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"It's been a long time since I've seen His Royal Highness Tokugawa Chumoji."

"Well, Your Highness Wise, you haven't seen you for a long time."

It's ridiculous to say that it's been two months since I came to Mikawa, but until today, but until today, I have met Mr. Tokugawa Nobuyasu as the "main culprit" for the first time.

Compared with the past, his appearance has not changed much, but the heroic spirit that filled his eyebrows in the past has disappeared, and his face has become a little haggard.

"Your Highness Wise, you have been investigating for more than two months, is there any progress?" A smile appeared on his haggard face, and he was lazy, looking like he was sore and needed to move his muscles, "When will I be free again?" This place is suffocating me. ”

"This ......"

"I can't wait to go hunting on horseback at Anxiang Horse Farm now, yes!" He interrupted me excitedly, "Your Highness, you have been here for so long, I'm afraid you haven't enjoyed the scenery of Sanhe, this time when I go out, I'll take you ......."

"Mmmmmm," I squeezed out a smile and nodded hypocritically, "At that time, there was His Royal Highness Lao Zhongwu, but right now, I still have some questions to consult......"

"No problem, I know everything."

Although Tokugawa Nobuyasu's expression is very relaxed, his heart is not as vivid as his expression.

As early as the Battle of Nagashino, there were rumors in Mikawa that his mother, Mrs. Tsukiyama, and the eldest of the family, Yashiro Kaga, colluded with the Takeda family in an attempt to subvert the Tokugawa family.

As the lord of Okazaki Castle appointed by his father, these rumors, which sounded like chasing after the wind, also penetrated his ears many times.

He was originally a very decisive person, but things like "feelings" seriously affected his judgment. He firmly believed that his mother would never commit infidelity such as rebellion, and he didn't know what was going on, but when he heard this, when he touched the sore spot, he always felt that it was not painful, and even comforted himself with luck, his mother was a member of the Tokugawa family, and he would not do this, and the result was the opposite.

Hehe, I can't imagine that my own dignified samurai, a big man who stands up to the sky, would choose to escape!

I also investigated it privately, and my mother not only did it, but also did it excessively!.

Now, Katsuyori Takeda, who had lost a lot of bad luck in the Battle of Nagashino, has regained his strength and has come to challenge Suruga and Enoe whenever he has the opportunity. At this time, something like Okazaki's rebellion happened, and Tokugawa Nobuyasu thought that he could still find a way to deal with it, but his mother was hopeless, and her hatred for the Oda family had made her completely irrational.

I really know, if I had reported this matter to my father and let him decide, wouldn't it be good, but in order to protect my mother, I didn't report it...... Now it's making the chickens and dogs restless.

"I beg your pardon for being rude," I said, turning cold.

"In the past two months, Lord Xincheng has visited and investigated all parts of Sanhe and found such a popular dance in Sanhe."

"What dance?" At first, he was a little confused, but soon Tokugawa Nobuyasu quickly reacted, "Are you talking about the 'Merry Dance' of the year?" ”

"It turned out to be called 'Merry Dance,'" in fact, this is the first time I've heard this name.

"This dance originated from Suruga, and because of its cheerful and bright rhythm, it was very popular, and when the Imagawa family was about to perish, the Imagawa clan as the lord often danced this dance, and as a result, the Imagawa clan perished." Tokugawa Nobuyasu introduced it to me.

Hehe, they're all about to die, and they're still dancing, so I think it's better to dance the gods.

"So, I heard that Your Highness also likes this dance at noon, right?"

"Uh...... Yes. When he answered, his eyes deliberately dodged.

"With all due respect, I will hear from the people of Sanhe that when this dance was popular in Sanhe a few years ago, you not only went from house to house and danced, but also let the people dance, and even because those who could not dance, or because the people who danced were in tattered clothes, they were so angry that you shot people with bows and arrows on the spot...... Your Highness, is there such a thing? ”

"Yes...... There was ......"

In this day and age, while there is nothing wrong with samurai killing civilians, it is not a good thing after all, and it will leave a reputation for tyranny.

"Also, on the way back from hunting, the monk was tied to the saddle for no reason and dragged people to death, but this is the case?"

"It was like that," he argued, "it was probably last year or the year before that, when Ade gave birth to her second daughter, and I didn't go to see her because I was busy, and my father scolded me when he came back......"

It turns out that there is such a thing, it seems that what Deji said is true.

"I was depressed, so I decided to go hunting, and who knows, I didn't catch anything along the way!"

"So you're even more upset?" I teased.

"Yes," he blushed, and said, "When I was upset, I met a monk in a small village who was chanting, and the villagers here said that they had to recite the scriptures for the sake of the New Year, so they brought a monk they met on the road to the village. ”

"What does the monk have to do with you? What are you killing him for? "I can't figure it out, aren't all the Tokugawa family devout Buddhists?

