Okazaki City, when about half an hour later, Matsudaira Motoyasu, who "fainted", finally woke up. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 As soon as he opened his eyes, Matsudaira Motoyasu saw a group of important ministers gathered around him.

Tadaji Sakai, Tadashi Torii, Tadashi Okubo, Nobumasa Nagasaka......

"Lord!" Seeing Matsudaira Motoyasu wake up, everyone suddenly exclaimed in surprise and wanted to say something, but was stopped by Matsudaira Motoyasu. Then, I saw him slowly get up and suddenly bow down in front of Tadashi Torii. Said slowly in the exclamation of everyone.

"Thank you, thank you! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid the Matsudaira family would really cease to exist from today, and I can only go to see my grandfather and father with infinite remorse."

Matsudaira Motoyasu said this very sincerely, because when he knocked him unconscious, he did feel a little afraid. Perhaps, in the situation just now, it is impossible for ordinary people to threaten Matsudaira Motoyasu, even if only those who have weapons are those samurai with small surnames and banners. But is Yoshinobu Oda an ordinary person? Obviously not, in Matsudaira Motoyasu's heart, he is a standard madman.

Kill Matsudaira Motoyasu, and then use Takechiyo to take control of the Matsudaira family. Well, this routine looks good, but more importantly, it is likely to succeed! It is impossible for a samurai to watch the destruction of his master's family. If they want to serve their enemies for this, then they will not hesitate to carry it out. Because for them, if they can only watch the main family be destroyed, it will be an absolute shame for them.

So no matter how angry they were, in order to save the Matsudaira family, they could only agree to Oda Yoshinobu's conditions. It's as if in order to protect Takechiyo, the retainers of the Matsudaira family had to sell their lives for the Imagawa family. I have to say that this is really a bit helpless.

"My lord! Hurry up, this is what the old minister should do! Torii Tadashi hurriedly helped Matsudaira Motoyasu up, and in his voice, he couldn't help but choke a little.

"Chungji, I see what you mean, from today onwards, I will see my position clearly. Definitely no more self-righteousness! Matsudaira Motoyasu said in a low voice.

"Lord!"

Since the death of Imagawa Yoshimoto, Matsudaira Motoyasu has been like a different person, and all the previous forbearance has disappeared, leaving only the self-confidence of being complacent. Maybe. He is indeed qualified to be confident, and the disciple of Taiyuan Xuezhai is favored by him and Imagawa Yoshimoto at the same time. But this does not mean that he can lead the revival of the Matsudaira family.

It wasn't until he sent Sena to Sunpu Castle as a hostage that he became a little more honest. But maybe it's because he doesn't have much affection for Sena in the first place, but he hasn't restrained much, and he still continues to develop on his own. Therefore, when they heard that Matsudaira Motoyasu actually wanted to form an alliance with the Oda family on the same status, Tadashi Torii understood that Matsudaira Motoyasu was still the same arrogant.

Therefore, they have always maintained neutrality, hoping that Matsudaira Motoyasu can understand how weak the Matsudaira family is today. Unfortunately, the only result of this was to exchange Matsudaira Motoyasu's suspicion of them. And now...... Their efforts still seem to have paid off.

"Shuzheng, Tadaji, Motozhong, Tadashi......" Matsudaira Motoyasu named the names of several people, these people. They are all leaders of the younger generation of the Matsudaira family, and among them, Torii Mototashi and Okubo Tadashi used to be because of Torii Tadashi and others, so Matsudaira Motoyasu didn't want to reuse them, but now, everything is different.

"You will come with me to Owari then, and Okazaki Castle, Tadayoshi, please leave it to you." Matsudaira Motoyasu said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"Also, count you to get some presents." Matsudaira Motoyasu kept giving orders. Since you want to submit, then you have to make it so that everyone, especially Oda Yoshinobu, has nothing to say.

After two hours, Oda Yoshinobu was almost asleep, and finally someone knocked on the door.

"I'll go. You're too slow, aren't you? Oda Yoshinobu looked at Sakai Tadaji and asked unhappily.

"Yoshinobu-sama, I'm really sorry, because the lord wanted to prepare some gifts for His Highness Oda, so it took a long time." Sakai Tadaji said calmly, not showing any dissatisfaction.

"Gifts?" Oda Yoshinobu looked at Sakai Tadaji strangely. He couldn't have imagined that Matsudaira Motoyasu, who was forced to submit, would still think about giving Oda Nobunaga a gift, "Nima, worthy of being an old turtle!" Oda Yoshinobu could only curse secretly about this, and then nodded and followed Sakai Tadaji to meet Matsudaira Motoyasu.

