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I don't know what Oda Nobunaga thinks, but when the general daimyo repaired the castle, if he didn't put his retainers in the branch cities around the main castle to be the lords of the castle, then he would definitely build an official residence for them in the castle town.

However, in Azuchi Castle, the castle town has begun to prosper, and even whale houses and casinos have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and there is a tendency to expand further, and the official residences of the retainers ...... I don't know if it was Oda Nobunaga's mistake or Niwa Nagahide's negligence, but until now, everyone has lived in the castle.

Azuchi Castle has been turned into a five-star hotel!

I walked down the hallway.

"Huh? I'm so dignified, what kind of nerves do I have, I don't sleep in the middle of the night, why do I run to read a book? Am I so diligent?! ”

I was talking like this, but my steps moved involuntarily, as if I no longer obeyed my orders as its master.

It is said that it is a study, but in fact it is just a small room, and my father has a lot of books here.

The lights in the corridor were dim, and the samurai of the banners standing on both sides of the corridor with swords in hand bowed their heads in respect when they saw me coming.

And as a cultured person, I can't be rude, and I nod to them frequently.

"Yikes! The light in the study turned out to be on, who was in it, could it be the old man? ”

There was a voice from inside the study.

It was the voice of a teenager.

"Is the Tao evil hidden but true or false? Is there a right or wrong in the words? Is the Tao evil going on but not existing? Is it impossible to say evil? The Tao is hidden in Xiaocheng, and the words are hidden in glory. Therefore, there is the right and wrong of Confucianism, and it is ...... What it is not, not what it is. If you want to be what you are not and not what you are, then you can ...... clearly"

It's the voice of Fifteen.

I can't imagine this kid being so serious.

If memory serves, he read a passage from the Zhuangzi.

I read "Zhuangzi" in my previous life, and it was when I was still in middle school, and I didn't understand most of the words of "Zhuangzi", but the whole article is magnificent, the language is usual, and it is catchy to read, so I still like it.

When Fifteen Lang stumbled to finish reading these paragraphs, his father's voice came from inside.

"Still no, haven't you practiced and copied it several times, why can't you memorize it fluently until now?"

"I'm sorry, but I still don't understand the gist of Zhuangzi."

"It's true that Zhuangzi is very profound, and I couldn't understand it at all when I first learned it, and it's really a bit difficult for a twelve-year-old kid like you."

Well, that's right, I didn't reluctantly recite two or three Zhuangzi articles until the eve of my high school graduation.

"And your handwriting is very ugly, you may think that many children your age can't even write Chinese characters, and it's good that you can write them...... Fifteen Lang, let me tell you, the world is about to be peaceful, the role of military generals will slowly disappear, and at that time, the civil officials who can read and hyphenate are really reused, if you want to enjoy the high-ranking officials after the war, then you must pay attention to the cultivation of literary talents, you know? ”

"Hmm."

Ha? It was the first time in my memory that a father would speak to his son in such a gentle tone.

After a while, the father patiently explained the gist of the text to Figuro.

"But, father, even if you speak clearly, I always add words or omit words when I recite......"

"Alas, in the end, you still can't be like your brother, a little bit thorough, when he memorized this article, he was much more fluent than you."

What's the mention of me?

I couldn't help but pause and eavesdrop on their conversation further.

"Father," Fifteen Lang's voice was a little aggrieved, "you don't always compare me with my brother, although you always scold my brother in front of all of us, but in fact, I have heard my mother say it, in private, you have praised your brother more than once, saying that he is really worthy of being the child of the wise family, and you put a million hearts in the hands of the wise family......"

"Oh? You know it all? My father was surprised.

At the same time, the person who was even more surprised was me outside the door.

The old man rarely gives me a good look, and he even praises me? It's unthinkable.

"I know, brother, he has been very smart since he was a child, so what do you teach him, he always learns it, calligraphy, kendo, etiquette...... He has your true biography, you should indeed rest assured of him, and I am useless......"

"Actually, you don't have to be discouraged. Your brother has not been as smart as you said since he was a child, in fact, a long time ago, he was a dull person, he was slow to learn everything, and his temperament was quite weak...... It's really strict, Fifteen Lang, what you are facing now is estimated to be less than half of what he faced back then. ”

"Really?"

