"The Tsuchihashi clan is a famous family of Kii, and has always served the protection of generations of people, but now even if they have committed a heinous crime, how can they slaughter their family so easily? Thinking of the merit of breaking the city, let's give three hundred taels of gold, which will be counted as offsetting the merit and demerits, and will not be rewarded separately. ”

In front of the public, Hirate Hoshu finally did this to Okamishimasa.

With this attitude, it always gives the monks of the Shingon sect and the Shingon sect a face, and there are steps to go down, so that there will be no disputes on the surface.

In private, the friendship between the two parties will inevitably have some cracks because of this. However, in order to destroy the centripetal force of the Saga Party, it is certainly worth paying such a small price.

Afterwards, let Yan Chiyomaru bring enough gifts to make amends to his prospective fathers-in-law and mother-in-law.

On the other hand, Hatakeyama Takamasa was still an ancient well, looking down on the world, holding the cross and sighing softly, closing his eyes and bowing his head, saying: "Is there an immortal door in the world?" Rise and fall are the will of the Lord, so why be harsh on others? ”

Hearing this, Hisho Hasui breathed a sigh of relief.

This elder is of noble birth, experienced in a hundred battles, and is an old and skilled person, and he is insightful in the world, and he really can't be fooled. Fortunately, his heart has weakened and he is reluctant to go out of the mountain, and he is satisfied with the survival of his family name, otherwise the belonging of Kii Country is quite suspenseful.

"Thanks to the Lords of the Criminal Department...... I will be ashamed to accept it. ”

Okakishi, who was kneeling on the ground, seemed to be very satisfied.

Originally, he only attacked his former partners with the idea of replacing them, not coveting the family property of the Tsuchihashi clan, and getting three hundred taels of gold was already a surprise.

If you have power in the future, are you afraid that you will not have the opportunity to expand your land?

There are always thirty or forty large and small families in the Zaga Party who can speak. Last year, the big boss Shigehide Suzuki took a few of his closest cronies to Shikoku Island and served as the remaining guard of Nishizanuki Tianwu Castle; This year, the second master Tsuchihashi Shouzhong had the courage to stand up for his old friend to fight against the tie army, and ended up with the death of the clan; In this way, the original No. 3 person naturally took over this burden, which can be said to be a matter of course, and the melon is ripe.

If you think about it further, if you can take the opportunity to get rid of a few troublesome characters, it will be Okayoshi Masa's word hall in the future.

At this time, the attendants reported that Kinoshita Hidenaga was in charge of the trial of the "suspects of colluding with the Tsuchihashi family" reported by Okamichi Masa, and there was already a result.

Pingshou Fan Xiu was pleased to hear this, and immediately recruited him and ordered: "It just so happens that the relevant people are here, so let's tell the results publicly!" We cannot spare any sinner, nor can we wronged any innocent. ”

"Yes!" Kinoshita Shu replied confidently: "There may be some inaccuracies in the subtleties, but the general situation has been clarified by the subordinates. ”

"Good." Pingshou Fanxiu nodded with approval in his eyes: "It's not easy to figure out the truth in such a short time, thank you for your hard work!" ”

"My subordinates are deeply favored by the lord and the public, and I am afraid that I will not be able to repay them, how dare I say that I have worked hard?" Kinoshita Hidecho said a few words, and then, in Okakishi's expectant eyes, he said slowly: "Based on the report of 'enthusiastic people who should not be named', we arrested seven suspected families with the cooperation of other Saga parties. After examination, the two families of Kurikuni and Foxisland have always had close contacts with the Tsuchihashi clan, and some of the iron cannons in the enemy's formation yesterday were provided by them, but the parties argued that the gift of iron cannons was before the rebellion of Tsuchihashi Morishi. And the five families, including Satake, Mitsui, and Shimayo, have repeatedly expressed sympathy for the Tsuchihashi clan in their letters, and even some extremely arrogant and unpleasant words, but there have been no other suspicious actions, and the parties have argued that they are only emotional and have no malicious ......"

Speaking of this, the faces of the two monks of the Shingon Sect and the Ichijo Sect turned slightly clearer, and Hatakeyama Takamasa did not move at all, and the rest of the onlookers and the people of the country expressed their surprise.

Only Okamishi was disappointed.

Even immediately fidgeted, and couldn't help but shout:

"Kinoshita, yesterday wasn't ......"

He wanted to say, "Didn't yesterday give a lot of convincing evidence?" ”

But as soon as he said a few words, he stopped.

Because Gangyoshi suddenly felt that many eyes around him converged in an instant.

Some are resentful, some are contemptuous, and some are gloating.

He suddenly came to his senses. I realized that my behavior in the past few days has been very radical and has offended too many people. Although a number of small and medium-sized leaders of the Saga Party have also been recruited as backups, public opinion is completely unequal.

Unless the Tie Family does its best to help, you should honestly be a turtle with a shrunken head, and be patient to digest the current gains well, and you really shouldn't behave too flamboyantly.

However, the tie house is obviously not a "full support" posture.

This is not quite consistent with the plot discussed with Nakamura Kazushi the day before yesterday.

However, despite feeling deceived, Okamishi did not dare to show his dissatisfaction. He is actually quite forbearant by nature, and he finally broke out once recently, but he was a little uncontrollable.

What Kinoshita Hidecho said just now was that "enthusiastic people who should not be named should report and expose", which is equivalent to leaving a step down in public, and those who are a little more well-informed must already know the general truth of the matter.

If you come out to make trouble again, doesn't that seem to be unheavenly?

Anyway, he killed the old enemy Tsuchihashi Shouzhong, and got three hundred gold, so he made a lot of money, although he didn't do his full work......

This kind of entanglement is difficult to suppress by willpower after all.

