"What the hell? What on earth are you doing? I don't accept it!"
Early the next morning, on August 13, the 10th year of Tianbun (1541), there was a loud noise outside the castle tower gate. The one causing trouble was not Okabe Momotsuna, but his usual nemesis Asahina Taitomo.
"Family Governor's Hall, Master Xuezhai, Yutai Hall, are you right inside? Why don't you come out to see me! Give me an explanation? Why did you accuse Yuan Gang? Everyone saw what happened yesterday. It was not Yuan Gang at all. Tsuna didn't take good care of him! Why should he be chased and released?"
Asahina Taichao kept yelling and tried to rush into the castle tower, but was firmly blocked by Akai Kuroko who was standing guard at the door.
"Boy, enough is enough. Don't think that because you are the legitimate son of His Highness Asahina Bechu, I don't dare to hit you." Akai Kuroko was annoyed by Asahina Taitomo who had been making trouble for a long time. He pushed him away hard and sighed. He scolded: "I beat your father back then. Do you think I dare not fight you?"
"Then let's fight. Who's afraid of whom?" Asahina Taito simply rolled up his sleeves, "I won't leave until I seek justice today? Why do you wrongfully accuse people for no reason? I want an explanation!"
"Okay, come on, if you win, I'll let you in." Akai Kuro smiled, lifted up his belt, and strode towards Hinata. Asahina Taichi bent over and made a tackle, but was stopped by Akai Kurotaka with one arm, and fell heavily to the ground with his backhand. Asahina Taitoya didn't care that he was covered in ashes, he got up and punched Akai Kuroko's lower body randomly, but Akai Kuroko kicked him away.
"Damn it, don't you just rely on your size!" The 12-year-old Asahina Taichao, who has not yet grown up, ate a mouthful of mud, but continued to fight as usual, and screamed at Akai Kuroko. , was knocked out cleanly again.
"Okay, okay, Kikuchiyo." Akai Kurotaka saw that the skin on Asahina Taichao's arms and knees had been scratched, and he was probably going to turn green in a while, so he was too embarrassed to do anything again, "Go back quickly. It’s your turn to take care of adult matters.”
"You fart! Even if the Governor of the House stops here today, I still want an explanation!" Asahina Taichao wiped the blood mixed with sand around his mouth, twisted his neck and was about to rush forward again, but was suddenly pulled back. . Asahina Yasushiro looked back and found that it was Okabe Motsuna who came.
"Mototsuna, why are you holding me?" Asahina Taichao was stunned when he saw this, "Help me rush into the house governor's hall together!"
"To tell you a joke, someone wants to storm the main castle tower with two people." Okabe Motsuna's tone was as mean as ever, even if Asahina Yasutomo was helping him out.
"I'm speaking for you, why don't you try to hold me back?" Asahina Taichao pushed Okabe Motsuna angrily, "Don't you know you're going to be f**king released? After that... I won’t see you in the castle tower anymore! I won’t be able to find anyone in the future fights!”
"Come out with me, and I'll talk to you." Okabe Momotsuna still had a cold face and just signaled in a low voice.
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"What?" After listening to Okabe Motsuna's story, Asahina Taitomo couldn't help but be shocked, "Is it to cover up the conflict between the Takeda family and the Imagawa family, so I'm taking the blame on you?"
"Yes, Odaiden has already talked with me and my father." Okabe Motsuna said without changing his expression, "My father also approved this decision."
"Is your father just agreeing like this? Seeing you being wronged and kicked out of the house?" Asahina Taichao yelled in a frenzied manner, "Is this something that people can endure?"
"As a samurai, you should have had the awareness to dedicate everything to your master a long time ago. This should have happened the moment you took the Yuanfu and swore allegiance to your master." Okabe Momotsuna looked back at the castle tower of Imagawakan , "A samurai is not even afraid of death, so how can he be afraid of being exiled?"
"But it is your reputation that is ruined like this. Isn't reputation more important than life? Can you generalize it?" Asahina Taichao turned around and wanted to go back to the castle tower, "Damn it, it turned out to be because of this, then I'd rather I need to ask the family governor’s hall and the others for an explanation! This is so damn unreasonable!”
"Can you be more mature?"
A low roar from Okabe Motsuna stopped Asahina Taito's steps, leaving the latter to stay in place.
"Do you think you are still a child who can run wild and play around under the protection of adults? No matter whether it is my father, your father, or Master Xue Zhai, the older generation will grow old sooner or later, and our generation will be handed over to us in the future. In hand. To tell a joke, there are people who are clearly old enough to take responsibility and fulfill their obligations, but they are still as childish as a kid who makes jokes."
"After I leave, you can take care of yourself. I hope that when I meet you next time, you will be a mature samurai." Okabe Mototsuna waved his hand, opened Asahina Taichao, and then turned and left without looking back.
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The banquet broke up unhappy, and Takeda Nobutora naturally had no intention of staying any longer. After a hasty meeting with Imagawa Yoshimoto, Ginkgo and Shouguini for a while, he stood up and left. Unlike the grand ceremony when they arrived, the team that saw them off was quite deserted - there was only one high-ranking samurai who came, and it was Okabe Otsuna who had a blood feud with the Takeda family.
