At the end of the ninth year of Eiroku (1566), Yu Qiuping returned to the castle tower in Cheongju Castle to participate in the Chinese New Year's Eve party with his family. As a long-term "feudal official" stationed abroad, he has not seen his colleagues at the same level a few times a year. Therefore, if you want to have a good relationship with your colleagues, you must make good use of the opportunity of the Chinese New Year's Eve party. And if it is according to Yu Qiuping's plan, it may not be long before he plots to kill Oda Nobunaga and set off a rebellion flag. At that time, whether there will be anyone willing to stand on his side in Owari will affect the life and death of the Yuqiu family. Therefore, he attaches great importance to his interactions with his colleagues.

This time, he deliberately returned to Cheongju City early. He and Imagawa Kaede took the guards and carried a lot of valuable gifts, and went to the homes of those colleagues to pay respects to their early years. And Yu Qiuyou, who came with him, was the age when he couldn't be idle. Seeing that no one left his parents to take care of him, he was happy to play all over the street. Although Yu Qiuyan was reluctant, he was also dragged out to play by this younger brother. Yu Qiuping originally arranged for Ryuko and Honda Tadashi to take turns watching them every day to prevent them from running around. Honda Zhongsheng is old-fashioned and serious, and he has never been emotional, and when he was there, Yu Qiuyou, a little hairy boy, couldn't even take a step out of the house. But the dragon on duty today is much easier to talk to, and she can't bear Yu Qiuyou's constant nagging in her ear, so she let them go out to play as soon as her heart softened.

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"Ayou, where are you going?" Yu Qiuyu was dragged by Yu Qiuyou's empty sleeve in his right hand, and ran towards the city wall of Cheongju City one by one.

"Brother, let's go there!" Yu Qiuyou smiled excitedly while pointing not far away, "I heard yesterday that there is a Keju field over there, and a lot of children are playing there!" Let's have a good time today! ”

"Kemari... Hm. Yu Qiuyan frowned and nodded slightly. When a dozen of their children were playing in Kuroda Castle before, Yu Qiuping once taught them Keju. However, he is faster than Yu Qiuyou, who doesn't go to school and does anything, and he hasn't played very well until today. Therefore, there has been no interest in kicking.

"That's right, brother!" Yu Qiuyou said that he was excited, and unconsciously quickened his pace, "Look, isn't this coming!" ”

Rounding a corner, a not small but not small but not big Keju field appeared in front of the two children. Owari is not as good as Suruga, and people don't love entertainment and elegance as much, so there aren't many Kemari fields. In the entire vicinity of Cheongju Castle, there are a few places where there are decent kicking and juju. There are six fields in total, and four of them are played by adults. There were also two fields, one of which was crowded with more than two dozen children, and everyone pushed and shoved each other to grab the bouncing of the flower juju on the field. In the other field, there were only seven or eight children, and the standard number of people was not even full.

So, Yu Qiuyou was curious about why people from the other field didn't come to this empty field, and at the same time pulled Yu Qiuyu towards that venue. Coincidentally, the person who was kicking Keju on the field made a mistake, and Keju flew towards Yu Qiuyou. Yu Qiuyou stopped the ball with his small chest, caught it firmly with the instep of his foot, and after padding it twice, he kicked the merry eye on the left side. However, his footwork was not very exquisite, and the keju hit the plank and bounced back to the ground with a "bang".

"Add two more!" Yu Qiuyou waved his little hand and said loudly, but he was surprised to find that the seven or eight people on the field were all looking at them with strange eyes. One of the leaders, who was about nine or ten years old, was obviously standing next to the landing Keju, but he didn't mean to touch Keju at all, so he stared at Yu Qiuyou and Yu Qiuyu in a daze.

"Where did the hairy boy come from?" The other older kid standing next to him shouted disdainfully, "Don't you know whose territory this is?" ”

"What do you mean?" Seeing that their attitude was so unfriendly, Yu Qiuyou replied with some dissatisfaction: "We are here to kick Keju!" ”

"Get out of here, kick over there!" The leader leaned at his waist, lifted his foot, and pointed to the crowded children's court next to him with his toes, "This is our field." ”

"There are too many people over there." Yu Qiuyou was angered by the attitude of the child in the lead, and although he was several years younger than him, he still said loudly: "You people here are obviously not full, why don't you let us kick?" This is a public yard, and it is not your home? ”

"Yo? You kid, you don't have a small tone! After the leading child saw that Yu Qiuyou actually dared to talk back, he took a square step with great interest, and led several children next to him to walk towards Yu Qiuyou and Yu Qiuyu together, "Where did you come from?" What a child! ”

"We belong to Yuqiu's family!" Yu Qiuyou proudly reported his family name, thinking that he would definitely be able to suppress these children who didn't know the height of the sky.

"Yuqiu's family? That traitor Yu Qiuping's child? The leader snorted disdainfully, which immediately made Yu Qiuyan and Yu Qiuyou's faces sink - anyone who heard others talk about their father like this would definitely be angry.

