I am practicing in the Nianghua Warring States Period

"Oh, oh, oh—" A servant ran out and kowtowed to the newcomer. Then he stood up, bent over, and ran backwards into the narrow samurai house. Soon, everyone in the house came out.

"I am Asano Nagakatsu, an old man, and I am here to pay my respects to Beidou Temple." A group of people from the host family knelt down.

The samurai stables were small, and the castle town was quite crowded. Especially after the recent institutional reforms and the professionalization of soldiers, the samurai town had expanded in size but had become even more crowded. Beidou Xinwei's arrival instantly caused several families near the Asano family to come out to see what was going on.

"Mr. Asano, what are you talking about?" Beidou Xinwei said, as if he was a leader inspecting the area, with a caring look on his face. "I'm late! I'm so sorry."

"...? Your Highness, why are you so...?" Why are you so self-indulgent? "How dare I, how dare I, I am the one who is causing you trouble. I am truly sorry..."

"Kinoshita Tokichiro is an outstanding warrior of my Oda clan." Beidou Xinwei wiped away his non-existent tears and said, "When I was traveling around..."

It's just a trick to deceive my brothers. People who don't work hard for a long time, or whose performance doesn't improve even if they work hard, are not worthy of being my brothers!

"Ah? This..."

"Excuse me, who is Kinoshita Tokichiro's brother, Kinoshita Koichiro?" Beidou Xinwei looked around and wanted to ask Kinoshita Koichiro. The biggest gold content here.

"Haha." Kinoshita Koichiro felt a little dizzy, as if he couldn't believe it, or maybe his blood pressure was a little low from not having eaten lunch today. He looked at the beautiful boy in front of him, who was 1.85 meters tall. No matter how he looked at him, he seemed to be from a completely different world.

"It's said: Friendship is revealed when one is rich and the other humble; friendship is revealed when one lives and dies; a man walks through houses without avoiding his wife, only when he is willing to sacrifice his wife and children can he have such a friendship." Beidou Xinwei suddenly grabbed Xiaoyilang's hand and said, "I was so busy with the war that I never thought I would forget about my dear brother Kinoshita. Now that we are separated forever... How can I not be sad?"

After wiping away his nonexistent tears, Hokuto Nobumi took Kinoshita Koichirō's hand and said, "Now that Fujikichirō is gone, I would like to take Koichirō as my retainer. I wonder if Master Koichirō would be willing to do so?"

When the state pension was almost used up, the leader from above came and said: I will support you.

That's about it. Kinoshita Koichiro now feels that he'd accept any kind of slang literature that allowed him to compose a piece of elegant art. However, it's said that His Highness Beidou has an extreme aversion to slang literature, and anyone who dares to mention it will be beaten violently at best, or even killed at worst.

"Yes!" Kinoshita Koichiro knelt on the ground and kowtowed vigorously, saying that this world is really beautiful! I really love this world!

Nagune Chengpiao, who was almost driven back to the countryside, was now in tears. His Nagune Chengpiao dream was finally coming true! "I am willing. Please accept me as your retainer!"

"Okay." Beidou Xinwei nodded, very satisfied with the other party's expression and mentality.

After all, people like Toyotomi Hideyoshi are rare, and there are not many people who can go against the tide of history. Kinoshita Koichirō has the ability, but without his brother, he is more ambitious than a singer.

"Xiao Yilang, it's time for you to officially serve me." Beidou Xinwei gently tapped the other party with his hand.

Because the other person was kneeling, I couldn't take a picture of him unless I squatted down!

"I'll change your name. From now on, you'll be called Kinoshita Hidenaga. I hope you can work hard and become an outstanding top retainer like Niwa Nagahide. Come on, I'm rooting for you! -"

"Yes!"

He recruited many retainers, most of whom were hired to steal Oda Nobuhime's men.

I hope that when she has to use her retainers in the future, she won't feel resentful about being sidelined. Maintaining emotional stability won't make you look older, and you won't need to go to Honnoji for physical therapy.

Chapter 96: The Murder Case in the Street of Gunye City

To summarize, leaders from all walks of life in Furuno Castle visited and comforted the struggling old samurai, thanking them for their contributions to the Oda clan's cause and local economic development, and extending them holiday greetings and blessings.

