The fearful meeting at Shotokuji Temple ended with a cordial send-off by Michizo for Nobunaga.

Most people did not expect that this meeting would be the result of such friendship and harmony, and that Dozo would treat Nobunaga more kindly than his son Yoshiryu.

Afterwards, a saying began to circulate in the area of Shotokuji Temple, and it is said that Daizo once told Nobunaga:

"In the future, my third son can only lead the horse for you."

It's been a long time, and it's hard to tell whether this sentence is true or false, but for Yilong, who is in a hurry to attack Dao San, this rumor is just an excellent excuse.

In the following year, the gossip that "Daosan does not like Yilong and intends to pass on the position of the governor to the young son-in-law" gradually spread in Mino.

Subsequently, Saito Michizo announced that he would hand over the affairs of the country to Yoshiryu, and he himself gave up Inabayama Castle and moved to Washsayama Castle.

Sasa Narumasa was in Owari, and he didn't know if these rumors were also part of Yoshiryu's plan, but he vaguely felt that a war between Yoshiryu and Michizo might be about to break out.

In contrast to this, it was Oda Nobuyuki of Suemori Castle.

Ever since Nobunaga succeeded the family governor a year ago, Nobuyuki has been very well-behaved, so well-behaved that Sasa Narumasa sometimes wonders if he has misremembered history.

In the autumn of the twenty-first year of astronomy (1552), Sasa Narumasa was a guest in the castle of his brother-in-law Katsu's family, and suddenly received a message:

Saito Yoshiryu booby-trapped Michizo's sons, Shiro and Kiheiji, in Inabayama Castle, and raised the anti-flag!

At this time, it was late autumn in October, and when Sasa Narimasa heard the news, his hand holding the wine glass couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Will Yilong kill Daosan?

If possible...... Cheng Zheng prefers to do it himself.

"Hey, Yozo, are you alright?"

The singer patted Cheng Zheng's head, and his unshaven face showed concern.

"I'm fine......"

Cheng Zheng smiled reluctantly.

"Although it says it's okay...... But isn't your expression just a clear way to tell others 'I need to care', what are you thinking, don't always hold it in your heart. ”

"Hmm...... There was a **** in the country of Minong, if you were the son of Nobuyuki, would you take this opportunity to rebel? ”

Cheng Zheng's mind changed and brought the topic to Nobuyuki.

"Well...... If it were me, I would do it, but the lord can't say for sure. ”

Singer touched the beard on his chin and fell into deep thought.

Cheng Zhengzheng secretly rejoiced that he had diverted the attention of the Katsu family, and immediately someone came to disturb him, and the second brother Sasasun Suke rushed to the room like a gust of wind and said:

"Yozo, come back to Nakono with me!"

"Huh? What's up? ”

"The lord has newly accepted a very capable ronin, and he heard that you also like iron cannons, so he wants to compete with you!"

"......"

Narumasa reluctantly said goodbye to the Katsu family, followed the second brother back to Nakono Castle, and as soon as he arrived at Ninomaru, he saw the two standing in front of Nobunaga.

The two men were dressed in slightly old samurai uniforms, and their bodies and looks were similar, and they looked a lot like brothers.

Later, Cheng Zheng learned that these two people were the brothers Takigawa Ichiyi and Takigawa Yishige, and many years later, he and Takikawa Ichiyi fought many times in Omi, and they had enough of the hardships of these brothers, but it was a later story.

At this moment, the Takigawa brothers are just two retainers that Nobunaga has just received.

The young man who said that he wanted to challenge Chengmasa was none other than Takigawa Yoshige, who was his younger brother.

After Narumasa and the Takigawa brothers met and greeted, Nobunaga proposed to let Narumasa and Yishige test the iron cannon.

Yizhong happily agreed, and he looked eager and confident, as if there was nothing in the world that he couldn't shoot.

The competition was limited to 10 distances and 10 rounds of ammunition, and Yizhong shot first, with 7 hits out of 10, which won full applause.

