"Nope! Your words are serious, and it is my honor to meet with Shogun as an envoy to my father. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The suspicious pedestrian immediately knelt down in front of Xiuzhong and made a gesture of great respect.

"No need to be polite, Notes,"

Xiuzhong nodded very casually,

"I also want to thank Mamoru Iwami. If it weren't for Iwamimori's consent, my position would have been the same forever, and I would have been the one who was distressed at that time. ”

"Your Excellency, General, you've been working hard lately. My father had already received a letter from Sagami Mamoru in secret, but because Edo Castle was controlled by the Great Imperial Palace, there was no way to send a reply to the castle. ”

The man took out a letter from his shirt and handed it to Xiuzhong,

"This is a reply from my father, please check it out with the Shogun."

Xiuzhong took the letter, opened it and read it carefully, showing some satisfied smiles.

The suspicious pedestrian, who called himself "Fujijiro", also echoed after seeing Xiuzhong's smile:

"My father said that we should naturally agree to the Shogun's request. Regardless of whether we are truly loyal to the Shogun, if the Shogun continues like this, it will be difficult for our Okubo clan to take a stand. ”

"yes. Now, after all, my father, Lady Yasu, is now in control of the power of the Tokugawa family. ”

After reading the letter, Xiuzhong carefully lit a small oil lamp, then placed the letter on top of the lamp, and slowly burned it out.

"Jiang gave birth to a boy for me dozens of days ago, but I didn't expect my father to let me come to Kyoto to serve Gorouta and Chofukumaru Motofuki. Not only did my father take away my power, but he also took away the time I was going to use to take care of Jiang. ”

With a tired and annoyed look on his face, Xiuzhong's bloodshot eyes looked like he hadn't slept well in a long time.

What he said just now seemed to be both criticizing his father Ieyasu's approach and expressing his helplessness to Fujijiro in front of him.

"Your Excellency, General, hard work. I heard from my father that Sagami Mamoru is in a similar state to you, and every day he is in a state of confusion and his territory has been deprived. ”

"Yes, Sagami is in a sense more miserable than me. First he lost his eldest son, who he loved the most, and then he was deprived of his territory by his father. Fortunately, Sagamimoru has not been dismissed from his position in the shogunate, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to send a letter, let alone receive a reply from Iwami Mamoru now. ”

Speaking of which, my father was also very angry and scolded the people of the Honda family in front of us. As soon as our Okubo clan lost ground, those guys started to get complacent. ”

"Hmph, Zhengxin and Zhengchun were originally close confidants of my father, and they also opposed my succession as the governor of the family. And the two of you have been at odds for a long time, and of course they will be happy at this time when they have lost ground. ”

"The Great Imperial Palace-sama is really! How can such a villain be reused! ”

Hidetada and Fujijiro seemed to be discussing some particularly disgusting anger, and their tones were extremely disdainful of boredom.

At this time, Irizawa Shinnai, who was eavesdropping on the rooftop, also heard the conversation between the two and began to speculate secretly.

Judging from the current situation, it is probably that Hidetada did not have a very comfortable life after being stripped of power, and then this suspicious pedestrian who came to meet Hidetada seems to be someone from the Okubo clan. The two also mentioned Honda Masanbu and Masasumi father and son in their conversation, and expressed disgust for them......

"Okubo's ......"

Irizawa seemed to know something.

In the aftermath of the Edo riots, he also listened to Hidemitsu along with Tsuunosuke and Tsukichiyo, saying that in a reply sent by Ishimaru, Okubo Tadashi, the central figure of the shogunate, had personally gone to Joshita Town to suppress the Kojokai because his eldest son, Tadatsune, had been killed by the Kojokai people.

In this way, even Irizawa Shinnai, who has never been involved in politics, can roughly know what will happen after the riots are quelled by Ieyasu.

First Hidetada was deprived of power, and then Okubo Tadashi was deprived of his territory. After that, because of Ieyasu's return to power, the status of the Okubo clan was far less than when Hidetada was in power, and Ieyasu's cronies Honda Masanobu and Masasumi father and son also ascended to the throne.

And from the conversation between the two just now, it can be seen that the Okubo clan seems to have been opposed to the Honda father and son for a long time, so it is not difficult to imagine how the Honda father and son will oppress and exploit the Okubo family after they take the throne.

It's just that who is that Iwami Mamoru ? From the conversation, it seems that this Fujijiro should be the son of this Iwami Mamoru and the Okubo clan, but it is not seen where they are connected to Okubo's loyal neighbors. Irizawa was still a little puzzled as he thought about this.

However, the fact that Hidetada wanted to take back power from his father Ieyasu is conclusive. It seems that Hidetada wants to ask this "Iwami Mamoru something" in secret, as a backup for himself to regain power.

"My father probably either wants to train Takechiyo as the next heir, or he wants to make the excellent Gorouta or Chofukumaru the next heir,"

While facing the dim candlelight, Xiuzhong wrote a reply to the Iwami Mamoru on the desk next to him, and then continued,

"But my father is very old after all, and he doesn't have long to live. And, with all my knowledge of my father, he will definitely do everything he can to destroy the Toyotomi family before he dies, and when he dies, we will be able to use the wealth and trade power that Iwami Mamoru has accumulated to regain the power that rightfully belongs to me. ”

After writing the letter quickly, Hidetada handed the letter to Fujijiro.

"The Shogun's true insight! When I get back, I'll tell my father what the Shogun said. ”

Fujijiro nodded quickly, and then put away the letter and said goodbye,

"Then, General, since you have completed this mission, your subordinates will go back and report to your father first. I should have no one guarding me when I got out from behind, right? ”

"Nope. Because of the Edo riots, the strength of the Harmony Society has been greatly weakened, so there are no ninjas from the Harmony Society with them now. The samurai in charge of the guards are probably in the kitchen now, so you can leave with confidence. ”

"Yes, then, the subordinates take their leave."

After saying this, Fujijiro immediately got up and went out of the place where he had just entered, then turned to the back door and left the mansion.

“…… I really got a lot of information tonight. I'm sure Toyotomi-sama will be happy too. ”

Irizawa Kanuchi stared at the whole process. After Fujijiro had already walked away, Irizawa Shinnai also got up quickly and left the mansion without hesitation.