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In Sagiyama Castle, Saito Michizo sat in the corridor, looking at the full moon in the sky and pondering, he had been like this since returning from Shotokuji Temple, and it seemed that he was not in a good mood.

Behind him, the Red Guards sat there with a bored expression. He wasn't a samurai who liked to use his brains, and in fact, although he and Michizo Saito were both born in temples, he wasn't too far behind Michizo Saito in terms of knowledge and wisdom.

"Akabei, what do you think of my son-in-law?" Michizo Saito asked suddenly, and when he asked, he didn't turn his head, as if talking to himself.

Hearing this, the Red Soldier Wei paused for a moment, "Uh...... That one...... Because it's the son-in-law of the lord, it's a little difficult to talk about......" Chibei responded with some hesitation, and then, as if he had thought of something, he smiled and continued, "But that stupid look is really beneficial to the family, congratulations!" ”

Congratulations, indeed congratulations, because in the original Saito Michizo will Gui Die's purpose to marry Mino Red Soldier also knows. And now, with Oda Nobunaga's stupid look, Akabei seems to be able to see that in the near future, the Oda family is completely controlled by Guidie and her children. At that time, the Saito family will become a big country with two large countries sitting on Mino and Owari, which are in the upper echelon of commerce and agriculture throughout the troubled times!

Hearing Akabei's words, Saito Michizo slowly shook his head, "You should congratulate him......"

"Huh?"

"Sooner or later, one day, my children will tie their horses to that fool's door......" With that, Saito Michizo got up and went into the house, leaving behind the Akabei with a confused and confused expression.

Back in the house, Michizo Saito did not rest, but sat down in front of the desk. After pondering for a long time, he took out a pen and paper and wrote a letter to Oda Nobunaga.

"Son-in-law, seeing you is like seeing me young. That's when I realized that I was getting old......"

"In the past fifty years in the world, no one will not die, I hope you can continue to work hard to achieve our dream ......"

"If the Oda family doesn't have enough troops, you can borrow troops from Mino......"

Unlike Saito Michizo in the past, he looks so sentimental at this time. It's like an old man who confesses his future, entrusting his unfulfilled dreams to the young people he admires.

Halfway through the book, Michizo Saito's mind reappeared with the appearance of Yamada Masamura. Today can be said to be the most amazing day of his life, because he met two young people who did not belong to Akechi Mitsuhide at the same time.

When Yamada Masamura blocked the Saito Army's road so arrogantly, and after getting Saito Michizo's consent, he stood in front of him with a casual face through the thousand-man army, Saito Michizo knew that this young man was not simple. And when he heard that he was here to help his daughter talk, Saito Michizo was really a little crying and laughing. Because he really didn't expect that this young samurai would come to him with a serious face for such a trivial matter.

And when he heard that the reason for this was because he was worried that his daughter would trouble him and Oda Nobunaga, Saito Michizo was stunned again. He wasn't surprised that his daughter seemed to have a high status in Owari, but he was surprised that the haughty daughter seemed to have a good relationship with Oda Nobunaga and the samurai in front of him......

So, he casually tried two sentences, and Yamada Masamura's answer, although there were many places that made him laugh, there were also many places that surprised him.

Thinking of this, Michizo Saito picked up his pen again and wrote.

"Yamada-sama is an excellent samurai, loyal, courageous, brave, and wise......"

…………………………………… Michizo Saito wrote a letter................................................

Nakono Castle.

"Anon! Nong! I am back! Before the person arrived, Oda Nobunaga's characteristic loud voice reached the ears of Nohime, who stayed at home and prayed for blessings.

"Lord......" Nohime groaned, and immediately threw herself into Oda Nobunaga's arms, it seems that this trip really worried Nohime.

"Nohime, I'll help you bring the words to Saito-sama~ He said that he was glad to hear from you, and said that Master Yoshihoshi is a very good family governor, so let you follow him well......" Yamada Masamura asked for credit loudly, but he didn't say anything to add because of this. Although he wanted to do this, he gave up at the thought of Nohime's clever head. If it is discovered, will it not be suspected? He's not that stupid.

And as a result of this, Yamada Masamura received a lot of praise from Nohime, well...... However, Yamada Masamura gave Oda Nobunaga a look of "compensate me later" and went straight home. By the way, after learning that Oda Nobunaga had returned safely, the old man Hirate Masahide immediately rushed over, but unfortunately he was blocked out. Belch...... Although the little surname who blocked him didn't say why Oda Nobunaga didn't see him, the ** sound from time to time from inside the house still told Hirate Masahide the answer.

"The lord has grown up......" Hirate Masahide comforted himself so much, and ran to find someone else to drink, today is a happy day......

