"Sins?! Is this Gao Hu's idea or is it ......," Hideho asked.

"It was the minister's idea." Goto Kiji and Komiyayama Harukatsu replied in unison. Immediately afterwards, Odawara Takakiyoshi and his son, Fukushima Takayoshi, Nasu Ziyoshi and other important ministers also rushed to "admit" to Hideho that what had just happened was their own doing.

Instead, he sat quietly with his eyes closed, rubbing the rosary in his hand and the corners of his mouth moved slightly, which made Xiubao a little curious: "The master won't say anything?" ”

At this time, Yi Xin Chongchuan slowly opened his eyes, and said to Xiubao in an easy-going tone: "The monks don't speak, the poor monk did participate, but the adults are competing fiercely, and the poor monk wants to ask the lord for guilt later." ”

"Excuse me later?" Xiubao suddenly cried and laughed, "If even the master who is dedicated to the Buddha participates, then who else can stay out of the matter." Tell me, who was that masked samurai just now? ”

Fujido Takatora and Shima Kiyoko and the others looked at each other for a moment, and then replied cautiously, "That person is Lord Xingguoji." ”

"Xingguoji Trade Wind?" Hearing this name, Hideho shook his head helplessly and said with a wry smile: "The leader of the Kanto Ninja Army I appointed, one of the four great shinobi 'Wind Demon Kotaro', personally went out, but I was kept in the dark. ”

"Please forgive the lord, Lord Xingguo Temple was unwilling, but the minister was repeatedly entangled, and he agreed to lead a hundred ninja troops to participate, please don't blame him." Fujido Takatora pleaded.

Xiubao waved his hand and said, "Forget it, if this matter is really investigated, Gao Hu, you are the main culprit, and you must be punished before punishing the trade wind!" ”

"The minister is guilty, and he asks the lord to surrender." Fujitang Gaohu fell to the ground in fear.

"Whether to surrender or not, I wonder, how did you come up with this trick? If you really can't talk about it, do you really dare to rush in and slash the two elders, one of them?! Hideho was puzzled by Fujido Takatora coming up with such a risky solution, which didn't seem to be Takatora's usual style of seeking stability.

"My lord, in a special period, I can only come up with this strategy. If the talks fail this time, the system of the elders will continue, and it will not be of any benefit to the future administration of the family. To put it bluntly, all the efforts made by the family in the course of this expedition to Aizu will not be duly rewarded, and this is something that not only our retainers, but also the daimyo who followed the birth and death of the family, do not want to see. Fujido Takatora replied sincerely and respectfully.

"If these three people die in my house, how can they get out of it? If the news leaks out, I am afraid that it will be used by people with ill intentions and eyeing their own family, and at that time, the situation will not be even more critical? Indeed, Hidebo's worries are not unreasonable, although Osaka has been recaptured from the hands of the Sho faction, the situation in the city is still unstable, and some samurai who are unwilling to surrender, especially the newly promoted samurai recently promoted by Ishida Mitsunari, did not lay down their arms and wait for the reorganization, but wandered around the city, provoking and sneaking up on those old members of the Seven Hands Group, causing a lot of casualties. This also caused the worries of many daimyos, many of them led guards and ninjas into the city, and the slightest disturbance would be known, if the daimyo who was dissatisfied with Hideho knew about it, and the army of Hideho would be opposed, then not only could Hideho's position not be guaranteed, but the Yamato Toyotomi clan would definitely become the target of public criticism and fall into an unprecedented predicament.

But for this point, Fujitang Gaohu and others have long considered it: "The lord doesn't have to worry, not to mention that the leaders of Xingguo Temple are all well-trained dead soldiers, and they will never betray their family; The retainers present at the moment are also the humerus of the family, and they will definitely not reveal half a sentence to the public; What's more, now that the city is unstable, after the matter is completed, the three daimyo can be transported elsewhere and blamed on those ronin; The most important thing is that the daimyo outside know that the family has a close relationship with these three adults, so how could they think that the family would attack them? However, if things can be negotiated smoothly, it can be regarded as avoiding unnecessary trouble, and it should be rejoicing. ”

"Rejoice?" Hideho smiled helplessly: "Although the goal has been achieved, I am afraid that the relationship with Prime Minister Bizen will be careful in the future." I thought it would be enough to get rid of Ishida Jibu, but I didn't expect that first Katagiri and Yuan secretly opposed the family, and then the Ukita Hide's family and the family were at odds with each other, and it was really difficult to sit in this hindsight seat in the future. ”

"Then the family still suggested to the young master and his wife that he be given 670,000 stone Zhixing? That's the fourth in the world! Fujitang Gaohu couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.

"Everyone has already seen the plan, and revising it at this time will cause dissatisfaction with the yellow door. 670,000 stones, which is a lot, is actually only 100,000 stones, and in such a geographical location, I believe that even if he has bad intentions, it will be difficult to succeed. "Hidebo is very generous to the sealing of the Ukita Hideya, according to Hidebo's plan to submit to Hideyori and Yodohime for review, the territory of the Ukita Hideya is sandwiched between Fukushima Takayoshi and Mori Hidemoto, it is difficult to make any moves, and the retainers that the Ukita clan is proud of have long since fallen apart and collapsed, at this time there are only a handful of retainers that the Ukita Hideya can rely on, what ability does it have to compete with the Maori and Fukushima families?

In fact, in Fujido Takatora's heart, he had already planned how to reduce the seal of the Ukita Hide's family: as we all know, just by letting the Mori clan enter Osaka Castle without moving, he could ruthlessly dig up a piece of his meat. Although it may not be possible to cut off half of the territory, it is still feasible to recover the 100,000 Zhixing that has just arrived. However, since Hideho was unwilling to go too far, Fujido Takatora had no choice but to swallow this idea into his stomach.

"Alright, that's all for now, guys." Having said all this, Hideho seemed a little tired, and he glanced around and found that most of these retainers were also red-eyed, and many of them were yawning. This scene made Xiu Bao very excited: "Everything you did today, Xiu Bao will remember it, the sky is almost dawning, you should go back and rest quickly, as for the young master and Mrs. Dian later, I will go alone." ”

"Your Ministers obey." At the request of Xiubao, the retainers of the Yamato Toyotomi clan under the corridor all dispersed in twos and threes, Xiubao looked at the backs of these people, with mixed feelings in his heart, thinking of his dilemma, he couldn't help but sigh: "Zhao Kuangyin was in a yellow robe back then, did he also feel like I do now?" ”

At this moment, Xiubao suddenly realized that he had come all the way to this point, and he couldn't help himself. Now, there are too many retainers and daimyo behind Hideho, and if they fall, they will also be implicated, and this scene is to be avoided regardless of what.