Tsuchida Gozen, who returned to the inner room, looked a little lonely, but he still took out the majesty of being a housewife and said to everyone: "You all go down, the guards are back from everyone, and you are not allowed to approach this room without my permission." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Although the order to Tsuchida Gozen was a little strange, everyone knew that he was in a bad mood, so he had to retreat obediently, and after everyone left, Tsuchida Gozen said coldly to the air in front of him: "You can come out." ”

The tatami mat in front of Tsuchida Gomae suddenly distorted, and the air seemed to gradually change, and finally turned into a middle-aged man with a very ordinary appearance, but his eyes exuded a ghostly light, which made people shudder, obviously a person with countless blood on his hands.

Kato...... My lord, I did everything that Molong Gong asked me to do, I just hope ......" Tsuchida Gozen is both disgusted and afraid of the ninja in front of her, in her long-standing concept, ninjas are lowly and dirty, but this ninja in front of her is the first ninja of the Tsukahara family with 20,000 stones, Kato Duanzo, in terms of knowledge and action, most of the important ministers of the Oda family can't compare to him. What's more, Kato Duanzo not only came as a ninja this time, but also the messenger of Tsukahara Molong, even if Oda Nobuhide is still alive, he has to use the highest standard of etiquette to receive the other party.

Kato Duanzo smiled and shook his head, he really enjoyed this feeling, what about a lowly ninja, hehehe, even a hero like Oda Nobuhide, his wife could only be submissive in front of him, even Oda Nobunaga did not dare to disrespect him. However, although Kato Duanzang has a flamboyant personality, he is also a very good ninja, and his inner sorrow will naturally not be revealed at this time. "Madam, please rest assured, the lord will never break his word, and will never treat Lord Shinsheng slowly. But please wait a moment, Madame. ”

"Huh?" Tsuchida Gozen frowned slightly, "What's ......" Just as he was about to speak, the voice of the guard came from outside the door: "Master Kichifa is here!" ”

Kichibo-sei? Tsuchida Gozen couldn't help but stand up, looked outside in surprise, and looked at Kato Duanzo with an indifferent expression in disbelief, obviously the other party had already known about it......

"I've seen my mother." Although Oda Nobunaga was wild and uninhibited, he still did not have the slightest rudeness in front of his mother, and after greeting him respectfully, he turned to Kato Duanzo: "Kato, Jiro will ask you." ”

"Nobunaga, please rest assured." Kato Duanzo smiled and nodded: "My lord has always liked to reuse young talents, and after Lord Nobukatsu goes to Kanto, he will join his family through the Recruiting Hall, and all treatment will not be deducted." ”

"Oh?" Tsuchida Gozen was originally sent to Tsukahara's house because his youngest son was nominally an exchange, but in fact he was a hostage equivalent to an alliance between the two families, and he was very sad in his heart, but as soon as he heard Kato Duanzo's words, the gloom in his heart was suddenly swept away, and when he thought of Tsukahara Senbei, Inukai Yoshio and others, he felt joy in his heart. But what Tsuchida Gozen could think of, how could Oda Nobunaga not think that Oda Nobukatsu was better, and he naturally wouldn't feel much more comfortable in his heart, but in front of his mother, he still said: "Thank you so much, my lord." ”

Kato Duanzo is not only superb in ninjutsu, good at disguising himself as a person with different identities, but also runs around as the secret envoy of Tsukahara Molong all the year round, and his ability to observe words and colors is natural, and he suddenly noticed Oda Nobunaga's unhappiness, and said with a smile at the moment: "In the next year, I have to congratulate Nobu-sama first, and as soon as Nobukatsu-sama leaves, the important ministers of the Oda family have no idea, so they have to unite around the adult, so that the Oda family is unified, and Owari is even more recalcitrant." ”

Sure enough, as soon as Kato Duanzo mentioned this, Oda Nobunaga's sword eyebrows suddenly soothed, "It's still thanks to the mediation of Molong Gong, otherwise I will be with Jiro in the future," Speaking of this, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but glance at his mother Tsuchida Gozen, but he still continued: "Otherwise, in the future, between me and Jiro, someone must fall." ”

Tsuchida Gozen frowned when he heard this, but he didn't say anything, so he also knew that if it wasn't for Tsukahara Moryū's intervention, it was inevitable that Oda Nobunaga and Oda Nobukatsu would kill each other.

