On January 17, the fifteenth year of Tianwen (1548), Imagawadate Castle Town, Cuju venue.
Cuju is the best food for young people (Imagawa Yoshimoto, 1548).
Unexpectedly, after taking Imagawa Goro to visit the Cuju venue in the castle town, the phobia of going out and riding horses that had troubled him for more than a year actually healed at the speed of light. Now let alone the fear of riding horses, every time he finishes his kendo training,
He couldn't wait to put on his plain clothes, pretended to be a commoner, called his bodyguards and his nicknames, and rushed to the Cuju field on horseback. The ninjas responsible for security were unable to catch up as they rushed.
"That's great." In the auditorium on the side of the Cuju court, Imagawa Yoshimoto and Ginkgo sat side by side, watching Imagawa Goro leading a team of teenagers and playing back and forth with the Cuju players across the field. The main force was basically
Goro Imagawa, although he is still only
He is 12 years old, but his footwork, body skills, rhythm and speed are all top-notch. He is almost modeled after his father. Of course, he also inherited his father's bad habit of not being defensive.
, don’t like to do dirty work.
The three bodyguards, Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Taitomo, and Oda Kirihikojiro, rely on their strong bodies to do the dirty work. Their martial arts-trained bodies stand in front of them, and ordinary Cuju hands cannot squeeze through them.
In the past, even if a person succeeded in making a breakthrough through personal skills, he would be immediately blocked by a replacement - this is the discipline and cooperation developed on the battlefield, and naturally cannot be matched by civilian masters.
In addition to a few of them, there are two new faces in the Cuju team: Horikoshi Sadatoyo and Ashikaga Yoshiaki. Horikoshi Sadatoyo was one of Taiyuan Xuezai’s people who won over at Horikoshi’s house. After the previous Toe Rebellion, Taiyuan Yuki
Sai punished the direct descendants of the Horikoshi family. As a commoner, Horikoshi Sadatoyo has actually risen. In the Mikawa counterattack the year before last,
Horikoshi Sadatoyo made great contributions, and won the trust of the young master with his strong support for Imagawa Goro. Seeing this, the direct descendants of the Horikoshi family could only follow the trend and give up more and more power in the family.
He was given to Horikoshi Sadatoyo in the hope that relying on his personal relationship with the young master, he could earn more say for the Horikoshi family in the future Imagawa family.
However, whether they are descendants like Okabe Motonobu, Asahina Yasutomo or Hatamoto disciples like Odagirihikojiro, they all have a lot of hostility towards "nouveau riche" with "unclear composition" like Horikoshi Sadatoyo.
They could clearly remember that on the Mikawa battlefield the year before last, they tried to cover Goro Imagawa's breakout for his safety, but Horikoshi Sadatoyo blindly followed Goro Imagawa's wishes and started a big quarrel with them on the spot.
Naturally, Imagawa Goro was very satisfied with Horikoshi Sadatoyo who spoke for him at that time. But in the eyes of these close disciples, it was an outsider trying to please the young master by relying on bottomless flattery and flattery——
Even disregarding the personal safety of the young master. To such a sycophant
, they didn't like him at all. Even Taiyuan Xuezai criticized this "accident" and ordered Hayasaka Nao to keep an eye on Horikoshi Sadatoyo to prevent him from misleading Imagawa Goro. However, Taiyuan Xuezai still loved him after all.
Goro Imagawa did not interfere too much with his personal will.
Of course, Imagawa Goro himself still likes Horikoshi Sadatoyo. After all, in a desperate situation like the year before last, only Horikoshi Sadatoyo stood up and was willing to support him. For children, it is inevitable to regard him as
"Good man" and "life-saving straw". Therefore, every time Horikoshi Sadatoyo came to Imagawa Hall to report on his work, Imagawa Goro would pester him to chat and play Cuju, and this time was no exception.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki's participation was entirely due to his personal talent. Imagawa Yoshimoto was a kind and kind prisoner, although he was nominally under house arrest for the shogunate Ashikaga Yoshito's half-brother who was involved in the rebellion.
However, his personal freedom was not excessively restricted, as long as he was not allowed to
Just stay out of the sight of the supervisors. Ashikaga Yoshiaki usually studies, but he can't bear the fact that children of the same age and young attendants in the Imagawa Hall are being led by Imagawa Goro to play Cuju every day. After all, he is also in the grade of children, so he can't bear it.
I asked for a Cuju ball and played ball in the yard when I had nothing to do.
But talent will not be buried after all. After only playing a few games, Ashikaga Yoshiaki's amazing Cuju talent was discovered by Imagawa Goro who happened to pass by the yard - his skill in playing ball was better than that of the guard named Goro Imagawa.
They are all great. So, in Imagawa Goro’s
After a lot of hard work, Ashikaga Yoshiaki was also drawn into the Cuju boy group of Imagawa Goro. Suguini was even more critical of this, fearing that Imagawa Goro would have too close a personal relationship with this exiled general who had no chance of becoming a leader, which would affect him.
Decisions and judgments about the future of the Imagawa family.
But she couldn't help but that the wives of Imagawa Yoshimoto, Ginkgo and Taihara Sekssai were too doting on Imagawa Goro, and Shouguini was helpless. She just quietly arranged for a few maids of her choice to serve Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and strive to become Ashikaga
If something goes wrong among Yoshiaki's cronies in the future, the worst case scenario would be to poison Ashikaga Yoshiaki directly - the same goes for Horikoshi Sadatoyo.
