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Hidemitsu's fundamental intention was to go to Toyama Castle in Echichu to meet the former governor of the Maeda family.

However, before that, because the main name of Haohime's trip was to pay homage to her late father, the Toshi, so the group stayed at Kanazawa Castle in Kaga for nearly half a month.

Toyama Castle is located in Echichu, which is further north than Kanazawa Castle, so it's a good way to go. After all, there is no need to turn back many times, and it is convenient to travel.

Before meeting Li Chang, Xiuguang would never dare to reveal his identity. Therefore, when he was in Kanazawa Castle, in addition to Haoji, Xiuguang, Xiuzong, and Xiugao all pretended to be ordinary attendants and did not dare to talk nonsense in the city.

So everything in Kanazawa Castle is handled by Hao Ji alone.

Hoki first met with the elder of the family, who was helping the young governor with government affairs, and then was able to meet with her half-brother, the current Maeda family governor, Maeda Toshimitsu.

Maeda Toshimitsu, later Maeda Toshitsune, was born in the second year of Bunroku (1594) and is still only a thirteen-year-old boy.

Hao Ji and this half-brother have never met, and of course they don't know each other's faces at all, so although the two are brothers and sisters, they are actually meeting for the first time and are complete strangers.

The young Lemitsu didn't have any special reaction to the arrival of Hao Ji's sister, but just met with her very businesslikely, and then let the family elder take charge of everything in Kanazawa Castle for Hao Ji and his party.

However, Haoji's first impression of this teenager was not bad.

After meeting with Toshimitsu, Hoki commented on him as "sensitive and witty", and especially repeated, "It is very similar to my father when he was young".

Ho Ji didn't say much about Lemitsu. But she always felt that some of the retainers in the city were now a little uncomfortable.

Lemitsu's attitude didn't mean anything...... But the regent's family elders and some retainers were very strange at this time.

After this, they deliberately met with Ho Ji in private, and then explained the reason why they were not feeling comfortable now.

"What? Because of the problem of inheritance? ”

The night after Hao Ji finished chatting with the family elder, she told Xiuguang about the situation. Of course, it was the first time for Xiuguang to hear about this, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Yes. The old man of the Lee Light family came to me today. He said that he was worried that there would be instability in his family because of this, so he wanted to make trouble and was going to go to Echichu to meet the eldest brother of I, and I asked him what he meant. ”

"No...... Sister Yi, can you tell me the details? Why is there a so-called question of inheritance? ”

Even if Hao Ji said so, Xiuguang, a person who didn't understand the situation, still didn't understand it at all.

Because on the bright side, the Maeda family should not have any problems related to inheritance now. Everyone knows that the eldest brother's Lichang has no biological children, so he gave up the family governor to the younger brother Liguang.

"Because, at the end of last year, Brother Li's biological child was born."

"Huh??? …… Ah, I see. ”

Ho Ji knew about this, because at that time, the happy brother even wrote to her to tell her about it.

And this is the first time Xiuguang has heard about it.

After listening to Hao Ji continue to talk for a while, Xiuguang also roughly sorted out the context of this matter.

Originally, the governor of the family, Toshinaga, had no children, so he had to adopt his younger brother Toshimitsu as an adopted son and let him inherit the Maeda family.

But just a few months after he ceded the governor to Lemitsu, his own child was born.

Although Toshimitsu didn't mean anything, a small number of his retainers were worried.

Because they are worried that the old lord Lichang, who has been in seclusion, will turn against his younger brother and the current family governor Liguang because of his own children.

Although they knew that Li Chang was not this kind of person, the incident of "killing Guan Bai" that happened eleven years ago was still fresh in their memories, so they had doubts and worries about it.

Of course, this is only the idea that exists in the minds of a small group of retainers. In addition, Liguang didn't have any special performance, so they never asked about the reclusive Li Chang.

"I see. In other words, because Sister Yi, you will have to go to Toyama Castle sooner or later to visit Lord Toshi, so those retainers will want to ask Sister Yi to ask you to inquire about this matter in person? ”

"Hmm. They said that they were mainly worried that if the matter was not handled well and ended up in a commotion, the shogunate would come to trouble because of it. Alas, millions of stones are not easy to guard. ”

The retainers have no ill will towards the old lord and the prince, but just to protect the million stones of the Maeda family here.

"Well, if I look at it personally, I shouldn't worry too much about this matter."

Hao Ji thought about her brother's life and behavior, and felt that this matter should not turn into a bad thing.

"The elder brother himself is a cautious and cautious man, and he has always done his best to protect the family inheritance he inherited from his father. So I don't think my brother would take this risk. ”

Ho Ji was right. If Richang had done such a thing, it would have been the strangest thing. The overly cautious and even somewhat cold-blooded Prime Minister Toshinaga Maeda, in their impressions, could not do such a thing.

"My elder brother would not do this kind of behavior that would be very detrimental to the Maeda family no matter how you look at it. I told this to the retainers of Leguang to reassure them, but they still begged me to ask Brother Riko personally. ”

Hao Ji showed a helpless expression.

"Yes...... But it's understandable that they did. After all, this matter is not only about the governor of the family, but also about the safety of the entire Maeda family. ”

Hidemitsu nodded after listening, expressing his understanding of the behavior of these retainers,

"After all, no one wants the incident of Brother Xiuji to reappear in front of everyone's eyes again."

After hearing Xiuji's name, Haoji also sighed.

When the incident of Xiuji happened back then, because they were both the adopted sons of His Royal Highness Taiko, they could be regarded as witnessing this tragedy. Recalling the events at that time, it still made Hao Ji tremble a little.

"Well, but I don't think you have to care so much, sister. What does Toshi-sama mean, it's a big deal, let's ask him directly when we are in Toyama Castle. This kind of thing is not a big deal. ”

Since Hoki was sure that her brother Toshicho wasn't the kind of person who would do such a thing, there was no need to pay too much attention to it. If you care too much, you will make yourself think too much about mistakes.

Hearing Xiuguang say this, Hao Ji also nodded, thinking that she could only ask her brother in person.