In the blink of an eye, the time has come to the spring of the tenth year of Yonglu (1567). Yu Qiuping vaguely remembered that in the original history, Oda Nobunaga won Mino this year. But he can't remember exactly when he won Mino. It seems that Oda Nobunaga, after repeatedly fighting against the Saito family without success, realized that he could not take Mino by fighting together, so he turned against the three of Mino and united with East and West Mino to besiege Inabayama Castle, and finally conquered this fortified castle.

However, if things really go according to this plot, it is very likely that Oda Nobunaga will not visit Sumamata Castle in person. Yu Qiuping's plan to detonate Sumamata Castle and kill Oda Nobunaga is impossible to talk about.

At this moment, Yu Qiuping in the city of Momata is worried about this matter.

On March 9, 1567, it rained lightly in Minamata Castle in Mino Province. Holding an oil-paper umbrella, Yu Qiuhei was slowly circling around the castle tower of Sumamata Castle with Honda Tadakatsu, Ryuko and a few guards. Although the guards didn't understand why Yu Qiuping was surrounding this castle tower and looking at brick by brick with such a solemn look, they still did it honestly. The castle tower was not beautifully built, nor was it anything outstanding, and they couldn't figure out why their Highness was so obsessed with it.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Ryuko, who doesn't talk much on weekdays, looked at Yu Qiuping's performance like this, and couldn't help but gossip curiously with a few guards around him, "Why do you keep staring at this castle tower?" ”

"Your Highness's thoughts, who knows?" Another guard muttered and whispered, "After the completion of the Heavenly Castle Guard, His Highness, the master mother, and the sons have never come to stay. ”

"It's on the front line, it's too dangerous." Ryuko shook his head and retorted, "How can you take the master mother and sons?" How can His Highness be in danger? ”

"But I heard that Fukushima-sama and Naoe-sama, who were stationed in Sumamata Castle, did not live there, but lived in the samurai yashiki around the castle tower." The guard who spoke at first thought for a moment, and then spoke again. At this moment, Longzi didn't know how to explain it.

"Well, this castle tower is really mysterious," another guard who was relatively young interrupted with a smile, "It is said that at that time, it was still repaired by the veterans who came from the Imagawa family with the oldest seniority in our Joban Reserve, and when I asked them about the castle tower, they were all stern-minded. ”

"You say, will it be our Highness who prepares the golden house to hide Jiao!" A guard who had always had a hippie smile suddenly interjected with a wicked smile, "Did our Highness find a few beautiful women in Mino, and I was afraid that our mistress would find out, so I hid in the castle tower of Sumata Castle on the other side of the Kiso River!" Not only did they not let the mistress live in, but they also didn't let the garrison samurai in to avoid being discovered! Then our Highness, hehe..."The guard said as he made a few strange movements, "I secretly come by boat every night and spend the Spring Festival with those beauties!" ”

The guard's words caused a burst of laughter from several of the guards, and everyone gestured to each other with eyes that all men understood. Only Longzi, who was a girl, blushed when she heard this, and refuted loudly with her willow eyebrows: "How can you say this about Your Highness!" His Royal Highness has a deep affection for the master's mother, so he is not such a person! ”

Just as a few guards in the back were making a pot of porridge, an emotionless serious voice suddenly sounded in front of them.

"Be quiet, you guys." Honda Tadakatsu turned around and scolded in a low voice. Seeing the slightly angry look on Honda Tadakatsu's face, several of the guards, including Ryuko, suddenly wilted, and no one touched their captain's moldy head, and honestly shut his mouth.

"As a martial artist, it's not something you should think about, so don't talk too much." Honda Tadakatsu said another deep admonition, and then silently turned his head and looked at Yu Qiuping, who was walking quietly with an umbrella a few meters in front of him. In the past, he was approachable and often laughed and joked with the guards, but now his face was like water, and he turned a deaf ear to the movement behind him, just quietly staring at the bricks and tiles of the castle tower.

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If it rains, will it affect the performance of gunpowder in the brick wall and soil embryo?

Yu Qiuping sighed, the worry lingering in his heart. Even though he had done countless simulation experiments before, whenever it rained, he still felt a little apprehensive in his heart.

He once built a small model of the castle tower in the field with Sanada Masayuki, Naoe Tadahei, and Amano Keitoku, and the structure and gunpowder filling ratio were no different from the large castle tower. In this way, the performance of gunpowder in a humid environment is tested. Experiments have found that when it rains heavily, gunpowder may not detonate normally, and the explosion effect is not good. But when the rain had stopped for some time and the air was no longer so humid, the explosion of gunpowder was almost as powerful as that of a completely dry gunpowder.

However, no matter how perfect the experiment was, before the explosion of the castle tower killed Oda Nobunaga, Yu Qiuping's heart was always on his throat. Because in the past six months or so, he has pinned almost all his hopes for revenge on this castle tower. If you are not careful, not only will it be difficult to avenge the revenge, but the entire Yuqiu family will suffer a catastrophe. He really couldn't afford such a blow, and this plan must not fail.

