As soon as the attacking ninjas withdrew, the leader of the armored unit immediately walked towards Yu Qiuping. Yuqiu took a closer look, only to find that it was actually an acquaintance.

"Governor? Is it you? Yu Qiuping looked at the young man who took off his helmet and saluted him in surprise.

"It's too late, so that His Royal Highness Momiji is frightened." After seeing that Yuqiu was safe and sound, Governor Konishi finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Highness is fine, otherwise I really don't know how to explain it." ”

"Where did you come from? Why did you suddenly rush up the mountain? "Compared to this strange attack, Yu Qiuping felt that the reinforcements of Konishi Yukicho were even more incredible.

"Back to Your Highness, these are all workers in the factory." Governor Konishi turned sideways and stretched out his hand, and nodded at the hundreds of people behind him, "There are still some armor and armaments in our warehouse that have not been transferred to Changzong's family, so let them put on a set of hands directly, and then hurry over!" These workers, no more than the peasants, were accustomed to carrying out the orders of the foremen on weekdays, and their mobilization was extremely convenient. I told them that as long as I followed this trip, everyone would be given an extra month's salary, and so many people would be brought in. ”

"Yes, a stroke of genius. I can even think of asking workers to bring ordnance to support. After Yu Qiuping finished admiring, he couldn't help but look at the vote behind Governor Konishi, and secretly slandered in his heart: "This is not the earliest worker armed in this world." ”

"And how did you come up with the idea to come to support? I didn't have time to send someone for help! Yu Qiuping threw out another question puzzled.

"I just noticed that something was wrong, and I didn't know if you needed support." Yukicho Konishi smiled bitterly and replied in a low voice, "Your Highness doesn't know, and now many hotels in Okatoyo Castle Joshita Town have purchased raw materials from us. At noon today, many hotels told us that there was a shortage of goods and that they wanted to enter another batch. At first, I thought that there was a large group of merchants or travelers passing by. But after thinking about it, I realized that it was wrong, if it was the same team, why would they disperse to so many hotels to eat. He was worried that someone was plotting against him, and he hurriedly sent someone up the mountain in the spirit of believing that he would rather believe it than not. ”

After listening to this passage of Governor Konishi, Yu Qiuping fell silent for a while. Yukihiro Konishi didn't know what Yu Qiuping's silence meant, and lowered his head a little unmistakably, but he was obviously overconcerned. After the silence, Yu Qiuping laughed with some emotion, and at the same time raised his hand, patted Konishi Yuki's shoulder heavily, and exclaimed: "See the subtlety, when you break it, you will break it, your talent is limitless." The future of the Yuqiu family has your share. ”

·

On the way down the mountain to return to the barracks, Yu Qiuping had already sent someone to report the situation to the relatives of Changzong and our department. On the one hand, it was to test the attitude and position of the relatives of Changzong and our department, and on the other hand, he asked him to send someone to investigate the assassination. However, Yu Qiuping himself felt that the Yuan Qin of Changzong was definitely not the organizer of the assassination. If he had come to assassinate Yu Qiuping, the plan could have been more elaborate.

And what shocked Yu Qiuping was not only the talent of Yukicho Konishi. I escaped the assassination by mistake this time, and I actually relied on the catering wholesale store opened here by congressional businessmen. He had only noticed that commerce would bring a lot of income, manpower, and vitality to the country, but he ignored the huge advantages that the development of commerce could bring to him in intelligence. He had already written a letter to Keitori Amano and Masayuki Sanada, asking them to consider a possible future intelligence reform in this direction - how to use developed commercial channels.

After receiving the news of Yu Qiuping, the Yuan Qin of Changzong and my department immediately sent Xiangzong and my relatives to rush to Yu Qiuping's military camp in person to express their sincerity and prove that they had no malicious intentions. Subsequently, the head of Changzong and my department sent people to search the mountain, but they found nothing - the assassins had run away.

Yu Qiuping and Fukuzawa Yunan were obviously not satisfied with such a result, so they personally went up the mountain to search again. Yu Qiuping deliberately detoured to the halfway point of the mountain and walked to the place where the onmyoji fortune teller was in tent. However, there was no one in the tent at the moment, and the layout inside the tent was also turned into a mess. However, there were no traces of a fight or blood in the tent, and it seemed that the onmyoji should have managed to escape the catastrophe.

In the evening, after entertaining at the "Suppression Banquet" of the relatives of Changzong and my department, Yu Qiuping immediately returned to his residence. If nothing else, it is to find out the identity of the woman who sacrificed her life to save her life. He thought her face was very familiar before, but he really hadn't seen it.

After Yu Qiuping walked into the house, Senran Maru and a few guards immediately looked at Yu Qiuping. They were gathering around Mishima Riyu's body, examining the mysteries that might be hidden on the corpse.

"Any clues?" Yu Qiuping looked at the girl's cold body with some reluctance - she obviously sacrificed to save herself, but now she has to search her body, I am really sorry.

