"I really didn't think you were His Royal Highness the Takenaka Hanbei!" I opened my mouth with emotion first.

"I have received such a great favor from you, but I have not been able to visit again, but I want you to come and see me! What a shame! Takenaka Hanbei greeted me with a spring breeze and grabbed my hand. He was actually the young samurai who had suffered a heart attack that had been saved by Senshiba and me a few years ago.

"I didn't expect 'Mino Kirin' to be you, I'm really here for this trip!" I felt a little more assured.

"Don't stand here and talk! Come, come in! The Takenaka Hanbei warmly let us into the house and asked the servant to serve tea.

After sitting down, I began to look at the room that was the main room, and the simple furnishings really had the taste of Tao Yuan's Ming Cai Ju Dong Fence. A low table, a low cabinet, and the eye-catching thing is a slip of four tall bookcases on the east wall, which are filled with large stacks of thread-bound books. There is no excessive decoration in the house, and the only thing that can identify the owner is a knife placed on a low cabinet shelf. "His Royal Highness Zhuzhong is really a noble person, and he can live such a poor life with all his fame in the world!" I was truly amazed. Needless to say, if I am still allowed to live like this now, then I can't stand it!

"You're overrated!" Hanbei Takenaka pushed the teacup in front of him. "If it weren't for the guidance I received from Mrs. Zun back then, whether I could talk to you here now is still between words! What other noble can be talked about there? ”

"That's right!" One of his words reminded me of that time. "Are you getting better? We haven't heard from us since! ”

"It's not all good, but at least it's stopped!" He's in a good mood. "Master Tashiro Sanxisai is worthy of being the holy hand of Chinese medicine, and after a period of his treatment, my condition has improved greatly! Although I couldn't remove the roots, I was able to rejuvenate myself, and even the attacks were easy to control. No longer like in the past, when you get sick, you feel like you're going to die at any time! I didn't ask you what this is......"

"Oh, this is ......" Seeing Nagano's anxious look at me, he changed the words that introduced him. Isn't it because of His Highness Takenaka's behavior that shocked the world? And now who among the princes of the world does not know thy great name? ”

"How are you? …… Oh, look at my confusion! In your current outfit, you're a samurai! It dawned on him. But...... I'm sorry, but this time I can only let you run for nothing! I took Inabayama Castle just for a glimmer of hope for Mino, and I didn't think about being scared beforehand, and I wouldn't use it to make any benefit for myself afterwards! Please also tell the person who let you come, and say that I, Takenaka Hanbei Shigeji, am not sensitive to his kindness! ”

"His Royal Highness Takenaka is indeed a righteous man with a strong backbone, but ...... Don't you think it's a pity? I slowly cast my gaze to the bookcase by the wall. I still remember the scene of meeting you for the first time, and I have always admired your perseverance in learning! But what is the purpose of your study? Although I am not as knowledgeable as you, I have heard the phrase 'learn and excel'! Haven't you ever thought about correcting the world and benefiting the common people? Don't you think it's a pity to give up your ideals when you encounter a little setback? ”

"'If you reach it, you will help the world, and if you retreat, you will be good alone.'" If you don't get it right in time, there's nothing to talk about! "Takenaka Hanbei closed his eyes slightly, looking like he didn't get in the oil and salt." People in the world are in charge of the world's affairs, and it is not something that one person can control! ”

"Not so! Otherwise! Forgive me for daring to argue with you! "I hurriedly retorted, and the most annoying thing was that Nagano was still wandering around without saying a word." Where do the people of the world come from? You, me, him, the servants outside the door, and the townspeople under the mountain all live in this world, and they are all people of the world who breathe and share the same fate with the world's major events! Can you say that the rise and fall of the world has nothing to do with any of us? Is it difficult that so many people should hide in the mountains like you in order to avoid this troubled world? Take 10,000 steps back, even if you don't think about the people of the world, you don't want to think about Minon......g, who was born and grew up in Si, "I don't think these words came out of my mouth."

"For Mino's sake?! Who do you represent? "He is worthy of being a genius military advisor, and he captured the most sensitive information from my words at once.

