Chapter 10 chapter eight

Kansuke drove his horse and galloped wildly, day and night, without stopping for a moment.When entering the ancient mansion city, it was just dawn, and the area hadn't woken up from its deep sleep. Kansuke came to the place where the samurai house was located after passing through Shitamachi, which was lined with merchants and stores.There is a slightly sloping road in the center of this place, and Kansuke rode his horse up from here.At the end of this avenue is the residence of successive generations of the Takeda clan. Kansuke drove his horse along the ditch around the residence, from the left side of the road to the back of the residence, and then walked towards the mansion on the hill.The cold wind at dawn blew straight from above the hills, and the slope under his feet gradually became steeper, and the speed of the mount under his crotch slowed down accordingly, struggling to move forward step by step.It's no wonder that Kansuke came to Kai non-stop confidently, but he didn't feed it properly once along the way.

There is a small village built in a dangerous place on the top of the hill on the side of the hill behind the Gufu Juguan.Kansuke came to the foot of the mountain and rode his horse up the steep slope.There are lush trees on the mountainside, and among the layers of green shade, there is a small temple called Jicui Temple hidden.Kansuke speculated that the place where Arukawa's criminal police guard daughter was hiding was probably near this place.Harunobu often gallops here in the early morning or evening, which is a habit he has developed since he was a boy.Also because of this, no matter when Qingxin rode his horse back here, it would not surprise people.This place is located on the opposite side of the castle town, so even if Haruno sneaked out of the dormitory in the middle of the night, it would be difficult for anyone to notice.Kansuke pondered, the territory of Jicui Temple must have been renovated.Presumably after the renovations, Harunobu made the beautiful princess Zi Nong move here to live.

Kansuke didn't enter the gate of Jicui Temple, but continued to go up through the gate, and after a while, he went around to the back of the temple.Sure enough, as Kansuke expected, a brand new side door appeared here.Kansuke had been here two or three times before, but he had never seen a door like this before.If there is no special intention, there is really no need to open a side door here. Kansuke got off his horse at the door, and suddenly heard the sound of water flowing nearby, Kansuke immediately led the horse into the woods opposite the side gate of Jicui Temple, and walked towards the direction of the sound of water flowing.The river is very narrow, just upstream of Aikawa.The river rushed down the steep slope, splashing violently on the rocks.Kansuke let the horse drink enough water here, and tied it to a tree on the bank.

At this time the sky is still not clear. Kansuke returned to the side door of Jisui Temple, and tried to push the door with his hands.It appears to be a solid latch from the inside.Having no other choice, Kansuke had no choice but to put his hands on the earthen wall on the right side of the courtyard gate, climb up to the top of the wall, turn over, and then tiptoe across the courtyard to a separate courtyard between the temple hall and the corridor. Kansuke hastily inspected the surroundings of the other courtyard, and instead of entering through the main entrance, he went around to the south side of the other courtyard, which looked like the side corridor of the master's bedroom, and then raised his hand and knocked on the door lightly twice, in a low voice. called out:

"your Highness." There was no answer from inside.So Kansuke knocked lightly on the door twice again: "your Highness." This time, someone seemed to get up in the room, and then there was the sound of rustling clothes.After a while, the people in the house asked: "?" The voice was clear and pleasant, but Kansuke didn't answer. "Is it Dad?" the voice asked again, opening the door. "it's me." Kansuke knelt on the ground and said. "Ah!" The woman exclaimed softly, saying: "I thought it was Daddy coming. How careless!"

Kansuke raised his head and looked at the woman.This woman has plump cheeks, big and dark eyes, she is the daughter of Yuchuan Xingbushu.The air at dawn was chilly, and the princess covered her chest with the coat she was wearing, and the hands that pressed the clothes were slender and fair. "it's me." Kansuke said again. "You said 'it's me', but I still don't know who you are. Did the lord send you here?" "I came here this time to tell you something urgent." "Really, you worked hard. I'll call for someone. It's cold outside, come in quickly."

