Chapter 167: The Castle Tower

"It's here! Wait a minute, I'll report the daimyo! The lieutenant said a word to Yae Sakura, and without waiting for Yae Sakura's answer, he walked directly to the castle tower.

"......" Yae Sakura.

"Sakura, they're too proud, aren't they? I wish I could eat them all in one bite! Crimson Jade Pill looked at the back of the deputy general in front of him very unhappily.

"It's so unpleasant! What a pride! I, the princess of destiny, didn't say anything here! It's just a small Japanese daimyo whose knights kill them every minute. "Teresa is also very unhappy, when do you have to look at people's faces, in the whole of Europe, who is not pleasing herself?

"That's right! 500 years ago, the Mandate of Heaven should have been in Europe, right? Auntie, go and tell some crusaders to destroy this little country! Kiana hurriedly agreed.

"..."Mei Ai, Yae Rin.

"Okay, what are they going to do? Just be a disobedient dog! "The half-demon of the Warring States period is a sad existence, otherwise why would Inuyasha and Naraku want to become real monsters so much.

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"Is this the castle tower where the daimyo lived? It's spectacular! Yae Rin sighed as she looked at the castle tower in front of her.

"It's okay!" Yae Sakura didn't think anything of it, compared to the Forbidden City, this is really no comparison.

The castle tower is a large castle built during the Warring States period of Japan, and it serves as a tower and watchtower in military terms. At the same time, it was also the residence of the lord of the castle. The castle tower was the centerpiece of the castle, and it was not only a strong military defense, but also a symbol of the political power and status of the local daimyo or lord of the castle.

The etymology of the castle tower is unknown. There are many theories about the origin of the castle tower. Some people believe that the castle tower is a symbol of "God" in Christianity, Buddhism, and "Brahma", which means that the lord of the castle or daimyo rules on behalf of the heavens.

However, the more common view is that the origin of the castle tower was a process of development, serving as an observation tower, a storeroom, and a military defense. Of course, the castle tower in the late Warring States period became more and more politicized, and it was used to show the strength of the castle lord and the daimyo.

The castle tower can be seen in many games and anime, such as the castle tower where the feathered fox lived 400 years ago in the slippery head ghost, or the Jizo activity and dungeon that Honkai 3 spawned in.

The castle tower in front of the Yae Sakura is about a dozen stories high, and the building is the most majestic and magnificent Yae Sakura has ever seen in Japan's Warring States, and the Imperial Palace in Kyoto should be better, but I haven't been there.

"Yae Shrine Maiden, please come with me."

While Yae Sakura was watching, a soldier in full armor walked up to Yae Sakura and said.

This soldier is obviously very different from other soldiers, the equipment is very luxurious, even the head is completely covered by a helmet, and there is no place on the whole body to be exposed, it should be the personal soldier of the daimyo.

"Well, you lead the way!" Seeing that it was just a personal soldier coming to greet him, although he was a little unhappy, he was too lazy to bother with him, and he was also a big name anyway.

Yae Sakura followed the soldiers into the castle tower, and after going up a lot of steps, they turned a few more corridors, and inside the pavilion was a paper wall, and when they walked in, they saw a middle-aged man wearing a white kimono, sitting cross-legged in the middle of the room, holding a teacup and drinking tea.

His hair was a very popular type of hair for the Sengoku daimyo at this time, and when he became a daimyo, others were not allowed to tie such hair. Of course, Yae Sakura didn't know what it was, and there was no hair on the front of her head or on the top of her head, so she left it on both sides, and she had a small braid tied on the back of her head.

The difference between the daimyo and the ordinary samurai in terms of hairstyles can be seen in the bun. During the Warring States period, it was most popular for ordinary samurai to tie a "tea whisk bun". This style of bun is similar to a braid, and it resembles a tea whisk in Japanese tea utensils, hence the name tea whisk.

So there is no need to guess, this is a middle-aged man who is the daimyo of Kai Province, Shinna Takeda.

Around Takeda Shinna, there were also quite a few soldiers wearing full-body armor, and two waiters in kimonos were helping him make tea.

"Lord, the Yae Shrine Maiden has been brought." The soldier walked up to Takeda Shina and bowed.

"Participate in the Daimyo!" Yae Sakura clasped her hands into fists and saluted casually to Takeda Shinna in front of her, wanting to bow to him or something, but Yae Sakura was unwilling.

Instead, Yae Rin bowed directly to Shinna Takeda, and Derisa and Mei Yi just stood in front of them, motionless.

"Bold, don't you salute when you see a daimyo?" Seeing the actions of Yae Sakura's others, the guards around Takeda Shinna instantly pulled out their katanas, and even Yae Sakura felt that the ninjas hidden around were also about to move.

"It's okay, you don't have to see outside, feel free, your name is Yae Sakura, right? I haven't seen you grow this in a few years. Takeda Shinna waved his hand with a smile on his face, indicating that he didn't care, and then looked at Yae Sakura with a very kind look and asked.

In this way, the surrounding soldiers took back their knives, and the killing intent of the ninja in the shadows disappeared in an instant.

Yae Sakura wasn't too worried about these soldiers and ninjas, but now that she was in Kai, the relationship with Kai's daimyo was stiffened, and it was always inconvenient.

"The spirit of the daimyo is still there!" Yae Sakura replied with a smile, "Now that he's so close, it's just a matter of asking me."

Shinna Takeda has only three sons in total, so he values each of his sons very much.

"Hey! Now the body is not as good as a day, so we won't say much, my little son is lying in bed now, I'll take you to see the situation first! Takeda Shinna stood up, looked at Yae Sakura and said.

"Okay." Yae Sakura.

"You come with me." Takeda Shinna led Yae Sakura towards the back of the castle tower, and came to a spacious room not far away, where many wait-in-waitings were coming in and out.

When Yae Sakura followed in, she saw that there were really a lot of people inside, in addition to the women, there were also a lot of monks and onmyoji.

"See the Lord!"

"See the Daimyo!" Seeing Shinna Takeda walk in, all of them bowed respectfully.

"Have you figured out anything to do?" Takeda Shinna walked to his youngest son's bed with his hands behind his back, looked at his weak youngest son, and turned his head to ask the surrounding onmyoji, mage monks.

"This curse of His Highness should be under a powerful evil ghost, and it is difficult for outsiders to help him with this curse, unless the evil ghost is directly addressed." A monk bowed his head and said to Takeda Shinna.

"Then you should go and kill the evil demon that harmed my son!" Takeda Shinna said very unhappily.

"It's... We have also looked for that evil ghost, but we can't find it at all, he is sealed by the enchantment, and it is difficult to find him. The monk looked at Shinna Takeda in embarrassment.