The second meeting to expand the number of retainers of the Hokuto family was officially held in Nagoya Castle. Mr. Kinoshita Koichirō was elected as the new retainer and changed his name to Kinoshita Hidenaga.

Beidou Xinwei may have realized it, but he didn't fully understand his influence. Just as Kinoshita Koichirō had been personally recruited as a retainer, the Asano family held an emergency internal tea party. They quickly decided to marry Kinoshita Koichirō's widowed sister-in-law, Ningning, to Kinoshita Koichirō. Marriage was always a top priority in Warring States diplomacy. Having children meant they were truly a family.

For example, Oda Nobuhime's mother! Tsuchida Gozen, who killed his father with her own hands, is now very strange.

Didn't we say we were going to get married? Why haven't we done it yet?

Oda Nobuyuki, waiting to "remarry with his mother," was also quite puzzled. His mother had agreed for over six months. He even sent the reluctant Shibata Katsuie to help out for this reason. If he could do something as disgusting as remarrying with his mother, why didn't Beidou Nobuyuki come and marry his own mother? How strange.

Of course, it didn't matter that he was surprised. After sending others to sound out the situation, he finally realized that Beidou Xinwei was simply saying "Cao Nima" and had no intention of marrying his own mother - the most important marriage in diplomacy had failed.

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War was the main theme of troubled times, but even when war broke out, there were still plenty of Japanese. Because Japanese were the dumbest, most of the residents of the castle town were Japanese—those who lived near the main city were vulnerable to enemy attacks at any moment. They could be plundered at any moment, their property accumulated over many years could be wiped out in an instant, and even those who ran slowly could be robbed.

In such circumstances, there are still people living in the castle town - this can only mean that the residents here are either those who work for a job and leave without a sense of belonging, or those who are honest, simple-minded, and hardworking.

"Hmm..." In his daily life, Beidou Xinwei would also handle some government affairs, such as the "memorials" and reports sent back from Atsuta Port.

"Swipe brush-"

(Ding! — Skill [Internal Affairs], gain exp+10 (550/650) Lv12)

[Skill: (Holding the Axis and the Jun) Skill expires. This acceleration helps the host save 300% time. The duration of this government transaction is 00:01:52]

[Skill: (Supplementing Deficiencies) Activate - No fatal administrative errors detected]

[Skill: (Beneficial, Lv. 01) Activate — Increased the benefit of this policy by 1%]

Beidou Xinwei finished writing another memorial, and today's "small mountain" was quickly dealt with. He then tossed the memorial aside and said, "Yes, it's all taken care of. You can take it to that grudge in two hours."

Beidou Xinwei stretched and then lay flat on the tatami.

"Master, I really can't bear to watch this anymore—you have the ability, why don't you handle more government affairs?" Jian Jiang, with a cat-like face, looked at Beidou Xinwei and asked, "Look, you have never been the most important minister..."

"You're saying that. I'm just leaving everything here for two hours, and it seems like I'm working really hard. Otherwise, wouldn't others think I'm always quick?" Beidou Xinwei finished a day's worth of government affairs in half an hour. He'd already been lying here all day, only to sit up and handle things for another half hour, and then he'd have to lie down for another four. "Speaking of which, I'm overjoyed that 'the grudge' is willing to be the lord and handle so many things himself. And doesn't Master Pingshou treat you badly? Why are you always thinking about replacing him?"

"Master Ping Shou... is very good to me, but, but... my master is even stronger!" The girl almost couldn't hold it in for a long time, and immediately said what was in her heart, making herself blush.

"...Hey, so you, a traitor, still respect me?" Beidou Xinwei lay on the tatami, pointing at his leg and said, "Come, rub this leg for me! - Then..."

"I'm going to practice swordplay! I don't have time to bother with your legs!" The little feet under the white tabi gently kicked the calf of her beautiful young master. The beautiful girl Kenshin packed up a pile of documents and prepared to leave: "I'll come and deliver the documents in two hours! Master is really... lazy!"

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Kenshin was holding the documents angrily. As dusk was approaching, she took the documents from Beidou Xinwei and left as if she was just doing something.

