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Tian Ze ......

These three words seem to have taken away all my attention, and I've been flipping through the I Ching on my way back to Azuchijo for the past few days, hoping to find some answers.

The words of the Gamo clan are not worth trusting, after all, he is just a military general, neither a Buddhist monk, nor an onmyoji, and even his cultural cultivation is much worse than me, and it seems that it is not reliable to interpret these three words in his name.

"Your Highness the General, you are really powerful, don't you get dizzy when you ride a horse and read?" Mori Shinsuke was amazed.

Dizzy? How could it not?

But if you read and study and are serious to a certain extent, then the surrounding environment is easy for you to ignore the past, just like me, now I don't feel like riding on a horse at all, let alone dizzy.

The birds flew south along the woods on both sides of the road.

The surroundings are already like an autumn scene. The dead leaves overhead sway gently in the breeze, and the water of Lake Biwa has risen to the river's edge, and you will get wet on your pants when you stand by the lake.

Along the way, fishermen can be seen fishing on the shore, who must catch fish before the cold winter arrives, sell them at the market, or pickle them with salt and put them in jars for the winter.

"Young master—"

"Huh?"

It looks like someone is calling me.

When I looked closely, Miyake Yaheiji was riding a horse and wanted me to gallop over.

Miyake is thirty-five years old this year, but he looks very young, and he looks even younger than Kerr.

Miyake Yaheiji and his father returned to Azuchi Castle a few days ago.

The battle against Araki Murashige is over.,The person who was crusaded,Under the onslaught of the Oda army,There is almost no suspense to disappear from the public's sight as a defeated.,The Araki family, which has been passed down for several generations, was wiped out by Oda Nobunaga.,And as the "main culprit" Araki Murashige is missing.,Life and death are unknown.,No one found his body in the ruins of Arioka Castle.。

Therefore, the whereabouts of Araki Murashige have become a big mystery.

Some people say that he fled to Shikoku, some people say that he fled to Aki Province to beg for the protection of Maori Terumoto, some people say that he committed suicide by throwing himself into the sea, and some people say that he made a fortune in Koyasan, and what is even more ridiculous is that there are still people who think that he ran away to Korea or Daming by boat, of course, this statement is the most unreliable.

Although Araki Murashige is a foreign domain daimyo, he has always won the trust of Oda Nobunaga (otherwise he would not have served as the guardian of Setsu for so long), so Oda Nobunaga was furious at his betrayal, and after Araki Murashige was beheaded by the full house, Oda Nobunaga still did not understand his hatred, because Araki Murashige as a tea ceremony master, once gave himself the nickname of "Dao Kaoru", Oda Nobunaga changed "Dao Kaoru" to "Dao dung" to show insult.

In any case, Araki Murashige has evaporated from the world, and the traces of his existence have been completely lost in history with the razing of Arioka Castle and the beheading of all his family members by Oda Nobunaga.

When the position of guardian of Settsu Ichikoku became vacant, Oda Nobunaga gave the letter of appointment to Nobutaki Ikeda, who was accompanying him in the war, and appointed Oda Nobusumi as the guardian of the country.

Oda Nobusumi built a number of fortresses along Osaka Bay, and at the same time actively communicated with the pirate forces at sea, which won Oda Nobunaga's admiration and was praised as the "Commander of Osaka......

I'm not interested in Araki Murashige's affairs at all, because I've known everything through history books.

"So, Yaheiji," I asked, pretending to be very happy, after listening to his excited "news broadcast," "Why are you here?" Did you come to greet me? ”

"How so? If I welcome the young master, then I should bring a few more people...... I bought a good batch of horses yesterday at Yard Fashion...... I named it 'Big Deer Hair', young master, look, how is this horse? ”

Miyake Yaheiji is a connoisseur of "horse appreciation" and has been a horse commissioner in his family for a long time, and he says that he is a good horse, so what else can I say?

So I didn't know how to pretend to understand and said, "Well, it's really a good horse." ”

"Thank you for your appreciation, I am going out of the city today to take a trip to Lake Biwa to try if I can cross the waters of Lake Biwa with my skills."

"Then you just keep trying, I still have to go into the city."

"Oh, goodbye then, young master...... Oh, by the way, young master, there is a great happy event, it is about the young master, hehe, do you want to know? ”

My eyes widened, happy event? What a happy event? Or is it about me, is it that Oda Nobunaga is going to give me some reward again?

"Happy event? Tell ...... quickly, "Originally, I was quite interested, but when I saw Miyake Yaheiji looking like a "big-tailed wolf", I suddenly lost interest again.

"Forget it, I don't want to know."

"Huh?!" It was Miyake Yaheiji's turn to be dumbfounded, "Young Master, don't you really want to know?" That's ......."

