"Ah?" Kentaro Tian Shen was stunned for a moment before he realized what he was doing. He recognized that the person in front of him was old Makita Masamori, the pen master of the Tian Shen family. He was instantly shocked, "Makita-sama, what did you do? Take your younger brother to how's it going?"
"Don't worry, eldest son, I just controlled it and didn't embarrass him." Makita Masamori said with cupped hands, "I also ask eldest son to come back and take over the throne as soon as possible!"
"Why?" Kentaro Tian Shen kept shaking his head, and his voice became louder, "What are you doing? How can you rebel? How can you be guilty of detaining your younger brother? I left the Tian Shen family a long time ago, and I also declared that I would not participate. What's the use of looking for me to succeed you as the governor of the Tian Shen family? Come back after the rebellion is over? I won't agree. Give up on this idea!"
"My eldest son." Makita paused for a moment, and then began to persuade with sincerity: "The current governor of the household goes his own way and goes against the grain. He does not know how to listen to the wishes of his retainers, and arbitrarily deprives his retainers of their territory and rights. This would have already been a source of outrage! If he were allowed to do so, If the Second Young Master continues like this, the Tian Shen family will fall apart sooner or later, and it is not far away that the family will be destroyed! So after we heard that you returned to the territory today with the intention of taking back the position of family governor, we immediately joined forces to welcome the eldest Young Master!"
"I said I won't go back." Kentaro Tianchen repeated again, "And I have no intention of coming back to seize the throne, I'm just passing by!"
"Now the only one we can rely on is the eldest son. You are also the flesh and blood of the ancestor. You will not be so cruel that you will not save the inheritance of our ancestors, right?" Makita Masamori thought that Kentaro Tian Shen was playing "three concessions and three concessions". He played a humility trick, so he worked hard to build steps for him: "The lower class people know that the eldest son has always been gentle, loyal and filial, and has no improper thoughts about the position of family governor. He also loves the second son and does not want to be his enemy. But now The situation is not up to you, even if it is for the sake of the Second Young Master, please take up the position of the family governor!"
"I'm not going, please come back, Master Makita." But Kentaro Tianchen's cold and firm tone gradually made Makita Masamori and others realize that he was not pushing back because he cherished his face and reputation, but that he really didn't want to go back.
At this time, Makita Masamori and others were dumbfounded, and a few samurai even had the desperate idea of kidnapping Kentaro Tian Shen back. But after taking a look at the samurai from the Imagawa family and the Takeda family around Kentaro Tian Shen, they gave up this idea.
"It's called "Kentaro", right? Goro's bodyguard. " Takeda Harunobu took the initiative to speak at this time and nodded Kentaro Tian Shen with his hand, "Don't think about it, the deal is done. Now you have to go back if you don't want to. Things are not going to turn around anymore."
"Your Majesty, please make it clear." Kentaro Tian Shen made a fist-clasping gesture with one hand.
"You said before that you are the only two children in your family, right? Your father is also an only son." Takeda Harunobu held out two fingers and then withdrew one, "So you two are the only ones who can inherit the family governor. They have been abolished. Your brother can't find anyone else to succeed you. If you don't go back, the situation will be completely ruined. Who will succeed you? You can't necessarily welcome back your brother who just had an enemy, right?"
"You can welcome an adopted son back..." Kentaro Tianchen hesitated and defended.
"It's useless. Where can you find it in a hurry? Who will decide the candidates? If you can't choose, there will definitely be a civil strife in the end, and it will be a meaningless civil strife, because none of the parties can find someone to support them. Heir, the only outcome will be the complete disintegration of your family." Takeda Harunobu shook his head, then made a "please" gesture, "There is no other choice, at least go back and take a look, let's go."
"You just covet this strategic location and want to interfere with the family governor's succession." Imagawa Yoshimoto complained faintly.
"Why, even if I have careful thoughts, isn't what I said the truth?" Takeda Harunobu said with a "gentlemanly and magnanimous" expression, "Motives and reasons are not necessarily contradictory."
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Until he was surrounded by everyone and returned to the castle tower in the southern city of Tian Shen's family, Tian Shen Kentaro's head was still a little dazed. He only saw his brother sitting on the tatami with his hands tied, and behind him were two men holding knives against him, with disheveled hair and yelling curses; he saw his mother falling to the ground, constantly crying and begging for mercy; A group of family elders gathered in the reception hall of the castle tower, waiting for the arrival of Kentaro Tian Shen; seeing today
Kawa Yoshimoto took off his shoes at the door very politely, while Takeda Harunobu strode with his guards to occupy various important places in the castle tower to guard the surroundings.
"Kentaro, you bastard!" After seeing Kentaro Taro appear in the castle tower, Kenjiro Tadashi kept yelling: "Did he really collude with these rebellious ministers to come back and usurp the throne? I shouldn't have been soft-hearted in the first place. If I want to spare your life, I should send more assassins to kill you! Why is there such an incident today?"
