"Sorry, I had a guest last night, and I was a little too drunk......"

"Adults ...... Angry"

"Promise there will never be a next time......"

On the first day of work, I saw that half of my colleagues were late, which was a rare experience. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although the precise timekeeping method of later generations was not popular in this era, it was indeed too presumptuous to gather at the door half an hour or even three o'clock in the morning.

"Won't Your Highness be angry?" Fan Xiu pointed in the direction of the door, looked at the Li family and asked. Whether it is the impression of the past life or the present life, that highness is not a good person.

"If you want to talk about the lord, ......" the Li family tilted his head and asked rhetorically, "If the lord's guild is angry because of such a trivial matter, do they dare to do this?" ”

"Oh?" Fan Xiu was slightly surprised, and then smiled, "It's really a benevolent and virtuous king." ”

If Sasa Narumasa was here, he would definitely think that Honxiu's expression was sarcastic, but the Li family obviously didn't have such a delicate mind, or he didn't know enough about Honxiu.

"I can't say that......" The Li family hesitated for a moment, leaned close to Fan Xiu's ear, and whispered, "Actually, when His Highness is in a bad mood, no matter what we do, it will only attract a burst of scolding, and when he is happy, he doesn't pay attention to even if it's a little out of line......"

"Well...... it seems that Nobunaga was indeed a moody man.

"So the lord has been in a good mood lately? But why isn't anyone late on Uchizosuke's side? ”

Maeda Toshiya, like Sasa Narumasa, is the leader of Nobunaga's Ma Wandering Crowd, and his identity and qualifications are enough to convince the public, but he is too indulgent in front of his subordinates, so that prestige is basically unrelated to him.

"This ...... Hmm......" The Li family looked around in a rare way, "Haha, how did the wine taste last night?" The amount of alcohol in the left is really good......"

"Really?" Fan Xiu chuckled.

"Of course!" Perhaps in order to cover up Fang Cai's predicament, the Li family seemed righteous and unquestionable, "In the entire Gudu City, except for me, only Katsuzaburo and Goro Zuo can compare with you." ”

Gorou left? This is the name of Niwa Nagahide. Although the Rike family is Nobunaga's favorite vassal, with his status, he is far from being on par with Niwa, and the latter's name should at least be used as an honorific.

"It seems that Zuo and Niwa-sama must be very familiar with each other?" Fan Xiu asked as if unintentionally.

"Of course!" The Li family nodded without thinking about it, "We've been drinking together for a few years!" ”

Fan Xiu nodded indifferently. Niwa Nagahide is obviously one of the people who must be befriended based on the Oda family, but he was limited to a young age in the past and could not be acquainted. But there wasn't Niwa Nagahide among those drinkers last night?

A momentary loss of consciousness fell in the eyes of the Li family, but it seemed to mean something else.

"It's not like there's any nonsense in the left, right?" The Li family suddenly lowered his voice, "Gorou Zuo is just too busy these days, otherwise he would not have been absent yesterday." ”

He thinks I'm thinking about this? Fan Xiu's expression did not move, but she was slightly surprised in her heart. If you are the kind of person with a delicate mind, it is indeed easy to have this association. However, Maeda Toshiya is straightforward and bold, and he acts unscrupulously, and others unconsciously think that he is a reckless martial artist with a rough mind, but at this time, it seems that he is a deaf and clear-sighted person.

It's not that I can't see the form clearly.,But the heart is like a mirror but acts perversely.,This kind of temperament is somewhat similar to Oda Nobunaga.。

"Hey, you can't be really angry, right?" The Riya family looked at Honhide with some surprise, a samurai family with a long history like the Heite clan could really value face more than name.

"Of course not." Fan Xiu came back to his senses and smiled at the Li family, "Is there anything big going on in this family lately?" With the ability of Niwa-sama, he is actually lacking in skills? ”

This official sentence is not very clever, and it can even be a little ironic, but it is indeed taken for granted in the eyes of the Li family. Being snubbed for no reason, if there is no resentment, it is abnormal!

