Michitoshi Nagai and Hineno Hiroshi retreated with sad faces, and Yoshiryu Saito slowly opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He is exhausted, on the verge of death, and he is no longer the Saito Yoshiryu he has never been, otherwise he would not have spoken the words of Tokoku.

The righteous dragon who once pointed at Dao San and roared angrily at Nagara River has completely disappeared. Yilong, who is now sick in bed, has to ask Zhengheng for help in the way of trusting the country, begging the latter to maintain the stability of Meinong, and worrying about Longxing's future.

For the sake of Ryuxing's future, Saito Yoshiryu racked his brains. He knows that in the world from now on, the one who holds the bull's ear will be the political balance. Long Xing is not a British lord, I am afraid that he will not be able to maintain the Meinong Kingdom, even if he is not invaded by foreign enemies, he will be defeated by the people.

As a result, he delusionally wanted to restrain the political balance in the name of the righteousness of the country, and sought the peace of the Saito clan.

Soon, Ryūko Saito, who was only thirteen years old, walked in with Mrs. Omi. Saito Yoshiryu wants to force his face, but sweat is dripping on his forehead, this may be the last struggle of the Mino giant pit Saito Yoshiryu. He looked at Long Xing, his face forced to composure.

At the urging of his mother, Saito Ryuko came closer and asked, "Father, are you better?" ”

Saito Yoshiryu burst into tears, he looked at Saito Ryuxing, knowing that if he died early, the Saito family's family business would undoubtedly fail, and he was even more determined to make a request to Zhengheng to trust the country. He originally wanted to reprimand Saito Ryuxing for not messing with the maids in the boudoir.

In the past, Saito Yoshiryu was so busy with government affairs that he didn't seem to have time to take care of this feminine son. Saito Ryuko just learned about men and women, so he took this opportunity to often go in and out of the mansions of the elders, and the reputation in Inabayama Castle was not good.

Today, Saito Yoshiryu wanted to reprimand, but found that he was no longer able to speak, and the lord of the dignified Minon, who never knew what tears were, actually burst into tears after seeing Saito Ryuxing. The latter was frightened and didn't know why.

Saito Yoshiryu's tentative words made Nagai Michitoshi and Hineno Hiroshi honestly afraid, and the two hurried down to the city, Nagai Michitoshi opened his mouth to stay, and finally parted ways. Saito Michizo once changed his surname to Nagai, and he was the righteous brother of Nagai Michitoshi, but because he was an outsider and did not have much foundation, he regarded Nagai Michitoshi as a family. Now that Saito Yoshiryu is critically ill, and the important ministers and a group of people have a secret meeting, Saito Yoshiryu, who is already quite suspicious, may be even more suspicious, and it is better not to cause trouble in this eventful autumn.

After Hineno returned to the mansion, he was still in a very bad mood, depressed, painful and hopeless, and he knew that if Saito Yoshiryu was killed and Oda Nobunaga, who had been eyeing him, entered Mino, everyone else would be able to surrender, but he had no way forward.

When Saito Michizo and Yoshiryu's father and son killed each other, Hineno Hiroshi's role was very disgraceful, and he personally killed Saito Yoshiryu's half-brothers Sun Shiro and Kiheiji, stepping on the blood of the two of them to rise step by step, becoming one of Saito Yoshiryu's six elders.

Hineno Sheng saw his brother's sad face, depressed, and asked what happened. Hineno Hiroshi had no intention of concealing it, and he recounted it in detail in 1510, and in order to avoid misleading Sheng Zheng, he did not include the slightest personal opinion in the process of narration.

Hineno Hiroshi is strong in martial arts, known as the first fierce general under Saito Yoshiryu, but he knows that his younger brother is slightly inferior in martial arts, and he is quite insightful in wisdom, and often gives him advice, and he takes the initiative to choose Saito Yoshiryu to listen to his opinion.

Higen Nomori thought for a while and said: "Brother, this matter is too big, and it is difficult to predict if it is not done well, you should immediately notify the three elders of Hibino Kiyomi, Nagai Guardan, and Takewaist Naomitsu who are supervising the battle on the front line, well, my brother galloped to the Nagaragawa army overnight." ”

Hineno Hiroshi slowly calmed down, his sanity gradually recovered, and his bad mood improved little by little. Saito Yoshiryu's six old clans Naomoto, Ando Morisho, Takewaist Naomitsu, Hibino Kiyomi, Nagai Guard and Hineno Hiroshi, among which the clan Naomoto and Ando Mamoru are one of the three people of Nishimino and have never been trusted by Saito Yoshimyu, and the other four are all for Saito Yoshimū to give advice and are Saito Yoshimyu's descendants. In history, these four people also fought for the Saito clan to the last moment, Hibino Kiyomi and Nagai Eian died in battle, Takewaist Naomitsu was nowhere to be found, and Hineno Hiroshi died at the end of the world.

