Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-Two

The first year of Tianzheng was indeed an eventful year.Takeda and Tokugawa ushered in the second year of Tensho in a tense confrontation. It was the fifth day of the first month of the year, and Ieyasu was awarded the fifth grade, and a grand celebration banquet was held in Hamamatsu Castle.In Okazaki Castle, even the Ashigaru samurai enjoyed wine.The allied forces of Oda and Tokugawa are already invincible, and the elite troops of Koshu are also helpless, so the whole Tokugawa family is sincerely celebrating. In the lively atmosphere, only Mrs. Zhushan was worried.There is no longer any letter from Katsurai, and the news from Hamamatsu City is not to her liking; she just breathed a sigh of relief because Awan was alienated by Ieyasu, and then came the news that Ai became Ieyasu's concubine; not only that , Awan's child was raised in secret, and Aqin heard from nowhere that the child was named Yu Yiwan.

When Xinkang heard the news, instead of being angry, he said happily, "I have a younger brother? That's great. Next time I go to Hamamatsu, I must meet him. Ah, I have a younger brother!" He had no brother before, He also toasted in the inner court. It's really unreasonable!Mrs. Zhushan was furious when she heard all this. She knew that Xinkang was no longer a son who could be manipulated by his mother.Since going to the martial arts festival and the first expedition of Assuke, after several battles, Xinyasu respected and worshiped his father Ieyasu more and more.Men are all like this.Lately, he's been talking about the military every night.

"The number one general in the country is my father." Calamus told his wife that Xinkang was very proud when he said this. Even Calamus, just pregnant, suddenly had a miscarriage.What a bad omen.Bad things happened one after another, so Madam specially called Calamus and asked, "Do you share the same bed too often at night?" Calamus blushed with embarrassment, so he had to answer: "Yes." Then he bowed his head and remained silent. "Too many times of sharing the same bed makes it difficult to get pregnant. It's really difficult." The husband said this in his mouth, but thinking that if he blamed Calamus too much, Deji would take the opportunity to win the favor, so the wife didn't say any more.

Unconsciously, spring is over, and it is May in a blink of an eye.The dreary and wet rainy season is coming to an end. On this day, the gloomy sky is covered with heavy lead-colored clouds. "Aqin, if this continues, I will go crazy. I heard that Ogami Yashiro has returned from Hamamatsu, you call him, I have something to ask him." After speaking, Mrs. Tsukiyama sat down in front of the mirror alone. Madam still couldn't calm down.The face in the mirror was so cold, it was clearly an old woman who stayed alone in a vacant room.Seeing his stern face, the lady wanted to cry and shout, but in the end she controlled her emotions, combed her hair and painted her lips red.She hadn't seen Yashiro for a long time.Even if she didn't say she was particularly gorgeous, at least she didn't want Yashiro to think that she had become ugly.

About half a quarter later, Yashiro came over. "Yashiro, I heard that you came back from Hamamatsu, so I asked you to come and talk." Tsukiyama greeted politely.Yashiro was also very attentive: "It's been a long time since I saw my wife. How have you been? The master of Hamamatsu is very energetic." "Yashiro, haven't the Kai army arrived in Mikawa?" "This..." Yashiro thought seriously, "I will probably enter Yuanjiang from Junfu this year." "and then?" "Should go south from Changxiao to Sanhe." "Is there a letter for you?"

"letter?" Mrs. Zhushan looked around and said in a low voice, "Is there a secret envoy?" Yashiro shook his head faintly: "No. The villain is working for the Tokugawa clan." "Yashiro, no one here can hear you. Don't gossip about him, just tell me the whole story." "The villain doesn't understand Madam's words!" Mishiro said sternly, "If there is nothing, it is not. This is the fact. If you keep entangled because of this matter, do you think it will be a big deal?" "So, what do you mean, let me wait quietly?"

