Hearing this, Sabei shook his head and said in a low voice, "I don't know why I came here!" ”

After hearing this, Shuichi Hasegawa and Sadakatsu Murai nodded slightly, and then the three of them stood in front of the assessment room without saying a word, waiting for Oda Nobunaga's summons.

It didn't take long for the three of them to be ushered into the assessment room. Oda Nobunaga in the assessment room sat on the top, the folding fan in his hand slapped on the ground, and after seeing the three of Sabei, he nodded to the three of them, and then said: "The people of the Satake family, there is still one day to go to Gifu City, I called Shuichi and Sabei to come over, like letting the two of you be responsible for receiving him, do you have any objections?" ”

After hearing this, Sabei glanced at Hasegawa Shuichi, and when he saw Hasegawa Shuichi bowing his head and agreeing, he also followed Hasegawa Shuichi to promise.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga nodded to the two, and instructed the two not to lose their courtesy, and to wait outside the city early tomorrow morning. After Oda Nobunaga gave a few more serious words, he ordered the two to retreat, leaving Murai Sadakatsu alone.

Sabei followed Hasegawa Shuichi out of the assessment room, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Hasegawa-sama, is there another accident in Yamashiro?" ”

Hearing this, Hasegawa Shuichi stopped, turned back to Sabei and smiled, "Sabei is newly returned, why don't you have a few drinks in the cold house tonight?" ”

When Sabei heard this, he immediately said: "That's natural, I hope Hasegawa-sama won't bother!" ”

After the two of them left the palace, they dispersed, and Sabei went straight home because he didn't have a new officer.

On the same day, Oda Nobunaga ordered the troops under Sabei to return to Sabei's fiefdom, and Sabei also took the opportunity to reward his meritorious samurai in the garrison, and instructed Youichizuke to continue to recruit standing reserves after returning to replenish the soldiers in the territory, and at the same time to recruit talents and continue to expand his retainers.

After seeing off the somewhat sad Right Ichisuke and the others, Sabei took Akijiro Fushiwa and Shinsuke Yamashita to walk slowly and leisurely in Gifu Town, and after buying a few gifts, he walked to Hasegawa Shuichi's yashiki.

Shuichi Hasegawa welcomed Sabei into the house, ordered his wife to accept Sabei's gift, and he himself led Sabei to the small tea room at home.

Shuichi Hasegawa, who introduced Sabei into the house, closed the door of the house and said to Sabei with a smile: "Minbu Shaosuke came this time, not for the beggar ministers in Kyoto, but for the lord who wants to suspend the war with the Takeda family and concentrate on dealing with the threat of the western country, Ashikaga Yoshiaki is agitating in the western country, and some of the daimyo of the western country are already preparing to start a war with the main family by his bewitchment!" ”

Without waiting for Sabei to get out of his scattered thoughts, Hasegawa Shuichi gently placed the tea bowl in front of Sabei, and then said: "Tanba's Hatano clan has recently been preparing to invade Yamashiro, although there are Niwa-sama and Akechi-sama, but if the daimyo of the western kingdom unite against the main family, I am afraid that it will be an obstacle to the road of the lord's world." ”

Hearing this, Sabei somewhat understood Oda Nobunaga's intentions, now the daimyo of the eastern kingdom are attacking each other, and no one can dominate the eastern kingdom, at this time, the daimyo of the eastern kingdom and Oda Nobunaga have an ambiguous attitude, and they can't be troubled for a while, but the daimyo of the western kingdom is now pulling the tiger skin to make profits for himself under the call of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, and it is indeed Oda Nobunaga's confidant.

