Just when Morita Vicious Xiang was entangled, Yu Qiuping had already hurried over with the guards.

"Your Highness Hatakeyama, the traitor Yusa Nobuyo has been captured by my ninja and is now being held in his mansion. This is His Highness's family matter, please ask His Highness to interrogate him himself later. ”

"Religious?" Hatakeyama Takamasa was stunned when he heard this, "Why do you want to arrest religious believers?" Why did you arrest my retainers without permission? ”

"If you don't catch it, you'll run away." Yu Qiuping spread out his hands, signaling that he had absolutely no intention of offending, and smiled apologetically, "Our ninja found out that he had contact with the ninjas of the Miyoshi family, and then fled back to his mansion. Our men then followed, and first controlled the religion of Yuzo. Then he went into his room and searched and found a large number of correspondence with the Miyoshi family. Yu Qiuping said as he motioned to Ryuko to hand the seized letters to Hatakeyama Takamasa, "You Zuo believes in the traitor, and he is ready to cooperate with the Miyoshi family to kill His Royal Highness!" ”

Takamasa Hatakeyama took the letters suspiciously, and slowly opened them with his injured arm. I didn't look at a few lines, but the hand that turned the letter began to tremble, and the tremor became larger and larger. He never thought that the old courtiers who had followed him for so many years, the genealogy of his Hatakeyama family, would actually do such a thing.

"How can this be true? This traitor! In vain, my Hatakeyama family has been kind to him for generations! Seeing this, Hatakeyama Takamasa was furious, and threw the letter to the ground fiercely, and the wound on his arm also cracked.

"Your Highness Hatakeyama, please calm your anger, and I will ask you for my guilt below." Seeing this, Yu Qiuping hurriedly waved his hand, signaling Morita Sho to support Hatakeyama Takamasa, and at the same time bowed apologetically, "Before discussing with His Highness, I privately ordered Tsuneban to march into Wakae Castle, and also ordered the ninjas to protect the dogs." ”

"It's not your fault, if you don't make a good claim, I'll already be a dead soul under the knife." Hatakeyama Takamasa snorted coldly, it seemed that he was still angry, "You Zuo believes in religion..."

"And you! What are you working on? After Yu Qiuping and Hatakeyama Takamasa finished speaking, they immediately turned to Yu Qiuyu in great anger, eager to slap him immediately. He only learned the truth of the matter from the ninjas of the Water Atom Sutra not long ago - Yu Qiuyan actually ran to dozens of Miyoshi ninja piles alone to save people.

"Father." Yu Qiuyan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and lowered her head a little ashamedly, "Didn't my father say that this is my unique life?" ”

"I tell you, don't feel inferior because of your disability. You only live once, and this is your unique life. Yes, that's what I said! Yu Qiuping paused, took a deep breath, and scolded in a low voice: "But I'm not asking you to act arbitrarily!" ”

"Isn't a life of arbitrariness also a life? Since you only have one life, there is no good or bad thing. Yu Qiuyan had already been persuaded by the Water Atom Sutra, but in the end, he was a rebellious child, and he couldn't help but talk back when he was scolded by his father like this.

"Yuqiu Gongzi." Kentaro Tian Shen, who was standing on the side, also bowed his head slightly when he saw this, and said a little angrily: "You also know in your heart that you are not doing it right, so why bother to be strong for a while?" Go back and think about it! If you can't figure it out, think slowly! ”

It was the first time in two years that Yu Qiuyu had seen Kentaro Tatsumi so angry, so he hurriedly silenced him and stopped talking. Although Yu Qiuping was still angry, he was really worried after hearing about the disappearance of his eldest son just now. Seeing that the child is safe and sound, I can't help but soften my heart and want to go down and hug the child. But after thinking about it, it was because of his father's face, so he only patted him on the head and didn't say anything.

"If you are so willful, don't make trouble for His Highness Hatakeyama here in the future." After hesitating for a moment, Yu Qiuping still whispered.