Higen Nohiro thought about it, shook his head and nodded again: "Today's pavilion master's talk is mostly a temptation, and only Nagai Michitoshi and I know about the country, and I'm afraid it's not good for me to spread it. ”

Higen Nomori did not dare to slack off, and galloped towards the front line of the Nagara River.

It is no exaggeration to say that most of the wars and history of Mino are related to Inabayama Castle, and the name comes from the monk Daojing's "laughter is full of the world this year, and the fragrance of rice leaves is especially smelled in spring". Every move of Inabayama Castle will cause shocks in the country.

In the northern city of Xitian County, Mamoru Ando, the head of the three people in Nishiminon, was recuperating at home under the pretext of illness, and when he heard that there was a change in Inabayama Castle, he immediately recruited his younger brother Mamoshige Ando and his eldest son, Nao Ando, to discuss countermeasures.

Mamoru Ando is close to his age, with gray hair and a pair of sharp eyes on his emaciated face, majestic and wise. Morishige Ando is nearly twenty years younger than his brother, but he is the same age as his nephew Naoto Ando, and he looks more like a brother.

Mamoru Ando sighed and turned into a thick gloom, and said, "The owner of the pavilion is sick, and it is an incurable disease. In just two sentences, Ando Shouzhong, Shang Zhi's uncle and nephew's faces suddenly fell, this sentence can be said to be to the point, difficult to speak.

Mamoru Ando was suspicious: "Brother, is it really true?" I heard that the messenger of the House of Date has arrived? He still can't believe that the high-spirited Saito Yoshiryu will really have an incurable disease, and it may be a temptation to test the hearts and minds of the people of Mino.

Ando Mamoru sighed and said: "You can test it at any time, but now even if you are really sick, you have to hold on, but when the messenger arrives, you fall ill, this matter is probably true, and the owner of the pavilion should no longer be able to hide it, so the wind spread." ”

What Mamoru Ando said is true, the envoy of the Date family has arrived, and what he wants to show in front of the Date family should be a rigid Mino country, if the head of the Mino country, Saito Yoshiryu, falls, then who can still hold up the scene, relying on Saito Ryuxing's little doll.

After careful consideration of these words, Ando Morshige can't help but maliciously speculate about his brother's true intentions, but he is a member of the Ando family, and from his standpoint, as long as the Ando family is stable, he will be able to protect his own interests, and it is a relationship of both prosperity and loss.

Ando Shouzhong thought for a while, raised his head, and asked, "Brother, now that the Date family is in full swing, taking advantage of the arrival of the Date family's envoy, do you want to test it first to see if there is a possibility of changing the court?" "He wanted to switch to the Date family.

Ando Shang looked at his uncle, who was not a few years older than him, his face was full of astonishment, he didn't expect that the uncle would want to rebel against the Saito family, which made him inevitably a little unable to turn around, turned his head to look at his father, and never thought that his father not only did not scold, but showed an approving look.

Mamoru Ando shook his head and said with a pun: "This matter can't be done too obviously, it's best that the Saito family can submit to the Date family, so that we don't have to be the wicked people who are inconsistent with the inside and the outside, and protect the foundation of the Ando family." ”

Mamoru Ando replied, "What my brother said is very true. He understood what Ando Mamoru meant, if the Saito family could successfully return to the Date family, they would not object, and if the Saito family refused, then they could only be evil people once.

Ando Mamoru thought for a while and said, "In this matter, my family may not be able to succeed, and the three of Nishimino must advance and retreat together." "The Nishimino trio are not a political group, but because they share the same political views, they rely on each other under pressure from Inabayama Castle.

Ando Shang asked, "Do you still want to tell Ukyo Ryo about this?" "Inaba Ryotsu received the name of Youjing Liang, and the three of Nishimino have been competing for the position of chief pen, among which Ando Mamoru and Inaba Ryotsu are the most fiercely competitive, digging holes with each other and competing with each other, which is commonplace, but both sides know how to measure themselves very well and will not let others notice.

Ando Mamoru smiled coldly and sneered: "Among the three of Ximinon, Youjing Liang has the best reputation, but it is only fifty smiles and a hundred steps, if it is really a thorough, I am afraid that it has already turned into a pile of loess." However, this matter is also a good thing, and he has no room for opposition. ”

Mamoru Ando thought twice and decided to write a letter to the other two members of the Nishimino trio, Ryotsu Inaba and Naomoto of the clan, to discuss it specifically.

Whether it is the three of Nishiminon, or Saito Shijuku Lao Yang or Saito Ichi, Ankokuji Huiqiong, who is located at the center of the storm, looks breezy and calm, and he is sitting in the courtyard of a mansion under Inabayama Castle at the moment drinking tea and appreciating plums.

