Right Ichisuke listened to Sabei's words, and the gleam in his eyes gradually disappeared, and then he got up and knelt down to Sabei and said: "Brother, I have no intention of provoking here, but I noticed that this reward, my brother was biased, so I lost my mind and spoke falsely, and I hope that my brother will forgive my sins!" ”

Sabei, who put down the teapot in his hand, took his eyes off the boiling tea leaves, and then said to Youyisuke, who was kneeling in front of him, "Mingshan, have I ever blamed you?" ”

Yan Bi Zuobei stepped forward to help the righteous brother in front of him, and then invited him to sit down again. Looking at the righteous brother's distracted sword eyes, Sabei handed the tea bowl in his hand forward, and after the right Ichisuke took the tea bowl, Sabei whispered to the right Ichisuke: "Right Ichisuke, you and Suke Youemon secretly observed the reaction of everyone after this reward, and then wrote the results of your observation and your opinion into a general record and submitted it to me, and it will be the same in the future, after each reward, you must find out everyone's reaction." ”

Right Ichisuke listened to Sabei's words, slowly put down the tea bowl in his hand, and then bowed his head to Sabei and promised: "Brother, don't worry!" ”

Sabei looked at Right Ichisuke, who was walking away quickly, and suddenly his eyes were sparked by the sunlight outside the house, and when Sabei's closed eyes opened again, the tea bowl on the low table was still emitting white smoke, and the tea in the bowl was still swirling.

......

While the samurai of Kuniyoshi Castle were still discussing the reward of the lord, a samurai with a slightly frosty face came to the foot of Kuniyoshi Castle. After confirming the identity of the other party, the samurai on duty hurriedly sent someone to inform the Sabei of the castle hall.

Sabei, who had come out of the tearoom, was watching his attendants practice martial arts in the castle hall when he suddenly received a report from the samurai guarding the castle gate, and after listening to it, he immediately walked towards the castle gate with his attendants.

The samurai who came to deliver the letter saw the tall young man who was being protected by everyone walking towards him, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed his head to the person who came, and said, "Lord Mingwei, the lord heard that the lord Fang was returning from Higashiminon, and specially invited the lord to go to Sakamoto Castle for a banquet and a small gathering. With that, he handed over the letter of invitation and other information in his arms to Sabei.

Sabei accepted the invitation with a smile, and then said to the samurai of the Akechi family, "Since it was an invitation from Akechi-sama, I decided to go to the banquet." Yan Bi Sabei said to Heiji beside him: "Take this one to the castle Yashiki to rest!" ”

When the samurai of the wise family heard this, he immediately shook his head and said, "The lord wants to return to Sakamoto Castle immediately after the letter is delivered, and the kindness of Lord Mingwei has to be refused." ”

Hearing this, Sabei frowned slightly, and then took out three small gold judgments from the pouch around his waist. Seeing this, the samurai of the wise family immediately bowed his head to Sabei and said, "Thank you, Lord Mingwei, for the reward!" ”

Sabei looked at the samurai in front of him and smiled, put the three small coins in his hand, and then turned his head to Heiji beside him and said, "Send it on my behalf." ”

The Sabei who returned to the city hall looked up at the somewhat gloomy sky blankly, and after a long time, he let out a sigh of relief, and then said to his wife who quietly touched behind him: "Ah Xiu, we have a saying in the Ming Kingdom: 'The general trend of the world, if you divide for a long time, you will be together, and you will be divided for a long time.'" ’”

After hearing this, Ming Weixiu smiled and said, "Do you think it's time for Japan to be united after a long time?" So who do you think will be the heroes who will end the troubled times in Japan? ”

Sabei turned to look at his wife, smiled as well, and then said, "Isn't the plan of the lord's 'World Buwu' to end the troubled times in Japan?" ”

After listening to her husband's words, Ming Weixiu said thoughtfully: "The person who ended the troubled times in Japan should be a member of his own family!" Brother Kankuro is indeed a person with extraordinary ambitions, and you have to do your best to assist Sabei! ”

Hearing this, Zuo Bingwei suddenly laughed and said: "The king treats me with the courtesy of a national soldier, and I will repay it as a national soldier, how much responsibility does this sentence have to bear, it is too heavy, Ah Xiu, I can't carry it!" ”

Ming Weixiu was shocked at first when she saw her husband suddenly say such tired words, and then stepped forward to gently help her husband tidy up his sideburns that were blown by the cold wind.

Sabei, who sighed these words, felt his wife's soft and warm fingers, and after being stunned for a while, he hurriedly used his body to resist the cold wind, and then lowered his head to look at his wife who was surrounded by him, leaned over his wife's ear and whispered: "I will live up to the kindness of the lord and the young lord!" ”

......

The words of the samurai in Kuniyoshi Castle were still on the strange reward last time, but they learned the news that their lord was going to Sakamoto Castle for a banquet, so he immediately moved the conversation to the lord to go to the banquet.

Youyisuke, who was secretly observing the words and deeds of the samurai with Sukeemon, breathed a sigh of relief slightly, but heard Sukeemon next to him whisper: "Lord Hieiyama, you can't see anything at this time, the lord's original intention is to let you secretly monitor the words and deeds of the samurai in the future to prevent the situation of going down in the future." ”

After hearing this, Ichisuke looked at the Sukeemon on the side, and said with a smile: "What my brother means, I naturally understand, it's just Lord Taoya, will this cause it..."

Suke Youemon knew what Youyisuke was worried about, but he shook his head and said: "I heard that there is a special department in the Ming Imperial Court, which is responsible for supervising the words and deeds of hundreds of officials in the imperial court, and the lord should have learned it from the Ming Kingdom, and the Ming Kingdom has been in power for nearly two hundred years, isn't this still good?" ”

Right Ichisuke also shook his head at this time and said: "After all, the Ming Kingdom is different from Japan, the Ming Kingdom is centralized in the emperor alone, and how can Japan now centralize power in the hands of one person?" ”

After speaking, the two of them were suddenly stunned at the same time, and after glancing at each other, their faces were full of incredulity. After being silent for a long time, Right Ichisuke spoke: "His Royal Highness Nobunaga's 'World Buwu' doesn't mean to centralize power in the samurai? ”

After hearing this, Sukeemon turned to You-Ichisuke and asked, "What would it be like if the samurai had no land and were gathered together by the lord's family and distributed monthly shirku and rice?" ”

Youyisuke didn't say anything, but said to Sukeemon: "Taoya-sama, I believe that the lord will not do anything like a rabbit and a dead dog, and if the land is unified and cultivated, the land can be used more reasonably, and with the wisdom of the lord and the planning of the pottery house-sama, the samurai who are gathered will at least not go hungry because some low-level samurai are not good at farming." ”

Yan Bi Youyisuke suddenly patted his thigh and said, "Suke Youemon, there is no news about this matter at the moment, so don't spread our speculation among everyone at will!" Seeing this, Sukeemon also laughed and said, "The lord can go from the end of the micro to the present, there is no need to say much about intelligence and bravery, I am waiting here to guess something!" ”

Both of them laughed.

......

After a day and a half of preparation, Sabei brought an authentic sword and a pair of ink shrimp drawings that he copied from memory when he was bored, as well as the pen head of the family, Fushiwa Akijiro, a public right and a helper, a fierce general Fujido Takatora, a think tank Suzuki Heavy Industries, as well as 20 attendants and 50 standing guards. After a little rectification, the group embarked on the road south to Omi.

Before leaving, Sabei earnestly instructed the remaining Taowu brothers and the Haima family, and the three of them also agreed to protect the safety of Xiudian and the lord's flesh and blood.