"Don't look at me like that, it's not me who is kidding you." Yu Qiuping shook his head, looked at the swaddling clothes in the woman's hand, and asked, "Is it convenient to put the child in your arms to me first?" ”

"Don't you think about it!" The woman whispered resolutely.

"Don't get me wrong," Yu Qiuping shook his head and said, "I'm not with you Ikeda Hengxing either—oh no, I'm not bragging with you either," Yu Qiuping said as he patted Maeda Keiji on the shoulder, "As soon as my subordinate makes a move, you are definitely not an opponent." When the time comes, the sword has no eyes and hurts the child. If you want to fight, put the child with me first. ”

"And the gentleman over there," Yu Qiuping pointed to the man who was kneeling on the grass beside him, who seemed to have passed out, "Although it seems that he can't hold it anymore, don't you want to rescue him?" ”

The strong confidence revealed in Yu Qiuping's tone suddenly crushed the woman in front of him. Yu Qiuping hopes that the woman will put the child in his hands first and then fight, as if the woman's resistance is just a formality, and the ending is already doomed - Yu Qiuping will definitely win. The woman was not a fool either, she looked at the situation around her and Keiji Maeda's look, and then at the crying child in her swaddling clothes, and sighed helplessly.

"We are not meticulous, and we have nothing to do with the Sect," the woman said in a low voice, "I hope Your Highness will not embarrass this child." ”

"It's not a fine work, and it's not up to you to have the final say," Keiji Maeda snorted coldly, "Let's check the account!" ”

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Keiji Maeda and the others seized the women's weapons and escorted them into the camp. The man had obviously been seriously injured, had fainted just now, and was dead at the moment. Keiji Maeda wanted to interrogate the woman alone, but the woman held on to the swaddling clothes in her arms, so she had to take them together into Yuqiuping's tent.

However, as soon as the woman entered the brightly lit place, she was obviously taken aback when she saw the red leaf shawl on Yu Qiuping's shoulders and the red leaf family pattern on the back. She looked around and saw that each of the ashigaru samurai had a red leaf stuck in their helmet. It was too dark just now, and she didn't even pay attention.

"His Royal Highness Yuqiu Red Leaves?" The woman spoke tentatively.

"Exactly," Yu Qiuping nodded, "Listening to the accent, could it be the old man of Yuanjiang?" ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, bowed her head slightly, and bit her lower lip, not knowing how to answer.

"Don't worry, as long as you are not a meticulous work of the Sect, we will not embarrass you," Yu Qiuping smiled softly, "Just say it." What are the three of you..."

"In Shimoi Yi Zhihu," the woman hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "The baby in her arms is the only remaining male son of the Jing family, Hu Song, and it was Hu Song's adoptive father Shinno who died in the battle. ”

Iyi Tiger Song? Isn't that the famous Naomasa Ii in the future! One of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa, he incorporated the remnants of Takeda Akabi to form Ii Akabei, and was a rising star who made great contributions to Tokugawa Ieyasu's domination of the world. In the future, the Ii family was also one of the four families of the Tokugawa shogunate daimyo who had the "Great Elder Style".

At the same time that Yu Qiuping suddenly realized, he also remembered the identity of Jing Yi Naohu! That famous strange woman of the Warring States. He seems to have been the partner of Naomasa Ii's father's marriage contract, and he doesn't remember what his name was, Yu Qiuping. Later, before the marriage partner died? And then she's taking care of her as Naomasa Ii's adoptive mother?

Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that Jing Yi Naohu seemed to have said something shocking.

"Wait!" Yu Qiuping raised his finger sharply and pointed at Jing Yi Zhihu, "You said that this child is the only remaining boy in Jing Yi's family?" What's going on! ”

When Jing Yi Naohu heard Yu Qiuping's question, his body trembled violently. She took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the sadness in her heart, and slowly told the tragedy of the Jing family.

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As one of the most fierce families that resisted the Imagawa family's attack on Enoe, the Iyi family has always been suspicious and hostile to the Imagawa family—as Yu Qiuping also knows. Even though the eldest son of Naohei, the old head of the Ii family, died in battle for the Imagawa family, the second and third sons were still executed by the Imagawa family on suspicion of rebellion. And the grandson of Naohi Ii is Naomori Ii who Yu Qiuping knows, he should have died in the barrel of history, but he survived by luck because Yu Qiuping changed history.

However, the good fortune didn't last long.

The Matsudaira family of Mikawa had been trying to persuade the wealthy clans of Togae to defect from the Imagawa family. And Ii Naomori's younger brother, Ii Naoqin (that is, Toramatsu's biological father) was a little moved, and persuaded his brother and grandfather Ii Naohei to go over to the side of the Matsudaira family at home. However, both Naohei and Naomori felt that something was wrong, and things were deadlocked.

However, their every move was overheard by the Imagawa family's Metsukoku group, and Shou Guini ordered the Asahina Taichao, located in Enoe Kakegawa Castle, to immediately summon the brothers Ii Naomori and Ii Naoto to Kakegawa Castle, and then execute Ii Naoto and detain Ii Naomori. However, things didn't go the way they were supposed to.

In order to show their innocence, Ii Naomori and Ii Naoshi did come to Kakegawa Castle honestly, and Asahina Tai also politely invited the two to a banquet. I want to think that the misunderstanding has been cleared up, and Ii Naomori is relieved to drink, and unconsciously a little drunk. In order to show his loyalty to the Imagawa family, he recalled the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto through alcohol and wept bitterly over it. He thought that this "drunken confession" could win the trust of the Asahina family, but unfortunately it was self-defeating. When he recalled the civil war of the Imagawa family in the past, he called Yu Qiuping a rebellion, and said that the Asahina family was just confused by the thief Yu Qiuping, and finally understood the righteousness and changed his evil and returned to the right - this directly uncovered the scars of Asahina Taichao and Asahina Taiheng.

