On April 11, 1554, the envoy sent by Zhengheng, Zhu Yun Huixin, led about 30 of his subordinates to Shijinshan Castle, and arrived at Katsuyama, the base camp of Nizi Harumusa, in the evening of the next day. Katsuyama is less than three miles from Tomita Castle.

It was not the first time that Zhu Yun Huixin had come to see Niko Haruhisa, but it was the first time he had met with Niko Haruhisa as an envoy of the Date family. Although he was a monk, he did not wear monk's robes, but wore a folded black hat on his head, and rode on a horse in a samurai dress and a small coat.

Zhu Yun Huixin did this, but his thirty subordinates were all fully armed, wearing the bronze armor unique to the Date family, wearing antlers three days and the moon before standing in his pocket (the bad taste of Zhengheng), riding a war horse of uniform colors, glamorous, people can't help but pay attention to it.

Zhu Yun Huixin rode slowly towards Shengshan, as if in the backyard of the viewer's house, as if no one was there, and the thirty subordinates brought with him dutifully patrolled the forbidden guards.

Zhu Yun Huixin said to one of the young generals with a full heart: "Katayama-kun, the matter of our coming to the Ten Gods Mountain City, Nizi Qingjiu already knew that since this is his territory, even if he is on guard, it is useless, it is better to wait for them to arrive slowly." "But he didn't dare to really be this young general really his subordinate, the young general is the most favored leader of the small surname around Date Masahiro, Ichinose Castle Daipei and the sister-in-law of the big boss Katayama Shiro Bei Heng.

In order to ensure the safety of Zhu Yun Huixin and his entourage, and to escape in time when they encountered thieves, Zhengheng specially arranged for Katayama Hengchang and thirty Pinghe people to follow, and specially added a war horse to each person. Zhengheng is not afraid of Nizi Qingjiu's rebellion, but there are many bandit forces active on the border of the two families. In addition, the reputation of the Date family in Izumo is really true. There are also concerns that some people are taking risks.

Niko Haruhisa on Katsuyama had indeed known about their group for a long time. I really can't figure out why Date Masahiro came out to make trouble at this time, and of course he also intends to dry the envoy of the Date family, so that the other party knows who is the master here.

The sound of gongs and drums on Shengshan suddenly sounded, and Zhu Yunhui grabbed the reins when he heard the sound, and ordered the whole team to stop and wait for the master to come out on the streets of the plain. Although the rest of his entourage was a little flustered, except for Katayama Hengcho, Tsubi Kazuzhong was still subordinate to Niko Harumhisa's forces not long ago. Now it has become an army in the Date military system.

Zhu Yunhui didn't have anything to worry about, he was full of confidence when he came out, and it is the same now. Any confidence must be based on reality, and if it is unfounded faith, it is arrogance, not self-confidence.

He was confident that he would be able to complete the task, and he would get back 800,000 taels of silver. No matter how long Niko Haruhisa wants to delay, he will see if the people who are following him now agree or not, and don't forget that the Date family still holds five or six thousand captives of Izumo Province, and many of them are genealogy retainers who serve the Niko family.

Above Katsuyama. The samurai, who had just dismounted, knelt down on one knee and reported to Niko Haruhisa, "Kibi's Zen master Zhuyun Huixin, in the name of Date Masahiro, has reached the foot of the mountain. After a few words of condolence to him. Watch him go.

Nizi Haruhisa looked back at the people on the left and right and said, "Date Xiao'er sent Zhu Yun Huixin old thief bald to come, I'm afraid I am uneasy and kind, everyone should be careful about him." ”

When he said that Date Xiao'er's eyes were full of murderous energy, after a while, he smiled again and said: "Haha, Zhu Yun Huixin is also an old friend, see you and see what Date Xiao'er wants to do." ”

When Zhu Yunhuixin and his entourage arrived, Nizi Qingjiu frowned when he saw more than thirty subordinates guarding Zhu Yunhuixin's side, he was quite familiar with this military uniform, and couldn't help but glance at Yamanaka Yutaka who was standing at the bottom position, and Yamanaka Yukitaka also looked stunned.

The antlers stood three days and three months ago, which can be regarded as the armor of the Yamanaka Yutaka family, but now it appears in batches in front of people, and it is still the head of the retainers of the Date family, which is really a sense of disobedience.

Nizi Qingjiu thought about it more, he looked at Yamanaka Yutaka's gaze changed a little, knowing that now was not the time to attack, seeing Zhu Yun Huixin's arrival, he said sarcastically: "Isn't the Zen master a diplomatic monk of the Maori family?" Why did it not take a few days to change the court. ”

Zhu Yunhui stared at Nizi Qingjiu intently, then opened his mouth and said with a smile: "I originally thought that the repair doctor would not eat well and couldn't sleep, but it seems that the repair doctor lives quite nourishingly!" It's really worthless for your loyal retainers! ”

Niko Qingjiu's gaze shrank, and he was even more impressed by the three days of Shibei, who had trembled and did not dare to speak up as an envoy of the Maori family, but now he was sarcastic. Without him, the strength is also. He said hatefully, "I don't know what happened to the Zen master? ”

