The deacon was forty years old, short in stature, with some gray sideburns, but his face was dark and dry, and he was a little hunchbacked, and although he wore a silk robe, he could not hide his poor habits and snobbery.

Gao Shisheng raised his hand and raised the curtain of the car, and said, "Watanabe Saemon, can you be at home?" ”

The deacon named Watanabe Saemon was an old servant brought from Kyoto by the sister Koji family, and he was originally just an old farmer in the countryside without a family name, but with the prosperity of the sister Koji family in Sunfu Castle, he also changed and became a respected deacon of a sect from a subordinate, and even linked to the genealogy of the Watanabe clan of Mikawa Province and became a local servant.

Sister Xiaolu's family is a major general of Yubayashi and has the right to protect his family, so he was given an official position of Saemon, and he simply took this as his name.

However, because he was an old servant, as soon as Gao Shisheng appeared, he recognized that it was his master's beloved son-in-law, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Oops! Son-in-law, you're back! ”

No matter how snobbish he is, he also wants to divide people, and he can shake off his majesty to those little wealthy families who have no background, but he doesn't dare to do this to his master's son-in-law, and said with a smile, "It's really unfortunate, the master is not at home now, and he went to the house of Bina Beizhong to attend the meeting, and it is estimated that he will not be able to return home until he finishes eating." ”

The Bichu Mamoru in the gate of Watanabe Sakai is the last person left in the old age of Sunfu Sanjuku, who is the important minister of the family who served as the head of the family after Taiyuan Xuesai, but because of the return of authority to Imagawa Yoshimoto, he retired to his home to spend his old age, and now he rarely shows up, so that the news of his death is reported.

In order to avoid unnecessary gossip, Asahinai Tai can often invite the ministers and Zen masters in the Junfu to gather at home.

Since it was his son-in-law's entourage, Watanabe Saemon changed his previous arrogant attitude, and hurriedly sat down in the dormitory, let the slave maid serve tea and soup, and then looked at the person next to him, and whispered, "Back to my son-in-law, Imagawa Kamisuke is also a guest in the mansion, let me tell my son-in-law that if he arrives, he will go in directly to visit the pilgrimage." ”

Gao Shisheng said slightly: "No wonder Watanabe Saemon, the deacon of the family, is unusually a guest at the prison gate today. Turning his head to look forward to it, he found that outside the Sister Road Pavilion, there were a few more samurai in armor and guns guarding.

Although the Imagawa clan really asked him to go straight to the entrance ban and go to the Hajj, he couldn't take it seriously, and said in a humble manner, "You go in first, and after the samurai who accompanied me inspect it, I will go to the Hajj." ”

Watanabe Saemon understood what it meant, and without any more instructions, he pushed the door and went out, and quietly entered the mansion to ask.

Looking at the back of the other party's departure, Gao Shisheng was quite emotional, and said in his heart, "Three days ago, my grandfather said that I didn't expect that I could have today. When I left the city of Junfu, I never thought that I would be where I am today. ”

Last year, he was still just a deputy official of the insurance department in the township, Hugh said that although the Cao officials in the county were polite to him, such as the Yamauchi clan Feng and Matsugami Shin, the two were judged, but there was no respect, and the country lords regarded him as nothing, and now Mo said that the Cao officials of the prefecture and county, even the Imagawa clan was really willing to bend down and wait for him to come to the pavilion to visit.

The law of cause and effect is really mysterious. As everyone knows, in the eyes of Junfu, he has changed from an ordinary genealogy retainer to a usable talent, and under the prosperity of the Imagawa family's literary style, martial arts seem to have declined slightly.

In addition, there has been no large-scale use of troops for many years, and although the Tokaido is vast, it is always possible to select many elite samurai, but if it is said that the formation responsible for breaking the city and defeating the enemy, it is much inferior to the two friendly alliances of Takeda and Hojo.

Kai Takeda Jiawu has 24 generals, Wen has Sanada, Yamamoto 2nd Army Division; Although the Sagami Hojo clan is not as famous as the Takeda family, it is better than a large number of families, and most of them are talented and heroic, which is enough to assist the clan to pacify the Kanto region.

Although Imagawa Yoshimoto has the reputation of 'the first bow of Tokaido', and when he first became the governor of the family, he was also good at martial arts and dared to fight, but compared with the righteous brother Takeda Shingen, who was like a talented God, he was overshadowed, and because of the Hanakura Rebellion, the people were either attacked or reprimanded, far from the loyalty of the rights of Sunfu Castle.

Coupled with the disabling of the soldiers, the cultivation of the people to rest, and the prosperity of Junfu Castle and the atmosphere of the ministers, to dismantle the bad habits of many samurai regiments in the Sanhe Yuanjiang, the first impression of the world when talking about the Sunfu Imagawa clan is often extravagant and boastful, vassal elegance.

In fact, the Imagawa family's army was not inferior to the strong troops of Nobuysu and Kanto Hachishu. However, the important ministers in the family seem to have a lack of successors, especially after the death of Taiyuan Xuesai and the Miura clan, only Asahina Taineng, who served the three generations of the Imagawa clan, is left.

Asahina Tai Dynasty is a man who is victorious in loyalty, if the ability is far longer than that of Asahina and Nobuji father and son of the Suruga Tamba Mamoru Division, with the support of the Suruga Separation and the Enoe Gao Clan, it is still impossible to suppress the Matsui clan with all its might, among which there is Imagawa Yoshimoto in the back, but the shortcomings of insufficient ability are finally exposed.

Among the rest of the Kamobara, Sena, Sekiguchi, Fuji, Okabe, Takashi and many other clans and retainers, only the Okabe family and the Gao clan have a long martial style, the former is known for their courage and good fighting, and the latter is known for their strict military formation.

In particular, the Gao clan was stationed on the front line of Owari Dagao Castle as the first hand to suppress Owari, so Gao Shiguo would make it clear to his grandson that Junfu would not openly refuse many requests.

Gao Shimori's exploits in Shinano are indeed not worth mentioning on veterans such as Elder Asahina, but now the situation is very different.

Sunfu intends to pass through Owari again, and he wants to find a way to promote talented people from among the young samurai, in fact, he is not alone, among the samurai who went out with the army to Shinano, those who have made good achievements in war have been rewarded.

The Kamiwara clan was transferred back to Sunfu Castle as a side officer, and after serving for a year and a half, he could be sent to Yuanjiang or Mikawa Province to serve as a county guard, and Date Sotsuna was married by the Kamihara clan and was absorbed into the ranks of Sunfu's direct ministers.

Although it will not become a family because of such a marriage with Imagawa, and even the shadow of the genealogy cannot be seen, it can be regarded as having a good future in the future.

From this point of view, Imagawa Shin stooped down to wait for him in the Sister Koji Museum, which was by no means a simple whim.

Gao Shisheng did not think it was strange that the Imagawa clan would choose to meet guests at the Imagawa Clan's mansion, and the Imagawa clan served as the Imagawa clan's tea ceremony teacher, which was the time when he lived in Sunfu Castle to serve the public, and the Imagawa clan would often follow the simple car and come to the Sister's Road Museum to hide under the pretext of learning the tea ceremony.

Although the Imagawa clan has long succeeded to the governor, many political affairs in Tokaido still require the nod of the main hall of Imagawa Yoshimoto. This manifestation of 'laziness' is also to avoid a situation where father and son compete for power.

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