"This ......," she muttered for a moment, then stopped.

"Miss is very ambitious, and I admire it very much. Although it was a meeting in Pingshui, it can be regarded as a little acquaintance...... But in the world of life, many troubles are inevitable. If it works, please speak up. I continued.

"In this way, it's hypocritical." She smiled slightly, "If you don't take the liberty of it, I have a question below, and I would like to ask His Highness Kira for advice." ”

"Miss, please speak, I know everything below." I admit it.

"I seem to have heard that the Kira family is a famous family in Tosa, why did His Royal Highness Kira give up the family business and go out in Owari? Please also ask His Highness Kira for advice. ”

"That's ......," I nodded. In the general notion of this era, this is indeed a problem. Even Yoshiyuki Sawaki next to him, after hearing her inquiry, showed an interested look.

“…… There is a saying in the Ming Kingdom, take a step back and open the sky. In the next opinion, instead of holding on to the incomplete, it is better to have a different face. As for why in Owari...... Mainly because of the measurement of His Highness! I organized my language and spoke slowly.

"Create a new paradigm and create a new pattern...... Well, it does make sense...... His Royal Highness Kira is really quite courageous! She nodded thoughtfully.

"What's the courage down there? It's just a responsibility," I sighed, "I don't want to get involved in this troubled world." However, there is a bereaved daughter's surname entrusted with his surname, a mother and a compatriot who abandoned his family to follow, and then the rest of the people are under his command, so he has to work hard to make progress, so as not to live up to your hospitality. ”

Since I came to the Warring States period, this is the first time I have revealed my true thoughts in front of people. Even for Xiao Xia, due to the identity problem, he couldn't help but have a bit of perfunctory words.

The other party is a strange woman in the world, and she is in another country, so you might as well tell the truth...... Maybe that's what I think in my heart.

"His Royal Highness Kira is so frank that I admire him," she blinked, "the daughter of the so-called relict minister, but His Royal Highness Kamikawa, who won the first general of Imagawa Jibe, Sena Yushu?" ”

"Sena Yoshu? His Highness Kamikawa? I was stunned for a moment before I realized. Isn't she talking about Jun Sena and Natsu?

In other words, Sena Shijun is Iyo Mamoru who was granted an official rank by the imperial court? That's not the kind of official position that ordinary people put on their own names. As for Xiao Xia...... Basically, no one ever called her His Royal Highness Shangchuan.

"Exactly." I nodded.

"So...... It is not His Highness Matsudaira who can help me, but His Highness Kira. She nodded, and suddenly solemnly leaned over and saluted me, "Master Ijiro in Shimoi is willing to go out of Shijira's house, please take him in." ”

"Miss—Your Highness is saying...... As a samurai? I asked, uncertain.

"Exactly," Ii Naotora nodded, "I still have some confidence in my marksmanship, and I think I won't lose to His Highness Kamikawa." ”

"Of course." I nodded, Natsu is good at archery.

"May I ask His Royal Highness Naomori Ii, who was once the first general of the Imagawa Jibu with His Royal Highness Matsudaira, does he have any relationship with Miss?" Yoshiyuki Sawaki suddenly interjected. Ever since I came along, he hasn't had a chance to speak.

"It's my father," Ii Naotora nodded, "but please don't worry about anything, it's a samurai's duty to die on the battlefield...... Also, how about the name of Sawaki Temple? ”

"It's a gaffe, don't blame His Highness Jing Yi." Yoshiyuki Sawaki apologized very happily.

"As far as I know, the Jing Yi family is a wealthy family in Yuanjiang, why is His Royal Highness Jing Yi ......?" I asked.

"That was in the past," Naohu Iii smiled wryly, "After my father died, my cousin was supposed to inherit the family business. But at the end of last year, due to the slanderous rumors of the rebellious minister Ono Michi, the brother was executed by the Imagawa clan, and the territory was transferred to the Ono family. ”

"Kiss the villain, Yuan Xianchen, this is the way to get into trouble. There aren't many people left in the Imagawa family. I sighed.

