Chapter 456: A Dog and A City
Compared to the cold and humid climate of Hokuriku Province, which is affected by heavy snowfall, the warm and humid Owari Province in Tokaido is a different scene, and the heavy snowstorm that affects the Kanto region melts quickly under the warm sea breeze near Mikawa Bay.
Kiyoshu Castle Honmaru, Oda Nobunaga rarely has a leisure, with the three-year-old sister-in-law Wonder Pill playing in the garden, Gui Die watched the father and son play happily and showed a faint smile, she and Oda Nobunaga have been married for more than ten years without giving birth to a child, even the sister-in-law Wonder Pill is a child born to Yoshino in the side room, but she was taken to Qingzhou City as an adopted son to raise.
As the career of Owari Province is booming, Oda Nobunaga, the lord of the country, is getting busier and busier, and Guidie often rarely sees each other for a few days, she knows that her husband is in addition to a few side rooms, and also has a few outer room wives in the city, she always feels that this is because she can't give birth to children, and she always feels a little sorry for Oda Nobunaga in her heart.
Looking at the adopted son of the father and son playing happily, Gui Die couldn't help but sigh: "How good it would be to have more such scenes and last longer!" ”
Unfortunately, a small surname hurriedly came and broke the warm scene: "Tell the lord that there is an urgent message from Echigo." ”
Oda Nobunaga suddenly stopped, rubbed Wonder Maru's hair, and said to him gently, "Go play with your mother!" Father has something to do. ”
Marvel Maru nodded obediently, ran to the porch in three steps and two steps and snuggled in Guidie's arms, not forgetting to look back at his father's movements. Gui Die hugged the wonderful pill and comforted softly. Tell him that his father was an amazing samurai. In the future, Wonder Maru will become a samurai like his father.
"My lord! This is a letter from His Royal Highness Niwa. The little surname respectfully presented the letter with both hands and slowly retreated, Oda Nobunaga opened the new letter and read it, but after a moment, he frowned: "The town government wants Ah Dog and Ah Shi sisters to marry together, what is the hidden meaning of this...... Come! Summons the order to convene the assessment meeting immediately! ”
Oda Nobunaga turned over and walked quickly to Ohiroma, and when he passed under the porch, the hesitant paused, and said to the lady of the main room, who was sitting quietly with Wonder Maru in her arms, "After you will put Wonder Maru to sleep, Guidie will call Inu and Aichi to the castle tower to talk!" The family had something to say to the two sisters. ”
"Your Highness, are you going to marry Ah Dog and Ah Shi to Echigo?" Gui Die asked worriedly, "Why did His Royal Highness the Lord of the Town Government mention such a strange request?" ”
Oda Nobunaga's brow furrowed slightly. Hesitantly: "The family still can't figure out the attitude of the town government, in short, this is a good thing and there is nothing wrong, so please go to Gui Die and talk to the two sisters, I hope they can understand more!" ”
Gui Die said hesitantly: "But isn't Ah Dog already promised to the Lord of Ono Castle, Saji Nobukata?" In this way, George Hall will not be happy! The dog must be shocked there! Originally, he had prepared a dowry and waited to marry into the George family next year, but now he suddenly changed his husband...... It's so unbelievable, the concubine really doesn't know how to persuade her,"
"I'm embarrassed...... Oda Nobunaga sighed, "but it has to be faced anyway, just like my father has to face the distress of successive failures, and His Royal Highness George will do his best to compensate for it!" ”
Oda Nobunaga left in such a hurry that he held an evaluation meeting before he even had time for lunch. Guidie handed over the wonderful pill to the nurse to take care of, and invited the maid to bring in the two sisters, Ah Dog and Ah Shi. But after a while, I saw two girls wearing crimson and gold-painted vermilion bird gowns walking slowly, these two girls looked like twins at first glance, the only difference was that one was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the other was only twelve or thirteen years old.
The older girl is slender and tall, with a pair of apricot eyes on her palm-sized face, her cheeks are dyed with a faint flush, and her eyebrows reveal the faint traces of the girl's spring.
Girls to be married must always be taught by married women to recognize some of the common means of serving men after marriage, and some bold married women will also undress and pull the girls to be married to compare the shameful gestures made by those men, such as Oda Inu, of course, will not have to go through this experience.