"Jiro, it's not what you think. I didn't plan all this. I was only invited back by the retainers after they revolted." Kentaro Tian Shen knelt down in front of his younger brother and solemnly promised: "And I also I have no intention of competing with you as the family governor, I just want to handle this matter properly..."
"You don't have that intention, why are you coming back? Are you lying? You are all samurai, who doesn't know what you are thinking, why are you pretending to be a hypocrite?" Kenjiro Tian Shen seemed to have fought hard when he was subdued just now, his clothes and Her hair was messy and messy, but she still yelled at the top of her lungs:
"It's all you, it's all because of you! Whenever I do something that goes against their wishes, these old guys will clamor for you to come back? Why? Aren't they the ones who made me the young master in the first place? ? Who cares about you? Why do you scold me when you have let me down? You should have been scolded in the first place! Why can't you get better when it falls on me? I think you are such a good brother, why did you do that in the first place? Why don't you be the governor? It's all your fault for missing that arm! Can you blame me?"
"Look, eldest son, the second son is so domineering, how can he be the governor of the family? Isn't the Tian Shen family going to perish sooner or later?" Makita Masamori and others were furious when they heard this. They immediately used the topic and pointed at Tian Shen Kenjiro and said, "Not only can't you do what you're supposed to do, but you're thinking of exterminating your ancestor's blood and killing you! How can our retainers tolerate this?"
"How do I remember that when I was a child, it was you who advocated abandoning me to the wilderness to fend for myself?" Kentaro Taro looked at Makita Masamori and other retainers coldly, "It's not Kaci's plea, I'm afraid. He's dead a long time ago, right? Wasn't it you who drove me out of the city later? Wasn't it because my younger brother wanted to plead for mercy and bring me back?"
The words of Kentaro Tashin made the originally excited hall suddenly quiet. The retainers looked at each other and didn't know what to say. Kenjiro Tashin's facial expression was also a little subtle. He was speechless for a while, leaving only the intermittent crying of their mother.
"Taro, for the sake of mother and for the sake of your father's spirit in heaven, please spare Jiro for once. She didn't mean to harm you." Mrs. Tian Chen looked at her son who had been away for many years, but she didn't Opportunity talks about greetings and concerns after a long separation, but talks about the hope of avoiding the tragedy of brothers killing each other. Kentaro Tian Shen looked at his mother's white hair and wrinkles on her temples, and then at his younger brother's face, which was almost exactly the same as his own. For the first time in his life, his mutilated arm felt pain.
"Mother, why would the child embarrass Jiro? The child has no idea about this matter. It is the retainers who make their own decisions." Kentaro Tian Shen bowed to his mother seriously and said, "What are your instructions? What should the Tian Shen family do next? "
"Instructions... How can a woman like me know these things? I just hope that you two brothers can live well..." Mrs. Tian Chen wiped away her tears and whispered weakly.
"Madam, the second young master is no longer suitable to be the governor of the family. As long as the eldest young master comes back to take over the throne, everything will be fine, and the Tian Shen family will get back on track." Makita Masamori joined other retainers, knelt down and raised their hands, facing Kentaro Tianchen and Mrs. Tianchen said, "I hope the eldest son will return!"
"If I come back, how are you going to treat your younger brother?" Kentaro Tianchen took a step forward slowly and asked in a low voice.
"As long as you are willing to come back and be the governor, don't you still have the final say in everything?" Masamori Makita replied with a smile.
"Why are you saying these words? You can put your younger brother under house arrest today, and you can do the same to me tomorrow. How do you want me, who has been away from my hometown for more than ten years, to control the Tian Shen family? In the end, it is not you who have the final say?" Tian Kentaro Shen gradually calmed down from his initial daze, "When you were young, you thought twins were unlucky and you planned to abandon me for adoption, right? Now that you have enmity with your younger brother, you must be afraid that your younger brother will take power again in the future.
You guys are probably going to expel your brother-in-law on the grounds of being "twins" again, right? You can send assassins to kill me, but you won’t kill my younger brother? "
"Why did the eldest son say this..." Makita Masamori and others were exposed to what they were thinking. They were a little embarrassed for a moment. They hesitated and didn't know how to answer. After looking at each other for a few times, Makita Masamori said: "eldest master. Ah, the second young master has tried to kill you many times! Why should you retaliate with kindness? The twins are destined to kill each other until one of them dies. Today you are so soft-hearted and let the second young master go, but you may be the one who is in trouble tomorrow. .”
"So you still want to liquidate your brother-in-law?" Kentaro Tianchen confirmed coldly.
"Young Master, in these troubled times, we should focus on the overall situation. No matter what, the survival of the Tian Shen family is the most important." Makita Masamori leaned down deeply, "Except for you, the Tian Shen family has There is no other heir. Please accept the position and discuss the rest later! How can you abandon the family for the safety of one person? What’s more, he is your enemy! And take a step back, even if you refuse to succeed, It is impossible for us to accept the second young master anymore. By accepting the position of family governor, you will have the opportunity to protect him!"