However, this plan is again such a whimsy. Never before in the history has anyone ever used such a ruse to assassinate a monarch - what a crazy idea to turn the whole city into a powder keg! Crazy to the point that Yu Qiuping still has trouble believing that he can succeed. Moreover, this plan is too violent, and the explosion will definitely sweep away the people who came to the castle tower with Oda Nobunaga, and the ensuing chaos will also stir up the entire Owari Mino into a pot of porridge.

If the plan - to murder the lord for revenge and involve Ono in the war is really successfully executed, Yu Qiuping's reputation may not be inferior to that of Matsunaga Xiu, who directed the murder of the general in the history of "Yongroku Great Rebellion" in the previous life.

Yu Qiuping pressed his face against the walls of the castle tower and sniffed hard, barely smelling any strange smells. The pungent smell of gunpowder seems to be completely masked by the cement and wall tiles, and nothing unusual can be detected.

"Hopefully everything will go well." Yu Qiuping unconsciously muttered to himself.

"What?" Honda Tadakatsu, who was following Yu Qiuping, didn't understand Yu Qiuping's words, and asked in a low voice with some puzzlement.

"Nothing, nothing." Yuqiu, who came back to his senses, waved his hand, but he was suddenly stunned, and he didn't know why a sentence popped out of his mouth.

"You," Yu Qiuping turned around and looked at the guards behind him with some blankness, "what do you think of the war that started because of personal enmity?" ”

"Huh?" Long Zi was stunned for a moment and said, "Why did Your Highness suddenly ask this?" ”

"Uh... It's nothing, just ask. Yu Qiuping smiled to hide his embarrassment, walked to Longzi and the guards with an umbrella, and rubbed Longzi's hair with his hand, "Longzi, what do you think?" ”

"Hmm... I think..."Ryuko thought about it with a pout, and said with some hesitation: "It feels... Not really. ”

"Oh? Why? Yu Qiuping's eyes flashed, and he asked with some curiosity.

"Hmm... Because war kills. Long Zi's voice was slightly mournful, as if there were some pictures that he didn't want to remember, "There will be many people who will die, and some of them may be the only sons of old grandfathers and grandmothers, and there will be fathers of young children and husbands of wives." They are the pillars of the family, and when they are gone, there will be many, many people who will not survive. ”

"There are even some people... You may end up on the streets as a beggar. As he spoke, a cry quietly leaked out of his mouth. Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment, suddenly remembered Longzi's life experience, and took the umbrella in Longzi's hand with some distress, hugged her into his arms, and gently stroked her back.

"I shouldn't have asked you to say this," Yu Qiuping coaxed the girl with some guilt, "It reminds you of something sad." ”

"Your Highness, I'm fine." After curling up in Yu Qiuping's arms for a moment, Longzi suddenly blushed, struggled to break free from Yuqiuping's arms, and bowed slightly, "Longzi just thinks... If it's for personal vendetta to provoke war... It's so wrong. ”

"Is it like this..."Yu Qiuhei sighed, and then turned his gaze to Honda Tadakatsu, "Nabenosuke, what do you think?" ”

"I'm sorry to be blunt." Honda Tadakatsu still spoke very uprightly: "I think that the samurai will only start a war for the sake of righteousness. If it is a personal vendetta, it should be settled in a personal duel. ”

"And what if the other party refuses to agree to your duel?" Yu Qiuping pursed his lips and asked.

"Then the other party is not worthy of being a samurai." Honda Tadashi shook his head and said, "For such a person who has no integrity, there is no need to remember his personal vendetta, he is not worthy." ”

"Then if you can't beat your enemy, will you still go to a duel?" Yu Qiuping asked again.

"Then you should hone your martial arts until you are confident and then challenge them." Honda Tadakatsu said in a deep voice, "If it is an opponent who is destined to be invincible, if it is really a blood feud, then even if you die in battle, you must challenge him to defend your dignity as a samurai." ”

"Is that so?" Yu Qiuping smiled bitterly, and with his right hand shook the chidori pinned to his waist - it was the katana that His Royal Highness the Governor had melted the Chidori incense burner forged for him. But he has sparse martial arts, but he has never used it well.

For the sake of his own personal vendetta, is it really good to involve the Yuqiu family, the Oda family, and so many Ono people in the war? How many people will be killed, and how many miserable children like Longzi will be added?

Isn't that with me... Ending the cycle of chaos, returning peace to the world, and reducing the suffering of the people in the world is contrary to the original intention? When it really comes time for me to blatantly set off a rebellion, how should I face the two of them, Asai Nagamasa and Takenaka Shigeji, and how should I face Kaede?

Yu Qiuping held Chidori's hand and trembled slightly. Almost subconsciously, he withdrew his hand into his arms and squeezed the rib that Sena had left him. Or as he had done countless times before, whenever he wavered, the cold touch of the ribs would give him endless motivation to keep him firmly on the path of revenge.

My life was exchanged for his life by His Royal Highness Sena, and this life is for revenge, not for the sweet dream of "returning peace to the world" when I was a teenager.

I really have to thank this rib.

Otherwise, I might not have been able to hold on to it for a long time.

People who can't give up anything can't do anything.