On April 19, 1564, Oda Nobunaga once again summoned all the high-ranking officers of the entire command to a meeting for evaluation. But this time, it's not Cheongju City. Not long ago, Oda Nobunaga officially announced that he would move the castle to the newly built Komakiyama Castle, and it seemed that the rebellious Oda Nobunaki was bound to win.

Leaving Kuroda Castle, Yu Qiuping deliberately made a detour to Cheongju Castle, taking some Nanban gifts bought from Tsushima to visit Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing, two difficult brothers. The attendants who accompanied him, in addition to Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko's guards, there was also Uchiha Aooka. The latter asked many times, and as a retainer of Yu Qiuping, he had to go and investigate a little to understand Oda Nobunaga's ninja system. Although such a move seems a little disloyal, Yu Qiuping, who already has a ghost in his heart, naturally agrees with Uchiha Aooka's move.

After many days of confinement, the lockdown of Ikeda and Maeda Toshiya was finally lifted. These two living treasures have been suffocated, and they can finally come out to breathe, and they are even more excited. They still dragged Yu Qiuping to the old place - Sakura Pavilion, and the three of them watched the play and drank wine together (but Yu Qiuping still used tea instead of wine).

"What about Fujihachi? And Tsumi-sama and Ikoma-sama, why aren't they there? Yu Qiuping took a sip of tea slightly, and found that the water temperature was a little hot, so he put down the teacup and asked, "Isn't it usually everyone who gathers together?" ”

"They've all gone to Komaki Mountain." Maeda Toshiya's face looked extremely disappointed, "The lord is probably going to do something to Oda Nobukiyo's traitor!" Both the mothers and horses were sent out to investigate, and they were beaten several times. Fujihachi had also beheaded a Oda Nobukiyo's scout cavalry before, and was praised by the lord in public. ”

"If it weren't for saving you!" The more Maeda Toshiya spoke, the more angry he became, he raised his right hand holding the chopsticks, pointed at Yu Qiuping's nose with the chopsticks and said, "Lao Tzu is also killing the enemy on the front line now!" Where will you be locked up in the house and stuffed! ”

"That's it!" Ikeda Hengxing also said on the side, "If it weren't for being grounded this time, I would have made a great contribution to becoming the city lord and county generation!" It's all your fault! Red! You say what to do! ”

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault!" Yu Qiuping responded with a smile, clapped his hands at the same time, and motioned for Ryuko to come in with the gifts prepared for Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing, "I'm invited to this meal!" These are also the Nanban short knives that I bought for you from Tsushima, which can be regarded as an apology for you! ”

"Well, that's pretty much it," Ikeda Hengxing immediately took the delicately crafted short knife handed to him by Yu Qiuping with a smile, and couldn't put it down.

Maeda Toshiya, on the other hand, set his eyes on Ryuko and stared at Ryuko for a while, making the latter shyly bow his head.

"You maid, you're very chic!" Maeda Toshiya looked at Yu Qiuping with a look of "men understand", "Mrs. Feng is already so beautiful, she is simply a stunner in the world, and she can't satisfy you kid?" ”

Ryuko is 14 years old this year, and he has been following Yu Qiuping for four years. When she was a begging little girl, she could see that she was a beautiful embryo. Nowadays, it is also getting more and more beautiful. 14 years old, in Japan, it is also the age when a girl should get married-at least that's what the Lolita of the Maeda Toshiya thinks.

"With such a flowery guard by your side, you kid is really good! Yan Fu is not shallow! Ikeda also laughed evilly and coaxed. Ryuko blushed suddenly, and after softly retreating, he quickly fled the room.

Yu Qiuping watched Longzi leave, and suddenly realized this problem. In Japan's Warring States, 14-year-old girls can almost look for someone. Since this age was still in junior high school at Yu Qiuping's time, Yu Qiuping never regarded Longzi as a big girl, but always treated her as a child - I didn't expect her to be shy because of these things.

"Look at you, you've all scared other people's children," Yu Qiuping tapped the plate with his chopsticks dissatisfied, "I didn't mean that!" You two don't talk nonsense, if you ruin the reputation of other people's children, it will be difficult to marry in the future. ”

"You didn't mean that—did you?" Maeda Toshiya dragged out his tone, staring at Yu Qiuping's eyes with his eyes, as if trying to find some clues from them.

