Suddenly, Hattori Masanari sensed something, held a shuriken at his waist, and immediately whispered to Wanji: "Young master, be careful, there are assassins, three people, all shinobi!" ”

Hearing Hattori's words, Wanji was very surprised, would anyone want to assassinate him? Opposed to the Kuroda family, and forced to the point where it was necessary to send ninjas to assassinate him, it is estimated that only Akamatsu Masahide, who had just lost a large part of the territory. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wanji was very lucky, if he hadn't arranged for Hattori Masanari to be here in advance, otherwise a few ninjas like now, even if they were all shinobi, he would definitely die and didn't know how he died. It's good now, Hattori Masari not only discovered the enemy in advance, but even knew the number of people, as a shinobi Hattori Masari, still has a certain strength. He didn't scream either, just crouched in front of Wanji, and now yelling would only startle the snake.

Hattori Masanari has been holding his breath at this time, so that the enemy can't find out his existence in the house, although Wanji has the bottom in his heart, but he is inevitably still a little scared, after all, the other party is three people, and there is only one person here, and he is basically a burden. As long as there are two ninjas who can entangle Hattori Masanari, his life will basically be explained here. So he was praying in his heart that Hattori Masanari could solve these guys, otherwise his journey through the country would end before it had begun, what an unwilling thing!

Hattori Masari was very calm, always sensing everything around him, and suddenly he moved, just turned around slightly, and threw the shuriken at a place in the courtyard. The shuriken was so fast that it made a small hole in the paper door, and before the moonlight could reach the house, a scream was heard from inside the courtyard, and Hattori Masanari had obviously hit the target. And this scream immediately alarmed the guards in the palace, and more than a dozen heavily armed guards all appeared in the courtyard.

"There are assassins, there are assassins, protect the lord, the lady and the young master, all cheer up, look, there is an assassin here, kill him quickly." Amid the chaotic shouts of the guards, everyone in the backyard stepped out.

"What's going on?" Kodera asked loudly.

"My lord, we found an assassin in the courtyard, we just killed him, and we are still looking to see if he has any accomplices." A samurai fell to one knee on the ground.

"Very good, leave half of the people to protect our safety, and the others hurry up and search the whole courtyard, no, the palace can't let go, you must catch the assassins, this is the imperial city, these young people are too presumptuous." Koji said angrily.

"Hey!"

"Young master be careful, there should be no danger anymore, I'll chase the two people just now." At this time, Hattori Masari said coldly to Wanji.

"Be careful yourself, forget if you can't catch up, staying alive is the most important thing." Wanji said.

"Yes, young master." Without anyone noticing, Hattori chased in the direction where the two ninjas had fled.

The next day, the news of the assassin in the backyard spread all over the Imperial Castle, and Koji was even more angry, and Koji said that a Tang bowl that he loved very much was broken. The assassin appeared in the middle of Honmaru's courtyard! Know that you live in the yard too! Isn't it said that his own safety will be threatened at any time, and after scolding the general of the guard, he ordered strict control of the people entering and leaving the palace, and the guards of the palace were doubled, and ordinary people were not allowed to approach the palace when there was nothing to do. The political position of Koji feels that this is already seamless, and only God knows what the actual effect is.

At the same time, the Kuroda family also got the news that Takino Castle sent people to prepare to assassinate Manyoshi, Hattori Masari killed two people, escaped one, and Manyoshi was safe and sound. In this matter, Kuroda only told Matsui Shigetaka and Hattori Baochang, both of them were very angry, they couldn't win on the battlefield, it was like using a yin trick on the battlefield, but fortunately there was Hattori Masanari's protection, otherwise for the Kuroda family, who is currently inseparable from Wanyoshi, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"Hattori-sama, I need you to do something." Kuroda said.

"I already know it in the next, and the dog has already told everything that happened, and I will definitely do my best to let the Takinoden try it, and the pain of losing a loved one."

"No, Hattori-sama, I think you're mistaken. I hope you can recruit more powerful ninjas during this time, if you really have the strength, my Kuroda family will definitely not spare a little bit of money and land rewards, you must already know this. As for the assassination of Wan Ji this time, it is indeed infuriating, but fortunately Wan Ji was not injured, and this matter is over. The most important thing for the family at the moment is to digest the new territory, as for the retaliation, the family still has to endure for the time being, after all, the strength of the Takino Hall is still there, we are slowly developing, not in a hurry At this time, as long as the Kuroda family is strong, there will be many opportunities in the future. Also, it is troublesome for Hattori-sama to spread the news that his family has set up a longhouse area to recruit talents from all walks of life, and the wider the better, if the entire island country can know about it, then there will be no shortage of talents in the family. As long as my family is full of talents, a Takino Akamatsu family, I Kuroda Shigetaka don't pay attention to it at all. ”

Kuroda Shigetaka's last domineering tone, said that Hattori's eyes lit up, and it seems that he also underestimated this lord!

"Lord, since this is the case, I will send one more middle ninja and five lower ninjas to the Imperial City to protect the safety of the young master, so it should be foolproof. In addition, 20 ninjas were stationed in various castles to prevent the Akamatsu family from attacking important people in the family. As for recruiting ninjas, I decided to go back to Iga Province in the future, and I think it will be rewarding! After the people are gathered, all the remaining ninjas of the family will be dispatched to spread the news everywhere, so you can rest assured. ”

"Very well, then I'll leave everything to Hattori-sama."

"Hey!"

Takinoden Akamatsu Masahide soon learned the news of the failed assassination, but this news was obtained from a spy in the Kuroda family's territory, and the shinobi who escaped before did not return to Takino Castle at all, and directly did not know where to go.

Those three ninjas were not ninjas from Takino City, but Akamatsu Masahide temporarily found them from near the territory, because there were no ninjas in the Takino family, no one knew the level of these people, and in the end, in order to hire these ninjas, he spent a full fifty yuan. The escaped ninja took the fifty pieces of money and flew away. For this reason, the potted plants in the backyard of Akamatsu Masahide were hit by seedlings again.

Originally, Masahide Akamatsu wanted to launch another attack on Koguchi Castle immediately, after all, it was a land of more than 10,000 stones! Even if it is scrapped, it is still their own land.

However, some of the people in the family said that because of the previous two joint battles, the spring ploughing in the territory has been seriously delayed, and if they go out again, they will completely miss the spring ploughing, and there may be a famine in the territory within the year, and then there may be a rush, and then it will really be irreparable.

Some say that under the reinforcement of the Kuroda family, Koguchi Castle has become very strong, and there is also the Kuroda family's powerful ninja tactics, in the short term, it is better to accumulate strength, and wait to build more siege equipment, build more weapons and armor, and then attack Koguchi Castle.

Some people say that the battle of Lushan and the battle of Koguchicheng together, the family sent 3,000 troops, but more than 1,000 were killed and wounded, and the basic families in the territory had dead and wounded young people, so they should recuperate, and wait for the increase in the source of troops, and then carry out the conquest.

Anyway, even many of the retainers of Takino Castle did not agree to send troops to Koguchi Castle again, at least in the short term, these people didn't want to recall the thorny turtle shell of Koguchi Castle, and the elusive ninja tactics of the Kuroda family, which was really disgusting.

Everyone had no heart to fight, Akamatsu Masahide sighed, and he could only give up, and the retainers of Takino Castle also breathed a sigh of relief.