The sky in Okayama is getting brighter, and the background of the night is getting clearer and clearer. Zheng Heng felt a breath of cold air hit half of his face, and under a burst of coolness, he gradually came to his senses. The things and shapes around him gradually became clear from the hazy sleepiness, and the silence around him had a wonderful feeling.

Zheng Heng shook his head slightly, sat up straight, and shook off the bear robe covering his body, of course he would not ask ignorantly where the dog blood problem was, he was still the same person, but he was too distracted last night, and fell asleep sitting on the steps outside the study.

He wanted to stand up, his legs and feet seemed to be a little sore, and he gritted his teeth and stood up straight, his legs couldn't help but tremble, his eyes stared ahead, holding the handle of the knife at his waist with one hand, and holding the pillar with the other, and stepped on it twice.

He took a deep breath, spit out, and strode towards the door, Kuroda Kanbei and the others, who had been waiting all night, saw Masahiro come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to look at him anxiously, obviously they knew that their lord was sleeping in the corridor, but they didn't dare to make noise, for fear of disturbing his thoughts.

The cool air made his thinking slowly clearer, and Masahiro looked at Kuroda Kanbei and said, "You go and tell the general secretary Kusama to send the guests who live in Naya on the ship, and tell their master that the business can be negotiated through Naya, and the matter of cooperation is not discussed." ”

Kuroda officer and guard responded, he didn't know what Zhengheng and the visitor were talking about yesterday, only that Zhengheng's emotions had not calmed down after talking, and now it seems that he has completely calmed down and led the order to leave.

Looking at the departing Kuroda Kanbei, Masahiro was a little in a trance. It's not really a question of right or wrong, it's a question of influence and position. He gradually understood that if he had crossed over to the Ming Kingdom and became a Ming man, he would definitely shout that the country would rise and fall, and it would be his duty to embark on the road of resisting the Japanese without hesitation. But he couldn't turn back, he could only silently pray that God would once again protect the calamitous Han nation, and even made him feel a little pain. Soon. He came to his senses.

Zhengheng retracted his gaze, and inadvertently his heart was washed again, lucky or unlucky, he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to sink, he thought to himself: "Time always makes people feel helpless, it's better to solve the affairs of the Wa Kingdom as soon as possible and then consider other things!" ”

Zheng Heng suddenly asked the attendant beside him, "Where is the messenger of Ishiyama Honganji Temple?" He suddenly realized that he had become a little stupid since he had talked to the red lady. I asked a lot of stupid questions one after another, and I never thought that I hadn't fully recovered. He got the latest news from the Ishiyama Honganji Mission the night before yesterday, where will the latest news come, even if he is fast, he can't catch up with Okayama Castle, Zhengheng laughed at himself, waved his hand and said, "Forget it." ”

Zhengheng suddenly thought of the question of the night before yesterday, and said to himself, "Where did Honda Masanobu hide?" ”

Masahiro wants to know where Honda Masanobu is hiding? A group of people also wanted to know that Shigehide Suzuki was acting as a temporary coachman, driving an ox cart slowly down the uneven dirt road. The dirt road was bumpy, and Lai Lian, who was sitting on an ox cart and reciting Buddhist scriptures, felt disgusted, and his face was a little pale.

Shigehide Suzuki paused for a moment and said with concern: "The eyes of the criminal department, this dirt road is bumpy, and it is easy to get dizzy when riding a car, so it is better to ride a horse, but it's good!" He knew that Lai Lian was born as a monk and soldier, not a weak monk who was not diligent.

Lai Lian put down the Buddhist scriptures in his hand. He lifted the curtain and asked, "Where can I be today?" "He's a tough man. Resolute, even close to rigid, the original dictatorial style has become much more cautious after the First World War in Gaoya City, at least he can listen to people.

Shigehide Suzuki estimated the sky and said, "At the current rate, we can cross the border and enter Akashi-gun before dark tonight." He muttered to himself. If it was time to hurry, he would have arrived at Okayama Castle long ago, and he couldn't understand why Yoriyo Shimoma would listen to the words of an eaglesmith of unknown origin.

Shimoma Yoriren picked his eyes and took a look at Shigehide Suzuki, since the split of the Miyoshi family, the Awa people retreated to Shikoku, and the Kinai people took refuge in Ishiyama Honganji. Ishiyama Honganji seems to be a lot stronger, but it has also changed the original system. All he can control is the Izumi, Kii, and Hanoi armies, among which Hatakeyama Takamasa and other forces can only be regarded as his allies, and Suzuki Shigema is the right-hand man he relies on, if it was in the past, he could be dictatorial.

