Four hundred and ninetieth eight chapters mourning
Since the Mihaoshi family's army was still stranded in Nanhanoi, Yu Qiuping did not dare to lead his army to leave Gaowu City. Therefore, Sen Kecheng's funeral could only be held in Gaowu City. There was no way to bury Sen Kecheng back to Meinong, which he cherished so much.
Hometown. Yu Qiuping asked someone to carve a body for Sen Kecheng out of agarwood and buried it with his head. Because it was located on the front line, the funeral was very simple and even a little deserted. The only high-ranking warrior present was Yu Qiuping.
, Takigawa Kazumasu, Ikeda Tsuneki, and Mori Katsura, as well as Mori Katsunari's widow and his children who came over after hearing the news.
However, perhaps such a deserted and simple funeral is what Sen Kecheng wanted.
Yu Qiuping looked at the women and children wearing sackcloth and filial piety crying in front of the tomb, and he felt uncomfortable in his heart. Although he had been fighting for more than ten years, he should be used to life and death. But a man who had been with him for more than ten years should be used to it.
My dear friend, he was fine in the morning, but he was gone after he said he was gone, and he still couldn't recover.
He always felt that even if a great warrior like Sen Kecheng was to die, he should die of exhaustion on the battlefield with great vigor, leaving tragic farewell words before dying, and then die helplessly. He would accompany him to the end.
At the last moment of his life, he held his hand and bid him farewell. However, he died in a sneak attack by the traitorous ninjas. And Yu Qiuping didn't even see him for the last time, and he didn't see him before his death.
He was fighting so bravely, but I only saw the embarrassing scene of him being chopped down by several ninjas and having his head cut off.
Why is this happening…
He vaguely remembered that when he first came to Owari, a place he was unfamiliar with, he joined the Oda family as a traitor general, and was looked down upon by everyone. At that time, only a few people were willing to look him in the eyes and be friends with him.
But achievement is one of them. He will never forget that friendship.
The man who was always unsmiling; the stranger who always wanted to return to his hometown in Meinong; the samurai who never praised others easily and was always serious; the warrior who was very brotherly and always at the forefront in battles.
The good brother who, at the critical moment of life and death, risked his life without hesitation in order to give himself a chance to escape.
gone.
Yu Qiuping silently drank the wine in the bowl - he almost never drank. But for Sen Kecheng, he had to drink this bowl of wine. He poured another bowl of wine and slowly poured it in front of Sen Kecheng's grave.
, as if drinking with a close friend. Tears flowed down the cheeks unconsciously.
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"Your Highness Hongye... Your Highness Hongye." Just as Yu Qiuping was looking at Sen Kecheng's tomb in trance, Sen Kecheng's widow Aying suddenly called softly, "I am brave, can you please do me a favor?"
"Sister-in-law, why do you need to be like this? Senior Sen and I have been brothers for so many years. Senior Sen died in battle to save me. Sister-in-law, just ask for anything. I, Yu Qiuping, will do my best." Yu Qiuping turned around in a hurry,
He helped A Ying up. The latter's face was full of tears at this moment, and her voice was a little hoarse from crying. Yu Qiuping also had a sore nose and said softly: "Sister-in-law, please express my condolences."
"Your Highness Hongye... I have to entrust you with the future of the Sen family." After Aying was helped up by Yu Qiuping, she bowed slightly towards Yu Qiuping and said: "The family governor's hall has sent someone to tell Sen.
The family's fiefdom in Minami Omi is located at a strategic location, and it is not a responsibility that a kid like Kolon can bear. Therefore, our Mori family's fiefdom will be transferred back to Mino. Our Mori family's troops will also leave in the near future."
"That's it..." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly. In the troubled times of the Warring States Period, Oda Nobunaga could only make such a choice. After all, Mori Kolong was still young, so it was really a good idea for him to take on the responsibility of guarding Nanomi.
It's too early.
"But the old territory of Meinong is remote, and I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to make a future in the future. Kolon is at the age when he has made great achievements as a samurai. If he wastes his time like this, I would really be sorry for his faulty father and the ancestors of the Mori family." Ah Ying babbled in a low voice.
She told her pain in a voice, "So I am bold and plan to let the second son Chang Ke temporarily take over the position of family governor, and send the eldest son Kolong and the third son Ranmaru to you first. You may as well let them follow you to the battlefield.
Whether it's handling government affairs or not, it's a good way to learn some skills that can help revitalize the Mori family in the future."
"Of course there is no problem. But..." Yu Qiuping looked at A Ying hesitantly after hearing this, "Does the Lord allow it? Also, letting the second son act as the family governor temporarily... may cause trouble in the future."
"The governor's hall has already agreed. Let Kolong and Ranmaru follow you, and let Chang Ke temporarily act as the governor. This is a decision that all the retainers of the Mori family agreed to." Aying bowed to Yu Qiuping again, "Please, Your Highness Hongye.
