After having a preliminary understanding of the current situation, Oda Nobunaga also issued an order to conquer Inuyama Castle.

Due to the disgrace of the Rokkaku family in the "Kannonji Temple Riot", it was not possible to pose much of a threat to the Asai family in a short period of time. Therefore, at the request of Oda Nobunaga, Asai Nagamasa sent troops to Nishimino to contain the Saito family. The Saito family had just suffered serious chaos in the recent "Seventeen Men Capture the City", and it was a little difficult to deal with Asai Nagamasa, not to mention Oda Nobukiyo, who came to the aid of Inuyama. Oda Nobunaga told the ministries to go back and gather their troops, ready to wait for his orders. It seems that he intends to completely solve Oda Nobukiyo before this year's autumn harvest.

After the meeting, Yu Qiuping saw that it was getting late, so he planned to rest for the night in the castle town of Komakiyama Castle and then go on the road tomorrow. However, while walking the streets of the castle town, Ryuko's eyes are drawn to a hand-worn shop.

Yu Qiuping looked at the dragon walking beside her, her steps became smaller and slower, and her eyes kept staring at the dazzling hand ornaments in the hand jewelry shop. Yu Qiuping smiled slightly and gently patted Longzi's shoulder. She was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was about to fall behind. Also, she pouted, looked at the hand ornament very reluctantly for the last time, and ran to prepare to keep up with Yu Qiuping.

"Longzi, if you have anything you like, just pick," Yu Qiuping stopped her and said with a smile: "You have been following me for several years, and I haven't bought you a gift yet." This time, I will buy you some hand accessories, even if I make up for the previous ones. ”

Long Zi was stunned for a moment, looked at Yu Qiuping with a surprised gaze, and then looked at the hand jewelry shop, his eyes flashed with longing. She swallowed and tentatively confirmed, "Is it really possible?" Your Highness! ”

"Of course you can," Yu Qiuping smiled and raised his hand, rubbing it on the small head of the dragon who was more than a head shorter than himself, "Go ahead." ”

As Ryuko cheered and ran towards the handicraft shop, Yuakihei also sent the other guards to go first, leaving Honda Tadakatsu and Yuqiuhei leaning side by side against the wall outside the handicraft store, waiting for Ryuko to go shopping.

It seems that every woman has a natural instinct to go shopping, and Ryuko, who is only 14 years old this year, is no exception. Yu Qiuping can catch a glimpse of the dragon in his spare eye, flying like a little butterfly in the garden of hand-decorated decorations, looking at this and that, it seems that he will still worry about the price. Although these hand ornaments are not cheap, they are not expensive, and one is probably only a few dozen dollars. As long as Longzi doesn't empty this handicraft shop, the gold on Yu Qiuping's body is enough to pay the bill, so Yu Qiuping doesn't care much.

It's been almost four years since he took in Ryuko. At first, she mainly stayed by Kaede Imagawa's side and did some maid work. After she learned a little kung fu from Honda Tadakatsu, she began to follow Yu Qiuping as a guard, and she also went to the battlefield to kill people. The last time I went to Inabayama Castle to save Yu Qiuping, Ryuko was also very active.

However, Yu Qiuping didn't plan to let such a little girl always fight and kill, he would be a little unbearable. Longzi mainly served Yu Qiuping's daily life when he went out on the expedition, and took care of the large and small chores in an orderly manner, working hard. Let Yu Qiuping still be as comfortable as living at home even if he is out on the march. Whenever Yu Qiuping returned to the barracks after a tired day, the sensible Ryuko would always serve a cup of hot tea, massage Yu Qiuping, and even wash Yu Qiuping's feet - just like a maid who went out with the army.

Unconsciously, Yu Qiuping was still used to having a little girl by her side, and she couldn't do without her. I think she has suffered a lot in the past few years, and it's time to compensate her.

Thinking about this, Yu Qiuping thought of Honda Tadakatsu again. He looked up at Honda Tadakatsu, who was standing beside him, who was solemnly scanning the streets, on the lookout for possible danger. Because of this life, Yu Qiuping has been urging him to eat better, eat meat and eggs when Honda Tadashi is growing his body. The 17-year-old did not grow to a height of only 1.5 meters like in his previous life, but jumped to nearly 1.7 meters - much taller than his peers. This surprised Yu Qiuping very much, and also made him realize a possibility: the height of the ancients was generally shorter than that of today's people, most likely because the poor could not afford to eat, while the rich did not pay attention to nutritional supplements. Especially in Japan, where there is a "meat ban", it is no wonder that the Japanese in ancient times were so short.