"Anyway, after I go back to the city to see my father, I will also know, so don't bother Miyake-sama, what should you do, I won't bother, goodbye......" After speaking, I turned around and left.

People are very strange animals, and Miyake Yaheiji originally wanted to use this secret to "**" me, but my indifference made him feel an indescribable sense of frustration.

"Young Master...... Young master, don't go...... Listen to me, young master...... Young master, congratulations, Mrs. Xiangji is pregnant! ”

"Oh, it turns out that Ah Xiang is pregnant......" I only took two steps, and my brain stopped there in a daze as if an electric current was passing through it," Nani !! What did you say! Ah Xiang she ...... She...... She is expecting???? ”……

The mansions of the civil and military officials were finally repaired, and everyone moved out of the inner castle of Azuchi one after another.

Kahime came to the inner hall and visited her mother-in-law, who had not made an official appearance for many chapters.

"Ah Xiang, now that you are pregnant, you don't have to salute me."

"Thank you, Mother."

"Over the years, I have sincerely worshiped the Buddha and cared less about the children around me, but Kogoro and Fifteen Lang have grown up, and I don't need to worry about anything, Qianxue and Ah Jing have the care of the brothers, and they will not be lonely. By the way, and you, you're here with me now......" The mother smiled and said, "How is Kogoro's child treating you?" ”

It turned out that my mother was beating around the bush, but she actually just wanted to ask this question.

Xiang Ji Bingxue is smart and understands immediately. Her cheeks flushed suddenly. The unspeakable things between husband and wife made her face feverish.

"I'm very happy, my husband has always been very good to me."

Always good?

Mother didn't quite understand. But she still thought, "This kid is really strong." ”

However, is this a perfunctory statement, or as a daughter-in-law, she already has the confidence to control her son?

Mother suddenly wanted to continue the temptation, so she smiled at her. "It's getting colder, let's have a hot cup of tea."

As she asked the maids to pour steaming tea, she said, "Actually, to love or to be loved, is an ethereal bubble. What happens to you if something happens to Kogoro? ”

Xiang Ji didn't hesitate and replied categorically: "If something really happens to my father, then I can only be prepared to follow him!" ”

Follow him? I have received your wishes, but I am afraid that His Highness the Inner Mansion will not be happy.

The mother quietly turned her head to stare at the tea leaves, could it be that this child has already fallen in love with her son?

If that were the case, there would be nothing more to say. I had the same experience when I was younger. Back then, although there were no other women around the lord (compared with "Alexandre Dumas" like Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Akechi Mitsuhide only had one wife in his life, which was really special in the Warring States Period), but because of his enthusiasm for his career, he was quite indifferent to himself, almost ignoring it When she was almost disheartened, affection quietly sprouted in her heart, and soon had her first child (not the protagonist, before the protagonist, Xizi gave birth to several children, but most of them died).

Kahime may not be able to understand her own heart saved by pregnancy, but if she survives this most difficult time, she can become a real woman and enjoy the greatest happiness in heaven and earth.

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law drank tea, the mother said: "Ah Xiang, the most important thing now is to give birth to the child." ”

"yes, I see."

Mother looked at Ah Xiang and felt a lot of emotion.

Time is really going to pass, and Kogoro's child is coming to me, but it's okay, I can't imagine that in my lifetime, I can still meet the third generation of the wise family, when I gave birth to Kogoro, I never had the luxury of this.

"Ah Xiang, do you know, when Kogoro was born, the lord was still working in the hands of His Royal Highness Echizen Asakura Yoshikage."

"Well, I know that."

"At that time, although the lord had already granted the official position of the general, His Royal Highness Asakura did not appreciate him, so the lord had very little money, and his life was not easy.

Before Kogoro, I had a few children left for my lord, but basically none of them survived, except for Fuiyin and Shizu. ”

"What a pathetic ......"

"Kogoro was not called Kogoro when he was first born, because the governor of the wise family has used 'Shibei' as his young name for generations, so Kogoro was also called 'Shibei' at the beginning."

Originally, because of his depression, the old man did not have much hope for the future, but only hoped that his son could grow up safely and inherit his family business in the future...... But one day, when the news of His Royal Highness's victory over Imagawa Yoshimoto reached his ears in the Battle of Barrel Sasama, his whole being was infected and inspired, and then he had new expectations for his son, so 'Jubei' was changed to 'Kogoro', Aka, do you know what the name Kogoro means? ”

"I know that the ancestor of the Wise Family, His Royal Highness Toki Yorikan, his infant name is 'Kogoro', and my father hopes that my father can revive the prestige of the Mino Toki family, the Wise Family!"

"Well, that's right, it's just Kogoro, Ah Xiang, you and the child in your belly are also bearing this expectation!"