She didn't understand, but Beidou Xinwei showed her again—most Japanese samurai had to be both civil and military, because they were the ruling class and couldn't run the country as a civilian. Things like riding a horse to beat wild barbarians and dismounting to draft military documents—every high-ranking samurai had to be able to do it, otherwise they wouldn't become a powerful leader and would always be just a lackey who would kill people.

"Tsk, Master..." The castle town of Furuno Castle wasn't very big, and everyone was busy moving to Kiyosu Castle lately. Kenshin, with his familiarity, carried the documents from Hokuto Nobuo's residence, through the short stretch of the castle town, and headed towards Furuno Castle.

However, in an instant, Kenshin fell into a dreamlike illusion. Even her breathing slowed down. She felt that every blade of grass and every tree around her was within her perception. This illusion, like falling into a dreamland, plunged her into a wonderful spiritual state!

In someone's words: I'm so high!

"Excuse me! Are you the disciple of that shameless fellow?—We are chivalrous swordsmen!"

Just a short distance away, Kenshin spotted a group of people. There were about seven or eight wild warriors, dressed sloppily and speaking foul language. They launched into a personal attack on Beidou Xinwei for several seconds: "Sir, as a female disciple of that evil blade, you must be nothing more than a forbidden delicacy, right? Now, take us secretly... Ah!"

As expected, he was educated by Beidou Xinwei.

Kenshin encountered this long-winded Japanese affectation, and he also didn't hesitate at all! Not old Japanese at all.

She threw the furoshiki wrapping the documents to the ground and immediately unsheathed her long sword! ——As expected of the future female Battousai.

Screams echoed, and a few seconds later, ordinary passersby finally passed by from the corner. They saw a girl covered in blood, a bundle in her left hand, a long, blood-drenched sword in her right. Her hair was blood-red, her eyes were blood-red, and her samurai uniform was blood-red—drenched in blood!

Chapter 97 Oda Nobuhime: Don’t rush to kill my whole family

Chasing two completely terrified, fleeing samurai, she ran three blocks through the castle town of Furuno Castle. With one last blow, she hacked the slower runner to pieces, leaving him barely resembling a human form. After catching up with the faster runner, she severed his tendons—and then encountered patrolling soldiers.

"Alas... I'm still not as good as my master." The young swordsman sighed, her eyes as calm and indifferent as water. In the bustling city, she calmly shook off the blood stains on her blade and sheathed it. "If it were my master... I wouldn't have given these people a chance to escape, would I?"

That's right, one hit kills one, and there's a taunt skill. I didn't even have time to run away before I was completely controlled and killed. I recently learned the group attack New Year's greeting sword technique, which kills a whole group of level 1 trumpets with one hit.

"Are you, Master Kenshin?" The soldiers patrolling the city were all trained by Beidou Nobuyoshi, professional soldiers after the separation of soldiers and farmers. Naturally, they all knew Beidou Nobuyoshi's beloved disciple. Seeing Beidou Nobuyoshi's beloved disciple kill someone in the street—if it were any other ordinary samurai, it would instantly trigger the law of the "Sword Hunting Order"!—they would be guilty of carrying a knife.

But when he saw it was Kenshin-chan, it wasn't the law that triggered that instant, but his passive skill, "Kissatsu Gomen"! — Killing you is a sign of respect! This is a glorious duel between samurai.

"Hmm." The young swordsman silently looked around at the people who hadn't fled. Pointing at the wild warrior screaming on the ground, she said, "Don't let him die. Take him to a regular military doctor for treatment. Don't let Kikyo-san see this disgusting thing—find out who is trying to harm the master. Oh, by the way, go inform the master. I have something else to do, so I'll be leaving first."

"Master Kenshin, please stay." Suddenly, a small figure came running from a distance. Kenshin glanced over. Who else could it be but Niwa Nagahide, who had just returned to Kuno Castle? A young man came running over, panting, apparently having just been notified. "Master Kenshin—could you…could you help us? Could you please cooperate with us? At least tell us where the incident happened? You're gone now, leaving us here..."

"Oh, follow the blood trail that way. It's between the two paths that lead from my master's house to the city."

