When everyone retreated, Lan Xiang and I were left in the room, and this young man looked at me with burning eyes. I smiled slightly, took out a small box from the table bucket, and handed it to Lan Xiang.

The young man took the box tremblingly, his face flushed with excitement. When I opened the box, I saw the handkerchief he had given me. Pick it up and unfold it, and it is the word "cherished" written by Ah Shi in blood!

Lan Xiang, who had endured it for many years, finally couldn't hold back anymore and began to cry! This is the sad tears of a wanderer who has left his mother for more than ten years! For the sake of his lost childhood, and for the longed-for and unobtainable family affection......

I watched him cry, and I actually felt 10,000 feelings in my heart. Even though I am now a human being in my thirties, I still feel sour, my eyes are swollen, and my nose is sour, but I suppress my sadness in order to maintain my image.

Lan Xiang cried for a while, raised his head and asked me weakly, "Mother, is she...... Is she doing well? ”

But the eyes did not dare to look at me, for fear that I would give an answer that I did not want.

I said lightly: "Good or not, it depends on what your standard is?"

Lan Xiang was stunned, opened his mouth to speak, his lips trembled a few times, but he closed his mouth again. Yes, sometimes you ask too many questions, it's better to be silent, what can you do if you know? And what can change?

So Lan Xiang expressed his heartfelt thanks to me, and left Sakai Port to find the reclusive Honganji Xianru and complete the task I had given him.

And Kite and Sand also took people to Shikoku to contact the Saga people who were exiled in Tosa after the defeat, especially Shigehide Suzuki.

Lan also gave Chen Kui a message as I requested, and the warship fleet was heading in the direction of Deadwood Beach. The cooperation with Kiyonoya has allowed us to expand our business scope in the direction of Nara and Ise. It seems that everything is going in the desired direction.

In the past few days, my cat has been at the headquarters of the Blade Sea, concentrating on studying the swordsmanship and body technique of swallowing light. I feel more and more. With this sword technique, I can almost be regarded as a new identity!

From now on, I can maintain the image of a samurai with Iaija as the core; In the shadow behind me, I can become a shadow in the darkness and do things that cannot be done under the light.

The Falling Moon Sword Technique and the Enclosed Shadow Accompanying Body Technique must be used in combination to maximize the effect. Both of them are based on fast, highlighting the secret, I have the foundation of the psychic technique, the cold crystal earth fire technique and the Juhe slash, coupled with the deep accumulation of cleaners in the previous life, learning this assassination type of swordsmanship, that is really twice the result with half the effort!

In the past few days, he has made a major breakthrough in practice, and he can already use his body and sword moves very freely. With the blessing of the Cold Crystal Earth Fire Technique, it is more powerful and more ruthless.

The wounds of the cattle and sheep used for the experiment were burned by the ground fire, and the wounds were extremely difficult to recover, so in order to avoid them from suffering too much, they were immediately stewed or boiled after the experiment.

The time of concentration is always rushed, and I am immersed in hard training every day, completely forgetting about things outside of my body. Soon, however, this rapid pace of improvement was disrupted – because the things I cared about the most came to fruition over the next few days.

All in all, it was a mixed bag, but my mood was quite unhappy, and the situation was as follows:

Shibata Katsuya launched a surprise attack on Uesugi Keikatsu in Echigo as agreed! The Uesugi clan didn't expect that Shibata Katsuya, who was hostile to Hashiba Hideyoshi at all, would actually take the initiative to attack him, but he had no choice but to meet the enemy in a hurry, and he really suffered a big loss on the battlefield.

By the time Shibata Katsuya Cage Castle Tochio Castle arrived, Uesugi Keikatsu was already panicking, because after Tochio Castle, it was the Uesugi Katsukatsu Castle of the Uesugi family, so in a trance, the command and dispatch were even more chaotic, and the battle soon showed a one-sided defeat.

In this case, Shibata Katsuya did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but started peace talks with Uesugi Keikatsu. Uesugi Keikatsu was inexplicable, but the envoys responded that the Shibata Army was indeed negotiating peace with sincerity, so the two sides concluded an alliance under Tochio Castle and made a treaty of mutual non-aggression and mutual assistance.