"Nothing, Your Highness." Senranmaru shook his head very regretfully, and spread his hand towards Yu Qiuping, "There are no tokens or documents that mark your identity. The knives and ribs she wears are also very ordinary styles, and there is nothing special about the clothes, so it is difficult to tell where she is from. ”

"That's it." Yu Qiuping sighed, walked over to the girl's body, and stared at her face again. He always felt that he should have seen these five features somewhere, but he couldn't remember them anyway. The girl looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, and he really couldn't remember when he had seen it. Why on earth did she come to save herself? She was commanded to act, but by whom? What's the relationship behind this? All the mysteries are hidden in the shadows, making Yu Qiuping confused.

"Let's settle down as soon as possible." Yu Qiuping patted Senranmaru on the shoulder, "After all, he is also my savior." ”

·

On April 20, 1576, in the castle tower of Iyo Kuniyu Castle.

"The assassination failed?" After hearing the report from his subordinates, Miyoshi Yoshixian asked in a low voice with some surprise.

"Everything was my mistake, Your Highness." Komatsu Yonesuke knelt down in shame and pleaded guilty to Miyoshi Yoshiken, "Yuqiu Momiji suddenly entered a Onmyoji's tent on the way up the mountain, and after leaving, he fled down the mountain without saying a word. He immediately sent someone to chase after him, but was disrupted by a ronin who suddenly killed. As a result, his reinforcements arrived shortly after. His Royal Highness told him many times in advance not to leave traces of the Miyoshi family, so he had no choice but to retreat. ”

"Onmyoji's tent? Ronin? And there are still reinforcements? Miyoshi Yixian frowned and asked in a low voice, "Are you sure your plan has not been leaked?" Otherwise, where will the reinforcements come from in the rain and autumn and red leaves? How could his people maneuver in the vicinity of Gangfeng City in a dignified manner, wouldn't the Changzong family stop it? ”

"There is absolutely no leakage, there are not many ninjas in Tosa of the Yuqiu family, most of them are under our surveillance, and they definitely haven't been discovered." Komatsu Yonesuke replied categorically.

"That's someone secretly protecting him." After Miyoshi Yoshiken pursed his lips, he made a judgment with a gloomy face, "Is it a crow's person?" Or the ninjas of the Oda family? ”

"Incompetent underneath." Komatsu Yonesuke lowered his head again when he heard this, "That group of people didn't leak anything, and they didn't leave anything. ”

"It's okay, I don't blame you, I didn't expect it." Yoshiken Miyoshi shook his head and signaled that Komatsu Yonesuke didn't have to blame himself, "It's okay. Even if the assassination fails, our plan can still be launched, but it's just a side plan. ”

With that, Yoshiken Miyoshi sneered and set his eyes to the far east—that was the direction of.

·

"What, Yuqiu Momiji himself personally took half of the people to reinforce Tosa and left Kawachi Izumi and Kii?" After Shigehide Suzuki learned the news from his father and brother, he shouted in shock, "In this situation, he still dares to take someone away?" Is this information reliable? ”

"Absolutely reliable, the Dharma Master got it from the Miyoshi family." Suzuki Shigekane looked at the information in his hand with a calm face, "The Lord is already going to take advantage of the opportunity of Yuqiu Momiji to leave with heavy troops and raise troops to invade Yuqiu's territory." He sent a message asking us to launch a fight in Kii in response to his call. ”

"Kick it out!" Shigehide Suzuki was shocked again when he heard this, "But haven't we already surrendered to the autumn autumn leaves..."

"What if you surrender?" Seeing his son say such unsuccessful words, Suzuki Shigei scolded him with a sullen face, "He is so disobedient to the gods and Buddhas, tarnishes the reputation of the Pure Land True Sect, and does such a great rebellion, everyone will be punished!" Is that all? ”

"But... Now Saga Castle is still in the hands of the Yuqiu family..."Shigehide Suzuki explained in a low voice with some embarrassment, "Can we really win?" The combat effectiveness of the Red Leaf Army is not weak. ”

After Yu Qiuping left, the deployment of the Red Leaf Army in Hanoi-Izumi-Kii was about a reserve in charge of a country. Tokiwa is in Hanoi, Narumi is in Izumi, and Hosoyanagi is in Kii. According to the previously signed lease agreement, the management of the Kii people's territory is already in the hands of Yu Qiuping. As a result, Hosoyanagi has already stationed in important Kii towns such as Saga Castle and Sengoku Castle. If Kii's people want to launch a fight, they must first find a way to defeat these cities.

Suzuki Shigehide was not convinced by Yu Qiuping, but he faintly felt in his heart that he first surrendered and then reversed himself, and some of it was not the work of the eldest husband. However, he could not speak to his father like this, so he could only persuade him on the grounds of "lack of strength": "Besides... The rain and autumn and the red leaves are so noisy, and now there are a lot fewer believers in Kii who are willing to follow us to start an incident, can we really do it? ”

"It's our honor to fight for the Dharma Master, timid, like a coward!"