put forward four conditions, and after all, Xiubao only agreed to two and a half, of which except for the second one, which was completely agreed, the remaining three were all bargaining, especially the first and fourth articles, which were too perfunctory

"Your Highness, your attitude makes it difficult for the old man" Tokugawa Ieyasu frowned and said, "The so-called killing pays for life, this is a truth that even the common people know, how can Your Highness turn a deaf ear and shield the mountain brothers?" Moreover, although the three lords in Shimono only have more than 10,000 knowledge and deeds, they are also dignified names, they suffered a tragic disaster and died in the war, and His Royal Highness only sent Master Chongchuan to Chaodu, which is really unreasonable, right? ”

Xiu Bijue has made a lot of concessions, if it is according to the past temper, he will not agree to any of the four, after all, they were also involved in the extermination of the Daesuba clan, and now the head of the three families has died, and it can be regarded as a report and a report, I didn't expect Tokugawa Ieyasu to ignore the facts, insisting on seeking justice for the three families, it seems that this old fox has been given up to show the "suzerainty" of the three families

Thinking of this, Hideho smiled in return: "Since the inner government wants to be reasonable, then I have to reason with you" Saying, Hideho ordered Otawara Masaaki to be invited from the castle town, as the only survivor of the Shimono Otawara clan, the moment he saw Tokugawa Ieyasu, his eyes were filled with angry flames, because of Ieyasu's viciousness, his father died of anger, and more than 100 members of the family were also ruthlessly killed, but fortunately with the protection of Hideho, he was able to survive to this day, He felt that it was time to expose Tokugawa Ieyasu's crimes, but Hidebo didn't want to completely anger the old fox in front of him, on the way here, he specially asked someone to order Otawara Masaaki, and put all the matter on the Shimono Sanke and Omote, as for the mastermind behind the scenes, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Hidebo decided to let him go for the time being, just give him a warning, Hidebo believes that with Tokugawa Ieyasu's cleverness, he will not be unclear about his intentions in doing this

Sure enough, in the next narrative of Otawara Masaaki, his name did not appear at all, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu feel a lot more relieved, "Is the right house showing favor to me?" Ieyasu carefully observed Hidebo's every move, and finally decided to give up on Hideho for the time being, after all, the initiative is in the hands of Hidebo, if Otawara Masakiyo changes his mind, let alone uphold justice for the three families, even he will inevitably fall into the charge of favoritism, and then the disadvantage will not be limited to this

"Okay, don't say it again" Tokugawa Ieyasu knows better than anyone about Otawara Masakiyo's statement, and he doesn't need to bother to speak, Ieyasu interrupted bluntly: "The old man never thought that these three families would do such a thing that lost their conscience, but according to His Royal Highness Otawara, the mastermind of this matter is the big cousin, and the three families are at most accomplices, and the crime is not to death, but now they are all dead, which is really excessive, so let's do it, other old men don't ask for it, only the right government can severely punish the perpetrators, as for the apology, Let the master of the heart come out."

"Do you still want to execute the Mountain Brothers?" Hideho didn't expect it to be all here, Tokugawa Ieyasu still refused to forgive the mountain brothers, and suddenly became angry: "I don't want to refute your face, but this matter is wrong with them, even if the mountain brothers are at fault, at most, they didn't report it in advance, and the crime is not to death, besides, I take the liberty of asking, what does this matter have to do with you, why do you want to ask the master for them?" ”

"What do you mean by that?!" Tokugawa Ieyasu was slightly confused, and replied calmly: "The old man is the head of the five elders, and he should uphold justice for everyone, and there is no special meaning... I hope that the right house will not open the topic, what is the matter, I hope you will give an explanation, and the old man can report back to them"

Xiu Bijue touched Ieyasu's nerves, and said in a low voice: "Yamashita Nosuke is the elder of the family, and I have heard the retainers say about this matter, and I feel that there is nothing to blame except for the inappropriate first cut and then played. Oh, I'm rude, who in this world dares to encroach on your Tokugawa family's territory, but I didn't expect that you still have a relationship with all of you in Shimono, and if you knew this, you should have asked Shimonosuke to ask for your opinion before doing it, so as not to damage the interests of the Tokugawa family in Shimono, and for this, you should really apologize to you"

"Don't deceive people too much, the old man only came to visit to give you face, if you blindly cover up your subordinates, then you have to ask the five elders and the five commissioners to discuss, when the time comes, what goes wrong is not something that the old man can control" Tokugawa Ieyasu showed a trace of surprise and anger between his eyebrows, he didn't expect that Hideho would dare to talk to himself in such a tone, is he still the ignorant teenager who was wantonly used by Hideyoshi four years ago?

Listening to Tokugawa Ieyasu's slightly threatening words, Hideho smiled slightly: "If you say so, then you have to trouble a few adults to come forward to solve it, anyway, there is His Royal Highness Otawara to testify, so they can't help but let me remind you that if it is really a face-to-face confrontation, His Royal Highness Masaaki may not have any scruples like just now, am I right?" ”

"Don't worry, I will definitely report it according to the truth" Otahara Masaaki nodded fiercely, and took the opportunity to glance at Tokugawa Ieyasu a few times, a sneer crossed the corner of his mouth

Tokugawa Ieyasu is not a fool, of course he knows the meaning of Otawara Masaaki's statement, thinking that he may be involved, he finally made a compromise: "In fact, this is also the meaning of the envoys of the three families, the old man is just helping to convey it, so let's do it, don't be impatient for a while, and let the old man go back and discuss with the three families, if it really can't be reconciled, it is not too late to hand it over to the elder to discuss."

"In that case, let's wait for good news," Hideho signaled that he still had official business to deal with, and asked the attendants to send Tokugawa Ieyasu out of the house, Ieyasu knew that he had the upper hand, and it was useless to say more, so he respectfully said goodbye to Hideho and returned to Yashiki in Osaka

Although there was no head-on conflict and conflict with Hidebo, Tokugawa Ieyasu understood that the Yamato Toyotomi clan, which now controls, has been able to compete with the Tokugawa clan in the eastern part of the country, and Hideho has the reputation of hindsight, so that the world's daimyo are nominally subservient to their feet, and his own old bones that have been on the battlefield for decades are no exception.

"It seems that the right house wants to kill the whole family" After listening to Ieyasu's narration, Honda Masanobu and Okubo were all embarrassed, "I wanted to use the lower field as a breakthrough and unite the Date family in the northeast to get rid of the blockade, but according to the current situation, this only way can't go."

"It's Ai now, except for Satake's unclear intentions in the east, Utsunomiya Gamo in the north, Ikeda Fukushima in the northwest, Sanada Asano in the west, and Ashihari Arima in the southwest, all of them are iron-hearted and have been formed, plus the Yamato Toyotomi clan with a mobilization force of no less than 80,000 in, if it really starts, I'm afraid it will only be a result..."Honda Masasumi said with a frown

"You are underestimating Youfu," Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled slightly, "If it is a real sword and a real gun competition, even if the victory will be a miserable victory, he will not take such a big sacrifice, 'boiled frog in warm water' is the most ideal plan."