After Sabei listened to Akechi Mitsuhide's words, goosebumps instantly rose on his whole body. Sabei looked at the smiling and polite Akechi Mitsuhide in front of him, first tried his best to stabilize his mind, and then glanced up to the left from the corner of his eye, and said to Akechi Mitsuhide in front of him with a smile: "Because I respect Yoshikiko's superb swordsmanship and admire the samurai spirit of Yoshiki who died in the end, I secretly sent ninjas to find out the appearance of Yoshiki, and wanted to find someone to draw the appearance of Yoshiki and give it to his retainers, so that they can also understand the spirit of Yoshiki." ”

Speaking of this, Sabei paused for a moment, then looked at Wise Mitsuhide, whose eyes flashed with a hint of doubt in front of him, and continued: "Lord Wise, in the lower position, not only has he never seen His Royal Highness Yoshiaki, but he has only learned about His Highness Yoshiaki through his colleagues, so he has no choice but to make this decision; But looking for Ashikaga Yoshiaki's appearance, it is definitely not a matter of doing it, maybe there is some misunderstanding here. ”

After Sabei finished speaking, his face also showed a hint of doubt, and his eyes were fixed on the wise Mitsuhide in front of him. Seeing this, Akechi Mitsuhide immediately explained to Sabei: "My retainers in Kyoto told me that someone was looking for the appearance of the general, and I thought they were looking for the appearance of His Highness Yoshiaki, but after investigation, I found out that it was Sabei's subordinates, so I asked what was going on with Sabei. ”

After listening to Akechi Mitsuhide's explanation, Sabei said with a smile, "Akechi-sama is in charge of Kitayama Castle State and the Kita-Omi region, so it's always right to be more careful. ”

Akechi Mitsuhide also nodded after hearing this, and then said to Sabei: "I have a portrait of Yoshihui Gong here, and then I will have a few copies to send to Sabei." With that, Akechi returned to his seat, and after chatting with Sabei for a while, he ordered Akechi Shumitsu to send Sabei away.

Sabei, who was on the way home, thought back to the whole story of this incident, originally he just wanted to take the opportunity of visiting Akechi Mitsuhide to stabilize Akechi Mitsuhide, but he didn't expect today's Akechi Mitsuhide to pick out this matter, although in the end both of them used different excuses, but after all, the matter was broken. What will happen to Akechi Mitsuhide after learning about this matter, and what kind of consequences this matter will cause, he is completely out of control now.

However, it is definitely not possible to ignore this matter all the time, and if Akechi Mitsuhide is worried that he will report it, he will definitely send his ninjas or hire ninjas to assassinate himself or his family. And if Akechi Mitsuhide thinks that he has denounced him, will this incident hasten his betrayal of Oda Nobunaga?

Thinking of this, Sabei suddenly felt a pain in his head, his hasty response today was really not satisfactory to him, and now he used an excuse to make Akechi Mitsuhide doubt himself even more. But it's useless to complain, and now I can't predict what will happen, so I can only solve the boulder hanging in my heart first.

After returning home, Sabei first mobilized twice the force to defend the castle hall and stepped up patrols. Sabei then locked himself in his study, thinking alone about how to explain the matter to Akechi Mitsuhide.

The next day, Sabei, who had not slept all night, summoned Fushiwa Akijiro to his side, handed him the letter he had written after a night of deep thought, and told Fushiwa Akijiro that if it could not be delivered, the letter must be destroyed. After hearing this, Fushiwa Akijiro's face instantly became extremely serious, and the cold air in Sabei's study was even more pressing.

After being silent for a moment, Fushiwa Meijiro bowed his head and asked Sabei, "My lord, I will definitely complete this mission." Yan Bi gave Sabei an affirmative look, and then quickly left Sabei's study.

Akie Hide, who was worried about Sabei's health, saw Fushiwa Meijiro walking out of the study with a solemn expression, and entered the study house with a meal under the service of the maid.

Lying on the ground speculating about how Akechi Mitsuhide would reply to his Sabei guard, he keenly noticed that someone had entered the study house, and when he was about to draw the knife next to him, he realized that his wife had come to bring him food.

After Ming Weixiu ordered the maid Amei to retreat, he came to sit next to Sabei, held Sabei's hair, and asked in a low voice: "Sabei, what's wrong, since you came back from Lord Akechi yesterday, you have not only strengthened the guard at home, but also locked yourself in the house. ”

Hearing his wife's question, Sabei hesitated for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Recently, the lord intends to pacify Nagashima Ichiku, and as a sect, I naturally want to worry about the lord; As for strengthening the guard, it is to prevent you and your child from having any accidents. With that, Sabei got up and took his wife in his arms. Later, accompanied by Ming Weixiu, Sabei watched "The Art of War" for a while somewhat absent-mindedly, and then fell asleep in a daze.

When I woke up again, the sun was already high in the sky. Sabei walked out of the study, summoned his retainers, and conveyed to them the main contents of Oda Nobunaga's assessment. When the retainers learned that Oda Nobunaga was going to use his internal strength to pacify Nagashima in one fell swoop, they all had an incredible expression on their faces.

Sabei rubbed his eyeband and said to the retainers in front of him: "Because Nagashima has always been a leader, not only the generals have been lost there, but even several of them have been lost there, the lord will naturally pay great attention to it, and Nagashima has always been strong, and he can rely on the strong city to hold on, everyone must deal with it seriously." ”

After two days of anxious waiting, Akijiro Fushiwa, carrying a long package on his back, returned to Kuniyoshi Castle. Sabei who greeted the return of Fushiba Akijiro outside the Honmaru, when he looked at Fushiba Akijiro in front of him kneeling down and holding the things behind his back with both hands, Sabei was a little panicked, and then after taking it back to the castle hall and opening it, his heart was somewhat stable, and after reading Akechi Mitsuhide's reply, the boulder hanging in Sabei's heart fell to the ground.

Sabei, who had stabilized his mind, looked at the knife lying in the package in front of him, and said to Fushiwa Akijiro who was kneeling on the side: "This knife is the famous sword of Yamashiro 'Erzi Guojun', today Mingjiro has made a great contribution, and this knife should have been given to you, but this knife is a symbol of friendship given to me by Wise Lord, and when the time is right, I will give you this knife!" ”

Fushiwa Meijiro was very excited after hearing this, and said to Sabei, "Thank you first!" ”

After Fushiwa Akijiro left, Yamashita Shinsuke came to meet Sabei. Yamashita Shinsuke reported to Sabei about the situation of the unbalanced family that Sabei had instructed him to help the imbalance of the family, and Sabei was very satisfied after hearing this, and gave Yamashita Shinsuke the sword he had just replaced.

After Shinsuke Yamashita left with the sword, Sabei asked Heiji to bring five standing guards to send a small knife to Suzuki Heavy Industries, who was also in Honmaru.

After dealing with these things, Sabei went straight back to his living room, collapsed on the futon, and released his stress by sleeping these days. Seeing this, Ming Weixiu on the side also showed a smile.