Hearing this unexpected and expected news, Zhengheng didn't know whether to laugh or not. Unexpectedly, anyone from later generations knows that Mori Moto lived for seventy-five years, and the cause of death may have been esophageal cancer, and he was also a typical representative of old and strong, and at the age of seventy-one he had his ninth son, the later "Kurume Attendant" Kobayakawa Hidebo. As expected, Mori Moto, since the Battle of Takayagawa, has been addicted to alcohol and has been bedridden all winter, and Kyokan, outside the mountain castle of Yoshida County, was frightened, fell into fainting again, and tossed and turned in bed for nearly half a month. A generation of Tianjiao, An Yi's wise general Maori Yuan, left behind huge turmoil and turmoil behind him, and his soul returned to dust at the age of 58.

Zhengheng looked at the cherry blossoms planted on both sides of the street outside Songshan City, which were planted by the ancestor Zhuang Gong, Songshan City changed its owner, but the cherry blossoms under the city were in full bloom, and he only felt that he was in a trance, and said to himself: "Maori Yuan, dead!" ”

After pondering for a moment, Zhengheng asked, "Who will succeed to the throne?" Takashi Kobayakawa. ”

Kusama Shibei replied cautiously: "No, it's Mori Takamoto's widow Kozurumaru, a baby who is still in infancy, Kobayakawa Takakei has the surname Mori, changed his name to Mori Takakei, and serves as the guardian of Kotsurumaru together with his mother Ozaki Bureau." ”

Zhengheng thought about the origin of Yuzurumaru, and suddenly realized: "It turned out to be him, I didn't expect to walk around, and in the end, the Maori family still belonged to him." "Kozurumaru is Mori Takamoto's son, Mori Terumoto, who lived a mediocre life in the shadow of his two uncles in the old time. Now he is just a baby, and he obviously can't bear the burden of the family.

Kusama Shibei didn't know what Masahiro's words meant, obviously he didn't know the future of this baby, and he just thought that he would talk about Mori Takakei, who was the former Kobayakawa Takakei, a figure that the Date family valued very much.

During the Battle of the Takayagawa Gorge, Kobayakawa Takakei and Murakami Takeyoshi raided the Kurashiki hinterland together, catching the Date family by surprise, and since then they have become one of the key targets of Kusama's surveillance.

Kusama Shibei said with a respectful face: "According to the Ukai Hui of the mountain castle in Yoshida-gun, in order to inherit the position left behind by Maori Yuan. After several heated discussions. Because Maori Yuan died of convulsions because he saw Jingguan, Maori Longjing was criticized by the elders of the family, although Maori Yuan also had two sons, Shaofu Shiro and Shaofu Shiro, but both of them were four or five-year-old dolls. They are all concubines. Obviously not suitable. Mori Takakei recommended that Mori Takamoto's sister-in-law, Kozurumaru, inherit the family business. It has been unanimously supported by all the elders. ”

Zhengheng said calmly: "Kobayakawa Takashi, painting a tiger is not an anti-dog, and he calls himself Xiao Yuan. Is it really possible to replicate the life of Maori Yuan. Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he looked up to the west and said to himself, "It seems that things have changed in a new way." ”

Zhengheng has always thought that the changes in Kobayakawa Takakei in the change of Honnoji Temple are a stain on his life, and he is biased to think that Kobayakawa Takakei is not as good as Maori Moto, and now it seems that he has zài prejudice, Kobayakawa Takakei pushed Maori Takakato's sister-in-law to succeed to the throne, which seems absurd, but in fact has his deep-seated intentions. Just when he said that he could replicate the life of Maori Moto, Zhengheng suddenly thought of the Maori Terumoto, who was still a baby, and he didn't have much ability to speak of, and his mother was just a sixteen or seventeen-year-old little girl doll.

Zhengheng suddenly felt a little uneasy, and said sternly: "Give me a close monitoring of the movements of Yamashiro in Yoshida County, and also investigate Yamaguchi Castle, no matter how big or small the rumors and news, I have to investigate them one by one, I want to know if there is a connection between the two?" ”

Glancing at Kusama Shibei, Zhengheng continued: "Sibei, I have always been generous with rewards, after this autumn harvest, I will reward you with a stone height of 500 stone near Okayama Castle, so that you can settle down, and then I will give you a gift of fame." ”

The four guards of Kusama heard the generous reward of Zhengheng, kowtowed to Zhengheng, his expression was quite excited, and he bowed: "The four guards of Kusama, you must do your best." He secretly made up his mind that this time he would definitely get the errand done well, and it was a matter of honor and disgrace.

How difficult it is for a spy to get a walk in the sun.

Masahiro didn't expect the Kusama Shibei to be so excited, there are many people from low backgrounds in the Date family who are now in high positions, and the Kusama Shibei has followed him in the Karamatsu era, although his ability is not outstanding, but he is also loyal, and promotion and reward are not a problem.

It is rumored that Masahiro is going to build a new city in the Okayama area as the future main city of the Date family, and being able to own a piece of land near Okayama Castle shows that he has become a core retainer of the Date family, how not to excite Kusama Shibei.

Zhengheng looked at the departing Kusama Four Guards and touched his nose.

