Chapter 9: Meet the Mino Pit Viper
It has been a month since the military training incident, Guo Jia has been accompanied by the cold wind in winter for a month, he has witnessed the training of the officers and soldiers of several castles in Owari and plans to hand them over directly, and he does not plan to interfere in any way, although he has a lot of confidence in the wind volcanic forest, but as a strategist, he has other things to do. For example, meet Mino pit vipers to prepare for the future entry into Mino. Guo Jia ultimately intends to make history happen in advance. He couldn't wait, his ambition gradually expanded in his chest, if it weren't for the remaining reason telling him that he couldn't do those inferior things, Guo Jia would have seized power and established the king.
"Return to the butterfly. Do you want to go back and meet your father? That night, Guo Jia and Guidie lay on the tatami mat and couldn't sleep all night. One was eager to meet the Mino pit viper, and the other was excited to hear Guo Jia's words.
"Husband, what are you talking about? Do you want to divorce me? Gui Die was very surprised when she first heard it, in this era, unless the two countries plan to go to war, in order to break off the relationship, all marriages will be terminated, that is, divorce.
"No, Guidie, tell me honestly, do you want to go back to see your father." Guo Jia held Guidie's hand and said softly.
"Yes, of course I do, but Gui Die is your wife, so I can't betray you." Gui Die's voice trembled a little, for fear that Guo Jia would divorce her. After a few months of getting along with Guo Jia, Gui Die's heart had already been handed over to this Owari fool.
"Since you want to go back and see your father, let's go together in three days." Guo Jia sensed Guidie's trembling and hugged her tightly in his arms.
"Husband, aren't you planning to divorce me?" Gui Die's gaze pierced through the darkness and stared at Guo Jia's face.
"If the wife is like this, what more could the husband want? How could I be separated from you. Guo Jia felt Gui Die's body temperature, sniffed Gui Die's hair, and the faint fragrance of gardenia made his mood a lot more stable.
The sun showed itself on the horizon, and he sprinkled his light on the earth as usual, letting his temperature shine on the whole world. Guo Jia was already dressed, and he walked out the door to find Oda Nobuhide, after all, meeting the daimyo of another country was an extremely important thing.
The castle tower still stands tall in the center of Nakono as usual, and it is the symbol of a daimyo of a country and the symbol of the entire Owari.
"Father." Guo Jia stood at the door of Xinxiu's house, gently slamming the door and waiting for Xinxiu's summons.
"Come in."
"Father, mother. Guo Jia has something he wants to talk to his father about. Guo Jia opened the door and saw Nobuhide talking to his mother, Tsuchida Gozen, in front of the case.
"Say." Xinxiu has long been accustomed to Guo Jia's current appearance, every time Guo Jia comes over, he always asks him or has some plan, the so-called nothing to go to the Three Treasures Hall is Guo Jia's behavior.
"Father, Guo Jia wants to meet my stepfather, Michizo Saito." Guo Jia walked to the desk and knelt down beside his mother. For some reason, he always felt that the woman in front of him made him feel uncomfortable for a while.
"Huh? What are you going to do with that snake? Nobu-su instantly had a look of displeasure on his face.
"Gui Die hasn't seen her father for a long time, I want to take her back to her parents' house to see, by the way, ......" Guo Jia's words were interrupted by Xinxiu before he could finish speaking.
"Stay safe and let your Shadow Warrior follow you to protect you." Xinxiu knew that Guo Jia would never do such a thing.
It is a thankless task to come and go to meet the Mino pit viper, no matter how much it is discussed, and the dignified Mino Daimyo will neither surrender nor alliance. Second, Guo Jia is also extremely loyal to him and Owari Guo, and it is impossible to do anything betrayal. So Guo Jia definitely has his own reason for going to meet Saito Michizo. As a father, Nobuhide can only tell Guo Jia some words, after all, he also deeply understands that Guo Jia is definitely not a thing in the pool.
"In that case, my father, my mother, Guo Jia will retire first." Guo Jia nodded, and when he got up, the corner of his eye swept over the face of his mother Tsuchida Gozen, and he saw that this woman had a trace of hatred on her face.
"Huh? Why? Why did Oda Nobunaga's mother have a hatred for him? Guo Jia was furious in his heart, he didn't know the woman in front of him at all, and he only met her three or two times, and he didn't even show up when Guo Jia and Guidie were married.
Guo Jia thought about everything in his heart, but he didn't have a clue. He has no plans to go home yet, and he just happened to find out about it, so it's okay to investigate. Guo Jia slowly walked to the broken grass house under the city tower, this was the residence of the Ruyin Legion that was unknown a month ago, and now Guo Jia arranged for them to be in the newly built house outside the ancient wild city, but there were still a few people left on standby. But this is Guo Jia's own council hall.
"Where's Takigawa Kazuki?" Guo Jia, who looked at the two young people who were playing shogi (similar to Chinese chess) at the door, spoke. These two people sit here and play chess like ordinary people, and ordinary people may really ignore them, but if you think about it carefully, will there be ordinary people in that ancient no castle tower, it is obviously impossible.
"Master Guo Jia. Lord Ichiki just went out outside the castle to practice ninjutsu with us Koga. When the two saw Guo Jia, they instantly put down the chess pieces in their hands and stood up, and directly answered Guo Jia's words.
"Call him back." Guo Jia waved his hand and gave an order directly, he has never given a good tone to people in this kind of employee-employer relationship, because his former boss called him like this, and of course he has to try this feeling today.
And when the two ninjas heard Guo Jia's order, they turned into afterimages and disappeared from Guo Jia's field of vision in an instant, and Guo Jia didn't pay attention to it, and went directly into the grass house and knelt on the main seat to wait for Takigawa Yiyi's arrival.
