First of all, it is impossible to let the shrine maidens go from the sacred mediums to the people, and it is difficult to tell who initiated them to obtain news from all over the world like the ninjas of Iga and Koga.

In Izumo Province, Akuni absorbed Noh and Kyogen from Kagura, and in addition to the popular chanting of Buddhism, the capital of the capital of the Paradise Dance, and the new style of songs, it is popular to raise funds for the maintenance of the Izumo Taisha Shrine and do tours in various places.

This statement cannot help but be speculated, and the Izumo Taisha Shrine is nothing more than a shrine in the eyes of today, but at that time it was already a very powerful local power on the border between Izumo Province and Iwami Province, and it not only had a vast shrine field, but also established a city seat, and had great wealth.

Originally, she was supposed to serve the gods wholeheartedly, and the spotless witch was supposed to tour around like a lowly wandering girl, and if there was no force stronger than Izumo Taisha behind it, no one would believe it, and the guardian of Izumo Province at that time was the Maori family.

The Mori family was obviously not the initiator of the witch collection of information, and when Naito Moriko got married, he selected Miyoko from more than a dozen witches who had been trained and learned various secret techniques to follow the Ozaki Bureau to Yoshida-gun Yamashiro, called maidens, to secretly collect information about Yoshida-gun Yamashiro.

Since Naito Moriko died in battle, Miyoko has been like a kite that has lost its string, and she was at a loss, not knowing where to go, and she was sick with the Ozaki Bureau who lost her husband, so she made up her mind to follow the descendants of the first master, that is, the young woman in front of her, Ozaki Bureau.

Miyoko heard Ozaki's inquiry, and said softly, "Madam, it doesn't matter what Mori Takakei means. What matters is what Madame thinks. There was a pause. "Ma'am," he whispered. Behind you stands the mighty Guardian of the Governor's Mansion. ”

Ozaki Bureau sighed softly, she suddenly thought of her father, the Naito Shengxing who died in the Yamaguchikan riots, if his father was still alive, he would still be able to rely on the power of Nagato Guardian Ichi, and now after his father died in battle, Nagato Shoudai Ichichi can be said to have declined, and it is really difficult to shelter her from afar.

Miyoko saw Ozaki's sighing appearance and knew that Ozaki had not seen the current delicate situation clearly. If it weren't for her long-term training, it would have been difficult for her to find a way out of the chaos. She leaned closer and whispered: "Madam, the relationship between the Maori family and the Ouchi family is delicate now, and Madame plays a big role in it. ”

Ozaki nodded slightly, she naturally knew the reason why she was able to ascend to the position of regent and her son became the new head of the Maori family. It's all here, which is also an important reason why Maori Longjing wants to marry her.

Miyoko said in a voice that was almost nothing, "Madam." It is rumored among the old men who escaped from Numata Village that Mori Takakei once went into the water and injured himself. ”

Ozaki asked in surprise, "What?" ”

Miyoko saw that Ozaki Bureau didn't believe it, glanced left and right, and then got closer, almost to the ear, Ozaki Bureau heard the shocking rumor, and said: "According to the old man of Numata Sho once drunk and spit out the truth, Mori Takakei accidentally fell into the water while playing at the beach when he entered the Takehara Kobayakawa family, and finally rescued him, but he was still seriously ill and fell ill, and it is rumored that Mrs. Kobayakawa has always remained a virgin. ”

Ozaki suddenly heard the truth about whether Mori Takakei seemed to be true or false, and was stunned and didn't know how to respond.

Miyoko said what she meant, and said: "Madam, now that the master is still young, it would be fine if Maori Takakei could be an uncle in peace, if he became restless, the situation would be very bad, only a thousand days to be a thief, there is no reason to prevent thieves for a thousand days." After all, the Maori family is not without a criminal record, Maori Yuan took the position of his nephew, and once the Koriyama Castle settles down a little, it is the time when Maori Longjing is ready to move. If the lady marries Maori Longjing, then he will naturally not be able to take the position of master anymore. What's more, Maori Longjing himself has no son, how much wind and waves can he set off, that is, there is one more father. ”

Ozaki nodded, feeling that there was some truth to that. Although the Warring States period was a time when fathers did not trust their sons and older brothers did not trust their younger brothers, the slightest relaxation of those in power would immediately lead to catastrophe. Today, only one of the three sons born to the main room of Mori Motosho is Mori Takakei, two sons, four sons and two sons, Shoshosuke Shiro and five sons Shosuke Juro, illegitimate son Taro Saemon, and Yoshikawa Motoharu's widowed son Tsurujumaru, and Mori Terumoto, the widow of Mori Takamoto, who inherited the Mori family business.

The Ozaki Bureau married Mori Takakei, and Mori Terumoto naturally became the adopted son of Mori Takakei, and Mori Takakei had no heirs, so he lost the necessity of strangling Mori Terugen and becoming independent. Thinking of this, Ozaki nodded slightly.

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Mori Takakei is not the only one who also values the role of the Ozaki Bureau, and Yoshinaga Ouchi of the Yamaguchikan has also coveted this sister-in-law for a long time, and Yoshinaga Ouchi's wife has not married a stepfamily since she died in the war during the Yamaguchikan riot a few years ago.