"Nabe nosuke," Yu Qiuhei said to Honda Tadakatsu, "It's been more than a year since Mikawa has always been a one, how is it, do you have any plans to go back?" ”

After hearing Yu Qiuping's question, Honda Tadakatsu sighed helplessly.

"I really look forward to going back," he shook his head a little disappointed, "Many of my childhood friends have written to me that they are making contributions on the battlefield of Yuanjiang, but they can't rush back to contribute to the revival of the Matsudaira family." ”

"It's just that the relationship between the Honka family and the main family has not been harmonious." Honda Tadakatsu turned his melancholy gaze to the east, "Because Honda is believing in that traitor, the lord's attitude towards the Honda family is not very good. Several uncles from the Honda family also wrote to advise me not to rush back, as it seems that they were also dissatisfied with the main family. It's really hard to get down there. ”

"Since that's the case, there's no hurry to do it," Yu Qiuping's feeling in his heart was a little subtle. It seems that he hopes that Honda Tadakatsu will return to the Matsudaira family, to fulfill his childhood dream of serving the Matsudaira family, and to return him to his original life trajectory. At the same time, he was a little reluctant to get along with him for six or seven years, and didn't want to be separated from him.

"The dragon has gone to pick up gifts, and I plan to buy some gifts for you." Yu Qiuping smiled and patted Honda Tadakatsu's shoulder to relieve his frustration. Honda Tadakatsu has grown very fast in recent years, and he can't wear the equipment left to him by Honda Tadaka, so he has to carefully preserve it. At this moment, he was wearing a set of Lan Xiang Huadu, and his craftsmen used the assembly line to prepare a full set of production standards for all Tokiwa. The katana at his waist and the horse he sat on were just ordinary styles. These simple equipment, he and Zhuo Qun's martial arts are completely incompatible.

"No need, thank you for your kindness." Honda Tadakatsu was still meticulously alert to the situation around him, "As a samurai of the Matsudaira family, according to the morality of the samurai, you cannot accept gifts from other family leaders without the consent of the main family. ”

"That's it," Yu Qiuping glanced at Honda Tadakatsu, who was still so stubborn, with some regret, "Then let's put this matter aside for a while." I'll write to His Highness Matsudaira first, and ask him to find some skilled craftsmen to help you build a set of armor knives and guns. ”

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Yu Qiuping was outside the door, and Longzi was still choosing among the dazzling hand ornaments. Yu Qiuping looked at the longing and joy on the girl's face, smiled slightly, and didn't tell her that it was getting dark.

In the past few days, as long as Yu Qiuping is free, the things in Barrel Sasama and Narumi City will be replayed over and over again. The appearance of Mori Shinsuke seems to have opened a Pandora's box of memory. Yu Qiuping had a voice in his heart telling him that things must not be so simple, but he couldn't think of it.

In the history of his previous life, Imagawa Yoshimoto was killed by Oda Nobunaga in a barrel by taking advantage of the heavy rain. At that time, the people who sought the head of Imagawa Yoshisuke were Mori Shinsuke and Hattori Koheita. Imagawa Yoshimoto's martial arts are outstanding, Yu Qiuping himself has seen it, the Oda family had to send many people to besiege Imagawa Yoshimoto, Hattori Kohei Tai rushed to the front, almost with a life for a life posture to stab Imagawa Yoshimoto. Although Hattori Koheita stabbed Imagawa Yoshimoto in the stomach with one shot, he was severely injured by Imagawa Yoshimoto's backhand. And Mori Shinsuke took advantage of Imagawa Yoshimoto's confusion and hacked Imagawa Yoshimoto to death - but he was also broken by a finger broken by the dying Imagawa Yoshimoto. And these two people became the heroes of winning Imagawa Yoshimoto.

It's just that time and space are reversed, the battle situation changes, and this time the barrel is just a trap set by Yu Qiuping. And it was Sasa Narumasa who sought the Imagawa Yoshimoto Shadow Warrior instead of Mori Shinsuke and Hattori Koheita. However, what surprised Yu Qiuping now was that in this time and space, it was these two people who took down Imagawa Yoshimoto's own mobile phone!