Spring painting is the most commonly used thing, almost every samurai family has such a collection of one or two, in this boring era night represents the desire to flourish, even if it is a samurai with high morals, back to the afterburner will inevitably take out the spring painting and play with the lady, the right to make it is the spice of the boudoir fun.
The younger woman has not yet reached the end of her life, and the childishness on the face of the little girl of twelve or thirteen years old has not yet been taken off, and her appearance is eight or nine points similar to her sister, except that her sister's eyebrows have the unique reserve and demure of a girl, while the little girl's face has only innocent and carefree happiness.
"Ah Dog, Ah Shi has seen Sister Guidie!" The two girls politely and affectionately called her sister, which is the unique family culture of their Oda family, Oda Nobunaga has been an informal Matt killer since he was a child, and has made many deviant and strange behaviors, and was once reprimanded by his retainers as an Owari big fool.
The women of the Oda family are influenced by this family governor day and night, and they have some reckless temperament, and Gui Die is the daughter of the pit viper Daosan, which is naturally extraordinary, and has gotten along with a few sisters-in-law over the years to be very harmonious, which is why she has not been able to give birth to a son-in-law, one of the reasons why her status is still as stable as ever, of course, the biggest reason is that Oda Nobunaga is very comparable, just look at the eldest son's name "Wonderful Pill" to know that this person's horse-killing characteristics are most likely not so easy to change back.
"Ah Dog, Ah Shi come and sit, let the concubine take a look at you."
The two sisters nodded obediently, gently walked to Guidie's side and sat down, curiously looking at Guidie's strange movements for some reason, Guidie did not respond to their puzzled eyes. Just take a closer look at the extremely similar looks of the two little girls. sighed softly: "When the concubine first got married. Ah Dog is as tall as Wonder Pill now, Ah Shi has just turned one year old, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and your two sisters have grown into big girls. ”
"What's wrong with Sister Guidie?" The Oda dog was relatively sensitive, and looked at Guidie's dark and complex expression suspiciously, and always felt that something strange had happened, so he blushed and cautiously probed: "Is there something related to the dog?" ...... such as early marriage
Oda's apricot eyes widened, and her delicate nose wrinkled slightly, revealing the delicate expression unique to a little girl. He pouted and said, "Huh? Is my sister going to get married? Are you going to marry that guy from Ono City? Ah Shi once secretly watched him once! It's so short and ordinary! Taller than my sister loves a lot, so it's really strange for an ordinary samurai to be Ashi's brother-in-law, and Ashi has been disappointed for a long time! ”
"Ashi...... How can you say that about His Royal Highness George! That's the dog's husband! Ah Dog looked at her sister shyly and angrily, in fact, she also secretly looked at the sister-in-law of the George family, it is indeed just an ordinary samurai, short and thin It seems that a gust of wind can blow down, such a samurai Wen can not stabilize the territory, and the martial arts can not establish meritorious deeds are too different from the influence of her husband in her mind.
"At least a hero like my brother...... No! As long as you have half the bearing and talent of your brother. For countless days and nights, the Oda dog silently prayed for the favor of the gods and Buddhas, but the girl did not understand a truth, and it was unknown how many people in this world could reach his brother.
Gui Die could only sigh lightly when she looked at the two sisters arguing. She knew that Oda Nobunaga's generation had eleven sisters, and four of them had married and become mothers. The other few young or low-born people who are not favored are basically not qualified to love Honmaru, and the fact that these little sisters can be together is because they were particularly loved by Oda Nobuhide in his time.
Oda dog is the daughter of Tsuchida Gozen, and Oda City is the daughter of Oda Nobuhide, the sister of Tsuchida Gozen, perhaps because Ashi looked like a dog when he was a child, or maybe because he was also a Tsuchida family bloodline, although he was not a concubine, he was raised by Tsuchida Gozen as a concubine, Oda Nobunaga also loved these two sisters very much, and almost no one in the Oda family dared to say that Oda City was born, which was the happiness that her unfortunate little sisters did not enjoy.
