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My father, Mitsuhide Akechi Jubei, was sitting on a futon in front of the Buddha in the main hall of Kokoji Temple, making a prayer gesture with a very serious expression and a word in his mouth.

Don't look at him now, but in fact, before the fall of Kokoji Temple, it was originally a temple of Shingon Buddhism, and his father was a follower of Vinaya, and the doctrinal interpretations between Vinaya and Shingon Buddhism are very different, and although the relationship between the two sects is not as incompatible as in the Middle Ages, when Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity or Protestantism were incompatible, the relationship between them is not very good.

But it doesn't matter, the monk is dead, and the temple is alive.

My father had already planned to rebuild this temple and hire a new presiding monk, of course, the monk must be a Vinaya. In troubled times, building temples or other religious sites can also be of great help in stabilizing people's hearts.

Behind his father, there were Akechi Mitsutada, Miyake Yaheiji, Shima Kiyoko and others, all of whom were in a praying posture like their father, and even Akechi Chang'an and Honda Masanbu were also chanting Buddhist scriptures in a low voice with their eyes closed.

The vast majority of the Wise family were Buddhists, and at a time when traditional Shinto religion was in decline and the emerging Nanban religion had not yet been fully embraced, Buddhism occupied the inner world of the majority of the country's citizens.

However, there are exceptions, such as me.

At this time, I was sitting on a bluestone outside Kokoji Castle basking in the sun, while Keiji Maeda was holding "The Tale of Ise" and reading it carefully.

By the way, it is no longer appropriate for this place to be called "Kokoji Castle", and my father has planned to demolish all the original military facilities when rebuilding, minus its killing atmosphere, and make it a simple Buddhist temple.

I'm a Catholic, so it's not appropriate to appear in the Buddha Hall, and Keiji Maeda ...... Forget it, this eccentric guy has no faith at all!

"Keijiro, is that book in your hand very good," I asked lazily, "You've always held this book since I met you, oh yes, and the Tale of Genji and The Tale of Taira, supposedly, you should have finished reading these books a long time ago, and you've already memorized them all backwards, is there any need to continue reading?" ”

Maeda Keiji replied in a rare serious tone: "Young master, you don't understand, I haven't read these books more than a dozen times, the storyline, even word by word, I am already familiar with it, but every time I read it, I will have new feelings, and the most important thing is that every time I read it, I feel that my self-cultivation has improved again......

Hehe, yes, it's rare that you, a "good student" who is delicious, good at gambling, and good at prostitution, will also know how to "cultivate".

Maeda Keiji said again: "Young master, your art of war has now reached a 'level', I have heard that you cut off Akai Naomori's head in five rounds, this is really a great achievement...... Young master, when will we also fight again? ”

I said "modestly": "Don't mind, Lord Keijiro, your spear skills are good enough, in my family, my father, Lisan, and Qingxing can play with you, I don't have the courage to fight you." ”

Because the relationship is close enough, I don't mind "confessing" in front of him, and besides, I really can't beat him.

"Oh, forget it......"

I pulled two letters out of my bosom and read them in the sunlight.

Of these two letters, one was written by Oda Nobunaga to his father, praising him for winning the "Battle of Kokoji".

In the battle of Kokoji Temple, my father fought a great victory, and the Tamba coalition army suffered more than 6,000 casualties, and both Akai and Hatano were severely damaged.

It is worth mentioning that the so-called "Tamba Coalition Army" is already a thing of the past, and during the battle, most of the wealthy families in the coalition army turned against each other and attacked the leader of the coalition army, Hideji Hatano, and the military core Akai Naomasa, who played a great role in the change and advancement of the battle situation.

Afterwards, my father counted it and was shocked, there were only more than 6,000 people killed in the coalition army, but nearly 10,000 surrendered, what is the situation?

However, in any case, it is a good thing that so many people come to take refuge.

Oda Nobunaga praised me a little in the letter.

I was also a little excited to be praised by the Sixth Day Demon King.

The other letter is different.

As mentioned earlier, Oda Nobunaga is also a "cultural intellectual", a "germ of art", his calligraphy is very attained, and the whole letter "wild grass" is written with dragons and phoenixes, which is even more difficult to understand than the doctor's "heavenly prescription" in the big hospitals of later generations.

So, my father called me, and we studied it carefully for nearly half an hour under the lamp before we "deciphered" the contents of the letter.

In the other letter, the handwriting is quite ordinary, and it doesn't take any level to understand it at all.

Of course, this character is just "ordinary", and compared with Oda Nobunaga's "artwork", it is far behind.

Kahime.

Compared to Oda Nobunaga, I prefer to read Kahime's, not only the language is simple and easy to read, but also between the lines, the sincerity is purely a letter from a wife to her husband.

She told me about the big and small things that had happened at home during this time, so that I didn't need to worry about family affairs, and congratulated me on my achievements with my father, saying that she was also very happy, and reminded us to pay attention to safety on the battlefield and be careful with our bodies...... Finally, I hope that if I have the opportunity, I will go back to Kyoto to reunite with you.