"Nobu-sama is serious, and my father-in-law praises you very much." Kato Duanzo smiled and touched his chin: "Nobu-sama should have heard of my father-in-law's ability to look at people, right?" ”

"I have never met Mo Longgong, how can he know me?" Oda Nobunaga felt that this was Kato Duanzo deliberately bragging about Tsukahara Moryū to brag about himself, so there was some dissatisfaction in his tone, after all, in this era, it is a very bad thing for the retainers to criticize the lord, especially Oda Nobunaga has been called Owari Da fool before he captured Kiyoshu Castle, although he didn't care about it on the surface, but in fact he was very sensitive to it.

Kato Duanzo got up with a smile and said, "When the lord went to Luo, when he passed through Owari, Nobuhide-sama was still there, and Nobuhide-sama was still called a big fool, and the lord once said that your future achievements will be ten times that of Nobuhide-sama." After saying that, regardless of their reactions, he left on his own, leaving only Oda Nobunaga's mother and son, who were contemplating in place.

On the other side, Oda Nobukatsu's eyes were cold, and he returned to his home city Suemori Castle with an expressionless face, gathered his retainers, and planned to announce that he was going to the Tsukahara family, but then Shibata Katsuya and Hayashi Tongkatsu came to visit, which made Oda Nobukatsu's already not very firm belief shaken.

Shibata Katsu family, the ancestor is not from Owari country, his grandfather is Shibata Yoshikatsu, the lord of Echigo Shinbata Castle, but later the family was defeated, and he came to Owari country. With the relationship between the Shibata family and the Spo Takei family, he successfully settled in Owari Province, but after all, he was not a native of Owari, so he was quite excluded at first. In order to get out of the embarrassing situation, the Shibata family fought bravely from their father's generation, rushing to the front line of the battle, and the blood of countless enemies and clansmen laid the foundation of the Shibata family in Owari. After Oda Nobuhide sought power in Owari Province, he fought fiercely with the Imagawa family army at Kodozaka. In the first Battle of Shodozaka, the Oda army from afar fought against the Imagawa army who were waiting for work, and the two sides fought for a long time, and the Oda army gradually lost its physical strength and was defeated. Oda Nobuhide, who had a strong personality, rejected the advice of his subordinates to retreat, and instead led his army to fight to the death. While most of the samurai in charge of defending Oda Nobuhide's main camp were killed, the young Shibata Katsuie was always on the front line, and despite the heavy casualties of the senior samurai, he organized a rout and repeatedly repelled the attacks of the Imagawa army. The fleeing Oda army saw that the lord was fighting to the death and did not retreat, and was immediately ashamed, and under the leadership of Oda Nobumitsu and others, one of the Oda family, they led the army back, and the Imagawa army was caught off guard and was immediately defeated. This battle made Shodozaka Shichiben Gun famous, and the bloody battle of the Imagawa army, Shibata Katsuie, who defended Oda Nobuhide, was rewarded: Oda Nobuhide's appreciation. After that, Shibata Katsuie rose all the way, and by the time Oda Nobunaga captured Kiyoshu Castle, it was already a strong feudal domain of 25,000 koku. Coupled with Shibata Katsuie's own courage and good fighting, he became the first general of the Oda family after the death of Oda Nobuhide. It is precisely because of this that with the support of him and another Oda family, the old Hayashi Tokatsu, Oda Nobukatsu was able to wrestle with Oda Nobunaga.