In the Ishida Mitsunari Mansion, except for Asano Nagamasa, all the four commissioners were present, and after Masuda Nagamori repeated Maeda Toshinaga's plan, Ishida Mitsunari was silent for a moment and made three arrangements: first, try to avoid contact with Maeda Toshinaga from now on, and even if you have to meet, you should choose a secret location to prevent being detected by ninjas;

second, send cronies into the city to ensure the safety of Lord Bi and Mrs. Dian;

Third, with the exception of Asano Nagamasa Sakumasa's family, the rest of the commissioners left Osaka on the pretext of inspecting the place, but Maeda Toshinaga must not be suspicious

In his opinion, the plan is full of flaws, and it is difficult to succeed even if it happens, rather than arguing with him, it is better to stay out of the matter, watch the fire from the other side, and then think about it in the long term after the incident

On the 25th day of the lunar month, Hideho once again ordered someone to release the rumor that he would still cross the Hirano River through the Yamato Bridge into Osaka, and this move of not having three hundred taels of silver here aroused the alarm of Maeda's retainer Yokoyama Yamashiro Shochochi, and at his strong request, Maeda Toshinaga was almost ready to abandon the plan to assassinate Hidebo

However, at this time, Sato Shinji appropriately informed Maeda Toshinaga of the news that Xiuben was going to Hirano Exit, and Toshicho was overjoyed and gave Nobuji ten gold as a reward, and summoned Tsuda Nobunari and Hijikata Yuhisa overnight, informing them that their plans had changed, and ordering Hijikata Yuhisa to remain ambushed at Yamato Bridge, while Tsuda Nobutari turned to the north of Hirano Pass to set up an ambush

Both Maeda Toshinaga and Ishida Mitsunari were tight-lipped about the matter, but the aura of murder in Osaka Castle was still getting stronger and stronger, and from time to time, a few low-level retainers dragged their families to flee from the land of right and wrong, and Osamu Ohno also noticed this situation, and ordered the Seven Hands Group to strengthen patrols, and once someone tried to abscond with their families, they must be arrested, and posted a notice every day, asking the shops to open as usual, this kind of superficial maintenance seems to ease the atmosphere, but the fear in people's hearts is further deepened, and they are in the uneasiness, Osaka ushered in the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month

According to the pre-agreement, on this day, Maeda Toshinaga went to Honmaru to pay homage to Toyotomi Hideyori and Yodohime, because the assassination of Hideho was very tight, and Yodohime, who did not ask about the world, had also heard a lot, and she was surprised and worried, she also tried to take this opportunity to persuade Maeda Toshinaga to give up the plan

In the living room of the main pill, Maeda Toshinaga was in the lower head, and after a while, Hideyori and Yodohime, accompanied by two shì women, arrived late, and as soon as they sat down at the upper seat, Maeda Toshinaga launched an offensive

"How are the young master and lady doing lately? My father was sick and had difficulty moving, so the special ministers came to visit," Maeda Toshicho said

Yodohime stroked Toyotomi Hideyori, who was playing on the side, and lamented: "Thank you for your concern, although it has been five months since the Taige funeral, the knot in the concubine's body and mind is still difficult to untie, but fortunately, with Hideyori by her side, she can barely support until now, hey, one day is a day."

"Madame, you should pay more attention to your body, you are the mother of the young master, and the young master is the elimination of the world, therefore, only if you are healthy and safe, the ministers can rest assured" Maeda Toshicho echoed affectionately, in fact, his heart was full of disdain and disgust for Yodohime: "Taige has just died in the sky, and he has done such a reluctant thing, and he is still here to pity himself, hum, it is really shameless!" ”

"Thank you for the major general's compassion, the concubine will definitely take care of Xiu Lai, oh, by the way, the concubine just has something to ask you, I don't know if it's convenient to answer" Although it is a fù person, Yodohime has never had any heart, and she goes straight to the point

"Madam, please say, the minister should know everything" How could Maeda Toshinaga not know what Yodohime was thinking, and he had already prepared a draft and was ready for battle

"A shì woman told her concubine that it was a recent rumor of a storm in the city, and someone wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the right government to come to Osaka to carry out an assassination, I wonder if the major general has heard similar news?" Yodohime asked cautiously

"Assassinate the Right Mansion? How is this possible" Maeda Toshicho pretended to be surprised, and waved his hand again and again: "The right mansion is the hindsight of the young master, the great name of Yamato million stones, who has the courage to dare to disadvantage him?" ”

"You really haven't heard of it?"

"Not really"

"Then the concubine is relieved, it seems that someone deliberately spread rumors in an attempt to disturb this peaceful and prosperous world."

"It's not clear whether rumors are spreading rumors or not, but the world is really not peaceful" Maeda Toshi's long words changed sharply, and finally got to the point

Yodohime couldn't turn around for a while, and asked with a blank face: "Why did the major general say this, could it be that there was a war somewhere?" ”

"It's much worse than the war," said Toshinaga Maeda, "the foundation that Taiko has worked so hard to lay may soon fall into the hands of others."

"Others? What do you mean by this, is there a rebellion?! Yodohime began to get a little panicked

"Madam, have you heard of Cao Cao?" Toshicho Maeda asked

"I heard Taige say that it seems to be a powerful minister of the Han Dynasty who turned the emperor into a puppet... Seems so."

"Madame is right, but do you know that now there is also a Cao Cao in our [Japan]?"

"Well, you mean someone is going to hold the emperor hostage?!" Yodohime is not a fool, how can he not know what Maeda Toshinaga is referring to, but he is just pretending to be stupid

"It's not that I'm trying to blackmail the emperor, but I'm trying to hold the young lord and you hostage," Maeda Toshinaga "seems to really regard Yodohime as an ignorant person."

"Trying to blackmail Xiu Lai? Who has such a bold man, Major General, you must tell me"

"The minister didn't dare to say"

"Say it quickly, if you have a concubine, you just have to rest assured"

Maeda Toshicho lowered his head, pretending to tremble and replied in a low voice: "That person is Youfu, he is Cao Cao of the world."

"You talk nonsense!" Yodohime suddenly roared angrily: "Youfu Nai Xiu Lai's uncle, Taiko's nephew, how could he do such a big rebellious thing, Major General, concubine, please pay attention to what you say, how can Toyotomi wantonly slander!" This scene frightened Hideyori, who was playing on the side, into the arms of Rǔ's mother, and stared at Maeda Toshinaga in panic and fear

Although he knew in his heart that Yodohime would protect Hideho, he didn't expect the reaction to be so fierce, there was no way, he had to blame all the things that happened during this time on Hideho, including the assassination of Tsutsui Seiji, the implementation of the royal land annexation, the dispatch of troops to garrison in other places to threaten the daimyo, and even the recruitment of ninjas was packaged as "sending ninjas to monitor the lords of various places" to be rendered, and seven or eight articles were listed, Maeda Toshinaga firmly believed that after listening to these crimes, Yodohime would definitely agree to his plan to assassinate Hideho, and allowed him to start an incident in the name of Shurai

However, what he didn't expect was that after hearing this, instead of ordering him to eradicate Hideho, Yodohime shook his head vigorously and shouted angrily: "Impossible, Youfu is definitely not this kind of person, this must be framed by someone and wants to take the opportunity to eradicate the Great Wall of the Toyotomi family!" ”

"The Great Wall of the Toyotomi Family?" Maeda Toshicho sneered: "Who taught you this, I don't think it's like you can say it" (to be continued!) (Go read read .) cm