After comforting himself for a while, Gangyoshi suddenly thought of something that was not quite right, and couldn't help but ask: "Lord of the Criminal Department!" Ladies and gentlemen! There is something I don't understand. Didn't you say the day before yesterday that Nakamura Hall would try these people suspected of being the Tsuchihashi clan? Why is it Kinoshita Temple who is reporting today? ”

"This ...... Of course, it's because Nakamuraden is busy. Kinoshita Hidecho made a frank gesture on the surface, but he unceremoniously snatched the conversation, smiled slightly, and asked sideways: "Yesterday, during the post-war inventory, there were some accidents, and Nakamura Hall really couldn't pull away...... As an assistant to Kii's affairs, he took his place in this matter. Do you have any objections? ”

"Hehe, how dare you, how dare you ......" While constantly scolding his mother in his heart, Gangyoshi smiled honestly, "It's just a casual question." ”

He thought he knew the reason for the failure, and he didn't dare to have any opinions on the draw in his heart, but he hated Kinoshita Hidecho.

Fighting for power and profit, factional struggles, and the tie family is not exempt from vulgarity.

"Although the poor monk only listened, after listening, he felt that Kinoshita Hall had investigated very carefully, was clearly organized, had sufficient arguments, and the conclusions were very reliable."

"Seconded. If you have any doubts, you may want to speak them up and let them know about them—as long as there is nothing in your argument that cannot be made public. ”

The representatives of the Shingon Sect and the Shingon Sect came out at this moment and said a few words of yin and yang.

The two monks looked at Okakishimasa with unkind eyes, but looked at Kinoshita Hidenaga with very friendly eyes.

They may not be able to see the hidden things in the matter, but it is difficult to control the emotions of young people once they are on the top. "Internal traitors" often draw more hatred than "external enemies", and the "honest people" who have always been steady and reliable suddenly become dishonest, and the strong contrast formed is really too great.

"Ahem......"

Pingshou took in everyone's reactions, but pretended not to know, and only cleared his throat to calm everyone down. Then he pretended to think about it carefully, and then said: "In this case, there is indeed a big problem in Liguo and Fox Island, but if the crime is not death, one-third of the territory will be confiscated, and the head of the family will shave his hair and live in seclusion as punishment." As for the five families of Satake, Mitsui, and Shima, although there are no evil deeds, the inappropriate words are also out of proportion, and each has a territory cut into a piece, and the head of the family closes the door for three months to reflect on it. ”

The two companies that Gangyoshi is focusing on exposing have retained more than half of their strength, and the other five have only received symbolic punishments. Obviously, these seven families will become die-hard "oppositionists," and even if Okyoshi is the big leader of the Saga Party in the future, it will be difficult for him to sit in a stable position.

On the other hand, since the Tsuchihashi clan is dead, there is always no way to resurrect it. The leniency of the remnants of the Shingon sect and the Shingon sect comforted them.

No one noticed that the territory occupied by the Saga Party was not included in the original land seizure plan this year. I don't know the specific number of land properties of each family, how can we carry out the operation of "confiscating one-third" and "cutting off one-percent"?

…………

After the end, Okamishi Masashi finally found Kazushi Nakamura, who was too busy to touch the ground, and got a private answer.

"Kinoshita Hidenaga...... This person didn't have any grudges with me before, probably because he had recently colluded with Honda Masanobu, right? Honda Masanobu has a close relationship with the Ichijo sect, and he has always been on good terms with me, and as a Yubi and Shusawa bi, he is also capable enough to do tricks and feet, so that I am temporarily trapped in general affairs...... This thing seems to be a lot like Honda's style, probably he instructed it! Speaking of which, Yamauchi Hall became a general of Beidai, and Kawada Hall was sent to Shikoku, and now I really don't have any acquaintances in the center to speak......"

Nakamura Kazushi really doesn't like Honda Masanobu very much in his heart, and he has no friendship with Kinoshita Hidecho at all, and he is worried that "no acquaintance can speak in the center" is also true, so this statement is not completely fake, at least half of it is solid.

Moreover, this plan was indeed instigated by Honda Masanobu.

Although it was approved by Tie Hoshu in advance, and Nakamura Kazushi was notified in advance, it was still very dissatisfying.

And Okamishi is already 90% convinced, because this explanation is completely in line with his life experience.

"Alas...... I can't blame Nakamura Temple, it's all my own lack of preparation. Okakishimasa shook his head remorsefully, "What will happen to Saga in the future?" ”

"Actually, I tested the meaning of the lord...... Nakamura Kazushi put his arm around the other party's shoulders and whispered: "In the future, it will be me, as well as Kinoshita Hidenaga, and Ji Yindian (Tie Ji Yin) The three of them." Needless to say, the key for us in the future is to win over the Ji Yindian family. ”

"That'...... But what can be done? In his tone, Okamishi still had some reservations about Nakamura Kazu, but he was still inclined to believe it overall.

"Ji Yindian's job is to help the lord and manage the land directly under the Pingshou family. As you know, this year's land inspection did not include the Saga Party, but there was such a thing as Tsuchihashi Shouzhong helping people to come forward to resist the land inspection...... Now Ji Yindian has no good impression of you and many of you......"

"Then I...... How about simply taking the initiative to invite Ji Yindian to enter the Zaga Inspection Land? In fact, when it comes to this part, everyone also knows that it is a matter of time before it is included in the scope of land inspection, as long as the time can be 'truthfully' recorded of each family's land and property, and there is no intention to increase the apportionment. ”

Okakishimasa's accent falls on the word "truthful".

Nakamura understood and immediately nodded: "You can leave this matter to me!" In any case, even if it is a joint governance of the three people in the future, it will be led by me. You don't have to worry in the slightest! It is necessary to find out which wealthy families concealed land to evade military service, and we must not allow others to make things up......"