As Hirakawa Taisho left, the tense atmosphere immediately dissipated.
Oda Heizang didn't want to stay for a moment, so he pulled Zhou Ming into the carriage and ordered Matsui Xiexin, who had been waiting here, to drive away.
"It's still early, how about we take a tour of Kyoto?" Zhou Ming suggested.
Oda Heizo looked at Zhou Ming suspiciously, his eyes full of distrust as if to say, I don't think you're holding anything back.
"Hey, hey, what's that look in your eyes? You can't trust Matsui, but you still can't trust me?"
"...I trust Matsui very much." Oda Heizo wanted to say this, but unfortunately he did not dare to say it in the end.
"Then...let's take a stroll?" Matsui Xiexin, who was driving, asked cautiously.
"Let's go, let's go shopping." Oda Heizo said angrily.
Matsui Xiexin shrank his neck and did not dare to speak anymore. He looked at his nose and heart and drove with all his heart.
With the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels, Zhou Ming looked at the scenery outside the window with great interest.
Compared with Koriyama Castle, Kyoto has a unique scenery.
This place is more prosperous than Koriyama City, with a larger population, more developed commerce, pedestrians, traffickers, and people with different costumes, mixed with various accents, inflections, slang, and dialects, making it quite lively.
"It seems that the gathering of all the famous people in Kyoto this time has indeed made Kyoto a lot more lively."
Matsui Xenobu, who was driving, finally couldn't help but speak and sighed uncontrollably.
"Matsui, have you been to Kyoto before?" Zhou Ming asked curiously.
"Of course, I have followed you for many years and escorted you to Kyoto many times. Every time, it was safe and there was never any accident." Matsui Xiexin said proudly.
"What nonsense! If something unexpected happened, I wouldn't be here today!" Oda Heizo shouted with a glare.
Matsui Xiexin quickly shut up and continued to watch his eyes, nose and heart, practicing his silent meditation.
"Kyoto is the center of Tosho Island. If chaos breaks out here, the world will also be in chaos."
Zhou Ming couldn't help but narrowed his eyes when he thought of all the famous people from all over the world gathered in Kyoto to meet Nohara Momonosuke, who was about to die soon.
"Among the daimyo, is there anything we should pay special attention to?"
Hearing Zhou Ming's question, Oda Heizang was slightly startled, and then said: "Yes, the strongest one."
Zhou Ming: "..."
"Then who is the strongest?"
"The most noteworthy one!"
Clang!
Zhou Ming drew his sword.
"Just a joke, just a joke." Oda Heizang waved his hands repeatedly. When Zhou Ming put away the knife, he smiled and wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead.
"Among the great names, there is one who is indeed recognized as the most powerful. His name is Tokugawa Zoro."
"In what ways is he strong?"
"In all aspects, the land under the rule is fertile, rich in resources, has a large population, developed commerce, strong financial resources, and many soldiers and generals..."
"It's really an all-round crushing."
"The last thing that matters is his identity... He is the son of the king, his biological son."
"What?" Zhou Ming slowly typed a question mark.
"Do you people from Tosho Island country also have the practice of having a door-to-door son-in-law? No, what kind of status does Nohara Momonosuke's father-in-law have in his family that allows him to step in?"
"What is an upside-down door?" Oda Heizo asked with a strange look on his face.
"...Nothing." Zhou Ming shook his head, "You just said his name is Tokugawa Zoro. Why did he change his last name?"
"Because of his mother." Oda Heizo said with a serious expression: "This matter is not a secret. Neither the king nor Tokugawa Zoro deliberately covered up this matter. However, we still don't want to
After all, no one knows whether mentioning this matter will offend the king."
Zhou Ming couldn't wait to urge: "You should tell me!"
Oda Heizang: "..." People who eat melon party have fun, right?
