A samurai who doesn't want to be a daimyo is not a good onmyoji

Chapter 26 Father and Son

In addition to Asai Hisamasa, the head of the Asai family, the meeting was attended by many members of the Asai clan and about twenty retainers. They were all people with certain strength and status in Kitaomi.

After seeing Shinkuro, they all nodded to him. Even though Shinkuro is still young, as the only son of the family head, his status is still very stable, not to mention that he has already shown signs of behavior that are not suitable for his age. heroic.

The retainers all hope to have a wise head of the family who can lead them to expand the territory together, so they all have a great impression of Shinkuro, the wise young master who is almost destined to succeed to the throne in the future.

Shinkuro naturally returned the favor with a smile, completely unable to see the anger he had just felt in front of Ryo Asai.

The only unfamiliar face was a middle-aged samurai in his forties, but he seemed to have a good attitude towards Shinkuro and smiled at him as well.

Sitting in the middle seat is Shinkuro's nominal father, the governor of the Asai family, the overlord of Kitaomi, named Hisamasa Asai.

Although Asai Hisamasa is cowardly and incompetent, his biggest advantage is that he looks good. He is only in his thirties and is at the peak of his life. Although he is not as good as Shinkuro, he is handsome and tall.

It stands to reason that he was born in a martial arts family and has a height that is difficult for ordinary people to reach. As long as he carries out normal training and takes advantage of his height and length, he can become a pretty good warrior.

The previous patriarchs and important ministers probably also considered this point, so they finally agreed to let him, who has a bad reputation, succeed him as the family governor.

It's just a pity that his series of performances after taking over completely failed everyone's expectations and wasted his 1.7-meter height.

Probably because his deceased wife was also from the samurai family and had good physical fitness in all aspects, his children have also inherited his height. The teenage Shinkuro has already exceeded 1.7 meters. Among everyone It's like standing out among the chickens.

Although he has basically zero record because he has not yet officially entered the Yuan server, he is already somewhat famous in Xiaogu City just because of his height.

But he is not the tallest in Asai's family, the tallest one is his poor sister who has been married far away and hasn't heard from him for several years, Asai Meng.

After seeing Shinkuro, Asai Hisamasa was not at all happy to see his son return safely. He just nodded very seriously and introduced him: "This is Mr. Hirai from the Rokkaku family. Come forward quickly." Goodbye."

Although the other party was his only son, as his son continued to grow and his reputation at home and in the city continued to increase, he became slightly uneasy and felt threatened.

Especially after the other party returned from hunting wild boars this time, he was keenly aware of something strange. The other party's attitude towards him seemed to have changed.

So he wanted to take advantage of the moment when important ministers gathered together to show the other party's face. He wanted to make it clear to the other party that Asai Hisamasa was the real master of the entire Kitaomi!

But as soon as his words came out, Asai Ryouchi, who was standing next to Shinkuro, screamed inwardly. He was familiar with the young master's character. It could be said that he was completely different from the master of the family. This was not a good start!

As expected, Shinkuro paused slightly and bowed his hands: "I was about to ask Father, the Rokkaku family is obviously our enemy, why are there enemy samurai in Kotani Castle?"

Asai Hisamasa looked a little embarrassed when he heard this, but because of the presence of outsiders, he still pretended to be very patient and explained: "Master Yixian of the Rokkaku family sent an envoy here to grant you a marriage. The other party is the daughter of Lord Hirai Sadamu."

As he spoke, he extended his hand to indicate that the strange samurai present was the so-called Lord Hirai.

"Marriage?"

Shinkuro was a little surprised when he heard this: "The Rokkaku family should be my enemies, not my superiors. How can we start talking about the marriage? Let alone the daughter of Rokkaku Yoshiken's subordinate?" If Shinkuro is just quite a For an ordinary samurai, the matter of granting a marriage actually doesn't matter. It's just that he has a strange bed partner. If the other person is ugly, he can just ignore him and find a new love.

But if he aspires to the position of daimyo, and even the whole world, then this so-called betrothal is a kind of humiliation.

What are the virtues and abilities of the six-cornered righteous man?Why should he grant himself a marriage?It would be more like the biological daughter of the Kyoto General!
No matter how much Asai Hisamasa valued his only son, he couldn't help but get angry when he was questioned in front of everyone. What's more, he had already planned to take this opportunity to show off to the other party, so he became furious instantly. .

"Bold! This is the decision Master Yixian made for the sake of the friendship between the two families!"

After taking a few breaths, he continued: "You only need to accept the engagement. From now on, the Rokkaku family will become our allies."

Shinkuro still refused to obey, he just bowed deeply: "Father, the Rokkaku family has a blood feud with this family. After decades of fighting and fighting, countless outstanding samurai from our family have died on the battlefield. If Now that I accept this so-called gifted marriage, and I have the dignity to treat those dead warriors, how can I have the dignity to face the ancestor Liangzheng who created this foundation?"

"What's more, how can you trust the alliance under the city?"

"Today, the Rokkaku family granted a marriage to the young master of the Asai family to the daughter of a retainer. Will his retainer marry the princess of the family tomorrow?" Since he was prepared in advance, once he spoke, Shinkuro couldn't stop talking.

"In the long run, the Liujiao family will gradually encroach on the main family. They are called allies and are actually vassals. Once they accept such demands, they will be ridiculed by everyone in the world. If the main family submits to the Liujiao family, then the Saito family will also come in the future."

"boom!"

Asai Hisamasa slapped the table fiercely. No matter how incompetent a person is, after being a daimyo for more than ten years, he has developed some characteristics of a superior person.

It didn't matter that he had been defeated many times by the Rokkaku family, but now he was being refuted by his own son in front of outsiders. He was about to lose his face!
"Bold! Shinkuro, this is not a discussion with you, but a notification. This is a decision made by the Asai family daimyo, and it is also the intention of all important ministers!"

Shinkuro remained silent. He just bowed deeply and even pressed his face to the cold ground.

Although he said nothing, everyone present understood what he meant. This was his silent protest. He refused to accept this so-called marriage!

"Damn it, how dare you be so rude!"

Asai Hisamasa became even more angry. He slapped the table hard one after another, and even threw one of his straw sandals directly, hitting it half a meter in front of Shinkuro.

But after venting for a while, he suddenly realized that the entire room, except for himself who was furious, fell into a very strange calm.

He quickly glanced around, and suddenly he was even more frightened and angry.

Because except for Shinkuro, who was silent, and Hirai Sadatake, who looked solemn and seemed to have nothing to do with him, most of the other retainers remained silent, and a few even imitated Shinkuro and kowtowed.

Not only the warring factions in the family, but also important ministers and leaders of wealthy families, even Ryouchi Asai, who was usually the most loyal to his family and the most capable, remained silent.

This unspeakable silence itself represents an attitude, and they are also protesting against themselves in this way.
　Oh my god, I had been playing alone, but suddenly someone came to see me. I was so moved.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)