The teacher roared in frustration.
"It's clear that everyone loves her so much! That's why they placed such heavy expectations on her. But Nobunaga couldn't bear it and chose to run away!!!"
Then Hirate Masahide turned his gaze to Oda Nobukatsu, and the old man said in an extremely heavy tone -
"Master Nobukatsu, the future of the Oda family will be forged by you personally!"
"...Father doesn't have many days left to live. If Sister really refuses to return to Owari..."
Oda Nobukatsu's red eyes were filled with extreme sadness, and he frowned.
"Then the position of head of the Oda family will be inherited by me, Oda Nobukatsu!!!"
"That's great..."
Hirate Masahide suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.
"Lord Nobukatsu! You are the future overlord of the Oda Clan! And I am Lord Nobunaga's most loyal retainer! Please don't blame me for being unable to serve you!!"
Then the white-haired old man decisively pulled out the wakizashi from his waist, and in front of Oda Nobukatsu's horrified expression, he cut open his abdomen on the spot!
"I'm Hirate Masahide! I'm leaving first--!!!"
"Sir Hirate! Lord Hirate!!!"
Oda Nobukatsu's face suddenly turned extremely panicked. He quickly covered the wound on Hirate Masahide's abdomen and screamed out to the door: "Someone come! Someone come quickly! Please ask the imperial physician to save Lord Hirate!!"
Suddenly, there was a noise of footsteps outside the door, and everyone came over like crazy.
Hirate Masahide was a very important interior minister of the Oda family. He was the leader of the Nobunaga faction. He committed suicide by seppuku in front of Oda Nobukatsu, which was a declaration that all the Nobunaga factions in Owari had given up any idea of supporting Oda Nobunaga to inherit the position of family head!
The white-haired old man stroked the face of Oda Nobukatsu, which was very similar to Oda Nobunaga. As he lay dying, he whispered, "Lord Nobukatsu, please do not be sad. My death is for the future of Owari Province..."
"Lord Hirate! How could you do such a thing?!"
Tears were already welling up in Oda Nobukatsu's eyes. If he had known that such an outrageous thing would happen, he would definitely not have inherited the position of family head!
"You have to keep winning, even if you have to face Lord Nobunaga, you have to keep winning..."
Hirate Masahide's face was as ferocious as a devil.
"To break free from the chains of the Echigo Dragon and lead Owari to rule the world as a hegemon, this is the wish of everyone in Owari!!!"
The old man was bleeding profusely and his eyes gradually lost their luster.
"My death will surely bring back the fallen Nobunaga. Don't let Uesugi Kenshin look down on our Owari Province--!!!"
"Sir Hirate! Lord Hirate!!!"
No matter how much Oda Nobukatsu screamed, Hirate Masahide, who had already died, could no longer respond to him.
The future head of the Oda family looked at Hirate Masahide's eyes, which were still open in his death, and finally closed them as if his heart was being cut by thousands of knives.
Then, just as Oda Nobukatsu, whose hands were stained with blood, got up from the ground, he finally heard the imperial doctors rushing over.
"Nobukatsu-sama! Nobukatsu-sama!!!"
The imperial doctors were all in a panic, but the person who greeted them was no longer the kind, gentle and elegant Oda Nobukatsu of the past.
In the hall, the only one left was the Demon King with an expressionless face, full of murderous intent and rage!
"A bunch of useless people! If you had come a little later, Master Hirate's body would have been frozen cold!!!"
“No, that’s not the case!!”
The group of imperial doctors immediately fell to their knees on the floor, speaking in great sorrow.
"Lord Nobuhide! Lord Nobuhide just passed away! He passed away forever!!!"
However, it was completely different from the grief of the imperial doctors.
After hearing the news that Oda Nobuhide had finally died, all the retainers present couldn't help but smile.
This also means that from now on, Owari Province will have a new family head.
And the sluggish Owari Province will surely usher in a brand new future!