Yashiro shook his head and said, "No. The villain is just thinking that after the Takeda army captures Hamamatsu Castle, they will definitely go to Nagashino again." Madam nodded emphatically: "I know, that was the critical moment. But will Oyamada Hei from Koshu never marry?" "The villain doesn't know. That's Kai's business after all." "Why are you so cold to me?" "Madame misunderstood. The villain has always been outspoken." "Yashiro!" Madam's voice suddenly became sharp, "You think I'm useless now. Okay, you step back."

"Who provoked you, so angry." Yashiro smiled maliciously, and looked at Mrs. Tsukiyama teasingly. "Back off!" Madam shouted sharply, "Although I am a woman, I still have some bones, so I cannot allow you to be presumptuous." "I'm presumptuous?" "Yashiro, you are a trickster. What would you do if I risked my life to inform you? Look at your complexion... Anyway, I don't have much meaning to live. Oh, I figured it out a long time ago." "Hush!" Yashiro quickly stopped her and looked around.He was embarrassed by his miscalculation.Madam is emotionally disturbed, and if she is provoked, she has no idea what will happen.Yashiro had forgotten this.His face lost all color in an instant, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Yashiro. Although I live in this world, it's like living in hell. Do you think I still care about my life?" "Madam... please calm down first." "It's too late, I've made up my mind. I'm going to report you. You're a heinous villain who defiled the mistress and tried to lure the enemy into the city." Yashiro jumped up to his wife and covered her mouth with his hand. "Yashiro, do you want to kill me? Then come..." "Ma'am, don't say any more. It's my fault. I did it out of prudence, in order not to be heard by outsiders, and to satisfy you. Don't say anything, just listen to me first..." He moved his mouth to the In Madam's ear, she said like coaxing a child: "Why did I, Yashiro, tell Madam... I did that because I thought about what happened... contact with Koshu... Madam! You must know."

Tsukiyama squeezed his lips tightly and stared at Yashiro.Her shoulders were shaking violently, her cheeks and lips were stiff as death. "Madam, do you understand, Yashiro is your most steadfast ally, if you even doubt this, how can you be a villain?" Madam unconsciously grabbed Yashiro's hand covering her mouth.Yashiro's body temperature was scorching hot, but his wife's hands were as cold as ice.Yashiro quietly moved his hand away.His middle finger was stained with lip balm, which made him unhappy, but he couldn't show his dissatisfaction openly. "You mean what you just said?"

"How could I lie?" "That being the case, in order to prove your feelings for me, you go and kill Deji's child. I will believe you." Yashiro jumped away suddenly, and sighed: "Madam... Please give up this kind of plan. If this kind of thing is discovered, it will cause endless disasters, don't you know?" Tsukiyama observed Yashiro.Knowing that he hates herself, but doing things that make people hate him even more, the perverseness of a middle-aged woman can be clearly seen in her. "Ma'am!" Mishiro leaned forward again, wrapping his hands around her shoulders, "Don't say anything, everything will be on Mishiro. I will think about it carefully." With a sudden force, he pushed his wife Pulled down on his chest.Madam's expression changed immediately, her body was no longer cold and stiff, but became scorching hot.Yashiro was extremely disgusted by his wife's carnal desires.He really wanted to slap her a few times and spit at her.But now is not the time. "Yashiro..." Madam took the initiative to lean forward.Yashiro couldn't help trembling.For the sake of a man's career, it has to be like this.He secretly blamed himself and dealt with Zhushan. It was raining lightly outside.The room surrounded by green trees seemed very quiet.They didn't notice that someone quietly walked out of the next room. She is De Ji's personal maid who brought the snacks here.The little attendant listened to all their conversations.She quietly came to the corridor, trembling all over, she walked out of the courtyard towards Deji's residence in this city.What terrible people these are!Before that, she always thought that Madam was just a slut who was abandoned by her husband.But now it seems that the wife is not only unfaithful to her husband, but