When they arrived at Huilin Temple, the entourage of samurai remained outside the mountain gate, and the two brothers, Li Xiao, Sanada Masayuki and Shintoyo, got off the horse and went to the door.

When they arrived at the main entrance of the temple and asked the monks, they were naturally led to a secluded room at the back of the temple. Standing outside the courtyard, Li Xiao could see Takeda Nobuyhiro sitting cross-legged on the mat, with a Buddhist scripture between his legs, and chanting silently with his eyes closed and holding Buddhist beads.

I haven't seen him for a month, and his image has changed a lot, his head has been shaved, and he is wearing a black monk's robe, but his temperament is more calm and indifferent than before. In fact, Takeda Nobuyoshi was only thirty-six years old at this time, but because he was stable and had the style of a general, he admired him very much in the Takeda family, and his prestige and status were not inferior to his brother Takeda Shingen.

Therefore, Li Xiao, like many people, treats the other party as an old and serious person, and ignores his age. Now Li Xiao and the others didn't dare to disturb, so they could only stand quietly outside the face and wait.

In fact, when most of the people, including the samurai, lived in grass and mud houses, the monks' temples were basically brick structures. Not only are the living conditions good, the monks do not have to engage in production, there are Buddha fields belonging to the temple to be raised, only need to occasionally collect rent, and no one cares about drinking wine and eating meat, this is simply the life of the landlord.

And the most hapi thing is that monks can actually marry their own children, for example, the eleventh generation of the head of Ishiyama Honganji, Honganji Xianru married the daughter of the Minister of Zuo Sanjo Gongyori, and Takeda Shingen's wife, Mrs. Sanjo, that is, the wife of the sister-in-law Takeda Nobuyoshi, is also the daughter of Sanjo Koyori. So it can be counted that Takeda Shingen and Honganji Xianru are still related to the brother-in-law.

Takeda Nobuhiro finally finished reciting the scriptures, and Li Xiao and the four of them took off their shoes in the courtyard and walked into the room.

Everyone chatted and said something about not coming to be safe, and Brother Takeda Shintoyo said something about my father, you are thin and other things that are not nutritious. And Sanada Masayuki introduced himself respectfully: "My lord, in the Shimo-Sanada family, the third boy Masayuki, has always admired the prestige of adults, but unfortunately he has never had the opportunity to see him. ”

Takeda Nobu nodded gently and said, "Prestige is a thing of the past, and I have now entered the Tao. You're the son of Kazukutsu (Sanada Kotaka Fa), haven't you seen your father for a long time, how is he doing? ”

"Father is all right."

After speaking, Takeda Shinfan looked at Li Xiao and said, "Li Xiao, I haven't seen you for a long time, everything is still going well in Gaoyuan City, I want you to take care of it." ”

Li Xiao laughed and said: "Fortunately, Lord Lao cares, and Lord Shenglai's surname is still a little impatient, but if you hone it carefully, you will be a wise city lord in the future." ”

Sanada Masayuki has been in Gaoyuan City for a long time, and he already knows Li Xiao's style of speaking very well. In Gao Yuan City, the relationship between him and Takeda Katsuyori is similar to that of a teacher and a retainer, and there is no need to worry so much about talking, in contrast, Li Xiao is more jealous of Yamamoto Kansuke, and everyone else is very familiar.

According to Li Xiao's words just now, if he were an ordinary retainer, even if he was an old man, he would not dare to comment on the head of the family behind his back like him.

Takeda Nobuyoshi nodded and said, "Lord Lord, sending you to Lord Katsuyori is your experience, and in another year or two, he will still let you return to your family as a direct minister." You must know that the lord has great expectations for you, and there are not many people in the Takeda family who can do this. ”

Do you want me to go back to Shingen Takeda?

Li Xiao smiled slightly when he heard this, and then glanced sideways at Sanada Masayuki, and sure enough, his gaze towards him already carried a kind of worship. Not to mention the Takeda family, it is said that there are only a few people who can be appreciated by Takeda Shingen.

Li Xiao laughed smugly in his heart, it seems that the purpose of bringing Sanada Masayuki to see Takeda Nobuyu has been achieved. It is 10,000 sentences of boasting about yourself, and it is not as useful as letting others praise you for one or two sentences, not to mention the words that came out of the mouth of Takeda Nobuyoshi, a bull.

