Yuaki slowly paced down the walls of Ninomaru, passed the gate of Honmaru, and slowly walked towards the castle tower. Kaede Imagawa, who was leaning on the railing on the third floor, saw Yu Qiuping and also walked to the ground floor to greet him.

"Ping, what's wrong with you, you're worried?" Kaede Imagawa stared at Yu Qiuping's expression and asked in a low voice with some concern.

"I..."Yu Qiuping subconsciously almost blurted out the sound of "It's okay", but suddenly remembered that this was the most taboo word of Imagawa Kaede, and swallowed that word back from his throat.

"What about Yan'er, You'er and Cen Er?" Yu Qiuping diverted the topic to hide his embarrassment.

"Cen Er has already fallen asleep in the room on the second floor, and the child is too tired from playing." Imagawa Kaede remembered the way her daughter fell asleep with drooling, and couldn't help but smile slightly, "Yu'er and You'er are still studying with Takenaka-sama and Sena-sama." Amano-sama has been busy with military affairs these days, so it has always been Takenaka-sama and Seming-sama who are leading them. ”

"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded, then took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"Feng'er, come with me to the castle tower on the third floor." With that, he took Kaede Imagawa's hand and walked towards the stairs of the castle tower.

Imagawa Kaede's eyes flashed, and he looked at Yu Qiuping with a surprised but relieved look.

"I have something to tell you." Yu Qiuping said softly.

After Yu Qiuping said this, he stopped talking. The atmosphere was so oppressive that it seemed to make you breathless, and the sound of your feet stepping on the wooden stairs of the castle tower was repeated in a monotonous manner. Imagawa Kaede was also stunned when he heard this, but he didn't follow Yu Qiuping step by step, but took a few quick steps, walked to Yu Qiuping's side, and walked side by side with the latter. Yu Qiuping saw her performance like this, and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

The two walked into the room on the third floor of the castle tower together, and Yu Qiuping closed the door with his backhand, and sent the surrounding guards away. Kaede Imagawa lit a few oil lamps in the room, and the bright light reflected Yu Qiuping's figure on the wall behind him.

Even if Yu Qiuping hadn't said anything until now, Imagawa Kaede understood that what Yu Qiuping was going to say would definitely not be a trivial matter. The fact that this man who has always been humorous and talkative can be silent for so long is already very telling in itself.

"Say it." Kaede Imagawa sat quietly on the tatami mat. She had been trying to adjust her emotions for a long time, and she thought that no matter what Yu Qiuping said, she would be able to keep her composure.

Yu Qiuping glanced at Imagawa Kaede's watery eyes, and then looked at her lower abdomen, which was not obviously bulging, and sighed slightly. After a moment of hesitation, he also sat down quietly. When it came time to make up his mind to confess, he was not as nervous as he was when he hesitated whether to confess or not.

"I'm going to rebel." Yu Qiuping said this in as flat a tone as possible. The tone was so flat that no one could question it.

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Kaede Imagawa's pupils contracted suddenly, and his body trembled unconsciously. When her gaze was focused again, her mind was suddenly confused.

Conspiracy? Conspiracy?

What exactly does the word mean.

"What do you mean?" Although his mind hadn't turned around yet, the question popped out of Kaede Imagawa's mouth by itself.

"I'm going to rebel from the Oda family." Yu Qiuhei whispered a long time to prepare the rhetoric, "Murder Oda Nobunaga, and then take Owari." ”

"Why?" Kaede Imagawa's voice unconsciously raised slightly, and her eyes trembled a little. Although she had been mentally prepared for a long time, what Yu Qiuping said was still too shocking. She has now finally figured out what the word "rebellion" is. This means that Yu Qiuping will be the enemy of Oda Nobunaga from now on, and he will be the enemy of his comrades who have been with him for so long in the past, and the comfortable life that he has been accustomed to for seven years will soon be turned upside down. And the Yuqiu family is about to embark on the road of no return if they don't succeed and become benevolent. Wars, sacrifices, famines, and countless tragedies will follow.

What she wants to know most now is why! Why would the man she loved deeply, who was obviously such a kind-hearted person, do such a rebellious thing!

In fact, before she asked, she already had an answer in her heart.

"For revenge." Yu Qiuping said in a categorical voice, "In order to avenge His Royal Highness the Family Governor!" ”

Really.

Imagawa Kaede couldn't see that Yu Qiuping didn't let go of her father's longen for him at all, and didn't let go of the Imagawa family. From the complicated look in his eyes as he carefully wiped the chidori every day, Imagawa Kaede already understood.

It's just that she didn't expect Yu Qiuping to do this. It's not that she didn't think that Yu Qiuping would rebel and take revenge, but with the passage of time, seven years have passed, and she thought that Yu Qiuping had calmed down.

"When?" Without time to think about it, Imagawa Kaede asked anxiously again after a moment.

"Now... Right away. Yu Qiuping hurriedly spit out these words, as if the rebellion had come as fast as he spoke.

