Chapter 15 Chapter Fifteen Evil Son Evil Deeds

Standing on the turret to the south of the main castle, Ieyasu pointed at Furodani, Kagezaki, and the marina while explaining the offensive and defensive strategies to Shinyasu.In case the enemy attacked from the south, they should stick to the bridge on the Sugo River... Based on this assumption, Ieyasu explained in detail, Xinyasu's eyes lit up and he couldn't help nodding.In terms of military strategy, my father is indeed not an idler.But in terms of martial arts, he may be above his father. Jiakang thought to himself, and said, "I'll let you recruit this year." Xinkang immediately smiled, and replied, "Please let me go to Yoshida Castle, father!"

Ieyasu smiled heartily: "If you fail in Yoshida Castle, what should you do? Wouldn't Okazaki become an isolated city?" "No, as long as father is here, Okazaki Castle will be safe. Xinkang will never let father down." "Sanlang, don't be hasty in everything. You still have a long way to go in life." "Although that is said, it is only once in a person's life that he is fifteen years old." Ieyasu looked at his son in surprise: "Okay! But you can't defend when you go out, you can only attack. You rely on Yoshida and Okazaki two castles, and go to a showdown with the skilled Takeda army. Come, let's go down. Also, what are you doing today? You can go to the inner court to rest."

"No." Xinkang replied reflexively, and followed Jiakang down the turret, "Father didn't even take off his battle uniform, so how can my son enjoy leisure to himself." Ieyasu laughed again.In the daytime, he still ran to Calamus' room with a grunt, but now he was ambitious.If he can train his son himself, he will have a few more arms.However, the urgent situation in front of him could not tolerate him, and he had no time to take care of Xinkang when he was running around every day. The repair of the castle was finally over. He was going to leave Okazaki on the fifth day of May. On the way, he inspected the defense of Yoshida Castle, passed through Hamamatsu, crossed the Oi River like a gust of wind, and entered Suruga.One battle will tell whether the news of Shingen's death is true.If the news is true, they can immediately attack the three parties of the Shan family.In short, the most important thing is to take back Futamata Castle, then capture Nagashino, and firmly control the exit of Kai.Ieyasu has made full psychological preparations for this, and he will not hesitate to make any sacrifices.

Although the sun is already setting in the west, the factories everywhere are still busy. "Sanlang, go check the stables. I'll rest here for a while." Ieyasu boarded the embankment in front of Furo Valley, where childhood memories were left, and watched Xinyasu and Kiji as they left with a smile. The sound of the wind has died away, and the trees are still.It was almost evening.The sound of the gavel and the yelling of the peasants could be heard more clearly.Ieyasu sat down on the tree stump beside him, looking at the cotton fields in Furo Valley.He knew that the cotton seeds were brought by his mother who currently lives in Sandao City when she married into the city.At that time, the lord of the city was his father.Later, the lord of the city became Ieyasu, and now he has become Ieyasu's son Xinyasu.Who will stand here next to bathe in the sunset?I don't know if Shingen is dead or not, but Ieyasu gradually realizes that one day he too will disappear from this world.

"My lord." Ieyasu was immersed in memories when suddenly a clear voice came from behind.He turned his head slowly and asked, "Who?" "The servant girl is Mrs. Deji's personal maid and servant. I have something to say to my lord, so I came here." Ieyasu looked cautiously at the little attendant who was kneeling on the ground.The strong face is very similar to Ke Ni who used to be by Ieyasu's side, maybe that is the common appearance of Owari girls. "I remember you. What's the matter, why didn't you report it just now?" "My lord, please forgive me. The servant wants to report to the lord alone, so I will wait here."

"This statement is inappropriate. It is not allowed to do so in the future. If you have something to do, you must first ask someone to report it. Alright, what's the matter with you?" "This……" The little attendant looked around cautiously, and after confirming that there was no one there, he said softly: "Someone wants to occupy this city, please be careful..." "Is it a rumor?" "Yes Yes." "There are many people who want to occupy this city, so I am here to restore it. Don't worry." "But... those who want to occupy this city are not outside the city, but inside the city—"

"Is this also a rumor?" Ieyasu frowned and stopped the conversation, "If it's just speculation, don't tell me. Or, do you have definite evidence?" The little attendant smiled confidently: "The servant girl is just a maid who was married from the Zhitian family. Reporting these rumors is already going too far. Please learn from me." "Oh. So, you mean that I should check it out myself?" "Please be careful, my lord." "Is there a traitor in the city? If it's just a rumor among women, I don't need to listen." "Yes. But it's about the young master..."

