Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Let's talk about Saburo's eagle—this is really not a casual eagle.

To be precise, this is the eagle that Terumune Date presented to Saburo in July this year, and it is not simply captured and presented, but a falcon that has been trained and can participate in hunting.

It is not easy to tame an eagle, not to mention the appearance of this eagle is really extraordinary.Even someone like Saburo who doesn't know anything about hawk breeds can see how handsome this hawk is, so this time Shangluo also took the hawk with him, and even took it directly to meet the emperor—some of which A large part of the reason is that the eagle is still very strong and energetic in the midst of feeding and playing with Saburo without a fixed time.

Hori Hidemasa, who was in charge of taking care of the hawk during Saburo's ignorance of the hawk, really contributed.

In this era, eagle hunting was also a frequent activity of generals.Saburo, who focuses on fighting for world supremacy, has no interest in this activity when there is no eagle-he is more interested in climbing trees.But after Date Huizong gave the eagle, he finally remembered that there was an activity called "hawk hunting" that he rarely touched in this era, and Saburo let his curiosity go, and began to prepare for the eagle hunting.

It is a pity that Hideo Matsunaga suddenly betrayed in August, and then there was the hostility of Kenshin Uesugi, so that it was only now that Saburo was free to go to "Eagle Hunting". When the eagle ran to Dongshan to play——

Crack, the eagle ran away.

"Since it's your favorite thing, you should find it as soon as possible." Niwa Nagahide said, "It snowed heavily yesterday, and the eagle lost its way and couldn't come back. If you don't find it quickly, you might be frozen to death. Relying on your few Koga ninjas this time, the power is too weak. I will mobilize other people to search together."

"Hey, don't be so troublesome." Saburo said, "Didn't it mean that the bird can fly back to its original place after flying away? That's how sending letters is."

"...that's a homing pigeon. Although the falcon will not get lost, it is wild after all, and it will only be in your hands for more than four months." Niwa Nagahide said, "If the eagle flies out of Kyoto, it may not be easy to find. I think Send out news for you to see if anyone in the Kinki area has found your beloved eagle."

"The response is very timely, Niwa!" Saburo praised, "If you are looking for a pet... this is it!!"

"Eagle Hunting Announcement!!!"

…Nagahide Niwa subconsciously raised his eyebrows in response to Saburo's suddenly cheered up expression. For some reason, he thought of the extremely crude drawing that Saburo asked him to build Azuchi Castle, and the whole piece of paper he had seen before. A waste paper diagram of the "forging room" composed of several circles.

"The paper and pen are here." Not knowing how accurate Niwa Chohide's premonition was, Saburo took out the paper and brush that Hori Hidemasa had prepared in the Japanese room.

The ink in the inkstone was almost dry, and the brush was dipped heavily by the former governor of the Oda family, and the tip of the brush immediately became a mess.Pressing the brush with wobbly hairs on the white paper, Saburo drew a picture of a bird in flight within 2 minutes as if miraculously.

The ink marks are dripping, because of the scarcity of water, the viscous ink pulls out a few streaks on the paper like snowflakes on the screen. The bird opens its pointed beak on the paper, and its wings rise and fall, in a simple and rough wave shape. Instead of the appearance of feathers, the body is also composed of several smooth curves, which looks chubby, and on the same round face, the pair of sharp predator eyes almost occupy the entire face of the bird. Three quarters, a little rough black origin in the middle of the eye is the finishing touch!Its tiny feet have also been painted in detail, like bamboo leaves, stepping on a white cloud made of wavy coils.

Niwa Chohide rubbed his temples involuntarily, feeling that it was difficult for him to tell Saburo...he could draw better than this when he was ten years old.

After finishing the picture of flying birds, Saburo did not stop writing. Instead, after looking at the blank part of the paper, he changed to a smaller brush and dipped it in ink to write lines of small characters on the blank space at the bottom. .Because the ink was too viscous, the strokes looked intermittent when he wrote, and the font, which was not good-looking in the first place, was even more difficult to read.Coupled with the fact that the picture is too large, the space at the bottom is limited, and one character is crowded with another. At first glance, it looks like a group of ink blobs under the bird, and it is hard to tell whether it is bird droppings. Or is it raining on the clouds the birds are stepping on...

Apart from drawing a strange flying creature, this picture really has nothing to do with "Eagle".

"—The eagle was lost in Kyoto on November [-], the fifth year of Tensho. It looks like the picture. If you find it, please contact Oda Nobunaga. The phone number... There is no phone here yet." The "Eagle" who will never be able to find the words in the picture stared for a while, Saburo frowned and scribbled out the words of the phone number, and there were a few ink blobs on the words that were already crowded together, making him look even more silly Unclear, "The address here is - I seem to have moved - the contact address, Erjo Xindi."

After stuffing the last few words into the only blank space left, Saburo, who finished writing the Eagle Hunting Notice, obviously relaxed a lot.He solemnly handed what he just wrote to Nagahide Niwa: "Just post this - one copy may not be enough, but there is no copy shop here, so find someone to draw a few more copies of this, and post them all over Kyoto Bar."

After such solemn instructions, he still didn't forget to complain: "Azuchi's house hasn't been fully built yet, so he ended up living in a new house in Kyoto first. How should I put it—it feels like a waste."

