The summer of the 10th year of Keicho (1605). Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

After his succession ceremony was completed, Hidetada returned to Edo Castle. Ieyasu, on the other hand, moved from Fushimi Castle to Sunfu, and officially started the "dual politics".

By the way, when Hideyori obtained the position of the right minister, Hidemitsu was also awarded the official position of a subordinate attendant from the five at that time.

Of course, in this summer, Xiuguang was not idle.

Today, he received a notice from Irizawa Shinnai, hoping that he would go to the old man's side and report something.

So, he hurried over with Xiuzong Shangchang.

The big house next to the old man's mansion for the Wind Demon Ninjas had already been built, and now the Wind Demon Ninjas live here.

As he passed by the door of the room, the Wind Demon Ninja inside saluted him respectfully.

Xiuguang stepped into the old man's small courtyard, and then went straight to the back room.

Irizawa has been waiting for a long time.

After the old man brought up these little hairy children who wanted to stay in the back room to listen to Xiuguang and Irisawa Shinai talk one by one, the conversation officially began.

"What's the matter, Irisawa, invited me over early in the morning, is there any big information?"

"Exactly. Toyotomi-sama, please look at this. ”

Irizawa took out a letter from his chest and handed it to Xiuguang's hand. Xiuguang unfolded the letter and looked at it a few times, his eyes widened.

"Irisawa, this is ......"

"Toyotomi-sama, this letter was sent by the remnants of the Wind Demon we left in Edo."

"Wait, didn't you say that only a dozen of you escaped, and everyone else died? Why are there a few more remnants of the Wind Demon who are still in Edo at this time? ”

"Toyotomi-sama, that's actually the case. Did you know that our leader, Kotaro Kotaro, the fifth generation of the Wind Demon, has secretly cultivated his own ninjas. The existence of these ninjas is known only to Kotaro-sama and me, a confidant. Therefore, when they were betrayed by traitors and subjected to encirclement and suppression, they were not involved. ”

"Huh...... That's right. ”

Hidemitsu read the contents of the letter several times and continued to ask:

"Irisawa, how many of Kotaro's henchmen are there who are still in Edo now?"

There are only two writers, the writer and the man mentioned. They were raised by Kotaro himself, and naturally hated the traitors and the Tokugawa family who indirectly killed Kotaro-sama's wind demons...... So in the years when we were on the run, we would be in touch from time to time. ”

"Yes. This is a good writer. Who is he? ”

Xiuguang looked at the well-organized words and detailed and thoughtful plan in the letter, and praised the person who wrote the letter.

"Report to your Excellency. This person's name is Ishimaru Shinnai, and he is only twenty years old this year. He's not good at anything with ninjutsu, and he can't live for half an hour on the battlefield at all...... But this young man's skills of concealment and detection are so great that even I dare not say that they can be compared with him. ”

Irizawa Shinnai honestly told Hidemitsu about this Ishimaru Shinnai.

"But I think that Ishimaru, a young man, may be more suitable for his character than to be a ninja in such troubled times...... Also, Ishimaru, a young man, is so unreliable that others don't recognize him as a ninja at all. ”

"Alas, unreliable? Is it really okay for him to investigate on the Edo side alone? ”

"No problem. It's just that it's not reliable. There was also a female ninja named Aye beside him, one of the two people I just told you...... Ah Ye is a very good child, she is a very loyal person, and she is excellent in ninjutsu...... With her with Ishimaru, I'm very relieved. ”

It seems that Irisawa should be quite relieved of these two people. So Xiuguang didn't say anything more.

"By the way, where do these two live in Edo now?"

"It's Yoshiwara-cho. Ishimaru raised his own money to open a whale house, and Aye was the Oiran there. ”

"Yoshiwara-cho? Haha, that's interesting. ”

At this time, Xiuzong on the side interjected and asked:

"Your Highness, what kind of place is Yoshiwara Town?"

"Hyogoro...... It's just like the Shinmachi you've been to before. ”

Xiuguang glanced at Xiuzong with the eyes of an idiot, and Xiuzong immediately understood what he meant, scratched his head with a red face, and shut up without saying anything.

"It's nice to be in Yoshiwara Town, which is a complex area with a large population movement, and it's also the easiest place to get information. In this way, our source of intelligence in Edo is secured. ”

"Yes. In fact, Ishimaru originally set up a settlement in Yoshiwara Town, mainly because the traitor Shoji Shinai also opened a large whale house in Yoshiwara Town at the behest of the Tokugawa family, presumably to obtain convenient information sources. Because their strength is not yet able to wipe out the powerful Shoji Shinai, they are now mainly monitoring Shoji's whereabouts. ”

"Well, Shoji is going to kill you sooner or later. Now let's take a look at what Ishimaru Shinnai reported. ”

Xiuguang unfolded the letter in front of Xiuzong and Shang Chang.

"I didn't expect that there would be so many problems within the Iga Tongxin Association."

"Because Hanzo of the three generations is completely inferior to his father, even his younger brother is not as good."

A sarcastic smile appeared on Irizawa's face.

Xiuguang continued:

"Looks like something is about to happen in Edo. We can take the opportunity to do something in Edo and make it very difficult for them. Anyway, it's far away from us, and it's not panicked. ”

Shang Chang nodded as if understanding, while Xiuzong asked puzzledly:

"Your Highness, there will be a problem with the third generation of Hattori Hanzo and Tongxin, what can we do here? It's so far away. ”

“…… Xiuzong, if you think about it carefully, what does Tongxin do for. Shang Chang, you answer him. ”

Xiuguang beckoned to Shang Chang behind him. Shang Chang nodded and replied:

"Hidemune-kun, the ninjas under the Harmony Society, in addition to serving as scouts in wars and accidents, their daily work is to maintain law and order in Edo Castle. Think about it, if these people in charge of law and order had already caused chaos within themselves, would they still have been able to control order in Edo Castle for that short period of time? ”

"Oooh! That's right! That is to say, when Hattori Hanzo clashed with those who hated him in the Kinkokai, Edo Castle was already in a state of no one to maintain law and order for a short time! At that time, we who had already prepared everything would be able to make a mess in Edo Castle! ”

Xiuzong listened to it and instantly understood.

"Yes, that's it. However, if the matter is handled by the Ishimaru Jinnai in Edo Castle, then we will have to help them arrange a few small disturbances in advance. ”

As if playing a game, Hidemitsu happily asked Irizawa Shinnai to hand over a pen and paper, and began to write down some interesting things that were going to happen in Edo Castle on the letter paper that he was going to send to Ishimaru......