"Okay, now that it's decided." Yuqiu straightened up and patted the dirt on his clothes, "I'm going to the castle tower, so you guys should go to bed early." ”

"Your Excellency." Amano Keide suddenly said coldly, "Why don't you invite Lord Imamiya to our barracks." ”

"Jingde?" Yu Qiuping frowned, "What do you mean by that?" Do you suspect that Imamiya-sama may be unfavorable to me? ”

"This is the castle of Lord Imamiya, go to his castle tower late at night, if he really has bad intentions." Amano Keitoku said in a low voice, "Your Excellency must have gone and never returned." ”

"My lord, I don't think Amano-sama's worries are unreasonable." Yasunari Fukushima also suggested, "The safety of adults is the top priority." We only knew that Imanomiya-sama was inclined to the Imagawa family, but we didn't know the specifics. This time, after we had a conflict with the Takeda family, he suddenly invited us, and we couldn't help but doubt it. ”

"Then..."Yu Qiuping is also a conservative and timid person after all, "Katsumasa and Nabenosuke follow me into the castle tower, Jingde, you take 10 more people to the outside of the castle tower to pick them up." An Cheng, Zhong Xiu, Thompson, the three of you take 20 people to the West City Gate, and if there is a crisis, immediately control the city gate. Yu Qiuping quickly arranged, "The pro-soldier guard and Youdong stayed in the camp. ”

After entering the west gate, Fukushima Yasunei took 20 of his men to a small inn and waited. And Amano Keitoku led people to follow Yu Qiuping until the outside of the castle tower, stopping and waiting.

After Yuakihei entered the door with Honda Nabenosuke and Yoshioka Katsumasa, he found that Imamiya Rakuding was personally waiting at the door to greet him.

"Lord Yuqiu." Imamiya Le Ding sighed slightly, a little unhappy, "Don't you believe it like that?" ”

"Why do you say that?" Yu Qiuping asked with some guilt in his heart.

"The adults brought 30 people into the city to answer them, and the guards around them were still these two." Imamiya Le Ding smiled bitterly, "I also saw this little brother's skills just now. This adult must be a good hand when he looks so strong. The adults clearly believe it, but they can't believe it. ”

"Don't blame Lord Imamiya." Yu Qiuping sighed, "Now the situation is unpredictable, hundreds of people have died, and the connection between the three families has been interrupted for two months. Carrying a heavy burden on the lower body, you can't afford to be careless. ”

"Huh." Imamiya Le Ding sighed slightly, "This is also a helpless thing, Lord Yuqiu, please." ”

Entering the castle tower, Yu Qiuping couldn't help but feel ashamed for a while, feeling that he had hurt the heart of Imagu Leding. In order to show that he had no ill intentions, Imamiya almost removed all the partitions on each floor of the castle tower in advance, and opened all the doors to show that there was no room without any ambushes. Imamiya Leding has been leading Yu Qiuping to the third floor, which is also where he lives.

"Before talking about business, there are some private things that I want to get rid of adults." Imamiya said pleadingly.

Yu Qiuping, who was full of apologies and guilt in his heart, agreed without saying a word.

"It's been a long time since I've been home, and I heard that someone came near Suruga Ejiri, and I want to hear about my hometown." Imamiya bowed and pointed to his room.

"Wouldn't it be inconvenient?" Yu Qiuping was a little hesitant, in this era, although seeing other people's wives was not as immoral as the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was not particularly appropriate.

"It's okay," Imamiya Le Ding laughed, "People in the countryside don't care about those etiquette, let people from the Ming Kingdom laugh." ”

He then led Akihei into the inner room, while Katsumasa Yoshioka and Honda Nabenosuke waited outside.

Inside the house, a woman of about thirty years old could be seen, watching a little girl fall asleep under the bed with a serene expression. Another boy of eleven or twelve-year-old sat next to his mother. As soon as Yu Qiuping entered the door, the young man and the woman saluted in a low voice.

"No need to be polite." Yu Qiuping hurriedly said, "Since it's not a formal meeting, it's just a private reminiscence among Suruga folks, and there is no need for these etiquettes at all." ”

"Lord Yuqiu is really as gentle as rumored," Imamiya smiled heartily, "Your Excellency, please take a seat." ”

"I wonder what Lady Imamiya wants to hear about Suruga?" Yu Qiuping asked.

Mrs. Imamiya seemed to be a little embarrassed, and she didn't speak after thinking about it for a long time.

"Ah Hong, don't you usually have a lot of things pestering me to ask?" Imamiya Leding smiled, "Why didn't you talk about it today?" ”

"Mother usually misses my grandfather the most." The young man from the Imamiya family said.

