Chapter 177 Rumors are spreading

A few days passed, and while the world was still immersed in the festive atmosphere of the New Year, the clan had already packed up and prepared to leave the samurai mansion in Cheongju Castle and embark on the journey to Kita-Omi.

Now, North America and East Mino have been completely controlled by the Oda family, and the road to Kita Omi Asai Nagamasa's residence city of Kotani Castle has been completely opened, and this road is the territory of the Oda family, and the North American Noga family is in the honeymoon period with himself, so there should be no danger along the way, so the clan no longer plans to return to the county of Hachiman Castle and mobilize the army to be responsible for escorting. He only planned to lead Keiji Maeda with this follower, but the ninja traveled lightly.

For the safety along the way, the clan is not too worried, with Maeda Keiji by his side to protect, even if he encounters robbers and bandits on the road, as long as he is there, he can easily deal with it, and he can run away.

As for the assassin who came to assassinate him, then unless he brought Wasuka Masakatsu, no matter how much he brought the army, or the ninja army to protect him, it would be useless, with the ninja army's ability to snobisculate, if there was a ninja who wanted to assassinate him, then when they found the enemy, he would probably have become a cold corpse.

This is really a problem, at this time, the clan suddenly thought of Ishikawa Five Right Guard (Men), this kid is now twelve years old, in this era, there are countless samurai who have been dressed at the age of twelve, and the Asai Nagamasa who he wants to meet is not the one who was in Yuan at the age of twelve, since others can, then Ishikawa Five Right Guard (Men) is not good for Lu. Although the clan let him learn ninjutsu and became a shadow to protect himself secretly, he was also his close attendant, and there was nothing wrong with letting him follow him.

And in the heart of the clan, there is not much difference between ninjas and samurai, and he does not look down on those ninjas who come from poor backgrounds. And the most important question now is whether Ishikawa Go-Guard (Men) can now take on the responsibility of protecting himself. If you can, if you have him by your side to protect you in the future, then you can rest easy, and you don't have to worry about preventing the enemy from assassinating at all times.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked Maeda Keiji, "Keiji, do you know where the Ishikawa Goyouwei (Men) is now?" ”

"Back to the lord, according to what my subordinates heard, Ishikawa Goyouwei (Men) has been learning ninjutsu with Lord Wasuka, and now it should be near Toyama Castle." Keiji Maeda replied listlessly. He's really not in a good mood these days.

The clan clan ignored his attitude, but continued to speak: "Immediately send someone to Wasuka Masakatsu, and let Ishikawa Goyouwei (Men) come to meet him, I have something to order." ”

After Maeda Keiji replied, he first ordered a ninja to go to pass the message, and then returned to the hall of the samurai's mansion, looking at the clan without saying anything, and the clan also noticed Maeda Keiji's abnormal demeanor, and couldn't help but say: "Don't mother-in-law**, if you have something to say, say it directly." ”

Seeing the lord speak, Maeda Keiji finally couldn't help but say all the words that were held in his heart, only to see him frowning, first sighed, and then said: "Alas, lord, the big thing is not good, now all Owari has been spread, and the rumor says that the Oda Hall is to adopt the bad idea of the lord, and will marry Princess Ashi, who is both beautiful and kind, and is also the lover of his dreams, to Asai Nagamasa." ”

Speaking of this, Maeda Keiji saw that the lord's face suddenly became gloomy, and he couldn't help but quickly explain: "Of course, the subordinates will never believe this rumor, but now the streets and alleys, taverns and teahouses are spreading, even if the subordinates don't believe it, but many of the samurai of the Oda family are convinced, and even these people are now holding back the bad luck of looking for the lord, and even the subordinates who are your close servants are now implicated, if it weren't for the subordinates who rely on their martial arts, they would have been beaten yesterday. The more this matter drags on, the more unfavorable it will be for the lord, so the subordinates believe that the supervisor needs to clarify as soon as possible, and ask the lord to decide. ”

Maeda Keiji held back the words in his heart for several days, and after saying it in one breath, he suddenly felt a lot more relieved.

After hearing this, the clan also felt that the situation was a little beyond his imagination, although he had already thought very clearly, as long as he hugged Oda Nobunaga's thigh, but for those who wanted to frame him, he must not be spared, otherwise, once he ignored it this time, then there will definitely be a next time. ,

But who is the one who got the word out about this? Clan Zong couldn't help but recall the scene of talking with Nobunaga in the living room that day, Clan Zong remembered that when talking about this matter that day, in addition to himself and Nobunaga present, there was another person present, that was Kinoshita Toyoshiro, he didn't say it, and Nobunaga couldn't go out and talk nonsense, so he didn't need to ask and knew that this matter must have been done by Kinoshita Toyoshiro behind the scenes.