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"Of course there is no problem, let the children follow me." After Yu Qiuping agreed readily, he hesitated and finally accepted A Ying's gift - hoping that this would make her feel at ease, "I will let them first
Be my bodyguards and let them take on greater responsibilities when they grow up."
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The sun sets and stars begin to appear in the sky. Aying is weak because she cried for too long and has been helped back by Sen Kelong and other children. And Yu Qiuping
, has been sitting in front of Sen Kecheng's tomb, looking at the grave in silence. At some point, Long Zi gently walked behind Yu Qiuping and helped him put on a piece of clothing.
"Your Highness, it's time for dinner. You haven't had lunch yet." Seeing that Yu Qiuping didn't respond, Long Zi said timidly.
"Sigh...Senior Sen didn't have lunch or breakfast either." Yu Qiuping suddenly sighed after hearing this, "I never would have imagined that Senior Sen would suddenly be gone. I still have a lot to say to him.
He said that there were still many things that he wanted to do with him, and he also wanted to watch the children grow up with him...but in the blink of an eye he was gone."
"Samurai, warrior. Maybe I'm not enlightened enough. As a warrior, you should get used to these things." Yu Qiuping sighed again, shook his head and said: "Friends who can still talk and laugh in the morning may be like heaven and man in the evening.
If there is anything you want to do with him or what you want to say to him, you really can’t keep it in your heart without saying it, otherwise you may never get the chance. It will become a lifelong regret hidden in your heart. I always think that there will be more in the future.
Time is full of opportunities, but the life of a samurai may be as short as cherry blossoms."
Yu Qiuping looked at Sen Kecheng's tomb and talked nonchalantly. But she didn't notice Long Zi standing behind her. Because of his words, her body was trembling slightly, and tears were even surging in her eyes.
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"Oh, by the way, Long Zi." Yu Qiuping seemed to suddenly remember something. He slowly stood up and turned around, "Why are you still wearing that scarf? I remember you haven't worn it for a long time.
.Didn’t you throw it away at that time?”
"When we moved to Kuroda Castle, His Highness left him in a box. I saw it, so I picked it out and kept it in my arms." Ryuko was stunned when she heard this, and replied honestly. She put her little hand into her arms.
He groped inside and slowly took out the burgundy scarf. Because of the passage of time, some seams had faded, and it couldn't be any older.
"Then since you took it out, why don't I see you wearing it? How can there be any reason to keep the scarf in your arms and not wear it?" Yu Qiuping was made dumbfounded by Long Zi.
"I can't bear it." Long Zi was stunned for a moment and replied in a low voice. At the same time, he quickly lowered his head to prevent Yu Qiuping from seeing the tears in the corners of her eyes. "I'm afraid I'll spoil it. Your Highness, you see, even if
I keep it carefully every day and never wear it, and now it has become like this."
"It's so old, why are you still carrying it? Why don't you just change it to another one? It's just a scarf, it's not like we can't afford it." Yu Qiuping smiled and touched Long Zi's head, bowing his head fondly.
He said in a voice: "Is it because the salary I gave you is not enough?"
"That's not it..." Ryuko shook her head slightly dissatisfied, her bun was messed up by Yu Qiuping's hand, and her satin-like black hair was scattered around her waist, "It's because... this scarf is different.
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"Is there anything different? The quality of this scarf is not very good." Yu Qiuping took a look at the scarf that was carefully held in Long Zi's arms, but did not see any difference in it.
"Because it is..." Ryuko pursed her lips, and the memories that had been treasured in her heart for more than ten years suddenly flooded into her mind, and the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing down.
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Suddenly, in the night sky in the far west, there was a meteor with a long tail, swaying and quietly crossing the horizon.
"Meteor!" Ryuko suddenly shouted excitedly, "Can I make a wish?"
"Then..." Ryuko let go of her hands covering her neck, clasped her hands together devoutly, and closed her eyes facing the shooting star. However, as soon as her hands left her neck, her neck started to feel cold and painful again.
"I want my neck to not be cold..." Ryuko blurted out her first wish.
After saying that, Ryuko seemed to think that this wish was a bit too ordinary, and she felt sorry for this rare meteor. So she narrowed her eyes again and glanced at the meteor quietly, as if hoping that the god on the meteor would not be there.
Hearing her wishes is normal.
"The one just now doesn't count..." Ryuko clasped his hands together devoutly again and faced the direction of the meteor.
"Hmm..." She was thinking about how to make a great wish and seize this opportunity. However, the cold wind blew on her neck like a knife, urging her to make a decision quickly.
"Okay..." she said timidly, as if she was proposing something outrageous.