"It's about the young master?" Ieyasu was intentionally surprised, and then he laughed, "Are you worried about that kind of thing?" "yes." "You think I haven't realized that kind of thing?" "what?" The little servant opened his eyes.Ieyasu continued: "I know. It is because I know that I keep silent." Ieyasu's tone was so solemn and confident, the little attendant couldn't help being surprised. "I'm not blind. The reason why I personally came to Okazaki Castle to supervise the repair of the city is because I faintly felt those rumors."

"Your Excellency knows?" "I didn't know it at first, but I realized it after I came here. There seems to be someone manipulating Xinkang... But this is not your job. Do you hear me? You are Deji's maid, and your duty is to take good care of the young lady." "yes." "Also, remember that Xinkang is still very young and easily hurt by rumors in the inner court. Don't tell De Ji directly about those rumors, let alone pass them on to Gifu." "understood." "It's useless to worry about many things in the world. Excessive worry often leads to failure and mistakes. Do you understand?"

"yes." "Okay, let's go down." The little servant was not satisfied.She thought she would at least get some compliments.But the result was just the opposite. Before she could say a tenth of her words, Ieyasu dismissed her. "Then... please take care, my lord." "Everyone, be vigilant." Ieyasu urged again.Watching her back gradually go away, Ieyasu stood up.Although he said he knew and ordered the little attendant not to intervene, it was actually the first time he heard that there was a mole in Okazaki Castle.He was shocked.In this way, there is indeed something suspicious.Ieyasu has already felt resistance and disobedience from Xinyasu's attitude, and the chaos in Okazaki Castle also makes him unbelievable.