The owner of the mansion is none other than Michitoshi Nagai, who was ordered by Saito Yoshiryu to entertain Ankokuji Huiqiong, of course, there is also a temptation, and he wants to find out some truth from Ankokuji Huiqiong's mouth, so as to bring Saito Yoshiryu who is hidden behind the scenes.

Anguo Temple Huiqiong leisurely watched the snow scene of Inaba Mountain City in winter, did not praise it greatly, nor was it particularly surprised, but it was a little regrettable, he did not have the opportunity to see the golden autumn in the city to look at the golden scenery near and far, and did not have the opportunity to see the Fengfeng Yaji. It is rumored that monks and painters from all over the country from Mutsu and Satsuma gather in the golden autumn season! The famous Kano mountain music "Viewing the Maple on the High Platform" has the ink of Saito Michizo: "A bowl of bitter tea tastes life, four and a half tea rooms view the world, and a heroic branch peeps into a hundred flowers." ”

Ankokuji Huiqiong didn't miss Saito Michizo in the slightest, he was thinking more about which master Saito Yoshiryu was lying in Inabayama Castle, not knowing when he would complete his mission and return to Kyoto to continue his great work.

Nagai Michiri was preoccupied, and he had to maintain a calm appearance in front of Huiqiong of Anguo Temple, which was really uncomfortable, he stared at the snow scene reflected outside the courtyard, and it took a while before he came back to his senses and asked: "Yizhai Zen Master, I don't know what news you brought this time?" ”

Ankokuji Huiqiong changed to officially enter the Rinzai sect when he was in Kyoto, and he was one of the members of the rebuilding of the holy land of the Hiei Mountain Buddhist sect, and he glanced at Nagai Michitoshi, and his eyes rolled, and he had already seen that the other party was not keeping, although he didn't know what happened, but he must have been preoccupied. He said bluntly: "This time I came, mainly on the order of my lord, I came to reconcile the relationship between Mino and Owari, and I want to see if it is possible to get along again. ”

Nagai Michitoshi's face immediately froze, and he asked in surprise, "Really?" ”

Anguosi Huiqiong raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why don't you agree?" Oda Nobunaga, the lord of Owari Province, went to Beijing a few months ago to meet my lord, and my lord was very satisfied, and he also valued his sincerity. He repeatedly informed Mino Inabayama Castle that all of them were sunk into the sea, which is why today's incident came about. ”

Oda Nobunaga went to Beijing, Nagai Michitoshi originally did not know, and later when Oda Nobunaga returned, he happened to bump into Shigeharu Takenaka, who returned to his hometown, and then there was the big battle at the end of the year, the two sides won and lost each other, killed and wounded hundreds, and now they are still facing off at the front. Nagai Michitoshi heard the dissatisfaction in the words of Ankokuji Huiqiong, and Masahiro repeatedly wrote to Inaba Yamashiro, urging Saito Yoshiryu to go to Beijing, Saito Yoshiryu has always used various excuses to prevaricate, but in fact he was sick, but he could only cover it up, which caused today's misunderstanding.

Michitoshi Nagai thought for a moment and asked, "I don't know what happened to Owari about the reconciliation?" He knew that Saito Yoshiryu now had the idea of trusting the country, and when he learned about the reconciliation, he would gladly agree, but a slap did not make a sound, and Oda Nobunaga had to agree to this matter.

Anguosi Huiqiong narrowed her eyes slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Does he dare not agree?" ”

The domineering words, listening to the slight horror in Nagai Michitoshi's eyes, he knew that what Ankokuji Huiqiong said was true, with the general trend of the Date family, Oda Nobunaga could not refuse, even if he was not sick, Saito Yoshiryu could not refuse to reconcile.

Nagai Michitoshi wanted to agree on the spot, but as a courtier, he was a mouthpiece, of course, he would not have any personal opinions, but he still expressed his opinion, and said: "A Zen master, the foreign minister agrees to the reconciliation, but this matter is important, and it must be decided by the lord of the country." ”

Anguosi Huiqiong asked; "I wonder when I'll be able to meet the Guardian?"

Michitoshi Nagai replied, "As soon as possible!" Saito Yoshiryu has to cover up the fact that he is critically ill, otherwise I am afraid that what he is waiting for is not reconciliation, but a military meeting, so he hurried to Inabayama Castle with the opinion of Ankokuji Huiqiong to tell Saito Yoshiryu.

Ankokuji Huiqiong looked at Nagai Michitoshi who left in a hurry, and was suspicious in her heart, and whispered to the accompanying Hattori people: "I don't think the atmosphere in Inabayama Castle is right, go find out what happened, maybe there is an accident?" ”

After a long time, Hattori returned to report: "Zen master, Saito Yoshiryu is sick. ”

Anguo Temple Huiqiong raised her eyebrows and said, "Meinong has changed, quickly report this matter to the lord." (To be continued.) )