The winter sky is blue and blue, the wild grass has already withered and yellowed on the fields by the lake, and a few pheasants and mountain birds fly from time to time.

[Today's hunt is really unusual。。。。。。 It's been out all morning, and I haven't even hit a roe deer! 】

A small surname who was in charge of driving away birds and beasts squinted his eyes under the strong reflection of Lake Biwa and shouted loudly to his companions who were seven or eight feet away.

[San Lang, how is it on your side, have you achieved anything? ] 】

The man in the distance was also a little depressed.

[I didn't get anything, but there are some wild vegetables on the ground, do we want to 。。。。。。 】

[Wild vegetables are okay, if we can't catch the prey, we will go to catch two fish, stew a pot of fish soup for the lord, and have an explanation at noon. 】

More than half an hour later, the two guys were cooking a fire and stewing fish soup at the same time.

The lake was so cold that the two of them shivered from the cold, and finally caught a few fish. As the saying goes, move your mouth above, and break your leg below. Keiji Maeda only needs to say a few words, and the people under him who are in charge of the work will have to work hard.

What about them, lords? 】

[I'm still talking to the adults of the Yuchai family at the intersection, and I won't be able to come until a while。。。。。。 The lord seemed to want to invite someone to dinner, so we got a pot of wild vegetables and boiled fish, can we handle it? 】

【。。。。。。 I don't know, but it's better to have a pot of fish than nothing。。。。。。 The lord only rushed back to Azuchi Castle from Kansai on the 14th, and thought that after entering the city, he would definitely have a good rest in the past few days, but who would have thought that he would take us to hunt with great interest the next day, and the lord's energy was really extraordinary. 】

Another small surname also thinks so.

[The lord has always been energetic。。。。。。 Eh, by the way, you say, what's the matter with this Yuchai family coming to the lord? 】

[I don't know, if the Yuchai family wants to do something, they should also find the wise Zuo Masuke, and now the general (wise Kogoro) is not at home, and the affairs of the wise family are all arranged and decided by the five elders, and the Yushiba family should also look for them. 】

[You are stupid, the people of the Yuchai family are willing to come to the lord, doesn't it mean that the lord is now in full swing and has a high status in the family. 】

[According to what you say, the lord is taller than Lord Samasuke, Lord Hosokawa, and Lord Fujita? 】

[The identity is different, but the status is different, I've heard of it, the lord and the general met when they were young, of course, this relationship is very ordinary, of course, with the famous name of hundreds of thousands of stones like Lord Hosokawa, it must not be compared, but the lord is pulled up by the general, and when other adults are dissatisfied with the lord, it is also the general who shelters the lord。。。。。。 You say, just for this kind of affection, isn't the lord still superior in the wise family? 】

[Superior? Why do I sound like the lord is making trouble for the general? 】

【。。。。。。 In fact, I really didn't look for trouble, but the lord didn't help the wise family to do things, which time there was a war, it wasn't the lord who rushed to the forefront and killed the most people?。。。。。。 I saw yesterday that when the people of the Hashiba family came to visit the lord in Yashiki, they gave him ten rolls of silk, a hundred candles, and five sea bream. 】

(This kind of gift is placed in the Ming Dynasty of the same era, and it is already very shabby to give such gifts between large families, not to mention the dignitaries, but considering the productivity of Japan in this era, it is still understandable.) In addition, the Seto Inland Sea under the leadership of Hideyoshi Hashiba is rich in sea bream, so there is nothing unusual. ）

[Makes sense, but then again, what are the people of the Yuchai family trying to do with such a heavy gift? ] 】

[I don't know about this, but I must ask the Lord to do it.] 】

At this time, at the intersection of about two miles away from the two of them, Keiji Maeda was talking to Asano Nagamasa of the Yushiba family. And the two of them were talking and laughing over and over again, still in the Owari dialect, and those who didn't know must think they were friends. But in fact, when Keiji Maeda was crazy in Owari, Asano Nagamasa had not yet debuted.

In the end, Asano Nagamasa saw that the matter was almost over, so he said goodbye, and Keiji Maeda kept him for a few words, and the two separated.

[Yo, it's already cooked。。。。。 Hey, it's fish soup, not game? 】

Keiji Maeda walked up to the two of them with great interest, and was a little surprised to see that the pot was stewed not with broth but with fish broth.

The two little surnames hurriedly said:

[The lord asks for forgiveness, I really can't catch the prey, so we went down to the lake to catch a few fish, please forgive me!] 】

[Yes, we。。。。。。 】

Keiji Maeda waved his hand, his interest undiminished, and said:

[It's a pity that there is no prey in this winter, but if the two of you go to the lake, I'm afraid it's cold enough, so I won't punish you。。。。。。 Come! The two of you also drink a few bowls of soup to warm up! 】

[Thank you, Lord! 】

Seeing that the lord did not blame, the two of them were overjoyed and kowtowed again and again.

