The urgent secret letter written by Ishimaru Shinnai soon reached the hands of Irizawa Shinnai on Osaka's side. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Irizawa Shinnai immediately handed it over to Hidemitsu as soon as he received the secret letter.

"It's going to be real this time."

After Hidemitsu read it, he immediately burned the letter. Xiuzong, who was guarding the side, asked:

"Your Highness, what time is it?"

"The middle of next month. Trouble, time is tight. ”

Xiuguang rubbed his hair a little irritably, thinking about his next move.

"Speaking of which, Your Highness, where has that Yamizoro gone? I haven't seen the old man when I went to practice kendo in the past few days. ”

Xiuzong asked as he thought back to the situation when he practiced in the old man's mansion in the past few days.

"Yashiro. I asked him to go to Koyasan, accompanied by Hikohachi of the Wind Demon. ”

"Ahh

This year, in May of the 10th year of Keichō, just four months after meeting with Hidemitsu and his party, Oda Hidenobu, a Nakan Nagin in Gifu, who had been exiled to Koyasan, died of illness. He was buried on the spot at Kannonji Temple in Koyasan, and a tablet was set up to worship him.

So, in the eyes of the world, the childless Hidenobu passed away, and the Oda Danmasa family of Nobunaga's family was also cut off.

Of course, this is not the case. It's just that the identities of Yamijiro and Sangoro are inconvenient to announce now.

In order to avoid the rumors, Hidemitsu did not let Yamitsuro return to Koyasan to worship Hidenobu as soon as Hidenobu died, but chose this time when five months have passed.

After being told that his father had died, Yashiro cried and made a fuss. Xiuguang looked at him who was still young, and couldn't bear to interrupt.

Sangoro was still a baby waiting to be fed, and he didn't yet understand his father's death, so he didn't react to it. It's just that Sangoro often tugged at the corners of the old man's culottes, and spat out staccato words similar to his father's words.

After Hidenobu's death, Hidemitsu introduced Hidenobu's identity to Yashiro in detail, and Yashiro also learned that his father was the grandson of Oda Nobunaga, and he was the heir of the Oda Danmasadada family. Although I don't know if he can understand it at a young age.

Yamijiro cried for three whole days. He always wanted to go back to pay homage to his father Hidenobu, but because of the current situation, Hidemitsu didn't allow him to go. Now that the limelight has dropped from the news about Hidenobu, Hidemitsu finally agrees to Yamijiro's request to return to Koyasan to see his father's burial place.

Xiuguang couldn't get out because of some things some time ago. In order to ensure safety, Hidemitsu asked Hikohachi, the Wind Demon Ninja, to accompany Yamijiro back.

"Alas, Yashiro and Sangoro are really pitiful. At a young age, his father, Hidenobu, passed away. ”

Hidemune sighed, feeling that Yashiro and Sangoro were a little pitiful.

"I'm fine, my father and mother are still alive. But they and Your Highness both died when you were very young, and so did Your Highness Taiko. ”

Listening to what Xiuzong said, Xiuguang continued to think, and at the same time replied:

"Well, after all, it's a family member who died...... No matter how much you think about it, you can't feel good......"

"Your Highness?"

Sensing the strangeness of Xiuguang's mood, Xiuzong greeted him twice with some concern.

"No, it's nothing, I'm fine."

Hidemitsu quickly recovered from his distraction.

"That's not what needs to be considered now...... It's about the Edo side. ”

"Huh? Your Highness, wasn't the matter on the Edo side already arranged? ”

Looking at Xiuguang's meditative appearance, Xiuzong was very puzzled.

"Hidemune, I'm not worried about what happened in Edo, but I'm thinking about how I can delay it as long as possible."

Xiuguang pinched the corner of the desk, his eyes kept rolling.

"Think about it, if things are settled down quickly, what good is that? That specially caused incident will become just a waste of time and useless manpower and material resources. ”

"Definitely. But from a practical point of view, we can't stop it at all, after all, the road from Sunfu to Edo is easy to walk, Your Highness. ”

"yes, that's because of that...... We're going to have to drag it out for at least ten days......"

"Is Your Highness going to let the Wind Demon Ninjas manually create the appearance of a scourge on that path? For example, trees falling, rockfalls causing roads to fill in, and a series of other ways to stop his travel? ”

“…… It's hard to do, there aren't many Wind Demon Ninjas, and it's hard to create these so-called 'natural disasters' on a large scale. Moreover, these deliberate things are easy to see, and the other party is still a scheming old fox. ”

Xiuguang frowned and rejected Xiuzong's proposal.

Xiuzong saw that Xiuguang's child's face was covered with the sorrowful look that only adults who did not fit his temperament, and he thought it was particularly interesting, and almost laughed out loud.

Xiuguang glanced at Xiuzong, who was holding back a smile, and frowned helplessly.

"Haha, Your Highness, the sorrow on your face is wrinkled like an old man! You're like an old man in Kyoto, haha! ”

Xiuzong clutched his stomach and laughed unscrupulously.

Hearing Xiuzong's words, instead of getting angry, Xiuguang laughed out loud and stood up as if he had suddenly realized.

"Eh, Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Xiuzong looked at Xiuguang, who suddenly stood up with a smile, and was a little afraid that he would blame himself for his unscrupulousness.

"Nothing. I still have to thank you, Xiuzong. Thanks to you, I finally came up with a way to stall for time. ”

"Oh! What is it? ”

"Hmm. It's a bit disrespectful, but that's all I can do......"

Instead of answering Xiuzong's question directly, Hidemitsu was considering whether it was disrespectful or something.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, what is the method? Don't sell it, tell me quickly. ”

In the face of Xiuzong's inquiry, Xiuguang asked rhetorically:

"Xiuzong, although this is the best method, it is also a very rude method. Will you come with me? ”

"Of course! Whatever the method, I will follow Your Highness! ”

"Yes. If we are to succeed in delaying time this time without being seen as a problem, we will have to break into someone's mansion at night. ”

"Oh, Your Highness, what is such a trivial matter! It's not like we've never done this before! ”

Xiuzong was completely unimpressed by this.

"yes, that's good."

Xiuguang smiled, and then continued:

"This time, we're going to break into the night, but it's the residence of Prince Hachijonomiya on Hachijo Street in Kyoto."