also secretly colluding with the enemy.This wicked woman actually wanted to kill her granddaughter! The little squire could no longer stand idly by.She trotted all the way, her mind racing.Recently, Xinkang has obviously favored calamus more.Every time he saw Deji alone with the child, the little attendant felt extremely sad.She wanted Dai Deji to please Mrs. Zhushan so that she would not continue to separate Xinkang and his wife, but she did not expect that Zhushan had fallen to such a degree. The little attendant returned to Deji's bedroom, his expression changed drastically, and he asked Deji to move back and forth, while putting down his snacks. "What's the matter, little attendant?" Deji ordered the two maids and the nurse to step back, "Did something happen to Madam?" She looked around cautiously. "A terrible thing... a terrible thing happened." The little attendant tremblingly reported to De Ji.As a mother, Deji has matured a lot.Her eyebrows are sharp and full of vigor, which also gives people a sense of desolation. "My servant thinks that this matter should be reported to the Lord of Gifu immediately." The little attendant looked at De Ji and whispered. "Wait..." De Ji interrupted the little attendant.She knew her father too well.If you tell him this, Nobunaga will definitely not let it go.If the relationship between Ieyasu and his son is broken due to this incident, she will be in an extremely embarrassing situation. "The matter is already clear. Iris is undoubtedly a spy of the Takeda family, and there must be an accomplice. If something happens—" "Wait." De Ji interrupted the little attendant again, "Leave these things alone for now, I have my own arrangements." "Do you have arrangements?" "Yes, although I am a member of the Oda family, I am also Saburo's wife, and I must fulfill my obligations as a wife." "Are you going to tell the young master? But..." "I should tell him and see what he does. If he doesn't have any instructions, it's not too late to report to Gifu." But the little squire objected to this approach.Although she believed that Xinyasu had not been in the same boat as his mother, after all, it was related to Ieyasu's favorite vassal Oga Yashiro and Xinyasu's biological mother.Moreover, the existence of calamus cannot be ignored.In short, can Xin Kang, who is surrounded by enemies, listen to Xin Deji? "The slave feels that it is best to report it secretly to the lord of Gifu and wait for it to be dealt with." "No, that's against the way of being a wife. Leave this matter to me." Hearing Deji's tone so resolute, the little attendant had nothing to say. Deji quickly found an opportunity and told Xinkang about it. Katsuyori, who had been standing still in Kofu since November last year, led a large army to Yuanjiang in May.Perhaps Takeda and Echigo-Uesugi have come to some sort of agreement.Takeda's army was like a broken bamboo, and soon surrounded the Takatenjin Castle in Tokugawa.Seeing the seriousness of the situation, Ieyasu ordered people to come and order Xinkang to go out to fight. "De Ji, the war is finally going to start. We will be separated for another period of time." Xinkang seemed to have completely forgotten that he had seen De Ji in the past two months, and walked in with a smile on his face.Because I haven't seen Xinkang for a long time, Deji was in a good mood at first. The light rain was pattering outside the window, and the wet green leaves glistened under the light. "Dining here tonight. Get some wine poured." "Yes. The concubine immediately ordered someone to prepare." After the wine was served, Deji looked at Xinkang's happy face, and his heart was full of thoughts.She didn't want to say ominous words when her husband was about to go out, but she was also worried that something might happen in the city during his expedition. "I'm going to show Takeda Katsuyori a taste of me this time. I'm not a kid anymore. Just wait and see how I win." The little attendant stood by, giving De Ji winks from time to time.She also seems to be worried about staying behind. "Young master..." Deji, who was reluctant to speak for a long time, finally spoke, and Xinkang was already drunk. "What? What do you have to say?" "Yes. I have something to tell you." "What is it?" "What do you think of Yashiro Ohgami?" "He? Although he can't be said to be brave, he can entrust the affairs of the