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In the morning, I entered Honmaru in Okazaki Castle to meet Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Okazaki Castle itself has a very long history, and it began to take shape as early as the time of Matsudaira Jinyoshi.

After a hundred years of ups and downs, it came into the hands of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the "master of Zhongxing", and it was renovated again.

However, since Tokugawa Ieyasu's strategic base had been shifted to Enoe, there was no need for Okazaki Castle to build so many military facilities, and Tokugawa Ieyasu imitated Oda Nobunaga, with Okazaki as the center, built several cross-border roads in Mikawa, and implemented the "Rakuzale City", so Okazaki Castle was slowly becoming a prosperous commercial place on the Tokaido.

At that time, under the recommendation of Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu had been promoted to the rank of four major generals of the lower left Konoe Authority, and also served as the guardian of the Enoe country, and the territory was greatly expanded (after the Battle of Nagashino, the western and central parts of the Engo River, as well as a small part of Shinano, all fell into the hands of Tokugawa).

It is said that after becoming the "second person in the world", his daily life can also be more luxurious, but the actual situation is the opposite, Tokugawa Ieyasu is more frugal, a meal used to be five dishes and one soup, now the city has three dishes and one soup, and the rice is mixed with two percent wheat.

No, he was having breakfast when I went.

After saying hello, I looked at the blushing food on his table and asked

"Ieyasu, you usually eat this?"

Influenced by Yamaoka Shohachi's Tokugawa Ieyasu, I have a lot of respect for the person in front of me, and since this person will be a future shogun, it is necessary to have a good relationship.

Therefore, in terms of addressing, I used "Ieyasu" instead of "Lord" or "His Highness".

"Ieyasu, although it is a bit rude, I still want to ask, as the guardian of a country, you usually eat this in the morning?"

"This is much more luxurious than the common people, Your Highness Wise, you grew up in a rich family, and you are still young, you have never seen the people eat anything, I saw the famine in Tokaido with my own eyes."

As he spoke, he took a few sips of porridge and chewed a few mouthfuls of pickles.

Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu eating so deliciously, I really don't know whether to praise him as a thrifty person, or to guess in my heart whether he was born to be so "picky".

"Oh yes, have you eaten it, Your Highness Wise, if not......"

"Don't bother with Ieyasu, the people in the city take good care of me, and I'm already full."

Yes, thanks to you, I haven't eaten "pickled leeks" in many years, and my mouth is full of leeks these days.

"Ieyasu, I came to you to tell you something."

"Please."

"First of all, I want to apologize to you," I bowed my head, "I'm so sorry." ”

"Huh? What's wrong? Tokugawa Ieyasu put down the chopsticks in his hand.

"After Yashiro Oga confessed, the three of us had already made a report on the incident, and we even wrote a report on the incident and sent it back to Kyoto, but ...... But yesterday, someone came from Kyoto again, and they brought the words of the lord, saying...... Say ......"

I looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu in front of me and hesitated.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was very empathetic.

"What did Nobunaga say, even though His Highness Akechi said it well, there is nothing that my Ieyasu dare not listen to."

The lord said...... said that Oga Yashiro, although he is an old man, is not a major minister of the lineage, let alone the old family of Mikawa, with him alone, it is impossible to do such a big thing against the sky, it must be because someone is helping on the side. ”

At this point, I stole a glance at Tokugawa Ieyasu, who, despite his calm appearance, noticed that his eyelids were jumping.

"So, who does Nobunaga think is helping?"

"The lord did not say it explicitly, but he asked us to investigate thoroughly...... Thorough investigation of the ...... between His Royal Highness and Lady Tsukiyama"

Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was a little unpleasant.

"What? Even his son-in-law has to be checked? ”

"I'm so sorry."

"Will Nobunaga believe that his son-in-law will unite with outsiders to take away his country?!"

“……”

The angry Tokugawa Ieyasu grabbed one end of the table and remained motionless,

The atmosphere in the room was extremely awkward to me.

As the sun rises, the surroundings gradually brighten up. The early morning wind also stopped, and the sound of the ebb and flow of the tide could be heard in the distance on the Yasaka River.

After a long time, Tokugawa Ieyasu finally spoke again.

"It's rude, Your Highness Wise."

"It doesn't matter."

Tokugawa Ieyasu sighed and said, "Over the years, I have devoted my body and mind to national affairs, but I don't pay much attention to family affairs, Okazaki Castle, I will only come when I visit Nobunaga in Nijo Castle during the New Year...... Therefore, whether it is Mrs. or Xinkang, they are all unknowingly left out by me.

And in Okazaki City, over the years, I don't know much about what has happened.