"What?" Kaede Imagawa was taken aback, "Are you going to cross the river and attack Oda Nobunaga?" ”

"It's not." Yu Qiuping shook his head and whispered with a somewhat guilty look: "I'm very sorry for hiding it from you before." In fact, I started planning this rebellion long before the construction of Sumamata Castle. ”

Yu Qiuping didn't dare to look directly into Imagawa Kaede's surprised, disappointed, and shocked eyes, and lowered his head and said in a flash, "When I was building the castle tower of Sumimata Castle, I mixed a large amount of gunpowder into it. Now the whole of Sumata Castle is a giant powder keg, and Oda Nobunaga has moved in with his cronies and retainers. ”

"As long as I give the order here, Aooka who remains in Minamata Castle will immediately send someone to set the castle tower on fire, and the castle tower will also explode, and Oda Nobunaga and the others will definitely die. At that time, I will remove the pontoon bridge over the Kiso River, detain the food and grass of the army, sit back and watch them break up on their own, and then turn around and attack the leaderless Owari of the dragons. ”

Imagawa Kaede froze motionlessly, staring at Yu Qiuping dumbfounded, barely believing any of the words that had just come out of his mouth. However, before she could speak, the door to the room was suddenly opened.

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Yuakihei and Kaede Imagawa were taken aback as they looked at the door. I saw that Shigeharu Takenaka and Yoshiyoshi Sena were looking at Yu Qiuhei and Kaede Imagawa with the same shocked eyes. Sena's face was worried, but Shigeharu Takenaka was already furious.

"Why are you here?" Yu Qiuping asked in a wary whisper.

"Momiji, I'm so sorry I overheard the conversation between the two." Shigeharu Takenaka tried to keep his voice calm, but the anger in his words could be detected by Yu Qiuhei without listening closely. "Just now, Shi Yi and I wanted to send the two sons back to the third floor, but we happened to hear the conversation between Momiji and Mrs. Yuqiu. The two sons were far away at the time, so I guess I didn't hear them clearly, so I sent them to the samurai house outside the castle tower. ”

The air suddenly quieted down, and Yu Qiuping didn't know what to say for a while. After a long time, he finally sighed and said in a low voice:

"It's alright, Hanbei. If you hear it, you hear it, and you'll know it right away anyway. ”

"Momiji! Did you mean what you just said? As soon as Yu Qiuping's words fell, Sena Shiyi lowered his voice in disbelief and asked, "You want to rebel?" Are you really going to rebel? Are you really going to detonate the castle tower? I was a little surprised that the gunpowder consumption was so large before, so it turned out that you mixed them in the castle tower of Sumamata Castle? ”

"Yoshibei, you're right." Yu Qiuping pretended to be calm and nodded, then slowly got up and said, "I'm about to give orders, and the pro-soldiers, the right guards, and the kibei should have received a notice that everything is going to be as usual, and they are waiting for me to give orders on the first floor of the castle tower." ”

Yu Qiuping doesn't know why he is so calm and calm now, so calm that he doesn't look like himself at all in the past, so calm that he can ignore the shocked Sena Yoshi, the angry Takenaka Shigeharu and the Imagawa Kaede who doesn't know what feelings are.

With that, he walked towards the door, heavy footsteps echoing through the quiet room. But at the moment before he went out, a somewhat thin hand grabbed his arm stiffly.

This was not actually unexpected by Yu Qiuping.

He sighed and turned back to meet Shigeharu Takenaka's angry, puzzled, disappointed gaze.

Before the two could speak, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps on the stairs on the second floor. After a while, I saw Amano Keitoku, Sanada Masayuki and Naoe Tadahei running quickly towards this side. Amano Jingde, who was the leader, saw Shigeji Takenaka who was holding back Yu Qiuhei at a glance, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and he whispered viciously: "The news has already arrived, and it is time to make a decision, so as not to have too many dreams at night." I was still wondering why His Highness was reluctant to give the order, it turned out that you were making trouble. ”

Shigeharu Takenaka laughed angrily when he heard this, and whispered in an unusually angry voice: "Momiji is kind-hearted and determined to save the people and end the cycle of chaos. I'm still wondering why Momiji decided to rebel, it turns out that you are making trouble. ”

Naoe Tadahei and Sanada Masayuki also quickly followed, and glanced at Sena Yoshi, who then got up and went out, Naoe Tadahei staggered his eyes a little helplessly, but Sanada Masayuki just grinned, and Sena Yoshiyoshi pursed his lips. And Amano Keitoku and Takenaka Shigeharu stared at each other deadly, and there was almost fire in their eyes. Yu Qiuping was sandwiched between the five people, although he looked calm on the surface, he seemed to have turbulent waves beating his heart in his heart.

Suddenly, Kaede Imagawa, who had not spoken in the room for a long time, suddenly spoke.

"Close the door, and you all come in." She slowly got up and whispered in an unquestioning voice, "Let's make it all clear." ”