After listening to the words of the person in front of him, Sabei restrained his offensive and helped Uemon and Fujido Takatora take the opportunity to protect Sabei in front of Sabei. The man stopped the attack, bowed his head and said to the Sakabei guard: "I have a mission under the body, and I hope that you will let me meet with Hashiba-sama, I think Ha-shiba-sama will tell you the reason." ”

At this time, the ashigaru on the city gate saw that the two sides of the men and horses were holding back the attack, so he said: "You dare to fight privately under the city of Fuzhong, and we will definitely inform the lord later!" ”

Hearing the words of Ashigaru at the city gate, Sukeemon turned around and said, "Get out, don't make noise here, your lord must be polite when he sees my lord, you dare to be presumptuous here?" ”

Hearing this, Ashigaru at the city gate instantly fell silent, and began to gather together to discuss the identity of Sabei. Seeing this, Fujido Takatora said to Sabei, "My lord, these ashigaru want to ask for money and things from my lord, and I will rule the army with my lord..."

Sabei waved his hand and said, "With Youemon, the focus at the moment should not be on Ashigaru, but on..."

After listening to Sukeemon's words, the mysterious samurai realized the identity of Sabei, so he put away the saber in his hand, bowed his head to Sabei and said, "This lord is Mingwei-sama, right?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei nodded and asked the man, "How are Lord Jingjing and Lord Tomita Keimasa?" ”

After hearing this, the mysterious warrior shook his head and said: "Recently, the lord and Lord Jingzheng have been worried..., I'm sorry, I can't say it in the future, and I hope Lord Mingwei will forgive me!" ”

Seeing this, Sabei also put away his sword, patted the two guards in front of him, and then walked out between the two, bowed his head to the man and said, "Lord Jingjing and Lord Tomita Keimasu are both kind to me, and it is the samurai under my sect who are reckless!" ”

Seeing this, the warrior immediately bowed down and said, "Lord Mingwei can't do this, don't blame that Lord for this!" ”

Sabei was talking to the mysterious samurai when he suddenly saw the mysterious samurai in front of him bowing his head behind him. Sabei turned around and saw that Yuchai Xiuchang, who walked out of Fuzhong City, had a somewhat bitter face, and walked quickly to himself and said, "Lord Mingwei, why did you suddenly visit today, and you didn't send anyone to inform me beforehand!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei said with a smile: "Today, I suddenly heard a report from my subordinates that the situation before North Vietnam was a little bad, so I came to visit Master Xiu on horseback, but I didn't expect to bring trouble to Master Xiu, and I hope that Master Xiu will forgive me!" ”

Yushiba Hidecho listened to Sabei's words, and immediately said to Sabei: "Lord Mingwei, don't misunderstand, I don't blame Lord Mingwei, Lord Mingwei and I are both people who guard the stability of the former South Etzechi, and Lord Mingwei put down the riot in Tsuruga County a few days ago, and it is reasonable to come to Fuzhong Castle to check the situation, if you offend Lord Mingwei below, I hope Lord Mingwei will forgive me!" Yan Bi Yu Chai Xiuchang also bowed his head to Zuo Bingwei.

The ashigaru on the city gate immediately felt like a frying pan, and the younger ashigaru all looked nervous, and their legs kept shaking. An elderly man on the side said when he saw the situation: "I'll kneel down and ask for this adult's forgiveness later, with the lord here, he shouldn't be embarrassed for me to wait!" ”

After chatting with Hidecho Hashiba, Sabei was invited to the city by Hidecho Hashiba, and the mysterious samurai naturally followed into the city. Sabei didn't take two steps into the city, and suddenly stopped and said to Yushiba Hidena: "Master Xiu, I was just asked for a bribe by the ashigaru on duty at the city gate under the city, and I hope your lord will give a reasonable explanation!" ”

Yushiba Hidecho was caught off guard by this hand, and after a short period of distraction, he said to Sabei: "Let Lord Mingwei deal with it!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei glanced at Sukeemon and Fujido Takatora on the side, and the two of them quickly ran up to the castle gate to accommodate the samurai on duty (that is, the platform built on the wall for samurai and ashigaru to stand on attack or defense), and dragged down the three ashigaru who had hinted that Sabei had paid a bribe. Fujido Takatora, who is different in height from ordinary people, has much more strength than ordinary people, and with one hand, he dragged two ashigaru from the samurai walk.

Sabei looked at Ashigaru who was kneeling in front of him and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy, glanced back at Hashiba Hidecho, and then smiled at Hashiba Hidecho and said, "Shu-sama, I'll deal with it myself!" Seeing that Yushiba Hidecho nodded hesitantly, Sabei walked up to the kneeling three ashigaru, pulled out the small sword at his waist and beheaded one of them.

Hashiba Hidenaga, who reacted, looked at Sabei who walked in front of him with a head, and his left hand trembling a little when he pressed the sword at his waist. Then Yushiba Hidecho saw Sabei throw the head in front of him, and said to himself with some disdain in his eyes: "Master Xiu, I don't need to thank you for helping you sort out military discipline today; I'll let the other two go today! ”

After a few breaths, Hashiba Hidecho reacted, and after forcibly suppressing his emotions that were about to explode, he said to the samurai behind him: "Hang this head in front of the castle gate and warn the ashigaru in the castle!" After saying that, Yushiba Hidenaga, who had a few bruises on his face, said in a stiff tone to Sabei: "Lord Mingwei, please come to my room for a while!" Nansuke Yamazaki will go with you! ”

Hiroshi Shiba Hidecho invited Sabei and Nanasuke Yamazaki into his house at Honmaru Castle Hall, while Fujido Takatora and Sukeemon were invited aside to entertain them.

Sabei, who was sitting in the house, looked around at the richly decorated room and said to Hashiba Hidenaga, "Hide-sama, can you make this... Oh, tell me about Nansuke Yamazaki? ”

After hearing this, Hidecho Hashiba squeezed out a smile on his face and said to Sabei, "This is the contact left by Lord Takenaka and Lord Asakura Keigami when he rescued Lord Shibata and Lord Meie that day, and when I was sent by His Royal Highness Nobunaga to guard Fuchu Castle, Lord Takenaka informed me of this connection. ”

Afterwards, Hashiba Hidecho didn't say anything more, but asked Yamazaki Nanasuke, "What important information did you come to send me today?" ”

After hearing this, Yamazaki Nanasuke did not take out the letter from his arms, but bowed his head to Hashiba Hidecho and Sabei and said: "The lord asked me to tell Hide-sama that the Ichijo sect in front of Hokuritsu has developed to a point where it is difficult to contain, not only the peasants and townspeople in the territory believe in it, but many samurai in the family have gradually converted to the Ichijo sect, and the lecturers of the Ichijo sect are all over the place (this "lecture" is the grassroots organization of the Ichijo sect, and the lecturers are the monks who manage these grassroots organizations), and the monks of other schools of Buddhism have been driven away by the monks and disciples of the Ichijo sect, The dojo and the temple were forcibly occupied by the Ichijo sect, and now the Ichijo sect has infiltrated every part of the house. ”

Speaking of this, Yamazaki Nanasuke paused, took a deep breath, and then said to Sabei and Hashiba Hidenaga who were staring at him: "So the lord and His Royal Highness Yoshikei hope that they can submit to His Royal Highness Nobunaga, and hope that His Royal Highness Nobunaga can send troops to exterminate the monks and disciples of the Ichitsu sect in front of Hokchichi, and then the Asakura family is willing to be loyal to the Oda family and cooperate with the Oda family to capture Kaga, Echichu and Noto and other places!" ”