Kansuke wanted to kill her immediately with his sword, and the opportunity was abundant, but Kansuke suddenly felt unable to do so.The girl seemed completely unaware of doubting others. Rather than saying she was laid-back and calm, she seemed innocent and innocent. "No, just say it here. Please don't call anyone else." Kansuke said while trying to calm himself down. "Okay, I won't call anyone." said the princess.Kansuke quietly stretched out his hand to the handle of the knife, at this moment, he suddenly heard the cry of a baby. "It seems that the little princess woke up. I don't know what's wrong, but I cried all night last night——"

"what?" Kansuke was taken aback.He never dreamed that she had children. "When did you have your baby?" Kansuke asked. "The one crying now is the older child." "what?!" Kansuke wondered if his ears had misheard. "The big one you mentioned just now is Your Royal Highness—" "The big one was born last spring, and the small one was born this summer. Hence the names Chun Ji and Xia Ji." Kansuke never thought that the princess standing in front of him was already the mother of two children. "Is this really your child, the princess?"

Kansuke himself thought it was a strange and funny question. "Hehehe—" The princess laughed like a silver bell. "Old man, you are really strange to ask." At some point, Kansuke was called "Old Man" by the princess.At this moment, the surrounding area is still slightly dim, and the other party should not be able to see Kansuke's face clearly.Therefore, the other party must have detected Kansuke as an elderly person through his words and demeanor. "It's so cold, I want to close the door. Please come in from over there, old man. It's not good for the child in my belly to be so cold."

Hearing this, Kansuke was surprised for the third time. "You, the child in your womb?" "This time, a boy must be born. I have to pay attention to my body." "Yes. Then, I'll go into the house that way." Kansuke couldn't help but feel very discouraged, and he no longer had the idea of ​​killing someone in his heart. Speaking of which, what the hell is Harunobu doing?Not only gave birth to two girls with the daughter of the Yuchuan family, but also made her pregnant again.Harunobu secretly did such a ridiculous thing without telling me, Kansuke, or Yubu Ji.