"Not exactly. The Ii family, as a local wealthy family in Yuanjiang, has been suppressed by the Imagawa family. If there is a fierce battle, it is often the first to take the lead and suffer the heaviest casualties...... When the ancestor died, the father was young, and the two uncles and grandfathers, His Royal Highness Naomitsu and His Royal Highness Naoyoshi, were also called to Suruga by Imagawa Jibu to be killed. Speaking of this, Jing Yi Naohu slowly shook his head, "As His Highness said, there is really no need to hold on to the remnants anymore...... Moreover, in the lower body, as a woman, according to the concept of the retainers, there is no position to represent the Ii family. ”

"It's just a common man's opinion. His Royal Highness Ii is capable of martial arts, and he is really a rare samurai...... Only, why go for the near and far? His Royal Highness Matsudaira and Ling Zun have a friendship of fighting side by side, and must be willing to help His Highness. I asked, confused.

"Being able to bring my brother's sister-in-law, Hu Song, here is indeed thanks to the kindness of His Royal Highness Matsudaira and Master Nan Ruiwen, the abbot of the Bodhi Temple of this family. But as a samurai...... Hehe, it seems that only His Highness Kira has this measure. She smiled softly.

Tiger pine? It should be the later Naomasa I. This is the most outstanding general of the Tokugawa family in the middle and late Warring States period. Of the Four Heavenly Kings of Tokugawa, he was the youngest, the last to join, and the only one of his own origins, but he came from behind to surpass Sakai Tadaji, Honda Tadakatsu, and Sakakiwara Yasumasa.

After the Tokugawa family transferred to the Kanto region, Ii Naomasa took the highest credit, led Minowa Castle 120,000 koku, and took on the important task of monitoring Echigo. And the territories obtained by Honda Tadakatsu and Sakakihara Yasumasa during the same period were all 100,000 koku, and even Yuki Hideyasu, the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, was only 100,000 koku in Yuki Castle.

Throughout the Edo period, six of the fourteen people who served as shogunate elders were from the Ii family.

Such a famous general and family were cultivated by the woman in front of him.

And she herself is capable of both civil and military skills, and will never marry. A woman with such ability and behavior is an outlier in this era, enough to make people look sideways, and she is simply a real experience version of Sister Uesugi......

But I don't care.

Having made up my mind, I also solemnly looked at it: "...... I accept the allegiance of His Highness Jing Yi. Please succumb to the position of the general of the family first, and receive an annual salary of 300 yuan, plus two people to support. ”

"Yes. His Majesty received the order. "She was courteous.

"His Royal Highness Arii joining the Kira family is really a blessing for the Kira family...... At present, it is the strength of His Royal Highness Xuanjing, in this case, it is a family. Seeing Naotora Ii joining the family, Yoshiyuki Sawaki was the first to welcome him, and even overstepped his authority to show his attitude for the Kira family.

And I, as the head of the Kira family, was ignored by him and represented by him......

"Your Highness Sawaki will take care of me." Naomasa Ii owes himself and returns with impeccable etiquette.

"It's really an honor to be able to fight side by side with His Highness Jing Yi!" This kid's face was full of admiration and hope, "...... But I wonder if there is still a chance in the future? ”

"I beg your pardon." Naohu Ii once again owes himself, and the etiquette is equally impeccable.

Yoshiyuki Sawaki sighed, picked up his spear, and turned to leave.

Looking at his back, I couldn't help but shake my head. This is already the second time. However, who made him look at ordinary people? One is where the heart belongs, and the other is that the mind does not have this thought.

……，……

I took everyone back to Xiejiang Castle and arranged for Ii Naoto, and I immediately went to Cheongju to report to Nobunaga what had happened to the intermediary.

