Pillars of the Wu family

In March, spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and everything is recovering. Compared with the unbearably cold and humid climate in Hokuriku, which is affected by heavy snow, Owari, which is located in Tokaido, is warm and humid. It melts quickly under the warm sea breeze, and early spring and February are already a good time for spring river water heating. Compared with the cold North Japan Sea climate that does not bring more temperature, Owari country can really be called a good place for wintering.

Qingzhou City Honmaru, Oda Nobunaga rarely has a leisure time, playing in the garden with his three-year-old son Qi Qimaru, Guidie looks at the father and son happily playing and shows a faint smile. She and Oda Nobunaga have been married for more than ten years She didn't give birth to a child, and even the first son Qiqiwan was born to his concubine Yoshino, but she was taken to Qingzhou City as an adopted son and raised by her.

As Owari country's business is booming, Oda Nobunaga is getting more and more busy, and Guidie often seldom sees each other for a few days. She knows that her husband is not only getting rid of a few concubines, but also There are several out-of-home ladies in the city, and she always feels that this is the reason why she can't have children, and she always feels a little guilty towards Oda Nobunaga in her heart.

Taking another look at the father and son's adopted son who was happily playing, Gui Die couldn't help but sighed: "It would be nice to have more such scenes and last longer!"

Unfortunately, a little surname rushed over and broke the warm scene: "Please tell the lord, there is an urgent message from Echiku."

Oda Nobunaga suddenly stopped, rubbed Qi Qiwan's hair and said to him gently: "Go and play with your mother! Father has something to do."

Qiqiwan nodded obediently, and ran to the corridor in three steps and two steps to snuggle up in Guidie's arms.Not forgetting to look back at his father's movements, Gui Die put her arms around Wei Qiwan and comforted him softly.Tell him that his father was a great samurai, and Bikumaru will become a samurai like his father in the future.

"My lord! This is a letter from His Royal Highness Niwa." Xiao Xing presented the letter respectfully with both hands and then slowly backed away. Oda Nobunaga opened the new letter and read it, but frowned for a moment: "The Lord of the Town wants a dog Marrying with the Ashi sisters, what is the meaning hidden in it... come here! Send an order to call an evaluation meeting immediately!"

Oda Nobunaga turned over and walked quickly to the Dahiro room. When he passed by the corridor, the hesitant stopped, and said to the wife in the main room who was sitting quietly with Qi Qiwan in his arms: "After I will put Qi Qiwan to sleep, Guicho will put it on Let A Quan and A Shi call to the castle tower to talk! Later, I want to talk to the two sisters about something.”[

"Your Highness. Are you going to marry A Quan and A Shi to Echigo together?" Gui Die asked worriedly, "Why did His Royal Highness the Lord of the Town make such a strange request?"

Oda Nobunaga frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "My family still can't figure out the attitude of the town government official. In short, this is a good thing and there is nothing wrong with it, so I will trouble Guidie to talk to the two younger sisters. , I hope they can understand more!"

Gui Die hesitated and said: "But isn't A Quan already betrothed to the lord of Ono City, Saji Shinfangden? Saji Dian will definitely not be happy! A Quan must be very shocked! Originally, the dowry was prepared and waited for next year The one who married into George's family suddenly changed her husband...it's so unbelievable, I really don't know how to persuade him."

"It's embarrassing for you..." Oda Nobunaga sighed, "But you have to face it anyway, just like your father has to face the pain of successive failures, His Royal Highness George will try his best to make up for it!"

Oda Nobunaga left in a hurry, and held an evaluation meeting before he even had time for lunch. Guidie handed Miqiwan to the nurse to take care of, and then invited the sisters A Quan and A Shi along with the maid.But after a while, I saw two girls wearing crimson gilt and vermilion bird gowns slowly approaching. At first glance, the two girls looked like twins. The only difference was that one was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the other Only twelve or thirteen years old.

The older girl was slender and tall, with a pair of almond eyes glistening with spring water on her palm-sized face.The cheeks are dyed with a faint blush, and the brows and eyes show faint traces of a young girl's spring. If an ordinary man sees it, he will probably need a god and a soul.Gui Die knew in her heart that this young girl, who was not yet twenty-eight, had probably just secretly seen something like a spring painting before she could reveal such a charming amorous feelings.

Under the guidance of the married girl, the girl to be married must always recognize the common means of serving the man after marriage. Some married girls who are quite courageous will even uncover their clothes, and pull the girl to be married to gesture to those men. Ashamed action, of course, a woman who is waiting to be married like Oda Dog can't avoid going through this experience.

