In late spring and March, when the rain is first sunny, the fields in the countryside are filled with a faint smell of earth. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 On the cherry blossom trees of the info village forest path, the remnants of the fragrance dance lightly in the wind, reluctant to leave, the water droplets on the branches slowly gather, the light and shadow flow, verdant and dripping. In the mountain paths, in the sparse forests, a line of figures wearing hats is revealed, which is in response to the deep sparse path of the fence and the flowers on the trees have not yet become shaded. The passers-by who are walking quickly do not have the elegance of Yang Chengzhai. In a hurry, many flowers and leaves were knocked to the ground and turned into spring mud.

This is the spring of Owari. After the Motofu, the Tie Jinzaemon was named Honhide, and was chosen by the lord Nobunaga as the horse. Because he didn't have his own war horse, Fan Xiu rode an old horse from the family and traveled to Gudu City with his brother and a few retainers who were tied with him.

Honhide's older brother, Hirate Goro Uemon Kuhide, inherited the position of head of the Hirate family after his father's death. At this time, he went to Furuto Castle, not only for the safety of his younger brother, but also to express the Heite family's support for Nobunaga during the tense period. Despite the fact that the Hirate family is not well-known, the prestige of the former head of the family, the Herate Prison Hall, is still enough to make the Owari people dare not take it lightly.

"I'm tired, let's take a break." As the leader, Jiuxiu raised his whip and commanded. Due to the inferior horse that Fan Xiu was riding, he did not arrive until noon.

Everyone dismounted and followed Jiuxiu into the small shop on the side of the road. His own shrewd fellow stepped forward and took the reins of the horse with gracicity.

"Thank you." Honhide's face is not kind, but it is not the arrogance of a samurai. Because of the transcendence of time, he has no disdain for these civilians who are running for a living.

"Don't feed the horses on your own, my war horses are mixed with millet!" On weekdays, Jiuxiu has always been a polite gentleman, but when facing civilians, he doesn't care about etiquette at all. The owner of the small tea shop kowtowed several times in a row, for fear of snubbing the samurai.

Walking into the hall, several retainers consciously gathered around the table outside, leaving a slightly higher position in the inner room for the head of the house and his younger brother.

The Hirate family style is strict, and no one makes a loud noise after sitting down, and occasionally talks to each other, and tries to keep their voices as low as possible. In Owari, which is insulated with elegance, such a samurai is rare.

"These must be adults from Kyoto, right?" The owner of the shop and the man looked at each other, and behaved more and more respectfully.

Naturally, there are no delicacies in the shop, and all that is served is rice balls, vegetables and soups. The only thing that surprised people was that there was a plate of seaweed on the table of Jiuxiu and Fanxiu - a rare thing in this era, I guess they happened to buy it from a fisherman and used it to entertain distinguished guests.

After running around for a long time, all the retainers were already hungry, even if it was just coarse tea and light rice, they were also feasting.

Only Hirata Hisashi had no appetite at all, and just looked at the younger brother opposite in silence, his eyes full of worry.

After Masahide's suicide, Hisahide severed his ties with Hayashi and Shibata's anti-Nobunaga faction, but from the bottom of his heart, he still didn't have the slightest agreement with Nobunaga, who was acting absurdly.

And the young and old Fan Xiu has become more and more silent.

At this time, Fan Xiuxu was not yet thirteen years old, but his height was already five feet six inches (156cm), which was already the height of an adult.

According to common sense, the eldest brother should give some explanations to the younger brother who is leaving, but Jiuxiu doesn't know what to say.

Long.

"Is my brother still worried?" Fan Xiu put down the dishes and looked up at Jiu Xiu.

"Ah...... What is Zhizuo talking about? Jiuxiu didn't react for a while, and then pretended to smile calmly, trying his best to hide his uneasiness.

"Actually, brother doesn't need to worry." Honhide said solemnly, "Whether it's His Royal Highness Nobunaga, or the martial arts of the Oda family, or the reputation of the Tie Gate...... The gods and Buddhas will be in secret. ”

"Gods and Buddhas?" Jiuxiu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, not taking Fanxiu's remarks to heart.

What a faithless brother...... Do you have to tell the truth that you are from the afterlife? Fan Xiu smiled bitterly in her heart, so she changed to a more neutral wording.

"Fan Xiu will never fall into his father's reputation."

Jiuxiu nodded, and his expression was finally a little more natural.

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"Are you very left? Well, it's much stronger than before......" Nobunaga sat on the tatami mat and nodded at Honhide. It seems to be very satisfied, "It is indeed quite a martial artist." ”

Niwa Nagahide was still standing beside him, and on the other side was a young man dressed in white and wearing a bun, but Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Tsuneko, who had been around him before, had not seen him.

Fan Xiu knelt in front of him, his face sinking like water. It was only after Nobunaga said words of appreciation that he showed limited gratitude. Jiuxiu, who was sitting next to him, although he was also flawless in etiquette, sometimes showed a look of hesitation and worry in his eyes.

So the admiration in Nobunaga's eyes was even more victorious.

"Since you are in the family, you must at least explain the director first...... When Zhizuo was at home, what skills did he learn? ”

Fan Xiu leaned over and replied: "Back to Your Highness, Your Majesty has been cultivating bow horses diligently since childhood, day and night. ”

Nobunaga's expression remained unchanged, noncommittal. The ability of bows, horses, swords, and swords is the foundation of a samurai's career, and there is nothing outstanding about it.