The direction of things is becoming more and more confusing, and now only by clarifying the relationship can we make the right judgment. He knew that once he made a mistake in judgment, he would lead to a series of mistakes and finally collapse.

Yukizurumaru's father, Mori Takamoto, died at the hands of Masahiro, and only his mother, or more precisely, his maternal family, is the cause of concern. Kozurumaru's mother, Ozaki Bureau's biological father, Nagato Guardian Naito Xingsheng, this old minister who has experienced Ouchi Yoshixing and Yoshitaka, remained neutral when Tao Qingxian rebelled, Tao Qingxian changed his name to Ouchi Yoshicho and lived in seclusion, due to the early death of his son-in-law Takashi, he was succeeded by his grandson Takashi, and he was born Ouchi Yoshinaga, showing his obedience. More importantly, it is rumored that when Mori Takamoto was a hostage in Yamaguchi, he had a relationship with Ouchi Yoshinaga and was a teacher and friend, and he played a major role in the Ozaki Bureau's marriage to Mori Takamoto.

The succession of Kozurumaru to the throne is logically the launch of the Ozaki Bureau as the female hall, obviously with deep-seated considerations.

If Kobayakawa Takakei used this method to contact Yoshicho Ouchi, once the two families formed an alliance and reached an alliance with Mishima Murakami, a powerful hostile force would also form to the west of the Date family, which was obviously not in the interests of the Date family.

Zheng Heng touched his nose again and sighed in a low voice: "How difficult the world is! Then he said to a waitress who followed behind him, "Sue Sakusai and let his men go to Aki Province to spread the scandal between Kobayakawa Takakei and Ozaki Bureau." ”

In order to disrupt An Yiguo, Zhengheng can only use the means of inferiority, in his opinion, there is no distinction between noble and inferior means, only the pros and cons. The white cloud in the mouth of Zheng Heng is a ninja born in Koga, who calls himself Tozawa Bai Yunzhai and recommends himself to serve under Zheng Heng.

That waitress was actually not Zhengheng's guard, but Bai Yunzhai's own daughter Mo, who was sent to protect Zhengheng's safety, but was actually a hostage.

Mo looked at the young man in front of him, his eyes were full of reverence, he could hear Zhengheng's words, and the look of gain and loss appeared on his face, and he responded: "Yes!" He stepped back and went to tell his father that he had gone, but his expression was full of loneliness.

Zhengheng didn't pay attention to the feelings of a young girl, and now he is more emotionally about the new changes in An Yiguo and even China after the death of Mao Liyuan. After pondering for a moment, Zhengheng got up and left the city, and as he left Matsuyama Castle, he met with the officers and soldiers in the barracks, had lunch, and then hurried back to Heshou Castle.

On the way back to Tsurushou Castle, Miyahara Masashige's messenger had already informed Masahiro of the situation of the envoys from Sanzhou one by one, and only heard the attitude of the two envoys when Kasai and Kagawa arrived together.

Zhengheng frowned, and said in his heart: "As soon as Maori Yuan dies, Maori Terumoto succeeds to the throne, the opportunity for the merging of the Maori clan and Ouchi Yoshinaga has been achieved, once the two converge, there will be a huge hostile force to the west of the Date family, and if Niko Haruma solves the Shingu party, it is also very likely to participate in it." It seems that the affairs that make Miyoshi Chokei tied up in and Shikoku must be arranged quickly, otherwise under the oppression of the two major forces of the East and the West, the situation of the Date family will be greatly disadvantaged. ”

The death of Mori Motosa did not improve the external environment of the Date family, but on the contrary, it resolved the hostile relationship between the Mori clan and Ouchi Yoshinaga and Niko Haruha, and once Mori Terumoto, Ouchi Yoshinaga, and Niko Harumu joined forces, a huge anti-Date alliance would be formed, which would be extremely unfavorable to the Date family.

If you want to undermine the formation of the anti-Ida alliance, there are not many good ways to do it. The only thing that reassures him now is that even if an anti-Date alliance is formed, the three families of Maori, Ouchi, and Niko will also have their own predicaments, and as soon as Mori Yuan dies, the Aki heroes who have no one to suppress will be centrifuged, and Ouchi Yoshinaga will focus more on preventing the counteroffensive of Ouchi Yoshitaka and Otomo Yoshijin in Kitakyushu, and even if Niko Haruhisa solves the Shingu Party, it will be worse and unable to fight again.

The threat from the land can be said to be negligible, and I am afraid that the three families of Maori, Ouchi, and Niko are still worried about the attack of the Date family.

What worries Mashiro is the threat from the sea, whether it is Mishima Murakami or Yashiro Island Navy, they are all the most powerful naval forces in the Seto Inland Sea. The Ako Prefecture Navy of the Date family has only recruited a few boatmen, and without seeing a large ship launched, it is obviously not a good thing to rely on a few small boats captured from Murakami Takeyoshi to defend the mouth of the Takaliang River.

As soon as he returned to Tsurushou Castle, Masahiro ordered his attendants to order Miyahara Masashige and others to invite Uematsu Shimasa to come and talk about it, and the role of the salt and water army became more important after the death of Maori Yuan, and he sighed again, how difficult the world is. (To be continued......)