"It's really a big deal...... Speaking of this topic, the Li family suddenly changed to a look of smugness and disdain, "You probably haven't heard of it, the dignified shogunate's three leaders, Lord Wuwei, Owari Guardian, and His Royal Highness Spo Yoshigin, will 'luck' the family in a few days!" ”

Obviously, the long list of identities is not an expression of respect, but of irony.

"Your Highness Spo......" Fan Xiu looked at the expression of the Li family, shook his head with a smile, and didn't say anything.

After being Owari Shigesho, he can easily tell the origin of this person without calling on the memories of later generations. The Spo family is one of the "three pipes" of the famous Muromachi family, and it used to be a surname that could shake the world. But now, not only has his fame disappeared, but even his territory has fallen into the hands of the guardian Oda family, leaving only the value of being a puppet.

Yoshitomi's father, Yoshitomi, was attached to Oda Nobuyo in Cheongju, but later turned against him for some reason and died at the hands of Nobuyo. As a result, Yoshiin could only defect to Nobunaga, who was not in harmony with Kiyoshu.

Even in the Oda family, which is not well-known, Nobunaga's lineage is just a commoner, so most of his subordinates are local tyrants from humble backgrounds. With an identity like the Maeda family, in front of a shabby family like the Spo family, he is undoubtedly both proud and inferior.

Even Nobunaga himself is afraid that such a mentality is inevitable, right?

Fan Xiu casually asked a few words about how to receive Si Bo Yiyin, but the Li family didn't know much, so they only talked a few words, and then moved on to other topics.

In this era, there was no such thing as a lunch break, and the samurai worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, just like the peasants. Fortunately, Gudu City is not big, and the towns under the city go around, but it is only half an hour's effort, and the guards in the city are still quite idle.

The day is fast approaching, leaving a team to patrol the night, and the rest can rest. However, Nobunaga, the young governor, was flanked by unmarried boys, and was not in a hurry to return home, so he simply stayed in the city to eat—of course, this rice grain was to be counted in the satire, and good wine and food could not be available.

Fan Xiu inadvertently talked about the idle work, but it was full of lamentations.

"That's because you don't know the character of the lord!" The Li family shouted, which immediately caused a chorus, "Maybe when His Highness will rise up and ride a horse out of the city, maybe when he will come back!" We can only follow far behind, and we will be scolded if we get closer......"

Fan Xiu sat opposite him and nodded with a smile, trying his best to make an understanding look, but he secretly slandered himself in his heart, looking at Maeda Toshi's character, he was expelled for private fighting, and he was really not wronged.

"Left again!" With a clear drink, Zuo Zuo Chengzheng walked over from a distance and stopped the conversation, "The gentleman is cautious, even if the official is immoral, he will admonish him directly in person, how can he criticize it for no reason?" ”

When the words landed, the hall couldn't help but fall silent, and the Li family was also full of embarrassment.

Fan Xiu couldn't help but shake his head, Chengzheng was born in a general, he is familiar with the scriptures and history, and he is not ignorant of the world, but he is upright by nature and disdainful. After a few years, it is still the same.

was thinking about finding some topics, but over there Sasa Chengzheng spoke again:

"Takee (Spo Yoshigin) is about to take advantage of Koto Castle, and Musashi Mamoru (Oda Nobuyuki) and Shibata-sama will also come soon."

"So, I'm going to ask you to be more careful these days." Speaking of which, his face finally relaxed a little.

After speaking, Cheng Zheng nodded to Fan Xiu, and after saying hello, he turned around and walked out.

After being quiet for a while, the Li family suddenly laughed and patted Fan Xiu's shoulder.

"This kid has always been talking like this, and Shizuo must be very familiar."

"That's true...... Fan Xiu lowered his head, "Although it doesn't have any malice, it's always a businesslike tone, and it's really hard to be annoying." ”

"Sazuodian is resolute and resolute, and we all admire him very much." A blue-clothed warrior sitting next to him smiled a few words at Fan Xiu.