"The math and waka taught by my father are all in my heart."

Nobunaga nodded casually, but remained silent.

If he can't say something that interests Nobunaga, then the conversation won't stop. However, is it difficult for a twelve-year-old boy to guess the mind of the sovereign?

Hirata Hisahide's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and Niwa Nagahide also frowned, but the corners of the white-clothed little man's mouth showed a chuckle, as if he was very happy to see other people's predicaments.

Fan Xiu lowered his head and pondered for a moment, and then said: "The minister has also read through the history books of the Ming Kingdom. ”

"History books...... Nobunaga finally opened his mouth, "but what do you know?" ”

"It's nothing more than a little skill of knowing people and situations." Fan Xiu replied without thinking.

"The art of knowing people?"

Nobunaga looked surprised, thoughtful, and then smiled again, and asked another question.

"So, I don't know how to recognize people, who can I Nobunaga compare with in the history of the Ming Kingdom?"

When the words landed, Fan Xiu, who had always been calm, couldn't help but change his expression a few times.

As a courtier, it is naturally inappropriate to criticize the monarch, but it is too shameless to deliberately welcome Nobunaga into a Ming monarch like the Three Emperors and Five Emperors.

Hisahide on the side looked at Niwa Nagahide behind Nobunaga with some concern, and the other party gave him a helpless look in return. When His Highness went crazy, Ling Zun couldn't stop it!

Fan Xiu began to recall the anecdotes of the history books he had read before.

During the Wuhu Rebellion, Shi Le, the founder of Later Zhao, also asked a similar question. In the face of the flattery of his subordinates that "Shenwu is strategically superior to Emperor Gao, and his heroic skills are superior to Wei Zu, and only Xuanyuan is comparable", Shi Le smiled and said: "How can people not know it? If I meet Emperor Gao, I can only bow down and fight with Han Xin and Peng Yue; If you encounter Guangwu, when you drive the Central Plains, you don't know who will kill the deer; The eldest husband acts uprightly, like the sun and the moon, and can't bully other people's orphans and widows like Cao Cao, Sima Yi's father and son! ”

Putting aside the prejudice of the nation, just talking about the amount of the king, Shile is worthy of being a generation of heroes. However, it is not known whether the small landlords of the Dongyi Barbarian State (which is true from the perspective of Chinese history) were so open-minded.

"Gaozu, Guangwu, Wei Wu......" Fanxiu's thoughts were wandering, and he suddenly thought of a game he had played in his previous life, and the person Nobunaga admired was none other than Wei Wu.

"Wei Wu, if you think about it, there are still some similarities...... "Fan Xiu muttered to himself, and his eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Your Majesty thinks that His Highness is similar to Wei Wu." Fan Xiu bowed and replied.

"Wei Wu?" Nobunaga's eyes tightened, and he burst into light, and then lowered his head to drink tea, holding back his expression.

"Wei Wu, who divided the late Han Dynasty into two parts of the world, how could he be in the same column as the small princes in the corner of Owari?"

"When Wei Wu was weak, he was just a small official, and he cultivated the fields and acres in the fields, and he ...... after twenty-eight years."

"Okay, okay, I've got it." Nobunaga waved his sleeves, looking impatient, but with a smile on his face, "Gorou left! Nobunaga turned back to Niwa Nagahide and beckoned, "This kid will follow me as my personal soldier in the future, and Yulu and Ah Dog are the same as fifty times, so it's up to you to arrange it!" ”

Fan Xiu bowed down to thank him, but he thought of elsewhere in his heart. It is a great favor for a new retainer to receive fifty guan lu, and it is absolutely unreasonable. Japan's powerful daimyos, such as Asakura Ouchi and more recently Kawakawa Takeda, have promulgated detailed laws on the division of the country. However, His Royal Highness Nobunaga did as he pleased, and he hated the law, and this alone was enough to displease the ministers......

After bidding farewell to Nobunaga, Niwa Nagahide led Honhide to write down his name on the vermilion seal, and picked out an idle house. The establishment of the guard team is in charge of Sen Kecheng.

After a series of formalities, it was getting late, and I returned my brother, and when I turned back, I saw the two of them waiting at the city gate, and the tall figure on the left was the one I had met when I was a child. Although Zuo Zuo is in the martial arts, he is naturally fond of elegance and elegance, and has always admired Hisho Masahide, the two families are not far apart, and Fan Xiu knows that he is a later famous general, and he is also deliberately befriended.

"Neizang Suke (the common name of Cheng Zheng) is not harmed?" Fan Xiu took the initiative to step forward and salute, "I don't know this ......"

"In Shimo-Maeda and left!" The young man on the right scratched his head, "That...... The brother of Uchizosuke is my brother, and if anyone offends you in the future, just report my name! ”

Fan Xiu couldn't help but say: "Maeda's gun is left, and it has been famous for a long time. I don't know ...... to come today."

Zuo Chengzheng replied: "I have a small gathering with a few friends with Youzuo tonight, since it is the right time for Zhizuo, why not go with him?" ”

Looks like it's a party for the newlyweds? Fan Xiu smiled, "Thanks to the invitation of Neizang, tonight's wine money must be counted on me." ”

"That's great!" Before Chengzheng could reply, Maeda Toshiya was overjoyed and patted Tsunosuke on the shoulder, "Uchizosuke, you're a friend, you're much happier than you!" ”

Cheng Zheng smiled without saying a word, and raised his hand to the outside of the city.

"Zhizuo, please."