"When the king was young, it was a time when heroes were vying for the throne and the world was in chaos. In order to obtain more financial resources and military force, the king married a woman from a famous family. Sure enough, he won the support of that big family, and step by step
Gather strength, expand power, and finally end the era of strife and chaos and unify the entire country."
"It's just that when the king of the country married the daughter of that famous family, that family made a request that the king's children inherit the family name."
"Isn't this still barging in the door upside down!" Zhou Ming shouted.
"So this is barging in the door upside down." Oda Heizo suddenly realized, "Is this what Zhou Jun said in your hometown?"
"...So I think." Zhou Ming casually dismissed it and asked: "Then what?"
"That's what happened after that." Oda Heizang spread his hands.
"What kind?" Zhou Ming stared.
"The Tokugawa family, which family is the Tokugawa family!" Matsui Yoshinobu, who was driving the car, couldn't help but speak again, and his voice came from outside the car.
"Believe it or not, I will pull out your tongue!" Oda Heizo opened the curtain, stretched out his hand and grabbed Matsui Yoshinobu's Tsukiyo braid and shouted angrily.
"Do you think this is Koriyama Castle? This is Kyoto. If you talk nonsense again, you will lose your head!"
"Sir, it's my subordinate's fault." Matsui Xiexin repeatedly begged for mercy.
Oda Heizo then let go of Matsui Yoshinobu's braid and kicked Matsui Yoshinobu out of anger.
"The king unified the world, but Tokugawa Zoro had grown up by then. His name as the 'Tiger of the Tokugawa family' had already spread throughout the world due to his bravery and good fighting skills by the king's side over the years. No matter how much he wanted to change his surname, he could not change it.
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"Furthermore, the most critical issue is that Tokugawa Zoro himself did not want to change his surname, and he even had a big quarrel with the king over it and left in anger."
"Since then, the king has gradually alienated his son, until he assigned a fiefdom to him, expelled him from Kyoto, and allowed him to develop freely."
"That fiefdom is where the Tokugawa family is located. With the support of a big family, Tokugawa Zoro's development will naturally go smoothly."
"Is this gone?" Zhou Ming thought about the story for a while and found it very bland and not interesting enough!
There is no ruthlessness in the imperial family, no conflict between royal power and clans, no prince brazenly confronting his father for his wronged mother, and not even the most basic ethical plot. If this was written into a novel, wouldn't it be enough to beg for food?
Pushing aside the messy things in his mind, Zhou Ming continued to ask: "What about Tokugawa Zoro? Don't forget that this is the world's best samurai tournament. It doesn't matter if the name is strong. It depends on whether the samurai is strong. Yes.
Are there any powerful warriors I need to pay attention to?"
"have no idea."
"Don't know?" Zhou Ming's eyes widened, "As a daimyo, you haven't even built an intelligence network to find out information about other daimyo? You can't even find out information about your opponents in advance?"
"Intelligence network? What is that? It sounds very powerful. Mr. Zhou might as well explain it carefully."
Zhou Ming: "...You're lucky to have survived to this day!"
At this moment, the carriage that was traveling normally suddenly stopped.
"Sir!" Matsui Xiexin's voice came from outside with a hint of trembling.
"What's going on?" Zhou Ming opened the curtain and saw that the opposite side of them was blocked by another carriage.
When he saw the clan emblem on the carriage, Oda Heizo's eyes suddenly widened.
"Whatever you say!"
"That's the crest of the Tokugawa family!"
At this time, the curtain of the carriage opposite slowly opened. The two people sitting in the carriage, one middle-aged and one young, were looking at each other across from Zhou Ming.
"Oda-kun, long time no see."
In the carriage opposite, the middle-aged man spoke and greeted in a calm tone.
"Tokugawa Zoro!"
Oda Heizo shouted in surprise.
ps: I signed the contract, thank you to every book friend who supports me woo woo woo...
PS: I’ll update two chapters first, and the third chapter will be updated later. Don’t worry, there won’t be any shortage.
