"So what's next for you?" Yu Qiuhei remembered that Shigeharu Takenaka in history seemed to return the castle to Saito Ryuko after taking the castle, and he left the Saito family to live in seclusion.

"I'll return the castle to His Highness Saito," Shigeharu Takenaka said softly, as if nothing had happened. Sure enough, he did the same thing as he did in history.

"What? Are you going to return Inabayama Castle? Ikeda Hengxing was not very familiar with Shigeharu Takenaka, and he hadn't interjected before, but after hearing this, he couldn't help but shout loudly: "Didn't Saito Ryuxing fail to fulfill his promise to release Momiji!" Why are you going to return Inabayama Castle! With this Inaba Mountain Castle, not to mention being the guardian of Mino, but it is still easy to become a Mino Ichiba! ”

"Inabayama Castle is the key to Mino. With your ability to defend half-soldiers, coupled with your close relationship with the Nishimino wealthy clan, you can rely on Inabayama Castle to do a great job," Maeda Toshiie shook his head again and again in confusion, "Why do you want to give him back to Saito Ryuko." Even if you really don't want to be the lord of the castle and give this Inabayama Castle to our Oda family, my lord will definitely give you at least 100,000 koku of territory, and maybe promise you half of Mino! ”

"No," Shigeharu Takenaka shook his head resolutely, then looked at Yu Qiuping, "Doing so is against the righteousness of my heart." ”

"No matter how ridiculous the lord is, I, Shigeharu Takenaka, am also a courtier of the Saito family. As a courtier, it is against the general righteousness to take the lord's residence and occupy it as his own by mutiny. Shigeharu Takenaka whispered with some shame: "As soon as this case is opened, there will be endless troubles." Since then, there has been no peace in Minong, as long as there are retainers who are dissatisfied with the governor, they think about how to solve everything by killing. ”

"I took Jucheng and united the wealthy family of Ximeinong, and gave benevolence to the government and reassured the people, although I can ensure peace in Meinong for a while. But this is just an illusion of a cycle of chaos, and sooner or later, Mino will have another person try to take his place, take Inabayama Castle from me, and start a war again. ”

"This is what Momiji taught me many years ago," Shigeji Takenaka chuckled lightly and bowed his hand slightly to Yu Qiuping, "The world won by dark means will eventually be overthrown by dark means again." The community will be caught in an endless cycle of chaos, bringing endless disasters to the people. ”

"Only by upholding the righteousness of light and righteousness and correcting the world with the right path can we make the world stable for a long time." Shigeharu Takenaka said loudly, "So I will return the castle to Saito Ryuko, and take this capture of the castle as a lesson for him." I hope that he can reuse the virtuous and capable retainers of the wealthy family, open up his views, work hard, and restrain himself. ”

"And I, as a retainer who has committed a great crime, will resign from my position and retire, not asking about Mino political affairs, as a sign of remorse."

"With this light and righteousness, we will advise the lord and put an end to the source of the cycle of chaos, which is a model for the world. If any of the two people try to take Mino by force, the people of Mino will take what I have done as a reference and attack him in droves, forcing him to return to his city and retreat. In this way, no one will dare to seize power by force, and the war will be opened without permission, and the lives of Mino will be safe. In this way, when the king is mediocre and incompetent, the heroic people will no longer try to replace him, but will do their best to correct the society. ”

This is my righteousness.

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Three days later, after the Saito family's direct forces made peace with the Nishimino clan, Shigeharu Takenaka also announced his retirement and returned Inabayama Castle to Saito Ryuko. The various wealthy clans of Nishimino returned to their respective stations, and the troops directly under the jurisdiction of the Saito family also returned to the barracks outside Inabayama Castle and the castle of Kana. However, Saito Ryuko didn't know if it was because he was too frightened or because he was playing a temper for the sake of face, so he didn't immediately return to Inabayama Castle. For the time being, Minong's government affairs will be handled by the Joint Meeting of Important Ministers. The Higashimino clan, who were originally a little dissatisfied with the high-flying and domineering lord of the Nishimino wealthy clan, was also extremely disappointed in Saito Ryuko after witnessing the Saito family attacking Ando Mamoru without authorization outside Inabayama Castle, and sent people to join the joint meeting of the important ministers.

On March 2, Yuakihira and his entourage left Inabayama Castle and returned to Owari. However, there was one more person in the team - it was Shigeharu Takenaka, who had no intention of coming to Owari.

