Chapter 6 Begins

"To play? Where are you going? Yu Qiuping looked at the mighty entourage behind him, all with flags against the Bina family, "Shouldn't you go hunting?" ”

"Not really!" Asahina Taehyung was a little anxious, "This time it's on official business!" Business! This son is one of the best samurai in the Asahina family! ”

"What kind of business?" Yu Qiuping asked confusedly.

"My brother asked me to take people back to our family's home city of Kakechuan City, and let Uncle Xinzhi take a thousand people to Kakecheng City to change defenses." Asahina Taihyung said excitedly, "After passing the order, I will go to Okazaki Castle to prepare the front station for my family's troops in advance!" ”

"This is the first time this son has carried out a military order, and it is such a challenging task!" Asahina Taehyung continued to dance excitedly, "My brother said that this mission was very difficult, and my uncles were not in Sunpu Castle, so only I could complete it!" ”

Yu Qiuping looked at the stupid appearance of Asahina Taehyung's eyebrows almost curled to the sky, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"What are you laughing at!" Asahina Taehyung immediately looked at him with alarm.

"I'm glad that my eldest brother has taken on a heavy responsibility." Yu Qiuping said insincerely, but his heart had already completed the scene restoration. Send a letter to ask my uncle to mobilize the troops, and then deliver an official document to inform the magistrate. It's a simple task that a messenger can do. The reason why he gave this task to Asahina Taiheng, Yu Qiuping estimated that it was because his elder brother, Asahina Taichao, the head of the Asahina family, really felt that his younger brother was too annoyed in Sunfu Castle, and he was idle all day long, so he might as well send it out to deliver a letter.

Asahina Taehyung, you don't know how cruel the reality is, hahaha. Yu Qiuping secretly laughed in his heart.

"So, since the eldest brother is on official business, why do you want to bring me, a civilian?" Yu Qiuping asked with a wicked smile.

"Ahh Well," Asahina Taehyung scratched his head embarrassedly, "There may be a lot of settling accounts on the road, and it's always good to have one who can settle accounts." ”

"Huh?" Yu Qiuping hummed in a nasal voice, with a look of disbelief.

"Uh... The journey along the way was too monotonous, and it was a good idea to find someone to talk to, and none of my entourage could talk to me," explained Asahina Taehyung waving his hand, "Keeping your spirits good is also to perform your duties better." Besides, you're my little brother. ”

"Really?" Yu Qiuping still had an expression of disbelief, "I still have something to do in the store, and I won't go if I don't say anything else." ”

"Okay, okay, you're amazing," Asahina Taehyung's face flushed with embarrassment, "This... You'll have to hunt a few times along the way... Well, a dozen times. Since it's a hang out... It's better to go out on official business, or bring interesting guys. ”

"Come on, I'm not as idle as my eldest brother," Yu Qiuping shook his head, "I still have to settle accounts to make money, where can I have the time to travel." ”

"Eh, don't, don't," said Hina, who was about to walk back to the store, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, grabbing Yu Qiuping, who was about to walk back to the store, "How boring it would be if you didn't come." You see, you're new to the city, and you don't know much about the customs of Tokaido, so wouldn't it be nice to walk around more? ”

"That's true," Yu Qiuping tilted his head and thought for a moment. I loved history in my previous life, and I have traveled for so long, but I have never seen a historical celebrity. Follow this Asahina boy out for a walk, maybe you have a chance to meet... It is still called Matsudaira Motoyasu, and the future Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"Let me ask you a question first, when we go to Okazaki Castle this time, will we see Matsudaira Motoyasu-sama?" Yu Qiuping asked.

"Huh?" Asahina Taehyung cried out in surprise, "Haven't you only been here for a few months, how do you know such a small role?" ”

"Just say if it's going to be okay, don't ask too much." Yu Qiuping was speechless for a while, and simply said that Bina Taehyung was also a straight intestine and did not ask.

"I guess it's okay, although I went to the front station to contact the people of the Sekiguchi clan. But I think I'll be able to see him. The Matsudaira family is just a small puppet controlled by our Imagawa family, and it is already a great grace to allow Matsudaira Motoyasu to keep 1,500 ashigaru stationed in Okazaki Castle, and he dares not to give me the face of the young son of Asahina? Asahina Taehyung smirked his nose, "Wrap it around my brother." ”

"Then let's go with my eldest brother," Yu Qiuping agreed with satisfaction, "How long will it take to make a trip in the past?" ”

"Well....a total of about 260 miles, (Japan and China are different, for the sake of reading, we use China in this case)" Asahina Taehyung pursed his lips and estimated a number, "We don't have any luggage, we all stay at a post station in the city on the way, and we will arrive soon on horseback." I can walk about 100 miles a day on horseback, and counting the time spent on the road, I think I will come back in half a month. ”

The smile on Yu Qiuping's face suddenly froze.

