After everyone left, the Yoshikawa family stayed alone in the castle tower. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Lord, don't you know what happened to your subordinates to stay?" Yoshikawa asked puzzled. Yoshikawa Hiroya thought that something wrong with him was discovered by Soji Tsugawa, so there was still a trace of nervousness on his face.

Soji Tsugawa smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, His Highness asked you to stay because there are some things I want to discuss with you." ”

"I don't know what's going on?" Hiroya Yoshikawa asked.

"The day before yesterday, when His Royal Highness was wandering around Tsugawa Castle, he found that the ashigaru of the family was bullying several female dependents, all of whom were the daughters of various wealthy families who had been captured before." Soji Tsugawa said.

"What?" Yoshikawa Hiroya exclaimed, "There is such a thing? So what did the lord do? "Since Liangping Castle is still some distance away from Tsugawa Castle, the specific situation of this matter has not yet had time to be reported.

"His Royal Highness has ordered the execution of the two main criminals, and the rest of the accomplices have been sent to the Maeda Silver Mine for mining." Soji Tsugawa said.

"But my lord, what do these things have to do with your subordinates?" Yoshikawa asked puzzled.

Soji Tsugawa smiled and said, "Because this involves the daughters of the Yamada family, including the widow of Yamada Yoshinobu. ”

As soon as he heard the name of Yoshinobu Yamada, Hiroya Yoshikawa was still a little touched in his heart. After all, Yamada Yoshinobu is still very good to the Yoshikawa family, if it weren't for Yamada Yoshinobu's son Yamada Yoshiyasu being too incompetent, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family would not have betrayed the Yamada family and joined the Tsugawa family.

Seeing a strange look on Yoshikawa Hiroie's face, Tsugawa Soji continued, "And most importantly, one of Yoshinobu Yamada's widows, Kikuhime, gave birth to a son for Yoshinobu Yamada!" ”

"What?" Hiroya Yoshikawa was shocked again, "Old .... Yoshinobu Yamada still has an heir? Yoshikawa Hiroya was so excited that he almost called Yoshinobu Yamada the old lord, but fortunately he corrected it in time.

Soharu Tsugawa didn't care about these details, but replied, "Not bad. Ju Ji was already pregnant when she was captured by her family.,The year before last, she gave birth to a son named Takewakamaru.,This year is 2 years old.。 ”

"I asked you to stay because I wanted to ask you, what should I do with the Takewakamaru and other people such as Juhime?" Soji Tsugawa looked at the face of Hiroya Yoshikawa and said solemnly.

Yoshikawa Hiroya pondered after hearing Tsugawa Soji's words. For Yoshinobu Yamada, Hiroke Yoshikawa's thoughts are complicated. The Yoshikawa Hiroshi family was just an ordinary ashigaru at first, but after being valued by Yamada Yoshinobu, he was put to use, and in just a few years, he became the general of the Yamada family. Therefore, Yoshinobu Yamada has the grace of knowing the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family.

But then Yamada Yoshinobu was killed in the battle with Tsugawa Soji, Yamada Yoshinobu's son Yamada Yoshiyasu did nothing, and Yoshikawa Hiroka's younger brother Yoshikawa in-laws were also indirectly killed by Yamada Yoshiyasu. So the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family turned to Tsugawa Soji.

Yamada Yoshinobu only has one heir, Yamada Yoshiyasu, so after Yamada Yoshiyasu's death, the Yamada family will be considered an heir. Unexpectedly, now that he suddenly heard that Yamada Yoshinobu actually had an heir, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family was still very excited.

But after thinking about it, he is now a retainer of the Tsugawa family, and he has nothing to do with the Yamada family. Soharu Tsukawa's attitude towards the Yamada family has always been hateful, and now he suddenly asks himself how to deal with Yamada Yoshinobu's heir, is this a temptation?

