"Hurry up and put down the Dragon King Pill!" Xianzhi complained a little anxiously, pushing me while talking, but she didn't dare to do it for fear of affecting the child in my arms.

"That's just a little longer, isn't it?" That being said, I gave Ryuomaru to the hired professional nanny and watched as she put the child down on the cot.

"The Dragon King Pill is not yet a full moon, how can it withstand you going so upside down!" Xianzhi still examined it carefully, and I turned my gentle gaze to the warbler leaning to the side.

The Izumi affair was dealt with quickly, and soon after the withdrawal of the Miyoshi Army, all the people of the country recognized this reality. The Miyoshi family and the Oda family in the past two years are obvious to all, as long as they are not blind, deaf or foolish, they should know it, not to mention that the pacification of Hequan is still pressed by me, a "famous general"! Since the important matter has been decided, I handed over Izumi to the Takenaka half-soldier guard to guard, and also sent Ke'er Caizo and Fujido Takatora to assist here, and I led an army of 3,000 including armored cavalry and iron cannons back to Wakajiang to meet my son who had just come to the world!

Ying's previous worries were not unreasonable, and the Dragon King Pill was only 4 pounds when he was born. After a careful examination by Xianzhi, it was finally confirmed that the child did not have any congenital diseases, which somewhat made me let go of my hanging heart. However, Xian Zhi also told me one thing in private, this child's bones are also very fragile, although this will not affect his normal life in the future, but there is no need to think about practicing martial arts for a lifetime!

Ying is a ninja after all, although neither I nor Senzhi said that she was aware of it. In the first few days, there was often a depressed look in her big eyes. I don't mind this at all, and I won't be able to live with martial arts day by day? Under my "strong proof" and warm emotional calling, the warbler finally gradually regained her cheerful personality.

In fact, those who are short will also be long! Although Ryuomaru has a poor body, he can be seen to be very smart, and the baby who has not yet been born is very accurate in recognizing people, and can accurately recognize the senzhi who often takes him among the many faces that appear in front of him at the same time, and every time he chases her all over the house with the big black eyes inherited from the warbler, and expresses his wish with the control of his crying. It's not bad to be a scribe, but I'm afraid I won't be able to be a pirate! Maybe...... Maybe you can be a "pirate" in an alternative way?

"Look at you spoiling the child!" The warbler's mouth was complaining, but her eyes were full of relief. "With such a habitual law to you, what can the child do in the future?"

"Who said that?!" I immediately glared at me and argued unconvinced: "Our Dragon King Pill can now inherit the You Zuo family, and this is also a famous family that has been famous for hundreds of years!" The 12,000 stone territory of the ebony-shaped city, seriously speaking, is more majestic than his Lao Tzu! I've only been seven or eight thousand stones since I was born and died, and this is still called useless? ”

"I've always wanted to tell you about this......" Ying suddenly became anxious again. As the eldest son of Xian Limaru, he doesn't have a clear territory now, and this child has just been born to inherit a family like Yuzo who serves as the acting officer! I'm afraid it's not appropriate to do this, and even the retainers won't be convinced......"

"Ying, you have too many hearts!" Xianzhi stopped Ying's words before me. "Immortal Carp Pill will also have its own place in the future, and the adult's territory will not stay at the current scale! Anyway, their brothers are still young, and it doesn't matter who owns their own territory first, naturally there will be assistance from the retainers! I'm worried about another thing......" Saying that, she asked me with some concern, "The Hatakeyama family has declined, but Ryuomaru is still a retainer of the Hatakeyama family after inheriting the Yusa family, will his development be ...... in the future?"

"Out of the way!" Seeing that Ryuomaru was already asleep in the cot, I waved my hand to let the nanny withdraw, and at this time only my own family was left in the house. “…… The Hatakeyama family is no longer good, but their surnames still have a certain value like Ashikaga! After Ryuomaru inherited the Yusa family, he also had a gold-lettered signboard, and I will find a way to recall him back when the time is right. In fact, compared with the territory of Wanshi, what I value more is the identity of the governor of the You Zuo family and the acting official of the leader! This will be of great benefit to the future life path of Ryuomaru, the so-called power is not necessarily only a territory, the development of Oda and the Asakura family is inseparable and close to the fact that they have been the acting officials of the Spo clan! ”

"I'm relieved when you say that!" Xianzhi breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

"Yes...... Will His Highness Nobunaga agree? "Hearing this arrangement of mine, the warbler changed to another worry." Your power and prestige are increasing day by day, and many of the small wealthy families of Hanoi and Izumi now only know that there are stars but do not know that there is Oda! His Royal Highness Nobunaga may have some doubts about you, and it would be more ...... to ask Ryuomaru to inherit the Yusa family."

"It's a possibility...... I nodded solemnly and tapped my fingers lightly on the tabletop. I've really thought about this kind of thing, but now that Hatakeyama and the Yusa family are no longer part of the overall situation, it's normal to become an heir! Now that I have made the great contribution of repelling Miyoshi and pacifying Hanoi and Ho Quan, I am afraid that my lord cannot ignore it. I discussed it privately with my teacher and Shigeji, and I felt that the probability of success in this matter was between five and five! ”

"If Ryuomaru really went in the past, he should still have his own people by his side, otherwise ......"