"I can only say sorry to Nagamasa," said Yu Qiuping, who was riding side by side with Shigeharu Takenaka, "You told him that you were going to Omi to live in seclusion before, but now I tricked you into coming to Owari." ”

"Momiji laughed," Shigeharu Takenaka still didn't like to joke like Akihei Maeda and Ikeda Tsuneko, and replied solemnly, "Actually, I thought about it at first, and after living in seclusion, I went to Owari to find Momiji." However, because His Highness Oda's goal must be to attack Mino, Momiji's territory is the first to bear the brunt. I didn't want to be the enemy of my old master, so I chose to go to Omi. ”

"But the invitation that Ling Zheng made to me really made it impossible for me to refuse." Shigeharu Takenaka chuckled as he said this, and turned his expectant gaze in the direction of Kuroda Castle to the south.

"It's an honor for our family," Yu Qiuping stroked the white mane of the pipa, "It's a great benefit to my two children to have you as a teacher." ”

Yu Qiuping tried to persuade Shigeharu Takenaka, who was about to leave the Saito family, to come to Yuqiu's house for several days, on the one hand, because he valued his talent, and at the same time, he hoped that he could have the opportunity to get along with this close friend. However, Shigeharu Takenaka has always refused Yuakihei's invitation on the grounds that he does not want to be an enemy of his old master. Just when Yu Qiuping was close to giving up, Imagawa Kaede made an interesting suggestion - Shigeharu Takenaka did not go to the Yuqiu family, but as a teacher, guiding the two children of Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou. This made Shigeharu Takenaka quite interesting, so he agreed.

"Madame Zun is really a very remarkable woman," Shigeharu Takenaka said sincerely to Yu Qiuping, "I have also heard a little about Ling Zheng giving birth to twins before. I didn't expect Ling Zheng and Momiji to be so persistent, and they would rather risk causing trouble than raise both children. This love for my son really touched me. ”

"Where, at that time, Jingde kept asking to give up a child, and the doctor also said that he might not live long if he died. I was a little shaken at the time, but Feng'er insisted on it. Yu Qiuping remembered that he once wanted to abandon Yu Qiuping, and he felt guilty in his heart. This is also why he loves Yu Qiuyan especially in his daily life - just to make up for the guilt in his heart.

"Is that a crow..."Shigeharu Takenaka heard the familiar name, and his face suddenly became gloomy. When they first met, Shigeharu Takenaka and Amano Keitoku were quite at odds. The two of them, one light and one dark, simply went to two extremes.

"Listening to Lingzheng, did Momiji originally want to entrust the two children to the crow to teach?" Shigeharu Takenaka asked coldly.

"That's right," Yu Qiuping saw that Takenaka Shigeji's face was not good, and hurriedly smiled and said: "Half-soldier, you don't have such a big opinion on Quan Bingwei, that is, Jingde." ”

"I'm not at all at ease, bring the child to the dark crow to bring with me," Shigeharu Takenaka said in a deep voice, "especially the eldest son who is the heir of the family to him." ”

Yu Qiuping looked at Shigeji Takenaka's resolute appearance and sighed slightly. Shigeharu Takenaka belongs to the kind of person who is upright and tall, and he can't hold sand in his eyes, not to mention Amano Keito, a person who is completely contrary to his philosophy. It is estimated that as soon as the two of them meet, they will quarrel.

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Sure enough, when Yu Qiuping had just taken Shigeharu Takenaka to find and beat Amano Keitoku, and explained to him that Shigeharu Takenaka would also serve as Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyou's teacher with him, Amano's face suddenly darkened.

"Your Highness," Amano Keitoku ignored Shigeharu Takenaka's cold gaze and looked directly at Yu Qiuping, "How can you be so hasty?" Give the eldest son and the second son to such a person to bring? What do you think he will teach the two sons? ”

"Amano-sama, please be careful." Shigeharu Takenaka frowned, and whispered angrily, "I don't think that light and righteousness are not the principles that children should learn. ”

"What's the use of being righteous and bright?" Tianye Jingde shook his head disdainfully, and said coldly: "This is the troubled times of the Warring States, and relying on benevolence and kindness is useless. Your Highness, haven't you suffered enough here? Have you forgotten the tragedy under the city of Yinma? ”

As soon as Amano Jingde mentioned the words Yinmacheng, Yu Qiuping's heart immediately twitched violently. He staggered his gaze, not daring to look directly into Amano's angry eyes.

