Non-Honmaru Inner Honwan [Comprehensive]

Chapter 394

While Saburo's words made Hashiba Hideyoshi's heart tremble, there was also a subtle sense of relief that "it's finally here".

After Akechi Mitsuhide was "unfavorable in handling affairs" (referring to the matter of the Hatano brothers) but was not angered by Saburo, he knew that Saburo's anger would eventually fall on him-the so-called Akechi Mitsuhide sent his aunt into the city and was eventually killed , Questioning Saburo was finally reprimanded and given a knife to appease, Hashiba Hideyoshi held a different view from most retainers.He also didn't know the authenticity of "sending his aunt as a hostage" because he didn't know the specific situation in Akechi Mitsuhide's home, but he knew that Akechi Mitsuhide's seemingly uncharacteristic behavior was the same as his usual style of acting steadily and wisely. Guangxiu's momentum has not been decadent, and his attitude towards Saburo has not changed, and he has successively won the city.Therefore, he boldly guessed that Akechi Mitsuhide and Saburo did not have any rift because of this incident, and Saburo's gift of the knife did not hide any threat, but was still a simple expression of his closeness to Akechi Mitsuhide.

Since Akechi Mitsuhide was not angered by Saburo, then of course he was the only one who was angered by Hashiba Hideyoshi in the incident at Yashang Castle.However, Hashiba Hideyoshi cleverly avoided the moment when Oda Nobunaga's anger was at its peak. After more than a month passed, even if Oda Nobunaga wanted to anger him again, there was only some anger left that could make him feel at ease aftermath.

The Tokugawa family - Rao Hashiba Hideyoshi is a general who became a monk halfway, and he is also aware of the imbalance in status between the Tokugawa family and the Oda family.Like this kind of terrible change of insider Takeda, once the anger of Oda Nobunaga is aroused, the fragile alliance friendship is not enough to stop it, and what awaits Tokugawa at that time will undoubtedly be destroyed.

Looking at Oda Nobunaga's behavior in the first half of his life, this man has never shown mercy!

Even if Oda Nobunaga held back for a while, after he wiped out his biggest enemy, how could he still keep the "alliance" to hinder the great cause of truly "unifying the world"!

Hashiba Hideyoshi didn't think there was a problem with his approach.At least in the face of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he really put his mind to it.He clearly knew that no matter whether Saburo's emphasis on Tokugawa Ieyasu was an illusion or real existence, the Tokugawa family was currently a buffer zone that the Oda family could not give up for the time being.Saburo must still want to keep Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Then Tokugawa Ieyasu first admits his mistakes and makes a move that is enough to show his sincerity. This is a reasonable behavior to give both parties a step.No matter if it is Niwa Nagahide or Akechi Mitsuhide here, there will be no objection to Hashiba Hideyoshi's approach-Hashiba Hideyoshi is just to make Tokugawa Ieyasu make up his mind instead of intimidating, which is already a gentle means .

Therefore, Saburo's questioning of him is really still venting his anger because of the Hatano incident!

He has almost never thought about Saburo's thoughts, but this time (I think) he has grasped the opponent's thoughts for a rare time. Compared with panic and helplessness, Hashiba Hideyoshi is more joy and comfort gradually born from the bottom of his heart.One of the important reasons why he loathes Saburo and dare not act rashly is that he has never been able to figure out the way of Saburo. As long as he is face to face with Saburo, no matter how careful he is, he may be "suddenly" by Saburo. "Fantasy" interrupted—and what he had always wanted to do at Oda's house was precisely this kind of little trick.Now that this vicious circle can finally be broken, as if a glimmer of light finally appeared in the dark tunnel, Hashiba Hideyoshi feels very relieved.

He is not worried that Saburo's anger will affect him too much this time.Although Oda Nobunaga is willful, he is not an idiot who doesn't know anything—for him, who has no major faults and is Oda General, no matter how much Oda Nobunaga wants to vent his anger, he can't beat him to the end.Therefore, Hashiba Hideyoshi just lowered his head when he heard the words, made a bewildered and guilty expression, and said sincerely: "Yes, but Mrs. Tsukuyama has colluded with Takeda, and has found relevant evidence—"

"Yeah, that seems to be more troublesome." Without thinking too much like Hashiba Hideyoshi imagined, Saburo's expression suddenly realized, and then became a matter of course, "Because Ieyasu has always cherished girls. But don't worry about him Over there—you should do your own thing.”

