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"Revive the Ouchi family together? Hmmm......"

I pretended to twist my beard.

"Keijiro, you have this idea...... Feasible! ”

Actually, it was simply arranged by the two of us.

The retainers were puzzled by what they were doing, why bother? Wouldn't it be better to pass the child directly to the Ouchi family?

"Miyauchi!"

"The subordinates are here, the lord please command!"

"You take the ninjas under your command and go find it for me--The Ouchi family has a long history, and there are many children in exile in Kansai, you go and find me a suitable one--tell him, do you want to inherit the Ouchi family? If I want, I have five hundred stone here...... Oh no, give him the territory of three hundred stones! ”

Okuda fell to the ground.

"Uh...... Lord, with all due respect, the territory of three hundred stones...... Can you really buy the descendants of the Ouchi family? ”

"What do you think? Is it to be a destitute ronin? Or do you have your own territory, and you won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future? ”

"But that's too little......"

"Okay, if he doesn't want to, go back to live his poor life, I won't force him here! …… It's good to have something to eat, but you dare to think that the rice is rancid......"

"That'...... The subordinates will do it...... Lord, although there are many descendants of the Ouchi family, the lineage has been cut off, so the subordinates plan to find those side disciples, and the more estranged the relationship, the better! ”

"Yo Si! Miyauchi, you finally understand what I mean this time! …… If you don't think it's too far, you can go to the Tohoku to find the descendants of the Ouchi clan there (the Tohoku Ouchi clan is a distant relative of the Yamaguchi Ouchi clan), hahahahaha......"

Of course, you can't go to the Ouchi family's lineage...... Especially if someone who has a direct or indirect blood relationship with Yoshitaka Ouchi finds out, people will not forgive Tao Qingxian so happily......

"Okay, do you have anything else to report now?"

"I didn't ...... No more ......"

What happened today is so informative that you don't have time to digest it for a while...... Well, today's incident, the lord must have premeditated it -- as for what the premeditation was, let's go back and think about it yourself, it is certainly not simple.

"That's it! And so it went, and the next ...... It's about to be the New Year.,I'm going to Azuchi Castle to meet His Royal Highness on the next trip.,We've just beaten down Izumo Kingdom.,There's still a lot of things to do.,So,I won't take too many people with me......"

"Wait a minute! Lord! ”

Okuda Keixuna suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong? Inside the palace? ”

"I'm about to report to you, my lord, His Royal Highness Youfu...... As early as four days ago, he had already resigned from all official positions! ”

"Nani?! What do you say?! ”

That's big news! Oda Nobunaga turned out to be "electrified and went to the wild"!

"Your Highness...... Oh no, Nobunaga Gong (in fact, it doesn't matter if it's called "Azuchiden" or "Nobunaga", that's what Ryotaro Sima calls it in his book, but it's rare to find such a title as "main hall") is said to be going to Kyoto at the end of the year to meet the emperor......"

"Meet the Emperor??? What is he going to do? ”

"We don't know about this, but there is a rumor circulating in now that Nobunaga will accept the appointment of His Majesty the Emperor and become the general of the Seiyi!"

"Oh, what should I do, it turns out that the lord is about to be promoted again, and he wants to be the general of Zhengyi...... What???!!!! The lord is going to be a general?! ”……

Please forgive me, readers...... Oh no, slip of the tongue, it's not **, it's forgive me for my gaffes.

Don't blame me for reacting so much -- the historical Oda Nobunaga was a "new human" who liked to toss some new things, and he didn't care about "antique goods" like the shogun Seiyi.

Many historians believe that Oda Nobunaga, who admires new things, will not accept old official positions such as "great shogun" or "minister of the imperial government" or "regent Sekihaku", and that the "ultimate goal" of the people is to kill the emperor and replace him himself.

Oops, my mother! That sounds like a crazy idea! -- Although the emperor has not been in power since the Heian period, he has a family history of more than 2,000 years (this must be false!! ←_←), if you want to kill people, this is inevitable......

Therefore, some people even believe that the cause of the "Honnoji Change" was that Akechi Mitsuhide, who admired ancient rites, did not want to see this great rebellion, so he formed an alliance with the imperial court and slaughtered his master, and the reward was to give him the position of the shogun of the "obsolete goods" that was originally going to be given to Oda Nobunaga.

