On July 14, the second year of Tianzheng (1574), the autumn harvest began. In the castle tower of Maple Leaf Mountain City, Yu Qiu Shang was packing his bags in his room, preparing to go on an expedition. This time, except for Naoe Nohei, those who went on the expedition with him
, as well as Ii Naomasa and many of the descendants of Hongye Army generals who have already served. Under the influence of Yu Qiu Shang, they also refused to stay in the safe headquarters and asked to start from a small soldier.
Suddenly, the door to the room was opened. Yu Qiu Shang knew who was coming without even raising his head. Now, even if Yu Qiuping enters his room, he will knock on the door. Only his close friend who grew up with him——
—Naoe Tohei, who would habitually walk in without knocking.
"Brother Shang'er, let's go to the staff headquarters. There is a chess game going on over there! Deducing tomorrow's results!" Naoe Nobuei suggested excitedly, while turning his head and looking around.
"Those are not our business." Yu Qiu Shang stuffed the last thing, straightened up, and looked at Naoe Nobui, "We just do what we should do."
"But I haven't played war chess for a long time. I have artillery training every day, and my hands are itchy!" Naoe Nobuei rubbed his hands in a funny way in order to enhance his language expression, "Brother Shang'er, come together!
It’s too embarrassing for me to go alone! Come together!”
"...Okay." Yu Qiu Shang hesitated for a while and shook his head helplessly.
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At the same time, outside another room of Maple Leaf Mountain Castle's castle tower, Chacha knocked on Yu Qiucen's door with some uneasiness.
"Sister Cen'er, can you go to the night market with Chacha!" Chacha's crisp voice came from outside the door. Yu Qiucen stood up and opened the door with a look of surprise on his face, and asked in confusion: "Chacha, why are you so late and suddenly want to go to the night market?"
Going out to the night market?”
"I'm a little hungry and want to eat something." Chacha blushed and made an excuse awkwardly.
"If you're hungry, why don't you just ask the kitchen to cook something?" Yu Qiucen was stunned again, "Why do you have to go to the castle town?"
"This..." Chacha's face turned even redder, and she lowered her head uneasily, with her two little hands behind her back, quietly twisting the corners of her clothes.
"Ah, forget it, I'll go with you." Seeing Chacha's embarrassed look, Yu Qiucen couldn't help but smile and held her little hand, "But we two little girls can't run out alone without this maid or
Guard."
"Ah!" Chacha said in a panic after hearing this, "Will uncle know about that..."
"Don't worry, my dad loves you three sisters so much, and he won't blame you." Yu Qiucen smiled and shook his head, "And I know that one of dad's maids has Sister Suizi. She is a very nice person, and she will never ask for help.
Daddy snitched on her, so let her go with us!"
"But that sister Suizi..." Chacha muttered, and swallowed the second half of the sentence obediently - it seems that if you don't have sister Cen'er, you can fight, how can you protect us.
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As a result, the two pairs of children walked out of the two doors of the castle tower and began to walk out of the city. Yuqiu Shang was very surprised and allowed Naoe Nobuhei to lead him on a long road - Mingming
Why did Naoe Dengping have to go round the road when he could go to the mainland to consult with the Central Committee? And Yu Qiucen was also a little puzzled by Chacha's behavior.
, there were obviously a lot of delicious food on the other street, but Chacha had to go around to another block where the shops were almost closing. And Yegu Suiko, who originally came out with them, was also attracted by the candied haws from a small vendor.
I don't know when he disappeared.
Just when Yu Qiu Shang and Yu Qiucen wanted to ask, the two pairs of children met in the street in surprise. Before they could say hello to each other, Naoe Nobuei ran to Yu Qiucen's side without saying a word.
He grabbed Yu Qiucen's sleeve and ran to another block, leaving Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha looking at each other.
"Hey, Ping-kun, what are you doing!" Yu Qiucen was dragged by Naoe Nobuei and ran for a long time before he stopped and asked out of breath. Although he often called Naoe Nobuei "
Cheng Yuan Wan, but when face to face, Yu Qiucen always likes to use this very formal title. It may be caused by the strange feelings of adolescent girls.
"Yucen, don't I want to ask you out!" Naoe Touhei scratched his head in embarrassment, "I want to go shopping with you at night!"
Yu Qiucen's beautiful eyes turned and she immediately understood what was going on. "Then just come to me directly, Mr. Ping," Yu Qiucen said as a matter of course, then his cheeks turned red and he lowered his head shyly.
Go, and whispered: "It's not like I won't come out."
"Of course Yucen wouldn't, but that little girl Chacha was too embarrassed to go and play with Brother Shang'er, so I had to lie to her and say that I couldn't date you and wanted her to find you out." Naoe Nobuhei smiled evilly.
For a moment, tell me your little abacus.
"So Chacha doesn't know that you brought my brother here?"