And on the same day I arrived, Kinoshita Hideyoshi also arrived in Cheongju. He had come to ask Nobunaga for help.

At this time, Nobunaga was about to move to Komaki Mountain Castle. Kinoshita Hideyoshi's consideration was that after moving the city, Nobunaga was too far away from the Nishimino front, and whether it was covert deterrence or overt support, it would inevitably weaken, and in case of an attack by Nishimino, the situation would be much more difficult than it was now. So he couldn't wait to strengthen the defenses of Minamata Castle. However, for the same consideration, Takigawa Kazuyi also wanted to strengthen his direct forces, and he could not fully meet his request, so he had to come to Cheongju to ask Nobunaga for help.

As a result, Nobunaga set his sights on my navy again, and this time with my money bag.

This is indeed a very reasonable arrangement. It is most convenient for the materials for the expansion of Sumimata Castle to be transported by my navy, and the cost is only a thousand times. I can totally understand...... However, the last time I broke the fortune was because of this monkey, and this time it is again, is he the debt collector in my life?

Kinoshita Hideyoshi was still a little cheeky, and he knew that he was going to trouble me again, so he took the initiative to undertake the preparatory work. On the way back to the territory with me, he apologized to me from time to time. Looking at his innocent big monkey eyes, I had no choice but to put away my emotions. After all, this time it was Nobunaga's arrangement, and he can't be blamed.

When I arrived at Xiejiang City, I was surprised to find that the security in the city was much tighter. Entering the corridor of the North Castle Tower, there are usually no guards arranged, but now there are actually people guarding them. When Kinoshita Hideyoshi and I came over, everyone knelt down and saluted.

"What happened?" I asked one of the nearest guards.

"My lord, the villain doesn't know...... It seems to have something to do with Lady of the Night. ”

"Whose order was that?"

"It's Mrs. Kamikawa......" he replied.

Really? Natsu-chan: What is this for? The whole city is on guard, which is not a trivial matter. However, your night is just a labor, is it necessary for the whole city to be on guard? This Xiao Xia is so rash!

"You go and inform Lady Kamikawa's maid, and ask Mrs. Kamikawa to see me in the hall." I commanded.

"Yes." He was commanded to go.

"Fujiyoshiro, let's go to the hall together. How about preparing materials and coming up with a charter first? ”

"It's all up to His Highness Xuanjing." He agreed.

After a while, Xiao Xia also came to the hall. In response to my inquiry, she looked at Kinoshita Hideyoshi and stopped talking.

"His Royal Highness Xuanjing, shall I avoid it first?" Kinoshita Hideyoshi said knowingly.

"That's not necessary, it's not a big deal to think about it," I generously stopped him, "Xiao Xia, just say it directly!" ”

"Yes. His Highness ......" Konatsu glanced at Kinoshita Hideyoshi again, "...... You gave birth to twin sons. ”

"That's a happy event! Can you keep the whole city on guard? Natsu, you're so eventful! I said angrily.

Xiao Xia didn't make a sound, just looked at me seriously.

"Huh? Twins? I reacted, and then frowned.

In this book, twins are very unlucky. According to Shintoism, one of the twins is destined to be sacrificed, and the two will kill each other until one dies; There are several folk legends, some say that the twins look the same, and if they are together, it is easy to attract evil spirits, and then cause both of them to die; To put it more severely, simply say that one of the twins is a demon parasitic fetus, which will bring disaster to the family and the township.

So once twin children are born, the child's parents will secretly abandon one or even drown directly. And the higher the status of the family, the less it can stay.

Even in the first half of the twentieth century, when twin children were born, both parents would remain with one and leave the other to distant relatives to raise, so that the two children would not see each other until they reached adulthood.

"That's why you're on alert to prevent the news from spreading?" I nodded, "What do you think should be done?" ”

After saying this, I couldn't help but look at Kinoshita Hideyoshi.