But Yoshikawa Hiroya is not the kind of hypocrisy and grievance snake (the fourth word is pronounced yi, not she. So he immediately said, "My lord, the Yamada family has been destroyed, and both Yamada Yoshinobu and Yamada Yoshiyasu are dead." Takewakamaru is just a toddler now, and he still has no threat to the Tsugawa family. Besides, even Yoshinobu Yamada couldn't stop the lord's hegemony at the time, let alone Takewakamaru, who didn't know anything. ”

"So, do you think you can let Takewakamaru go?" Soji Tsugawa nodded and said with a smile.

Hiroya Yoshikawa said firmly, "Hi! ”

"Although His Majesty is not selfish, but Takewakamaru is indeed innocent, if the lord leaves Takewakamaru's life, it can also prove that the lord is a broad-minded person," Yoshikawa Hiroya said with a look of hope.

Soji Tsugawa thought about it for a moment and said, "What should Takewakamaru do?" You can't just let it go, right? ”

Seeing that Tsugawa Soji had decided to let go of Takewakamaru, the Yoshikawa Hiroshi family said excitedly, "Lord, Takewakamaru is still young now, and with a little guidance, he may be able to become the pillar of my Tsugawa family in the future!" As..... How about the lord accepting Takewakamaru as an adopted son? ”

"Adopted son?" Soji Tsugawa thought about it, and maybe there was some truth, but Soji Tsugawa was reluctant to adopt a son in his heart. Because part of the reason why the Warring States period was in turmoil all day long, and the reason why he was calling back and forth was also related to his adopted son.

For example, the head of a wealthy family has no heirs, so he adopts an adopted son, and also treats this adopted son as his own and cultivates him as an heir. But after a while, the wealthy family had a son of their own, so the position of the adopted son was very embarrassing.

First of all, after having his own heirs, the heir to the family governor will not have the share of adopted sons. Then, there will inevitably be a conflict between the adopted son and the parent. At worst, the family is not harmonious, and at worst, it is directly rebellious and slashing against each other. Historically, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has never had a son, so he accepted Toyotomi Hideji as his adopted son.

By the time Toyotomi Hideji had already taken office as Sekihaku, Toyotomi Hideyori was born. So Toyotomi Hideji was forced to commit suicide. There are not too many such cases. So Soji Tsugawa is very reluctant to adopt a son, after all, it's not that he can't give birth. Now Xue Ji and Xiaolan are both pregnant, so there is no need to adopt a child.

But sometimes in order to maintain the harmony of the retainers or form alliances, it is normal to adopt an adopted son, which is the law of the times, and Tsugawa Soji cannot stop it. (During the Warring States period, the inheritance of family names was not about blood inheritance, but about family names.) ）

After thinking about it for a while, Tsugawa Soji said: "Let me think about the matter of the adopted son, the matter is very important, His Highness needs to think twice, but you can rest assured, His Royal Highness Takewakamaru will not embarrass him." ”

"Hey! Thank you, Lord. Hiroke Yoshikawa replied.

"Alright, you go down first"

"Hi"

After Yoshikawa Hiro's family left, Tsugawa Soji returned to Lord Yashiki and found Yukihime and Koran.

After Soji Tsugawa informed the two of them about Kikuhime and Takewakamaru, Yukihime said, "Your Highness, the matter of Takewakamaru is up to His Highness, and the concubine has no objection." "As the lady of the main room, Yukihime gave birth to an heir who is a son-in-law, and if nothing else, she will be the next generation of the Tsugawa family, so even if she accepts Takewakamaru as her adopted son, it will have no effect on her.

Xiaolan also said: "The concubine has no opinion!" "Xiaolan is a side room, and basically she and Tsugawa Soji's children have no chance, so they don't have any other opinions on this matter.

Seeing that Yukihime and Xiaolan both said this, Tsugawa Soji nodded and said, "In that case, it is not impossible to accept Takewakamaru as an adopted son, wait for His Royal Highness to ask Takewakamaru's biological mother Kikuhime's opinion, if Kikuhime does not object, this matter will be decided like this." At that time, Takewakamaru will be raised by Xiaolan, how about it? ”

"Hi," Xiaolan replied with a smile.