On June 3, 1554, three or four miles from Yuzuki Castle, Tozawa Hakusai stared at the aristocratic mansion that sat beneath the hill in a small plain near the Seto Inland Sea. At the foot of the mountain, the mansion known as the Imperial Palace of Longwen Temple is the object of his killing.

Kono Tonao in the Ryuwen Temple Imperial Palace clearly did not have a premonition of the coming danger, and he was playing Go with the head of the nearby temple Katsuyamaji Temple, Kakuen, with whom the monk had a very close relationship, and he often played Go together while living in seclusion at the Ryuwen Temple Imperial Palace.

Katsuyamaji Temple is located at the foot of Mt. Katsuyama near the Imperial Palace of Ryowenji Temple, and later Yoshiaki Kato built the famous Matsuyama Castle on top of Mt. Katsuyama, but due to the madness of the Sengoku wealthy clan, there is still a simple castle on top of Katsuyama, but it has been abandoned for a long time.

Kono obviously had no intention of playing Go, and in the end, Jueyuan won by a ten-grain advantage. After playing chess, Jueyuan asked with a little doubt: "Today, Yi Zhengdian is restless, has something happened?" Can you tell us, you can also refer to one or two. ”

Kono looked straight at the green leaves on the branches of the trees that came into the mansion and said, "Dr. Emon has sent another letter." ”

Jueyuan heard Kono's words, and immediately understood that it was a letter from Toyasu on the island to seek righteousness, so that Kono Tongzhi didn't know how to reply, and said: "I shouldn't have given him hope in the first place, and now hope has come to naught, how can he be willing, if he is not appeased, I am afraid that it will cause disputes again." ”

Kono didn't want to talk about the rights and wrongs of what happened back then, and instead said: "Now the situation in Yuzhou is unstable, and wealthy families such as Xiyuan Temple and Utsunomiya have risen strongly. The Kono clan is now in the midst of a storm. I still need a good student to appease Dr. Oemon. ”

Jueyuan recited Nan Wu Amitabha Buddha. Sigh: "Yes! After speaking, he left the palace of Longwen Temple.

Soon, the four sides gradually became dark, and the waves from the Seto Inland Sea crashed against the reef not far away, making a thumping sound, and the Ryuwenji Imperial Palace gradually fell silent, but it made Kono Doshi more and more dazed. Kono looked straight at the light in the distance, which he thought was the light of Yuzuki Castle. It was the castle where he had his ambitions. Now it has become someone else's castle, looking at the black world outside, the silence makes him feel a little numb. After a long time, Kono Tongzhi sighed slightly, and lay down with clothes.

In the grove not far from the Ryuwen Temple Imperial Palace, Tozawa Baiyunsai, dressed in black tights, was chatting with his bright eyes at the Ryuwen Temple Imperial Palace in the dark, and behind him there were twelve masked men standing or crouching. Tozawa Baiyunsai, who had been standing still, suddenly spoke: "Everyone, are you sure what to do?" ”

Everyone whispered, "Understood! ”

Tozawa Baiyunzhai snorted and said, "Then work hard with me for the Tozawa clan!" He said. He drew his short blade and entered the darkness, slowly advancing in the direction of the Imperial Palace of Ryuwen Temple. Hiroshi gives the order to kill Kono Tsunao. Tozawa Hakusai personally led a team to Iyo Province and conducted an investigation on Kono Tsunao, and soon learned the location of Kono Tsunao's seclusion, so he began to investigate the place where Kono Tsunao lived in seclusion, but there was a team of 100 people near the Imperial Palace of Ryuwen Temple, and he never found a good opportunity.

Yesterday, a dispute arose between the Utsunomiya family and the Ohno family over the territory issue, and it was likely to expand into a war, and Kono Tsunobu heard the news and thought it was a good opportunity to expand his influence, so he took most of it and returned to Yuzuki Castle.

On the outpost of the Longwen Temple, two guards leaned on the guardrail with their heads drooped and yawned, one of the guards had some urge to urinate, greeted the other person, and climbed down from the outpost, walked to the base of the wall and peed.

A masked man grabbed the peeing guard's neck from behind, then twisted his head so hard that he could only hear a click before he lost his breath. The guards above the outpost were so sleepy that they just wanted to sleep, and when they saw that their companions hadn't come back yet, they laughed and said, "The lazy donkey has a lot of and urine, bastard, so he won't secretly find a person to sleep with!" ”

Suddenly, I heard "Whoosh! With a bang, a powerful arrow came at him, hitting the guard in the chest, and immediately shot him to the ground. The guards of the Imperial Palace of Ryuwen Temple were obviously sleeping soundly, and no one even got up to investigate the situation, and Kono's straight eyes, who had just closed his eyes, suddenly opened and felt a little wrong.

After a while, there was a snorting sound of blades entering the body and a muffled grunt before death from each room, and a few footsteps echoed in the corridor outside, gradually walking towards Kono's bedroom. Apparently there is a look of unscrupulousness.

Kono's hair stood on end, he pulled out the sword that was placed on the wall, opened the wooden door, and looked out the door, only to see that torches were lit everywhere in the palace of Ryuwenji Temple, and there was a battle in every house, or more precisely, a black-clad masked man with a sharp blade was slaughtering the naked guards.

