Chapter 7: Hattori's Allegiance

"It seems that the owner of the pavilion admires Iwami Hall very much, so his subordinates can rest assured!" Yamamoto Kansuke showed a relieved expression again, and without waiting for Kira Manmatsumaru to understand, he said: "Hattori Iwami den has decided to lead the Hattori clan to defect to the family and serve the owner of the hall loyally!" ”

"Nani? The Hattori clan decided to defect to their family? Kira Manmatsumu was shocked by this news, just now he was excited to say that he leaked his mouth just because he saw Hattori Baocho, this time the bigger news was broken by Kansuke Yamamoto, and he couldn't calm down anymore, the fan in his hand fanned desperately, and said in a hurried voice: "Isn't Iwamiden working in the Matsudaira family?" How could it be ......"

"Your Excellency!" Kansuke Yamamoto interrupted him with some dissatisfaction, and said with one eye squinting slightly: "My Kira family is a powerful family of the Ashikaga Gongfang Palace, the pillar of the Kawachi Genji samurai family, and the royal family of the Imperial Seal of Jishoin, and the owner of the pavilion, you are a noble imperial house, and Iwami Hall admires the reputation of the owner of the hall and came to join the family, what is so strange about this?" ”

The so-called yakata, is a kind of honorific title for the public family, the samurai family, is the Shogunate Gongkata allowed the Ashikaga clan, as well as the protection of various countries, the shogunate ministers or the lords of the country who have made great contributions, etc., to use the house where they live as a title, the Kira family enjoys the treatment of the house number, and it is also the highest person in the name of the house, becoming the highest title after the prince.

"How could the Hattori family defect to me so easily! There's definitely something wrong with that! But the old man wouldn't tell me! Today, he said that he wanted me to participate in government affairs, and he fooled me like this before half a day! This is absolutely unbearable! "Kira Manmatsu Pill is very dissatisfied with his method of fooling people, what's the use of having a good reputation, this era is to rely on strength to speak, how many pounds and taels does his Kira family have, doesn't Yamamoto Kansuke understand? But it's not easy to interject in front of outsiders.

Although he slandered Yamamoto Kansuke in his heart, Kira Manmatsumaru still had to respond positively: "I see! On behalf of the Kira family, the family welcomes the Hattori family...... It's just that as far as my family knows, Iwamiden is the Chigaji clan, the three major shinobi families of Iga Province, and I don't know why they came to my Mikawa countryside? Why did you join this family? ”

"Yes! The lower family left Iga for some reason, and used to be a member of the Imperial Shogunate, but it was really stubborn in the next year...... So Meng Qingkang came to Sanhe to serve the Matsudaira family! Hattori seemed to be recalled by his words, but he briefly introduced his experience of more than ten years in vague terms.

A little reminiscing about the youth of more than ten years, Hattori Baochang cheered up again and said: "It's just that recently I had to leave the Matsudaira family for some reasons, so I was interrogated by His Royal Highness Yamamoto and decided to serve the Lord of the Imperial Palace!" ”

Why is that? Isn't the Matsudaira clan good? Although Matsudaira Hirotada is dead, the Matsudaira family still has a small heir, right? "Kira Manmatsumaru is talking nonsense with his eyes open, and he also knows a thing or two about what the Matsudaira family is like, just to show the truth of Hattori Baochang, he doesn't mind talking nonsense.

Hattori Chief seemed reluctant to mention the past, but only knelt down respectfully, seeing this situation, Yamamoto Kansuke relieved him and said: "Since the Moriyama collapse, the situation of the Hattori clan has deteriorated, and some people in the Matsudaira family believe that Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's death is related to Iwamiden's negligence......"

"I remember that it was called Shou Shanlan, how did it become Moriyama? But there really is a forest mountain in Nishimikawa, is it called differently? Forget it, don't care about these details! Kira Manmatsumaru secretly thought that the death of Matsudaira Kiyoyasu was a very famous event, and Kira Manmatsumaru also remembered it, but he never thought that Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's death could also involve the Hattori family.

Kira Manmatsumaru was puzzled: "Anyway, the Mori landslide is an old thing in the fourth year of astronomy, wasn't Matsudaira Kiyoyasu stabbed to death by his retainers?" How did this implicate the Hattori family? ”

"Because Hattori Iwamiden, who is a servant of things, is not well monitored, so he is held accountable for Matsudaira after the fact, and the new lord Matsudaira Hirotada is weak, so Hattori Iwamiden can only endure such criticism!" Yamamoto Kansuke sighed and said, Moriyama landslide happened fifteen years ago, that is to say, because of the incident fifteen years ago, the Hattori family was deeply implicated, but Kira Yoshitoki thought about something else: "Anyway, can the retainer pull out a knife and stab the governor to death?" Hattori was really shot while lying down! ”

He couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for this middle-aged man, carrying fifteen years of criticism, insisting on living in the Matsudaira family, presumably life was also very difficult, and Kira Yoshishi asked again: "Why did he leave the Matsudaira family just because of this?" If you were going to leave, you must have left in the past fifteen years, right? ”

"Yes! The old things of more than ten years ago have been completely forgotten. Hattori Baochang glanced at Yamamoto Kansuke gratefully, and then replied: "The reason for leaving is because of the Battle of Anjo in March this year, the general of the Matsudaira family, Honda Tadada, was begged to death, and then Hirotadashi died in a hurry, and it was rumored in the family that Hirotada was also killed, so in the Matsudaira family, the dragons had no leader, and the next clan had to bear the sin of dishonor, and it has been nearly half a year since I received a penny." ”

"Nani? That's too much, right? Kira Manmatsumu looked at him with a regretful face, but his heart was happy, this year's Anjo battle was particularly fierce, Kira Manmatsumaru was also fortunate to watch this battle from afar with Yamamoto Kansuke, the first general of the Matsudaira family, Honda Tadaka, was surrounded and killed by the Oda army because he rushed too deep, because the actual commander of the first hand was killed in battle, and the Matsudaira army was defeated, and Matsudaira Hirotada was angry and anxious when he heard the bad news.

Then the Imagawa family saw that this was not okay and simply retreated, so the situation in the Matsudaira family became interesting, Matsudaira Takechiyo, the heir to the Matsudaira family, but was robbed by Matsudaira Hirotada's other father-in-law, Toda Yasumitsu, a few years ago, and sold it to Nakono Castle as a playmate of Oda Nobunaga, Toda Yasumitsu's original intention was to send Matsudaira Takechiyo away so that the child born by his daughter could be the heir of the Matsudaira family, but his daughter did not give birth to a man, so the Matsudaira family had no governor and no heir, and there are ghosts if they are not messed up.

Because Matsudaira Takechiyo's "life and death are unknown", there are different voices in the Matsudaira family, and on the question of whether it is necessary to re-establish a new family governor, more than a dozen families of the Matsudaira family have been opposed again, and they have spent several months noisily, and they don't know when they will stop.

The Honda clan fell into anger and grief because of the loss of Honda Tadakada, and Sakai Tadashi, a genealogy minister of the Matsudaira family, took the opportunity to expand his power in the Matsudaira family and suppressed some of the former hostile forces, among which the Hattori clan became unlucky soft persimmons and became a sacrifice for Sakai Tadashi to stabilize power.