"Haha, is this the etiquette for seeing off guests? Suruga people really live up to their reputation for observing etiquette." Takeda Nobutora looked at Okabe Oyatsuna in front of him and laughed sarcastically.
"It was the last courtesy of the Imagawa family to cause such an ugly scene at our family's cleansing banquet and send your gift out of the country." Okabe Oyatsuna also had no intention of saying a word to Takeda Nobutora. After all, in order to cover up Takeda Nobutora's troubles Because of the trouble, his legitimate son was forced to be exiled. How can he give Takeda Nobutora a good look if he has old grudges and new grudges? He said coldly: "I won't give it away, so I can take care of myself."
Takeda Nobutora didn't say much. He flicked his horse whip and turned away with his attendants. Not long after leaving the Imagawa Hall, Ichiki caught up behind him, and it was the exiled Okabe Motsuna.
"Before, you said that if you can't get along with the Imagawa family, you can come to the Takeda family." Okabe Momotsuna went straight to the point without being too polite, "Tell me a joke, you won't break your promise, right?"
"How could that be? What the Takeda family lacks most is talent, and they will not refuse anyone who comes. The Imagawa family is so unkind and unjust, and they willfully humiliate their retainers in order to cover up the master's scandal. Come to our Takeda family, such a thing will never happen. "
"Let me tell you a joke, the martial arts family in the world are all black."
"Whether it's black or not, you won't know until you come." Takeda Nobutora extended his hand to Okabe Motsuna in a welcoming gesture, "To show my sincerity, I will give you the Takeda family's official name. Suruga People won’t dislike our mountain people’s common characters, right? Come on, Okabe Motonobu.”
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Early the next morning, at noon on August 15, the 10th year of Tenmon (1541), Takeda Nobutora took Okabe Motonobu and a group of guards and walked slowly to the border between the Imagawa family and the Takeda family. The Takeda troops on Yanzhai were on alert in the face of a powerful enemy, not knowing what they were wary of.
"What's going on? Is there any change in the Imagawa family or the Hojo family?" Takeda Nobutora rode his horse to the front of the rock village. He found that two important ministers, Itagaki Nobukata and Amari Koyasu, were actually on the front line, so he asked with some confusion.
"Your Highness, no." Itagaki Nobukata replied loudly.
"Then what are you guarding against?" Takeda Nobutora was even more confused and a little angry because of Itagaki Nobukata's attitude.
"Reporting to Your Highness, it's inconvenient to tell you." This time it was Ganli Hutai's turn to answer.
"You two bastards, is this the way you want to talk to the governor?" Nobutora Takeda irritably swung his riding whip in the air, making an explosion, then pointed at the village gate and shouted, "Open the door quickly and let me in! Look! I won’t punish your sins!”
"Reporting to your highness, I do not obey my orders." Itagaki Nobukata and Amari Hutai both saluted, but they refused indifferently.
"Are you going to rebel?" Takeda Nobutora finally smelled the smell of conspiracy in the air, and shouted to the other samurai beside them, "Where are the others? Are you going to die too? Don't you want to live anymore?" Whose instructions were you given?”
"Under the instructions of the Takeda family governor." A bolder warrior on the wall responded loudly.
"I am the governor of the Takeda family!" Takeda Nobutora took another step forward, pointed at his face and said, "Don't you fucking recognize me? Why don't you open the door and let me in!"
The warriors on the wall were indifferent. Not long after, there was a burst of heroic laughter.
"I am the governor of the Takeda family now, hahahaha..."
Along with the laughter, Takeda Harunobu slowly stepped onto the wall. He walked to the female wall, held on to the wall stacks, and looked down at Nobutora Takeda at the door.
"Harunobu?" Takeda Nobutora was taken aback, but after reacting he immediately yelled angrily, "Are you tired of living? Do you still dare to rebel? Get out of here and apologize! Damn it!"
"Father, you have imposed tyranny in your territory, which has made people angry and resentful, and the people in the clan are also upset. My son is just following the will of the people and praying for the people. Thanks to your big heart, you have reached this point, and you actually dare to leave the country in person. Uzakikan, go visit your daughter and grandson." Takeda Harunobu sneered at Takeda Nobutora's threat and didn't take it to heart, "How about you guess, how many wealthy families in the territory support you now?"
"You unfilial son..." Takeda Nobutora gritted his teeth and wanted to eat Takeda Harunobu alive right away.
Takeda Harunobu raised his hand, and the warriors on the wall immediately bent their bows and arrows and pointed at Takeda Nobutora under the wall. At the same time, many Takeda troops who blocked the road also emerged on the mountain roads on both sides.
"For the sake of our father-son relationship, I can let my father go. I don't want to cause any bloodshed and make everyone lose face." Takeda Harunobu, who had the chance to win, leaned against the wall comfortably and threatened with a laugh. He said, "Let's go, Jia Fei doesn't welcome you anymore. Don't ignore the importance of flattery and hit the stone with an egg."
"You have been my son for so many years. Don't you know what kind of person I am? Will you do this to me?" Takeda Nobutora was angered by Takeda Harunobu's attitude and shouted loudly: "Hit me! Catch this unfilial son!"
As soon as he finished speaking, thousands of Imagawa troops who had been lurking here roared out from behind the surrounding forests and mountains.
