Hidebo had just convened his ministers to discuss the next steps, but they had never thought that in just ten days, they would be counterattacked by the Omi faction, and of course, they had reason to believe that Tsutsui Joji's appeal was entirely Ishida Mitsunari's idea.

In the evaluation room, whether it is the resourceful Fujido Takatora or the brave and combative Shima Kiyoko, they are all in a meditative and lifeless state, and Hideho is also a little worried, and he has not made any moves, why did he cause the dissatisfaction of the Omi faction?

"My lord, the minister thinks that this Iga Mamoru incident was definitely provoked by Ishida Jibu, otherwise, if there is no strong force to support him, with his Iga Mamoru guts, he will not say half a 'no' if he is killed." Fujitang Gaohu was a little excited in his words, not to mention that he had traveled back and forth to Mino and Shancheng several times in half a month, and he didn't have time to repair the northern city at all.

Relatively speaking, Hideho seemed a little calm this time, he comforted Fujido Takatora, while calmly said: "There is nothing complicated about this matter, the day after Taiko's death, Mrs. Yodo summoned me, hoping that I and the government would jointly manage the government, but I refused, this matter must have reached the ears of the government, which made him angry and instigated Iga Mamoru to sue the family in order to retaliate." ”

"I see," Fujido Takatora realized, and asked rhetorically, "Then what should I do next, I can't really return the three counties of Iga to him, it's an important place that the family has been running for three years, whether it's connecting Yamato and Ise, or Gotoyama and Yamato, it's all indispensable, and if I really hand it over, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it in the future." ”

"There's nothing to worry about. *.. * If he wants to give it back to him. Xiu Baoman replied nonchalantly. But the cities and roads we built are still ours. The family can still garrison troops there, and the original castles such as Ueno Castle and Kashiwahara Castle are given to them, and our castles are all around. As long as they don't bother, they can take it back. ”

"I see." Fujitang Gaohu nodded with a smile and asked, "Although the three counties are returned, in fact, the family still retains its military presence there." Tsutsui has always been cautious in his work, and in Yichen's opinion, even if he asked for the management rights back, he still did not dare to move the castle back to Ueno. ”

Xiubao bowed slightly: "That's right, he doesn't dare to come back, Gao Hu, you tell the Ministry of Governance, don't wait for three days, just the day after tomorrow, wait for me to prepare a little." The day after tomorrow afternoon, I will invite him and Iga Mamoru to come to Fushimi, and I will give them a satisfactory answer. ”

"Your Ministers obey." Fujitang Gaohu snorted coldly. Smiled and walked out of the main hall.

"Lord, those cities are under the management of the ministers, I don't know what to do next?" Fukushima Takayoshi was the Iga Acting Governor of Hideho Kin's order, in fact, only in charge of Nishi-Iga, although he later became the commander-in-chief of the North Breath Army, and set up the castle in Mt. Tamon, but still did not neglect the management of Iga and the expansion of the castle road, just before the expedition to Korea, he successively built six castles in Ueno and around Kashiwabara, among which Wae Castle replaced Ueno and became the largest castle in the whole Iga, and its castle town size far exceeded the sum of the three castles of Iga, Ueno, Fukuchi, and Kashiwahara. Therefore, as soon as he heard that Tsutsui was going to return to Iga, he was furious and ready to force the Tsutsui family to retreat by force at any time.

Hideho also knew that his righteous brother was more than brave and not resourceful, so he had to order as simply as possible: "What you have to do now is to double the defensive strength of the city, and shorten the patrol time on the road from three hours to one hour. ”

"The minister will arrange it, and he will definitely not let those bald donkeys succeed." Takayoshi Fukushima snorted and strode out of the room, while the others also rushed out after Hideho announced the end of the meeting, returning to Koriyama or Gotoyama to handle government affairs.

The next morning, Ishida Mitsunari sent someone to inform Tsutsui Joji of Hideho's summons to Fukuchi Castle, and asked him to leave for Fushimi the next afternoon, and after gathering at Ishida Mitsunari's house, he and Goshushi went to the castle to meet Hideho together, and Tsutsui Joji also wrote back, stating that he would follow Mitsusei's instructions and arrive in Fushimi on time.

However, everything that seemed to be going well came to an abrupt end in the middle of the night on the day the envoy left Fukuji Castle, and with the main room of Oda Hideko Tsutsui Seiji in the Imperial Palace, who was originally the daughter of Akechi Mitsuhide, was adopted by Oda Nobunaga as an adopted daughter, and the matter suddenly took a turn for the worse.

"What do you say? Mamoru Iga was assassinated?! The next morning, Ishida Mitsunari received an obituary from the Tsutsui family in Osaka, and he couldn't believe his ears, and asked in horror, "As the head of a country, how could a ninja take Xing's life?" Have you found out who did it? ”

The messenger shook his head and replied with a sob: "According to investigation, the assassin stabbed the lord with a poisonous needle while he was asleep. ”

"My lord, this must have been done by His Royal Highness Youfu." Masuda Nagamori whispered in Ishida's ear, in his opinion, only Hideho had the motivation to do this, and a ninja with such a superb technique was by no means an ordinary person under the ordinary daimyo.

"Hugh is going to talk nonsense!" Mitsunari turned his face and glared at Masuda Nagamori, and questioned: "Do you think Youfu will be so stupid, knowing that it will be suspected, and still take the risk to assassinate Mamoru Iga?" And I believe in his character, and he will never do such a bad thing. ”

"Is that all?" Masuda Nagamori was indignant.

"How is that possible, how can Iga Mamoru say that he is also a daimyo who owns 200,000 stone Chiyuki in Iga, Settsu, and Ise Although the territories other than Higashi Iga and Settsu are all encroached upon by Hideho, we are the five commissioners, and we must ask for an explanation for the Tsutsui family." After speaking, Ishida Mitsunari turned to the messenger and comforted: "Go back and tell your wife and young master, let them deal with the aftermath, as for the arrest of the murderer, leave it to the five commissioners to handle it." ”

"Thank you to the young assistant of the ruling department, the foreign minister will go back to report to the young master and deal with the funeral of the lord first." The messenger wiped his snot and got up and strode away.

Looking at the back of the messenger in the distance, Ishida Mitsunari fell into a deep thought: although there is no evidence to prove that Xiubao moved the killer, who else but him? Whether it's for the jurisdiction of Nishiiga or for the sake of defending his authority, it's a plausible explanation, but is it true that Hideho has been arrogant to such an extent that he dares to arbitrarily dispose of the daimyo who is against him?

ps: Let me tell you something, I have an exam next week, that course is very important, and it is difficult, so I want to spend a week reviewing, as for it, it may be delayed, and I hope you understand, after all, it is a student, and it is not good to fail the course