Although this statement is suspected of whitewashing Akechi Mitsuhide, it is not groundless -- there is a hint in "Secretary Yoshida" by Minister Yoshida Kanami, and Akechi Mitsuhide actually sat in the position of general very easily, isn't this a ghost?

Oh, sorry, the topic is away again......

In short, I just can't believe that Oda Nobunaga is really going to be this general......

Before I left Izumo Country, I accepted Ah Kuni as a side room, which was probably a long-distance love run, but fortunately, I finally managed to reach the finish line.

"It turns out that this Ah Guo is the descendant of Tao Qingxian."

This identity was finally known by the retainers, which caused a lot of fluctuations.

"Tao Qingxian's eldest son is obviously a loser who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and doesn't learn or have no skills--but he can be regarded as having some credit in this way......"

"Alright, you can say a few words! The lord will not be happy to hear this! ”

"But then again, it's his freedom to marry any woman, the only thing I don't want to see is that the future governor of the wise family has Tao Qingxian's blood in his body, if the lord is really confused, then I have to stop him even if I fight for my life!"

"Mistress Guangzhong, you're so excited......"

"This shouldn't be, the lord has already said that he wants to pass on this child to the Tao family."

Because Akuni is a native of Izumo, the retainers call her "Lady Izumo", and because her real name is "Koji", she is also called "Kozhi no Fang".

The name is secondary, when Ah Guo appeared in front of everyone in a wedding dress, even Achichi Guangzhong, who had some prejudices against her, widened his eyes.

"This ...... This woman is indeed ...... I have long heard that Tao Qingxian was the most beautiful man in Kansai that year, it seems that this is not wrong at all, and only such a woman is worthy of my father-in-law. ”

"Yes, such a wonderful woman. Even if it is not inferior to Mrs. Xiangji, the lord is really a good blessing. ”

"Yes, when I look for a woman in the future, I will also be like the lord."

"Uh...... Judging by your appearance, if you were wearing a mask, it would be quicker to find a woman......"

"What woman?! Pay attention, all of you! I'm going to call Mrs. in the future!! ”

"Cut! Obviously, it was Mistress Guangzhong, you were the first to call it that. ”

Looking at the beautiful and incomprehensible Ah Guo, I had a happy feeling of "free marriage" for the first time, which was completely different from the beginning.

You probably won't like to hear it. I have more of a family affection for Xiangji as a husband, and I almost don't regard her as a lover, of course, after so many years of marriage, how can there be love?

Ah Guo (I can't call it that right now.) Izumo Taisha will produce a new "Akoku") is also completely different, without any external factors to intervene, it is completely the two of us who came together on our own.

This is probably true love -- of course, this love will also be transformed into family affection as the marriage lasts...... But none of that matters anymore.

But think about it, I'm not an outstanding person in this world, almost useless (of course, the level of playing the piano and playing mahjong is still commendable) -- but even so, I can have two beautiful women as wives at the same time, does this mean that in fact, I also have the "** novel hero physique"?

At last......

"The little girl is not talented, and I will ask the adults for more advice in the future."

"Well, I'll talk about the things I want to ask you a question now, can you answer me?"

"Just ask, sir."

"A-...... Oh no, I can't call it that anymore, little branch, after such a big circle, you finally fell into my hands, do you feel anything? ”

"Thoughts? I'm sorry, but I don't really have any feelings. ”

"Really? Don't be stubborn, if I'm not mistaken, you're twenty years old, and it's a shame if you can't get married at this age. ”

"If you want to say shame, don't forget, my lord, I am a witch and a servant of God, even if I don't marry in my life, no one will talk nonsense."

"Well, I'm so disappointed."

"Actually, I didn't expect it myself, I would be able to marry one day, I originally planned to dedicate my life to the Cloud Society, and I would never marry anyone, since I was twenty years old, this idea has become more firm, but when I met an adult that day, I couldn't help but beat faster......"

"Heartbeat? Looks like you still like me, don't you? ”

"No, I think it's hard for me to get married anyway, since our lord of Izumo is willing to take him in, then I'll simply rely on him, anyway, I won't have to worry about food and clothing after becoming the wife of the lord."

Lai to me...... For a beauty like you, it doesn't matter how many I have......

"Twig...... Did you regret it? ”

"Huh?"

"If I had stayed with me, I am afraid that everything would have changed completely."

