"My lord! Oh no! The ashigaru shouted at Matsushita, "His Royal Highness Ando was suddenly detained by the people of Saito Hall in the castle!" ”

"Huh?" Panasonic's lightly messy eyebrows instantly tightened, and he calmly asked in a low voice, "Where did you come from?" ”

"The Saito Hall suddenly transferred their direct troops outside the North Castle into the city, and His Highness Ando, who was staying in the castle tower, was caught off guard and was detained by the Saito Palace!" The ashigaru reported the situation like a cannon: "Now the people of the Saito Hall are expelling the defenders of our Ando family in the city, and all the key positions have been recaptured by the Saito Hall!" ”

When Yu Qiuping heard this, he immediately realized that a coup d'état was taking place right now! Saito Ryuko seems to want to regain control of Inabayama Castle, which was previously deprived, and takes advantage of Ando's unpreparedness to arrest him.

Before the ashigaru could speak, there was a loud and dense sound of footsteps outside the door, and it seemed that many people were rushing towards this side. A moment later, there was a knock on the door, and Hineno Hiroshi, one of the six elders of the Saito family and the leader of the Naoto's faction, strode into the room with dozens of samurai. He was supposed to be grounded in the territory, but at this moment, he appeared in Inabayama Castle. It seems that this was really a premeditated coup d'état. Yu Qiuping secretly said that something was wrong, and if he was blocked here, he would be in trouble.

This Saito Ryuxing, it is estimated that he was dissatisfied again and willfully launched a coup d'état!

"My lord, don't come unharmed." Hineno Hiroshi pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife and looked at Matsushita coldly.

"The previous contract was clearly written in black and white, and Inabayama Castle was handed over to the Nishimino wealthy clan," Matsushita was obviously very angry, trying to suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "Why did the Saito Palace treacherously launch a coup d'état to seize the city, and also detain His Highness Ando. And now, why did you trespass into the Ando family's mansion? ”

"Why?" Hineno Hiroshi sneered, drew a knife in his hand, and pointed at Yu Qiuping, who was sitting on a tatami mat, "Just because the Ando family is not vigilant, I actually let the Oda family's gundai Yu Qiuping touch the castle of Inabayama Castle, and he didn't even notice it!" Because of this crime of negligence, your Highness Ando has been arrested and imprisoned! Inabayama Castle, it's safer for the Saito family to be on guard themselves! ”

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As soon as Hineno Hiroshi said this, Yu Qiuping and Matsushita immediately changed their faces. They didn't expect that Hineno Hiroshi would actually recognize Yu Qiuping. But how could I be recognized! I just arrived in Inoguchi Town today, how did the people of the Saito family find me! Can't you follow me all the way?

Yu Qiuping swallowed his saliva, took a quick deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and turned around to start performing, intending to pass the test in a foolish manner. However, before he could say his quibbles, he was stunned.

Because he saw that Hineno Hiroshi was followed by a person - that person was one of the village chiefs in Yuqiuping's territory, and he had seen Yuqiuping several times. He was dismissed from his position as village chief because he opposed Yu Qiuping's circuit court policy and tried to threaten the people and bribe the judges.

I didn't expect him to take refuge in the Saito family! He knows me! He recognized me! Yu Qiuping originally wanted to pretend to be a businessman to get by, but this time he probably couldn't hide.

"See clearly, I'm the village chief!" The village chief scolded Yu Qiuping viciously: "I know you, you don't want to escape!" I saw you in the castle town just now, but I didn't expect you to come here to eat instead of running! ”

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Yu Qiuping's mind.

The thing is already clear. It was this village chief who defected to the Saito family, and then today he happened to recognize Akihei Rain in Inoguchi Town and reported it to Saito Ryuko. Saito Ryuko took advantage of this as an excuse to make a mistake, detained Ando Mamoru on charges of negligence, regained control of Inabayama Castle, and now came to arrest Yu Qiuping.

If I was caught under Inabayama Castle, I would definitely be in for a lifetime! However, Matsushita indiscriminately took in the retainers of the Oda family to eat in the mansion, and did not truthfully report the capture of Yu Qiuping, which may also cause trouble! Especially in the current situation of a coup d'état, Hineno Hiroshi may use this as an excuse to detain Panasonic lightly and chaotically, leaving the Ando family leaderless!

