Soon after, Honda Tadakatsu came to the private room where the two families had dinner and watched martial arts at the request of Yu Qiuping. Honda Tadakatsu saw Yuakihei and Tokugawa Ieyasu looking at him at the same time, hesitated for a moment, but first performed a ritual to Tokugawa Ieyasu as if he had seen the lord, and then bowed to Yuqiu in parallel.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was slightly embarrassed, and quietly glanced at Yu Qiuping, and found that the latter was looking at Honda Tadakatsu with a relieved gaze. Tokugawa Ieyasu just wanted to speak, but Tokugawa Nobuyasu, who was sitting next to him, first said excitedly, "Honda-sama! ”

"Young master." Honda Tadakatsu still had that solemn and old-fashioned expression, and saluted Tokugawa Nobuyasu respectfully.

"Nabenosuke, Saburo has admired your martial arts for a long time!" Yu Qiuping smiled and helped Tokugawa Nobuyasu speak, "This martial arts conference, why don't you go up and compete with those samurai a few times and show us?" ”

However, after hearing this, Honda Tadashi frowned, did not estimate the expectant gaze of everyone at all, and shook his head coldly: "Please forgive Your Highness, forgive me." ”

"Oh?" Yu Qiuping was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why is this?" ”

"The martial arts of martial artists are used to fight on the battlefield, not to embroider the legs of fists and fists in the ring." Honda Tadakatsu whispered firmly.

"Okay then," Yu Qiuping, who was swept away in public, was not angry, but just laughed a little embarrassedly and said, "Nabe Nosuke is still so brainless." ”

"By the way, Nabenosuke," Yu Qiuping hesitated for a moment before speaking again, "This time, His Royal Highness Tokugawa happened to come to Cheongju, do you want to consider returning to Mikawa with His Highness Tokugawa?" ”

As soon as the words came out, Yu Qiuping felt a little regretful. He just forcibly brought up a topic just to ease the awkward atmosphere. As a result, I didn't have time to think about it, and I actually asked this sentence.

However, he had been thinking about it for a long time. Originally, when the Matsudaira family gained independent status in the third year of Eiroku, Honda Tadashi was already able to return home. But due to various reasons, it dragged on for 7 years and didn't go back. Although Honda Tadakatsu didn't mention it often, Yu Qiuping always remembered the back of the child kneeling in front of the door of Matsudaira's house in the heavy rain ten years ago. The obsession of returning to Mikawa and returning to the Matsudaira family...

It's time for him to make his dreams come true. Let's make this blurted out by mistake an opportunity.

Yu Qiuping raised his head and looked at Honda Tadakatsu who was standing beside him. His helmet was empty, and he looked out of place among the guards around him with red leaves.

It's a dream you've been dreaming about for a long time, isn't it?

Tokugawa Ieyasu frowned when he heard this, and looked at Yu Qiuping with some worried eyes. He did appreciate Honda Tadakatsu's loyalty, and if Honda Tadakatsu could return to the Tokugawa family, he would definitely not be able to ask for it. It's just that Yu Qiuping will be reluctant?

Honda Tadakatsu, on the other hand, set his sights on Tokugawa Ieyasu. The master he had been following since he was a child, the new head of the Matsudaira family that his family had served for generations. Returning to the Matsudaira family and becoming a samurai of the Matsudaira family was his father's expectation for him, his father's last wish, and his lifelong dream.

The eyes of the three people are like a triangle, looking at different people. There was a sudden silence in the private room, and the air became a little heavy. At this somewhat depressing moment, Yu Qiuyou's voice sounded suddenly.

"Ahh How can this be! Yu Qiuyou was very dissatisfied and surprised and said loudly: "Honda-sama is leaving!" I'm still waiting to learn martial arts from him! Daddy, don't! Mrs. Naohu said that her martial arts are much worse than Honda-sama, and when I finish learning the basics, let me learn from Honda-sama! ”

"You'er, don't make trouble, adults don't understand children." Yu Qiuping glared at Yu Qiuyou, "Your Honda-sama was originally from the Matsudaira family, that is, the Tokugawa family, and now that you have returned to your hometown, you should be happy for Honda-sama." ”

"I don't care! I don't care! Yu Qiuyou simply played a child's temper, "I just don't want to let Honda-sama go!" Dad, tell Uncle Ieyasu about it! ”

"You kid!" Yu Qiuping frowned, and he was about to teach Yu Qiuyou a lesson, but Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and started a round: "It's okay, it's okay, if You'er doesn't want to let the pot help him, he can leave now." Then let Nabenosuke stay and teach you martial arts, and then let Nabenosuke come back when you've learned it, okay? ”

"Yay!" "Chiyo Take?" Yu Qiuyou and Yu Qiuping spoke one after the other, but their voices revealed similar joy.

Tokugawa Ieyasu understood that Yu Qiuhei would definitely be reluctant to win Honda Tadada. Today, Yu Qiuyou happens to be there again, so you might as well be a favor and let Honda Tadashi stay at Yuqiu's house for a while. This can be regarded as making Yu Qiuping owe him a favor, which is always beneficial to the Tokugawa family.

However, Honda Tadakatsu looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes and trembled slightly. The face that had always been unwavering was actually filled with a subtle look of disappointment.

