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"Kogoro, how do I feel that since you came back from Mikawa, you don't take my father seriously."

"Yes, I don't have that kind of thought, I can only say that as I get older, it's impossible for me to have exactly the same thoughts as you."

So, what's your idea? Speak up and let me hear it too. ”

I put my hands on my laps and stared at Akechi Mitsuhide, that is, my father in this world, and I don't know when Akechi Mitsuhide's eyes would no longer give me any "coercion".

"Father, I would like to ask, has your mind begun to age with your age?"

My father stared at me with burning eyes.

"What? Do you think I've started to become a stupid and inflexible person? ”

"I don't have this kind of thought, father, you are one of the most trusted retainers of the Oda Inner Prefecture, and the territory reaches 500,000 koku, how dare I say that you are ignorant and conservative?"

“……”

"The reason why I say that your mind is aging is because everyone can see that this incident of Sister Jing being sent back is a harbinger of Araki Village's rebellion, and he only did it because he was thinking about the last bit of friendship, if you think ...... Forget it, if you insist that he doesn't have a rebellious heart, hehe, then I won't say anything. ”

"So, dare to ask the general, what should I do?"

His tone became high-pitched, with a hint of dissatisfaction.

If it had been before, I might have been so frightened by him that I couldn't speak, but now it doesn't seem to be.

"I want Oda Uchifu to ask Ying, and act as the vanguard of the crusade against Araki Murashige, so that not only can we get rid of our relationship with the Araki family, but also make war achievements, maybe the territory of the family can be increased a little more, huh...... The land of Settsu Province is very fertile, and it is not close to the Eza ...... at all."

Suddenly, my father punched me because he was sitting across from me, so I noticed it when he was all over the place.

I flipped with my left hand and grabbed my father's forearm, but my father was unwilling to be restrained and hit me with his left hand.

But this time, I didn't use my right hand to defend against him, but turned my two fingers into the momentum of "two dragons fighting for pearls" and went straight into my father's eyes.

"Kogoro (big brother) don't !!"

Mother, Sister Jing, and Shishilang were all stunned by my trick, because after all, I was in the prime of life, and even if my father could hit me with his left hand, at such a close distance, my fingers would definitely hurt my father's eyes.

My father was taken aback, and his left hand hurriedly returned to defense, and it was time for me to withdraw my right hand.

"Father, when you first taught me 'Mirror Heart Flow', you told me that if you want to defend absolutely, it is better to use offense directly, and I have always kept this sentence in my heart."

"Enough! Kogoro, you're very strange today, how can you be so decent, talk back to your father and do it again? ”

The father raised his hand to stop the mother's words.

"Okay, Kogoro, you go down first, I'll talk to you about anything next time!"

"Well, I'll take my leave."

"My lord, Kogoro he was just confused for a while, so he rushed into you, please don't be angry, I'll scold him when I turn around......" After I stepped back, my mother was afraid that my father would be angry, so I counted my mistakes in front of everyone.

In fact, my behavior is no longer described by the word "collision", and I almost hurt my father's eyes, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a big rebellion.

"Angry? I don't know why......" Somehow, a wry smile appeared on my father's slightly old face.

"I don't know why, I'm not angry at all, he's really grown up, and he's no longer the kid he used to be in front of me, and he didn't even dare to look up at me......"

"Yes...... Yes......"

There seemed to be a lot of praise for the son in the father's words, and the mother's brows slowly relaxed.

"He just said that I was old, in fact, yesterday the lord said the same thing about my ......"

"Huh?"

(The full name of "Mirror Flow" is called "Wise Mirror Flow", but it has nothing to do with Wise Mitsuhide, this is purely the author's, don't take it seriously) ......

In the spring of the 11th year of Eiroku (1568), in Inabayama Castle...... Oh no, the castle had been renamed and renamed "Gifu" by his new owner, His Royal Highness Nobunaga, the thirty-five-year-old Oda Kamishosuke (if memory serves, the so-called Shogunate applied for him after he escorted Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Beijing).

Although the name is quite allusive, its name is undoubtedly quite awkward, but the Japanese still insist on calling this name for four or five hundred years.

Oda Nobunaga's interest was high.

Like many Sengoku daimyos, it was Oda Nobunaga's lifelong dream to lead his troops to Kamiraku and unify the country, and this dream began to set off when he was still known as the "Great Fool of Owari".

Kamilo must have enough strength, and according to its own strategy, if you want to go to Lok, you must first control the three countries of Owari, Mino, and Ise.

Not only because these three countries are large countries with more than 500,000 koku, but also because of their attractive strategic value, Owari has developed commerce, Mino has fertile land, and Ise has prosperous shipping.

As early as last year, the Oda army crossed the Jifei River to attack Ise, Takigawa Kazuki did a good job, in the end he was a ninja, he was no stranger to the guerrilla tactics used by the Isehao clan, and they were defeated and fled with a little trick, the Kobe family, the most powerful faction in North Ise, could not hold on, and the messengers who came to sue for peace were already on their way to Gifu.

"Hmph, as soon as the Kobe family falls, then the only remaining wealthy family with a little strength in Ise is the Kitada family in the south, hum, what is the 'sword lord daimyo'? If Kitada Gukyo had really the ability, he would have unified Ise a long time ago, so it would be my turn to make a move......"