The little sisters have grown up together since childhood, and the relationship between the sisters is very good, and Ah Dog, the elder sister, also loves her sister very much, and there are good things that will always be left to Ah Shi, so they have been talking and laughing for a while, Gui Die asked with a faint smile: "Have you ever thought about getting married one day?" ”
Ah Shi's little face turned red with a smile, and he covered his cheeks with two small hands and said shyly, "Eh? How could Sister Guidie ask Ah Shi this! Ah Shi never thought about it! ”
"It turned out that Ah Shi was going to get married? Which young samurai is it? Ah Dog's heart moved, only to remember that he was also a sister-in-law of the George family at this age, and it turned out that his sister had unknowingly grown into a big girl, according to the rules of this era, Ah Shi, who was one year old, was fourteen years old, and she was sixteen years old when she was a sister.
Gui Die looked at Ah Shi with a smile, and said softly: "Then think about it!" Because your husband is about to pick you up! Your Highness is a samurai who is even more powerful than your elder brother! That Highness has a large territory and countless retainers, that Highness has unimaginable wealth and countless military power, and that Highness is still the imperial seat of the Kawachi Genji Pillar Family, and the family is much higher than us country warriors! ”
Ah Shi's eyes widened, and he said in disbelief: "Huh? Someone more powerful than my brother? Who is that? Aichi heard that his brother killed the most powerful Imagawa Osabu Daisuke Hall in Tokaido! Is there anyone in this world who is more powerful than my brother? ”
Guidie nodded happily and said, "Hmm! Yes! Your brother was able to defeat the Imagawa family thanks to the help of His Highness! That highness is the most powerful martial artist today, and the concubine has never spoken in front of you! So Ah Shi can rest assured! ”
"Ah Shi believes in Sister Guidie! Ah Shi is just too happy! I've never been so happy! The little girl's excited little face was flushed, Gui Die teased the innocent little girl with a faint smile, looking at her from disbelief to happy forgetfulness, and then turned around to find that the dog's expression was very complicated, and his eyes showed heavy disappointment and sadness.
Which girl does not have spring, Ah Shi, who has not yet reached the age of Sichun, also understands how important a good husband is to herself, not to mention the graceful Ah Dog who is in love at the beginning of her life, she understands how important a husband is more than Ah Shi, whenever she hears that several sisters who have married out live an unhappy life, her heart is always heavy.
The simple girl knew that she would marry a powerful countryman of Owari Province as a wife, which was a means used by her brother to win over the people of the country, and the fate of the daughter of the samurai family was to marry out and strengthen the relationship, which was destined to be unchangeable, and she had never thought or complained about it before.
But as she grew older, she gradually understood a lot, when his brother became stronger and stronger, it became a different scene, her marriage contract was still concluded two years ago in the spring before the battle of Tsukisasa, especially in the past two years, the world of Owari Kunichu has changed, Oda Nobukiyo of Inuyama Castle raised a rebel flag and was ruthlessly suppressed, Oda Nobukiyo himself fled to Shinano and changed his name to Inuyama Tetsusai to avoid disaster.
Oda Nobukiyo's main wife, Inuyama Palace, and at the same time Oda Nobunaga's eldest sister, automatically separated from Oda Nobukiyo not long after the end of this war, and was forced to return to his mother's hometown Kiyoshu City with his newborn daughter to live in widowhood for nearly a year.
Because Oda Nobunaki's betrayal angered his brother, even the situation with Inuyama Hall became not so good, although he lived in the castle of Cheongju Himenomaru and enjoyed a door treatment, but he could only receive ten people from Oda Nobunaga to support rice and some copper coins to support his life, compared to their unmarried little princesses, it was really a heaven and an earth.
Hearing that Lake will soon be married to a retainer by her brother as a stepfamily, she really can't imagine that such a miserable life will fall on her, maybe Oda Nobunaga will not be so excessive to her, but if there is a good husband, it will be completely different, she can rely on her husband to live a happy life, without worrying about the danger of being defeated and exterminated.
Seeing that Ah Shi, who was two years younger than him, was suddenly going to get married, and he was married to the most powerful samurai in the world, how could this not make her sister feel sad and disappointed, and then think that her husband was just a precarious lord of the country, maybe he would die on the battlefield or die of illness on the bed, or like Oda Nobukiyo, he failed in rebellion and abandoned his wife and daughter and left his hometown, allowing himself to live a life of poverty and misery.
Sometimes the more you think about it, the more aggrieved you become, the originally smooth and ruddy little face loses its blood color in an instant, the pale face as paper hangs down in frustration, the little hands like green onions are tightly wrapped around the sleeves of the gown, and the red circles under the eyes unconsciously teardrops the size of beans can't stop snapping down. (To be continued......)