Joheiji Castle, Kyogoku Yashiki backyard.

Master Kyogoku Saburo was kneeling in the courtyard, holding a military book in his hand.

As a traverser, he is naturally inferior to the big guys of this era in these aspects, so while he is still young, Master Kyogoku Saburo decided to study hard and make progress every day!

As we all know, while learning can be enjoyable, it can also be tiring.

Master Kyogoku Saburo, who had been reading the book for almost an hour, was already sleepy, and Master Kyogoku Saburo's thoughts couldn't help but go a little far away at this time. The protagonist of the spring dream I had last night has already begun to emerge in my mind.

It just so happened that at this time, a maid walked by the side of Master Kyogoku Saburo, and Master Kyogoku Saburo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Sister Xiang, you have grown up a lot, come over and let me see how much older!" ”

Ah Xiang is a maid who is responsible for serving the daily life of Master Kyogoku Saburo, and her father is from the Isono clan of the country of Ika County, but she is just a concubine, so she was sent to the Kyogoku family to be a maid.

Generally speaking, the sons of the retainers were sent to the lord's house as small surnames and attendants when they were young, while the daughters were mostly served as maids-in-waiting. It is the duty of a retainer to serve the master's family, and using the daughter of a retainer as a maid can save a lot of expenses, so why not?

The Isono clan is a branch of the Uesaka clan, a retainer of the Kyogoku family.

When Uesaka Tosa Mamoru was sadasama, he left Uesaka Castle and came to the north shore of Lake Biwa to build Isono Mountain Castle, which was called the Isono clan. The Isono clan has always controlled the Isono Mountain area on the north shore of Lake Biwa as the official of the Kyogoku family, but due to the strong rise of the two kingdoms of Asai and Asami, this made the situation of the Isono clan very bad.

The Isono clan is sandwiched between the two people of Asami and Asai, plus the decline of the main Kyogoku family, so he has always followed the Asami family, but he still belongs to the Kyogoku family, but he can't help himself.

In the 14th year of Eisho (1517 AD), a joint war broke out between the Asami family and the Asai family.

The head of the Asai family, Asai Bizen Mamoru Ryomasa, seized Okayama Castle and several other castles, and opposed the Asami clan. Asami is the head of the family, and Asami Tsushima Shousada, so at the end of the castle, he and the Ashu clan's residence castle, Yamamoto Mountain Castle, and the Isono clan is the head of the Isono Uemon Castle, and the Isono Yama Castle echoes the cage castle in the main castle.

Asai Ryomasa led 2,000 troops to besiege Isono Mountain Castle, but under the hard work of Isano, the son of Isono Uemon Doctor, Isono was defeated, not to mention the loss of troops, and the Asai family lost the opportunity to attack Yamamoto Mountain Castle.

At this time, Asai Ryomasa also understood that it was impossible to capture Isono Mountain Castle by attacking alone, so he turned to Miyazawa Tadaemon of the Isono clan. By encircling Miyazawa Tadaemon, Ryomasa Asai was finally able to bypass Isono Yamajo and attack Yamamoto Yamajo Castle, where Asami Sadano was located.

When the Isono members of Isono Mountain Castle learned about it, they immediately led troops to rescue Yamamoto Mountain Castle, but they were ambushed by Miyazawa Tadaemon and Asai family forces on the way.

Although Isono fought for the staff, he was eventually killed by several arrows.

After that, Miyazawa Tadazaemon took the opportunity to let his son Heihachiro succeed the Isono clan and became the adopted son of Isono Kanren and inherited the name of the Isono family. Then he became the lord of Isono Mountain Castle and changed his name to Isono Yuanzong.

Ah Xiang is the daughter of Isono Member's adoptive father, Isono Member, and is the sister of Isono Member's current head of the Isono Family.

Ah Xiang is only ten years old this year, at an age when she should have been pampered in the arms of her parents in the future, but she was reduced to a servant here.

After hearing Master Saburo's words, Ah Xiang blushed, although Master Saburo was very approachable, Ah Xiang still couldn't accept Master Saburo's way of speaking.