When he saw Matsudaira Motoyasu, although Oda Yoshinobu was dissatisfied, he had to admit that Matsudaira Motoyasu was worthy of being a real ninja. I saw him standing there with an indifferent face, and after seeing Oda Yoshinobu, he would take the initiative to say hello, and he was very respectful......

Well, at least Oda Yoshinobu felt that he would never be able to do it like Matsudaira Motoyasu in his life. Therefore, Oda Yoshinobu also dispelled the idea of humiliating Matsudaira Motoyasu again. "Matsudaira-sama, can you leave now?"

"Yes." Matsudaira Motoyasu replied respectfully.

"Well, let's go, don't keep the lord waiting." Yoshinobu Oda nodded and said. Well, this is pure nonsense, how could Oda Nobunaga know that the Matsudaira family had surrendered? Oda Yoshinobu didn't send half a person to deliver a letter to Oda Nobunaga.

There are not many people in this group, plus Oda Yoshinobu and others are only about 10, except for the outstanding young samurai of the Matsudaira family brought by Matsudaira Motoyasu, there are only two Ashigaru who are in charge of pulling. Well, God knows how Matsudaira Motoyasu managed to come up with a cart of gifts when his family was destitute.

Everyone walked quickly, perhaps worried about the reaction of the Imagawa family, so Matsudaira Motoyasu didn't want to delay too much time, and Oda Yoshinobu was even more eager to return home, knowing that now Yu Da's belly is getting bigger and bigger.

So in just over a day, they arrived at Cheongju City.

At this time, outside the city gate, Maeda Toshiie, Ikeda Tsuneko, Niwa Nagahide, and Sasa Narumasa stood quietly there, and when they saw Oda Yoshinobu and others, or should I say see the banner of the Matsudaira family, they immediately greeted them.

"Yoshinobu, I really didn't expect that I really reached an alliance agreement with the Matsudaira family?!" Maeda Toshiya said with some excitement.

Hearing this, Oda Yoshinobu hurriedly said, "Attention, it's submission!" The Matsudaira family has surrendered to the family, not an alliance! Don't talk nonsense, you kid! Oda Yoshinobu glared at Maeda Toshiya fiercely. Fortunately, this kid didn't speak loudly just now, only Matsudaira Motoyasu heard it beside him.

After speaking, he ignored the Maeda Toshiya who had become confused because of Oda Yoshinobu's words, and turned his head to ask Niwa Nagahide, "Why are you here?" ”

"Hehe, you didn't hide anything along the way. If you can't see such a conspicuous banner of the Matsudaira family, Mori-sama won't be scolded to death by the lord? Niwa Nagahide said with a chuckle.

"I see." Oda Yoshinobu nodded, and then told everyone, and brought it to Matsudaira Motoyasu to introduce him.

At this time. Although the reputation of Niwa Nagahide and others is not as good as that of Oda Yoshinobu, it is also quite loud, after all, they are the leaders of the younger generation of the Oda family, and each of them has made a lot of contributions. Not to mention that Matsudaira Motoyasu has always been very concerned about the situation of the Oda family.

So after the introduction of Yoshinobu Oda. Matsudaira Motoyasu immediately struck up a conversation with them, and with that warm and respectful look, it seemed as if they had been friends for many years.

After a while, Niwa Nagahide put a pos sideways and said respectfully to Matsudaira Motoyasu, "His Royal Highness Matsudaira, please come here." ”

Although Oda Yoshinobu repeatedly emphasized that the Matsudaira family was here to submit, for Niwa Nagahide, as long as the matter is not settled, then treat Matsudaira Motoyasu. It is still necessary to treat foreign daimyo with the same attitude. And Maeda Toshiya and others are the same. In this regard, Oda Yoshinobu was very depressed, "Really, I don't seem to know etiquette." Oda Yoshinobu kept thinking in pieces.

In this regard, Niwa Nagahide and they can only cast a contemptuous look at Oda Yoshinobu, after all, strictly speaking, they are no longer the same as Oda Yoshinobu. Although they were all Oda Nobunaga's friends back then, to be serious, only Oda Yoshinobu has become Oda Nobunaga's true brother today. Others. Although the relationship is still close, it is inevitable that some estrangement will appear.

This is not because of Oda Nobunaga or Maeda Toshiie, but because of the natural limitations of people in this era. Maybe when they are young, they can play together without any scruples. But when they grow up and have power and status, they still can't help but notice many things, and these things will create distance between people.

