Hideho was like a balloon that had swelled to the limit at the moment, forcibly holding back all kinds of complicated feelings in his heart, and said to Ziyoshi with restraint: "You immediately contact Kaemon and ask him to find out as soon as possible when Sakurahime contacted the other party, in what way, and by what means, who the other party's direct contact is, and what is the purpose." But remember that this matter must not be known to outsiders. ”

"Oh, I'll do it." Ziji solemnly bowed and bowed, and then withdrew from the palace.

At this time, there were only three people left in the hall, and Gao Hu saw that Xiubao did not mention the disposal of Sakurahime, and he couldn't help but complain a little in his heart: "The lord must not have the benevolence of a woman, and he must not have any scruples because of her background background. ”

Chongchuan did not agree with Gao Hu's point of view, and said slowly: "Lord, this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, although it is really a great rebellion for Mrs. Sakurahime to betray the master's family, but judging from the minister's observation during this time, Mrs. must have been forced to do this, and someone must have threatened her with the matter of the young master, so she had to comply." ”

"Don't talk about it." Hideho stopped the argument between the two and said calmly: "I have already thought of a countermeasure, but the specific details will have to wait for the information from Kaemon's side to be finalized." ”

The news of Hidebo's assassination spread in Jinai, and Sancheng couldn't help but sweat profusely when he heard the news, you know, he never thought of assassinating Hideho, and this ninja was not an assassin, when he received a secret report from his father-in-law Uta Raizhong, saying that someone had landed in Jingang at night (that is, Li Dan and Zhang Jingquan), Sancheng ordered the ninja to follow all the way to see if it was the messenger of the Daimyo who intended to win over Hidebo, but he didn't expect the dignified Koga Nakashinobi to be killed by a small surname, and it was falsely rumored to be an assassination, which was not his original intention at all.

As soon as he got the news, Mitsunari strengthened the security work, and for security reasons, the contact with Sakurahime was also suspended for a long time, which made the work of Kigakushi Akira progress very slowly, in the face of Hideyoshi's net in, relying on the handful of middle ninja and mediocre strength of the lower ninja, it took nearly a month to roughly find out the intelligence network hidden around Hidebo.

It turned out that except for the first meeting in Koizumi, Sakurahime did not contact Changsheng directly, but met with Changsheng through his personal maid Awan, the time was basically once every six days, and the location was also changed from Koizumi to Shingui Mountain, which is close to the mountain city, in order to avoid Hidebo's ears and eyes, and more importantly, all the information was transmitted orally through Awan, except for the necessary map forms, there was no written information at all, so as to prevent being caught by others.

After listening to Caizang's report, Xiubao showed a sly smile and said lightly: "This time, I will make a plan, and vow that Sancheng will never turn over." ”

On the sixth day of the fourth month, more than a month has passed since the assassination incident, and it is estimated that the rumors have passed, so Mitsunari instructed Nagamori to continue to collect information from Sakurahime. Sakurahime had no choice but to order Awan to go to Shingui Mountain for her, but during this time, Xiubao did not have any unusual behavior, and Changsheng did not have harsh requirements, so Awan's trip was mainly to re-establish the network, and as for the information, it became secondary.

Like the previous times, Awan chose to go out of the city with the least guarded West Gate, which connects to the streets of Yamato and provides direct access to Mt. Shingui. But this time it didn't go so well, as soon as Awan went out, he was stopped by the guards led by Ziji, no need to ask, naturally it was Xiubao's order.

In the study, Hideho was holding "The Tale of Genji" and reading it back and forth, to be honest, he was really not interested in the culture of the Heian period of Japan, and if it weren't for the closeness between him and the minister, he would never have read this kind of book. Awan, on the other hand, knelt trembling at the bottom of the hall, waiting for Hideho's disposition.

"Later, give this to Masuda Nagamori." With that, Hideho tossed a letter to Awan.

"Back to Your Highness, the slave maid went out this time to buy some daily necessities, and I don't know any Masuda Nagamori..."Awan retorted stubbornly.

"Do you want to die?" Xiubao's eyes were still on the book, and he said nonchalantly.

Awan finally collapsed, and hurriedly confessed his guilt, but still tried his best to defend Sakurahime: "The slave deserves death, and please spare your life, but Madame is loyal to you, if you were not coerced by the villain, you would not have done such a thing that rebelled against the master's family, please Your Highness Hugh blame Madame." ”

"You get up first." Xiubao put down the book and said gently, "I know what's going on, as long as you do what I say, I'll be okay with the past." With that, Hideho asked Awan to come closer, whispered a few words and let her out.

In the evening, Awan finally arrived at the lodging ground of Xingui Mountain, that is, the post station set up in Xingui Mountain, in the fifth year of Tianzheng (1577 AD), after the defeat and death of Matsunaga Xiubing, the city of Xingui Mountain was abandoned, and now at the southern foot of the mountain, that is, near the vicinity of Xinguiyue, a lodging field was built for pedestrians to rest and stay, here is surrounded by mountains, close to the Yamato border, is the best contact point.

