"Haha, that's it," Yu Qiuping said with a smile. At this time, Asahina Taehyung seemed to have finally won the argument with the honest family elder. He excitedly waved to the entourage next to him and got on his horse first, "Let's go!
Let’s go hunting around Okabe Castle!”
"Roar!" The equally energetic young warriors on the side also shouted excitedly, and rode away with Asahina Taehyung. Yu Qiuping had no choice but to hold Kondo Yasuo's waist obediently, and ignored the other party's complaints.
Follow the team in the sound.
After making a demonstrative half-circle around Okabe Castle, Asahina Yasuhiro also understood that there would be no prey around the castle town, so he changed his direction and galloped towards the forest northwest of Okabe Castle. The horse was so fast that
It reminded Yu Qiuping of the horse racing competition he had seen on TV before. The samurai attendants behind him were unable to catch up, let alone Yu Qiuping and Kondo Yasuozu, who were riding two people.
When Yu Qiuping felt that he was in the forest, he had already seen two attendants holding pheasants in their hands. The other three attendants were carrying an elk on their shoulders. The elk had an arrow that was half-embedded in its body. It seemed that it was
It hit the heart directly with great force.
Yu Qiuping followed Fujita Nakaharu and several other followers up a small hill. He could just see Asahina Taiheng galloping not far away. He bent his bow and arrow without slowing down on the horse, and hit an arrow in the middle of a fast escaping animal.
The hare directly nailed the hare to the big tree behind him. The hare twitched twice, let out a mournful cry, and stopped moving.
"I didn't expect that the young master's riding and archery skills are so superb!" Yu Qiuping took a breath of air, and the image of the idle playboy in his heart changed drastically.
"That's natural. Although our son is idle all day long and does not do his job, he is arrogant and does not pay attention to etiquette..." Fujita Nakaharu's tone seemed to praise Asahina Taehyung when he spoke, but the more he talked about his shortcomings,
The "but" after "although" has not appeared for a long time. Yu Qiuping had to sweat over the resentment in the old uncle's heart.
"...But," after a long time, the "but" finally came, "Young Master has been gifted since he was a child. Whether it is riding, archery, or swordsmanship, he can learn it instantly. He is our Asahina family.
The hope for the future.”
"That's right," Yu Qiuping nodded with understanding. He had the impression that Japanese samurai families were extremely strict in the training of their offspring. It was hard to imagine why there would be such idlers. It turned out to be because of their extraordinary talents.
He then thought about it, so the eldest son of Imagawa Yoshimoto, who has always been called Japan's Adou, Imagawa Ujima, was also said to be not doing his job properly. Could it be that he was also gifted?
And Imagawa Yoshimoto himself was not degraded by later generations as a decadent samurai obsessed with sensuality and palace culture because of the defeat of Okehazama, but in this era, the people of Suruga did not think highly of him.
History, history, is really a little girl who can be dressed up by anyone.
This time, the hunting lasted until noon, and Asahina Yasuhiro, who had harvested dozens of prey, stopped angrily. However, Asahina Yasuhiro and Fujita Nakaharu had another conflict over how to deal with these prey.
"Okay, young master, just enjoy yourself and throw away these prey." Fujita Nakaharu persuaded with great effort.
"How can you throw it away? You look at this elk, it looks so good, it must be delicious when roasted!" Asahina Taehyung dismissed the elder's suggestion, "Xiaowu, hurry up and find me some firewood..."
"No!" Fujita Nakaharu seemed a little angry, "Hunting has already delayed the trip, young master, it will definitely be late if we have a barbecue! We won't be able to reach Kakegawa tonight! Do you want to sleep in the wild?"
"This..." Asahina Taehyung seemed a little moved, "Then just eat some dry food and go on the road. Drag these prey away and go to Kakegawa Castle to eat."
"No, there are only thirty of us in total. How are you going to travel with dozens of prey?" Fujita Nakaharu interrupted again, "Young Master, you can't be so willful. This is a military mission!"
"Hey, uncle, why are you so busy?" Asahina Taehyung scratched his head, "It would be a pity to throw it away in vain."
"Brother, I have a suggestion," Yu Qiuping saw that the two were about to quarrel again, and quickly interrupted, "Brother, are you willing to listen?"
"Boy, don't hide anything you have to say!" Asahina Taehyung immediately turned his head, "Say it! Just say it!"
"Brother, aren't you here to demonstrate against the Okabe family?" Yu Qiuping smirked, "Then we might as well send these prey to Okabe Castle and ask the Okabe family's retainers there to keep them for you. Okabe
The boss at home is looking at the prey for us, Mr. Binay, saying it will be more honorable when we go out. Hehe, we won’t delay our journey.”
"Hey! You can do it! That's a great idea!" Asahina Taehyung slapped his thigh and glanced proudly at Fujita Nakaharu who was smiling helplessly, "Just do what Yu Qiupei said!"
In the evening of June 11th, Asahina Taihiro and his party finally arrived at Hima Castle, the most important strategic hub of Toe Country, after hurrying slowly. It was also Hamamatsu Castle, the residence of Ame Akihei in his previous life and later Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Last night, they were delayed and failed to arrive at Kakegawa Castle. After delivering the letter to Kakegawa Castle this morning, the group hurriedly set out on the road again. Along the way, Yu Qiuping sat on Asahina Taehyung's horse. Because
Kondo Yasuso's horse was really overwhelmed. In order to dispel the idea of Asahina Taehiro going hunting and delaying his trip, Yu Qiuping kept telling him interesting stories about ancient Chinese history, which fascinated Asahina Taehiro.