This group of people still seems to be a little restrained in front of themselves. Fanxiu didn't care, she didn't bother to make friends deliberately, chatted casually, and then quit the door.

Perhaps because of Nobunaga's care, in the not spacious Furuto Castle, Honhide was assigned a small courtyard alone. Go out of the city gate and turn two corners.

When I approached the door, I found someone standing at the door, as if waiting.

"Excuse me......" Honhide looked at the young man dressed as a samurai. He looks the same age as himself, but he is half a head shorter, but his clothes are slightly newer than his own. He pondered through his head, still unable to remember if he had seen the boy.

"Ah, it's a flat hall!" The boy bowed quickly, apparently waiting for him.

"Exactly, Your Excellency is ......" Fan Xiu hurriedly returned the salute.

"I'm Katsuharu of the Shibata family, you can call me Goemon!" The boy straightened up, but leaned forward slightly in respect.

"It turned out to be Shibata Temple, I don't know what to do with visiting late at night?" Honhide doesn't care too much, he still sees a lot of people for Shibata and his in-laws Sakuma's family, but it doesn't have any impact on this Katsuharu, and it doesn't seem that he is a key person who can represent the Shibata family. If it is just a personal friendship between peers, it cannot be linked to the "big picture".

"That's right, my uncle is an old friend of the Prison Palace, so I hope that the Fan Xiu Hall will be a guest in the cold house tomorrow." Seeing that the conversation was going well, Katsuharu changed the title from "Pingshou Hall" to "Fanxiu Hall" to show closeness.

"Your uncle? Forgive me for taking the liberty of knowing that I am a ...... who has just arrived at Koto Castle" This is not a deliberate distance, and the number of people in the Shibata family is large, and they don't know who Katsuharu is talking about.

"Uh......" Katsuharu showed a hint of surprise, and then shook his head with a wry smile, as if something incredible had happened. He leaned close to Fan Xiu and whispered, "Uncle's name is Shengjia......"

Is it him? "Shibata Katsuie?" Fan Xiu shouted subconsciously, and then smiled apologetically at Shengchun. His status is lower than that of Shibata Katsuya, and he can't be called by name, not to mention that he is still in front of his juniors, if he himself is here, no one will blame him even if he draws a sword for this.

Shengchun didn't know what to say at this time, so he just laughed with him, looked around, and finally found a topic after half a sound.

"Does the temple live in a house like this?" Katsuharu pointed to the humble bamboo gate.

"There's no way around it, because the Heide family didn't leave a house in Gudu City, and it was only moved out by the lord's public relations...... "Although it's not a topic worth boasting about, it's much better than the embarrassment just now." Fan Xiu wiped the beads of sweat from her head, but there was a question mark in her heart.

How did Shibata Katsuie find me? The so-called "old friend of the prison hall" is completely a pretext, and Hirate Masahide had no special friendship with him during his lifetime.

If you want to take the initiative...... It doesn't seem necessary to be in the capacity of the other party. Did you want to plant a nail next to Nobunaga? No matter how you look at these things, it seems that people like Lin Tongsheng are better at it......

"What are you thinking?" Katsuharu asked casually.

"Ah...... I'm wondering, has Shibata-sama already arrived at Furuto Castle? ”

"That's right, my uncle said that the ceremony to welcome Duke Wu Wei should not be taken lightly, he personally brought two hundred people, and arrived in the city tomorrow, and he came to report to the lord in advance."

"Oh, His Royal Highness Shibata has really done his best for the Oda family." Fan Xiu said casually. Sure enough, it was the general's idea, and he didn't forget to bring all the people with him when he came to Gudu City.

"I'll come back tomorrow to greet the Honxiu Palace, so please be sure to bend down." Shibata Katsuharu bowed again.

"I'm scared below." Fan Xiu also hurriedly turned around to salute.

Shibata Katsuharu said a few more words, and without even entering the door, he took his leave and left. Fan Xiu didn't dare to be contemptuous at all, thought for a moment, and rushed straight to Sazuo Chengzheng's house. I just came here and don't know the situation, and the only person in the city who can be honest with each other is this old childhood friend.