In Owari Province, far away from the chaos and struggle, the situation has now been turned upside down.
Due to an epidemic that broke out in Owari Province, Oda Nobuhide unfortunately contracted the disease and died.
Subsequently, Oda Nobukatsu, the second son, inherited the position of family head.
Oda Nobunaga, who was far away in Echigo Province, heard that his father and mentor had died on the same day, and finally lost his usual smile.
Although the timing of going to Luoyang is extremely critical now——
However, after discussing with Axue, Oda Nobunaga temporarily decided to take Oda Ichi back to Owari Province to attend his father's funeral.
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PS: Wow!
Five more chapters today!!
Xiaochun tried her best!!! Burned to the bone!!!
Chapter 5800: Step Forward and Die!! ( words)
Oda Nobunaga was not in a good mood.
Although this unruly and carefree girl, who was used to a carefree life, had always been cheerful and cheerful for most of her life, it was rare to see her depressed.
But there is no doubt that at this moment, the beautiful black-haired girl is staying in the carriage, looking at the fields outside with her chin in her hand with a little sadness, and she seems to be so worried.
"We're almost to Owari Province."
Axue did not abandon Nobunaga and go to Kyoto alone. Instead, he went against everyone's advice and went to the Oda clan with this big fool from Owari Province.
You have to know that Axue is now the governor of Echigo Province, and Owari Province is extremely far away from Echigo Province. On the way, he even has to cross Shinano Province, Mino Province and other countries that are at war.
If it were an ordinary Warring States daimyo, this kind of behavior of leaving alone would definitely not be approved.
However, Echigo Province had long been ruled by Axue, and no one dared to oppose what he said. Moreover, Kenshin Uesugi was a master at the level of a sword saint, and no one was worthy of being the guard of this Buddhist martial god.
"...Hey, by the time I got there, my dad's body would have already started to stink."
Oda Nobunaga slumped his shoulders and sighed deeply, she said a little tiredly.
"How can humans be so fragile? A serious illness can take their life."
"...Haha, maybe there are still people in this world who die suddenly at the age of twenty."
Oda Nobunaga rolled his scarlet eyes at Axue, who unconsciously tangled her hair with her fingers and asked nonchalantly.
"Hey, tell me... am I an unfilial child?"
"Nobunaga, is that you?"
Axue touched his chin, thought for a moment, and asked seriously.
"...By the way, maybe I'm asking the wrong person?"
"That's right, since you can still be considered a virtuous grandson of Takeda Shingen, then I can also be considered a filial son, right?"
Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but smile, but soon she sighed softly, and after a moment of silence, she couldn't help but turn her head away and stared blankly outside the carriage.
Her gaze passed through the dust floating up and down in the sunlight slanting in through the window, and a trace of sadness flashed in her wine-red eyes.
For the freedom in his heart, he was willing to give up everything of the Oda family, and even gave up his filial piety as the eldest son.
for what?
Is it for the Buddhist martial god of Echigo Province in front of him?
Or is it because of the constant wars in the Warring States Period?
"...I am not happy in the Oda family."
Oda Nobunaga rarely spoke about his past.
She always treated her past self as a joke, calling herself a big fool from Owari Province. She always glossed over the reason for this in conversation.
"Although my father treated me well and gave me the city of Gunye when I was little, my mother still disliked me."
The eldest son of the Oda family said softly.
"It was probably when I was six years old. I was lawless at that time. I heard that the Oda family in Kiyosu looked down on my father, so I took a few people to their castle and set it on fire. After the fire, I smugly reported it to my father. When my father heard about it, his face turned pale and he almost beat me to death."
When Axue heard this, her face looked strange.
A six-year-old child can set fire to a city. Should we praise him for his excellent ability to act, or for his extremely strange character?
"Although my dad doesn't like me on the surface, he actually dotes on me behind the scenes, so the matter was left unresolved. But my mom doesn't think so—"
Oda Nobunaga recalled the past and smiled bitterly.