On this one, Shibata Katsuya did a pretty good job! Militarily, he is indeed worthy of the first-class military generals of the Warring States. But in other respects, Shibata Katsuie's actions are not so satisfactory.

After Oda Nobuo's violent death, I immediately sent someone to inform him, but Shibata Katsuie's political wisdom is really embarrassing - shouldn't the operation at this time be the first to send someone to take over Owari and Ise?

Oda Nobutaka was in his hands, the three mages were in his hands, and he had a million reasons to take over the land, but he didn't, but hesitated. For unknown reasons, it was delayed for ten days.

As a result, Hideyoshi Hashiba personally led his troops to Kiyoshu Castle a few days later, and seized de facto control of Kiyoshu Castle in the name of condolences to Oda Nobuo, while his power quickly expanded to Owari and Ise, and reached the throats of Shibata Katsuya and Takigawa Kazuyi!

When I heard the news, I really vomited a mouthful of black blood on the ground, could it be that in the muscular mind of the Shibata Katsuie, the value of Oda Nobuo only lies in his symbolism as a candidate successor to the head of the family?

On several other matters, after receiving a handwritten letter written by Nobutaka Oda in place of the three masters, Ikeda Hengxing replied with tears in his eyes, expressing his firm support for the legitimacy of the three masters and his willingness to assist the three masters and continue the glory of the Oda family. Although I don't know what he thinks, he is very resolute, and it is impossible for Hideyoshi Hashiba to fully trust him as before.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will take root and sprout, and all that is needed is time and nourishment, and this step has achieved my goal.

But on the issue of Niwa Nagahide, Shibata Katsuya behaved very immaturely - after the denunciation letter was sent to Niwa Nagahide, Niwa Nagahide pretended to be deaf and dumb, silent, and completely pretended not to receive the letter. At this time, Shibata Katsuya should be said to have taken the full initiative, but he had no awareness of this at all, and he was silent......

Niwa Nagahide's silence is his delaying tactic, won't you, Shibata Katsuya, denounce him with great fanfare under the banner of the Three Mages? Say he's a thief! Say he's speechless! Said that he can't just repent, he should take practical action!

In short, Shibata Katsuya has countless ways to pry open the door of Niwa Nagahide, but this second goods chose the most blood-vomiting one - silence.

Moreover, you must not give the cunning fox Hideyoshi Hashiba a chance to breathe, and at the same time trust him and openly let him crusade against Niwa Nagahide! Limited time! Limited mode! Limited effect! At least take him to the next level! As a result, Shibata Katsuya is still silent! Silent! Silent!

Later, the cunning Hashiba Hideyoshi received a letter to the three masters, saying that the precious potions that Niwa Nagahide had taken before were all gifts from him, and that they were a tribute to the Maori family's peace crusade. Just took this page lightly, and even beat it, instead of separating his relationship with Niwa Nagahide, the two were tied together!

And then there is the treatment of the righteous son Shibata Katsutoyo, what is the relationship between the two "father and son", is there really no pressure in Shibata Katsu's heart? I made it very clear at the time, recruit him back, return to myself, give him a high-ranking official, a high-ranking official in name only, and let him live in everyone's sight as a symbol of harmony between father and son, and live high in everyone's sight.

However, Shibata Katsuya did not deal with it in this way, he gave Shibata Katsutoyo an official knighthood, and gave soldiers and horses grain and grass, in an attempt to win Shibata Katsutoyo's heart in this way.

There is a way that a weasel gives a New Year's greeting to a chicken - not well-intentioned, Shibata Katsu harvested so many sudden gifts from this father who had a cold relationship, and his heart was extremely uneasy! Think this is a sign that the singer is ready to clean up and stabilize himself first! In a panic, Hashiba Hideyoshi hooked his finger at him, and Shibata Katsutoyo took his own subordinate city and took refuge in Hashiba Hideyoshi without hesitation!

Damn the fire! Damn the more you help! With a brain like Shibata Katsuya, why should he follow the example of others and jump out to fight for the world? When I received these news, I threw the letter to the ground in anger, and in an instant I even had the urge to help Hideyoshi Hashiba attack Shibata Katsuie! I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, I'm afraid of pig-like teammates!