"Where's the trouble? If it weren't for the arrival of Yuqiu Gongzi this time, and after a delay for a while, several of us would have died. Morita Evil Xiang saw that Yu Qiuyan was a little aggrieved by Yu Qiuping, and couldn't help but open his mouth to help, "Although Yuqiu Gongzi is a little reckless, but this courage and righteousness are not comparable to those of himself, and His Royal Highness is not secretly happy?" ”

"You won't be in trouble for me in the future..."Hatakeyama Takamasa, who was sitting on the side, was silent for a long time, and then suddenly laughed dryly and said, "Yuqiu Zhibu, this time you leave from Ruojiang City, take Yuqiu Yan back with you." I don't want him to be a hostage with me anymore. ”

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping was surprised rather than delighted when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Why is Your Highness like this?" In the next Meng Lang's actions, it must have made His Highness unhappy! I'm sorry for you here! ”

"No, on the contrary, it's me who can't live with you." Hatakeyama Takamasa smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "You left your eldest son with me as a hostage, but I couldn't even protect him, but I had to rely on him to save me, causing him to almost fall into danger." is so derelict in his responsibility, how can he be embarrassed to continue to let Ling Lang be a hostage? ”

"But... There are no hostages, even if His Highness doesn't think much about it, the people under His Highness will probably be worried... Worried that I will take back the power of the court? Yu Qiuping still added with some hesitation, not wanting to see the system he had worked so hard to run collapse.

"If you really want to take it, isn't it a good time now? As long as you take Ling Lang and leave, and detain all of us, won't you have it? How can you have any scruples? Could it be that we, the three or four wounded guards, can still withstand the army of the Yuqiu family and hold you and the eldest son of the Yuqiu family hostage? Hatakeyama snorted coldly with some disdain, "And this time, in a crisis situation, you immediately led the guards to the door alone to ask for a meeting, which is enough to show your sincerity." Since you have treated me with sincerity, how can I fall behind? ”

"This..."Yu Qiuping was still a little hesitant, after all, with the nationalization of the territory of the small wealthy clan, the means that Hatakeyama Takamasa had in his hands to balance Yu Qiuping were already stretched. If even the hostages are returned to him, the original balance will be disrupted. And although it was Hatakeyama Takamasa who took the initiative to send back the hostages, the outside world will always suspect that Yu Qiuping took the opportunity to take advantage of this turmoil to snatch back his eldest son.

"This child will become a great weapon in the future, so let's train it well." Hatakeyama Takamasa didn't say much, just smiled at Yu Qiuping - this was the first time Yu Qiuping saw Hatakeyama Takamasa show such a kind expression, "Staying here with me is just a waste of time." ”

The matter has come to this point, and Yu Qiuping is no longer good at objecting, and immediately thanked Yu Qiuping together. Morita Evil Xiang glanced at Yu Qiuyu, and when he realized that this son-in-law who he had protected for several years was about to leave, his eyes were filled with reluctance.

"Yuqiu Gongzi, there will be no protection in the future, you must take care." Morita hesitated for a moment, but still said in a low voice, "Don't do such a reckless thing again." ”

"Morita-sama's teachings are to be taken to heart." Yu Qiuyan made a big gift to Morita Evil Xiang very respectfully, and thanked: "I have been taken care of by adults for several years, and I am grateful. ”

"And you, Evil Xiang." Hatakeyama Takamasa looked at Morita Sho and called in a low voice. Morita Evil Xiang turned around, and a pair of Kamihata Yamamasa looked at him, and immediately sweated like rain, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "The lord is in danger!" Sin deserves death! If the lord wants to kill or chop, he will never say much! ”

"It's good that you have this awareness, then now, you are no longer a retainer of the Hatakeyama family." Hatakeyama Takamasa's faint words made Morita Evil Sho, a hardcover man, tremble. The punishment of exile was more desperate than execution for this loyal courtier.

