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In autumn, Mikawa is flooded with a torrential rain that hits the historic castle of Okazaki.

It was already night, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was sitting alone in the tearoom drinking tea, while outside, lightning flashed and thunder roared, and heavy rain poured down.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu's state of mind was more turbulent than the scene outside the house.

His wife actually went behind his back to communicate with his mortal enemy, and what is even more embarrassing is that he has been kept in the dark all the time, and he was found out by the "three generals", what are the people in his hands doing! Didn't you notice such a big thing? Sooner or later, I won't know where I'm going to die.

A month earlier, the three generals had sent a report on the incident back to Kyoto, but they were also very respectful of other people's ideas, and they showed it to themselves before submitting it.

According to the "clues" he provided, the third shogun very interestingly counted this incident as a matter between his wife and Oga Yashiro, and had nothing to do with Nobuyasu or even the entire Tokugawa family.

I looked at it myself, and the report was written like this, which was very satisfying.

When the report was first handed over, Tokugawa Ieyasu was full of confidence and felt that he would definitely be able to save Tokugawa Nobuyasu's life.

But as time goes by, this self-confidence is slowly diminishing.

Why hasn't Nobunaga replied after a month?

I don't know when, "Ghost Zuo" ran over many times, wearing a soaked suit, and he looked very angry and shouted loudly.

"My lord! Lord! Let's raise our troops! ”

"Huh?"

"March west, take Kyoto, and take Oda Nobunaga's head!"

Hondo was a diehard among the Mikawa samurai, and the Mikawa people's xenophobic character was well presented in him.

As mentioned earlier, the honest Mikawa people have always hated the mercenary Owari people, and since the late Onhito, when Owari was still in the hands of the Spo clan, the people of these two countries fought endlessly.

Even if the Cheongshu alliance and Oritoku became one, this situation did not change, because Oda Nobunaga greatly borrowed the power of the Mikawa samurai in pacifying and resisting Takeda, so the Mikawa people always felt that the Owari people owed them a lot.

"Left!" Tokugawa Ieyasu said loudly: "You guy is not drunk again, what nonsense are you talking here!" ”

At the same time as reprimanding Hondo, Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart is also sinking, although Hondo has always been short-tempered and open-mouthed, but he will not scold people for no reason, and it is Oda Nobunaga who scolds.

Could it be that Oda Nobunaga's side ...... Something happened?!

"My lord! I'm not drunk, the messenger from Kyoto has arrived! ”

"Oh, yes, did you ask him about his own family again?"

"Of course there is, but, do you know the lord......" Because of the relationship between excitement and anger, the face of "Ghost Zuo" turned red, "He actually asked the young master to ...... Ask for less master ......"

"What's wrong with him asking the young master, you should say it quickly!" As a father, no one worries his son more than Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Deposed, exiled, denamed, re-established...... Tokugawa Ieyasu has thought about all the above bad results.

However, he selectively "forgot" the worst of the above situations, because he did not dare to think about it, let alone believe it.

But now, Bendo's repeated words and righteous indignation made him feel that the worst situation was getting closer and closer to his son Nobuyasu.

"Nobunaga, you want to ...... I want the Lord to kill...... Kill all the people involved in the case, including the young master and his wife, the eldest of the family, He Yashiro, will be sentenced to chopping, the wife will be beheaded, the young master will be recited for the sake of Weng's son-in-law's affection, and the rest of the people will be punished as capital crimes. ”

After gritting his teeth and saying this, Hondo pressed his forehead to the tatami several times.

"Nani ???"

Tokugawa Ieyasu's body is petrified, and Oda Nobunaga wants to kill Nobuyasu?

After knowing the ins and outs of this rebellion, Tokugawa Ieyasu regretted it, and hated Mrs. Tsukiyama and Oga Yashiro, and the disgust was incomprehensible, even if there was no order from Oda Nobunaga, he would cut these two "rats" that plagued the Tokugawa family with a thousand knives, but for Tokugawa Nobuyasu......

Not to mention anything else, Nobuyasu is the eldest of all his children, and the only adult except for Kamehime, which day he is gone, the seat of the Tokugawa family should be his, and with the support of his father-in-law Oda Nobunaga, the Tokugawa family will not have problems for at least three generations, in this case, what reason does Nobuyasu have to put down his body and collude with the bereaved dog Takeda Katsuyori?

"Didn't Captain Saemon (Tadaji Sakai), who is stationed in Kyoto, defend his family?"

"How could it not be, but Nobunaga said that this happened on the boundary of Okazaki at the time, and it was also the work of the closest person to Nobuyasu, and there is no reason why Nobuyasu should not know!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu was speechless, in fact, he was also very confused, about this matter, he didn't know about it, and Nobuyasu didn't know about it as the lord of the city. Could he really ......