After calming down, I sat there and seriously thought about the possibility of abandoning Shibata Katsuya and instead assisting the other daimyo against Hideyoshi - regardless of the difficulty of building a relationship from scratch, what about the daimyo that could be chosen?

The Maori family, the Maori Terugen mediocrity, and the "Maori Liangchuan" under his subordinates - Yoshikawa Motoharu and Kobayakawa Takakei are all optimus pillars, and their appeasement policy towards Yushiba Hideyoshi will not change because I am an outsider. PASS！

The Uesugi family and the Takeda family, the two big families that were originally the most powerful in the dragon fight, are now the second generation in power, and they are not dead or alive, so it is better to forget it as soon as possible.

The Hojo family is a family business, monolithic, and it can't penetrate at all.

Date family, since Date Plant, the family has produced many talents, but the family concept is too strong, and there is no possibility of infiltration. "One-eyed Dragon" Date Masamune is so powerful that I don't have the confidence to win him in a fool's way, plus the location is relatively remote, forget it.

The Satake family, the power is too small, and it is a word hall of Satake Yoshishige, which has no value.

Changzong my family, Changzong and my relatives are worthy of cooperation, but they are too old, and his children and grandchildren are all together, I don't want to experience the pain of "starting a business before half and the emperor is in the middle of the road", cut love!

The Shimazu family, Shimazu Yoshihisa is one of the few wise generals in the world, it is difficult to convince, and the ambition of the Shimazu family is limited to the unification of Kyushu, and there is no yearning for the world, which is a pity.

Who else? Sanada family? I'm still working part-time!

After thinking about it for a while, it seemed that there was no more suitable candidate than Shibata Katsuie, so I could only grit my teeth, pick up the paper and pen that had been thrown on the ground, and give Shibata Katsuya a book.

Indignant, my reply was just two words: "Roger!" "I didn't even pay for it. But on second thought, what is the difference between replying to a letter like this and directly tearing up the covenant? So I shredded the piece of paper, took out a new one, densely filled with my own opinions and suggestions, and asked the messenger to send it out as soon as possible!

After the letter was sent, I sat heavily in my chair, Shibata Katsuie, Shibata Katsuie! That's all I can do, what kind of fate you have depends on your own creation!

On our side, the situation is much better overall. Kite and sand have the best effect, Suzuki Shigehide was seriously injured in the battle of Ishiyama Honganji, will be raised for half a year, has just recovered his vitality, and is gritting his teeth and wanting revenge! As a result, drowsiness met a pillow, and the lobbyists were two old acquaintances, Kite and Sha, so they naturally agreed. He will do his best to help us and let the Oda family fight the Oda family.

With this alone, I am equal to thousands of more elite musketeers, which is a force to be reckoned with in the era of cold* alternation!

Honganji Temple, as expected, asked for a sky-high price, showing the ugly face of a monk, asking for people, money, food, and equipment. I sent someone to tell him a sentence: "The last train, come up, come up, if you don't come up, never come up." Then he ordered Lan Xiang to cut off contact with him.

Honganji is a monk who is very unwilling to be mediocre, and when he saw that he failed to kill me, but was defeated by me, he thought that I was a person worthy of cooperation, so he took the initiative to send someone to communicate with me, and this time his attitude was much more sincere. After going back and forth, the two sides finally reached a plan to cooperate and launch a "one shot, one shot" plan within the sphere of influence of Hashiba Hideyoshi and Niwa Nagahide.

When all these big aspects are dealt with, it will be the end of the month. That's all I can do, and I can only do my best and obey the destiny of God!

One morning at the end of the month, Arashi suddenly came to me and said that the "Barracuda" was in place.

I smiled at each other with the Nine Ghosts Masataka, it's finally here! So I ordered that all matters in the headquarters of the blade sea should be decided by Kite, Mo, and Shu without regret. And I took the nine ghosts Masataka and Lan, got on the boat and left the port, heading straight for the "barracuda" that stayed at the edge of the dead wood beach.