Keiji Maeda drank the fish soup over and over again, looked at Lake Biwa not far away, and suddenly said:

[Listening to Asano Nagamasa, the Shimazu family's Shimazu Yoshihiro is a good man, not only with infinite strength, brave and good at fighting, but also with good soldiers, winning a hundred battles。。。。。。 I really want to have two tricks with such a general! 】

Keiji Maeda put the bowl down, and his eyes showed a belligerent flame, but the flame then passed away, turning into a kind of helplessness.

[Alas, if only the lord could come back from Kanto as soon as possible, I don't have to be so idle all day。。。。。。 】

Far away from them, Wise Zomasuke is fishing with Honda Masanobu.

[It's been this morning, Zuo Masuke-sama, have you gained anything? 】

[Carp, grass carp, silver carp, and black fish, a total of fifteen. 】

[There's really yours.] 】

Honda Masanobu looked at the poor two fish in his bucket, and immediately had a very serious sense of frustration, he was originally a person who liked fishing, and thought that his level was okay, so he asked the wise Zomasuke to go out to the lake to fish.

Originally, I wanted to show my hands in front of the wise Zuo Majie, but after this morning, people fought in the east and west, and gained a lot, and what about themselves, forget it, I don't have the face to say it。。。。。。

[Honda-sama, it's almost time to the hotel, let's go to a restaurant in a nearby town to have something to eat, shall we? It's strange that I'm hungry. 】

Wise Zuo Masuke's words just gave Honda Masanobu a chance to break the siege (although Wise Zuo Masuke didn't know the results, but for Honda Masanobu, who has a strong self-esteem, if this lake fishing continues like this, then he will lose his face at all.) He smiled and said:

[No need, it's too much trouble to go to town to eat, I was ready to eat yesterday, and there is sake, let's have a few drinks for the two of us.] 】

The children set up a coffee table on the ground, and then put up vegetables such as vegetables, tofu, salted fish, miso soup, rice balls, seaweed, and cucumbers. Wise Zuo Majie smiled,

[Honda-sama is really worthy of being a person who has opened a restaurant, and he is very particular about eating, just the two of us, can we use so much? ] 】

[Haha, don't bury me, Lord Zuo Majie, it's all some side dishes that can't be put on the table。。。。。。 Here, I'll pour you a drink! 】

[Thank you very much.] 】

The atmosphere at the wine table is always the most relaxed, and the two talked about the weather from the results of today's lake fishing, and then talked about the recent life from the weather, and then talked about the family from life, and then some boring family trivialities.

The reason why I want to position family trivialities as "boring" is because Honda Masanobu wants to scold his [stupid son] Honda Masamune in a cliché, although the latter has now debuted and has slowly gained the approval of his predecessors in the wise family by his own strength, but his relationship with his father is still very bad.

[I've told him many times that I won't force him to marry a girl from the Okubo family, but that kid still doesn't want to go home? 】

[How?] Has Zhengchun already taken a fancy to other girls? 】

Honda was angry and said angrily:

[If he really has this idea, it's too late for me to be happy, the problem is that that bastard kid doesn't even have this idea in his heart!] 】

Akechi Zomasuke was curious.

[No, Zhengchun is eighteen years old this year, this age should be the age when you want to find a woman to live with? ] 】

[Yes, I'm not too young, and I want to have a grandson, but that kid either stays in Chang'an all day to serve the public, or drinks and has fun with his pig friends and dog friends, and he doesn't have the slightest idea of starting a family! I'm so! 】

Honda Masanobu sullenly drank the wine, while the wise Zuo Masuke laughed and said:

[Dissipate your anger, it's not bad for young people to focus all their minds on work, besides, look at me, don't you also start a family in your twenties, just wait as long as you can, everything has to be done by the parties themselves。。。。。。 Come, come, drink, drink! 】

[Well, that's it, I hope this kid opens up soon。。。。。。 I can see that this kid doesn't really want to find a woman, he just wants to do it against me, and the more I force him, the more he has to do the opposite. 】

[Hahaha, Lord Honda, maybe you can try it, relax with him, let him eat, drink and have fun all these years, and don't care about anything else, maybe there will be an unexpected counterproduct. 】

[Hehe, maybe it's worth a try.] 】

[Okay, after talking about your son, it's time to talk about mine。。。。。。 】

Wise Samasuke was just about to speak, but Honda Masanobu interrupted him with a sense of wine.

[Haha, Zuo Majie, you drank too much, right? Where did you come from, son, you and Jing Gozen (how many people still remember Ajing, the second sister of Achi Kogoro?) I only gave birth to a girl。。。。。。 Don't be angry, be angry, Zomasuke-sama, I don't mean to look down on your family. 】

Honda Masanobu usually speaks and does things without leakage, but once he gets drunk, there is no door in his mouth. Fortunately, Wise Zuo Majie had a very good personal relationship with him, and knew that he was this virtue, so he didn't get angry, but said in a flat tone:

[You forget, I also adopted an adopted son before, who is the son of Lord Uchizosuke. 】