"Who is here...... "My right hand rested on my temple, rubbing it in circles, as if in a state of pain, or about to doze off. Whoever looks at me at this time is an old man with little energy, who likes to reminisce, and whose memory is degraded terribly.

In fact, it is naturally impossible for me to forget the names of those three people, Naomasa Ii, Mamotsuna Watanabe, and Hanzo Hattori, the three people who rolled up my face. These people haven't died to this day, and it really gives me a rare opportunity!

People say that "the prime minister's belly can hold the boat", but I can't do it. To be honest, I can just endure it, and I'm not very persistent about "hugging and recovering it", but if it's in my hands, then I won't let it go easily. I haven't had the time or opportunity to deal with the Tokugawa family, but this meeting in Nara just gave me such an opportunity, and it just so happened that these people also came.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu abdicated and came to Kyoto, he has always been very low-key, not only with very few followers, but also in a simple life. However, after all, the Tokugawa family is also the most powerful daimyo in the world, and they came to Kyoto to hold important positions in the imperial court, and at the same time, in order to deal with the complicated situations that may arise in Kyoto, they brought with them the wise and brave Naomasa Ii and the son of Honda Masanobu.

Watanabe Moritsuna and Hattori Hanzo came with Tokugawa Kiyotada this time, and the daimyo of this grade can't be too shabby around them, there must always be some roles that can be mentioned, and these two people are just generals who are famous for their martial arts, and after 20 years, there are not many people like Chengping.

It's okay to say that Naomasa Ii and Hanzo Hattori are cautious, and since the violent Watanabe Moritsuna has been in Mutsunoku, he has said a lot of strange things about taboos, and I actually know all of them. In addition, these three people are now the leaders of non-Mikawa retainers within the Tokugawa family, and they can be said to be quite influential.

"It's Naomasa I, Mamoru Watanabe, and Hanzo Hattori!" Seeing that I didn't think about it for a long time, Tokugawa Kiyotada couldn't help but remind me that this is also a very face-saving thing in front of the daimyo anyway.

"Hmm...... Ahem!" Tokugawa Ieyasu lowered his head slightly and coughed, but glared at Kiyotaka very secretly when he covered his mouth with his sleeve. If I hadn't paid attention to it beforehand, I really wouldn't have noticed it, and it seems that this old guy's consciousness and reaction have not deteriorated.

"Oh?" Tokugawa Kiyotada was stunned for a moment. Apparently he noticed this look too, but he didn't react for a moment to what was wrong or where.

"By the way, these are the three of them!" My hand that had been on my temple came to the table and tapped it a few more times. "It's really not good, these years of comfortable life have made many of us forget the bloody battles of the past. I don't go out very often now, but it's good to come out once in a while to meet these warriors back then, wouldn't they be old too?"

"Where, where. Even if His Royal Highness is sympathetic to us, he will not dare to slack off!" Tokugawa Ieyasu naturally didn't want to continue to prevaricate, and the meaning of my words was quite clear. It is actually a rare honor to praise a retainer of a certain famous family in my capacity, and if he continues to flicker his words, others will sound as if there is a ghost in his heart. "Let someone go and call the three of them in, and thank His Royal Highness in person!" He commanded Qingzhong.

A young attendant standing behind Tokugawa Kiyotada withdrew with the order, and the people in the hall continued to talk and drink, and my actions were seen as the old man reminiscing about the glory days of the past, and everyone talked about the past along these lines.

Of course, the main content is all about my face-showing achievements, from the construction of the city overnight in the ink to the sweeping of the eastern country by thunder, many things I myself rolled my eyes for a long time before I remembered.

It seems that no one is satisfied with following other people's topics. Everyone tries to come up with something special. So it's really lively, but I haven't been able to figure out what it means.

It took about 20 minutes for Naomasa Ii and the three of them to be brought in, and I don't know if they were temporarily recruited from the station. Probably intentionally, they wore a full set of armor from when they went into battle. It doesn't seem to fit well with the atmosphere in front of you. In February, the night was still cold and dewy, and the frost on the armor was baked by the heat of the house, and small droplets of water fell from time to time on the lower edge.

"Meet His Royal Highness!" The three of them stood in a row two feet in front of me, but they bowed and did not bow down.

I squinted my eyes slightly and looked at the three of them, I really didn't expect them to have such mental and physical strength. Judging from the sharp gaze, whether hot or cold, and the large calloused hands holding the hilt of the sword, there was no doubt that they could fight at any time.

"When you are summoned by His Royal Highness, how can you be dressed in armor!" Seeing the murderous looks of the three of them, Tokugawa Kiyotada glanced at me nervously and then turned his head and reprimanded.

In fact, it was not only him, many people present saw me staring at the three people without saying a word.

They all consciously or unconsciously stopped their mouths and nervously observed the development of the situation.

