Just when the two city defenders were leisurely, the clan clan and Yamauchi Ichitoyo had already galloped outside the barren city. The two grabbed the reins and stopped in front of Arashi Castle, and one of them, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, shouted loudly: "My lord, the Takayama clan, has come to visit Lord Maeda Toshimasa, so go and report it quickly!" ”

Two ashigaru, you look at me, I look at you, someone actually came to visit the lord? It's not a dream. They froze in place, as if they had forgotten who they were.

"Why don't you go? Is this the hospitality of the Maeda family? Yamauchi Kazutoyo frowned and said in a louder voice.

"Yes, it's my lord, my lord's rudeness, this... That's going to report. After speaking, he and Saburo ran all the way into the Wasteland City.

The clan smiled secretly in his heart, it seems that when he was in Dongqi City just now, the situation that Yamauchi Kazutoyo said was basically true, and it should have been a long time since a samurai came to visit Arako City, otherwise Ashigaru would not be able to treat himself like this.

After a short time, a 25 or 26-year-old samurai with a thin figure came out, and with his physique, let alone a samurai, even a peasant was not qualified. I only heard him say: "My father is seriously ill, and in Shimomata Toshihisa, temporarily acting as the governor of the family, I asked Takayama for his brave name, and today I saw that it was indeed worthy of his name, and I asked my lord for forgiveness for the neglect just now." ”

Maeda Toshimasa is seriously ill, oh, yes, it seems that he died shortly after the battle between the barrels, but such a big deal, I didn't hear the news in the Oda family, Maeda Toshimasa is also a general-level figure with 3000 stone Zhixing, hey, it seems that the Maeda family is really not ordinary and broken. I only heard the clan said: "Well, the clan sect came to visit Lord Lichang this time." There was Lord Rowriku leading the way. ”

Maeda Toshihisa was melancholy in his heart, his father had been seriously ill for many days, and even the samurai who had been friends with the Maeda family in the past did not come to visit, but today this Takayama clan, which has nothing to do with the Maeda family, actually came, I am afraid that it was because of him that he took refuge in the Oda family, and he did not know the situation of the Maeda family, so he dared to visit.

The clan followed Toshihisa into the living room of the castle tower, only to see an old man with a blue face and sunken cheeks, obviously the end was approaching, and at this moment Maeda Toshimasa was in a coma, so the clan did not bother for too long.

Maeda Toshihisa was not a person who could speak well, and the clan didn't want to talk to him much, so after determining the matter of the two families attacking and defending together in the future, he asked the Maeda Toshiya mansion again, and then got up and said goodbye.

After the exile of the Maeda Toshiya, he has been studying military poetry books in Atsuta Jingu, but at the time of the battle between the barrels and the narrows, Nobunaga did not let him return to the Oda family, so he returned to Arako Castle in frustration and drank all day.

"Is Maeda-sama there?"

It didn't take long for the door to creak open, and a young woman with a baby in her arms appeared in front of the clan. "Who are you?"

"In the Shimogaoshan Clan, I came to visit Lord Maeda Toshiya, and Mrs. Lao passed it on my behalf." The clan arched his hand politely and said.

As a sinner of the Maeda family, Maeda Toshiya usually doesn't even want to come to the house, and from time to time he sneers at them, as the wife of Maeda Toshiya, the pressure on Amatsu is undoubtedly huge, but she always firmly believes that her husband will definitely come back to his feet.

Ah Song looked at the Takayama clan who was still standing outside the door, this is the Oda family's recent hot task, he will come suddenly, could it be that the lord forgives and left? Thinking of this, Ah Song hurriedly said, "My lord, please come in." ”

He followed him to the main hall of the samurai's mansion, where he saw a samurai with a haggard face and disheveled hair lying on his back on the floor. It can be seen from the strong smell of alcohol emanating from his body that he has obviously drunk a lot.

