"Where did this letter come from?"

"The main hall was found from the study of Ishikawa Zhiqing, a retainer in the lower family. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"It's the defeated clan that Masahide said, right?"

"Lord, it is Ishikawa Zhiqing who was transferred and plotted against his own family, so I asked Kuroda Zhitaka to send troops to eliminate Ishikawa." The official of the small temple said respectfully to the two red pines of the head.

"Father, then there will be no problem with this matter." Yoshisuke Akamatsu said to Harumasa Akamatsu.

"Zhengxiu, it's better for you to take a look at this letter." Akamatsu Harumasa ignored Akamatsu Yoshisuke, but got up and handed the letter directly to Akamatsu Masahide.

Akamatsu Masahide glanced at the letter, laughed, and directly tore the letter to shreds, "Okay, now that the letter is gone, what evidence do you have?" ”

Akamatsu Yoshisuke was obviously angry by Akamatsu Masahide's actions, after all, he was still a sixteen-year-old boy, and he was relatively angry, so he stood up and pointed at Akamatsu Masahide and said, "You rebel, do you know what this place is?" How dare you be so presumptuous, and are you not afraid that I will have someone kill you? Masaki Akamatsu-sama. ”

"Zhengxiu! That's really not right for you. Even Harumasa Akamatsu, who has always supported Akamatsu Masahide, was very surprised by Akamatsu Masahide's actions.

"Oh! Kill me, right? Someone's coming! Masahide shouted, and more than a dozen samurai rushed into the assessment room, including the people brought by Masahide and the samurai of the Akamatsu family, these people were obviously bribed, and they surrounded Kodera Masako, Kuroda Zhitaka, and even the two Akamatsu Highnesses in the middle.

"Zhengxiu, what are you doing here? Do you want to rebel? Akamatsu Harumasa scolded loudly, obviously he didn't expect Akamatsu Masahide to be able to do this unknowingly in Zhiyancheng, although he indulged Akamatsu Masahide, it didn't mean that he was willing to be robbed of his rights by Akamatsu Masahide, and he also killed himself.

"What? Didn't the main hall always hope to unify Harima Province? I immediately killed Kodera and Kuroda, chased Yoshiyu, and entered the Shio Akamatsu family, and I, Akamatsu Masahide, can control most of Harima Country, and then as long as I digest it for a year or two, destroy Shangyue first, and then let the Uno clan surrender, and only Miki Castle needs to be attacked in Harima Country. What do you think of my idea, Great Hall? I'm here to unify the Harima Country, isn't it also the Akamatsu family to unify Harima? The Harima country of the Takino Akamatsu family is really good! ”

"You two adults have seen it! Akamatsu Masahide is the biggest scum and the biggest rebel from my Akamatsu family! Kodera Masashi pointed at Masahide and said, and several samurai brought by Akamatsu Masahide leaned towards Masashi, and Masashi immediately hid behind Kuroda Itakaka.

"Masaki Akamatsu, can you let me say a word?" Kuroda finally spoke at this time, and he managed to get everyone's attention.

"Kuroda-kun, say it! What to say! Do you want to take refuge in your own family? What a time to know! Are you going to take refuge in me? My Takino Akamatsu family has everything, and there is really a lack of a retainer with courage like you. Akamatsu Masahide looked at Zhitaka playfully.

"That's not what I'm going to say next.,There's no interest in changing in the next.,What you want to do is nothing more than unify the Harima Kingdom, right?"

"Exactly, this is also the will of the main hall, isn't it! His Royal Highness Harimasa Akamatsu. While speaking, Akamatsu Masahide also looked at Akamatsu Harumasa, and Akamatsu Harumasa was obviously angry at this time, and turned his head away from him.

"Very good, Lord Akamatsu Masahide, before coming to Yancheng, I have ordered my retainers to contact the Miki Bessho and Eiga Miki families, if something happens to me and His Royal Highness Koji today, the Kuroda family will belong to the Miki family, and the territory of the small temple will belong to the Bessho family." Kuroda said lightly, without a tone or expression, as if he was talking about a trivial matter.

"Bastard, Kuroda-kun, don't be joking, what you say is a lie, this is impossible, this is impossible." Jitaka's words are obviously unacceptable to Masa-so.

"Why can't it be? The Akamatsu family is the head of the Harima country, but if the Harima country is unified, it should also be the Shio Akamatsu family, not a side branch of the Takino Akamatsu family. I have long known that His Royal Highness Masahide is an ambitious person, and if you let you unify the Harima Country, it will definitely cause even greater waves, and the Harima Country will be in war and the lives of the people will be ruined. Rather than this, it is better for the Bessho family to occupy the territory of the Koji family, and the Miki family to assist the Bessho family, and someone to fight against you, which is naturally better than you having Harima alone. ”

Kuroda said eloquently, these words were discussed with Manyoshi, and even Kodera Masashi didn't know. When Koji heard this, he was even more angry, "Kuroda-kun, is what you said true?" Why do you say that? Did you betray me? Kodera Masashi also said angrily, but Kuroda didn't have time to take care of him.