However, the influence of the Great War of Takaya Castle was enough to change a person's character, and Shimoma Yoriren said: "You think the same as I originally had the same idea, you know what Honda Yahachiro told me that day, which made me change my mind and go slowly in an ox cart." ”

Suzuki Shigehide wanted to say that he didn't want to know that it was fake, and he kept despising Honda Masanobu as a lowly eagle maker, but since this despicable eagle maker saw Shimoma Yoriren once, and after a few words, he changed his mind about Shimoma Yori, who had always been persistent, and he calmed down the ox cart a little, and replied: "I want to hear about it." ”

Shimoma Yoriren looked worried, and said, "Honda Yahachiro analyzed the Date family's grand strategy to me, and he thinks that the Date family will eventually go together with the Tiantai sect and deal with the Ichinta sect together, because the Date family is not optimistic about the future of the Ida sect, and he is the same. ”

Shigehide Suzuki was stunned and said, "How is it possible? He talks nonsense. "This is really absurd, you must know that the current situation in Kinai has always been suppressed by other sects, and if it weren't for the choice of the Date family, I'm afraid that Kyoto would have been broken and Mt. Hiei would have been broken long ago.

Shimoma Lai Lian asked: "We are now pressing the various sects to fight, and we can also break through Mt. Hiei in a short period of time, and obtain the consent of the imperial court to become the state religion, what do you think of your wisdom alone compared to the wisdom of the officials and the Dharma Master, how can they not see through it, but after the break?" ”

Shigehide Suzuki opened his mouth to speak, but suddenly he realized that Shimoma Yoriren had asked a question about all those who had always been involved in the Ichika and regarded the Ichori as a religion, and how to deal with the surging hostility that would come after breaking it.

Shimoma Ryo sighed lightly: "Now that the Ichijo sect has been riding a tiger, only go all the way, almost all the samurai in the eastern country regard the Ichijo sect as a flood beast, and the punishment is fast, the Imagawa of the Tokaido is expelling the believers of the Ichijo sect in the Mikawa country, and the Hojo of Sagami is persecuting the believers in Kamakura." Echigo Nagao even wants to put aside his old grudge with his old enemy Takeda, Echizen Asakura is stepping up his efforts to deal with Kaga Buddha Kingdom, and Miyoshi of Shikoku is also hating us, and now the only one who has no clear attitude is Ida. ”

After all, Shigehide Suzuki is a foreign minister, where does Shimoma Ryo know more, but the more he knows. The more I despair at the cause that has always been one. Listening to Lai Lian's heart, he suddenly had an epiphany and understood why Lai Lian was worried, and he was also very negative about his career.

The current situation is very delicate, and the sooner he wins the victory in Kinai, the more calmly he can deal with the samurai of the Eastern Kingdom who are hostile to him, whether to fight or make peace, but the Date family has always been like a sword of Damocles hanging over his head, and he has not fallen, so that the decision-makers who have always been in the first place cannot make up their minds.

Shigehide Suzuki has accurately grasped Yoriren Shimoma's thoughts. At this moment, the sense of foreboding in his heart became stronger and stronger. He asked urgently, "What did the eagle maker offer to turn the tide of the situation and force the Date family to lean against us?" ”

Shimoma Ryo glanced at Shigehide Suzuki and said, "Put it to death and come back to life." After speaking, he sighed, put down the curtain, and did not speak again, as if he was exhausted and could not continue. He asked what the chances of success were. Honda Masanobu just stretched out three fingers.

He said what he should have said, and he said what he shouldn't. Shigehide Suzuki also understands it. In the future, if the Zong wants to keep his vested interests, he must force the Date family to stand aside, or at least stand in a neutral position, so as not to let the Zong have his back to the enemy.

The night always hides the conspiracy, and a half-moon hangs over the treetops. The stars are shining, and it looks like tomorrow will be a good day again. The protagonist of Masahiro and Yoriyo Shimoma's common concern is sitting around a bonfire and roasting the fire, and the April night is still a little chilly.

Honda Masanobu was not the only one sitting around the campfire, there were as many as twenty people, and there seemed to be a few people in the sparse forest behind him, at least about thirty people. The postures of the men were different, except that each face was tanned and had a rough look.

Honda Masanshin is not the first of them, he is just a convener, faintly there is a person sitting in the center, gnawing on animal meat, you must know that the country of Wa is a Buddha country, and eating animal meat in public is something that only lowly people will do, and this person has eaten in front of people, and it is not the first time.