Ah Song called a few times, Maeda Toshiya just turned over, and didn't even open his eyelids, Ah Song smiled awkwardly at the clan, walked to Maeda Toshiya, bowed in his ear and said, "Left, Lord Takayama Clan is here." ”

As soon as the words fell, Maeda Toshika jumped up, strode in front of the clan, put his hands on the clan's shoulders, and shouted at the clan's sect while shaking: "The lord has finally sent someone." The lord has finally sent someone. ”

Seeing this, Ah Song hurriedly persuaded him: "Zuo, you are too rude, let go of Lord Gao Shan." ”

After a while, Maeda Toshiya finally regained his calm, but the clan only felt that the bones were about to fall apart. Mrs. Amatsu sat in the main hall with the clan and chatted, while Maeda Toshiya went to the inner room to clean up her appearance. ,

After a short time, I saw a dignified-looking samurai walk out of the inner room, and the previous decadent atmosphere was swept away. Maeda Toshiya came to sit down opposite the clan and asked anxiously, "Lord Takayama is here at the behest of the lord?" ”

Clan Zong thought to himself, it seems that he still wants to work for the Oda family, so that he will be eighty percent sure, Clan Zong shook his head and said, "Maeda-sama misunderstood, this is not what the lord meant. ”

After hearing this, Maeda Toshiie's eyes immediately dimmed, it seems that the lord still hasn't forgiven himself, since this is the case, the samurai are hiding from themselves, so what does this Takayama clan mean? Isn't he afraid of angering his lord and daring to associate with him? Such a samurai is rare. Thinking of this, Maeda Toshiya smiled bitterly and said: "There are only two people in the next place, how dare you take on the word adult, Takayama-sama is still called Zaemon in the next place." ”

After the two of them were polite again, the clan asked: "Seeing that you are always willing to work for the Oda family, but you have no way out, I have a way, but I may have to wronged you." ”

When the absent-minded Maeda Toshiya heard that there was a way to return to Oda Nobunaga's command, he immediately came to his senses, and hurriedly raised his head and asked, "As long as you can serve the Oda family, you can bear any grievances." ”

After listening to the clan, he couldn't help but praise in his heart, saying that Maeda Toshiya was a loyal and righteous person, and he didn't think so before, after all, he chose to stand in line too many times, and after Oda Nobunaga died, he betrayed the Shibata Katsu family and took refuge in the monkeys who fought with him. If it weren't for the lack of a capable commander under his command, the clan would not have come to the door. But after thinking about it, in Japan's Warring States Period, in order to keep the family name, fathers, sons, and brothers cast for different camps abounded, and it was not their fault, and they could only blame this troubled world. And at that time, the Maeda Toshiya also had to suffer, at least during the Oda Nobunaga period, he was still loyal and righteous, and the main thing was that he had no ambitions, and it was most reassuring to demolish a retainer like this.

Thinking of this, the clan clan had a little more affection for the Maeda Toshika, and the clan clan stared at the Maeda Toshiya with torch eyes and said, "Since this is the case, then please become a retainer of my Takayama clan." ”

"What!" Maeda Toshiya was very surprised, he never thought that the Takayama clan would give him such an idea. He wants to serve the Oda family, but it's not such a service method, he wants to become a direct minister of Oda Nobunaga, and whenever he makes military exploits, he wants to directly get Oda Nobunaga's praise. Indirectly working for the Oda family? He hesitated.

The clan had already thought that this matter would not go well, so he had already thought of countermeasures, and he slowly spoke: "You know the temper of the lord, as long as you say it, you have never broken your word, is it that you plan to continue to hold that unrealistic fantasy, live with wine, and live your whole life?" Even if you plan to give up on yourself, have you ever thought about your wife and children, or for your family, because of you, they have become the object of ridicule by others. If you don't cheer up, the saddest thing is not your enemies, but your family, friends, think about it yourself. Of course, the clan knew that it wouldn't be long before Oda Nobunaga really broke his promise, but in order to induce the Maeda Toshiya, he had to tell this big lie.