Kansuke walked around to the main entrance, stayed for a while, and then a maid came to guide him into the house.Kansuke sat down in the front hall of the house, and after a while, the princess appeared in the adjoining room and sat down facing Kansuke. "Ah, what's the matter with your eyelids?" Under the light, the princess saw Kansuke's face clearly, was startled, and couldn't help asking abruptly. "Does your face hurt?" "It doesn't hurt. It's an injury from the battlefield, and it's already healed. However, my face is basically born like this." "Is that how you were born? Oh, how pathetic." After hearing this, the princess frowned suddenly. "Since she was born like this, there is nothing I can do about it," said the princess. "His Royal Highness is so beautiful when she was born, but she is so ugly when she is born." Kansuke sat quietly and spoke slowly.Unbelievably, no matter what the princess said, Kansuke didn't feel hurtful at all.It was as if being hit by beautiful petals without feeling any pain at all. "your Highness!" Kansuke raised his supposedly ugly face and said solemnly: "Please screen back to the left and right for now." Then, the voice of the princess came from the adjacent room: "You all go outside for a while." Under such an occasion, the princess's unsuspecting character can be regarded as fully revealed. When the two maids were about to leave the room, Kansuke said again: "Please leave the door of the room open like this, and please open the sliding door in the room." At this time, the light of dawn shone slightly from the direction of the corridor through the open door of the room, and the sliding door was also slightly glowing with white light.After confirming that no one was hiding in the three-room house, Kansuke turned his head to face the princess, and said slowly: "Just now, you said that you are pregnant with a child, do you want to give birth to a young master?" "The two children I gave birth to were girls. I thought that if I happened to give birth to a boy this time—" "If you give birth to a young master, then you have to worry about it." "How do you say that?" "My lord's main wife, Mrs. Santiao, has already given birth to two young masters, Yi Xin and Long Bao." "I know that, but—" At this time, the princess raised her head: "As for me, I want to have a strong child. From now on, let him shoulder the burden of the Takeda family—" Although the tone of voice is a bit hesitant, the content of the speech is firm. "I see." "My lord once said that I just want a strong child." "However, there is already a strong young master now." Kansuke got to the point. "Do you know that there is His Royal Highness Yubuji?" "have no idea." The princess was obviously strongly impacted by Kansuke's words. "His Royal Highness Yubuki has given birth to a young master Katsuyori who will surely become Japan's number one heroic general in the future." "how come!" The expression on the princess's face at this time clearly said: This is impossible!How could such a thing happen! "His Royal Highness Yubuji, who is it?" the princess trembled. "It's Suwa-sama's daughter." Although Kansuke felt a little cruel, he also decided to tell the princess all the truth at this time. "Right now, Her Highness Yubuki lives in the Kannon-in Temple in Suwa. The only one who doesn't know about this is you, Your Highness the Princess." "what……" At this moment, the princess had no blood on her face, and said palely: "That one, is she prettier than me?" Hearing this, Kansuke didn't know how to answer for a moment. "Which of the two of you is more beautiful, I can't say. You are both beautiful." "Is he such a beautiful person? My lord said that I am the most beautiful in the world." "Princess, you are indeed beautiful. However, Your Highness Yubuji is also beautiful." The princess seemed to want to move her body forward, but she suddenly softened and fell down, her shoulders undulating like waves. "Your Highness, do you hate the Lord?" After Kansuke finished speaking, the princess was still leaning over on the ground, but she shook her head vigorously, and did not hear the sound of whimpering. "Why don't you resent the lord?" At this time, the princess straightened up with a dull and empty expression. "I, like the lord." "Whatever he says he likes—" "No, it's me who said I like it. I already knew that the lord has Mrs. Santiao. I knew it would cause disputes in his family, but I still wanted to give birth to a young master for him. What you said just now, I The one I don't know is just another person like Mrs. Sanjo to me! No matter how many things I don't know, I have to endure it. It's all my own fault. But, from now on In the end, I will probably live a miserable and sad life." The plump and beautiful cheeks of the princess, in the twilight of the morning, seemed to stay there expressionlessly. "Do you know why I came here before dawn today?" Kansuke said. "I don't know. However, I always feel a little scary." "I've come to take your life." Kansuke originally thought that the princess would be shocked after hearing this, but the princess was not so