“?!?!?——An ambush and assassination actually happened in that place?!” Niwa Nagahide was almost going crazy. Why did this happen again! “Um, sir, can you come with me? This…”

"My master asked me to deliver these things to the lord." Kenshin frowned and took a look at the bundle in his hand: "It's all dirty... Seriously, I'll be scolded when I get back! Sigh..."

"What if someone is still lying in ambush in the dark, preparing to assassinate His Highness Beidou again? This..." Niwa Nagahide is an ordinary person, even a samurai among ordinary people, and an Earth OL player with normal combat power. He certainly does not understand the ultimate creature educated by an ultimate creature like Kenshin.

"Hahaha, if these little thieves can actually harm the Master, then something's up!" The Sword Saint suddenly laughed heartily, as if she'd just heard some flat-Earth joke or 1+1=11. "If they go and assassinate the Master, that'll save them some trouble. Okay, enough nonsense! This guy's going to bleed out if we don't save him."

After kicking the wild warrior whose tendons were severed, the young swordsman said, "I still have work to do. Come find me later if you need anything. I'll go back to my master's house after delivering the package."

After saying that, he turned around gracefully.

"...Death to the country! Sbarasi!" Some of the new residents of Kuno Castle had never seen Beidou Xinwei's killer deity. But after seeing the look of "Kenshin-chan ~Great Victory~~~", they were instantly captivated. "What a murderous aura this is! It's, it's just like Battousai!"

"Hey, it's true that he's Battousai. Kenshin-sama is the direct disciple of our Lord Hokuto—did you know that Lord Hokuto Nobuo once single-handedly took down over a dozen men attacking him from both sides in a small alley and escaped unscathed?" The old resident began to explain to the new residents who the ultimate killer god of the Oda family was. "Sama Kenshin was just a kidnapped girl half a year ago. See! See?—He's become a sword master!"

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Oda Nobuhime heard that another heinous and violent assassination had occurred.

Suddenly, I felt sick. Why is this going on forever? Hasn't it been quiet for a while? Assassinations every day, always assassinations. You can't live without some conspiracy all day long, right?

"Ugh, ugh, ugh!—" Oda Nobuhime was also a simple person, and she didn't like to waste food! But when she saw Kenshin coming in covered in blood, carrying his furoshiki, and heard the report from the people below, she immediately slammed her bowl on the table in front of her—a hilarious cosplay of Cao Mengde.

"You are so bold that you dare to send assassins again! - Kenshin, are you injured?" Oda Nobuhime asked with a gloomy face as she looked at the bloody appearance of the young swordsman in front of her.

"Thank you, Lord Oda, for your concern. I am not injured." The young swordsman said with dignity, "I am guilty of accidentally soiling these documents. I hope..."

"It's okay, I'll ask your master to rewrite it when the time comes! Besides, it's not hard to read." When Oda Nobuhime heard that the other party was fine, her expression immediately became better: "Don't worry, Kenshin, I will kill anyone who touches you! - Remember what I said today, it is absolutely targeted! But..."

Oda Nobuhime thought about it, and finally said dejectedly: "You have to give me some time to buffer. I'm sorry... I guess I'm a coward."

The Sixth Heaven Demon King? Cowardly?

Sometimes people have to face themselves, everyone is weak sometimes.

"Thank you, Oda-dono." Kenshin smiled. She had a favorable impression of the young lady before her. It was mainly because Kenshin was rather clueless, unable to distinguish the irreconcilable contradictions between the ruling and ruled classes. "If Oda-dono has anything to ask of me, I will do my best! But now I must return to my master..."

"Your master...has a bad temper, especially with one of his own being assassinated. I'm sure he's going to be furious." Oda Nobuhime sighed and said, "Go back and try to persuade him. Now isn't the time to take action. At least wait until after the spring plowing! ...By the way, where is your master..."

"There's no need to worry about the Master—he will kill anyone who dares to touch his reverse scale."

"Oh, that's not strange, that's not strange." Oda Nobuhime nodded, and then used her chopsticks to scrape the rice on the table into her bowl bit by bit. Not wasting anything, she ate it all again.

Chapter 98 New Quest Chain

Time passed day by day, the cold and long winter passed, spring came, flowers bloomed, willow catkins flew, and soon the time for sowing also passed.

