"Lord Kira Miyakata's visit to the Humble House is really ...... It's really unexpected, in Shimotakigawa Mashige, this is under the two sons Keitaro, Keijiro...... What are you two still doing in a daze, hurry up and meet Miyakata-sama! "Takigawa is a dark-skinned and lean man, who looks to be less than thirty years old, and it is really unexpected to have two and a half children.

The second child of the Takigawa family visited Kira Manmatsumaru according to his words, although Takigawa Mashige tried his best to cover it up, but living in this tattered house, it was really not how good the living conditions were, and it was no wonder that the father and son quarreled just now because of a little flour.

"Where does Takigawa Hall come from, and where is it high?" Kira Manmatsumu had no consciousness of being an uninvited guest, and he sat in the position where the main master could sit, and behind him sat Isshiki Shiro and Yamaoka Zenjiro, and there were several people in the room who stood with knives, filling this small room to the brim.

"I'm from Takigawa Sho, Koga Township, Eiyu County, Shima Province, and I'm currently sending food under the empty gate of Tsushima Hotta Road." When it comes to his current situation, Takigawa Yishige looks ugly.

“…… Koga Township of Shima Province? How can there be such a township? Isn't it Koga-gun in Omi Province? ”

"Koga Omi?" Takigawa Yishige shook his head blankly, "I've never been to Koga before, I'm a native of Shima Country, and the farthest trip in Shimo, I'm still going to Sakai Town to learn iron cannon archery." ”

"Huh? Do you know iron cannons? ”

"Yes! He is proficient in iron artillery, and he has 100 shots within 10 rooms, and 9 shots out of 10 shots within 15 rooms! He is also proficient in the water army, and there is no one in our township who does not know how to operate boats on the water. Takikawa smiled honestly, and touched his head a little embarrassed, not knowing whether it was appropriate to say this just now.

"Excellent! My family intends to record you as the iron cannon head of my Kira family, and you are fifty years old, what do you think? ”

"What...... What the? Miyakata-sama want to hire me? I really want to be hired! That's great! Takigawa Mashishige, who was only twenty-seven years old this year, sat paralyzed and cried and laughed, and many difficult Shima dialects popped out of his mouth, and his two sons also cheered, and Takigawa Keijiro happily ran around the house, got into the house, grabbed two handfuls of flour and rubbed them on his brother's face, and the brothers laughed heartily for the first time.

"Poof!" The people who were kneeling beside him couldn't hold back their laughter, and when they noticed Yamaoka Zenjiro's unkind expression, they hurriedly put on a straight face and didn't move.

"Have you thought about it?"

"I wish to be loyal to Lord Miyakata!" Takigawa Yishige had just bowed down, and a noisy voice came from outside the door: "Brother, it's done!" We can finally go out of the Oda family......"

A young man with a sturdy body and dark skin broke in from outside the house, the look of joy on his face had not yet faded, and he was very surprised and stunned at the door.

The young man hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice, "Brother, is this highness ......?"

"This is Kira Miyakata-sama, and before you came, I had become a retainer of Miyakata-sama!" Takigawa Yishige was very happy to pull the stunned brother, and introduced to Kira Manmatsumaru: "This is the subordinate brother Takigawa Ichiki, Ichiyi has a younger sister who is married to Maeda Toshihisa in Arako Castle, and he wants to be a retainer of the Oda family with one heart, I have persuaded him several times and has not given up, and now it is okay for my Takigawa family to become a retainer of Lord Miyagata is really blessed by the ancestors." ”

Yamaoka Zenjiro interjected: "Uh-huh! Takigawa Hall should be changed to the owner of the building. ”

"Oh! It's the negligence of your subordinates! This brother is also proficient in iron artillery and naval forces, and his subordinates are willing to promote him as a retainer of the Kira family, please ...... the lord of the pavilion."

"Brother! What are you talking about? Takigawa Yiyi Tie suddenly stood up with a blue face and shouted loudly: "How can you let an unknown person in?" I've never heard of Lord Kira Miyakata, so didn't we come to Owari just to join the Oda family? I've already contacted His Highness Maeda, and he has agreed to recommend us to His Highness Oda Bigomori to be retainers, so let's pack up and leave now! ”

The crowd stared coldly, making Takigawa Yishige's face ugly: "Yiyi! What are you talking about! What Oda prepares for a rehou! How much time are you going to waste in Wasteland! Every time it brings good news, every time it doesn't change, Maeda Toshihisa is a timid and afraid mediocrity, and my Takigawa family's daughter marrying him is a pearl secret investment! Don't say any more! I've decided to be a retainer of the owner of the museum, and I won't mention serving the Oda family in the future! ”

"Brother! This time it's different! His Royal Highness Maeda wants to adopt your son as the heir to the Maeda family! So my Takigawa family can really go out of the Oda family! Brother, let's go to Oda's house together! Takigawa Kazuyi didn't look at Kira Manmatsumu from beginning to end, as if he was disgusted with him.