moved. "Well, I just feel like there is such a force." "Then why didn't you take precautions?" "I think, if this is what the lord wants, then I will sacrifice my life." said the princess.Kansuke thought to himself, the woman's mood is really incomprehensible.Kansuke had never dreamed of the princess's self-sacrifice. "My lord doesn't know about this, but I want to take your life, princess." "In that case, why don't you do it?" At this time, the princess's tone suddenly became more intense, and the gaze from those beautiful eyes pierced Kansuke's lids. "I believe that your two little princesses, as well as the child in your womb, will definitely be very important people to the Takeda family. They will definitely be the good brother and good brother of Lord Katsurai, born by His Royal Highness Bu Ji. Sister's." "That's hard to say. Maybe it will affect An Tai of the Takeda family—" "No, if you are a princess, the children you raise will be treasures of the Takeda family. It must be like this." Kansuke paused, and said again: "My name is Kansuke Yamamoto." "I know you. When you came to this room just now, I guessed it was probably you." "From now on, please let Kansuke work for you, the princess. Whether it is the two little princesses or the child you are about to give birth to, I, Kansuke, will definitely risk my life to protect them. If there is anything wrong with you or It's a sad thing, for the sake of the Takeda family, please be patient. However, His Highness Yubuki's child, Katsuyori-sama, was born a year ago, so I beg your princess to let your child respect him as a brother." "..." "If you agree, I, Kansuke, will die—" The princess was silent for a moment, then said: "Then, I'm counting on you." After saying this in a low voice, the princess lowered her head slightly. "Also, please don't tell the lord about the matter of Kansuke's visit today." "I see." "Also, I have another request. Please don't take advantage of my lord—" Kansuke originally wanted to say "don't attack the lord while he's asleep", but after thinking about it, it seems that there is no need to worry about this princess. "Please don't resent the lord anyway... The lord is not in good health either. That's what I want to say." "Things like resenting the lord——" There was only sadness on the princess' face that had nothing to do with resentment. "Excuse me for being presumptuous, I don't know what your honorable name is, princess?" "Yu Qin." said the princess briefly. "Princess Yuqin, what a beautiful name." Kansuke said. After Kansuke stayed in this other courtyard of Jicui Temple for about half a moment, he left Yu Qinji's hermitage. On the way back, Kansuke didn't gallop his horse.Kansuke thought about it, although Yu Qinji said that, but she is a woman after all, and things may not go as smoothly as imagined in the future.However, the more troublesome thing was from Bucky's side.If this matter is known to her, Yu Buji, who has a strong personality, might make troubles so that neither Harunobu nor Yu Qinji can survive.But sooner or later she would know.It is still necessary to find an appropriate time and think of a clever way to let her know about it without causing too much impact on her. Kansuke unknowingly took the position of protecting Yubu Ji and Yu Qinji from the Sanjo clan's influence.However, Kansuke was not very worried.If Yu Qinji's child can truly become Katsurai's right-hand man after being brought up, then this will definitely not be a bad thing for Katsurai. After Kansuke finished a meal at a farmer's house outside Gufu City, he galloped away at the same speed as when he came. Kansuke came to a village in Nirasaki after galloping the horse for three miles non-stop since Kofu.When leaving from there, Kansuke saw three horses resting on the vast river beach of Kamanagawa from a distance, but there were no riders on the horses, so they must have gone to eat somewhere.Kansuke rode his horse towards the opposite direction of the river beach.Although taking this road would take a big detour, Kansuke didn't want to meet Harunobu at this moment.Kansuke thought about it, he had to find a very suitable time to meet Harunobu, and at that time, Harunobu must be kept away from women. It was about thirteen miles from Nirasaki to Takashima Castle, and Kansuke ran non-stop along the way.Kansuke really wanted to see Yubu Ji, and also wanted to go and see Katsuyori.In addition, the soldiers who have just returned to Takashima Castle from the Unino Plains must be ordered to march to the high and far place without disarming their armor and horses, and must bring that area under the control of the Takeda family. After the capture of Gaoyuan City, Yubu Ji and Sheng Lai must be placed there.Kansuke thought so. From the autumn of the seventeenth year of Tianwen to the first half of the year, many small-scale battles took place.Before confronting Echigo's Jinghu again, in order to avoid worries, it is necessary to wipe out the anti-Takeda forces in the Shinshu area.Kansuke joined the army to participate in small battles in Ina, Kiso, Matsumoto and other places, and slowly