"The Toki knife is a family treasure of my Tuqi family, regardless of whether it is a fake or not, as long as it is something handed down by my father, I will not easily throw it away!"

This is the reason why Sasa Narumasa refuses, he is unwilling to lose his father's relics.

Cheng Zheng is right...... Besides, there are more 'とき' on the Toki knife, and it is difficult to guarantee that the general will not see it. ”

Mitsu-su also echoed behind Chengzheng, she was also reluctant to exchange the two knives, she said one reason, but more important reason...... is that she is unwilling to lose the bond with Chengzheng.

Sasa Chengzheng is a stupid person, but he exchanged too many knives with her!

"That's it! Don't change! No more than a thousand taels of gold will be exchanged! ”

Sazuo Chengzheng made the final decision and asked Ah Chun to put away the two knives.

There are only two people left in the courtyard, Cheng Zheng and Guangxiu, Cheng Zheng was about to drink alcoholic drinks, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of Guangxiu pulling her collar, she probably drank and drank so much that her body was hot.

It doesn't matter, Sazuo Chengzheng will be close to her like a brother in a proper manner.

Her pull not only revealed her sexy collarbone and slender neck, but also pulled the hormones in Sazo Chengzheng's body that were driven by alcohol.

"Mitsuhide ......"

Cheng Zheng unconsciously leaned on Asahi Mitsuhide's position.

"What's up?"

Mitsuhide answered lazily, her face flushing slightly.

"You...... It's beautiful. ”

Sasa Narumasa never spared praise for ladies...... Especially if the other party is a beautiful woman.

Touching Sasa Chengmasa's admiring gaze, Mitsuhide was a little nervous, and she cleared her throat, hoping to make Sasa Chengmasa self-respecting.

"Cheng Zheng Sang...... We are brothers! ”

"Mitsuhide...... You know...... I've always ...... I cherish you very much! ”

"Don't ...... Don't ...... like that."

Guangxiu was really a little panicked...... Although she has been a human being in two lives, she has never been in love, and at this moment, she is stared at so directly by Sazuo Chengzheng, her heart is beating fast, her face is hot, and she has a series of reactions.

"Mitsuhide ......"

Cheng Zheng couldn't help but put his head up, and when he was about to kiss it, Ah Chun finally returned to the courtyard.

"Your Excellency!"

Her call immediately made Guangxiu wake up, and quickly got out of the second of Chengzheng's reaction.

"Ah...... Ah Chun, come and sit down and drink. ”

Sensing Ah Chun's disappointed and helpless eyes, Zuo Zuo Chengzheng was really helpless.

Meow a mith...... I was mistaken for a by my own woman!

Sasa Narumasa sighed, raised his head and poured the pot of sake again.

Three days later, Sasa Narumasa and Akechi Mitsuhide arrived in Kita-Omi Kuchigi Valley.

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru was not in Kyoto because he was driven out by Miyoshi Chokei.

Since the Onin War, it has been difficult to find people who emphasize benevolence and morality during the Warring States period, and it can be said that neither the Hosokawa family, the head of the Ashikaga shogunate, nor the Miyoshi family, a retainer of the Hosokawa family, can be said to be good birds.

Miyoshi Nagakei was a retainer of the Hosokawa family, and he overwhelmed the main family by means and established a huge power that traversed the seven kingdoms of Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, Izumi, Awa, Awa, and Yamato, and was called a man who controlled half of the world.

Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiteru's father was the 12th shogun Ashikaga Yoshiharu, who was expelled from Kyoto because of his incompetence and died in the mountains of Omi Anata.

Ashikaga Yoshiteru inherited the position of the thirteenth shogun at the age of eleven, but he did not have the strength to sit in the Muromachi Imperial Palace.

In the second year of Yoshiki's reign as a general, that is, when he was twelve years old, he was expelled from the Kyoshi division by Hosokawa Harumoto.

A year later, the shogunate reconciled with the Hosokawa family, and Yoshiki was able to return to Kyoto.

Another year later, due to the victory of Miyoshi Chokei and Hosokawa Harumoto, Shogun Yoshiteru was again exiled to the Sakamoto area of Omi.

After several years, he finally returned to Kyoto three years ago (1552), when Yoshiki was sixteen years old.

But the good times were short-lived, and the following year, he was exiled for the third time.

The location of this exile is Omi Kuchigi Valley.

All in all, the shogunate was in decline, and the shogun did not have the strength to regain control of Kyoto, and the powerful Miyoshi Chokei could completely ignore the existence of the shogunate.

――As for the daimyo like Sister Jinghu, who still has the shogunate in mind, there are very few of them, and they belong to the special rare and protected animals.

When Narumasa and Mitsuhide arrived at the residence of Lieutenant General Kuchigi Valley, Ashikaga Yoshiteru had just finished his morning class.

He was enthusiastic about martial arts, and his daily morning class was to swing the wooden sword five hundred times on the left and right, for a total of 1,000 strokes.

One thousand swords, this number is the same as the count of Cheng Zheng's daily sword practice, but the general uses a wooden knife, meticulous, and the posture and strength of each swing of the knife are controlled as much as possible at a standard value, Cheng Zheng's words...... It's a lot more casual.

Horizontal slashing, vertical slashing, oblique slashing, and so on.

At this time, the general was 19 years old, one year younger than Sasa Narumasa, and it was when he was young and strong.

"In the end, it is still the mystery of the swordsmanship of Tsukahara Buden and Kamiizumi Nobutsuna, which really makes us admire."

The wealthy families and guards gathered in the courtyard were amazed by the mastery of the general's swordsmanship and exchanged praise.

"No...... I didn't work hard enough. Kendo is an esoteric knowledge that you have to devote your whole life to studying. ”

Yoshiki took the towel and wiped the sweat off his body.

"I practice swords with such a heart, so that my mind is free of distractions, but the world says that I should not do such a thing!"

The smiles on the faces of the wealthy people are more kind, they actually want to say that "the world is right", but in order to take care of the general's face, they still meet the bend:

"There is no such thing! What His Highness should and should not do should naturally be decided by His Highness himself. Seeing that His Highness is happy, we who are subordinates are naturally happy! ”

Yihui smiled, looking very happy, but how could he, who was young and suffering, not see that this was the perfunctory behavior of the wealthy families?

Is he unable to see it, or is he unwilling to pierce it?

"Oh! When you talk about happy things, it reminds me of Sasa Seimasa who came to visit the Imperial Court and the Shogunate this time, what kind of person is he? ”

"Yes...... According to news from Kyoto, he devoted himself to his official duties, offered 500 kan to the emperor, and also gave Datan Dahai to His Royal Highness Sekihaku. ”

“…… It's a long way to go. ”

At the mention of the treasure of the shogunate, Yoshiki could only sigh helplessly.

"In short, Sasa Uchizosuke is a brave man who won over Daisuke Imagawa Jibe a year ago, and the Echigo guardian Nagatail Dansho Shaobi he represents, is also an excellent military general."

…… I hope so.

Yoshiki thought silently.

"Report! Sasa Uchizosuke and Akechi Mitsuhide-sama ask to meet! ”

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