"I can't let you live in the temple every time you go to Luo. Besides, your status is already enough to build a mansion in Kyoto." Niwa Nagahide stared at the portrait that Saburo handed over with complicated emotions, and finally accepted it reluctantly. On his peaceful face, which was rarely touched by things, there was only a little helplessness, and then a reliable, calm and calm expression.

"I'll polish up your portrait and post it."

"Well, please." Saburo said.

"It's just a matter of duty." Niwa Changxiu shook his head and said calmly - it is indeed the duty of retainers to maintain the image of the lord.

At this moment, Niwa Chohide actually had a little understanding of Akechi Mitsuhide who was always with Saburo, checked for Saburo's deficiencies, and was now doing his best to restore Saburo's bad reputation... But, this kind of understanding only Existing for a short moment, what impressed him more than the current image of Akechi Mitsuhide's diligence and loyalty was the fact that Akechi Mitsuhide blamed himself for the massacre on Saburo's head, causing Saburo to bear the notoriety of "Sixth Heaven Demon King".

Niwa Chohide was also present when Akechi Mitsuhide first entered the Oda family.However, the origin of Akechi Mitsuhide that he identified is the same as the source of the outside world—that is, Akechi Mitsuhide is actually a retainer of the general Ashikaga Yoshiaki, but he was captured by Saburo. After Ashikaga Yoshiaki was completely defeated by Saburo , Only then did he truly submit to the Oda family.

Akechi Mitsuhide was able to acquiesce to Niwa Nagahide's guess at the time (it was the massacre led by Akechi Mitsuhide and made Saburo notorious), this character is what Niwa Nagahide is willing to affirm.However, Akechi Mitsuhide would resort to this kind of low-handed means for his real master Ashikaga Yoshiaki, which in itself was enough to make Niwa Chohide's favor towards him zero or even drop to a negative number.He has seen with his own eyes how Saburo placed high hopes on Akechi Mitsuhide, and even gave Akechi Mitsuhide a high position as one of the four generals of the army. For Akechi Mitsuhide, who ruined Saburo's reputation, but did not directly leave the Oda family, he did not do anything. Betrayed , which is quite disgusting.

Even though Akechi Mitsuhide seems to be loyal now, in Niwa Changhide's view, he just hides that rebellion deeper.

Once Mitsuhide Akechi gains a higher status than he is now, and chooses to rebel, the damage to the Oda family will probably be even greater.

Niwa Chohide was not sure that Mitsuhide Akechi would do this, but he often couldn't help thinking this way out of a sense of urgency.He didn't see Koka ninjas many times, but he was also fortunate enough to see ninjas getting along with Akechi Mitsuhide a few times-these low-status ninjas showed not obedience to Akechi Mitsuhide who was in a high position, but jealousy with vigilance.

Since he was 15 years old, the retainers of the Oda family have never raised ninjas, but it does not prevent him from knowing the talents of ninjas.These characters who deal with danger day and night and rack their brains in order to obtain information, in a certain way, their perception of danger is no worse than that of experienced generals.

Due to the stability of the Oda family, Niwa Nagahide could not attack Mitsuhide Akechi with unwarranted charges when he did not show any intention of betrayal, and his own pride and self-esteem did not allow him to do so.However, he also clearly knew that if Akechi Mitsuhide was allowed to continue to infiltrate Oda's interior like this, nibbling the Koka ninja into his own power, Saburo might really be restrained by that rebellious retainer.

He believed that even if Saburo fell to such a point, he would never compromise.But as a vassal, he hopes to eradicate them before the crisis arrives, so as to ensure the strength of Oda and the safety of Saburo to the greatest extent.

Putting the drawing in his sleeve, Niwa Changhide, who was determined to draw it from scratch, pondered for a while, and asked in a flat tone: "When Harima was captured, Hideyoshi's achievements were not enough to offset the fact that he withdrew before Shibata-san. Negligence, but if he can take Tajima next, will this feat resolve your resentment against him for not obeying orders?"

"Ah" Saburo looked at Niwa Nagahide, his expression seemed to be simply curious why the other party said that, "Are you pleading for Hideyoshi?"

"Yes. Hideyoshi is a very capable person, and I think he can be qualified for a more important position—but, everything is still up to you to decide."

Niwa Chohide said.

"I would like to ask you to send 'Koka Ninja' to observe Hideyoshi's attack on Kazuki Castle."

"It looks very confident--this should be considered a secret house inspection, it's the teacher going to check the class discipline in the self-study class." Saburo thought about it seriously, and finally found a request that was more suitable for Niwa Changhide's request. Example, "—but you're too late."

"what do you mean"

"Already gone, Smiling Face and Gu Gu." Saburo said, "Just a few days ago, it was said that they had arrived in Shangyue City."

Then it's - Hideyoshi's occasion! !

Oops, 1577 is already coming to an end, why do I have to write it for so long... After writing the battle of Shangzuki Castle this time, it is probably time to jump to March next year (1578), when Uesugi Kenshin is about to die.

Today's Akechi Mitsuhide has also been misunderstood as wolf ambition.

Regarding the notice about hunting for the eagle... everyone just needs to remember that Saburo is the soul painter.

In the last chapter, I wrote that the construction of Azuchi Castle was about to be completed, which was wrong... because the construction of Azuchi Castle began in 1576, and it took three years to complete.It's not even close yet.

Therefore, the appearance of the Japanese number will be postponed again.

Japan: I thank you for remembering me.

Today is too busy, and in the next chapter, I will thank the little angels who cast mine list and irrigate the nutrient solution.Feel sorry.