Of course, even happier things were yet to come, and it wasn't long before Michizo Saito's letter arrived in the hands of Oda Nobunaga. To be honest, when he saw this letter, Oda Nobunaga only thought that the boring guy was playing a prank. After all, the content of the letter is really unacceptable. Although Oda Nobunaga is the son-in-law of Michizo Saito, the son-in-law ...... That's a fart in this day and age.

However, after getting the personal admission of the messenger Red Soldier, well, although he didn't know the content of the letter. In any case, Oda Nobunaga, persuaded by Yamada Masamura, accepted Saito Michizo's kindness. In response to that reason, if you have a advantage, you don't take advantage of it, and why didn't you see Saito Michizo let others take advantage? So Oda Nobunaga accepted Saito Michizo's kindness flutteringly, and from time to time boasted to Yamada Masamura and Nohime that he was the heir to Saito Michizo's ambition.

And Yamada Masamura was also very happy, because Michizo Saito praised him greatly in his heart, which made him feel more face-saving. Well, especially when boasting in front of Toshiya Maeda and others. However, Yamada Masamura is not a fool, and he did not say anything about Oda Nobunaga in the letter, otherwise after the propaganda of several big mouths of the Maeda Toshiya, it will definitely have a huge impact on Mino, Owari and the surrounding areas. Uh, as if this kid's mouth is so tight.

Oda Nobunaga decided to make a fortune here, and Saito Michizo naturally didn't go around talking about it, so the matter passed for the time being. All everyone knows is that Mino pit viper and Owari fool met at Shotokuji Temple, and they didn't say a word during the whole scene......

In fact, strictly speaking, this meeting did give Oda Nobunaga a very good opportunity. Because from the meeting and the subsequent letters, he got the attitude of Michizo Saito! With Saito Michizo's status, he naturally would not do such a treacherous thing, of course, provided that there were not enough benefits. Although Oda Nobunaga didn't really go to Saito Michizo to borrow troops, he still improved the strength of the Oda family. For example, the Oda family's power in the north does not need to be retained so much.

In May 1553, Oda Nobunaga officially proposed a strategy to attack the Oda family in Kiyoshu. However, because the Kiyoshu Oda family is nominally the head of the Oda family after all, and the attack of the Kiyoshu Oda family last time was also pushed to Sakai Daizen, it is not enough to have a mouthful. Therefore, this strategy is mainly to use strategy and build a fortress around the Oda house in Cheongju.

Although Yamada Masamura was very disdainful of this strategy, the results were obvious. In just one month, at least more than half of the retainers of the Oda family in Kiyoshu were relegated by Oda Nobunaga. Faced with this situation, the surrounding people such as the Iwakura Oda family or the Imagawa family in Tokaido did not react. Maybe for them, the Cheongju Oda family, which has sunset, has no value to save or use, right?

Cheongju City.

"Bastard! Bastard! Why?! Why!! I'm the guardian of Owari! Why did they all betray me?! Oda Nobutomo roared, smashing everything around him. The only remaining retainers hid far away, for fear that one of them would be accidentally hit by him. Hawkers,It's lucky to be smashed.,Some time ago, there was an unlucky ghost who was not only smashed.,And was ordered to seppuku by Oda Nobuyo, who was in an extremely bad mood.。 Perhaps, this is the reason why the Oda believers betrayed their relatives and left?

I don't know how long it took, maybe it was out of breath, or maybe it was out of strength, Oda Nobutomo sat on the ground panting, looked at the retainers who walked in with a frightened expression, and asked, "Now, do you have any good countermeasures?" ”

Hearing this, all the retainers, you look at me, I look at you, and no one can say a five-four-three. Although they remained, they were in fact just some people who climbed up by flattery. This kind of brain-intensive question is really a bit difficult for them. And they didn't plan to continue to work for Oda Nobunaga at all, but they stayed because they were worried that they would be sued by those former ministers of the Oda family in Kiyoshu. By the way, let's see if we can take advantage of the chaos to make some money and find a chance to run away.

"Rubbish! It's all a bunch of rubbish! Seeing this, Oda Nobutomo was furious again, and stretched out his hand, wanting to grab something around him and throw it over. It's a pity that everything he can lose has long been lost by him. But his attitude still made this group of lackeys panic.

"Your Highness, my subordinates have an idea......"

"Then speak quickly! If I'm not satisfied, you can cut your stomach! Oda Nobutomo glared and scolded angrily.

wiped the sweat on his head, and never imagined that he would have to say an extra sentence in order to avoid being beaten and scolded, but in the end it would cause death. So, the retainer hurriedly said what he had just thought.

"Your Highness, that fool can make so many people betray His Highness, and his subordinates think that there must be an internal response!"

"Huh?"

"It is said that His Highness the Guardian has a very close relationship with that fool...... And from time to time I go to Nakono Castle......"