The leader spoke: "Yahachi, let's say, what do you want us to do this time, you actually ran so far, if it weren't for your friends for many years and a good bounty, the ghost ran with you from the Nowei Plains to this Harima, whom you don't recognize." ”

Honda Masanobu grinned and showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and said, "Kill!" ”

The leader threw away the beast bone in his hand with a "tsk", clapped his hands, sneered, sneered, and said: "Kill, Yahachi, you really treat us as fools, if you want to kill someone, you will go to Owari to ask us for help, this money is enough to hire ronins to kill a hundred or ten people." ”

Honda Masanobu glanced at him, picked up a piece of wood and threw it into the fire, and sneered, "If you haven't found out who you want to kill until now, you don't deserve to be my friend, and you don't deserve to be the biggest bandit on the Noo Plains, Koroku Wasuka." ”

Bee Suka Koroku, historically is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's first humerus minister, Bee Suka is based in Beesuka Township, Kaito County, Owari Province, and is considered a national lord, Koroku is the honorific title of the head of each generation of Beesuka, and has been circling between Oda and Saito to maintain their own independent posture. This is a novel, and Koroku Wasuka has to use the words of a novelist, but he is the most powerful bandit in the Noo Plains, with a mercenary army independent of Saito and Oda.

Wasuka Koroku was straightforward, grinning and saying, "Yahachi, when did you convert to Islam?" Sure enough, Wasuka Koroku guessed Honda Masanobu's thoughts, but as soon as his words came out, the scene suddenly became much more silent, and everyone's eyes looked at Honda Masanobu, and there was a big sense of parting ways if they didn't agree.

Honda Masanobu knew that Wasuka Koroku was rough on the outside, but he was extremely delicate on the inside, and the only weakness was the importance of love and righteousness, and he ran all the way from the tail country to the Harima country with a single sentence, but he never thought that it was the mission of the Ishiyama Honganji Temple that he wanted to kill, so he asked this question.

Honda Masanobu glanced at the sky and said, "Little Liu, I won't hide it from my brothers. As he spoke, he told his plan, and finally promised a lot of profit.

Wasuka Koroku glanced at everyone, then looked up and said: "We thieves and ronins are running around looking for an opportunity to become samurai, if our brother can meet our request, our hundred catties of meat will be handed over to our brother." ”

Honda Masanobu nodded heavily and said: "Okay, as long as this matter is completed, my brother will be able to speak in the same way, and it will not be a matter of words at that time, and on such a large territory in Jinai, you still have to use trustworthy people, isn't it?" ”

Bee Suga Xiaoliu laughed and said, "Yes, yes, that's right, I trusted you, so I came with you to this troubled water, now I can talk about what to do tomorrow?" ”

Akashi County, Edoshi Castle, the lord of the castle, Akashi Yuyuki, drank turbid wine, he knew that the mission of Ishiyama Honganji had entered his territory, and he was worried about how to receive the mission of Ishiyama Honganji. He was the uncle of Kuroda Kanbei, and since his brother-in-law Kuroda was killed, Date entered Himeji Castle, killed Kotera Norikan, and expelled the Akamatsu clan, and he quickly surrendered and was able to preserve the territory of Edoyoshi Castle.

Akashi Yuyuki was drinking turbid wine, and a sound of footsteps came from the door, and when he raised his head, he saw that it was his younger brother Akashi Masayuki, and frowned: "What happened?" ”

Akashi Zhengxing walked quickly in front of Akashi Youyuki, hurriedly saluted, and said, "There is a monk here, which means that the Shi family is in danger." I didn't dare to call the shots, so I immediately ordered someone to watch the monk and stop him from talking nonsense and gossiping to confuse the public, and then immediately came to report that the eldest brother was coming. ”

Akashi Yuyuki was stunned for a moment and asked, "Monk?" What is his legal name? "Nowadays, monk can be a sensitive word, is a pot of continent, and the Harima country, which is close at hand, of course, cannot avoid suffering from the pond fish, and it has been affected by twists and turns, and now the monks of Ishiyama Honganji are parked in the territory.

Akashi Zhengxing said "oh" and replied: "He claims to be in his twenties, and he doesn't know anything else, but he said it solemnly, the mission of Ishiyama Honganji Temple has just arrived today, and such a monk came at night, so I have to guard against it." ”

Akashi Yuyuki chuckled in his heart and said, "Invite him in, and at the same time order someone to gather guards to prevent him from having bad intentions." (To be continued.) )