"As a military general, you should always be vigilant, and His Royal Highness Tokugawa Danmasa does not need to be harsh!" I raised my hand to stop Tokugawa Kiyotada's words, and then smiled and said to the three Tokugawa retainers: "'Iron Shogun Night Crossing Pass' courtiers wait for the five colds." It is my duty to always remember my duty, and I am very happy that the three adults can do this!"

"His Royal Highness is really magnanimous, and he can understand my intentions!" Watanabe Moritsuna, who was standing on the left, said in a hoarse voice, and bent down again with a rumbling sound of the carapace colliding. "That year, the Eastern Kingdom was fighting. His Royal Highness the Great Imperial Palace has also praised me a lot as a samurai of the Three Rivers, and I still dare not forget it. For more than ten years, although the two generations of lords have lived in the bitter cold land of the remote region, tens of thousands of retainers have been waiting for the past glory every day, and we are the only three of them!"

Many people in the hall secretly inhaled cool air, and even a few of them who unconsciously made louder voices immediately covered their mouths. These words of Watanabe Moritsuna are so crazy that they are simply an open provocation to the Stars regime and myself.

I noticed that Tokugawa Kiyotada looked very frightened, but Tokugawa Ieyasu still had a calm expression like an old monk.

"Well, that's a good point!" Maeda Toshinobu let out a sneer, and he couldn't take Watanabe's words anymore.

Maeda Toshinobu is the eldest son of Maeda Keiji, and two years ago he succeeded his father as the governor of the Maeda clan of Kyushu Bungo, because Maeda Keiji got married very late, so he only had this son at the age of forty, and he is not yet 25 years old.

Young people are inevitably frizzy, don't talk about genetic factors, my eldest grandson Qingman is also like this. Besides, their generation did not personally experience the bloody storm of the last years of the Warring States period, and what they heard and saw was a positive praise of the "great achievements" of their fathers, which in their eyes was a sacred concept that could not be touched. In addition, Keiji's landing in the east is a brilliant stroke in the history of the Maeda family that cannot be erased, how can he endure the faint irony of Watanabe Moritsuna!

"It's also strange that I was young and didn't know such a great achievement of the Tokugawa family, but I ...... back then" He couldn't help but straighten up and stare at Watanabe Moritsuna, wanting to say a few sarcastic words.

Watanabe Moritsuna is also a hedgehog, and he broke off Ii Naomasa secretly pulled his hand and prepared to fight.

"It's no wonder that many people have forgotten what happened back then!" The smell of gunpowder was so strong that it was enough to burn even without striking a match, and it was at this moment that I opened my mouth just in time. As if I didn't understand the deeper meaning of the two of them, I nodded my head and said with emotion: "What Lixin said is very true, if only young people had such an understanding of you. If today's peace has been going on for a long time, and the trend of extravagance has become more and more popular in various places, you really have to learn more from seniors like Watanabe-sama, and maintain the true character of a samurai!"

"Yes!" Maeda must have felt uncomfortable in his confidence, but since I said so, he would definitely agree. From this point of view, he is a little less tempered than his old man, and I am very pleased!

"Thank you for your love, Your Royal Highness, and thank you for the samurai of the Tokugawa family!" Again and again, even if Watanabe Moritsuna's donkey temper was finally pulled back by me.

"I remember...... "I reached out and tapped my head again." At that time, I originally intended to express the great achievements of the three of them, but the three of them didn't seem to accept the transfer of the Tokugawa family. I still feel very sorry when I think about this incident, and this is really worthy of your merits!"

"It was thanks to His Royal Highness's 'deep kindness' that the Tokugawa family had today's situation, and we really don't have anything to complain about!" This time, Naomasa Ii opened his mouth before Watanabe Shouzuna, which is very particular when he hears it carefully.

Nearly 20 years have passed since the Tokugawa family's change to Mutsu, and the merits and secrets have fallen into a lot of fog. People in the world generally don't have much to say about this matter, after all, Tokugawa Ieyasu took refuge from there, but the retainers of the Tokugawa family have been sulking in their hearts.

"Not only the war of that year, but also the stability of the Tohoku and even the world in the past ten years has also depended on the hard work of the Tokugawa family!" I didn't seem to understand anything, but I was stuck in my own feelings all the time. "Now that it's finally done, the three adults should also be commended. This is not only to reward the merits of the three adults, but also to set an example of samurai to the world!"

"Don't dare to be rewarded by His Royal Highness the Great Imperial Palace again!" The three of them were very cautious and replied in unison.

"The general can't fight on the battlefield, just like a BMW trapped in the trough!" I squinted at Tokugawa Ieyasu on the side, and then said leisurely, "I have hundreds of good horses in the mountain castle of Katsurakawaguchi, so I will ask the three of them to go and choose one each, and six more as my gifts to His Highness Tokugawa." When I leave for Kyoto in 10 days, I'll see the might of the Tokugawa samurai again!"

"Yes!" Since it was an act of demonstrating the martial bravery of the Tokugawa samurai, it was not easy to blindly excuse themselves, and the three of them agreed after a little hesitation.