Ike was about to leave the city, and when he heard that the Otomo family had sent a large army, Kamachi Jian Sheng quickly persuaded Iieme to wait a little longer after knowing it.

The army used by the Otomo family this time exceeded 10,000, and Matsuura Takanobu and Yu Buci outside the city all had the intention of retreating after knowing it, and the east 'gate' Qing said: "If you don't have any results, you will retreat without a fight, that is to show weakness to the enemy, and there will be greater trouble!" "He's so eye-catching! A few days passed, and the army of the Otomo family did not go straight to the army of the East Gate Kei, and did not even enter the city to call for help, but kept a distance to watch, and did not send a peace envoy.

The east 'gate' Qingxin said: "It's okay! Most of the other party can't see through my reality! Frightened by the rumors. Then he bluffed and said to his opponent: "When we were in Songpu, we defeated five or six thousand people with only nine hundred men!" Now we have three or four thousand people, *** and sufficient, and there are calls for help at sea! Even if the other side doesn't say 10,000 people, even if it's 20,000 or 30,000 people, we still bombard it with guns! ”

His subordinates are all Fang Sheng's soldiers, and he has no doubt about it!

On the second day of the appearance of the Otomo family's army, the Shimazu family in the south could not sit still, and also sent a large army north, but it was not clear who was aiming to support Chikugo or spy on the Otomo family.

Seeing this, Jia Jian was even more desperate, and said to Puchi Jian Sheng: "The Otomo family is also afraid of these Tang guests!" The Puchi clan is under its control, since it was threatened, it should have come to the rescue immediately, but now it is far away and stopped, I am afraid that it wants to use us to try these Tang Ke's iron cannon barrels again, to see if it is as powerful as the legend, and then set the peace! ”

Puchi Jian Sheng was about to send someone to report the news to the Otomo family, and said, "We just said that these Tang guests are actually not that powerful!" ”

Jia Jian sighed: "Isn't that a lie? I was indeed defeated by them, and badly! If you tell the Otomo family directly, I'm afraid that they won't dare to come to the rescue; If you pass false news to the Otomo family, in case the Otomo family is also defeated at the hands of these Tang Ke, I am afraid that you will be tired of bearing the name of the bully! He looked up to the sky and cried, and said to Puchi Jian Sheng: "These are all caused by my carelessness, and I don't want Kyushu to be in a big 'chaos'!" I will suffer the insults and sins of defeat! Anyway, I'm at dying age, so it doesn't matter! After I die, please preside over the return of the full moon to the vulgar! In the future, he is the only one who can revitalize my dragon temple family! ”

As he spoke, he ignored the dissuasion and resolutely left the city! When he left the city, he hid a short knife in his arms, ready to kill himself at any time.

Seeing him go out of the city, Dongmen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and when the two met, Dongmen Qing thought: "This old man is really in his nineties?" I can't really see it! ”

Jia Kan also looked at Dongmenqing vigilantly, and saw that he was dressed as a Confucian, but his eyes were too smart, not as deep as the Chinese Confucianism he imagined, and he thought: "Just looking at the appearance, I don't think I can defeat the person!" ”

Both of them have their own calculations in their hearts, Dongmen' Qing doesn't know how to get off the stage in order to get out, but Jia Jian is guarding against the other party insulting him, so although they met, they didn't talk about half a sentence.

Dongmen' Qing said: "Please ask the old gentleman to go back to Shuijiang City to talk!" He ordered his subordinates to hug their families and go down, and although they were under house arrest, they were not insulted. Seeing that he didn't deal with himself, he felt a little strange in his heart, this old guy had survived decades of war and chaos, and when he saw that the situation was different, he had another idea in his heart, and no longer took seeking death as his first thought.

On the same day, the East 'Gate' Kei ordered the class teacher, and the Otomo clan and the Kamachi clan were relieved, and the Shimazu family also returned to calm. As for the Shao Er family, they sent spies, secret agents, and even sent secret envoys to instruct businessmen who had a good relationship with Qing Huaxiang to persuade Dong'men Qing to kill his family and annex Shuijiang City. At this juncture, Dongmen' Qing was extremely sensitive to news from all sides, so after hearing such a suggestion, he sent someone to investigate and secretly visit, and raised the bottom of the advisor, sneering in his heart: "This young and second Dongshang! Sure enough, it's a rice bucket! Now that all the daimyo in western Japan are very wary of me, if his actions are known, will he still use them to gain a foothold in Kyushu? ”

After returning to Shuijiang City, Matsuura Takanobu didn't dare to ask for this Shuijiang City because he asked Matsuura Takashin if he wanted it, and Dongmenqing smiled and said: "Matsuura-kun is really cautious!" ”

Before entering the city, the Ouchi family of Yamaguchi and the king of Goto sent envoys at the same time. The envoy of the Ouchi family came up with Xu Weixue's men, and said very politely, saying that the relationship between the Ouchi family and Chinese businessmen has always been good, and I hope that Dong'men Qingkan can stop at this point, so as not to cause too much ***. Wang Zhi's side actually sent Wang Qingxi to ask Dongmenqing to "act cautiously" - but it was a half-commanding 'kiss'.

Dong 'Gate' Qing thought: "I can't last long here, and with them coming, I can take the opportunity to step down." But his face was embarrassed: "I almost died on the way to Hakata!" If I don't avenge this revenge and set up a prestige, the assassins who will harm me in the future will come in a steady stream! ”

The envoy of the Ouchi family was stunned, and Wang Qingxi even persuaded him that "it is better to settle the grievances than to settle them"!