"Lady Itami?" Yu Qiuping looked at Mrs. Imamiya, who nodded, "I have indeed met the boss a few times in Xia, and the boss is in good health, and he often goes to sea." ”

"Then the little woman will be at ease." Mrs. Imamiya smiled with relief, "Father always runs on the sea, which is not very good for his health." ”

"Don't worry, several adults of the Itami family have also begun to rise up." Yu Qiuping smiled, "Now they are all the sons of the eldest, and Lord Itami Yasunao serves as the head of the family to carry out the task. I'm quite familiar with Yasuno-sama's third son, Itami Kangqing. ”

"Third son, San Langzuo?" Mrs. Imamiya smiled, "When the little girl got married, San Langzuo was still a child. ”

"How big is Ejiri Port now?" Imamiya Le Ding asked, "The last time I went, it was when I married Ah Hong." Counting it, it will be more than ten years. ”

"It's already the largest port in the territory of the Kawa family." Yu Qiuping said with a smile, "The merchant ships coming and going are almost filling the port. Yu Qiuping tilted his head, "What, haven't you ever been to Suruga since then?" ”

Imamiya Le Ding and Mrs. Imamiya looked at each other and smiled, slightly embarrassed.

"Don't hide it from Lord Yuqiu." Imamiya Leding scratched his head, "When he married Ah Hong on the next day, Lord Itami was unhappy in every way, thinking that the people who were in the mountains and wilderness were not worthy of his baby daughter." ”

"Your Excellency, please don't say that." Ah Hong leaned down and saluted, "Your Excellency is amazing. ”

"There are outsiders out there." Imamiya Le Ding smiled awkwardly, "Zai Xia and Ah Hong met at the port, and they fell in love at first sight, but Boss Itami was unwilling to accept Zaixia. Imamiya Le Ding said while looking gratefully towards the southwest, "It was the family governor who personally came forward for the villain and persuaded the old man to marry Ah Hong to me." But because of this twist and turn, we have not been embarrassed to go back for so many years, afraid that the boss will kick us out. ”

"Where will it be? How can a father not want a daughter? Yu Qiuping shook his head with a smile, "As long as Mrs. Imamiya is happy, the old man will definitely be very happy." What's more, there is also a grandson and a granddaughter? Yu Qiuping patted Imamiya Leding on the shoulder, "This time the matter is over, your family will go back to Ejiri to have a look." ”

Imamiya Leding, Mrs. Imamiya and the young man glanced at each other and nodded. "Then thank you Lord Yuqiu for your advice."

"So, I'm loyal to the Imagawa family, especially the Governor's Palace." Imamiya Le Ding turned his head and looked at Yu Qiuping solemnly, "The Great Hall of the Family Governor has a great kindness to the subordinates, and it is difficult to repay it in this life and this life." Therefore, if Lord Yuqiu has any use, he can get the place below. Imamiya Leding patted his fat chest, "Despite the order!" I am willing to go to the soup for the Imagawa family! ”

"I'm really sorry that I blamed the adults before." Yu Qiuping said apologetically, "I misunderstood the loyalty of the adults. ”

"Lord Yuqiu, be careful, there's nothing wrong with that." Imamiya Leding patted the young man on his side, "This is the dog Imamiya Leplease, tonight, I will hand it over to the adults to take back to the camp." ”

"What do you mean by this?" Yu Qiuping frowned, this seemed to mean sending hostages to show allegiance, "I already believe in Lord Imamiya, so there is no need to do this." ”

Imamiya Leding shook his head, "Your Excellency is willing to believe it, but your subordinates may not be willing to believe it, and there may be people at both ends of the head and rat in my family." Send the young master to you, and you can strengthen your family's position. Adult, please! After that, Imamiya Le Ding and Imanomiya Le please bow in unison, and Yu Qiuping sighed and accepted his request.

"So, please let me know why. What the hell is going on here. Imamiya asked.

Yu Qiuping told the goal of his mission and all the situations and analysis to Imamiya Leding in one by one, which made the latter stunned for a long time before he roughly figured it out.

"I see." Imamiya Le Ding let out a long sigh, "Then I don't know what the use is to get the place below?" ”

"I hope you can help me spy on the Takeda family." Yu Qiuping said in a low voice, "Because we are about to cooperate with the Takeda family, the information of our department will be revealed to the Takeda family, and it will be difficult to deal with it once it is attacked." And the adult department can still remain independent, and it can help me monitor the movements of the Takeda family. Yuqiu paused, "Also, please also ask your lord to be able to tightly control the four city gates, if the bandits really forcibly attack us, I plan to lead my subordinates into the city to defend." ”

"Wrap it up on me!" Imamiya Leding thumped his chest, "With me, if there is anything going on in the Takeda family, don't want to hide it from adults." ”

"Also, I hope that your Excellency can send a few heralds to tell the Governor's Hall about the situation here." Yu Qiuping said in a low voice, "The samurai who can ride horses brought here are all backbone forces, and there is no way to pull them out to report the news." As he spoke, he took out from his bosom a series of analyses of the situation that he had just written with a brush in the camp, folded the paper, and handed it to Imanomiya Rakuding.

