In the letter, Sakurahime told Nagamasa everything that happened in Koriyama Castle, and expressed her guilt for Kikuhime and wanted to tell Hideho the truth. Of course, Changzheng couldn't allow her to do this, and immediately wrote back to Sakurahime, telling her to listen to Juhime, the matter has come to this point, even if she talks to Hideho, it will be useless, and it may affect the family, I hope that everything is important for the survival of the family, and she must not be rash.

Because he knew about this in advance, Nagamasa could no longer face Hideho calmly, so when Hideho arrived in Kofu, he arranged for his second son, Nagasheng, who had no knowledge of the matter, to be in charge of receiving him on the grounds that he was infected with typhoid fever and could not see each other.

Knowing that Changzheng was sick, Xiubao wanted to visit, but Changsheng declined Xiubao's kindness on the grounds that typhoid fever would be contagious. Since Nagamasa was sick and there was nothing important about Kofu, Hideho just stayed for one night and set off on the road, not noticing anything unusual.

Since he still took the Tokaido from the lower Surugawa, he traveled very fast, and it took only six days to return to Nagashima Castle in the territory, and Kuwayama Shigeharu and Horio Yoshiharu led the retainers to wait outside the castle in the morning.

Hideho was still some distance from the city gate, and he could already see a huge procession outside the castle, and all the daimyo and wealthy clans above 10,000 stone had gathered in the small Nagashima Castle with their sons-in-law, which was the first time that the city had experienced such a grand scene since the expedition to Nagashima. It's no wonder that as the lord of the city, Shima Kiyoxing looked high-spirited on the horse, looking at his proud expression, Hideho really thought that he had won the battle.

Not only Shima Kiyoko, but everyone who accompanied Aizu this time seemed to be extremely happy, not because Hideho was going to give them any reward, but because they learned about Hideho's ability during this trip, and strengthened their confidence in their own family, and this kind of spiritual encouragement cannot be replaced by any reward.

After a while, Kung Fu Hideho and others came to the city gate, Kuwasama Shigeharu took the first step to help Hideho dismount, seeing this scene, Nagashu Masaya whispered to Horio Yoshiharu: "Kuwasan Repair still wants to squeeze out us Omi people." ”

Horio Yoshiharu looked at Hideho with his signature honest smile, but said with a squeak: "No way, the Kuwasan family has been an important minister in the family since the time of Hide, and if you want to mix well in Koriyama, Lord Changshu shouldn't complain too much." ”

"Hmph," the Masao family expressed disdain for Horio's forbearance attitude, "I am a direct minister of His Royal Highness Taiko, but I am just on the orders of His Royal Highness to assist Shizhong, I don't need to look at the faces of these old guys at all, even if I don't have a foothold, it's a big deal to go back to Fushimi, and I have Taiko and Jibu Lord to make decisions for me." ”

Hearing the Masaka mention Ishida Mitsunari, Horio couldn't help frowning, but when he saw Hideho walking towards him, he didn't dig deeper, and greeted him with a smile.

"I heard Lord Sangshan say that you have governed your territory very well in the two months since I was away." Hideho took Horio's hand and thanked him. Horio didn't expect Shigeharu to say good things for himself, so he couldn't help but throw a thankful smile to him, and then said to Hideho with a smile: "The repair lord has won the award, and the people are in peace and contentment, all relying on the full cooperation of several adults, and the ministers dare not take credit." ”

Hideho nodded with satisfaction and said teasingly, "Horio-sama deserves to be 'Buddha Shigesuke'." "The lord is too modest, too modest..."Horio didn't know whether Hideho was praising or sarcastic, so he had to nod and repeat.

At this moment, Sangshan Yiqing squeezed out of the back of the queue, walked quickly to Xiubao, and said very respectfully: "Lord Qiyu, the shoulder is ready, please let Weichen escort you back to the city to visit the emperor and the princess." "As Shun Ji's husband, Yiqing has long wanted to take the opportunity of raising the princess to ask Xiubao for credit, although it is a girl, but after all, it is Xiubao's first child, as long as he can take care of it properly, his position and salary will not be promoted.