Zhu Yunhui didn't continue to be sarcastic, he said to Kamei Hidetsuna, who had a relationship: "Brother Xiugang, before leaving, Taro Saemon asked me to greet you?" He said that he would never forget the kindness of the lord Jun Nizi's family, please don't remember it. Tsk, what a good boy! ”

Kamei Hidetsuna's eyes shrank, he glanced at Niko Haruma, and said with some trembling, "Is he okay?" ”

Zhu Yunhui also glanced at Nizi Qingjiu, and said solemnly: "If it is good, it is to deceive you, do you think that the treatment of a captive will be better than at home?" What's more, for a little food, you have to work in the winter. ”

Sixty-three-year-old Kamei Hidetsuna burst into tears and trembled and could not speak at the thought of the suffering of his only son, who had been born at the age of forty, in the prisoner camp. His tears aroused the emotions of most of the people in the tent at once, and when they thought of their relatives who were suffering, no one in the tent was full of tears.

In the midst of this grief, Nizi Qingjiu's eyes were red and full of murderous energy. He looked at Zhu Yun Huixin, no matter what other purpose he had, the other party's goal of disturbing people's hearts had been achieved, if he couldn't get back his captured relatives, others would no longer have the heart to attack Yueshan Futian City.

Zhu Yun Huixin didn't get any other tasks from Date Masato, but just asked him to come and ask for 800,000 taels of silver, but he never thought that there would be such side effects, giving the Shingong Party time to breathe, and he couldn't help but feel afraid of Date Masato's scheming,

Zhu Yun Huixin patiently introduced the recent situation of the captured officers and soldiers to the people who cared about their relatives, and informed them that their current physical condition was still good, and of course, the situation was also quite stable, the reason was that they believed that their lord would not give up on them. Then, he continued: "Doctor Xiu, now that your army has largely unified Izumo Province and isolated the rebels in a corner, it is possible to negotiate a ransom for the captives, and if the 800,000 taels of silver agreed upon last year, plus interest, one million taels of silver should be collected. If you think it is feasible, then we will negotiate a period of time and release the captives in batches. Of course, if you don't agree, then we will ask each family to go and pay the ransom privately, and once the ransom is over, if no one pays the ransom again, then the rest of the people will be packaged and sold to the city of Sakai Port. ”

Nizi Qingjiu heard the threat of Chi Guoguo in Zhu Yun Huixin's words, his face suddenly became gloomy, and his fists couldn't help but clench, and he looked at Zhu Yun Huixin through gritted teeth, and he had the intention of devouring it alive. As soon as he said not a word, the retainers under his command immediately turned away from morality, and the hearts of the people who had been gathered together would immediately disperse.

Zhu Yun Huixin suddenly felt refreshed, and he continued: "Repair doctor, we don't want to use this method either. You also know that most of the five or six thousand Izumo samurai who were captured were young and middle-aged, and it would take at least three or four thousand elites to see them, which cost a lot of money. There are also some elderly people, who are frail and sickly, and if they die at our hands, they are afraid that it will grieve their loved ones, so they hire doctors to take care of them. ”

He babbled a lot, nothing more than the hard work of the Date family, and the threat in his words was so thick that even a fool could hear it.

No matter how angry Nizi Qingjiu is in her heart, she can't attack on the spot, and she can't say a word, she can only grit her teeth and swallow her stomach with water. originally wanted to annihilate the besieged Shingu Party in one fell swoop, but never expected that the Date family would come to interfere with it.

Zhu Yunhui saw that what he should say and what he shouldn't say had already been explained, so he got up and said: "What the poor monk said, the repair doctor also knows, and the poor monk also understands what the repair doctor means." Then the poor monk will now set off to prepare for China. When the repairman has made a decision, he can send someone to inform us. ”

Nizi Qingjiu didn't expect Zhu Yun Huixin to leave, he didn't say anything, but the other people in the tent kept one after another, their meaning was quite clear, there was no exact answer, and I was uneasy! Zhu Yunhui stopped talking, glanced back at Nizi Qingjiu, and lowered his head to think of Nan Wu Amitabha.

Seeing the commotion in the tent, Nizi Qingjiu was helpless, sneered, and said: "Zen Master Zhuyun Huixin, you sue Sùida Beizhong on my behalf, and within a month, we will give silver according to the amount he said, one million taels of silver." ”

Zhu Yunhui smiled heartily and said, "If the doctor repairs, the poor monk will definitely bring it." As he spoke, he looked around, stopped talking, and quietly left.

Seeing Zhu Yun Huixin leaving, Nizi Haruhisa snorted and walked out of the curtain, and the eyes before leaving, Yamanaka Yutaka shuddered, he knew that Nizi Harumu had vented his anger on his head. If his relationship with the Shingu Party is leaked, there will be only one way to die now.

Yamanaka Yutaka thought to himself: "It's still too late to escape to Bichu to join Date Masahiro, if Bichu can't do it, you can also go to Yamaguchi." He quietly left the Katsuyama base camp and headed towards the castle where he had settled his family, taking his mother and younger brother with him before leaving. (To be continued......)