"Really, at that time, although I was very busy, out of consideration for the future of the wise family, I would spare a little time every day to tutor him in his studies, but in spite of this, he still did not make any progress at all, alas, the child did not suffer a day no longer scolded by me, and several times, I could not bear it anymore, and I took the wooden knife and hit him, and two or three times, he passed out in pain."

“……”

I thought about it for a while, and from the memory of that wise Kogoro who had not traveled before, I could indeed find such a gloomy history.

"Until he was twelve years old, his studies were still at the level of a half-witted man who said whether he was high or not, and whether he was low or not, in order to pass on the wisdom of the family safely, I wanted to abolish his position as the young master more than once, if it weren't for the fact that Neizosuke (Saito Toshizo) and Yaheiji stopped him, saying, 'The young master is generous and benevolent, not a tyrannical king, and the eldest son cannot be easily abolished', I'm afraid you wouldn't have seen your brother now......

But at that time, he was really angry, I wanted to get angry when I saw him like that, but when he was 12 years old, I knocked him out again during a kendo practice, and he had been asleep for a quarter of an hour, and when he woke up, everything changed......"

I thought about it, well, yes, everything has changed, and from that time on, the "stupid" son of Akechi Mitsuhide is gone, replaced by another stranger.

When he woke up, he looked at me coldly and asked, "Did you hit me?!"

Kogoro had never spoken to me in such a tone, and I felt that something was wrong, but I still replied: Don't talk nonsense there, come and practice!

He gritted his teeth, and with a murderous aura, he attacked me with a wooden knife.

I was really surprised at the time, not only because he took the initiative to challenge me for the first time, but also because his kendo became orderly and aggressive, even though I could see that there were many tricks that I had not taught him. ”

Hehe, I also practiced kendo in my previous life.

"What surprised me the most was that his eyes had all changed, as if he had become another person, he didn't regard me as a father at all, and his moves were full of murderous energy, I had to be careful, we fought for a quarter of an hour, and in the end I was superior in skill and picked up his wooden knife.

However, he played very well, it seems that he has understood many moves, and I was about to praise him twice, but he suddenly held his head and said in pain: Ah! Am I the son of this guy, don't !!

So saying, he ran out. ”

", how could my brother say such a thing, could it be that my brother was evil, or did he say that he was a ghost?"

Fainting to death, is there any difference between the evil and the ghost?

"Kogoro locked himself in the warehouse, and he didn't see anyone, and said to me and your mother, 'Akechi Mitsuhide! I'm not your son! ’”

"Nani ?!!!"

"I also wondered if he was really touched by some evil way, but the onmyoji who divined for us said that there was nothing wrong with Kogoro, he was still the same person."

"Is there something wrong with that yin and yang?"

"No way, he was personally recommended to me by His Excellency Yoshida Naka, there can't be a problem...... Onmyoji told me that it was entirely my fault that Kogoro became like that! ”

"Father's fault?"

"I usually have too much majesty on him, and he has always hidden his resentment in his heart, and in the end he can't hide it anymore, and his personality has been distorted and he has become a completely different person from before."

"I can't understand ...... at all"

"It's true that you can't understand it, because I still haven't figured it out...... After three months, after your brother came out of the warehouse full of alcohol, he completely changed, we repaired the relationship, he began to respect me again, the most gratifying thing is that his studies have made great progress, teaching him to read the Four Books and Five Classics, he can memorize it backwards (he has memorized it many times in his previous life), teach him the art of war and swordsmanship, he is also making rapid progress, before the Yuan service, it is not so easy for me to defeat him...... I talked to him a lot about the past to make sure he wasn't my son, and he was always able to answer the same questions......"

"Wouldn't that be nice?"

"It can't be said that it has completely changed for the better, for example...... He didn't like to talk to us very much, every time I ate, I would say one thing first, and then he would answer, he used to be an introverted and shy person, and then he became even more withdrawn......"

"But, no matter what, my brother has become very good, hasn't he......"

"But I no longer felt the closeness he brought to me as my son......"

Proximity?

Hehe, I wasn't your son in the first place.

I am no one in this world!