"Naturally, the evil spirits who have fallen into darkness will not understand the light. What can adults teach children? Is it the same set of dark killings again? Shigeharu Takenaka also said coldly: "If a person's heart is full of darkness and all he has learned is intrigue and trickery, how terrible should it be when he takes power?" In his eyes, his relatives and friends, loyal retainers, and the people of the world are just sacrifices that can be swallowed up by interests. What awaits him is only the end of betrayal and separation, which is intolerable by heaven. ”

"Your Highness? Do you mean to let him be a teacher? Amano Keitoku didn't pay attention to Shigeharu Takenaka at all, and continued to say to Yu Qiuping: "Isn't your lesson enough? You should have abandoned the eldest prince and broken the spell of the twins before, but you refused; The second son should have been allowed to inherit the family governor as the eldest son, but you refused? And now you have such a ridiculous person to teach children? Are you planning to turn the two sons into incompetent people full of loyalty and kindness, and in the troubled times of the Warring States, the Yuqiu family's family business will be devoured by the enemies who are eyeing them? Light and righteousness can't keep the family business, and only the dark means of reality can protect the Yuqiu family. ”

"In any case, I will never agree to hand over the two sons to him." It is rare for Amano Jingde, who has always been taciturn, to say such a long list of words, which shows that his attitude towards this is extremely firm. Yu Qiuping was so afraid that he didn't dare to talk back when Tianye Jingde said it, so he had to silently look his head in another direction. He understood that what Amano Keitoku said was right. Over the years, he has also gradually understood that kindness cannot be eaten. Without some means and some conspiracies, it is impossible to gain a foothold in the troubled times of the Warring States.

After Yu Qiuping stopped talking, only Shigeharu Takenaka and Amano Keedoku were left standing in the corridor, looking at each other silently, neither of them wavering in the slightest. After a long time, Shigeharu Takenaka suddenly took a deep breath, and then said in a deep voice:

"Doesn't Amano-sama have a big opinion about the one-armed eldest prince? Don't you think he can't be a qualified governor? Shigeji Takenaka snorted coldly, "That's good, I'll bring the eldest son, and you will bring the second son." I wonder what Amano-sama thinks? ”

It seems that Amano Keitoku had long expected that Shigeharu Takenaka would say such a thing, and he was not at all surprised. He looked at Yu Qiuping and said in a low voice: "As long as the lord agrees, I don't have any opinion." ”

Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, looked at the two who were arguing, and smiled bitterly.

"So let's do it first." Yu Qiuping nodded helplessly. Both of them are very strong, stubborn and self-respecting, and at this moment, no matter who they refuse or ask for an order to take turns as a teacher, it will break their hearts. Anyway, Yu Qiuping feels that he has a lot of time to get along with the children, so as not to let the children's personalities go to two extremes - he was not affected by the teacher anyway, and the development of his character depends on his parents. Since these two people want to be separated, let's take them separately, it's not good for the two brothers to stay together all day.

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Five days later, in the morning, after Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyu had finished washing under the care of Kaede Imagawa and Suzu, they went to Shigeharu Takenaka and Keitoku Amano for the first time as their teachers, and began their studies as children of the samurai family.

Yu Qiuji followed Takenaka all the way to the corridor on the third floor of the castle tower, but Takenaka Shigeharu never said a word, just condescendingly, taking Yuqiu to take Yuqiu to a bird's-eye view of the rich Ono land. After all, Yu Qiuyan was a child, and after being held back like this for a long time, he couldn't help but ask: "Teacher, what are we learning on the first day?" Is it to learn to read? ”

"Nope." Shigeharu Takenaka shook his head slightly. Turning around, he bent down and gently stroked Yu Qiuyan's hair.

"For three days in a row, it is bright and righteous."

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At the same time, Amano Keitoku also took Yu Qiuyou all the way to the prison in Kuroda Castle and sat down at a dimly lit table. Along the way, Yu Qiuyou, who couldn't stay idle, kept chattering, asking where Amano Jingde was going, what he was going to study today, what time he could eat and go back to play, and so on, and Amano Jingde simply replied with a few words. When he arrived in the cell, Amano Keedoku lit a dim oil lamp and placed it on the table.

"Master, what are we going to learn?" Yu Qiuyou, who was a little irritated by this silent master, muttered dissatisfiedly.

Amano Jingde raised his head, looked at Yu Qiuyou, slowly raised his hand, and put it on his shoulder.

"For three days in a row, chaos first and then order."