"It doesn't matter if the concubine is a concubine, it's not that they say, I don't know yet!" Xiao Xia replied, "But since there is such a thing, then it is likely that there will be some bad rumors when it spreads outside." ”

"So what are you going to do with it?" I sighed.

Xiujing immediately ordered the midwives and maids to keep secrets, and then prepared to take one away. But you begged Xiujing hard at night to prevent him from taking the child away; In addition, Xiejiangdian was also there at the time, she was pregnant herself, and she couldn't bear to see her child abandoned...... So there was a stalemate. So I had to block the news first and wait for His Highness to come back and decide. ”

Wait until I decide...... Alas, according to my concept, I wish I had a pair of twins! However, this was during the Warring States period, not in China, nor in the 21st century. Although I can't bear to give up a child, I have to consider Xiujing's position and the rumors that may be caused......

"Your Highness Xiujing, can I say a word?" Kinoshita Hideyoshi suddenly spoke.

"Please." I casually agreed.

"How about giving one of these children to me for adoption?"

"Do you mean really?" I asked hurriedly.

"As long as you don't let your kids meet! His Royal Highness Hidekei is in the direction of Ise, and I am in the direction of Nishimino, and the families of the two sides happen to meet rarely...... Zaihe Ning Ning has no heirs so far, if it is a child of the famous Jiliang family, I am happy to adopt it as an adopted son, and Ning Ning will definitely be happy to raise her own sister's child! ”

By the way, how did I forget, you are Ning Ning's sister! Hideyoshi and Nene are a couple who have never given birth to an heir in their lives, and if they adopt a child, they will definitely treat it as their own.

Moreover, this monkey is also a guy who is extremely fanatical about famous families, whether it is the Kira family of the first general of the Shogun, Minamoto Yorito, the Tosa crown of Minamoto Noshiyoshi, or the Xiangzong Ibu family as a branch of the Takeda family, the family is extremely high, which must be very in line with his interests. For the sake of his family, he will definitely attach great importance to this child.

As for the child himself, how can he be better than Hideji Toyotomi and Hideaki, the god of war in Sekigahara! So as long as I restrain the monkey a little bit, so that he doesn't have so much money to marry a bunch of side rooms from famous families (especially Cha Cha), presumably the family business is likely to be inherited by this adopted child......

This is simply a heavenly arrangement!

"If you have this intention, I will promise you on behalf of Xiujing." I suppressed the blooming heart and said to Kinoshita Hideyoshi as calmly as possible.

"It's a great honor." He replied.

"Then I'll go and tell Xiujing, please wait." I nodded politely to him.

Xiujing lives in the southern castle tower, which is slightly lower than my northern castle tower. The security on his side was tighter, and I walked through the hallway, and there were quite a few kneeling people along the way.

"Brother." Xiujing came out.

"I know about your night." I said as I walked into the room with him. Nana is also in the room, talking to Youya. The two children were tightly wrapped, and they were both asleep beside Youye.

"Brother, don't worry, I will take care of it and won't let the family be troubled." Xiujing's expression was resolute, "Youye have already figured it out." ”

"Did you agree?" I asked.

"Although I am reluctant, I can't help it." Your night's face is filled with sorrow.

"Look at you, I'm still reluctant!" I smiled, "It's okay, His Highness Hideyoshi offered to adopt one." ”

Hearing my words, your mood has obviously improved a lot. Leaving the child to her sister, she is obviously still very relieved.

Not only her, but even Nana smiled.

"That's great." She said with relief.

“…… Is that really good? Xiujing hesitated.

"What's so bad? Are you willing to abandon or kill your own children? I asked rhetorically.

"Then it's up to my brother to decide......," Xiujing sighed.

"Don't worry, it'll be fine." I promise.

I'm pretty sure of that, it's just some old habits. In my current status, I naturally have to respect these habits and not leave the two to raise together. But for the so-called consequences, I absolutely scoffed;