that Asi had taken off his makeup, wearing a nightgown, curled up in his arms wrapped in a quilt, and resting on his arms. A slender and soft little hand quietly rested on Asai Nagamasa's neck.
When Asai Nagamasa saw Ashi's lovely sleeping face, he suddenly felt that his heart was about to melt. The beauty was in her arms, but she had no evil thoughts. She was like a simple and cute little angel, not in the world. He twisted his body gently, so that Ashi could sleep more comfortably. Then, he slowly opened his arms and wanted to hold her in his arms.
However, Asai Nagamasa's clumsy movement woke Asi up. She frowned slightly, pouted her bright red lips, and slowly opened her eyes. Suddenly, she saw Asai Nagamasa who was close to her. Asai's cheeks suddenly turned red, and she hurriedly buried her face in the shadow, not daring to look at Asai Nagamasa.
Seeing this, Asai Nagamasa also blushed. He rubbed Ashi's head apologetically and whispered: "Sorry, I drank too much last night, so I missed the wedding night."
"No." Asichi blushed, "Mr. Changzheng didn't drink much."
"But I'm drunk." Asai Nagamasa whispered in a low voice, "Where hasn't you drunk too much?"
"I mean..." Asichi said this, suddenly raised his head, looked at Asai Nagamasa with his big watery eyes, and smiled mischievously: "Lord Nagamasa was drunk without drinking a few more cups!"
"That...not...that's..." Asai Nagamasa suddenly turned red with shame, and wanted to explain incoherently: "That's because...those are very strong wine!"
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After living with the newlywed young couple for more than ten days, Yu Qiuping was about to say goodbye after being fed a stomach of dog food. Asai Nagamasa and Ashi couple reluctantly bid farewell to Yu Qiuping, and Yu Qiuping also smiled and wished them a happy marriage.
"By the way, I wish you a child soon." Yu Qiuping laughed and teased before leaving. The young couple immediately turned their faces shyly, and their tightly held hands suddenly loosened, as if they wanted to escape the reality of having children.
"Changzheng, you are also a handsome talent, and Ashi is a famous beauty far and wide," Yu Qiuping praised: "The children born in the future must be handsome men and beautiful women!"
Yu Qiuhei remembers that in history, the three daughters of Asai Nagamasa and Ashi inherited their appearance. They were all talented and beautiful, and were called the Three Sisters of Asai. The eldest daughter Chacha married Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the second daughter Kochu married the famous Kyoko family during the Muromachi Shogunate period. The third daughter Ae had three husbands one after another, and finally married Tokugawa Ieyasu's son, the second-generation general of the Shogunate, Tokugawa Hidetachi, who was a famous woman all over the world.
I really hope that in this life, their family will not have to encounter the ups and downs of life and death and the chaotic times.
I hope the tragedy of Kotani Castle in history will not happen again.
Yu Qiuping looked at the sweet and happy two people snuggled together, and made a sincere wish.
But he didn't remember that he had prayed like this that the tragedy in the narrow streets should not be repeated.
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On the way back, the group would be much easier. Sena's caravans traded all the way through Simino, while Yukihira took Honda Tada and Ryuko's two guards to inspect Simino's military strength.
On February 3, the caravan arrived in Inoguchi Town at the castle of Inayayama Castle to trade building materials. Previously, Oda Nobunaga burned the entire Inoguchi Town, which made Seme Yoshi notice the business opportunity. He immediately purchased a large amount of building materials and resold them to the residents and merchants of Inoguchi Town, making a lot of profits. This time, he came to collect the last cost of building materials. Yu Qiuhei was able to take Ryuko and Honda Tadakashi to revisit the old place to see this amazing world-class city.
However, just as Yu Qiuping was wandering around the city, he suddenly saw a familiar figure. The young man was still very thin, his hair was neatly tied into a samurai bun, and several strands of hair were hanging on the side of his face.
"Qingchao?" Yu Qiuping called out in surprise. But the man ignored Yu Qiuping and continued to walk along the original road.
"Did you recognize the wrong person? It probably won't." Yu Qiuping said to himself, and then called out: "Ban Soldier?"
After this shout, the man immediately responded. He turned around and looked for the source of the sound - it was Panasonic Qingran! Yu Qiuping did not admit his mistake! The handsome boy who made a plan to break the Hexao family has now become more mature!
After searching for a while, Panasonic immediately saw Yu Qiuping's figure. His expression changed from surprise to surprise, and then turned into extremely worried. He walked quickly to Yu Qiuping, and Yu Qiuping also walked towards him with a smile.
"Long time no see, Ban Bingwei! Are you doing these days?" Yu Qiuping stopped and looked at Panasonic Qingluo. His figure seemed to be a little thinner than before, and he obviously was not in good health.
"Long time no see, Hongye. Everything is fine, don't worry about it." Panasonic Qingluan was still as serious as before, and his face was calm even when he was polite to each other.
"Then why are you losing weight? You don't look good?" Yu Qiuping looked at Panasonic Qingruo with some doubts, "Are you sick?"
"I have an old problem, my health has always been bad, and I'm used to it." Panasonic smiled bitterly and shook his head without explaining it.
"However, Banbingwei, I really didn't expect to meet you here!" Yu Qiupi patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "I have been walking around Akasaka Castle for several times before, but I haven't found you!"