"It's okay," Tokugawa Ieyasu waved his hand again and again, "You'er must practice martial arts diligently, don't let me down!" ”

"Thank you, Uncle Ieyasu!" Yu Qiuyou nodded hurriedly in agreement, and Yu Qiuping looked at Honda Tadakatsu with concern—he must be very disappointed, will he blame You'er in his heart? However, Tokugawa Ieyasu had already spoken, and Yu Qiuhei didn't want to say anything more.

"If it's okay, I'll go back to duty next." Honda Tadakatsu's voice was still urning, and it was almost impossible to hear any emotion in him. He turned his gaze to Yuakihei, who dodged Honda's eyes and nodded quickly. Honda then turned away without saying a word, and the other guards around him looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

·

"That's right, Brother Saburo!" The excited Yu Qiuyou didn't seem to notice the embarrassment of the atmosphere, but set his eyes on Tokugawa Nobuyasu, "Will you participate in tonight's wrestling?" ”

"Of course it will. Although I was already in the Yuan service, it was reasonable that I could not participate, but when I met Oda Daden before, he specially allowed me to participate. Tokugawa Nobuyasu nodded and said, "I've been waiting for this day for a long time. ”

"Then let's go practice together! I also want to see how powerful Brother Saburo is! Yu Qiuyou stood up excitedly as he spoke, and at the same time pulled the collar of Yu Qiuyou, who was sitting next to him, "Brother! Let's do it together! ”

"Ayou, don't be like this, Young Master Xinkang, he hasn't finished eating yet." Yu Qiuyan glanced at his younger brother and whispered with some reproach.

"Oh, what's the food! I've been full for a long time! Yu Qiuyou patted his belly and said with a smile: "Brother San Lang, did you say it?" ”

"Hahaha... Martial arts are more important than eating, even if you don't have enough to eat? Tokugawa Nobuyasu also smiled when he heard this. Seeing this, Yu Qiuyou was even more interested, and stood up without saying anything, and the three children ran out with the wry smiles of Yu Qiuping and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

·

The three children walked side by side on the road, Yu Qiuyu and Tokugawa Nobuyasu talked and laughed, and Yu Qiuyan smiled and watched the two chat. They walked all the way to the dojo used for the evening competition, and along the way, they met many children of the samurai who were going to the dojo to practice. Just then, a shout came from the side.

"Oh? Isn't this the young master of Saburo? ”

"Huh? It's the young master of the wonderful pill! Tokugawa Nobuyasu turned his head in surprise to find a small group of people standing not far away. At the head of the list were Oda Wonder Maru and Oda Cha Whisk, whom he had met a few times before—both of whom were born to Oda Nobunaga's favorite side chamber Ikoma Yoshino, the future Oda Nobutada and Oda Nobuo. Among them, Oda Wonder Maru has been adopted as an adopted son by the childless Nohime, so he has also become the eldest son and heir of the Oda family.

It is worth mentioning that Oda Sanchi (that is, the future Oda Nobutaka), who is also standing in the crowd, although he was born much earlier than Oda Cha Tsumaru, but because of his biological mother's humble status, he is still ranked after Oda Nobunaga, and he is not loved by Oda Nobunaga. Therefore, there is no such status as the wonderful pill and the tea whisk pill, and the stars and the moon are arriving, so they can only stand silently in the children's pile.

Just as Tokugawa Nobuyasu, Yu Qiuyu and Yu Qiuyu were about to step forward to say hello, a discordant voice came from the crowd.

"Cut, that useless crumb still wants to wrestle? He probably can beat Princess Wude! ”

There were quite a few people in the crowd, and for a while they couldn't tell who was making the insulting remarks, and they couldn't tell who he was insulting.

However, Yu Qiuyan understood that the person who said that must have said it for him. The Yuqiu family has sprung up in the past few years, and the power has caught up with many of the Oda family's genealogy ministers, so the children of those important ministers' families are naturally not very friendly to the Yuqiu family, and often make fun of Yuqiu's disability.

Useless chop ... Is that what those people think of me?

Just when Yu Qiuping lowered his head with a gloomy face, Yu Qiuyou, who was standing beside him, quietly pulled his sleeve and whispered to him: "Don't take it to heart, brother, those people are idiots." ”

"Hmm." Yu Qiuyan nodded in agreement.

He struggled to squeeze out a smile. That sarcastic remark was actually average, not the most vicious taunt he had ever heard. However, what really stung him was Yu Qiuyou's reaction. The person who shouted didn't actually make it clear who he was shouting this sentence to, but Yu Qiuyu came up and decided that this sentence was shouted at Yu Qiuyan, not himself or Tokugawa Nobuyasu. This is the first time that Yu Qiuyan has seen himself through his brother's eyes. He understood how his brother saw him, the same way everyone else saw him - useless scraps.

Yu Qiuyou's words made his heart turn upside down, and his faith seemed to have suffered a catastrophe.

He once thought that his brother was the only one who saw him as an equal.

Now it turns out that it is not.

All the comfort, protection and encouragement of my brother in the past seems to have changed. It is no longer an encouragement from flesh and blood thicker than water, but the charity and mercy of the strong to the weak.

Yu Qiuyu glanced at Yu Qiuyou with somewhat complicated eyes, and didn't say anything more.