Hashiba Hideyoshi just sneered secretly.San Lang's indifferent words, even lacking force in reprimanding, were not at all lethal to him.

But Saburo changed the subject and continued as if nothing had happened: "However, because I cherish girls too much, Ieyasu will be very entangled in this kind of thing——Sure enough, Hideyoshi, you helped out there."

Hashiba Hideyoshi hurriedly said: "I don't dare to speak nonsense, I just told His Highness Tokugawa what you mean—"

"Ah, that's not the point." Saburo waved his hand casually and said, "I just thought of that too, Hideyoshi, you—"

"It seems to often do redundant things"

Hashiba Hideyoshi's mocking smile suddenly froze on his face.

He raised his head abruptly, and defended himself urgently and fearfully. He had acted as a loyal minister who was misunderstood. No one could tell whether his heart was calm or whether he was shocked and frightened because of Saburo's sudden speech just now: "No, the villain is only here to explain the benefits and disadvantages for His Highness Tokugawa! I have absolutely no intention of harming you!!"

"Because no one has ever done this before, Hideyoshi's actions are very obvious." Just stating the facts seriously, Saburo's calm face seemed to be covered with a shadow, making his sloppy expression full of oppression , "I don't hate this. But, can you stop doing this in the future?"

"Because it's always weird to let someone else make decisions for me."

Hashiba Hideyoshi's throat tightened, the original sense of relaxation was gone at this moment.

He didn't dare to think about what exactly the "obvious thing" Sanlang said was pointing to, and how much of what he had done so far had fallen into Saburo's eyes.Until now, the only thing he has done the most is the Hatano brothers and Takenaka Banbei, but Hashiba Hideyoshi is also confident that this is the most perfect thing he has ever done, and even the right time and place happened to be on his side. Even in haste, it did not leave any decisive clues that could be grasped.If Saburo just hit him because he discovered his previous hands and feet, then this timing was too coincidental; if Sanlang knew his current hands and feet and hinted at him, this kind of innocence reprimanded him instead. It made him even more terrified; if Saburo actually knew what he did all the time, but just turned a blind eye, until his previous behavior touched the bottom line, and then brought it up at this time——

Then, Oda Nobunaga's castle is too deep, and his tentacles reaching out to his retainers are also hidden too deep! !

Hashiba Hideyoshi already felt cold sweat oozing from his back.

However, at such a moment, he still had to hold back his loyalty to Saburo, and expressed his acceptance of the lord's teaching in a fearful and guilty tone: "Yes, everything is due to the villain's lack of consideration!! Please, Your Highness. Please forgive me this time!"

"Hey, don't overreact." Saburo tilted his head, accepting Hashiba Hideyoshi's exaggerated confession well-this may also be because he has seen too many retainers and surrenders so far. , Too many pictures of enemies begging for mercy against him.Therefore, his expression was not touched at all, but he raised his chin slightly in a normal manner, and said, "It's your mistake to make your own decisions. But the matter of Ukita Nao's family is also thanks to you."

His straightforward and clear attitude of rewards and punishments really couldn't make Hashiba Hideyoshi feel the slightest bit of relief.The young man who looked like an ape could no longer maintain the expression on his face, so he could only bury his head deeply, touching his forehead to the ground, and put on a posture of sincere apology, hiding his gloomy and vigilant face under the sleeve of his sleeve. in the shadows.

"Then it's been hard work this time." Saburo said in his familiar, casual tone, "Well, that's it! Hideyoshi, you can go back!"

Of course Hashiba Hideyoshi resigned in a hurry.

Being kicked out by Saburo in such a straightforward manner without any etiquette, Hashiba Hideyoshi couldn't tell whether his chest was more relieved, or more anger brewed by several insults.But he knew that he couldn't leave the Oda family now—no, it wasn't that he couldn't, it just didn't make sense.

