Matsugami Castle Castle Tower, where Matsugami Yoshiyuki and Matsugami Yoshinobu father and son are discussing how to deal with Matsugami Yoshimitsu's transgression.

"Father, I wonder how the family will deal with the conflict between the head of the family, Yoshimitsu Matsukami, and the Katayama family without permission a few days ago?" In the castle tower, Matsugami Yoshinobu, the young master of the Matsugami family, asked his father Matsugami Yoshiyuki with some curiosity. In fact, the news of Matsugami Yoshimitsu having a duel with the Katayama family at the junction of the Matsugami family and the Katayama family reached Matsugami Castle on the same day. During the Warring States Period, it was a very serious matter for retainers to fight with others without the permission of the lord, and any retainers who offended this iron rule were exiled at worst and had their titles reduced. But three days have passed, and Matsugami Yoshiyuki, who is the lord, has not made a statement on this matter, which makes Matsugami Yoshinobu very puzzled.

Matsugami Yoshiyuki listened to his son's question and said with a smile. "Yoshinobu, do you have any doubts about the fact that the main hall did not immediately dispose of Matsugami Yoshimitsu?"

"This ......," Matsugami Yoshinobu said nothing, silently expressing his approval of his father's question.

Matsugami Yoshimitsu saw that his son did not speak, and continued. "Matsugami Yoshimitsu sent troops to fight against the Katayama family without the permission of the main hall, no matter what he was for, the main hall must severely punish him, otherwise the face of the main hall will not be preserved, and the law of the family will not exist. However, if the main hall is too eager to do this, I am afraid that it will attract the dissatisfaction of many retainers. That's why the main hall didn't punish Matsugami Yoshimitsu in the first place. After a pause, Matsugami continued. In fact, even if you don't mention it, the Japanese temple is ready to send someone to hold him accountable. Matsugami Yoshimitsu has developed too fast since he joined the family, and the main hall just took advantage of this incident to suppress him. In this way, he will be your arm in the future and will not lose his tail. ”

"Father, Matsugami Yoshimitsu has made a great contribution to his family after all. On weekdays, there is no dissent. As for Matsugami Yoshimitsu sending troops without authorization, it is related to the law of his own family that cannot be punished. But it shouldn't be too harsh. In the next thought it is better to take the middle. Matsugami Yoshinobu saw that Matsugami Yoshinori was going to be severely punished, and Matsugami Yoshimitsu immediately spoke out to dissuade him, after all, in his opinion, Matsugami Yoshimitsu was still very useful.

"There is no dissent. Ha ha. Matsugami Yoshiyuki said with a sneer. Righteousness, you have to understand. For a head of a family, sometimes too many retainers have made too many meritorious contributions, and the expansion of strength is too fast, which is the biggest dissent. Not to mention anything else, a few days ago, Matsugami Yoshimitsu single-handedly defeated the Katayama family. Whatever he managed to do that, he's got to the point. Don't you have a little worry about that? ”

"This ......, the son really didn't expect it, please ask my father for guidance." Matsugami Yoshinobu was in a cold sweat by Matsugami Yoshiyuki's words, and he really didn't care about this.

"Hey~~~." Seeing Matsugami Yoshinobu in such a shape, Matsugami Yoshiyuki sighed and said to him in a serious voice. "Yoshinobu, the main hall is now in his fifties, while Matsugami Yoshimitsu is only in his twenties. Of course, Matsugami Yoshimitsu had no dissenting intentions when the main hall was in the main hall. But once the temple dies, how can you restrain him? If he can't be used by you in the future, even if he is a man of all trades, what good will it be to our family. The main hall has worked so hard to suppress the development of Matsugami Yoshimitsu precisely so that he will become your auxiliary minister and not a scourge to your family. ”

"Father, I will definitely honor the Matsugami family." Matsugami Yoshinobu didn't expect Matsugami Yoshiyoshi to plan so much for him, and he couldn't help himself with excitement.

"Okay, that's good. You ......"

"Lord Qiqi, Lord Changlian Xin asks to see you."