"Uh..." Panasonic was a little embarrassed for some reason. After thinking for a while, he changed the subject and said, "Speaking of it, Hongye. Haven't you been an Oda family? Why did you come to Inayayama Castle?"
"I'm not hiding it from you. They are all friends. You won't arrest me and offer it to the Saito family, right?" Yu Qiuhei smiled and joked, "Do you know that the Oda family has formed an alliance with the Asai family?"
"I've heard of it," Panasonic nodded lightly and said, "I haven't sent a wedding gift to Changzheng yet."
"I came for this," Yu Qiuhei pointed to the merchant's outfit. "Not long ago, I pretended to be a businessman and escorted the princess Oda City through Mino and sent her to Omi. Now I am back, so I will come to Inayayama Castle to take a look."
"That's it." Matsushita nodded slightly, then invited Yu Qiuping and said, "I haven't seen you for many years. This time Hongye has come to Mino. Why not have lunch together? I still have a lot of things to ask Hongye for advice."
"That's really a matter of no need." Yu Qiuping smiled and rubbed his hands, "I've been missing for many years, I want to have a good chat with you."
"Then let's go." Matsushita Qingran signaled Yu Qiuping to follow him, while Yu Qiuping sent Honda Tadao and Ryuko back to the caravan, and went to have dinner with Matsushita Qingran. However, neither of them noticed that in the dark, there were several pairs of eyes looking at them in the dark.
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Outside the west gate of Inayayama Castle, inside the temporary residence of Ando family.
"I didn't expect that Ban Bingwei is a retainer of the Ando family!" Yu Qiuhei said with some surprise, "You can actually enter and exit the Ando family's mansion at will, and you can also treat me to a meal here."
"That's right, His Highness Ando is maintaining public order in the city, so I will be left to my responsibility for the mansion." Matsushita nodded lightly and ordered the servant to start serving the food.
"Red Leaf, do you still remember the ambition to support the world with light and justice?" Matsushita looked at Yu Qiupi easily and talked about the same topic as Asai Nagamasa. Yu Qiupi was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and nodded firmly.
"In the past few years, I have experienced a lot of dark things," Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, "Because of my dereliction of duty, His Highness the governor died in battle. After that, I was clearly loyal to the Imakawa family, but I was exiled on a false charge."
"However, what makes me most sad is the Battle of Yinma City four years ago," Yu Qiuping picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea. "I want to rescue the innocent people in Yinma City because of my kindness. But I don't want to be used by Okabe Motoshi. He actually drove the people to fight, and I was reluctant to attack the people. In the end, my subordinates collapsed and suffered heavy losses."
"Every time it's late at night, I regret it," Yu Qiuping sighed and shook his head helplessly. "I'm really sorry for my brothers because of my mistakes."
"Hongye must not think so," Matsushita frowned lightly, put the teacup flat on the table, shook his head firmly, "It was Okabe Motoshi, not Hongye. Although you gave up on the siege at that time and refused to kill so many subordinates on the people, you saved at least a few thousand people, right? This is the reward for your kindness. What we have to do is to always uphold the light and justice to pacify all those who do whatever they want for their interests, such a tragedy will no longer happen in the future, and it can also end the cycle of governance and chaos that Hongye said! "
"You are right. I was too negative before." Yu Qiuping nodded and agreed with Panasonic's words.
"Speaking of it, what do you think of Saito Hall?" Yu Qiuhei suddenly remembered this question. He vaguely remembered that in the history of his previous life, Saito Ryuki had always been an Atou-style figure who could not help. Why could he almost force them into a desperate situation in the war three years ago? "We all say that he was almost singing every night, drunk and dreaming. So is he an incompetent person, or is he actually a wise man?"
This question made Matsushita stunned for a moment. After a while, he said, "In my opinion, Saito Hall is indeed gifted. But he is too casual in dealing with people and will definitely bring disaster to the entire Mino."
"What does this mean?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.
"Saito Hall has been very talented since childhood. It was just because he was born with a golden key in his mouth and had never experienced anything bad. Therefore, he was too strong and willful to make people angry." Matsushita sighed dissatisfiedly, took a sip of tea, and continued: "He is always in his life and requires everything to follow his wishes, rarely listen to the opinions of his retainers, and rarely care about the people."
"For example, three years ago, when the First Lord just passed away from illness, he abolished the collaborative system of important officials that had been used for many years, and was eager to take over the power himself. In the subsequent war, he refused to listen to the opinions of any retainers before the war, and launched a surprise attack on his own, which eventually led to great defeat. To be honest, if the battle had not been destroyed by the floating bridge, the main hall would not have time to capture the nineteen villages."
"Later, Mino encountered famine, but Saito Hall stubbornly refused to reduce tax exemptions because of the bad mood over the past few days, and did not even send anyone to provide relief, without any concern for the people." Matsushita said this casually and shook his head in disappointment, "If there is any trouble, he will drink day and night and he will not know how to communicate with others at all."
"It's like a stubborn naughty child," Yu Qiuping smiled and metaphored, "Everything must be followed by him. As long as he doesn't follow him, he will cry, make a fuss and hang himself."
"That's true." Matsushita Qingran chuckled twice by Yu Qiuping's funny words. "Although he is indeed talented, if he is allowed to take power, all government orders will depend on his personal mood, and Mino will definitely fall into chaos. Therefore, our Simino family strives to restrict his rights, wanting to restore the collegial system of important officials and maintain Mino's stability."
Chapter completed!