When Era Fangei took the lead in proposing to Ouchi Yoshinaga the idea of marrying the surviving Mori Takamoto as a stepfamily, so that the Mori family was officially included in the Ouchi family system, Ouchi Yoshicho immediately agreed with Era Fangei's opinion with a smile, and deliberately released the rumor that he wanted to welcome the Ozaki Bureau as the successor to the Mori family, testing the reaction of Koriyama Castle and the Mori family.

Masahiro, who was closely following Koriyama Castle's movements, soon learned of the secret report that Mori Takakei and Ouchi Yoshinaga were fighting for the Ozaki Bureau, but this news was not taken seriously by Masahiro. In his eyes, although Mori Takakei and Ouchi Yoshinaga will have a rift because of this, in the context of the westward expansion of the Date family, they will endure and try their best to mend the rift to deal with the biggest enemy.

Maybe one day in the future, without external threats, the two will be antagonistic and contradictory, but that is not something that Zhengheng wants to see, because if such a thing really happens, he will have already withdrawn from the stage of history, and obviously he is not willing to quit lightly.

However, an inconspicuous sentence in the secret report caught the attention of Zheng Heng, and in the secret report, the Rouhu Long family went out of the city and returned to Wulong City. The Takashi family had a very high status in the Mori family, and enjoyed a high level of prestige in the family as the son-in-law of the Mori Motosho.

Since then, at the important moment when Date, Ouchi, and Mori are fighting, the Butto Takashi family is not in Koriyama Castle, but runs back to Goryu Castle, which is obviously unreasonable, and there is no news of the conflict between the Butto Takashi and Mori Takake, and his actions make Shoheng feel a little unusual.

In Tsurushou Castle, Masahiro was sitting in the study with Noyama Yoshichao and Ishikawa Hissataka, drinking the iced sour plum soup that was served, discussing how to deal with the changes in the situation, and the secret report sent by Kusama did not need to hide anything from the two. Zheng Heng asked the two of them: "It's a bit intriguing for the Routo family to return to Wulong City at this time?" ”

Yeshan Yichao thought for a moment and muttered, "I'm afraid that there will be a riot in the four northern counties?" He raised his head and saw Masahiro and Ishikawa Hisataka looking at him with a little puzzlement, so he said his thoughts and said: "The father of the Routo Takashi family is the Routo Yuan family, and the grandfather is the Rouhu Yuanyuan, and the three generations of the family are all famous fierce generals, and his father, the Routo Yuanjia, died on the battlefield at the age of twenty-one. His mother returned to her mother's family, Yamauchi, and soon found out that she was pregnant, so Takashi Butto was born as a posthumous child, and grew up under the protection of her maternal grandfather, Naotsu Yamauchi. At the age of fifteen, he returned to Wulong Castle to inherit the family business, killed his uncle Suekan Tadashi, who served as a servant, and soon married the daughter of Mori Motosho as his wife, and since then he has become a member of the Mori family, and even the territory has increased. ”

Zheng Heng raised his head to the picture hanging in the study and said, "You mean, he returned to Wulong City to persuade Jiashan City to rebel." ”

Noyama Masatomo lived in Kamibe Castle and knew a lot about the relationship between the people of Bigo Kingdom, so he nodded slightly and said: "It is possible that Yamauchi Takatsu, the lord of Kozan Castle, was originally the grandson of Naotong Yamauchi, and the powerful son of Tagayamatsu Yamatsu Guò succeeded the Yamauchi clan, and the Taka family of Routo was close to the Mori clan, and he surrendered to the Mori clan for 20 years, and received unusual treatment among the generals of Bigo and was reused by the Mori clan. Now that the lord has entered the kingdom of the lord and the back country, all the people of the four northern prefectures are treated equally, and it is not easy to get Yamauchi Takatsu to get rid of the Mori clan in a short period of time. In addition, in the Battle of the Takayagawa Gorge last year, when the Maori army was defeated, Takamichi Yamauchi and Miyoshi Takayoshi fought for the road. After the war, there was constant friction between the two families, and the lord reprimanded both families impartially. At the time of the reign of the Mori clan, the Yamauchi clan had a higher status than the Miyoshi clan, but now they are just as reprimanded, and I am afraid that they have long been disgruntled. ”

Zhengheng didn't expect that when the spring ploughing was a year ago, the Yamauchi and Sanyoshi families fought because of the relationship between the water, so they sent envoys to both reprimand, but he didn't expect that it would make Yamauchi Takatsu dissatisfied, he glanced at the northern four counties, smiled bitterly, and said: "It seems that the northern four counties are really in chaos, Saida riots, the riots in the northern four counties, Ouchi Yoshicho and Maori Takakei frequently attack, I think it's good, I want to distract my vision." Send a letter to Masahide Yoshioka, Keiyoshi Kone, and Tadaaki Shigeto, and ask them to keep an eye on the movements of Kozan Castle. ”

Noyama asked, "Do you want to remind Miyoshi Takayoshi?" ”

Zhengheng pondered for a moment, and said lightly: "Well, send a letter to Miyoshi Takashi, in the name of Ishihara Shitong." "Ishihara Clan, Suzujin Castle Lord, Yamauchi Clan, suffered heavy losses due to Yamauchi Takatsu's defeat, was disgruntled, and secretly communicated with the Date family. (To be continued......)