allowed Harunobu's forces to take root in these places. At the beginning of August, Kansuke was finally able to take off his armor, and lived a peaceful life that he had not seen for a few days.During this period, Buji sent an envoy to Kansuke's residence and told him to go to Guanyin Temple quickly.Kansuke hadn't seen Yubuki for about three months.So Kansuke got on his horse immediately and galloped towards Yubuki's house. As soon as he stepped into the gate of Guanyin Temple, Kansuke immediately felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere here.Kansuke came to the room adjacent to Yubuki's bedroom and sat down on his knees. "your Highness." Kansuke Road. "You come in." Hearing this, Kansuke opened the sliding door and entered Yubuki's bedroom. Sitting there with his back to the alcove, Bu Ji looked a little blue.Seeing Kansuke come in, Yubu Ji shouted in a deep voice: "Kansuke, can you look at my face seriously!" The voice trembled. "Ah?" Kansuke couldn't help lowering his head, thinking to himself: Except for Yu Qinji's matter, he didn't hide anything from Yu Buji.However, the matter about Yu Qinji shouldn't have reached Yu Buji's ears so easily.Not to mention Yu Buji, even the veterans of the Wutian family who knew about Yu Qinji were very few. "Can you look me in the eyes! Kansuke, answer me clearly!" Kansuke didn't answer, just looked at Yubuki's face silently. "Are you looking at me, or not? You can't tell from Kansuke's face." Yu Buji said viciously. "About a month ago, a concubine named Yu Qin gave birth to a boy in the ancient mansion. Do you know about this?" It was the first time Kansuke had heard of this.Although Kansuke also noticed that Yu Qinji's delivery date was approaching, but due to the many wars in those days, he had no time to leave for the ancient mansion. "I don't know." "What do you mean you don't know? Is this the first time you hear about her giving birth to a boy?" "yes." "Then let me ask you, do you really not know that Yu Qin gave birth to a child? Tell me clearly! If there is half a lie, Kansuke, I will not forgive you!" "..." "Yu Qin, you knew about it before, right?" Kansuke thought to himself, now that Yu Qinji's name has been mentioned, it seems impossible to hide it.By the way, how did this get out?This is really strange and unpleasant. "I met Yu Qinji once." Kansuke finally made up his mind and said. "Why are you hiding this from me?" "..." "Can't you tell?" "Compared to this, what is more important is, who told Her Royal Highness about this?" "It's my lord." Kansuke sucked in a sharp breath. "How could my lord put such a thing—" "Are you saying that my lord will not tell me such a thing?" The expression on Yu Buji's face remained unchanged, only a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I forced the lord to tell me, just like I'm forcing you now." Kansuke remained silent, thinking to himself: You can't answer hastily. "My lord is very frank. He also mentioned to me that you have been to Jicui Temple where Yu Qinji lives in seclusion." "Hey?" Kansuke let out a low hum. "How could my lord know this!" "I don't know that." "But why did you find out about Yu Qinji, Your Highness the Princess?" "Do you want to know?" Suddenly, Kansuke felt that Yubuki's figure was gradually getting bigger in his eyes, oppressing him. "This is something that people like you, Kansuke, would never dream of—it's based on the smell of incense. The wife of the old mansion (the main family Sanjo) hates incense. But when the lord comes, I often smell it. to the rich aroma—” "Oh?" Kansuke was taken aback. "So I sent people to the ancient mansion to find out where the fragrance came from." In Kansuke's eyes at this time, Yubu Ji's face became more terrifying than ever before. "Kansuke!" "yes." "There is one thing I beg of you. Go and bring Yu Qinji and her people here." "And what happens after you bring them?" "I haven't thought of this yet. We'll talk about it at that time. Anyway, I hope you will bring them here." Kansuke was silent again. "Since you don't obey my orders, I'll do it myself." In fact, Yubuji also wanted to do this by herself.Kansuke thought to himself.In order to get things done, Yu Buji didn't know what to do. "I see, I'll go and bring them." Kansuke replied. "When will it be brought?" "This..." "I'll give you a one-month deadline." Yu Buji said indisputably. "I see." Kansuke replied again. After Kansuke bid farewell to Kannon-in Temple that day, he stayed overnight in Takashima Castle, and set off for the ancient mansion the next morning to meet Harunobu.Now that things are going on, Kansuke can't think of any other way except to have a good talk with Harunobu, who is responsible for all these incidents, to discuss countermeasures.And this is also an opportunity, Harunobu must be cut off from female sex. As soon as Kansuke arrived at the ancient mansion, he went straight to the residence hall to meet Harunobu. Unlike usual, today's Harunobu was full of smiles. "Why do I come to you, do you know?" Kansuke raised his face slightly and said so. "Did you come to tell me that it's time