The masked Tozawa Baiyunsai came to Kono Tongzhi, looked at Kono Tongzhi with sharp eyes, and said, "Bizheng Shaobi, I'm sorry, today is your death." ”

Kono Tongzhi obviously had already come to his senses, and asked lightly: "I want to know who sent you, are you afraid that a dying person will still say it?" Death also makes me a ghost who understands. ”

Tozawa Baiyunsai responded: "Forgive me for taking the liberty of eradicating the blade that is not capable of governing the country, this is the rule of troubled times, since you have given way to seclusion, you should do your duty, and you should not jump out and have any contact with outsiders to plot to split the Kono family." ”

Kono Tongzhi's whole body was shocked, and his whole body suddenly became cold, and the last thing he wanted to see happened. Why did you suddenly remove most of the guards, in order to expand the influence of the Kono family, it turned out that it was all a conspiracy of Kono Tongxuan.

The screams gradually died down, the fight was soon over, and the battle between Tozawa Hakusai and Kono Tsunao was soon over, how could a former family master who had given up martial arts cultivation be an opponent for a ninja who was always in the best condition.

Kono was in unbearable pain, and before he died, he muttered, "Can ...... Can...... It's a pity ......" A mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth and fell into a pool of blood with a thud.

After Tozawa Hakusai killed Kono Tsunao, he calmly watched the brutal and bloody battle situation in the Ryuwen Temple Imperial Palace, and more and more masked men who had completed the task appeared in front of him, waiting for Tozawa Hakusai's next instructions.

Tozawa Baiyunsai, who had been standing beside Kono Tongnao's corpse, finally spoke: "Have you finished killing?" After killing, let's go, drop a puddle of paste, and see how Kono Tongxuan and Kurishima Tongyasu pinch each other! With that, he left the palace of Longwen Temple with twelve of his subordinates and disappeared into the darkness.

The bodies of Kono Tsunao and others were found only after the third day, and recently there was a dispute between Utsunomiya and the Ohno family because of territorial issues, Kono Tsuchi issued a curfew, and the local people did not dare to go out casually, plus no one wanted to visit the lost Kono Tsunao, which caused the current head of the family Kono to be unhappy.

He came to the palace of Longwen Temple as usual, and was surprised to see the corpses of Kono Tongzhi and others, more than 30 people lying all over the ground, and there was blood everywhere, which shows the tragedy of the scene. At this time, their corpses were covered with flies and insects, buzzing around in groups, and the smell of corpses was disgusting.

Jueyuan was so frightened that he hurriedly reported the shocking news to the nearby village. For a time, the entire Iyo country was shocked. Iyo country guard, Yuzhu Castle Lord Kono Tsuno, Kono Tsushi, Kono family ministers Hiraoka Fangshi, Masaoka Jingcho, Wada Tsuko and other large and small retainers also hurriedly took people to the Ryuwen Temple Imperial Palace to inspect, looking at the scene, thinking of the consequences of the previous situation, everyone's eyes on Kono Tsunobu changed. It is really sad and lamentable, that the former head of the Kono clan ended up like this.

Hiraoka Fangmi, Masaoka Jingcho, Wada Tongxing and others glanced at each other and sighed secretly: "The Kono family is troublesome!" ”

Soon the news reached the ears of Kurishima Toyasu, who was not sad, he just quietly looked at the ebb and flow of the Seto Inland Sea, and in front of him sat a group of rude samurai, all looking at their lord, waiting for an order from the lord.

Coming to the island, Tongyasu asked Deju Shengyun, who was the first to sit down, "How is the situation in Tang Zhucheng?" ”

Deju Shengyun is the elder of the family who came to the island of Tongkang, and he came to the front and said: "After the death of Bizheng Shaobi, Tang Zhucheng was in turmoil, although Kono Tongxuan tried his best to block the news, but there were still many people who secretly passed the news to us, and Hetian Tongxing had left the city. ”

Kurishima suddenly asked, "Can my family win the final victory in this battle?" ”

Deju Shengyun thought for a while, and replied: "Now is indeed the best time, raising the banner of revenge for Lord Bizheng Shaobi, it will definitely be able to keep the outsiders of the Kono clan neutral, but if you want to fight quickly, I am afraid that it will be difficult, and the most important thing is that the number of troops in my family is not advantageous, and I still have to ask Noshima and Indao to jointly raise troops." ”

The other important ministers of the same clan have seconded it, and the riot more than ten years ago brought a shame to Kurishima Toyasu, and it was not a shame to bring them, once Kurijima Toyasu inherited the Iyo Province to protect the Kono clan, they could also become a party boss logically.

A trace of determination flashed in the eyes of Kurishima Tongyasu, when the decision continued, but suffered from it, if he was undecided, he was afraid that the people who originally followed him would also deviate from morality, he stood up suddenly, drew his sword, and shouted: "Kono Tong announced the death of my father-in-law, and I swore to kill him to avenge my father." ”

The crowd shouted loudly: "Swear allegiance to the lord to the death!" The sound shook the doors and windows of the living room. (To be continued......)