But Xiubao shook his head and said calmly: "Since the mother and son of the imperial front are safe, I am relieved, and now the top priority is to report the results of this eastward trip to Taige, and when this matter is over, I will go back to Konyyama to take a good look at them." I am very relieved to hear that Shun Ji is the princess's nurse, and I will trouble you a lot in the future, and when I return to the county mountain castle, I will definitely give you a heavy reward. ”

"Your Highness is serious, it is a blessing for your subordinates to take care of the princess, and you don't dare to ask for any rewards." Yiqing hunched his waist and said in fear, although he refused on the surface, but he was already happy in his heart, looking forward to Xiubao's words, even if he didn't accept the reward, he would definitely be able to get a higher status in the family with the princess in the future.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Xiubao raised his throat, "I still have urgent matters to report to Taiko, and I will definitely treat everyone well when I return to Koriyama, and please drink as much as you like when the time comes, and you will not return home if you don't get drunk." After saying that, Hideho got on his horse and galloped towards Fushimi accompanied by Gao Hu and Kiyoko.

In fact, Hideyoshi knew Hideho's every move well, whether it was dealing with the Three Kingdoms Ichitsu or the assassination in Edo, he knew everything clearly, all thanks to the royal ninja under his command, the Koga Ninja.

After the Tensho Iga Rebellion, the Iga ninja was forced to leave their homeland and scattered all over the country, while the Koga ninja was reused as Nobunaga's royal ninja, after the change of Honnoji, Hideyoshi inherited the mantle of Nobunaga, and naturally received the Koga ninja and the information network established throughout the country, after which Hideyoshi further strengthened the construction of the intelligence network, and installed ninjas in important daimyo domains, and these lower-level ninjas became "lower ninjas", and they passed on the information they obtained to the "middle ninja", and the middle ninja strictly verified the information, will convey the most accurate information to the "Shangnin". As the leader of the Koga ninjas, the "Kamishinobi" is the mountain castle keeper Nagatoshi who was awarded 10,000 stone by Hideyoshi.

As the head of the Yamanaka family, one of the fifty-three families of Koga, Yamanaka Nagatoshi was not only Hideyoshi's Yubi, but also the deputy official of the 30,000 stone hiding places in Settsu, Izumi, and Yamashiro, which shows Hideyoshi's trust in him. This person reported to Hideyoshi in time through the intelligence network that Hideho caused the Three Kingdoms Ichi, even faster than the local daimyos. Therefore, it was not so much that Hideyoshi could not stop Hideho because of the delay in information, but rather that it was because he was too well informed that strengthened Hideyoshi's confidence, and then decided to use Hideho's hand to completely eradicate the cancer of Tokaido.

Hearing that Hideho came to Fushimi Castle non-stop, he immediately ordered Mitsunari to personally go to Otemon to greet him. Although Mitsunari still had doubts about Hidebo's loyalty, for the sake of his uprooting of Ieyasu's forces in Tokaido, Mitsunari's attitude was a little softer, and on the way to accompany Hideho to the Honmaru Palace, although the two did not talk too much, they no longer had the original-for-tat, and they were a little more humble and respectful.

"You've done a good job this time," Hideyoshi said happily when he saw Hideho, "and it looks like you're going to have to increase your fiefdom a lot." ”

Hideho heard that Hideyoshi wanted to increase his fiefdom, so he hurriedly bowed down and excused himself: "What the minister has done is within his bounds, and I really dare not accept the reward, so I ask you to take back your fate." ”

Hideyoshi patted Hideho on the shoulder to signal that he was reassured, and then changed his words and said with anticipation in his eyes, "Now let's talk about your plan for the Gamo family." ”

Xiubao smiled in return, and asked a little mysteriously: "If Your Highness didn't guess wrong, Your Highness wants to deal with not just the Gamo family, right?" ”

(Today I wrote 3,000 words, but as I just said, it's all gone, and I'll review the mathematical equation later, no way, I can only recall it here, everyone forgive me, but if you have a ticket, you still don't hesitate to give it away, friends who don't have a ticket, please click to collect it, thank you.) ）