"Mr. Tian Shen, can you immediately teach me the move you mentioned?" In the training on the second day, Yu Qiuyan hurriedly made this request to Kentaro Tashimi.

"Young man, I still can't bear it." Kentaro Tian Shen looked at Yu Qiuyan's anxious appearance, and smiled kindly, "If you don't practice the basic skills well, you will practice other moves first, but you can help the seedlings." ”

"Not so, sir." Yu Qiuyan shook his head and retorted, "Don't hide it, Mr. Hatakeyama, His Royal Highness Hatakeyama summoned Hakusha last night and agreed to attend the martial arts conference at the end of the year. Therefore, I wanted to learn that trick quickly. ”

"Oh? That's right. To Yuqiu's surprise, Kentaro Tatsumi was not too surprised when he heard this, "I don't know the current affairs, this is indeed the style of Hatakeyama's repair." ”

"Alright then, I'll teach you." Kentaro Tatsumi stroked his white beard and nodded reluctantly.

"But sir, there's less than a month left, is it really too late?" Yu Qiuyan still asked in a low voice with some unease, "After all, according to what Mr. said, it is an invincible move. It's only a month, can you really learn it in the next month? ”

"Yes. One day is fine. Kentaro Tatsumi laughed when he heard this, and patted Yuqiu Yan's shoulder kindly, "Trust me." ”

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On December 20, three days before the Oda family's tea party in Kyoto, Morita Sho took dozens of guards to personally escort Yuqiu to Kyoto. According to the agreement between him and Yu Qiu, Yu Qiuyan cannot return to Yuqiu's house alone, nor can he have personal contact with the people of Yuqiu's family, but must always be under the control of the Hatakeyama family guard. Even if the Yuqiu family and the Oda family have a bad plot, Morita Evil Sho can take Yuqiu hostage and prevent Yuqiu from escaping. Now, Yu Qiuyan is sitting in the carriage driven by Morita Sho himself.

"Yuqiu Gongzi, don't blame it. My lord is a good man who doesn't know the times, but I'm not. Morita turned around, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and said to Yu Qiuyan: "In every family, there must always be a few people who do dirty things. Especially when encountering this kind of master, it is even more necessary for our subordinates to worry. ”

"This is the duty of an adult, how dare you blame it?" Yu Qiuyan replied calmly, "Your Excellency and Your Highness are so generous, I am very grateful to you. ”

"That's right. Compared to your brother, Childe's luck is much better. Morita Evil Sho chuckled twice when he heard this, "Don't mention that your brother is here to participate in the martial arts meeting, I don't know if you can get out of Sakai Town." ”

Yu Qiuyan nodded politely to Morita Evil Xiang, but there was a feeling of distress in his heart. With Ayou's temperament, it must be uncomfortable to be under house arrest there for so long.

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At the same time, Kyoto.

The reconstruction of Kyoto, the Imperial Palace, and Nijo Castle, which was led by Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide, has been largely completed.

Oda Nobunaga sowed a lot of money last year with a big swing of his hand. Akechi Mitsuhide then drew up plans for the construction of a new imperial palace and handed it over to the emperor. After reviewing it, the emperor and the court secretaries were full of praise for Akechi Mitsuhide's taste, and personally sent a letter to Oda Nobunaga praising Akechi Mitsuhide.

After gaining the approval of the emperor and the court secretaries, Akechi Mitsuhide began the reconstruction of Kyoto and the Imperial Palace. At the same time, Kinoshita Hideyoshi also began the reconstruction of Nijo Castle together. This huge amount of work required a large amount of labor, and Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide paid a lot of money, attracting the people of the Kyoto area on the one hand, and disaster relief on the other.

Those people had just been forcibly displaced by the fires and war in Kyoto, and they had lost most of their possessions. In the Kyoto area, due to the arrival of large armies and soaring prices, the lives of these people have become unsustainable. Originally, many of them would have been forced to become displaced people or become colonies, posing a great threat to the security of Kyoto.

But this move of Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide killed two birds with one stone. Not only did they recruit enough workers to complete the general recruitment, but they also provided jobs for the homeless victims so that they could support themselves and eliminate safety hazards. The situation of the Oda family in Kyoto suddenly stabilized. The outstanding domestic affairs talents of the two also impressed the samurai. And the general Ashikaga Yoshiteru also personally came forward for disaster relief many times, which allowed him to reunite many people's hearts.

By the time Yu Qiuping led a group of guards and cronies back to Kyoto, it was completely different from the ruins after last year's war. The opulent Imperial Palace, the bustling castle town of Kyoto, and the fortified Nijo Castle all make people feel united in front of them, and they show the changes that the Oda family has brought to Kyoto.

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However, before Yu Qiuping had time to enjoy the beautiful scenery of Kyoto, he was directly called by Oda Nobunaga to the Honnoji Temple where he was staying. Yu Qiuping came to the Honnoji Temple tremblingly, and he was greeted by a stinking scolding from Oda Nobunaga.