rear to him, and my father also trusts him." "What I want to talk about is Yashiro's loyalty." "Yashiro's loyalty?" "Yes, young master, Yashiro is a spy, and we should not take it lightly." De Ji finally plucked up the courage to speak out, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Xinkang looked unhappy: "Deji, Mrs. Zhushan is my mother. Are you trying to annoy me by saying that?" "No, young master..." "I know. Yashiro often visits Tsukiyama Palace. You mean to say that?" "No. Yashiro is planning a huge conspiracy." "What, conspiracy? How confused. Hahahaha, someone has already told me about it. Not only me, but even my father thinks he is honest and responsible. It is because he is recognized that he is a man that he is reused; because he is reused, He took care of his mother wholeheartedly. Who the hell is spreading these silly rumors?" "Young master!" De Ji leaned forward and put his hand on her husband's knee, "This incident is definitely not out of thin air. If there is an accident during your stay, it will be a big deal. Just to be prudent, you should investigate secretly." "It's so long-winded, I've already said that Hugh will bring this up again!" "No, I want to say! Not only Yashiro, but his accomplices are also lurking in the city." "Who? You tell me his name." "One of them is Calamus." Xinkang looked serious.He slammed down his wine glass and looked at De Ji sharply: "Aren't you ashamed to say that?" Deji is no longer the childish woman she was back then.As a mother, she thought about why she married Okazaki and the relationship between her father and father-in-law Ieyasu. "Your words are so unreasonable. As your wife, I said these words because I was worried about my husband's safety. Why should I be ashamed?" "Shut up!" Xin Kang said sharply.He was originally guilty of alienating De Ji for a long time, but now it has turned into a domineering attempt to overwhelm the other party. "Do you think I'm being unfair to you? Think that Calamus is your maid. Rebellion, who would believe this kind of nonsense? This can only show that you are jealous. It's better to be cautious." Deji's face gradually turned pale: "Can't you just listen quietly? You say that I am shameless and slander you without any basis. Do you think I am such a woman?" "If you don't want to be misunderstood by me, don't talk nonsense. Don't you realize that your father is alienating your mother?" "My father-in-law knows how to tell the truth." Xinkang shook his head violently: "You still say? My mother has a flamboyant personality and got alienated because she meddled in the affairs of the court. You are repeating the same mistakes! I won't listen." With such a harsh tone, Deji couldn't help trembling all over.She has always refused to let the little attendant report to Gifu, hoping that she can persuade Xinkang, and the remorse she feels now can be imagined.He is so addicted to his relationship with Calamus that he doesn't even want to pay attention to such a big matter! Both Xinkang and Deji turned pale.The little attendant sat far away with the wine jar in his arms.Finally, Xinkang couldn't help but stood up and said, "I'm going!" "Little Lord!" "Don't stop me. If you stop me, I will be even angrier." "Young master!" De Ji grabbed Xinkang's skirt and pulled him back, "This is your bedroom in the inner court, where do you want to go back?" "Nonsense again! Don't worry, I'm not going to the calamus room, I'm going to the bedroom in the outer court." "I'll go too. I have important things to report to you in detail. If you don't know these things before going out, I haven't fulfilled the way of a wife." "What, the way to be a wife?" Xinkang took the knife from the shelf, and smiled strangely, "De Ji, do you regard jealousy as the way to be a woman? Do you want to use the prestige of your mother's family to suppress me, Xinkang?" "Young master." The little attendant couldn't help interjecting, "Young master is going to go to war tomorrow, please don't quarrel. Madam, please calm down too." After speaking, he immediately raised the wine jar. "Please don't spoil the mood before the expedition, and finally come to drink some wine." Xinkang sat down impatiently.If he didn't reprimand Deji with fierce words, make her shut up, and make her apologize, the young Xinkang couldn't calm down the anger in his heart. "You have to apologize to