"Nobunaga said again, Nobuyasu must have known about this, but he didn't report it to the major general, what does this mean? It shows that he is also involved in this matter! This is ruining the Tokugawa family business, it is really hateful, what I hate most is the traitor who betrayed my compatriots, even if Nobuyasu is my son-in-law, I can't spare him! For the sake of this last bit of affection, I will keep his warrior dignity and give him suicide! ”

Nani?! Tokugawa Ieyasu was furious.

What bullshit logic is this! Is it true that if you don't report it, you are participating, this kind of "joint sitting" is simply unreasonable!

With Oda Nobunaga's wisdom and vision, could he not see the truth of Tokugawa Nobuyasu's rebellion?

He insisted on doing it because......

Through the above words, Tokugawa Ieyasu figured it out.

From the very beginning, Oda Nobunaga had no intention of keeping Nobuyasu's life at all, from the time he received the news of the rebellion in Okazaki Castle, Oda Nobunaga had this intention, he sent three generals here to investigate, just to go through the motions, the real idea, he decided from the beginning.

"What the hell did Nobunaga say? Did he say that Nobuyasu was going to rebel, or did he say that this matter was just done by Mrs. and Oga and had nothing to do with Nobuyasu? ”

The further he asked, the more angry Tokugawa Ieyasu became.

Oda Nobunaga's words have already said this, no matter what, the end will be tragic. Today's Nobu Oda Naga has changed from the lord of Noo, who needed to rely on the power of the Mikawa people on the Eastern Front, to a ruler who wants to rule the people and take the world as his own responsibility, his way of acting has changed, and his reliance on the power of the Mikawa people has been greatly reduced.

If you look at it from the perspective of a "man of the world", although Saburo Nobuyasu of Okazaki Castle is the eldest son of the Tokugawa family and his son-in-law, he is not likable in terms of personality, bloodline, behavior, or brain and ability.

Even Nobuyasu was not able to catch up with his other son-in-law, Takeda Katsuyori, in terms of bravery, and he still had the blood of the Imagawa family, who regarded Oda as an enemy, and behaved roughly, and was unkind to the government in the territory, and it was difficult to gain the support of important ministers and people in the future.

If such a Nobuyasu is at odds with his father and colludes with Takeda Katsuyori, then the situation in the Kaido east of Mikawa will be in chaos and difficult to control. After weighing it repeatedly, it could only make Xinkang commit suicide.

Nobunaga must have thought so, and once the words were spoken, they were not taken back, and this was Nobunaga's character.

"Xinkang, I'm afraid I won't be able to escape death this time......"

"Nobunaga also said that when the young master is seppuku, Akechi Nobumitsu will be on the scene to supervise."

"What do you mean! Let outsiders supervise! Could it be that our Three Rivers Samurai will still be cheating! Tokugawa Ieyasu finally couldn't help it, "When Nobuyasu is finished, I will send the knife he used to seppuku to Oda Nobunaga for examination, and let him see if there is his son-in-law's blood standing on it!" ”

Oda Nobunaga is really a last resort, and Tokugawa Ieyasu doesn't even have a chance to use the shadow warrior.

"My lord, are we really going to give in to Nobunaga?" Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu like this many times, Hondo was anxious and stepped forward to ask.

"What if you don't give in?" Tokugawa Ieyasu said, "Is there anything you can do?" ”

"Fight to the death, if not, the young master's life will not be guaranteed." Hondo gritted his teeth and said, "Didn't Nobunaga say that we colluded with the Takeda family?" Good! We're really colluding with him to show him, my lord, please allow me to be the envoy of Kai, and form an alliance with the Takeda family......"

"Make left! Aren't you doing that to confirm Nobunaga's thoughts? ”

"Nope! You listen to the lord, once the main family and Takeda are allied, then the eastern front will no longer have to worry, and the main forces of the Oda family are in Hokuriku, and Kansai, and Noo has become empty, and at that time, we Mikawa samurai will go out of Tokaido......"

"Enough! Make left! Today I'm going to treat you as drunk and talking nonsense here! Tokugawa Ieyasu unceremoniously interrupted Honto several times.

"What do you think of the lord?!"

"You go down first, let me think about it again."

"Lord, the life of the young lord ......"

"Go down!"

"Lord ......"

"Make left! Are you deaf? I'll let you go down!! ”

Tears rolled down the iron-clad Hondo's face repeatedly, and he sobbed quietly.

"Lord, you don't have to bear it, cry if you want to, woo woo ......"

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not make any reply to Honta's repeated words, in fact, if crying could make Oda slender retract his life, he would rather dry his tears.