"No, no," Yu Qiuping waved his hand impatiently, and at the same time pushed the stool and stood up, "You two eat for a while, I'll go and appease Longzi, don't freak people out, come back immediately." ”

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When Yu Qiuping walked outside the door, he found that Ryuko was not standing in the same place.

"Nabenosuke, where's Ryuko?" Yu Qiuping then asked Honda Tadakatsu, who was standing at the door.

"It's out." Tadashi Honda pointed to the door of the whale house.

After Yu Qiuping chased out the door, he found Long Zi standing alone on the corner of the street not far away, with his head down and not knowing what he was thinking.

"Longzi, why did you run out?" Yu Qiuping hurriedly stepped forward and comforted gently: "Although those two uncles are flamboyant, they are actually good people!" Did you forget last time, they went with you to Inabayama Castle to save me. ”

Long Zi was stunned, nodded slightly, and quietly shook his head. The two little hands kept pointing at the fingers, the teeth biting the lower lip, and the crimson on the face did not fade. Yu Qiuping didn't know what to do, so he had to stand beside Longzi and accompany her silently.

After a long time, Long Zi finally raised his head, looked at Yu Qiuping's eyes, and said softly:

"Your Highness," her voice was as soft as a mosquito, "what do you think..."

"What do you think?" Yu Qiuping asked in surprise.

"It's just... It's just..."Long Zi paused, gritted her teeth, and whispered as if she had made up her mind: "About what the two adults just said..."As soon as the words fell, she immediately buried her head in the shadows as if she had said something particularly shameful, and her two small hands also clenched the corners of her clothes.

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping still doesn't understand. Just as he was about to think about what had just happened, a cool air suddenly came from beside him.

Yu Qiuping turned around suddenly, and the streets and alleys that were empty just now were already standing with a man in white at this moment.

"Aooka?" Taken aback, Yu Qiupei recognized Uchiha Aooka, "I'll go!" Scared the hell out of me! You're exaggerating! ”

However, Uchiha Aooka didn't pay any attention to Yu Qiuping's compliment, but stepped forward and said in a cold voice: "Your Highness, there are suspicious people around, please don't stay on the street. ”

As soon as Uchiha Aooka spoke, Ryuko, who was still shy just now, immediately changed as if he was a different person, and pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife very vigilantly. has been studying with Honda Tadashi for almost four years, and she can be regarded as a martial artist, and her vigilance is like that.

"Who? How do you know? "Yu Qiuping himself became nervous, and walked quickly back to the whale house with Ryuko and Uchiha Aooka - there were several of his guards there, and it was very safe." This is Cheongju City, how can there be suspicious characters coming in? ”

"I don't know if I'm down," Uchiha Aooka whispered, "but I noticed that there were three ninjas from the Oda family who were quite good at kung fu, and they were all guarding that person in the dark, so I suspected that something was wrong." ”

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Yu Qiuping took Ryuko and Uchiha Aooka back to the private room on the second floor of the whale house, and Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing were still chatting like no one else. Yu Qiuhei asked Ryuko to stay outside, and he took Uchiha Aooka into the private room.

"Yo? Isn't this the fire-breathing ninja! Ikeda Tsuneko recognized at a glance the Uchiha Aoka, who had been working together to save Yuaki before, "It's been a long time." ”

"I've met Ikeda-sama, Maeda-sama." After Uchiha Aooka saluted the two men, he took two steps forward and walked to the window of the private room, and Yu Qiuhei immediately followed, looking out the window into the street. Maeda Toshiie and Ikeda Hengxing were a little curious, and they also leaned their heads over.

"That's the man." Uchiha Aooka tapped his finger slightly at a man in a simple samurai costume on the street below.

"Is that the man?" Yu Qiuping squinted his eyes and stared at the man. But no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see any flowers—just an ordinary low-level samurai, how could it be worth staring at by the three ninjas of the Oda family? Could it be that other countries have mixed in?