"Please rest assured of this, I asked my brother to deliver it himself." Imamiya nodded and carefully put away the piece of paper, "Is it sent to Junfu?" ”

"That's right." Yu Qiuping nodded. He suddenly thought about whether it was okay to let the crow of Amano Jingde deliver the letter. He decided to write another analysis when he returned in the evening and gave it to Raven.

"That's right, Lord Yuqiu." Imamiya Leding seemed to remember something, "My lord said before that a sachet was found on the body of the person who was pretending to be a herald?" Can you borrow it for the next look? ”

"Here." Yu Qiuping fumbled in his clothes for a while and took out the sachet. Imamiya Leding took it, looked at it carefully for a while, raised his head, and looked at Yu Qiuping with a solemn face.

"I've been mixing at the junction of the three countries for more than ten years." Imamiya Leding handed the sachet back to Yu Qiuping's hand, "If I am not mistaken, this sachet should be a Kanto style." ”

"Kanto? Hojo? "The rain and autumn plane is tight.

"That's right." Imamiya nodded his head. "And it's an embroidery style from the Sagami region."

"Recognizable?"

"It's not very difficult, I'll definitely recognize it after seeing it a few times." Imamiya replied.

Yu Qiuping frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Will the people of the Hojo family be so careless?" Such an obvious thing that can be seen as an identity would actually be worn on the body, and they really didn't consider the situation where their disguised herald was caught? ”

"I'll discuss it with my subordinates when I go back." Yu Qiuping nodded, got up and said, "It's getting late, so I'll leave first, so I won't disturb the adults and Mrs. to rest." ”

"I'll give Lord Yuqiu a ride." Imamiya Leding got up, took his eldest son Imamiya Le, and followed Yuqiuping to Yuqiuping's camp. Due to Imamiya Leding's initiative to send hostages, the Imagawa family suddenly relaxed, and their previous suspicions about Imamiya Leding also disappeared. After Yu Qiuping wrote another letter, he was taken back to Junfu by the crow of Amano Keitoku.

That night, everyone discussed the matter of the sachet until the early hours of the morning, and no conclusion was reached. In order to conserve his strength, he had to leave people on duty at night and then go to rest.

After breakfast the next morning, Yu Qiuping led people to the gate of Takeda's camp. At this time, there were already many samurai of the Imamiya family patrolling the periphery of the Takeda family's camp with ashigaru vigilance, and there were still a few archers at the head of the southwest castle looking at the Takeda family's camp. Now, it's hard for the Takeda family to make any small moves.

"Lord Yuqiu, I don't know what to do?" After Sanada Masayuki and Sanada Nobutsuna heard that Yu Qiuhei was coming, they also came out to negotiate.

"Decided to work with you." Yu Qiuping stretched out his hand, "Sanada-sama Takami." ”

Sanada Masayuki didn't immediately hold Yu Qiuping's hand, but looked at the Imanomiya family's Ashigaru who was patrolling around, "I heard that the adults visited the castle tower late at night last night, and it really has quite a trick." ”

"I don't dare to talk about any means. It's just that the family governor's palace usually has a discerning eye and treats his subordinates well. Yu Qiuping shook his head.

"So, are these surveillances the sincerity of Lord Yuqiu's cooperation?" When Sanada Masayuki asked this sentence, Sanada Nobutsuna snorted coldly, and his right hand knocked demonstratively on the scabbard. Yoshioka Katsumasa, who was behind Yu Qiuping, also knocked on the scabbard unexpectedly, while Honda Nabenosuke was still expressionless, just paying attention to the movements of Sanada Nobutsuna's hands.

"Of course." Yu Qiuping nodded without embarrassment, "If I don't plan to cooperate with the Takeda family, I will attack your camp last night, so why waste time spending." ”

"Shameless." The other four people present scolded in their hearts at the same time.

"That's pretty bad." Sanada Masayuki smiled bitterly and raised his eyebrows, "Lord Yuqiu has the help of the Earth Head Snake, so in this way, in terms of intelligence, he will be completely inferior." He shook Yu Qiuping's hand a little unwillingly, "I hope the cooperation is happy." ”