The swords and soldiers outside the door, but the ceremony inside the door was carried out in an orderly manner, and the daimyo present did not expect that the so-called playboy would still be calm in the face of such a scene, which inevitably reminded people of the time when Oda Nobunaga was able to dance and sing under the siege of the wise army. At this moment, Hideho's performance makes people feel that he is also preparing to die generously like Nobunaga, "Presumably the world will never underestimate the lord again." Horio Yoshiharu said with a sad expression, "Counting the heroes of the world, how many can face death so calmly?" “

At the same time, Nagazuki Masaka secretly talked to Kigakushi in a corner of the venue.

Masaka whispered to him, "Kaemon, you go back and tell Asai-sama that he must find out the ins and outs of the matter and see what the big problem is, and he must find out before the lord arrives in Fushimi." Kirigakushi responded, expertly climbed onto the roof beams, and escaped from the venue through the roof.

At noon, the wedding was finally over, and Sasuke Tokaichi impatiently pushed open the door and ordered the samurai to escort Hideho out.

Xiubao glared at Shishi and scolded loudly: "Could it be that I would make a big acceptance and make such a villain act as running away halfway?" Shima Kiyoshi and Fukushima Takayoshi also took advantage of the situation to draw half of the sword, staring at the samurai who captured Hideho, Shichi subconsciously took a step back, pretending to be calm and said: "That's it, let His Highness ride with me and others, and go to Fushito meet Taiko." ”

Xiubao calmly walked to the door, suddenly stopped, turned his head, looked at Kikuhime and Komahime with a smile, and comforted him in a seemingly peaceful tone: "Don't worry, Taiko is my uncle after all, it's okay, wait for me to come back at home, take good care of my mother." Without waiting for the two to answer, they strode out of the temple, and Shima Kiyoshi had prepared the horses at this time, and Hideho skillfully rode on, leaving the shrine under the "protection" of Shiichi and others, and hurried to Afushimi Castle.

After a while, Hideho and his party disappeared and the guests gradually dispersed, and Maeda Toshiya comforted Komahime and immediately set off for Fushimi Castle, vowing to find out what was going on, and he didn't believe that Hidebo would do anything rebellious. Horio Yoshiharu and several important ministers also took a detour to Fushimi Castle Town, preparing to receive information from the ninjas in time.

I had to admire Asai Iyori's ability, and as soon as Horio's party arrived in Fushimi, he hurried to the rendezvous with the latest information. Horio Yoshiharu couldn't praise his ability, and anxiously asked what was going on, and actually made Hideho a rebel overnight. Asai Iyori took a sip of water, panting and said, "Actually, the source of this matter is the secret letter of Matsukura Shigemasa Shangchengtaige. "Matsukura Shigemasa?" Fujido Gaohu, as an old minister who joined Yamato with Xiuchang, is naturally no stranger to this name. Seeing Fujido's strange expression, Horio and the others hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Fujido-sama knows this person?" ”

Fujido Takatora nodded: "Matsukura Shigemasa is the son-in-law of Matsukura Shigenobu, a major minister of the Tsutsui family, and when Tsutsui Dingji was transferred to Iga, he was also awarded the Eight Thousand Stone of Fukuchi Castle, but I really can't think of any resentment between him and his family, and he dared to cross Tsutsui Dingji and go directly to the Taiko." ”

Asai Yori continued: "Although I don't know what happened to this person and the lord, but I probably learned about the content of the secret letter through the intelligence network, which is essentially a report letter, and there are three main contents, the first one is that during the battle of Nagayoshi, the lord rushed to the vicinity of the battlefield before the end of the battle, but he did not stop it for a long time, and watched from the wall, resulting in Tokugawa Bannermoto being cut down; The second is that the lord said that he had fallen in love with Komahime at first sight was to deceive Taiko, and that before that, he had never seen Komahime at Jurakudi, and that the night before he met Taiko, the lord had secretly met Mogami Yoshimitsu; Thirdly, the secret letter claims that the lord built a Buddhist temple for his predecessor, Kanhaku Toyotomi Shuji, in Koyasan, with a clear intention ......"

"What does it mean by 'obvious intent', could it be that the lord intends to rebel?" After listening to Asai's report, Nagashu Masake said angrily. Fujido Takatora felt that something was wrong, so he asked Asai: "Have you ever asked His Highness Tsutsui, where is Matsukura Shigemasa now, and can he be confronted face to face?" ”

Asai Yori sighed and shook his head: "That guy must have thought that we would send someone to find him, His Royal Highness Tsutsui said that a few days before the incident, he went to Fushimi in the name of the general invitation, and after the incident, I heard that he hid in the house of the Tokugawa Inner Mansion, and has not shown up so far." ”

Hearing Asai mention the Tokugawa family, Nagatsu Masaya became alert and asked, "Have you visited the Tokugawa-sama's mansion, no matter what, you must find out this person, otherwise the lord will be in great trouble." ”

But Horio Yoshiharu did not approve of letting the ninjas go to arrest Matsukura: "Think about it, how can such a person dare to frame the lord, and how did he get this top-secret information?" Obviously, there must be some kind of powerful force behind him, even if he is found, do you think he will retract those words in front of Taige? ”

Changshu Zhengjia thought for a while, stroked his beard, and frowned: "To be able to lay down such a tight intelligence network, in addition to the Taige, I am afraid that there is only that Lord of the Inner Mansion in the whole world." Well... If it were him, he could indeed be regarded as a powerful backer, presumably Matsukura Shigemasa was also bribed by him, so he dared to report the lord regardless of the risk. ”

Shima Kiyoshi reacted at this time, and said angrily: "I didn't expect Tokugawa Ieyasu to be so thoughtful, and it was inconvenient for him to speak, so he found a microphone, so it seems that he must be worried about the matter of Changyoshiguan." Finally getting to the root of the matter, but at this moment they found that everything they did was in vain, and they could only look up at the castle tower from afar and pray for Hideho.

In fact, this letter, which was later called "Matsukura-like", originally contained only the first two crimes, but before presenting it to Hideyoshi, the contents of the letter were first seen by Ishida Mitsunari, who was overjoyed when he saw the letter, and ordered Matsukura Shigemasa to add a third article, vowing to put the Hideho brothers to death.

Entering the Otemon, Hideho was still confused at the moment, and he didn't know what kind of heinous crime he had committed, so that Hideyoshi could call himself a "rebel". In order to save his life, Hideho used a nirvana: he patted Tochichi Sasuke's shoulder, and secretly took out five large judgments from his waist and stuffed them in his hand, Shiichi Sasuke first pushed a little, and then looked around, quickly stuffed the money into his arms, and his arrogant expression suddenly converged a lot, he took Hideho to the side of the road, let the other samurai be responsible for the wind, pretended to be very sympathetic, and whispered to Hideho: "Your Highness and the former Sekihaku may not be able to save their lives this time." ”