They were already resentful of Shou Gui Ni and the Imagawa family's handling of Yu Qiuping, thinking that Shou Guini was really wrong to let go of the traitor Okabe Motonobu, and they felt guilty because of their betrayal of Yu Qiuping and Yu Qiuping being chased and released. A few years ago, after hearing that Yu Qiupei had fainted because he was forced to attack the Imagawa family's Otaka Castle, Asahina Taihyung went on a hunger strike for two days and two nights with guilt and grief, and finally fainted, and finally survived.

At this moment, hearing that someone insulted his little brother like this, and sang praises to the Okabe family, Asahina Taiheng, who was also drunk, was furious, and actually pulled out his sword and killed Ii Naomori in court. Ii Naomori didn't understand what happened until he died, so he fell to the soul. Of course, the Nao-kiss of Ii, who was scheduled to be executed, did not end well, and was also pulled out and beheaded.

Hearing that the two beloved grandsons were also killed in Kakechuan City, the old grandfather Jing Yi Naohei was sad and angry, but he was helpless. To make matters worse, the top brass of the Imagawa family ordered the arrest of Toramatsu, the son of Naoqin Ii who was trying to rebel. Naohi Ii hurriedly asked his confidant Shinno to serve as Toramatsu's adoptive father, and took Toramatsu to leave Ii Valley Castle for refuge. And Jing Yi Naohu, who originally had an unfulfilled marriage contract with Jing Yi's relatives, also helped hide Hu Song.

In the sixth year of Eiroku (1563), that is, at the beginning of this year, Iio Renlong sent someone to poison his grandfather Ii Naohei because of a conflict with Ii Naohei. The Imagawa family, who was already very suspicious of the Ii family, instead of pursuing the fault of Iio Renlong, instructed the Toe wealthy clan to annex the Ii family's territory in the name of "managing on behalf of the family". And at this moment, except for the young son Husong who fled outside, all the men died, and the clan was almost wiped out.

Xinye Qinju and Iyi Nao saw that Yuanjiang couldn't stay anymore, so they had to take a few cronies and protect Husong to flee to Sanhe and take shelter in Sanhe in the southwest. Unfortunately, it happened to encounter a major uprising that had always been a hit. The lord who had agreed to take them in was a loyal servant of the Matsudaira family, so naturally he would not join Honganji, and his castle was quickly captured. In the chaos, Ii Naohu and others fled in a hurry, and all the cronies around him were killed by Yixiangzong, and Shinno was also seriously injured in order to protect Hu Song. The three of them rode on a horse and scurried wildly, and unknowingly rushed to the edge of the Fengzuma River.

The sky was dark and the vision was not clear, and when Naokora Ii saw a large military camp, he thought it was the military camp of the Matsudaira family, so he hurried to defect, but he didn't want to be heavily guarded, and Tokiwa had military regulations: anyone who carried a weapon and rode close to the camp within ten zhang of the camp would be shot down with arrows. Jing Yi Naohu sat down on his horse and was shot to death like this, and Yu Qiuping knew everything about the next thing.

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"I'm sorry to hear that," Yu Qiuping whispered a little sadly. Although the Jing family was an enemy before, it is still embarrassing to see a family decline to this point.

"My big brother..."Yu Qiuping not only had the voice and smile of the big brother who was neither big nor small in his mind, but his eyes were red unconsciously. Asahina Taehyung is so out of shape because of Yu Qiuping, presumably he still remembers the brotherhood between the two in his heart. "It's still the same temper, which makes Ling Zun unfortunate, I'm here to accompany Miss Xiang."

"There's already a marriage contract under you, not Miss." Ii Naotora said in a low voice.

"Then Mrs. Jingyi," Yu Qiuping changed his title, "do you have any plans next?" If you don't have anything in mind, I'd like to take you in with your mother and son. ”

"Your Highness," Jing Yi Naohu glanced at Yu Qiuping vigilantly, "There is already a marriage contract in Xia, please don't think about it too much, Your Highness." ”

"It's you who thinks a lot, Mrs. Jing Yi," Yu Qiuping realized that there might be ambiguity in his words, and laughed, "I don't have any wrong thoughts about Mrs. Jing Yi. Mrs. Ii was also a member of the Imagawa family, so I don't think it's unclear that my wife is Princess Kaede. If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for? ”

"Then why does Your Highness want to help us?" Jing Yi Naohu breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a low voice.

"Ling Zun died at the hands of his brother, I owe you a favor." Yu Qiuping sighed, "Everyone is an old minister of Imagawa, and they are also forced to go into exile in a foreign land, I will do you a favor, and it can be regarded as a little bit of personnel, let's talk about the heart." ”

"And madam, what do you think?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"If that's the case, Zhihu will thank His Highness first." Ii Naotora leaned over gratefully. In this troubled world, she is always inconvenient for a woman to run around with a baby. In case of a mistake, the Jing Yi family will be wiped out, and she can't afford this sin! Since Yu Qiuping was willing to lend a hand, for the safety of Hu Song, she could only agree.

"Although I am not good at martial arts, I am also rough in one or two," Jing Yi Zhihu turned to a man's etiquette, "I will not receive the favor of His Highness in vain, and I will repay Your Highness when I am out of the Yuqiu family." ”