Hearing his taunt, Rokuro Mochizuki smiled and said in a disapproving tone:

[Yes, of course they are powerful, even the world's well-known [Yunzhou Dragon] can catch it, how can we have that ability. Pen, Fun, and Pavilion www.biquge.info。。。。。 Huh! 】

If it weren't for the fog hiding and pinching him, he would have continued.

These two people, it's not that they don't respect Wise Kogoro, they both admire Wise Kogoro's kendo, they just can't stand the latter's arrogant commanding attitude, so they deliberately talk back to Wise Kogoro, and they can claim to the outside world that they found Wise Kogoro, this is a lot of face, how can they let it go easily, maybe this is the time to get promoted and get rich.

Because according to common sense, these two people are not retainers of the wise family, so wise Kogoro is not qualified to order them.

[However, I want to ask the two of you, although the Shibata retainers know that something happened to me, but 。。。。。。 No one saw that it was someone from the Hojo family who did it, so Shibata-sama didn't need to worry about anything, but the two were different, if it was known to outsiders, because of his mistakes, the strength of the Hojo family went deep into Ueno, and kidnapped the son-in-law of the shogun-sama, hehe, what would be the consequences。。。。。。 Hehe, I don't need to say more! 】

Rokuro Mochizuki shuddered all over, he looked terrified, and the words of wise Kogoro seemed to shake him a lot.

Wu Yin Cai hid but reacted quickly, he hurriedly grabbed Mochizuki Rokuro and knelt on the ground.

[There was a lot of offense just now, wise lord, please don't blame, we are countrymen, we are ignorant, please forgive me!] 】

Even Rokuro Mochizuki began to beg for mercy.

[It's all our fault, we didn't see the people of the Hojo family, but we saw you alone, walking from the intersection。。。。。。 We didn't do anything to help with this. 】

The two ninjas were so uplifted, and Wise Kogoro finally smiled.

[Well, it seems that this is the case, I came down from the mountain and met the two of you。。。。。。 But...... 】

He deliberately pretended to be very embarrassed, and Wu Yin hurriedly said:

[My lord, if you have any orders, please feel free to mention them.] 】

[You make up a reason for me, I've been missing for two days after all。。。。。。 】

[My lord, it's three days.] 】

[Shut up, Rokuro, don't talk too much! ] Your Excellency, you go on. 】

。。。。。。

In the house of Castle Town, Mitsutoru Saito is reading a book.

Right now, in the city, in order to search for Akechi Kogoro, the Shibata retainers and the catchers are going crazy, and the ordinary people, because they don't know what is going on, are panicking in their hearts while watching the excitement, thinking that something big is going to happen.

Although Mitsuto Saito's eyes were staring at the words, in his heart, he couldn't actually read a word。。。。。。 There is no other reason, tonight, he must leave this city controlled by the Shibata family!

After the Koshu conquest in the twelfth year of Tensho, all the territories around the Kamirugawa River were included in the Shibata family's pocket, and the Hojo family, who had been at eye for each other before, now felt even more that the safety of his person and territory was threatened, and the lord of Bowlatata Castle, Saito Mitsuto, asked Odawara Castle to support the castle guards.

The letter was found when the shogunate army united with the daimyo of the world to capture Odawara Castle, and later the Hojo clan also mentioned it to Akechi Kogoro.

In addition, Mitsutomi Saito also sent several letters to the Hojo family asking for support and pledging allegiance. Mitsutoru Saito's personal letter to the Hojo family's [Foreign Minister] Daido Temple Masashige contains such a request for support from the Hojo family.

At that time, the Shibata family locked the Saito family's territory at 6,000 stone according to the territory given to the Saito family by the Takeda family that year.

The quota of 6,000 koku was given to the Saito family by Takeda Katsuyori in the fourth year of Tensho, and was limited to the south of the Kamirugawa River and the north of the Ueno border.

At that time, the Saito family has no objection to this, but the land of the Kamirugawa River is fertile, and the Saito family's territory is not only 6,000 koku, in addition, in the past few years, the Saito family has continued to encroach on the borderless land around the Kamirugawa, and the sphere of influence has extended to the north bank of the Kamirugawa, and the income has been close to 10,000 koku, which is almost a small daimyo.

After Shibata Katsuya came to Ueno, he strictly inspected the land, and now the Saito family was killed.

Not only did all the previously expanded territories be lost, but also the non-expanded territories -- for no other reason, Shibata Katsuya decided that the Saito family's territory was only 6,000 stones, and not even one more stone!

This is good, not only are the years of hard work not in vain, but the part of the territory that the Takeda family allocated to them before will also be confiscated.

Not only that, but because of the reduction of territory, the Saito family can no longer afford to raise many samurai, and many middle and lower-level samurai have become ronins. And the high-ranking samurai, because of the lack of livelihood, had to go to the field to cultivate by themselves, and everyone's hearts were filled with anger towards the Shibata family!