"Continue to follow Yuqiu Gongzi and be his guard." Hatakeyama Takamasa looked at Morita Evil Sho's figure, and his tone turned a little kind, "Protect him well, this is the last order I give you as your lord." ”

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This time, the crisis in Ruojiang City was saved by the timely response of Yu Qiuyan and Yu Qiuping. Afterwards, Yusa Nobu was executed by order of Hatakeyama Takamasa, and the retainers of the Yusa family were exiled, and the secret letter that Yusa Nobuyo colluded with the Miyoshi family to plot to kill Hatakeyama Takamasa was also made public. However, Hatakeyama Masori was unaware of the matter - it seems that Yusa Nobu did not take this puppet seriously at all, so he was not punished.

And after that, in order to avoid rumors, Hatakeyama Takamasa actually publicly announced that it was his choice to release Yu Qiu, not forced by Yu Qiuping.

But even so, Yoshiken Miyoshi, who failed to assassinate, still made a big fuss about it. In the news he disseminated, he bluntly admitted that the Miyoshi family was planning to assassinate Hatakeyama Takamasa. However, he said that Yu Qiuping had already noticed this plan, which is why he had planted so many ninjas in Wakae Castle, so Chang Panbei was able to come in such a short time. Yu Qiuping deliberately did not inform Hatakeyama Takamasa, just to borrow a knife to kill people, and then kill the ninja of the Miyoshi family, so as to obtain the righteous name of avenging Hatakeyama Takamasa.

However, things did not develop like Yu Qiuping, and his son Yu Qiuyu was not a sinister and cunning person like Yu Qiuping, but instead stepped forward to help and rescued Hatakeyama Takamasa. Yu Qiuping had no choice but to push the boat down the river and take the opportunity to support the troops into Ruojiang City. Under military pressure, Hatakeyama Takamasa had to release Yu Qiu, and was forced by Yu Qiuping to publicly declare that it was his own choice.

Rumors that are full of lies are not terrible, because a discerning person can see their flaws at a glance. The most terrible rumors are precisely those rumors that combine fiction and reality. On the one hand, Miyoshi Yoshiken admitted to his assassination, and on the other hand, he revealed a lot of behind-the-scenes details, and this rumor really spread widely for a while.

However, I don't know if Oda Nobunaga believed this rumor, and actually sent someone to reward Yu Qiuping for his move to get his eldest son back. Even though Yu Qiuping explained the truth of the matter many times to the mother clothes sent by him, the mother clothes people all laughed and did not say anything, making Yu Qiuping helpless.

However, in the end, Yu Qiuping's reputation is too good, even if Miyoshi Yixian said it wildly, it didn't have much impact on him. And Yu Qiuping and Imagawa Kaede's family are also immersed in the happiness of reuniting with their long-separated son, and they don't care about anything else for a while, but troublesome things will follow one after another.

The businessmen of Congress and the leaders of the wealthy families were deeply shaken by this incident. Whether it was Hatakeyama Takamasa who took the initiative to return the hostages, or Yu Qiuping forcibly grabbed the hostages, the court at this moment has given up the ability to restrain Yu Qiuping with strength, and instead pinned all checks and balances on the system of separation of powers formulated by Yu Qiuping. The parliament suddenly felt deeply isolated, fearing that Yu Qiuping would soon stretch out his hand over their power. In response, the House of Commons made a resolution to withhold the training budget for the next quarter, and the House of Lords also passed this resolution very decisively, and the training of Tokiwa and Ming Bi had to be stopped. Even though Yu Qiuping sent people to explain the communication many times, and asked Hatakeyama Takamasa to explain to the Diet in person, the Diet did not enter.

Just when Yuqiu's family and the National Assembly were playing for the budget, a teenager who should have been concerned at this time was ignored. He is none other than Yu Qiuyou, who was sent as a hostage with Yu Qiuyu back then.

His brother could live a free life, but he was imprisoned in a birdcage forever. His brother could meet friends, meet masters, and learn skills, while he was always alone. His brother was actually released on his own initiative, and he no longer had to worry about being a hostage, and he no longer had to worry about being threatened by political tensions. You can go home to reunite, you can see your parents, you can see your younger brothers and sisters, you can see so many friends, and you can go back to that familiar life.

And Yu Qiuyou, nothing.

He suddenly understood that when his brother was a child, he was jealous of him for having two arms. The jealousy came so strongly that it bordered on resentment.