In Maeda Village, in a very remote farmhouse courtyard, more than a dozen men dressed as ordinary farmers are sitting together, discussing something in a whisper.

The leader has a striking scar on his face, and his powerful appearance is not a character to be messed with at first glance. Such a group of people must not be simple farmers.

"Nozawa-sama, everyone has arrived, you can start!" One of the men said to the man with the scar.

Nozawa is not a rare seedling, and it is clear that this man with a scar on his face is Nozawa and Kuro, the new presidents of the Tsugawa family.

At first, Nozawa and Kuro didn't understand why they and the others were called the Blue Coat Society, but it wasn't until they received the costumes from Saigo Kizo that Nozawa and Kuro finally understood that the Blue Coat Society was really blue.......

As soon as he joined the Tsugawa family, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Tsugawa Soji, and Nozawa and Kuro were naturally very moved by Tsugawa Soji's kindness, so they were eager to do something to repay Tsugawa Soji's kindness.

As the president of the Blue Coat Society, Nozawa and Kuro plan to start by secretly investigating the various retainers of the Tsugawa family.

Unexpectedly, this investigation really made Nozawa and Jiuro find out a lot of problems.

And what excites Nozawa and Kuro the most is that when they pass by Ducobalt Castle by chance, they discover the anomaly of Minezawa Castle's garrison of Kasai Kiyoyasu.

Nozawa and Kuro still remember very clearly that it was a day in November, and Nozawa and Kuro set out from Ueno Castle, went north to Hiyama Castle, and then headed towards Ducobalt Castle. It was already evening when they arrived at Ducobalt Castle, and Nozawa and Kuro used to be ninjas who had been in the Ou area for a long time, so they were naturally very familiar with the various places in the castle town of Ducobalt Castle.

The weather is cold, and the best way to ward off the cold is of course to run to the hot springs, so Nozawa and Kuro came to a soup smelting field outside Ducobalt City.

On the surface, this Yuyeba is a hot spring business, but secretly it is also the largest "casino" in Akita County and the surrounding area!

After running to the hot springs, they heard the shouting sound in their ears, and Nozawa and Kuro were also itching. In fact, Nozawa and Kuro are also old gamblers, otherwise it would not be possible to have the same smell as Iwaki Shinkuro (before the two turned their faces).

After hesitating for a long time, Nozawa and Kuro still couldn't help but play a few games.

However, it was in the process of gambling for money this time that Nozawa and Kuro discovered the "spending" Kasai Kiyoyasu.

In just one night, Kasai Kiyoyasu lost nearly 200 in Ducobalt City. This kind of amount is not something that ordinary people can afford to lose, so Nozawa and Kuro secretly set their sights on Kasai Kiyoyasu.

Following Kasai Kiyoyasu all the way to Minezawa Castle, Nozawa and Kuro learned that Kasai Kiyoyasu was actually a samurai of the Tsugawa family, and he was also the garrison of the city.

Although the garrison is not as powerful as the city generation, there is no city dynasty and only a garrison in some small cities, so the garrison is no different from the city generation in a sense.

And Nozawa and Kuro also know that the castle dynasty's Yulu is only 200 koku rice a year, and it is definitely impossible for a person like this to lose nearly 200 koku in one night.

When Nozawa and Kurou dive into investigating Kasai Kiyoyasu, they found nothing other than that Kasai Kiyoyasu was reselling grain from Minezawa Castle, extorting money from merchants in castle towns under the banner of the Tsugawa family, and forcibly collecting tolls from merchants along the way.

Just as Nozawa and Kuro were disappointed, they suddenly found that Kasai Kiyoyasu had taken 10 muskets from the warehouse in Minezawa Castle and handed them to a man, who then left Minezawa Castle directly. Let one of the ninjas under his command follow the man all the way, and found that the man left the territory of the Tsugawa family directly, and disappeared in the Hazen area, obviously not from the Tsugawa family.

Nozawa and Kuro have heard many times from Tsugawa Soji and Iwaki Jiro about the importance of muskets, and it is natural that they are not idle to be able to transport such a tamot out of the Tsugawa family's territory in a grand manner, and there must be many people within the Tsugawa family involved. So Nozawa and Kuro immediately realized that this was "big news"!

So he immediately returned to Ueno Castle to report the matter to Soji Tsugawa.

Tsugawa Soji was naturally very angry when he learned of this situation, and immediately ordered Nozawa and Kurou to go to Minezawa Castle again with their men, preparing to take down Kasai Kiyoyasu and others in one fell swoop.

When Nozawa and Kuro returned to Minezawa Castle again, they were going to directly control Kasai Kiyoyasu and escort them to Ueno Castle. As a result, I happened to run into the conspiracy of Shimada Kanbei and others and Kasai Kiyoyasu.

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"Katsuchiyo, is there any movement between Kasai Kiyoyasu and that Shimada Kanbei?" In the courtyard of the farmhouse, Nozawa and Kuro sat in the middle and said to a ninja of the Blue Society beside him.

The ninja who was called Katsuchiyo hurriedly replied, "Kasai Kiyoyasu left Minezawa Castle half an hour ago. Shortly before Kasai Kiyoyasu left, seven or eight carts also quietly left Minezawa Castle and headed south. ”

"Good!" Nozawa and Kurou nodded and said, "Pass the order, no one is allowed to startle the snake, just follow behind these people secretly!" As long as they are still in the territory of the Tsugawa family, they can't act rashly! ”

"My lord, why is that?" Katsuchiyo asked with a puzzled face, "Since you have found out what happened, just stop them!" ”

"Idiot!" Nozawa and Kuro scolded, "This matter is very important, but you know that no one else is involved except Kasai Kiyoyasu?" Besides, the identity of this Shimada Kanbei has not yet been clarified, so what if these people are caught? ”

"And don't forget who we are! There are some things that we in the Blue Coat Society must do secretly, even if we want to arrest these people, it can't be our own hands! ”

"Together with Itasan Saburo, Shichiroji, Thirty Lang, Right Guard, and a few of you, immediately take the warrant of the lord and go to Tazawa Castle, Inaniwa Castle, Unuma Castle, and Niga Hojo. Since this group of people is heading south, they must pass through these cities wherever they go. ”

"Let the city lords of these cities mobilize their forces to block all roads along the way, and stop them after we find out the identity of this group and see if any other retainers of our own family are involved!" Got it? Nozawa and Kuro said loudly.

"Hah!"

..........

Arasekan, Shimazu and Saburo with a squadron of muskets and four squads of Ashigaru directly blocked the road to Minezawa Castle, waiting for Shimada Kanbei and others to come from the net.

But at this time, the arrival of a person made Shimazu and Saburo suddenly helpless.

Looking at the order printed with the seal of the Tsugawa family in their hands, Shimazu and Saburo could only order the troops under their command to unblock the road. Although I don't know why Soji Tsugawa knew about what happened in Minezawa Castle, it was undoubtedly a good thing for Shimazu and Saburo.

After all, if Soji Tsugawa had known about this a long time ago, he would have been able to get rid of all suspicions..........