On June 17, the 11th year of Yonglu (1568), Yu Qiuping took several guards such as Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko to inspect the territory. However, before he could leave the gate of Kuroda Castle for a long time, he suddenly found a sneaky group.

"Zhongxiu, that kid." Yu Qiuping recognized the leader Nakahide Mimasaki at a glance. Today is another holiday in Tokiwa, and both Ashigaru and the officers are on holiday. However, if Yu Qiuping is not mistaken, Mizenzaki Nakahide and other senior officers should have been assigned a lot of copywriting work related to the implementation of Takenaka's military exercises in the past few days! How can there be leisure and elegance to run out to enjoy the mountains and rivers!

"Don't make a noise, let's go up and take a look." Yu Qiuping turned over and dismounted, and gestured to a few guards with a wicked smile, "Those guys must have found something amazing!" ”

Several of Yu Qiuping's guards and Long Zi were all full of anticipation, and there were many interesting episodes in the boring inspection trip. However, Honda Tadakatsu seems to be a little dissatisfied with Yu Qiuping's actions, thinking that he should not delay the trip to see the excitement.

"Okay, if you're not satisfied, you don't have to go." Yu Qiuping saw Honda Tadakatsu's dissatisfaction, and smiled and handed his horse reins to his hand, "Then you can stay here and help us watch the horses!" A few of us followed! ”

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Yu Qiuping, with Ryuko and three guards, cautiously followed behind the group of Mimasaki Nakahide. I saw that they were going around and around in Kuroda Castle, and they were almost going to make Yu Qiuping dizzy. It can be seen that several of them have indeed discovered something amazing, and they are so anxious that they can't do it one by one. Mimasaki Nakahide, Maeda Keiji, Anayama Nobumi, Yoshioka Katsumasa, Ogawa Yuto, Shin Hinnari Ryo, Uji Hidetaka, Kitabatake Keike, a group of his battle-hardened subordinates, didn't even notice that the head of the family who was following him behind his buttocks.

Finally, the group in front of them stopped at the corner of a street. Then, under the command of Nakahide Mimaezaki, everyone slowly squatted down and slowly moved towards a courtyard wall in the distance, like a flock of ducks crossing the river. Yu Qiuping looked ahead along their path and saw that it was a teahouse. Due to the remote location, business is not particularly prosperous. There were four or five tables in the courtyard wall, and three tables of guests were drinking tea.

"What are they doing? What's so greasy in this teahouse? Yu Qiuping muttered without remembering and continued to stare at his subordinates. I found that seven or eight of them were just leaning against the low courtyard wall of the teahouse, and turned cautiously. Holding the courtyard wall with both hands, he raised his head slightly, so that his eyes could look inside beyond the horizontal line of the courtyard wall.

Then, the eight big men were all stunned, and they were stunned without moving. I saw that their eyes were shining, staring intently at the courtyard wall, and there was still saliva faintly flowing from the mouth of the cave mountain faithful.

"I'll go, as far as I'm concerned?" Yu Qiuping was amused when he saw the dementia of these subordinates. Seeing this, Ryuko on the side hurriedly took a step forward and stood on tiptoe to cover Yu Qiuping's mouth, for fear that his laughter would disturb Mimasaki Nakahide and them, causing them to be discovered. However, Long Zi obviously thought too much, and the seven or eight big men just stood there blankly, as if their whole attention was focused on the teahouse, and they didn't notice Yu Qiuping's laughter at all.

This completely aroused Yu Qiuping's curiosity, and after exchanging glances with several of his guards and Longzi, he didn't intend to continue to follow, but swaggered over, clapped his hands and said loudly: "You boys! What the hell are you doing! ”

However, to his surprise, even though he had walked behind them, several of his subordinates ignored him. Yu Qiuping was about to punch Mizenzaki Nakahide in the head, who was standing in the middle, but he was immediately stunned.

Because of his gaze, he inadvertently saw a woman sitting at the tea table not far away. And the woman also happened to look over because of Yu Qiuping's loud noise. When his eyes met, Yu Qiuping only felt numb like an electric shock.

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This woman's delicate face has a seductive charm that can make a man fall in love with it in an instant. Her face is as smooth as water, and a pair of crystal clear beautiful eyes make people unable to take their eyes off it. And in the corner of the left eye, there is a small tear mole that is pitiful. A handsome little nose, red lips and teeth, and waist-length long hair. This look made Yu Qiuping almost immediately jump out of his mind with a word: red face and troubled water.

If you talk about the beauty of her face alone, this woman is almost on par with Imagawa Kaede, and even slightly better. Because her face was so soft, it gave people the shyness of a small jasper, and her fair cheeks seemed to always have a little blush.

However, her figure is slightly thin and thin, and she does not have the graceful curves of Kaede Imagawa. Looking at her age, it is estimated that she is already in her twenties, and it is estimated that she will not grow up in the future.

Thinking of this, Yu Qiuping suddenly came back to his senses. A girl in her twenties is so good-looking, there is a high probability that she is already married, and it is too rude to stare at others like this.

When Yu Qiuping came back to his senses in a hurry, the woman had already seen several big men peeping here. I saw that two rose-colored flushes quickly rose on her originally fair cheeks, like a ripe apple. She got up in a hurry, and did not dare to look back, so she walked away very shyly.

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At noon that day, inside the Kuroda Castle Castle Tower.