Hasegawa Shu saw that Sabei didn't pick up the tea bowl in front of him, so he said with a smile: "The lord asked Sabei and me to meet Onozaki Yoshimasa, did he want Sabei to serve as Satake's liaison officer?" ”

Sabei, who had come back from his thoughts, smiled at Hasegawa Hidei who was smiling in front of him, then took a sip of the tea bowl and said with a smile to Hasegawa Hide: "I still have little experience, and contacting the Satake clan in Hitaku is related to the family's strategy in Guanbazhou, so I naturally can't take on this battle with my ability." ”

Hasegawa Shuichi laughed a few times when he heard this, then took the tea bowl in Sabei's hand, and said with a smile to Sabei: "Sabei is also at home now, I don't know what Sabei's plans are?" ”

After listening to Hasegawa Shuichi's words, Sabei said with a smile: "Tanba's Hatano clan is adjacent to Yamashiro and Wakasa, if the Hatano clan grows bigger, I'm afraid it will threaten Wakasa, and my fief is in Wakasa, I hope the lord can let me do the responsibility of a samurai." ”

Hasegawa Shuichi smiled when he heard this, and said to Sabei: "Sabei's natural fierce general, naturally he should achieve fame on the battlefield. ”

The two then discussed the process of receiving Onozaki Yoshimasa tomorrow, and briefly exchanged a few drinks, and then Sabei returned home with his retainers.

When he returned home, Ming Weixiu had already returned from the Great Ten Thousand Palace, and when he learned that Sabei was going to receive the envoy of the Satake family tomorrow, a smile instantly spread across his face. Seeing his wife behaving like this, Sabei was also quite moved, and then the two chatted about the name of the child in their womb.

The next day, after a brief breakfast, Sabei immediately led his retainers to meet up with Shuichi Hasegawa. According to the process discussed yesterday, the two took their retainers to meet Onozaki Yoshimasa outside the city.

The team that greeted Oda had not gone far before they saw the Satake mission escorted by the Oda army. When the samurai in charge of the escort saw the family crest on Sabei Haori, he immediately saluted and said, "Meet Mingwei-sama, Mingwei-sama has a warrant from the lord!" ”

Sabei was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and in order to take care of Hasegawa Shuichi's face, he glanced at the samurai in front of him. When the samurai noticed this, he flattened his head and saw Shuichi Hasegawa beside Sabei.

Looking at Hasegawa Shu, who showed the warrant, had a sullen face, Sabei glanced back and found that Fujido Takatora was not in the team, and then remembered that Fujido Takatora had returned to Kuniyoshi Castle with Right Ichisuke.

At this time, Onozaki Yoshimasa said: "Down there is Tadazaburo Yoshimasa, and Your Excellency is Hasegawa-sama!" ”

Shuichi Hasegawa, who confirmed the warrant, showed a smile and said to Onozaki Yoshimasa in front of him: "It's right here, Your Excellency is Yoshimasa-sama!" Please also lead us to Gifu City to meet the lord! ”

Onozaki Yoshimasa smiled when he heard this, and said to Sabei on the side: "Your Excellency is Lord Mingwei who regained the head of Hayashi Sato from the Hojo clan, and he is indeed mighty and majestic!" ”

After hearing this, Sabei smiled at Onozaki Yoshimasa, and then said, "It's not my own work, Yoshimasa-sama has a good reputation!" ”

Onozaki Yoshimasa nodded with a smile after hearing this, then turned around and took out two knives from the wooden box carried by the attendant, and said to Hasegawa Shuichi and Sabei: "This is a little bit of heart, and I hope the two of you laugh!" ”

With that, Onozaki Yoshimasa waved his hand at the attendant behind him, and then the attendant pushed out a person in the same outfit as them, but the person was tied with a rope, his body was dirty, and his face was obviously red and swollen. When the man saw that Onozaki Yoshimasa had a double knife in his hand, he immediately kowtowed and said, "Lord, the villain will never dare to steal again!" ”

Without waiting for Sabei and Hasegawa Shuichi and others to react, Onozaki Yoshimasa took out one of the two knives and slashed at the person in front of him who came to kowtow and beg for mercy, and the person was instantly split in half.

After splitting the person in front of him in half, Onozaki Yoshimasa said to Sabei and Hasegawa Shuichi: "These two are Xiangshu Shinto Gokuni Mitsumei, please laugh at them!" ”