At this moment, the lord of Hikima Castle, Renryu Iio and Toshihiro Seinaji of Joshiro, were hosting a banquet to honor Asahina Taehyung. Ame Akihira was originally not qualified to attend the palace as a follower, but Asahina Taehyung insisted on dragging Ame Akihei to attend no matter what.
Let Yu Qiuping be confused.
The lord of the castle, Renryu Iio, is sitting in the main seat, and Asahina Yasuhiro is in the first place on the right. Opposite him is Seinaji Shun, a relative of the Imagawa family, and Asahina Yasuhiro's subordinates are Fujita Nakaharu and Amame Akihei.
Sitting next to Seina Toshiro was a middle-aged samurai named Kondo Yasuyō. I heard Kondo Yasuo say that this was his uncle in the clan.
Before Yu Qiuping attended the banquet, he quickly asked Kondo Yasuzuo to make up for the banquet etiquette. Kondo Yasuo also reminded him specifically, "Don't talk at the banquet. The atmosphere of the banquet may be a bit tense."
"Why is this?" Yu Qiuping asked.
"The Lord of the Castle has always been close to the Okabe family. And Sena-sama is a family friend of our Asahina family. He is the same generation who lives in the Asahina Tanou family, and they usually have many contacts with each other. Usually, these two
Both adults are quite kind and generous, so we get along well with each other. But you know, when our young master leaves, there will definitely be trouble." Kondo Yasuso rubbed his face with a headache, "Just now my uncle even asked me
Asking the young master how he is feeling recently, he must be trying to make preparations for the rescue."
Yu Qiuping watched everyone at the banquet go back and forth with toasts and speeches. Everything seemed normal, and he breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, Toshi Seina raised his glass to him, and Yu Qiuping also raised his glass and responded respectfully.
"This sir is new to me, I don't know..." Seinajitoshi asked with a smile.
"The villain Yu Qiuping," Yu Qiuping still felt extremely awkward when he said this self-identification. Kondo Yasuzhuang told him that ordinary samurai can call themselves subordinates, but civilians can only call themselves ordinary people or villains. Yu Qiuping is a person from the Ming Dynasty.
, naturally he is not a Japanese samurai, so he can only call himself a villain honestly. "He is Asahina-sama's attendant."
"What follower? This guy is my adopted brother, from the Ming Dynasty!" Taehyung Asahina immediately slapped the table and interrupted, "Uncle, you don't know, his Ming Dynasty arithmetic method is very powerful, better than that of ordinary shopkeepers.
He can calculate quickly. Moreover, he has read many, many books and knows many historical stories, not only those from the Ming Dynasty! He even knows more stories about our Japan than I do!"
Seeing Taehyung Asahina showing off to his buddies, "I used to have an elementary school classmate," Yu Qiuping was not only amused, but also felt a touch of emotion in his heart. In this era of hierarchical concepts and orderly superiority and inferiority, he was the first to introduce himself.
The untouchables were originally only allowed to kowtow in front of the senior warriors, but this dandy fell in love with each other and treated each other as equals.
"My nephew is so envious of him, why don't he study more by himself?" Seina Shitoshi joked, making everyone laugh.
After laughing, he turned around and faced Yu Qiuping, "Haha, a visitor from the Ming Dynasty is indeed extraordinary." Sena Shizada raised his glass, "I'd like to toast you."
"Thank you, sir." Yu Qiuping picked up the glass and drank it all in one gulp. The sake from the Warring States Period in Japan tasted almost like water and had no feeling at all. But Yu Qiuping didn't like drinking, and he always felt guilty after drinking it.
"Your Excellency is well-educated and well-mannered, and your demeanor is extraordinary for ordinary people. You must be a scholar, right?" Seina Ujitoshi asked.
"Your Excellency, you are ridiculous," Yu Qiuping explained, "I come from a business family. Because my father loves poetry and calligraphy, I asked a private school teacher to teach me how to read since I was a child."
"I see," Iio Renryu took over, "people from the Ming Dynasty really have a different perspective."
"Isn't that right? He has a lot of evil ideas," Asahina Taehyung said suddenly after holding it in for a long time. "In Okabe, it was Yu Qiupei who suggested that I hunt..."
"Improve the accounting method." Fujita Nakaharu immediately interrupted Asahina Taehyung before he finished speaking, and then gave him a majestic look. Kondo Yasuyuki immediately took up the conversation and talked about other things.
After the banquet, Asahina Taehyung was indeed called away by Fujita Nakaharu to teach him a lesson for taking the initiative to stir up trouble. However, Amakihei, who had originally planned to sneak away from the collapsing inn, was stopped by Seina Ujitoshi.
"This Mr. Ping, I wonder if it's a bit abrupt to call him this?" he asked with a smile.
"It doesn't matter. You can just call me Yu Qiuping." Yu Qiuping agreed casually.
"Oh? If you come from the Ming Dynasty, don't you mind being called by your first name?" Seina Shitoshi asked in confusion, but Yu Qiuping was startled into a cold sweat. How could he have forgotten that the ancients were not allowed to call by their first names. Generally, only the elders in the family would do so.
Call the juniors by their first names, otherwise they will all address each other by their first names and nicknames. The secret is almost exposed.