"You're a good guy, Ping!" After learning what happened from Ryuko, Imagawa Kaede punished Yu Qiuping by kneeling on the washboard, paced slowly around him, and pretended to be angry and shouted: "Take a bunch of subordinates to spy on other people's young wives?" Well? You're amazing! ”

"No, no! Feng'er, listen to my explanation! It's not what you think! This kind of thing happens, and everyone doesn't want it to happen! Yu Qiuping looked at the informant Longzi hiding in the corner and snickering with a resentful face, and said in a very well-behaved tone in a busy manner.

"Then you say." Kaede Imagawa stopped, looking down at Yu Qiuping condescendingly.

"Here's the thing! At the beginning, when I was on patrol, I stumbled upon ..."Yu Qiuping just wanted to explain, but he didn't expect Imagawa Kaede to immediately squeeze the flesh on the back of his neck.

"Oh, I'll go!" Yu Qiuping screamed in pain.

"I don't listen!" Kaede Imagawa looked at Yu Qiuping's painful appearance with satisfaction, and said coquettishly in a little girl's willful tone.

"That's... Am I still okay to admit my mistake? Yu Qiuping stroked the painful neck with his right hand, and said as docile as a sheep.

"What's the use of just admitting mistakes? Do you know where you're wrong? Flat? However, Kaede Imagawa doesn't seem to be buying it. She bent down in front of Yu Qiuping and stared at Yu Qiuping who was kneeling on the ground. However, she didn't notice that her posture would cause her clothes to hang very low, and the spring light on her chest was just visible to Yu Qiuping.

"What are you looking at! You deceitful liar! Imagawa Kaede noticed that Yu Qiuping's eyes were fluttering, his face turned red, and he immediately frowned, and pinched the back of Yu Qiuping's neck again, and choked the latter enough.

"No, it's not! Maple! I really don't have that idea! Yu Qiuping had been tormented by Imagawa Kaede at the moment with a nervous breakdown, and wailed bitterly: "I really don't mean to peep!" There are five thunders in the sky! ”

"Okay, okay, I got it." Imagawa Kaede saw that Yu Qiuping's attitude of admitting his mistake was so good, and he was also amused, "Forgive me for having a lustful heart and no lustful guts, I won't even accept a concubine after so many years." ”

"What! That's not because I'm single-minded! After hearing that Imagawa Kaede actually looked down on him, Yu Qiuping immediately shouted dissatisfiedly, but Imagawa Kaede grabbed his neck with one hand, so he had to keep his mouth shut honestly.

"I won't talk to you about these things," Imagawa Kaede raised his eyebrows proudly at Yu Qiuping, and said with a smile: "Just now, someone from Gifu City came, saying that the Oda Hall wanted to see you." ”

"See me? Did you say anything? Yu Qiuping looked up curiously and asked.

"It seems that the general's family has come to envoy."

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Yu Qiuping rushed to Gifu Castle that night, and before he could finish a few bites of food hungry, he was called by Oda Nobunaga to the castle tower - this is indeed Oda Nobunaga's style of doing things.

"See the lord." Yuakihei saluted Oda Nobunaga, who was leaning on the railing and looking out at the night sky in the west.

"Momiji, don't bother saluting, just find a place to sit." Oda Nobunaga didn't even look at Yu Qiuping, and waved his sleeves casually. Yu Qiuping then found a small box in the corridor and sat on it.

"The Lord summoned His Highness, is there anything important?" Seeing that Oda Nobunaga did not take the initiative to issue a task to him, Yu Qiuping asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, Yu just wants to ask you a question." Oda Nobunaga turned his head to look at Yu Qiuping when he heard this, and then turned his head back to look at the west. He pulled out his folding fan and pointed in the direction of Kyoto, to the west. "Do you think the time is right for the family to go to Luo now?"

Yu Qiuping was stunned when he heard this, and his brain worked quickly. This year is the 11th year of Eiji (1568), and it was in this year that Oda Nobunaga received an invitation from the shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki to raise troops in Kamirako and attack the puppet shogun Ashikaga Yoshiei supported by the Miyoshi family. And the Oda family, that is, under the decision of Oda Nobunaga, seized the opportunity of the times and jumped from a local daimyo to a hegemon who dominated the whole country in one fell swoop.

However, in this life, the Miyoshi family did not wither and fall apart because of Matsunaga Show, but was as strong as ever. And the exiled general is not the weak Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but the swordsman general Ashikaga Yoshiaki with a strong personality. And Oda Nobunaga has just eaten Owari for less than a year, and his foundation is not stable, so no matter how you look at it, he can't immediately go to Luo.

Even so... Yu Qiuping raised his head and glanced at Oda Nobunaga's back. This man who is determined to fight in the world will definitely rise to the challenge.

"God-given opportunity, I hope the lord will seize the opportunity." So, Yu Qiuping said this sentence in a deep voice.

"Good!" Oda Nobunaga roared excitedly when he heard this, turned around suddenly, looked at Yu Qiuhei with satisfaction, and said: "Yu asked Yyogoro, asked Gonroku, asked Sado, asked Sanzaemon, asked Hikoemon, and no one dared to say to Yu, this is a godsend!" ”

"Those guys who are short-sighted, they don't want to make progress, and they want to keep it when they sit firmly on an acre and a third of land. Do you have to wait until the Miyoshi family sits firmly in and Shikoku before going to Kamilo to challenge? Only you, kid, can keep up with my train of thought. ”

"The Ashikaga family has come as an envoy and invited us to Kamirakura. Although those guys don't agree, they have made up their minds, and they must seize the opportunity! It's up to you to talk to him. Oda Nobunaga casually threw the fan at Akihei, who scrambled to catch it.

"The name seems to be Akechi Mitsuhide, or something."