Koji Zhilong has always known that his sister-in-law Wanji is a smart and clever child, and when he heard Wanji personally admit that he was eavesdropping just now, he didn't get angry, a smile appeared on his lips, and he said in a considerative tone: "Then your opinion, boldly say it?" ”

Although Wan Ji is young, his mind is very large, and after listening to his father's question, his face showed a contemplative expression, and then he raised his head and glanced at his father, and then at the expressions of the retainers, and replied: "Once the imperial sample has made up his mind, it will be difficult to turn back, and my father, as the leader of the foreign feudal faction, cannot shirk the responsibility. ”

Musato Kobei looked at the young master in surprise, and when he saw the young master's eyes, his heart sank suddenly. What kind of gaze is that, blazing, breathtaking, my concentration is so good, seeing that kind of gaze, I actually have some weakness.

Slowly lowered his head, constantly thinking about this in his heart, of course he could understand what the young master meant. Kotera Zhitaka got the trust of Kotera Norishi and became the leader of the foreign feudal faction, once he lost the trust of Kotera Norishi, the consequences were unimaginable.

Kodera was obviously still not satisfied with his son's answer, thinking that it was just a child's nonsense, but he still couldn't help asking, "That's all?!" ”

Wanji just glanced around and didn't reply.

Kotera waved his hand with a lack of interest, and asked Wanji's mother to take Wanji away. However, the mother of the little soldier who had been observing Wanji found some different clues, and seeing that Wanji was obviously unwilling to say his words in front of everyone, he didn't know why he had such a ridiculous idea.

Musato Kobei opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't ask.

At the end of the meeting, no outcome was reached. After the meeting. Musato Kobei casually made an excuse. Finding Wanyoshi, who was sitting on the stone wall and watching the sparkling Seto Inland Sea in the distance, Wanyoshi saw the arrival of the Musato Kobei, raised his head and greeted, "Uncle Musato." ”

The little soldier of the mother saluted respectfully, and then asked, "The young master wants to talk outside the conference room today, I don't know if you can talk to me?" ”

Wanji knew that Musato Kobei was his father's absolute loyalist, so he didn't have to worry about the informant, thought about it, and then said, "Uncle Muri." In today's situation, you also know that Harima Country can be said to be in a stormy time, and Date and Miyoshi are competing for dominance in Harima. , Whether it's Date or Miyoshi entering the anchor grinding country, they won't be too harsh on the local people, and for the royal sample, it's better to be still than motionless. Since Goyoshi had made the decision to conspire with the Shioji Imperial Palace, it was clear that he had already decided to lean towards the Miyoshi family. ”

Musato Kobei nodded slightly, and there was no longer contempt in his eyes when he looked at Wanji. I don't think of Wanji as a little doll who is only nine years old, perhaps. There is really a legendary Zaohuiichi who said, and he asked anxiously: "The conspiracy between the Imperial Palace and the Great Imperial Office of Shioki to pay tribute to rice will inevitably be spurned by the people of the world and attacked by the Date family." ”

Wanji suddenly laughed, showed a mouthful of white teeth, and said, "Uncle Muri, what kind of character do you think Date Daikosho is?" Wouldn't he have thought that it was difficult to guarantee safety on land, but why did he abandon the sea and insist on taking the land route? ”

Stunned, the mother of the little guard did not think of such a thing, now think about it, but it is a little strange, according to Wanji, if it is transported from the sea, now the Miyoshi family and the Date family have not completely torn their faces, and the Date family is still the banner of righteousness that transports tribute rice to the imperial court, once the Miyoshi family robs this batch of tribute rice, it will completely lose the righteous name, which can be said to do more harm than good for the Miyoshi family, and the wise Miyoshi Changqing will not do such a thing.

Wan Ji turned his head to look at the sea and praised, "What a beautiful sea." ”

The mother of the mother and the little guard bowed and then withdrew. Wanji looked at the departing figure of the mother's little soldier and said softly, "I don't know what kind of character Ida-sama will be, will it really let these little people succeed?" There's a good show to watch. ”

Preparing for China, Heshou City, and the castle tower, blowing a whirring cold wind, he glanced at the wild mountains around him, and asked in a deep voice, "The tribute team has set off!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness, it's already gone." He nodded slowly, the matter of tribute can be said to be known to everyone, and few people know about specific things, among the retainers, except for Katayama Maencho, who set off, only Noyama Masatomo knows, and even Miyahara Masashige, the diplomatic director, does not know.

"I really want to take a good look at Akamatsu Harimasa's expression when he sees Gongmi!" Zhengheng's affection didn't seem to be very high, and his words seemed to be mocking Akamatsu Harimasa, but his face was full of bitterness when he spoke, he paused for a moment and said, "Wait for this matter, let's send the grain from Tun Jiezhen to Kyoto as tribute rice." ”

Noyama Yosaki agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty understands." ”

Bizen Province, the ruins of Otoko Village, are in shambles, the eaves are cracked, and the walls are half-collapsed. Otoko Village had long since lost its role as a defense and bridgehead, and with the beheading of its most important owner, the Naoya Ukita family, the villagers had long since fled, and even the beggars disdained it. In the era of war and chaos, Yizi Village and many dilapidated villages had to be left to ruin. A wisp of smoke slowly rises, and a group of strangely dressed ronins sit around.