According to Maeda Toshiie, the two Ashigaru who usually behave ordinarily, why were they able to offer such a strange plan when the soldiers were in danger? Why is it that even though the time, place, battle situation, and situation are completely different, it is still the two of them who take down the rank of Imagawa Yoshifu, and not the others in the 3,000-strong army?

Yu Qiuping couldn't figure out whether this was a coincidence or a historical necessity. Why did these two people repeat their fate, this is too low in terms of probability!

What makes Yu Qiuping even more puzzled is the current situation of these two people. If what Maeda Toshiya said is true, and Uchiha Aooka is not wrong - love is like life, and the talented Oda Nobunaga actually did not reuse Mori Shinsuke and Hattori Koheita, who shined in Narumi Castle and offered a strange plan, but instead monitored the two of them and spent time in Kiyoshu City!

And Yu Qiuping, why does he feel as if he has seen Mori Shinsuke somewhere?

Yu Qiuping recalled the situation on the battlefield over and over again, repeatedly pondered the doubts he had just discovered, followed these sporadic clues, and continued to think about it.

Why were these two people able to accidentally win Imagawa Yoshimoto in two time and space and two different circumstances! Asked for my Highness the Governor! Why is that? Is there any inevitability in this?

Just when his eyes seemed to light up and he thought of some key point, the dragon in the store suddenly called softly: "Your Highness." ”

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping's train of thought was suddenly interrupted, and the person was suddenly awakened, he poked his head out of the door, looked at the dragon holding a few hand ornaments in the room, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, dragon?" ”

"Your Highness..."Ryuko whispered with some embarrassment, "I picked six... May I? After a few moments, she blushed and bowed her head and added, "I like these things... I really don't know which one to put back. ”

"Of course it's no problem, silly boy," Yu Qiuping smiled with some distress. Probably due to his previous experience as a beggar, Ryuko has always lived a frugal life and is very distressed about money. On weekdays, she basically didn't spend much of the pocket money that Imagawa Kaede and Yu Qiuping gave her, but saved it carefully. Yu Qiuping remembered that she hadn't even bought a new dress.

I didn't expect this silly girl to pick for a long time, hesitating which hand accessories can be bought.

"Buy all of these," Yu Qiuping said softly, "How much is it, I'll give you the money." ”

"Hmm..."Long Zi's face turned even redder when he heard this. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, looked up at the price list, and then remembered that Longzi was illiterate.

"Boss, how much is this?" Yu Qiuping then took the hand ornaments from Long Zi and placed them in front of the boss's counter.

"It's a total of 312 texts, so it's good to count you 300 texts." The boss glanced at the price list and replied honestly. Yu Qiuping also glanced at it, and after finding that the latter was right, he paid the money, stuffed the ornament back into Longzi's hand, and led her out of the store.

On the way to the hotel, Ryuko kept his head down and didn't say a word. Yu Qiuping was a little surprised, I thought that this little girl would be very happy because she bought a hand ornament.

"Ryuko, what's wrong?" Yu Qiuping rubbed Ryuko's hair, "What's so unhappy?" ”

"Nope." Ryuko replied obediently in a low voice, and then continued walking without saying a word.

"What the hell is going on?" Yu Qiuping simply smiled and walked up to her, half-squatted down, put his hands on Longzi's shoulders, and looked at the little girl in front of him—only then did he find that the latter's eyes were faintly flashing with tears.

"Why are you crying? Ryuko? Yu Qiuping was taken aback and hurriedly raised her hand to help her wipe away her tears.

"Your Highness..."Long Zi pursed his lips, and after hesitating for a while, he finally spoke in a low voice: "Long Zi is illiterate... His Highness will not hate the dragon because of this. ”

"How so!" Yu Qiuping, who understood what the little girl was thinking along the way, chuckled, "No, don't think about it, Longzi!" Even if Ryuko is illiterate, he is very qualified to be my maid and guard! ”

"Then I can learn to read, I don't want to be a maid and a guard." Ryuko lowered his head a little aggrieved and asked timidly.

"Of course you can, our dragon son originally wanted to be literate and become a samurai!" Yu Qiuping laughed, patted Ryuko on the shoulder, and stood up himself: "Then Owari Daiichi samurai, let's come to class with the ashigaru in the evening!" I have to give Chinese lessons to the ashigaru people who are prepared by Tokiwa every day! ”