"That's more than ten years from now, what are you anxious about now?" I joked about Senshiba's premature plans. "Even if this matter is temporary, I will send someone to take care of it, and maybe something will change in more than ten years......"

"Your Excellency......" At this time, the maid Ah He called softly outside the door. Ikeda-sama has arrived from Gibu and is now waiting for you in the small living room! ”

"He's coming?" I was stunned for a moment, for a long time Ikeda Hengxing had not been a messenger. However, after thinking about it carefully, it is relieved, and the important mission of appointing the city lord is naturally more grand. "It's finally here! I thought I should have arrived half a month ago, but this time it's really grinding! I stood up with a smile.

"Maybe His Highness Nobunaga can't make up his mind for a while!" Xianzhi also smiled, and his excitement was overflowing. "Ikeda-sama isn't an outsider either, so after you finish talking, you think you'd like to invite him to dinner in the inner hall!"

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Ikeda Tsuneko was indeed there waiting for me when I walked into the small living room, but he was acting very ...... No! It's very, very weird! I saw him lying upright in the middle of the living room, his face pressed tightly to the floor, and holding his head with both hands, pouting his ass and being beaten. "You...... What the hell are you doing? ”

"......" He was still silent and motionless.

"Hey! The one lying on your stomach, I said you! "Seeing him like this, I have a feeling that I can't laugh or cry." It's okay to play any 'living treasure'! ”

"I'm just a messenger, don't be embarrassed for me!" Ikeda was silent, and when he made a sound, it was like killing a pig.

"What about faith?" I was a little baffled by his behavior. "It doesn't have to be like this to send a letter! Could it be that I'm too ugly to scare you? ”

"Faith is here!" He reached into his arms with one free hand and pulled out a letter and placed it on the back of his head. "You will know after reading the letter, I just don't think I have the face to see you!"

"What, is there any bad news?" My heart flickered and I picked up the letter in a hurry. It doesn't seem to be good news, maybe Oda Nobunaga only gave me Wakae, and it's less than 50,000 koku. “…… The appointment was not made by you, even if it was just a small city lord......" I said with a forced smile as I smoked a letter.

"It's not the city lord, it's the guard!" He suddenly said this, but he still lay there.

"Guard?" My heart was shocked all of a sudden, since I was a guardian, why didn't I have the face to see me? "You get up first! To put it bluntly, I won't do anything to you? After reading the letter, I tried to suppress my anger.

"Really?" Ikeda sat up in disbelief and asked tentatively, "Aren't you angry?" ”

"The lord sealed me, I am to protect me, how can I be unhappy?"

"Really?" He still couldn't fully believe it.

"Of course it's true! And the lord didn't let me be Hida's guardian, why do you think I'm upset? Ha, ha, ha...... "I laughed angrily, Oda Nobunaga actually named me the lord of Kohama Castle and the guardian of Wakasa in the letter." Wakasa country? If you search all over Japan, you won't find a more barren place than Hida! Except for a main road connecting Hokuriku and Sanin, the other roads are rugged and difficult, and there are many large and small people and local tyrants between the mountains and fields, so that the Wakasa Takeda clan has never really completely controlled it, and even if it is completely unified, it is just a "chicken rib" of 85,000 stones. And once you enter the Wakasa, there is Asakura in the east and Hatano in the west, and the sea in the south and the north of Biwa, so it can be said that there is almost no way out! "I can understand how much my lord did this, but I didn't expect you to come and deliver this letter!"

"I can't help it!" Ikeda Hengxing let out a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "I just received this task when I returned to Gibu from Kai, and I didn't know what was going on at first!" When I understand the situation, it's too late to excuse myself......"

"Can't you just make up a reason?!"

"You think I don't want to! But all the reasons have already been used by them......" He counted on his fingers: "Xiuzheng got the news early, and applied for recruitment in advance!" One pretended to have a stomachache and was temporarily blind in his pretend, and both of them paid off the military doctor as proof. Lin Tongsheng, that old guy even fell off his horse by himself, I think he is afraid that he will be slaughtered by you as soon as he comes! ”

"Who is Izumi guarding?" I asked helplessly. Things are irreparable, what can I really do with Ikeda Hengxing?

"It's Sakuma Nobumori!" Ikeda said, "Although his territory is still in Chokoji Castle and has not been moved, the lord has ordered him to be the guardian of Izumi and preside over the raid on the Honganji Ichijanji sect!" ”

"What about Hanoi?"

Hatakeyama Akitaka ...... "He glanced at me and immediately lowered his head again." Although he is a useless person, after all, he is the brother-in-law of the lord, and this time he not only served as the guardian of Hanoi, but also inherited the Hatakeyama family! The lord asked you to send that Kikuchiyo to Gibu and settle it later. ”

"What about the Yusa family?" I asked anxiously.

"Because of this rebellion, my family name has been canceled!"

Hearing this answer, I felt my mood sink all at once......