In the flash of light, Yu Qiuping has already reacted. He stood up, first looked at the village chief for a moment with a fearless face, then turned his head to face Panasonic lightly, and whispered very apologetically: "My lord, I'm really sorry, I shouldn't lie to you." I'm not a businessman, Masayuki Imai, that's just my pseudonym. Let's introduce myself.,In the subordinate general of the Shimo-Oda family.,Haguri County Daiyu Akihei.,Please advise me.。 Sorry for the inconvenience. ”

"You!" Panasonic lightly heard Yu Qiuping's words, and immediately reacted. Yu Qiuping wanted to pretend that Matsushita was unaware of his identity, so that Matsushita would not be caught on the spot for treason for harboring the enemy, and could only be regarded as dereliction of duty and negligence, and was deceived by the Oda family's fine work! Unexpectedly, Yu Qiuping's first reaction in such a short period of time was to cover himself. Panasonic lightly turned red, and his heart was extremely moved, but his face pretended to be angry: "You actually lied to me!" ”

"Now that it's over, what else is there to say?" Yu Qiuping sneered, "If it weren't for the intelligence of Inaba Mountain Castle, why would I lie to you?" ”

The development of events caught the village chief and Hineno Hiroshi off guard. They originally thought that Matsushita's rebellion was shielding the Oda family's chaotic party, but now it seems that Matsushita is chaotic and doesn't know about it, so it's not easy for them to act rashly.

"And what are you doing standing here?" Yu Qiuping stared at Matsushita with dead eyes, "Waiting to see the joke that I was caught in embarrassment?" ”

Matsushita was stunned for a moment, understanding that Yu Qiuping was urging him to leave quickly while Hineno Hiroshi didn't react. Indeed, if you don't leave at this time, it will change later. Although Mamoru Ando was detained, as long as Matsushita could quickly hide in the military camp of the Ando family, Hineno Hiroshi would have nothing to do with him.

"You wait for me!" Matsushita glanced at Yu Qiuping lightly and deeply, and after saying this pun, he hurriedly turned around and left. Hineno Hiroshi, who couldn't react in a hurry, didn't have a good excuse to arrest, so he had to relax and walk away.

Matsushita walked to the end of the corridor lightly, turned her head quickly, and quietly glanced at Yu Qiuping.

Red... You are so worthy of a friend. I will definitely not fail you.

You wait for me. I'll get you out.

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After seeing his friend leave safely, Yu Qiuping breathed a sigh of relief.

Calm down, you still have things to do.

Yu Qiuping understood that Sena's caravan and his guards were also in danger at the moment. If the Saito family takes advantage of the situation and starts an investigation, they may also be in danger. You have to find a way to remind them that you have been exposed and caught!

Several of the surrounding Saito samurai were already slowly walking towards Yu Qiuping, ready to take him down on the spot. There was not much time left for him.

Yu Qiuping looked around the room, gritted his teeth, and slammed into the table where he had eaten lightly with Panasonic just now. He grabbed the two bottles on the table and threw them at the firewood burning not far away. The bottles collided with the inside of the furnace wall with a loud cracking sound. Bottles of wine splashed out and poured on the blazing fire, sending the flames soaring at once. Wood that is dry in winter is very susceptible to fire, and the walls near the stove are burned all at once!

Yu Qiuping's sudden move surprised Hineno Hiroshi, and he didn't understand what Yu Qiuping was going to do, but he still immediately asked his subordinates to move forward and arrest Yu Qiuping. Yu Qiuping dodged, rushed to the skylight, and threw the katana Chidori at his waist with the scabbard towards the skylight. Two knives viciously clamped around his neck, and the two of them immediately tied Yu Qiuping tightly with ropes, and their mouths were also plugged with rags. After that, he was rudely escorted out of the mansion by this group of samurai and headed straight for Inabayama Castle.

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At this time, the fire that broke out in the Ando family's mansion immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the castle town, and Sena Clan's caravan was no exception. Sena Yoshiyoshi hurriedly rushed to the other side of the fire with Honda Tadakatsu, Ryuko and others - because Honda Tadakatsu said that Yu Qiupei was there to eat. However, as soon as they were halfway there, they saw Chidori falling down the road. The blade and scabbard were separated for a long time, and there were traces of heavy objects falling to the ground on the ground, which looked like they had been thrown from a long distance.

"Momiji is in danger!" Sena reacted immediately. He grabbed Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko, who were about to rush over, and told them to immediately go back and organize a caravan to quickly leave Inoguchi Town. At the same time, I went to find out the news.

Soon after, Akihei was arrested after being discovered in the town of Inoguchi, and the news spread throughout the town of Inoguchi that Saito Ryuko had imprisoned Mamoru Ando for his failure to overlook his guard, and staged a coup d'état to regain control of Inabayama Castle. When the guards such as Honda Tadakatsu and Ryuko heard this, they became furious and asked to rush into Inabayama Castle to rescue Yuakihei, but they were stopped by the calm Sena Clan. Saito Ryuxing's side would never have imagined that Yu Qiuping might have accomplices, and the castle town would definitely be investigated. So he immediately sent a messenger to report the situation in the direction of Kuroda Castle, and at the same time led the caravan to quickly evacuate.

Sure enough, after listening to Hineno Hiroshi's report on Yu Qiuping's unusual behavior during his final resistance, Saito Ryuko immediately judged that Yu Qiuping was informing his accomplices to evacuate. He hurriedly sent his men to search the town of Inoguchi, but unfortunately found nothing.

