"Your Highness, don't send me any more."
December 20, the seventh year of Tianzheng (1579), northeast of Hanoi.
Koron Mori, who was walking at the end of the team, grabbed Yu Qiuping's horse rein. This was the seventh time he persuaded Yu Qiuping to go back. After Yu Qiuping came from outside the east gate of Maple Leaf Mountain City to reinforce the Oda family,
, and kept following him out. Seeing that they were reaching the border between Hanoi Country and Sanseong Country, they had no intention of stopping.
"You have been with me for many years, and now you have to leave. I am really reluctant to leave you." Yu Qiuping looked at Sen Kelong's face with a smile and said with emotion, "I was still a young boy back then, but now I have grown into a man. So.
After years of experience, your talents are considerable, and it’s time for me to let you go and let you start a career. Work hard and don’t let Sen-senpai down."
"Yes, Your Highness." Sen Kelong's eyes turned red when he heard this. He turned over and dismounted without any explanation, and once again showed Yu Qiu the etiquette of a guard who has seen his lord, "Please be on your way, Your Highness, please take care of yourself."
"You can't die as long as I'm here." Sen Changke, who was following Yu Qiuping, laughed heartily, not forgetting to ridicule his brother, "Brother, aren't you disgusting with your cowardly little girlishness?"
"You, you, I have to entrust His Highness's safety to you, how can I feel relieved?" Sen Kelong glared at his younger brother worriedly, and sighed with hatred, "Your temper will never change on the battlefield.
, don’t forget to protect His Highness when you kill him!”
"Kill all the enemies, won't His Highness be safe?" Chief Mori was not polite at all. He sat on the horse and crossed his chest, looking down at his brother.
"You must change your attitude! As a bodyguard, you must respect His Highness! If he doesn't respect you, how can His Highness run the army?" Sen Kelong grabbed his brother's saddle and half dragged him off.
The horse walked to Yu Qiuping's bodyguard.
"This is Mr. Honda, captain of the bodyguards. You must report everything to him and follow his instructions!" Mori Koron pulled Mori Nagako to recognize each person one by one, and at the same time saluted Honda Tadakatsu,
"Lord Honda, my brother is naughty and naughty. Please discipline him strictly and show no mercy!"
"This is the unparalleled one in the world." Mori Nagako had great respect for Honda Tadakatsu. He cupped his fists and saluted, "I have admired your name for a long time, and I will come to ask you for advice."
"I'm not number one." Honda Tadakatsu heard this but didn't have any trouble at all. He still said in a low voice with that straight face.
"Aren't you?" Sen Nagako was taken aback and asked with some surprise, "Then who is number one?"
"Young Master's kendo master, Mr. Tian Chen." Honda Tadakatsu said solemnly, without any sense of injustice, "A horse fight is between five and five. In a foot fight, I am far inferior to him."
"What about the water fight?" Mori Nagako said sarcastically with a smirk. He had already heard the anecdote about Honda Tadakatsu's inability to swim. Mori Nagako's face darkened when he heard this, and he pulled his brother hard.
Oh, I have to make amends for Honda Tadakatsu.
"No, you just can't do it, why bother to cover it up?" Honda Tadakatsu shook his head indifferently, "If you are good at water martial arts, His Highness's safety will be guaranteed when he falls into the water."
"Ranmaru, you should keep an eye on Nagako on weekdays." Mori Kotaka sighed, and said to Mori Ranmaru who was standing next to Honda Tadakatsu, "He is no big or small, and he will definitely be more presumptuous without me around.
"
"Second brother, what the eldest brother said is true." Mori Ranmaru also pulled the corner of Mori Changke's clothes, but the latter turned his head to the side and whistled.
"This is Asahina Taihei-sama, the child of His Highness's step-brother. You have met him before." Mori Korong introduced the next person and glanced at the two of them with some worry - they started fighting for the first time they met.
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"No fight, no acquaintance." Asahina Taihei stretched out his hand happily, as if he was not at all humiliated by being defeated by one move last time, "I can't beat you, I will teach you more in the future. In a few years, you will no longer
He is my opponent."
"That's right, kid." Mori Nagako laughed boldly after hearing this, and gave Asahina Taihei a high-five. At the same time, he did not forget to ridicule, "Even if it takes a few decades, until I am buried, you will not be my opponent!"
"Just wait." Asahina Taihei also laughed a few times and raised his thick eyebrows at Morinagako.
"This is Miss Ye Gu." Mori Koron continued to pull Mori Nagako forward, "The daughter of your highness's old friend."
Hearing this, Ye Gusuizi bowed to the forest chief, but the forest chief muttered with some dissatisfaction, "In this guard, there are sons of sworn brothers and daughters of old friends. They are all related households. How can they have fighting ability?"
?”
"How are you talking?" Sen Kelong was very angry with his brother and glared at him again, but Sen Changke made a face mischievously.
"This is Sunkai, the chess player who forced His Highness into a desperate situation in the imperial competition." Mori Koron pulled Mori Nagako to come to Sunkai, and Sunkai also bowed.
"Come on, I'm convinced that in addition to being a close friend, you also want to play chess." Sen Changke turned around and waved to Yu Qiuping, laughing and saying, "Your Highness, are your guards really useful?"
"You!" Sen Kelong was already confused by Sen Changke, "How can I trust you to trust His Highness's safety with you like this?"
"It's okay Kelong, I'm optimistic about that kid." Yu Qiuping clamped his horse's belly, came to Sen Kelong and Sen Changke, and patted them on the shoulders, "Senior Sen's children, every one of them will be promising.
of!"