"Momiji, you kid is very capable! sent his two sons out as hostages, and gave up more than half of the power of the family to businessmen! Oda Nobunaga Hikari said that he was still angry, took out the folding fan on his waist, and twitched it a few times on Yu Qiuping's head: "I don't know, I thought you were set up, and I thought that we were outside the Oda family!" No one in the samurai family has ever sold their power to a businessman for so many years, and the face of the samurai family has been disgraced by you. ”

"Oh! That's right! You kid was originally a half-hung samurai, you are from the Ming Kingdom! Oda Nobunaga cursed, and he suddenly became happy, "You're not a samurai at all!" Aren't you Mingguo the most respectful of etiquette, why are you so shameless? ”

"There's no way around it, my lord." Yu Qiuping looked aggrieved, stretched out his hand and said to Oda Nobunaga: "At that time, you and His Royal Highness Lin threw Zai Xia to the lonely place of death, and Zai Xia had to make this strategy in order to survive." At that time, there was no food left in Maple Mountain City, and if you didn't buy food from the merchants, you would starve to death! Moreover, at that time, the situation was weak, and there was no Hatakeyama family to call on the Hanoi small wealthy family, and they couldn't beat the Miyoshi family! ”

"So, so you sold more than half of the power of the Yuqiu family to the merchant and the guy from Hatakeyama Takamasa?" Oda Nobunaga interrupted in a disgruntled voice.

"The lord is graceful!" Seeing this, Yu Qiuping opened his mouth again and complained: "Those businessmen are shrewd, Hatakeyama Takamasa is not a fool, he is so much weaker than the Miyoshi family in Xia, and the discerning people will support the Miyoshi family to fight against Zaixia." If they don't have enough chips, how can they help His Highness? If you lose, you will lose not only the power of the Yuqiu family, but also the whole of Hanoi! ”

"Forget it, I won't pursue you. At that time, the situation was critical, and when you acted cheaply, Yu also promised you. What's more, you also captured Miyoshi Shixiu, so this merit will atone for your sins. Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly and paced around the room very unhappily, "But now that you've beaten down the Miyoshi family, you should quickly take back the power." Revoke all that disgraceful Capitol court or something! Destroy the Hatakeyama family for me, and then let Sakai Town pay Yu an annual tribute of hundreds of thousands of kan every year. ”

"This..."Yu Qiuping muttered a little embarrassed when he heard this, and lowered his head.

"Huh?" Oda Nobunaga saw that Yu Qiuping didn't immediately agree, so he walked up to him in surprise and asked in a deep voice, "Momiji, what are you afraid of?" There are more than 50,000 troops to support you, and you have thousands in your own hands, and you are afraid that those merchants in Hatakeyama Takamasa and Sakai Town will not succeed? ”

"Lord, you also know that the eldest and second sons are in their hands." Yu Qiuping raised his head, looked at Oda Nobunaga's eyes, and whispered with some fear: "In case I break the contract..."

"Didn't Yu Qiuyu come to Kyoto to compete? Hasn't your eldest son been sent back? Oda Nobunaga forced his eyes into Yu Qiuping's eyes and whispered coldly.

"But the guards of the Hatakeyama family have been following him, taking him hostage, and throwing a rat trap, so there is no way to take him back." When Yu Qiuping heard that Oda Nobunaga actually wanted to come hard, he lowered his head again and whispered tremblingly.

"For the sake of the great cause of the Oda family, for the sake of your own interests of the Yuqiu family, are you reluctant to have two children? Don't you have a young son? Oda Nobunaga snorted coldly and said this sentence sharply, which suddenly lowered the atmosphere in the room to a freezing point.

Yu Qiuping stumbled, and for a while he couldn't speak, and his cheeks were buried deep in the shadows.

He knew that Oda Nobunaga, who was in history in his previous life, had done something similar. When Akechi Mitsuhide attacked Tanba Province, he surrounded the Hatano family in Yagami Castle. In order to convince the exhausted Hatano family to surrender, he sent his mother in as a hostage and used his credit to guarantee the safety of Hideji Hatano and the Hatano Hidesho brothers. However, when the Hatano brothers went out of the castle to negotiate surrender, Oda Nobunaga ordered the two to be executed directly. The furious Hatano family angrily denounced Akechi Mitsuhide's treachery and directly executed Akechi Mitsuhide's mother. Akechi Mitsuhide's father has long since died, and it was his mother who pulled him all the way to adulthood. Now he has lost his beloved mother, and his reputation has been discredited because of Oda Nobunaga's broken contract, which has also become one of the reasons why he broke with Oda Nobunaga in the future.

Now, isn't Oda Nobunaga's meaning to let Yu Qiuping sacrifice his two sons as hostages?

People who can't give up anything can't protect anything.

In order to protect my two children, even if I have to lose the trust of my lord and suffer from my lord's suspicion, I have no regrets.

Your Royal Highness, I have to make a choice.

"I refuse."

Yu Qiuping was silent for a long time, and then said coldly.

"A woman's kindness cannot accomplish great things. As a samurai, you can't have personal feelings anymore! After Oda Nobunaga saw that Yu Qiuhei actually rejected him so decisively, he felt deeply gloomy and angrily reprimanded.

"Ah, probably." Yu Qiuping chuckled, raised his head, and stared into Oda Nobunaga's eyes: "But I probably want to be a good person and a samurai who can protect important people more than to achieve great things." ”