Maeda Keiji, 17 years old, nicknamed Sobei, nicknamed Keijiro, his real surname is Takigawa, and at the age of 11, he was passed to Maeda Toshihisa, the sister-in-law of the Maeda family, as an adopted son.

But the good times didn't last long, Maeda Toshihisa's status as a sister-in-law was stripped by Nobunaga last year, and Toshihisa and Keiji began a wandering life.

This year, Keiji was 16 years old.

It was also this year that Keiji Maeda left behind Owari's adoptive father and kidnapped Nobunaga's sister Oda City with Sasa Naimasa and came to Mino.

After attending Sasa Narimasa's wedding, Keiji escorted Akechi Mitsuhide to Kyoto, and he himself entered the dojo of the treasure temple of the Ten Character Spear School to learn marksmanship.

A year has passed, and Yinrong's spearmanship in the Treasure Courtyard has been learned by Qingji.

Although he was still far from perfect, the young Keiji was able to tie with his master and obtained the permission to be exempted from all the certificates (the highest degree certificate).

With just one year to get a first glimpse of the mystery of the Treasure Academy School Ten Character Gun, and to obtain the qualification of all legends, Maeda Keiji can be said to be a genius boy who is unique in ten thousand.

Because of this, the juniors and disciples in the dojo ...... For example, Keerji, Changla, and Qingxingla are all envious of Qingci.

But Keiji also has Keiji's troubles.

Keiji's troubles are...... It's boring!

After practicing the gun almost enough, there is nothing new, it's boring!

Speaking of which, it's really a luxury annoyance...... Keiji Maeda began to want to go out for a walk.

The world is so big, I want to see it, it seems like the right way to open it?

But the master said that his spear skills were not yet hot, which made Keiji somewhat incomprehensible.

Master also said that it doesn't matter if you don't understand, anyway, you will understand slowly in the future.

Keiji was even more puzzled......

It was at this time that a letter from Owari arrived at Keiji's hand and changed Keiji's life.

It was a letter from his uncle, Takigawa Kazuyi, and along with it was a small payment of fifty coins, which was entrusted to him to go to Sakai Town to buy a mouthful of the latest iron cannon.

Keiji was a little incomprehensible, but he still ran to the Tus Medical Center to find Guangxiu, anyway, Guangxiu's ability is very great, and he will look for him if he has anything to do.

Under the introduction of Akechi Mitsuhide, Keiji bought an authentic Portuguese-made arquebus from Imai Munehisa for 40 yuan, returned to the dojo to bid farewell to his master and brothers, and set off for Owari.

Although the Takigawa clan who gave birth to him was from Omi, Keiji was born in Owari Province and was away from home for more than a year.

Fearing that Oda Nobunaga was a vengeful fellow, Keiji kept a low profile, and he came to Tsushima in the form of a down-and-out wild samurai with a beard on his chin - the place where he and his uncle Takigawa Kazuyi agreed to meet.

Keiji walked around the bustling town, and finally found the Hotta family's business seat and swaggered in.

Ignoring the smiling boss and the bartender, he looked around the hall and walked straight to a table in the corner.

Keiji sat down opposite Takigawa Kazuki, untied the iron cannon from his back, and pushed it in front of Takigawa Kazuyi.

His eyes kept staring at the middle-aged man next to Takigawa Kazuki, who was not too old, but looked a little weak, and from time to time lowered his head and coughed twice, it was Keiji's adoptive father, Maeda Toshihisa.

"Father, well!"

Although he had been expelled, the father-son relationship was still there, and Keiji sat opposite Toshihisa and nodded to his adoptive father.

"I haven't seen you for a year, and my son has grown taller again."

A smile bloomed on Maeda Toshihisa's pale cheeks, he had been living at Takigawa Kazui's home for the past year, and he hadn't seen his son for a year, and he missed it very much.

Takigawa Kazuki on the side untied the cloth bag, and picked up the iron cannon as if no one was around.

He doesn't seem to be afraid of being seen, in fact, as Nobunaga's favorite retainer, what does it matter if Takigawa Kazuyi plays with iron cannons in Tsushima?

After inspecting the iron cannon, Yiyi pushed it to Keiji again, which surprised Keiji a little.

"It's almost time for you to take the yuan, the lord has always had an opinion on you, I probably can't take you in, this iron cannon, I'll give it to you as a gift."

Keiji's eyebrows raised, he had also played with the iron cannon, but he didn't have any preference for the iron cannon......

Keijiro...... Cough...... I called you from Kyoto this time just for your Yuanfu. Let's go to Ichik-sama's house. ”

Keiji was a little confused, but he obediently followed his father and uncle out of Tsushima and into Cheongju City.

That night, Ichiki secretly invited his cousin Takigawa Mashige to hold a small banquet for Keiji.

The next day, Takigawa Kazuyi served as Keiji's ebony pro, and his adoptive father Toshihisa presided over Maeda Keiji's Motofu ceremony.

The daimyo after the Keiji Gen service was taken as "benefit", in which the profit is the Maeda family pass, and the "benefit" is the Takigawa family pass.

After that, Maeda Toshihisa revealed his true intentions.

"It's not a good idea to keep disturbing Lord Yiyi's house...... A few days ago, Minong's Lady Guidie sent a letter asking me to be hired as a retainer of Lord Neizosuke, and I have agreed. ”

Hearing this, Keiji raised his eyebrows, what the hell is Nachizosuke?

At this time, he still didn't know that Sasa Narumasa was already a Uchizosuke (genuine) recognized by the imperial court, but he only knew that Sasa Narumasa was now thriving in Echigo.

"It's Sasa Seimasa-sama...... He married Mrs. Guidie in Minong, you should know it...... Ahem......"

Keiji nodded, looked at Lijiu, and then at Yiyi, with an expression of "I understand" on his face.

As Nobunaga's favorite minister, even if it is no problem to raise a few more Rihisa, but his father Maeda Toshihisa is a very good person, and he doesn't want to delay Yiyi's career because of his existence, even if this possibility is very small, he will try to avoid it.

Therefore, he has decided to leave his hometown of Owari and go to Mino.

"Keiji...... You can go with me, you and Nachizosuke-sama were excellent playmates when they were teenagers, and he will definitely use you again. ”

"Hai Hai."

Keiji responded absentmindedly, but what he was thinking about at the moment was...... Sasa Narumasa put Mino's territory and his wife away, what are you doing in Echigo?

The next day, Toshiku took Keiji out of Cheongju Castle, but instead of taking the street leading to Mino, he went all the way west to the foot of Arako Castle.

At this time, the sun was shining, and he knew that he was lying on the treetops tirelessly and noisy, just like Keiji's irritable heart.

He understood why his father wanted to go around the wasteland because he wanted to do the same.

Wasteland City...... After all, it is the old roots of the Maeda clan, Arako City, and it is also the home of his father Maeda Toshihisa and him!

The two walked side by side in the narrow castle town of Arashiko City, Keiji lowered his head irritably and kicked a stone under his feet, but suddenly felt something strange, he immediately raised his head, and met the clear gaze of a young girl not far in front.

Keiji's hot heart suddenly calmed down.

It was as if he had seen the most beautiful scenery in the world.