"My lord! Don't ask questions like 'what was in the beginning?' because if you only think about the past, you won't see the future! ”

Huh?! Xiaozhi seems to have said something famous, but who originally said it?

"I don't want to think about it anymore, and I don't think that you would meet me again in Izumo Province one day."

Belch...... Actually, I knew that the Akechi family would one day send troops to Izumo Province on the orders of Oda Nobunaga, which is something that will eventually happen in history.

It's just that at that time, I wasn't sure if Akechi Mitsuhide would be hot-headed and do something like the "Honnoji Change" and implicate me, so I didn't think about whether I would really come to Izumo Province again.

But what happened later was not at all what I expected--for example, on the eve of the change in Honnoji, the governor of the wise family had already been replaced by me.

Although it was also a cool thing to kill Oda Nobunaga (-_-||When you think about it, isn't this tantamount to self-destruction, how could I do such a stupid thing?

The sprig suddenly kissed me on the face.

"Anyway, it's really my greatest honor to meet adults in this life."

"Actually, it's up to me to say that......"

The little hand I held on the twig burned like a flame, and when she stood up, she almost fell. I gently held the crumbling body of the beautiful woman in my arms and kissed her ear gently......

The day after my wedding, Kitari came to visit me.

"Lord of the Kingdom, first of all, congratulations on your happy marriage."

"Thank you, is the bride price I gave to Taisha enough? If it's not enough, add more. ”

"Hehe, the master said that he laughed, there are not many courtesies, just use your heart, Xiaozhi will no longer be a person in the big shrine in the future, the master has to treat her well."

"Of course there's no problem with that...... By the way, Kitari-san, you came to me, is there anything wrong? ”

"Actually, we did a divination last night...... Congratulations, you'll soon have a son! ”

"Really?!"

I was very excited--I was just trying to deceive all the retainers and find an excuse for reviving Dow, but I didn't expect it to be true......

But then again, when Chiyo Takechiyo was born, my expression wasn't as eager as it is now.

This is probably because of the "telepathy" of the bloodline.

"What kind of child will it be?"

"A very beautiful man, he will be an internal affairs officer in the future...... Of course, how to ** in the future is the master's own family affair. ”

"Interior officer? Very good, the world will be unified soon, there will be no more wars, and it is very promising to be an expert in internal affairs...... It's too far away, so I'll give him a name first. ”

"Ah...... Sir, this child hasn't been born yet......"

"It's okay, it's a matter of time before you choose a name......"

I looked out the window at the university, and suddenly remembered that in the ancient dragon novel I loved to read in my previous life, there was a swordsman in white clothes with a cold face.

"Yes, this kid is called Blowing Snow...... Blowing snow pills is good! ”

(Fukiyukimaru is a young swordsman written by a manga artist in "Crayon Shin-chan")

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"Blowing snow pills? The old man is really a cultural person, and the young master's name is really elegant. ”

"In addition to the young name, I have also thought of his future Yuanfu name for him, take a 'letter' word from my name, since it is to be radical to the Tao family, then take a 'Xing' word from the name of Xingfang Gong, and call it 'Xinxing'!"

"Shun Hing ...... Tao Xinxing...... Good name! ”

But then again, this son has not yet been born, and even if I want to be Yuanfu, it will have to wait until eight or nine years later, is my "consideration" too far?

However, Xiaozhi is indeed very satisfied with this name, and she has begun to fantasize about her future son, holding a military fan painted with "Scarlet Ling (because the Dow is a branch of the Ouchi clan, so the family crest is also Crimson Ling)", and commanding the battle in a heroic manner.

Tao Xinxing...... Hehe, maybe in the future, there will be another unparalleled general in the Western Kingdom......"

"It's all said to be an internal affairs officer...... "......

I didn't take Xiaozhi with me, and even the retainers only brought some civil officials, and counting the Shinsengumi, who accompanied the escort, the entire team was only more than 300 people.

It's a bit shabby......

It was not too early, so I chose to take the sea route by boat -- taking advantage of the cold Siberian current blowing from the west, and it took more than a day to sit from Matsue Port to Tsuruga Port in Echizen Province.

At this time, I heard the news again.

Oda Nobunaga was not in Azuchi Castle and had already gone to Kyoto.

Isn't that a toss for people? I finally went all the way south, and when I arrived in Changbin City, why didn't you tell me in advance, I took so many unjust roads!

