In the end, Nobunaga decided that Matsunaga Shu would complete this matter, although Matsunaga Shu had already returned to himself and could be regarded as a talent, but the other party had always given him a feeling of being outside, so it was most appropriate for him to be in charge of this matter.

And although Matsunaga Xiu was unwilling to do a hundred or a thousand in his heart, he didn't have the courage to offend Nobunaga in person, so under coercion and temptation, he could only accept it, and after coming out of the castle tower, he felt that his loyalty to the Oda family was until now, but if he had been seized by Nobunaga today, if he wanted to rebel, he would be strangled by the other party in an instant, and there was not even a slag left, so if he wanted to rebel, then he had to pull others into the water, especially after the Oda family set up several large legions, the power in the hands of the important ministers was greatly enhanced, Once you can pull them up, then the possibility of success is still very high.

After having this idea, he first thought of the Takayama clan, since the Takayama clan seized the Kanto, the existence of the Oda family is already second only to Oda Nobunaga, if you can move him, then it seems that it is not difficult to overthrow the rule of the Oda family, but when he just had this idea, he was immediately denied, first of all, at the time of today's evaluation meeting, the clan did not open his mouth to persuade Nobunaga to change his mind, which at least shows that the other party has an indifferent attitude towards the abolition of the emperor or not, and wants to persuade him to rebel, It was definitely not an easy task, and although he had some interactions with the clan, he found that the other party seemed to be always defensive about him, so he was even less sure of convincing the other party.

And in addition to the clan, another candidate is more suitable, he first thought that Kinoshita Hideyoshi is a samurai from a civilian background, and he is very concerned about the existence of the emperor, otherwise he will not strongly oppose this at the meeting to stand on the opposite side of Nobunaga, Kinoshita Hideyoshi is not stupid, if he doesn't care about the imperial family, with his identity, he will be more silent like the clan, after all, now Nobunaga has seized the world, touching Nobunaga's brow, it will not do him any good at all, but he still did it, That is enough to explain his attitude, although Kinoshita Hideyoshi is slightly weaker than the clan sect in terms of strength, but it is definitely a force to be reckoned with, especially the land controlled by the other party, which is much closer to the clan than the clan clan, once launched, then he can attack and kill Nobunaga with lightning speed, in this regard, he has a great advantage over the clan clan.

And there is a more important point to pull Kinoshita, that is, to preserve the family business, the clan is powerful, even if it is willing to rebel, then after the elimination of Nobunaga, once it occupies, then there is no rival in the world, and after it destroys Kinoshita and others or the other party surrenders, then how can there be their own good fruit to eat, and then the clan will definitely push itself out without hesitation, in order to calm the anger of the samurai and civilians in the world, so whether it succeeds or not, he can't live. And pulling up Kinoshita Hideyoshi is different, the other party's strength is slightly weaker, so after eliminating Nobunaga, if you want to fight against Takayama, or even eliminate the other party, then you must unite all the forces that can be united, so that you have a way to live, not to mention anything else, once the two families go to war, it is not something that can be completed in a short time, and as long as they continue to grow during this time, even if Hideyoshi wants to eliminate himself, he must also consider the consequences, only by doing so, the family can rest easy.

Thinking of this, Matsunaga Xiu walked towards Kinoshita Hideyoshi's samurai mansion without hesitation, and when he entered the main hall, he found that there was not Kinoshita in the mansion, but also many samurai from the Oda family, and these people were not only from the Kinoshita faction, but also Tokugawa Ieyasu.

So for a while, he really didn't know how to speak, after all, rebellion is not a good thing, once it leaks out, then there is no possibility of survival at all.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi was surprised to see Matsunaga Shu suddenly visit, after all, this time Nobunaga secretly summoned Matsunaga Xiu, not to mention that he didn't know, even the clan didn't know. So as soon as the other party sat down, he heard Kinoshita Hideyoshi ask, "I wonder if Matsunaga-sama has any advice for this visit?" "Since Kinoshita Hideyoshi became the commander of the army, in addition to focusing on the war, he has not learned etiquette and tea ceremony, after all, he was only within the Oda family before, no matter how vulgar he spoke, as long as he could make meritorious contributions, but now his identity is already a big name, and his own power is also one of the few in the world, if it is still like before, it will be ridiculed by others, and he is an extremely inferior person, and he can't tolerate others to laugh at him, so he shouted that he really worked hard, Although it is still a little unnatural to speak now, I have learned to write crepe.