I have to say that the speed of the ninja is extremely fast, and it was less than a pillar of incense before there was a sound of footsteps outside the door.
"Lord Guo Jia!" Takigawa Ichiyi was followed by the two ninjas just now, and Takigawa Ichiyi walked into the grass house, but the two ninjas sat down at the table outside and continued to start the endgame that was not finished.
"Yiyi, there is something for you to do. You take the Unknown Ruyin Group to collect the information of such a few people, and by the way, send some people to the Far River Country. "Guo Jia didn't plan to let them follow him to Mino, but to give them more important work.
"Investigate Oda Nobuyuki and Oda Nobubuchi and Tsuchida Gozen. The Enoe side collects Imagawa Yoshimoto's movements. Guo Jia didn't plan to make it clear, and if he said it too clearly, he might be missing some subtle clues.
"Yes!" As a ninja, Takigawa Kazuki, for him, Guo Jia's words are an absolute order, even if Guo Jia gives him the order to assassinate Imagawa Yoshimoto or Saito Michizo, he will do his best.
"Remember, if there is any movement, you will go to Inabayama Castle in Minokoku to find me, and I will probably stay in Inabayama Castle in the next month." Guo Jia settled down some tasks and carefully reviewed some details, although he was a little uneasy, but because there were no clues, he directly left it behind.
The sun is almost running into the middle of the sky, Guo Jia also returned to his house at this time, Gui Die was preparing a meal, the two laughed and finished making lunch, planning to go outside for a walk, after all, they are going to Inaba Mountain City tomorrow, it is really not good not to prepare something, there is this tradition in Guo Jia's hometown, and he has to hold something in his hand when he meets his father-in-law.
"Tomorrow the two of us will leave for Inabayama Castle, and I don't know if we will be able to meet our stepfather." Guo Jia helped Guidie carry a lot of bags, women who married here are not allowed to travel at will, especially the family members who are married to a national name, in order to protect them, it is almost unlimited grounding.
"Absolutely. Don't think about it, husband. Gui Die looked at Guo Jia with a smile, and then looked at the big bag in Guo Jia's hand, a little embarrassed, "That, husband, why don't I help you get some." ”
"It doesn't matter. You can buy what you like. Of course, Guo Jia smiled faintly, after all, this is his wife, and he is not short of these small money.
The two of them turned around like this for an afternoon, but fortunately, Guo Jia has recently practiced some basic kendo with his retainers, and his body is no longer what he used to be like in the past. The two of them went back to their rooms, and after dinner, they rested.
I don't know why this time is Guo Jia's most restful sleep, the sky is already bright before he wakes up from his sleep, and Guidie has already dressed up and waited for Guo Jia.
"Uh, why didn't you wake me up?" Guo Jia rubbed his eyes.
"My husband has never slept well lately, and Gui Die knows it. Every day, I have to get up before dawn and go out, and every time I go out, I have to wait a long time to come back, and I even go directly to meet Nobuhide-sama. I don't have anything important today, I just want my husband to sleep a little longer. Gui Die walked over and stroked Guo Jia's face with his little hand. The husband has lost weight. ”
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Guo Jia smiled, got up from the bed and washed and dressed.
Soon, the two of them walked towards Inabayama Castle in the carriage arranged by Guo Jia, fortunately, Guo Jia had borrowed the city to build roads, and now the speed of arriving at Inabayama is also extremely fast, and it only takes half a day to arrive by car. Along the way, Guo Jia carefully observed the situation of the entire section, why? Because he is a peace strategist, he needs to know all possible battlefields, and Inabayama Castle, or Mino Province, he already considers it his own.
I have to say that Mino's economy and development are indeed better than Owari, not a grade, take the city as an example, the Owari capital city is only a wooden house and thatched huts, but here it is a stone wall and a wooden roof. The symbol of the daimyo in the city is that it is backed by a cliff and faces the city, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack!
"Who's coming? Why hang out in the castle tower! Quickly retreat. "The gates of the castle tower are all painted with red dye, and the huge castle tower is like a giant beast crawling here, and this gate is like his bloody mouth!
"Don't you even know me?" Guidie opened the curtain of the carriage and looked at the soldiers guarding the city gate. That's right, it's such a big shelf, if you say that Gui Die is in the ancient field or somewhere, some people will really answer "I don't know", but where is this? Inabayama Castle! Gui Die's home, so if you don't know Gui Die, then this soldier should immediately go to kill himself.
"Princess! The princess is back! "Beauty is very popular everywhere, not to mention that this fairy-like woman is still a princess of her own country! When the soldier saw Guidie, he shouted towards the city gate as if he had been beaten with chicken blood. In just one breath, the gate of the castle tower was opened, and the news spread quickly, that is, before and after the gate of the castle tower, Saito Michizo, who was sitting in the room, heard the news and got up and went to the council hall.
"Report! Princess, the three major Dao people have asked you to go to the council hall. A foot ran briskly.
"You go and report to your father, and I'll say that Oda Guojia is also here." Gui Die stepped out of the carriage first, followed by Guo Jia.
"Oda Kakuga?" The ashiki was stunned for a moment, not understanding.
"Nobu-sama Oda, my husband, has come to see my father." Gui Die chuckled, as if to say something trivial.
"Huh? Who? Nobunaga Oda? ”
"What is he here for?"
"That fool?"
Suddenly there was a commotion in this group of soldiers, some doubts, some incomprehension, and some contempt!
"Shut up! What do you want? When Gui Die heard that this group of soldiers were saying bad things about Guo Jia, she was furious! If Guo Jia is a fool, then what is Gui Die, who is married to a fool.
"Good! Good! I'll report back. Ashigaru was so frightened by Guidie that he almost didn't kneel, but fortunately, he was full of thoughts, and quickly turned around to report.