Chapter 407 10. Another Ashikaga Lost a Member

Matsudaira Ieyasu was in a state of panic, and Koyata was not so relaxed either. There was no news from Hosokawa Haruguchi and Isshiki Miyabi who were heading to Yamato and Awa. They should have arrived at their destinations long ago.

Koyata got up at seven o'clock as usual. Tatsuzo was still in charge of the affairs of the house. Although he also bought two servants, they were just for the rough work. Tatsuzo was still mainly responsible for the actual daily life.

This was not a strange thing. Which daimyo lord did not have a small surname or a side close to him? They just changed their names. Oda Nobunaga died in Honnoji from his teens to the age of 49. He was taken care of by two generations of handsome men from the Mori family. They trusted him very much.

Nanaki also stayed with Koyata. As Koyata's bannerman, although he had a salary of 60 kan, his family was also very poor before. After his father died, the family business almost fell into ruin. Koyata simply asked him to bring her mother and her sister Arong into Fuchū Castle.

In the feudal era, the more familiar the people were with the same hometown and village, the better. Nanaki's mother and sister could cook and eat at home with peace of mind. As for the five kan of land in their hometown, they could just leave it to the head of the village to take care of it.

So even though Koyata's new house is big, there are many people living in it. If A Ling, the mistress, moves in later, it will be full.

Koyata rolled up from the couch, and Chen San, who had been waiting outside, immediately opened the screen door.

A Rong in the back brought a basin of water to wash Koyata's face, and Nanaki brought a fine brush and fine salt to Koyata to brush his teeth and rinse his mouth. Although the brother and sister were also from a family of military servicemen and had experienced hard times, life in Fuchu Castle was actually easier than farming at home.

After wiping his face, he felt refreshed. The weather was getting hotter and hotter now, and the summer in the Shinano Mountains was just as unbearable. Xiao Pingtai's thick cotton undershirt had been taken off long ago and changed into a thin camisole. Otherwise, when she put on the coat, she would sweat all over.

Chen San skillfully spread Xiao Pingtai's hair, then combed it carefully with a horn comb and helped Xiao Pingtai tie a braid.

"Hey, you actually have white hair!" Chen San said, and gently pulled a gray hair off.

"Ouch, be gentle." Xiao Pingtai didn't feel any pain, but someone pulled it suddenly.

Taking the white hair, he sighed in his heart. He started to have white hair in his twenties. Recently, he has been working hard. It seems that he needs to eat an extra bowl of breakfast to make up for it.

Xiao Pingtai stood up, changed into a thin camisole, and went to the outer room without wearing a coat.

All the uncle's family got up and sat quietly in the room waiting for Xiao Pingtai to come and have breakfast together. This is the custom in Japan. Although there is a saying that respect the old and love the young, the most honorable person in a family is still the head of the family. Although Uncle Tsuna is an elder, he has to sit at the bottom and wait for the head of the family, Koyata.

Several people greeted each other one by one. Koyata was particularly concerned about his sister, who was only nine years old. She was still a mischievous age. Although she was sitting at the bottom in a formal manner, her usual cheerful appearance still showed her active personality.

It was hard to imagine that Uncle Tsuna, who was completely like a otaku, who liked to brag to others, read Chinese books, appreciate famous things, sing and write poems, would give birth to such a cheerful little daughter.

Today's breakfast was nothing fancy, 80% rice and 20% wheat rice, sweet boiled eggplant, kelp miso soup, and pickled radish that never changed. There was really nothing to look forward to. Koyata took the soup and drank a sip first.

Others started eating when they saw Koyata pick up her chopsticks. As retainers, Aji, Nanaki, and Tatsuzo all sat at the bottom and ate together. As for the others, they had to wait until this round of eating was over before they could eat. Although Kobayata didn't care about this rule, people at that time thought it was natural and just ignored it.

"Has my younger sister ever been engaged?" The daughter of the Qinghua family, who can serve as three nobles in the palace, should not have too much trouble getting married.

"There is no secret solution for the sachet yet." To be honest, Uncle Tsunayoshi didn't care much about this illegitimate little daughter. After all, she was not a legitimate noble daughter of the public family, and she would most likely be betrothed to another Yulin family or a small or big famous family in the local area.

"Since she is the daughter of my Zixiaolu Qinghua family, you should choose carefully."

Kobayata asked that she hadn't been engaged to anyone, that's just right. You don't care, but I do.

Since she hasn't been engaged to anyone, Kobayata will be the one to decide on this marriage in the future. Giving Kobayata a sister for nothing is a good thing that falls from the sky.

Although it is the truth that one should not talk when eating and should not talk when sleeping, Kobayata still eats casually at home. The family chats about gossip, such as the weather.

Especially Uncle Tsunayoshi, he is a homebody, but he also likes to socialize. After coming here for a few days, he first went to test the monks and priests of various temples and shrines, and kept in mind those who could brag with him.

Then he also visited some elderly samurai who served in the capital before, and also remembered those who were good at renga haiku. Relying on Kobayata's title of the Yamanouchi clan's Kanjo Bugyo, he brags with people every day and lives a very leisurely life.

The family had breakfast happily and dispersed. Kobayata still had to go to the city to serve. Nowadays, things are not too complicated. Kobayata mainly serves as an advisor to the Yamanouchi chief accountant.

After entering the city, Aji had to stand guard, while Nabenosuke and Yugui, two little followers, held Kobayata's Muramasa and short barrel and waited for Kobayata to come to duty in the Yagura turret under the city.

The iron cannons that were severely damaged before also had to recover slowly. Sakakibara Nagamasa and Nanaki were trying to recruit more people, but it was difficult to gather iron cannons for the time being. So until now, more than half of the people are still holding training, and there are no iron cannons to train with.

"Koyata, it's been more than ten days since Haruhi and Miyauchi left." Yamauchi Shukei flipped through the book and said to Koyatai.

"Well, it's been almost half a month." Koyatai looked at a document from a certain village in Ina County. The fate of a certain village lord had come to an end. There was only one daughter in the family. Whether to allow his daughter to marry his younger brother and ensure a smooth transition of the property that provided one horseman, three people holding the reins, two bows, and three formation men.

In modern times, this is simply an outrageous act, but in this era it was accepted by everyone. Yamauchi Shukei had already signed the judgment on it, confirming the matter. And asked the county governor Konishihara Saemon to pay attention to the stability of this servant's family and ensure that his family's military service would not be interrupted.

Koyatai also approved the execution of this matter and changed to another document to continue checking.

There was only the sound of flipping pages between the two of them, and they did things without any delay.

"Dongdongdongdongdong..." Heavy footsteps suddenly came through the wooden floor.

"The Hosokawa Hyobu in the capital has sent a message." An attendant handed over a well-wrapped letter.

Yamauchi Shukei took it, opened the envelope, and read ten lines at a glance. In less than a few seconds, his face changed from calm to horrified.

"The head of Xiangguoji Temple, Monk Zhou Hao, was attacked and killed!"

Exciting, I will have to open two accounts every day from now on.