On a sunny summer day, driving a horse galloping on a green field, the yellow wheat waves swaying in the wind not far away, the green trees beside the murmuring Yasaku River are shady and lush, the green hills in the distance, occasionally encountering the village where the smoke rises, and the peasants shouting to harvest the grain, it is really a beautiful pastoral scene.

Located in the western part of Mikawa Province, adjacent to Owari Province in the northwest and connecting Mikawa Bay in the southwest, the territory is divided into two by the Yasaki River, and has become the richest area of Mikawa Province since the Heian period.

This period of history Kira Manmatsu Maru can be said to be familiar, almost every day you will hear someone chattering, a group of families and genealogy to regard the honor of the family name as more important than life, of course, there is also the equally important land Zhixing, although the Kira clan inevitably fell into decline after the rise of the Imagawa family, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the important ministers of the family still firmly believe that the Kira family will continue to control the Mikawa country, of course, the worst is the Nishi-Mikawa country.

Kira Manmatsumu is distressed by this matter, the sixth day of every month is the day when the Kira family routinely holds an assessment, and it is less than ten days before the assessment day, how can he explain to those stubborn sects and genealogies: "You can't tell them that the Tojo family is going to fight against the Imagawa family, so the family must lower their value and submit to the Imagawa family, right?" If you really say that, the retainers will definitely make a fuss! ”

Looking at the big sun overhead, it was hot and painful to roast Kira Manmatsu Pill, and he sighed and exclaimed: "This ghost weather is really hot and abnormal, obviously it was a cool and sassy weather a few days ago, why is it so hot now!" ”

"Your Excellency! Elk! We just shot an elk! Hearing the news, even a few people who were serving around Kira Manmatsumaru were a little eager to try, and Yamaoka Zenjiro asked for instructions with his eyes, and seemed to be a little moved.

"The original intention of hunting is to practice the art of arching horses with live creatures, and it seems to be a good sign to hunt an elk as soon as you go out today, so you can also go and try it!"

"Yes!" The side crowd jumped up excitedly and each held a bow to find a horse, under the leadership of Yamaoka Zenjiro to kill and run out, no one was annoying the leisure days he liked the most, the side crowd ran away and hid in the shade of the tree to rest, as a result of lying down and fell asleep, and when he opened his eyes, he found that the sun was westerly, and found that there were people sitting next to him dozing off, and looked up and said in surprise: "Huh? Yahachiro, why didn't you go hunting? ”

"Ahh The safety of the owner needs to be guaranteed, and if Yamaoka-sama neglects his duties, I, Yahachiro Honda, will take over! Honda Yahachiro rubbed his eyes and leaned over in a proper manner.

"Oh! I see! I heard that your equestrian skills are not very good, and you are not good at the art of war, and you have no clue at all about spearmanship, bow skills, etc., and it seems that this rumor is not groundless! Kira Manmatsumaru said with a smile.

"Who is maliciously slandering me Honda Yahachiro behind his back!" Yahachiro's face turned red when he was teased by Kira Manmatsumaru, this guy was also provoking his relationship with Yamaoka Zenjiro just now, but he didn't want to be provoked by Kira Manmatsumaru in turn, and said angrily at this time: "I am willing to confront him face to face!" ”

"Allah! Don't worry about this kind of detail, if you're really not good at it, you can't do anything, but it's said that Yahachiro is very smart and studious, and he has already read through "The Art of War", right? ”

A hint of disappointment flashed across Hondayachiro's face, and he replied respectfully, "Yes!" It's just a superficial appreciation of the military science of the military saint, and it really can't be called a thorough reading! ”

Kira Manmatsumu decided to win over this future old fox, so he threw out another bait, "The family likes to read the most, and the best scholars in the country are in the family, and if you have time, the family will introduce you to the family's teachers, Ohani Tajima Mamoru and Master Nishiyama Sonobu." ”

"Yahachiro thanked the hall owner, the hall owner is really kind to Yahachiro!" Honda Yahachiro was stunned by this flying happiness, and happily said that he wanted to be a loyal minister of the Kira family.

It's a pity that his good mood was quickly broken, and Honda Sanya, who was napping behind Honda Yahachiro, suddenly woke up and whispered, "Hmm, brother! I'm going to the potato! ”

"Ahem...... Let's go to the woods! Be careful not to run around, or there will be monsters coming to catch the children! Honda Yahachiro was embarrassed to coax his ignorant little brother aside, and was about to continue to preach his own words, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, it turned out to be Yamaoka Zenjiro returning from hunting, and there was a string of pheasants, hares and other prey hanging on the saddle, and it seemed that today's harvest was really good.

"Your Excellency! Today's harvest is extraordinarily rich! There were pheasants, hares, elk, wild boars, and for some unknown reason so many prey escaped from the dense forest! Yamaoka Zenjiro was happy to show him his trophies, stacking a pair of prey together, just like a samurai after winning a battle, Yamaoka Zenjiro also did a prey inspection, a group of stupid horse warriors happily piled up their prey, and then called the name to report what kind of prey so-and-so of the family.

After hunting, I naturally had a picnic, and I didn't expect to be able to catch so much prey before I went out, and it was too eye-catching to take so much prey back to Saijo Castle at once, and if there were any bad rumors in the castle town, or if I was simply touched by a retainer, it was no different from looking for death, so I wiped out some of the prey on the spot, and sold the rest to nearby farmers, leaving only a small amount of prey to bring back to Saijo Castle.

It was quite interesting for more than 30 people to have a picnic together, although the lack of seasoning made the food not very tasty, but it could not stop the enthusiasm of a group of samurai, this was a meal with the governor of the Kira family, and it was the same as eating with His Royal Highness and the Imperial Companion in the shogunate, and these guys were very excited, as if they were the companions of the Kira family.

But they are not wrong to think so, the shogunate has a noble samurai daimyo as the imperial companion, and the powerful local samurai also have similar organizations and friends, also known as the Ami people, the so-called Ami people are very lowly and are not samurai origins, they are not qualified to become the daimyo of the small surname, such as the famous ape musician Kan Shijia Kan Ami, Shi Ami and other folk celebrities, all belong to the art of a skill, and then follow the daimyo to give him pastime and amusement, such as the subordinate.

For example, among the friends of Oda Nobuhide, the tiger of Owari, there is the stepfather of a certain monkey who later became famous, Takeami, and another more famous friend is Oda Nobunaga's favorite friend Ami, who was later killed by a certain dog Chiyo and became a famous murder, and later caused the dog Chiyo chase incident.

Of course, he won't say anything bad at this time.,A group of people are lively after eating a picnic and packing up and setting off for a turn.,There was a small episode when passing through Saijo Castle Town.,I don't know when there was a rumor in the castle town.,It's that something evil may happen in the dark sky in the east.。

At that time, it was widely spread in the town, and it is said that a monk who was passing by Saijo Castle said, and the townspeople could not help but be convinced when they saw the solemnity of this monk's treasure, and Zenjiro sighed lightly and said, "When I left Saijo Castle in the morning, there was no such rumor, why did it spread throughout the castle town in the afternoon?" ”

"Pretending to be a ghost, huh? Ignore them! "Kira Manmatsumu pouted, the combination of Yamanbushi monks and Japanese legends in this era, I like to get some gods and ghosts, the legend is that the mountains and forests can't go because there are tengu, the river can't go because there is a kappa, you can't go on the bridge because there is a bridge hime, you have to be careful in the house, there are youkai everywhere anyway.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go back." Glancing up at the eastern sky, it seemed normal, and he urged the onlookers to return to Saijo Castle.