In the castle tower of Minezawa Castle, Kasai Kiyoyasu kept talking in the ears of Katsushiro Okamoto and Shimada Kanbei, which annoyed Shimada Kanbei and others!

If it weren't for the fact that Kasai Kiyoyasu had to get his hands on the musket, Katsushiro Okamoto would have wanted to draw his sword and hack Kasai Kiyoyasu to death.

After a long time, Kasai Kiyoyasu finally stopped as if he was tired.

At this time, Shimada Kanbei took the opportunity to speak, "Kasai-sama, according to my opinion, how about Kasai-sama return to Yamagata Castle with me?" ”

"To Yamagata Castle?" After hearing Shimada's words, Kasai Kiyoyasu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "How is this possible!" I'm also a samurai, so if I run away from home so easily, wouldn't I be a ronin? ”

"Dare to ask what position your Excellency holds in the Tsugawa family now? How much is a year? Shimada Kanbei suddenly looked directly at Kasai Kiyoyasu, and then asked.

Kasai Kiyoyasu did not doubt him, and hurriedly replied, "As a general, lead the garrison of Minezawa Castle, and earn 200 stone a year!" ”

"Haha!" After listening to Kasai Kiyoyasu's words, Shimada Kanbei laughed.

Listening to Shimada's laughter, Kasai Kiyoyasu looked unhappy, "Why is Shimada-sama laughing?" ”

"It's just the position of a small general, why should Kasai-sama be so nostalgic?" Shimada Kanbei said with a smile on his face, "If Kasai-sama is willing to go to Yamagata Castle with him, you can't go any further?" ”

"Huh?" Kasai Kiyoyasu is not really stupid, as soon as he heard what Shimada Kanbei said, Kasai Kiyoyasu seemed to understand something, "In this way, Shimada-sama is not the person of the highest family?" ”

"Not bad!" Now, Shimada Kanbei no longer hides it, and directly indicates his identity, "I am the most senior retainer and general!" ”

"I see!" Kasai Kiyoyasu understood everything in an instant, and then thought of the person who came last time, Kasai Kiyoyasu suddenly smiled and said, "So, Shimada-sama and Nakano Yoshiaki-sama know each other?" ”

Half a month ago, a man found Kasai Kiyoyasu and exchanged 500 kan for 10 muskets, and the person who came was Nakano Yoshiaki, the eldest son of Nakano Yoshikiyo, the retainer of the Mogami family and the lord of Nakano Castle. However, Kasai Kiyoyasu didn't know Nakano Yoshiaki's identity at that time, and now after hearing Shimada Kanbei's self-reported background, Kasai Kiyoyasu suddenly remembered.

"Exactly!"

"Nakano-sama and Zaita are both retainers of the Mogami family, and the 10 muskets I got from Kasai-sama last time made the lord of the family very happy, so this time I specially ordered Zaisha and Okamoto-sama to come and ask Kasai-sama for help again."

"Because of this, Kasai-sama has been affected, and I am deeply sorry below." Shimada Kanbei said apologetically, "However, if Kasai-sama is willing to return to Yamagata Castle with the muskets from Minezawa Castle and Zaishiro." I believe that the lord of the family will definitely reward Kasai-sama heavily, and maybe Kasai-sama will be able to obtain the knowledge and deeds of the family at that time? ”

"Wouldn't it be better than being a mere garrison in Minezawa City?" Shimada Kanbei then seduced.

Shimada's words made Kasai Kiyoyasu feel like a pair of cat's paws were scratching, and after hesitating for a moment, Kasai Kiyoyasu's heart moved, "Is Shimada-sama true to this?" ”

"No lie!" Shimada Kanbei said with an affirmative expression.

Of course, Shimada Kanbei will not tell Kasai Kiyoyasu that what he just said is all made up by himself. In fact, Shimada Kanbei is just an ordinary samurai of the Mogami family, and he just wants to tempt Kasai Kiyoyasu by saying so much. After all, the ultimate goal of Shimada Kanbei and the others was the muskets stored in Minezawa Castle, as long as Kasai Kiyoyasu could follow him to Yamagata Castle with the muskets.