"This ......" The other party asked, and Matsunaga Xiu was even more difficult, and he really didn't know how to open his mouth for a while. But he knew that if he didn't say it at this time, then I'm afraid there would be no time to say it again, so he turned his mind around, and then said: "Don't hide it from Lord Kinoshita and all of you, just now the lord secretly summoned Zaixia, I don't know what the lord summoned me to do?" ”

At this time, what else could it be to summon Matsunaga Xiu alone, it must be to eliminate the imperial family, so as soon as he finished speaking, he only heard Kinoshita Hideyoshi say: "Could it be that the lord wants you to make a move against the imperial family?" ”

After the other party spoke, Matsunaga Xiu kept observing the other party's expression, but after seeing the other party's panicked expression with anger, and a little panic in the anger, he knew that he had come to the right place this time. So he hurriedly said: "Kinoshita-sama is wise, the lord summoned Zai Xia is indeed for this matter, and Xia thinks that the imperial family has existed since ancient times, and if it is abolished, it is really difficult to accept it, not only in the next I am afraid that the world will never agree, but no matter how I persuade him, the lord does not have any intention of changing the decision, and gave a death order to the next to complete this matter within a month, and the subordinates really do not want to do so, so this time I came to ask Kinoshita-sama for advice." ”

Don't look at the current Hideyoshi is full of dissatisfaction with Nobunaga, but he has no intention of rebelling and overthrowing the other party now, because the shadow left by Nobunaga is too big, and from the bottom of his heart, Nobunaga is invincible.

He didn't speak, but after listening to Matsunaga Hide, the samurai present began to discuss, because their leader Kinoshita Hideyoshi was against it, so these people who came today must also be opposed, including Niwa Nagahide, the first minister under the Oda family and the most opposed to the abolition of the emperor, Takigawa Kazuki, who had eliminated the heterogeneous people and unified Kii, Mori Terumoto, who chose to submit to Oda because he could not resist Kinoshita's attack, and Tokugawa Ieyasu, who chose to completely surrender under Nobunaga's coercion yesterday. In addition to these people, of course, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's most relied on military advisor, Kuroda Kanbei, whose intelligence is not under the clan, was of course also on the spot.

Although these people were very dissatisfied with Nobunaga's approach, they had the same idea as Kinoshita Hideyoshi, that is, they did not rise to any rebellion, they thought more about hoping that they could achieve the goal of persuading the lord to give up through other means, but Kuroda Kanbei and Tokugawa Ieyasu did not have such thoughts in their hearts, and when they heard Matsunaga Hide's words, they immediately realized that it seemed that this was an opportunity to seize the world, of course, Kannei was to seize the world for the lord, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was for himself.

Don't look at the current Tokugawa family's power is not first-class, even after it lays down Izumo, there are only hundreds of thousands of stones, once the world is really going to be chaotic, then with his strength, it is impossible to achieve the goal of seizing the world, but he also has his own analysis, he thinks, once Nobunaga is overthrown, then Kinoshita and Takayama must have a battle, and at that time Kinoshita Hideyoshi, who is in a weak position, will inevitably rely on his own strength second only to his strength, otherwise he has no possibility of competing with the clan, with this premise, Then it's time to talk about the conditions, once the Takayama family is eliminated, the world will become two points again, but one of these points is his own, as long as he can do this, then he believes that even if he can't see the day when he dominates the world, his descendants will definitely be able to do it, after all, he is neighbors with the Kinoshita family, Kinoshita Hideyoshi has not been able to leave a son and a half daughter until now, although he succeeded a kid named Nobuyoshi, but this has made the retainers of the Kinoshita family feel in crisis, plus this kid is simply a waste of ambition and talent, Let such a person inherit the family business, the Kinoshita family will wait to be defeated by him, and look at his heir Nobuyasu, not only both civil and military, but also the eldest son, with him to inherit, the Tokugawa family will be more stable, and when that day comes, the family will be destroyed Kinoshita.