"Your Royal Highness, I won't mention the matter of my lady for the time being, just say that my unsuccessful son Xinyasu, although Xinkang is a little short-tempered and loves willful nonsense, but he is a good boy after all, he will listen to most of what I say, I asked him to protect Okazaki Castle and Nishimikawa instead of me, and he is not very good at it, you say, such a person who is still somewhat capable, how could he not see the world clearly, and go to the company of the declining Takeda family to attack his father and father-in-law?."

I nodded, yes, that's usually good, and I believe that Tokugawa Nobuyasu is innocent.

But the problem is that I am not the "judge" of this case, and only Oda Nobunaga, as the "judge", believes that your son is innocent.

"Your Highness, you can leave first," Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered me to be evicted, "will you leave me alone for a while?" ”

I can understand his feelings, so there was soon only one person left in the room.

I now finally understand what it means to pity the hearts of parents in the world, even Tokugawa Ieyasu, who is like a stone, will have a loving side.

I don't know what Tokugawa Ieyasu was going to do, but given his personality, he must have been thinking all night again.

It's not just the Tokugawa family, because of this incident, the whole world is making irresponsible remarks about Oda Nobunaga Nobunaga, and the son-in-law is also half a son, so it's too much to distrust his "son" so much!

However, suspicion and jealousy are also Oda Nobunaga's character, except for a few people such as Nohime and Oda Nobutada, there are not many people who really enter his heart.

But then again, perhaps, Oda Nobunaga at this moment is also as big as an ox, and his heart is as chaotic as numb. I can understand the pointing.

He not only wanted to completely find out the real culprit of this incident, but he was also afraid that he would go too far and provoke the Tokugawa family, and really fell to the Takeda family.

However, what kind of person is Oda Nobunaga, he has long become ruthless, even if he is his distressed son-in-law, for the sake of the overall situation, for the sake of the world, he must be ruthless. Moreover, first eliminate the worries, and then go all out to pacify the Kansai region.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was full of powerlessness, and after the servant cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, he lay down on the tatami mat softly.

Calm down, you have to calm down, you can't think of any way to panic.

However, the more he tried to calm down, the more panicked he became.

Although he thought that he had seen Oda Nobunaga through a long time ago, now, he found that he could not understand this "Yoshiga-samashi brother" at all.

He has always regarded Oda Nobunaga as the greatest support, whether it is against the Imagawa family or resisting the Takeda family, he has received a lot of assistance from Oda Nobunaga, and similarly, the brave and fearless Mikawa samurai also made great contributions to Oda Nobunaga's pacification of, and the two completely supported each other and relied on each other.

Therefore, I have always regarded the original Qingzhou Huimeng as the most brilliant stroke in Rongma's career.

But today, he suddenly became a little skeptical of this "brilliant stroke".

Because from this incident, he finally understood that Oda Nobunaga had never fully trusted anyone, including himself.

Thinking about Nobuyasu again, Tokugawa Ieyasu felt a pang in his heart, his son, usually cares too little, not only that, but he also has a mother of the Imagawa family and a wife of the Oda family, sandwiched between the two, presumably he is usually very painful.

This is not the most important thing, after this incident, whether Tokugawa Nobuyasu lives or dies, the position of Tokugawa family governor is probably going to be lost with him, and Oda Nobunaga's distrust will be the biggest obstacle to his ascension.

Forget it, first pass him to the home of a retainer, count him as someone else's child, and when the weather is gone, I will report to him and get Nobuyasu back.

Although he usually does a lot of stupid things, he is still my son after all, what father doesn't feel sorry for his son? In this incident, both my Ieyasu and the retainers of the Tokugawa family must do everything in their power to make Nobuyasu retreat from this incident. If he succeeds, no matter how much Oda Nobunaga hates his son-in-law, he will spare his life for the sake of his own face......

"Oda Nobunaga, what the hell do you think, if you can tell the three of us what is on your mind, this matter will be much easier, the three of us are really going to be in Mikawa."

I leaned against a large tree and let out a long sigh.

Tokugawa Nobuyasu ...... You're unlucky.

I don't know what Tokugawa Nobuyasu thinks, because I haven't met him until now.

But despite this, I can still guess that I am afraid that the current Tokugawa Nobuyasu does not feel like a catastrophe is coming at all.

He has not experienced his father's deceitful and intriguing experience, and his experience in "life" is obviously not enough.

He may be naïve to think that this incident is just a momentary misunderstanding by Oda Nobunaga, and since it is his father-in-law, Hamamatsu has a father, so it is unlikely that something will happen.

Even if he didn't look at the face of his son-in-law, he would be careful about this "Oda-Tokugawa Alliance", because this alliance was the best support to ensure his westward expansion and seizure of the world.

Right! It must be like this, I will definitely be spared from this incident!