me and admit to being rude." Deji stared at her husband, feeling the blood rushing to her forehead.She tried her best to control herself, and she didn't make a sound for a long time. "Why don't you speak? Do you think I'm wrong? Your eyes clearly show dissatisfaction." "Young master!" Deji bit her lip unconsciously, her shoulders trembling, "Don't you just hate me so much and don't believe me?" "It's because I believe in you that I say you are shameless. Don't you realize that I reprimanded you just to love you?" "In that case," De Ji tried hard to control his excitement, "Why can't you calmly listen to me? Ohgaya Yashiro deceived Okazaki in an attempt to put you to death..." Before Deji finished speaking, the wine glass in Xinkang's hand had already flown towards the corridor.The lights of the candlesticks shook violently. "You still want to fight me?" "No, I am not empty-handed." "I don't want to hear it at all!" Xinkang stood up and violently kicked the bowl and chopsticks.Meals were messed up, debris flying everywhere.A piece of debris seemed to hit De Ji's thigh.De Ji covered the place where he was hit, and bright red blood immediately oozed from between his white fingers. "Ah, miss is hurt!" The little attendant immediately put down the wine jar and ran towards De Ji, "Miss, what's wrong with you? You have to hold on, the injury is not serious. Please calm down, young master." Deji bit her lip tightly and said nothing.But the young Xinkang is even more crazy because of this.Nobunaga's daughter!The bond that connects the Oda and Tokugawa families!Why not hurt her!If Nobunaga knew about this, what would be the consequences?Short-sightedness, self-willedness, drunkenness and anger made Xinkang not only not apologize, but even more violent. "Hmph!" Xinkang suddenly grabbed the servant's hair and threw her aside. Seeing that De Ji was injured, the little attendant could no longer keep calm.She immediately asked Xin Kang: "What do you want to do? Rough!" Xinkang was in a panic, "I know!" He howled like a wolf, "It's you, an evil person, who disturbed the Tokugawa family." The little attendant was thrown to the side of the pillar again by Xinkang. "Young master, you are going too far." The little attendant immediately stood up and began to tidy up the messy skirts.She has not completely lost her mind, but Xinkang has gone crazy.He stared at the little attendant with blood-red eyes, his chest heaved violently, standing there like a ghost. "Please tell the servant, what is wrong with the servant, the servant will definitely apologize." "Still want to deny it?" "Repudiation? The young lady and I don't understand what the young master is talking about. We are worried about the safety of the young master, so we say these things, but you are so angry. Please tell the servant why?" Xinkang strode over and kicked the little attendant on the chin. "Ah..." The little attendant fell to the ground, and Deji screamed.The servant's tongue seemed to be bitten off, and blood flowed out of his mouth. "Young master! Why do you treat this kind little attendant like this?" "Stop... shut up!" This was completely beyond Xinkang's expectation.In short, everything tonight made him feel embarrassed.Xinkang wanted to shut up the little attendant's mouth, but her calmness and judgment made him unbearable.He knew that he was unreasonable, so he wanted the other party to shut up, so he kicked her. Unexpectedly... De Ji didn't know how to deal with it.Her embarrassment and excitement were not inferior to Xin Kang's. She shouted: "What did the little attendant do? Ah, so much blood... Is there anyone? Come quickly." "Don't call me!" Xinkang gritted his teeth and pulled out the knife abruptly. He didn't know why he pulled out the knife. "Ah!" Deji cried out in grief and jumped aside.Xinkang suddenly swung his knife and stabbed the little attendant in the mouth.He probably thought that the little servant who had bitten off his tongue would no longer be able to live again. The little attendant screamed and scratched with both hands.Deji no longer had the courage to shout, she opened her frightened eyes wide and dared not move. "Ah, that's the mouth! This nasty mouth makes the Tokugawa family uneasy." Xinkang jumped to the side of the little servant, and frantically cracked the little servant's jaw.He had completely lost his mind and was in a