Alas, I had to take another boat ride -- this time across Lake Biwa and arrived in Kyoto in one go!

Tossing back and forth, there is not much time left before the Chinese New Year.

Originally, I could have kept a low profile, but on the day I entered Beijing.

Originally, the team of more than 300 people was not very conspicuous, but when the "water-colored bellflower" was revealed, the crowd of onlookers immediately resounded with discussions.

"Ah, it's the Wise Family!"

"Wise? Who is in the sedan chair? ”

"You're funny?! Of course, it's Wise Kogoro-sama! ”

"Kogoro-sama??? Is that the legendary 'Izumo Dragon'?! ”

"Of course!"

"Since it's a dragon, why do you want to sit in a sedan chair? Aren't all powerful samurai riding on war horses? ”

"Two goods! The big guys are all about mystery! Who have you ever seen who would show up so easily? ”

"That's right! In the Battle of Izumo Kingdom, Lord Kogoro wiped out the 50,000-strong army of the Maori family with the movement of his fingers......"

At this point, I finally couldn't listen anymore -- what "Izumo no Dragon", what "remain mysterious...... I don't understand a word, but it's definitely all rumors about me!

"Miyauchi!"

Anxious to find Okuda Keizuna, I stuck my head out of the sedan chair -- okay! You can finally see my "holy face".

"Wow! Is that Kogoro-sama? So handsome! ”

"That's right."

"But then again, he's so young, he looks about my age."

"Cut! How about being as big as you? Do you have the skills of someone?! ”

"I mean, how could he be so young?"

"Because he's a dragon...... Dragons can live for thousands of years, don't look at him so young, in fact, he is more than a thousand years old! ”

More than a thousand? Am I a turtle or a king 8?!

This sentence is enough to make me complain, but the following sentence can really thunder me a lot.

"Shw! So that's the case.,Passing by and then again.,I've heard that dragons can see through other people's hearts--no wonder Kogoro-sama's ability to play mahjong is so powerful.,It turns out that he's already seen through other people's routines! ”

Come on! Playing mahjong has a hairy relationship with the dragon!!!

This one...... I suddenly don't want to go to Beijing, so let's go back as soon as possible--we can't afford to lose that person......

"My lord? You call me? ”

"Miyauchi, what the hell is going on?"

I asked Okuda Keixuna weakly:

"I've only been away from Kyoto for more than half a year, so why do I have so many strange messages?"

"My lord, I don't know the specifics, but I heard that after you captured Izumo Kingdom, Nobunaga was very happy, saying that he really didn't see the wrong person at the beginning, and you were a military general comparable to Uesugi Kenshin, so I ......"

"So everyone imitated the 'Echigo Dragon' and created a 'Izumo Dragon'...... Compare me to Kenshin Uesugi? My father-in-law really thinks of me......"

"This title is also quite majestic, why don't you look happy at all, lord?"

"You go and listen to these blind messages, you can talk about it, can I be happy?"

When Uesugi Kenshin was alive, I threw myself into the five bodies that he admired---if it weren't for the fact that I was born the son of Akechi Mitsuhide, I would have gone to join the Echigo army a long time ago.

It used to be YY, and one day I also fought an earth-shattering battle, and then everyone called me "XX Dragon" or "God of War" (pharmacy Bilian can't do it?!!! How handsome is this!

But one day, when this handsome-looking title really "came" to my head, I couldn't be happy at all -- this title is only worthy of being owned by Qianxin Gong, and no one in the world deserves to be called "Dragon" except Qianxin Gong (a certain one-eyed boy means no pressure).

Calling me a "dragon" is both an insult to the humble and a sarcasm at me -- for some reason, my face has turned red.

"What 'Izumo Dragon'?! It's all TMD and dog P! It doesn't matter what the people in Kyoto call me, I will ...... in the future I don't want people in my family to call me that! ”

"Yes."

Okuda Jinggang is completely inexplicable, so good, what are you angry about.

While passing through Gojo Street, I met the Moranmaru brothers.

"It's been a long time, son-in-law, how have you been lately?"

That's the first thing I said to Moriranmaru.

And as an older brother, Mori Changke can't understand what I mean by words at all?

Virtuous son-in-law? When is the long term......

Senranmaru took my hand very awkwardly and said:

"Wise lord, let's put this title away for now...... I didn't propose marriage to the lord and His Royal Highness Kaji......"