One of them sat on the stone bench with a huge blade in his hand, glanced at everyone with his eyes squinted slightly, and then took a bite of the chicken leg fiercely, threw the chicken bone in his hand into the fire at will, and said expressionlessly: "How is it?" Is there news about things? ”

One of the people on the side took a sip of wine, choked on it, his voice was a little hoarse, but it also did not have the slightest emotion, and replied: "Lord Hui, the food team of the Date family has set off, a total of 300 carriages, and the guards and people have a total of 500 people. Ten men had been sent to follow him, and every hour someone would go to the Great Imperial Palace to report. ”

Frowning, he pulled out the giant blade in his hand, and said with a slightly exaggerated smile: "Is there only five hundred?" It's really arrogant.,It's really an outbreak.,But I'm finally going back to Harima Country.,Let's go too.,We're going to be in a hurry when we go to the Great Imperial Palace.。 After speaking, he led everyone to leave Yizi Village quickly.

In the late autumn of Harima Country, it has gradually become cold, and the main road of Sanyo has become muddy without repair for nearly 100 years, and the road on the road is very difficult to walk. If it is not a very important matter, few people will walk on the road at this time, and they will have to go through wars for many years, and there are many bandits on the road.

The leader of the convoy, Katayama Morinaga, crossed the Ihogawa River and began to frantically recruit people all the way, talking and laughing along the way, and when he saw the leaves on the trees that had not yet fallen, he would suddenly smile, and occasionally squint his eyes to admire the mountains, not sarcastic, but also soft, not as loud as in battle.

Katayama suddenly waved his hand, and the carriages and horses stopped advancing, and the rocks were dotted among the dense trees, but when he saw that at the end of the plain was a hill, and there was a mountain castle on top of the hills, he turned around and asked, "Misaku, it should be Kyomi Mountain Castle in front?" ”

The one who called the beautiful work is the lord of Muroyama Castle, Urakami Masamune, since the first battle, he followed Nizi Haruhisa can be said to be a big defeat, if it weren't for the benevolence of Zhengheng, I am afraid that he would have already gone to accompany his brother on the Huangquan Road, and now he has such an important thing to pay tribute to the imperial court, how can he not follow. Urakami Masamune listened to Katayama's question, and replied, "It is Keimi Yamajo, this Keimi Yamajo belongs to the Miki clan of Eiga in Katama County, and the current head of the family is Miki Sabu Sutsuaki. ”

Katayama Moricho thought for a moment and said, "I heard that the relationship between the Miki clan and Ishiyama Honganji is quite close, and my family has just concluded an alliance with Ishiyama Honganji, so if I say that, I should be able to receive hospitality from the other party, and I can let the convoy rest overnight in Eiga." ”

Urakami Masamune didn't dare to agree, he regained his expression, turned his head and said: "During the Yongzheng period, Master Kuzen, who was matched by the Venerable Lotus Ru, set up the Eiga Imperial Hall under the Eiga Castle, and after that, he was protected by the local power of the Miki clan. It's just that with the continuous outbreak of war, Eiga Mido has developed rapidly, especially after the early death of Miki's father, Tongming, taking advantage of Miki's young and ignorant head, stealing local taxes, and becoming even more unscrupulous. It's just that as Miki Sweep gets older, of course he won't be willing to be a puppet and want to regain financial power, and the relationship between the two sides can be said to be very stiff. ”

The Yongzheng period refers to the period from 1504 to 1520.

Katayama Moricho sneered and said, "Are you saying that Miki Tsuaki may be unfavorable to us, and he is not afraid to take on the position of the enemy?" In this way, it gave Eiga Mido the opportunity to steal Eiga's establishment of the earthly Buddha kingdom, and I don't think he would be so ignorant. ”

Urakami Masamune didn't laugh, he replied, "Eiga Castle is right between the territory of Tatsuno Akamatsu and the Ojokoji family, and the reason why Eiga Mido has not broken out like other places is that it has always been a storm, and if it breaks out, it will be besieged by the two families. ”

Without waiting for Urakami Masamune to finish speaking, Katayama Moricho figured out what Urakami Masamune meant. What Urakami Masamune said is not unreasonable. Now the power of Eiga Mido in the Miki Domain is stronger than that of the local lord Miki Tsuaki, and Miki Tsuaki must cooperate with Akamatsu and Kodera in order to regain control of the power, and Miki Tsuaki's name is their convoy. The reason is that Miki Collar is right in the middle of the Tatsuno Akamatsu family and the Goshokoji family, and once Eiga has passed, he has entered the territory of the Goshokoji family. No matter how greedy the little temple is, he doesn't dare to resist the sin of robbing the tribute rice alone. After the small temple territory, it is the territory of the Bessho family, and according to the intelligence, the Miyoshi Chokei will attack the Bessho family in the near future, and the Bessho family will obviously be courteous to the Date family.

Just when Katayama was about to say something, he suddenly heard a loud voice, and he couldn't help but secretly say in his heart: "Someone shoots an arrow!" Subconsciously avoided the past, tilted his body, and the feather arrow flew over against his body. (To be continued......)