"I don't know. Once she knows, she won't be shy anymore."
"So my brother doesn't know that he will meet Chacha outside?"
"I don't know. Once he knows, he won't be shy anymore."
"Oh my god..." Yu Qiucen, who had figured out all this, suddenly realized, and said a little annoyed but with a hint of excitement: "You are creating a date for the two of them! I thought you wanted to come to me!"
"Of course I want to come to you too!" Naoe Touhei saw that Yu Qiucen seemed to be in a mood. He hurriedly and shamelessly grabbed Yu Qiucen's little hand and scratched her palm with his fingers - this
This is the best way to amuse Yu Qiucen. Like her mother, Yu Qiucen is also a very ticklish girl.
"But you know, my second brother seems to like Chacha too!" After Yu Qiucen was happy for a while, he took his hand out of Naoe Denhei's hand and whispered with some worry.
"I can see it too." Naoe Nobuei nodded matter-of-factly, and then said with a proud smile, "But you definitely didn't see it! Brother Shang'er is also interested in Chacha!"
"My eldest brother?" Yu Qiucen was surprised when he heard this, opened his eyes in surprise, and asked like a barrage of questions, "Ping Jun, are you serious? People like my eldest brother can also have a girl they like? What do you think?
from?"
"Intuition, a man's intuition!" Naoe Touhei shook his finger and looked incomprehensible, "Brother Shang'er is just a boring gourd. He keeps all his feelings in his heart and will never reveal them at all.
!But I’m sure he’s interested in Chacha!”
"More importantly, I think Chacha also likes Brother Shang'er!" Naoe Denpei seemed to have figured out what Yu Qiucen wanted to say, and he beat her to it.
He said before, "Brother You'er probably has unrequited love. You can't blame me for that!"
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While Naoe Denping ran out with Yu Qiucen, Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha were still standing there. Cha Cha lowered her head, blushed, and did not dare to raise her head to look at Yu Qiu Shang.
Yu Qiu Shang turned his head to the other side, counting the leaves on the tree awkwardly and stupidly, not knowing how to speak.
Yu Qiu Shang felt that if he remained silent, the little girl in front of him might just stand here all night. So, he pulled his head back awkwardly and glanced at the poor little girl.
Trying to keep his tone calm and calm, he said in a low voice: "Chacha, good evening."
"Good evening, Brother Shang'er!" Chacha spit out these words immediately and quickly, without even a moment's pause, as if she had been holding this sentence in her mouth for a long time, just waiting for the opportunity to say it out.
After saying this, Chacha took a deep breath and whispered quickly again: "Let's go get something to eat." It seemed that the faster she spoke, the faster the embarrassment and shyness would pass.
"Yeah." Yu Qiu Shang didn't know what to say, so he just nodded dullly. Then, he took the lead and walked forward, and Cha Cha followed obediently. However, Cha Cha was always in a
She was half a step behind Yu Qiu Shang and followed her step by step. Yu Qiu Shang wanted to walk slower and walked side by side with her, but Chacha immediately walked slower and still kept the half step distance. Yu Qiu Shang
So he quickened his pace again, and Chacha immediately also quickened his pace, still following him.
Chacha looked at Yu Qiu Shang's back, while Yu Qiu Shang looked at their shadows in the moonlight, just playing an aimless walking game. The atmosphere was depressing and awkward. They walked along without paying attention to the scenery around them.
When I came to my senses, I had already reached the city gate - I had missed all the places selling food.
So, Yu Qiu Shang and Cha Cha tacitly agreed not to mention food again, but walked all the way back to the castle tower. Yu Qiu Shang sent Cha Cha all the way back to her room, and then said the third sentence to her about today's meeting.
After saying "goodbye", he said goodbye and left. Before leaving, when he turned around, he saw the grievance and sadness on Chacha's face - but this little girl had never shown such negative emotions in front of him. So he became angry.
He walked to Naoe Tadayei's residence in Honmaru, intending to settle a score with him.
However, when he walked to the door of the house, he heard laughter inside the house - that was his sister's voice.
"Hehe, Tokiwa Bei's second company was wiped out by me!"
"That's the company that Brother Shang'er is in. You won't even let your brother go!"
"I am playing the role of the Takeda Army now. Of course I cannot destroy relatives for justice!" Yu Qiucen said with a proud smile. Then, Yu Qiu Shang heard the sound of dice being thrown in the room again.
"Seventeen o'clock! Two sixes! Why are you so lucky!" "Hey, do you blame me? Just a little..." Naoe Touhei's wailing and Yu Qiucen's laughter sounded at the same time.
Hearing this, Yu Qiu Shang roughly understood that they were probably playing war chess. And the battle they chose was probably the Battle of Mikamachi between the Hongye Army and the Takeda Army.
Listening to his sister's laughter and recalling Chacha's aggrieved look, Yu Qiushang suddenly felt a sense of guilt for no reason.