"What a faux pas! I haven't introduced myself yet...... I said aloud with my head held high, "It's the general of the Oda family, and the stars are loyal soldiers!" ”

"No wonder...... No wonder ......," Takenaka half-guard muttered as if talking to himself. "Please go back, two of you! The Oda family will not be my choice anyway! When he finished his contemplation, he rejected me.

"Can you tell me why?" I could vaguely hear some loosening in his words, and he didn't say that he would never change his family. "Is it because of the Saito family?"

"That's a reason!" His answer was ambiguous.

"I can't believe you're still dead!" I said with a wry smile. "Do you think the Saito family can still bring stability to Mino?"

He stared at me without answering.

"Let's not talk about the world first!" I took the issue from a different perspective. "At present, apart from His Royal Highness Oda Nobunaga, who do you think Mino's future can rely on? Is it the Mino trio? Or do you plan to establish yourself as the guardian of Mino Country? ”

"I can't deny that you have a great point! But ......" Takenaka half-guards leaned forward and pressed their hands on the table. "Is it possible to give up dignity, to give up the integrity of a samurai, and to wag your tail and beg for mercy from the enemy?"

"I respect you because you are so high! I also despise you, because you value your reputation more than the life and death of the people of Minong! "I finally couldn't help but stab him." Anyway, I'll be back! Hopefully, next time, you'll make the right choice! "I didn't expect to succeed in one go, the book says "monkey" three times, and overall it feels good today.

"If it's you......," he said, shaking his head halfway through. His Royal Highness Oda Nobunaga is too violent and doesn't match my personality very well! But anyway, I'm still grateful for your love! With that, he sent us out the door.

"It's a pity! Mino ...... It's a pity! Saito Ryuko ......, "Just as we walked out of the courtyard gate, Nagano Yoshimasa suddenly said two words that were confusing.

"Huh?" Takenaka Hanbei was stunned for a moment. "Yes! Such a powerful country as Meinong, but it has met such a ...... His Royal Highness Longxing"

"You misunderstood me!" Nagano explained with a smile. "I mean, Mino has a samurai like you, and the Saito family has courtiers like you, it's really ...... It's a pity! ”

"What do you mean by that?" Hanbei Takenaka heard the irony in his words.

"Don't you understand? Then I'll explain it to you! Nagano was keeping an eye on him. As a samurai, you fled when your land was in the midst of war! You have abdicated your responsibilities! As a retainer of the Saito family, you have turned your back on your lord! If you are truly loyal, you might as well be a Lu Xiufu who died with the Lord! If you are really for the country and the people, you might as well follow the example of Yiyin and Huo Guang to set up another master! If you don't do it, it's hard to admit peace, and if you don't do it, you can't do your best! His Royal Highness Oda Nobunaga understands what he wants to do, which is to sweep the Six in One and dominate the world! Lord Zhuxing understands what he wants to do, that is, to defend the country and protect the family! I also know what I have to do, and that is to help the Stars achieve what they want! Even Saito Ryuko understands what he wants to do, which is to enjoy the joy of the world! Can...... I just can't figure it out! Do you not understand what you are going to do, or do you know and don't do it? Have you really never had an ideal? ”

Takenaka's half-guards were sweating at what he said. "Excuse me...... What is your last name? ”

"The old man is not talented...... "Nagano Ye is smiling. Kaminowa Castle Nagano is also a good one! Although there are five out of sixty years of infatuation, nothing has been achieved so far, but fortunately, the sky is pitiful to see the old and not die, and is still attached to the rolling red dust and turbid world! Running around the world, although he has been defeated and fought repeatedly, it is really not comparable to His Highness Takenaka's free and easy abandonment of vanity! ”

"What?! You've joined the Oda family?! Takenaka Hanbei exclaimed loudly.

"No, you're mistaken!" Nagano waved at him. "The old man is just a retainer of Lord Zhuxing's loyal guard!"

The half-guard of Takenaka looked at him and then at me, then at him and then at me, and suddenly knelt in front of me. "Please accept my allegiance and let me be your retainer!"