Keiji Maeda looked at me with envy, I had already told him the contents of the letter before.

"Young master, you are really happy, I can marry a great beauty like Her Royal Highness Xiangji, and I can get her heart, I can't do it......"

"You have to go to the whale house twice less!" I said angrily: "You are an important minister in the family, and you are good-looking, I don't know how many people want to marry you, but you see, as soon as they heard the words 'Flower Qingci', they all flinched, and no one wanted to marry their relatives to an unreliable playboy, wouldn't that mean pushing them into the fire pit?" ”

"Uh, this...... That ......"

When it comes to this topic, he "decisively" talks about him left and right.

After a while, he looked back at the letter in my hand.

"However, Her Royal Highness Xiangji is also lucky enough to marry a good-looking, educated, and cultivated figure like the young master, she is truly happy, because she is the young master's favorite woman......"

"No, Keijiro!" I interrupted him suddenly, "The woman I love the most is actually not her ......"

"Ahh Keiji Maeda was stunned: "It's not His Royal Highness Xianghime, that's ......"

I turned around with a complicated look in my eyes: "You don't need to know this...... The time for chanting should be almost over, so let's go back to the temple. ”

Only I know that the moment I turned around, a petite figure wearing the uniform of "Tokyo University" and singing on the guitar passed by in my mind.

In front of the Buddha hall, my father had his back to the statue of the Buddha, and I sat with the retainers on the left and right.

And the river sweep department Yi family father and son, Hebei Yicheng, Tanakama Castle Shou Shengzhong, Sakai Sun Saemon Tiger and other Tanba tyrants knelt under the hall.

They are all "wise men" who "abandon darkness and turn to light".

"You have all paid a lot of energy to defeat the enemy, and you have worked hard, Guangxiu should have been more courteous, but you have no choice but to be on the battlefield, and you can't find a more suitable place for a while, please forgive me for having to meet you in front of the gods and Buddhas."

My father had his usual gentleness, but everyone was so nervous that they couldn't hear Ieyasu speak.

They weren't sure if their father was telling the truth, or if it was just politeness.

This is the sadness of the little people, who can always only act according to the eyes of others.

"Lord Sabe, this time you launched the first uprising and attacked the main camp of Hatano, so to speak, you have the first credit for the defeat and retreat of the enemy."

After listening to his father's words, the Heyi family finally put their minds at ease, and he knew that for a while, he would be fine.

"Under ...... Next...... In the next is really a sin that deserves death, in the next should not care about the little friendship with Hatano, and forget the righteousness of the world, everything is in the fault of the next, please make a punishment," although he is fine, but in order to show the" sin ", he vigorously self-examined, finished, he also patted a sycophant: "Make the god clever, use the soldiers like a god, this victory, in the next heartfelt congratulations." ”

In order to show his respect, he even gave up "Guangxiu Gong" and directly used "Envoy".

I forgot to mention that my father's official position, as early as a year ago, when I was promoted to the "Right Near General", I was promoted to "Sitting Together" to "Inspecting Non-Violation Envoys from the Fifth Position"

Congratulations from the bottom of my heart? I felt a little funny, but I couldn't laugh because I was a little sad in addition to being funny.

If I stand from the perspective of the Yijia family, will I be more "backbone" than him?

"His Royal Highness the Sweep has made such a miraculous feat, which is really worthy of praise, but at the moment, Tanbo has not yet been calmed, and it is inconvenient for me to reward His Royal Highness the Sweep for his meritorious deeds, please don't blame him."

"There, there is a cloud in the Han book: 'The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home', so that His Royal Highness Zuo is difficult to calm Danbo, the great cause has not yet been completed, and he must be accompanied by death in the future, how dare he ask for a reward?"

I'm starting to admire this and the river Yi family a little, I really can talk!

Anyway, the Yi family knew that he couldn't run away from this reward, so he said these words "righteously".

"His Royal Highness Sabu can put righteousness first, which is really admirable...... By the way, this is Ling Gongzi, right? Father suddenly looked at the Namigawa family on the side.

"Make His Highness Zuo have good eyesight, and the small one will rule the family, and meet His Royal Highness!"

"Good!" The father praised: "Ling Gongzi is really a talent, so let's do it, I will give the surname 'Wise' to Ling Gongzi, plus His Royal Highness's official position 'Sweep the Department', Ling Gongzi will be called 'Wise Sweep the Department and Govern the Family' in the future!" ”

"Write Your Highness!"

"Silly boy, why are you still called Your Highness, you should be called the lord, from now on, you will be the clansman of the envoy!"

I'm KAO! Giving a surname does not mean joining the family, and the river is easy to be, you are too good at "climbing up".

In addition, I think that my father seems to feel that his surname is "worthless", and he rewards him everywhere, and there are really a lot of people in the family who are given his surname.

I suddenly said, "But what? The name 'Zhijia' seems to be a bit inappropriate. ”

This "governance" comes from Hideharu Hatano.

"Why don't you say that the 'letter' in my name is given to Ling Gongzi and renamed 'Xinjia'?"