"I was in a bad mood and just wanted someone to vent to...... When I met the monks, I happened to be not hunting pigs, and I remembered the 'Tu Yi Kui' incident back then, which was these bald donkeys...... Oh no, the monk did it, so it became popular all of a sudden. ”

It's on fire? That monk was really pitiful, he was shot while lying down.

"You can't blame me all...... Those monks are also really, saying that they are not allowed to kill, what spells, it is purely a trick to deceive people. It happened that the little monk was playing tricks again, saying that he was a disciple of the Buddha, so he usually chanted and meditated, and he was meticulous in his ......"

"So you killed someone?"

I scolded: Okay! I'm going to kill your dog right now! See if your Buddha will come to save you!

With that, I tied the rope to him and whipped the horse......"

"Your Highness, didn't you think about the consequences when you did these things?"

"I also thought that my father might scold me when he found out, but I am the young lord of the dignified Three Rivers Country, and it is not an exaggeration to deal with my own people, haha......" He suddenly laughed, "Your Highness Wise, you shouldn't condemn me through this trivial matter, right?" ”

"Shut up!" I don't understand why Tokugawa Nobuyasu is so confident, but his ridicule still irritates me.

"These are indeed trivial, but in the eyes of Nobunaga, they are all convictable."

"Father-in-law is still convicted for this? Are you kidding?! ”

If he had been convicted of rebellion, then Tokugawa Nobuyasu would have been scared to death by now, but if it was such a "trivial matter......

Tokugawa Nobuyasu even began to secretly rejoice in his heart, this guy in front of him only knows some inconsequential things, if he can't find out the reason in the rebellion case, then the Tokugawa family and himself will be saved.

Of course, I don't know about these little ninety-nineties in Tokugawa Nobuyasu's heart, but I get angry just by looking at him now that he doesn't know whether to live or die.

Now he has completely lost the goodwill and respect for him when he met at the banquet.

"Your Highness! You'd better be honest with me! In a fit of rage, I stopped being polite to him, "I still have something to ask you." ”

"Well, good! Your Highness, just ask. Tokugawa Nobuyasu was not afraid at all, on the contrary, he preferred that I dwell on these inconsequential "small issues" to divert my attention.

"At that time, when you dragged the monk to death, Iman Chiyo Naomasa on the side spoke out to persuade him, and you actually pulled out an arrow and wanted to shoot him, is there such a thing?"

"This ......" At that time, Naomasa Ii was just an attendant and didn't matter, but now he is already a general in the family, and he intends to kill the general, which has reached his father's ears, and he has always loved talents, I'm afraid it will be difficult to spare himself.

"Please don't leave anything to chance," I read his thoughts, "Now that I know everything, will His Highness the Major General still not know?" ”

"Did Manchiyo tell you?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu had a feeling of being betrayed.

"No, it was Lord Shincheng who found out, and I love that one who asked Lord Jing Yi specifically in order to verify the authenticity of the incident."

“……”

"Also, His Royal Highness Deji's maid was also killed by Your Highness at noon, right? What's more, after she died, you even smashed her mouth, so cruel, have you ever done it? ”

"Yes, I did it." This time he admitted it very happily, "Who told her to speak ill of me to Ade behind her back?" Whoever chews the root of his tongue should have his mouth rotten! Moreover, he even said that his mother ......"

He slammed his mouth slammed, so dangerous! I almost said something I shouldn't have said!

"Mother? Oh, you're talking about Mrs. Tsukiyama? I pretended to have come to my senses.

"The above is my own business, and it has nothing to do with my mother," Tokugawa Nobuyasu looked at me with cold eyes, and his tone was mixed with threats, "Please don't make a fuss about her!" ”

But no matter how I listen to it, I can feel that there is a kind of weakness in these words.

"I didn't think that His Highness was still a filial son, it's really touching," I looked at him with a smile, "I was about to ask you...... Someone reported that Mrs. Tsukiyama and His Royal Highness Nakaji, secretly colluded with Takeda Katsuyori of Kai Province to subvert the Tokugawa family, His Royal Highness Nakaji, can there be such a thing? ”

"Nani !!" Tokugawa Nobuyasu was shocked, his mother intended to rebel, and he knew it, but there was nothing about him.

You know, he is the future heir of the Tokugawa family, or the son-in-law of Oda Nobunaga, and the future is bright, at this time, how can he collude with the Takeda family, which is declining? There's no reason for that.

"No !!" He jumped to his feet, "I didn't collude with Katsuyori Takeda at all, what reason do I have to do this?!" ”

Huh? It turns out that this guy doesn't know yet, this rebellion, in fact, he is the "mastermind".