At that time, life and death will be up to the most righteous keeper, and the arrangement with Kasai Kiyoyasu will be dispensable. Because the muskets had already arrived at Yamagata Castle by that time, Kasai Kiyoyasu lost his last bargaining chip. Even if the Mogami family didn't want to accept a "traitor" like Kasai Kiyoyasu at all, Kasai Kiyoyasu didn't cry.

Kasai Kiyoyasu, who was already in a desperate situation, suddenly saw the possibility of a turnaround, and of course he would not easily let such an opportunity be missed. So for Shimada Kanbei's words, Kasai Kiyoyasu is convinced.

"Good!"

"In this case, we will mobilize our men and hand over all the muskets in the castle to Shimada-sama. I just hope that Shimada-sama will say a few kind words in front of Mogami at that time, and I will be very grateful! Kasai Kiyoyasu said excitedly.

Seeing that Kasai Kiyoyasu agreed to this, Shimada Kanbei and Katsushiro Okamoto looked at each other and smiled, and then said loudly, "A samurai like Kasai-sama is exactly what the family needs!" Please rest assured, Kasai-sama, the head of the family will definitely entrust Kasai-sama with a heavy responsibility when the time comes! ”

..........

It has been decided to run from the Tsugawa house to follow Shimada Kanbei and others to the Yamagata Castle Izukami house, so the musket is the best name for Kasai Kiyoyasu. After leaving Shimada Kanbei and Katsushiro Okamoto in the castle tower, Kasai Kiyoyasu immediately asked Ichiro Kosaki and Jiro Ando to transport the remaining 40 muskets from the warehouse in Minezawa Castle.

The muskets were loaded on top of three wagons, covered with tarpaulins, and on top of them were more than a dozen sacks of rice, which looked no different from ordinary trucks transporting goods.

After everything was ready, Kasai Kiyoyasu hurriedly called Shimada Kanbei and Okamoto Katsushiro.

After inspecting each truck with excitement, Shimada Kanbei and Katsushiro Okamoto forcibly suppressed the excitement in their hearts, and then said to Kasai Kiyoyasu with a smile, "Kasai-sama, since this is the case, I will set off first, and my lord will change his clothes and follow behind us." ”

"Try to reach Xiongsheng County tonight, there are our people over there to pick you up." Shimada Kanbei got on his horse and said to Kasai Kiyoyasu.

"Hmm." Kasai Kiyoyasu nodded and said, "Shimada-sama will go first, and then come." ”

After arranging everything, Shimada Kanbei and Katsushiro Okamoto let the entourage of more than a dozen entourages start pushing the wagon and leave Minezawa Castle.

After Shimada Kanbei and the others left, Kasai Kiyoyasu called Jiro Ando, "Jiro, I've decided to run away from my house, what about you, what are your plans?" ”

"Brother-in-law, of course Jiro is following you!" Jiro Ando replied without thinking.

"Good!" Kasai Kiyoyasu nodded with satisfaction, "But you can't go with us, you can go home and take your sister east from Ducobalt Castle, enter the Luzhong region, and then go south to Terachi Castle, and when I settle down in Yamagata Castle, I will send someone to pick you up immediately!" ”

Kasai Kiyoyasu was born in the Ishinomaki Kasai family of Mutsu Province, and came to Dewa alone, so he had no other family members except his wife. So I asked my brother-in-law to take his wife to the Kasai family's main temple pond castle first, so that the target could be reduced, after all, if you want to go to Yamagata Castle, you have to pass through the territory of the Tsugawa family on the way to Yamagata Castle, and it would be too ostentatious if there were too many people.

"Hah!" After hearing Kasai Kiyoyasu's words, Jiro Ando hurriedly ran towards Kasai Yashiki outside the city.

But what Jiro Ando and Kiyoyasu Kasai didn't know was that this time the difference was goodbye.