In May 1551, three months had passed since the assassination. For Hokuto Nobuyoshi, who never waited for revenge, this was the limit of his patience. He felt like, "If you, Oda Nobuhime, don't take action, I will kill your entire family myself."

Well... in a sense, yes, killing Oda Nobuhime's entire family. Although it sounds a bit hellish, it certainly looks like hell.

The relationship between the siblings is not very harmonious, and the relationship between the mother and daughter is a life-and-death friendship.

In normal situations like this, a fight would break out in a matter of minutes, let alone a family environment where the father and son are at odds with each other and the husband and wife are at war?

Beidou Nobuyoshi's apprentice was assassinated, which upset him more than his own assassination, so he began to prepare for war with all his heart. After seeing Kenshin-chan assassinated, Oda Nobuhime herself was also very upset. So, she took the young swordsman out for a trip to relax.

On this day, Ken-chan was invited over by Oda Nobuhime and looked at her with a confused look on his face.

“…Oda-dono?” Kenshin looked at Oda Nobuhime in front of him in confusion.

"Please relax. To be honest, none of my retainers are worry-free. I think you, Kenshin, are the most reliable. You are both honest and steady, and you are also cool and capable." Oda Nobuhime said this, covering her forehead and said, "My retainers are either young and disobedient, and I don't know where they learned it from! - Or they are old and don't value them. A perfect retainer like you is really a blessing for your master. Although I guess you don't like it, I really want you to ride under me and become my direct retainer... But I think you will refuse. Well, let's not talk about this for now, let's go and see the fun."

Jiqi, when one party entrusts its retainers to another party, can be seen as the demotion of cadres or the transfer of equal positions.

"The war is imminent." Although I always thought Oda Nobuhime was unreliable, I never thought she was so unreliable! Now that everyone is actively preparing for war, you say you want to go out for a trip, what's wrong with your brain? You... "Nobuhime, why do you want to travel again? You..."

"Hey, don't say that. Don't learn from your teacher. I can see that you...are just like me, with a fire burning inside you." Oda Nobuhime was a ruthless character who could sleep for a day while an enemy army of 30,000 attacked. She was also capable of scattering her ashes after her father died—this kind of woman is capable of anything. Add in the possibility of hysteria, and there's no telling how uncontrollable she could become.

She just laughed and said to the young girl, Kenshin, "Kenshin-chan, let's not talk about our identities now, just talk about friends. You usually like to listen to stories from the outside world, to hear about heroes from all over the world - I guess you have been wanting to make a name for yourself for a long time? Are you interested in the outside world?"

That's right. If it were the end of the shogunate, the reclusive Kenshin would not be able to bear the loneliness and would run out to carve out a piece of the sky.

"Ahem—I heard." Seeing that the fire was almost ready, Oda Nobuhime suddenly lay down on the wooden pillow of the tatami mat and said, "In the Ni Pond east of Hira Castle, there is a giant snake in this pond!"

"Hmm? What is this..."

"But this giant snake has a head like a five-colored deer, but no horns! Its eyes flicker and its tongue spurts like flames. Its body is as big as a barrel—it's impressive!" The rhetoric was admittedly a bit vulgar, but Oda Nobuhime was incredibly excited. After all, she was only 19 years old. Plus, her personality was... overly curious. She covered her face with her hands and suddenly burst into laughter. "If I don't go see this mysterious place, I'll regret it until my eightieth birthday!"

His mental state is very similar to that of a modern college student who has too much free time.

"!? Is there such a thing?" The young girl Kenshin instantly perked up. After all, she was a girl with a razor-sharp curiosity, unable to stand loneliness and eager to learn all sorts of new things. "But is there really such a thing in this world..."

"There are people like your master in this world, so what is impossible?" Oda Nobuhime curled her lips and said, "Compared to his methods, I would rather believe that there are such deer-headed snakes in this world!"

"...That makes sense." Kenshin was stunned for a moment before nodding and saying, "Hira Castle, isn't it far?"

"Guye City is five miles west! If we're quick, we'll be back in two hours. Don't tell your master!"

"That makes sense! - Let's go!" Kenshin thought for a long time, and the two girls hit it off immediately. They both had the kind of personality that invites trouble: "That's a deer-headed snake!"

"Yes! That's a deer-headed snake!——"

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