Seeing that Hideho attached so much importance to it, Gao Hu didn't dare to slack off, and carefully searched the ninja's body, but still found nothing. Just when everyone was helpless, Gao Hu showed a strange smile, he took the shuriken from Xiubao's hand, looked at the family crest on it, and said confidently: "The lord is familiar with poetry and books, have you ever heard the idiom 'want to cover the show'?" ”

"Want to cover up?" Xiubao thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "You mean that someone is deliberately blaming His Highness the Inner Palace?" ”

"That's right," Gao Hu bowed slightly, and continued, "The minister just searched all the items on this ninja's body, and found no clues that could prove his identity, but why is there such obvious evidence of guilt?" As the young man said just now, ninjas are cautious and will never leak information about the main family to the enemy, and if this person is a dead soldier cultivated by the Tokugawa family, he should keep this in mind, how can he carry such a thing? Obviously, someone wanted to stir up suspicion between the two families in order to achieve some kind of purpose. ”

After listening to Gao Hu's analysis, Xiubao said thoughtfully: "Yes, there is indeed such a possibility, but how to determine who has such evil intentions?" ”

"It's very simple," Gao Hu smiled slightly, "There are many ninja schools in the world, but the ones that really get on the table, among the, there are only Koga and Iga-ryu, and the elites of Iga-ryu are basically concentrated in the hands of His Highness the Inner Palace, this person can sneak into Koriyama Castle, and he is extraordinary, so he hopes that after defeat, he can be mistaken for His Royal Highness's subordinates, but the more he is like this, the more his true identity is exposed." ”

"You mean he doesn't belong to Iga-ryu, but to Koga-ryu?" Hideho somewhat understood.

Gao Hu nodded, turned around and pulled off the ninja's mask, and said affirmatively: "According to the material and color of the fabric, it is definitely not the Kashiwahara or Ueno weaving used by the Iga ninjas, but the stone weaving commonly used by the Koga ninjas. ”

As soon as he heard that it was a Koga ninja, Xiubao couldn't help but shudder in his heart: "If it's really a Koga ninja, then this sneak in is the meaning of His Royal Highness Taiko?" ”

"If the lord really thinks so, then he has fallen into the enemy's second plan." Gao Hu shook his head and said, "If this matter was placed before Taige ruled the world, it would not be too much for the lord to understand it like this, but now that Taige has mastered the whole of Japan, does it still need to stir up the relationship between the courtiers through such means?" If Taige really wanted to make His Highness and the Inner Mansion stiff, he could come up with a more complete plan just like when he cut the two fiefdoms, and would never do such a stealing thing; And this person also wanted to blame the inner government after the defeat, not deliberately provoked, so the subordinates felt that the mastermind behind the scenes did not want to ignite himself after the failure, so he deliberately prepared this trick. Please think about it, if it is really Taige's meaning, does he need to be afraid of being tracked down by you, even if you find out, will it have any effect on him? ”

Although Xiubao understood Gao Hu's analysis, he still didn't know anything about this enemy hiding behind the scenes, and he couldn't help but be a little discouraged: "Even so, can't you still find the mastermind behind the scenes?" ”

However, Gao Hu looked unimpressed, and said lightly: "As long as the lord finds out who can mobilize the ninja army under Taige, will he know soon?" ”

"This still needs to be checked, isn't it the long hand in the mountain of Koga Kamishinobi." Hideho was still listless, because he knew that Yamanaka Nagatoshi had never had anything to do with him, and he would never provoke a dispute between his family and the Tokugawa family for no reason.

"Rong Chen reminds the lord," Gao Hu said respectfully: "There is a person, he is a close minister of His Royal Highness Taige, and he is also the person who introduced Yamanaka Changjun to Taige, and the most important thing is that he is also the contact person of Taige to convey instructions to the ninja army, and has the power to directly command the ninjas, who is it, and His Majesty doesn't have to pick a name, right?" ”

"It's him again!" Xiubao's eyes were revealed, and his fists clenched angrily.

Seeing Xiubao so angry, Gao Hu only dared to comfort him softly, for fear of harming himself: "Even if the identity of this person can be determined, this is still the conjecture of the subordinates, after all, there is no definite evidence, and the ministers are incompetent, I am afraid that this matter can only end here." ”

"What the hell is going on, how did he get to the outside of the palace single-handedly through the heavy guards? If it hadn't been for the believers who found out, would it have been my death, and no one would have known? Xiubao completely ignored Gao Hu's persuasion and shouted like crazy.

At this moment, Nasu Ziji led the guards on duty to the palace, he had never seen such a big fire from Xiubao, and he knew that he would not be able to escape the heavy punishment, so he hurriedly knelt on the ground and asked Xiubao to calm his anger.

"You say, how did this man break in from under your noses? If you can't say clearly, don't blame me for the military law. Hideho still didn't extinguish the fire, and hit Ziyoshi's head hard with a paper fan.

Zi Ji said in a panic: "Lord Qiyu, there are three hori and three ponds outside this county mountain castle, there are six Guo and two Tibet, and there are five arch guards around Honmaru, even the curved wheel is heavily guarded, and the minister really can't think of how the assassin broke into the palace, unless..."

"Unless what?" Xiubao asked angrily.

"Unless this guy sneaked in between the guards' shifts." Ziji snapped the nail on the head and said the almost impossible exception.

"Bastard!" Xiubao became angry again, "There are so many guards and so many defense facilities in the whole city, is it possible that he can understand all the rules of shift change in these places?" ”

"Your Highness, look at what this is." Nobutomo hurried to Hideho with the ninja's headscarf.

Xiubo took the hijab and couldn't help but be shocked by the picture drawn on the back of the turban.

"What's going on, how can he have a map of Koriyama Castle and a change of guard table?!" Xiubao screamed as he almost collapsed.

When Gao Hu heard this, he hurriedly took the picture to Ziji, hoping that he could explain it clearly. Zi Ji was also frightened by this picture, and cried out in despair: "My lord, this picture is definitely not made by his subordinates, such a delicate painter, if it is not a genius specializing in calligraphy and painting, it will never be able to paint." ”

Gao Hu also pleaded for Ziji on the side: "My lord, there is no doubt that there is a ghost in the house, but Lord Nasu is the captain of the guard that you have promoted, and I deeply feel the grace of His Royal Highness to restore his family name, and he will never do such a thing, and as Lord Nasu said, this painting is by no means something ordinary people can do, he is a samurai, and he is not willing to have such ability, and please see it." ”

As soon as he heard the words "specializing in calligraphy and painting", Xiubao's heart couldn't help but "chuckle", he had a suspect in his heart that he couldn't believe, but it was the only possible suspect. He let out a long sigh, walked up to Ziji, who was already in tears, squatted down to help him up, put his hands on his shoulders, and said solemnly: "It's me who is too reckless, you go and find the painter in the house and the retainers in charge of the distribution of goods in each room now, I have something to ask them, remember, don't alarm anyone else." ”

After a while, Shikichi brought the two of them from the castle town and Gokenyashiki to the palace. Hideho handed the turban to the artist and asked him to identify the ink on it.

The painter walked into the room, looked at the candlelight carefully, and said affirmatively: "My lord, the ink used in this painting is the finest oil smoke ink, which is insoluble in water, and is often used as a screen painting." ”

"Is there any ink to buy in my house today?" Hideho looked at his retainers with a blank expression.

The retainer thought for a while, and Vino replied: "The family did not purchase this ink on a large scale, but Mrs. Sakurahime likes to use it as a screen to give to the children of the princess's family, but she once asked the villain to buy a few pieces. ”

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