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Soon after, Saito Ryuko returned to power of Inabayama Castle and the news of the imprisonment of Ando Morisho spread throughout Mino and Owari, and the wealthy families of Western Mino were excited, while the attitudes of the wealthy families of East Mino and North America were more ambiguous and intriguing.

And the news of Yu Qiuping's arrest also spread back to Kuroda Castle. Because the Yuqiu family lost their backbone, they immediately made a mess. Naoe Tadahei, the head of the garrison, immediately ordered martial law to be enforced, sent envoys to communicate with the Nonomura family, the Kato family, the Hara family, and the Kawa Namito, and at the same time sent a large number of troops to the concession on the north bank of the Kiso River, and took both soft and hard measures to prevent the movement of these four wealthy families. After a brief period of shock and grief, Imagawa Kaede also immediately stabilized his mind and sent information to Kiyoshu Castle to ask for reinforcements, and at the same time asked the remaining troops to march to the border between Yeli County and Inuyama Oda House to guard against Oda Nobukiyo taking the opportunity to sneak attack.

After learning the news of Yu Qiuping's arrest, the Cheongju Castle side also immediately sent Mori Kecheng to lead an army to support the territory of the Yu Qiu family, which was used to suppress the movement of the villages in Yu Qiuping's territory, and at the same time to guard against the attacks of Oda Nobukiyo and Mino. At the same time, Oda Nobunaga also sent a diplomatic envoy to communicate with Mino, hoping to pay a huge ransom in exchange for Yuakihei, but Saito Ryuxing, who was angry, refused. After that, Oda Nobunaga still tried to communicate with the envoys sent by the Saito family, but he was never able to redeem Yuakihei. In the end, Saito Ryuko simply refused to meet with the envoys of the Oda family.

Yu Qiuping was imprisoned in a cell at Inabayama Castle and lost contact with the outside world. However, Saito Ryuko did not dare to detain Ando Mamori for too long, so as not to anger the Ando family and other Nishimino wealthy families. When he was placed under house arrest on 10 February, he released Ando and sought a settlement with the Nishimino clan on the condition that Saito Ryuko be allowed to take control of Inabayama Castle, and Hineno Hiroshi and Naomitsu Takeyo joined the joint council of important ministers.

In order to discuss how to negotiate with the Saito family, the main wealthy families of Nishimino met at the morning of February 13 at the residence of Mamoru Ando at the invitation of Shigeharu Takenaka. However, the presiding officer of the meeting, Shigeharu Takenaka, was delayed. Although the three of Nishimino and the others complained about it, they had to wait patiently for his arrival.

When the sun turned west, Shigeharu Takenaka finally rode his horse. This usually handsome young man is bloodshot and very tired at the moment, and he looks like he hasn't rested for a long time. Before he could sit down, the wealthy families of Ximinon spoke one after another.

"Hanbei, you're here," Mamoru Ando waited a little impatiently, "We have been discussing it for a long time, and we think that we should probably agree to His Royal Highness's request. Now that he is in control of Inabayama Castle, there is nothing we can do about him. If we don't make peace with him, when the Oda family invades Nishiminon, we'll be in big trouble. ”

"His Royal Highness Ando is right," the clan Naomoto also conformed to the way, "Inabayama Castle is a fortified city in the world, and there are 5,000 Saito families in the city, and it is almost impregnable. We can't do anything with him, and he probably won't make any more concessions. ”

"Anyway, he's already promised not to remove the Joint Council of Heavy Ministers," Bu Po Guangji also said, "I think it's acceptable." Whoever called Inabayama Castle in his hands, we can't help him at all. ”

Shigeharu Takenaka leaned against the door and listened indifferently to the opinions of all the important ministers. However, instead of supporting the outcome they had been negotiating, as they had expected, he spoke firmly.

"I don't accept any proposal from Saito Hall." His voice was as cold as ice, and it seemed that there was no room for any refutation at all, "The Saito family must fully fulfill the contract signed before, and at the same time release Yu Qiuhei who was detained by him, and then promise to work hard in the future, open up the way of speech, and no longer drink and have fun." Otherwise, there is no room for negotiation. ”

"Hanbei, are you tired and confused?" Mamoru Ando looked at this son-in-law's somewhat abnormal appearance, shook his head angrily and funny, and said mockingly: "Saito Ryuxing has insisted on Inabayama Castle, and there are 5,000 troops in his hands, which is enough to keep Inabayama Castle airtight!" Even if we have an army of 100,000, we can't hurt even a single hair of his hair, so how can he compromise? ”

"I am willing to make a military order." Shigeharu Takenaka whispered coldly.

He turned his back to the setting sun, letting his shadow stretch across the floor, pointing straight to Inabayama Castle to the east.

He raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the shadow, pointing at Inabayama Castle as well.

"In five days, seventeen."

"Don't take the rice leaves, don't leave the head."