"What?!"

I haven't had time to speak yet. Mori Changke had already taken the words.

"Are you two going to get married? How did I not know at all? ”

Mori Ranmaru whispered:

"Originally, after returning to Kyoto, I was going to mention this family business to my lord......

"Stop, stop! Changding, can you tell me this elder brother, whose daughter are you going to marry? As the governor of the Mori family, I didn't even know about it! …… It can't be the sensible adult's family, right?! ”

"Huh? It's the kindness of my family...... But it sounds like Musashi (Mori Nagaka's official position is Musashi Mamoru), you seem to be very dissatisfied with this, huh? How? Don't you look down on my daughter? ”

"Where?! Who am I to look down on? Princess Renli has the blood of the lord in her body, and she is the daughter of your wise lord, it is a great honor to marry into our Sen family...... I'm just wondering, when did you and Changding negotiate? I didn't know. ”

Brother, this "sale" is really beautiful, Princess Renli is the granddaughter of the lord, and the relationship between the wise family as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Oda" is just around the corner......

"Actually, I had already discussed it with Lord Akechi when I was ordered to go to Izumo Province before the start of the Third Battle of Tsukiyama Tomita Castle, and when I returned to Azuchi Castle, I would propose to my lord, but what about it......

The treacherous battle of Tsukiyama Tomita Castle soon began, and it must be inconvenient for me to propose marriage at this time, my father-in-law was born and died outside, and my son-in-law was in charge of the wedding in the rear. It's not appropriate.

After that, after the battle, I wanted to mention it, but the lord was about to start working on building the shogunate again......"

"Wait!"

When I heard the word "shogunate", I couldn't sit still.

"On my way here, I heard that the lord was going to open a shogunate...... So it's true?! ”

"It's really not wrong, compared to my private affairs, opening the mansion is the top priority......

"Okay, let's put this matter aside for now, I want to know, why did the lord suddenly think of opening a mansion?! When I was in Azuchi Castle, didn't he tell me about the shortcomings of the shogunate system? ”

"I don't know about that...... It felt like the lord had a whim all of a sudden...... A little more than a month ago, an envoy from Kyoto came and asked him if he would like to reconsider and accept the three positions. ”

Those three positions refer to: Minister of Imperial Affairs, Regent Guan Bai, and General Zhengyi.

But then again, how did this messenger come by such a coincidence? If you don't come early or late, you just pick this New Year's pass.

Also, it is really eye-opening that the imperial court can so easily let go of its face and "sell" these three seats again.

The lord hesitated for a long time, and then said to the messenger:

Since His Majesty the Emperor is willing to entrust the world to Nobunaga, I can no longer refuse, and I will go to Beijing at the end of the year to meet His Majesty the Emperor...... I am willing to become a general and bring the world back to the right path! ’”

"That's what the lord said?"

"Yes, we couldn't believe it at the time, how could the lord really make this decision? It was obviously him in the first place......"

Oda Nobunaga's world, you will never understand.

"If you have any questions, let's wait until you see the lord...... Uh, by the way, Ranmaru, don't you usually follow the lord? Why was it released today? ”

"What was released?! Do you think your son-in-law is something, a puppy locked in the house......"

"I didn't say that......"

Sen Changke looked at the two people in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

A son-in-law doesn't look like a son-in-law, and a father-in-law doesn't look like a father-in-law, which is really ......

"The lord and His Royal Highness Nonghime are now bathing in a bath, I don't want to take a bath, so I ran out to blow the wind, and I met the eldest brother and you."

As mentioned earlier, Ichijo Bath is the first public bathhouse in Japan.

It's no secret that Oda Nobunaga loved bathing.

After more than half an hour, Oda Nobunaga summoned the three of us inside.

Oda Nobunaga, dressed in a yukata, looked full of energy.

As soon as he saw me, he laughed and said:

"Hahahahaha......ha Kogoro, you're here at the right time, I've been itching my forehand lately. ”

"Itchy hands?"

"Don't pretend to be garlic! Now in the whole of, who doesn't know that you are wise Kogoro is a good player at playing mahjong...... Come on! Come on! Accompany me for a few laps first......"

I almost choked to death.

Playing mahjong? That's the last thing I want to do right now.

Originally, I wanted to ask Oda Nobunaga about the opening of the shogunate, but now it seems that I have to put it off