Seeing that Awan was late, Changsheng was very displeased, and threatened: "It's not for me to ask your wife for the matter of communication, if she doesn't want to, she can tell me, how dare I wait so long." ”

Awan was resigned as usual, and respectfully apologized: "Don't be angry, my lord, before the slave and maid leave, the map of the county mountain city that Madame re-made for you has not yet been completed, so I have delayed the time, please forgive me." With that, Awan took out an envelope from his sleeve and handed it to Changsheng.

Changsheng turned the envelope, stroked his beard with a smile, and said with satisfaction, "Thank you Mrs. Sakurahime, the picture last time was too brief, and it was really insufficient, so this one must have taken a lot of effort." ”

Seeing that Awan didn't speak, Changsheng opened the envelope by himself. At this moment, a sound of footsteps from far to near, from high to low, soon filled the entire valley, only to see hundreds of Ashigaru with the fingers of the Wusantong flag on their backs appeared impressively in the surrounding mountains and forests, like a waterfall in the mountains, pouring down, and instantly surrounded Masuda Nagamori and the four attendants.

Changsheng has also seen the world, and he is not panicked, and the samurai under his command are also protected by him, and there is a kind of determination to see death as home.

"Masuda-sama, it's been a long time." A young samurai wearing a "swastika" front legislative pocket walked out of the ashigaru, yes, this person is the general of the Peking University and Legion under Hideho, the lord of Tawenyama Castle, and Fukushima Izumo Mamoru Takayoshi.

"It's Fukushima-sama," Nagamori snorted lightly, and said angrily, "what happened to bother you to come with the army in person?" ”

Gao Ji pretended to be melancholy and replied, "Oh, as the chief general of the Peking University and the Legion under the orders of His Royal Highness, it is within my duty to capture the assassins, and my lord does not need to care. ”

"Assassins?" Changsheng frowned, and said nervously: "What do you say, my lord, there are only me and a few attendants here, as well as this maid, where are the assassins from?" ”

Gao Ji didn't speak, but just ordered the samurai around Nagamori to lay down their weapons, otherwise they would bear the consequences. Changsheng is also a ruthless character, but now people are swordsmen, and I am fish and meat, I can't tolerate him arrogant, I have no choice but to obey, but he is still hard-mouthed, and he doesn't admit that he is an assassin.

At this time, Gao Ji noticed the envelope in Changsheng's hand and asked coldly, "Dare to ask what the Lord is holding in his hand?" ”

Changsheng subconsciously clenched the envelope tightly, and squeaked: "It's nothing, it's just a letter." ”

Gao Ji didn't talk nonsense to him, and glanced closer, and several samurai immediately stepped forward to push Nagamori to the ground and forcibly snatched the envelope.

"Fukushima child, don't deceive people too much!" Changsheng couldn't hide the anger in his heart and scolded.

Gao Ji was in the barracks, and he was used to hearing all kinds of swear words in the army, and in comparison, this kind of scolding was not even air.

Gao Jili opened the envelope and looked at it, but the moment he saw the contents of the letter, his expression froze. Seeing this, the surrounding side also stepped forward to take a few glances, many people were stunned on the spot like Gao Ji, and some people were glaring angrily, like hungry tigers, staring at Changsheng.

Changsheng was not deterred by these eyes, and still had his own little abacus: once Gao Ji asked about the origin of this picture, he poured all the dirty water on Sakurahime, in order to protect the young master's untimely death, she would not deny it, so that she could get out of the shell of the golden cicada.

Just when he was complacent, Gao Ji walked up to him, stepped on his face, ravaged him fiercely, and scolded: "I don't know what is dead or alive, it is not enough to assassinate once, but also to come a second time?!" Look at me if I don't clean you up for my lord today! After saying this, he ordered Changsheng to be dragged up, tied to a tree, and raised his sword to cut off his head.

"Wait!" Changsheng was so frightened that he peed his pants at this scene, and finally came to his senses and cried: "It's just a map, can you kill me with this?!" ”

"Whew!" Gao Ji slammed a mouthful of phlegm into Changsheng's face, put the letter in front of his eyes, and said while patting his face: "What a map, you can see what this is, Lao Tzu will let you die." ”

Changsheng was a little delirious by Gao Ji, shook his head desperately to shake off the dirt on his face, stared at the letter with his eyes, and read word by word: "Lord Zhibu himself: The failure of the assassination before the moon is really an accident, and please calm your anger, this time I will live up to the trust of the adults and fully cooperate with the adults to make things happen." Sakurahime"

Changsheng couldn't help but gasp, straightened his neck stupidly, and cursed in despair: "Stinky woman, dare to bite Lao Tzu back." ”

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