"This flute..."Yu Qiuping was leaning against the wall at the moment observing the Takeda Army's camp, but he was suddenly attracted by the sound of this flute.

"What's the matter, Your Highness?" Sanada Masayuki saw Yu Qiuping's abnormality, "Have you ever heard this song?" ”

"No... But this melody..."Yu Qiuping's eyebrows tightened, and he suddenly felt that his head hurt inexplicably. He turned, leaned his back against the battlements, slowly slid down, covered his head with his hands as if he was overwhelmed, and muttered, "It's familiar..."

He seemed to remember something, and he didn't seem to think of anything. The memory in his brain seemed to touch something, but the thing flashed like a nimble rabbit, making it impossible to catch him, which really made people even more uncomfortable.

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Outside the city, Takeda Shingen's reaction was far stronger than Yu Qiuping's. Originally, he was sitting peacefully on the marching horse and thinking about tomorrow's battle, but he was stunned at first after hearing the flute. After listening to a few breaths, he immediately stood up in horror and looked in the direction from which the flute came.

"Lord, what's wrong? What's so strange about this flute? Takasaka Masanobu, who was accompanying Takeda Shingen, also squinted his eyes and listened for a while, "The melody is peaceful, as if an elder is telling a beautiful story, but it has a bold and uninhibited atmosphere, I'm afraid it's an idle cloud wild crane." Although this song is really good, why would the lord..."

"Don't talk." Before Takasaka Masatin could finish speaking, Takeda Shingen suddenly interrupted his subordinates very rudely, made a gesture of silence, and continued to listen intently to the sound of the flute. Takasaka Masanobu has rarely seen Takeda Shingen so out of shape - the last time was on Kawanaka Island, when he heard the news of Takeda Shinshi's death.

"This..."Takasaka Masanobu couldn't help but be stunned, not understanding what was so special about this flute. However, if the piper dares to play the flute on the hill next to the army, he is either a madman or a knight.

"How is it possible..."After Takeda Shingen listened to it for another while, the melody of the flute returned to its original tune.

"Lord, what's wrong?" This time, Takasaka Masanobu was afraid of disturbing Takeda Shingen to listen to the flute, so he deliberately lowered his voice, leaned into Takeda Shingen's ear and whispered, "Have you heard this song before?" But what's the story? ”

"Yes, I did. And this song..."Takeda Shingen still looked in the direction where the flute came from, his voice became a little erratic, and he replied softly like a dream, "There are only three people in the world who have heard it. ”

"Oh? Is it an old man? Takasaka Masanobu was slightly excited when he heard this, "In the wilderness, you have to meet the deceased, but it is also quite elegant." Is it necessary to send someone down to invite the old man down? ”

Takeda Shingen didn't answer, the expression on his face suddenly became extremely strange and hideous, even his legs began to tremble, and the pickup he was holding in his hand fell to the ground weakly. This kind of panic has never been seen by Takasaka Masanobu in Takeda Shingen - even in the battle of Kawanakajima, when Takeda Shingen's main formation was about to be broken through by Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen was calm.

What's going on?

After a long time, Takeda Shingen finally woke up from his trance. He pinched his face with his hand, as if to confirm if it was a hallucination, but eventually shook his head weakly. The previous scenes that made him suspicious kept flickering in front of him, and suddenly they were connected into a film.

He spoke slowly, not knowing if he was answering Takasaka Masanobu's question or talking to himself.

"But the other two should be long gone."

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A moment later, on the path up the mountain, Takeda Shingen was rushing towards the mountain with Takasaka Masanobu, a few guards, and a dozen ninjas with torches. Takeda Shingen's sick body could not support such an action, so he had to rely on two guards to carry him forward. And Takasaka Masanobu had already arranged more ninjas to take cover on Takeda Shingen's side and search the mountains and forests.

"My lord, why do you have to do this? Your body can't toss like this anymore, and it's too dangerous! "While commanding the guards to surround Takeda Shingen to prevent someone from ambushing and shooting Takeda Shingen on the mountain, Takasaka Masanbu also asked the ninjas to spread out a wide reconnaissance area to beware of whether someone was ambushing." If you want to see that person, send someone to invite him down, why do you need to go up the mountain yourself! ”

"No, with his character, since he dares to play the flute here, there is naturally a way to get out, and you can't catch it." Takeda Shingen shook his head and said in a deep voice with great determination, "Since he is here to play this tune, he must want to see me." If I don't come, he sees that I'm not moving, it's just a ninja and will leave immediately. Only if I come, it will be possible for him to wait on the mountain. Takeda Shingen judged as he listened to the uninterrupted sound of the flute and groped for the source of the flute.

"But if he really wants to lead the lord up the mountain, it is very likely that he has bad intentions, what if he wants to assassinate the lord?" Takasaka Masatin was already sweating like rain at the moment, and tried to persuade Takeda Shingen to persuade him to go down the mountain, but Takeda Shingen just kept shaking his head and kept urging the guards who were supporting him to go faster.