His eyes returned to the court again. Imagawa Goro had just scored a goal with a beautiful long-range shot. Turning his head, he began to walk on the court again, his eyes defensive, letting the opposite Cuju players pass by him. Behind him
, the one responsible for defense is Oka
Nobumoto Nobu and Yasumi Asahina. However, the two of them glanced at each other, and then glanced behind them at the panting Horikoshi Sadatoyo who was holding his knees to breathe, and then they both pretended to attack in a tacit agreement, but in fact they let go of their opponents and charged directly.
Arriving in front of Horikoshi Sadatoyo.
Horikoshi Sadatoyo is no better than these children who either practice martial arts or play Cuju every day. His daily work is all about lying in front of the desk to handle official business. How can he keep up with the rhythm of this high-intensity Cuju. In addition, his footwork is not good.
I can only work hard, and I will be as tired as a dog after a few rounds. But
This was an opportunity to show his face in front of the young master. No matter what, he couldn't stop, so he had no choice but to go up and defend. As a result, he was knocked to the ground with a clean shake and got a mouthful of mud. Still nothing happened.
Ashikaga Yoshiaki stepped forward and fought hard to save the ball.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Maina! Mana! Why don't you let me go!" Asahina Matsuchiyo, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, shouted dissatisfied. As soon as Horikoshi Sadatoyo came,
The one who was pushed out was his usual position, so he was right
Horikoshi Sadatoyo's opinions are much greater than those who consider the festival and family interests. He could have been galloping on the Cuju field, but now he can only watch on the sidelines holding the railing and holding a wine bottle.
It was indeed too painful for a young man less than ten years old.
"Give them some water. I see they have all finished drinking it." Imagawa Yoshimoto waved his hand and sent Kinoshita Tokichiro and Kooi to fetch water from the water tank nearby. Kinoshita Tokichiro and Kooi followed the order and left.
, but Yoshimoto Imagawa’s eyes were meaningful.
Following the two figures' backs, they walked away. Although under the eyes of the big shots, both of them were doing their duty honestly, but at the corner at the end of the field of vision, Imagawa Yoshimoto could see that Kinoshita Tokichiro seemed to be unable to hold back and wanted to start talking to him.
Xiaokui chatted.
That's right, after all, it's the age when boys and girls are ignorant. Xiaokui has grown up tall and graceful, while Kinoshita Tokichiro, although not good-looking, is clever and can talk. After getting along day and night, it's inevitable that there will be feelings for him, right?
Imagawa Yoshimoto turned around and happened to catch Ginkgo's eyes - it turned out that she was also peeking in the direction of the two children. The two looked at each other and smiled, giggling.
"Not the first couple, huh." Ginkgo smiled as he stretched back and glanced at his maid, Kunoichi Mochizuki Takaki, with squinted eyes. The latter's face turned red and she lowered her head in embarrassment.
"Really? Koichiro?" Imagawa Yoshimoto also patted Hayasaka Nao's shoulder, and the latter bit her lip shyly as well.
"I say you young couple are really big-hearted. You still have time to pay attention to the love affairs of these servants." Takeda Nobutora, who was sitting behind the two of them, crossed his legs and muttered casually in his thick Kai accent:
"Don't you care about the people around your children? There are puppet generals who are involved in rebellions, and a bastard from a family who has repeatedly rebelled. No matter how you look at it, you shouldn't let them stay with Wu Lang, right?"
"Then why don't you, a grandpa, go and tell Goro yourself?" Ginkgo rolled her eyes at Takeda Nobutora, "If you come out once, you won't say anything else except to spoil your fun?"
"Come on, I don't dare to talk nonsense with Goro, otherwise the monks and nuns will have to come to help me die. I am also a 'someone' in their eyes." Takeda Nobutora laughed twice, and then joined in
He came to Imagawa Yoshimoto and said, "My son-in-law, believe it or not, your father can poison anyone in the Imagawa Hall at any time. The lives of the ministers around Goro are in your hands."
"Don't talk about Jiayan being so horrible." Imagawa Yoshimoto is very disgusted with the words "poison", because his beloved elder brother and second brother died of a mysterious poisoning at that time, and the murderer has not been found yet.
, I just suspect that the Hojo family did it.
"Your Highness Sakyo, I apologize." At this moment, an inappropriate voice sounded from the side. It was Kentaro Tasaki who was standing beside Imagawa Yoshimoto. He looked at Takeda Nobutora, obviously playing with the thing in his hand.
One stone was of some concern. The stone was picked up casually, but it was quite sharp. From this distance, there was no problem in opening a hole in Imagawa Yoshimoto's head.
"Ha, you see, everyone in the Imagawa Hall is guarding against me. Life is not comfortable these days. Sure enough, I can't come to my son-in-law's house to spend his old age." Takeda Nobutora casually threw the stone away.
He smiled bitterly at Imagawa Yoshimoto.
"No one asked you to come. If you want to go back, just go back and see if my brother agrees." Ginkgo choked angrily.
"He, haha, I finally figured it out now. He was probably obsessed with the slanderous words of the sycophants around him, and that's why he wanted to go against me." Takeda Nobutora said in a panic without any psychological burden.
As he spoke, he pointed the toes of his crossed legs towards the Cuju court, "I should have imitated that nun and poisoned all the bastards around him."
"Poison is not a good method." Imagawa Yoshimoto retorted in a low voice.
"One day you will like it." Nobutora Takeda laughed, "It's very convenient."