In the fifth year of the Yuan Turtle, that is, in the year 1572 AD in the Western calendar.

At dawn on the fourth day of the fifth month, a shocking prison robbery occurred under Kishiwada Castle. On the same day, Anzhai Qingkang took the initiative to end his vacation early, took his subordinates to work overtime, and returned to the transportation work. Ina, Konishi, Hattori and others suspected some connections, but they were powerless to stop it for a while.

At noon on the fifth day of the fifth month of the fifth month, preparations were finally made, and Hattori Haruan boarded the clipper, led the temporary gathering of 300 sailors, galloped along the coastline, and tracked the convoy of the Ataku family south.

On the evening of the sixth day of the fifth month, Hirate received an urgent report from Izumi, but he was hundreds of miles away, and he didn't have time to do anything.

In the early morning of the seventh day of the fifth month, Haruyasu Hattori chased him to Kumano Beach and found a large number of wrecks on the shore, as well as several stranded ships.

Late at night on the eighth day of the fifth lunar month, the news was transmitted back to Kishiwada Castle.

On the afternoon of the 10th day of the first month of May, the Hirate Honhide in Yamato received information and urgently halted the departure plan of the whole army.

On the morning of 13 May, Governor Konishi rushed to Xinguishan Castle in light clothes and explained this series of accidents.

……

"Coming?"

Lying on a special wooden recliner, he closed his eyes and recuperated, without even moving his eyebrows, and his voice was weak and long, revealing very complex emotions.

"It's coming!"

Captain Konishi, who had come day and night in the stars and moon, was covered with dust on his trouser legs, his shoulders were soaked in rainwater, his face was grim, his eyes were red, and as soon as he entered the door, he only answered one sentence, and then fell to his knees on the ground.

"Your injuries aren't healed, are you? It must be very hard all the way, so don't be bound by etiquette, how comfortable and how to sit! Seisuke, go get some hot food for Konishiden. ”

After a long time, he opened his eyes, cast his gaze, and nodded slightly.

"Yes!"

The attendant known as "Seisuke" took the order and left.

"The subordinates are terrified." Konishi Yukichang lay on the ground in an orderly manner and did not move, "Subordinate...... has been entrusted by the lord, and he is ashamed in his heart, and he has no face to see. ”

"Okay...... Pingshou Fan Xiu slowly stood up, and his tone was a little more neutral, "It's all here, what else do you say 'shameless'?" I can't blame you for this, if you want to say negligence, it also starts with me. ”

When he speaks, Hite's tone is so sincere that the listener doesn't even feel the ingredients of acting at all.

As a powerful monarch with a high reputation, he does not need to shirk his responsibilities to avoid controversy, but sometimes takes the initiative to admit his shortcomings, which can be better.

This surprised Konishi Yuki-tacho.

The expected storm did not come true.

"Lord...... I'm really sorry for your trust......" Konishi Yukicho got up with a choked voice, his eyes reddening even more. But instead of "how to sit comfortably" as instructed, he straightened his back, knelt on the ground, and tried his best to show the "manners" that a samurai should have.

"That's it!" Pingshou Fan Xiu waved his hand expressionlessly, "The gossip is over, now let's get to the point, what is the situation of the whole thing?" How much information is there currently that is worth creding? ”

"Yes!"

Governor Konishi bowed again, quickly stepped out of his personal emotions, and answered the question attentively: "We have a witness on the spot and a captive about the robbery, and we basically know the details. Although there is no direct witness to the matter of the Anzhai family's fleet, there are many people involved, and the specific process can also be inferred from multiple comparisons. The current judgment is ......"

In this way, it did not stop for a quarter of an hour.

Mori Ryotsu, also known as "Narisuke", brought tea and rice, but it was also put aside.

In the course of a quarter of an hour, President Konishi gave a detailed account of what he knew so far.

It turned out that it all started last month.

At that time, the shogunate was blindly optimistic about defeating Takeda, and the general public opinion in Kinai was unfavorable to the Hite.

So Heide ordered the ninja department and the left-behind personnel to once again strengthen the arrest and prevention of the "Takeda spies", and it is best to get a few big cases out, and change the direction to achieve the effect of "raising self-respect".

It just so happened that in Kishiwada City, there were so many unidentified and worthless captives.

As a left-behind officer, Governor Konishi thought that most of these people were wronged, but it was not ruled out that one or two of them might be hidden very well and not found out, so he made a "fake prison robbery" drama in an attempt to put a long line and catch a big fish.

In principle, this plan was verbally approved by Hirate Hohide, and Mitsuya Tarao was informed to cooperate. But after all, hundreds of miles apart, the specific implementation is "cheap".

So on the night of the fourth day of the fifth lunar month, Konishi Yukicho launched a "fake prison robbery".

According to the plan, all the prison guards will be mesmerized. Unfortunately, the low-level samurai from Owari, named Suzuki Kobei, had a special physique and strong drug resistance, so he woke up halfway and ran to a nearby sentry for help.

At the sentry, Governor Konishi had already greeted him and ignored the matter.

At this time, the ninja troops of the Takeda family also arrived here, and they really wanted to rob the prison. - It is speculated that they escaped the inspection through their relationship with Kiyoyasu Ataka. During this time, Hattori Haruan was very strict with Wada Castle on the other side, and caravans of more than five people had to be registered and filed before they were released.