"I know he just wants to kill me, and I know why he's here to kill me now, so I won't let him succeed so easily." Takeda Shingen smiled, "There are so many guards and ninjas beside me, and there are many ninjas in the distance, where can he easily get it?" There are more people in the world who want to kill me. If I had died so easily, I would have been assassinated long ago. ”

"But I don't understand, why does the lord have to take risks in person, is it so important to see that old man?" Takasaka Masanobu still didn't give up, and followed Takeda Shingen and asked.

"Yes." Takeda Shingen replied in a deep voice without hesitation, "Anyway, I only have three months of longevity left, and if I can't see that piper with my own eyes, I will die with regret." Because it means too much, too much. If I die, I will not mourn for three years. The position of the governor was inherited by Nobukatsu, and Shiro temporarily took the position of the governor. ”

"Who the hell is the flute? Why didn't the lord say anything? Takasaka Masanobu was even more surprised when he heard that Takeda Shingen actually thought that seeing that person was more important than his life, and even arranged the aftermath.

"I'm not sure, but I guess it's the man. I went up the mountain to make sure it wasn't him. Takeda Shingen anxiously urged the guards beside him again, as if he was worried that the sound of the flute would disappear in the next second.

"Who the hell is it? Lord? Who, you guess? Why don't you say it? Takasaka Masanobu was driven crazy by Takeda Shingen's betrayal of Guanzi, and his tone became hurried with a reproachful tone.

"I'm afraid of shaking the morale of the military." Takeda Shingen didn't seem to have the heart to say anything to Takasaka Masatsunobu, so he just replied lightly.

"Only if the next person knows, how can it shake the morale of the army! Guaranteed to be tight-lipped under the guarantee! Takasaka asked again.

"It's not a question of whether you keep it a secret or not." Takeda Shingen still shook his head resolutely, and suddenly his eyes lit up. At the end of the mountain path, you can see a somewhat dilapidated log cabin - the sound of the flute is coming from that direction. And after Takeda Shingen and the others saw this small cabin, the sound of the flute immediately stopped abruptly, as if to imply that Takeda Shingen - it was the sound that came from here.

"Slow down! Watch out for enemy attacks! When he saw that Takeda Shingen was about to stride forward, Takasaka Masanobu stepped forward to block Takeda Shingen's side, and at the same time motioned to the surrounding guards to protect Takeda Shingen behind him with his body. Then with a few gestures, several of the surrounding ninjas immediately extinguished their torches and quickly rushed towards the wooden house.

However, the enemy attack that Takasaka Masanobu feared did not appear. Soon after, several ninjas who had gone to the wooden house to reconnoiter quickly came out of the wooden house, returned to Takasaka Masanobu and Takeda Shingen, and reported in a low voice, "Tell the lord, the wooden house is confirmed to be safe and empty." ”

"Let's go." Takeda Shingen ordered in a deep voice, and walked forward without saying a word. The surrounding guards hurriedly followed and protected Takeda Shingen tightly. In order to avoid an attack in the woods, Takasaka Masanobu ordered everyone to extinguish the torches, so that the flames would illuminate Takeda Shingen's location and give the attackers a chance.

After entering the wooden house, Takasaka Masanobu and the guards and ninjas instantly breathed a sigh of relief. This closed room is much safer than the mountains and forests outside, because the people outside the house can't see the position of the people inside the house at all, so they can't attack Takeda Shingen. And Takeda Shingen immediately looked around. Because the night was dark and windy, and the moonlight was not very bright, it was not clear what the wooden house looked like. However, according to the general layout of the wooden house, and the faint smell of smoke inside, it can be determined that it is inhabited by elegant people, and it is not deserted. However, the arrangement in front of him surprised Shingen Takeda even more. He sniffed the incense hard, only to feel a buzz in his brain.

Takeda Shingen walked forward without looking back, pushed open a door, and entered a room that looked like a study. Several ninjas immediately stood guard in the four corners of the room in case anyone attacked.

In the study, near the window, there is a desk. The window was pasted with paper, and through the blurred moonlight of the window paper, a piece of paper with words spread out on the desk could be faintly seen. Shingen Takeda stood in front of the table, propped himself on the table with his hands, leaned down and squinted a few times, but the light was too dim to see clearly. Seeing this, one of the guards beside him took out a flint and lit the torch in his hand to illuminate Takeda Shingen.

I saw that on the rice paper, there were eight big characters written in bold and uninhibited but freely retracted handwriting.

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The doom has been decided

Lives should not be extinguished

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The moment Takeda Shingen saw this handwriting, his pupils contracted suddenly, and his whole body trembled spasmodically. He woke up in an instant, and while shouting in a low voice, "Extinguish the torch quickly", he almost wanted to extinguish the torch in the guard's hand with his hand.

However, it was still a step too late.

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"Bang".

I heard the sound of an iron cannon firing outside the window, and the projectile burst through the window paper and shot straight into the chest of Shingen Takeda, who was standing at the table covered with rice paper, and his position was facing the window.

The light of the fire in the room is actually a sign that someone is looking at the handwriting on the table. And standing in the best observation position is naturally Takeda Shingen.