Chapter 122: The Emperor's Appearance
"Katsukin Takeda? I don't understand what you're talking about. Harukatsu's eyes widened, and he wanted to say something, but he eventually lowered his head and stared at the teacup, indicating that he didn't know anything about the man Hideho mentioned.
"yes, then I have a few things I want to ask you, I wonder if you would like to answer?" Although he is already nine out of ten, Hideho does not want to directly expose Harutsu, but hopes that he will tell the truth himself, which can be regarded as a test for the new retainers, although the background of this retainer is quite not simple.
"My lord, please speak, and the minister will tell the truth." said "tell the truth", but Qingsheng didn't plan to do it, although it was his own father-in-law, but the two had only known each other for half a day, if the truth was revealed at this moment, it would be difficult to ensure that the news would not leak out, and at that time it would be too late to regret it.
Hideho is not a fool, knowing that Harutsu is just talking about it, and will never obediently tell his true life experience, but as I said just now, in order to tie the retainers and the main family together and make them loyal to him, the most effective way is to move him with affection and make him feel that he is a part of this big family, and only in this way will he protect his family without scruples like protecting his own family. One of the main ways to be emotional is to be honest with each other, and in order to do this, Hideho must get Harukatsu to tell the truth.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Takeda family fell in March of the tenth year of Tensho, right?" Hideho asked casually.
"That's right, to be precise, it's the twelfth day of March in the tenth year of Tensho." Qingsheng still lowered his head, his expression was serious, and he whispered: "The minister will never forget this day." ”
Seeing that Qingsheng's expression had changed slightly, Xiubao was happy in his heart, and said with a slight bow: "Since this is the case, it is strange, Ling Zun has served the Hojo family since the twelfth year of Tensho, and in the middle two years, you have lived in the house of that daimyo?" ”
"This..."Harutsu was silent for a while, and after a long time he replied hesitantly, "During this period, my father and his ministers traveled around as ronin, and they did not work in any daimyo family. ”
"Oh, yes, could it be that I remembered by mistake that Ling Zun didn't serve Kimoru Ikeda during this period?" Hideho still knows a lot about the Takeda family, and Harukatsu's little trick really can't hide from his eyes.
"Kimoru Ikeda? How did the lord know? Harukatsu was amazed, staring at Hideho with wide eyes, unable to believe that Hideho would know in such detail.
"Why, all that's been said, still don't you want to tell me the truth?" Hideho was very satisfied with Harukatsu's expression, and got up to add some tea to him, which was both a comfort and a reminder.
Harukatsu was extremely passive at the moment, and suddenly had a feeling that I was in the open and in the dark, and the young man in front of him, who was less than twenty years old, actually knew his every move in such detail, this invisible pressure made Harumi a little unbearable, and he was almost about to compromise, but the samurai's intuition told him that he would never give up until the last moment, unless Hideho told the secret, otherwise, he could still lose and deny it.
"The minister was young at the time, and he couldn't remember some things clearly, but when the lord reminded him like this, it seems that he really stayed at the Ikeda house."
"That's not right, His Royal Highness Shengqin was sent to Settsu to hide by Ling Zun's escort, why did you say you hadn't seen it just now?" Xiubao's tone was still gentle, but there was a sense of intimidation in and out of his words, which made Qingsheng breathless.
"Where did you come from, Your Highness, this is all hearsay from the Lord." In the face of Xiubao's aggressiveness, Harutsu was really a little impatient, and his words were no longer respectful.
"It's the third son of Katsuyoriko, His Royal Highness Katsuki Takeda, who is also called 'Katsusan'." Xiubao especially accentuated the tone of the word "Shengsan", saying that this is enough to make Harutsu comply.
"The minister has already said it, I don't know if I don't know, why does the lord want to die?" Qing Sheng finally couldn't hold it back, got up and was about to leave, he knew that even if he was one step too late, he would not be able to help but tell Xiu Bao the truth, rather than this, it was better to leave first, so as not to waste all his previous efforts.
"Wait," Xiubao suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Harukatsu's wrist and smiled: "If you don't know each other, forget it, why bother being so atmospheric?" I have one last request, and if you agree, I'll let you go back immediately. ”
"Okay, my lord, please." Harukatsu sat back, ready for Hideho's final blow.
"That's right," Hideho let go of his hand, pointed to Harukatsu's blindfold, and asked with a smile, "Please take off the blindfold so I can take a good look, it's as simple as that." ”
As soon as Xiubao finished speaking, Qingsheng shuddered, subconsciously covered the blindfold with his hand, and shook his head desperately: "This is absolutely not good!" ”
"Are you afraid that I will see something I shouldn't see?" Xiubao paused a little, stared at Qingsheng and said coldly: "For example, heavy pupils..."
"How do you know?!" Harumu couldn't help but yell at Hideho, the voice was so loud that it attracted the samurai who were in charge of guarding the door, Hideho motioned for them to go out, patted Harutsu lightly on the shoulder, and comforted: "It's all like this, aren't you going to tell me?" ”
At this moment, Qingsheng's psychological defense line was finally broken, he looked at Xiubao carefully, slowly removed the blindfold, and sure enough, a heavy pupil appeared in front of Xiubao's eyes.
The so-called double pupil is just an atavistic phenomenon, that is, the eyes have double pupils, which is manifested as adhesion in the middle of the pupil, that is, there are two pupils in one eye, like a horizontal "8" figure. But in ancient times, physiognomy believed that it was a kind of heterogeneous, auspicious phase, a symbol of auspiciousness and wealth, and was often a symbol of the emperor.
Among them, there are two of the most famous, the first is Shun, the second is Xiang Yu, in addition, Jin Wen Gong Ji Chong'er, Tang Dynasty Lord Li Yu and Wang Mang have also been confirmed as heavy pupils, which shows that the "Emperor's Appearance" is also groundless.
In Japan, double pupils are also highly regarded, but none of them have been confirmed, such as Hideyoshi and Kiyomori, who have been falsely rumored to be double pupils, but not only have they not been recognized by the historical community, but they are considered to be cataracts and other pathologies, which is really sad enough.
Because he has seen similar pictures, Xiubao was not surprised when he saw this legendary "Emperor's Appearance" at first glance, but made Qingsheng a little overwhelmed: "The lord's magical powers are vast, and he really admires his subordinates. I thought that after Neishanzheng's death, no one in the world would know about it, but I didn't expect that after 16 years, this secret was still exposed. ”