Anguosi Huiqiong has expressed his kindness to him.However, from the general of the Oda family to the general of the Mori family, this has not changed for Hashiba Hideyoshi in essence-he is still driven by people, and even if he suddenly turns his back on Ori as a general Tian, ​​the impact on Oda will not shake its roots, and the man (Saburo) will still have that casual expression on his face, not taking anything into his eyes, and there will be no slight change because of this.This level of betrayal can neither wash away the humiliation Hashiba Hideyoshi was fooled as a ninja, nor give Hashiba Hideyoshi a future beyond Oda Nobunaga.

The power he wanted to gain was not the kind of power he would continue to have as someone's "subordinate".

Why did Oda Nobunaga beat him, and why did he let him go...it doesn't matter.As long as he can continue to make contributions as the general of the Oda family, he can continue to live in the Oda family, and he can continue to contact with Oda's retainers and ninjas, and grow himself step by step until he can combine the status of both parties. Completely subverted.

The wind blew slightly, and the coolness invaded from Hashiba Hideyoshi's back to his limbs.

No matter whether Oda Nobunaga felt he could control him or didn't pay attention to him at all, this couldn't extinguish the flame that had been burning in his heart since decades ago.It's just a temporary dormancy. Before Oda Nobunaga relaxes his vigilance again, he doesn't mind being a good minister with one heart.

After all, after losing a Takenaka Hanbei, he still hasn’t learned his lesson—this kind of Oda Nobunaga, even if he is bitten by the poisonous snake around him, he should have no regrets!

Hashiba Hideyoshi came here excitedly, but left with a sluggish expression. He didn't avoid others with his appearance, so soon someone knew about Hashiba Hideyoshi being reprimanded by Saburo.Because the affairs of the Tokugawa family have not been publicized for the time being, and Tokugawa Ieyasu himself has not come to see Saburo for a long time recently, so almost no one guessed that Hashiba Hideyoshi’s reprimand was related to Tokugawa Ieyasu—they Naturally, it was attributed to Hashiba Hideyoshi's excuse of "Ukita's Naoka asking for peace", thinking that Saburo was unwilling to accept Ukita's surrender, and even angered Hashiba Hideyoshi.

To be honest, with the example of the Hatano brothers, the Ukita Nao family was very panicked.However, he is not lacking in courage, and he also knows that he has no possibility of returning to Maori's house after showing his betrayal attitude, so he waits desperately for Saburo to pronounce his fate.Fortunately, within a few days, accurate news came from Azuchi that Saburo was willing to pardon the Uki family, which immediately made the Ukita family heave a sigh of relief, and became more grateful for (mistakenly) Hashiba Hideyoshi's contribution.

He is dying, it is difficult to repay Hashiba Hideyoshi's kindness, and it is difficult to give Oda more sincerity.But he has a clever son—he doesn't expect his son to become Oda Nobunaga's direct minister, but he knows that Hashiba Hideyoshi, who was single-handedly promoted by Oda Nobunaga, is also worth relying on.Therefore, the Ukita Nao family decided to send their son to Hashiba Hideyoshi with only a little thought and become the latter's adopted son.

His son will also inherit the Uki family, no matter how talented he is on the battlefield in the future, at least he has the value of standing in troubled times, Hashiba Hideyoshi should not refuse——

In fact, Hashiba Hideyoshi did not refuse.

Without hesitation, he decided to take over the son of Ukita Nao's family, and he did not forget to promise that he would treat this child as a parent and child. The child was named after the word - after sending the letter with such content, a gloomy smile that seemed to be shining fiercely appeared on his face again.

Replace tomorrow morning.

- has been replaced.It was wrongly written as Utaki before.It's actually Ukita.

This incident comes from Nobunaga Koji No.12 volume.The original text is as follows.

【September [-]th, Hashiba Hideyoshi returned to Azuchi from Harima, and reported that he had accepted the surrender of Bizen’s Ukita Nao family, and hoped that Nobunaga would grant him a seal of pardon.Nobunaga said angrily: "I made peace with him without asking me beforehand, and made my own decision." He was immediately sent back to Harima. 】