Shinjin Guangguo has been feeling very distressed lately, very, very distressed.

Although his life in Matsugami Castle was restricted except for his freedom, he lived a very prosperous life in other aspects, worthy of his status as the young head of the Shinjin family. But Shinjin Guangguo still felt very distressed.

On the one hand, this distress comes from the transformation of one's own identity. Shintsu Mitsukoku now often remembers the humility that Matsugami Yoshiyuki showed in front of him when he led the Shin-God alliance to attack the Matsugami family. And now the situation between the two families has reversed, and even he has become a hostage of the Matsugami family. Even though Matsugami Yoshiyuki was very polite to himself, Shinjin Mitsu still felt ashamed every time he thought about his current situation.

Another source of distress is anxiety about the future. By the time he left the Shintsu Pavilion, his father had been seriously injured, and Mrs. Yuno and Shintsu Yusada were eyeing the position of the head of the family. And now he is far away in Songshang Castle. Something must have happened in Xinjin Pavilion, and then I will definitely be out of my reach. Although my father has decided to become the next head of the Shinzu family, it is not uncommon to lose his position as the head of the family because he became a hostage in this troubled world.

All this made Shintsu Mitsukoku's life in Matsugami Castle not feel easy, but because of his responsibility as the son of a samurai, he couldn't return to Shintsukan privately. Thankfully, the Matsugami family doesn't have a very tight grip on themselves, so that Shintsu Mitsukuni can go to the still prosperous castle town of Matsugami Castle every once in a while to comfort the bitterness in his heart.

That night, Shintsu Mitsukuni heard that there was a lantern festival in the castle town of Matsugami Castle, so he slipped out again as he had done the previous times. But what Shintsu Mitsukoku didn't know was that his whereabouts had already been secretly reported to Matsugami Yoshiyuki by the people who were spying on him. In fact, not only this time, but also the previous private trips of Shinjin Guangguo, Matsugami Yoshiyuki, also knew. However, Matsugami Yoshiyuki believed that Shintsu Mitsukoku did not have the courage to secretly flee back to the Shintsu family, so he was "tolerant" of such things. Now Matsugami Yoshiyuki's "tolerance" has rewarded him, after all, some things are not good to do blatantly. ......

Matsugami Castle castle town. Today, Matsujojo Castle is a sea of lanterns, with countless orange and red lanterns hanging in rows on both sides of the street, and countless men and women in beautiful kimonos, clogs, and orange lanterns singing and dancing. There are also many vendors selling snacks and knick-knacks on both sides of the castle, making it a bustling scene.

Shinjin Guangguo, who was originally in a bad mood, couldn't help but relax when he saw this scene, and danced with the crowd around him, but what he didn't expect was that at this time, two samurai with katanas and ghost masks were quickly rushing towards him. As soon as the two ghost-faced warriors approached, they couldn't wait to draw their swords and slash at his vital point, but Shinjin Guangguo was also a battle-hardened after all, and he quickly reacted to avoid his vital point, only allowing his arm to be slightly injured. After escaping the first round of assassination by the two ghost-faced samurai, Shintsu immediately distanced himself from them and drew his katana to confront them.

Shintsu Mitsukuni shouted loudly as he clenched his katana with both hands and confronted the two ghost-faced samurai. "Tell me, you two shameless people who are doing assassination behind people's backs, who sent you to assassinate my Shinjin Guangguo. If you tell the truth, I, Guangguo, can spare your life. ”

Of course, the two ghost-faced samurai didn't say anything, and after they couldn't strike a blow, they quickly rushed towards Shinjin Kokuni with their katanas. Seeing this, Shinjin Guangguo didn't say anything, and rushed up to confront them. After all, Xinjin Guangguo has been taught by a famous teacher, and he still does not fall behind after a few rounds of one-on-two. The two sides soon faced off again.

"You ......," Shintsu Mitsukuni saw the two ghost-faced samurai confronting him, and was about to say a few words to shake their determination.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the third ghost-faced samurai took advantage of Shinjin Guangguo's back to stab him from behind with a katana, and these Shinjin Guangguo did not escape and were stabbed by this ghost-faced samurai at once.

"You ......," Shintsu Kokuni was about to say something about covering his stabbed point with one hand and holding a katana on the ground with the other, but at this time, how could the other two ghost-faced samurai let go of such a good opportunity. They quickly took their katanas and quickly slashed twice on both sides of Shinjin Guangguo. At this time, Shinjin Guangguo could no longer hold on, and he soon fell seriously injured and died with resentment.

After determining that Shintsu Mitsukoku was dead, the three ghost-faced samurai quickly disappeared into the castle town in defiance of the screams and chaos of the surrounding crowd. After another quarter of an hour or so, the patrol guard of Matsugami Castle arrived in a hurry. After they found out that the dead were Shinjin Mitsu Kokuni, who was a hostage in their own family, they did not dare to slack off, and soon informed Matsugami Yoshiyuki of the matter. ......

Matsugami Castle Tower.

After waiting in the castle tower for a long time, Matsugami Yoshiyuki breathed a long sigh of relief after receiving the news of Shintsu Mitsukoku's death from Ashigaru. Then he commanded his son Matsugami Yoshinobu, who was also waiting in the castle tower. "Yoshinobu, you go and make arrangements, the Tomorrow Temple will summon Doi Sajiro in the castle tower. After all, the main hall still has to inform him of the death of Shinjin Guangguo. ”

Regarding the purpose of Matsugami Yoshiyuki, Matsugami Yoshinobu did not receive the order immediately, but asked with some doubts. "Father, isn't the family going to take the opportunity to seize the Xinjin Pavilion? Sajiro Doi has always been loyal to the Shinzu family, so why don't we just kill him to prevent future troubles? ”

Although Matsugami Yoshinobu blamed himself for the fact that his family was about to take over the family business of his mother family who was going to take Yui Masamuro, he quickly adapted to Matsukami's decision. After all, this is his duty as the young master of the Matsugami family.

"Righteousness, you see. Heads of houses are not the same as retainers, and as long as we get rid of the allegiance of the enemy retainers and issue them with the security block, then a large part of these enemy retainers will be loyal to us. After the main family seized the Shintsu Pavilion, they also needed to submit to those retainers of the Shinzu family, and Sajiro Doi had a great reputation among the retainers of the Shinzu family. If he is executed rashly, it will not be conducive to the family to completely bring the Shinjin Pavilion into their hands.

In addition, the main hall of the humerus of the Xinjin family really can't bear to kill him. If Sajiro Doi can be accepted as a retainer, wouldn't the family be like a tiger. "Regarding Matsugami Yoshinobu's question, Matsugami Yoshiyuki has some serious teachings.

"Thank you for your father's teachings, and I will keep Yoshishin in mind." Matsugami Yoshinobu felt Matsugami Yoshiyuki's concern and expectations for him, and said sincerely. ......

When Matsugami Yoshinobu was about to leave the castle tower, he suddenly asked Matsugami Yoshiyuki. "Father, what should be done with the corpse of His Highness Guangguo?"

Matsugami Yoshiyuki knew what his son meant, thought for a while and said. "Tomorrow, Sajiro Doi will be buried after seeing his body."

"Haha." After Matsugami Yoshinobu achieved his goal, he quickly went to carry out the order. ......