"I'll tell you, your master, I'm Shibata Sanzaemon of the Shibata family!" The leader patted his chest arrogantly, and suddenly raised his voice and said: "In this Qingzhou Castle Castle Town, except for the young master of Wonderful Pill, he is the biggest of me!" You female samurai from Suruga also have their faces to kick Kemari here? Get out of here! ”

"Who do you say is a female samurai? Who do you say is a traitor? Yu Qiuyou also had blue muscles on his forehead at this moment, took a step forward, and looked at Shibata Sanzaemon, who was a head taller than him, without fear. The children behind Shibata Sanzaemon all coaxed Shibata Sanzaemon, but Yu Qiuyu behind Yu Qiuyou pulled Yu Qiu's clothes with some anxiety, and whispered in his ear: "Ayu, there are many of them, you calm down, don't conflict with them." ”

Yu Qiuyou's opening made Yu Qiuyou sober up a little, and he looked at Shibata Sanzaemon and several children around him, all of whom were a few years older than Yu Qiuyou and Yu Qiuyou, and they were also a little bigger.

However, Yu Qiuyan's opening attracted everyone's attention to him.

Shibata Sanzaemon looked at Yu Qiuyan a few times, then looked at the empty sleeve of his right hand, and suddenly opened his mouth to mock: "Yo~~ There is no right hand!" Isn't this the crippled son of the Yuqiu family? ”

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As soon as he spoke, several children around him burst out laughing. "Crippled!" "Can a cripple kick a bow?" Words like that rang out one after another.

Yu Qiuyan's face suddenly darkened, and the corners of his mouth twitched. He has grown up so big, it's not that he doesn't understand his own inadequacy. However, the comfort and care of his parents and the companions around him always made him feel that not having a right hand was not a big deal. His younger brother has been waiting for him equally, which makes him quite moved. This is the first time that he has been nakedly exposed by others in public - that voice is "crippled", how poignant and unpleasant.

However, he couldn't raise the slightest anger in his heart at the moment, just countless grievances and inferiority.

Crippled.

I am a cripple.

He bowed his head in embarrassment, avoiding the contemptuous gazes of the crowd. He raised his hand, trying to cover his ears so that the sound of "crippled" would not reach his ears.

only to find that only one ear could be blocked.

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At this moment, an angry roar sounded in his ears. The voice was so loud that it instantly overshadowed the ridicule of those older children, so loud that the tone changed, so that Yu Qiuyan didn't even hear his brother's voice for the first time.

"Who are you scolding for being crippled!"

Yu Qiuyu was completely furious, clenched his hands into fists, and roared angrily at Shibata Sanzaemon.

"Scolding whom?" Shibata Sanzaemon was yelled at like this, and he was also furious, and viciously pointed at Yu Qiuyu behind Yu Qiuyou and said, "It's just to scold this cripple!" ”

Yu Qiuyou lowered his head and was silent for a second, his face was gloomy and terrifying, and his whole body was trembling with anger.

Immediately after, he raised his head and yelled at Shibata Sanzaemon:

"I don't want you to say that about my brother!"

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Shibata Sanzaemon's eyes suddenly went dark, and his nose ached violently. Immediately afterwards, a small figure pounced on him without fear, and swung his fist at him with a slashing head and face. This kid's strength was extraordinary, and he was beaten to the ground in a mess. Yu Qiuyu was also unequivocal, riding on Shibata Sanzaemon and punching him in the chest and face, leaving the latter almost powerless.

At this time, the other children around also reacted and immediately went over to help. Yu Qiuyou hit his head right, and he didn't notice the people around him at all, and he was knocked to the ground with all his hands and feet. Those children didn't say much, and immediately punched and kicked Yu Qiuyou. Even if Yu Qiuyou is in good health, he is not the opponent of so many people. After Shibata Sanzaemon relieved himself, he immediately stood up and wanted to kick Yu Qiuyou fiercely.

But he didn't want to, but this foot was hugged with one hand by the rushing Yu Qiuyan.

"Yo? You cripple and want to fight? Shibata Sanzaemon snorted coldly and kicked over the rain with a slam kick. Then, he chased Yu Qiu and had a good fight. Yu Qiuyan has been weak since he was a child, where is the opponent of Shibata Sanzaemon, who is three years older than him, and he struggles to support it with that thin one-hand, but he still gets several blows on his stomach, legs, and head.

"Crippled, hit? Why don't you fight back? Shibata Sanzaemon laughed and mocked while chasing Yu Qiu, "You are a cripple without a right hand, why are you fighting?" Begging for you! ”

"Wreck! Something is coming at me, don't hit my brother! Yu Qiuyu tossed back and forth to avoid the siege of several children, and shouted provocatively towards Shibata Sanzaemon. When Shibata Sanzaemon heard this, he was even more angry, and kicked Yu Qiuyu fiercely, kicking the latter to the ground, and then turned around and pounced on Yu Qiuyu.