"Boy, what's wrong?" Asahina Taehyung approached him suspiciously, "Happy stupid? ”

"No," Yu Qiuping shook his head as the corners of his mouth twitched, "Then here's the problem, I don't know how to ride a horse." ”

Yu Qiuping was sitting on the back of the horse at the moment, carefully holding Kondo's waist, watching him manipulate the reins with his spare eyes, and the fast running horse made Yu Qiuping's ass hurt so much.

"Hei-kun, sooner or later, I'm going to be killed by you," Kondo Yasujo's face was full of depression, "I shouldn't have said that I could ride a horse." ”

"Kang Zhuang, what are you talking about?" Asahina Taehyung was lying comfortably on the back of his horse at the moment, with his hands behind his head and his eyes closed, obviously very confident in his riding skills, "If it weren't for you riding a horse with that kid, I wouldn't have taken you out to play, so let's translate honestly!" ”

"The adults laughed, but they didn't dare." Kondo Yasuso hurriedly apologized, and then muttered in a low voice, "You're such a pit." ”

"Where did you go? Young master, why don't you leave again! "The oldest and highest-ranking Asahina family in the group, the old Fujita Nakaharu, was already about to be angry and cry by Asahina Taehyung.

This is the third time that Asahina Taehyung has asked to stop hunting, and the first two times he was persuaded by Fujita Nakaharu to continue on the road, but this time he seems to be extremely resolute, and he has already asked his entourage to take out his bow and arrows.

Well, it's the early morning of June 10th, on the outskirts of Okabe, 20 miles west of Sunpu Castle. The name of the place here is Okabe, and it is the main castle of the Okabe family, the two pillars of the Imagawa family. The current ruler, Motonobu Okabe, was crowned Narumi Castle in Owari Province because of his meritorious service, and he himself was stationed there.

"Eh, uncle, you're too wide!" Asahina Taehyung packed his bags and prepared for hunting, "It's just that you stopped me in front, I have to hunt here!" I'm just going to hunt outside Okabe Castle! ”

While Asahina Taehyung and Fujita Nakaharu were arguing, Wooakihei finally got the chance to get off the horse and rest his ass. He sat down against a tree, moving his sore.

"Huh! Kangzhuang," he called out Kondo Kangzhuang, who looked back with a look of resentment, and Yu Qiuping smiled embarrassedly, "Thank you just now!" But I don't understand it now. As he spoke, he handed the water hyacinth in his pocket to Yasuso Kondo.

Kondo Yasuzhuang took off the plug and poured a few mouthfuls of water, then re-screwed it and handed it to Yu Qiuping, and then wiped his mouth, "Do you want to ask, why do adults have to hunt here." ”

Yu Qiuping nodded.

"This... Actually, it's a matter of political insiders, and I've just heard from the people above," Kondo Yasujo quietly pointed to the sky, "I heard that the two pillars of the Imagawa family, the Okabe family and the Asahina family, don't have a good relationship. ”

"Why is that?" Yu Qiuping was suddenly intrigued, and such political struggles are often very interesting for boys of this age.

"It's a long story, the two families were still close during the period of their ancestors. But in the Hanakura Rebellion, which later competed for the governor of the Imagawa family, the head of the Asahina family at the time, well, that is, the Asahina Taino-sama who passed away three years ago, he and Sena-sama have always been the hardcore of Imagawa Jibe Yoshimoto-sama. However, the Okabe family and the Fukushima family sided with Genhiro Keitan. The old head of the Okabe family at that time was Okabe Tsuna-sama, and he and Asaka-sama had a very unpleasant quarrel. Later, under the persuasion of Lord Taiyuan Yukisai, the Okabe family rebelled and joined the side of Lord Yoshimoto, destroying the Fukushima family and Genhiro Keitan, which gave rise to the status of today's two pillars. ”

"After the death of Okitsuna-sama's son, Okabe Protsuna-sama had to temporarily take over the position of head of the family again, until the current Okabe Motonobu-sama was able to take charge on his own. And the head of the Asahina family was succeeded by Lord Asahina Taichao. These two adults have a worse relationship with each other, often targeting each other in family affairs. The Okabe family also seems to be inextricably linked to the Takeda family, while the Asahina family is closely related to the family's kinship, the Sena family, and the Sekiguchi family. "It seems that his mouth is a little dry, and Kondo Yasuo is going to come to the kettle again to take a few sips." Now the younger brothers of the two heads of the family, that is, our son of Asahina Taiheng and the young master of the Okabe family, are both nineteen years old, and they are all strong-blooded, and they are usually needle-pointed. The two of them also had a big fight in the castle town of Junfu Castle, and they were each locked up by the governor Yoshimoto for a month. ”

Kondo Yasuso said that he was happy, "These two sons are notorious in Sunfu Castle because of this." and the young master of our family, the Imagawa clan, is called the three young masters of the Junfu. ”

"Not long ago, well, in the early spring of this year, that Okabe Masatsuna took dozens of people to the outskirts of our Asahina family castle Kakegawa Castle to hunt with swagger, and also blocked the entry and exit of the small lotus caravan of the Asahina family, that is, the baggage team. My son-in-law is afraid that he won't be able to swallow this breath, and he has been planning to take revenge and come back. ”