Chunhua is the most commonly used thing. Almost every samurai family has one or two such collections. In this boring era, night represents the bursting of desire. Even a warrior with high morals will inevitably take out Chunhua to play with his wife when he returns to Jiali It is said that authority is the spice of boudoir pleasure.

The younger girl has not yet reached the age of hairpin, and the childishness on the face of the twelve or thirteen-year-old girl has not yet taken off. Her appearance is [-]-[-]% similar to her sister, but her sister's eyebrows carry the girl's unique reserve and aura. Demure, while the little girl has only innocent and worried happiness on her face.

"A Quan and A Shi have met Sister Guidie!" The two girls respectfully and affectionately called her sister. This is the unique family culture of their Oda family. Oda Nobunaga has been informal since he was a child. Samurai Shamate, who has done many deviant and weird actions, was once reprimanded by his retainers as a big fool of Owari.

The daughters of the Oda family were influenced by this governor day and night, and they were more or less willful. Gui Die is the daughter of Viper Dosan, which is naturally extraordinary. She has gotten along with several sister-in-laws in these years. It is very harmonious, which is one of the reasons why her status is still stable as before even though she failed to give birth to a son-in-law. Of course, the biggest reason is that Oda Nobunaga is very uncomparable. But I know that this person's horse-killing nature is probably not so easy to change back.

"A Quan, A Shi, come and sit down, let this concubine take a look at you."

The two sisters nodded obediently, walked gently to Gui Die's side and sat down, looking curiously at Gui Die's strange movements for some reason.Gui Die didn't respond to their puzzled eyes, but carefully looked at the very similar looks of the two little girls.He sighed softly: "When I first got married, A Quan was as tall as Qi Qiwan now, and A Shi had just turned one year old. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and you two sisters have grown into big girls."

"What happened to Sister Guidie?" Oda Dog is relatively sensitive. Looking at Guidie's dark and complicated expression in doubt, he always feels that something strange has happened, so he blushed cautiously and asked: "Did it happen?" Something related to A Quan? Like getting married early..."

Oda City's almond eyes widened.The straight nose wrinkled slightly, revealing a little girl's charming expression, pouted her mouth and said, "Eh? Is my sister getting married soon? Are you going to marry that guy from Ono City? Ah Shi once secretly watched I have passed him once! He is so short and ordinary! He is much taller than my sister, so it is really strange that such an ordinary samurai is Ah Shi’s brother-in-law, and Ah Shi has been disappointed by this for a long time!”[

"Ashi...how can you say that about His Royal Highness George! That's A Quan's husband!" A Quan looked at her younger sister shyly and angrily. An ordinary warrior who couldn't be more ordinary, short and thin, as if he could be blown down by a gust of wind.Such a samurai can't stabilize the territory, and the military can't make meritorious deeds, which is far from the influence of her husband in her mind.

"At least you have to be a hero like my brother... No! As long as you have half the tolerance and talents of your brother." Oda dog silently prayed for the blessing of gods and Buddhas for several days and nights, but the girl didn't understand a truth, this It is still unknown how many people in the world can match his elder brother.

Seeing the two sisters bickering, Gui Die could only sigh softly. She knew that there were eleven sisters in Oda Nobunaga's generation, and four of them were married and became wives and mothers.The other few who are young or from a lower background and are not favored are basically not qualified to appear in Ai Honmaru. The reason why this pair of little sisters can be together is because Oda Nobuhide loved him very much.

Oda Inu is the legitimate daughter of Tsuchida Gozen, and Oda City is the daughter of Tsuchida Gozen's sister-in-law, Oda Nobuhide. Maybe it's because Ashi looks exactly like Agou when he was a child, or maybe it's because the same Because of the blood of the Tsuchida family.Although she was not a daughter-in-law, she was raised by Gozen Tsuchida as a daughter-in-law. Oda Nobunaga also loved these two younger sisters very much.In Oda's family, almost no one dared to say about Oda City's origin. This is the happiness that her unfortunate little sisters have never enjoyed.

This pair of little sisters grew up together since they were young, and the relationship between the sisters is very good. The elder sister, A Quan, also loves her younger sister very much. If there is any good thing, she will always leave it to Ah Shi, so they quarreled for a while. Changing into harmony, talking and laughing, Gui Die asked with a faint smile, "Has Shi ever thought about getting married one day?"

