Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka glanced at each other again, and found the worry in each other's eyes, they did know Oda Nobunaga's heart. They are all smart people, and they don't use their hands at all for many things, and they can understand the strangeness, not to mention that now Matsunaga Xiu, an old fox, has used his own methods to inform the two of them of his general thoughts.

It's not that the two of them haven't discussed their situation in the Oda family, and their shogunate background is actually a big obstacle to their ascension. So now after hearing what he just said, although it means that Tomomitsu Xiu is still stubborn, the two of them already know clearly that Matsunaga Xiu's words may be true, and Oda Nobunaga may have to do something to the old man opposite him.

They have always been able to know why, Matsunaga Xiu is a resourceful figure, but also an ambitious old man, the problem is that his ambition is not hidden, at least in the previous time, it has been exposed, and because of this, although he can be admired by Oda Nobunaga, he has never been trusted by Oda Nobunaga.

What Matsunaga Shu has in his hands is the strength of the three rich regions of Izumi Province, Yamato Province, and Kawachi Province in Southern, and the army of more than 15,000 people is also a force that Oda Nobunaga cannot ignore, and it is also a force that can decide the world if it is not good.

In Oda Nobunaga's eyes, Matsunaga Shu has actually been a huge time bomb in the Oda family's territory for a long time, and it will explode at some point, and the Oda family must now face the threat of the Oda family in Kyushu.

The way Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka frowned just now, they were seen by Matsunaga Shu who was sitting opposite, and it seemed that their words had already had an effect, so now was the time to strike while the iron was hot, so the old man said: "Hinata Mamoru Honga, although you have been coming to the Oda family for a long time, but you still don't know that the subordinates that Dr. Sakyo likes are neither old men like me nor two such figures!" ”

Wise Mitsuhide groaned in his heart, here, this old man is finally going to get to the point.

"Oh! Then what kind of retainers do you think the lord likes, and why don't you like us? Akechi Mitsuhide said.

"Well, in fact, don't adults feel anything in their hearts? This old man really doesn't believe it, both of them are the world's wise men who have even been named by Kuroda Vocational High School! I think I still have this vision! Matsunaga said with a smile, but he didn't give Akechi Mitsuhide and Hosokawa Fujitaka any chance to speak.

"Since your lord has already asked, it is better to say it clearly, my lord has always liked those samurai who are both capable and extremely loyal. But on this basis, the lord seems to pay more attention to the ability of the samurai, otherwise it would be impossible for someone like Zaixia to come to the command of the Oda family.

But Lord Lordship doesn't like people like me, who already have a lot of power. The lord is a person who has a great desire to control, what he wants is his subordinates, all under his control, no matter how strong this person is, as long as he can control it, it doesn't matter much. ”

"Does the lord mean that you are no longer under the control of the lord, so you will be suspicious of the lord?" Akechi Mitsuhide said.

"This is not the case, if I really want to rebel against the lord, there have been many opportunities before, I can do it, whether it is the first time I fought with the Kuroda family, directly lead the Kuroda family into the generation, or when the Oda family and the Kuroda family are at war later, and Honganji together to launch a rebellion against the lord, it will be a great blow to the lord, and to be honest, if I make a move at those times, I even have the ability to make the lord fall into a situation from which he will never recover." Matsunaga said.

"I believe what Danmasa-sama said." Hosokawa Fujitaka said.

"I'm already dying, and to be honest, I'm still very ambitious in my heart. It's just that after the collapse of the Miyoshi family, I saw the strength of the Kuroda family, and I wanted to be able to become a force and be able to protect my existing power and status. Whether I surrender to the Oda family or the Kuroda family, it doesn't matter to me.

But the head of the Kuroda family, Kuroda Danmasa, was once plotted by me, and even his life was in danger at the time, but he was lucky and he was able to skillfully use all the power in his hands, so he was able to escape with his life. Otherwise, if I kill the head of the Kuroda family at that time, there should be no more things after that, and I will be able to sweep the western country with the strength in my hands, and I will also embark on the road of dominating the world.

So I can't take refuge in the Kuroda family, so I can only take refuge in the Oda family. It's just that I didn't expect that the lord would be so stingy that he would be so jealous of old decay. At the end of the sentence, Matsunaga sighed.

"Isn't it because Lord Danzheng himself supports the army and is ambitious, which arouses the suspicion of the lord?" Akechi Mitsuhide asked.

"Wise lord, please let me finish my words first, the old man said that the lord's suspicion of me is because you said that the old man is now in charge of a large area of territory, and he has a self-respecting army, which is what the lord is afraid of, and he feels that he cannot control it.

But the lord is actually not worried about the two of you, both of you are under the command of the former shogun, no matter how hard you work at home, you are also branded by the shogun, and the lord will always regard you as a figure under the general's command, not a trustworthy general like Niwa Nagahide.

You led a large army to fight against the Kuroda family before, but you lost to the Kuroda family, which has made the lord very dissatisfied. You should know that you did not return to the Oda clan but stayed in Wakasa Province with a large army, and although the lord admired your courage on the surface, he actually became dissatisfied with you, as you should know. ”

"This ......" Akechi Mitsuhide was frightened by this paragraph, and his back was cold.

"Of course, we did such a thing for the sake of the Lord! How can the lord blame us! Although Hosokawa Fujitaka also figured out the key in the middle, he still wanted to argue.