On July 14, 1574, the autumn harvest began. In the castle tower of Maple Mountain Castle, Yu Qiuyan is packing some bags in his house and preparing to go on the expedition. This time, in addition to Naoe Nobori, there were also Ii Naomasa and many heirs of the Momiji Army generals who had already served him. Under the infection of Yu Qiu, they also refused to stay in the safe headquarters, and asked to start from a small soldier.

Suddenly, the door to the room was opened. Yuqiu didn't even raise his head, so he knew who was coming. Now even if Yu Qiuping enters his room, he will knock on the door. Only his best friend, Naoe Nobori, who grew up with him, would habitually walk in without knocking.

"Cheng Yuan Maru, what's wrong?" Yu Qiuyan asked casually while cleaning up.

"Brother Yan'er, let's go to the General Staff, there is a war chess exercise going on! Extrapolate tomorrow's results! Naoe Nobohei suggested with some excitement as he twisted his head and looked around.

"That's not our business." Yu Qiuyan stuffed the last bit of things, straightened up, and looked at Naoe Dengping, "We just have to do what we have to do." ”

"But I haven't played war chess for a long time, and every day is artillery training, and my hands are itchy!" In order to strengthen the expressiveness of his language, Naoe Dengping rubbed his hands quite funny, "Brother Yan'er, come together!" It's so embarrassing for me to go alone! Let's come along! ”

“…… All right. Yu Qiuyan hesitated for a while, and shook his head helplessly.

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At the same time, outside another room in the castle tower of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle, Cha Cha knocked on Yu Qiuzen's door with some uneasiness.

"Sister Cen Er, you can go to the night market with Chacha!" Cha Cha's crisp voice came from outside the door, Yu Qiu Cen got up and opened the door in surprise, and asked puzzledly, "Cha Cha, why do you suddenly want to go out to the night market so late?" ”

"I'm a little hungry and want something to eat." Cha Cha blushed and made an excuse a little clumsily.

"Wouldn't it be nice to tell the kitchen to cook something when you're hungry?" Yu Qiucen was stunned again, "Why do you want to go to the castle town." ”

"This..."Cha Cha's face became even redder, and she lowered her head a little uneasily, her two small hands behind her back, quietly twisting the corners of her clothes.

"Ah, forget it, I'll go with you." Seeing Cha Cha's embarrassed appearance, Yu Qiucen couldn't help but smile and took her little hand, "But we two little girls can't run out alone, we want this maid or guard." ”

"Ahh Cha Cha said in a panic when she heard this, "Will it be known by my uncle..."

"Don't worry, my father loves you sisters so much, and he won't blame you." Yu Qiucen smiled and shook his head, "And I know that there is a Suizi sister among Daddy's maids, who is a very good person, and she will never tell Daddy, so let her accompany us!" ”

"But that Sister Suizi..."Cha Cha muttered a small mouth, and obediently swallowed the second half of the sentence back into her stomach - it seems that there is no Sister Cen Er You can fight, how can you protect us.

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So two pairs of children walked out of the two gates of the castle tower and began to walk out of the castle. Yu Qiuyan was very surprised and let Naoe Dengping take him on a long road - obviously he could go to the mainland to the central part of the staff, why did Naoe Dengping take a detour? And Yu Qiucen was also a little puzzled by Chacha's actions, obviously there were a lot of delicious foods on another street, but Chacha had to go around to another neighborhood where a small shop was about to close. And Ye Gu Suizi, who originally came out with them, was also attracted by the sugar gourd of a small vendor, and he disappeared without knowing when.

Just when Yu Qiuyan and Yu Qiucen wanted to ask what was going on, two pairs of children met in surprise on the street. Before they could greet each other, Naoe Dengping ran to Yu Qiucen's side without saying a word, pulled Yu Qiucen's sleeve and ran to another block, leaving Yu Qiucen and Chacha who looked at each other.

"Hey, Ping-kun, what are you doing!" Yu Qiucen was pulled by Naoe Dengping and ran for a long time before stopping, and asked breathlessly. Although on other occasions he often calls Naoe Nobohei Chengyuanmaru, but when he is face-to-face, Yu Qiucen always likes to use this very formal title, which may be caused by the wonderful feelings of adolescent girls.

"Yucen, isn't this asking you to come out!" Naoe Nobohei scratched his head embarrassedly, "I want to go shopping with you at night!" ”

Yuqiu Cen's beautiful eyes rolled, and she immediately understood what was going on. "Then Pingjun will come to me directly," Yu Qiucen finished saying this paragraph as a matter of course, and then his cheeks turned red, and he lowered his head a little shyly, and said in a low voice: "I won't come out again." ”

"Of course Yucen won't, but the little girl in Chacha is embarrassed to play with Brother Yan'er, so I had to lie to her and say that I can't make an appointment with you, and I want her to find you." Naoe Denghei smiled evilly and told his little abacus.

"So Cha Cha didn't know you came with my brother?"

