"It's ridiculous!" Tokugawa Ieyasu looked up and laughed and said: "Minbu, you have taken great pains to convince your family, but life and death are fate, success or failure is in heaven, the matter has come to this point, the old man just wants to reach peace with the right house as soon as possible, and please don't have the idea of using this family as a tool to eliminate dissidents." ”

Although Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't care about it on the surface, he was still faintly worried in his heart. Indeed, at present, there are many daimyo in Numata Castle who were more or less connected with the Tokugawa clan before the war, and now that Tokugawa Ieyasu's defeat is decided, these guys are worried that their deeds will be revealed, and it is very likely that they will send ninjas to assassinate Ieyasu and his important ministers in the middle of the war, as Fujido Takatora said.

However, in the absence of conclusive evidence, Tokugawa Ieyasu was reluctant to easily believe Fujido Takatora's words, after all, he was going to meet with Hideho next, and those daimyo were likely to stand up and speak for the Tokugawa family in order to keep Ieyasu from betraying himself. It was with this in mind that Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to remain silent and gain more support for the Tokugawa clan.

However, Fujido Takatora obviously came prepared, he applauded casually, and the side outside the hall immediately lifted a door curtain, Fujido Takatora pointed to several corpses lying on the straw mat outside the door, and said to the retainers of the Tokugawa clan with a calm expression: "Inner House and my lords, please look at these guys, you will know that you are not alarmist just now." ”

Tokugawa Ieyasu sat still and asked Honda Tadakatsu and Honda Masasumi to go and check. The two looked at the corpse for a long time, and carefully examined the objects on the corpse, and couldn't help frowning.

Perhaps having an answer, Honda Masanobu walked quickly to Tokugawa Ieyasu and knelt down and whispered a few words close to his ear.

"Are you sure?" Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was cloudy, and his tone was not as easy-going as before.

Honda Masasumi nodded solemnly: "That's right, Daisuke Nakasu and I both think that these guys are indeed ninjas under the command of those two highnesses, and the one in the middle I have met in Osaka a few times before, so I can't be wrong." ”

"Damn!" Tokugawa Ieyasu gritted his teeth fiercely and said indignantly: "I dare to bully the old man, it seems that the family does not need to show mercy." ”

Although he said this, Tokugawa Ieyasu still thought about it for a long time, and it was not until Honda Masamune reminded him that he came to his senses. He looked at Fujitang Gaohu, bowed and said: "It seems that the old man has spent the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and I ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to forgive me." ”

"The inner government is serious, you were also thinking about the Tokugawa family just now, and the foreign minister can understand." Fujitang Gaohu smiled and said: "But please don't get me wrong, the reason why you are allowed to see these corpses is mainly to remind you, not to provoke the relationship between you and other daimyos, which is also the original intention of the foreign minister's visit." ”

"Listen to what you mean, You Fu doesn't want to know anything from his mouth?" Tokugawa Ieyasu was slightly surprised.

Fujitang Gaohu bowed slightly, and confirmed: "That's right, before I came, Youfu had already told you, and this time I came only to ensure your safety, as for other matters, as long as you are unwilling, the foreign minister will not be reluctant." ”

"The right government treats each other so sincerely, the old man will repay the peach......" For some words, Tokugawa Ieyasu thought that the time was not enough to say more, but there was something he thought was very strange.

"How did Youfu expect that the old man would come to Numata City this morning?"

"The Tokugawa family is not the only one in the world who has its own intelligence network." Fujido Takatora smiled and said, "Compared to the ninjas of Koga and Iga, the ninjas of the Yamato Toyotomi clan are not inferior, and about this, the inner government can slowly understand it in the future." ”

Hearing this, Tokugawa Ieyasu gasped: "Could it be that a series of movements of the family are under the control of the inner government?" He muttered to himself.

"It's not too early, if we've rested enough, then let's get up and hurry." Fujido Takatora smiled at Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"Wait," Tokugawa Ieyasu thought for a while, and finally opened his mouth: "The old man invited the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the Tokugawa family with 200,000 stone of knowledge, but you said that you hoped to stay by the side of the right house and assist him in achieving hegemony, and when the world surrendered to the Toyotomi clan again, let alone 200,000 stones, even if you only left 10,000 stones, there was no complaint." The old man can't figure it out until now, why are you so confident in Youfu? ”

"Maybe it's a gut feeling." Fujitang Gaohu smiled happily: "It's hard for you to imagine that I, a retainer with three surnames, would finally choose the lord by intuition?" In fact, I don't know why, although I have experienced strong winds and waves, as long as I am by the side of Youfu, I feel very relieved and down-to-earth, which is not only my feelings, but also the experience of many old ministers in my family. I always feel that after the incident of Shitsugawa, Youfu seems to have changed a person, a lot more mature and stable, and the atmosphere at home is much more harmonious, and some of the retainers who were going to run to his house ended up staying, and it turns out that their choice is right. ”

"Is that all?" Tokugawa Ieyasu was a little puzzled: "In terms of ability, the right house is not outstanding; In terms of strength, he was also suppressed at the beginning and was below the five elders. What you said just now made the old man feel that there was really nothing to explain the success of Youfu except for generosity and humility. ”

"Youfu is known to be easy-going, and even to low-status retainers, he can be approachable, which many daimyo can't do." Fujitang Gaohu said, "However, this is not the main reason, the minister thinks that the most powerful thing about the right house is to use people to recognize people." ”

"Sometimes I really think it's very strange, Youfu has a very unique vision, and he can really do it without suspicion, and he doesn't suspect people, and his analysis of the situation is also extremely thorough, and he seems to know everything well in the morning......" Speaking of this, Fujido Takatora was also suspicious, and until now he didn't understand where Xiubao's overall view and strategy that did not match his age and qualifications came from.

Tokugawa Ieyasu also has a deep understanding of Fujido Takatora's feelings: "Whether it was the initial pacification of Junyuansan, or the pacification of Ukita's commotion, or even the later division of troops to attack the eight states of Kanto, it was necessary to accurately analyze and grasp the current situation, which is by no means something that ordinary people can do." Although I don't know how Youfu made these decisions, the old man admires him from the bottom of his heart. Okay, let's not say anything else, and ask the Ministry of Civil Affairs to lead the way, so let's go to Numata Castle. ”

Meanwhile, in Numata Castle, Hideho and Mabe are talking in a tea room.

"This time it's thanks to An Yishou." Hideho said in an easy-going tone while sipping tea.

"Your Highness, don't say that, this is what a foreign minister should do." Mabe was the general of the Satake Army on this expedition to Aizu, but due to the constraints of Satake Yoshishige, the performance of the Satake Army in the First Battle of Hibara can only be described as unsatisfactory.

"As long as these dead soldiers you send can deceive the inner government, I will do my best to protect the Satake clan." With that, Hideho took out a few letters captured in the Tokugawa army's main camp, gathered them into a ball of paper, and threw them into the bonfire in front of the Mabe clan.