Matsugami Yoshiyuki saw Matsugami Yoshinobu say this, and originally wanted to give him a few words of leniency, but at this time, the little surname who was in charge of communicating the news interrupted him. Matsugami Yoshiyuki remembered that he had summoned Nagashinobu and had something to hand over to him, so he changed his words and said to Matsugami Yoshinobu. "Yoshinobu, the main hall summoned Lord Nagachain to come precisely to deal with Matsugami Yoshimitsu's matter. You go down first. ”

"Haha." Matsugami Yoshinobu saw that Matsugami Yoshiyuki had something to deal with, so he had to get up and leave. Then the long chain letter walked in.

"The long chain letter greets the lord, I don't know what the lord is rushing to come down for?" When the long chain letter entered, he first saluted Matsukami, then straightened up and waited for his order.

"Long chain, this palace has something to do with you." Matsugami Yoshiyuki didn't go around in circles, and directly stated the purpose of his summoning the long chain letter.

The long chain letter saw that Matsugami Yoshiyuki had a task to hand over to himself, and hurriedly said. "My lord, please speak, and I will do my best to fulfill the trust of my lord."

"Haha, okay." Matsugami asked after laughing. "A few days ago, the Japanese family will Matsugami Yoshimitsu and Katayama's family have a fight at the junction of the two families, and you know about the long chain."

"This ......" After listening to Matsugami Yoshiyuki's words, the long chain letter couldn't help but think secretly in his heart. The territory of the main family is not very large, and the incident between Matsugami Yoshimitsu and the Katayama family is now almost known to everyone. Why did the lord ask me if I knew about this? Isn't this a multi-pronged move. By the way, Matsugami Yoshimitsu has been greatly strengthened recently. In addition, he went to war with the Katayama family for no reason, which was somewhat excessive. Will the lord beat him? I'll have to be careful.

Long Chain Letter said cautiously after making up his mind in his heart. "I've heard of this before. The lord mentioned this today, I don't know why? ”

Matsugami Yoshiyuki saw that the long chain letter said cautiously, knowing that he was going to pretend to be confused with himself, and said directly. "Long chain, you are clear about the laws of this family, Matsugami Yoshimitsu violated the rules of this family by starting a war with the Katayama family without permission. In addition, a few days have passed since this incident, and he has come to Songshang Castle to plead guilty to the main hall, which is really hateful. The main hall wants to send you to summon Matsugami Yoshimitsu to Matsugami Castle to hold this matter accountable. Otherwise, the majesty of the main hall will not be preserved. ”

Matsugami Yoshiyuki said lightly. But as soon as the long chain letter heard it, he secretly said that it was not good, this Matsugami Yoshimitsu was afraid that he would have to shed his skin if he didn't die this time. After all, the long chain letter has a deep friendship with Matsugami Yoshimitsu, and although he knew that it would make Matsugami Yoshiyuki unhappy, he still said stubbornly. "My lord, I heard that Matsugami Yoshimitsu was forced to fight with the Katayama family, and it was not for no reason to use the sword. Lord, let's see if you can reprimand him. There is no need to delve too deeply into the hearts of the retainers. ”

"Bastard." Matsugami Yoshiyuki was furious after hearing the words of the long chain letter. He said angrily. "Long chain, you don't need to say much about this. First, Matsugami Yoshimitsu violated the laws of his own family, if he did not severely punish the majesty of his family, where would he be placed? In both cases, he did not take the initiative to plead guilty after the incident. The main hall wants to see if there is still the lord of the main hall in his eyes, whether he wants to stand on his own. Now the temple has commanded you to go and inform him. If he does not arrive at Matsugami Castle within two days, the main hall will personally lead a large army to Matsumoto Castle to arrest him. Long chain, you are so shirky about this matter. Do you also have a heart of disobedience? ”

"How dare you do it below, the lord can rest assured that this matter will be done in the future." After seeing Matsugami Yoshiyuki's anger, the long chain letter hurriedly knelt down and said. .....

On the second day, the long chain letter hurried to Matsumoto Castle with the Lord's righteous order.