"I don't know, she's too shy to come if she knows."

"So my brother doesn't know, he will meet Cha Cha outside?"

"I don't know, he won't be too shy to come if he knows."

"Oh my God..."Yu Qiucen, who figured out all this, suddenly realized, a little annoyed but faintly excited: "You're creating a date for the two of them!" I thought you were trying to come to me! ”

"Of course, I want to come to you!" Seeing that Yu Qiucen seemed to have a little emotion, Naoe Dengping hurriedly became cheeky, grabbed Yu Qiucen's little hand, and scratched her palm with his fingers - this is the best way to amuse Yu Qiucen. Like her mother, Yu Qiucen is also a girl who is very afraid of itching.

"But you know what, my second brother seems to like tea and tea too!" After Yuqiu Cen was happy for a while, he withdrew his hand from Naoe Dengping's hand and whispered with some concern.

"I can see it too." Naoe Nobohei nodded as a matter of course, and then smiled smugly, "But you definitely didn't see it!" Brother Yan'er is also interested in tea! ”

"My big brother?" Yu Qiucen was shocked when he heard this, his eyes widened in surprise, and he asked like a cannon, "Pingjun, are you serious?" Someone like my eldest brother will also have a little girl he likes? How can you tell? ”

"Intuition, a man's intuition!" Naoe Dengping shook his finger and made an unfathomable look, "Brother Yan'er is a stuffy gourd, and he has any feelings in his heart, and he will definitely not reveal a little bit!" But I'm sure he's definitely a little bit interesting to Cha Cha! ”

"What's more, I think Cha Cha also likes Brother Yan'er!" Naoe Dengping seemed to see what Yu Qiucen wanted to say, and said before her, "Brother You'er is probably going to have unrequited love, you can't blame me!" ”

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And during the time when Naoe Dengping ran out of the road with Yu Qiucen, Yu Qiu Yan and Cha Cha were still standing in place. Cha Cha lowered her little head and blushed, not daring to look up at the rain and autumn. Yu Qiuyan turned his head to the other side, a little embarrassed and woodenly counting the leaves on the tree, not knowing how to speak.

Yu Qiuyan felt that if he didn't speak all the time, the little girl in front of him might just stand here all night. So, he took his head back a little awkwardly, glanced at the poor little girl, tried to maintain the calmness and calmness of his tone, and said in a low voice: "Cha Cha, good evening." ”

"Good evening, Brother Yan'er!" Cha Cha immediately spit out this sentence quickly, without even a moment's interval, as if this sentence had been in his mouth for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to say it.

After saying this, Cha Cha took a deep breath and whispered quickly again, "Let's go eat something." It was as if the quicker she spoke, the quicker the embarrassment and shyness passed.

"Hmm." Yu Qiuyan didn't know what to say, so he just nodded solemnly. Then, he took the lead and walked forward, and Cha Cha beside him also obediently followed. However, Cha Cha is always in a position half a step behind Yu Qiu, and he follows step by step. Yu Qiuyan wanted to walk slower and walk side by side with her, but Cha Cha immediately walked more slowly, still maintaining the distance of half a step. Yu Qiuyan then sped up his pace again, and Cha Cha immediately sped up his pace, still following him.

Cha Cha looked at Yu Qiuyan's back, and Yu Qiuyan looked at the shadows of the two in the moonlight, just playing an aimless walking game, and the atmosphere was depressing and embarrassing. They walked all the way, not paying attention to the scenery around them, and when they came to their senses, they had reached the gate of the city—all the places where food was sold had been missed.

So, Yu Qiuyan and Cha Cha tacitly did not mention the matter of eating, but walked all the way back to the castle tower. Yu Qiuyan sent Cha Cha all the way back to her room, and then said goodbye to her after saying goodbye to her after saying goodbye to her in the third sentence of today's meeting. Before leaving, he saw the grievance and sadness on Cha Cha's face when he turned around - but this little girl had never shown such negative emotions in front of him. He then walked angrily to Naoe Tadahei's residence in Honmaru, intending to settle accounts with him.

However, when he reached the door of the house, he heard laughter from inside the house—it was his sister's voice.

"Hehe, Chang Panbei's second company has been wiped out by me!"

"That's Brother Yan'er's company, don't you even let go of your own brother!"

"I'm playing the role of Takeda Army now, of course I can't kill my relatives in righteousness!" Yu Qiucen smiled proudly. Later, Yu Qiuyan heard the sound of dice rolling in the house again.

"Seventeen! Two sixes! How can you be so lucky! "Hey, blame me? Slightly..."Naoe Dengping's wail and Yuqiucen's laughter rang out at the same time.

Hearing this, Yu Qiuyan probably understood that they should be playing war chess. And the battle they chose should be the Battle of Mikachichi between the Momiji Army and the Takeda Army.

Listening to her sister's laughter and recalling Chacha's aggrieved look, Yu Qiuyan suddenly felt a burst of guilt for no reason.