Chapter 7 Leads the Horse

"Haha, I see," Yu Qiuping said with a smile. At this time, Asahina Taehyung seemed to have finally won the honest and responsible old man, and excitedly waved his hand to the entourage next to him, and he turned over first, "Let's go!" Let's go hunting around Okabe Castle! ”

"Roar!" On the other side, the equally strong-blooded young samurai also shouted excitedly, and rode away with Hina-taehyung. Yu Qiuping had no choice but to honestly hug Kondo Yasuzhuang's waist and keep up with the team amid the other party's complaints.

After a demonstrative half-circle around Okabe Castle, Asahi realized that there would be no prey around the castle town, so he changed direction and galloped towards the forest northwest of Okabe Castle. The speed of the horse reminded Yu Qiuping of the horse races he had seen on TV before, and the samurai attendants behind him couldn't catch up in a hurry, let alone Yu Qiuping and Kondo Yasuso, who were riding two people.

By the time Yu Qiuping felt in the forest, he had already seen two attendants each carrying pheasants in their hands, and the other three attendants were reasonably putting an elk on their shoulders, and the elk had a feathered arrow inserted in the elk that had been halfway into its body, which seemed to have hit the heart directly, and it was full of strength.

Yu Qiuping followed Fujita Nakaharu and a few other retinues up a small hill, just in time to see Asahina Taiheng galloping not far away, bending his bow and arrows on the horse without slowing down, and the arrow hit a hare that fled quickly, and directly pinned the hare to the big tree behind him. The hare twitched twice, let out a mournful cry, and stopped moving.

"I didn't expect Childe's riding and archery skills to be so superb!" Yu Qiuping gasped, and the image of the idle gentleman in his heart has been turned upside down.

"That's natural, although our son is idle all day long, doesn't do his job, is arrogant, and doesn't pay attention to etiquette..."Fujita Nakaharu's tone when he opened his mouth seemed to be to praise Asahina Taehyung, but the more he talked about his shortcomings, the more he said, the "but" behind "Although" did not appear for a long time. had to make Yu Qiuping sweat for the resentment in this old uncle's heart.

“…… But, "After a long time, the "but" finally came, "The young boy has been gifted since he was a child, whether it is riding archery or swords, he is the hope of our Asahina family in the future." ”

"That's right," Yu Qiuping nodded understandingly, he had the impression that the Japanese samurai family was extremely strict in the cultivation of offspring, and it was hard to imagine why there was such a leisurely person, it turned out to be because of his talent.

He thought about it, so the eldest son of Imagawa Yoshimoto, who has always been called Japan's Adou, Imagawa Shizhen, is also said to be not doing his job, could it be that he is also talented?

And Imagawa Yoshimoto himself was not also belittled by later generations as a decadent samurai who indulged in sensual dogs and horses and palace culture because of the defeat of Tsukasama, but in this era, the people of Suruga did not have an ordinary high opinion of him.

History, history, what a little girl who dresses up.

This hunt lasted until noon, when Asahina Taehyung, who had harvested dozens of prey, stopped stupidly. However, there is another conflict between Taehyung Asahina and Nakaharu Fujita over what to do with the prey.

"Okay, young boy, just have a good time, let's throw these prey away." Fujita Nakaharu tried to persuade him.

"How can you throw it? You look at the head elk, it looks so good, it must be delicious to roast and eat! Asahina Taehyung dismissed the elder's proposal, "Little Go, hurry up and get me some firewood..."

"No way!" Fujita Nakaharu seemed to be a little angry, "The hunting has already delayed the trip, young boy, we will definitely have another barbecue before the time!" I won't be able to get to Kakegawa tonight! Do you want to sleep in the wilderness? ”

"This..."Asahina Taehyung seemed to be a little moved, "Then let's eat some dry food and go on the road, these prey will be dragged and taken away, and they will be eaten in Kakegawa Castle." ”

"No, there are only thirty of us in total, how do you get there with dozens of prey?" Fujita Nakaharu interrupted again, "Young boy, you can't be so capricious, this is a military mission!" ”

"Eh, uncle, why do you have so many things?" Scratching his head at Hinai Taehyung, "It's a pity to throw it away for nothing." ”

"Big brother, I have a suggestion," Yu Qiuping saw that the two were about to quarrel again, and hurriedly interrupted, "Big brother, would you like to hear it?" ”

"Boy, don't hide what you have to say!" Asahina Taehyung immediately turned his head, "Say!" Just say! ”

"Isn't the eldest brother here to demonstrate to the Okabe family," Yu Qiuping smiled evilly, "Then we might as well send these prey to Okabe Castle and ask the retainers of the Okabe family there to keep them for you." The old man of the Okabe family looked at the prey for us to the young son of Bina, and said that it would be more face-saving to go out hehe. Don't delay the journey. ”

"Eh! You kid can! That's a good idea! He slapped his thigh at Bina Taehyung, and proudly glanced at Fujita Nakaharu, who was smiling helplessly on the side, "Just do what Yu Qiuping said!" ”

On the evening of June 11th, Asahina Taehyung and his party finally rushed to the most important strategic hub of Yuanjiang Province - Yinma City. It was also Hamamatsu Castle, the former life of Yu Akihei, and later the residence of Tokugawa Ieyasu. Last night, they really delayed and couldn't get to Kakegawa City. After going to Kakechuan City this morning to deliver the message, the group hurried on the road again. Along the way, Woo Chohei has been sitting on the back of a horse in Asahina Taehyung. Because Kondo's horses are really overwhelmed. In order to dispel the idea of going hunting again and delaying the trip, Yu Qiuping kept telling him interesting stories about ancient Chinese history, which fascinated Asahina Taehyung.