for a showdown with Jing Hu?" "Sorry, that's not the case." "Then why?" "Please think about it carefully, and you will understand. It is all your fault that the matter has come to this point." "I do not understand." "It's about His Highness Bu Ji and Yu Qinji—" "Does Yubuki know?" Harunobu seemed very surprised, and the expression on his face was very confused: "This is troublesome." "If you pretend to be confused, it will be difficult for me." "I don't know anything. Why does she know about Yu Qin? This is troublesome." Harunobu said. "Didn't you tell her about this yourself? What can I do? Thanks to you, I, Kansuke, was reprimanded by His Royal Highness Yubuji!" "No, there must be something wrong. I, Harunobu, have never mentioned this matter to Yubuki." "But, when Her Royal Highness pressed the lord to ask you, didn't you tell her everything?" "how is this possible!" Harunobu exclaimed in surprise.On his face, there is no hint of concealing the facts and turning black and white: "Kansuke, it looks like you've been tricked by Yubuki." "Ah, I didn't think of that..." For some reason, Kansuke suddenly felt a little unsure. "My lord, have you really not told His Royal Highness Yubuji about this?" "I think I still have a sense of what can be said and what can't be said." "Then how could..." Kansuke blurted out: "Because you said that you knew that I had been to the place where His Royal Highness Qin Ji lived in seclusion—" "have you been there?" "Hey?" "When did you go? What did you do?" "You really don't know?" "have no idea." "That's terrible." "It should be me who feels bad!" "His Royal Highness Bu Ji strictly ordered me to take Her Royal Highness Qin Ji to her—" "This is a matter between Bu Ji and Yu Qin Ji. What are you doing with it?" Having said that, Haruno laughed out loud. "Just tell Yubuji that I have sent Yuqin back to Youchuan's house in Shinano. Isn't that all right?" Harunobu laughed again.Kansuke couldn't tell where these words were true and which were false.Anyway, under the current situation, I had no choice but to believe what Harunobu said. "In this way, Kansuke's siege will be relieved. You can tell her like this." At some point, this situation turned into a situation where Harunobu came to help Kansuke to break the siege.Kansuke came here to question Harunobu about Qin Ji, and asked Haruno how to make promises and guarantees in the future, but the result turned out to be different. "After Yuqinji is sent back to Shinano, the three children will have to be handed over to you, Kansuke. Don't let anyone know about it except you. Please." "yes." "Tomorrow, you can set off with the three children." After Kansuke left Harunobu Residence that day, he was at a loss. The next day, when Kansuke went to visit the city again, there were three sedan chairs waiting for him at the city gate.The two young princesses and the newly born baby were held in the arms of three maids respectively, each riding in a sedan chair.Kansuke then set off with the twenty samurai guarding the three palanquins.The midsummer sun is shining hotly on the earth.Kansuke has since escorted the sedan chair carried by Boo Ji to Suwa, and now he is escorting the three children born to another princess to Suwa. Looking back, why did I come to this ancient mansion?Kansuke couldn't understand.In the end, he didn't raise a single opinion, but handled the good aftermath of the male and female affairs for Haruno.Speaking of things between men and women, Kansuke couldn't figure it out anyway.No matter how complicated it is for a war such as siege of a city, I can quickly see the key point as clearly as the sun sees the sun, but I can't figure it out at all about the relationship between men and women. All in all, you must have four cities in your hands.Give Suwa to Katsuyori, and Takato Castle to the baby who is now being rocked and rocked by the maid in the sedan chair.Well, it's okay to switch the territories of the two of them.In addition, it is also necessary to place the two little princesses in the corresponding city.It seems that I will be busy in the future.Kansuke was thinking like this, when he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes clattering behind him, a fast horse galloped past Kansuke and his party, and went away in an instant.Not long after, it was another ride. When the third fast horse passed by, Kansuke rode up to catch up, galloped side by side with the fast horse, turned his head and asked: "What happened?" "Long-tailed Jinghu invaded Beixin, and my lord decided to lead the army to set off from the ancient mansion tonight." "Understood, you go." After Kansuke finished speaking, he slowed down his mount.The fast horse's mount was already dripping with sweat, shining under the sun's rays, and gradually receding in Kansuke's eyes. Kansuke's body trembled slightly.However, this should not be a big battle.Kansuke thought.Because Jing Hu's army is not good at fighting in summer.Unlike when he was thinking about men and women before, this time Kansuke's mind was extremely clear.

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