Ah Shi's little face turned red with a smile, covered his cheeks with two small hands and said shyly, "Eh? Why would Sister Guidie ask Ah Shi this! Ah Shi has never thought about it!"

"Is it because Ah Shi is going to get married? Which young warrior is it?" A Quan's heart moved, and he remembered that he was also at the age of Ah Shi who had made a marriage contract with the son of the George family. It turned out that his younger sister did not know Unconsciously, she has grown into a big girl. According to the rules of this era, Ah Shi, who is one year younger, is 14 years old, and her older sister is already 16 years old.

Guidie looked at Ashi with a smile, and said softly: "Then think about it carefully! Because your husband is coming to pick you up soon! Then your highness is a warrior who is even more powerful than your elder brother! That highness Owning a large territory and several retainers, that His Highness has unimaginable wealth and numerous military forces, that His Highness is still the imperial residence of Hanoi Genji Dongliang's family, and his family is much higher than us country warriors!"

Ashi's eyes were wide open, and he said in disbelief: "Eh? Someone stronger than my brother? Who is that person? Ashi heard that his brother killed the most powerful Imagawa Jibu in Tōkaidō." What about the auxiliary hall! Is there anyone in this world who is more powerful than elder brother?"

Gui Die nodded happily and said: "Yes! Yes! Your brother was able to defeat the Imagawa family thanks to the help of that Highness! That Highness is the most powerful martial arts family in the world today. It's not that I have never been in front of you You have lied before! So don't worry, Ashi!"

"Ashi believes in Sister Guidie! Ahshi is just too happy! I have never been so happy!" The little girl's face flushed with excitement, Guidie teased the innocent little girl with a faint smile, watching her change from unbelievable When he got carried away with joy, he turned around and found that A Quan's expression was very complicated, with strong disappointment and sadness in his eyes.

Which girl is not pregnant, and Ah Shi, who has not yet reached the age of thinking of spring, also understands how important a good husband is to him, not to mention the graceful and graceful A Quan, who understands how important a husband is even more than Ah Shi. When she heard that the married concubines were living a miserable life, her heart was always heavy.

The innocent girl knew that she would marry a powerful man from the Owari country as his wife. This was her brother's method to win over the people of the country. The fate of the daughter of the samurai family is to marry and strengthen the relationship. This is her destiny. She couldn't change it, and she never thought about it or complained about it before.

But as she grows older, she also gradually understands a lot. When his brother becomes more and more powerful, it becomes a different scene. Her marriage contract was made in the spring before the Battle of Otakazama two years ago, especially It is the changes in the world at the end of Zhang Guozhong in the past two years. Oda Nobukiyo of Inuyama Castle set off a rebellion and was suppressed by love. Oda Nobukiyo fled to Shinano and changed his name to Inuyama Tesai to avoid disaster.

Oda Nobukiyo's wife Inuyamaden, who is also Oda Nobunaga's eldest sister, separated from Oda Nobukiyo not long after the war, and was forced to return to her natal home in Qingzhou City with her newborn daughter. Widowed for nearly a year, A Quan has visited his older sister, who is more than ten years old, many times. Seeing her poor and impoverished life is very sad.

Because Oda Nobukiyo's betrayal angered his elder brother, even the situation of Inuyama Temple has become not so good. Although he lives in Hime no Maru in Qingzhou City and enjoys one family treatment, he can only receive ten people from Oda Nobunaga. Supporting rice and some copper coins to maintain life, compared with unmarried little princesses like them, it is really a heaven and an earth.

I heard that Houhu will be betrothed by her elder brother to his retainers soon, she really dare not imagine that such a miserable life will fall on her body, maybe Oda Nobunaga will not treat her too much, but if there is a good husband It's completely different, she can rely on her husband to live a happy life without worrying about the danger of being defeated and exterminated.

Seeing that Ah Shi, who is two years younger than herself, is going to marry suddenly, and marrying the most powerful martial arts family in the world, how can this not make her sister feel sad and disappointed, and then think back to her husband is just a precarious person. The lord of the country may die on the battlefield or die in bed, or he may rebel and fail like Oda Nobukiyo, abandoning his wife and daughter and leaving his hometown, allowing himself to live a life of poverty and pain.

Sometimes, the more you think about it, the more wronged you become. The originally smooth and rosy face loses all color in an instant, the pale as paper face hangs down in despair, the green onion-like hands are tightly wrapped around the sleeves of the jacket, and the eye circles are red. Suddenly, pea-sized teardrops could not stop falling down. (to be continued...)