At this moment, the lord of Prima Castle, Iio Renlong, and the castle yoshiro Sena Toshimasa set up a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for Asahina Taihyung. Yu Qiuping was originally not qualified to go to the temple as an entourage, but Asahina Taehyung said that he would also pull Yu Qiuping to participate, which made Yu Qiuping confused.

The lord of the castle, Iio Renlong, sat on the main seat, Asahina Taiheng was first on the right hand, and opposite him sat Sena Shitoshi, a relative of the Imagawa family, and Asahina Taiheng's subordinates were Fujita Nakaharu and Amaakihei. Beside Sena sat a middle-aged samurai named Kondo Yasuto, who heard Kondo Yasuso say that this was his uncle.

Before Yu Qiuping attended the banquet, he hurriedly asked Kondo Yasuso to make up for the banquet etiquette. Kondo Yasujo also specially reminded him, "Don't talk at the banquet, the atmosphere of the banquet may be a little tense." ”

"Why is that?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"That lord of the castle has always been close to the Okabe family. And Sena-sama is a family friend of our Asahina family.,And Asahina Taino's hometown lives in the same generation.,Usually have a lot of contact with each other.。 Usually these two adults are quite kind and generous, so they get along well. It's just that you know, when our young son goes, there will definitely be trouble. Kondo Yasuso rubbed his face with a headache, "Just now my uncle asked me how the young boy is feeling recently, so he must have been preparing to save the scene." ”

Yu Qiuping watched everyone toast back and forth at the banquet, and everything was normal, not only breathing a sigh of relief. At this time, Sena Shijun raised his wine glass to himself, and Yu Qiuping also raised his wine glass and respectfully returned the salute.

"I don't know," Sena asked, smiling.

"Villain Yu Qiuping," Yu Qiuping still felt extremely awkward when he said this self-title. Kondo told him that ordinary samurai could call themselves subordinates, but civilians could only call themselves grass people or villains. As a native of the Ming Kingdom, Yu Qiuping is naturally not a Japanese samurai, so he has to honestly call himself a villain. "It's an entourage of Lord Asahina."

"What entourage, this kid is my righteous brother, from the Ming Kingdom!" Asahina Taehyung immediately slapped the table and interrupted, "Uncle, don't you know, his Mingguo arithmetic method is amazing, faster than the average shopkeeper." And he has also read a lot of books and knows a lot of historical stories, not only those of the Ming Kingdom! He knows more about our Japanese stories than I do! ”

Looking at the expression of Asahina Taehyung showing off to his buddies "I used to have a classmate in elementary school", Yu Qiuping was not only amused, but also a trace of emotion flashed in his heart. In this era of hierarchical concept, respect and order, his own untouchables were originally only kowtowed in front of high-ranking samurai, but this gentleman fell in love with each other and treated each other equally.

"The virtuous nephew envies him so much, why don't you read more books yourself?" Sena Shitoshi made a ridiculous remark, causing everyone to laugh.

After laughing, he turned to face Yu Qiuping again, "Haha, the people from the Ming Kingdom are really extraordinary," Sena Shizhen raised his glass, "I toast you." ”

"Thank you, sir." Yu Qiuping picked up the wine glass and drank it all. Sake from Japan's Sengoku period tastes like water, and it doesn't feel like anything at all. But Yu Qiuping himself does not like to drink, and there is always some guilt after drinking.

"Your Excellency is knowledgeable and reasonable, and your bearing is not an ordinary person, you must be from a scholar's background?" Sena asked.

"My lord praised me falsely," Yu Qiuping explained, "I was born into a merchant family, and because my father loved poetry and books, he asked Mr. Private School to teach me to read since I was a child." ”

"I see," Lianlong took over the conversation, "the people from the Ming Kingdom really have some insights. ”

"That's not it, he has a lot of ghost ideas," Asahina Taehyung suddenly said as if he had been holding back for a long time, "In Okabe, it was Yuakihei who suggested that I hunt..."

"Fix the way you do the accounting." Fujita Nakaharu interrupted before he could finish speaking to Hina, and then glared at him majestically, and Kondo immediately picked up the conversation and talked about something else.

After the dismissal, Asahina Taehyung was really called away by Fujita Nakaharu to teach him to take the initiative to stir up trouble, and Yu Qiuping, who was going to quietly open the post station that would collapse, was stopped by Sena Shijun.

"This Pingjun, I wonder if it's a bit abrupt to call it like this?" He asked, smiling.

"It's okay, it's okay for an adult to call the villain Yu Qiuping directly." Yu Qiuping agreed casually.

"Oh? People from the Ming Kingdom don't mind calling them by name? Sena Shijun asked suspiciously, but Yu Qiuping broke out in a cold sweat, how did he forget that the ancients could not call their names. Generally, only the elders in the family will call the younger generations by their names, otherwise they will be commensurate with the characters and numbers. It almost got exposed.