"You threaten me? You're lying, you must be lying. Masahide walked up to Zhilong excitedly, and roared at Zhilong fiercely, as if this was his evaluation room, unscrupulous.

"Why should I lie to you? Ever since I knew that it was you, Masa-so, who requested this summons, I already knew that this was a bad thing. What you did is not what a samurai should have, it is despicable, and even if we die here today, we will not make you feel better. I have contacted several people who are close friends with the important ministers of the Koji family, and the lord has no heirs, so there will not be much obstacle for the other family to enter the family, and the Miki family is friendly with my Kuroda family, and I have already ordered the merger of the two families. In addition, I have ordered the Itetomo clan to lead troops to set up a formation in the earthen weapon mountain, and Takino Hall does not know when it can send troops? If you don't believe me, you can immediately send someone to check on Earthen Mountain. Thinking about the hundreds of soldiers of my Kuroda family, it is still possible to block your Highness Masahide for a few days, even if the worst plan is for you to destroy my Kuroda family, as well as the Miki family, and by that time, the Bessho family will have entered the Imperial Castle. I'd really like to see what you're going to do if all of this happens. ”

After listening to the words of Zhilong, the political office of the small temple fell directly to the ground, looking depressed; The two red pines are now unable to protect themselves, just sitting there, motionless, waiting for changes; Masahide was about to go crazy when he heard Zhitaka's words, and his carefully planned plan was easily resolved by a few words from Kuroda Zhilong, and he walked back and forth in the hall anxiously.

"I'm losing, Kuwabara Saemon, you take a few people to escort Kodera and Kuroda away." Zhengxiu said dejectedly. One of the dozen samurai stepped out and prepared to take two of them away.

"Wait a minute." Masahide suddenly said in a loud voice, and walked quickly to Kuroda Zhitaka.

"Lord Kuroda, I know that your territory has 5,000 koku, and my territory has 70,000 koku, and I am willing to divide half of my territory to recruit you, how about it? As long as you agree to leave the house, you will get 35,000 stone of land, 35,000 stone. How is it? Kuroda-kun, come to this house, please, as long as you come to this house, Harima Country will be the two of us in the future. "When Masahide Akamatsu spoke to Kuroda Itakaka, he even felt a kind of madness.

"Lord Xie Zhengxiu is very loving, he is a retainer of the small temple family, if it is not the small temple family, it is very likely that he is still living in the countryside, and the kindness of the lord is difficult to repay the death of the Kuroda family below, so the proposal of the lord is unacceptable. In that case, don't mention it again," Kuroda Itaka and Kodera Masaka left the castle tower together.

"Kuroda Zhitaka, Kuroda Zhitaka, why does the Koji family have such wisdom, bravery, loyalty, and righteousness." Akamatsu Masahide said dejectedly.

Kuwabara Saemon had been sending Masaka and Itaka back to the area of Otsushi Castle before turning back, and Kuroda asked Nagaya Takasa to go back to Himeji Castle first to report the news, and asked him to pass the news, telling the troops of the Imate Tomoshi clan to temporarily station in Tsukiyama to observe the movements of Takino Castle and not to relax their vigilance.

In the bedroom of the Koji Masatoshi in Goshojo Castle, there are now only two people, Kuroda Masashi and Kotera Shotaka. The political office of the small temple sat at the top, his anger had not disappeared, his mouth was bulging, and his lower lip was upturned, and he looked resentful.

"Zhilong, you said, are all what you said in Yancheng true? That is, if you sell your own family to another family, is it true? "Xiaoji's political position doesn't seem to have reacted from the mutation in Yancheng at this time, his spirit is still sluggish, and his eyes are a little sluggish.

"Your Highness, why do you think so? These are all words that threaten Masa-sama! This is in the art of war, which is often said by the dog Wanji, and he is born after death. Kuroda said nervously.

"Is it just the art of war? But when he asks you if you are threatening him, you say that it is true. "Regardless of Kuroda's explanation, Kodera is still obsessed with what happened to Yancheng before, especially what Kuroda said about dividing Koji's territory.

"Your Highness, it's all for him to see, and I did order the Itetomo clan to camp in the earth weapon mountain to prevent the Takinoden from making a desperate bet. But I definitely didn't send anyone in the family to contact the other place or Miki, if the adults didn't believe it, I would accompany His Highness here, and His Highness would talk about it after sending someone to investigate. ”

"Okay, Kuroda, I believe you, but why don't you want the territory of that bastard Akamatsu Masahide?" Kodera Masashi reluctantly believed Kuroda's words, but he still couldn't lift his spirits.