After having such an idea, it was necessary for him to persuade Kinoshita Hideyoshi to launch a rebellion, and he also heard it from Matsunaga Hide's words, he also had this idea, this kind of thing is afraid that no one will support it, once someone else stands with him, it will be much easier to do, and Matsunaga Hideki is in a hurry, he is really not in a hurry, so it is better not to show his thoughts for the time being.

And although Kuroda Kanbei also hopes that the lord can seize the world, his purpose is much simpler, his thoughts are not complicated, once the lord can really win the world, then he can definitely get much more than now, so why refuse? But he was not carried away by such thoughts, but he clearly realized that it was not easy to eliminate the Oda family, so before destroying the other party, he must first remove the Kinoshita family, otherwise if he failed, he would not be able to withstand the wrath of the main hall at all.

But at this time, what people didn't expect was that Kinoshita Hideyoshi suddenly became angry and said, "What should I do? What can I do? Didn't I just find you here this time to find a way, and now you're actually asking me what to do! Kinoshita Hideyoshi's gentleness couldn't be pretended to be, and by this time he had returned to his original appearance.

Others can not speak, after all, although they are people from the Kinoshita faction, they are not subordinates of the other party, and they can't touch Kinoshita Hideyoshi's brows at this time, but Kuroda Kanbei is different, he is Kinoshita's minister, he exists to solve problems for the lord, so at this time, others can not say it, but he can't help but say it.

So when Kinoshita Hideyoshi got angry, he only heard him speak: "My lord, my subordinates have an idea that can ensure the safety of the imperial family, and not only that, but also allow the family to have greater development." It's just that this is too important to be the place to speak. ”

As soon as Tokugawa Ieyasu heard what the other party said, he felt that there was a door, but Kuroda Kanbei said it clearly, this is obviously not going to take him to play, if this is the case, how can the development plan of the Tokugawa family be carried out, so he just heard him hurriedly say: "Kuroda-sama don't worry, now this mansion has been completely blocked by the ninjas under his command, and I promise not to say that someone is eavesdropping, not even a mosquito wants to fly in." Of course, if adults still feel that it is inappropriate, it can only mean that they do not trust inferior people. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, there are no outsiders here, hurry up!" I just heard Kinoshita Hideyoshi say impatiently.

However, this matter is related to the survival of the family, and Kuroda Kanbei can't be treated carefully, he will believe the other party with just one sentence from Tokugawa Ieyasu, especially when a mosquito flew over in front of him......

So Kuroda Kanbei still didn't speak, but looked around.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi saw that he was such a mother-in-law and was about to reprimand, but at this time he heard Tokugawa Ieyasu say, "Come out." Show Kuroda-sama the power of the family. ”

When his voice fell, he saw twenty ninjas led by Hattori Hanzo immediately appeared from different places in the hall and came to the center of the hall, when they saw this scene, everyone present was shocked, if it was easy to hide one or two ninjas in this hall without being discovered, then it would not be easy to arrange twenty people at once, especially Kuroda Kanbei also carefully scanned the circle, and there were no flaws under his gaze, which is enough to prove that what Tokugawa Ieyasu just said was not a lie.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is different from the clan, he is more life-saving than the clan, so the ninja guards around him are the strongest ones selected from the ninja army under his command, except for Hattori Hanzo, these twenty ninjas are all good at lurking and assassinating, and there are two upper ninjas among these people, don't look at the number is not much, but once launched, the combat power they broke out must not be ignored.

And Kinoshita Hideyoshi's eyes were completely attracted by these ninjas, and he was eager to get such a ninja guard now, but when he just had this idea, he was interrupted by Kuroda Kanbei's words.

When Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered these ninjas to scatter everywhere, Kuroda Kanbei no longer hesitated, and only listened to him say cautiously: "My lord, my lords, if you want to protect the imperial family from dying, I think there is only one way, and that is ......" Speaking of this, he seemed to have mustered up all his courage, and then continued: "There is no other way than to destroy the main hall." (To be continued.) )