"Master San Lang Palace, the lord is back, and he is coming to the backyard with his wife." Originally, Ah Xiang came to remind Master San Lang, after all, Master San Lang usually behaves very jumpy, and Ah Xiang was worried that Kyogoku Takahiro would see Master San Lang's "unwell-behaved" side, so he specially ran to remind him.

However, after seeing that Master San Lang was reading a book, Ah Xiang also relaxed a little. However, when he suddenly heard Master Saburo's teasing, his face immediately flushed.

And at this time, Kyogoku Takahiroya and Mrs. Kotogawa entered the backyard.

"I've seen my father and my mother!" After more than two years, Gen Saburo has become accustomed to this identity of his own. In any way, the love for Kyogoku Takahiro and Mrs. Kotogawa really made Master Saburo feel the sincere love of his parents.

"Master Saburo, this is a gift that my husband brought back to you, see if you like it?" As he spoke, Kyogoku Takahiro took out a "rattle" from behind his back like a trick, and then kept rubbing his hands, making the rattle sound a knock knock.

Seeing that the gift that Jingji Takahiro said was this, Master Saburo suddenly had a black line, you let a person who is already twenty or thirty years old mentally play this kind of rattle, it is better to kill him.

But after all, it was Kyogoku Takahiro's kindness, and Master Saburo was not good at dampening Kyogoku Takahiro's enthusiasm.

"Thank you for the gift from my father, but Master Saburo has grown up, so let's give these things to my younger brother." The younger brother in the mouth of Master Saburo is Gorou Guard, who is still just over a year old, and the son of Mrs. Kotogawa and Kyogoku Takahiro, who has just learned to walk at this time.

"Oh? Master Saburo said he had grown up, hahaha! Kyogoku Takahiro said with a smile to Mrs. Kotogawa beside her.

Mrs. Kotogawa also covered her mouth and smiled, "Master San Lang is a big ghost, I went back to Chiwei City a few days ago and was not at home, I heard Ah Chun and Ah Xiang say that Master San Lang has been reading at home all day, and it seems that he has grown up a lot!" ”

"Oh? Yes! Kyogoku Takahiro was obviously interested, reached out and touched Master Saburo's head, and then asked with concern, "Master Saburo, tell me, what books have you read these days?" ”

"Back to my father, I read the "Military Strategy" annotated by the ancestor of the family, and the "Sun Tzu" from the Ming Kingdom." Master Saburo hurriedly picked up a few books on the table next to him and handed them to Kyogoku Takahiro.

Kyogoku Takahiro was also surprised and flipped through it, and after seeing that the books in his hand were indeed "Military Strategy" and "Sun Tzu", Kyogoku Takahiro exclaimed, "I can't imagine that Master Saburo is only five years old and has the legacy of his ancestors, and sooner or later he will become a great weapon!" ”

"Since Master Saburo is willing to learn, then you can read the books at home at will. In addition, since he has begun to learn military strategy, he is the son of a samurai, so he cannot fall behind in the art of war. ”

"I will choose a retainer at home as your teacher on the same day, and teach you the art of war from now on, and choose a few boys of school age as your little surname to accompany you in practice! In the future, my Master Saburo will definitely become the pillar of my Kyogoku family! Speaking of Xingshi, Kyogoku Takahiro couldn't help but directly pick up Master Saburo from the ground.

And at this time, Mrs. Qinchuan on the side also spoke: "Coincidentally, my father intends to send Sun Saburo to be His Royal Highness's attendant, so according to the concubine's opinion, it is better to let Sun Saburo be the nickname of Master Saburo, right?" ”

"Akao Sunzaburo?" Kyogoku Takahiro pondered for a while, then turned his head to Master Saburo and said, "Master Saburo, do you want Sun Saburo to be your little surname?" ”

"It's all up to my father!" Master Saburo knows who Sun Saburo is in the mouth of his parents, Sun Saburo's father, Akao Kiyoyo, is the elder brother of Mrs. Kotogawa, and Sun Saburo is the "cousin" of Master Saburo, who is just 10 years old this year.

However, what Master Saburo didn't know was that Sun Saburo's name after the Yuan service was Akao Kiyozuna!