"That night, my mother came up to the bed and strangled me. I was just a little bit away from being strangled to death on the spot!"
The black-haired beauty pointed at her slender neck and said with a hint of fear.
"My mother has always looked down on me. She favors my younger brother Xinsheng even more. I know I'm not very popular, but I didn't expect my mother to hate me so much that she wanted to kill me with her own hands..."
Whenever he talked about this matter, Oda Nobunaga would say it in a bitter voice.
"I didn't expose her to my father. I don't know what I did wrong to make my mother hate me so much. Are family members really going to be reduced to fratricide? But my blind tolerance only led to wave after wave of assassination attempts from my mother! She's eager to kill me so that Nobukatsu can inherit the Oda family as head of the family!!!"
Oda Nobunaga clenched his fists and frowned in confusion.
"The biological mother wants to kill her child. Is my nature so evil? Am I destined to be a disaster that will be strangled in the cradle?!"
"I'm not stupid! But my mom started calling me a fool! Then everyone followed suit and called me a fool! So I thought, okay, since everyone calls me a fool, I'll just be a fool! Whether I'm called a fool or a fool, I'll still do my own thing! But after so long, I actually feel like a real fool! It's better to say that maybe I'm just a fool!"
Axue heard the resentment in Oda Nobunaga's tone, he just held the girl's hand in his palm and spoke gently.
"Your own value should be determined by yourself, not by anyone else. I know your value best. Oda Nobunaga just needs to be yourself."
"...Hearing someone say such words to me, I, Oda Nobunaga, feel that my life has been worthwhile."
Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but grin, revealing a childlike happy smile.
"That's why I decided to return to the Oda family to attend my father's funeral! It was because I knew there were people like you in this world that I mustered up the courage to return to Owari Province!"
After the conversation, the carriage finally arrived in Owari.
Today, Owari is in mourning and the whole country is in grief.
Oda Nobuhide, the Tiger of Owari, who once led Owari Province to glory but also dragged Owari Province into the abyss in his later years, has passed away.
Although this Warring States daimyo became incompetent in his later years, his merits and demerits ultimately outweighed each other, and he deserves a moment of silence from the people of Owari Province.
And Owari Province also welcomed a new master——
The second son, Oda Nobukatsu, inherited the family headship and was determined to restore the glory of Owari Province!
This talented young man, who was well-versed in the Four Books and Five Classics and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, was much more reliable than his elder brother, the big fool Oda Nobunaga of Owari Province.
Moreover, Oda Nobunaga had now fled to Echigo Province. Even when his biological father was seriously ill and dying, he never returned to Owari Province to visit Oda Nobuhide.
Such disloyal and unrighteous people, no wonder they are so like-minded as the Buddhist martial god Uesugi Kenshin. They are the greatest shame of this Warring States Period!
At Oda Nobuhide's funeral, something happened that none of the retainers had expected.
Oda Nobunaga appeared at the end of the funeral.
She had a haphazardly combed tea-shaped bun on her head, wore strange southern barbarian-style clothing, and had a straw rope with several gourds tied around her waist.
In such a serious and important occasion, Oda Nobunaga still looked like a playboy. He carried the matchlock gun given to him by Axue herself and walked slowly towards the spirit tablet of his father Oda Nobuhide.
When the retainers saw Nobunaga, they began to talk among themselves.
This is not surprising, after all, this big fool from Owari Province never said she would come back from Echigo Province, and her dress was still as sloppy and dissolute as before, which really annoyed the retainers who were dressed in formal attire.
"Oh my! What a fool she is! I never thought she could be so foolish!"
Shibata Katsuie, a senior military officer of the Oda clan, slapped his knee heavily, shook his head and sighed.
"That's right. Even their biological father's funeral was such a mess. Look at Lord Xinsheng. They are siblings, but they are completely different!"
The minister entrusted with the care of the young emperor also frowned and glared at Oda Nobunaga.
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