In fact, this is true even in modern times. Why is the relationship between people as small as possible? To put it bluntly, it's because people thought simple when they were young.

And Oda Yoshinobu is undoubtedly the simplest master to think, although he is also an uncle who is almost 30 in later generations, but as an otaku, he doesn't know whether to use his childlike innocence as good, or to say that he is a scumbag who doesn't grow up. However, in this era, for Oda Nobunaga, who longs for family affection, Oda Yoshinobu's character undoubtedly attracts him deeply.

Although Oda Yoshinobu himself is not clear about this, Oda Nobunaga or Maeda Toshiya understand it very well. So although they are very envious of the relationship between Oda Yoshinobu and Oda Nobunaga, they are not jealous because this is the path they have chosen for themselves.

Following Niwa Nagahide and the others, after a while, everyone came to the castle tower, and all the way inside, countless Oda family retainers who were not qualified to enter the assessment room stood on the left and right, and they didn't know whether they were greeting the people of the Matsudaira family, or playing a trick. However, apparently in the eyes of Tadaji Sakai and others, the probability of getting off the horse should be 100%.

When he was about to arrive at the assessment room, Niwa Nagahide chuckled and turned his head to look at you, "Everyone, please leave the weapon to the little surname next to you for safekeeping." As he spoke, several people with the surname came over.

Well, when you meet a daimyo, you can't carry a weapon, whether it's as a retainer or a daimyo of the same status. One is respect, and the other is to reassure people.

In this regard, Matsudaira Motoyasu and the others just nodded and handed over the weapons, and the same was true for Maeda Keiji and others, only Oda Yoshinobu ...... He didn't take the initiative to turn it in, and the little surname didn't come to him to ask for it, and Niwa Nagahide and the others didn't seem to be surprised, everyone seemed to ignore him directly.

However, Matsudaira Motoyasu did not ignore this, "I didn't expect Oda Nobunaga to re-establish Oda Yoshinobu like this." Matsudaira Motoyasu thought to himself. Naturally, he wouldn't think that Niwa Nagahide really didn't find out about this, so it could only mean that all of this was approved by Oda Nobunaga.

Hehe, the person who can bring a knife to see his own lord, I'm afraid that throughout the ages, in addition to those who are in power, I'm afraid Oda Yoshinobu is the first, right?

Well, everyone thinks that this is Oda Nobunaga's favor for Oda Yoshinobu, and of course this is indeed one of the reasons. But more importantly, it's because Oda Yoshinobu's saber is so special. Yagi, formerly known as the Tencong Cloud Sword, is the legendary sword that slays the Great Snake of the Eight Clans, and when they got it, both Oda Nobunaga and Oda Yoshinobu saw its oddities with their own eyes.

This alone was enough to make Oda Nobunaga dare not let Oda Yoshinobu hand over the sword to others. Well, these are digressions.

At this time, in the assessment room, Shibata Katsuya and other important ministers of the Oda family had already gathered here to wait. When Matsudaira Motoyasu appeared in front of everyone, these people turned their heads to look at each other. The gaze was full of scrutiny, disdain, and hostility. After all, there seems to be no other communication between the Matsudaira family and the Oda family other than hatred.

Facing the gaze of these people, Matsudaira Motoyasu slowly walked into the assessment room, and Oda Yoshinobu had already returned to his seat, as for the retainers of the Matsudaira family and Maeda Keiji and others, they were left outside. With their status, it is clear that they are not qualified enough to enter the assessment room.

When he came to the middle of the assessment room, Matsudaira Motoyasu slowly bowed down, and said loudly, "Descend to Matsudaira Motoyasu, I've seen the lord!" ”

One sentence instantly made everyone dumbfounded. "Nima, what's going on?" At this time, in everyone's minds, all of them were like this, including Oda Nobunaga.

Turning his head sharply at Oda Yoshinobu and looking at him with a calm face and nodding at himself, at this time, Oda Nobunaga really wanted to punch this bastard in the face. The Matsudaira family surrendered to the Oda family, and they didn't send anyone to inform themselves of such a big matter, if it weren't for Mori Kecheng's report, the Oda family would be embarrassed today.

Hurriedly got up, Oda Nobunaga walked quickly in front of Matsudaira Motoyasu, "Motoyasu, don't be polite, get up quickly~" Oda Nobunaga pulled Matsudaira Motoyasu up with a smile on his face.

Then, patting Matsudaira Motoyasu on the shoulder, Oda Nobunaga said excitedly, "Motoyasu, the Oda family will definitely not treat the Matsudaira family badly!" You won't regret choosing today! ”

(To be continued.) )