Cheng Zheng was 9 out of 10 shots, and only one was launched, winning the competition.

Takigawa was convinced, and Nobunaga also took this opportunity to give the Takigawa brothers a dismissal:

Don't be too complacent, there are a lot of capable people under Lao Tzu!

Afterwards, Nobunaga held a small banquet for the Takigawa brothers, but what really caught Narumasa's attention was that he met Takigawa Kazuyi's nephew, Takikawa Interests, the next day.

At that time, Sasa Narumasa was ordered to redraw the map of the area around Hira Castle, and not long after he set off from Nakono Castle, there was a shout from behind him:

"Wait for me-Sasa Narumasa wait-"

Cheng Zheng stopped, he was curious, because the voice was unfamiliar.

The man rode a chestnut-haired horse, had a spear in his hand, was dressed in red, and his right shoulder was exposed.

The more Cheng Zheng looked, the more curious he became, such a costume for the second disease was very similar to Oda Nobunaga!

But Nobunaga is in the castle, who is this?

"Hello with Saemon, my name is Sobei, of course you can also call my daimyo, Takigawa interests."

The second junior smiled and restrained his horse beside Cheng Zheng.

"Takigawa interests?" Cheng Zheng raised his eyebrows, "You are Takigawa Kazuyi's nephew?" ”

"It's down there!"

"Sure enough, it's you, the second second!"

Cheng Zheng shouted,

"What a big man, wearing Kabuki clothes, do you think you can pretend to be Oda Nobunaga by putting on lipstick and rouge!"

"Huh? How do you know! ”

Sobei was shocked, and while taking out a box of rouge from the bag on his waist, "Young Lord Nobunaga is my idol!" ”

"What a super stupid person, don't think about it, you look ugly, if you pretend to be a woman, you're going to scare all the men in Owari to death!"

"Excessive, you! Don't think that my uncle has taken care of me, and if I don't bully you, I will put up with it again and again! ”

With a "snap", Cheng Zheng's head was hit by a stick from Zongbingwei, and he screamed in pain.

"Okay, you're Keijiro, see if I don't clean you up!"

Cheng Zheng turned around and fought back.

Although it was the first time they met, it was like each other at first sight, and perhaps there was indeed a natural attraction between certain people, and the interests of Sasa Narumasa and Takigawa Sobei were the types of mutual attraction.

This tall boy with natural divine powers soon entered the field of vision of everyone in the Oda family.

Sobei's parents died young, so he was also an orphan. He and Sasa Naruma became a pair, and in just one month, they ran half of Owari, and the evil deeds of the two as "wonders" spread all over the streets and alleys of Minami Owari.

Later, in Sasa Narumasa's. Under the introduction, Maeda Toshihisa, the young lord of Hira Castle who had no heirs, accepted Sobei as his adopted son, and Sobei officially changed his name to Maeda Interests, becoming one of the heirs of the Maeda family in Arako Castle.

However, because Seimasa always called Interests "Keijiro", people gradually stopped calling Interests Sobei, and even the daimyo "Interests" was rarely called, and the peasants from Nobunaga to Hiroshi Castle began to call him Keijiro.

The name "Keiji Maeda" has become synonymous with stealing chickens and dogs, being lazy and lazy, and "the stranger" in Minamiowi.

A month after meeting Keiji, the three brothers Sasa Naimasa, Masaji, and Sasa Sunsuke were suddenly summoned by Nobunaga to Nakono Castle.

In the Honmaru of Nakono Castle, the samurai of the Oda family led by Nobunaga surrounded a young man who was weak and fair, and that person was also known to the lord of the castle, who was the young lord of the Owari guardian Spo clan, Spo Yoshigin.

It's just that what makes Seimasa wonder is, what did Nobunaga do when he got Spo Yoshigin?

Nobunaga quickly answered Narumasa's doubts:

"Oda Nobutomo committed a rebellion and even exiled Owari to protect Lord Spo, and now I, Nobunaga, support Yoshiin Gongzi to crusade against Oda Nobutomo!"

"Oh!"