And listening to Maeda Keiji's words, the speed of this news transmission is not slow, and now the samurai in the whole territory of Owari have known about it, which means that someone must be adding fuel to the fire, otherwise, with the current speed of news transmission, it is impossible to say anything in a few days, and it has spread throughout the whole territory of Owari. In this way, Kinoshita Toyoshiro did not spread this matter unintentionally, but intentionally.

What is the purpose of him so secretly harming himself? The clan has always felt that he treated Kinoshita Tojiro quite well, when he and Ning Ning held a wedding, in order to avoid the embarrassing situation of the cold scene, he not only summoned a large number of people to participate, but also gave a very generous gift.

When the soldiers and peasants were separated from the family to carry out the Tomino strategy, although he gave most of the credit to him because of his laziness, then again, if he didn't have his own support, he wanted to be appreciated by Nobunaga, and if he got his current status as a general, he would have to struggle for at least a few more years. It can be said that if he didn't have his help, maybe he would still be just a low-level samurai with a status now, how could he be in the limelight now.

The more the clan thinks about it, the more angry you become, you Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro don't know how to repay the favor, and Lao Tzu doesn't care about you in general, but now that you dare to calculate Lao Tzu, then don't blame me for being unkind to you. If you use conspiracy to calculate, then Lao Tzu will use Yang to break it.

Clan thought that although there was only himself in the living room at that time, Nobunaga and Kinoshita Toyoshiro, but when he came out, he saw Hori Hidemasa waiting outside (Men), and he must have heard his own strategy for the Asai family, although Clan Zong can be sure that Hori Hidemasa has no reason and no courage to dare to harm himself, but he can't be too careless, in case he colludes with Kinoshita Toyoshiro, it will be a little bad, but Clan Zong knows the way, if it is according to historical development, This Hidemasa Hori will still follow Kinoshita Toyoshiro in the future. In order to restore his innocence, let him come forward to solve this matter.

Thinking of this, I saw that the clan sect's face was gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Keiji, you immediately go to the castle tower and invite Hori Hidemasa-sama, I have something important to discuss with him." ”

Hori Hidemasa has been in a very bad mood for the past two days, and even Hasegawa Shuichi, Ho Naomasa and other close attendants around Nobunaga asked him to go to the sparrow house to have fun, he refused without hesitation, and now he is really in no mood to play.

There is no other reason for this, but because rumors are now spreading in Owari that are unfavorable to Takayama adults. It was none of his business, but he heard the words of Takayama-sama and Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro talking to the lord in the living room that day, and he was one of those who knew about it.

If it was put before, he wouldn't have any worries, after all, he was the lord's close attendant, not to mention that the rumors in Owari were not spread by himself, even if he was, he would not dare to do anything to himself in the Takayama clan.

However, the current situation is a little different, it didn't take a few years for the Gaoshan clan to enter the ranks of the family's important ministers, and he has won the trust of the lord, if he wants to teach himself a small servant, it is too easy, even if he teaches himself in front of the lord, as long as he doesn't want his own life, I am afraid the lord will not stop him.

And in addition to this, Hori Hidemasa himself has already come up with several strategies to repair himself. Even if Takayama-sama doesn't know him in general, he won't have the face to go to the sparrow house in the future, and when he thinks of the delicate look inside, Hori Hidemasa immediately reacted.

No, I have to go to Takayama-sama to clarify the matter. Thinking of this, Hori Hidemasa stood up, straightened his clothes, and started to walk out of his cabin. But as soon as he came out, he saw a flag ashigaru walking briskly in his direction.

"What's the matter" Horihide Masa, seeing that it seemed to be coming at him, asked directly.

The ashigaru came to the front and hurriedly saluted respectfully and said, "Back to your lordship, there is a samurai outside the castle tower who claims to be a close attendant of Lord Takayama who asks to see your lord, and I ask you to make a decision." ”

After hearing this, Hori Hidemasa couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart, he still had to come, but anyway, this rumor didn't spread by himself, and after seeing Takayama-sama for a while, as long as he explained things clearly, it should be fine.

Thinking of this, Hori Hidemasa suddenly relaxed, with the wisdom of Takayama-sama, he will definitely find out the real murderer, hmph, Kinoshita Fujiyoshiro, you bastard, you want to calculate Takayama-sama, but you still have to pull me to follow the fear, and when you get the opportunity, you will definitely have a few good "good words" for you in front of the lord, so as to relieve my hatred in my heart.

Horihide Masa's heart said, even he knows who is the real murderer, Takayama has always been outstandingly resourceful, how can he blame himself, thinking of this, he strode out of the castle tower, and together with Maeda Keiji, went to the samurai mansion of the Takayama clan.