"What's wrong? Isn't that Mori Shinsuke! Maeda Toshiya recognized him with a casual glance, "What are you two going to do in a daze?" ”

"What did you say?" When Yu Qiuping heard this name, his whole body trembled like an electric shock. Isn't that the person who fought for Imagawa Yoshimoto with Hattori Kohei and the others in the barrel narrow room in the history of his previous life!

"Mao... Mori Shinsuke? ”

"Now, it's him," Maeda Toshiya sighed and patted Yu Qiuhei on the shoulder, "That's still a sad thing for you." ”

"In the battle outside Narumi Castle back then, it was he and Hattori Kohei who first proposed that the lord should pick up the head of the shadow warrior who died in the barrel of His Highness Jibe, pretending that His Highness Jibu had been begged to die, to scare the unwitting Imagawa army."

Maeda Toshiya paused, and continued: "At first, we didn't believe that this plan could succeed - who would have thought that His Highness Jibu actually didn't tell his subordinates - it was the Shadow Warrior who died instead of himself; Who would have thought that the castle tower of Narumi Castle would suddenly catch fire and trap Imagawa Jibu. The plan actually succeeded, and the head of the shadow warrior caused the morale of the Imagawa army to be greatly disrupted, and they were defeated outside Narumi Castle. Then they rushed into the burning castle tower, smashed the gate that had been scorched by the fire, and found the body of Imagawa Jibe. Maeda Toshiya paid attention to Yu Qiuping's expression, and when the latter heard this, his eyes were slightly red. They then cut off his head and offered it to the lord. At that time, everyone hadn't reacted, only the two of them rushed into the castle tower, plus the previous two people's contributions. Therefore, the credit for the Ministry of Governance is counted on the two of them. ”

Since when Yu Qiupei first came to the Oda family, he had always been very shy about talking about the affairs of Tsubazama and Narumi Castle, so the people of the Oda family did not take the initiative to reveal it to him. It was only now that Yu Qiuping learned for the first time from the mouths of the witnesses on the Oda side back then who offered the plan to get Imagawa Yoshimoto - it was actually the two people in the history of the previous life! This really surprised Yu Qiuping.

"Then why is he dressed so simply? Didn't the lord give him a reward? Ikeda Tsuneko doesn't seem to know much about this matter, "Although I may not like to hear this when I say this, but offering such a strange plan and begging for governance can be said to be an immortal achievement, isn't the lord never stingy with rewards and punishments?" ”

"It's strange to say," Maeda Toshiie tilted his head to recall the past, "I remember that the expression on the face of the lord was a little strange at first when he watched the two of them come with the head of Imagawa Jibu in his hands. Afterwards, both of them only rose to the head of the ashigaru, and did not improve further. After that, they didn't even have a chance to play, and basically stayed in Cheongju City to relax. ”

"I guess the lord thinks it's not in line with the morality of the martial arts to take the spoils from a burned person!" Ikeda speculated, "So I didn't give them a good look, and I didn't give them a promotion." ”

"Come on, where will our lord care about the morality of the martial arts?" Maeda Toshiya laughed and said, "I guess the lord just wanted to ask for the ministry in person, but he was preempted by these two people!" That's why I'm so unhappy! ”

Just when Maeda Toshiya and Ikeda Hengxing teased each other one by one, Yu Qiuping's face was a battle between heaven and man. His whole body froze, completely unable to move, and it was as if only those eyes were left, staring out the window at the man who was silently walking on the street a few meters away.

Why did he make a great contribution to the throne of the Governor, but he was only rewarded with a promotion, and was later placed under house arrest in Cheongju City, and was also monitored by the ninjas of the Oda family.

Why is this happening?

Just when Yu Qiuping's heart was extremely complicated and confused, Mori Shinsuke, who was walking on the road, seemed to notice the gaze of Yu Qiuping and the four of them, and looked back at them blankly. His gaze and Yu Qiuping's gaze met for a moment.

Good noodles cooked... I seem to have met him sometimes, but I can't remember him at all.

A thought suddenly flashed in Yu Qiuping's heart, which made him feel that his eyes lit up. But when he tried to recall the thought that had flashed through him, he couldn't remember it at all.