Just when he was there alone, the attendant came to report.

"General! Someone in the city asks to see you! ”

"Oh? Who is it? ”

Oda Nobunaga was a little surprised, could it be that the envoys of the Kobe family arrived so soon?

"That man claims to be the wise Shibei Mitsuhide of the Asakura family, but he said that he came this time to make a deal with you, the general."

"Buying and selling? I don't remember what deal I had with Yoshikage Asakura...... Wait a minute! Asakura? Oda Nobunaga thought he had remembered something, "Hurry up and welcome that wise ten guards into the city, I'll see him later!" ”

"Yes!" ……

Oda Nobunaga did not choose to meet Akechi Mitsuhide in the assessment room, but chose a place where cherry blossoms bloomed.

Akechi Mitsuhide was six years older than Oda Nobu, and he was already forty years old this year, and despite the fact that he looked radiant, he did not look like a middle-aged person was getting older.

"Are you Mitsuhide-sama the Wise Ten Soldiers?"

"It was under the Lower that the Asakura family wise ten soldiers Mitsuhide met with His Royal Highness Oda Kamisuke Nobunaga."

"Hehe, you're very polite, I've heard Anon talk about you, if I'm not mistaken, you should be her cousin...... Let me take the liberty of asking, Wise Sir, have we met before? ”

"Yes, it was fifteen years ago, when His Highness Oda and Ling Yue, that is, my former lord Sai Fujiyama Castle Shobu Michizo, met at Shotoku Temple, I stood aside as an attendant of His Highness Michizo."

"Yes...... Oda Nobunaga thought back, but at the "meeting" with his father-in-law, nicknamed "Pit Viper" fifteen years ago, he only focused on "Pit Viper", and did not pay any attention to the inconsequential "small roles" around him.

"So, since you have stayed by His Royal Highness Daosan's side, then, I want to ask, how did His Royal Highness Dao San evaluate my son-in-law when he was alive."

"Well, His Royal Highness Dao San only said one sentence: "Woohoo! My son is only worthy of being a slave to the boss! ”。

"Really? My father-in-law is known as the 'Mino Pit Viper', and Wen Taowu is all long, and it is really an honor for Nobunaga to be evaluated by him like this, haha......"

After laughing for a while, Oda Nobunaga's face suddenly changed, and he said sharply: "Your Highness Akechi, since you are a retainer of His Royal Highness Daosan, then, when His Highness Daosan died in battle on the Nagara River, where were you?!" ”

"Does His Highness Oda suspect that I escaped from the battle and betrayed His Royal Highness the Third Dao?"

"Humph!"

"His Royal Highness's words are wrong, at the same time that Saito Yilong attacked His Royal Highness Daosan, he also sent his general Nagai Hayato to lead 3,700 people to attack the wise family's Changshan City, I only have only a thousand soldiers in Changshan City, naturally not his opponent, not only the city was broken, but even the uncle Guang'an, who was the acting governor at the time, and dozens of clansmen were unfortunately killed in battle, leaving only our juniors to escape."

"Since you survived, then why don't you go to the army to avenge His Royal Highness Daosan?!"

"Haha, His Royal Highness Oda is really 'nobles don't know the suffering of the poor', in the past ten years, most of the time is just a ronin who has no life at all, where to talk about revenge, that is, in the past two years, His Royal Highness Asakura has eaten two bites of idle food to survive......"

"Humph! Then why didn't you come to me?! Oda Nobunaga interrupted Akechi Mitsuhide's words, "I am undoubtedly the most active in avenging His Highness Michizo, and besides, before His Highness Michizo passed away, he sent me a message, not only entrusting Mino to me, but also asking me to take in his retainers as much as possible...... Hmph, most of his retainers are here, and you're the only one ......"

"On this issue, Your Highness Oda, as I said earlier, His Highness Michisan once commented on you, and his son is only worthy of leading a horse for you, isn't he?"

"Hmmm......"

"So, I want to ask, Your Highness Oda, where is the horse you have prepared for me?"

"Nani?"

"I'm wise ten soldiers, I will never be willing to live a life of inaction, after the source of the source, if I can't do two or three big things that shake the world, it will be tantamount to living in vain!"

“……”

"If I take refuge in His Royal Highness Oda, I think, I can get your care, and I can live without worry about food and clothing in the second half of my life, but, as a Mino person, I will never be reused as His Royal Highness of the Owari people, but this is not in line with my pursuit, what I want is to get ahead, I want to be famous, I look forward to being like my ancestors, turning life into a battle, happy and hearty! That's my goal in life! ”

How do you know I'm not going to reuse you...... Wait a minute! He seems to be quite right.,Except for Hikoemon (Takigawa Kazuki is from Omi) who was reused by me by relying on the repeated recommendation of Gonroku.,All of my subordinates are Owari people.,Is it true that I also have "regional discrimination"?

"Haha......" Oda Nobunaga laughed, "It's really funny for Akechi-sama to talk, and I Nobunaga admires ambitious men the most...... By the way, what do you mean by 'buying and selling' when you come? Let's hear it. ”