She thought of the countless snowy nights in the past, when she walked alone in the streets and alleys, looking at the brightly lit houses, the family sitting around the table with a smile; she thought of her parents begging on the roadside.
Walking down the road with a child in hand, the child holds a bunch of candied haws in his hand and hands it to his parents to take a bite...
I thought of the word "home" which is so far away and so unfamiliar.
"Can you give me a home?"
Suddenly, there was a soft touch on my neck, and the cold feeling was replaced by a warmth. The warmth started from the neck
, gradually spread throughout the body and quietly penetrated into the cold heart.
She lowered her head and her chin came into contact with a ball of soft silk fabric. From the corner of her eye, she could see that it was a burgundy scarf. It was soft and very comfortable.
She raised her head and saw that the young man wearing a red leaf shawl who had given her food had walked up to her at some point. At this moment, he was gently wrapping the scarf around her neck for the last time.
"Silly boy," Yu Qiuping, who followed Long Zi and witnessed everything, said softly: "Come home with me."
"Both wishes will be fulfilled for you."
He wrapped a scarf around her neck, but also took away her heart.
"Home..." the wish that was once out of reach.
Ryuko raised his head and looked at the red leaf shawl rustling in the wind. For some reason, tears couldn't stop pouring out of his eyes.
Maybe it's because my neck is no longer cold.
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The girl suddenly cried, but the man was stunned.
Longzi choked with sobs for a long time, and suddenly sobbed softly: "It is the first gift His Highness gave me... It is a scarf that Your Highness personally put on for me. His Highness said... he wants to give me a home."
"Long Zi, what's wrong with you?" Yu Qiuping was frightened by Long Zi's appearance. He hurriedly took a step forward to see Long Zi's condition, but was pushed away by Long Zi. She stood one step away from Yu Qiuping.
She lowered her head deeply, hiding in the deep shadow. After a long time, she seemed to have made a great decision, bit her lips, suddenly raised her head, and whispered softly like rain.
Yu Qiuping was stunned on the spot, not knowing what to say. And his silence was interpreted by Long Zi as permission. The girl who had been shy and dared not speak spoke softly, and said the words that had been buried in her heart for many years.
Come
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My first life was like living in a nightmare that I would never wake up from. I had no home, no relatives, and nothing. I was walking around in the barren mountains and ridges, hungry and cold. I didn’t know where I was from.
Where I came from, I don’t know where to go back.
It was Your Highness who gave me a second life. When I woke up for the second time, it was Your Highness who gave me a home, a destination, and the warmth of a snowy night. From that moment on, my
There is only Your Highness in my heart, and everything is filled with Your Highness. I think of Your Highness when I eat, and I think of Your Highness when I sleep. I always think of Your Highness. Your Highness, you are so kind and warm...
So I'm sorry, Your Highness, but Longzi can't get married because I can no longer pretend to be someone else in my heart.
I don’t understand what love is, and I don’t understand that my feelings for His Highness are different from my wife’s feelings for His Highness. But if this is not love, Ryuko has no more beautiful feelings than this...
I just kept following His Highness's back, hoping that His Highness could understand my feelings, but His Highness couldn't understand at all. I don't know why His Highness, who is so smart and powerful, can't see clearly the feelings in my heart.
I'm afraid that if I don't tell you this time, I may never have another chance in the future. You are also a samurai, and you are also a samurai who has been on the verge of life and death many times. No one knows whether you will be so lucky next time when life and death is about to happen. I'm afraid.
Express, but more than expressing, I am more afraid of never having the chance to reveal my feelings to you... I am afraid...
Don't worry, Your Highness, I don't want to take away Madam's place in your heart! I also love Madam very much! I just want to stay with you, stay with you all my life, wait for you, look at you, and stay with you. So.
I don't want to leave, I don't want to get married, I just want to be His Highness's son.
So, so. Your Highness... I want to say... I like you.
I want to stay with His Highness, and that's enough.
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Long Zi blushed with embarrassment. After finishing this long sentence, he seemed to have lost all his strength and collapsed into Yu Qiuping's arms. Yu Qiuping was completely stunned on the spot and could not say a word.
, just silently holding the sobbing girl in his arms.
Unexpectedly...Ryuuko...the reason why she...has refused to marry for so many years is because the person she likes...is me?
But...what about me...
Long Zi lay in Yu Qiuping's arms, listening to Yu Qiuping's heartbeat. From the violent at the beginning, it became lighter and slower, and finally returned to calmness. Suddenly, an unknown uneasiness surged in her heart. She
He raised his head, looked at Yu Qiuping with tear-filled eyes, and whispered tentatively:
"Your Highness...what's your answer?"
She hopes to get a reassuring answer.
Even if it is not accepted, even if it is not agreed.
Even just saying "Silly girl, of course you can always stay with me" would be fine.
However, she only heard a somewhat unfamiliar voice.