Ieyasu returned to Hachiman Garden, which he was familiar with, when it was getting dark.Did something really happen?He couldn't help but tilt his head thinking. He was about to pass through the city gate when suddenly a servant ran out of it and almost bumped into him.The man didn't realize that the other party was Ieyasu, so he ran out in a panic. "Stop! Didn't you let someone hear you?" A person caught up behind him and bumped into Ieyasu. "Stop!" Ieyasu shouted. The man stood still in surprise.As if he finally realized that Ieyasu was in front of him, he held his breath suddenly, his whole body trembling.Ieyasu didn't get angry, but the other party was trembling.Twilight was thick.This matter is indeed strange. "What did you just say? What did you hear?" Ieyasu asked while carefully looking at the person in front of him.It turned out to be the samurai Yamada Bazang under the command of the town. "Report to me quickly!" Jiakang shouted in a low voice, and walked inside. The repair of the city was completed on the fifth day of May as planned.The moat was dug deeper, and gun holes were added to the surrounding turrets.Eighteen new wells were dug, and the walls around the city gates were added two or three feet.All this is what Ieyasu means.According to his combat experience with Shingen, Ieyasu prepared for battle in case the Shingen army raided Okazaki.The warehouse is full of food and weapons, enough for 3,000 soldiers to last for half a year. Ieyasu left Okazaki on the second day after the completion of the project, that is, the sixth day of May.Before leaving, he called Xinkang and said: "This city has been repaired. In order to confirm the death of Lord Xinxuan, I prepared to attack Junfu for my father. Listen carefully, this city will never be breached from the outside. Therefore, You have to pay close attention to the movement in the city." Xinkang's last words to Ieyasu were not very helpful.The city itself is impenetrable, which means the defenders are unreliable—Xinkang was dissatisfied and sent his father to Yilizhong.After returning, he immediately confided to Qinji: "Pay attention to the movements in the city - what do you think this means?" "This..." Kiyoshi carefully led Xinkang into the bedroom, "If someone in the castle colludes with Kai, then Okazaki will be self-defeating...I think that's what he meant." "Someone in the city colluded with Kai... wouldn't that be betrayal?" "Yes. So my lord wants you to pay attention to the movements in the city." Xinkang changed into a new uniform in wonder.The weather was hot, and I was already sweating profusely wearing only a thin layer of combat uniform.But who is the betrayer?Now it is Jiaxin's army that is fighting the Sanhe people, but they are not the only enemy.In this troubled world, once there is a conflict of interest, yesterday's allies may immediately fall into the arms of the enemy.Mrs. Tsukiyama once said that the Oda family must not be taken lightly.The young Xinyasu savored the words of his father Ieyasu in his heart. "My dear, I'm going to the inner court." "Are you going to Calamus?" "No, no, it's Deji's place. I want to try my best to keep the inner court harmonious. This year I will be recruiting for the first time, and I will finally leave the city." Kiss nodded.He is very happy.As long as he does not lose his father's will, Xinkang is by no means a fool. "You can go at ease. The affairs of the court will be taken care of by Qinji." "Deji should be very happy too, the baby is about to be born..." Xinkang walked straight to the corridor leading to the inner court as he spoke. In the inner courtyard, De Ji and his attendants were smelling the incense.Those were ten kinds of incense sticks from Kyoto, which were sent by Nobunaga. "Ade, I'm here." Xin Kang Tenteng walked in and tapped the incense set with the handle of the knife in his hand, "What is this?" "We are smelling the fragrance." Deji replied seriously as the fragrance filled the bedroom. Xinkang is not interested in aroma.He looked mischievously at Deji's bulging belly, and sat down. "Clean up." He said to the little attendant.The little attendant didn't seem to understand, so he glanced at De Ji. "I asked you to clean up, didn't you hear?" Xinkang's voice became louder. "Yes... yes." The little attendant looked at De Ji again, as if waiting for her order. "You!" Xinkang knocked over the incense set violently.The little attendant gave a low cry and hurriedly packed up. Both Deji and the little attendant showed dissatisfaction on their faces, because the incense set was a gift from Nobunaga.Xinkang frowned, staring at the two of them: "Ade!" "exist." "You want to defy me?" "No, I know you're not interested in this, I'll let her clean it up right away." "Little attendant! You are too much." "Forgive me, young master. I will pay attention to this servant in the future." "I heard that you made a special trip to talk to your father recently. Is it true?" The little servant was taken aback.She did meet Ieyasu, but how did Xinyasu know about it? "Why don't you answer, are you deaf?" "Yes... the servant has seen the lord, but he didn't say anything to the lord." Xinkang still hugged the little attendant tightly.The faint dissatisfaction gradually became stronger.He seemed to have seen Oda Nobunaga's arrogance from the stubborn look of his little attendant—although he apologized in his mouth, he was not convinced in his heart. "Little servant." "Yes." The little attendant packed up the incense set and knelt down in front of Xinkang. His calm and calm demeanor made Xinkang even more angry. "What did you say to your father? Tell the truth!" "Yes... the servant just greets the lord and hopes that he is safe." "Don't you think that's too much? What did you say to Calamus last time?" "what?" "Let me come to De Ji more often, didn't you instigate Calamus to say this? Have you forgotten?" "Yes... no, absolutely nothing." "Then Calamus is lying...I'll ask her to confront you right away." After Xinkang finished speaking, he shouted: "Calamus, calamus..." Seeing Xin Kang go out angrily, De Ji trembled with anger. "Little attendant... what on earth do you want to do? Make him so angry." But the little attendant was very calm: "The young master seems to have misunderstood. The servant will apologize to him properly, miss, don't worry." Just as he was talking, Xinkang rushed back angrily. "Come here, Calamus..." Calamus was dragged in by Xinkang and almost fell to the ground. "Didn't you tell me that the little servant asked you