The real prison robbers, clearing the perimeter and ensuring that the surroundings were quiet and unoccupied, killed the fake prison robbers, and immediately withdrew with the target.

It just so happened that Suzuki Kobei came back from the sentry post and hit a time difference, just avoiding the Takeda ninja's vigilance on the periphery and hitting the spot.

For a moment, both sides were stunned.

That night, Suzuki Kobei can be described as loyal and brave, thick and thin, and used deception to make the other party mistakenly think that there were people behind him.

So the Takeda ninja team heard the news and fled.

And Suzuki Kobei, who killed two enemies and injured one enemy, fainted from excessive blood loss.

According to normal thinking, the Takeda ninja finally managed to sneak in, and theoretically should have to stay for a few more days. However, due to the accident that night, they may have felt uneasy, so they launched an emergency evacuation, and left Izumi early with the help of the Ataku family's fleet.

Then, on the sea route, these ninjas used some method to convince, or control, or possibly kidnap Kiyoyasu Ataka and some of his cronies and close attendants, and ordered the fleet to change course directly to Suruga controlled by the Takeda family under the guise of their name.

But this order was obviously illogical, and the prestige of Azuku Kiyoyasu was not enough for his retainers to obey him unconditionally.

The sailors questioned this and demanded that Kiyoyasu Yasuku himself come out and explain.

And the Takeda ninjas obviously can't give any explanation.

Eventually, unrest was caused.

The Takeda ninjas were few in number, and they were far from being the opponents of the sailors. But unbeknownst to them, they set traps on each ship in advance.

Of the seventeen ships, fifteen suddenly caught fire and burned, only two, and it is not known whether the trap failed, or the sailors were alert and avoided danger.

In the midst of the fire, Kiyoyasu Ataka and his cronies, as well as the group of Takeda ninjas, did not know where they went, perhaps drowned, or escaped by some unknown means.

The surviving sailors gathered on the Kumano Beach.

……

Since the cup has happened, it is useless to regret it.

Pingshou Fanxiu sighed softly, almost inaudible, and then immediately straightened up, and only asked one question:

"What is the actual loss?"

President Konishi replied immediately without thinking:

"There are still 2,000 koku of grain and 500 koku of wood, which are placed in the Kumano area. Inaiden has already arranged a new plan to transport it to its destination in Owari in ten days. ”

"It's hard for him." Hirata nodded.

"Lord, this time his subordinates really deserve death...... "After finishing business, Governor Konishi fell his whole body to the ground again.

"Let's go and rest first, don't rush back to Shore Hetian City, be on call at any time, there may be something for you to do in a few days." The tie didn't pay attention to it, and he gave an eviction order.

"Thank you for not giving up!" When President Konishi heard that there was still a task in a few days, he knew that he would not lose the opportunity to climb up because of this incident, so he finally relieved himself and sincerely bowed down his gratitude.

Then he took the tea and rice from Mori Ryotsu and gave it a salute.

Then, Hirate met with the other two who had come together.

Kota Dorao's reaction was even greater than that of Yukinaga Konishi, prostrate on the ground, trembling and sweating, constantly reviewing the dereliction of duty of the ninja troops.

It is said that after Nadorao Mitsujun retired, the family was divided into three, and the port inspection figure was temporarily handed over to the boss Kota, so this time it was indeed his dereliction of duty.

However, at the end of last year, Inu had already chosen his family's daughter to be the maid of Yan Chiyomaru - to put it bluntly, she was the "officially designated" side room candidate.

For this reason, how can a tie show give him a little face, at most he will take back the real power, and he will rise and fall secretly.

Unexpectedly, through a little bit of this meaning, Natara Oko was too unhappy and happy, and took the initiative to admit that "his ability is limited, and he doesn't dare to take any heavy responsibility".

He doesn't show that he loves the power stack, he doesn't have any enterprising spirit, he just wants to be a relative of the emperor who eats and waits for death, and lives entirely on nepotism.

It's not impossible.

Heishou Heishu verbally agreed, and reassured, promising that the future difficult work would be assigned to his two younger brothers, Mitsuya and Mitsuhiko.

In addition to this, no serious accusations were made against the intelligence services as a whole, and no unrealistic orders such as "clearing the territory of spies within ten days" were not issued.

Because it is impossible to achieve, even if you say it strongly, you are just forcing the people below to engage in some image projects that deceive the superiors and subordinates.

Stronger tracking is of course necessary, but it must be done by the right people. The person in front of him is obviously not very suitable.

Send away Dorao Kota, followed by Nagashu Masa.

The reason why this man is here is very simple and straightforward:

No money!

"In order to reraise enough food and grass to support the departure of the army in the shortest possible time, Ina-sama emptied the warehouse, owed two more debts, and forced several payments not to be approved, including ...... Even including...... Including the daily ...... of the ladies and young masters"

"What's Kaicho's reaction?"

"Boss Tsuda of Tennoji Temple said that he didn't have much money on hand, and Boss Imai of Naya proposed a very bold plan, and Ina-sama didn't dare to take matters into his own hands......"