And as Li Xiao and Takeda Nobuyoshi talked, Sanada Masayuki felt more and more that Takeda Nobuyoshi valued Li Xiao, and besides, boys were the easiest to have hero worship plots at his age, and it would not be so easy to bewitch when he grew up.

Seeing that Sanada Masayuki fell into his trap step by step, Li Xiao was secretly proud, and let him be in awe of himself was the king, so that even if he became a retainer of Takeda Katsuyori in the future, he would not dare to make any ideas about himself after a long time, otherwise he would raise a tiger and leave a problem.

While everyone was talking, the abbot of Huilin Temple, Kuaichuan Shaoxi, arrived, this person was dressed in a monk's robe, his beard and eyebrows were snow-white, and he looked like a monk. In fact, at that time, monks were generally regarded as a symbol of erudition and wisdom.

Many famous scholars invited monks to be scholarly monks to solve the education problems of their next generation, such as the famous Taiyuan Xuezhai, two of his disciples were very famous, namely Imagawa Yoshimoto and Tokugawa Ieyasu. Both of them later became outstanding daimyo of the Warring States period, and successively received the title of 'Tokaido's No. 1 Bowtori'.

In addition, as a military advisor of the Imagawa family, Taiyuan Yukisai assisted Imagawa Yoshimoto in politics, military, and diplomacy as a monk.

In addition, Taiyuan Xuezhai and Kuaichuan Shaoxi both belong to the monks of the Rinzai sect, and they seem to have a good relationship. At that time, it was Taiyuan Xuezhai who promoted the alliance of Zentokuji Temple, which led to the establishment of the Triple Alliance, which is now known as the Takeda family, the Imagawa family, and the Hojo family.

Li Xiao and others greeted Kuaichuan Shao one after another. When Li Xiao was introduced, Kuaikawa Shaoxi suddenly smiled and said, "A few days ago, Lord Shingen mentioned when he was playing chess with me, you are the Ming warrior who blocked Uesugi Kenshin's sword for him." ”

Li Xiao smiled, it seems that he is now famous, and he is humble at the moment.

Then everyone sat together, and then, as usual, there was another tea party. It was easy to go through a series of red tape etiquette, and after drinking the bitter tea, everyone began to chat.

Fortunately, Kuaikawa Shaoxi didn't talk about Buddhist Zen with everyone, but suddenly said: "Listen to the news from Ueno Country, the head of the Nagano family, Nagano Yezheng died of illness last month. ”

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked, Nagano Ye is the famous general of Ueno Province, and he is known as the Kamishu macula. His most brilliant record was that he repelled the invasion of Ueno Province by the Takeda family on a total of six times. This famous general who made Takeda Shingen helpless, so that Takeda Shingen had to face the head of Minowa Castle, and said with emotion, "There is a business, and Shangshu is not so easy to attack." ’

Now that Nagano is dead, it doesn't mean that the Takeda family has a good opportunity to use troops against Ueno Province.

Takeda Shintoyo suddenly asked, "So, is my Takeda family going to use troops against Shangzhou again?" ”

Kuaikawa Shaoxi smiled slightly, and did not answer Takeda Nobutoyo's question directly, but said: "Just ten days ago, the lord just met with the envoy of Hojo Shiyasu overnight. ”

When everyone heard this, they also knew that the Hojo family had been plotting against Ueno Province for a long time, and they had come to send an envoy to contact the Takeda family, and they would definitely meet together to march into Ueno Province and expel the Uesugi family's forces from Ueno. For the purpose of striking at his sworn enemy, Kenshin Uesugi, Takeda Shingen will not refuse.

Raiding the territory not only means the expansion of the territory of the Takeda family, but also means that if the retainer performs well in the strategy battle, he will have the opportunity to be given the Ishitaka of the territory, as the income of the general, and if he makes great contributions, he will have a chance to become the lord of a city.

Becoming the lord of the castle also means stepping into the rank of the elder of the Takeda family, and he can exercise all the control rights over the territory of the city, and can recruit troops, recruit samurai, and have the power to kill and plunder the people under his rule. This is simply no different from the local soil emperor.

And Li Xiao remembered that this West Ueno strategy was the largest use of troops by the Takeda family in the next few years, and it was also the expansion of the territory. It is also the best opportunity for himself to make a contribution, whether he can get a piece of the pie, climb from an ordinary samurai to the city lord, it depends on this performance.

Li Xiao looked at it and saw Sanada Masayuki with the same longing look in his eyes.

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