to persuade me to come to Ade's often? The little servant said she never instructed you like that. What is the truth? Don't lie. Tell me!" "Let me speak." The little attendant stepped forward, "This servant just told Calamus what was in his heart, maybe there was some hint of that meaning in his words. Please forgive me, young master!" "What? Isn't this instigating Calamus?" "No, I didn't instruct, I just begged—" "Shut up!" Xinkang said, raising his hand to slap him.The little attendant yelled, staggered and fell backwards, reaching out to hold his head.Xinkang's knife accidentally touched the servant, and blood flowed from the servant's fingers. "Ah! This..." Deji and Calamus turned pale with fright, not knowing what to do.Xinkang stood up blankly.He didn't intend to kill the little attendant.Not only did he not want to kill people, he also wanted to meet De Ji who was in love with him, but he didn't expect that things backfired. "It's okay. It's not in the way." The little attendant calmly lowered his head towards Xinkang while taking out a piece of paper to wipe the wound, "Please forgive me, this servant has spoiled the young master's mood." Xinkang stood there, his body trembling violently.A strand of black hair from the little attendant's head was cut off, and it floated on the floor, with blood still bubbling from between his fingers. "It's really rude!" Xinkang kicked the little attendant's shoulder in embarrassment, and he didn't understand why he was so cruel, "I'll let you off today, and if this kind of thing happens again in the future, I will never forgive you lightly. See if I don't tear you into eight pieces!" "please forgive!" Xinkang rushed out of the room angrily, and the little attendant lowered his head again. "please forgive……" After Xinkang's figure disappeared, De Ji embraced the little attendant with a wow, and burst into tears.Calamus hurriedly went to get the basin. "Please keep quiet." The little attendant said, "The young master didn't expect such a thing to happen, he was just impulsive. If Miss made a fuss, he would be even angrier." "He's too impulsive!" "No, I was too much. He was right. It was me..." the little attendant said, taking his hand away from his head, which was already stained with blood. "Ah... this..." Calamus shouted first, and the basin in his hand almost fell.She quickly fetched the paper and pressed the little attendant's wound.The white paper was stained red with blood in a blink of an eye, and calamus' fingers were also bleeding continuously.Blood flowed from the little squire's forehead to her cheeks, and after a while, she was completely unrecognizable. "The injury is too serious... too serious." It was not De Ji who said this, but Chang Pu.De Ji opened his eyes in horror, and instinctively looked away. "Please don't say anything. It's not good for the child in your womb. It's not good if the young master hears it." Calamus kept changing the paper, wiping his own hands, the wound, and the face of the servant.Gradually, the little attendant's face became paler and paler.If she died... Calamus began to panic in his heart.She knew that the little servant was not an ordinary maid.If this matter spreads to the Oda family, Oda Nobunaga will be furious, what will happen?She had a premonition that her adoptive father, who had a secret mission, and herself would face a catastrophe, and her heart trembled.This is not the only thing she worries about. When she realizes that she is loved by Xinkang, the old instructions of Shenglai and her adoptive father become even more terrifying.What Changpu is most afraid of is that Xinkang suddenly finds out that she is an undercover agent of the Takeda family one day. At first, she didn't think about anything, but now, she began to worry about Xinkang.But before she was unable to get rid of her adoptive father's control, she didn't have the courage to confess to Xinkang. "Little attendant, please forgive me. Calamus was careless and caused you to be misunderstood by the young master. I shouldn't have told the young master what you said, I was wrong." "No, stop talking. Ah... I'm dizzy. You send me back to my room... let me rest." Then, the little attendant stopped De Ji, who was about to stand up in a panic, and said, "Don't call anyone. Miss just said that I was dizzy and fell down in the corridor and was injured..." Calamus hugged the little attendant and wept bitterly. The little attendant was determined not to let Deji accompany him.With the help of Calamus, she returned to her room, asked someone to spread the bedding, and lay down. "The bleeding has stopped, please go back." She said to Calamus.Calamus stood motionless by the pillow.She had a vague worry.Things never end there.This makes calamus helpless. The little attendant saw Calamus' worry, and smiled deliberately: "Please don't worry. Am I already cured? Please... please go back." "Little attendant." Calamus could no longer control himself, "I have something to tell you." "What's up?" "I'm not Jia Jing's daughter." The little attendant's eyes lit up, but she couldn't speak, she just nodded gratefully. "Respect...Respect is actually someone sent by Kai." "..." "He is the person Katsuyori sent to Mrs. Tsukiyama's side." "Hush one," the little attendant reminded her in a low voice.But for Calamus, who wants to fully reveal his thoughts to the other party, the reminder is no longer effective. "Kakami sent the letter written by Mrs. Tsukiyama to Katsuyai. As for the content, I don't know very well. It seems that this city is going to be..." "Hush—" the little attendant quickly put his hand on Calamus' knee again. "No, I want to say!" Chang Pu shook his head excitedly, and continued, "Calamus... Calamus really hopes to help the young master. I know, little attendant, and Mrs. De Ji, you all want to help the young master. Calamus, I...calamus, I..." While talking, a voice suddenly came from the corridor: "Is calamus here? Calamus! Calamus!" That was Xinkang's voice.Calamus immediately stopped talking, exchanged glances with the little attendant, and then stood up.When she came to the porch, she found Xinkang standing there with a pale face, as if she had heard their conversation.His lips were paler and drier than usual, trembling violently. "The young master called me?" "calamus!" "yes." "Okay, you go first..." Xinkang seemed to have lost the courage to get angry.The mother actually colluded with Su Jing and became the internal agent of the Takeda family. What Iris said was like a bolt from the blue...