"Is this what my family thinks of liars? Speaking of which, my family's appearance is better than this swarthy guy, I don't know how many times better, right? Why are you so unkind to your own family! Kira Manmatsumu has been patient, if he hadn't restrained him, the people around him would have drawn their swords and started a battle, Rao is so Yamaoka Zenjiro is also sitting there with red eyes and gnashing his teeth.

"Enough! I'm going to go to you, I don't want to listen to that Maeda Toshihisa anymore! I'm a retainer of the Kira family now, and I have nothing to do with the Oda family, so if you're still my brother, don't mention him again! Takigawa tried his best to restrain the anger in his chest, and the anger in his eyes seemed to be ready to ignite at any moment.

"Brother...... "Takigawa Kazuki didn't expect his brother who has always been taciturn to have such a big reaction today, it seems that all this is caused by these uninvited guests, Takigawa Kazuki turned his face to look at Kira Manmatsumu, only to find that although the style of clothes worn by this child is common, the faintly reflective precious clothes are not worn by low-level samurai.

Takigawa Kazuki asked tentatively, "Dare to ask ...... this Kira Miyakata-sama is?"

"This family is the governor of the Mikawa Kira family, and Takigawa Hall should have heard the name of this family." Kira Manmatsumu said to him with a smile, but he thought in his heart: "You are finally in the trap, I don't believe that you are invulnerable, if it weren't for the fact that you are a famous general of the Oda family, how could the family endure it for so long." ”

"Mikawa Kira family...... Is it? It turns out that my brother didn't lie to me, no! How do you prove yourself! ”

"Yiyi! Are you enchanted? You and I have been in Kyoto for a while, don't you know the shogunate's Ashikaga Nichibi? Taro and Jiro have already seen it! What have you been doing in the past few days? Did you see something unclean? I'll take you to the Bull Head Heavenly King Shrine to pray for blessings. In the face of Takigawa Yoshige's reprimand, he noticed that the clothes worn by the Kira family were printed with a shallow Ashikaga two, and the style was different from the ordinary one of the Ashikaga family, except for the different colors, the style was exactly the same.

"Brother! Remember the vows we made when we left home? I said you had to make a name for yourself when you left your hometown! We did, but our brothers weren't destined to follow the same path! Takigawa Ichiyi took two steps back and sat in front of the entrance in despair, and muttered: "I have already visited Oda Beihou in advance, he promised to accept me as a retainer, and also accepted the request of the Takigawa family to give the Maeda family an adopted son, I have no way out!" ”

"What? You...... How can you! Bastard! Takigawa Mashige also sat on the ground like a deflated ball, Taro and Jiro of the Takigawa family were stunned, and the two brothers hugged each other with two big white faces, not knowing what was going on.

"If you want to say it from this family, it can't be said to be a means to divide the two families!" Kira Manmatsumu shook his head secretly, Takigawa Kazuki seemed to have no chance, and now he wanted to keep the fruits of victory, so he said: "Ichizuki is out of the Oda family, Ishige is out of the Shihonka, and Taro of the Ishige family will be inherited as the stepson of the Maeda family!" In this way, the Oda family and the Maeda family are embarrassed to worry about Yizhong anymore and refuse to go out of the Oda family! ”

“…… That's all there is to it! Takigawa Mashige turned around with a dark face and said to Takigawa Keitaro, who was huddled in a ball, "You follow your uncle to Arako City!" Try to be a qualified heir to Maeda Toshihisa, and if you are kicked out by the Maeda family, I will not recognize you again! Do it for yourself! ”

Takigawa Mashige turned around and glanced at his brother, who silently walked over and pulled Takikawa Keitaro out, and when he left, he reluctantly glanced at his brother, but unfortunately Takikawa Mashige did not look back.

"Take care!"

Note: In fact, the Takigawa clan has nothing to do with the Koga ninja at all, and it is far-fetched to say that their family is the Koga ninja.