"Okay, Your Highness Jiyan. Changke, this is for you." Senkolong waved to Morinchangke, took off the paper red leaf from his helmet, and handed it to Morinchangke's hand, "
Put it on your helmet and you will be considered a member of the Red Leaf Army."
Morinagako took the paper red leaf and looked around. Asahina Taipei and the guards, as well as the bronze wall cavalry who saw them off in the distance, each had a paper red leaf stuck on their helmets - except one person.
"Why didn't Lord Honda bring one?" Mori Nagako took a few steps forward and looked at Honda Tadakatsu, who had an empty head above his head. "Aren't you the captain?"
Honda Tadakatsu glanced at the sea of ​​red paper leaves, hesitated for a moment, and did not answer.
"Nanosuke is a retainer of the Tokugawa family." Yu Qiuping explained for him with a smile, "I am not from the Hongye Army, so I don't wear it."
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At the same time, in a village on the edge of Wakae City, Hatakeyama Takamasa was passing by with his guards on horseback. He was carrying out grassroots inspection work and went to make a surprise inspection of the operation of each village court.
When he passed by a field, he suddenly discovered that a farmer was reclaiming wasteland in this deep winter.
"Why would someone open up wasteland at this time of year?" Hatakeyama Takamasa turned sideways and asked with some confusion.
"Back to Your Highness, the man who was tonsured must be a follower of the Ishiyama Gobo." Hatakeyama Takamasa's entourage replied matter-of-factly. After Yu Qiuping captured Ishiyama Gobo, he conducted a massacre on the large number of monks, soldiers and believers gathered in the Ishiyama Gobo.
Resettlement. Those who are willing to return to their hometowns are naturally dismissed, and those who want to stay in Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi can also receive land with a very low-interest loan, or they can get it from factories in Sakai Town, Kishiwada Port, and Ishiyama Town.
I got an errand as an intern. So, in this short half month, a large number of bald and shaved heads appeared in every corner of Yuqiu's family.
"If you want to open up wasteland, you should open it in the spring. The frozen soil in winter means half the result with twice the effort." Hatakeyama Takamasa frowned, then rode his horse and walked over there, and his entourage hurriedly followed. However, they suddenly found that His Highness
He stopped not far away, then immediately got off his horse and saluted the farmer. Just as they were about to approach, Hatakeyama Takamasa waved at them, causing them to stay where they were without knowing what was going on.
"Master Xianru, why are you..." Hatakeyama Takamasa turned around and looked at the monk and farmer in front of him with eyes still in disbelief, "How can I let you... Is that junior from Yuqiu Hongye rude? I'm going to find him right now.
Let’s settle the score!”
"His Majesty Hatakeyama, stay!" Honganji Xianru heard the words and hurriedly stopped him. He also put down the hoe in his hand, clasped his hands, and bowed to Hatakeyama Gaomasa, "Everything is done voluntarily by the young monk. This piece of soil was lent by His Majesty Hongye.
The little monk’s.”
"Master Xian Ru is also... the target of resettlement?" Hatakeyama Takamasa said in a low voice with a frown on his face.
"Since you are a believer in Ishiyama Imperial Palace, why are you not the one to be resettled?" Honganji Xianru bowed again, "Before Buddhism, all living beings are equal."
"Sigh... that's all." Hatakeyama Takamasa also shook his head when he heard this, "It's just that you have never done farm work, sir. This kind of reclamation of wasteland is usually done after the weather warms up and the soil softens. The cold winter is harsh, but it's just hard work.
ah."
"What Your Highness Hatakeyama taught me is that the monk has indeed never been engaged in farming." Honganji replied with great gratitude, and then asked in confusion, "Hatakeyama-sama must have never been engaged in farming after becoming a third-in-charge and fourth-level official, but why do you know that?
These?"
"Of course I have never cultivated land, but I have tried many land cases and heard a lot from farmers." Hatakeyama Takamasa's old and calm face showed a smile of relief.
"Oh?" Honganji Xianru's expression was a little subtle, "I've heard for a long time that His Highness Hatakeyama is conservative, so why would you lower yourself to talk to ordinary people?"
"It is my duty to listen to the case in detail."
"When I first heard that His Highness Hatakeyama actually came out to serve as a judge for His Highness Momiji, the young monk was really surprised." Honganji Hianru held the handle of the hoe and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Hatakeyama Takamasa looked at Honganji Hianru.
, also said: "I am quite surprised that Master Xianru is actually working in the fields himself."
"Because I met a destined person, I changed a lot." Honganji seemed to let go of the handle of the hoe and clasped his hands together devoutly again.
"I also changed a lot because I met a destined person." Hatakeyama Takamasa nodded slightly and turned to look in the direction of Maple Leaf Mountain City in the north. "He is really an amazing person. Let us old people
People have changed a lot in the times. With my old bones, I can still do something for the people in the old territory of the Hatakeyama family, but I have done my best to protect them."
"Yes, His Highness Hongye is extraordinary." Honganji Xianru sighed, "Afterwards, I thought many times that if I hadn't met His Highness Hongye, my life would have taken a completely different path.
?Thinking about it carefully, I was quite frightened. The middle edge of Buddhism is indescribably wonderful. It seems that he is not like a person of this era. He has come to this world woven under layers of spider webs, allowing the originally distinct threads to intersect.
, and let the thread that originally went to the end spin around."
"It is exactly as the Master said."
Honganji Kenru looked at Hatakeyama Takamasa and shook his head slightly.
"No, Your Highness Hatakeyama, you may not understand what I said, and no one can understand what I saw, thought, and experienced after my detailed discussion with His Highness Momiji that night."
"What do you mean by Xianru-sama?" Hatakeyama Takamasa asked in confusion.
Honganji Genru did not answer, but shook his head slightly.
Chapter completed!