The east 'gate' Qingdao: "It's not that I want to tie the knot, it's the people of the Longzao Temple family who want to tie the knot!" So he sent someone to bring the Ryuzoji Iekan and Nabeshima Kiyofang, pointed to the Iekane's nose and said angrily: "Old man! Why did you send someone to kill me! ”

Jiajian was not healed from his injuries at this time, but he still supported it with a willpower, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "You insulted my Longzao Temple family, I naturally want to take revenge on you!" ”

"When that happened, I didn't know that Ayako was your family's fiancée!" The so-called ignorant is not guilty! After I found out, I also thought about apologizing to you! I didn't expect you to ambush me in a sneaky way! It almost killed me! That's it, but you still won't give up! Isn't it too much for me to raise an army to crusade against me just for a while? ”

Jia Jian said: "I have been defeated, if you want to kill, you can kill, why bother to say more!" ”

The East Gate Kei pointed to the envoy of the Ouchi family and said, "Look at it! It's not that I don't sell Ouchi-sama's face, it's just that this old guy is really stubborn! If you keep him, how can you have no trouble? I'm just a passer-by in Japan, and I'm going back to Daming when the north wind rises! It doesn't matter if I don't come to Japan in the future! But if this affects the Matsuura brothers, how can I be at ease? "I'm going to kill my family and end up in trouble! Said: "All the charges of killing will be mine!" ”

The envoy of the Ouchi family was secretly happy when he heard that he had no intention of staying in Japan for a long time, and then heard that he was going to kill the family, and thought: "If you die a family, you can send away this evil star, and it will be a blessing for Japan!" "Verbally dissuaded, but not so active.

Wang Qingxi discerned the 'color', saw the clue, and thought: "The meaning of the leader and the second leader is that they don't want to make a big deal!" If I can't do this errand well, I still let Wang Qing kill Jia Jian, and I'm afraid that I will be blamed when I go back. And he continued to exhort.

Jia Jian is the most voiceless person among all the people present, but he is an old man'! Seeing the expression of the envoy of the Ouchi family, he guessed the change in the other party's mind, and said secretly: "They are going to abandon me and the dragon temple family to take care of the overall situation!" "Before the incident, he had a secret agreement with the Ouchi family: after the deed, the Ryuzoji family would be a subsidiary of the Ouchi family, and the Ouchi family would support the Ryuzoji family to take revenge on the Shaoji family. But now that the situation has changed, the Ouchi family has the heart to abandon the Ryuzoji family, if it is abandoned by the Ouchi family, then the Ryuzoji family, which is currently very weak, will become a vine without a big tree to climb, and will wilt on the ground and be trampled on!

This kind of change is extremely common in Japan's Warring States, but the same thing that happens to others is different from what happens to oneself, so after seeing through it, I can't help but feel a sadness in my heart.

Over there, Wang Qingxi was still trying his best to stay, saying that if the East 'Gate' Keiken stopped, he could ask the Ouchi family to come forward and unite with the Daimyo Society of Yamaguchi and Kyushu to exert pressure to make the Ryuzoji family and the Matsuura family reconcile as before.

At this time, even Nabeshima Qingfang understood it, and thought: "The changes in the world are really unpredictable!" Now it's this Tang people who are trying their best to help us, and the Ouchi family can't wait for us to hurry up in order to let the east 'gate' celebrate leaving! The hand quietly touched Iekane, who shook his head lightly and closed his eyes, which means: There is no way.

The corner of Dongmen' Qing's eyes swept away, as if he saw something, and waved his right hand repeatedly, saying that Wang Qingxi's suggestion was not feasible! Li Chengtai, who was hiding in the shadows, saw him waving his hand, so he ran out, saying that the full-moon monk of the Longzao Temple family was here, and the east 'gate' celebrated: "It's just right!" Let him in! ”

I saw a young fat man panting and ran in, it was Jiajian's great-grandson Yuanyue, he was followed by a little boy less than ten years old, Jiajian and Qingfang have been very calm, they were taken aback when they saw them, and scolded: "What are you doing here!" ”

This young fat man is naturally the full moon, and the boy is Nabeshima Nobuo, the son of Nabeshima Kiyofang-Nabeshima Naoshige, who later changed his name to Nabeshima Naoshige.

When the full moon asked, she said, "Tang Ke sent people into the city, saying that as long as I came, they would release my great-grandfather." "It turned out that the East 'Gate' Qingban Master sent someone back on the way, saying that the Longzao Temple family was too old, and if he killed him, it would be detrimental to his wisdom, and Nabeshima Qingfang was a loyal minister, and he was unwilling to kill Zhongliang. If any of these two children and grandchildren are willing to take their place, he may consider sparing them.

Pu Chi Jian Sheng didn't believe these words of the East 'Gate' Qing, only the full moon stood up and expressed her willingness to exchange for her great-grandfather. And the people obeyed his high righteousness, and they did not hinder him. Nabeshima Kiyofu's son, Nabeshima Nobuo, who was not yet ten years old at this time, actually volunteered to accompany the full moon to come, walked to the east 'gate' kei, and said prostrately: "Please let my father go with the east 'gate'!" I am willing to die in my father's place! ”

Seeing that he was young, he had a child's innocence and persistence, and he couldn't help but laugh, but when he heard about it, he paused again and again, and roared: "I'm almost a hundred years old!" What's the matter with being dead! You are the hope of our family, how can you run to die! "Pushing the full moon aside, he fell to his knees at the feet of the East Gate.

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I will leave for Beijing on the 26th tomorrow to attend the annual meeting in Beijing and come back on the evening of the 28th.

I have prepared two chapters to save the manuscript, so the 26th and 27th should be guaranteed, and the 28th may be stopped for a day. Everyone's forgiveness.