frenzy.But in my mind, my father's face gradually emerged. If he killed De Ji, he would not only destroy himself, but also lead to the demise of the Tokugawa family. This fear restrained his anger somewhat.But his anger needed to be vented.Even so, it was too cruel to stab the little attendant in the mouth with a knife and break her jaw with hands.In Deji's view, Xinkang is simply a mad beast, no, a ghost in hell. "Damn things, in front of Deji, they are fabricated out of nothing, telling stories." The little attendant was pierced through the skull by Xinkang's knife and died of exhaustion.Xinkang continued to wrestle with the little servant's body, his anger still lingering, he tore it with all his strength, the little servant's mouth was getting bigger and bigger. "Ah..." The terrifying scene in front of her made Deji scream and collapsed to the ground, she was so frightened that she lost consciousness. Xinkang found that De Ji had fainted from fright, so he stopped.There is no one in this room who can resist him.He looked at De Ji, at the body of the little attendant, and at his own blood-stained hands.Although the world is impermanent, but looking at it calmly, the scene is still horrible.He felt that the room suddenly became dark, as if a ray of light rose from the body of the little attendant and flew into the air. Xinkang picked up the knife with stern eyes, stared at her corpse and said, "Go, bastard." Do people have souls?Xinkang has heard that life turns into something else when it disappears, but he doesn't know what it looks like.But he sees it now.After that, the maid and Calamus often saw that terrible glow. "Damn it!" Xinkang swung his knife fiercely, not wanting to hit the pillar just right. "My lord! What happened? What's the matter?" Probably a servant went to report it, Hiraiwa Chikichi hurried over, and suddenly hugged Xinyasu from behind, and then Shigemasa Nonaka shot down Xinyasu's sword on the ground. "Please calm down, young master!" Qinji persuaded Xinkang while hugging her. "What's wrong with you? What happened?" Zhongzheng couldn't hide his inner anger and surprise, and asked. Xinkang's voice was rough: "Let go of me! How do you want to treat me?" He said in his mouth, looking at Deji, who was collapsed on the ground, and then at the body of the little attendant who was still stretching his hands in the air. "Tomorrow is going to war, what are you doing? What if the young lady... Do you think the matter will end here? Emphasize the administration, clean up immediately." "Yes!" Seeing that Xinkang had calmed down, Chongzheng carried De Ji to the next room. "Who is going to kill the young lady?" Xinkang came to his senses and heard the whispers of the maids from outside the corridor.Under the urging of Chongzheng, Aqin's younger sister Xina hurried over.The sisters knew about Yashiro and Mrs. Tsukiyama's conspiracy.Therefore, the truth of tonight's incident has been guessed.Seeing that Xinyasu was so crazy, she couldn't help thinking that Xinyasu had also conspired with Mrs. Tsukiyama and Yashiro. Chongzheng asked Xina to spread the quilt for De Ji, then took the quilt from the ground, and covered the horrific body of the little attendant.Xinkang's whole body was motionless as if he had collapsed. "You are so irrational, what should my lord do if he sees this scene?" Seeing that Xinkang had calmed down, Ping Yan let go of his hands, and Xinkang collapsed to the ground immediately.In fact, Pingyan didn't need to remind him, Xinkang knew exactly how Ieyasu would reprimand him: his heart was full of fear and uneasiness. "My dear, I seem to have done something very ridiculous." "You realize?" "But the little attendant is too hateful. She is always telling stories and playing tricks in front of Deji." Qinji sat down quietly by Xinkang.The little squire was not wrong.She was chosen by Mrs. Nong, and she can be regarded as a heroine among women.Although Qinji thought so in his heart, he had no choice but to say that the little attendant was at fault. Xinkang is so impulsive, how can there be no cracks in the alliance between Oda and Tokugawa? "Chongzheng, Deji is not at fault. It's all the fault of the servant, who keeps saying bad things about Calamus in front of Deji. So, finally even Deji... right, Zhongzheng." Xinkang realized his absurdity and unforgivability, and his eyes flickered with tears.