Saito Mitsuru didn't dare to resist, so he had to swallow his anger and accept it silently.

However, his rebellion was not recognized by the Shibata Katsu family -- during the seizure of the land, the Shibata family's commissioners were arrogant and wantonly bullied the samurai of the Saito family, and the two groups of people were in the same boat, and the most painful thing was that his uncle Saito Daiki, while mediating their quarrel, was mistakenly killed by an emotional priest.

Seeing that the big cook was killed, the samurai of the Saito family were furious, and they wanted the people of the Shibata family to seek justice, and the two sides argued again, and finally, the people of the Shibata family suddenly collectively drew their swords and made a move to attack the Saito side, and the Saito family did not show weakness, and also raised their swords, and the final result of this weapon fight was that the Shibata family's commissioner died three, and his side died five.

The commissioners fled back to Maebashi in a hurry, and told Shibata Katsuya about the matter.

Shibata Katsuie didn't react in any way right away, but after a while, he ordered himself to come to Maebashi Castle to discuss the issue of the territory, and hinted that he could return the territory that had been confiscated before.

Although he is a little suspicious, he still does not doubt him because of the territory.

As a result, as soon as he entered the city, he didn't see Shibata Katsuya at all, and he was immediately put under house arrest.

During this time, Saito Mitsutoru has been in a situation where his personal safety is threatened, and the samurai of the Shibata family, who guards him, are arrogant and rude to him, and even insult him many times. This makes him, who was originally quite good-tempered, always enter a state of depression that he can't get out of when he has fire.

Just a few days ago, a maid who followed Saito Mitsuru into the city was dissuaded by three Shibata samurai in Yashiki, and not only did she not succeed, but she was beaten by a group of people, watching this group of human beasts attack her own maid.

The poor maid, who suffered this misfortune, was innocent and innocent, and finally committed suicide in anger.

The matter is not over here, and it is not a trivial matter that someone died.

It's hateful that those three damn mongrels actually bit back when they faced the questioning of the town commissioner, saying that Saito was light and couldn't do it, and they killed people。。。。。。 The town council Kanamori did not distinguish between right and wrong, and after listening to the nonsense of these three people, the case was closed, because the lord did not have to suffer for murder, so this vicious murder case was finally over.

After that, the Shibata samurai, who realized that he would not be punished for his crimes, treated Saito Mitsutoru and several of his followers even more harshly, not only punching and kicking him, wantonly robbing him of the property he brought from the Kamirugawa, but also threatening many times to "find an opportunity to take his life".

[Wait for me, sooner or later, I will kill you all.] 】

This series of events made Saito Mitsuto's hatred for the Shibata family continue to increase, and he vowed in his heart that he would definitely give the Shibata family a little color in the future.

The entire Saito family is full of bitter hatred for the Shibata family.

Just when Mitsutoru Saito was under house arrest in Maebashi, the Saito retainers in the bowl city were also planning non-stop plans to rescue their lord.

They regarded the Hojo family as the biggest assistant in the operation, and in the same way, feeling that once the Kamirukawa was controlled by the Shibata family, it would have very adverse consequences, and the Hojo family was willing to rescue Saito Mitsuto.

[Please transfer the Wind Demon Ninja who are proficient in ninjutsu to Ueno to act, everything will be much easier.] 】

Daido Temple Masashigeru, who was in charge of diplomacy (because of the problem of stones, he no longer needed to go to Kyoto, and stayed directly in Kanyashu to recuperate, and the liaison work with the shogunate was replaced by Hojo Clan Kiri), who attached great importance to this matter, and he wanted to borrow the idea of using the ability of Kotaro Kaze, who was very strong in ninjutsu, and two days later, on November 7, he obtained permission from the Odawara assessment of the Hojo family, and the Hojo clan instructed in his own hand:

[At the judgment of Lord Suruga, all measures to protect Lord Saito Sama Mitsuto-sama from threats from conspirators are approved.] 】

According to the information uploaded to the Hojo family by Saito's retainers, Saito's situation is so bad that it is not presentable. And the report submitted by Daido Temple Masashi shows that at that time, [the samurai of the Shibata family were in the Yashiki and watched like a captive) Samasuke (Saito Mitsuto). Daido Temple Masahiro said to Saito's retainer's request to rescue his lord,

[In the tenth year of Tensho, Saito Samasuke tried to get out of his personal predicament through the military assistance of the Hojo family, and now it seems that this action is indeed necessary. 】

Although the Hojo family did not directly send the Hagata Castle guards because of Oda Nobunaga's thoughts, this time, the Hojo family would not give up this great opportunity to interfere in Ueno's affairs.

Dadao Temple Masahiro also thinks,

[If necessary, the Hojo family may consider sending a small number of troops to assist the Saito clan in defending the bowl-shaped castle。。。。。。 However, in order to avoid the wrath of the public side, the soldiers of this family should try to avoid any conflict with the Shibata family, let alone take a step beyond the Kamirugawa! (To be continued.) )